Good . Some rust and scratches but otherwise serviceable.Badly damaged adhesive label on right side of blade 60 mm from handle, Hand engraved number on same side of blade immediately below the hilt V16488022

A Spalding 'Targa' model metal tennis racquet, with double shaft, red plastic throat bridges; red plastic shaft casing; and handle wrapped in light tan Spalding-branded leather. Red plastic butt cap has adhesive label featuring 'S' logo. Manufacturer's name embossed in white across throat bridge on reverse; on obverse model name is embossed also in white on throat bridge. 'S' logo spraypainted onto net in black. An oval leather Spalding key-ring tag is attached to the shaft pillar. Materials: Metal, Adhesive tape, Plastic, Leather, Adhesive label, Nylon, Painttennis

A book used by Warrnambool Ports and Harbours. The book has the official stamp of the Port of Warrnambool, Australia Harbour Masters Board, with the Coat of Arms in the centre above the word Victoria. It records various office information from 1933.Significant in that it is associated with Warrnambool port when the facility was used as a port for import and export of goods from the Warrnambool area.Record Book titled Port Book, for Port of Warrnambool, hard cover, red spine and corner protectors, green cover. Book's fly page has official round, ink stamp and handwritten ink notes. Label on front cover.. Remnants of adhesive labels on page.Handwritten text includes "23/3/37" and "23/6/38" Text within two rings of stamp "PORT OF WARRNAMBOOL" "AUSTRALIA H.M. B - - - - - " Within the stamp rings "VICTORIA" and logo [Victoria's Coat of Arms] Handwritten on label on cover "Port Book"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, port book, book, ports & harbours, port of warrnambool, australia h. m. board, harbour masters, victoria ports

Reproduction of sepia advertising poster for Bosco Morgando & Co. tennis department. Image of large room with tennis equipment displays. Other text: 'LA GRANDE CASA DELLO SPORT' and 'REPARTO TENNIS'. Materials: Ink, Paper, Cardboard, Wood, Glass, Metal, Adhesive labeltennis

A fan decorated with graphic illustrations depicting children playing various games, including shuttlecock. Cloth (silk?) on wood frame. Illustrations apparently by Kate Greenway. Mounted to cloth-lined frame backing. Materials: Ink, Silk, Wood, Metal, Adhesive label, Glass, Clothtennis

Colour lithograph depicting two women in long dresses and bonnets, holding tennis racquets and standing by a high wall, and the face of a man with a lit cigarette looking over the wall from the other side. Materials: Ink, Cardboard, Cloth, Wood, Glass, Metal, Adhesive labeltennis

Two snippets from a late 19th century magazine, featuring lithographic illustrations of men and women playing tennis. The illustration to the right features the text: LAWN TENNIS/THE TENNIS/BELLE/THE/TENNIS/SWELL. Materials: Paper, Ink, Cardboard, Glass, Wood, Adhesive label, Metaltennis

The timber display case was presented to Mr Richard Standcombe Harris of Warrnambool (1831-1923). He was a councillor (1875-1891) and predominant businessman. Mr C F Loggin had met Mr Harris while on a trip to Stratford upon Avon in the United Kingdom. Upon his return to Warrnambool, Mr Harris donated the item to the Warrnambool Museum and Art Gallery, (established 1886) where Joseph Archibald was Curator: he catalogued the case in 1894. THE LETTERS IN THE CASE The two letters contained within the display case confirm the authenticity of the oak wood sample. The first letter in the case includes the text; "[Stamped Header on banner] High Street, Stratford on Avon [Hand written] Sept. 22nd / 91. Mr. R. S. Harris, Dear Sir, Enclosed you will find [underlined next 3 words] every authentic proof of the Oak from Shakespeare's House (Birth place). I regret very much Sir, that you made a short-day at S. on A. I should have been delighted to have had the honour, & pleasure, of showing you around our Beautiful Country. You did not give [next 3 words underlined] me or yourself a fair chance. But however I hope that we may again some day have more time to go quietly around. With kind regards, and wishing you, Sir, a pleasant voyage, I remain, Dear Sir, Yours very truly, C.F. Loggin. P.S. A paper will be always acceptable to be as how you Jolly Warrnamboolites are desporting yourselves. “ The second letter includes text; “[Printed Letterhead with stamped impression] The Trustees and Guardians of Shakespeare’s Birthplace Incorporated by Act of 54 and 55, Vict. 1891 Secretary and Librarian - Richard Savage Shakespeare’s Birthplace Stratford-upon-Avon [handwritten] 22 Sept 1891 This piece of oak is a portion of what was cut away at at the restoration of Shakespeare’s Birthplace in 1857-58. C. F. Loggins Chemist 3 High Street Richard Savage Sec. – Shakespeare’s Birthplace Mr C F Loggin was connected with the Shakespeare Trust as the person who had originally donated a scion of Shakespeare's mulberry tree to the "Shakespearean Birthday Committee" in 1842. (The scion that was given to the Shakespearean Birthday Committee, from which the Mulberry sample is derived, still grows today in "New Place" garden.) Mr Richard Savage was the Secretary and Liberian of the then renamed “Trustees and Guardians of Shakespeare’s Birthplace when the display case was given to Mr Harris in 1891 by Mr Loggin. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, where he also grew up. He married at 18 years and he and his wife, Anne Hathaway, had three children: They moved to London where he became successful as an actor, writer, and part-owner of a playing company. He later returned to Stratford and purchased his last home, which he called "New Place" in 1602 where he later died in 1616. For the next 150 years, it was known that there existed a black mulberry tree in the garden. At the time there was a fashion for planting mulberry trees. It was the early 17th century after King James had come to the throne, and he imported tens of thousands of saplings in an attempt to get landowners to start a silk industry in England. Unfortunately for posterity, Shakespeare's mulberry was felled around 1756, by the then owner of “New Place" the Reverend Francis Gastrell, who was apparently tired of continual visits by pilgrims asking to see the tree, so he chopped it down. Gastrell had applied for local permission to extend the garden but the application was rejected and his tax was increased. Gastrell retaliated by demolishing the house in 1759, this greatly outraged the local inhabitants. Gastrell was eventually forced to leave town having provoked the wrath of Stratford residents for committing such an act. Today only the garden remains where “New House" used to stand with a scion from the original mulberry tree still growing there. The wood from the felled mulberry tree at “New House" was purchased by an enterprising local clock-maker Thomas Sharp and he spent the next 40 years or so years making souvenirs from the wood. These became early tourist souvenirs and subsequently developed into a profitable sideline for various other makers, including George Cooper and John Marshall. These objects range from relatively small domestic wooden objects, such as snuff boxes and weight scales to large tea caddies and even tables. C. F. Loggin donated a scion or cutting from Shakespeare's mulberry tree to the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in 1862, he was a chemist who lived and worked in Stratford. There is a note on the frame of the donation that the mulberry sample is from this scion, research shows that from Richard Savage's diary notes that there must have been a lot of wood taken from that scion over the years which was planted in the garden of “New Place” and is still growing there today. The "Trustees and Guardians of Shakespeare’s Birthplace" (1847 -1964) was formed after the house where Shakespeare is believed to have been born fell into disrepair. Subsequently in 1846 after the death of Thomas Court's widow the last owner. Interest in the house was revived when PT Barnum, the American showman, wanted to buy it and ship the house back to America. In response to this, the Shakespeare Birthday Committee was established (by a private Act of Parliament) with the help of such luminaries as Charles Dickens, the Committee of Trustees raised the necessary £3,000 and purchased the house the following year. Once the Committee had acquired the building, restoration work began. Originally the Birthplace formed part of a terrace with later houses built either side. The first stage in its conservation was their destruction. At the time it was thought necessary to avoid the risk of fire spreading to Shakespeare's birthplace. Reconstruction was carried out by the Shakespeare Trust between 1857 and 1864 that restored the outside of the building to its original 16th-century state. It is from this restoration that the donated piece of oak is derived, originally from a beam that was in the house. Communication from The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, dated April 11th, 2019, confirms that the pieces displayed in this case have good provenance. The wood samples are significant for their association with the history of William Shakespeare. The display case and its content is significant to Warrnambool local history for its association with the establishment in 1886 of the Warrnambool Museum and Art Gallery. However, it should be noted that the letters of authentication that accompany the wood samples are only applicable to the oak sample. None the less, all the pieces have very good provenance, with Richard Savage's certificate of authenticity for the oak, and the mulberry sample with the letter to Mr Harris from Mr CF Loggin having also been the donor of the scion of mulberry in 1862 to the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. This scion was then established at Shakespeare's garden at "New Home" that had been demolished by Rev Francis Gastrell in 1759. Two wood samples associated with William Shakespeare, presented in a hanging, timber and glass display case with metal trim around the frame. The case also contains two letters and a label printed on a card that refers to the contents, their origins and the donor. A card label with a printed number and a round adhesive label are attached on the back of the case. The left round section of wood is from a donated scion (or shoot) derived from the original mulberry tree planted by William Shakespeare at his last home "New Place", Stratford-upon-Avon. The outer section is light brown coloured while the centre is dark grain. The right wood sample in the case is a section of oak rafter from the house where Shakespeare was born in 1564. The wood is mid brown with a distinct grain. The included letters, each dated 22/9/1891, refer to only the oak sample. - The letter on the left comprises two handwritten pages from Mr CF Loggin to Mr Richard Standcombe Harris. The paper has the printed letterhead address of High Street, Stratford on Avon. - The letter on the right is a handwritten certificate of authenticity signed by Mr CF Loggin and counter signed by Mr Richard Savage, Secretary and Liberian of the Shakespeare Trust. It is on the printed letterhead of The Trustees and Guardians of Shakespeare’s Birthplace Cardboard label inside the glass case “Shakespeare Section of Mulberry Tree, traditionally said to have been planted by Shakespeare in his garden, “New Place,” Stratford-on-Avon. PORTION OF OAK RAFTER from the house in which Shakespeare was born. (Presented by R S Harris 1891.) Printed label on the back of the case “3 2 “ The handwritten adhesive label “0566” flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, shakespeare display case, wood samples, oak from shakespeare's birthplace, mulberry from shakespeare's home "new place", stratford-upon-avon, shakespeare's birthplace, the trustees and guardians of shakespeare's birthplace &c., shakespeare trust, shakespeare birthday committee, r.s. harris, brunswick, victoria, richard s harris, brunswick, victoria, c.f. loggins, chemist, 3 high street stratford-on-avon, richard savage, warrnambool museum and art gallery, thomas court, pt barnum, charles dickins, anne hathaway, black mulberry tree, reverend francis gastrell

A Hamilton metal tennis racquet with double shaft, and metal bridge. Handle wrapped with perforated leather grip tape. Nylon strings and round head shape. Leather butt cover with 'H' logo. Materials: Metal, Nylon, Adhesive tape, Wood, Adhesive label, Leather, Plastictennis

A spherical metal cup trophy, with a triple barrelled shaft, mounted onto a metal encased white marble plinth. Presented to the winner of the 1980 Torneo Avvenire, an Under-16 international tennis tournament, sponsored that year by Marlboro Leisure wear. Materials: Metal, Marble, Adhesive labeltennis

Two part object. (1) A metal Chemold 'Tony Roche Autograph' tennis racquet with double shaft and metal bridge. Black plastic shaft casing and butt cap. Adhesive label on butt has Chemold name & logo. Logo stickers also on shaft casing. Handle wrapped with brown leather grip tape. Autographed on handle by Tony Roche. (2) White vinyl racquet head cover with zipper. Signed in black marker: 'TO ROLF/I'M A GREAT MATE/TONY ROCHE'. Also has manufacturer name/trademeark printed in red & blue. Materials: Metal, Adhesive tape, Leather, Plastic, Adhesive label, Vinyl, Inktennis

Two part object. (1) A Seamco Ken Rosewall-endorsed metal tennis racquet, with double shaft, metal shaft bridge, plastic throat bridge; black plastic shaft casing embossed with 'ACRO'; and a handle wrapped in brown leather. Black plastic butt cap with adhesive label featuring manufacturer's 'S' logo and name. Manufacturer name on label on throat bridge (reverse). Endorser name on troat bridge (obverse). (2) A white & blue vinyl racquet head cover. Printed in red on cover is maunfacturer name and endorser signature (both sides). Materials: Metal, Plastic, Adhesive label, Leather, Adhesive tape, Nylon, Vinyltennis

Two part object. (1) A Seamco Ken Rosewall-endorsed metal tennis racquet, with double shaft, metal shaft bridge, plastic throat bridge; black plastic shaft casing embossed with 'ACRO'; and a handle wrapped in brown leather. Black plastic butt cap with adhesive label featuring manufacturer's 'S' logo and name. Manufacturer name on label on throat bridge (reverse). Endorser name on troat bridge (obverse). (2) A white & blue vinyl racquet head cover. Printed in red on cover is maunfacturer name and endorser signature (both sides). Materials: Metal, Plastic, Adhesive label, Leather, Adhesive tape, Nylon, Vinyltennis

Two part object. (1) A Seamco Ken Rosewall-endorsed metal tennis racquet, with double shaft, metal shaft bridge, plastic throat bridge; black plastic shaft casing embossed with 'ACRO'; and a handle wrapped in brown leather. Black plastic butt cap with adhesive label featuring manufacturer's 'S' logo and name. Manufacturer name on label on throat bridge (reverse). Endorser name on troat bridge (obverse). (2) A white & blue vinyl racquet head cover. Printed in red on cover is maunfacturer name and endorser signature (both sides). Materials: Metal, Plastic, Adhesive label, Leather, Adhesive tape, Nylon, Vinyltennis

Two pages from Harper's Bazar magazine, June 29 1889 issue. The pages feature a section entitled: 'TENNIS GOWNS', including images (from lithographs) of women modelling outfits and holding tennis equipment. Materials: Ink, Paper, Cardboard, Wood, Metal, Adhesive label, Glasstennis

Print of a poster for race meeting " AIF Race Meeting" to be held on the New Flemington Track, Barbara near Gaza dated Saturday Sept 7th, 1940. NB: this is a second display of same print. Print of poster - black print on white background. Frame - timber, painted black colour. Glass front.On back of frame, on adhesive label, handwritten red ink. ON LOAN TO / BENDIGO RSL, AS LONG AS THEY/ WANT IT./ TO BE RETURNED/ IF DISPLAY OF PRINT NOT IN USE/ TO / N.S. FULLERTON/ 18 BOSQUET/ WHITE HILLS / OWNER.framed print, history, ww2, army

The company began in 1892 as a medical gymnasium in Hobart started by Hans Christian Bjelke-Petersen. Sir Joh Bjelke Petersen was a nephew but had no connection with the company. The success of the gymnasium developed and physical culture was taught in Sydney and Melbourne. the company was based in Castlereagh St, Sydney from 1923-1982. Zone competitions were introduced and State finals held at the Grace Bros Auditorium. The Senior Finals were held at the Sydney Opera House from 1974 when it opened. See Bjelke-Petersen School of Physical Culture www.physicalculture.com.au Silver stamped badge enamelled with blue on the outside and white within with a figure at the centre. rings on centre top. Motto printed on badgeAdhesive label originally with badge handwritten "MY PHYSICAL CULTURE BADGE FROM BJELKE PETERSON [sic]" Bjelke Petersen Bros School Physical Culture Mens sana in corpore sanaphysical-culture, badge, ballarat-grammar, bqags

Page 13 of The Queen, The Lady's Newspaper issue July 2, 1881. Features reproduced lithograph entitled: 'LAWN TENNIS COSTUMES' which depicts seven vignettes of figures playing tennis and wearing tennis attire. UV glass. Materials: Paper, Ink, Cardboard, Metal, Wood, Adhesive labeltennis

Page from The Graphic (page 45, July 10, 1875) featuring partly coloured lithograph depicting a man and woman playing tennis in an enclosed courtyard. Architecture is North African. Title caption reads: 'A TENNIS COURT IN ALGERIA'. Materials: Ink, Paper, Glass, Metal, Adhesive label, Plastictennis

Commemorative limited edition (5/30) collage from 'The Kooyong Collection', featuring digital print reproduction of photograph of Vines and Gledhill playing as doubles team at 1932 Australian Championships. Certificate of authenticity adhered to back of frame. Materials: Paper, Ink, Wood, Glass, String, Adhesive label, Cardboardtennis

black and white photo: construction girders, building under construction. Workmen on site. Reinforcing mesh . Houses in background, palm trees in some gardens.,Reg. V. Brock, Bendigo written on back green and white adhesive label on back B 1098 ( add copies mayu be obtained by quoting this number. RHSV stamped on back, Bendigo Branch.buildings

According to the Australian War Memorial, "The Red Cross maintained a policy of ensuring that comfort and entertainment for the wounded in hospital was onging and stated in its Gazette of December 1917 'Wherever they are, our boys will have a reminder on Christmas Day that the thoughts and sympathy of their people in far-off Australia are with them.' The boxes were usually packed in Australia and contained 'a pipe, tobacco, cigarettes, chocolate, playing cards, match-box, handkerchief and an attractive card, Australian in nature, conveying greetings from the Society.' (Gazette no 7, January 1918)." This particular example dates to 1921, after the war had ended. It is apparent that the efforts of the Red Cross extended beyond wartime years, possibly to those still stationed overseas or returned servicemen and women.This box is an example of charitable gift boxes which were delivered to Australian troops during the war by the Australian Red Cross Society.Wood imitation printed card box in two parts, rectangular in shape fashioned from two pieces of card folded and stapled on shorter sides. Larger box (lid) fits on top of smaller box (base). Top of box has adhesive label with printed inscriptions, gold on light coloured label."GREETINGS/from/The/Australian/Red Cross/Society" a map of Australia with the states identified and capital cities "Perth", "Darwin", "Brisbane", "Sydney", "Melbourne", "Hobart", "Adelaide". To right of the map "Xmas/1921"christmas, holiday, gift giving, red cross, red cross society, returned servicemen, veterans, post war, world war i, first world war, the great war

A Harry C. Lee 'The Bat' metal tennis racquet with double shaft, and handle wrapped with brown perforated leather grip tape. Nylon strings and round head shape. Plastic butt cap and plastic protective strip covering crown. Materials: Metal, Nylon, Adhesive tape, Adhesive label, Leather, Plastictennis

Two pages from Scientific American magazine, issue October 8, 1881 (pp. 4802 & 4803). The pages feature an article entitled: 'RULES OF LAWN TENNIS', including a reproduction of Arthur Hopkins 1881 engraving 'THE LAWN TENNIS MEETING AT WIMBLEDON'. Materials: Ink, Paper, Cardboard, Wood, Metal, Adhesive labeltennis

A bottle of Avon 'Mixed Doubles Windjammer' after shave, shaped like a Spalding 'Championship' tennis ball, mounted onto a green pedestal. Bottle is housed in a yellow carton, with text: EXTRA DUTY/SPALDING/1 CHAMPIONSHIP BALL/2. Materials: Alcohol, Perfume, Plastic, Felt, Adhesive label, Cardboard, Inktennis

Booklets are the "OFFICIAL JOURNAL/ B.C.O.F. ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA / since 1972/ Navy, Army, Air Force, Woman's & Auxiliary Forces." BOOKLETS - Items in the Collection of Richard William McGILVERY, RAAF. refer Cat No. 7287P for his service details, photo, awards.SOFT COVER BOOKLET. Cover - paper, black print on front and back on white paper. 2, Red print decorative frame/ border. Illustrated with the "BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FORCES", logo with crown. 1. 14 pages - cut, plain, white paper. Illustrated black and white photographs. 2. 40 pages, cut, plain, white paper. Illustrated - black and white photographs and cartoons.1. Front cover - white adhesive label, handwritten black ink "2003 to 2007/ lots missing". 1. "Shinbun Rocku Ban" No. 6 February 1982. 2. "Shinbun" No. 32 December 1988.history, booklets, bcof

Classic Australian Poster Series. Limited edition reproduction No.15. All gifts and souvenirs P/L - Melbourne (03) 328 4025.1. Poster - paper, white print on poster, illustration in colour, woman holding a large bouquet of flowers. Red Cross depicted bottom right corner. Poster stored in cardboard tube. 2, Tube - storage. Cardboard with two plastic caps. Adhesive label in colour depicting small copy of poster and edition information.Printed on poster "Welcome Back - by the/ Australian/ Red Cross/ Society"red cross, poster