The Maroondah System was first and foremost developed as a functional component of Melbourne's Water Supply System. In addition to functionality, the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works (MMBW) envisioned the Maroondah Reserve to be enjoyed aesthetically and recreationally by the public. This souvenir illustrates the realisation of the Maroondah System as a local recreational and tourist attraction in the early 20th century. The Maroondah Reserve gardens were landscaped with English-style ornamental stonework, exotic trees, flower beds and rose gardens. All features of the water supply system became widely celebrated as beauty spots that continue to be very popular to this day with tourists and locals alike. This souvenir is a product of that flourishing tourist trade. These water supply sites continue to enhance Melbourne’s charm and liveability and are now recognised as places of cultural and historic significance.This souvenir spoon has been curated by Melbourne Water as it represents an important historical aspect of the organisation by demonstrating the popularity of its water asset sites as recreational places and tourist attractions, and although these sites are functional parts of the water supply system, they were also designed to be enjoyed by the public both aesthetically and recreationally.Manufactured in Australia, this souvenir silver-plated spoon features an image of Maroondah Dam, Healesville. The spoon features a koala engraving and boomerang on the stem. Engraved on the back of the spoon is “Peninsula Plate”.mmbw, melbourne metropolitan board of works, spoon, souvenir, maroondah, healesville, melbourne water

The Maroondah System was first and foremost developed as a functional component of Melbourne's Water Supply System. In addition to functionality, the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works (MMBW) envisioned the Maroondah Reserve to be enjoyed aesthetically and recreationally by the public. This souvenir illustrates the realisation of the Maroondah System as a local recreational and tourist attraction in the early 20th century. The Maroondah Reserve gardens were landscaped with English-style ornamental stonework, exotic trees, flower beds and rose gardens. All features of the water supply system became widely celebrated as beauty spots that continue to be very popular to this day with tourists and locals alike. This souvenir is a product of that flourishing tourist trade. These water supply sites continue to enhance Melbourne’s charm and liveability and are now recognised as places of cultural and historic significanceThese photographs are invaluable in providing insight into many aspects of the Maroondah Reservoir’s early development. The dam wall is a distinctive example of early engineering techniques, with its gravity arch design and concrete construction. The construction of the dam wall represents an important advancement in the technology of dam-building.These images are part of a series of eight photographs which document the construction of the Maroondah Dam in the 1920s.melbourne metropolitan board of works, mmbw, melbourne water, photograph, water, maroondah dam, construction, wall

Slide. Bendigo Views. Trees, roses and flower beds in the Botanical Gardens. In the forground is a large concrete flower container sitting on three pillars. Behind this further back is a statue of a deer. To the left of the deer is another flower container in the shape of a large basket. Some people are walking on the path. Bendigo Botanical and Zooalogical Gardens in Napier Street, Whitehillsslide, bendigo, bendigo views, bendigo views

Photograph - black and white. Photograph of Conservatory Gardens, Bendigo. On right hand corner of photo No.29. Part of the Conservatory to the left. Seating along the path Statue on large granite base. Four palm trees line the exterior fence line. Flower beds within the lawn area.Valentine'splace, public gardens, conservatory gardens., bendigo - conservatory gardens.

Slide, Garden (Flowers) 12 Hope Street. Flower bed with white iris & other plants.slide, bendigo, garden (flowers) 12 hope street., garden (flowers) 12 hope street.

Born: Annandale, New South Wales, Australia 1911; Lived and worked: England and France 1937-1940; Died: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1946ModernismGift of Mrs E.E. Ledger, 1987Watercolour depicting a creek bed with rock in the foreground. Unframed, hinged taped with two pieces of white tape to cream mat boardRecto: Not signed, not dated, not titledwatercolour, landscape, trees, water, rock, roots

Mavis Covett at the wheel of the family Singer 11 at the Colac Gardensblack and white photograph good conditionI located this picture when sorting papers and must include it in my SCRAPBOOK� Memories of a wonderful journey with Dad, mother and Mavis� just over 600miles through Ballarat, Horsham, Mt Gambier, Portland, Camperdown, Warrnambool, Geelong back to Melbourne. Easter 1936. Mavis and I took turns at the wheel.. cost was unbelievable abour 7 pounds plus a few meals (bed and breakfast was 5/- only) petrol about //1/3d 1/2er gallon. Mavis Covett at wheel of our Singer 11 car. Mother is in back seat. Colac gardens.

The Grozinger family were internees in Camp 3 Rushworth during WW2. Photograph taken 13 December 1941.Black and white photograph of a lady and two children standing, a flower bed behind them and a hut in the background. Arandora Star memorial between garden and hut.ella grozinger, bruni grozinger, ilse grozinger, camp 3 rushworth

Note by T.H. Kneen 4 December 1991, "Students are working on the Long Border-the path leads on to the the Principal's Residence obscured by the pine tree at the right. The dress worn by women students-shirt, tie, jodhpurs, leggings-was established pre-1926." Also see newspaper cutting B00.1127 where the photograph has the caption,"Students Renovating a Border in the Gardens."3 copies black and white print. 6 female students planting seedlings in the bed leading to the Principal's ResidenceOne copy inscribed, "Title: Planting out Seedlings Neg: 177planting, seedlings, principal's residence, female students, shirt, tie, jodhpurs, leggings, students working outside, long border, principal's house

In letter (see B91.111) Ella Chalmers says, "Barney and Frank were all-round gardeners."2 copies black and white photograph. Frank Weavers, Ornamentals Instructor, standing behind a bed of flowers with the Californian Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) behind.On reverse, "Mr. F. Weavers "Frank" B.L.H. 1926."frank weavers, flower beds, ella chalmers, barney, gardeners, ella fry, ornamentals instructor

Photograph appears as an illustration in, "Green Grows Our Garden," A.P. Winzenried p.71. "Garden instructor from 1906 to retirement in 1945. In his latter years generally known as "old Barney" ( a not too energetic operator!) E.B. Littlejohn.2 copies black and white photograph. . Mr. G. Barnett, Garden Instructor, standing in front of flower bed. On reverse, "Mr. G. Barnett "Barney" B.L.H. 1926.g. barnett, flower bed, barney, garden instructor

Used as an illustration in, "Green Grows Our Garden, A.P. Winzenried p21. The caption reads, "Students in the garden. Iron-tyred wheelbarrows made at Pentridge Prison, were used at Burnley until the 1940's." 50 foot circular bed on right. 2 copies of a black and white photograph, original in Burnley Campus Rare Books Collection. 4 students working in the Ornamental Garden near the Californian Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens). One holding a watering can and one holding a wooden wheelbarrow.On reverse of 1 copy, "Burnley Gardens c 1890's The trees are still in Burnley Gardens." On reverse of other copy, "from Prize Essays" B91.457 A.E. Bennett a group following p116." green grows our garden, a.p. winzenried, pentridge prison, iron-tyred wheelbarrows, 50 foot circular bed, students working outside, wheelbarrow, watering can, californiann redwood, sequoia sempervirans, ornamental garden

Black and white photograph. 6 female students tending to roses in the Rose Garden in front of the Shady Walk.. Names of roses on large labels.female students, rose bed, students working outside, labels, shady walk

Puts it as same date as B91.265 but note by T.H. Kneen 8 April 1992, "Mower operator looks like Philip Oppenheim (1967)." (?) Very similar photo appears in article by T H Kneen (1964) B93.655.2 copies black and white photograph. 2 students working in the Ornamental Gardens. one is using a mower and the other is sweeping the path. Wide view taken from the roof of the Administration Building looking over the lawns, Luffmann/Lily Ponds and Emily Gibson beds. Principal's Residence seen in the background.On reverse, "Photograph by Publicity Branch Department Of Agriculture Ref. No. D572.C.philip oppenheim, students working outside, emily gibson beds, principal's residence, mowing, principal's house, sweeping, luffmann ponds, lily ponds, publicity

Black and white photograph. View of the Ornamental Gardens taken from the Administration Building looking towards the Emily Gibson beds and the Luffmann/Lily Ponds behind. @ female students, wearing dresses, are seated on a bench in the foreground near a labelled tree, a Ginkgo.On reverse, "Ginko" (sic) and, "Photograph by Publicity Branch Victorian Department Of Agriculture Ref. No. C.1769.C."gingko, garden view, emily gibson beds, luffmann ponds, lily ponds, students, garden bench

This piece of fabric, known Fälter (butterfly), was designed by Mathilda Flögl (1893-1958), who worked in the textile department of the Wiener Werkstätte in Vienna. It is a remnant of the fabric that was used to make a bedspread for Karl and Slawa’s bed in their Vienna apartment where it lay decoratively over a gold brocade eiderdown. The purchase demonstrated Slawa’s interest in and knowledge of modern design and her commitment to the idea of enriching everyday life with beautiful objects, a principal of the Viennese Secession. Following the Duldigs removal from Vienna, the original bedspread and remnant were safeguarded and preserved by Slawa’s sister, Rella, in the basement of her Paris apartment. In 1948 the bedspread and this remnant were sent to Australia. The bedspread was a much-loved item but deteriorated over the years. In 1955 it was made into curtains, which are held in the Duldig Studio Collection. The Photographs of the bedspread in its original location are also held in the collection. The remnant is in pristine condition. The Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshop) was a guild of designers and craftsmen that was founded by the architect Josef Hoffman (1879-1956) and the designer Koloman Moser (1868-1918). The firm manufactured a range of interior furnishings between 1903 and 1932. The textile department opened in 1900, and produced about 1,800 designs, mainly for printed fabrics for furnishings and apparel. The designs were characterised by simplified forms and vivid colours, and inspired by Eastern European peasant art and geometric motifs in contemporary painting. The workshop had a profound impact of European art and design, and its work is still celebrated today. Mathilde Flögl was born in the Czech Republic in 1893, and studied at the Kunstgerwerbeschule in Vienna. In 1916 she began working at the Weiner Werkstätte, and where she designed more than 120 textile patterns. This fabric Fälter or Butterfly was designed in 1924. The butterfly was a favourite motif of Flögl. In this design she plays with a variety of whimsical abstractions and arrangement of both the butterfly and the snail on a background of abstract colour stripes and blocks. Ann Carew 2016The fabric is of great aesthetic interest as an example of the work of the Viennese workshops, and the noted designer textile designer Mathilde Flögl. The original pencil drawings, pencil and gouache designs, and fabric swatches for Fälter are held in the MAK Museum in Vienna, and the Victorian and Albert Museum in London have a sample of piece of the silk fabric in an alternate colour wave. The Museum of Applied Arts in Sydney holds a swatch book of textiles from the Wiener Werkstätte, however Flögl’s work is not represented. The National Gallery of Victoria holds a similar swatch book. The remnant has an excellent provenance, is associated with a powerful personal narrative, and is significant and rare item relating to history of the Wiener Werkstätte in Vienna, and the oeuvre of Matilda Flögl.   Ann Carew 2016Remnant of a block-printed silk fabric used to make the bedspread for Karl Duldig and Slawa Horowitz-Duldig's bed in Vienna.

"Originally known as the “Old Ready Homestead” the house was built in the 1890’s and was surrounded by a larger parcel of land that at least included the lot next door (No 90) and possibly extended as far as the Church property. This area was the scene of many garden parties and Wedding parties and contained a large water fountain. The property remained in the Ready family until sometime after the death of Mabel Ready in 1967." [information from the Bed and Breakfast website in the link above] Peter and Pauline Meade sold the property in November 2017.Black and white photograph of the front of a Victorian style weatherboard house with a man and a woman standing on the veranda.On back of photo: "Ready's house in Rutherglen"roy ready, ready family, royston ready, ready house

Jim Brehaut and his children, Jimmy & June, stand in front of the 'Flower Basket' ornamental flower bed at the Ballarat Botanical Gardens.jim brehaut, jimmy brehaut, june brehaut, ballarat, botanic gardens, garden, costume

A man in a Pith Helmet looks at a statue in the Ballarat Botanic Gardens.ballarat botanic gardens, garden, statue, person, public

A property illustration by Margret Picken Commissioned by a real estate agency for the purpose of advertising 3 Caversham Crt., Nunawading The property has be listed as having sold for $132,000 in 1996 Made by using Rotring ‘Rapidigraph’ drafting pens with Rotring ink on Rapidigraph polyester drafting film, double matte. Trained as a cartographic draftsman within the mining industry, Margaret Picken is an artist who worked producing property illustrations for real estate agencies in eastern suburbs of Victoria from 1983-2005. Retiring from the industry as technological changes favored coloured photography over illustrations, and commissioning companies over sole contractors.This artwork is of Historical Significance as a record of local domestic architecture.A black ink line drawing on drafters film by Margaret Picken, of a black and white line drawing of a single story weather board house with a driveway on the right leading to a separate carport. In front of the house is a front garden with lawn, trees, and plant beds. There are two holepunch holes centred just under the upper edge.17 Closter Ave., Nunawading Margaret Picken - 95 Woodards - B/Burnwhitehorse historical society, schwerkolt cottage, housing, architecture, margaret picken, house, garden, real estate, nunawading

"Within six years of its first land sales in 1852, founder members had challenged council over horticultural decisions and Ballarat's main thoroughfare contained fences squares, trees and flower beds. The major works that projected the Garden City image were the street plantings, parks and botanical gardens ..." Reference: Michael Taffe, Growing a garden City: Ballarat Horticultural Society 1859-2009, BHS Publishing, 2014, p. 10.This postcard shows how the botanical gardens in Ballarat, famous for being a Garden City.Coloured postcard Forest Scene, Botanical Gardens, Ballarat printed in red at bottom of card. Elaine 30-11-08 handwritten in black ink underneath.botanical gardens, ballarat, forest scene, gardens, botanical,

Built 1987c by American businessman in Cape Cod style, builder unknown, was barge superintendent for McDermott's.|Also three other colour photographs, groups of people in outside courtyard, and inside at tables for luncheon.Colour photograph of The Gables, a large multi-gabled dwelling of red brick with tiled roof, dormer windows in upper storey at 1 - 9 Creighton Street. Developed as Bed and Breakfast accommodation by Bruce and Maureen Livingstone between 1994 and 2004. Surrounded by landscaped gardens. Kalimna Lakes Entrance Victoriahouses

Built 1896c. provided guest house accommodation and bed and breakfast since being established.Colour photograph of a substantial weatherboard dwelling at 3 Rosherville Road, hipped and gabled roof of corrugated iron. Located in garden setting above Chinaman's Creek and known as Metung House since establishment. Metung Victoria.houses, heritage study

15 min black and white 16 mm film, no sound. Begins with shots of trees in the bush and piles of cut logs beside a track before moving to a group of men standing by a car with 'Operation Firewood' on the boot. A road sign indicates 'Nathalia 6 1/2', 'Numurkah 22', 'Picola 3'. 'Katunga' and 'Barmah'. Shots of an empty Austin flat bed truck with 'Legacy Operation Firewood', poster on the drivers door covering the truck company name,and other empty flat bed trucks parked along a country town street which looks unsealed. A shot of a wooden sign saying 'Euroa Please slow down' follows with the Legacy car travelling very slowly past it before we see a large group of men throwing up logs onto a nearly fully loaded truck, and then a partially loaded truck with men on the flat bed stacking the logs. Five trucks are shown fully loaded and a crowd of men are gathered around a table. A circular saw (with no safety guards!) is being used to cut the bigger logs into a manageable size for splitting before being loaded by a lot of men of varying ages. The film then moves to the city where we see three men riding on the back of a moving fully loaded truck, before it stops to deliver the cut but unsplit logs to a delighted widow and her children. The logs are hurled into her front garden as a well dressed man photographs the proceedings. Other deliveries follow to further widows, but it is not clear who is going to split the logs, some of which are extremely large. The film ends showing a line of empty trucks, and a fenced city area with a sign saying 'Melbourne Legacy Firewood' holding further a supply of logs. 15 mins 07 sec. Legatees delivered firewood annually until 1995 to widows to help them through the winters in a project called 'Operation Firewood' . See also Cat. No. 000848.A record of Legacy helping widows with supplying and stacking firewood. When open fires were the main source of heating a load of firewood, and help moving it, would have been very important to the widows.Metal Kodak film cannister, silver coloured, with 'Firewood' label on outer casing.No inscriptions on internal film. operation firewood, widows

Yields information about 21 and the Victoria St route.Agfa colour slide, white cardboard mount, photo by Keith Caldwell undated, c1963. Tram 21 in bound in Victoria St showing the card beds on either side of there road. Tram has the destination of Gardens via Sturt St West and a Whitehorse Whiskey advert on the front panel. tramways, trams, victoria st, tram 21

Black and white photograph and negative of tram 27 in Sturt St at the corner of Armstrong St. with the Ballarat Town Hall in the background. Photo taken from the central median strip with a number of seats in the foreground and flowers growing in the planter beds. Original print has water mark damage on the lower portion of the photograph. Taken 14 August 1971 Original print by David Endacott, duplicate print (1266A) by John Phillips 12/1999. Second copy added 5/2001. Original neg scanned at hi res and updated 11/5/2020.On original print "Cnr Sturt & Armstrong Sts / Sat 14 Aug 1971" in pencil.trams, tramways, ballarat, ballarat town hall, sturt st, armstrong st, tram 27

Set of three colour photographs of possibly the former stables at the rear of the former Canberra Hotel, corner Macarthur St and Creswick Road. Was known in the horse tram days as the Vine Hotel. Attached to the worksheet notes is an item prepared by Alan Bradley for the Jan. 2003 issue of Fares Please! The first paragraph notes the visit to the premises, now a Bed & Breakfast known as "A Special Occasion". Thought that the stables were used to stable horses during the horse tram days.horse trams, canberra hotel, vine hotel, stables

Copy photograph of a small photograph contained within item Reg. No. 587. Photo is of the construction of the Lydiard St. North extension in 1937. Caption from 587 is "Looking South from Walker St. showing track bed 25.5.37". Has houses on the left side, open land on right side of photograph. Hi Res scan added 25/3/2011trams, tramways, ballarat, lydiard st. nth extension, new track, tramways

Yields information about the streetscape of Bridge St about 1880, prior to trams, with horse drawn carts and gravel streets and businesses.Black and White copy photograph of a Gold Museum photograph - Bridge St, about 1880. Looks from intersection with Main St to the west. Shows many horse drawn carts, people, gravel paved streets with bluestone gutters. Buildings in the image - Pittards Warehouse, M.J. Robinson and Shilling Arcade. On the right hand side are three lamps, one with a sign "Good Beds 1s". Original photograph (not in book) has a handwritten note "Bridge St about 1880 presented by Miss Anderson." Has pins hole showing in the original print. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Gold Museum early 1980's. Used in The Golden City and its Tramways - page 8.tramways, trams, bridge st, horse drawn vehicle, main st