Melber sewing machines were first sold in Australia in the late 1870s. The 'Box Cottage' Melber Treadle Sewing Machine was owned by Mary Box, nee Kloster / Closter, wife of Alonzo Box , the nephew of William and Elizabeth Box who purchased 'Box Cottage' in 1865 from a pioneer settler The machine was bought in 1909, and is a good example of its kind. This type of sewing machine was widely used in many homes, in an era when hand-made clothes were the “norm.”, and clothes were mended, or ‘re-made’ into another garment. The cottage has both the Receipt, cat 00004.1 and Guarantee, cat 00004.2, for the sewing machine. This machine was possibly built by Wertheim Pty Ltd Hugo Wertheim (1854 – 1919) arrived in Melbourne in 1875. He became a successful agent for sewing machines manufactured by his father’s cousin Joseph Wertheim in Frankfurt, Germany. Hugo married Joseph’s daughter Sophie Emilie and they settled in Richmond Melbourne Australia. Hugo made many trips back to the main factory in Germany and, with extensive advertising, established a thriving business for sewing machines, bicycles, pianos under various ‘brand names’ - Wertheim, Electra, Planet, Griffin, Hapsburg. It has been said that Dame Nellie Melba preferred a Wertheim piano for her performances. In 1908 Hugo opened a large piano factory in Bendigo St Richmond, Victoria and his son Herbert maintained the business until 1935 The sewing machine was donated in 1985 by, a descendant of the Box family. The machine is complete, and in good condition. William and Elizabeth Box purchased 'Box Cottage' in 1865 from a pioneer settler who had bought part of the land noted in Dendy's Special Survey 1841 Brighton. They raised their family there and established a market garden to supply produce to the population of Melbourne. Their nephew Alonzo married Mary Kloster/ Closter in 1918 and she brought with her this 'Melber' sewing machine that she used to provide clothing for the family. 'Melber'Treadle Sewing Machine that was owned by Mary Box, nee Kloster/ Closter. It was bought in 1909, and it is a good example of its kind. This type of sewing machine was widely used in many homes, in an era when hand-made clothes were the “norm.”, and clothes were mended, or ‘re-made’ into another garment. The Box Cottage Museum has both the Receipt, and Guarantee for the sewing machine. 'MELBER' stamped on sewing machine.dendys special survey, treadle sewing machine, box cottage, mary kloster, alonzo box, melber, wertheim hugo, wertheim sewing machine manufacturer, richmond melbourne victoria,

Hugo Wertheim (1854–1919) arrived in Melbourne in 1875. He became a successful agent for sewing machines manufactured by his father’s cousin Joseph Wertheim in Frankfurt, Germany. Hugo married Joseph’s daughter Sophie Emilie and they settled in Melbourne. Hugo made many trips back to the main factory in Germany and, with extensive advertising, established a thriving business for sewing machines, bicycles, pianos under various ‘brand names’ - Wertheim, Electra, Planet, Griffin, Hapsburg. It has been said that Dame Nellie Melba preferred a Wertheim piano for her performances. In 1908 Hugo opened a large piano factory in Bendigo St Richmond, Victoria. His son Herbert maintained the business until the factory closed in 1935.The pioneer settlers and market gardeners of Moorabbin Shire had to be self reliant and made their own clothing and utensils. This sewing machine was one of many items they used to exhibit the skill and craftsmanship of the women in these families. A sewing machine was a necessary part of each home.A Wertheim hand–crank sewing machine c1880. The hand machine was operated by turning the handle. The hand machine could also be fitted to a stand with table and draws, the machine could then be used by hand or foot. This type of sewing machine was widely used in many homes, in an era when hand-made clothes were the “norm”, and clothes were mended, or ‘re-made’ into another garment 'WERTHEIM' across body of machinemelbourne, clothing, brighton, moorabbin, germany, piano, pioneers, richmond, bentleigh, dressmaking, market gardeners, early settlers, craftwork, sewing machines, wertheim hugo, wertheim joseph

SBS Radio Melbourne German Language Language Program, Radio Series, German Heritage In Australia. SBS Radio Melbourne Gerda m Louch, Head German Language Group PO 294 South Melbourne 3205, written in German.books, technical, german, radio-sbs-german heritage

Copy of a Bendigo Advertiser article titled Community Focus with Maurie McDonald. This article is titled Long Gully school (No 2120) has a proud record. The school was having a reunion on April 1. The article mentions history of the school which was opened in 1879. The Advertiser is dated February 14, 1990. Written in the top right corner is 120 years.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - long gully school has a proud record, bendigo advertiser 14/2/1990, maurie mcdonald, long gully primary school no 2120, alan crossley, colin buzza, long gully post office, 1872 education act, california gully no 123, rae's ironbark school no 323, violet st no 877, long gully mechanics' institute, shamrock hotel sandhurst, wesleyan school, german school, mr blaney's school, sandhurst board of advice, the church of england reserve, crawford bros, bath hotel sandhurst, ironbark hill, manchester arms

Copy of photograph of Kuhn family about 1906. Left to Right - Olga Wina Kuhn, Frederick Albert Carl Kuhn, Vincent Patrick Kuhn. Children of , Albert Charles Martin Kuhn and Ellen Ryan.photograph, person, kuhn, bendigo-german-kuhn

Copy of photograph of Carl William Gollmick at 4 years ( father of Rosemary ) with his older sister Beryl. Courtesy Miss Rosemary Gollmick, 105 Burke Rd Nth Ivanhoe East 3079.photograph, person, gollmick, bendigo-german-gollmick

Copy of photograph of Lily Sandner (m. McDonald) b. 1896. Sister of Eugene born London, photo courtesy - Mrs F Legg, Canterbury, Melbourne.photograph, person, sandner, bendigo-german-sandner

Copy of photograph of Frederick Streger 1827 - 1916, from Pioneers and All - Bendigo Independent Newspaper 27/2/1913.photograph, person, streger, bendigo-german-people

Copy of photograph of the Pieper family c.1910 at the old Pieper home. Tom & Annie Craike (nee Pieper) Maria Dorothea Pieper (nee Salau) seated Eliza & husband William Pieper.photograph, person, pieper, genealogy-pieper-craike-salau-german

Copy of photograph of Gustav Pieper family, Annie (nee Anders-Pohl) Carl, Gus, Alice, Amelia & Gertrude.photograph, person, pieper, genealogy-pieper-german

Copy of photograph of Pastor Leypoldt & family in their garden. The Lutheran Manse.photograph, person, leypoldt, genealogy-leypoldt-german

Copy of photograph of the five daughters of Carl Heinrich & Louisa Wendal (nee Fick) Margaretta, Mary, Doris, Johanna & Louisa. From the C.Yeung collection (nee Hamann) July 1996.photograph, person, wendal, genealogy-wendal-german

Copy of photograph of Anton Meurer store Mundy Street.buildings, commercial, meurer, bendigo-history-business-meurer-german

Copy of photograph of Iser family, Caroline Iser (nee Collen) and her three daughters. Hannie, Dora & Carola.photograph, person, iser, genealogy - iser - german

Copy of photograph of German Picnic, photo coutesy Iser Family.photograph, landscape, german picnic

Copy of original heritage map of ''Britisch Papua'' (N.G.) detailed & mapped by German (marine navigator) 'Gezeichnet von C.Barich & produced in the 'Langhans Deutscher Kolontal Atlas, Feb. 1893. Presented to German Society, 30.5.2008 by Mr P.Thwaites, Plans & Projects Officer (Digo 2008) Plus Society's laminated work copy of same map.map

Conditions of sale by private contract dated 6th. September, 1926 between F. Blair and F. C. Neivandt for land situate corner of Buckley and Reviere Streets, Ironbark, certificate of registration No. 20917 together with 5-roomed weatherboard and german brick dwelling for the price of 202 pounds and 10 shillings. With the contract a receipt dated 9th September, 1926detailing the payment.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate

Conditions of sale by private contract dated 27th May, 1927 between G. J. Wilkinson and I. H. Herrick for land at corner Buckley and Reviere Streets, Bendigo certificate of registration 30313 together with 5-roomed weatherboard and german brick dwelling for the price of 235 pounds.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate

Hard covered book titled Pictures from the German Fatherland, drawn with Pen and Pencil, red cover with gold & black lettering, 224 pages with black and white illustrations, gold edging on pages, an inscription dated 1907 written in German inside front page.S G Greenheritage, history-germany-german heritage

A history of Westgarthtown, German and Wendish immigrants first settled at Westgarthtown in March 1850, situated 16 Kilometres north of Melbourne this land now forms part of the suburbs of Thomastown and Lalor. Soft cover 36 pages with black & white and coloured photographs,maps & illustrations. Published by the Heritage Council Victoria and the City of Whittlesea.victoria, history, german, victoria-history-german-westgarthtown

Wilhelma Chronic, commemorating the founding of the Templer settlement Wilhelma in 1902 in Palestine.This book tells the short history of a little German village in Israel. The Friends of Jerusalem, a small group expelled from the Protestant Church in Germany called themselves Templers with the official name of Temple Society sought to establish settlements of small communities in Palestine. Soft cover 173 pages with black & white photographs, maps and illustrations.Kurt Beilharzreligions, christian, german, religion-german-templers-palestine-wilhelma

Australia - Germany Two hundred years of contacts, relations and connections, soft cover 160 pages with black & white photographs, illustrations and maps.Johannes H Voigtaustralia, history, germany, australia-germany-history

Travellers Wine Guide Germany, hard cover with dust jacket, 144 pages with coloured photographs & maps.Dr Hans Ambrosi Kerry Brady Stewartbooks, technical, wine, travel-germany-wine

Soft covered book celebrating 125 years of Club Tivoli Melbourne, 122 pages with black and white photographs, programme of events and advertisements, mostly written in German.clubs, music, german, melbourne-german-club tivoli

Christmas Greeting Card: A cream coloured embossed card opening in the centre with yellow flowers, lace work, pink sparkles and the word Remembrance in gold. On the back is a Trade Mark with 'Publishers To Her Majesty The Queen. The words are hand written *To Ellen with Mothers Love*. Box 625RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS In London, Paris, New York. Designed At the Studios in England and printed at the Fine Art Works Germany. COPYRIGHTephemera, mementoes, christmas cards, christmas greeting cart

Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2001. Patron: St Liborius' Church is named after the patron saint of Padeborn, Prussia. The churches a German gothic design; photo circa 1928. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Hand coloured postcard: printed in top LH corner: 'Shamrock Hotel, E.R. Martin Proprietor, Bendigo'. Image taken from Williamson Street, shows Post Office in background, Shamrock Hotel in foreground. 'Shamrock Hotel' in bold black print on side of hotel. Possibly late 1890's ? Horse drawn carriages along kerbside. On rear of card: Postcard, printed in Germany.bendigo, streetscape, williamson street, shamrock hotel

Book Hahndorf A brief look at the town and its history compiled by Anni Luur Fox, 96 pages in soft cover with black and white photographs 7 illustrations.Anni Luur Foxhistory, australian, hanhdorf, history-south australia - hanhdorf- german - lutheran

Souvenir booklet of the Centenary Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Congregation Doncaster 1858 - 1958, 22 pages with black and white photographs.church, centenary, lutheran, churches-lutheran-german-doncaster