This bag contained a media kit produced by Melba Industries, part of the Austrim Textiles Group. The kit was given away at a media launch to publicise the production of an Australian made, nylon wool pack called 'Jumbuck'. The packs will be made at the former Valley Mill in Geelong. This launch occurred on 21 July 2000 and was attended by Andrew Moritz, National Wool Museum Director, who collected this media kit for the museum collection.Contained media kit from the launch of 'Jumbuck', an Australian made nylon wool pack produced by Melba Industries (part of the Austrim Textiles Group) in Geelong.JUMBUCK TM / AUSSIE-MADE WOOL PACKS FILDESFAST / LABELS BAGS PRINTING / Tel: 1800 351 185black, mr lindsay - melba industries (an austrim nylex ltd company) austrim nylex ltd valley worsted mill, jumbuck wool pack

This media kit was produced by Melba Industries, part of the Austrim Textiles Group. It contains three photographs, as well as other company information. The photos depict Mr Alan Jackson, the chairman of Austrim, Mr Tom Quick, the general manager of technical textiles at Austrim, and a shot of the new packs being made in the old Valley Mill. The kit was given away at a media launch to publicise the production of an Australian made, nylon wool pack called 'Jumbuck'. The packs will be made at the former Valley Mill in Geelong. This launch occurred on 21 July 2000 and was attended by Andrew Moritz, National Wool Museum Director, who collected this media kit for the museum collection.Media kit from launch of 'Jumbuck', Australian made nylon wool packs made by Melba Industries (part of the Austrim Textiles Group) in Geelong. Contents of media kit produced for the launch of 'Jumbuck', Australian made nylon wool packs made by Melba Industries (part of the Austrim Textiles Group) in Geelong.Media Kit / JUMBUCK TM / AUSSIE-MADE WOOL PACKS / The Aussie-Made Pack / For A Cleaner Clipblack, mr lindsay - melba industries (an austrim nylex ltd company) austrim nylex ltd valley worsted mill, jumbuck wool pack, jackson, mr alan ao - austrim nylex ltd quick, mr tom - austrim nylex ltd

Sign used at Foster Valley Mill.Metal enamel toilet sign with black lettering on a white background.NOTICE. / "CLEANLINESS IS NEXT TO / GODLINESS." LEAVE / THIS LAVATORY / AS YOU WOULD WISH TO FIND IT / VIC. ENL. WORKS GEELONG.valley worsted mill, foster valley mill pty ltd, sign, toilets, notice, manufacturing, factories, textile industry, workplace

Used at Foster Valley Mill.Cleaner

Skin press made by J. Dyson and Sons, Geelong and used at Foster Valley Mill to manually press sheep skins.Skin press made by J. Dyson and Sons Pty Ltd, Geelong and used at Foster Valley Mill. Maker's mark of skin press made by J. Dyson and Sons Pty Ltd, Geelong and used at Foster Valley Mill.J. DYSON & SONS PTY LTD / GEELONGwool pelts, valley worsted mill j. dyson and sons pty ltd, wool - pelts

Spools used at Foster Valley Mill. Large bobbin to hold fine yarns like silk or mercerised cotton (slippery, shiny threads) Used in production ofmen's suiting fabric with a fine stripe or thread effect.

Nimons Bridge was built in 1890, as part of the then Ballarat-Linton railway. The bridge is 17 spans with tall timber piers of four driven piles each, with triple sets of diagonal cross-bracing and walers and a single row of longitudinal horizontal bracing between piers. The spans are of a uniform twenty feet (6.1 metres), originally supported by four 21-inch x 9-inch (535 mm x 230 mm) Kauri timber beams per span, following the standard V.R. design of the period. When the superstructure was rebuilt after the 1953 fire, the timber beams were replaced with two 24-inch (610mm) deep rolled-steel-joists on each span. These are marked 'Lancashire Steel Co., Scotland' and are believed to have been second-hand. The deck of transverse-timber planks is 103.6 metres in length. Overall the bridge has an impressive appearance with its exceptionally tall triple-cross-braced piers creating a 'three-tiered' effect, with the deck 19.2 metres above the Woady Yaloak River. The Ballarat-Skipton line closed in 1985. Nimons Bridge has been recently restored, as part of the Ballarat-Skipton Rail Trail. How is it significant? Nimons Bridge is significant for technical, historic and aesthetic reasons at a State level. Why is it significant? Nimons Bridge is technically significant as Victoria's fourth-tallest timber trestle bridge when built, and as the third-tallest surviving example. It is also the second-largest composite bridge combining traditional timber piers with RSJ spans and a timber deck and falls within a select group of fewer than ten timber railway bridges with horizontal longitudinal bracing between the piers and three sets of double cross-bracing on its tallest piers, creating a visually striking 'three tiered' effect that enhances its viaduct form. Nimons Bridge is historically significant as having served initially the mining community at Linton, then the Western District agricultural area and in later years a kaolin quarry at Pittong. Nimons Bridge is historically significant as a representative of the 'light' branch line methodology that stimulated the explosion of railway construction in Victoria during the 1880s, and provides an interesting contrast with the more solid and vastly more expensive railway viaducts built in similar terrain on Victorian main lines, at Moorabool and Taradale, in the late 1850s. Approached by a deep cutting and high embankment at either end, the bridge represents a very cost-effective late 19th century engineering solution to the characteristic physiography of western Victoria with flat basalt plains intersected by deep wide valleys occasionally subject to severe flooding. Nimons Bridge is aesthetically significant for its visually impressive viaduct form, crossing a deep and steep-sided valley that is part of a rich cultural landscape. Within close proximity of the bridge are mullock dumps, tailings, shaft sites and other relics of the deep-lead alluvial mining era. The bridge is the most visually spectacular timber-trestle rail bridge in Western Victoria and is among the most spectacular timber-trestle rail bridges surviving anywhere in Victoria. It is part of the Ballarat-Skipton Rail Trail. Classified by the National Trust :02/10/2000 (http://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/67986)Colour photograph of a log bridge known as Nimon's Bridge.ballarat-linton, nimons bridge, nimon's bridge, log bridge, viaduct, timber-trestle rail bridge

Used at Foster Valley Mill... Orange ution ..Co. Ltd (label)textile mills, valley worsted mill

Came from the lab at Foster Valley Mill.valley worsted mill

Used at Foster Valley Mill.Phenolphthalein Indicator solution, W. Pardey & Co., Geelongvalley worsted mill

Used at Foster Valley Mill.40% Formalin, Felt and Grimwade and Duerdins P/L Melbourne (label)valley worsted mill

Used at Foster Valley Mill.Formalinvalley worsted mill

Used at Foster Valley Mill.Buffer Solution, N.L. Jones, Melbourne (label)valley worsted mill

Used at Foster Valley Mill.valley worsted mill

From laboratory at Foster Valley Mill.One litre Sulphuric Acid, W. Pardey & Co., Geelong (label)valley worsted mill

The bottle came from the laboratory at Foster Valley Mill.textile mills, valley worsted mill

The bottle came from the laboratory at Foster Valley Mill.One gallon pyphnine, W.B. Selby & Co Pty Ltdtextile mills, valley worsted mill

The bottle came from the laboratory at Foster Valley Mill.sulphuric acid N/50textile mills, valley worsted mill

From Foster Valley Mill laboratory.valley worsted mill

Used at Foster Valley Mills.Kidney-shaped plastic textile container with lacing on joins.foster valley mills, textile industry, loom, weaving, container, wool