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Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Photograph Album, Ballarat College of Advanced Education Graduation Ceremony, 1982, 1982
Ballarat College of Advanced Education is a predecessor of Federation UniversityBrown covered photo album with names under photographs of Ballarat College of Advanced Education Graduation Ceremony, 1982, which took pace a Founders Hall, Mt Helen ballarat college of advanced education, graduation, ted oppy, mr. d.j. little, ian gordon, b.r. rollins, w. porteous, h. moritz, f. harrap, e. phillips, j. snow, g. mcrae, s. mckee, ian mckee, b. gardner, brian sunter, m. walsh, lindsay hillman, c. tonkin, g. kinnane, g. alcorn, r. kemp, martin westbrooke, r. macgowan, e. j. barker, jack barker, d. alexander, i. dowling, m. selway, n.g. curry, p. van pinxteren, derek woolley, helen hayes, b. kentish, henry moritz, peter van pinxteren, isabel dowling, m. copeland, frank harrap -
Federation University Historical Collection
Image, Gordon Mechanics' Institute Receipt, 1927, 14/12/1927
Scan of a receipt from the Gordon Mechanics' Institute and Free Library. The receipt relates to the hire of the hall to show 'Gem Pictures'.theatre, film, entertainment, gem, rash, gem pictures, receipt -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Ballarat College of Advanced Education Handbook, 1989, 1989
Ballarat College of Advanced Education is a predecessor institution of Federation University Australia.Campus photograph soft covered handbook, with yellow writing, for the Ballarat College of Advanced Education. Sticker on front cover with the name Karen on it. Someone has tried to remove this sticker.handbook, subjects, history, staff, ballarat college of advanced education, nursing, ian gordon, e.t. oppy, kerrie cross, peter fryar, derek woolley, geoff hendy, martin westbrooke, roy schrieke, peter dalhaus, stephen carey, sue taylor, allan ballard, brian sunter, david addenbrooke, graham hawley, ian hemngway, peter sargeant, barry wemyss, george fong wah, keith moore, annette bauska, verna barry, wiliam vermeend, zigurds a. plavina, thelma rungkat, margaret stevens, c. deans, robert morrell, robert m. hook, mike gustus, ian parker -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Photo Album, Ballarat College of Advanced Education Conferring Ceremonies, 1983, 1983
Brown photo album of images from BCAE graduation ceremonies, 1883. Cover and pages held with large boltsNames of some people with reference to photo number in front of albumbetty cumming, justice asche, martin westbrooke, frank hurley, brian sunter, pat hope, denis else, brian fitzgerald, graeme ambrose, allan ballard, george pell, ian gordon, morgan b john, lindsay hillman, founders hall, bcae, conferring ceremony, graduations -
Federation University Historical Collection
Postcard, Tarbet Hotel, Loch Lomond, c1918
Black and white postcard of the Tarbet Hotel, Loch Lomond Verso Dear Mother, Just this card to let you see where I am. I am not writing much. As my time is fully occupied at present. How are you all at home? Well I hope. Harold and I are at present in Glasgow and are having a good time. We left Gorden at Belfast and he is at present at London. I'll give you full particulars when in get backto the Coy. So goodbye for the present. With heaps of love to youall. From HarryTarbet Hotel, Loch Lomond Beautifully situated, overlooking the loch, and in view of the peak of Loch Lomond.harry holmes, loch lomond, scotland, world war one, gordon spittle -
Federation University Historical Collection
Magazine - Book, Ballarat School of Mines Students' Magazine, 1938-1944, 1938-1945
Red hard covered book holding seven volumes of the Ballarat School of Mines Students' Magazine. The cover of the 1938 magazine was designed and executed by Robert McHutchison. Includes original linocuts, including work by Max Coward. 1940 magzine includes a list of full course students; W.H. Middleton Obituary, artwork by C. Sargeant, Joe Wilkenson, Sheila Moss, Bessie Sargeant, Fifi Malseed, Isobel Boustead, Adeline Hulm, Audrey Janetski, Maureen McRae, Bettin George, Ernest Gribble, William Rowe, Jessie Daniel, Pat Martin, Jean Fisher, Gladys Wakeling, Max Coward. Images include the SMB Magazine committee.ballarat school of mines, white flat, linouts, max coward, robert mchutchison, dorothy woolcock, maureen mcrae, bessie martin, patsy walsh, gladys bilney, elva brimacombe, gilda gude, norma tatlock, audrey janetski, jay martin, betty delima, jeff wilkinson, gordon yorke, g. day, w. edward, a. janetski, ernest gribble, iris leviston, n. roberts, j. pittard, sylvia wyres, e. fisher, a. helm, a. nye, bena lamb, ela brimacombe, thelma morton, verna lynch, yarowee creek, bridge, fruit vendors, h.r. murphy retirement -
Federation University Historical Collection
Newsclip, Frank Wright, c1949, c1949
Newsclip of a caricature of Frank Wrightfrank wright, caricature, dudley gordon -
Federation University Historical Collection
News Clippings, Ballarat City of Beauty, 1953, 15/12/1953
Pages from a magazine with an article on Ballarat by Michael Court. ballarat, sturt street ballarat, ballarat town hall, alfred hall, ballarat orphanage, adam lindsay gordon cottage -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, Gippsland Campus External Study Guides, 1978-1991, 1978-1991
The Churchill campus became a part of Federation University Australia in 2014.Fourteen booklets with information of prospective students and external students at the Churchill Campus. Each book includes photographic images of students. .1) Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education External Studies, 1978 .2) Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education External Studies, 1979 .3) Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education Guide to External Studies, 1981 .4) Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education External Studies, 1983 .5) Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education Information Booklet 1983-84 .6) Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education Information Booklet 1984 .7) Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education Information Booklet 1985-6 .8) Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education Information Booklet 1986-1987 .9) Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education Guide to External Studies 1987 .10) Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education Information Booklet 1987-1888 .11) Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education Guide for Prospective Students 1987-1888 .12) Gippsland Institute Guide to External Studies 1989 .13) Monash Gippsland Guide to External Studies 1987-1888 .14) Monash Gippsland Guide for Prospective Students 1991-1991gippsland institute of advanced education, external studies, prospective students, guide book, monash gippsland, gippsland campus, j. milton -smith, m.m. chakera, p.v. morgan, w.j. battersby, m.j. krautschneider, p. farago, i.v. hamilton, h.b. yee, b.r. groves, keith hamilton, r.d. teasdale, m.. reidy, s.h. thomas, i.a. gibson, p.c> kerr, s. ledoux, p. allnutt, d.j. goff, l.j. cartledge, m. bramley-moore, m.a. hooper, g.t. smart, g.j. harison, p.j. loftus, d. peatfield, michael crowley, j. gordon dawber, kathleen frost, jean ely, hua min yee, gupta baikunth nath, paul nash, barbara mildenhall, peter kwong shun tam, peter walker, hendley potts, euan heng, kaye green, clive murray-white, dan wollmering, david thorp, anne greenwood, greg wain, geoffrey smart, victoria howlett, john wolsley, john mcphee, tim holmes, peter cole, vic majzner, john neeson, david wilson, susan howard, simone klose, john davis, geoff la gerche, international students, student residences, colin suggett, karen bensley, christopher coventry, stewart macfarlane, gippsland institute of advanced education library catalogue cards, 1970s, owen rye -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Anne Beggs Sunter, Not for Self But for All: A History of the Art Gallery of Ballarat Association, 2018, 2018
art gallery of ballarat, margaret rich, gordon morrison, eureka stockade, james oddie, eureka flag, james mollison, ron radford, louise tegart -
Federation University Historical Collection
Correspondence, Letter from the Minister for War Organization of Industry, 1944, 01/04/1944
Copy of a typed letter addressed to E.R. Field of the Technical Schools Association of Victoria regarding financial assistance to students at Technical Colleges. On the recommendation of the Universities Commission the following Victorian institutions are approved institutions for the purposes of financial assistance:- * Ballarat SChool of Mines and Industries, Ballarat * Bendigo School of Mines and INdustries, Bendigo * Footscray Technical School, Footscray Gordon Institute of Technology, Geelong * Melbourne Technical College, Melbourne * Swinburne Technical College, Hawthorn Financial assistance was made available to full-time day students attending diploma courses in Engineering, Science o r Architecture. war organization of industry, ballarat school of mines, john dedman, e.r. field, technical schools association of victoria -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Uniform - World War 1 1914-1918, Hat Badge Rising Sun, c1914
Proudly worn by soldiers of the 1st and 2nd Australian Imperial Force in both World Wars, the 'Rising Sun' badge has become an integral part of the digger tradition. The distinctive shape of the badge, worn on the upturned side of a slouch hat, is commonly identified with the spirit of ANZAC formed at the Gallipoli landings 1915 There are seven patterns of the Rising Sun. 1902 - 1991. The Rising Sun has evolved over time and today Australian Army soldiers wear the seventh pattern Rising Sun. The Third Pattern Rising Sun Badge. May 1904 The third pattern Rising Sun badge carried a scroll inscribed with the words ‘Australian Commonwealth Military Forces’ and was worn throughout both World Wars. There were, however, a number of variations of the badge; a special version was struck for the coronation of King Edward VII in 1902 and there were badges of the Commonwealth Horse and the Australian Instructional Corps, each with its respective title on the scrolls. This pattern badge formed the template for all subsequent General Service badges. The most widely accepted version of the origin of this badge is the one that attributes the selection of its design, c1902, to a British Officer, Major General Sir Edward Hutton, the newly appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Australian Forces. Hutton had earlier received as a gift from Brigadier General Joseph Gordon, a military acquaintance of long standing, a ‘Trophy-of-Arms’ composed of mounted cut and thrust swords and triangular Martini-Henry bayonets that were arranged in a semi-circle around the Crown. To General Hutton, the shield was symbolic of the cooperation between the naval and military forces of the Empire. This Third Pattern Rising Sun Badge.- May 1904 - was worn on the Slouch hats of soldiers serving in the Australian Commonwealth Military Forces during World War 1 1914-1918World War1 1914-1918, soldier’s, rising sun hat badge, made of oxidised copperRising Sun with central Crown AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH / MILITARY FORCES australian military uniforms, military insignia, badges, city of moorabbin, bentleigh, cheltenham, major general sir edward hutton, anzac, gallipoli, australian imperial forces, ww1 1914-1918 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: HERCULES MINE LONG GULLY
Hand written names of some of the men who worked at Hercules Mine, Long Gully. Written at the top is Driver Bill Tonkin. Before 1942 when Mine closed. The names are: Back Row - 1. Harry Harward, 2. Bonnie Bentley, 6. Archy Dumble, 7. Tom Kitt, 8. Charlie Ellis, 9. Dick Fraser, 12. Billy Goat Johns, 13. Jack Waterson, 14. Tom Bennetts - Blacksmith. 2nd Row - 4. New Williams, 5. Patsy Palmer, 6. Dave Hughes, 8. Tom Henderson, 9. Charlie Davey - Driver. 3rd Row - 1. Fred Batten, 2. Mick Meager, 7. Tom Hicks, 8. Tonkin. 4th Row - 1. Roy Rosewarne, 2. Gordon Ennor, 3. Taff Hawkins, 4. jack Trevena, 5. John Ennor - Manager, 6. Charlie Clapton, 8. Harry Pinder - Underground Manager. Written underneath is: Some Names of Men who worked at Hercules Mine, Long Gully. Paper is mounted on bright green paper which is mounted on orange card and laminated.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - some names of men who worked at hercules mine long gully, bill tonkin, harry harwood, bonnie bentley, archy dumble, tom kitt, charlie ellis, dick fraser, billy goat johns, jack waterson, tom bennetts - blacksmith, ned williams, patsy palmer, dave hughes, tom henderson, charlie davey - driver, fred batten, mick meager, tom hicks, tonkin, roy rosewarne, gordon ennor, taff hawkins, jack travena, john ennor - manager, charlie clapton, harry pinder - underground manager, hercules mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: PLATES TO ACCOMPANY BULLETIN NO.49 MALDON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF VICTORIA
Book; Brown paper containers with plates (& maps) to accompany bulletin No49 of geological survey of Victoria. V Oswalds G.M. Plan of lease. VI. Oswalds G. M. Plan of workings. VII. Oswalds G. M. Transverse Sect. VIII. Oswalds G. M. Longit. Section. IX. Oswalds G. M. Plan & Sect. 500ft. Level. X. Northey's Reef plan & sections. XI. Carlisle and Whittaker's Mine Plan & Sections.XII. Goldsborough G. M. Co. Gordon's Reef, Plan & Section. XIII. Mount Tarrengower Tunnel Plan & Section.MCCOLL RANKIN & STANISTREETorganisation, industry, surveys, mccoll rankin & stanistreet -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Daisy Florence Turner Cuthill, Christmas Day, Talma 'Paris Panel', 1952
Digital image copied from Turners' original: Mounted portrait of Daisy Florence Turner Cuthill dated Christmas Day 1952. Daughter of Ann & Joseph, sister of Cecil Herbert Gordon (Bert).domestic life, women, daisy florence turner cuthill, cecil herbert gordon (bert) turner, ann turner, joseph turner -
Williamstown High School
Form 2B 1946
Copy of black and white photograph mounted on card.Form 2B - Williamstown High School 1946. Back row: Graham Thomas, Gordon Bird,Frank Ranger,Geoff Boyes, Richard Anthony,Leon Hopkins, Alan Chandler. Second row: Peter Machin, Alistair McLeman, Peter Constable, Bob Gerring, Milton Stone, George Pickering, Max Stephens, Norman Basford. Third row: Valda Welsford, Jean Grant, Pam Trask, Eileen Williamson, Audrey Sinclair, Norma Caple, Heather Neish, Shirley Hansen, Mr Tuck. Fourth row: Merle Valentine, Margaret Stubbs, Shirley Spicer, Carol Crowder, Loan Davis, Jean Spencer, Joyce Hickox. Front row: Ivan Nicholls, Kevin Neal, Ivan Quinn. Donated by Bob Gerring. 4th from left, second top row.williamstown high school, form 2b, 1946 -
Williamstown High School
1940 Gordon Wright reminisces
... Personal memoirs of Gordon Wright, a prefect in 1940, on his trip ...Personal memoirs of Gordon Wright, a prefect in 1940, on his trip to and from school.Prose on white mount board.See jpg for complete quote.williamstown high school, 1940, gordon wright -
City of Ballarat
Artwork, other - Public Artwork, Adam Lindsay Gordon Memorial, 1969
The bronze statue of a horse commemorates poet and horseman Adam Lindsay Gordon and the horses and mules killed during WWI. The statue depicts a horse going into battle known as a 'charger' mounted on a base of Warrenheip granite. During World War II the artist, Raymond Ewers was made an official war artist with the rank of lieutenant. Funds were raised from visitors to the Adam Lindsay Gordon cottage for the artwork which was unveiled on the centenary of the poet's arrival in Ballarat. Adam Lindsay Gordon the English born Australian poet spent some time in Ballarat, at one stage owning and running Craig's Stables in the city. He was not a very good businessman and his ventures left him in financial ruin. However his ballads and poems were recognized around the world as strong lines that told the story of the Australian bush. He is the only Australian Poet to be memorialized in Westminster Abbey, UK. The Queen quoted his work in 1992 Queens message..."Kindness in another's trouble, courage in one's own.."The artwork is of historic and aesthetic significance to the people of BallaratBronze horse on granite plinthERECTED BY/ THE ADAM LINDSAY GORDON SOCIETY/ TO MARK THE CENTENARY OF/ THE POET'S LIVING IN BALLAARAT,/ ALSO AS A MEMORIAL TO THE 958,600 HORSES AND MULES/ KILLED IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR/ INCLUDING 196,000/ THAT LEFT THESE SHORES NEVR TO RETURN./ "THE LAY OF THE LAST CHARGER"/ FORWARD, THE TRUMPETS WERE SOUNDING THE CHARGE./ THE ROLL OF THE KETTLEDRUM RAPIDLY RAN/ THAT MUSIC, LIKE WILDFIRE SPREADING AT LARGE/ MADDEN'D THE WAR HORSE AS WELL AS THE MAN./ WHERE ARE THEY? THE WAR-STEEDS WHO SHARED IN OUR GLORY/ THE "LANERCOST" COLT AND THE "ACROBAT" MARE,/ AND THE IRISH DIVISION "KATE KEARNEY" AND "RORY" AND RUSHING "ROSCOMMON" AND EAGER "KILDARE"./ WE TOO, SPRUNG FROM THE LOINS OF ISHMAELITE STALLIONS,/ THE RENDERING OF BLACKTHORNS AND RATTLE OF RAILS./ AND WHAT THEN? THE COLOURS REVERSED, THE DRUMS, MUFFLED/ THE BACK NODDING PLUMES, THE DEAD MARCH AND THE PALL/ THE STERN FACES, SOLDIER-LIKE SILENT UNRUFFLED,/ THE SLOW SACRED MUSIC THAT FLOATS OVER ALL/ BY A.L. GORDON/ UNVEILED BY/ HIS WORSHIP THE MAYOR OF BALLAARAT,/ CR. M.J.BROWN/ 1969/ PRESIDENT CR.W.E.ROOF C.B.E. SECRETARY P. ABSOY. ESQ.horse statue, adam lindsay gordon horse statue -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Framed Print
The charge of the 21st Lancers in September 1898 was one of the last full-scale cavalry charges of the British Army. The battle took place 6.4 km. (four miles) outside Omdurman, just north of Khartoum and marked the culmination of Major-General Sir Horatio Herbert (later Field Marshal, 1st Earl) Kitchener's campaign for the re-conquest of the Sudan, the 2nd Sudan War (1896-1898).At the Battle of Omdurman (2 September 1898), an army commanded by the British General Sir Herbert Kitchener defeated the army of Abdullah al-Taashi, the successor to the self-proclaimed Mahdi, Muhammad Ahmad. Kitchener was seeking revenge for the 1885 death of General Gordon. It was a demonstration of the superiority of a highly disciplined army equipped with modern rifles, machine guns, and artillery over a force twice their size armed with older weapons, and marked the success of British efforts to re-conquer the Sudan. Timber framed print depicting mounted soldiers in battleOmdurman Charge of 21st Lancers21st lancers, omdurman, sudan -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Photograph, Professor Geoffrey Blainey, 1985
The photograph accompanies a report on a community lecture Professor Blainey gave at Mount Eliza Uniting Church.B&W head and shoulders photograph of Professor Geoffrey Blainey"C&N 30/10/1985 page 13 Gordon Allingham 1 Teresa Street Greensborough 435 8285"blainey, geoffrey -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph, 1914
A b/w photograph mounted on card of students of Sunbury State School No. 1002 taken in 1914. The group is taken in front of the shelter shed on Macedon Street site. (Names are on the photo and also on catalogue worksheet)Printed on front: Sunbury State School 1914 / "see on back"schools, sunbury state school, macedon street, sunbury, dempsey, bill, walls, stan, -, neville, trask, con, clayton, 'doctor', parke, cecil (saishle), griffins, maurice, ter hofstede, gerat, s, g., titford, willie, healey, perc, austin, johnnie, boardman, eric, wilson, don, smith, d. n., williams, will, baker, arthur, johnstone, bert, clarence, 'darkie', mclauchlin, bob, annie, jamieson, jessie, gilchrist, hazel, balfour, jean, rita, leggett, betty, curry, jim, hudson, ted, ray, flintoft, billie, syd, finn, jack, hilda, mavis, florence, gregor, lilian, dorothy, mclellan, alice, stagoll, millie, polly, leggo, margaret, bailey, lily, mcgregor, butcher, ruth, burke, connie, nellie, ella, alma, phillips, sadie, coggins, eileen, johnston, george, olive, gordon, effie, iris, vera, down, len, mickie, gilmour, wil, wykes, laurie, lacey, alan, huf, c. w. (mrs), shelter sheds, 1910s, george evans collection -
The Adam Lindsay Gordon Commemorative Committee Inc.
Book, Red Lancer Comes Back to Mount Gambier- Elizabeth Walker- 1976
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The Adam Lindsay Gordon Commemorative Committee Inc.
Booklet, The Main Corner, Mount Gambier : earth, fire, water, 2011
Information booklet about the new Main Corner complex located at 1 Bay Road, Mount Gambier. The building and surrounds offer the opportunity to learn about Mount Gambier's local history and culture.For two years he was stationed at Penola in the Mount Gambier region where he led a routine life with no remarkable incidents or exploits to interrupt his daily duties. (from Australian Dictionary of Biography: http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/gordon-adam-lindsay-3635)22 pages booklet with colour illustrations. Front page depicting the entrance of the Main Corner in Mount Gambiermain corner, mount gambier, gretel sneath, adam lindsay gordon -
The Adam Lindsay Gordon Commemorative Committee Inc.
Book, Mount Gambier- The City Around a Cave- A Regional History- Les hill-Openbook Publishers-1972
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The Adam Lindsay Gordon Commemorative Committee Inc.
Book, The Bargain By John Jones- Published by Rose Jones Mount Gambier- Millicent Print, Millicent.SA. 1994
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The Adam Lindsay Gordon Commemorative Committee Inc.
Book, Red Lancer comes Back to Mount Gambier- Elizabeth Walker- Hansen Printing House 1976
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The Adam Lindsay Gordon Commemorative Committee Inc.
Book, Red Lancer Comes Back to Mount Gambier- Elizabeth Walker- Hansen Printing House 1976
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The Adam Lindsay Gordon Commemorative Committee Inc.
Book, Mount Gambier- The City around a Cave- A regional History- Les R Hill.- Openbook Publishers, Adelaide. 1972
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The Adam Lindsay Gordon Commemorative Committee Inc.
Film - DVD, Brenton Manser, Rider and Writer- The Life of Lindsay, 2014
From website: "Shot at various locations by cinematographer Robert Tremelling under the direction of Brenton Manser, the docudrama Rider and Writer is based on poet Adam Lindsay Gordon’s life during the time he lived in South Australia and Victoria. Manser has been researching, planning and developing the script for the new film since February 2012. Much of the footage for Rider and Writer has been shot in Mount Gambier, Port MacDonnell, Penola, Coleraine and Warrnambool. Jakin Manser has the leading role of Adam Lindsay Gordon, and former Grant High School drama teacher, David Reed, returned to Mount Gambier to act in the film, cast as John Riddoch, wealthy pastoralist and friend of Gordon. After 50 commended performances playing Riddoch in the stage production ‘Reckless’, Reed had retired. However, he was enticed by Manser to revive the character for the film."With a bust of Adam Lindsay Gordon in Westminster Abbey, London, his story is of national and international significance. Only one other film about Gordon is known to exist, produced in 1916. Allan Childs, curator of Gordon’s former residence ‘Dingley Dell’ is excited by the project: ‘To have a film that is made with the latest high definition equipment will bring the story of this famous poet alive to a new generation. We’ve come a long way since the black and white silent movies of 1916.’ The film premiered in Mount Gambier on 30 August 2014.adam lindsay gordon, brenton manser, robert tremelling, docudrama, 2014 -
National Wool Museum
Book, Wool Sample, 1936-8
The story of 90 years of wool classing between father & son begins in 1936, when a young boy by the name of Stanley James Hucker walked through the doors of the Gordon Technical School in Geelong. Born in 1921, Stanley was 15 years of age when he began his 3-year course in Wool Classing. 30 years later, Stanley’s second son Denis completed the same 3-year wool classing course. Beginning in 1966, Denis attended the same Gordon Technical School and walked the same halls as his father before him. Stanley finished his course in 1938. He went back to the family farm in Lake Bolac for a brief period before enrolling in the Second World War. At the completion of the war, Stanley returned home and married before gaining a soldier settler allotment, north of Willaura. This enabled Stan to use his wool classing knowledge. He ran between 1,500 and 2,000 sheep for many years, while his wool classer stencil also allowed him to go out and class at various sheds around the area. He held his stencil from 1938 until he retired at the age of 60 in 1981. On retirement, his second son Denis was working in the district, managing a local property while also leasing land himself. Upon his father’s retirement, Denis had the opportunity to lease his father’s farm, an opportunity he could not refuse. Denis had finished his wool classing course at the Gordon Technical School in 1968, graduating dux of his class. He began working with a local contractor and started classing wool in his team. Denis gained a great deal of experience working as part of this team in big sheds of up to 8 stands servicing between 10 & 20,000 sheep. It was not all smooth sailing for Denis however, and he soon learnt an important lesson. Class wool the way you’re taught, don’t listen to the owner standing over your shoulder. At a clip of Corriedales near Casterton, Denis was pushing too many fleeces into the line of fine wool. This resulted in a notice from the Australian Wool Exchange (AWEX) “mixing counts too much, submit three clips for inspection”. Denis was able to submit 3 clips with no further complaints, however, this proved a valuable lesson he would never forget over his long career classing wool. In the early 1980s, when Denis was leasing two properties including his father’s, things were going well until drought struck. February 1983 was the date of the Ash Wednesday bushfires, and saw Melbourne have three days over 40 °C for only the second time on record. This period saw Denis give away farming, turning towards contracting work instead. After the difficult times of the early 1980s, the next two decades were a good time for the sheep industry. 15 micron wool was selling for prices between 4 to 5,000 cents per kilo, double what you’d expect for the same wool in 2022. In 1995 a single bale of wool sold for a million dollars. This was a good time for Denis too. His contracting work saw him employing local shearers and shed staff. His team was involved with the shearing and classing of more than 130,000 sheep. After 20 years of contracting, it was time for Denis to transition into the next phase of his life. He gave up independent contracting, preferring instead to return to being a member of someone else’s team. In 2018, having completed 50 years of wool classing, it was time to call it a day and retire completely. At the annual Gordon Wool School Old Students Association dinner held in 2018, Denis was presented with his 50 years as a registered wool classer stencil awarded by the Australian Wool Exchange (AWEX). This is a rare honour achieved by few. As of February 2020, a total of 430 wool classers had achieved this 50-year milestone. For Denis however, his proudest achievement is achieving 90 years of wool classing with his father. The National Wool Museum is proud to share the collection of objects gained from 90 years in the wool classing industry by Stanley and Denis. This ranges from Stanley’s first stencil and Wool Sample book, started when he first attended the Gordon in 1936. The collection concludes 90 years later with Denis’ 50 years of wool classing Stencil. The collection contains many more objects, all telling the story of these 90 years, and the hard work invested by this dedicated father and son duo.Large black bound book with ribbon for fastening containing 12 double-sided blue pages. Pages have several samples of shorn wool mounted and annotated to include information such as specific breeding, shearing faults, and geographical area. The book concludes with four pages without wool samples. Two of these pages relate to plans for a shearing shed and other industry related structures. The final two-pages relate to the anatomy of a sheep. Wool sample books were constructed by Wool Classing students at the Gordon Technical School as examples of what to look for when classing wool. The students were tasked with constructing these books with samples they retrieved themselves from several different farms and animals. The book would serve as a reference point for the wool classers throughout their years in the field, it was always on hand to refresh knowledge. This book was constructed by Stanley Hucker over his schooling at the Gordon between 1936 and 1938Front Cover. Handwritten, White Ink "Stanley Hucker / Samples"90 years wool classing between father & son, wool classing, gordon technical school