By the close of the 19th century, colonial children in Australia (especially poorer ones) were expected to work by age 10 or 11. Boys could become apprentices or assistants to trades such as butchers, printers, carpenters, bakers, smiths or services such as delivering newspapers. Girls could work as domestic servants, seamstresses, or in large clothing factories or weaving mills. Girls as young as 6 could work in cities selling stationary or matches to passers-by. In the 1880s workers in matchstick factories, predominantly women and young girls (4-16 years old) from working-class families could work up to 14 hours a day and were exposed to deadly phosphorous vapours on a daily basis. This led to the devastating disease known as “phossy jaw” or “phosphorous necrosis of the jaw” which caused the jawbone to rot. This small rectangular tin matchbox with raised writing on top would once have been gold and brightly coloured. It has a metal striker on the inside as this type of match contains phosphorous which is volatile and can be lit by friction. Duncan's Waterproof Wax vestas

The children were students at the Platrithia school when the photograph was taken in 1931. Platrithia is a village located in northern Ithaca. A black and white photograph of fourteen school children with their teacher posing outside a building. Eight girls are standing behind the teacher and another three girls and three boys are seated in the front. Two of the older girls are standing on the RHS of the photograph. Written on the back in biro are the location and date of the photograph as well as names of some of the people in the picture.Written on the back and translated from the Greek: STATE SCHOOL PLATRITHIA 1931.

The inscription in Greek on the back of the photo which was taken in Ithaca: An old photo of then young children of Asklipios Vrettos. Antonis, Ismini, Odysseas The little ones Ektoras and SperosA sepia photograph of a family group of two men, a young girl and two little boys siting in a garden with a young palm tree behind the group. Details about the photograph have been hand-written in Greek. The four corners have been trimmed. Printed on the back: CARTE POSTALE

Tawonga Primary School Children 1920. Tawonga is in the Kiewa Valley where farmers lived with their families. The school was opened on 27th July 1880 situated on 8 acres near the current township of Tawonga. This school was erased by fire in 1900 and all records were destroyed. The school then moved to the old Tawonga Hall. In 1910 the school was shifted to its present site on 3 acres of land donated by Frank Cooper. The school building and attendance continued to grow especially during the construction of the Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme. Early residents of the area. Ellie Seymour front row first on left. Walter J E Ryder in front of the desk at right. Vera Ryder behind him on the right. The boys also wore white collarsCopy of black and white photograph of pupils (children) at Tawonga Primary School 1920tawonga primary school, state school, kiewa valley

The Athletics Club under the guidance of a committee of workers, which included Mr Stan Hemmings and Mr Alec McCullough, sponsored a Junior Athletics Club which became the Gray-Y Club for young boys and HY-Y for older lads. Mr A E Clark (YMCA) had the idea of adopting the American Gray-Y System which was to instill in the boys good principles and values similar to those of the service clubs i.e. YMCA, the Masons and Buffalo Lodge. Story has it that the town was virtually crime free for many years. The Athletics Club became a very powerful force in Mount Beauty and assisted other fledgling groups to get started. The committee had the bright idea that they could raise money and entertain the men who lived in the outlying camps by running sporting exhibitions by their members and the Gray-Y boys for entertainment.It is a connection to the early history of Mount Beauty regarding the start of an athletics club.Blue material banner with gold fringe and inscription in middle.Red material triangle inserted within banner and red material H and I (overlapping) sewed into the middle of the triangletextile, youth club, mt beauty, athletics club, gray-y club, kiewa hydro electric scheme

1. to 5. Part of the Meade Collection. See catalogue No. 10785P for details of service for "Ernest James Meade", No 2112. 1. Black and white studio photograph of three Australian WW1 soldiers in uniform. Soldiers on right and left are seated. Soldier in middle standing with one hand on the shoulder of those seated. Reverse is postcard format. 2. Black and white studio portrait of an Australian WW1 soldier. The soldier is a sergeant and is wearing a bandolier with whistle and lanyard attached to his left breast pocket. Reverse is postcard format. 3. Black and white studio photograph of a WW1 Australian Soldiwer in uniform. Soldier is standing with right hand resting on a table. Studio backdrop. Postcard format on reverse. 4. Black and white studio portrait of an Australian WW1 soldier in uniform. Reverse is postcard format. 5. Black and white studio photograph of a WW1 Australian soldier in uniform. Soldier is standing in front of a studio backdrop. Reverse is postcard format.1. Handwritten in black ink on front: “Yours Sincerely, Doc, Blue & Mulga 4.4.19” 2. Handwritten in blue ink on front: “Yours Sincerely, Charlie” 3. Handwritten in pencil on back: “To Mick, One of the Boys, From Possum, Paris 23.1.17” 4. Handwritten on back in pencil: “Time 29.19, 161 Camberwell Rd, Upper Hawthorn, Melb, Vict., Aussie. Your Sincere Pal, Roy” 5. Handwritten on back, in pencil: “5.1.19, From Your Old Pal, Scottie.”meade collection, photograph, ww1, ernest james meade

1. Jim;s uniform and colour patch with an "A" on it indicates he served on Gallipoli, he appears to be wearing a bravery ribbon - possibly a Military Medal. Part of the Meade Collection, See Catalogue No. 10785P for details of service for Ernest James Meade (No 2112). Note - All four photographs contain reference to an unidentified soldier called 'Jim'. 1. Black and white studio portrait of an Australian WW1 soldier in uniform. Soldier's colour patch as an “A” on it. He also appears to be wearing a bravery award ribbon. Reverse is postcard format. 2. Black and white studio portrait of an Australian WW1 soldier in uniform. Reverse is postcard format. 3. Black and white studio photograph of an Australian WW1 soldier standing in uniform. Postcard format on reverse. 4. Black and white studio photograph of two Australian WW1 soldiers in uniform. One standing, one sitting. Both holding swagger sticks. Studio backdrop behind both. Postcard format on back.1. Handwritten on reverse in pencil: "From your ever sincere Pal Jim, 22 Quota, 4.5.19". 2. Handwritten on front in blue ink: "To Ern from Jim". 3. Handwritten on front in blue ink: " Yours Sincerely, Jim" Handwritten on back in blue ink: “From your old & true pal, Jim” 4. Handwritten in black ink on front, “Two of the Boys, Billie and Jim”.meade collection, photograph, ww1., ernest james meade

This is a framed photograph of the men's pool at the Warrnambool Salt Water Baths. These Baths were originally built at the end of Gilles Street on the line of the present railway line in 1876 but were rebuilt in 1889 further north in Gilles Street when the railway line was opened. The water was pumped from the sea, initially by a windmill and later by a gas pump. The men's pool was 100 feet by 50 feet and the women's pool was 60 feet by 30 feet with bathing strictly segregated in the 19th century. A building nearby housed marble cubicles with hot spa baths with the water heated on the site and a caretaker's cottage completed the complex. Men's nude bathing was a feature of the early 20th century. Originally built by a local public company the Baths were taken over by the Warrnambool Council. These baths were superseded by the opening in 1961 of an Olympic Pool In Warrnambool. The site and the remaining buildings of the old sea water baths are now heritage-listed and today form part of the headquarters of the Warrnambool and District Historical Society.This photograph is of historical significance as a depiction of the Warrnambool Salt water Baths in the early 20th century. These Baths were the basis for promoting Warrnambool as a health and spa resort town in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.This is a framed black and white photograph of the men's pool at the Warrnambool Salt Water Baths. It depicts men and boys swimming in the circular pool and one male on the diving board. All these men are naked. There are other clothed males and clothed attendants wearing hats and waistcoats. The change rooms are on the right side of the photograph and there is a fence with trees behind. The photograph is mounted on cardboard with a gilt edge and is held in a wooden ridged frame behind glass. warrnambool sea water baths, sea baths, warrnambool pool, gilles street

Photograph Jim Learmonth 1st Sunshine Group Scout Master He married a Guide and had 3 children who became Cubs Brownies Guides and Scouts|Photograph Roy Paton Tich Stephens Bill Rohner Don Gray Ian Tighe Jim Learmonth Peter Learmonth The Long Haul First Sunshine Scouts Christmas 1947 Big Pats Creek Camp site on the McLean Property at the bridge|Photograph 1st Sunshine Scouts Back row Ron Doubleday Kevin Harvey Ian Bell Front row Chas Stonehouse Jim Learmonth RL Bill Morris John Drewer|Photograph 1st Sunshine Scouts Jim Learmonth|Photograph Madame Tussards London Jim Learmonth Next to the Scouts founder Lord Baden Powell of Galwell|Photographs of McLean's Haven after the great flood and the one that didnt get away|Photographs Parents Day Big Pats Creek and Scouts own Sunshine Gardens|The only photograph of the original Sunshine Scouts behind Bushy Thompsons one Satuday 1919 to 1920 Top Row Jack Emslie Unknown Peter Barlett C Drewerman Jim Garde 2nd Row Lance Clemson Fred Imple Glyn Gleneson Allan McRae Mousey Hill Unknown 3rd Row Unknown Jim Caithness Unknown John Souter Bob Andews Bill Butcher Thomas 4th row P McKay Reg Bult 5th Row F Bennett Bill Hebb Unknown Unknown Original scoutmasters Charlie Saws Arch Mounsey Arch Snaith?|Photographs Kim District Commissioner Sir Edmund Herrings presentation of the Silver Wolf bush Scene Warburton Bike Hike Melton Bruce Smith with Bill Morris Building Rover Chalet Warburton Where we slept|Photographs A close shave Boys of the old brigade Group photograph Gaooubess at Big Pats Creek Camp site Big Pats Creek 4 group photographs no descriptionsscouts, scouting, learmonth

From the 1st Sunshine Scout Hall Martin St SunshineGlassed wooden framed document1st Sunshine Scout Group, Jubilee Year - 1971, Meetings|Cubs: Mondays, 7.00pm - 8.30pm. (Boys aged 8 - 10 yrs old)|Scouts: Tuesdays, 7.00pm - 9.00pm. (Boys aged 10 1/2 - 14 yrs old)|Group Committee (Parents): 1st Thursday every month at 7.30pm in this hall.|All Inquiries Please Contact the Group Leader.scouts, scouting

Reverend Denis Oakley was ordained in 1972 and served at Casterton, Tally Ho Boys Village, W/S 1975-1990, SE and Brighleigh. He was also known through motor vehicle advertisements on television. 2008-? worked at Wesley College part-time in old collegians office.Rev. Denis Oakley, upper body, wearing a Wesley College boater hatD. Oakleyrev. dennis oakley; tally ho boys village, wesley college.

Reverend Denis Oakley was ordained in 1972 and served at Casterton, Tally Ho Boys Village, W/S 1975-1990, SE and Brighleigh. In this article Reverend Oakley was coordinator of the Inquiry Task Group for the Children's Welfare Association of Victoria. Worked after retirement for a time at Wesley College in the old collegians office.Rev. Denis Oakley; BW head and shoulders photoDennis Oakley (sic) Presbyterian Life 30/7/1975 page 6rev. dennis oakley; tally ho boys village, wesley college.

STANWAY, ALFRED (b. 9 Sept 1908; d. Melbourne, Vic, 27 June 1989). Anglican bishop, missionary. Stanway grew up in the Wimmera district of western Victoria, and left school when 14 years old. He found work in Melbourne, trained as an accountant, and at the age of 20, held a responsible position with a publishing company. This background, allied with an uncommon flair for figures and finance, was to stand him in good stead throughout his life. But he had little knowledge and no experience of the grace of God until 29 July 1928. At the Evening Service in the parish church of Fairfield on 29 July, he heard the Rev C H Nash (q.v.) preach a sermon which led to his conversion. Within two years he made up his mind to become a missionary and began night studies in order to matriculate. He entered Ridley College in March 1932 to prepare for ordination undertaking week-end duties as a catechist at Deer Park and St Albans. He joined the CMS League of Youth, became chairman, and gathered a fine band of young people many of whom were to become missionaries. He was closely involved with the Belgrave Heights Convention (then at Upwey) and established a League of Youth camp on the site. All his energies were thrown into the task of building up its members in personal holiness and vigorous evangelism. Stanway was ordained in St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne on St Thomas Day 1934 and was placed in charge of the Old Mission Church of St James and St John, Melbourne. The duties were light enough to allow him to enrol in the Melbourne Teachers College and to complete the Diploma in Teaching. On 26 January 1937, he sailed for Africa to become a missionary in the Anglican Diocese of Mombasa, which at that time embraced the whole of Kenya. He was sent to the hot coastal town of Kaloleni as principal of a Secondary Boys School. Before he left Melbourne, he had become engaged to Marjory Harrison: she followed him to Africa and their marriage took place in Mombasa Cathedral in June 1939. He remained at Kaloleni until 1944 when he was transferred to the inland station of Maseno where all his gifts were to be deployed as rural dean of Nyanza. His oversight of some 500 village churches as well as a widespread primary school system was so efficient that in 1948 he was appointed archdeacon of Kenya with his home and office in Nairobi. As secretary of the African Church Council and of the African Education Board, he was responsible for all African work in the diocese. His contacts with government ministers and public servants were of first class significance at the time when the cry of Uhuru and the demand for independence was travelling throughout the colonial world. On 2 Feb 1951, Alfred Stanway was consecrated in Westminster Abbey as the third Anglican Bp of Central Tanganyika. This Diocese was the special sphere of the CMS Australia, and he already knew most of the missionary personnel. He brought with him the understanding and experience of one who had fully shared the lot and problems of a district missionary, but he came to the diocese at a time when it had yet to recover from its losses in personnel and finance as a result of the war. His immediate task was to provide the impetus of fresh leadership and a long-term overall policy. His aim from-the outset was to build up a strong autonomous church with its own indigenous pastorate. With the whole-hearted confidence of the home base, he was able to enlist the service of new missionaries. He saw a great increase in the number of African clergy and he encouraged village evangelists to open new fields of work. Simple structures were built as new churches at the rate of two a week, week in and week out, year by year. He worked hard to meet the need for Christian literature, bookshops, adult literacy and theological training. He opened Bible schools for village evangelists and sent suitable clergy overseas for further studies. He encouraged initiative in others, helped them to find and use their talents, and gave them his unstinted confidence and support. Fresh finance was required for new ventures. This led him to travel widely in Germany and America, where he raised large funds for these projects. Mackay House was built in Dodoma as the central administrative base for the diocese, hospitals such as those at Mvumi and Hombolo were modernised or established, schools were built and upgraded. In keeping with his vision for ultimate leadership by African personnel, he consecrated Yohana Omari in 1955 as his assistant, he was the first national to become a bp in East Africa. Bp Stanway then set on foot the long and complicated process for the division of his sprawling diocese. In 1963, the diocese of Victoria Nyanza came into being; in 1965, that of Morogoro; in 1966, that of Western Tanganyika. Yet in 1971, his own diocese of Central Tanganyika, though greatly reduced in size, had more churches and more clergy than in its undivided state in 195 l. Stanway then played a leading part in the formation of the Province of Tanzania in 1970, with an African abp as metropolitan. A year later, after 35 years in East Africa and 20 years as bishop of Central Tanganyika, he resigned. His leadership and achievements throughout those years had placed him in the front rank as a great missionary statesman. Stanway had returned to Melbourne at the time when his resignation took effect in August 1971. His early love for Ridley College reasserted itself and he went into residence as deputy principal under the Rev Dr Leon Morris. He was put in charge of chapel worship and the pastoral oversight of the students. All his gifts and experience were called into play as he sought to guide and encourage those who were on the threshold of their ministry. The whole bent of his heart was to foster the spiritual life and missionary calling of those whose hearts the Lord had touched. It was during those years that his life-long zeal for the spread of the gospel through Christian literature had its ultimate flowering. It had begun in his Nairobi days with a small church bookstall, this had developed into a major book-shop in the heart of the city. Then in Dodoma he had established the Central Tanganyika Press in order to promote the publication and distribution of Christian literature at all levels. He had marked out Kevin Engel, trained him, and launched him on the international scene. Hence it was natural that in Melbourne he and Kevin Engel should found the Australian Christian Literature Society. But his time at Ridley College was not to last. Unknown to him, the Rev J R W Stott had put his name forward as that of a person who could head a new school of theology in the United States to provide a sound training for evangelical ordinands. Such a task would have been formidable enough for a younger man who had grown up in America. How could an Australian who had spent half his life in Africa hope to succeed in a venture of that kind in America? How could one who had been a missionary, not a theologian, found a new school to train men for ordination? Nevertheless he rose to the challenge. In Sept 1975, he and Mrs Stanway left Melbourne for Sewickly, an outer suburb of Pittsburg, with the promise of three years' service. He had to start from scratch. He found a house to live in, but there was no land for the school, no funds in hand, no staff yet appointed, no students, and no buildings. His drive, his infections enthusiasm, and his flair for practical enterprise carried the day. One by one, obstacles were overcome and support grew in volume and strength. Twelve months after his arrival, in Sept 1976, the Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry was opened with three staff members, seventeen students, and the goodwill of the whole American Episcopal Church to win. During the next two years, the school took shape and was firmly established. Bp Stanway left an indelible stamp on every aspect of its life and work, its spiritual tone and ideals, its financial and administrative principles. He had inspired widespread support among evangelical episcopalians and had imparted a strong sense of divine guidance and purpose. The council would gladly have extended his term in office beyond three years, but at 75 years of age he knew that his health had begun to fail. When he finally relinquished his office in Nov 1978, he could look back on those three years as the crown of his ministry. It is not too much to say that his name was even more highly honoured and revered in the Trinity School of Ministry than in his own dearly loved Africa. His return to Melbourne led to quiet retirement at Mount Waverley where he settled down to a long battle with the ever worsening effects of Parkinson's Disease. The slow loss of physical capacity and the ultimate failure in powers of speech were a great trial, but he never complained. His faith was summed up in his brief reply when he was asked why he had not prayed for healing: 'What God allows, I accept'. That acceptance was without reserve; his testimony was never brighter. His mental powers were undiminished and his spiritual concerns were as wide as ever. He kept in touch with CMS, he went to church, he met with missionaries, he led Bible studies in his home as long as he was able. Africa was always in his heart, news from Sewickly always gave him great pleasure. He had left a mark for God on three great continents and his death left sad but thankful hearts in them all. It was the close of a life in which he had felt that he could never do enough for God who had done so much for him. One of Bp Stanway's sayings was 'when the Holy Spirit takes hold of you, anything can happen'. So it was in his case. He was very human, with his full share of human foibles and frailties. He had a great zest for life and an endless fund of stories drawn from his own experience. He was himself the subject of many stories, some true, others legendary. His vibrant personality always seemed to fill the house where he was, his presence could not be overlooked. His own home was one in which Mrs Stanway had a paramount influence. She was a trained teacher, a skilled artist, a born hostess and a first-class linguist. They had no children of their own, but were devoted Godparents and always deeply interested in the children of missionaries. Home life allowed him to relax in a serene and contented atmosphere and to exercise his gifts for friendship and hospitality. He was always on the watch for souls, a person-to-person evangelist par excellence. He was a man of faith and prayer who dared to believe in the God of the impossible. His love for Africa, his total dedication as a missionary; his gifts as a soulwinner; his genius for finance; his shrewd practical initiatives, and his statesmanlike vision were outstanding characteristics. But great or small, all his gifts were laid out in the service of the gospel, and that service marked him out as one of the most remarkable Australian missionaries of his generation. M L Loane, Men to Remember (Sydney, 1987) Rev. Alfred Stanway is standing with open book in hand, dressed in clerical garb.Bishop Alfred Stanwaybishop alfred stanway

This vest was worn by Lynette Wekwerth when she worked as a volunteer in the National Wool Museum shop during the early 2000s. Lynette volunteered at the National Wool Museum for 25 years from 2001 until her passing in 2025, and was a much loved and respected member of the team. "I was born at Coonara Private Hospital at 173 Yarra Street, Geelong, on the 29th of March 1944, the third of five children. My father was in the RAAF when I was born, and on leaving the air force he became a carpenter/joiner. When I was young, we had the bread and milk delivered. There was a special tin for the bread and a big billy for the milk left of the front veranda to collect these items. My mother, elder sister, Wendy and my younger sister Zaidee, all went to “Physical Culture” held downstairs under the old Plaza Theatre building in Ryrie Street. We girls made our own sports clothes to do exercises (rods, dumbbells, and song and dance). It kept us fit, and we all won medals at some stage at the end-of-year concert. I was the only girl of my age in the street where I lived. There were boys my age, so I learned to play cricket and kick a football, all of which I did well. I attended Tate Street and then went on to Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary College in 1956. Matthew Flinders was a domestic arts school, where I learnt sewing, cookery, home management, and how to be a ‘good’ housekeeper. I enjoyed all the domestic subjects. Ray and I were engaged in August 1963. We purchased our engagement ring in Melbourne and went to dinner at the Playboy Club in Melbourne to celebrate. In preparation for our wedding, I spent many hours making my own wedding dress (with assistance from my mother). We were married at 11 am on Saturday, the 10th April 1965 at St. Matthew’s, Church of England, Geelong. When Ray retired, he responded to an advertisement for volunteers at the National Wool Museum to be a volunteer. He started in 1998. The year that the ‘Pharaohs exhibition’ started. That was fine by me, as he wouldn’t be getting under my feet. At this time I was playing golf regularly and didn’t want to miss out on this activity. I joined the volunteers in the Wool Museum in March/April 2001. I was allocated to the Museum Shop and thoroughly enjoyed being a member of the shop staff. I then became shop assistant. I enjoyed talking and serving the customers. I was soon asked if I would mind repairing some of the garments that may have pulled a thread or a minor fault. I also enjoyed doing ‘stock taking’ in the shop. (Not many staff enjoyed this job, but I did.) In those early days, the Museum staff wore the red blazer and the black wool cardigan." - Lynette WekwerthBlack woollen vest with four buttons at the front, and two pockets. Vest has National Wool Museum logo on left chest. printed [label]: BELLA / Collection / made in australia / WEKWERTH / TO FIT / SIZE / 12working life, volunteer, national wool museum, clothing, uniform, lynette wekwerth, staff, employment, wool clothing, geelong

This jacket was worn by Lynette Wekwerth when she worked as a volunteer in the National Wool Museum shop during the early 2000s. Lynette volunteered at the National Wool Museum for 25 years from 2001 until her passing in 2025, and was a much loved and respected member of the team. "I was born at Coonara Private Hospital at 173 Yarra Street, Geelong, on the 29th of March 1944, the third of five children. My father was in the RAAF when I was born, and on leaving the air force he became a carpenter/joiner. When I was young, we had the bread and milk delivered. There was a special tin for the bread and a big billy for the milk left of the front veranda to collect these items. My mother, elder sister, Wendy and my younger sister Zaidee, all went to “Physical Culture” held downstairs under the old Plaza Theatre building in Ryrie Street. We girls made our own sports clothes to do exercises (rods, dumbbells, and song and dance). It kept us fit, and we all won medals at some stage at the end-of-year concert. I was the only girl of my age in the street where I lived. There were boys my age, so I learned to play cricket and kick a football, all of which I did well. I attended Tate Street and then went on to Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary College in 1956. Matthew Flinders was a domestic arts school, where I learnt sewing, cookery, home management, and how to be a ‘good’ housekeeper. I enjoyed all the domestic subjects. Ray and I were engaged in August 1963. We purchased our engagement ring in Melbourne and went to dinner at the Playboy Club in Melbourne to celebrate. In preparation for our wedding, I spent many hours making my own wedding dress (with assistance from my mother). We were married at 11 am on Saturday, the 10th April 1965 at St. Matthew’s, Church of England, Geelong. When Ray retired, he responded to an advertisement for volunteers at the National Wool Museum to be a volunteer. He started in 1998. The year that the ‘Pharaohs exhibition’ started. That was fine by me, as he wouldn’t be getting under my feet. At this time I was playing golf regularly and didn’t want to miss out on this activity. I joined the volunteers in the Wool Museum in March/April 2001. I was allocated to the Museum Shop and thoroughly enjoyed being a member of the shop staff. I then became shop assistant. I enjoyed talking and serving the customers. I was soon asked if I would mind repairing some of the garments that may have pulled a thread or a minor fault. I also enjoyed doing ‘stock taking’ in the shop. (Not many staff enjoyed this job, but I did.) In those early days, the Museum staff wore the red blazer and the black wool cardigan." - Lynette WekwerthRed jacket with two buttons and two pockets at the front, and two decorative buttons on each cuff. Jacket has National Wool Museum logo on the left lapel. printed [label]: SABENA / 14working life, volunteer, national wool museum, clothing, uniform, lynette wekwerth, staff, employment, wool clothing, geelong

Chris was invited to be artist in resident for the historic re-enactment of “Shearing the Rams” at the North Tuppal Station woolshed held on the 4th and 5th June 2010. The celebration attracted record crowds to witness the shearing of the station rams by 72 blade shearers. Over a single weekend in 2010, thousands of people queued for hours to see a piece of Australian history recreated at North Tuppal Station near Tocumwal, NSW. In 1900, Francis Faulkner invested a staggering £4000 to extend his shearing shed on Tuppal Station, making it the biggest in the country. Over the next decade more than three million sheep trod its pine boards and were shorn in its 72 stands. After years of drought and the Great Depression, the property fell into disrepair and the station was split up. When North Tuppal Station was sold to the Atkinson family in 1928, just five of the 72 stands were in operation. In 2010, Sport Shear Australia approached the Atkinson family about holding an event in the historic shearing shed to raise money for a team of Australian shearers to go to the world shearing title in Wales. An army of volunteers restored the T-shaped shed and yards and organised a weekend of events. Over two days, 6,000 sheep were shorn and all 72 stands of the restored North Tuppal shed were brought back to life. A total of 117 shearers shared the boards with 90 wool handlers who skirted 19 fleeces every minute. For a period on each day of this historic weekend, the machines were then silenced, and 72 shearers picked up their old blade shears to recreate past shearing methods. “When they fired up and got the blades out there was deathly silence on the board - you could hear a pin drop because normal shearing you have all the machines and it is quite noisy. Here you could just hear the click, like in the song Click Go the Shears Boys. People had tears in their eyes. It was quite an emotional thing to see that and very proud to be here.” George Falkiner, grandson of Francis FalkinerColoured framed print of shearing scene in the Tuppal station, Ferrrier’s wool press on the left-hand side and station on the top. Print in framed in a light-coloured wooden frame with white coloured matte.Under artwork - In 1891 Tuppal Station, a sum of 176,000 acres threshold, was bought by Mr Fiane Sadlies Falkines, Under the management of his eldest son F.B.S. Falkines, the 72 stand woolshed was build in 1900 and powered by a 16 horsepower steam engine. Sheep were pure Boonoke blood and the average numbers of sheep shorn over nineteen years to 1909 was 152,780. Around 7200 sheep could be shorn daily. The largest clip totalled 3326 baled of greasy and scoured wool and was sold in London. Bottom right corner - Chris McClelland 181/720 Shearing The Rams – Tuppal Station

Bill Smith & Ray Membrey both aged 93 on visit to Stawell Historical Society Sept 1989. Photograph taken in Stawell's old Court house. Ray Membrey is on the left in the photograph with Bill Smith, both 93 years old. These gentlemen made a visit to Stawell in September before enlisting as service men in the first World War. Ray's family lived in Skene Street Stawell. Ray's father had a blacksmith business in Patrick St. Stawell. Bill's family lived for some time at the Pleasant Creek Court House. c 1912 -20. Bills father was a Carpender. Article attached to the back of the photo is from The Stawell Times News Friday, September 1, 1989. The article details information about their 70 year mateship.Black & white photograph of two mature males, seated behind a table in research room, old Stawell Court house. Photograph taken by Mark Dadswell, Stawell.Article attached "Mateship spans 70 years for these "boys" of Stawell. "The Stawell Times - News" Friday, September 1, 1989"stawell

Single sheet listing events fees and prize money The sheet gives the date without the year|On back Listing of pounds shillings and pence|Included Bike Races Boys 1 Lap Bike Race 2 Lap Handicap Local Bike Club 4 Lap Handicap Local Bike Club 14 Lap Open Scratch Race 8 Lap Handicap Open Novelty Events Stepping the distance|Horse Events Open Hunters for Horses Pony Jumpers Billycan Race Apple and Bucket Race Musical Chairs Wheelbarrow Race Bending Race Flag Race| Foot Races 75 yards Open Handicap 100 yards Handicap Open 440 yards Handicap Open Married Ladies Race 40 yards Single Womens Race over 14 years Old Buffers Race 50 yards 45 years and over Numerous other Novelty Attractionssassella park, deer park, gymkhana

Back row: Adolf Linsenmaier, Jurgen Tretz, Mr Weaving (teacher), Heinz Palmer (partly hidden) and Gottlob Reinhart (alias ABU ULI, Arabic for father of Ulrich). Middle row: Eberhard Bitzer, Erich Haering, Aerbe Black. Front row: Ernst Wied, Helmut Palmer, Kuno Kaltenbach (in lederhosen) and Harold Gratze.Black and white photograph of 12 boys and teenagers, one young and 1 older man standing in front of a hut with 2 prominent ventilators. Young bloke in front right in traditional shorts and braces.internee children, camp 3, adolf linsenmaier, jurgen tretz, mr weaving, gottlob reinhart, eberhard bitzer, erich haering, aerbe black, ernst weid, helmut palmer, kuno kaltenbach, heinz palmer, abu uli

named are George Alfred Carpenter and sons Lionel 5 years and John Basil 4 years old seated in two rowing boats on a waterway which appears to be North Arm Lakes Entrance Victoria. The second and third phto are of George Carpenters house in BairnsdaleSepia toned photograph of eight adults and two young boys in boats including members of the Carpenter family . Also two other photos In the third photo "George Carpenters old home 'Thelma' East Bairnsdaslegenealogy, waterways, boats

Black and White Photographic Collection of Various Sizes 7235 Piles of Wheat Baggs -1 Family Group in garden -2 David George & Thomas -3 Arch Maher (front) and George Baylie Carting Wool from PinGrove, around 1915. Page 6 Book Warranook to Wal Wal -4 Home manufactured Tractor Wheel -5 Three ladies 1920’s -6 Picnic -7 Two Girls -8 Sheering Shed -9 Farmhouse with garden -10 Group of men possibly football team -11 Farmhouse -12 War Memorial Stawell with Weigh Bridge and Coffee Palace -13 Car crossing creek -14 Gathering at Wal Wal school -15 Accommodation on wheels -16 4 people standing around a car Perhaps changing a wheel -17 Team of 7 horses drawing a buggy of bagged wheat- -18 Flooded Mt William Creek with shed involvement -19 Group of men dressed in football clothes 2 umpires dressed in white on the R -20 4 people playing tennis -21 Man dressed in a suit and hat teeing off a golf shot -22 a man, a woman and a child near a steam driven timber mill -23 suited men watching a tractor ploughing -24 a weatherboard building on elevated stumps, possibly just been placed there -25 2 coated men pushing a bogged open tourer car -26 a tractor pulling a plough with suited men on both -27 large pile of bagged grain at a railway siding -28 2 women dressed in long clothing -29 a woman and a boy on a veranda -30 a smiling formally dressed woman holding a box -31 probable small weir in a dry river bed -32 Man in army uniform with 1920s tourer car with roof up -33 Man on platform of railway siding He is holding a hoop -34 studio photo of young girl -35 Large pile of bagged wheat at a railway siding -36 Half of a house on a bridge -37 Hatted woman on a horse -38 large group of formally dressed people outside Wal Wal school -39 1930s utility with 2 boys on bumper bar Headlights blacked out in early 1940s -40 2 men with a 4 wheeled horse drawn vehicle. Thatched farm sheds in the background -41 flood scene, Glenorchy -42 Wimmera river in flood Glenorchy -43 Pleasant Creek Hospital with old car on left c.1920 -44 2 women, a man and a boy playing tennis Callawadda 1925 -45 “A lesson in cow cockying”. A boy watching 2 women milking a cow. 1925 -46 A group of men, women and 2 children at a working bee. -47 Wedding group with best man and maid of honour and 2 children carrying flowers. Front of car with streamers -48 wedding couple with best man and matron of honour and 2 flower girls. 2 cars to the left. 1925 -49 Group of school children in national costumes -50 Tractor, harvester , 2 man and some upright bags of crop. -51 2 men harvesting with a tractor pulling a harvester -52 5 bags of cereal with a man, tractor and harvesting in the background. -53 3 wheeled horse drawn vehicle with a woman on the cart -54 Derailed train carriage , still upright. Adelaide Express 1923 -55 wheels of over turned railway carriage Several people in background 1923 -56 close up of train carriage wheel and bogey. Several people in background. 1923 -57 5 draught horses abreast, pulling a farm implement with a man by the implement. -58 2 hay stacks shaped with high pitch A man and a fence in the foreground -59 Huge log of wood on a 4 wooden wheeled carrier -60 4 people standing on the spillover on the Little Wimmera -61 car with a woman driver, holding a young child. A boy standing nearby -62 3 men and 2 women sitting at Glenorchy tennis -63 4 horses with a farm implement -64 3 men, a horse and boxes on the left -65 5 people at a tennis party -66 4 tennis players at Glenorchy 1925 -67 group of men dressed in white, women in white with white bonnets standing around a seated man and woman -68 veranda in front of a country home with lattice on a side of the house -69 front of a house with a family of 5 on the veranda -70 a couple standing in front of Wal Wal school, nearing completion Various -

Black and White Photographic Collection of Various Sizes 7235 Piles of Wheat Baggs -1 Family Group in garden -2 David George & Thomas -3 Arch Maher (front) and George Baylie Carting Wool from PinGrove, around 1915. Page 6 Book Warranook to Wal Wal -4 Home manufactured Tractor Wheel -5 Three ladies 1920’s -6 Picnic -7 Two Girls -8 Sheering Shed -9 Farmhouse with garden -10 Group of men possibly football team -11 Farmhouse -12 War Memorial Stawell with Weigh Bridge and Coffee Palace -13 Car crossing creek -14 Gathering at Wal Wal school -15 Accommodation on wheels -16 4 people standing around a car Perhaps changing a wheel -17 Team of 7 horses drawing a buggy of bagged wheat- -18 Rowe's sawmill during flood of Dunmunkle Creek c.1920 -19 Group of men dressed in football clothes 2 umpires dressed in white on the R -20 4 people playing tennis -21 Man dressed in a suit and hat teeing off a golf shot -22 a man, a woman and a child near a steam driven timber mill -23 suited men watching a tractor ploughing -24 a weatherboard building on elevated stumps, possibly just been placed there -25 2 coated men pushing a bogged open tourer car -26 a tractor pulling a plough with suited men on both -27 large pile of bagged grain at a railway siding -28 2 women dressed in long clothing -29 a woman and a boy on a veranda -30 a smiling formally dressed woman holding a box -31 probable small weir in a dry river bed -32 Man in army uniform with 1920s tourer car with roof up -33 Man on platform of railway siding He is holding a hoop -34 studio photo of young girl -35 Large pile of bagged wheat at a railway siding -36 Half of a house on a bridge -37 Hatted woman on a horse -38 large group of formally dressed people outside Wal Wal school -39 1930s utility with 2 boys on bumper bar Headlights blacked out in early 1940s -40 2 men with a 4 wheeled horse drawn vehicle. Thatched farm sheds in the background -41 flood scene, Glenorchy -42 Wimmera river in flood Glenorchy -43 Pleasant Creek Hospital with old car on left c.1920 -44 2 women, a man and a boy playing tennis Callawadda 1925 -45 “A lesson in cow cockying”. A boy watching 2 women milking a cow. 1925 -46 A group of men, women and 2 children at a working bee. -47 Wedding group with best man and maid of honour and 2 children carrying flowers. Front of car with streamers -48 wedding couple with best man and matron of honour and 2 flower girls. 2 cars to the left. 1925 -49 Group of school children in national costumes -50 Tractor, harvester , 2 man and some upright bags of crop. -51 2 men harvesting with a tractor pulling a harvester -52 5 bags of cereal with a man, tractor and harvesting in the background. -53 3 wheeled horse drawn vehicle with a woman on the cart -54 Derailed train carriage , still upright. Adelaide Express 1923 -55 wheels of over turned railway carriage Several people in background 1923 -56 close up of train carriage wheel and bogey. Several people in background. 1923 -57 5 draught horses abreast, pulling a farm implement with a man by the implement. -58 2 hay stacks shaped with high pitch A man and a fence in the foreground -59 Huge log of wood on a 4 wooden wheeled carrier -60 4 people standing on the spillover on the Little Wimmera -61 car with a woman driver, holding a young child. A boy standing nearby -62 3 men and 2 women sitting at Glenorchy tennis -63 4 horses with a farm implement -64 3 men, a horse and boxes on the left -65 5 people at a tennis party -66 4 tennis players at Glenorchy 1925 -67 group of men dressed in white, women in white with white bonnets standing around a seated man and woman -68 veranda in front of a country home with lattice on a side of the house -69 front of a house with a family of 5 on the veranda -70 a couple standing in front of Wal Wal school, nearing completion Various -

Black and White Photographic Collection of Various Sizes 7235 Piles of Wheat Baggs -1 Family Group in garden -2 David George & Thomas -3 Arch Maher (front) and George Baylie Carting Wool from PinGrove, around 1915. Page 6 Book Warranook to Wal Wal -4 Home manufactured Tractor Wheel -5 Three ladies 1920’s -6 Picnic -7 Two Girls -8 Sheering Shed -9 Farmhouse with garden -10 Group of men possibly football team -11 Farmhouse -12 War Memorial Stawell with Weigh Bridge and Coffee Palace -13 Car crossing creek -14 Gathering at Wal Wal school -15 Accommodation on wheels -16 4 people standing around a car Perhaps changing a wheel -17 Team of 7 horses drawing a buggy of bagged wheat- -18 Flooded Mt William Creek with shed involvement -19 Group of men dressed in football clothes 2 umpires dressed in white on the R -20 4 people playing tennis -21 Man dressed in a suit and hat teeing off a golf shot -22 a man, a woman and a child near a steam driven timber mill -23 suited men watching a tractor ploughing -24 a weatherboard building on elevated stumps, possibly just been placed there -25 2 coated men pushing a bogged open tourer car -26 a tractor pulling a plough with suited men on both -27 large pile of bagged grain at a railway siding -28 2 women dressed in long clothing -29 a woman and a boy on a veranda -30 a smiling formally dressed woman holding a box -31 probable small weir in a dry river bed -32 Man in army uniform with 1920s tourer car with roof up -33 Man on platform of railway siding He is holding a hoop -34 studio photo of young girl -35 Large pile of bagged wheat at a railway siding -36 Half of a house on a bridge -37 Hatted woman on a horse -38 large group of formally dressed people outside Wal Wal school -39 1930s utility with 2 boys on bumper bar Headlights blacked out in early 1940s -40 2 men with a 4 wheeled horse drawn vehicle. Thatched farm sheds in the background -41 flood scene, Glenorchy -42 Wimmera river in flood Glenorchy -43 Pleasant Creek Hospital with old car on left c.1920 -44 2 women, a man and a boy playing tennis Callawadda 1925 -45 “A lesson in cow cockying”. A boy watching 2 women milking a cow. 1925 -46 A group of men, women and 2 children at a working bee. -47 Wedding group with best man and maid of honour and 2 children carrying flowers. Front of car with streamers -48 wedding couple with best man and matron of honour and 2 flower girls. 2 cars to the left. 1925 -49 Group of school children in national costumes -50 Tractor, harvester , 2 man and some upright bags of crop. -51 2 men harvesting with a tractor pulling a harvester -52 5 bags of cereal with a man, tractor and harvesting in the background. -53 3 wheeled horse drawn vehicle with a woman on the cart -54 Derailed train carriage , still upright. Adelaide Express 1923 -55 wheels of over turned railway carriage Several people in background 1923 -56 close up of train carriage wheel and bogey. Several people in background. 1923 -57 5 draught horses abreast, pulling a farm implement with a man by the implement. -58 2 hay stacks shaped with high pitch A man and a fence in the foreground -59 Huge log of wood on a 4 wooden wheeled carrier -60 4 people standing on the spillover on the Little Wimmera -61 car with a woman driver, holding a young child. A boy standing nearby -62 3 men and 2 women sitting at Glenorchy tennis -63 4 horses with a farm implement -64 3 men, a horse and boxes on the left -65 5 people at a tennis party -66 4 tennis players at Glenorchy 1925 -67 group of men dressed in white, women in white with white bonnets standing around a seated man and woman -68 veranda in front of a country home with lattice on a side of the house -69 front of a house with a family of 5 on the veranda -70 a couple standing in front of Wal Wal school, nearing completion Various -

Black and White Photographic Collection of Various Sizes 7235 Piles of Wheat Baggs -1 Family Group in garden -2 David George & Thomas -3 Arch Maher (front) and George Baylie Carting Wool from PinGrove, around 1915. Page 6 Book Warranook to Wal Wal -4 Home manufactured Tractor Wheel -5 Three ladies 1920’s -6 Picnic -7 Two Girls -8 Sheering Shed -9 Farmhouse with garden -10 Group of men possibly football team -11 Farmhouse -12 War Memorial Stawell with Weigh Bridge and Coffee Palace -13 Car crossing creek -14 Gathering at Wal Wal school -15 Accommodation on wheels -16 4 people standing around a car Perhaps changing a wheel -17 Team of 7 horses drawing a buggy of bagged wheat- -18 Flooded Mt William Creek with shed involvement -19 Group of men dressed in football clothes 2 umpires dressed in white on the R -20 4 people playing tennis -21 Man dressed in a suit and hat teeing off a golf shot -22 a man, a woman and a child near a steam driven timber mill -23 suited men watching a tractor ploughing -24 a weatherboard building on elevated stumps, possibly just been placed there -25 2 coated men pushing a bogged open tourer car -26 a tractor pulling a plough with suited men on both -27 large pile of bagged grain at a railway siding -28 2 women dressed in long clothing -29 a woman and a boy on a veranda -30 a smiling formally dressed woman holding a box -31 probable small weir in a dry river bed -32 Man in army uniform with 1920s tourer car with roof up -33 Man on platform of railway siding He is holding a hoop -34 studio photo of young girl -35 Large pile of bagged wheat at a railway siding -36 Half of a house on a bridge -37 Hatted woman on a horse -38 large group of formally dressed people outside Wal Wal school -39 1930s utility with 2 boys on bumper bar Headlights blacked out in early 1940s -40 2 men with a 4 wheeled horse drawn vehicle. Thatched farm sheds in the background -41 flood scene, Glenorchy -42 Wimmera river in flood Glenorchy -43 Pleasant Creek Hospital with old car on left c.1920 -44 2 women, a man and a boy playing tennis Callawadda 1925 -45 “A lesson in cow cockying”. A boy watching 2 women milking a cow. 1925 -46 A group of men, women and 2 children at a working bee. -47 Wedding group with best man and maid of honour and 2 children carrying flowers. Front of car with streamers -48 wedding couple with best man and matron of honour and 2 flower girls. 2 cars to the left. 1925 -49 Group of school children in national costumes -50 Tractor, harvester , 2 man and some upright bags of crop. -51 2 men harvesting with a tractor pulling a harvester -52 5 bags of cereal with a man, tractor and harvesting in the background. -53 3 wheeled horse drawn vehicle with a woman on the cart -54 Derailed train carriage , still upright. Adelaide Express 1923 -55 wheels of over turned railway carriage Several people in background 1923 -56 close up of train carriage wheel and bogey. Several people in background. 1923 -57 5 draught horses abreast, pulling a farm implement with a man by the implement. -58 2 hay stacks shaped with high pitch A man and a fence in the foreground -59 Huge log of wood on a 4 wooden wheeled carrier -60 4 people standing on the spillover on the Little Wimmera -61 car with a woman driver, holding a young child. A boy standing nearby -62 3 men and 2 women sitting at Glenorchy tennis -63 4 horses with a farm implement -64 3 men, a horse and boxes on the left -65 5 people at a tennis party -66 4 tennis players at Glenorchy 1925 -67 group of men dressed in white, women in white with white bonnets standing around a seated man and woman -68 veranda in front of a country home with lattice on a side of the house -69 front of a house with a family of 5 on the veranda -70 a couple standing in front of Wal Wal school, nearing completion Various -

Black and White Photographic Collection of Various Sizes 7235 Piles of Wheat Baggs -1 Family Group in garden -2 David George & Thomas -3 Arch Maher (front) and George Baylie Carting Wool from PinGrove, around 1915. Page 6 Book Warranook to Wal Wal -4 Home manufactured Tractor Wheel -5 Three ladies 1920’s -6 Picnic -7 Two Girls -8 Sheering Shed -9 Farmhouse with garden -10 Group of men possibly football team -11 Farmhouse -12 War Memorial Stawell with Weigh Bridge and Coffee Palace -13 Car crossing creek -14 Gathering at Wal Wal school -15 Accommodation on wheels -16 4 people standing around a car Perhaps changing a wheel -17 Team of 7 horses drawing a buggy of bagged wheat- -18 Flooded Mt William Creek with shed involvement -19 Group of men dressed in football clothes 2 umpires dressed in white on the R -20 4 people playing tennis -21 Man dressed in a suit and hat teeing off a golf shot -22 a man, a woman and a child near a steam driven timber mill -23 suited men watching a tractor ploughing -24 a weatherboard building on elevated stumps, possibly just been placed there -25 2 coated men pushing a bogged open tourer car -26 a tractor pulling a plough with suited men on both -27 large pile of bagged grain at a railway siding -28 2 women dressed in long clothing -29 a woman and a boy on a veranda -30 a smiling formally dressed woman holding a box -31 probable small weir in a dry river bed -32 Man in army uniform with 1920s tourer car with roof up -33 Man on platform of railway siding He is holding a hoop -34 studio photo of young girl -35 Large pile of bagged wheat at a railway siding -36 Half of a house on a bridge -37 Hatted woman on a horse -38 large group of formally dressed people outside Wal Wal school -39 1930s utility with 2 boys on bumper bar Headlights blacked out in early 1940s -40 2 men with a 4 wheeled horse drawn vehicle. Thatched farm sheds in the background -41 flood scene, Glenorchy -42 Wimmera river in flood Glenorchy -43 Pleasant Creek Hospital with old car on left c.1920 -44 2 women, a man and a boy playing tennis Callawadda 1925 -45 “A lesson in cow cockying”. A boy watching 2 women milking a cow. 1925 -46 A group of men, women and 2 children at a working bee. -47 Wedding group with best man and maid of honour and 2 children carrying flowers. Front of car with streamers -48 wedding couple with best man and matron of honour and 2 flower girls. 2 cars to the left. 1925 -49 Group of school children in national costumes -50 Tractor, harvester , 2 man and some upright bags of crop. -51 2 men harvesting with a tractor pulling a harvester -52 5 bags of cereal with a man, tractor and harvesting in the background. -53 3 wheeled horse drawn vehicle with a woman on the cart -54 Derailed train carriage , still upright. Adelaide Express 1923 -55 wheels of over turned railway carriage Several people in background 1923 -56 close up of train carriage wheel and bogey. Several people in background. 1923 -57 5 draught horses abreast, pulling a farm implement with a man by the implement. -58 2 hay stacks shaped with high pitch A man and a fence in the foreground -59 Huge log of wood on a 4 wooden wheeled carrier -60 4 people standing on the spillover on the Little Wimmera -61 car with a woman driver, holding a young child. A boy standing nearby -62 3 men and 2 women sitting at Glenorchy tennis -63 4 horses with a farm implement -64 3 men, a horse and boxes on the left -65 5 people at a tennis party -66 4 tennis players at Glenorchy 1925 -67 group of men dressed in white, women in white with white bonnets standing around a seated man and woman -68 veranda in front of a country home with lattice on a side of the house -69 front of a house with a family of 5 on the veranda -70 a couple standing in front of Wal Wal school, nearing completion Various -