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Kew Historical Society Inc
Document - Entrance Ticket, Kew Mercury, Arrah-Na-Pogue / by Dion Boucicault, 1895
Arthur Henry Dear was an employee of the City of Kew, acting as Hall Keeper of the Kew Recreation Hall in Wellington Street, and later the new Kew City Hall in Cotham Road. The Arthur Dear Collection contains memorabilia - tickets, programmes, invitations - as well as his identification badge. Items in the collection dates from the 1940s to the 1970s. Some items in the collection predate his period of service and must have been in the archives of the Hall. The Kew Recreation Hall (Wellington Street) and later the Kew City Hall (Cotham Road) were major locations in suburban Melbourne in the postwar period for civic and private events including theatre productions and exhibitions. The Arthur Dear Collection (in conjunction with the scrapbooks compiled by Marion Tilley) provide a comprehensive snapshot of performing arts in Kew. The collection includes valuable data about performances, performers, directors etc. Admission ticket (sic) to a performance of Arrah-Na-Pogue, a beautiful Irish drama by Dion Boucicault, at the Kew Recreation Hall on Monday 2 September 1895. The yellow ticket includes details of the performance including the name of the company performing the play - Mr. Lyons Talented Dramatic Company. Proceeds are advertised as being for a Bazaar Fund. arthur dear collection, arrah-na-pogue, dion boucicault, printers -- kew (vic.) -- kew mercury, performing arts -- kew -- victoria, kew recreation hall -- wellington street, theatre memorabilia -
Federation University Historical Collection
Exercise book, Mining Geology, 1899
John A Blayley, School of Mines, Ballarat.Red and blue marbled card covered exercise book with brown tape spine containing handwritten notes by John A Blayney on Mining Geology. Headings include: Bendigo field Stawell field Ballarat & District field Maldon field New South Wales fields Burra Burra mine john a blayley, mining, geology, tin, iron ores, mercury, burra burra mine, maldon, bendigo, ballarat, stawell -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - St Joseph's First Communion, 1978
Photograph of St Joseph's First Communion 1978education - primary schools, louise power, craig bonnett, natalie sherlock, father laurie timms, father damian barker, drusica gonsalves, st josephs catholic primary school -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book (Item) - Bristol - Mercury & Pegasus Air Cooled Radial Aero - Engines
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - Mercury VI.S Aero Engine dismantling, assembly, overhaul & replacements
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Booklet (Item) - Pilot's Notes For Sea Otter I Mercury 30 Engine
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (item) - Martinet I Manual, Pilot's Notes for Martinet I Mercury 30 Engine, April 1943
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University of Melbourne, School of Chemistry
Mercury Salt
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City of Ballarat Libraries
Photograph, Mercury statue, Botanical Gardens, Ballarat circa 1915
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Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Magazine, Eltham High School, Mercury, 1960
Signed on inside front cover by Peter Brock who is also pictured with other House Captains on p17 and on p27 as part of the First XVIII football teamDigital copy only of original magazine Soft cover 24.5 x 18 cm 48 pages eltham high school, school magazine, mercury, 1960 -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Magazine, Eltham High School, Mercury, 1961
Peter Brock, Captain of the XVIII football team pictured p16. Also inscribed "Best wishes and lots of luck, Peter Brock" on rear coverDigital copy only of original magazine Soft cover 24.5 x 18 cm 48 pages eltham high school, school magazine, mercury, 1961, peter brock -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Magazine, Eltham High School, Mercury, 1958
Digital copy only of original magazine Soft cover 24.5 x 18 cm 50 pages 1958, eltham high school, school magazine, mercury -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Magazine, Eltham High School, Mercury, 1959
Digital copy only of original magazine Soft cover 24.5 x 18 cm 42 pages eltham high school, school magazine, mercury, 1959 -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Booklet (Item) - "Bristol" Mercury & Pegasus Aero Engines
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Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group
Work on paper - Three Statues by John Garner, The Extraordinary Lives of Hercules, Mercury and Leda
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Thompson's Foundry Band Inc. (Castlemaine)
Sheet Music, Mercury
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - Pilot's Notes for Sea Otter I Mercury 30 Engine AP 2209A-PN, Pilot's Notes for Sea Otter I Mercury 30 Engine
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - Aircraft Engine Descriptive Handbooks Section 1 AP 1728D Bristol Hercules V1 Section 2 AP 1371 Bristol Jupiter Series VIII and IX Section 3 Bristol Mercury and Pegasus Section 4 Lycoming R-680 Section 5 Pratt and Whitney Wasp and Wasp Junior
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - Blenheim V Aeroplane Two Mercury XV Or 25 Engines. A.P. 1530C Volume 1
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Glen Eira Historical Society
Article - OUTER CIRCLE RAILWAY
This file contains five items: 1/Two copies of a document titled THE OUTER CIRCLE RAILWAY by the Royal Historical Society of Victoria and the Australian Railway Historical Society, Vic div. It details the history of the construction of the Outer Circle Railway and discussed expenses and other factors affecting the construction of the line. Notes compiled by R.K Whitehead, Research and Archives Officer Australian Railway Historical Society Victoria Division. The document includes three maps of the outer circle railway line. 2/Four newspaper articles detailing the history of the Outer Circle Railway Line. They include ten black and white images of various aspects of the railway and three line maps. The first article is titled ‘Rail Link with the Past’. In the COLLINGWOOD COURIER dated 07/10/1970, author unknown. The second article titled ‘Ghost trains of the Outer’ by Kenneth Joachim in the HERALD dated 18/04/1975. The third article is titled ‘Tracks in Time’ by Norman Thompson from NEWS, dated 13/02/1973. The fourth article is titled ‘Our Ghost Railway’ by John Townsley from the HERALD, dated 06/11/1974. 3/A letter from Victorian Railways Chief Estate Officer N.A Wigmore to the Honorary Secretary of the Caulfield Historical Society, dated 19/11/1975 regarding the leasing of land along the Outer Circle Railway Reserve from Dandenong Road to the Hughesdale Station. 4/Two copies of an article titled ‘Outer Circle Railway’ in the CAULFIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER undated detailing the history of the outer circle line. The article includes a map of the section of the line in Caulfield. 5/A Photocopy of two images of train line locations on the Outer Circle Line. One on Warrigal Road, looking south from Ashburton dated 1936. The second is of the Black Bridge over Gardiners Creek dated 1935.outer circle railway, normanby road, caulfield station, outer circle line, rosstown junction railway, monash john, caulfield historical society, poath road, deepdene dasher, ashby dasher, dandenong road, gippsy goods, mallee root mercury, outer circle railway reserve, railway lines, railway stations, steam trains -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Ephemera - Orion Estate
One item about this estate: 1/A black-and-white estate agents notice for the sale of Orion Estate at 3-o-clock on the Saturday 5th December 1880s. This notice details the sale of Orion Estate by public auction into allotments.orion estate, elsternwick, mars street, jupiter street, venus street, saturn street, kooyong street, mercury street, rosstown junction railway, real estate agents, railway stations, lillie and davis, auctions, ormond station, hobsons bay, elsternwick station, glenhuntly road, brighton line, madden walter, tunen august, building surveyors, residential development, plans, houses -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Book, Dr Maxwell Lay, Melbourne Miles - The Story of Melbourne's Roads, 2012
Soft cover book, 300 pages.A comprehensive history of the roads and streets of metropolitan Melbourne, with maps. Dr Max Lay, a Melburnian, is an international authority on roads. His very many publications include the Source Book for Australian Roads, Handbook of Road Technology, History of Australian Roads, Ways of the World, and Encyclopedia Britannica entry on roads. Dr Lay is also the past-president of both the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria and the Australian Automobile Association. -
Greensborough Historical Society
Newspaper Clipping (copy), Mercury and Weekly Courier, Jane Partington [death notice], 14/12/1900
Death notice for Mary Jane Partington (nee Price), first wife of William James Partington.Copy of text of death notice.Names of women written in pen.mary jane partington, william partington, mary jane price -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Document (Item) - Listing of race planes and design drawings of various single engine race planes including Bernard HV 120 NAV Mercury, Packet 51 Raceplanes by Hirsch
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Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Book, Routledge, The Last of the Wind Ships, 1934
No dust jacketnon-fictionsea voyage, allan villiers (1903-1982), keith oliver, donation, windjammers -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - IAN DYETT COLLECTION: AUCTION CATALOGUE - TASMANIAN SURPLUS MACHINERY
Small grey covered auction catalogue for a sale of Surplus Machinery situated at Blue Tier, Lottah and at Derwent Bridge Construction Works by order of Wedd's Machinery Agency. Auctioneers J. H. Curnow & Sons. Machinery offered included mining machinery, electric motors, pumps, tools, spare parts and a tractor. Most of the lots have the sale price written beside them.business, auctioneers, j h curnow & son pty ltd, ian dyett collection - auction catalogue - tasmanian surplus machinery, j h curnow & son, wedd's machinery agnecy hobart, derwent bridge construction works, c j curnow, h j lowe, f c dyett, j l jamieson & co, w g wedd, mercury press