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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - GROUP PHOTO IN BUSH, approx. 1900
sepia photograph mounted on fawn board. Group photo - 3 rows of men and woman in front of rough building in bush setting. Men are dressed in suits and hats, women in long dresses and hats. Handwritten on back ' cannot identify'Davis & Co., Photographers ( portraits and landscape )person, group, casual -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - GROUP PORTRAIT, Circa 1940
Photograph - black and white. Group portrait, of 6 women and 2 men. Standing on the steps of a building. All wearing coats, cold but sunny. One man wearing a trench coat, one lady having fur on her collar.person, group, photograph. group portrait. circa 1940. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - FOSTER AND WILSON COLLECTION: PHOTOGRAPH
2 black & white photos of 3 young women. (2 copies). All are wearing their dresses up to their necklines with a brooch or necklet. They all have their hair tied up. Bartlett Bros. impression in the bottom right corner of photographs.Bartlett Bros.photograph, portrait, female group, foster & wilson collection, photograph -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Flyer, Boxing Fit Grand Opening, 2009
Boxing Fit Grand Opening. Coloured flyer in blue and red. Photo on front of two women in red shirts. Advertising the Grand opening of Boxing Fit in Port Melbourne. Reverse has details of courses and photo of a group in a gym.sport, boxing fit, salmon street -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - 2008 Calendar, Pat Grainger, Historic Port Melbourne - From the Album, Oct 2007
Researched, written and designed by member Pat Grainger as a fundraiser for PMH&PS. Production volume: 550 copiesHistoric Port Melbourne - 'From the album' Calendar for 2008 - Mrs Coggin's shop on cover. Features sentiments from the autograph albums of two Edwards women All following years calendars also recorded against cat no 1864transport - tramways, piers and wharves - princes pier, business and traders, religion - anglican (holy trinity), industry - manufacturing - foundries, social activities, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, armed services - navy, built environment - commercial, hotels, grimwade castings pty ltd, steel castings, peter griffin, christina irvine edwards, sarah 'stella' edwards, william faulkner, elizabeth faulkner, the monts, montague, port melbourne bowling club, returned services league, rsl, great white fleet, john storey, john park, louisa storey coggin, ron robertson, edwin whiting, jim wood, william gleeson, george faram, meenie mclean, margaret mclean, abraham lincoln hotel, anzac day, cable trams, us navy -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - HANRO COLLECTION: EASTER FAIR ENTRY
Black and white photo of an entry into the Easter Fair by Hanro, the image is of a float designed with a house and hill some women are in front of & inside of the house, 4 men can be seen at the far end of the float, Hanro Knitware sign is on the sideorganization, business, hanro, hanro, easter fair -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - EAGLEHAWK COUNCIL MEETING, c. 1930's
Black and White Photo of meeting of Eaglehawk Borough Council in council chambers with large audience of women. Photos of mayors visible on wall, mounted on card, markings on rear of photo read 'J.R. Oswald 53 Pegleg Road Eaglehawk'organization, government, eaglehawk council, eaglehawk council, council meetings -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - GRAYDON COLLECTION: WOMEN'S LEATHER GLOVES, 1870-1890
Clothing. Women's wrist length cream coloured leather gloves. Two decorative U-shaped cut outs at wrist on back of glove (1.5 cm X 2.5 cm) with a decorative band of knotted leather across the gaps.costume accessories, female, women's leather gloves -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, East Gippsland Shire Council Communications Unit, Killers of Eden - The Killer Whales of Twofold Bay, 2015
A booklet commemorating thirty three women who served on the East Gippsland councils of Bairnsdale Shire, City of Bairnsdale, Omeo Shire, Orbost Shire, Orbost Shire years of service, contribution to community and some personal stories are included.government -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1906
Black and white photograph of Post Office and attached dwelling two men on bikes and two women in front of buildings named are Rex Harbeck and Miss Cook who was the Postmistress and her mother Mrs Cook Lakes Entrance Victoriaboats and boating, engineering, township -
National Wool Museum
Book - Patons Knitting Book no. 703, Patons and Baldwins, c.1965
This knitting pattern leaflet was published by Coats Patons and contains knitting patterns for caps and hats.Knitting pattern book, 20pp. Cover is printed in colour with a photograph of four women looking through a window and wearing knitted hats (green, red, light blue with ribbon, dark grey). Contains photos and patterns for knitted hats.PATONS BOOK / No. 703 / LADIES' and CHILDREN'S HATS / Patons / KNITTING BOOK / No. 703 / 2'6 / 25 CENTSknitting handicrafts - history, coats patons (australia) limited, knitting, handicrafts - history, hats, kids clothes -
National Wool Museum
Photograph - Staff Group Portrait, Excelsior Woollen Mill, c.1905
Photograph depicts the staff of the Excelsior Woollen Mill (owned by Godfrey Hirst Pty Ltd), c.1905. Pictured 4th from left in the front row - Frank Gliddon and 5th from left front row - Arthur Gliddon.Photograph, black and white. Mounted on a white mat with an embossed edge. Photo depicts five rows of mostly women, with some men and boys in the front row. They are pictured in front of a high blue stone wall. Biro inscriptions on back. EXCELSIOR WOOLLEN MILL (HIRSTS) / 4TH FROM LEFT FRONT ROW FRANK GLIDDON / 5TH FROM LEFT FRONT ROW ARTHUR GLIDDON / C1905textile mills staff, godfrey hirst and co. pty ltd, excelsior one mill, excelsior mill no. 2, textile mills - staff -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - Gloves
Pair of navy blue kid or doeskin women's gloves, wrist length with triangular suede inset and bow trim near wrist. Pull on gloves with 'V' shaped 'cut' on inner wrist. Label on inner left wrist is indecipherable.costume accessories, female -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Image, Fac-Simile Chromo Litho Art Studio, 1886 (Approximate)
Presented to R. Snart, who was an early settler at Browns Plains, Rutherglen Shire.Framed print, coloured, of painting depicting Britannia with two attendants and assorted British Colonial women, border in aqua with names of colonies in heart shaped shields (40 of them). Brown polished timber frame with gold painted insert.In main painting: "Colonial and Indian / Exhibition / London 1886" On border on white background: "Presented / With a Commemorative Medal / To Robert Snart" RH side of white background: (signature) "Executive President" (signature) "Secretary to the Royal Commission"colonial exhibition, indian exhibition, royal commission, robert snart, britannia -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph
Black and white photograph of seven men and two women standing beside R.J. Inglis passenger bus Ford Model T chassis, 30 cwt charabane body to carry 15 outside the Orient Hotel Bairnsdale Victoriaclothing, genealogy -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1925
Black and white photograph of the Harbecks delivery truck, shows Mr Harbeck with grocery apron over his clothing and a woman standing beside truck, two women and six children sitting on top of the load. Lakes Entrance Victoriagenealogy, transport, waterways -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - BENDIGO BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S CLUB 40TH BIRTHDAY, 1969
20 page soft cover booklet 'Bendigo Business and Professional Women's Club 40th Birthday 1929 - 1969' Year by year listing of office bearers, meetings, speakers and topics Introduction by Barbara Watson, President Nov. 1969June Parry -
Buninyong & District Historical Society
Photograph - B/W photograph, Half Way House, Mt. Clear, 1988
Lost buildingB?W photo, Half way House Mt. Clear, (on site of new church at Mt Clear) licensee T. Gordan and two women in front, two dogs and a horse and carriage, prominent sign across front of buildinghotel, mt clear, half way house hotel -
Tennis Australia
Page from Magazine, 14 May 1898
Page 421 of The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News (14 May 1898) features an advertisement for Elliman's Universal Embrocation, comprising of four poster images illustrating sporting women in badminton, tennis, lacrosse, and cycling. Materials: Paper, Inktennis -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Print - Framed Fashion Plate, The Young Ladies' Journal, 1864
The Young Ladies Journal was first published by E. Harrison. It was issued from 1864 to 1920. Framed fashion plate from the Young Ladies Journal. Two women in 1864 costume, one blue, one monochrome. Bordered in pale green coloured card. Wire attached to metal loops at back. Masking tape at back.fashion illustration, ladies home journal -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Postcard - Kew Baptist Church, 1920s
The Kew Baptist Church was originally located on the corner of Cotham Road and St John’s Parade. In 1922, work commenced on a new, larger church in Highbury Grove. The foundation stone of the new building was laid by Cr Ratten of the City of Kew on Saturday 14 October 1922, with the First Kew Scouts forming a guard of honor. A collection taken up at the laying of the foundation stone raised £454. The site and building cost approximately £6,000. The architects for this new red brick ‘semi-Gothic’ church were Messrs Gawler & Drummond. The interior of the church accommodated 500 parishioners. The seating sloped towards the pulpit with no columns obstructing the view of the worshippers. An early real photo Kodak postcard of the Kew Baptist Church showing its original fenceFaded sepia postcard taken at an oblique angle of exterior of Kew Baptist Church in Highbury Grove. Image shows original fence and paintwork of windows. Photo shows parts of adjacent buildings. Two women walking past on footpath. "Kew Baptist Church"kew baptist church -- highbury grove, churches -- kew (vic.), baptist churches, christian-washfold collection -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Letter, Diana Baker, Doris Barker/Baker, 06.04.2024
doris baker, doris barker, encouraging women in horticulture, student, 1930's -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Photograph - Newspaper Cutting, The Australian Rose Annual, Pruning Demonstration, 1910-1936
Newspaper cutting. Outside Pavilion entrance. Observors appear to be the general public, the 2 young women seated on the ground may be students. Pasted on inside cover of, "The Australian Rose Annual 1930, " on the outside of which is written, "George Russ."pavilion, general public, women, students, the australian rose annual, 1930, george russ, pruning demonstration, rose pruning -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Gerard Punt with cooperation of NAJEX Historian Jack Epstein, Australian Jewry's Book of Honour in World War II
Book, hard cover, paper brown. Dust cover cream & brown, photograph of soldier playing bugle. Title in black print. 225 cut pages, illustrated & black & white photographs.Victorian Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women (VAJEX) Dear Bill, in appreciation of your address to VAJEX Remembrance Night Dinner 20.11.94, Sol Rose, President. Walter Jona, Patron & President (Past) Dinner Chairman.books, military, history, jewry -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Equipment - Syringe, Late 19th - early 20th century
How to safely syringe ear wax Irrigation, or ear syringing, should be performed only after taking a full history, doing an ear examination and explaining the potential complications to the patient. It is also important to ensure appropriate assembly and use of equipment. Gentle irrigation of the ear canal can be performed with a large syringe (20 mL) and warm water. The use of sterile water or saline as opposed to tap water or bacteriostatic agent (eg dilute hydrogen peroxide) can decrease the risk of infection. Direct visualisation of the ear canal is not necessary for safe and effective syringing. The tip of the syringe should not pass the outer one-third of the ear canal (approximately 8 mm) – the use of a rounded nozzle may assist with this. The jet of water should be aimed towards the edge of the cerumen to enable the debris to flow out of the ear canal. Cease immediately if the patient experiences pain or if bleeding occurs. Mechanical jet irrigators are available and some allow better control of water pressure and direction of spray. After syringing, examine the external canal and tympanic membrane. Document the patient’s consent, procedure, and pre- and post-examination findings. https://www.racgp.org.au/afp/2015/october/ear-wax-management This ear syringe was donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village by the family of Doctor William Roy Angus, Surgeon and Oculist. It is part of the “W.R. Angus Collection” that includes historical medical equipment, surgical instruments and material once belonging to Dr Edward Ryan and Dr Thomas Francis Ryan, (both of Nhill, Victoria) as well as Dr Angus’ own belongings. The Collection’s history spans the medical practices of the two Doctors Ryan, from 1885-1926 plus that of Dr Angus, up until 1969. ABOUT THE “W.R.ANGUS COLLECTION” Doctor William Roy Angus M.B., B.S., Adel., 1923, F.R.C.S. Edin.,1928 (also known as Dr Roy Angus) was born in Murrumbeena, Victoria in 1901 and lived until 1970. He qualified as a doctor in 1923 at University of Adelaide, was Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 1924 and for a period was house surgeon to Sir (then Mr.) Henry Simpson Newland. Dr Angus was briefly an Assistant to Dr Riddell of Kapunda, then commenced private practice at Curramulka, Yorke Peninsula, SA, where he was physician, surgeon and chemist. In 1926, he was appointed as new Medical Assistant to Dr Thomas Francis Ryan (T.F. Ryan, or Tom), in Nhill, Victoria, where his experiences included radiology and pharmacy. In 1927 he was Acting House Surgeon in Dr Tom Ryan’s absence. Dr Angus had become engaged to Gladys Forsyth and they decided he would take time to further his studies overseas in the UK in 1927. He studied at London University College Hospital and at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and in 1928, was awarded FRCS (Fellow from the Royal College of Surgeons), Edinburgh. He worked his passage back to Australia as a Ship’s Surgeon on the on the Australian Commonwealth Line’s T.S.S. Largs Bay. Dr Angus married Gladys in 1929, in Ballarat. (They went on to have one son (Graham 1932, born in SA) and two daughters (Helen (died 12/07/1996) and Berenice (Berry), both born at Mira, Nhill ) Dr Angus was a ‘flying doctor’ for the A.I.M. (Australian Inland Ministry) Aerial Medical Service in 1928 . The organisation began in South Australia through the Presbyterian Church in that year, with its first station being in the remote town of Oodnadatta, where Dr Angus was stationed. He was locum tenens there on North-South Railway at 21 Mile Camp. He took up this ‘flying doctor’ position in response to a call from Dr John Flynn; the organisation was later known as the Flying Doctor Service, then the Royal Flying Doctor Service. A lot of his work during this time involved dental surgery also. Between 1928-1932 he was surgeon at the Curramulka Hospital, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. In 1933 Dr Angus returned to Nhill where he’d previously worked as Medical Assistant and purchased a share of the Nelson Street practice and Mira hospital from Dr Les Middleton one of the Middleton Brothers, the current owners of what was once Dr Tom Ryan’s practice. Dr L Middleton was House Surgeon to the Nhill Hospital 1926-1933, when he resigned. [Dr Tom Ryan’s practice had originally belonged to his older brother Dr Edward Ryan, who came to Nhill in 1885. Dr Edward saw patients at his rooms, firstly in Victoria Street and in 1886 in Nelson Street, until 1901. The Nelson Street practice also had a 2 bed ward, called Mira Private Hospital ). Dr Edward Ryan was House Surgeon at the Nhill Hospital 1884-1902 . He also had occasions where he successfully performed veterinary surgery for the local farmers too. Dr Tom Ryan then purchased the practice from his brother in 1901. Both Dr Edward and Dr Tom Ryan work as surgeons included eye surgery. Dr Tom Ryan performed many of his operations in the Mira private hospital on his premises. He too was House Surgeon at the Nhill Hospital 1902-1926. Dr Tom Ryan had one of the only two pieces of radiology equipment in Victoria during his practicing years – The Royal Melbourne Hospital had the other one. Over the years Dr Tom Ryan gradually set up what was effectively a training school for country general-practitioner-surgeons. Each patient was carefully examined, including using the X-ray machine, and any surgery was discussed and planned with Dr Ryan’s assistants several days in advance. Dr Angus gained experience in using the X-ray machine there during his time as assistant to Dr Ryan. Dr Tom Ryan moved from Nhill in 1926. He became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1927, soon after its formation, a rare accolade for a doctor outside any of the major cities. He remained a bachelor and died suddenly on 7th Dec 1955, aged 91, at his home in Ararat. Scholarships and prizes are still awarded to medical students in the honour of Dr T.F. Ryan and his father, Dr Michael Ryan, and brother, John Patrick Ryan. ] When Dr Angus bought into the Nelson Street premises in Nhill he was also appointed as the Nhill Hospital’s Honorary House Surgeon 1933-1938. His practitioner’s plate from his Nhill surgery states “HOURS Daily, except Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturday afternoons, 9-10am, 2-4pm, 7-8pm. Sundays by appointment”. This plate is now mounted on the doorway to the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, Warrnambool. Dr Edward Ryan and Dr Tom Ryan had an extensive collection of historical medical equipment and materials spanning 1884-1926 and when Dr Angus took up practice in their old premises he obtained this collection, a large part of which is now on display at the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village in Warrnambool. During his time in Nhill Dr Angus was involved in the merging of the Mira Hospital and Nhill Public Hospital into one public hospital and the property titles passed on to Nhill Hospital in 1939. In 1939 Dr Angus and his family moved to Warrnambool where he purchased “Birchwood,” the 1852 home and medical practice of Dr John Hunter Henderson, at 214 Koroit Street. (This property was sold in1965 to the State Government and is now the site of the Warrnambool Police Station. ). The Angus family was able to afford gardeners, cooks and maids; their home was a popular place for visiting dignitaries to stay whilst visiting Warrnambool. Dr Angus had his own silk worm farm at home in a Mulberry tree. His young daughter used his centrifuge for spinning the silk. Dr Angus was appointed on a part-time basis as Port Medical Officer (Health Officer) in Warrnambool and held this position until the 1940’s when the government no longer required the service of a Port Medical Officer in Warrnambool; he was thus Warrnambool’s last serving Port Medical Officer. (The duties of a Port Medical Officer were outlined by the Colonial Secretary on 21st June, 1839 under the terms of the Quarantine Act. Masters of immigrant ships arriving in port reported incidents of diseases, illness and death and the Port Medical Officer made a decision on whether the ship required Quarantine and for how long, in this way preventing contagious illness from spreading from new immigrants to the residents already in the colony.) Dr Angus was a member of the Australian Medical Association, for 35 years and surgeon at the Warrnambool Base Hospital 1939-1942, He served as a Surgeon Captain during WWII1942-45, in Ballarat, Victoria, and in Bonegilla, N.S.W., completing his service just before the end of the war due to suffering from a heart attack. During his convalescence he carved an intricate and ‘most artistic’ chess set from the material that dentures were made from. He then studied ophthalmology at the Royal Melbourne Eye and Ear Hospital and created cosmetically superior artificial eyes by pioneering using the intrascleral cartilage. Angus received accolades from the Ophthalmological Society of Australasia for this work. He returned to Warrnambool to commence practice as an ophthalmologist, pioneering in artificial eye improvements. He was Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist to Warrnambool Base Hospital for 31 years. He made monthly visits to Portland as a visiting surgeon, to perform eye surgery. He represented the Victorian South-West subdivision of the Australian Medical Association as its secretary between 1949 and 1956 and as chairman from 1956 to 1958. In 1968 Dr Angus was elected member of Spain’s Barraquer Institute of Barcelona after his research work in Intrasclearal cartilage grafting, becoming one of the few Australian ophthalmologists to receive this honour, and in the following year presented his final paper on Living Intrasclearal Cartilage Implants at the Inaugural Meeting of the Australian College of Ophthalmologists in Melbourne In his personal life Dr Angus was a Presbyterian and treated Sunday as a Sabbath, a day of rest. He would visit 3 or 4 country patients on a Sunday, taking his children along ‘for the ride’ and to visit with him. Sunday evenings he would play the pianola and sing Scottish songs to his family. One of Dr Angus’ patients was Margaret MacKenzie, author of a book on local shipwrecks that she’d seen as an eye witness from the late 1880’s in Peterborough, Victoria. In the early 1950’s Dr Angus, painted a picture of a shipwreck for the cover jacket of Margaret’s book, Shipwrecks and More Shipwrecks. She was blind in later life and her daughter wrote the actual book for her. Dr Angus and his wife Gladys were very involved in Warrnambool’s society with a strong interest in civic affairs. Their interests included organisations such as Red Cross, Rostrum, Warrnambool and District Historical Society (founding members), Wine and Food Society, Steering Committee for Tertiary Education in Warrnambool, Local National Trust, Good Neighbour Council, Housing Commission Advisory Board, United Services Institute, Legion of Ex-Servicemen, Olympic Pool Committee, Food for Britain Organisation, Warrnambool Hospital, Anti-Cancer Council, Boys’ Club, Charitable Council, National Fitness Council and Air Raid Precautions Group. He was also a member of the Steam Preservation Society and derived much pleasure from a steam traction engine on his farm. He had an interest in people and the community He and his wife Gladys were both involved in the creation of Flagstaff Hill, including the layout of the gardens. After his death (28th March 1970) his family requested his practitioner’s plate, medical instruments and some personal belongings be displayed in the Port Medical Office surgery at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, and be called the “W. R. Angus Collection”. Ear wax is an ongoing problem for many people, and its safe and easy removal is important. The W.R. Angus Collection is significant for still being located at the site it is connected with, Doctor Angus being the last Port Medical Officer in Warrnambool. The collection of medical instruments and other equipment is culturally significant, being an historical example of medicine from late 19th to mid-20th century. Dr Angus assisted Dr Tom Ryan, a pioneer in the use of X-rays and in ocular surgery. Ear syringe from the W.R. Angus Collection with barrel, plunger and tip. Inscription on oval shaped plaque on barrel. Inscription on oval shaped plaque on barrel "10th / UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL" & "MAYER & MELTZER / MAKERS, LONDON" & " TO THE / HOSPITAL OF DESEASES (SIC) OF THE THROAT"" & "TO THE / HOSPITAL / FOR WOMEN" & "TO THE / MIDDLESEX / HOSPITAL" plus "R" inscribed on each side of the handlewarrnambool, shipwreck coast, great ocean road, flagstaff hill maritime village, maritime museum, dr angus, w.r. angus, dr t f ryan, medical instrument, surgical equipment, warrnambool base hospital, nhill base hospital, mira hospital, flying doctor, medical treatment, syringe, ear syringe, ear wax -
Australian Queer Archives
Poster, Wimmins' dance, 1981
Additional text: "Disco [Women's] Warehouse, Bay 9, No 9 Ultimo Road, Haymarket. Benefit for 'Girls Own'; the new Sydney feminist Newspaper. Dress Disco. Friday Feb 13th. $3/$2 kids free". -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Book - War Experiences Book, E. M. Robertson, WAAAF at War, 1974
This book tells of the WW2 experiences of an Australian service womanThis is a book of 112 pages. The cover is white with black printing and there is a black and white photograph on the front cover. The pages contain printed text and black and white photographs.non-fictionThis book tells of the WW2 experiences of an Australian service woman world war two in australia, australia women serving in world war two -
Ballarat Clarendon College
Book - Hardcover, Strength of mind: 125 years of women in medicine, 2013
Square, medium-sized soft cover bbokmedicine, university of melbourne -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Sign - C.W.A. - Country Women's Association
C.W.A. is the Country Women's Association of Victoria and was formed in 1928. It is a self funded philanthropic organisation. It is non-sectarian, non-party-political, non profit lobby group working predominantly in the interests of women and children in rural areas. It helps in the provision of services to its members and the improvement of amenities in rural areas.The C. W. A. has had branches in the Kiewa Valley up until the present day.Round metal sign. On the front it is green, white and gold. There are four holes in it for attaching it to a fixture eg. Entry to town sign.c.w.a., country women's association -
Federation University Historical Collection
Article - Article - Women, Ballarat College of Advanced Education: Women of Note; Dulcie Brooke (1927 - 2023)
Dulcie Brooke (nee Hoffman) was born in 1927. The history of women and the Wendouree Amateur Athletic Club seems to be very closely linked to that of women's athletics in Ballarat. Club photos of the 1953/54 season are the first to show women to be represented among the numbers who competed for Wendouree. However the Kevin Ruddick book, Always Striving - The Ballarat Harriers First 100 Years, notes that a Ballarat Harriers Women's Club was formed in September 1952 to compete against a Wendouree team and also mentions the Harriers women winning the premiership of 1953. Whatever the chronology, what is for certain is that Wendouree was at the forefront of the development of women's athletics in Ballarat and continued to be so until the unification of the sport for both men and women in 1979. Dulcie was one of those who are thought to be among the original members for Wendouree. Ballarat College of Advanced Education established a Health and Safety course.This became known as the Victorian Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Australia (VIOSH) beginning in 1979. Max and Dulcie Brooke were members of Staff at Ballarat Institute of Advanced Education and became part of the initial group in presenting the course. Dulcie had science qualifications and was a bacteriologist. She was involved with the library aspect of the course and informed on the selecting of resources. In the early 1990s, Max became ill and Dulcie retired to care for him. Max died in 1992 and Dulcie established the Max Brooke Memorial Shield in his memory. This was presented by Dulcie to the winner of the Award at the Presentation Dinner every year from 1993 to 2010.women of note, dulcie brooke, science, librarian, institute of occupational safety and health, viosh, ballarat college of advanced education, university of ballarat, max brooke, max brooke memorial shield, wendouree amateur athletica club, women of wendouree, dulcie hoffman, 1927-2023, 1979, bacteriologist