Marking Gauges have been around for centuries in wood working shops, and is used to mark parallel lines on wood, either along the grain or across the grain, across the grain leaves a more jaggard line.This simple tool allowed Crafts or Trades people to consistently and accurately make parallel lines.Wooden Marker Part 1 - Marker Part 2 - Wooden screw Part 3 - Moving .....wood worker, carpenter, cabinet maker, gauge, mark, joints, mortice & tennon

A wooden Mallet could be found in most homes, and nearly all tradesmans tool box or bag, its most common use was working with wooden handled wood Chisels, because they did not damage the end of the chisel like a steel headed hammer,also they were used to fit joints of wood together as they would not damage the timber like steel hammers......Wooden mallets were also used by stone masons back to the time of the pyramids, but they were usually shaped differentlyWooden Mallet A handmade wooden mallet with a handle with a rectangular head. Carved ET on sidewood, mallet, tradesman, carpenter, cabinet maker

Pair of Girls School Boots, made with leather,they are lace up boots with 8 eyes at the bottom and 6 loop at the top for the laces.girls boots, footware, feet, protection

Pair of black leather girls boots, they have been embossed at the start of the toe cap, and would be more expensive than plain leather.girls boots, footware, feet protection

Biscuit tin - Horse race

Black and white negative of Arthur Witnish's horse team hauling timber across bridge on Black Sands Road. Negative Black white. Scanned at 600 dpibridge, timber, arthur witnish, horse team, tramway, black sands creek, timber truck, gladysdale

A person wanting to dig for Gold or any other precious metal were required to register a claim on the land to be mined, the claim had to be measured & pegged to be specific as to its size and shape.Certificate Miners Claim No 058gold, document, certificate, miners claim

Account Shaw's bakery,Warburtonsales record f j shaw family baker west warburton

Porcelain Ink well school equipment porcalain ink well

The Dovetail Joint probably pre-dates written History. Some of the earliest known examples of the Dovetail Joint are in furniture entombed with Mummies dating from the first Dynasty of ancient Egypt as well as the tombs ofChinese emperors. Untill the late 1960s it was commonly used for Joining drawer fronts and sides in cabinets. " Wikipedia "Dove Tail Saw , Shefield mark saw dovetail woodwork drawers

Wooden Spirit Level

Pair Hob Nail boots, hand made by Oliver & Stevensfootware, feet, protection, hobnail boots

Packet of Shoe Tingles or Tacksshoe tingles packet tacks

Wooden shoe stretchershoe stretcher wood metal leather

Printed invitation one of 4 invitaions in the set ,to invite Mr & Mrs H. H. Bradley from His Majesty's Ministers of State for Australia to Celebrtae the Opening Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia to meet their Royal Highness The Duke and Dutchess of Cornwell and York. To an evening reception at the Exhibition Building Melbourne on the 9th of May 1901, at 8 o'clockSignficant collection of 4 invitatons of national signficance Plus a printed Momento from the Duke and Dutchess 00533 Evening reception to Meet the Duke and Dutchess 00534 Invitaion from the Govenment of Victoria 00535 Invitaion from Edmund Barton the Prime Minister 00536 Invitaion from the Govenment of Victoria for a conversazione 07/05/1901 at 8 pmMounted offset print. The print is mounted on brown mount board. The print has an embossed seal of Duke and Dutchess of Cornwall and York. Printed invitation from the miniters of state to invite Mr and Mrs H H Bradley to attend the reception.Invitaion hand written. On the left is a maiden , dressed in red with a helment carrying a British Shield on the Right hand side is a maiden dressed in purple carrying a St shield . The print is bordered by vines and leaves with scrolls for text details. The print has silver and gold highlights.Printed: His Majesty's Ministers of State for the Commonwealth of Australia/ request the honour of the presence of... / in the Exhibition Building, Melbourne, on Thursday, 9th May, to witness/ the Opening of the Parliament of the Commonwealth./ Edmund Barton/ Prime Ministermelbourne, australia, commonwealth, printed offset, invitaion, celebrate opening parliament commonwealth australia, parliament, duke dutchess cornwall york, mr mrs h h bradley, exhibition building, 1901, 09 05 1901

painted for Nell McCleanPink rose in full bloom with buds and foilage on light green back ground . On cardboardpainting by mrs p artis home hotel nell mcclean

This book is a memento of the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwell and York to Melbourne in May 1901, they came here to open the first Commonwealth Parliament of AustraliaThe book is part of a collection from the H H Bradley family, the other items are personal invitations to the opening of the first Parliament.Paperback Book. an 80 page book with soft card covers bound with green cloth binding, mainly pictorial, of their visit to opening of the 1st Commonwealth Parliament of Austrlia with a description with each photo in black and white, the cover is partly dark brown with the rest there is a photo of a river on the bottom right hand corner and the book title on the left within a scrolled frame and the dark brown background. front and back cover quite grubby, bottom right had corner missing and torn 20+20mm, a finger nail size missing middle right hand side, bottom left hand corner next to binding has a 22+25mm Piece missing

Mr George Potter Manager of the Victorian Hardwood Company mill at Powelltown is sitting in centre of photograph Image of three fallers with axes and two others around stump of large tree. Black and white photograph A3 mounted on cardboardrear of photo, writen description; central figure is Mr George Potter Manager VHC Powelltown Died c1949 presented by Mrs A G Potter daughter in-law of above 76 Bluff Rd Black Rock axe, ferns, powelltown, timber, fallers, george potter, victorian hardwood company

Workmen at E. Lloyd's mill, Hoddles Creek Negative Black white. Scanned at 600 dpi. mill, timber, lloyds, workmen

Negative Black white Scanned at 600 dpi. The Saxton family, 1923, Gilderoysaxton family fruit growers timber workers sandy ross gilderoy 1923

The "Express" is pulled by the Little Yarra steam train, and is on a wooden trestle bridge crossing the Saxton creek at Gilderoy, the carriage on the end was for passengers, but it was only used for a short timePowelltown Express 1914 Gilderoy. Negative Black white Scanned at 600 dpi. trestle bridge tramway powelltown steam engine saxton creek gilderoy a ross

Negative Black white Scanned at 600 dpi. Mr. Hilditch Snr. Hazelwwod Rd, Warburton Rdmr hilditch snr hazellwood rd warburton rd

DWR-00286 Details of Timber truck ironwork, Victorian Hardwood Company, Powelltown, 1919. Blue Print.Victorian Powell Wood Process Ltd details of timber truck ironwork scale 1 1/2" -3" = 1 foot Sheet No 17 11/07/12 Note:- the number off each part are for one wagon only

03016 Group of timber workers at the mill Upper Yarra Shire 1888-1988 Centenary collection. Black & white Negative, scanned at 600 dpitimber mill group sandy ross

Parbury Bridge Warburton Negative Black white. Scanned at 600 dpi.parbury bridge warburton tramway yarra river

Cow pulling cart with 2 men Negative Black white. Scanned at 600 dpicow cart solid wooden wheels

Charlie Griffiths and Charlie Hort on cart Negative Black white. Scanned at 600 dpicharlie griffith charlie hort horse cart

03022 Victorian Hardwood Co, Powelltown Upper Yarra Shire 1888-1988 Centenary collection. Black & white Negative, scanned at 600 dpivictorian hardwood company mill travaser timber

03026 Building tramway track 1895 Upper Yarra Shire 1888-1988 Centenary collection. Negative, Black & white. Scanned at 600 dpi building tramway track 1895 deep cutting

03027 Photograph Building of tramway track Upper Yarra Shire 1888-1988 Centenary collection. Negative, Black & white.Two men with horses digging earth with scoops and then tipping it over the side of the new embankment to make it wide enough for timber traffic to pass by.building tramway track horse scraperscoop