Cameron Greg – Book Launch at Stawell Historical Society 2014stawell

"Wool Year Book 1927" compiled by the editor of the 'Textile Mercury'.Mr A G .[?]textile history textile finishing wool processing textile machinery weaving, alexander lau pty ltd, carding, spinning machinery, weaving machinery, lau, mr alexander - alexander lau pty ltd, textile history, textile finishing, wool processing, textile machinery, weaving

"The Second Book of Wool Rhymes" - Otto Mombert, c.1927.wool - poetry

non-fictionA Project Book containing Mothercraft information taught in schools in the 1950'sschwerkolt rosalie, school workbooks

This is a book review of 'The Puzzle of Architecture', published in Architectural Science Review.Typewritten, 2 pages, both sides (first two pages relevant)

Signing of visitors book Stawell Town Council Centenary 1970stawell government

This ledger was used by the Shire of Orbost pound keeper from 15 june 1947 -12 June 1971. The item was donated to Orbost & District Historical society from P.R.O.V. as a Place of Deposit (POD) item for safe keeping by a local history group or museum. The shire covered an area of 9,347 square kilometres and existed from 1892 until 1994 when it became part of the East Gippsland Shire Council. Orbost was at first included in the Bairnsdale Shire from 1882 and was later part of the Tambo Shire. Because of travelling distances the Croajingalong Shire was created in 1892 (name changed to Orbost Shire 17.2.1893 with James Cameron as the first Shire President. In 1994 it amalgamated to become part of East Gippsland Shire Council. This book records the impounding of animals which have been found wandering on local roads or trespassing on land. Many are farm animals. Impounded animals were either claimed by their owners after payment of a fee or if unclaimed , they were sold. The Orbost Pound was situated on Martin Street.This book is a record of a practice which was necessary to remove stock which were wandering on local roads or trespassing on neighbours. It contains many local names and is of social interest. (ref. Vic. Collections)A rectangular hard cover leather bound ledger with fawn cloth spine, titled "POUND KEEPERS BOOK SHIRE OF ORBOST". Inside the back cover are several sales dockets and Shire of Orbost By-Law No 48. Pages are lined in blue and red and pages are headed in black . Entries are hand written in blue and black. The entries give particulars of the animal impounded and where found with name of council officer and owner, if known.orbost-pound orbost-shire-council

This school book which was owned by George Mathieson contains maps and information on different countries around the world. It is handwritten and is probably of secondary school level. The maps appear to have been traced and hand-drawn and coloured. There is a loose newspaper map of the Dardenelles loose in the book. This book as an example of school work and geography in the early 20th century, has social and historical significance.Pale green light card cover with dark green pattern and text. Back cover is plain. It contains alternate pages of tracing paper in between normal pages. Bound with cotton? threadGeorge mathieson, written in ink on front cover.warrnambool, federal drawing book, george mathieson, school drawing book 1920's,

These books belonged to Goldsworthy R.W. Stawell when a Student at School of Mines - 1 Book contains information re chemistry assaying ect. Other book contains working hours - Not at Stawell- Notes taken from Food in Health and Disease by Burney J. 1890641-1 Conatins Miscellaneous material. Re Wages - Loads of material for crushing Plants, firewood, etcRichard Morcom Goldsworthy School of Mines Skene Street Stawellstawell education

46 page book produced by the women of the Shire of Eltham as a fundraising project for the construction of the WW2 Eltham War Memorial. Contents: I. Fish, II. Meat, III. Puddings and desserts, IV. Bread and scones, V. Cakes and biscuits, VI. Jams, marmalades and chutneys, VII. Salads, dressings and sauces, VIII. Drinks. 47 p. : ill., b&​w., ; 19 cm. a. & s. davis pty ltd, a. boyd-graham, a. lyon, a. mezner, a. uglow, a.m. lynes, b. clark, b. rothwell, b. thomas, b.j. brinkkotter, b.m. gresford, b.w. morrison, betty p. metcalfe, briar hill timber & trading, c. may, c. pelling, c. smith, cold comfort farm, commercial bank of australia, cook-book, cooking, d. garratt, d. richards, d. warner, d.g. wills, draffin bros pty ltd, e. egan, e. hoppner, e.i. rains, e.s. rothwell, eltham home supplies, eltham hotel, eltham motor garage, eltham real estate & business agency, eltham war memorial trust, f.j. burgoyne, g.b. gresford, gas and fuel corporation of victoria, george lovitt & co pty ltd, guest's biscuits, h.w. downing, heidelberg district bakery, i. putnam, j. & j. burgoyne, j. kimber, j.m. attiwill, jack burgoyne, kraft cheddar, l. carter, lyon bros garage, m. banks, m. battye, m. black, m. erswell, m. foletta, m. johnson, m. roletta, m.h. bucknell, m.j. loosli, millett's foodland, n.h. baxter estate agent, n.h. baxter, new bridge building supplies, m. banks, m. battye, m. black, m. erswell, m. foletta, m. johnson, m. roletta, m.h. bucknell, m.j. loosli, millett's foodland, n.h. baxter estate agent, n.h. baxter, new bridge building supplies, o. holland, o.a. brown, p. moore, p. pease, p. peel, p. reece, presswell's eltham east auto service, r.j. scully, rains, recipes, research meat supply, research post office and general store, s. littlehales, stanley s addison, t. sawyer, t.e. & e.m. moran, v. addison, v. hughes, valley furniture, women's auxiliary, cookery, fundraising

These are two administrative record books from the Warrnambool Town Council which took over from the Warrnambool Borough Council in 1883 and existed until 1918 when it became the Warrnambool City Council. .1 Warrnambool Town Council letter book dating from 1904 to 1918 containing copies of letters written by the Rate Collector, Thomas Beattie .2 Warrnambool Town Council Contract Book dating from 1902 to 1909. The contract details include the name of the supplier or tradesman and the costs. Some of the contracts deal with the Corporation Baths, the Botanic Gardens and town tree planting. These record books are of historic interest as they include many projects in Warrnambool and the names of local people from early in the 20th centuryThese are two administrative record books from the Town of Warrnambool Council. .1 Letter Book with a blue cover and a pasted label and a brown leather spine and leather edging on the corners. The pages include an alphabetical index at the front of the book. .2 Ledger with a dark green cover and leather binding on the spine and the edges of the cover. The spine has red and brown leather labelsTown Of Warrnambool Contract Bookwarrnambool town council, thomas beattie warrnambool rate collector

Yellow and Black Book titled 'Southwood Primary School 30th Birthday 1995'. Is a Visitors book containing the date, names, addresses, phone numbers, years attending t he school and a comments section. Used for the 30th birthday on 22nd July, 1995, and for a 'Back to Southwood' commemoration on 30th, November, 1997, celebrating the closure of the school

WW2 Training.This is a pocket book. Red cardboard cover. Printing in black ink. Low centre has an image of a soldier bayonet charging. There is a round white sticker label on it. Price 2/-. Shop - Blakes Busy Book Bazaar, Albury. Inside are 142 pages of text. Subject matter is: -For The Field; In Camp; The Rifle Range and for general reference purposes.ww2, training, pocket book

Item relates to Arthur Thomas MANLY No 431130 RAAF. Refer Cat No 3710 for his service details.RAAF Observer's, Air Gunner's and W/T Operators Flying Log Book. Blue buckram cover, black print. Rear of the book has remnants of an aviation article used as a cover, coloured picture. Inside is flying data ie dates, aircraft number, pilot of A/C, duty, flying hours, remarks (includes patrols & action).Handwritten bottom front in black ink: Name: MANLY. A T Glued inside: 1 page summary of his operational tour RAAF Form P/P 138 SECRETdocuments, ww2, raaf

Isabella Mary Beeton (née Mayson; 14 March 1836 – 6 February 1865), also known as Mrs Beeton, was an English journalist, editor and writer.In the 19th century, the craft of embroidery became a pastime for women. Needlework creations were crafted to be displayed in the home.This book is an example of a popular book of ithat time.A hard back book with a dark green fabric cover. The title is in gold print -"Beeton's Book of Needlework" inside an ornate gold border. It contains descriptions and instructions for tatting patterns, crochet patterns, knitting patterns, netting patterns, embroidery patterns and point lace patterns. There are six hundred illustrations / engravings. some of the patterns are fold-out.inside cover - "Special first prize to Catherine J. Horne by Mrs William for Needlework" Tarang State Schoolbeeton-isabella needlework-knitting-lacework

Booklet with orange cover, with Education Department Victoria logo on front, white rectangle for student's name and across the bottom of the cover 'Student's Record Book'. This is for the Girls school and is blank (unused). Also held are copies of 2 Record Books for the Boys School. These have a green cover and are titled 'Pupil's Record book'. All date from 1950s.preston technical school (girls), preston technical school (boys), student records, nmit.

Newspaper clipping from The Courier, Ballarat, Friday 4/1/2008 titled "Tramway book in on track", written by Marcus Power about the forthcoming release of a new book titled "Last tram at 11", written on the Provincial tramway systems. Quotes Richard Gilbert. Features Richard in the front cab of No. 40, photo by Lachlan Bence."The Courier Ballarat" and "Friday 4/1/2008" in ink along the bottom of the cutting.book, provincial tramways

An extremely damaged, old and worn black covered booklet about ailments that people suffer with the title Doan's Dream Book. The front cover has an illustration of an ancient Egyptian woman sitting on a large stone chair with a child at her feet playing a type of harp. 'I wonder if Dreams Come True' is written at the bottom with the publisher details. It has many examples throughout of how these illnesses may be improved with advertising for products too. The back cover has lists of medication made by Doan's. p. 32. De Witt's 200 Year Calendar and Book of Horoscopes has a red, black, pink and cream front cover showing an oval with horoscopes drawn around the edges and a mountain with a yacht sailing on a river with 'The Quest for Health' written below. The title is written at the bottom of the cover. This booklet has the 200 year calendar at the front with dates from 1776 - 1976. Throughout the booklet are advertisements and information on various medications produced and sold by the company circa 1950's. p32.non-fictionA booklet on dream interpretation dispersed with advertisements and testimonials for Doan's medicines. Originally published in 1904, this likely is an early 1920's printing. Many booklets like this were produced as PR material to increase product sales between c. 1900 - 1915. They were given to the more affluent customers or clients by the local shopkeepers of the period and are interesting Australiana historical publications. They were anywhere between 8 to 32 pages. The De Witt's booklet is similar with advertisements and information on various medicinal products produced and sold by the company for ailments. p.32.dreams, medicines, ilnesses, horoscopes, calendars

Educational: handwriting of the time. Also Maths, Dictation. Everil Fisher's family lived at Mongans Bridge in the Kiewa ValleyHistorical: comparison of book work, hand writing, dictation and maths in 1912 to current times. Provenance: Everil Fisher's family lived at Mongans Bridge. Her family donated many significant items to KVHS showing an interest in history.Plain black hard covered exercise book with handwriting, mathematical, and dictation exercises. Pages are blue lined. Cotton thread spine binding. Inside front cover: Everil Fisher / Mongans Bridge / Via Dederang Exercises dated Jan. 24th 1912 to 29th Oct. 1912 Corrections and comments in red. Written work in greyish ink.education. handwriting. mathematics. dictation. everil fisher. mongans bridge

A Hand-Book to the Marsupialia and Monotremata Allen's Naturalist's Library Author: Richard Lydekker Publisher: W H Allen & Co Date: 1894 Label on spine cover has hand written text - 599 LYD Pastedown front endpaper has sticker from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library Fly page has a stamp from the Warrnambool Public Museum warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, a hand-book to the marsupialia and monotremata, allen's naturalist's library, richard lydekker

The Ballarat School of Mines Museum as established in 1872.Leather covered book with copies of lists of donations and letters written by the Ballarat School of Mines Museum Curator, Ferdinand Krause, then Thomas Hartballarat school of mines museum, ballarat school of mines, museum, thomas hart, curator, donations, ferdinand krause, james oddie, vale, righetti, stone axe

A book of certificates with information written on the stubbs relating to who received the certificate. They are signed by Ballarat School of Mines lecturer Alfred Mica Smith.alfred mica smith, ballarat school of mines, certificate, mine manager's certificate, glyndwr david evans, glyn evans, leigh hancock, leigh george hancock, arthur tandy, arthur elton tandy