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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - HANRO COLLECTION: LETTER - SHARES
Typed letter, dated 1 June 1937, on Hanro letterhead paper. Letter mentions an offer of shares for sale from Mr W H Russell.hanro, clothing, share register, hanro collection - letter - shares, mr w h russell -
Buninyong & District Historical Society
Photograph - Original Photograph, C J Brooks, Individual Sandstone block, awaiting incorporation into reconstruction of wall, for Mr. H & Mrs. D Westbrooke, 1995, at 405 Learmonth St. Buninyong, July 1995
Stone of which wall is constructed is believed to have been used in the construction of Jamieson's Buninyong Inn, built for Margaret Jamieson starting about 1853. She owned the earlier Buninyong Inn which impinged on they surveyed Learmonth St. and was demolished. Margaret died in 1854 before the building was completed by her son, who built the third Buninyong Inn on the corner of Learmonth and Warrenheip. The two story hotel was tenented for a while, then bought by Dr. Sparling who demolished it.Colour photo, Individual Sandstone block, awaiting incorporation into reconstruction of wall, for Mr. H & Mrs. D Westbrooke, 1995, at 405 Learmonth St. Buninyongbuninyong, jamieson, sparling, buninyong inn, wall, sandstone -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Slide, Robin Boyd, 1956-1957
Robin Boyd developed a close friendship with the founder of the Bauhaus in Weimar Germany, Walter Gropius, who had moved to the USA in the 1930s. Through this connection, Boyd was invited to be the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Bemis Professor at the School in the North American academic year 1956-7. Robin and Patricia Boyd, with their youngest daughter Suzy, were based in Cambridge, Massachusetts for the year. Boyd gave some lectures at MIT and he was also invited to give lectures at many other universities, allowing him to travel widely within the USA, especially on the East Coast. This gave him the opportunity to meet architects like Frank Lloyd Wright, Eero Saarinen, Paul Rudolph and many others, and visit the offices of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, and places like Taliesin and the General Motors Technical Center Detroit. On the way home, the Boyds visited London, Berlin, Paris and Le Corbusier’s Ronchamp Chapel in France. Colour slide in a mount. The Ruppert Building, 535 Fifth Ave, New York City, New York, USA, 1930. (Architect: H. Craig Severance.)Made in USA / 4mit bemis professorship, mit, robin boyd, slide -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Photograph, c. Boer War
Albert Thomas Holden was born in 1866 at Geelong, died in 1935 and is buried in Boroondara cemetery. From 1883-84 he taught in Kyneton and became a Methodist lay preacher. He graduated with a B.A. from Ormond College in 1888. He entered the Methodist ministry and worked in Burwood and at the Omeo Home Mission. During 1892 he toured Europe and the Middle East with Rev Bickford. In 1898 Holden was an army chaplain and served South Africa. He became Methodist Chaplain General in 1913. In 1904 Holden became Secretary of Methodist Home Missions and traveled throughout Australia. Holden was General Superintendent of the Methodist Church of Australasia from 1929 - 1932 and then President- General. Holden became a Freemason in 1898. [taken from the Australian Dictionary of Biography] SubjectsSepia tinted portrait of Major Albert T. Holden, Wesleyan Chaplain to H. M. Victorian Forces, wearing his Victorian Forces Chaplain's uniform. major albert thomas holden, rev albert thomas holden methodist minister -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Caltex H & D Panels Lake Road
Petrol Station Caltex H & D Panels Smash Repairs Lake Road Stawell with petrol bowsers out front and two Vehicles c1950's -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Toc H Members Inspecting Damage, 1960
Black and white photo of Toc H Members inspecting fire damage to log cabin off Agra Street Mitcham - March 1960|Ref ND2597toc h - mitcham branch, white, orme, graham, 'uncle jack', crossley, les, barbour, barry -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Toc H Members Inspecting Damage, 1960
Black and white photo of Toc H Members inspecting fire damage to log cabin off Agra Street, Mitcham - March 1960.|Ref ND2597toc h - mitcham branch, skewes, george, white, orme, graham, 'uncle jack', crossley, les, barbour, barry -
Ballarat Heritage Services
digital copy, K.P. Gervasoni, Premier of Victoria (Hamer) Mayor of Kew (Gervasoni) Kanga Cop 1979, 1979
Member for Kew and Premier of Victoria Rupert Hamer outside the Kew Town Hall (later the Kew Library)Copy of colour photograph of Kanga Cop with Premier Dick Hamer and City of Kew Mayor Cr John H. Gervasoni during a Kew Festival event.kew, gervasoni, john, jack, jack gervasoni, mayor, premier, dick, rupert, hamer, dick hamer, rupert hamer, victoria, kew town hall, city of kew, kew mayors, kanga cop, premier of victoria -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Matheson's Home
The Nunawading orchard was purchased in 1920 by Mary Lilian Matheson from Florence Rebecca Course for a sum of 1050 Sterling Pound. In 1988 the Federal & State government allocated $125,000 to the Nunawading Council towards the purchase of the house, outbuildings and the orchard facing Springvale Road, as it was representative of one of the last working orchards in the Nunawading district. The property has now been vacant for many years (2011) and is secured with window bars and security services. Lately a large cyprus tree crashed onto the largest outbuilding and it was removed.8 coloured photographs (a-h) of the Matheson house and orchard on Springvale Road, East Burwood. House, shed, windmill, old orchard and pine and cyprus in the photographs.matheson, mary, matheson orchard, orchards, early burwood, strathdon -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1892 c
Black and white photograph of H W Lowe General Store with horse drawn buggy in front, men aboard and also men on verandah Cassilis VictoriaLowes General Store Cassilis 1892 cbridges, forest, transport -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Order of Service: Tarnagulla Uniting Church Civic Service, 1984
Donald Clark Collection.Order of Service for a Civic Service at Tarnagulla Uniting Church on June 10th, 1984. Featured an address by Rev. H Stevens from Essendon Grammar School.(formerly) presbyterian church -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS NO. 3770 COLLECTION: CORRESPONDENCE
Blue printed Doctor's Certificate dated July 13th, 1863, certifying that Hugh Brown was unable to follow his employment Signed by H. L. Atkinson.societies, aof, correspondence, ancient order of foresters no. 3770 collection - correspondence, court king of the forest, hugh brown, h l atkinson -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Tool - Bow Saw, Prior to 1950
A coopers turning or bow saw is a woodworking tool used for straight or curved cuts. A bow saw is a type of frame saw with a thin toothed blade that is held in tension by a frame with two long narrow handles called "cheeks" that are supported and separated by a thin stretcher in the center of the handles, making a wide H shape (the cheeks form the uprights of the H, the stretcher the crossbar of the H). The blade is kept in tension with a turnbuckle that runs parallel to the blade between the two cheeks but on the opposite side of the stretcher.An age old tool used for cutting timber for hundreds of years before the modern cross cut saws were invented. This design of saw was part of a Coopers tool kit and used in the production of making barrels. However this item at this time cannot be associated with an historical event, person or place, provenance is unknown, item assessed as a collection asset as it is believed to have been produced before 1950.Bow saw wooden handle with metal blade missingNonewarrnambool, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, bow saw, turning saw, coopers tools, cutting wood, sawing timber, coopering -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Tool - Bow Saw, Prior to 1950
A coopers turning or bow saw is a woodworking tool used for straight or curved cuts. A bow saw is a type of frame saw with a thin toothed blade that is held in tension by a frame with two long narrow handles called "cheeks" that are supported and separated by a thin stretcher in the center of the handles, making a wide H shape (the cheeks form the uprights of the H, the stretcher the crossbar of the H). The blade is kept in tension with a turnbuckle that runs parallel to the blade between the two cheeks but on the opposite side of the stretcher.An age old tool used for cutting timber for hundreds of years before the modern cross cut saws were invented. This design of saw was part of a Coopers tool kit and used in the production of making barrels. However this item at this time cannot be associated with an historical event, person or place, provenance is unknown, item assessed as a collection asset as it is believed to have been produced before 1950.Bow saw wooden handle with metal bladeNonewarrnambool, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, bow saw, turning saw, coopers tools, cutting wood, sawing timber, coopering -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Tool - Bow Saw, Prior to 1950
A coopers turning or bow saw is a woodworking tool used for straight or curved cuts. A bow saw is a type of frame saw with a thin toothed blade that is held in tension by a frame with two long narrow handles called "cheeks" that are supported and separated by a thin stretcher in the center of the handles, making a wide H shape (the cheeks form the uprights of the H, the stretcher the crossbar of the H). The blade is kept in tension with a turnbuckle that runs parallel to the blade between the two cheeks but on the opposite side of the stretcher.An age old tool used for cutting timber for hundreds of years before the modern cross cut saws were invented. This design of saw was part of a Coopers tool kit and used in the production of making barrels. However this item at this time cannot be associated with an historical event, person or place, provenance is unknown, item assessed as a collection asset as it is believed to have been produced before 1950.Bow saw wooden handle with metal blade & frame tightening rodNonewarrnambool, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, bow saw, turning saw, coopers tools, cutting wood, sawing timber, coopering -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, German Prisoners of War
Group of German prisoners of war interned at A Compound, No. 13 POW group. Back row, left to right: 41208 Heinz Fisher; 35091 H. Grunwaldt; 35027 Michael Boesl; 35319 V. D. Ohe; 35180 H. von Gruenewaldt; 35299 H. Messerschmidt; 35131 R. Fabichler. Front row: 35128 Bernhard Koehnke; 35278 W. Senssfelder; 35083 Georg Erler; 35318 P. Schnieder; 35109 D. von Hardenberg. Photograph taken 29 November 1943.Black and white photograph of 9 men standing, 5 seated, all wearing dark pullovers. Centre front seated is Professor Dr G. Erler. Two huts behind them. The number 63 on ground in front of Dr Erler.the number 72camp 13, professor dr erler, camp 13 huts, german pow's, heinz fisher, h grunwaldt, michael boesl, v d ohe, h von gruenwaldt, h messerschmidt, r fabichler, bernhard koehnke, w senssfelder, george erler, p schneider, d von hardenberg -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Magazine, Modern Transport, "Melbourne cable and electric tramways", 2/1939
Article - "Melbourne cable and electric tramways" - with the subheading "First Substitution by Diesel Buses", with H H Bell, MMTB Chairman as the author. Describes the current system, cable tram operation, formation of the Board, Chairman Bell, Cameron, conversion, H H Bell's tour, closure of the cable system and operation by diesel buses, the new SW6 tram, Australian PCC cars, Diesel bus development, Fare Structure and notes the Board's payments to the fire brigade etc. Has photos of Y 469, Leyland cub buses, W5 736. Has adverts for Bell Punch ticket machines, Smith's clocks and Karrier trucks. There is a report from Thomas Tilling Ltd about their operation and annual reporting.Yields information about Melbourne tramways in 1939 and the background history.Magazine cutting from Modern Transport 25/2/1939 - pages 43 and 44trams, tramways, mmtb, cable trams, buses, bus replacement, h h bell., melbourne, y class, w5 class, tram 469, tram 736, leyland cub -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - NEW RED, WHITE & BLUE G. M. C. N. L - EXTRACTS ON AUCTION AT NEW RED, WHITE & BLUE G. M. C. N. L
Handwritten notes. Extracts - Auction Sale Wed. 23rd Nov. 1938 at the New Red, White & Blue G. M. C. N. L. Some lots were damaged by fire. Lots included: Extensive corrugated iron battery house, Mounting for 6 ft bull wheel, Stamper battery (No 1 Box) by Geo Kelly & Lewis, Stamper battery (No 2 Box) by Geo Kelly & Lewis, Stamper battery (No 3 and No 4 Boxes) Geo W Kelly & Lewis, Stamper battery (No 5 and No 6 Boxes) by Roberts & Sons, 144 H. P Twin Crude Oil Engine by Ruston & Hornsby Pty Ltd. Class H Size No 10. 84 H. P Twin Crude Oil Engine by Ruston & Hornsby Pty Ltd No 143379 Class H. C Size No 8.document, gold, new red, white & blue g. m. c. n. l, new red, white & blue g. m. c. n. l, extracts on auction at new red, white & blue g. m. c. n. l, mining plant, geo kelly & lewis, geo w kelly & lewis, roberts & sons, ruston & hornsby pty ltd -
Bendigo Military Museum
Medal - BRITISH WAR MEDAL WW1
Robert H. Baron was only issued with the British War Medal for his WW1 Service. He did not see action and was therefore ineligible for the Victory Medal. Part of the "Robert H. Baron", No. 3596 and Cooper Collections. See catalogue No.1981P for details of R.H. Baron's service.Court mounted circular silver medal with blue, black, white and yellow coloured ribbon. Recipients name stamped on the rim of the medal.Stamped on medal rim "3596 A.L. Cpl R.H. BARON, 57 BN A.I.F."robert h. baron, cooper collection, british war medal, medal ww1 -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph, Greensborough District Honour Roll, 1914-1918
This photograph of the Greensborough and District Honour Roll was taken on a visit to Greensborough RSL in 2012. [Caption by Bruce McDowell: The name of R H McDowall as shown on the board is incorrectly spelt - it should be R H McDowell - son of William McDowell & Susan Elizabeth McDowell (nee Poulter)]The Honour Board features the names of the Greensborough residents who fought in World War 1 and is located in Greensborough Primary School.A coloured photograph of a Great War 1914 - 1918 Honour Roll. Nilgreensborough, the great war, world war 1, military service -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, Angel's Brother Eleanora H Stooke, Early 1900s
This book, ‘Angel’s Brother’ by Eleanora H. Stooke was a prize given to a pupil (name unknown) by the Christ Church Sunday School, Warrnambool in 1909. The Sunday School of the Anglican Church in Warrnambool dates from the 1850s and by 1909 it was an established tradition for most children whose parents belonged to the Anglican Church to attend a Sunday School. In 1906 there were about 30 teachers taking 45 pupils in the morning session and 177 pupils in the afternoon session. The highlights of the year were the Sunday School picnic held at various venues and the annual prizegiving day. In 1909 a cantata, ‘The Fairy Chain’ was performed by Sunday School students in the Oddfellows Hall. The Vicar in 1909 was Archdeacon Peacock (1906-1912) and in 1908 he introduced a Church Stamp System at the Sunday School whereby children were given stamps and pictures for an album to record their attendance and instruction. This book is significant because it is an example of the type of prize given to the prizewinners at the Christ Church Sunday School in Warrnambool in 1909. The prize, a book, has a story that has heavy Christian religious and moral overtones and the English Religious Tract Society produced books especially for the Sunday School prizegiving market. This is a hard cover book of 314 pages pus several pages detailing other books recently published. The book is a children’s book given as a prize by Christ Church Sunday School, Warrnambool in 1909. It has a brown cover with an inset of a sketch of a young woman holding an umbrella and a sea or a lake setting in the background. The colours of the sketch are blue, white and black and the sketch is set in a decorative border. A similar decorative pattern is on the spine of the book. There are several black and white plates in the book relating to the story. The inscription plate inside has both printed material in blue print and handwritten material in black ink. Front Cover: ‘Angel’s Brother, Eleanora H. Stooke’ Book Plate inside: ‘Christ Church Sunday School, Warrnambool, presented to Ethel … (name scratched out), Class VI, Teacher, Miss Ware, A.E.Peacock, Vicar, J.Ward, S.Smith, Superintendents, Advent, 1909.’ christ church warrnambool sunday school, archdeacon peacock, warrnambool -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book - Reference, The Birds of Australia Vol 11 Part 2 Supplment 3
The Birds of Australia is a 12 volume work, in a total of 14 books. The books were used as an ornithological handbook. They contain scientific text as well as over 600 hand-coloured lithographed plates by J.G. Keulemans, H. Grönvold, Roland Green, H. Goodchild and G.E. Lodge. The work was written, sponsored and organised by Gregory M. Matthews, F.R.S.C. Erc. who was a wealthy Australian and an amateur ornithologist. His titles included – -Fellow of the Linnean and Zoological Societies of London -Member of the British Ornithologists’ Union -Corresponding Fellow of the American Ornithologists’ Union The volumes in our collection were originally donated to the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute and Free Library by William Lindsay. THE LINDSAYS (quoted from the book Of Many Things – A History of Warrnambool Shire by C.E. Sayers) The Lindsays were amongst the most prominent families in the Shire of Warrnambool, as pastoralists, sportsmen, municipal councillors, community leaders. The first of the family William arrived in Melbourne in 1841 and started business as a livestock agent. The gold rushes sent him to the central Victoria diggings dealing in cattle. This was a business that boomed in the early 1850s, and he prospered. In 1859 he took over the Quamby run near Woolsthrope from Paul de Castella, the Yarra Valley Swiss vigneron who had brought the leasehold and improvements in 1853 from George Youl, who had pioneered the run. Quamby was originally 25,000 acres. It was heavily timbered, rough country, much of it swampy, a characteristic of the district. Lindsay used it to fatten cattle which gave large returns with the booming gold diggings towns paying high prices for beef. In 1862 purchases at auction made Quamby a freehold. In the next six years a further 20,000 acres of Crown land were brought at auction to make the run one of the largest in the south-west district. The great profits from his cattle trading enabled Lindsay to make improvements to the holding, and to Union which was added in 1864. Much of the thick timber was cleared and the worst of the swamps drained. Union was 15,000 acres of freehold when Kennedy sold it to Lindsay. It was heavily timbered, mostly blackwood, with large belts of wattle and honeysuckle. Much of the heavy native was ringbarked and cleared; much more was swept away by bushfire. It was expensive work, but Lindsay’s bank passbook was heavy with credit, and he did not spare money to make both Quamby and Union heavily developed stock runs. He was as lavish in social living; the bluestone Quamby homestead was one of the most hospitable in the district when William Lindsay was host there; its paddocks carried high quality thoroughbreds: its stables housed steeplechasers and flat racers which won many races on Warrnambool and other courses; its coach houses were filled with carriages which took his guests to the great racing carnivals of the district. After William Lindsay died in 1897, in his eighty-fifth year, his two sons, William and James, managed Union and Quamby as a joint venture. This partnership ended in 1906 when William took over Union and James kept Quamby. The following year 10,000 acres of Union were subdivided and sold in lots of 100 acres to 700 acres for dairying and general farming. It was well improved country, much of it alluvial flats. By then many of the paddocks were sheltered with blue gum belts, and they carried good pastures. The three Lindsays, father and two sons, gave many years of service to the Shire, and to many charitable, sporting, social and community organisations in the Warrnambool district. William Lindsay senior, was a Shire councillor for 15 years, and President several times. James Lindsay followed his father as a north riding councillor. He served nineteen years, from 1887 until his death in March 1908. He was President four times. Jimmy Lindsay was one of the most popular men in the south-west of Victoria. He was a fine sportsman: horse breeder, owner and a dashing amateur rider. He lived lavishly and played hard. For many years he guarded a herd of kangaroos, as many as 100 head, at Quamby. Descendants of the Lindsay kangaroos are still in the district. James Lindsay’s wife, Margaret Esther was a daughter of Samuel Shaw Parker, the first engineer of the Shire. Nell Lindsay, a daughter, lives in the Bluestone Quamby homestead. Only a little more than 60 acres of the original run still belongs to the property. William Lindsay junior succeeded his brother as a Shire councillor. He served for 25 years from 1908 until his death in 1934. So, the Lindsays, father and two sons, served as Shite councillors for an unbroken period of sixth-five years. William Lindsay junior had a life-long interest in horse racing, as breeder, owner and enthusiastic amateur steeplechase rider. He was elected a member of the Warrnambool racing club in 1901 and was president of the club for thirty-two years. He raced and rode horses for the love of the sport. He won the Villiers and Heytesbury Hunt Cup in the 1870s on his own horse, Ventura. In the year he died his horse Flavedo won the Warrnambool Grand Annual steeplechase. It was a sensational race. All of the contestants fell, or lost their riders. When Flavedo baulked at a jump, its jockey R. Sweetman, remounted and completed the course to win the race. All of the Lindsays were passionately fond of the thoroughbred horse. Nell Lindsay talking to the author in the drawing room of Quamby homestead - with many memories for her of its lavish years – said of a brother that he was put on a horse when he was two years old and never got off. William Lindsay junior made Union into a fine, high-producing property, breeding cattle and horses. He added to the bluestone house that David Kennedy started, established plantations of pines and gums, and made an attractive garden. WARRNAMBOOL MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE Warrnambool's Mechanics' Institute (or Institution as it was sometimes called) was one of the earliest in Victoria. On 17th October 1853 a meeting was held where it was resolved to request the Lieutenant Governor of the Colony to grant land for the erection of a Mechanics' Institutes building. A committee was formed at the meeting and Richard Osburne chaired the first meeting of this committee. The land on the North West corner of Banyan and Merri Streets was granted but there were no funds to erect the building. The Formal Rights of the Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute's encompassed its aims and these were officially adopted in1859 "This Institution has for its object the diffusion of literary, scientific, and other useful knowledge amongst its members, excluding all controversial subjects, religious or political. These objects are sought to be obtained by means of a circulating library, a reading room, the establishment of classes, debates, and the occasional delivery of lectures on natural and experimental philosophy, mechanics, astronomy, chemistry, natural history, literature, and the useful and ornamental arts, particularly those which have a more immediate reference to the colony." The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute opened its first meeting room in November1854 in the National School building at the corner of Banyan and Timor Streets. The Institute was funded by member subscription, payable on a quarterly, half yearly or yearly basis. Samuel Hannaford, the Manager of the Warrnambool Bank of Australasia, was the first Honorary Secretary of the Mechanics' Institutes, and an early President and Vice-President. He also gave several of the early lectures in the Reading Room. Another early Secretary, Librarian and lecturer was Marmaduke Fisher, the teacher at the National School. Lecture topics included The Poets and Poetry of Ireland', 'The Birth and Development of the Earth', 'The Vertebrae - with Remarks on the pleasures resulting from the study of Natural History' and 'Architecture'. In 1856 the Reading Room was moved to James Hider's shop in Timor Street, and by 1864 it was located in the bookshop of Davies and Read. In the 1860's the Mechanics' Institute struggled as membership waned but in 1866, after a series of fund raising efforts, the committee was able to purchase land in Liebig Street, on a site then called Market Square, between the weighbridge and the fire station. A Mechanics' Institute building was opened at this site in August 1871. The following year four more rooms were added to the main Reading Room and in 1873 the Artisan School of Design was incorporated into the Institute. The same year Joseph Archibald established a Museum; however it deteriorated when he was transferred to Bendigo in 1877. In 1880, with Archibald's return to Warrnambool, the Museum was re-established, and in 1885 a new building was built at the back of the Institute to accommodate the re-created School of Design, the Art Gallery and the Museum. In 1887 the Museum section was moved to the former court house in Timor Street (for some time the walls of the building formed part of the TAFE cafeteria but all is now demolished)). In 1911 the Museum was transferred back to the original building and the management of the Mechanics' Institute was handed over to the Warrnambool City Council. The Museum and Art Gallery became one and housed many fine works of art, and the Library continued to grow. The building was well patronised, with records showing that at the beginning of the 20th century there were between 500 and 800 visitors. During World War One the monthly figures were in the thousands, with 3,400 people visiting in January 1915. The Museum was a much loved Institution in Warrnambool until the contents of the Museum and Art Gallery were removed to make room for the Warrnambool City Council Engineers' Department. The contents were stored but many of the items were scattered or lost. When the original building was demolished the site became occupied by the Civic Centre, which included the new City Library. (The library was temporarily located in the old Palais building in Koroit Street.) In the process of reorganisation the Collection was distributed amongst the community groups: -The new City Library took some of the historic books and some important documents, historic photographs and newspapers. -The Art Gallery kept the 19th Century art collection and some of the artefacts from the museum. -The Historic Society has some items -The State Museum has some items -Some items were destroyed -Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village has old newspapers, Government Gazettes, most of the Mechanics' Institute Library, ledgers and documents connected to the Mechanics' Institute Library, some framed and unframed art works and some photographs. The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute Library book collection is deemed to be of great importance because it is one of the few collections in an almost intact state, and many of the books are now very rare and of great value. THE PATTISON COLLECTION This book is also part of the ‘Pattison Collection’, a collection of books and records that was originally owned by the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute, which was founded in Warrnambool in 1853. In 1935 Ralph Pattison was appointed as City Librarian to establish and organise the Warrnambool Library, as the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute was then called. When the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute building was pulled down in 1963 a new civic building was erected on the site and the new Warrnambool Library, on behalf of the City Council, took over all the holdings of the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute. At this time some of the items were separated and identified as the ‘Pattison Collection’, named after Ralph Pattison. Eventually the components of the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute were distributed from the Warrnambool Library to various places, including the Art Gallery, Historical Society and Flagstaff Hill. Later some were even distributed to other regional branches of Corangamite Regional Library and passed to and fro. It is difficult now to trace just where all of the items have ended up. The books at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village generally display stamps and markings from Pattison as well as a variety of other institutions including the Mechanics’ Institute itself. RALPH ERIC PATTISON Ralph Eric Pattison was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, in 1891. He married Maude Swan from Warrnambool in 1920 and they set up home in Warrnambool. In 1935 Pattison accepted a position as City Librarian for the Warrnambool City Council. His huge challenge was to make a functional library within two rooms of the Mechanics’ Institute. He tirelessly cleaned, cleared and sorted a disarrayed collection of old books, jars of preserved specimens and other items reserved for exhibition in the city’s museum. He developed and updated the library with a wide variety of books for all tastes, including reference books for students; a difficult task to fulfil during the years following the Depression. He converted all of the lower area of the building into a library, reference room and reading room for members and the public. The books were sorted and stored using a cataloguing and card index system that he had developed himself. He also prepared the upper floor of the building and established the Art Gallery and later the Museum, a place to exhibit the many old relics that had been stored for years for this purpose. One of the treasures he found was a beautiful ancient clock, which he repaired, restored and enjoyed using in his office during the years of his service there. Ralph Pattison was described as “a meticulous gentleman whose punctuality, floorless courtesy and distinctive neat dress were hallmarks of his character, and ‘his’ clock controlled his daily routine, and his opening and closing of the library’s large heavy doors to the minute.” Pattison took leave during 1942 to 1945 to serve in the Royal Australian Navy, Volunteer Reserve as Lieutenant. A few years later he converted one of the Museum’s rooms into a Children’s Library, stocking it with suitable books for the younger generation. This was an instant success. In the 1950’s he had the honour of being appointed to the Victorian Library Board and received more inspiration from the monthly conferences in Melbourne. He was sadly retired in 1959 after over 23 years of service, due to the fact that he had gone over the working age of council officers. However he continued to take a very keen interest in the continual development of the Library until his death in 1969. The Birds of Australia by Gregory M. Matthews is now considered a rare and valuable scientific and historic work on its own. These 12 volumes were donated in 1934 to The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute and were included as part of the Pattison Collection. The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute Collection is primarily significant in its totality, rather than for the individual objects it contains. Its contents are highly representative of the development of Mechanics' Institute libraries across Australia, particularly Victoria. A diversity of publications and themes has been amassed, and these provide clues to our understanding of the nature of and changes in the reading habits of Victorians from the 1850s to the middle of the 20th century. The collection also highlights the Warrnambool community’s commitment to the Mechanics’ Institute, reading, literacy and learning in the regions, and proves that access to knowledge was not impeded by distance. These items help to provide a more complete picture of our community’s ideals and aspirations. The Warrnambool Mechanics Institute book collection has historical and social significance for its strong association with the Mechanics Institute movement and the important role it played in the intellectual, cultural and social development of people throughout the latter part of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. The collection of books is a rare example of an early lending library and its significance is enhanced by the survival of an original collection of many volumes. The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s publication collection is of both local and state significance The Birds of Australia Vol 11 Part 2 Supplment 3 Author: Gregory M Mathews Publisher: H F & G Witherby Date: 1924 Tan leather bound illustrated work.Label on spine cover with typed text RA 598.2994 MAT Pastedown front endpaper has sticker from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library that reads “Presented by W. Lindsay Esq. ‘Union’ Woolsthrope” Accession Number: 15243 Date Received: 3-34 “W. Lindsay” embossed in gold on front cover, bottom right of book flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, the birds of australia, gregory m. matthews, witherby & co., h.f. & g. witherby, w lindsay, william lindsay, quamby woolsthorpe, union woolsthorpe, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool art gallery, joseph archibald, warrnambool mechanics’ institute and free library, ralph eric pattison, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, the birds of australia vol 11 part 2 supplment 3, quamby station, union station, woolsthrope -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Post Card, Early 20th Century
One of a collection of 6 photograps/postcards donated by T. H. HillSepia postcard of Forrest Caves, Phillip Island. Lady on top and lady and man in the foreground. "The KRose Series, P671" "Forest Caves, Back Beach, Phillip Island, Victoria"forrest caves phillip island, phillip island coastline, rock formations phillip island, t h hill -
Seaworks Maritime Museum
Shipwrights Caulkins Tools
100 plus years old, original owner Hughie H BothnaughtThirteen tools and two textiles displayed on two pieces of white backing board hinged together.'SHIPWRIGHT CAULKING TOOLS,' Individual labels are also included (from top) Oakum, Shipwrights caulking mallet, caulking cotton, raking tool, No.1.5 off set caulking iron, busting iron, no. 2 off set caulking iro(n). (Bottom board from left) Caulking iron no.3, Feeding iron, caulking iron no1 off set, caulking iron no1.5, caulking iron no.2.5, feeding iron, caulking iron no.2, feeding iron. -
Greensborough Historical Society
Correspondence, Greensborough Football Club, 1950s
This is a letter to Mr H Rolfe soliciting a donation to the Greensborough Football Club.Greensborough Football club has existed for over a century. The letterhead features the name of the President, Secretary and Assistant Secretary at the time of writing.An undated partially torn letter from the Greensborough Football Club. Nilgreensborough football club, dr ted cordner, r tooth, k orr, h rolfe -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Metallurgy Vol 2
The notes are a Swinburne Technical College publication and were used by H. ArblasterA green card covered book folder with numerous typed notes on Metallurgy.harold arblaster, swinburne, metallurgy -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Bossence Honeychurch, 1965
Written history of the Bossence and Honeychurch family by the author W H Bossence.White hard cover. Cover design by Anne Bossence. Dust jacket red, white and black. Title and author in black print. Sketch on front is of a shield in red and black with two red stars and dragons head. Back cover whitebossence w, honeychurch, family history of honeychurch family, family history of bossence family -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Beckwith Home, 1950
Original photograph of home of H & M Beckwith, for over 40 yearsBlack and white photograph of Beckwith home, exterior. Alexander Avenue, Tatura. Car in driveway.on back: home of Mary and Harry Beckwith, Alexander Street, Tatura.h & m beckwith -
Torquay and District Historical Society
Photograph Copy, Scammel Collection
From book entitled -Wreck of Joseph H Scammel by Geoff NaylorPhotograph of Bell & owner Miss A StromBlack & White PhotoNoneshipwrecks great ocean road victoria, wreck of joseph h scammell -
National Wool Museum
Book, John Macarthur
"John Macarthur" - M H Ellis, Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1955.wool - history pastoral industry - history squatters, macarthur, mr john macarthur, mrs elizabeth, wool - history, pastoral industry - history, squatters