This children's eating utensil is believed to belong to the household of Chiltern writer and historian, W.C. Busse. The level of tarnish and the mark 'EPNS' may indicate it is electroplated. The blade also contains the maker's mark 'APEX', which was used by John Biggin & Co, Sheffield, United Kingdom. Pushers such as these were a common utensil in Victorian and early twentieth-century households. They were used to help children too young to use knives learn to eat politely at the table - the blunt blade was used to push food onto the fork. Pushers could also be used to pull food from a serving platter onto an individual plate. Wilfred Clarence Busse was born in Chiltern in 1898. He went to school at Wesley College in Melbourne, studied law at the University of Melbourne and became a barrister. Additionally, after spending time on a Victorian station in his early twenties, he wrote two historical novels about bush life. His first novel was 'The Blue Beyond: a Romance of the Early Days in South Eastern Australia', written in 1928 and published in 1930. Busse's second novel was titled 'The Golden Plague: A Romance of the Early Fifties'. The judges of the Henry Lawson Society's T.E. Rofe competition to advance Australian literature unanimously awarded it the Gold Medal in 1931 for the best historical novel of 1930. Newspaper articles about the award mention the writer's meticulous documentary and oral history research regarding life on the Gold Fields in the 1850s. It became a best-seller. Busse also wrote a series of articles about local history for "The Federal Standard" newspaper in Chiltern. He was a member of the Chiltern Athenaeum. He died in 1960.This child's eating utensil is significant for the detail it conveys of ordinary domestic life in the household of a significant Victorian writer with special reference to Chiltern and the surrounding region. It may also be significant in understanding the customs and practices of English-speaking nations in the early Twentieth Century. The object is a metal food pusher, a child's eating utensil with a blunt lozenge at right angles to the handle. The metal is tarnished, indicating that it may be silver or silverplated. APEX EPNS AI w.c. busse, wilfred clarence busse, chiltern, indigo shire, north-east victoria, gold fields, gold mining, gold rush, table manners, etiquette, children, childhood, john biggin & co, sheffield, golden plague, blue beyond, historical fiction, 1930s, 1850s, t.e. rofe, henry lawson society, electroplate, tableware, cutlery

BRASS BI-OPTICAL MICROSCOPElocal history, instruments, optical, instruments, optical

SEPIA PHOTOGRAPH OF THE PORT PHILLIP MINE CF PHOTO IN ITEM 1860local history, photography, photographs, mining

PHOTOGRAPH FOUND IN THE HOME OF THE LATE LAURA HUDSON , HOUSE IN LOWER STREET, CLUNES.[ NOW BLACKMORE ROAD] THIS HOME WAS LATER OWNED BY MR. G. WILTSHIRE.PHOTOGRAPH OF YOUNG WOMEN [NAME UNKNOWN] WEARING DRESS WITH WHITE SKIRT, DARK BODICE AND HEM LINE; WHITE FRILL AT NECK LINE.local history, photography, photographs, hudson, laura.

PHOTOGRAPH FOUND IN THE HOME OF THE LATE LAURA HUDSON HOUSE IN LOWER FRASER STREET, CLUNES. [NOW BLACKMORE ROAD] THIS HOME WAS LATER OWNED BY MR. G. WILTSHIRE.PHOTOGRAPH OF YOUNG WOMEN [ NAME UNKNOWN] IN DARK DRESS, STANDING BESIDE BALUSTRADE.local history, photography, photographs, hudson, laura

Gift of the Talbot Family, 1962

.1 BOX : "INTERCHANGEABLE ORIGINAL RECORD SYRINGE EVERETT 1ML 20MIN RECORD SYRINGE .2 SYRINGE : INTERCHANGEABLE EVERETT BRITISH MADE 200CAS ABOVElocal history, medical

SEPIA PHOTOGRAPH OF CREEK PARADE, CLUNES, AND SOUTH CLUNES BATTERYCLUNES CREEK & CLUNES BATTERY LOOKING SOUTH WESTlocal history, photography, photographs, clunes landscape

TOWN HALL AND COURT HOUSE IN BAILEY STREET, CLUNES PHOTOGRAPH OF CLUNES TOWN HALL AND COURT HOUSE .1 SEPIA PHOTOGRAPH .2 COPY OF PHOTOGRAPHPRINTED: TOWNHALL BAILEY STREET, CLUNES HANDWRITTEN: ERECTED 1872, PERIOD ABOUT 1881-1882 REAR COURTHOUSE HOTELlocal history, photography, town hall

TULLAROOP CREEK FROM "ROCKS" NEAR SITE OF PORT PHILLIP MINE. ABOUT 1890 - NOTE GOVERNMENT BRIDGE IN DISTANCE. THIS WAS REBUILT IN STRAIGHT STEEL GIRDERS IN 1896.ORIGINAL SEPIA PHOTOGRAPH OF TULLAROOP CREEK, IN FOREGROUND VIEWS OF CLUNES TOWNSHIP. TWO MILE HILL IN LEFT FAR DISTANCE. (SUSPENSION BRIDGE IN FOREGROUND)local history, photography, bridges - buildings and landscape of clunes

Written by a Peterborough resident whose Grandfather salvaged the peacock from the Loch Ard wreck. Also includes information about the wreck of The Schomberg.Written by a Peterborough resident whose family were involved in the Loch Ard salvage, also whose family had memories of the wreck of The Schomberg.Paperback book including colour photosloch ard, loch ard peacock, schomberg, the schomberg, j m mckenzie, peterborough, schomberg rock, shipwrecks, shipwreck coast, great ocean road, bully forbes, the great circle route

Foreward comments written September 1917 by Sir Arthur Stanley Governor of Victoria, Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson, Governor General Australia and Frank Tate Director of Education 1st March 1921. These books were distributed to each state school in VictoriaHard cover book, 303 pages containing photographs of teachers who enlisted and served in WW1, along with the stories of those who fell and those who returned. List of honours and decorations, chapters on War Relief Organisation, Patriotic Guild and Fund donationsInside front page - presented to Bathumi School. Signed by Stradbroke. (Governor of Victoria 1920 to 1926