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Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Book - A Poor Man's Diggings, June Philipp, 1987
The town of Bethanga is located in the mountainous north-east of Victoria, near the Murray River. In the 1870s miners and itinerant workers came to the area to seek their fortunes.This history of Bethanga, covering the period from 1875 to 1912, tells the story of these people and the community they created.A publication relating the history of mining at Bethanga in Northeast Victoria, the miners and semi-itinerant workers, who came to the area in the 1870s in search of a fortune and the community they created. Thus publication of 222 pages includes text, images, maps and a detailed index.non-fictionThe town of Bethanga is located in the mountainous north-east of Victoria, near the Murray River. In the 1870s miners and itinerant workers came to the area to seek their fortunes.This history of Bethanga, covering the period from 1875 to 1912, tells the story of these people and the community they created. gold mining bethanga, miners victoria, history of bethanga -
St Patrick's Old Collegians Association (SPOCA)
Photograph - Alumni, General, 1912 Group
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The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Oxford University Press, Booth the beloved : personal recollections of William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, 1947
A biography of William Booth, founder of the Salvation ArmyIll, p.132.non-fictionA biography of William Booth, founder of the Salvation Armywilliam booth 1829-1912, salvation army -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, John Murray, The voyage of the Discovery, 1907
When I received the script of The Voyage of the Discovery I was amazed. I had only to read a few pages to realise that it was literature, unique of its kind ... Scotts mind was like wax to receive an impression and like marble to retain it. So wrote Leonard Huxley, and he was not alone in his opinion. Scott's account of his first expedition to the Anrarctic.Index, ill, p.709.non-fictionWhen I received the script of The Voyage of the Discovery I was amazed. I had only to read a few pages to realise that it was literature, unique of its kind ... Scotts mind was like wax to receive an impression and like marble to retain it. So wrote Leonard Huxley, and he was not alone in his opinion. Scott's account of his first expedition to the Anrarctic. antarctica, antarctica - discovery and exploration, robert falcon scott 1862-1912 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Geelong MESCo's Motorman's Winter Uniform
Possibly a Motorman in winter coat (as there are no lapel badges). SEC type numbers are on the latter two hats. The Conductor badges on coat lapels and 5-button coats must have been retained by the SEC for a while. The date of these photos would be 1930s.Black and white print on paper11/13 and the No. 1 in a circle, written in pen on the reverse. GRS710/11/1/13 written in pencil on the reverse.mesco's winter uniform c. 1912-1930, mesco motorman, duncan and fraser tramcar, geelong tramway depot -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Letter, Scovell Family, 1990
A letter from Ian Hill and a document regarding the Scovell family of Blackburn.non-fictionA letter from Ian Hill and a document regarding the Scovell family of Blackburn.lyell andrew, hill ian, sweetland george william, laburnum street blackburn, scovell family, presbyterian church blackburn -
Canterbury History Group
Book, Feehan, Anne, 100 Years of Vibrant Faith and Generous Hospitality
The story and memories of the Highfield Road Uniting Church 1912-2012Includes many sepia and coloured photographs.non-fictionThe story and memories of the Highfield Road Uniting Church 1912-2012canterbury, highfield road, shops, churches, highfield road uniting church, mapperson> norm (rev), malseed> clive, whyte> peter gador (rev), floyd> a. e. (dr), concerts, mont calm, organs, cricket, football