From Abbott Family album (Box 892). Harold Athelstone Abbott was the fourth child and third son of Mary Hannah Gibbs and Richard Hartley Smith AbbottA Bartlett Bros Sandhurst sepia full body studio photo probably of Harold Athelstane Abbott born 7th April 1889 and taken December 1990 in a knee length dress with broderie anglaise frill and black strapped shoes.In gold on reverse 'Yahen?, Dec 90, Born April 7th 89'r h s abbott, bartlett bros.

The original Hall Braille writer was modelled on the typewriter and was the first successful mechanical point writer. Frank Haven Hall, Superintendent of the Illinois Institution for the Blind, introduced his invention to the public on 27 May, 1892 at Jacksonville, Illinois. It was manufactured by Harrison and Seifried, Chicago, ca 1892. The carriage moves one space to the left as the keys are released. The styli in the embossing heads are controlled by the keys as are the bars on a typewriter. The styli operate from the back so that letters appear in the normal position for reading. Braille writers enable all dots in a Braille cell to be created simultaneously. This model was found in the Braille and Talking Book Library in South Yarra prior to the staff departure in 2000. Presumably used by either staff or volunteers at the library.Braille writer with a key board like a piano with black wooden keys on an ivory board. The body is made from heavy cast iron with a black lacquer.Painted in gold on top of the machine: "The Hall Braille Writer / patent pendingbraille equipment, assistive devices

Clothing. Made in England by Bally, cream satin with a 5 cm high heel. Beautifully shaped rounded toe, and oval shaped front opening. Fully lined with fabric and leather. Heel area lined with cream kid leather. Hand marked inside heel ; H 3250916 823(possibly identifying style and maker). Still in original box: on box ''Carolz''9, possibly name of style. A6415 White Satin Pump Last 1381 8 1/2BBally Made in England. ( Even a piece of confetti inside the box and in one shoe).Bally England - gold lettering enclosed in a double ring, gold oval shaped logo. On sole 8 1/2 B. FABRIC UPPERS RESIN SOLE, MADE IN ENGLAND.costume accessories, female, cream satin ladies bridal shoes

Detailed account of meetings conducted by the Melbourne Legacy Club for the period December 1940 - December 1941. Moved to Archive cupboard H with all other BOM minutes - number to be reassigned TBCReveals the issues relevant to the Club at the time.Book with blue cover and white pages with financial information red columns. Index. Four sheets of foolscap paper taped to the fly leaf.Spine,vol. xiii, printed in gold. Cover, "Legacy Club / Melbourne / Minutes / B. of M. meetings / Conferences etc. / Dec. 1940 - Dec. 1941" printed in gold lettering.minutes, activities, board of management

The Methodist Order of Knights was the official youth organisation of the Methodist Church of Australasia. It originated in Hurstville, NSW, on the 4th October 1914 by the then Mr and later Rev Alex Bray. Alex Bray was a Sunday School teacher and spoke to his class of the Knights of the Round Table. In 1917 the Order of Knights was officially recognised by the Sunday School Dept of the NSW Methodist Conference. Courts spread thoroughout Australia. In 1927 the High Court of NSW called for designs for a badge and in 1929 the General Conference of the Methodist Church of Australasia recognised the Order as an approved Organisation. In 1938 the Senior Section was organised into Degrees of Sincerity, Service and Sacrifice; the Junior Section into Pages' Degree with advancement to Esquire. In 1954 the Junior Section was reorganised into two groups: Pages 8 to 11 years and Esquires 12 to 15 years. The Knight's Motto: "Live Pure, Speak True, Right Wrong, Follow Christ the King, else wherefore born?" Courts of the Order: General Conference Department of the Christian Education - General Court - Provincial High Court - District Court - Local Court - Senior Court - Intermediate Court - Junior Court . Regalia: All members of the Intermediate and Senior Courts wore regalia consisting of a cloth shield superimposed by a cross of light and dark blue ribbons, and supported by a cloth collar. Esquire and Degree of Sincerity regalia: White collar and white shield. Degree of Service regalia: Green collar and shield. Degree of Sacrifice: Scarlet collar and shield. District Court regalia: Blue collar and gold shield. High Court regalia: Gold collar and purple sheild. General Court regalia: Purple collar and shield. Officers of the local courts wore their symbols as part of their regalia.E3112.53.1 red and E3112.53.2 blue card covered booklet with gold pages. Syllabus for the Loddon Court Newstead/Maldon Circuit Pages n.d. The booklet is secured with a single paper clip and has a pocket at the back.methodist order of knights

The Methodist Order of Knights was the official youth organisation of the Methodist Church of Australasia. It originated in Hurstville, NSW, on the 4th October 1914 by the then Mr and later Rev Alex Bray. Alex Bray was a Sunday School teacher and spoke to his class of the Knights of the Round Table. In 1917 the Order of Knights was officially recognised by the Sunday School Dept of the NSW Methodist Conference. Courts spread thoroughout Australia. In 1927 the High Court of NSW called for designs for a badge and in 1929 the General Conference of the Methodist Church of Australasia recognised the Order as an approved Organisation. In 1938 the Senior Section was organised into Degrees of Sincerity, Service and Sacrifice; the Junior Section into Pages' Degree with advancement to Esquire. In 1954 the Junior Section was reorganised into two groups: Pages 8 to 11 years and Esquires 12 to 15 years. The Knight's Motto: "Live Pure, Speak True, Right Wrong, Follow Christ the King, else wherefore born?" Courts of the Order: General Conference Department of the Christian Education - General Court - Provincial High Court - District Court - Local Court - Senior Court - Intermediate Court - Junior Court . Regalia: All members of the Intermediate and Senior Courts wore regalia consisting of a cloth shield superimposed by a cross of light and dark blue ribbons, and supported by a cloth collar. Esquire and Degree of Sincerity regalia: White collar and white shield. Degree of Service regalia: Green collar and shield. Degree of Sacrifice: Scarlet collar and shield. District Court regalia: Blue collar and gold shield. High Court regalia: Gold collar and purple sheild. General Court regalia: Purple collar and shield. Officers of the local courts wore their symbols as part of their regalia.Blank questionnaire form printed on both sides of gold paper. The questionnaire is the half yearly Order of Knights Vic/Tas report to Knight Grand Companion. There are three questionnaires which are printed on both sides.methodist order of knights

These saucers are part of a crockery set that belonged to George Rolfe and his family. George Rolfe (1836-1919) was a tea merchant in Melbourne who bought land at the mouth of the Hopkins River in Warrnambool in the 1880s. He had adjoining land and the properties of ‘Shipley’ and ‘Fairy Hill’ and developed ‘Lyndoch’, adding stables, jetty, boat house, windmill and reservoir, chaff and bone sheds and an extensive garden. In 1891 he married Annie Lake and it was his stepdaughter, Florence Lake who built the ‘Lyndoch’ house still standing today. ‘Lyndoch’ today is now the site of an Aged Care Facility. This item is part of the Rolfe Dinnerset as described on Victorian Collections at VC001420 and VC001422.These saucers, part of a crockery set, are kept because they belonged to George Rolfe, a prominent property owner and farmer in Warrnambool in the late 19th century and early 20th century. The items, dating from 1864, have social significance showing the type of crockery used by a more affluent family in the 19th century. These are six circular china saucers with a gold rim and ornamentation in a scallop design in gold and teal around the rim and the outer edges. The base of the saucers has a gold rim. One of the saucers has a chip on the edge and four show significant wearing of the inner gold circle. Some of the outside gold edging also shows wear. The maker’s marks and name are indented on the bottom of the saucers ‘Minton’ lyndoch, warrnambool, rolfe and co., george rolfe, history of warrnambool, florence lake

Document. Greeting Cards. White card with gold anchor, two crossed swords and wings near the top of the anchor. Above the anchor is a red, gold & black crown. At each side is a gold spray of leaves. At the bottom is a blue curved banner with gold edging. Printed in gold is 'Uniter Agamus'. Printed on the left side of the insert is 'The Naval and Military Club Melbourne, Victoria.'The Naval and Military Club Melbourne Victoriaperson, greeting cards, malone collection, malone collection, greeting cards

Document. Greeting Cards. Cream coloured card with timber pattern & green edges. Red & pink roses beside a white, gold edged scroll. Below the scroll is a gold sundial. Trailing vine with gold and black stems & berries. Verse printed on the scroll in brown, gold & red.Raphael Tuck & Sonsperson, greeting cards, malone collection, malone collection, greeting cards

The Municipality of Kew (1860-1863), the Borough of Kew (1863-1910), the Town of Kew (1910-1921) and the City of Kew (1921-1994) were local government instrumentalities in the State of Victoria. In 1994, the City of Kew was amalgamated, together with the former Cities of Camberwell and Hawthorn, into the new City of Boroondara (1994- ). Like other local government entities of the period, Kew was administered by town clerks. The two notable town clerks in Kew's history were H. H. (Henry Hirst) Harrison (1868-1955) and W. D. (William Dickie) Birrell (1899-1974). Harrison was appointed to the position in 1901 and retired in 1938 after 37 years. Birrell, appointed Acting Town Clerk in 1921, became Town Clerk in 1938, following Harrison's retirement. He continued in this role until his retirement in 1966.This card is part of an historically significant civic collection, containing hundreds of separate invitations, documents, greeting cards, programmes and tickets issued and/or collected by successive town clerks. Items in the collection illuminate the political, social and cultural history of the district. As a continuous record, ranging across most decades of the Twentieth Century, they reveal changing tastes in design, values and relationships in the history of local government in Victoria.CITY OF KEW / HIS WORSHIP THE MAYOR (CR W J HAMBLY JP) AND THE COUNCILLORS OF THE CITY OF KEW EXTEND A CORDIAL INVITATION TO / ______ / TO BE PRESENT AT A / SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL / ON MONDAY EVENING, 22ND AUGUST, 1949, AT 8 O'CLOCK AT THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, TOWN HALL, KEW / WHEN HIS EXCELLENCY THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF VICTORIA / SIR EDMUND HERRING, KCMG, KBE, DSO, MC, ED / WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE TO FORMALLY PRESENT A / GOLD MAYORAL CHAIN TO THE CITY ON BEHALF OF THE DONORS, / INCLUDING AND REPRESENTING FORMER MAYORS OF THE MUNICIPALITY / RSVP TOWN CLERK, 19TH AUGUST / DINNER DRESScivic ephemera - city of kew, civic invitations -- kew (vic), gold mayoral chain -- city of kew

Richard Osburne (1825-1895) came to Warrnambool in 1847, a pioneer resident in the new settlement. In 1851, with John Wilkinson, he founded Warrnambool’s first newspaper, the Warrnambool Examiner, and issued it weekly for some months until he left the town for the goldfields. Returning in 1853 he resumed publication of the Examiner and continued it, intermittently in its last few years, until 1880. He was acknowledged in his day as the Father of the Warrnambool Press and was a dominant figure in Warrnambool’s early history. He was associated with the establishment of the Aboriginal Reserves, Fire Brigade, Mechanics’ Institute, Warrnambool Council, National School, Presbyterian Church, Public Wants Committee, Villiers Building Society, Fish Protection Society, Dramatic Club, Cricket Club, Otway Gold Exploration Syndicate and other institutions. In 1882 he went to live in Melbourne, returning to publish his ‘History of Warrnambool’ in 1887, a Queen’s Jubilee publication. Richard Osburne’s book is a seminal work of the 19th century history of Warrnambool and its importance cannot be over-emphasized. The original copies of this book are now hard to get and are very valuable. This facsimile is kept because the facsimiles are also now becoming rare and they are good examples of the way a facsimile is reproduced and the reason for the existence of this particular reprint– the importance and usefulness of Osburne’s history and the need to make it accessible to researchers today.This is a facsimile edition (1980) of Richard Osburne's book on the history of Warrnambool from 1847 to 1886. It is a hard cover buff-coloured book with gold lettering on the spine. The dust cover is cream-coloured paper with black writing. Inside the cover is a map of southwest Victoria (1880). There are five fold-up inserts (sketches, diagrams etc), a number of business advertisements, sepia photographs and sketches and an index. The dust cover includes information on the author. There are 25 chapters, a foreword by the Prime Minister of Australia, Malcolm Fraser and a Preface The proceeds of the book reprint went to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village.This is a facsimile edition (1980) of Richard Osburne’s book on the history of Warrnambool from 1847 to 1886. It is a hard cover buff-coloured book with gold lettering on the spine. The dust cover is cream–coloured paper with black writing. Inside the cover is a map of southwest Victoria (1880). There are five fold-up inserts (sketches, diagrams etc), a number of business advertisements, sepia photographs and sketches and an index. The dust cover includes information on the author. There are 25 chapters, a foreword by the Prime Minister of Australia, Malcolm Fraser and a Preface The proceeds of the book reprint went to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village.richard osburne, the history of warrnambool, warrnambool examiner

This badge was given to William Clarence Busse when he became a lifetime member of the Chiltern Football Club. Football became popualr in Chiltern during the 1860s, with the local team becoming a key part of the creation of a formal competition for the Ovens and Murray region, which came about in 1893. The Chiltern team also participated in the founding of the Chiltern and District Football Association in 1912, where they won their first premiership in 1914. In 1954, the team played in a Grand Final against Greta that had a 43 minute long final quarter. Chiltern was ahead when the fourth quarter should have ended, but the timer did not go off and the game went into overtime, allowing Greta to snatch the win and set in place a decades-long rivalry. Today, the team continues to compete under the nickname the 'Swans' in the Tallangatta and District Football League. Wilfred Clarence Busse was born in Chiltern in 1898. He completed his education at Wesley College in Melbourne then studied law at the University of Melbourne, before becoming a barrister. During his career, he often worked in the chambers of Judge Bernard Cussen (1859-1933) of the Supreme Court. Cussen was popular as a judge and lawyer, known for being just and precise and for completing through statutory consolidation in his spare time. Beyond his career as a lawyer, Busse wrote historical fiction inspired by his life in Chiltern, these included "The Blue Beyond; A Romance of the Early Days in South Eastern Australia" and "The Golden Plague: A Romance of the Early Fifties," which won the T.E.Role gold medal for the best historical novel in 1930 and went on to become a best seller. He was a member of the Chiltern Athenaeum until his death in 1960. This object is significant for its link to W.C. Busse, a barrister and author born in Chiltern, and as memorabilia of the Chiltern Football Club. A small gold metallic badge depicting two men playing Australian Rules Football, surrounded by a border of leaves. Obverse: "CHILTERN/ FOOTBALL CLUB/ LIFE MEMBER" Reverse: "W.C. Busse/ K. G. 9KT/ M ??" busse, w.c. busse, wilfred clarence busse, chiltern, chiltern athenaeum, chiltern football club, football, sport, t. e. role, "the blue beyond, a romance of the early days in south eastern australia”, "the golden plague: a romance of the early fifties.", "the golden plague”, wesley college, university of melbourne, sir leo finn bernard cussen, supreme court of victoria, football league, lifetime member, chiltern football club lifetime member

Flagstaff Hill is a maritime museum which draws on the rich maritime history of the region. It is situated overlooking Lady Bay in Warrnambool and is designed to represent the town of Warrnambool in around the 1870-80’s As well as paid staff on site it enjoys a large volunteer group who do various tasks around the village from tours to maintenance and recording of information. This badge recognises the contribution of one such volunteer. An item which recognizes effort in the local community.Round gold edged medal with picture of lighthouse and flagstaff surrounded by red with gold lettering. Number engraved on back.698 engraved on back. Port of Warrnambool Villager 1850. Flagstaff Hillflagstaff hill badge, warrnambool

The story of Douglas Bader his life and military career Blue cardboard covers with paper pages. On the spine red and gold print with gold stars at the top and bottom of writing Inscription to Thelma Has pictures and illustrationspaul brickhill, douglas bader, battle of britain, tangmere, 23rd sqadron

Wooden Plaque with blue, red and gold metal anchor design with crown on top, small gold plaque at base"NAVAL ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA" Plaque at base of "To the/ City of Williamstown/from/ Victoria State Council/ June 1979" on reverse: MADE TO APPROVED SPECIFICATIONS/ by LEGA PTY LTD/ 24-26 WILLIAM STREET/ BALACLAVA VICTORIA AUSTRALIA"

Decorative photo frame. Outside cover is black lacquer with design of gold flowers. Inside is gold with white borders.Sticker attached to frame: "Presented to Chairman, PMA/ John B. King/ On occasion of his visit to/ K-Line, Tokyo/ Fri 18 October 1991/ Black lacquer photo stand/ floral decoration" "PMA 020/7" "K LINE"

Displayed in History HouseWhite teacup with gold edging. Handle has slight uptilted point at top. Decorative gold line on lip.Front: Base:VITR. ED China/Westminster/Australia (black transfer, base)

John Gillan Mundy owned this book. Miss Margaret Jane Gillan died 22.11.1941, Orbost at the Jarrahmond residence of her niece, Mrs Jack Mundy. She was the daughter of James Gillan and Margaret Munro. Miss Gillan was an active member of the Orbost branch of the Presbyterian Women's Missionary Union. She spent three years in the New Hebrides where she engaged in missionary work. (info. John Phillips)This item belonged to a prominent member of the Orbost community. The Mundy family has a long history with the Orbost and Jarrahmond district.A red bound book of 1263 pp.It is titled "Shakespeare's Works" with gold lettering on the spine.. The pages are edged in gold.Handwritten in blue ink on fly : "To Miss Gillan wishing her many happy returns of the day from the school girls 29.2.12" Stamped in red "John G. Mundy"literature shakespeare mundy gillan

These Cuff Links were possibly worn by members of the Shire Council,and may also have been given as gifts to visiting personell. Enamelled round Cuff Links showing the Coat of Arms of the Shire of Ballarat, set in a gold base and gold Anchors.THE SHIRE OF BALLARAT,MDCCCLX111, PREAVIUS.jewellary cufflinks

Painted vase, chipped but covered with gold paint. Colours: blue, pink, white, green, red, yellow, gold.Sorrento

Green fabric banner printed in gold. On banner ' Primary 1267, Bendigo North School' Gold fringing on bottom.bendigo, education, bendigo north primary school

Wooden shield depicting emblem of gold bordered royal crown centred with gold platypus and aboriginal weapons belowMotto "Nothing too difficult"plaque, platypus, aboriginal

Wooden shield featuring emblem gold bordered ships crown with gold fish centre and aboriginal weapons belowMotto "Unsean We Seek"plaque, aboriginal

Practical Anaesthesia was the first text book on anaesthesia produced in Australia. Geoffrey Kaye was one of the contributors to this book, which included a foreword by F.H. McMechan, Secretary General, International Anesthesia Research Society.Hard covered burgundy book with gold leaf letter on front and spine and gold leaf trim on all faces.geoffrey kaye, mcmechan, international anaesthesia research society, alfred hospital, baker institute