BHS CollectionPhotographs: collection of house photos taken by T.C. Watts & Son for advertising purposes in late 1920's/early 1930's. Houses were photographed again in 2009 by Ray Smith, member of BHS. The photos are contained in a black folder, photos presented as 'then and now' photos in individual pockets.t.c. watts & son, house, architecture

Murray Comrie Collection. Information written by Murray Comrie: A meeting was called at the Golden Age Hotel on 11th June 1868 when it was resolved to build a flour mill. Tenders were called by H.C. Bristol, in the Tarnagulla Courier of January 10, 1874, for the erection of the mill. Building of the Mill commenced in 1874. Pipes were laid to Company's Dam to obtain water for the Mill's boilers. Steam was got up for the first time on 30th March, 1882. A boiler burst about April 29th. Two men (J.H. Smith and W. Hargreaves) died as a result and two others were seriously injured. The mill commenced operations on 13th June 1882 with Mr. W. Fitzgerald as manager. Thomas Comrie was the proprietor and was responsible for the Mill being built. The Mill operated with grinding stones until 1899 when new rollers and a considerable amount of new equipment was installed, including a new, more powerful engine to drive the Mill. In January 1901, 6,000 bags of wheat were received weekly and it was a common sight to see the streets lined with wagons. In 1913, 15,000 bags of wheat were bought at three shillings and four pence per bushell. In January 1914, wheat came in at the rate of 1500 bags a day with 20,000 bags in storage. Thomas Comrie died on 4th August 1910. The Mill was carried on by his executors, then closed for a short period prior to being sold in September 1918 to a Mr. O. Albert of Talbot. Albert operated the Mill for a few years but during the 1920s it was closed down and then pulled down. It was later re-erected at Mildura where it operated for many years. This is a poor copy of an older original. Copy probably made by Murray Comrie in the late 1960s. Monochrome photograph of the Flour Mill in Tarnagulla, around 1920. Cropped version of 2019.0047.tarnagulla, commerce, agriculture, food production, mill, milling, horses, transport, buildings, commercial road, main street

This clip was not made to be worn in the hair, it was made to create fingercurls, a style of hairdo very popular in the 1920's and 1930's. The 1920's and 30's saw new simple hairstyles. The hair was often short and cut into a bob shape and then curled or more commonly ornamented with fingerwaves. the children came in. These hairclips were used to hold the curl in place as the hair dried.These items are examples of women's hair accessories commonly used in the mid 20th century.Two metal butterfly clips for waving hair. They are spring hinged and probably made of aluminium.hair-accessories hair-clips

This medicine bottle was donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village by the family of Doctor William Roy Angus, Surgeon and Oculist. It is part of the “W.R. Angus Collection” that includes historical medical equipment, surgical instruments and material once belonging to Dr Edward Ryan and Dr Thomas Francis Ryan, (both of Nhill, Victoria) as well as Dr Angus’ own belongings. The Collection’s history spans the medical practices of the two Doctors Ryan, from 1885-1926 plus that of Dr Angus, up until 1969. ABOUT THE “W.R.ANGUS COLLECTION” Doctor William Roy Angus M.B., B.S., Adel., 1923, F.R.C.S. Edin.,1928 (also known as Dr Roy Angus) was born in Murrumbeena, Victoria in 1901 and lived until 1970. He qualified as a doctor in 1923 at University of Adelaide, was Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 1924 and for a period was house surgeon to Sir (then Mr.) Henry Simpson Newland. Dr Angus was briefly an Assistant to Dr Riddell of Kapunda, then commenced private practice at Curramulka, Yorke Peninsula, SA, where he was physician, surgeon and chemist. In 1926, he was appointed as new Medical Assistant to Dr Thomas Francis Ryan (T.F. Ryan, or Tom), in Nhill, Victoria, where his experiences included radiology and pharmacy. In 1927 he was Acting House Surgeon in Dr Tom Ryan’s absence. Dr Angus had become engaged to Gladys Forsyth and they decided he would take time to further his studies overseas in the UK in 1927. He studied at London University College Hospital and at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and in 1928, was awarded FRCS (Fellow from the Royal College of Surgeons), Edinburgh. He worked his passage back to Australia as a Ship’s Surgeon on the on the Australian Commonwealth Line’s T.S.S. Largs Bay. Dr Angus married Gladys in 1929, in Ballarat. (They went on to have one son (Graham 1932, born in SA) and two daughters (Helen (died 12/07/1996) and Berenice (Berry), both born at Mira, Nhill ) Dr Angus was a ‘flying doctor’ for the A.I.M. (Australian Inland Ministry) Aerial Medical Service in 1928 . The organisation began in South Australia through the Presbyterian Church in that year, with its first station being in the remote town of Oodnadatta, where Dr Angus was stationed. He was locum tenens there on North-South Railway at 21 Mile Camp. He took up this ‘flying doctor’ position in response to a call from Dr John Flynn; the organisation was later known as the Flying Doctor Service, then the Royal Flying Doctor Service. A lot of his work during this time involved dental surgery also. Between 1928-1932 he was surgeon at the Curramulka Hospital, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. In 1933 Dr Angus returned to Nhill where he’d previously worked as Medical Assistant and purchased a share of the Nelson Street practice and Mira hospital from Dr Les Middleton one of the Middleton Brothers, the current owners of what was once Dr Tom Ryan’s practice. Dr L Middleton was House Surgeon to the Nhill Hospital 1926-1933, when he resigned. [Dr Tom Ryan’s practice had originally belonged to his older brother Dr Edward Ryan, who came to Nhill in 1885. Dr Edward saw patients at his rooms, firstly in Victoria Street and in 1886 in Nelson Street, until 1901. The Nelson Street practice also had a 2 bed ward, called Mira Private Hospital ). Dr Edward Ryan was House Surgeon at the Nhill Hospital 1884-1902 . He also had occasions where he successfully performed veterinary surgery for the local farmers too. Dr Tom Ryan then purchased the practice from his brother in 1901. Both Dr Edward and Dr Tom Ryan work as surgeons included eye surgery. Dr Tom Ryan performed many of his operations in the Mira private hospital on his premises. He too was House Surgeon at the Nhill Hospital 1902-1926. Dr Tom Ryan had one of the only two pieces of radiology equipment in Victoria during his practicing years – The Royal Melbourne Hospital had the other one. Over the years Dr Tom Ryan gradually set up what was effectively a training school for country general-practitioner-surgeons. Each patient was carefully examined, including using the X-ray machine, and any surgery was discussed and planned with Dr Ryan’s assistants several days in advance. Dr Angus gained experience in using the X-ray machine there during his time as assistant to Dr Ryan. Dr Tom Ryan moved from Nhill in 1926. He became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1927, soon after its formation, a rare accolade for a doctor outside any of the major cities. He remained a bachelor and died suddenly on 7th Dec 1955, aged 91, at his home in Ararat. Scholarships and prizes are still awarded to medical students in the honour of Dr T.F. Ryan and his father, Dr Michael Ryan, and brother, John Patrick Ryan. ] When Dr Angus bought into the Nelson Street premises in Nhill he was also appointed as the Nhill Hospital’s Honorary House Surgeon 1933-1938. His practitioner’s plate from his Nhill surgery states “HOURS Daily, except Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturday afternoons, 9-10am, 2-4pm, 7-8pm. Sundays by appointment”. This plate is now mounted on the doorway to the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, Warrnambool. Dr Edward Ryan and Dr Tom Ryan had an extensive collection of historical medical equipment and materials spanning 1884-1926 and when Dr Angus took up practice in their old premises he obtained this collection, a large part of which is now on display at the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village in Warrnambool. During his time in Nhill Dr Angus was involved in the merging of the Mira Hospital and Nhill Public Hospital into one public hospital and the property titles passed on to Nhill Hospital in 1939. In 1939 Dr Angus and his family moved to Warrnambool where he purchased “Birchwood,” the 1852 home and medical practice of Dr John Hunter Henderson, at 214 Koroit Street. (This property was sold in1965 to the State Government and is now the site of the Warrnambool Police Station. ). The Angus family was able to afford gardeners, cooks and maids; their home was a popular place for visiting dignitaries to stay whilst visiting Warrnambool. Dr Angus had his own silk worm farm at home in a Mulberry tree. His young daughter used his centrifuge for spinning the silk. Dr Angus was appointed on a part-time basis as Port Medical Officer (Health Officer) in Warrnambool and held this position until the 1940’s when the government no longer required the service of a Port Medical Officer in Warrnambool; he was thus Warrnambool’s last serving Port Medical Officer. (The duties of a Port Medical Officer were outlined by the Colonial Secretary on 21st June, 1839 under the terms of the Quarantine Act. Masters of immigrant ships arriving in port reported incidents of diseases, illness and death and the Port Medical Officer made a decision on whether the ship required Quarantine and for how long, in this way preventing contagious illness from spreading from new immigrants to the residents already in the colony.) Dr Angus was a member of the Australian Medical Association, for 35 years and surgeon at the Warrnambool Base Hospital 1939-1942, He served as a Surgeon Captain during WWII1942-45, in Ballarat, Victoria, and in Bonegilla, N.S.W., completing his service just before the end of the war due to suffering from a heart attack. During his convalescence he carved an intricate and ‘most artistic’ chess set from the material that dentures were made from. He then studied ophthalmology at the Royal Melbourne Eye and Ear Hospital and created cosmetically superior artificial eyes by pioneering using the intrascleral cartilage. Angus received accolades from the Ophthalmological Society of Australasia for this work. He returned to Warrnambool to commence practice as an ophthalmologist, pioneering in artificial eye improvements. He was Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist to Warrnambool Base Hospital for 31 years. He made monthly visits to Portland as a visiting surgeon, to perform eye surgery. He represented the Victorian South-West subdivision of the Australian Medical Association as its secretary between 1949 and 1956 and as chairman from 1956 to 1958. In 1968 Dr Angus was elected member of Spain’s Barraquer Institute of Barcelona after his research work in Intrasclearal cartilage grafting, becoming one of the few Australian ophthalmologists to receive this honour, and in the following year presented his final paper on Living Intrasclearal Cartilage Implants at the Inaugural Meeting of the Australian College of Ophthalmologists in Melbourne In his personal life Dr Angus was a Presbyterian and treated Sunday as a Sabbath, a day of rest. He would visit 3 or 4 country patients on a Sunday, taking his children along ‘for the ride’ and to visit with him. Sunday evenings he would play the pianola and sing Scottish songs to his family. One of Dr Angus’ patients was Margaret MacKenzie, author of a book on local shipwrecks that she’d seen as an eye witness from the late 1880’s in Peterborough, Victoria. In the early 1950’s Dr Angus, painted a picture of a shipwreck for the cover jacket of Margaret’s book, Shipwrecks and More Shipwrecks. She was blind in later life and her daughter wrote the actual book for her. Dr Angus and his wife Gladys were very involved in Warrnambool’s society with a strong interest in civic affairs. Their interests included organisations such as Red Cross, Rostrum, Warrnambool and District Historical Society (founding members), Wine and Food Society, Steering Committee for Tertiary Education in Warrnambool, Local National Trust, Good Neighbour Council, Housing Commission Advisory Board, United Services Institute, Legion of Ex-Servicemen, Olympic Pool Committee, Food for Britain Organisation, Warrnambool Hospital, Anti-Cancer Council, Boys’ Club, Charitable Council, National Fitness Council and Air Raid Precautions Group. He was also a member of the Steam Preservation Society and derived much pleasure from a steam traction engine on his farm. He had an interest in people and the community He and his wife Gladys were both involved in the creation of Flagstaff Hill, including the layout of the gardens. After his death (28th March 1970) his family requested his practitioner’s plate, medical instruments and some personal belongings be displayed in the Port Medical Office surgery at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, and be called the “W. R. Angus Collection”. The W.R. Angus Collection is significant for still being located at the site it is connected with, Doctor Angus being the last Port Medical Officer in Warrnambool. The collection of medical instruments and other equipment is culturally significant, being an historical example of medicine from late 19th to mid-20th century. Dr Angus assisted Dr Tom Ryan, a pioneer in the use of X-rays and in ocular surgery. Medicine bottle, Faulding's Potassii Citras PB. 16ozs from the W.R. Angus Collection. Brown glass, wide neck, cork stopper, 3/4 full of light coloured substance that has solidified. Label on front, 2 labels on back, Marks on base; "A.G.M. / S 835"Marks on base; "A.G.M. / S 835"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, dr w r angus, dr ryan, surgical instrument, t.s.s. largs bay, warrnambool base hospital, nhill base hospital, mira hospital, flying doctor, medical treatment, medicine bottle, medication, pharmaceutical

Document. Various legal papers. 1 - 1915 -1920 - Moxom Mrs M (Kamarooka, later Bendigo) re costs. 2 - 1920 - Manning Mrs Jane (Bright) re costs Will. 3 - 1920 - Mann Arthur (Nullawill) re costs Weaver. 4 - 1919 - McCormick D (Prairie) re costs. 5 - 1920 - Mann J & N (Bendigo) re costs. 6 - 1919 - 1920 - McManus John & Ors. (Farmers Sea Lake) and McManus William H (Sea Lake). Re costs Lindsay, Weller & C). Contains handwritten letters by William H McManus. 7 - 1920 - Michelson Mrs A I (Bendigo) re costs Leggo. 8 - 1920 - Kerr R H (Runnymede East) Re costs. Re G Kerr. Estate Federal Land Tax. 9 - 1919 - Hartley Bros Pty Ltd (Bendigo) Re costs. Re Butterworth & Rhodes Motor Cycle Coy, Simes, Roberts, Stolen Bicycle. Other names: Simes, Roberts.bendigo, business, connelly tatchell and dunlop, connelly, tatchell & dunlop, moxom mrs jane, mann arthur, weaver, mccormick d, mann j & n, mcmanus john & ors, mcmanus william h, lindsay, weller & c, michelsen mrs a i, leggo, kerr r h, kerr g, hartley bros, butterworth & rhodes motor cycle co

Rouse Improved Standard Job Stick, used by a typesetter to assemble one line or segment of type. Made by H.B.Rouse & Co. Chaicgo USA, S/N 18227.S/N 18227, H.B.Rouse & Co. Chaicgo USAflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village

The T Shirts were worn by the men and women who attended the Over 50's exercise classes at the Sunbury Community Health Centre. The exercise classes were established in 1986 and were initially conducted in the Scout Hall in Miller Street. The instructor was Kate Tremlett. the classes were later moved to the Community Health Centre and have expanded into three groups as well as weight programs.A white cotton short sleeved T Shirt with ribbing trim around the neck. There is black lettering across the upper front of the T Shirt."OVER 50'S/EXERCISE GROUP..."1980s, sunbury, george evans collection

(.1)S/O Joe Grenfell and S/O Stewart Marshal (holding spraying hose) testing S.E.C Cherry pickers for fire fighting (.2) Testing S.E.C Cherry pickers for fire fighting use - S/O Joe Grenfell & S/O Stewart Marshal at top. 9 men standing on ground watching, 1 on back end of cherry picker truck. 2 black and white photos(.1) S/O Joe Grenfell S/O Stewart Marshal Testing S.E.C Cherry pickers for fire fighting 1985 (.2) Testing S.E.C Cherry pickers for fire fighting use 1985 S/O Joe Grenfell & S/O Stewart Marshal at top 1985, staff, j. grenfell, s.marshal

S S Gippsland was launched at Paynesville 1908. Letter on back mentioning 'Our New Boat'Black and white postcard print showing S S Gippsland in Mitchell river at Bairnsdale, shows three pine trees, large house vegetation on eastern bank, ship leaving Bairnsdale newly painted. Lakes Entrance VictoriaS.S. Gippsland Leaving Bairnsdalevegetation, waterways, ships and shipping

Cast irons were heated on the stove and used to take out creases/wrinkles in cloth. Used before electricity was available. Two irons were often used so that one could be being used while the other heated.Used in the Kiewa Valley prior to electricity being available.Metal cast iron with handle and embossed within a circle the letter S on the top of the iron. The handle has flat metal curved sides which hold a hollow round rod for lifting.Embossed on top of the iron - circle with S inside.antique iron, household item

Max Liddiard's 1920's car (Bentley) decorated for Main Street procession c1952 in Main Street near Corner of Patrick Street. L A Horne in background of photo. Scouts on decorated vehicle and in Parade.

Methodist Church of Australasia Centenary Ticket of Membership, June 1915. Card with blue text and three small sepia images of "Our Founder Rev. J. Wesley, M.A.", "Our Pioneer Missionary Rev. S Leigh 1815" and "Our President, 1915 Rev G. Brown, D. D.""Mrs S. Reeves"methodist church of australasia

Image from CD (Compact Diskette for use in computers) - see Reg Item 135. Image titled "Spencer" on CD, of looking north west over the Victorian Railways Head Office in Spencer St with Collins St and the Spencer St station in the top of the photo. Has cable trams in Spencer St and a cable tram set being shunted in Collins St. The top floor of the VR head office has been added (1922). Possibly late 1920's.trams, tramways, victorian railways, spencer st, collins st, cable trams

Various receipts - Merle Bush. a. Receipt to M E Bush for 50 shares (@5/- paper share) in The Natalite Motor Spirit Co. of Australia Ltd., Sydney 1920; b. J S McCullough - Parcels Delivery Service (Bendigo - Melbourne, 1938); c. G Jalland & Son - House Furnishers, Bendigo 1933?person, individual, bush collection - personal, bush collection, collection, business, commerce, retail

A vista of the top end of Greensborough in the late 1940's.Shows the development of Greensborough looking from the Melbourne approach side. Features the early power lines and post and wire fences along Grimshaw Street also dirt edges of the road, early street lighting and no footpaths.A black and white photograph of the approach to Greensborough in the late 1940's.Written in pen on back of photo: "Looking down Grimshaw St from the cutting near William St and Adeline Sts."greensborough, grimshaw street, post war era

Tawonga is in the Kiewa Valley, where local farmers lived with their families. The school was originally opened July 27 1880, situated on 8 acres near the current township of Tawonga. The school was erased by fire in 1900 and all records destroyed. The school was then moved to the Old Tawonga Hall. In 1910, the school was shifted to its present site on 3 acres of land donated by Frank Cooper. The school building and attendance continued to grow, especially during construction of the Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme.Tawonga Primary School has educated the local farming and town children for many years. It is an excellent source of the names of the local families of the time ie: Vera Ryder – front row, far right (little girl with the wide headband.)Copy of black and white photograph of pupils at Tawonga Primary School. Circa 1920 (estimate)tawonga primary school, kiewa valley

Tawonga is in the Kiewa Valley, where local farmers lived with their families. The school was originally opened July 27 1880, situated on 8 acres near the current township of Tawonga. The school was erased by fire in 1900 and all records destroyed. The school was then moved to the Old Tawonga Hall. In 1910, the school was shifted to its present site on 3 acres of land donated by Frank Cooper. The school building and attendance continued to grow, especially during construction of the Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme.Tawonga Primary School has educated the local farming and town children for many years. It is an excellent source of the names of the local families of the time. Copy of black and white photograph of pupils at Tawonga Primary School. Circa 1920 (estimate)tawonga primary school, kiewa valley

POST CARD PHOTOGRAPH OF FOOTBRIDGE IN CLUNES OVER TULLAROOP CREEK. TAKEN ABOUT 1920.FOOT BRIDGE CLUNES. VALENTINES M 5982local history, photographs, bridges, foot bridge

Auction of Holberry's Paddock, Tunstall - 43 blocks, 4 December 1920. Includes plan.Article on development of 30 lot subdivision of former Blackburn East Primary School Siteshady grove, nunawading, mount pleasant road, holberry street, t. r. b. morton & son, auctions, forest hill holberrys paddock, tunstall

Names of those in photograph (33 adults, 29 school children) are listed on verso of worksheet - Information from Mrs Murtagh.Photograph of Brown's Plains School unveiling Honour Roll, circa 1920. cardboard, unframed"Unveiling Honour Roll, Browns Plains / After 1914-1918 War"ivy fisher, dearie fisher, ernie beck, mrs j milthorpe, murray smith, ray milthorpe, mary stewart, edmund doolan, jim doolan, joe fisher, mrs c morris, mr c morris, w keeble, fred fisher, harry beck, tom fisher, jack milthorpe, j doolan, mrs mills, j flegg, mrs flegg, louis leseberg, dan whelan, mrs grace, mrs leseberg, daisy flegg, miss milligan, mrs doolan, ann whelan, mrs t fisher & babe, mrs robinson, rev taylor, leo doolan, hec mills, ted newbound, phon doolan, noel mills, norm newbound, jim milthorpe, lin whelan, muriel mills, arthur strahan, eileen grace, nora shelley, matt grace, gladys smith, madge whelan, alice keeble, julia whelan, charles milthorpe, mona newey, jessie hamilton, vonie shelley, daisy smith, mollie grace, eva keeble, artie ashton, tess grace, ernie newey, lyla smith, peggy milthorpe

David Gordon Collection. Sepia photograph of a large group during picnic at Llanelly, Victoria circa 1910-1920.

Frank Wright as a 19 year oldPostcard photo signed on lower right corner, Photo of Frank Wright holding a cornet.Frank Wright 2/8/1920 signed on lower right corner, and on back "Frank Wright 2nd August 1920 Aged 19 years "frank wright, cornet. brass band. 1920, trumpet

Postcard - Colour - National View by Murfett Publishers, BP1055 of the front of Flinders St Station, early 1960's. Many people crossing the intersection - no trams. Has a sign on the station, advertising car races at Sandown Park. On the rear - has a divided back, with National View by Murfett Publishers and logo, description of the station and number BP1055On the rear has the stamp of Graeme S Breydon - see image i2.trams, tramways, swanston st, flinders st station, flinders st

A thesis prepared by Mr Denis Regan for a Home and Environment Study, on Surrey Hills, Blackburn Street, and in particular no. 3 Blackburn Street, built in 1920. Includes some photos and house prices.A thesis prepared by Mr Denis Regan for a Home and Environment Study, on Surrey Hills, Blackburn Street, and in particular no. 3 Blackburn Street, built in 1920. Includes some photos and house prices.surrey hills, blackburn street, (mr) denis regan, blackburn estate, elgar's special survey, (mr) fred hemingway oldis, houses, californian bungalow, (mr) william holland, house names, clevedon, (mrs) christina holland, (mrs) carmel regan, (mr) len lewis, (mrs) doreen lewis

Photo shows two of the trams built for the Melbourne Brunswick & Coburg Tramways Trust in 1916 in the Coburg depot yard. The trams were renumbered following a takeover by the MMTB in 1920. Yields information about S class trams.Black and White Photograph - S class 160 and 169 at Coburg DepotOn rear in ink - "MMTB S160 & 169 – Coburg Depot – Ray Pearsontramways, trams, s class, tram 160, tram 169, coburg depot

Worn in the 1940's by Louise Tait1940's hat - orange felt with black grograin band (English)Made in Englandcostume, female headwear