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Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Photograph, Clara or Beatrice Dacomb
Beatrice Eliza Dacomb died 12 Feb 1947 at her residence, 120 South Street, Sth Yarra, aged 83. Her parents were Eliza Evans and Edmund Dacomb; she was born 22 Nov 1863 in Portland. Her sister Clara Thurston Dacomb b 15 Oct 1867 Portland, Victoria; died 19 Oct 1946 aged 79 years at her residence, 120 South Street, Sth Yarra. Their mother Eliza died aged 47 years in 1875; parents = Thomas Evans and Frances Thurston. Their father Edmund Dacomb was a merchant; both parents born in England. They were the 6th and 8th children in the family. Other siblings: Geoffrey (b1860; died Box Hill 1936 aged 76 years), Walter Alfred (b 1857; died Qld 20 Jul 1936), Annie Frances (b. 1862; died Lilydale 1901 aged 39 years), Lydia Harrt (b. 1855; died Balwyn 1925 ged 70 years), Leonard (b. 1866; died 1872 aged 6 years), Emily Maud (b. 1869; died 1874 aged 5 years). Clare and Beatrice Dacomb lived at 4 Wilson Street, Surrey Hills from 1909-1918. (1903 also Margaret Thomas Dacomb) Originally teachers of the Pitman method of shorthand, they invented the Dacomb method which was originally called Web Speed. In 1933 the method was trialled at Coburg High School and found to have a far superior skill uptake to Pitman. Its simplicity made it particularly useful in South America, Tonga and other Pacific Island countries. Their book 'Web speed-quick shorthand' was published in 1922. Their method lost currency after 1975 when a simplified form of Pitman was adopted by high schools and colleges of advanced education. This image is thought to be Clara.Black and white photocopy of a head ad shoulders portrait of a well-dressed middle-aged woman idetified as either Clara or Beatrice Dacomb.Black and white photocopy measuring W 11.2 cm x H 16.3 cm. Photocopy was taken from a framed photo.wilson street, dacomb school of shorthand, melbourne dacomb college, secretarial services, miss clara dacomb, miss beatrice dacomb, george a h lang's business college -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Photograph, Clara or Beatrice Dacomb
Beatrice Eliza Dacomb died 12 Feb 1947 at her residence, 120 South Street, Sth Yarra, aged 83. Her parents were Eliza Evans and Edmund Dacomb; she was born 22 Nov 1863 in Portland. Her sister Clara Thurston Dacomb b 15 Oct 1867 Portland, Victoria; died 19 Oct 1946 aged 79 years at her residence, 120 South Street, Sth Yarra. Their mother Eliza died aged 47 years in 1875; parents = Thomas Evans and Frances Thurston. Their father Edmund Dacomb was a merchant; both parents born in England. They were the 6th and 8th children in the family. Other siblings: Geoffrey (b1860; died Box Hill 1936 aged 76 years), Walter Alfred (b 1857; died Qld 20 Jul 1936), Annie Frances (b. 1862; died Lilydale 1901 aged 39 years), Lydia Harrt (b. 1855; died Balwyn 1925 ged 70 years), Leonard (b. 1866; died 1872 aged 6 years), Emily Maud (b. 1869; died 1874 aged 5 years). Clare and Beatrice Dacomb lived at 4 Wilson Street, Surrey Hills from 1909-1918. (1903 also Margaret Thomas Dacomb) Originally teachers of the Pitman method of shorthand, they invented the Dacomb method which was originally called Web Speed. In 1933 the method was trialled at Coburg High School and found to have a far superior skill uptake to Pitman. Its simplicity made it particularly useful in South America, Tonga and other Pacific Island countries. Their book 'Web speed-quick shorthand' was published in 1922. Their method lost currency after 1975 when a simplified form of Pitman was adopted by high schools and colleges of advanced education. This image is thought to be Beatrice.Black and white photocopy of a head ad shoulders portrait of a well-dressed middle-aged woman idetified as either Clara or Beatrice Dacomb.Black and white photocopy measuring W 11.2 cm x H 16.3 cm. Photocopy was taken from a framed photo.wilson street, dacomb school of shorthand, melbourne dacomb college, secretarial services, miss beatrice dacomb, miss clara dacomb, george a h lang's business college -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, R C Hearson, Telegraph Primer Cramond & Dickson Code book, 1886
This Agers Telegraphic Primer or skeleton telegram guide contains a list of 19000 words which could be used by a business firm to send telegrams overseas in code form. The book once belonged to the Warrnambool firm Cramond and Dickson on the corner of Liebig and Timor Streets which opened a branch of their drapery business in London in 1868. By an agreement with the Reuters Telegram Company in 1899, the code word “sferalcea “ was used for the transmission of telegrams between the two shops. Messages of a general kind were set out at the back of the book: eg: the code word septicity stood for the message, “answer must be here not later than today twelve noon.” The selected words which were used by Cramond and Dickson’s have hand written entries beside the code word. These code books were used to save money and also to improve security.This book has significance on a number of levels. It has local historical significance, is well provenanced. It belonged to one of Warrnambool’s earliest and longest running businesses. The book itself, belonged to the era of early telegraphic communication and as such has wider historical significance.Black soft leather cover with gold lettering, pink inside front and back covers. 312 pages. Up to page 200 the book has words with spaces beside each word to make entries. The back section contains lists of words. Some loose pages and notes contained within the book. Typed page inside front cover from Reuters Telegram Company Limited. Ager’s Telegraphic Primer or skeleton telegram code: consisting of 19000 good telegraphic English words with appendix. Purple stamp inside front cover: Dr Ager 1 Foulden Road Stoke Newingtonwarrnambool, warrnambool history, cramond & dickson, agers telegraphic primer, agers telegraphic primer, reuters telegram company -
Canterbury History Group
Letter - The greying of the garden state, 27/09/1997 12:00:00 AM
Two letters to The Age in response to the article appearing in The Age on 25 September 1997 regarding the demolition of a house at 142 Mont Albert Road Canterburycanterbury, mont albert road, houses, edwardian style, historic buildings, victorian government, goss> ian, duck> dianne, town planning -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Newspaper - Newspaper Cutting, The Age, Ring-Barked, 1949
Article in "The Age" 16.11.1949 by Robin Boyd, Director, "The Age" Small Homes Service, deploring the removal of old trees from vacant building sites.the age, robin boyd, trees, removal of trees for building houses -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Tracey Dutton House, 1964 -1970
In 1964, the Carry on Club purchased a family group home.In 1964, the Carry on Club purchased a family group home. Tracy Dutton House at 10 Harrison Street. Mitcham, and provided short term care to children (both boys and girls) of ex-service men & women, aged 4 to 13 yearsIn 1964, the Carry on Club purchased a family group home. carry on club victoria, tracy dutton house, harrison street, mitcham no. 10 -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Ireland family
William Ireland was an orchardist in Mitcham. His cool store stood on the corner of Deakin Street and Ormond Avenue, Mitcham, behind the family's home in Gillies Street, MitchamBlack and white photograph of the Ireland family of Mitcham c1910 Back row: Henry, Albert, Alfred, Alice, Arthur Front row: Myrtle, Edward, Kezia d. 1914 aged 56, William Absent: Elijah d. 1908 aged 50, Amelia (Halliday), Emily d.1892 aged 4 years 7 months, John d. 1902 aged 27, and Rose d.1905 aged 12 years. There was also one still born child.ireland family, orchards -
Gippsland Vehicle Collection
Magazines, Golden Age of Motor Sport volume 1
golden Age of Motor Sport, Volume 1sport, volume 1, golden, age, motor, motor sport -
Gippsland Vehicle Collection
Magazines, Golden Age of Motor Sport volume 2
Golden Age of Motor Sport, Volume 2sport, golden, age, motor, motor sport, volume 2 -
Greensborough Historical Society
Newspaper clipping, Greensborough church centenary, 25/02/1950
Greensborough Methodist Church commenced services in 1850 and celebrated its centenary in 1950.Copy of article in "The Age" 25 February 1950methodist church greensborough -
Melbourne Athenaeum Archives
Newspaper Article, Nothing But Lies (farce) performed at Melbourne Athenaeum Theatre on 18 September 1926 - Age, Saturday 18 September 1926
Newspaper article The Age: 18 September 1926 -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, Millennial Dawn Vol 1 The Plan of the Ages
Millennial Dawn Vol 1 The Plan of the Agesflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, millennial dawn vol 1 the plan of the ages, book -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Article: 6 Reasons To Visit Tarnagulla, September 17th, 2016
David Gordon Collection. Full pages of The Age (Spectrum) including article -
Charlton RSL Sub Branch
Container - WW2 Ration Tin, Emergency WW2 Ration tin with lid
Aged with signs of rust, ration tin (empty)AMF Emergency Ration D. To be consumed when no other rations of any kind are procurable. Consumption of this must be reported at first opportunity. -
Melton City Libraries
Newspaper, Oppy's first ride here, 1996
Born 1904, he attended Melton School 430 1913/14. Achieved fame in bicycle racing, later was a well known Member of Parliament, held ministerial positions both in Australia and overseas. On October 27th launched Melton’s History–Plains of Promise 1985.Memories of Hubert Opperman, article featured in the Agelocal identities -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Whitehorse Seniors, 2011
Aged and disability services available in the City of Whitehorse.Aged and disability services available in the City of Whitehorse.Aged and disability services available in the City of Whitehorse.aged people, disability -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - Article, The Age, Obituary, 20/04/1999
Death Notice of Roger de Stoop in The Ageobituaries, de stoop, roger, belgians in australia -
Ballarat Heritage Services
digital photographs, Lisa Gervasoni, Golden Age Hotel, Omeo, 2017
Colour photograph of the Golden Age Hotel in Omeo.2017, great alpine road, omeo high plains, omeo, high country, streetscape, heritage, golden age hotel -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Newspaper, The Age, Friday June 9th 1944
Age Newspaper 8 pages cost 2d.non-fictioninvasion of the bulge. air offensive stepped up. -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Article, Kerrie O'Brien, Want to peek inside Melbourne’s finest mansions and buildings? This is your chance, 30 June 2022
Open House 2022: "Like many Melburnians, Ying-Lan Dann has long been fascinated by the Mission to Seafarers, in Docklands. When she was invited to create a work in response to a building as part of this year’s Open House Melbourne, she knew immediately which it would be. Taking a peek behind the closed doors of some of Melbourne’s finest and most interesting buildings is a core premise of the weekend event, now in its 15th year. During that time, the program has grown from half a dozen buildings to a 200-plus strong list that extends to Ballarat and Bendigo. “[It’s] much more expansive and citizen-led,” says Fleur Watson, Open House Melbourne’s executive director. “As a public festival, it has always had a spirit of generosity, this gesture of opening up and allowing visitors to come and look and experience things.” Swinging open their doors at the end of the month will be some of the city’s finest mansions, including Villa Alba in Kew and Brighton’s Billilla, the Cairo flats in Fitzroy, the newly renovated Jewish Museum designed by Kerstin Thompson, the Melbourne Quakers Centre, the Albanian Mosque in Carlton North and many more. Considering how to approach the event this year, held remotely for the past two, Watson decided to explore beyond the traditional, with associate professor and director of curatorial practice at Monash University Tara McDowell. The two have co-curated an exhibition of works to run concurrently with the Open House program, called Take Hold of the Clouds. That’s where Dann’s work, Circular Temporalities, comes in, one of seven commissions around town in which local and international artists respond to chosen buildings or sites. A lecturer in interior design at RMIT as well as an artist, she is interested in time and finding different mediums to show things in flux and, having grown up on Phillip Island, she often uses water as a theme. When she started spending time at the Mission, Dann found there was an oculus at the top of the dome, known as the Norla Dome. She thought about how that small but significant opening related to where sailors spent so many months of the year, the sky being the only thing they would see much of the time, stars guiding the way in times gone by, and of the recent stories she’d heard about sailors being trapped at sea during COVID. Built in the Arts and Craft style between 1916 and 1919 and designed by architect Walter Butler, the Mission includes a chapel, clubroom, Chaplain’s house, a small cottage and the Norla Dome, which was apparently inspired by the Pantheon. The Mission was funded by the government and the Ladies Harbour Lights Guild, who Dann was also intrigued by. “One of the things those women identified is that life at sea is very dangerous [and they] wanted to give them a space of sanctuary and support,” she says, adding that for many years, the dome was used as a gymnasium. Her work inside the dome includes a 35-minute loop film, recorded from the ferry during the crossing from Queenscliff to Sorrento. The horizon takes up about a third of the shot and moves as the waves rise and fall, mirroring the journeys made by the sailors who found refuge at the mission over the years; it will be projected onto a gauze-like fabric, allowing glimpses of the building behind. Dann also plans to activate the site over the course of the weekend and will read a poem by Justin Clemens.The articles gives an insight of the création of the artwork by Ying-Lan Dann. digital copy of an article with photographs published in the Ageopen house melbourne, 2022, ying-lan dann, take hold of the clouds, norla dome, exhibition, the age, cultural events -
St Kilda Historical Society
Ephemera - Ticket, Monster Cabaret Ball, 1939
Invitation to monster cabaret ball held on 8 February 1939 at the Palais de Danse to raise funds for the Mayor and Mayoress Bush Fire FundWhite card, discoloured with age, printed in blueStamped ticket number 2000st kilda mayoral function, st kilda balls, palais de danse -
St Kilda Historical Society
Ephemera - Ticket, Return Complimentary Ball, 1933
Ticket to a return complimentary ball at the St Kilda Town Hall on 16 August 1933.Cream card, discoloured with age, printed in blueStamped number 497 Some faint sketches and notes in pencilst kilda balls, st kilda mayoral function -
St Kilda Historical Society
Sign - Poster, Elwood Reserves, 1920s
City of St Kilda notice advising of Regulation No. 9 which prohibited unleashed dogs on Elwood reservesWhite paper, discoloured with age, printed in redelwood reserve, dog regulations -
St Kilda Historical Society
Ephemera - Flyer, Preservation of Law and Order
Notice of a public meeting on the preservation of law and order, called by the Mayor of St Kilda, TG Allen, to be held in St Kilda Town Hall. The notice is undated but TG Allen served two terms as Mayor: 1919-1920, and 1923-24.White paper, discoloured with age, printed in redcity of st kilda -
St Kilda Historical Society
Ephemera - Flyer, Special Appeal St Vincent's Hospital, 1933
Notice of a public meeting convened by the St Kilda Mayor to organise support for a special appeal to raise funds for St Vincent's Hospital. The full date is not given but is likely to have been 11 April 1933.White paper, discoloured with age, printed in bluehospital fundraising, st vincent's hospital, city of st kilda -
St Kilda Historical Society
Ephemera - Flyer, Band Recitals, c1970s
Notice of performances by the St Kilda City Band at Elwood Beach, and Port Ormond. The dates given do not include the year.White paper, discoloured with age, printed in blackst kilda city band, elwood beach, port ormond -
St Kilda Historical Society
Ephemera - Flyer, St Kilda Memorial Hall Direct Appeal to the Citizens to Discharge the Financial Obligation on the Memorial Buildings, 1928
Notice of a public meeting at St Kilda Town Hall on 12 November1928 about the financing of the Memorial Buildings. The year is not specified in the notice but it would have been 13 February 1929 because the Mayor is identified as Thos Unsworth, who served as Mayor in 1928-29. The Memorial Hall commemorates those who served in World War I, was officially opened on Armistice Day, 1924, and operated as a dance and social hall. In January 1927 the Health Department gave permission for it to operate as the Memorial Cinema. It continued as a cinema until 1957.White paper, discoloured with age, printed in redmemo, st kilda memorial hall -
St Kilda Historical Society
Ephemera - Flyer, War Trophy, 1923
Promotion of a ceremony to install a long-range gun captured by the AIF in 1918 and given to the Municipality of St Kilda as a war trophy at Alfred Square. The ceremony was on 23 June 1923.White paper, discoloured with age, printed in bluealfred square, st kilda war trophy (gun) -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, The Age, "tickets please", May 2008
Newspaper article titled "tickets please" prepared by Melinda Houston, May 2008 to record the 10th anniversary of the last Melbourne tram conductors. Includes extensive background notes, timelines, photos, the tram blockade. Includes photos of Kevin Tierney, Roberto D'Andrea, Christine Zidkowski, Ken Walker, Bernard Lamberty and Yields information about the phasing out of Melbourne tram conductors.Four page article from The Age magazinetrams, tramways, conductors, melbourne -
St Kilda Historical Society
Ephemera - Flyer, Presentation of War Service Certificates, 1921
Notice in preparation for ceremony for the Governor-General to present war service certificates to nurses, sailors and soldiers who lived in St Kilda when they signed up for service. A form was provided with the notice, possibly seeking information about which recipients of the certificates will be attending.White paper, discoloured with age, printed in redwwi recognition of service