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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Booklet, Coral Balmoral The Battle of Fire Support Bases Vietnam 1968
Dark blue cover with black and white photograph of Australian soldier atop a dug out at FSB Coral. Describes the battle illustrated with coloured and black and white Photograph.Australian Government Department of Veterans Affairscoral, balmoral -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Reference, Brian Fitzpatrick et al, The Seamen's Union of Australia 1872 - 1972, 1981
"The Seamen's Union of Australia 1872 - 1972" A history of the Seamen's Union for 100 years. Red hardback book with dust cover.societies clubs unions and other organisations -
Vision Australia
Photograph - Image, Interior of the Vision Australia office at 1300 Howitt Street, Ballarat, January 2008
Interior of the Vision Australia office at 1300 Howitt Street, Ballarat, taken by Michelle Prentice during a visit.15 digital photographs of Vision Australia's Ballarat officevision australia, ballarat -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph - original, Tatura Museum - Australia Day, 1988
Photograph of Australia Day ceremony at Museum. Phil McTier, Bill Doller raising the flag. Flag pole inscription with Australia Day 1988 and Bicentennial logo. Garage in background and shops and houses in Hogan Street.Colour photograph of Bill Doller and Phil McTier raising flag at Australia Day ceremony, 1988. 2 copieson back: P. McTier and B. Dollertatura museum, australia day, bicentenary year, phil mctier, bill doller -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, HMAS Australia in Westernport
Part of a collection from Jessie Smith. Visit of HMAS Australia off Cowes. Foreshore development.View of HMAS Australia in middle background at end of Thompson Avenue. Hitching rail right foreground.local history, photographs, military history, navy, navy vessels, cowes foreshore, phillip island, black & white photograph, cowes, jessie smith collection, stan mcfee -
Vision Australia
Letter - Text, Letters inviting Neil and Elizabeth Maxwell to receive Vision Australia honour badges
Summary update of Centenary AppealTwo letters sent to Elizabeth and Neil Maxwell, as past Life Governors, inviting them to receive Vision Australia awards recognising the same.2 x A4 letters with Vision Australia logonon-fictionelizabeth maxwell, neil maxwell, vision australia -
Federation University Art Collection
Painting - Acrylic on Canvas, Advance Australia
This artwork was found among items associated with the Ballarat School of Mines. Although its purpose remains unknown, it was possibly painted by a staff member or student for use on Wattle Day. Wattle Day originated in October 1889 by the Wattle Blossom League, and was associated with the Australian Natives Association during the lead up to the Federation of Australian States. The first 'national' Wattle Day was celebrated on 1 September 1910. Early Wattle Days involved planting wattle trees in school grounds, street decorations of wattle blossom, and wearing sprigs of wattle. As public support for Wattle Day peaked, World War I broke out. Wattle took on a new significance during the war years, symbolising home for military personnel serving overseas. Beautifully designed Wattle Day badges, as well as wattle sprigs, were sold as a means of raising money for organisations such as the Red Cross. This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.The Australian coat of arms with wattle, painted onto canvas.art, artwork, emu, kangaroo, crest, advance australia, wattle day, wattle, coat of arms, patriotic, australian coar of arms, national symbol -
National Wool Museum
Document, Wool wanted in Australia
"Wool wanted in Australia" c1945, possibly written by Mr Bryan Wardle."Wool wanted in Australia" c1945, possibly written by Mr Bryan Wardle.B Wardlewool sales world war ii, spinning, spinning machinery, wool sales, world war ii -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Memorabilia - China Souvenir Plate Shire Chambers Wodonga, Westminster Fine China Australia, C. 1957 - 1962
After meeting for 14 years in rented premises, in the Prince of Wales Hall, Wodonga Council built its first Shire Hall on the corner of High and Elgin Streets in 1890. The first Shire Hall was demolished in 1971. The second building, Wodonga’s new Municipal Offices in Woodland Grove were used for the first time by Wodonga Councillors on 7th August 1957. The Woodland Grove building has since been used for a range of purposes, most recently as a café, but is currently unoccupied. The third purpose-built council chambers were opened in November 1976 with the first council meeting there on 1st December 1976. Westminster Fine China Australia started in the Melbourne suburb of Cheltenham at 7 Arnold Street, in 1954 by Stanley Rogers and Son Ltd. They initially used imported blanks from Japan, which were made to their specifications, and which were then decorated locally. They produced a standard range of shapes for souvenir ware, later expanding into a wide range of tea sets, dinnerware and many other styles of china ware. The Abbey mark, based on Westminster Abbey in London, was used from the start of production until about 1962.Woodland Grove was named in honour of Wodonga Shire’s first president, John Woodland. The building depicted served as the centre of municipal government for approximately 20 years, throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Woodland Grove is a central point in the Wodonga CBD and a focus for many civic and cultural activities.Small square plate with gold trim and central coloured image of Wodonga Shire Chambers. The trademark of Westminster Fine China Australia is on the under side of the plateOn front beneath image "SHIRE CHAMBERS WODONGA VIC" Underneath the plate, surrounding an drawing of Westminster Abbey "FINE CHINA/WESTMINSTER CHINA /AUSTRALIA/ 7" municipal offices, woodland grove wodonga, souvenirs, westminster china -
Federation University Historical Collection
Map, Australia Showing Position of Some Australian Tribes, c1945
Digitised directly from "The Australian Aborigines: How to understand them" by A.P. ElkinMap of Australia showing states, river system and some Aboriginal Tribes.aboriginal, aborigines, kurnai, worworung, wongaibon, wiradjuri, dieri, wakelbura, pittapitta, waramunga, binbinga, anula, mara, waral, mulluk, larakia, worora, djaru, karadjerri, kogara, wongaii, pankala, tabalde, buandie -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, East Burwood Branch, Fruitgrowers and Primary Producers Defence League of Australia, 1946 - 1948
Minute book, 1946 - 1948Fruitgrowers and Primary Producers Defence League of Australia Minute book, 1946 - 1948Minute book, 1946 - 1948clubs and associations, fruitgrowers and primary producers defence league of australia. east burwood branch -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph - Photograph, Sepia, HMAS Australia, 1928
HMAS Australia berthed at a Pier in Port MelbourneSmall sepia photograph depicting the HMAS Australia berthed at a Pier in Port Melbournehmas australia, fan album -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Image, Pictures Australia, 2001
Black and white postcard photograph of two men in Australian military uniform standing in front of a tent and some buildings.On back of photo: "Lt Tom 'Diver' Derrick, VC, DCM (right) with Lt Reg Saunders congratulating each other following their successful graduation from the Officer's cadet training unit, Seymour Victoria, 1944. Lt Saunders was the first Aboriginal Australian commissioned in the Australian army. Australian War Memorial"australian army, military officers, reg saunders, tom derrick -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Audio - CD, 80 Years in Australia
The CD tells the story of the Templer Society of Australia and how they came to Australia. The story of 10 Templer families. The typed sheets are a transcript of what is on the CD.Black multi ring folder containing CD and 9 pages of typing. Round CD with coloured picture of hut and trees. Writing in black. In black and clear case.Temple Society of Australia 80 Years in Australia German Internment 1941 -1947 by Doris Frank (MP4)templer society, ernst lewandowsky, alfons konig, lothar bohmer, dr wilhelm eilers, rudolf girschik, fritz lippmann, wilhelm eppinger, hedwig schnerring, wilhelm fugmann, dr martin winkle, doris frank, camp 10 loveday sa, camp 1a internment camp, richard graze, oscar hahn, ekkehard beinssen, werner glockemann -
Vision Australia
Letter - Text, Letters from the Order of Australia Association to Neil Maxwell
Summary update of Centenary AppealThree letters sent to Neil Maxwell regarding his potential membership of the Order of Australia Association, and subsequent joining. Two letters from Diana Jones have handwritten notes, indicating her pleasure at his award and becoming an Association member.3 letters on The Order of Australia Association letterheadnon-fictionneil maxwell, order of australia association, diana jones -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Flag - Pennant, The Missions to Seamen - Greetings From Australia, 1940-1949
This pennant was donated to the Mission by June Muirhead (nee Richardson) who visited the Mission on two occasions: on the 13 November 2014 and then in 2016. She lived from age 3 to 8, with her parents, Cuthbert (Bert) Richardson and Jane (Jenny) Richardson, and her sister, Edna, in the Cottage at 717 Flinders Street. Her father, was the caretaker of the Flinders Street building between 1943-1949. . In 1943 her father was hired to work at the Mission as a caretaker. The family moved from Wonthaggi. When she lived in the Mission, she would sometimes sneak into the club to look at books and pictures. Some seafarers would give her badges, tokens. One of them gave her this felt pennant. In 1949, the family moved back to Wonthaggi and June started year 5 over there.A number of souvenir gifts and small boxes were apparently available through the Mission To Seamen in the 1940s. This acquisition adds to the small collection of items from the period which could be used to form the core of an informative exhibition. Similar flags were made in other countries depicting an animal (kiwi bird in New Zealand, springbox in South Africa) and other Australian towns.A triangular felted, dark blue pennant with printed cursive inscription and motifs including: the Mission to Seamen Flying Angel flag, an outline of Australia; a Koala wearing a captain's hat; an insignia emblem for the Merchant Navy. A looped cotton binding along left edge of the triangle to thread the flag on a stick or cord support. The printed inscription reads: Greetings from Australia.pennant, flags, koala, flying angel club, merchant navy, d. june muirhead, marketing, caretaker, cottage, bert richardson, june muirhead nee richardson, edna richardson, ww2 -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Boots, Flying
Pair of black flying boots,lambswool lining, size 8 fitting 6, made by Bedggood, Melbourne, Australia, leather sole with rubber Dunlop heel. Style known as "1936 Pattern" used by Royal Australian Air Force.Internal pull tags, with size 8, fitting 6 on one & "Made by Bedggood, Melbourne, Australia" on the other.flying, boots, bedggood -
Vision Australia
Photograph - Image, Foto Group, Bert Newton visit to Vision Australia Radio on May 28, 2007, 28/5/2007
On May 28, 2007 Bert Newton visited Vision Australia for a radio interview with Stephen Jolley on VAR.38 digital images of Bert Newton visiting Vision Australia Radiovision australia, bert newton, stephen jolley, gerard menses, roberta ashby, lynne kells -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph, "Herbig Family Tree", South Australia, c1980s
Friedrich Herbig left Germany in 1855 and later that year arrived in South Australia. He went to work on a farm and made his home in a large hollowed-out base of a river redgum tree. In 1858 Friedrich married Caroline Rattey and they lived together in the tree. They had sixteen children. After the second child was born they moved to a two-roomed pine and pug hut that Friedrich builtMembers of the Chatham family visit the "Herbig Family Tree" in South Australiachatham-holmes collection, friedrich herbig, south australia, river redgum, caroline rattey, hollowed-out base of tree, elizabeth chatham, philip chatham, architecture, housing, caroline herbig, family history, genealogy -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Book, Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18 - Volume VII - Sinai and Palestine H.S. Gullett, 19388. fifth edition
Records the work of the Australian Lighthorse in the British campaigns in Sinai, Palestine and Syria during the years of 1916-17-18. An account of the strategies and tactics employed for the whole force. Historical narrative of Palestine, Sinai and Syria and Australian Lighthorse.Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18 - Volume VII - Sinai and Palestine. Maps and Illustrations.light horse, sinai, palestine, syria, horses, turkish advance, gaza, magdhaba, allanby, beersheba, jerusalem, jordan valley, abu tellul, damascus -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Article - Newspaper Article x 2, Australia's Unknown Prisoner and Finns released in Australia
First article written in Swedish about 3 Finnish prisoners of war interned at Graytown Camp, Viktor Aaltonen, Olle Hellsten and Walter Soderholm (Söderholm). Details their time chopping down eucalyptus trees to keep Melbourne supplied with firewood, while hunting rabbits in their spare time. Second Article is a list of names from the Finnish Red Cross of Finnish Internees released from Australian Camps.Photocopy of 2 newspaper articles Australiens okända fångar (Australia's Unknown Prisoners) and Australiassa vapautettuja suomalaisia (Finns released in Australia)finland, aaltonen, olle hellsten, walter soderholm, graytown internment camp, finnish red cross, finnish internees ww2 -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Coin - Currency in Australia pre Decimal, before 1966
In the first years after European settlement of Australia, a varied collection of international coins, tradesmen's tokens and promissory notes were used by European settlers, while soldiers participated in the notorious rum trade. In 1825, the British government made the English Pound the only form of legal currency in Australian colonies. With Federation in 1901 the Commonwealth government became the only body with the constitutional power to issue currency. In 1910, nine years after Australia federated as a nation, a national Australian currency was formed, based on the British money system of pounds, shillings and pence. The Australian penny was first minted in England from 1911 to 1915, then in India from 1916 to 1918. Australia started minting most of its own pennies from 1919 until the introduction of decimal currency in 1966. This collection was donated by Mr. Heinz Kaupert of Wodonga. He was an active member of the German-Austrian club of Wodonga. He died in Wodonga in 2014.These coins reflect developments in Australian currency and were donated by a member of the Wodonga Community.A collection of 20 penny and half penny coins mounted in a frame behind glass. They are divided into 3 sections - English currency used as Australian Currency before 1939, Australian coins used 1901 - 1939 and currency used from 1939 - 1966.australian coins pre-decimal, australian penny, australian halfpenny -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, The Royal Tour of Australia and New Zealand in pictures, 1954_
Following the death of King George VI, the Queen's trip to Australia and New Zealand was postponed until 1954. This book is a photographic story of their travels around Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Islands.A pictorial record of the first visit to Australia by Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh in 1954Hard cover, Illus. (some colour). Cover illustration of Australian flag with white writing over.queen elizabeth 2, house of windsor, duke of edinburgh, royal tour of australia 1954 -
Clunes Museum
Ephemera - CALENDAR, NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK, AUSTRALIANS AT WORK 1835 - 1930, 1991
EACH MONTH HAS A REPRODUCTION OF A DIFFERENT PAINTING BY AUSRALIAN ARTISTS INCLUDING A COPY OF EDWIN STOCQUELER'S WORK OF AUSTRALIAN GOLD DIGGERS CA 1855 NOTABLY, JAMES ESMOND IS REFERRED TO AS THE FINDER OF GOLD AT CLUNES, VICTORIA IN 1855NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK CALENDAR 1991local history, document, calendar -
Vision Australia
Photograph - Image, Patria Jannides, Launch of Vision Australia in Queensland, 14/2/2007
Celebrating the amalgamation of Royal Blind Foundation Queensland with Vision Australia officially launched 14 February 2007. Guests included Sigrid Thornton, ambassador for Feelix, Andrew Parkinson, Bursary Award winners Caitlin McMorrow and Arthur Chawner and musician Lorin Nicholson.27 digital images of the launch of Vision Australia in Queenslandvision australia, gerard menses, kevin murfitt, gerard gosens, trish egan, karen knights, nick carter, caitlin mcmorrow, arthur chawner, eileen bedford, lorin nicholson, renee williamson, andrew parkinson -
Orbost & District Historical Society
map, Shell Australia, 1970
This Shell road map was made as part of the 200 year celebration of Captain James Cook's voyage on the HM Endeavour and the first sighting of Australia at Point Hicks in 1770. The Bicentenary of James Cook in Australia was commemorated in Australia in 1970. The British explorer Lieutenant (later Captain) James Cook sailed and charted the East Coast of Australia in 1770, and claimed the eastern seaboard of the Continent for the British Crown. This was not considered the official bicentenary of Australia, but rather the mapping of the Eastern coastline. This item reflects the commemoration of a significant event in Australian history.A coloured foldout touring map of Australia with a picture of James Cook and the ship, Endeavour, on the front.map-australia bicentennial-cook-1970 -
Numurkah & District Historical Society
Kerosene Hurricane Lamp
Kerosene lamp, cast iron frame has iron ring handle, glass lamp, regulation dial at side and cap on base which contains the kerosene.Lanora Australialamp, lantern, kerosene -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Literary work - Folder, The Internment of Italians in Second World War Australia
Tells the story of the Italian and Australian involvement in WW2 and the Italians internment.Green back, clear front folder containing 15 pages of printed materialThe Internment of Italians in Second World War Australia by R J B Bosworth The University of Western Australiaitalian pow's, italian internees -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Booklet, "The Tall Ships are coming to Australia", 1981
Promotional booklet for the first tall ships race in the Southern Hemisphere. Booklet to encourage participation in the Bicentenary tall ships "race" from England to AustraliaBooklet "The Tall Ships are coming to Australia" . Navy blue A4 size booklet with photo of tall ship on covercelebrations fetes and exhibitions, transport - shipping, tall ships, bicentenary, australia 1988 -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Document (Item) - Book extract, John (Jack) Cato, John William Lindt F.R.G.S. of Melbourne-The Story of the Camera in Australia, 1955
An account of the life of John Willliam Lindt extracted from the book The Story of the Camera in Australia.An account of the life of John Willliam Lindt extracted from the book The Story of the Camera in Australia. John William Lindt (1845–1926), was a German-born Australian landscape and ethnographic photographer, early photojournalist, and portraitist. John Lindt was responsible for a folio of photographs of the Fernshaw and Watts River area and he sold over 25,000 images of the Black Spur from his original negatives. In 1895 he was able to purchase land on the North East side of the Black Spur and subsequently built his home and guesthouse "The Hermitage" from where he continued his photographic career. In 1913 he collaborated with Nicholas Caire to produce a tourist booklet on the area. In 1925 the Argus reported that Lindt "continues to produce remarkable and most artistic pictures of the beauties of mountain landscape. He is not a believer in the blurred effects favoured by many ... instead he is a master of detail." Aged 81 Lindt died of heart failure during disastrous bushfires on 19 February 1926 at the Hermitage. He was survived by his wife Catherine who continued to run ‘The Hermitage’ guest house before she retired to the city. John (Jack) Cato was a keen photographer from an early age and was the author of The Story of the Camera in Australia which when it was first published in 1955, was the first history of Australian photography and photographs.john william lindt, fernshaw, watts river, black spur, the hermitage, nicholas, nicholas john caire, the argus, john (jack) cato, the story of the camera in australia