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Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Domestic object - Coffee Set, 1970s
Purchased from potter while on holiday at Phillip IslandCoffee Set. 1. Coffee pot. Brown clay with black glaze. 2. Cream jug. 3. Sugar basin. 4-11. Four cups and four saucers.UPdomestic items, crockery -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Machine - Clay Crusher
Part of a larger piece of machinery used to crush clay. This part, the actual crusher, has a central axle from which radial bars to the outer surface, reinforces the crusher.ceramics, terracotta -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Letter, March 1862
Donald Clark Collection. A large lot of papers, including this and many other telegrams, were apparently found in the ceiling cavity of the Sandy Creek/Tarnagulla Post and Telegraph Office in the later 20th Century, during building works.A handwritten letter sent from Sandy Creek Telegram Office, from AB Clay to Mr White of Inglewood Ginger Beer Manufacturer, ordering ginger beer and lemonade. -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Brick, 94 Merri Street Warrnambool, Circa 1850
The building at 94 Merri St is amongst the earliest buildings in Warrnambool. It was possibly constructed before 1854 and maybe as early as 1848. The original building consisted of four main rooms under a hip roof. The outer walls were masonry , apparently rubble The Heritage Council indcate that on the balance of probabilities this was the general store of Richard Osbourne and John Moffat Chisholm built in 1847-48.The building at 94 Merri Street had historical and architectural significance to the state of Victoria. It was a rare example of surviving, pre separation building with associated interest in its materials and components It is associated with Richard Osbourne who founded the Warrnambool Examiner(1851_1889) and the town’s first historian. Architecturally, the significance of the house lay in the hand -wrought timber framing. All the major timbers in this building had been hand sawn. The Gold rush of the 1850’s saw this process mechanised. A kitchen fireplace in the rear skillion included a large block of Merri Creek Mudstone, a combination of “tufa” and clay that was used in the Warrnambool District as an excellent substitute for fire bricks. The house was demolished in 2011 and items of significance were salvaged, this brick being one. While some bricks were imported, there is evidence that there were a number of brick burning businesses in operation around this time. However it is difficult to ascertain to which group this brick belongs. Red clay rectangular brick. Contains some small gravel like material, possibly ferrous buckshot, grey mortar remnants on side and diagonal crack along one side.warrnambool, 94 merri street, richard osbourne, john moffat chisholm, hand sawn timber, brick, building materials -
Bright & District Historical Society operating the Bright Museum
Pipe clay, 1800s
Piece of white clay pipe. Section of bowl broken and burnt. Shank broken off and stem missing. Decorated with a figurehead of a kneeling woman, at the base of the bowl where the shank protrudes.pipe, goldfields, tobacco, leisure, smoking, recreation, gios -
Bright & District Historical Society operating the Bright Museum
Pipe clay
White clay pipe bowl with an attached shaft and stem. Shaft and stem are possibly not original - appears to have been reassembled by Aldo Gios. The object has been painted white.pipe, goldfields, tobacco, leisure, smoking, recreation, gios -
Bright & District Historical Society operating the Bright Museum
Pipe clay
White clay pipe bowl and shaft, with an attached bakelite curved stem, which is not original and probably reconstructed by Aldo Gios. Large piece missing from the back rim of the bowl.pipe, goldfields, tobacco, leisure, smoking, recreation, gios -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Container - CLAY CRUCIBLE
Small clay crucible bowl used for smelting, assaying and refining gold. Maker's name impressed on bottom 'Battersea Works England ' and '2 ?1m', possibly denoting size of crucible.Battersea Works Englandgold mines, mining equipment, gold crucible -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, W.V. Chapman, Pioneer Study -- Studio Portrait
W.J. Chapman. Original in Poor Condition pin hole. Copy Good. taken from a Glass negative owned by Society paid for by grant Money 1991. Mark Dadswell ( Photographer) Pioneer StudyB/W Studio Portrait. Aging Male, Blading, Smoking a long Stem clay pipe. Greying Beard, 3 Piece Suit sitting in an Armchair with a chain attached to vest.elderly male -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Letter, March 1862
Donald Clark Collection. A large lot of papers, including this and many other telegrams, were apparently found in the ceiling cavity of the Sandy Creek/Tarnagulla Post and Telegraph Office in the later 20th Century, during building works.A handwritten letter sent from Sandy Creek Telegram Office, from AB Clay to Mr White of Inglewood Ginger Beer Manufacturer, ordering ginger beer, lemonade and sarsparilla. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD, c1850
Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: The washdirt was shovelled into the sluices, and the flow of water carried away the clay and lighter sands. Markings: 62 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Plaque - Opus sectile tablet, In grateful Memory of Alfred Michael Nicholas Esq, (1881-1937), 1937
This plaque was made to commemorate the generous funds donated Mr A.M Nicholas in 1936 almost entirely funding the building of the new Mission to Seamen at Port Melbourne opened in 1937. Mr Nicholas died in Feb 1937. The new building was opened on the 4th of December 1937 by Lord Huntingfield, the plaque was dedicated and unveiled the same by his nephew Mr Nicholas Lightfoot. The plaque was removed from the building which ws demolished in 1995. The plaque is really similar to the memorial plaque made in memory of Ethel Godfrey (see item 2053).Mr Nicholas together with Mr HW Shmith organised rights to produce Aspirin aka ASPRO in Australia in 1915 during WW1. The Nicholas Family were significant philanthropists in Melbourne and Victoria and this plaque commemorates his gift to the Mission for visiting seamen between 1937 and late 20th C. The story of the donation is told in an unpublished autobiography by the then Rev'd Frank Oliver, based at 717 Flinders st. as senior Mission Chaplain 1930-1960.A heavy ceramic plaque with moulded metal alloy frame, polychrome glazed irregular ceramic tesserae design and memorial text in Gothic script in central lozenge set into a rectangular clay base.in each corner design features initials: "ihs" / IN central lozenge of design text reads: " To the Glory of God/ and in grateful memory of/ ALFRED MICHAEL NICHOLAS Esq / through whose generous gift/ the whole of this Institute / and Chapel were built./ Died February 26th 1937"1908, plaque, alfred m. nicholas, memorial, alfred michael nicholas, port melbourne, 1937, aspro -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Borough of Sandridge Valuation, 1869
Valuation Book, 1869 Borough of Sandridge 1869. Marbled blue cover, tan spine binding. 100 spreads listing name and occupation of tenant and owner of each property, description, number of rooms, size of property, rental etc. (also Rates; assessments) Westall & Crockford names (printed) crossed out and replaced by 'Charles Clay and Alexander Ebling Aitken' through entire book:Pencilled numbers, left marginslocal government - borough of sandridge, built environment, william francis westall, john edward crockford, charles clay, alexander ebling aitken -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Plan - Ingles Street, Port Melbourne, 12 Jan 1866
Plans for Ingles Street showing both ground plan and longitudinal and traverse sections at Station Place, Heath, Nott and Bay Streets.Signed by surveyor Chas. Clay and James Bibby plus Thomas (Reek) Warren as witness to latter sig. Also a no: 355/H1 added later.engineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, charles clay, thomas (reek) warren, james bibby -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Functional object - Bottle, n.d
Found on Admella wreck by an Abalone Diver some time ago, perhaps 10 plus years. Store in donors shed since retrieval.Ceramic or clay bottle unlike milk or liquor bottle. Perhaps oil. Tan in colour. Charcoal like powder inside about 1cm deep. No lid, but appears it may have had one.Front: none visible Back: - -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Container - CLAY CRUCIBLE
Clay gold crucible used for smelting, assaying and refining gold. Inside of crucible discoloured with brown and pale green mark. Maker's name on side: 'Juleff, number 78, (location indecipherable) England.Juleffgold mines, mining equipment, gold crucible -
Clunes Museum
Sculpture - CHEMIST AT WORK, A. HEAP
A FAREWELL PRESENT TO JIM KERIN LEAVING THE CLUNES PHARMACY IN 2000SAND CLAY MODEL OF A CHEMIST AT WORK. BENCH WITH "CLUNES PHARMACY" ON FRONT. CHEMIST STANDING BEHIND COUNTER WORKING WITH MORTAR AND PESTEL, OPEN BOOK ON HIS RIGHT, PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINERS ON HIS RIGHTpharmacy, chemist, sculpture -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, 1910
Taken by photographer for State Rivers and Water Supply Commission.Small black and white photograph. Earth embankment level being raised with clay hauled in scoops up the trestle ramp by horse-powered cable and pulleys. Workmen foreground right. Waranga reservoir. goulburn weir, victorian state rivers and supply commission -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Plaque - Opus sectile tablet, 1936
The memorial tablet was unveiled in the St Nicholas chapel at the Port Melbourne mission (Beach Cnr Nott St) on Wednesday 24 June 1936. The ceremony was performed by her nephew, Reverend John Smerger Drought - her sister's son. Another plaque was erected the same month in the Williamstown Institute. (Annual Report 1936) Along with the windows in the St Peter chapel in the Central Institute, those were the 3 memorials similar to the ones erected in memory of Miss Tracy. Miss Ethel Godfrey was born in 1861 at sea on the vessel called Copenhagen. Daughter of a pioneer, and settler Frederick Race Godfrey MLA and subsequently Lay Dean at St Paul's. Ethel Studied in Melbourne and abroad at Brussels and became a singing teacher and performer. In 1906 she took on the role of Honorary General Secretary to create and lead the volunteer organisation "The Ladies Harbour Lights Guild" and subsequently helped establish similar groups in Newcastle, Brisbane, Sydney, Hobart, Adelaide and also established the mission in Southampton in the UK. The structure of the LHLG was used as a model framework by similar groups supporting Missions around Australia and the Globe. A key achievement was the fundraising campaign for the memorial chapel in St Peters built in 1917 by Walter R.Butler. She died the 7 July 1935, and is buried in the St Kilda Cemetery.On her retirement in 1930 after some 25 years, Miss Godfrey together with Chaplain Gurney Goldsmith was recognised in the journal The Church and the Sailor, as a key influence and promoter of the formation of Harbour Lights groups across the suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria and Australia, the Ladies Harbour Lights Guild, Melbourne being the first such auxiliary group in the world.Clay base rectangular plaque with inlaid blue ceramic regular tesserae surrounding the ceramic centre rectangular ceramic panel with inscription and decorative glazed detail tiles. Support is a metal frame with inset wood pieces .To the Glory of God and in memory ops/ a much loved leaderAthel Augusta Godfrey, / one of the founders/ of the ladies Harbour Lights Guild/ of which she was honorary general secretary / Until 1930./ This memorial erected in the year of her death."memorial plaque, plaque, lhlg, port melbourne, chapel, brooks robinson and co, reverend john smerger drought, sectile tablet, opus sectile mosaic, mosaic, ethel augusta godfrey 1861-1935 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Container - CLAY CRUCIBLE
Small, clay crucible bowls, used for smelting, assaying and refining gold. Pink discolouration inside crucible. Impressed on bottom of crucible "Battersea Works England' and number '3', denoting size, in centre of maker's name.Battersea Works Englandgold mines, mining equipment, gold crucible -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Fine art to bricks & Brick maker put the roof on St Pauls, 1993
Daniel Robertson Australia Pty Ltd, manufacturers of clay bricks, pavers and paving tiles.Daniel Robertson Australia Pty Ltd, manufacturers of clay bricks, pavers and paving tiles. Company founded in 1853 and still family owned, exports paving tiles to Japan. Describes use of 'Hawthorn Bricks' and tuckpointing..Daniel Robertson Australia Pty Ltd, manufacturers of clay bricks, pavers and paving tiles. brickworks, daniel robertson australia pty ltd, robertson, peter, hawthorn bricks -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Pamphlet, Ceramic Mosaic Tiles - Catalogue C, 1929
Catalogue of designs for Australian Tessellated Tile Company Proprietary Limited. established 1866,Catalogue of designs for Australian Tessellated Tile Company Proprietary Limited. established 1866, together with: advertisement for company in The Clay Products Journal of Australia, May 1944 and a hand coloured tile design on specialised graph paper.Catalogue of designs for Australian Tessellated Tile Company Proprietary Limited. established 1866,australian tesselated tile co. pty. ltd., tiles, tile factories -
South Gippsland Shire Council
Sculpture, Water Sculpture, 1999
Ceramic outdoor sculpture featuring 15 clay pipe forms of various heights and designs. Decorated with a range of diferent designs and paint slips. Water pumped through each pipe to make a waterfeature in the council garden. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE GOLD ERA, c1850s
BHS CollectionDiggers & mining. The gold era. In the cradle, the clay was washed away, leaving the gold and sand behind. Slide shows diggers using cradles and pans. Markings 16 994.031 GOL:5. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Functional object - Crucible, The Patent Plumbago Crucible Company, circa 1878
This crucible was raised from the wreck of the LOCH ARD. It is one of six similar relics, in a range of sizes, now in the Flagstaff Hill collection. All bear markings to indicate their manufacture by the Morgan brothers of Battersea, trading as the Patent Plumbago Crucible Co. A crucible is a container used for purifying and melting metals so that they can be cast in a mould to a predetermined shape and use. They must withstand extremely high temperatures, abrupt cooling, and shed their contents with minimal adherence. The addition of graphite to the traditional firing clays greatly enhanced the durability of industrial crucibles in mid-Victorian Britain, a significant technological advance at a time of great activity in foundries and expansion of demand for refined metals. The Morgans first noticed the advantages of graphite crucibles at the Great Exhibition held in London in 1851. Initially they contracted to be sole selling agents for the American-made products of Joseph Dixon and Co. from New Jersey, but in 1856 they obtained that firm’s manufacturing rights and began producing their own graphite crucibles from the South London site. The Morgans imported crystalline graphite in 4-5 cwt casks from the British colony of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and mixed it with conventional English (Stourbridge) clays to be fired in kilns. Their products were purchased by the Royal Mints in London and India, and exported to official mints in France and Germany. They were successful exhibitors of their crucibles and furnaces at the London Exhibition held in 1861 (Class 1, Mining, quarrying, metallurgy and mineral products, Exhibit 265, Patent Plumbago Crucible Co). The range of sizes represented by the six crucibles retrieved from the LOCH ARD, suggest they may have been part of a sample shipment intended for similar promotion in the Australian colonies ― at Melbourne’s International Exhibition to be held in 1880. The summary of cargo manifest, by Don Charlwood in ‘Wrecks and Reputations’ does not mention any crucibles, implying that they were not a large consignment of uniform items. A newspaper account of an 1864 tour of the Morgan brothers’ ‘Black Potteries’ at Battersea indicates: “All the pots were numbered according to their contents, each number standing for one kilogram, or a little over two pounds; a No. 2 crucible contains two kilogrammes; a No. 3, three kilogrammes, and so on.” These numbers are obscured by marine sediment on three of the crucibles in the Flagstaff Hill collection, but those legible on the remaining three are 5, 6, and 8. None of the six are of the same size from a visual appraisal.The shipwreck of the LOCH ARD is of State significance ― Victorian Heritage Register S417A large crucible, or fluxing pot, for heating and pouring molten metal. It was recovered from the wreck of the LOCH ARD. The clay fired vessel rises from circular flat base to a larger rim with pouring lip. It is stained a rust colour and bears some sedimentary accretion. Half of its loose fitting lid with central knob has also survived. Markings on the artefact indicate it is a Morgan’s crucible, made with graphite to prevent cracking in the furnace and provide a smooth (non-adhesive) inner surface. On base: “…RGAN’S PATENT CRUCIBLE”. On rim: “MORGAN’S PATENT P…” Below top edge "BAK"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, graphite crucible, plumbago crucible, morgans crucible company, loch ard, fluxing pot, crucible -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: WHO IS WHO?
Bendigo Advertiser '' The way we were'' from Monday, March 8, 2004. Who is who: is this 1903 football team from Goornong or Bagshot? Back row: Tom or John Hayhurst, Jim Beecroft, Jack Turnbull, Goornong publican, Unknown, Paddy O'Donnell, Unknown, Ben Hughes. Second row: Bill Honeychurch, Phil Eastman, Arthur Eastman, Richard Turner and Bill Clay. Front row: Henry Turner, Tom Clay, Jim Piggot, Tom Turner, Unknown and Tom Heaveyside. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document - Report, City of Nunawading Historical Geography Project, 1994
City of Nunawading Historical Geography Project : part of the City of Nunawading Heritage Awareness Study.A4 28 pages. City of Nunawading Historical Geography Project October 1994: part of the City of Nunawading Heritage Awareness Study. Consultants: Context Pty Ltd.City of Nunawading Historical Geography Project : part of the City of Nunawading Heritage Awareness Study.city of nunawading, environment, farming, clay, residential development -
Federation University Art Collection
Ceramic, Nicole Murray, Mask, 1990
This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 2000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.Ceramics (raku) and burnt Woodart, artwork, sculpture, portrait, clay -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Archive - Time Capsule, n.d
Displayed in History House. Time capsule was interred in George V. Memorial, Memorial Triangle, Cliff Street. For history of object, see details in object file. Time capsule found to be roached during relocation works in the Memorial Triangle, Cliff Street in 1984.Glass jar with fragments of paper inside. Paper is in wads, with no evident ink on them. Fragments of yellow-stained glass also inside. Clay traces on jar. Paper is believed to be the signature paper interred in capsule on June 19th, 1911.Front: (no inscriptions) -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Jar - Storage, 1910 - 1920
Pottery jars were used to store dry goods such as tea, tobacco, flour etc. in the household. These jars usually had a cork stopper. Historical: History of Pottery available in the Kiewa Valley.Pottery storage jar made from red clay, fired and glazed. It has straight sides for 3 quarters of the way up from the base. It tapers to the opening which has a lip. It would have had a cork stopper.1G (meaning 1 gallon?) indented on the tapered part near the top.storage, pottery, kitchen, domestic