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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - FOSTER AND WILSON COLLECTION: CERTIFICATE AUSTRAL LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETY, 1907
Certificate from Austral Literary and Debating Society's Annual Musical Elocutionary & Literary Competitions in Bendigo 1907. Certificate is printed on thick cream cardboard. A wide plain border surrounds a coloured ornate certificate of mainly pink and green. Decoration is of cherubs and muses, fleur de lys, scrollwork and ferns. Certificate for Second Prize was awarded for Piano Duet Under 18 and was won by Miss Kathleen Foster. Certificate is signed by President E Cahill and General Secretary Thomas Byrne.AUSTRAL LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETYdocument, certificate, music -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - FOSTER AND WILSON COLLECTION: CERTIFICATE AUSTRAL LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETY, 1908
Certificate from Austral Literary and Debating Society's Annual Musical Elocutionary & Literary Competitions in Bendigo 1908. Certificate is printed on thick cream cardboard. A wide plain border surrounds a coloured ornate certificate of mainly pink and green. Decoration is of cherubs and muses, fleur de lys, scrollwork and ferns. Certificate for Second Prize was awarded for Piano Duet Under 17 and was won by Miss Kathleen Foster. Certificate is signed by President E Stapleton and General Secretary Thomas Byrne.AUSTRAL LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETYdocument, certificate, music -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - FOSTER AND WILSON COLLECTION: CERTIFICATE AUSTRAL LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETY, 1905
Certificate from Austral Literary and Debating Society's Annual Musical Elocutionary & Literary Competitions in Bendigo 1905. Certificate is printed on thick cream cardboard. A wide plain border surrounds a coloured ornate certificate of mainly pink and green. Decoration is of cherubs and muses, fleur de lys, scrollwork and ferns. Certificate for Second Prize was awarded for Piano Duet Under 16 and was won by Misses Kathleen and Mary Foster. Certificate is signed by President Frank ? and General Secretary Thomas Byrne.AUSTRAL LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETYdocument, certificate, music -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - FOSTER AND WILSON COLLECTION: CERTIFICATE AUSTRAL LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETY, 1908
Certificate from Austral Literary and Debating Society's Annual Musical Elocutionary & Literary Competitions in Bendigo 1908. Certificate is printed on thick cream cardboard. A wide plain border surrounds a coloured ornate certificate of mainly pink and green. Decoration is of cherubs and muses, fleur de lys, scrollwork and ferns. Certificate for Second Prize was awarded for Piano Duet Under 17 and was won by Miss Kathleen Foster. Certificate is signed by President J E Stapleton and General Secretary Thomas Byrne.AUSTRAL LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETYdocument, certificate, music -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - FOSTER AND WILSON COLLECTION: CERTIFICATE AUSTRAL LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETY, 1905
Certificate from Austral Literary and Debating Society's Annual Musical Elocutionary & Literary Competitions in Bendigo 1905. Certificate is printed on thick cream cardboard. A wide plain border surrounds a coloured ornate certificate of mainly pink and green. Decoration is of cherubs and muses, fleur de lys, scrollwork and ferns. Certificate for Second Prize was awarded for Piano Duet Under 16 and was won by Misses Kathleen and Mary Foster. Certificate is signed by President Frank ? and General Secretary Thomas Byrne.AUSTRAL LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETYdocument, certificate, music -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - FOSTER AND WILSON COLLECTION: CERTIFICATE AUSTRAL LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETY, 1903
Certificate from Austral Literary and Debating Society's Annual Musical Elocutionary & Literary Competitions in Bendigo 1903. Certificate is printed on thick cream cardboard. A wide plain border surrounds a coloured ornate certificate of mainly pink and green. Decoration is of cherubs and muses, fleur de lys, scrollwork and ferns. Certificate for Second Prize was awarded for Piano Duet Under 16 and was won by Misses Kathleen and Mary Foster. Certificate is signed by President E Cahill and General Secretary Frederic A King.AUSTRAL LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETYdocument, certificate, music -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - FOSTER AND WILSON COLLECTION: CERTIFICATE AUSTRAL LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETY, 1906
Certificate from Austral Literary and Debating Society's Annual Musical Elocutionary & Literary Competitions in Bendigo 1906. Certificate is printed on thick cream cardboard. A wide plain border surrounds a coloured ornate certificate of mainly pink and green. Decoration is of cherubs and muses, fleur de lys, scrollwork and ferns. Certificate for Third Prize was awarded for Piano Duet Open and was won by Misses Kathleen and Mary Foster equal with Misses Buckell and Johns. Certificate is signed by President E Vigau?.AUSTRAL LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETYdocument, certificate, music -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - FOSTER AND WILSON COLLECTION: CERTIFICATE AUSTRAL LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETY, 1903
Certificate from Austral Literary and Debating Society's Annual Musical Elocutionary & Literary Competitions in Bendigo 1903. Certificate is printed on thick cream cardboard. A wide plain border surrounds a coloured ornate certificate of mainly pink and green. Decoration is of cherubs and muses, fleur de lys, scrollwork and ferns. Certificate for Second Prize was awarded for Piano Duet Under 16 and was won by Misses Kathleen and Mary Foster. Certificate is signed by President E Cahill and General Secretary Frederic A King.AUSTRAL LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETYdocument, certificate, music -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Clothing - Black Crepe Evening Dress with Red Grosgrain Braid, Louis Feraud, c.1975
The Fashion & Design collection of the Kew Historical Society includes examples of women’s, men’s, children’s and infants’ clothing from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Items in the collection were largely produced for, or purchased by women in Melbourne, and includes examples of outerwear, protective wear, nightwear, underwear and costume accessories.This evening dress was donated by Kathleen Gervasoni, a long term resident of Kew, and mayoress of the former City of Kew (1978-9). The gown was manufactured under licence in Australia and purchased from Paulette Modes, High Street, Kew.Long black crepe evening dress, highlighted with geometrically arranged red grosgrain braid trim on bodice and sleeves, designed in the 1970s by Louis Féraud, Paris.Label: "Louis Féraud, Paris"women's clothing, evening dresses, kathleen gervasoni, louis féraud, paulette modes, international fashion - 1970s -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Clothing - Black & purple taffeta and organza evening dress, 1988
The Fashion & Design collection of the Kew Historical Society includes examples of women’s, men’s, children’s and infants’ clothing from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Items in the collection were largely produced for, or purchased by women in Melbourne, and includes examples of outerwear, protective wear, nightwear, underwear and costume accessories. The dress was purchased, and worn by Kathleen Gervasoni, a long term resident of Kew, Kew Historical Society member and mayoress of the former City of Kew (1978-1979). It is part of a collection of clothing and accessories donated to the collection by her.Black velvet, black and majenta organza, taffeta underskirt, large black satin bow, drop waisted evening dress, made to order for the donor from a boutique in Ivanhoe. women's clothing, evening dresses, kathleen gervasoni, australian fashion - 1980s, evening wear -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Photograph - Black and white and sepia prints and negatives, C.J. Frazer, Students and Staff. Mr. Rae on the Long Border, 1922-1923
1 copy used in a display in Burnley Library Nov 1995. Note by T.H. Kneen 4 December 1991, "1922 or 3 Back Row (L to R): Fred Sala, Kath Keynes, Miss Pye (Parttime), ?,Fred Gillespie, Clara Broadhurst, Jean Borrett, Kathleen Curry, Alex Jessep. Front Row: Joan Anderson?, Violet Warren?, Miss Northcote, Mr. Rae, ?, Kathie Clark (Tas), Dorothy Allender, Mrs Hedges (Kathleen Curry married Charles Fryer ex-Longerenong student. Together they established Fryer's Nursery in Glenferrie Rd., Hawthorn." (4) 2 copies of photograph, 1 on reverse, "1922 Mr Rae Principal c.1923." Stamp, "Burnley Horticultural College Swan Street, Richmond, Victoria. Photographer was C.J. Frazer, Melbourne (embossed). This photograph appears as an illustration in, "Green Grows Our Garden," A.P. Winzenried, p68. The caption states, "Alex Jessep (sic) admiring an Umbrella Palm from Lord Howe Island near the herbaceous border along the orchard fence." Note by T.H. Kneen 11 December 1991, "Location is the pathway along the Long Border adjoining the Orchard fence. "(1) 2 black and white negatives joined. (2) The 2 negatives developed. (3) 3 copies Group photograph of Students and Staff some seated on a bench and some standing behind.. (4) 2 copies sepia photograph Mr Rae , Principal, on the Long Border (looks like the Orchard Border).On reverse of 1 copy, "1922 Mr Rae Principal, c.1923 Mr. Alex Jessep Lecturer in Botany & Chemistry."Stamp" Burnley Horticultural College Swan Street, Richmond, Victoria."students, staff, mr rae, principal, a.w jessep, lecturer, botany, chemistry, burnley horticultural college, fred sala, kath keynes, miss pye, clara broadhurst, jean borrett, kathleen curry, joan anderson, violet warren, kathie clark, dorothy allender, mrs hedges, charles fryer, fryer's nursery, hawthorn, mr rae principal, c.j. frazer, umbrella palm, lord howe island, herbaceous border, r. fred gillespie, miss northcote, orchard border -
Bendigo Military Museum
Card - CLOTHING RATION CARD 1945-46, Commonwealth of Australia, 1945 - 46
All items have had points used, there would be a total of 56 points on a new card.Clothing Ration cards 1945 - 46 issue, light fawn colour, folding, one half details, other ration cards, issued by The Commonwealth of Australia, each individually numbered, Coat of Arms at top left, all print in black, spaces to enter name, address, civilian Identity number, rear has directions for use..1) Card No 341210, “Guiney Kathleen, 126 Sternberg St Bendigo”, “V4”, “F”, “23167” .2) Card No 341211, “Margaretta Guiney, 126 Sternberg St Bendigo”, “V4”, “F”, “23168” .3) Card No 341212, “Guiney Genevieve, 126 Sternberg St Bendigo”, “V4”, “F”, “23166”ration cards, clothing -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Document - Folder, McCubbin, Frederick
Andrew MacKenzie had researched some of the at least 200 paintings by Frederick McCubbin that were apparently lost. One called "An Old Politician" had been retitled by his purchaser "An Old Coach Builder" as the model was coach builder George Elliott, of the business Stevenson and Elliott. MacKenzie was assisted by Kathleen Mangan, McCubbin's last child. Contents Newspaper article: The lost McCubbins", The Age, 13 October 1999, describes Andrew MacKenzie's research into lost paintings by Frederick McCubbin and describes some works, including well-known paintings by McCubbin.Newspaper clippings, A4 photocopies, etcfrederick mccubbin, andrew mackenzie, an old politician painting by frederick mccubbin, george elliott, stevenson and elliot coachbuilders, "sheila" painting by frederick mccubbin, "feeding time" painting by frederick mccubbin, "mary" paindint by frederick mccubbin, mary mccubbin, annie mccubbin, louis abrahams, michael moriarty, sydney moriarty, paddy watson, jimmy watson, james mccubbin, hugh mccubbin, hope bradford (nee doreen ham), elizabeth (bessie) colquhoun -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Document - St Joseph's Catholic Church Elsternwick
Three documents about the history of this church: 1/Handwritten notes by Hilary Bullock dated 1978 on the beginning of St Joseph's Church Elsternwick plus recording that Margaret Stewart Bullock wrote a history of this church in 1973 for Brighton Historical Society. 2/Carbon copy reprinted article by Kathleen Meehan, dated 9/10/1978, on the history of St Joseph's Church Elsternwick including early parish priests. 3/Typed article taken from Golden Jubilee booklet on church's history. Handwritten additions researched by Claire Bartonst joseph's roman catholic church, orrong road, elsternwick, carey m rev, catholic church, foundation stone, bullock hilary a, st james church, north road, gardenvale, south caulfield, glenhuntly, leadlights, pioneers, dolan m father, walsh walter, daly timothy, cleary j h, meehan kathleen -
Learmonth and District Historical Society Inc.
Photo, Quinlivan family photo, circ 1922
This is a photo of the Quinlivan family from Ballarat, Mary Ann Quinlivan nee Sheahan (born Cghills Creek and died 1932) was the daughter of Patrick Sheahan and Ellen Maher. She married Thomas Quinlivan in 1896 and they had the following children, Eileen (Eily) Teresa, 1898, John Francis, 1904 - 1906, Mary (Mae) Kathleen 1907 and Agnes Josephine 1909. Thomas and Mary ann ran the Royal Exchange Hotel on the corner of Peel and Mair streets in Ballarat, Victoria. Thomas died at an early age leaving Mary Ann to run the hotel on her own.Tell about some of the people who lived and ran the Royal Exchange Hotel in Ballarat and who the Quinlivan family were.An oval shaped sepia photo made from photo paperQuinlivan family. Joe's cousins. Aunty Maryabbe, Eily, May & Agnes. Hotel in Ballarat.royal exchange hotel, ballarat, quinlivan, sheahan, maher -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Newspaper, Death Notice and Obituary - Catherine Taylor of Wantirna Road, Ringwood - December, 1928
Local Ringwood Mail newspaper clippings 19/12/1928.Notice of Death on December 12th at her residence in Wantirna Road, Ringwood, Catherine, beloved wife of Ernest William Taylor, with note of thanks to Dr. A.T. Langley, Cr. A. Temple Miles, Mr. C.E. Carter, and Mr. A.C. Beilby. (Misprint in Obituary in the same edition incorrectly names deceased as Kathleen). -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Harston School 1941, 2001
Harston School 1941. Back: Bernie Mulcahy; Bill Small; Les George; Keith George; Edna Collie; Marj Down; Marj Donaldson; Theresa Mulcahy. Middle: Graham Clapp; Gordon Cumming; Gordon Brown; Colin Newton; Walter Henderson; Edith Henderson; Lorna Donaldson; Maureen Mulcahy; Linda Hammond. Front: John Henderson; Ian Henderson; Douglas Clapp; Milton Shaw (teacher's son); Harvey Henderson; Ian Donaldson; Laurel Collie; Jenny Down (Hansford); Kathleen Mulcahy; Patricia Dick; Nancy Down.photograph, people -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Mouth of the Hopkins River, Point Ritchie, Warrnambool, c.1926
Henry Beater Christian (1886-1962) , was a descendant of one of the earliest settler families in Kew. Employed at the Kew Asylum as a 'public servant', he was a skilled amateur photographer, photographing numerous scenes in Kew and on his travels around Victoria. The majority of his photographs date from 1916 to 1929. His finest photographs are housed in two photograph albums. Digital copy of a photograph from page 23 of the 47-page photograph album containing 261 gelatinous silver images, loaned by Diane Washfold with permission given to digitise and hold a copy in our collection. Henry Christian took a number of walking and rail trips, individually or with friends, around regional and rural Victoria during the 1920s. This photo is from a series of twelve photographs of parts of the west coast of Victoria, including Port Fairy and Warrnambool. The location in this photograph has been identified by Kathleen Gervasoni as the mouth of the Hopkins River, Point Ritchie, Warrnambool. henry beater christian (1886-1962), landscape photography, christian-washfold collection, photograph albums, hopkins river, point ritchie, warrnambool -
Ballarat and District Irish Association
Photograph - Colour, Clare Gervasoni, Crossley near 'Hillside" McCartney's Lane, 2014, 04/04/2014
Before 1941 "Hillside", McCartney's Road was associated with the Carroll Family. Patrick Edmund Carroll, his wife Mary Matilda Fitzgerald, and children Kathleen, Ronald and Rosemary were the last members of the family to live at and work "Hillside". Stanislaus Kelly and his wife Margaret (nee Gorman) bought the farm from the Carroll family. The couple raised six children on the land: May, Mary, Leo, Ray (Lofty), Daniel (Tich) and Bernadette. The family grew spuds and onions on the hill and milked cows, with the little dairy located on the eastern side of the house. (information from Mary Kelly)Colour digital photographs of Crossley, Victoria, near McCartney's Lane. The house depicted is "Hillside" in McCartney's Lane. The views towards an extinct volcano is Tower Hill.crossley, hillside, carroll, tower hill, mccartney's lane -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Ringwood State School - Grade 4/5, 1981
Black and white photograph - Grade 4/5, 1981."Attached to photograph" Back Row- L to R: No names 2nd Row- L to R: Shane Milo, ?, ?, Rachel Mavroudis, Kathleen (?), Michallo Willoby, ?, ?, ?. 3rd Row- L to R: ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, Pauline Morrison, ?, ?. Front Row- L to R: ?, Angela Craig, ?, ?, ?, Deborah Morrison, Erica Gill, Narelle Sanders. Teacher: Mrs M.Irvine -
Vision Australia
Text, Association for the Blind George Vowell Branch Committee meeting minutes 10/2/1977-10/8/1988, 1977-1988
Minutes of the Mt Eliza branch committee (later known as the George Vowell branch committee) including centre activities, staffing changes, fund raising appointment and resignation of committee members and life governorships. Some highlights include: 9/5/1980 - the opening of the George Vowell Centre by Rt Hon Phillip Lynch, AFB President John Wicking and Mrs Kathleen Vowell. 16/9/1981 - the purchase of a Lowrey Debut Organ from Brash's Frankston for residents and day centre members to use. 12/11/1986 - the handing over the running of the annual fair in 1987 to a committee of volunteers rather than staff members.1 bookassociation for the blind -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - PATRICIA COLES (NEE MCLEAN) COLLECTION: BENDIGO EASTER PARADE QUEEN COMPETITION
Photograph. The Patricia Coles (nee McLean) Collection. Bendigo Easter Parade Queen Competition 1934. Copy of a black & white photograph. One woman in centre with a bouquet. Surrounded by five girls and a small boy. Two are seated. Identified on the reverse as from left to right - Shirley McLean, Patricia McLean (seated), June McLean (all sisters). The two girls standing on the right - Mary Gallagher of Kangaroo Flat, and Kathleen Hart on the far right, daughter of Elsie & Eric Hart, View Point Hotel Bendigo. The sisters are the daughters of Nellie & Tom McLean, United Kingdom Hotel, Golden Square.bendigo, entertainment, easter parade queen competition, bendigo easter fair. bendigo easter parade queen compettion. mclean family of golden square. united kingdom hotel. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - FOSTER AND WILSON COLLECTION: CERTIFICATE EAGLEHAWK AUSTRALIAN NATIVES ASSOCIATION, 1908
Certificate for Second Prize in Eaglehawk Australian Natives Association Musical and Elocutionary Competitions in 1908. Certificate is printed on cream coloured card with gold and red illustrations and writing. At the top is the crest of the Australian Natives Associaation with the words Branch and No 37 either side. The year 1908 and the words Eaglehawk and Australian Natives Association Musical and Elocutionary Competitions are printed within scrollwork below. A figure dressed in robes holding a laurel wreath and trumpet is standing on the right hand side. Certificate and Second Prize awarded to Miss Kathleen Foster for Piano Duet Open are printed and written below.Herbert Woodhouse lith, Law Courts Place Melbournedocument, certificate, music -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Photocopy, Roberto D'Andrea, "Taking history for a ride", Feb. 2003
Photocopy of an article from the Melbourne Age, 19 Feb. 2003, titled "Taking history for a ride" publicity for the 'Trammies' exhibition to opening the following day. Features a photograph by Penny Stephens of Kathleen Anseline, Fortunato Grosso, Roberto D'Andrea, Hugh Waldron and Sovann Sok inside a W class tram. Article written by Carolyn Webb, noting the exhibition, how it illustrates Melbourne's ethnic melting pot through its trammies. Supplementary File contains papers concerning the exhibition and BTM involvement. See also Reg Item 2454 2455, 2457 for other parts of the exhibition. trams, tramways, trammies, exhibitions, immigration museum, connies -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - PETER ELLIS COLLECTION: PHOTO OF GROUP OF MEN AND WOMEN, 1920's
Black and white photo of four couples, the men dressed in suits with tails, wearing monkey masks and holding a frying pan. The women wearing sleeveless dresses with large white collars, a white cap and aprons with the Monkey Brand logos and carrying a Monkey Brand placard. The photo was taken at the Bendigo Town Hall in the 1920's. It represented an advertisement for 'Monkey Brand Soap'. The Monkey heads were loaned from Lever Bros for the occasion. The names are: Jean Dean, Joe Borrell, John Borell, F. Donaldson, A. Hurst, Kathleen Dixon (Mrs. Coglin) (third from the left).photo, group, mixed group, peter ellis collection, the monkey set, mrs coglin, mrs bourke, bendigo town hall, monkey brand soap, lever bros, jean dean, joe borrell, john borell, f. donaldson, a. hurst, kathleen dixon (mrs. coglin) -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Ramsden Bairnsdale, 1/08/1966 12:00:00 AM
Black and white photograph of debutant ball in aid of Lakes Entrance Pre School and Welfare Association. Thirteen debutants were presented to Mr Peter Nixon MHR and Mrs Nixon and Tambo Shire Pres. Cr J Kilby and Mrs Kilby Back Row Sue Davis, June Mays, Pam Long, Mavis Barling, Janis Bulls, Rhonda Newman, Faye Ostler, Kay French, Front Row Margaret Allen, Joan Allen, Marion Bryce, Kathleen Allen, Laura Mitchelson. Flower Girl and page Lynette Houston, Gary Hubbard, Linda Hancock Lakes Entrance VictoriaBill Ramsden Photographer Bairnsdalesports -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Album, Lioness Club of Kew, Lioness Club of Kew Scrapbook, 1982-1987
The biographical profiles of members of the Lioness Club of Kew in the scrapbook include: Shirley Van Scoy, Marjorie Rogers, Lucy Weber, Prue Molnar, Joyce Ward, Thelma Battaini, Lois Baker, Ruth Finger, Norma Finley, Pam Rowe, Jan Watkins, Kathleen Holgate, Leby Stone, Lorna Patching, Dorothy Cameron, Glad Kenner, Edna Cartwright, Jean Franklin, Valerie Newbegin, Thelma Leech, Debbie Davis, June Jerrett, Edna Glover, Gloria Grey, Jessie Watson, Helen Joyce, Shirley Gates, Lynette Skues, Pam Dewar, Babe O'Neill, Liza McLaine, Sandra Murphy, Gretta Murphy, Marie McGonigal, Barbara Barker, Joy Bridgeland, Judy Dent, Margaret Allen.Kew has had a number of women's organisations of national significance. The Lioness Club of Kew was the first such organisation in Melbourne and its records are consequently of historic significance. The scrapbook has added social and spiritual significance as it provides a key resource for profiling often unknown women in women's community organisations during the 1980s in Kew and Victoria. The scrapbook was deposited with the Kew Historical Society for safekeeping. It is complete and comprehensive allowing for interpretation.A scrapbook, compiled by members of the Lioness Club of Kew containing photographs and typed profiles of members dating from 1982-7. The profiles were added at monthly intervals under a heading "Lioness of the Month". The scrapbook also contains some annual reports and president's reports. At the back of the scrapbook are two newspaper cuttings (The Free Press, March 19, 1980), profiling the new president, Mrs Helen Joyce, and the Club. The photographs taped into the inside of the front cover are identified as those that were reproduced in the publication 'Where Violets First Grew', the Lioness Club of Kew's partial history.lioness club of kew, women's groups -- kew (vic.), kew lionesses -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Mixed media - Crocheted Baby Bonnet
This bonnet was made to be worn by Patricia Kathleen Grant. She was born in1925, the daughter of Dr Frank John Audas Grant and Kathleen Josephine Dixon. Dr Frank Grant gave many years of service to the Wodonga community both as its doctor and on several community organisations and committees. He was born in South Yarra, Victoria in 1897 and after finishing school he began Medical Studies at Melbourne University. In 1915 he enlisted in the Australian Army and was assigned to the Hospital Transport Corps and later with the 8th Field Artillery Brigade aboard HMAT Medic. He was wounded in action with gunshot wounds to the arm and back. After time in hospital in England, Frank was returned to Melbourne where he was discharged as medically unfit on 24th October 1917. During World War II Dr Frank Grant served as an Honorary Captain in the Australian Army Medical Corps. His records show that he was accidentally “Mustard Gassed” at Bandiana. Dr Frank Grant commenced practice in Wodonga in 1923, entering into a partnership with Dr Rudolph Schlink. This marked the beginning of a long career dedicated to the Wodonga community. By 11 August 1926 he held the role of Public Vaccinator with the Commission of Public Health in Wodonga. Apart from long years of dedication to health in Wodonga, Dr Grant also took on numerous roles within Wodonga. This included being a Commissioner of the Wodonga Waterworks Trust from 6 April 1932 until 29 July 1963. He was a strong advocate for the development of the Wodonga Base Hospital which opened in 1954. Doctor Grant passed away on 14 January 1964.This item is significant because it is representative of crocheted handcraftsA small hand crocheted baby's bonnet made of silk cotton thread and lined with silk. A silk ribbon is attached.crocheted items, dr frank grant, handcraft -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - FOSTER AND WILSON COLLECTION: PIANO CERTIFICATE
Cream, green and pink certificate awarded to Misses Kathleen and Mary Foster for Second Prize for Piano Duet (under 16) in the Austral Literary and Debating Society's Bendigo Competitions 1903. Signed by E. S. Cahill, President and Frederic A. King, Hon. Sec. Certificate has 2 angels at the top, 1 writing and 1 with a harp. At each side and the bottom is a lady dressed in robes. Certificate decorated by leaves and scroll work. Frame is a 4 cm brown, grooved wooden one with a 1.3 cm gold inner frame. On the back is a label: D. G. Coope 7 Son Fine Art Gallery, Mitchell Street, Bendigo.document, certificate, music, foster & wilson collection, piano certificate, kathleen foster, mary foster, e, s. cahill, frederic a king, austral literary and debating society's bendigo competitions 1903 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - FOSTER AND WILSON COLLECTION: PIANO CERTIFICATE
Large, framed cream, green and beige certificate awarded to Miss Kathleen Foster for Third Prize in the Piano Solo (under 12) at the Austral Literary and Debating Society's Bendigo Competitions, 1903. Certificate is signed by E. S. Cahill, President and Frederic A King, Hon. Sec. Certificate has 2 angels at the top, 1 writing and with a harp. At each side and the bottom is a lady dressed in robes. There are leaves and scroll work for decoration. Certificate is framed in a brown 4cm grooved frame with a 1.5 cm cream and gold inner frame. On the back is a label: D. G. Coope & Son Fine Art Gallery Mitchell Street, Bendigo. Glass broken.document, certificate, music, foster & wilson collection, piano certificate, miss kathleen foster, e. s. cahill, frederic a. king, austral literary and debating society's bendigo competitions 1903