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Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Georg Hoffman children
Georg Hoffman and family were internees in Camp 3 Rushworth during WW2. One of a number of Lutheran Missionary families interned.Black and white photograph of two girls and a boy with some toys sitting on the grass. Shrubs behind them.georg hoffman, camp 3 rushworth -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Ted Raven pulling toy Uneeda van, 1927
One of three photos from Ted Raven .Ted Raven pulling toy Uneeda Van in 1927education - primary schools, domestic life, edward walter (ted) raven, st josephs catholic primary school -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, St. Matthew’s Presbyterian Church Sunday School Play Group in Scallan Street
Play group inside St. Matthew’s Church Sunday school hall, Scallan Street Stawell.Black & white photo of 4 children on toy horse, bikes & car. They are in a church hall area with arch windows.Inside St Matthews Sunday School Hall, Scallan St.stawell religion -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Leisure object - Toys, child's sewing machine, Circa 1940
... toys ...The family of Mrs Nancy Maggs were early settlers in Moorabbin ShireCirca 1940/1950. Child's small tin-plate toy sewing machine. The body of the sewing machine is painted black with red and gold floral decoration - some loss of paintwork. The flywheel is cast, with a wooden handle. Some workings are made of steel. The manufacture is such that the machine could actually be used for sewing small articles. toys, sewing machines, early settlers, pioneers, moorabbin, bentleigh, cheltenham, ormond, market gardeners, maggs nancy, maggs geoff, f -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Sewing Machine 'Singer' Model 20, c1920
... toys ...First marketed in 1910, this early version Singer No 20 was sold as both a toy and adult miniature. The design underwent several improvements and cosmetic changes in the years that followed. By the mid 1900s, many companies had cloned the machine, with most showing the same uncertainties as to the intended market.A miniature 'Singer' Sewing machine ,Model 20, with hand crankSinger Pty Ltd early settlers, craftwork, toys, sewing machines, pioneers, moorabbin, bentleigh, ormond, cheltenham, market gardeners, dressmaking -
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital
Memorabilia - Stuffed toys, Mervyn Hutchins, c. 1950
These items were made as part of an occupational therapy group at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital post WWII. Two matching stuffed toy bears in cream coloured lambswool, with button eyes, handsewn. One smalller than the other.mervyn hutchins collection, rats of tobruk, heidelberg repatriation hospital, occupational therapy -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
O.Gilpin Christmas Advertising, Stockland Press, O.Gilpin's Christmas Fair, c.1940
8 page advertising lift out featuring men's wear, books, toys, lingerie, gifts, crockery and glass wear. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Leisure object - Sugar Bowl - child's tea set, n.d
White china sugar bowl (no lid), gold lustre trim and floral design. From a children's toy tea set.Back: 'MADE IN JAPAN'decorative item, functional item, sugar bowl, tea service, toy, childhood -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, M Holding, 2006 c
Colour photograph of construction on site of Vi Symmons home immediately west of Bakery and Toy Kingdom Lakes Entrance Victoriabusinesses, buildings -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Domestic object - Toy Cart, c1920
The Lehmann toy company exported toys to the USA from 1895 to 1929 and specialized in mechanical, friction transportation and lithographed wind-up tinplate toys. Founded by Ernest Lehmann Co. in Brandenberg, Germany, 1881. In 1951 the fim re-established and is still making friction toys. Some of the most famous include: Autobus, the Dancing Sailor and Icarus. Lehmann distinguished itself early 20th-century by releasing small tin toys which were cheaper than the toys the competition made. End of the 19th century, beginning of th 20th, competitors were producing heavy, cast-iron toys. By the 1920s the Lehmann company had a staff over 800 people and made 80+ different toy designs.How it is significant? (...this item is one of last remaining examples of German toy manufacturing prior to World War One. ) How it is significance to local history? (....this item represents the importance of preserving local history and culture.) German, clockwork, red and white tinplate cart with green and white driver with green pointed hat, being pulled by zebra with red ears and cord tail. 1881/ Lehmann 'Zikra' Marke Pat./USA Appl. / For Jan 1907, Dec 1913 lehmann, toy, beechworth, burke museum, zebra, cart, germany -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - "Adventure Gold Mine" Draft
Sixty two page copy of a proposed book on the Adventure Gold Mine, a compilation of research done by Phyllis Toy. Front page: ' The Great Adventure, a brief history of the Adventure Mine from its beginning in c1854 until it amalgamation with the Victoria Consols Company o 19/7/1880. Phyllis Toy Collection:adventure gold mine, sandhurst, goldmining, adventure and advance amalgamated quartz mining company -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph
One of a collection of over 400 photographs in an album commenced in 1960 and presented to the Phillip Island & Westernport Historical Society by the Shire of Phillip IslandPhotograph of the Governor Sir Dallas Brooks being presented with a toy Koala for his grandson by Barbara Nicholson. Mr Jones in background.local history, photography, the governor - sir dallas brooks, black & white photograph, governor sir dallas brooks, barbara nicholson, john jenner, bryant west -
Anglesea and District Historical Society
Wooden Toy
Wooden toy of soldier riding a horse, on 4 wheels. Body of horse painted white; soldier has red jacket, blue trousers and black boots and hat; wheels painted red; fibre mane and tail. Soldier's limbs are jointed at body, so soldier appears to be riding horse when toy is pulled along by cord at front.wooden toy, pull-along toy -
National Wool Museum
Rocking Ram
This toy was made by Gepetto - The Art of Toys (a local Geelong toymaker) for the "Logo Merino" exhibition at the National Wool Museum.Rocking ram - small Rocking ram, small - detailJuly 2000 / Custom made for / National Wool Museum / by GEPETTOlogo merino: sheep in australian art and design - exhibition (29/07/2000 - 04/02/2001) -
Anglesea and District Historical Society
Toy Iron
Heavy metal minature iron. Children's toy. Pointed at both ends with no markings other than embossed pattern across the top of the handle.iron, toy, vintage -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Top, 1940 - 1946
One of a pair. Wooden top handmade on lathe. One has blue, red, yellow and green paint. Used as a toy.(see C0230) -
Nillumbik Shire Council
Sculpture, Ghost, 2012
The (logging) truck carries a representation of John Glover’s painted landscapes, which Cox has painted on a solid block of wood. John Glover is one of Australia’s most celebrated colonial landscape painters. Born in England, he was a highly successful water-colourist and painter of landscapes in the tradition of French artist Claude Lorrain. Arriving in Australia in 1831, Glover adapted his picturesque style and luminous technique to his new surrounds, creating naturalistic and atmospheric paintings of Australian nature, settler life, and Aboriginal culture. Working out of doors, Glover developed an understanding of the unfamiliar Australian landscape, especially the twisting forms of native eucalyptus trees. His direct experience of nature, as both pioneer settler and painter, resulted in a new approach using a subtle palette of olive greens, ochres, misty greys and intense blues, and layered glazes of mauve, grey and gold, to portray Australian light and atmosphere. Dale Cox continues the ongoing preoccupation and tradition of landscape painting in the Nillumbik area and our impact on the environment in a contemporary way. The truck creates a playful nexus between painting (representational landscape) and sculpture, purposely bluring boundaries across these traditionally distinct disciplines. ‘Ghost’ seeks to convey the idea that when we remove something significant from a location, like the landscape itself, the remaining ‘place’ changes to become a new ‘place’. This may seem self-evident until we think more deeply about location and landscape. The white truck is a ghost, an ethereal, transient being that spirits away an entire place, forever removed from itself, and forever changed. Logging wild trees can never be like harvesting a ‘crop’. Logging removes a landscape, and changes a place forever. The ‘packaging’ of this painted landscape highlights the anomaly between commodity and our environment. Dale Cox was a local artist and this work was highly commended at the 2012 Nillumbik Prize. White plastic toy (logging) truck with a landscape painting on a wooden block. The landscape painting is reminiscent of paintings by colonial artist John Glover. N/Alandscape, truck, sculpture, environment, john glover, colonial, painting, ghost, nillumbik prize -
Numurkah & District Historical Society
Toy Wooden Rocking Horse
Toy Rocking Horse: Rocker painted green, horse painted white with black tail & mane, red & gold saddle, red bridle toys, presents, children, rocking horse -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Leisure object - Toy, Circa 1878
This ceramic lid is part of a child's tea set, perhaps from a sugar bowl or tea pot. It was recovered from the wreck of the Loch Ard. The Loch Ard got its name from "Loch Ard" a loch that lies to the west of Aberfoyle, and the east of Loch Lomond. It means "high lake" in Scottish Gaelic. The vessel belonged to the famous Loch Line which sailed many vessels from England to Australia. The Loch Ard was built in Glasgow by Barclay, Curle & Co. in 1873, the vessel was a three-masted square-rigged iron sailing ship that measured 79.87 meters in length, 11.58 m in width, and 7 m in depth with a gross tonnage of 1693 tons with a mainmast that measured a massive 45.7 m in height. Loch Ard made three trips to Australia and one trip to Calcutta before its fateful voyage. Loch Ard left England on March 2, 1878, under the command of 29-year-old Captain Gibbs, who was newly married. The ship was bound for Melbourne with a crew of 37, plus 17 passengers. The general cargo reflected the affluence of Melbourne at the time. Onboard were straw hats, umbrellas, perfumes, clay pipes, pianos, clocks, confectionery, linen, and candles, as well as a heavier load of railway irons, cement, lead, and copper. There were other items included that were intended for display in the Melbourne International Exhibition of 1880. The voyage to Port Phillip was long but uneventful. Then at 3 am on June 1, 1878, Captain Gibbs was expecting to see land. But the Loch Ard was running into a fog which greatly reduced visibility. Captain Gibbs was becoming anxious as there was no sign of land or the Cape Otway lighthouse. At 4 am the fog lifted and a lookout aloft announced that he could see breakers. The sheer cliffs of Victoria's west coast came into view, and Captain Gibbs realised that the ship was much closer to them than expected. He ordered as much sail to be set as time would permit and then attempted to steer the vessel out to sea. On coming head-on into the wind, the ship lost momentum, the sails fell limp and Loch Ard's bow swung back towards land. Gibbs then ordered the anchors to be released in an attempt to hold their position. The anchors sank some 50 fathoms - but did not hold. By this time the ship was among the breakers and the tall cliffs of Mutton Bird Island rose behind. Just half a mile from the coast, the ship's bow was suddenly pulled around by the anchor. The captain tried to tack out to sea, but the ship struck a reef at the base of Mutton Bird Island, near Port Campbell. Waves subsequently broke over the ship and the top deck became loosened from the hull. The masts and rigging came crashing down knocking passengers and crew overboard. When a lifeboat was finally launched, it crashed into the side of Loch Ard and capsized. Tom Pearce, who had launched the boat, managed to cling to its overturned hull and shelter beneath it. He drifted out to sea and then on the flood tide came into what is now known as Lochard Gorge. He swam to shore, bruised and dazed, and found a cave in which to shelter. Some of the crew stayed below deck to shelter from the falling rigging but drowned when the ship slipped off the reef into deeper water. Eva Carmichael a passenger had raced onto the deck to find out what was happening only to be confronted by towering cliffs looming above the stricken ship. In all the chaos, Captain Gibbs grabbed Eva and said, "If you are saved Eva, let my dear wife know that I died like a sailor". That was the last Eva Carmichael saw of the captain. She was swept off the ship by a huge wave. Eva saw Tom Pearce on a small rocky beach and yelled to attract his attention. He dived in and swam to the exhausted woman and dragged her to shore. He took her to the cave and broke the open case of brandy that had washed up on the beach. He opened a bottle to revive the unconscious woman. A few hours later Tom scaled a cliff in search of help. He followed hoof prints and came by chance upon two men from nearby Glenample Station three and a half miles away. In a complete state of exhaustion, he told the men of the tragedy. Tom then returned to the gorge while the two men rode back to the station to get help. By the time they reached Loch Ard Gorge, it was cold and dark. The two shipwreck survivors were taken to Glenample Station to recover. Eva stayed at the station for six weeks before returning to Ireland by steamship. In Melbourne, Tom Pearce received a hero's welcome. He was presented with the first gold medal of the Royal Humane Society of Victoria and a £1000 cheque from the Victorian Government. Concerts were performed to honour the young man's bravery and to raise money for those who lost families in the disaster. Of the 54 crew members and passengers on board, only two survived: the apprentice, Tom Pearce, and the young woman passenger, Eva Carmichael, who lost her family in the tragedy. Ten days after the Lochard tragedy, salvage rights to the wreck were sold at auction for £2,120. Cargo valued at £3,000 was salvaged and placed on the beach, but most washed back into the sea when another storm developed. The wreck of Lochard still lies at the base of Mutton Bird Island. Much of the cargo has now been salvaged and some items were washed up into Lochard Gorge. Cargo and artifacts have also been illegally salvaged over many years before protective legislation was introduced in March 1982. One of the most unlikely pieces of cargo to have survived the shipwreck was a Minton majolica peacock- one of only nine in the world. The peacock was destined for the Melbourne 1880 International Exhibition. It had been well packed, which gave it adequate protection during the violent storm. Today the Minton peacock can be seen at the Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum in Warrnambool. From Australia's most dramatic shipwreck, it has now become Australia's most valuable shipwreck artifact and is one of very few 'objects' on the Victorian State Heritage Register. The shipwreck of the Loch Ard is of significance for Victoria and is registered on the Victorian Heritage Register ( S 417). Flagstaff Hill has a varied collection of artifacts from Loch Ard and its collection is significant for being one of the largest accumulation of artifacts from this notable Victorian shipwreck of which the subject items are a small part. The collection's objects give us a snapshot of how we can interpret the story of this tragic event. The collection is also archaeologically significant as it represents aspects of Victoria's shipping history that allows us to interpret Victoria's social and historical themes of the time. Through is associated with the worst and best-known shipwreck in Victoria's history.Toy; a white ceramic lid from a child's tea set. The underside is hollow. The lid is glazed and the surface of the lid is uneven under the glaze.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, loch line, loch ard, captain gibbs, eva carmichael, tom pearce, glenample station, mutton bird island, loch ard gorge, toy, child's tea set, toy lid -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Costume - Mickey Mouse toy, Norma Barnett, City of Voices performance, c. 2000
All 2153 items were donated following the 'Women of :Port Melbourne' exhibtion in which they had been displayed after Norma's deathMickey Mouse toy attached to red and white parachute by Sister Norma Barnett, pinned on a City of Voices costume (ref item 2153.01)arts and entertainment - community arts, sister norma jean barnett, city of voices -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, An impact on Christmas, 1993
Impact Club, Nunawading has donated toys to the Salvation Army.Impact Club, Nunawading has donated toys to the Salvation Army. The club, established seven years ago was sponsored by the Rotary Club of Nunawading.Impact Club, Nunawading has donated toys to the Salvation Army. service clubs, nunawading impact club, rotary club of nunawading, anderson, john, harrison, barbara -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Domestic Object - QC BINKS COLLECTION: 2 LEAD COWS
Two toy lead cows that were discovered by QC Binks whilst he was metal detecting for gold. Remnants of original paintwork is evident.bendigo, gold mining, qc binks, cows, qc binks. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - BENDIGO EASTER PARADE, Apr 1962
Slide. Bendigo Easter Parade. The Toy Soldier float. At the end of the parade on the site of the former Show Grounds (now the Tom Flood Centre).slide, bendigo, bendigo easter parade., bendigo easter parade. -
National Wool Museum
Photograph, Johnny Broughton, organiser of Annual Christmas Party
Johnny Broughton, organiser of Annual Christmas Party made toys all year/ all children under 12 received presentstextile mills - staff textile mills - history textile mills, returned soldiers and sailors mill, kidman, mr g. l. broughton, mr john - returned soldiers and sailors mill, textile mills - staff, textile mills - history, textile mills -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Mrs Marsella
Internee women and children from Camp 3. Mrs Marsella and Ricardo, in pram; Gisela Koch and nephews Beinssen boys.Sepia photograph of two ladies standing in front of a hut with 4 children in front of them, one in a pram and one in a toy car. On foam backing.camp 3 internees -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Domestic object - Toys - Lead Soldiers, n.d
Small collection of lead soldiers (5), lead flag and toy lead cannon parts, found at site of the 'Loch Ard' wreck. In plastic box.loch ard shipwreck -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Portland Library, Victoria, 18/11/1998
Photographs of Portland Library - late 1990s to early 2000s, showing activities at the library and construction of additions to the building.Coloured photo. Portland Library. Play pen with small child in a 'onesie', playing with toys, older boy standing outside the playpen, holding a book.Front: '98 11 18' -
Numurkah & District Historical Society
Toy Tea Set
Porcelain tea set consisting of two plates, two cups, milk jug, sugar bowl with lid and teapot with lid Presented in a cardboard box with red lidon pieces: made in japan on box: 9 piece porcelain toy tea set made in japan / handwritten on box: Barbara May Sutton toys, children, presents, tea set -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1994
Children named as Annika Goding and Katherine Flynn.Black and white photograph two children from Lakes Entrance Kindergarten playing with toys on visit to St Brendans Primary School. Lakes Entrance Victoriaeducation -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Programme - Theatre Programme, San Toy / by Sidney Jones, 1953
The Kew Light Opera Company was formed in 1952. Its first production, held in the Kew Recreation Hall was Leslie Stuart's Florodora. In 1957, the Company was subsumed in the "Q" Theatre Guild.Arthur Henry Dear was an employee of the City of Kew, acting as Hall Keeper of the Kew Recreation Hall in Wellington Street, and later the new Kew City Hall in Cotham Road. The Arthur Dear Collection contains memorabilia - tickets, programmes, invitations - as well as his identification badge. Items in the collection dates from the 1940s to the 1960s. The Kew Recreation Hall (Wellington Street) and later the Kew City Hall (Cotham Road) were major locations in suburban Melbourne in the postwar period for civic and private events including theatre productions and exhibitions. The Arthur Dear Collection (in conjunction with the scrapbooks compiled by Marion Tilley) provide a comprehensive snapshot of performing arts in Kew during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. The collection includes valuable data about performances, performers, directors etc., during this period.Theatre programme for a production of San Toy in the Kew Recreation Hall by the Kew Light Opera Company. The 4-page programme includes profiles, a cast list and advertisements. arthur dear collection, performing arts -- kew -- victoria, kew recreation hall -- wellington street, kew civic hall -- cotham road, city of kew, theatre memorabilia, kew light opera company