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Colour photograph - Newcombe Ball Team, 1978."Attached to photograph" Back Row- L to R: Sharon Fraser, Eric Kanga, Colin Doherty, Carolyn Ashton. 2nd Row- L to R: Shane Kerr, Kim Lun, Dirk Tompson, Lorraine Morton, James Patterson, Linda Rose. Front Row- L to R: ?, Peter Nanas, Alica Pavalo, Cathy Johnson, Julie Booth.

Posters of Res Ball featuring different themes

A boxed ball point pen and key chainuniversity of ballarat, merchandise, pen, key chain

The "Maids" Ball, 1938. Group photo on the dancefloor.balls, tatura, costume, female, male, buildings, historic

Owned and used by Mrs Daisy ParkinRotary egg beater with a patent ball driveSwift Whip, Propert Productionkitchenware

Ball 303s x 1 pkt of 12weapons, ballarat rsl, ballarat

Large hatpin with white wooden ball end.costume accessories, hair accessories, hatpin

A Lawn tennis ball. Materials: Cloth, Rubbertennis

Racquet and ball pendant. Materials: Silver/Metaltennis

A Wimbledon tennis ball. Materials: Rubber, Felttennis

A USPTA tennis ball. Materials: Rubber, Felttennis

Leather ball caddy Materials: Leather, Metaltennis

Bootmaking is a complex process requiring a variety of tools. The leather is cut to shape, glazed & burnished (polished) with heated irons. The pieces are stretched onto, & nailed to, a wooden last to form the boot. Once attached to the insole, the boot is finished on a metal last. Uppers are stitched with waxed thread through holes made with an awl. Heels comprise pieces nailed together & neatened with a heel shave. Metal plates, short nails or hob nails driven into the sole & heel, often in a pattern, improved durability.Cast Iron ball and ring bunion stretcher.boot stretchers

Cricket Ball from 1941-42 A Team premiership game, presented to Arthur Schrape for taking 8/42. It is a 2 piece red leather ballmurrumbeena, murrumbeena cricket club, cricket, cricket clubs, ball, arthur schrape

Cricket Ball from 1941-42 A Team premiership game, presented to Arthur Schrape for taking 8/42. It is a 2 piece red leather ballmurrumbeena, murrumbeena cricket club, cricket, cricket clubs, ball, arthur schrape

A colour table number display for the Shamrock Centenary Masked Ball held in April 1997, found tucked inside the Shamrock Hotel Centenary Ball menu.

The Mayoral Ball is long held tradition, usually held in the first few months of a new mayors election with proceeds going to a local charity. The 1972 Mayoral Charity Dinner Ball was held at the Bendigo City Town Hall with funds donated to St Luke's Toddlers' Home in White Hills. Catering was provided by the Copper Pot Restaurant, 2 Howard Place, Bendigo and the Frank Charles Orchestra provided the music. 4 minute 24 second black and white 16 mm film in original film can, labelled. 0340a; Label (no longer affixed to can) 0340b Film Can 0340c; Film Reel 0340d; 16mm filmLabel; A / BCV - TV / PRODUCTION / Subject The Mayoral Ball - 1972 / Duration 4 min 24 sec / Bendigo & Central Victoria Telecasters Ltd / Lily Street, Bendigo, 3550 / Phone (ill)3-0584Film Can Lid; EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY Film Reel; tuscan / HUNDRED FEET / Made in Australia by / Australian Reel Co. / Pty Ltd city of bendigo mayor, city of bendigo town hall, city of bendigo events, mayoral ball, mayor elliott, mayoress elliott, elliott collection

A tennis ball still wrapped in its original green cellophane seal. Inscription on ball: WM/SYKES/LTD./.../L.T.A. OFFICIAL BALL/1938. Cellophane is held together with a blue sticker advertising the manufacturer. Materials: Felt, Rubber, Ink, Cellophane, Adhesive labeltennis

Black and white photograph of a group of sportsmen in sporting apparel, with officials wearing suits."C Ball Linton District country week Cricket team 4th from left - centre row, Cecil Ball".sports, linton cricket team, cecil ball

These are two tickets issued by the Warrnambool Boomerang Club. This club was formed some time in 1934 and continued on until at least 1956. By the late 1930s there were nearly 200 members who took part in activities that included picnics, Christmas parties, balls, dances and dinners. Profits from the Boomerang Club functions were donated to local charitable organizations. No information is available on Messrs Gallacher or Abernethy. Mr Abernethy received a complimentary ticket as he was the President of the club at the time (1948)These items are significant items as examples of the activities of the Boomerang Club, an important social club in Warrnambool in the mid 20th century. These are two Boomerang Club tickets. One is a buff-coloured card for the Members’ Ball on November 4th (no year) with black printing and the other is a pink card with blue printing, a Complimentary ticket for membership for 1948-49. Both cards have a sketch of a boomerang. Card one: Club, Members’ Ball, November 4th, Name…. Mr R. Gallacher, Admittance only by this ticket. (Written list of dances on back) Card two: Boomerang Club, 1948-1949, Complimentary, S. Abernethy, President, W. L. Grant, N. B. Grant, Hon Secs. (on back – Mr S. Abernethy) warrnambool boomerang club, warrnambool

These hat pins represents women's fashion in the late 19thC and early 20thC. As the material used in the construction is not of a high monetary value it can be assumed it was everyday woman's apparel to keep the hat firmly fastened into the hair. It does indicate that fashion of the time was important and many women used their craftwork skills to create their own hat pins. This item is a reflection of the fashion mode of the late 19thC and early 20thC when long hair needed to be controlled by hair pins It is also an example of society's mores of tidiness 14 lady's steel hat pins in various styles numbered A -i A) 6x pearl tear-drop ; B) 1x pink metal beads;C) gold ball in 'oyster shell'; D) gold ball; E) pink plastic weave; F) silver metal ball; g) black bead; h) white ball; i) pale blue glass set in brassmoorabbin, brighton, early settlers, pioneers, cheltenham, craftwork, clothing

3 x hat Pins / Large 25mm hat pin with round wooden black ball on end / 12.5 mm hat pin with ball and tear drop shaped pearls plus three gold wire wings /18mm hat pin with white ball on end.costume accessories, hat accessories

Two flyers for the R.S.L. Victory Ball held at the Memorial Hall on August 17th, 1948. Mentioned are what will become of the proceeds of the Ball, the cost of the tickets and advance payment of tickets. G. V. Lansell, President, R.S.L. and J. W. Swatton, Hon. Secretary Ball Committee.event, social, victory ball, r.s.l. bendigo collection - rsl victory ball 1948, sub-branch club building fund, patriotic funds act, g v lansell, j w swatton

An unsealed Regent Sports Company 'Don Budge Tournament' tennis ball can. Flat top lid. Key winder and metal strip seal missing. Contains one original ball, and one unbranded ball. Materials: Metal, Ink, Rubber, Wool, Synthetic materialtennis

Cooper S.E. Ball Bearing Grinder made and guaranteed by Sunbeam Corporation Limited. Grinders like this example have been made the same since the early 1900s, with this grinder thought to have been produced in the 1960s. It is belt driven, with the other end of the belt being attached to an engine; the same engine that would have powered the overhead shearing equipment in shearing sheds. It was common for shearing teams to bring their own equipment, especially pre-1960 as most shearing sheds were not connected to power, and shearers preferred to work with their own equipment. The engines that powered the shears and grinder were typically fuelled with kerosene or petrol. The large circular disks are attached to the bolt that protrudes from the grinder and fastened tightly with a nut. An example of seeing a similar grinder in action can be found on the following link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7eimI_Gm9o. Inventor Frederick Wolseley made the world's first commercially successful power-shearing system in Australia in 1888. US company Cooper, which had been founded in 1843 as a maker of sheep dip, began selling Wolseley equipment in the USA in 1895. The Chicago Flexible Shaft Company successfully entered the power-shearing market a few years later and entered a joint venture with Cooper. It set up a branch in Sydney and sold shearing sets, and engines to power them, into the Australian market. In 1921 the US parent company, realising it needed to make products whose sales were not as seasonal as those of shearing equipment, made its first household appliances and branded them Sunbeam. In 1933, changes in exchange rates and taxes led the company to manufacture engines and shearing equipment in Australia via subsidiary Cooper Engineering, which changed its name to Sunbeam in 1946. Although most Australians know of this company as a major manufacturer of household appliances, its rural division flourished and retained the Sunbeam name for shearing equipment even after it was taken over by New Zealand company Tru-Test in 2001. The grinder is formed from a central arch shaped block of green painted metal. Much of this paint has been lost to age, leaving the grinder in a ‘farm used’ condition with much surface oxidation present. On the front of the arch is a specification plate, reading “Cooper S.E. ball bearing grinder. Made and guaranteed by Sunbeam”. At the foot of the arch, three bolt holes are found for securing the grinder to the base of a solid wooden surface. Two of the bolt holes are found on the front of the grinder, with another found on the rear. From the central arch, a bolt protrudes to the right of the grinder. This large bolt is for securing a grinding plate to the grinder. Above the central arch is a pendulum which holds the comb / cutter that is being sharpened. From the pendulum, a large arm extends down (not pictured) to meet and strike the plate spinning at a rapid speed. On the left-hand side of the central arch of the grinder, a wheel is found which a belt is attached to for power. This belt is then attached to a separate engine, spinning the wheel and hence powering the grinder. The wheel is partially covered with a section of protective bent tube, designed to provide protection from the rapidly spinning wheel. Below this wheel is the belt shifter. It is designed to move the protective bent tube from one side of the grinder to the other, to accommodate the grinder in the setup of different shearing sheds. The two separate grinding plates are identical. They have a slight slope for sharpening the comb and cutters in the correct method, with a slight bias towards the base, or “tooth”, of the equipment. The disks have a large central bolt for attaching to the grinder. They have tags on the horizontal axis of the grinding plates, for securing the plates in transportation, and to help with initial alignment when setting up the grinder. The reverse of these grinding plates has the same green painted metal finish found on the grinder. This paint is also in a ‘farm used’ condition, with surface oxidation present. The grinder would be provided from the factory with a comb holder, shifter for securing the grinding plates, emery cloth and emery glue. The emery cloth is what does the actual grinding and is applied to the grinding disks, replacing once well worn. These items can be seen in the final images in the multimedia section, showcasing advertising for this grinder. Plate. Inscribed. “Cooper / S.E. BALL BEARING GRINDER / MADE AND GUARANTEED BY / Sunbeam / CORPORATION LIMITED / SYDNEY MELBOURNE / ADELAIDE BRISBANE ”sheep shearing, shearing equipment, sunbeam, grinder

Musket ball found at the site of the American Revolutionary War battle of Valley Forge. This musket ball is typical of the weapons used in the Revolutionary War period 1775 to 1783.war, ball, projectile, musket, revolutionary, american, revolution

Historically this item represents women's fashion in the 1920s to 1950s. As the material used in the construction is not of a high monetary value it can be assumed it was a day to day working woman apparel to keep the hat firmly fastened into the hair. It does indicate that fashion of the time was important within the regionThis item is a reflection of both the fashion mode of the 1920s to 1950s when long hair needed to be controlled by hair pins rather than later manufactured hair sprays. It is also an example of society's mores of tidiness and quasi religious beliefs of covering the hair and head when outdoorsHat Pin with a forest green opaque ball headclothing, millinery, hat accessories, 1920 fashion