This item is on display in the gardens of the Bendigo District RSL Havilah Road. Refer photo .1) for details re manufacture, history and use..1) Plaque metal black on a stand with white text re details of the item. .2) Bofor 40 mm Anti Aircraft Gun M11 painted light green, mounted on a four wheeled base towed item.brsl, smirsl, bdrslinc, bofor, 40 mm, anti aircraft

Booknon-fictionAnalysis of late 19th century American and European writing, art, science and philosophy exploring cultural misogyny. Discusses the attitude to women as having only sexual and reproductive roles and being depicted as symbols of evil, passivity and sensuality, and ever dependent, while men were free to follow financially independent public and intellectual lives. painting, feminism, sexuality, violence, symbolism, mythology, motherhood, darwinism, pre-raphaelites

An anti war publication calling for the end of the war in Vietnam. antiwar, vietnam, gould, newsletter, protest, southwood press

This letter was written from Salisbury Plains, UK on 30 October 1916. It mentions the conscription vote. He has also passed his course for dealing with poison gas. He has been promoted to CPL. He hopes for promotion to Office. The soldier just signs as "Will".This letter is printed on cardboard. It is in italics. The colour of the ink is green. It is probably a modern day reproduction.passchendaele barracks trust, ww1, conscription, poison gas

Solid steel anti tank projectile with copper firing band from Centurion tank. Base has a large external threaded section. Centre has a burnt out and corroded hole. Practice round, has been fired.arms-ammunition-projectiles, military history-army

Shoulder patch is 2/4th Australian light anti-aircraft regimentArmy great coat, khaki wool, has metal shoulder badges reading “Australia”. Shoulder flashes T shaped denoting Tobruk, red centre T with triangular wedge shape greyish colour, white outline around shape.uniforms - army, costume - male uniform, great

Colour patch is probably 2/2nd Heavy Anti Aircraft Regiment.1. Jacket, wool. Colour sort of grey tinted khaki. Has 4 front pockets. Buttons are darkened AMF type - 4 on front. Epaulettes have darkened "AUSTRALIA" name badge on each collar have darkened Rising Sun Badges. Shoulders have a triangular shaped colour patch. Red and Blue triangle on grey felt triangle. Chest has a ribbon bar showing 4 service medals. 2. Trousers - wool - colour Khaki. 3. Hat - Khaki, slouch. WW1 style hat band. Darkened Rising Sun Badge- AMF. Service ribbons are; 39 - 45 star. Pacific Star. British War Medal. Australian Service medal.Trousers - in green texta - “21-95” in waistline.ww2, uniform, army, passchendaele barracks trust

The Bathurst-class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels designed and built in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst-class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.The corvettes were handy and reliable, and in addition to minesweeping, patrol and escort work they were employed on an endless variety of tasks including the carrying of troops and stores, participation in bombardments and assault landings, surveying and towing operations.Brown timber frame with grey mount containing print of ship at sea HMAS Corvette Presented to Wangaratta RSL by HMAS Mildura Association in Appreciation for honour of leading ANZAC Day March 1999ww2, corvette, minesweeper, ran

Born in Ireland 1864, Daniel Mannix entered into the Catholic Church and in 1917, he became the Archbishop of Melbourne. Dedicated to the community and its issues, he was known to have spoken against conscription. In 1963, at the senior age of 99, Daniel Mannix passed and was buried in St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne. Mounted b/w photgraph of Dr. MannixStamped on back: ALF. H. WALL / PHOTOGRAPHER / "Espero," 40 Brighton Road / St. Kilda / Tel. Windsor 3678clergymen, mannix, - (dr), george evans collection

Photocopy of picture in "The Argus" 16 July, 1953. with caption, "Pest control is an essential part of the training at Burnley School of Horticulture. Here Joan Fitzgerald (1953) sprays a bed of cauliflowers with an anti-insect powder." Part of article on Careers for Girls.female students, careers for girls, pest control, joan fitzgerald, cauliflowers, anti-insect powder, orchard

Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection.A black and white photograph of Australian Navy Sea King Wessex helicopters prepare to take off the flight deck of the "Vung Tau Ferry" HMAS Sydney to carry out anti-submarine sweeps around the Sydney and her destroyer escort.photograph, hmas sydney, vung tau ferry, wessex (helicopter), gibbons collection catalogue, australan navy sea king wessex, denis gibbons

Vietnam eraClaymore anti personnel mine collection consisting of : 00173.1 a replica of the mine proper 00173.2 the standard hand held firing device 00173.3 a sample of shrapnel from an exploded mine 00173.4 carrying bag 00173.5 Australian Army training handbookvietnam, claymore mine, cable

Cigarette Lighter , World war two vintage?, Hand made Trench art from military weaponry. 20mm in diameter. Anti tank?? Ammunition Note: Could be French Cigarette Lighter donated by Mrs D. Winspear on 18/08/1977

Photograph shows an anti- Plenty Gorge Park sign in Gorge Road South MorangPart of the John Ramsdale collection of slides and audio visual material.Colour photograph scanned from slide.No maker's marks. No caption on slide.plenty gorge, plenty gorge metropolitan park, melbourne and metropolitan board of works

This item's provenance is uncertain, but was probably collected by Bob as an interesting piece of anti-war ephemera.This is a tiny piece of papersnape collection

Atebrin was an anti-malarial supplied to Australian forces for use in tropical areas in WWII and Vietnam.This tin is representative of the experience of Australian service personnel serving in tropical areas throughout the 20th Century.Small green rectangular tin container. Embossed writing on the bottom. Hinged lid. Text inside the lid explaining the use of the contents. The tin is empty.ATEBRIN / (0.1 GRAMME) Tablet to be taken after a meal and followed by a large drink of water. The dosage (as ordered) in endemic areas, 1 tablet for every other day, except sundays (1 sheet per fortnight); in hyperendemic areas, 1 tablet every day, except sundays (1 sheet per week).malaria, atebrin, wwii, vietnam, medicine, treatment, tropical, new guinea, aif

Photograph shows house with anti-Plenty Gorge Park sign, Gorge Road South MorangPart of the John Ramsdale collection of slides and audio visual material.Colour photograph scanned from slide.No maker's marks. No caption on slide.plenty gorge, plenty gorge metropolitan park, melbourne and metropolitan board of works

The HMAS Derwent is listed in 1964 as a Anti - Submarine Frigate. Then in 1975 she appears as a Destroyer Escort.Ward room plaque t HMAS Derwent.

Small individual container of Australian Department of Defence issue foot powder for anti-bacterial treatment of the skin. Possibly issued to Australian service personnel during the Vietnam era. The container has a sliding perforated lid to enable the user to sprinkle the powder on the skin.The container is marked on front and back sides with the following "FOOT POWDER", "D /l\ D", "NET WEIGHT 2 OZS", "MANUFACTURED BY MURPHY LIEBERT PTY LTD SYDNEY AUSTRALIA" The side of the container is marked "PD 2/66".

Photographs of a Bren gun mounted on a tripod for anti aircraft use. The location is unknown. The first photograph shows an Australian Army Sergeant standing beside the Bren gun. The second photograph shows a group of seven Australian Army soldiers beside the Bren gun.

Two pages of typewritten notes entitled 'Anti Tank Barbed Wire, another Australian Invention'. It describes the manufacture of Barblok barbed wire. There is also mention of two other inventions by members of the Abbott family, the 'Scalebuoy' and PIV gear. There are 2 copies of these notes.topic, barblok barbed wire, h.a. abbott, r.h.s. abbott, barblok, barbed wire, scalebuoy, piv gear

Yields information about one of Ballarat's bogie trams at Dawson St and in particular one of the roof advertisements that were well written to catch attention.Black and White photograph of No. 42 at the intersection of Sturt and Dawson St, with the crossover in the foreground and St Andrews Kirk (Church) in the background. Tram has the destination of Lydiard St Nth and a "Bliss Bombs are Anti Gloom" roof advertisement, with St. Patricks Church in the background. Stamped on rear in black ink "Donated to BTPS by and Photo By" / "Chris Wurr 12 Truscott Street, Ararat 3377 (053) 52 3403.tramways, trams, sturt st, dawson st, bliss bombs, tram 40