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Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Photocopies, Gold Museum, Winter Timetable of the Ballaarat Tramway Company, 1999
Photocopy of the Winter Timetable of the Ballaarat Tramway Company, horse trams, dated c1890, detailing the services on the various lines. Comprises three separate A4 pages. Each sheet has the letterhead of the Ballaarat Tramway Company Limited, of 7 Camp St. Details services on the Gardens line via Boatsheds, via Convent, Post Office and Pleasant St., Drummond St, Lydiard and Macarthur St, and Skipton St. Noted that Saturday and Sundays were as at present. Alan Bradley - notes prior to 1893, no tramway services to Sebastopol. Sourced by Alan Bradley from the Gold Museum archives.trams, tramways, timetables, ballaarat tramway company, horse trams -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, “A” Company Victorian Rangers Stawell 1890’s
“A” Company Rangers Stawell 1890’sstawell -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stawell Gas Company Manager's Residence on the Skene Lane and Clemes Street Corner
Gas Company – Stawell - Managers Residence8 Clemes Street, Stawellstawell -
Clunes Museum
Book, John Woodland, Company mining in the Australian gold rush: "what should have been a great mercantile adventure", 2009
A Thesis by John George Woodland, Latrobe University, Victoria, Australia December 2009non-fiction A Thesis by John George Woodland, Latrobe University, Victoria, Australia December 2009bland, gold mining in clunes, victoria, australia, thesis -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Ticket, All Seasons Swanston Hotel, “The really moving theatre company storming Swanston Walk by Tram”, 1990's?
Ticket - printed on yellow card with numbers 1 to 30 around the outside, for the “The really moving theatre company storming Swanston Walk by Tram”, at the All Seasons Swanston Hotel, with detachable stub for a car parking and a drink voucher at Cafe Swanston. No date on ticket.trams, tramways, theatre, hotels, swanston st, stories -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Programme, Kew Light Opera Company, Our Miss Gibbs, 1954
The Kew Light Opera Company was formed in 1952, and mounted a number of musical and variety productions each year until it was subsumed in the "Q" Theatre Guild in 1957. Most of the Company's performances took place in the Kew Recreation Hall in Wellington Street, Kew. A list of its productions by year includes: 1952 Florodora 1953 The Cingalee 1953 San Toy OR The Emperor’s Own 1953 Celebratory variety performance 195? While the Sun Shines 1954 A Country Girl 1954 Our Miss Gibbs 1955 The Toreador 1955 The Arcadians 1956 The Maid of the Mountains 1956 Whiteoaks 1956 Good night Vienna! 1957 A Country GirlThe Marion Tilley scrapbook is a significant record of performing arts in Melbourne during the 1950s and 1960s. The scrapbook includes programmes, photographs, newspaper reports and personal annotations which are a rich source of detail about repertoire, performers, and artistic sensibility in the period.Souvenir programme isued by the Kew Light Opera Company for a performance of 'Our Miss Gibbs'. Performances were held in the Kew Recreation Hall on 27, 28, 29 30 October 1954. Inscribed on the cast list is a later note identifying that Clarrrie Armstrong died on 13.8.1985. The programme forms part of a scrapbook that includes programmes, photographs and theatre reviews for the Kew Light Opera Company and later "Q" Theatre Guild.theatre (kew), performing arts, our miss gibbs, kew recreation hall, kew light opera company -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Programme, Kew Light Opera Company, The Toreador, 1955
The Kew Light Opera Company was formed in 1952, and mounted a number of musical and variety productions each year until it was subsumed in the "Q" Theatre Guild in 1957. Most of the Company's performances took place in the Kew Recreation Hall in Wellington Street, Kew. A list of its productions by year includes: 1952 Florodora 1953 The Cingalee 1953 San Toy OR The Emperor’s Own 1953 Celebratory variety performance 195? While the Sun Shines 1954 A Country Girl 1954 Our Miss Gibbs 1955 The Toreador 1955 The Arcadians 1956 The Maid of the Mountains 1956 Whiteoaks 1956 Good night Vienna! 1957 A Country GirlThe Marion Tilley scrapbook is a significant record of performing arts in Melbourne during the 1950s and 1960s. The scrapbook includes programmes, photographs, newspaper reports and personal annotations which are a rich source of detail about repertoire, performers, and artistic sensibility in the period.Souvenir programme isued by the Kew Light Opera Company for a performance of 'The Toreador'. Performances were held in the Kew Recreation Hall on 4, 5, 6, 7 May 1955. Inscribed on the cast list is a later note identifying that the Musical Director, Clarrrie Armstrong died on 13.8.1985. The programme forms part of a scrapbook that includes programmes, photographs and theatre reviews for the Kew Light Opera Company and later "Q" Theatre Guild.theatre (kew), performing arts, the toreador (musical), kew recreation hall, kew light opera company -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Photograph, A Platoon of the 2nd, Pioneer Battalion Att. to the 1St.Aust. Tunneling Company at Rance in Belgium 19 Jan 1919
The 2nd Pioneer Battalion was an Australian infantry and light engineer unit raised for service during the First World War as part of the all volunteer Australian Imperial Force. Formed in Egypt in March 1916, the battalion subsequently served on the Western Front in France and Belgium, after being transferred to the European battlefields shortly after its establishment. Rectangular shaped black and white Photograph.A Platoon of the 2nd, Pioneer Battalion Att. to the 1St.Aust. Tunnelling Company at Rance in Belgium 19 Jan 1919 Sgt. W J Branch 3rd from right front row. army, rance belgium,australian army, lara r.s.l., !st.australian tunnelling company, 2nd pioneer battalion. -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Kew Light Opera Company, Goodnight Vienna!, 1956
The Kew Light Opera Company was formed in 1952, and mounted a number of musical and variety productions each year until it was subsumed in the "Q" Theatre Guild in 1957. A partial record of performances by the company includes: 1952 Florodora, 1953 The Cingalee - San Toy or The Emperor's Own, 1954 While the Sun Shines - A Country Girl - Our Miss Gibbs, 1955 The Toreador - The Arcadians, 1956 The Maid of the Mountains - Whiteoaks - Goodnight Vienna!, 1957 A Country Girl. Most of the Company's performances took place in the Kew Recreation Hall in Wellington Street, Kew. The scrapbook of annotated photographs, programmes, and newspaper reviews of which this item is a part was assembled by Marion Tilley, wardrobe mistress for, and performer in, productions by the Kew Light Opera Company and the "Q" Theatre Guild. It is significant as a remarkably complete document of theatre performances in Kew, Victoria during the 1950s and 1960s. The scrapbook, and the items individually catalogued within it, have artistic and aesthetic significance within the history of performing arts in Victoria in the middle of the 20th Century. They have social significance in that they reveal socio-cultural values and preoccupations during the period. The records also act as a history of arts activities in the Kew Recreation Hall and later in the Kew City Hall as entertainment and community arts and music precincts.Black and white photograph of cast members in The Kew Light Opera Company's Australian premiere of Goodnight Vienna!, performed during the 1957 Moomba Festival in the Alexandra Gardens and also in the Kew Recreation Hall. Goodnight Vienna! was composed by George Posford with additional lyrics by H. V. Purcell. The lyrics were by Holt Marvell who had written the book on which the musical was based. Goodnight Vienna! was produced and directed for The Kew Light Opera Company by Lance Nicholls with musical direction by John Trotter. The scenery and lighting was designed by James L. Alexander, while the costumes were by Ada Colton.Marion Tilley has written underneath the photograph: "In Alexandra Gardens. Moomba Festival"performing arts -- kew (vic.), scrapbooks, marion tilley collection, kew light opera company, kew recreation hall, musical comedy -- melbourne -- victoria, alexandra gardens - melbourne -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stawell Girl Guides of the 1st Ranger Company 1954
Stawell Girl Guides 1st Ranger Company 1954stawell -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Ranger Company Militia Soldiers 1910-1914
Group of Ranger Company Militia Soldiers 1910-1914stawell ww1 -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Wonga Cyanide Gold Recovery Company Mining Operations 1899
B/W photo Wonga Company Plant 1899Cyanide gold processing plant infrastructure. Conveyor belt at centre of photo, cyanide vats in foreground.stawell mining -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Postcard (Item) - Black and white postcard, Rose Stereograph Company, PANORAMA OVER MT. GRANT & LAKE MOUNTAIN FROM THE BALCONY OF GREEN LANES, MARYSVILLE, VIC, Unknown
A black and white postcard of the view of Mt. Grant and Lake Mountain from Green Lanes guest house in Marysville. The postcard was produced by the Rose Stereograph Company as a souvenir of Marysville.A black and white postcard of the view of Mt. Grant and Lake Mountain from Green Lanes guest house in Marysville. The postcard was produced by the Rose Stereograph Company as a souvenir of Marysville.F. Geoffrey Cobb Series No. 2 POST CARD The Rose Series/ De Luxe A Real Photograph/ Produced in Australia Published by the Rose Stereograph Co.,/ Armadale, Victoria.marysville, victoria, australia, greenlands, the spot, green lanes, sarah mclean, murdock mclean, geoffrey cobb, cath m anderson, mr and mrs a.g. clarke, e pigdon, bert patterson, guest house, postcard, souvenir, rose stereograph company, f geoffrey cobb, f geoffrey cobb series no. 2 -
Melbourne Athenaeum Archives
Theatre Program, The School for Scandal (play) by R B Sheridan performed by the Melbourne Theatre Company at the Athenaeum Theatre commencing 15 March 1977, 1977
First season held at Athenaeum Theatre by Melbourne Theatre CompanyProgram includes an article by John Sumner about the reasons why company moved to the Melbourne Athenaeum Theatre, noting that the Athenaeum is more suited than larger theatres to the intimate playing of straight drama.Program for a play; coloured cover - green; 16 p. includes articles about the play and the authorDraft copy of the program ( as pictured) and the final program with amendments as used for the production.athenaeum theatre, program, programme, melbourne theatre company, the school for scandal, r b sheridan, the university of melbourne, ray lawler -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Archive, Prince Alfred Quartz Mining Company Minute Book Dec 1874 - May 1885, 1874 - 1885
Minute Book for company Meetings Dec 1874- May 1885.Cover in poor conditionstawell, mining, prince alfred -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book - Reference, Samuel Taylor Coleridge et al, Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner, 1863
This book includes the classic poem ‘Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the lines of which are set out in twelve pages of double columns. Each section of the poem is titled, such as 'Part the Sixth'. The twenty lithographed line drawings by J. Noel Paton RSA illustrate major events of the story and repeat the applicable verse below them. Most of the drawings have the initials of the artist and the lithographer on the bottom corners, below which are printed their names. The margins of the poem contain printed author's notes. Interestingly, the printer's name is added as a footnote on page 12, at the end of the poem. The book is included in the Rare Books collection of Flagstaff Hill. Its description closely matches one of two copies of the book held by the British Museum. There have been other publications of Coleridge’s poem over the years, based on various editions of his poem and illustrated by other artists. When this book was first published, Paton’s illustrations were available individually for the public to purchase. The author, Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), was a notable late 18th to early 19th century English poet. He was the youngest of fourteen children. His father was a vicar as well as the master of a grammar school, with Samuel attended. Coleridge's longest poem, 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner', was written about 1797-1798 and tells of the experiences and adventures of a sailor. It was included in a collection of poetry titled 'Lyrical Ballads', jointly written with his friend William Wordsworth. The volume is considered the beginning of the Romantic era of British poetry. Coleridge acknowledges William Wordsworth in this poem, in ‘Part the Forth’ with the footnote “For the two left lines of this stanza, I am indebted to Mr Wordsworth. It was on a delightful walk from Nether Stowey to Dulverton, with him and his sister, in the autumn of 1797, that this poem was planned, and in part composed”. Sir Joseph Noel Paton RSA (1821-1901) is a well-known Scottish-born artist and painter of historical artwork, created the line illustrations in 1863, highlighting the main points of the poem. In the same year he also illustrated Charles Kingsley's 'Water Babies'. He was appointed Queen’s Limner for Scotland from 1866. The book was published in 1863 by the Art Union of London, an organisation whose members paid an annual subscription, and who received an annual prize of a work of art. The organisation was established in 1837 and membership quickly grew until the 1870's. Membership then slowly dropped off until the organisation was would up in 1912. Lithographer William Husband McFarlane, of Edinburgh, Scotland, created the black and white lithograph outlines from Paton’s drawings, illustrating many of the lines of the poem. The book of poetry and Illustrations was then printed by Neill & Company, Edinburgh, in 1763. The company was formed by Patrick Neill in 176. The company was known for inventing one of the early mechanical typesetting machines, which was used for the Company's publications as well as sold to other companies even into the early 1900s. The firm continued in business until 1973. This copy of the book was presented to Emily Taylor Smith by her father on September 16, 1867, four years after it was published. There is no further information available about Emily at this point in time.This Victorian era book of poetry with illustrated prints, the 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner' by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, is considered to be a rare book. The British Museum holds two copies, one of which is very similar in description. The book is significant for containing a poem written by the renowned British poet Samuel Coleridge, who acknowledges the contribution of a couple of the lines to his friend William Wordsworth. The book's significance is increased for being included in a collection of poetical works jointly written by Coleridge and his friend William Wordsworth, entitled 'Lyrical Ballads' and published in 1797. The printer of the book, Neill & Company, was known for pioneering an early mechanical typesetting machine. It’s significance also includes the collection of Victorian artwork within. Coleridge's poem is significant for being included in 'Lyrical Ballads', which is considered to signify the beginning of the Romantic era of British poetry. Book: large, burgundy linen covered, hard cover, with gold embossed title and images, landscape orientation. Title: Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Author: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Illustrator: J. Noel Paton, R.S.A. Publisher: Art-Union of London in 1863. Lithographer: W.H. McFarlane in Edinburgh, Scotland, 1863. Printer: Neill & Company, Edinburgh, Scotland Contents include the lines of a poem, with lithograph illustrations above applicable short verse. The cover and fly page have the same emblems. A personal inscription is hand written in nib pen inside the book.Printed: "COLERIDGE'S RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER" "ILLUSTRATED BY J. NOEL PATON, R.S.A." "ART-UNION OF LONDON, 1863" " W.H. McFARLANE, LITHOGr, EDINBURGH" "Printed by Neill & Company, Edingurgh" Emblems embossed on cover, and a repeat printed on fly page, include stars encircling a crucifix and a snake entwined around a cross bow with a branch in its mouth.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, coleridge's rime of the ancient mariner, rime of the ancient mariner, ancient mariner, samuel coleridge, j. noel paton, art-union of london, 1863, rare book, samuel taylor coleridge, art union of london, w.h. mcfarlane, william husband macfarlane, sir joseph noel paton, poem, emily taylor smith, 1867, romantic period, william wordsworth, lithograph, poetry, lyrical ballads, british romantic movement, literary work, neill & company edinburgh, j. noel paton rsa, mechanical typesetting, alexander neill fraser, mechanical typesetting machine -
Orbost & District Historical Society
book, Automatic Electric Company, Principles of Automatic Telephony, Circuits and Trunking, 1925
The Strowger switch is the first commercially successful electro-mechanical stepping switch telephone exchange system. It was developed by the Strowger Automatic Telephone Exchange Company founded in 1891 by Almon Brown Strowger. In 1912 Australia's first automatic telephone exchange was installed at Geelong. Victoria. The exchange equipment was Strowger Automatic telephone apparatus, manufactured by the Automatic Electric Company, Chicago USA. This is a useful research tool for the history of telephony.A 96 pp bound book with a dark brown cover. On the front cover inside a narrow black ruled frame is the title, "Principles of Automatic Telephony Circuits and Trunking" Below that is the logo for the Strowger Automatic telephone manufactured by the Automatic Electric company, Chicago.telephony communication manual-automatic-telephony -
Bendigo Military Museum
Print - PRINT WW1, FRAMED, Post WW1
The soldier in the photo is Nr 1366, Dvr Donald GILLIES of the 4th Field Artillery Brigade. The grey horse, Bess, was blinded by shell fire. The bay horse was Lady. Photo was taken near Villers-Bretonneux. For photo of the four Gillies brothers, refer to Cat No 3531. For book refer to Cat No 3534.Photographic print in colour of a soldier smoking a pipe. He is in uniform - slouch hat, jacket, trousers, puttees & boots, alongside 2 horses. Print is mounted in wooden decorative frame with floral arrangements at top, bottom & both sides. Frame is rounded at top & at each corner with curved glass front. Wire hanging strap on back.Written in black texta on back: “Donated by J Gillies” Stamped on back: “Empire Art Company Ltd”photographs, framed -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Programme, Kew Light Opera Company, Celebratory Variety Performance, c.1953
The Kew Light Opera Company was formed in 1952, and mounted a number of musical and variety productions each year until it was subsumed in the "Q" Theatre Guild in 1957. Most of the Company's performances took place in the Kew Recreation Hall in Wellington Street, Kew. A known list of its productions by year includes: 1952 Florodora 1953 The Cingalee 1953 San Toy OR The Emperor’s Own 1953 Celebratory variety performance 195? While the Sun Shines 1954 A Country Girl 1954 Our Miss Gibbs 1955 The Toreador 1955 The Arcadians 1956 The Maid of the Mountains 1956 Whiteoaks 1956 Good night Vienna! 1957 A Country GirlThe Marion Tilley scrapbook is a significant record of performing arts in Melbourne during the 1950s and 1960s. The scrapbook includes programmes, photographs, newspaper reports and personal annotations which are a rich source of detail about repertoire, performers, and artistic sensibility in the period.Souvenir programme issued for a celebratory variety performance. The programme forms part of a scrapbook that includes programmes, photographs and theatre reviews for the Kew Light Opera Company and later "Q" Theatre Guild.kew light opera company, performing arts, theatre groups (kew) -
Melbourne Athenaeum Archives
Theatre program, Equus (play) by Peter Shaffer performed by the Melbourne Theatre Company at the Russell St Theatre commencing 8 October 1974
Melbourne Theatre Company later leased Athenaeum Theatre 1977 -1985Paper program; 16 p. includes articles about the play, the actors and advertisementsFile includes three theatre reviewsmelbourne theatre company, part 2 season 21, equus, peter shaffer, the university of melbourne, the australian elizabethan theatre trust, melbourne city council, martin dysart, mick rodger -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Scotchmans United Quartz Mining Company Scene c1890's. Same as 2640
Scotchmans United Quartz Mining Company Shaft was 1,018 feet deep.Stawell Mining Scene from Big Hill. Close up view of the winding engine shed Poppet Head and Building Scotchman's United Mine. Rear poppet head Crown Cross. Upper Main Street visible left Back of Photo. Stawell 176 Miles from Melbournemining, panorama -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stawell Butter Company Factory with Mr Geo. Mitchell as the Proprietor c1920's
Stawell Butter Company Factory. Early 1920s. Geo. Mitchell Proprietor.stawell -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Container - Medication Ampoule, Woolwich-Elliot Chemical Company Pty Ltd, Sydney, 1930s
This anesthetic ampoule, once containing pure Ethyl Chloride, was used from the 1930s to sedate patients before an operation. It was made and distributed by Sydney company Woolwich-Elliott Chemical Company Pty Ltd. The company had a recycling program, as indicated by the lable offering "6d [6 pence] will be allowed on return to us in good order and condition". This ampoule was donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village by the family of Doctor William Roy Angus, Surgeon and Oculist. It is part of the “W.R. Angus Collection” includes historical medical equipment, surgical instruments and material once belonging to Dr Edward Ryan and Dr Thomas Francis Ryan, (both of Nhill, Victoria) as well as Dr Angus’s own belongings. The Collection’s history spans the medical practices of the two Doctors Ryan, from 1885-1926 plus that of Dr Angus, up until 1969. ABOUT THE “W.R.ANGUS COLLECTION” Doctor William Roy Angus M.B., B.S., Adel., 1923, F.R.C.S. Edin.,1928 (also known as Dr Roy Angus) was born in Murrumbeena, Victoria in 1901 and lived until 1970. He qualified as a doctor in 1923 at University of Adelaide, was Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 1924 and for a period was house surgeon to Sir (then Mr.) Henry Simpson Newland. Dr Angus was briefly an Assistant to Dr Riddell of Kapunda, then commenced private practice at Curramulka, Yorke Peninsula, SA, where he was physician, surgeon and chemist. In 1926, he was appointed as new Medical Assistant to Dr Thomas Francis Ryan (T.F. Ryan, or Tom), in Nhill, Victoria, where his experiences included radiology and pharmacy. In 1927 he was Acting House Surgeon in Dr Tom Ryan’s absence. Dr Angus had become engaged to Gladys Forsyth and they decided he further his studies overseas in the UK in 1927. He studied at London University College Hospital and at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and in 1928, was awarded FRCS (Fellow from the Royal College of Surgeons), Edinburgh. He worked his passage back to Australia as a Ship’s Surgeon on the on the Australian Commonwealth Line’s T.S.S. Largs Bay. Dr Angus married Gladys in 1929, in Ballarat. (They went on to have one son (Graham 1932, born in SA) and two daughters (Helen (died 12/07/1996) and Berenice (Berry), both born at Mira, Nhill ) According to Berry, her mother Gladys made a lot of their clothes. She was very talented and did some lovely embroidery including lingerie for her trousseau and beautifully handmade baby clothes. Dr Angus was a ‘flying doctor’ for the A.I.M. (Australian Inland Ministry) Aerial Medical Service in 1928 . Its first station was in the remote town of Oodnadatta, where Dr Angus was stationed. He was locum tenens there on North-South Railway at 21 Mile Camp. He took up this ‘flying doctor’ position in response to a call from Dr John Flynn; the organisation was later known as the Flying Doctor Service, then the Royal Flying Doctor Service. A lot of his work during this time involved dental surgery also. Between 1928-1932 he was surgeon at the Curramulka Hospital, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. In 1933 Dr Angus returned to Nhill and purchased a share of the Nelson Street practice and Mira hospital (a 2 bed ward at the Nelson Street Practice) from Dr Les Middleton one of the Middleton Brothers, the current owners of what previously once Dr Tom Ryan’s practice. Dr Tom and his brother had worked as surgeons included eye surgery. Dr Tom Ryan performed many of his operations in the Mira private hospital on his premises. He had been House Surgeon at the Nhill Hospital 1902-1926. Dr Tom Ryan had one of the only two pieces of radiology equipment in Victoria during his practicing years – The Royal Melbourne Hospital had the other one. Over the years Dr Tom Ryan had gradually set up what was effectively a training school for country general-practitioner-surgeons. Each patient was carefully examined, including using the X-ray machine, and any surgery was discussed and planned with Dr Ryan’s assistants several days in advance. Dr Angus gained experience in using the X-ray machine there during his time as assistant to Dr Ryan. When Dr Angus bought into the Nelson Street premises in Nhill he was also appointed as the Nhill Hospital’s Honorary House Surgeon 1933-1938. His practitioner’s plate from his Nhill surgery is now mounted on the doorway to the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, Warrnambool. When Dr Angus took up practice in the Dr Edward and Dr Tom Ryan’s old premises he obtained their extensive collection of historical medical equipment and materials spanning 1884-1926. A large part of this collection is now on display at the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village in Warrnambool. In 1939 Dr Angus and his family moved to Warrnambool where he purchased “Birchwood,” the 1852 home and medical practice of Dr John Hunter Henderson, at 214 Koroit Street. (This property was sold in1965 to the State Government and is now the site of the Warrnambool Police Station. and an ALDI sore is on the land that was once their tennis court). The Angus family was able to afford gardeners, cooks and maids; their home was a popular place for visiting dignitaries to stay whilst visiting Warrnambool. Dr Angus had his own silk worm farm at home in a Mulberry tree. His young daughter used his centrifuge for spinning the silk. Dr Angus was appointed on a part-time basis as Port Medical Officer (Health Officer) in Warrnambool and held this position until the 1940’s when the government no longer required the service of a Port Medical Officer in Warrnambool; he was thus Warrnambool’s last serving Port Medical Officer. (Masters of immigrant ships arriving in port reported incidents of diseases, illness and death and the Port Medical Officer made a decision on whether the ship required Quarantine and for how long, in this way preventing contagious illness from spreading from new immigrants to the residents already in the colony.) Dr Angus was a member of the Australian Medical Association, for 35 years and surgeon at the Warrnambool Base Hospital 1939-1942, He served with the Australian Department of Defence as a Surgeon Captain during WWII 1942-45, in Ballarat, Victoria, and in Bonegilla, N.S.W., completing his service just before the end of the war due to suffering from a heart attack. During his convalescence he carved an intricate and ‘most artistic’ chess set from the material that dentures were made from. He then studied ophthalmology at the Royal Melbourne Eye and Ear Hospital and created cosmetically superior artificial eyes by pioneering using the intrascleral cartilage. Angus received accolades from the Ophthalmological Society of Australasia for this work. He returned to Warrnambool to commence practice as an ophthalmologist, pioneering in artificial eye improvements. He was Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist to Warrnambool Base Hospital for 31 years. He made monthly visits to Portland as a visiting surgeon, to perform eye surgery. He represented the Victorian South-West subdivision of the Australian Medical Association as its secretary between 1949 and 1956 and as chairman from 1956 to 1958. In 1968 Dr Angus was elected member of Spain’s Barraquer Institute of Barcelona after his research work in Intrasclearal cartilage grafting, becoming one of the few Australian ophthalmologists to receive this honour, and in the following year presented his final paper on Living Intrasclearal Cartilage Implants at the Inaugural Meeting of the Australian College of Ophthalmologists in Melbourne In his personal life Dr Angus was a Presbyterian and treated Sunday as a Sabbath, a day of rest. He would visit 3 or 4 country patients on a Sunday, taking his children along ‘for the ride’ and to visit with him. Sunday evenings he would play the pianola and sing Scottish songs to his family. One of Dr Angus’ patients was Margaret MacKenzie, author of a book on local shipwrecks that she’d seen as an eye witness from the late 1880’s in Peterborough, Victoria. In the early 1950’s Dr Angus, painted a picture of a shipwreck for the cover jacket of Margaret’s book, Shipwrecks and More Shipwrecks. She was blind in later life and her daughter wrote the actual book for her. Dr Angus and his wife Gladys were very involved in Warrnambool’s society with a strong interest in civic affairs. He had an interest in people and the community They were both involved in the creation of Flagstaff Hill, including the layout of the gardens. After his death (28th March 1970) his family requested his practitioner’s plate, medical instruments and some personal belongings be displayed in the Port Medical Office surgery at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, and be called the “W. R. Angus Collection”. The anesthetic ampoule, once containing pure Ethyl Chloride, is an example of the medication used in surgery in the early to mid 1900's. The W.R. Angus Collection is significant for still being located at the site it is connected with, Doctor Angus being the last Port Medical Officer in Warrnambool. The collection of medical instruments and other equipment is culturally significant, being an historical example of medicine from late 19th to mid-20th century. Dr Angus assisted Dr Tom Ryan, a pioneer in the use of X-rays and in ocular surgery. Medication ampoule once containing Ethyl Chloride, a pure local anesthetic. Glass cylinder with metal closure, once used in the 1930s, VERY FRAGILE. Part of the W.R. Angus Collection. Contained 100cc; made in Australia by Woolwich-Elliott Chemical Company Pty Ltd, of Sydney. Printed text on label includes "ELLIOTT'S ETHYL CHLORIDE (PURE) 100cc / FOR LOCAL ANAESTHESIA / Manufactured by Woolwich-Elliott Chemical Company Pty Ltd, Sydney / Made in Australia" and "Conforming with requirements of the British Pharmacopeia 1932". Another label is printed "6d will be allowed on return to us in good order and condition"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, dr w r angus, dr ryan, surgical instrument, t.s.s. largs bay, warrnambool base hospital, nhill base hospital, mira hospital, flying doctor, surgical preparation, surgical medication, medicaiton ampoule, anesthetic ampoule, pure ethyl chloride, woolwich-elliott chemical company pty ltd, -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Gibbons, Denis, 135th Assault Helicopter Company 4
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 crew members from the 135th Assault Helicopter Company refuelling their aircraft, as they wait for a new tasking. The Unit was unique in that it was made up of half Australian Navy Pilots and half US Army pilots. The unit was stationed at Bear Cat, 3 Corps area, Vietnam.photograph, 135th assault helicopter company, australian navy pilots, united states army pilots, bear cat, 3 corps, gibbons collection catalogue, denis gibbons, photographer, vietnam war, crew members -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Kew Light Opera Company, A Country Girl, 1957
The Kew Light Opera Company was formed in 1952, and mounted a number of musical and variety productions each year until it was subsumed in the "Q" Theatre Guild in 1957. A partial record of performances by the company includes: 1952 Florodora, 1953 The Cingalee - San Toy or The Emperor's Own, 1954 While the Sun Shines - A Country Girl - Our Miss Gibbs, 1955 The Toreador - The Arcadians, 1956 The Maid of the Mountains - Whiteoaks - Goodnight Vienna!, 1957 A Country Girl. Most of the Company's performances took place in the Kew Recreation Hall in Wellington Street, Kew. The scrapbook of annotated photographs, programmes, and newspaper reviews of which this item is a part was assembled by Marion Tilley, wardrobe mistress for, and performer in, productions by the Kew Light Opera Company and the "Q" Theatre Guild. It is significant as a remarkably complete document of theatre performances in Kew, Victoria during the 1950s and 1960s. The scrapbook, and the items individually catalogued within it, have artistic and aesthetic significance within the history of performing arts in Victoria in the middle of the 20th Century. They have social significance in that they reveal socio-cultural values and preoccupations during the period. The records also act as a history of arts activities in the Kew Recreation Hall and later in the Kew City Hall as entertainment and community arts and music precincts.Sepia-toned photograph of Nancy Ball and Stan Wilson in the Kew Light Opera Company's production of A Country Girl by Lionel Monckton. The production was performed in the Kew Recreation Hall in June 1957. Stan Wilson played 'Geoffrey Challoner' while Nancy Ball played ' Marjorie Joy'. Inscribed underneath the photo in the scrapbook by Marion Tilley: "Nancy Ball. Stan Wilson."performing arts -- kew (vic.), scrapbooks, marion tilley collection, kew light opera company, kew recreation hall, musical comedy -- melbourne -- victoria -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Photograph (item) - Black and white photographs, Rose Stereograph Company, Beauty Spots In Australia-Marysville, 1913-1967
An envelope with 12 black and white photographs of scenic attractions taken in and around Marysville in Victoria. The photographs were used for a series of photographs and postcards published by the Rose Stereograph Company in Armadale, Victoria.An envelope with photographs of scenic attractions taken in and around Marysville in Victoria.12 Real Photographs/ For Your Snapshot Album PRODUCED IN AUSTRALIA/ BY The Rose/ Stereograph Company PRINTERS & PHOTOGRAPHIC/ PUBLISHERS/ Armadale, Victoria PRICE/ 1/6keppel falls (image 1), cumberland falls (image 2), track to cora lynn falls (image 3), nichol's lookout (image 4), cameron cascades (image 5), stevenson falls (image 6), taggerty river (image 7), main street (image 8), glover walk (image 9), from murray pass (image 10), cora lynn falls (image 11), taggerty river (image 12), rose series postcard, rose stereograph company, souvenir -
Australian Commando Association - Victoria
Book, Strike Swiftly - 40 years of 2 Commando Company - 1955 -1995, Printed January 1995
It gives a concise history of 2 Commando Company, from 1955 when it was formed, to 1995, giving details of its Officers Commanding, including its founding OC, their philosophies, and general and significant Company events and personnel over the 50 years. It has 3 chapters describing the development of Australia's Special Forces.Written to mark the 40th anniversary of 2 Commando Company, and presented to all 2 Commando Association members and friends who attended the 40th anniversary dinner in February 1995. Gives a 40 year history of the Company. Soft cover; White cover, green main title. Contains chronological concise history of the Unit, also with themed chapters, with limited photographs. Cover photo of Commando rock climbing, wearing green beret.NLA ISBN 0 646 22208 2. Copyright 1995.40th anniversary- 2 commando company- 2 commando association-40th anniversary-officer commanding- founding oc-australia special forces -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photographs, Company Quartermaster Edwin John Martin, 1941
Photographs & details of Company Quartermaster Edwin John Martin at Dhurringile Internment and POW Camp -
City of Ballarat Libraries
Photograph - Card Box Photographs, Electric Supply Company of Victoria Ltd, Ballarat c1915
The Electric Supply Company Ltd was located in Wendouree Parade. This appeared in the Ballarat Homecoming publication.electric supply company ltd, building, manufacturing, ballarat, ballarat homecoming, wendouree parade -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Jubilee Open Cut Wonga Company ore body 1899
B/W photo Jubilee Open Cut - Wonga Company ore body 1899Rock wall of open cut.stawell mining