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Australian Gliding Museum
Machine - Glider – Sailplane, 1930s
This Dunstable Kestrel glider, which came to be known as the "Red Kestrel" on account of its colour scheme, was built from plans by Percy Pratt between 1936 and 1938. It was first flown in 1938. Thereafter, it was flown regularly by Pratt at Geelong, Victoria. At the national rally organized by the Australian Gliding Association in December 1939 – January 1940 at the Belmont Common, Geelong, Victoria, Pratt, in his Kestrel, recorded an exceptional 13 kilometre cross country flight of one hour 43 minutes reaching a height of approximately 5500 metres [Allan Ash, Gliding in Australia, p 86]. This Dunstable Kestrel glider represents a good example of a 1930s era sailplane. It is one of three of the type that currently exist in Australia. The aircraft is also important for Australian gliding history because it was built, owned and flown by gliding pioneer Percy Pratt.Wooden airframe covered with plywood and fabric. In course of restoration.australian gliding, glider, sailplane, dunstable, kestrel, bill manuel, percy pratt, belmont, geelong -
Australian Gliding Museum
Machine - Glider – Sailplane, 1940
The “Coogee” is an intermediate single seat sailplane designed and built by Tom Proctor in 1940. Only one was built. It was first flown at Stuart Hill near Bendigo Victoria in January 1941 and was maintained in flying condition until 1967. The aircraft was flown extensively by the Victorian Motorless Flight Group (now the Melbourne Gliding Club) and Geelong Gliding Club and several subsequent owners. This exhibit is a "one off" Australian designed and built glider similar in some respects to the Hutter H17. Its usage is relevant to the history of gliding in Victoria in the post war years. Also the aircraft provides an insight into gliding technology in Australia in the 1940s. Wood and fabric single seat glider sailplane with strutted wings and strutted tailplane – features metal framed perspex canopy, central fuselage skid and wheel, small tail skid, instruments include airspeed, turn and bank indicator; variometer and altimeter. Metal parts include struts and fairing covering wing joint. All surfaces are pink doped – awaiting painting.australian gliding, glider, sailplane, coogee, tom proctor, victorian motorless flight group, geelong gliding club -
Australian Gliding Museum
Machine - Glider –Sailplane, 1960
The FS-24 Phonix is the first sailplane design to be built using a moulded fiberglass sandwich technique. It was designed by Hermann Nagele and Richard Eppler leading a group setup for the purpose at Stuttgart Technical University in the early 1950s. Initial construction was undertaken at workshops of Wolf Hirth and the first prototype was completed at the Bolkow Aircraft Company where Nagele and another member of the group, Rudi Lindner, had gained employment. It flew on 27 November 1957. Two further prototypes were built incorporating a T-tail and other refinements. Eight in all were built before production was stopped in 1961. A number of gliding records were broken in Phonix sailplanes in Germany in 1962-1963. It was found to have a best glide ratio of 40:1. The Museum’s example, No. 403 was originally a prototype built on 25 May 1960 [Registration D-8354]. It was converted at Bolkow to a Phonix T in 1963 and sold to a private owner in Switzerland [Registration HB-746] and later then to gliding club Segelfluggruppe Solothurn in 1965. The glider returned to Germany in 1971 (Meersburg) and re-registered as D-0738. It moved to a new owner in Allershausen in 1976, and again to Lindhoft in 1982. In 1983 the glider was sold to owners at Hasselt, Belgium and given registration OO-ZQD. In 1989 a further change of ownership occurred and the glider went to Leusden in the Netherlands where it was registered as PH-949. In 2006 the Phonix No.403 was imported into Australia by John Ashford of the Geelong Gliding Club. On 30 January 2007, it was registered as VH-GRP. However, as at January 2016 it has not been flown in Australia. In the course of its flying history the glider was damaged several times and repaired. At one stage a larger rudder was fitted and later on this modification was reversed. With the original conversion to a Phonix T and subsequent repairs and changes to equipment the weight of the airframe increased from 182 kg to approximately 220 kg. Nevertheless, the wing loading is a modest 20kg/square metre. As at January 2016, minor repairs and airworthiness certification are required to return the glider to flying condition. This exhibit is highly significant as it is one of only eight of this pioneering sailplane design. It is the only one in Australia. Glassfibre single seat sailplane, finished white with blue stripes on fin and rudder.Australian registration GRP on rudder; Serial Number 403 and Vintage glider club of Netherlands plaque in cockpitaustralian gliding, sailplane, glider, fs-24, phonix, nagele, eppler, lindner, stuttgart technical university, bolkov aircraft company, segelfluggruppe solothurn, ashford, geelong gliding club. -
Tramway Heritage Centre
Photograph Album, Ray Pearson's Photo Album - Trams of Victorian Railways, Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong
This photo album was collated by Ray Pearson, a tramways history enthusiast and collector. It was donated to the museum in 2012 along with one other photo album, by his grandson.This photo ablum is significant for containing a large volume of historic photographs of vehicles, personnel and events related to the the Victorian tramways - particularly Victorian Railways, Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong tramways - from c1920's to c1994.Brown rectangular photo album (landscape format) containing photographs, newsclippings, postcards and other paper documents. The album contains 25 separate leaves plus a front and back cover. The album is bound on the left edge with brown cord, tied in a knot at the front. The spine and page edges are tattered and many of the photographs and documents within are loose.The front cover has a printed decorative border, rectangular in shape with a geometric pattern. The corners of the border also have decorative geometric shapes. Printed inscription within the border: PHOTOGRAPHS Hand written inscription in white-out or white pen: TRAMS of VICTORIAN RLYS. / BALLARAT. BENDIGO. GEELONG. Hand written inscription in black biro pen: RAY PEARSON collection Hand written inscriptions in biro and white-out or white pen for photographs and documents within. Sticker on inside left of back cover. Printed fine rectangular border with logo (depicting a lion holding a flag within a shield shape) and text within. On left: DICKINSON / LION BRAND / PHOTO ALBUMS On right: When ordering ask for / THE LUCETTA / ALBUM / Size of Leaf / No. 3011 10 X 8 / Also Stocked in / No. 3010 8 X 6 / No. 3012 12 X 10 Bottom edge outside of border: BRITISH MADE.victorian railways, photo album, victorian tramways, ray pearson, melbourne tramway museum, ballarat tramways, bendigo tramways, geelong tramways, melbourne tramways, vintage trams, historic tramways, cable tram, steam tram, dickinson, lion brand, lucetta album -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - NORM GILLIES COLLECTION: PAPER PAMPHLET
Paper pamphlet "Acquisition of Kay's Business, Geelong, Victoria" Directors of Gillies Food Industries Ltd. advise they successfully negotiated the acquisition of Kay's Cakes and Pies Pty. Ltd. "Kay's" businesses in Geelong and surrounding districts and Bellarine Penninsula Acquision effective 31st December 1987 Printed in blue ink on a foolscap sheet, bi-fold half sheet presentationGillies Food Industries Ltd. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - Last Tram at 11, 2008
Hard cover book of 198 pages. 'Last Tram at 11' by William F Scott. Tramways of Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong. Front of dust jacket has 3 B&W photos of trams. Rear of dust cover has a short intro by Professor Weston Bate. Illustrated with maps and colour and B&W photos of trams. Published by Full Parallel Productions, Clunes, Victoria in 2008. Printed by 1010 Printing International Ltd, Hong Kongtramways bendigo, tramways ballarat, tramways geelong -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - "My job in the motion picture industry"
John Ellison was working in Geelong for a few years during the war. He did not join his brothers and father in the army as he was rejected on medical grounds. This rejection related to a severe eye problem.A five-page typewritten report of a speech that the general manager of the Geelong theatre company in the early 1940s on the state of the motion picture industry at the time. Part of the Aileen and John Ellison collection.motion picture, geelong -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - Collection of writings
A collection of writings by John Ellison on various topics. Probably done during the 1940's. The letters are all type written. Titles are: "Seaside thoughts", "Just another front", "A glimpse into the past", The opening Geelong railway station", "Be popular", "Housing". Part of the Aileen and John Ellison collection.geelong railway, seaside, geelong buildings -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - PITTOCK COLLECTION: FIVE PITTOCK FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS, PITTOCK GRANDFATHER'S SLATE YARD AND J.E. PITTOCK LODGE MEMORIAL
Five family photographs: Three repeated photographs of Pittock Grandfather's Slate Yard, Ryrie Street, Geelong. Two photographs detailing Lodge Mmorial of J.E. Pittock, as follows: coloured photograph of Bro. J.E. Pittock P.M.W.P. Member initiated Sept. 19th 1865 - Died Oct. 8th 1915 During his fifty year membership he filled almost every office in connection with the Order, and at his death, occupied the positions of a N.D. Trustee, and Treasurer of the Corio Division. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BILL ASHMAN COLLECTION: PHOTOGRAPH OF TRAIN
Black and white photograph of Victorian Railways Loco Number 875 undergoing Scalebuoys tests on Geelong Warrnambool run with 2 men in train cabin. Description typed on back.photograph, train, steam train -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - HAMILTON COLLECTION: MARYBOROUGH AND MUSIC COMPETITION PRI, 1901
HAMILTON COLLECTION: Certificate awarded to Alexander John Hamilton by the Maryborough Branch of A.N.A. for first prize in Prepared Reading, at their 1901 Musical and Elocutionary Competitions. Printed on card in gold lettering with depiction of cherubs, flowers, maidens with bugle & Maryborough Civic Buildings. Markings - H. Thacker Lith. Geelong.person, individual, alexander john hamilton -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - HAMILTON COLLECTION: MARYBOROUGH AND MUSIC COMPETITION PRI, 1901
HAMILTON COLLECTION: Certificate awarded to Alexander John Hamilton by the Maryborough Branch of A.N.A. for first prize in Humorous Recitation, at their 1901 Musical and Elocutionary Competitions. Printed on card in gold lettering with depiction of cherubs, flowers, maidens with bugle & Maryborough Civic Buildings. Markings - H. Thacker Lith. Geelong.person, individual, alexander john hamilton -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - HAMILTON COLLECTION: MARYBOROUGH AND MUSIC COMPETITION PRI, 1901
HAMILTON COLLECTION: Certificate awarded to Alexander John Hamilton by the Maryborough Branch of A.N.A. for second prize in Recitation Gents Open, at their 1901 Musical and Elocutionary Competitions. Printed on card in gold lettering with depiction of cherubs, flowers, maidens with bugle & Maryborough Civic Buildings. Markings - H. Thacker Lith. Geelong.person, individual, alexander john hamilton -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - HAMILTON COLLECTION: MARYBOROUGH AND MUSIC COMPETITION PRI, 1901
HAMILTON COLLECTION: Certificate awarded to Alexander John Hamilton by the Maryborough Branch of A.N.A. for second prize in Recitation Gents over 16 years at their 1901 Musical and Elocutionary Competitions. Printed on card in gold lettering with depiction of cherubs, flowers, maidens with bugle & Maryborough Civic Buildings. Markings - H. Thacker Lith. Geelong.person, individual, alexander john hamilton -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LA TROBE UNIVERSITY BENDIGO COLLECTION: TRI SPORTS
Various items relating to triangular sports contests between the teachers' colleges between 1955 and 1960. They include programmes and an official luncheon menu with Miss J. C. Burnett's name on it.bendigo, education, bendigo teachers' college sports, la trobe university bendigo collection, collection, bendigo, education, tertiary education, students, staff, bendigo teachers' college, ballarat teachers' college, geelong teachers' college, sports, triangular contests, luncheons, menu, magazine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - LA TROBE UNIVERSITY BENDIGO COLLECTION: BENDIGO TEACHERS' COLLEGE TRI-SPORTS BADGE
A white envelope with 'Tri - Sports Badge' written on the front. On the left hand side at the top is the number 31. In the envelope is a proof of the badge and a negative. The badge has Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong written on the shield.bendigo, education, badge, la trobe university bendigo collection, collection, bendigo, education, tertiary education, bendigo teachers' college sports, ballarat teachers' college sports, geelong teachers' college sports, sport, teachers' college sports, sports, bendigo teachers' college, proof, proofs, negative, teacher training -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LA TROBE UNIVERSITY BENDIGO COLLECTION: VARSITY PLAN WORRIES TEACHERS
An 'Age' newspaper article titled 'Varsity plan worries teachers'. The Principal of the State College of Victoria Geelong Mr. David Boyd is concerned about the future of teacher training in Geelong since the legislation establishing the new Deakin University. This to be based on the amalgamation of the local teachers' college and the Gordon Institute of Technology. 26/11/74.bendigo, education, state college of victoria, la trobe university bendigo collection, collection, state college of victoria geelong, tertiary education, education, mr. david boyd, australian universities commission -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: 150 YEARS OF GOLD
Book titled 150 Years of Gold delivered by Peter McCarthy, Managing Director Australian Mining Consultants at La Trobe University, Bendigo on 26 September, 2001, the 2001 Sir John Quick Bendigo Lecture. Book cover, inside and out has a beige copy of a wood engraving of Hustlers Reef, Sandhurst with a tan tone photo of Peter McCarthy on the centre front. Mining is mentioned from the late 1840s to the present day. In the back is a career history of Peter McCarthy and a short life story of Sir John Quick. Also in the back is a list of past lectures from 1994 to 2000.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - 150 years of gold, peter mccarthy, australian mining consultants, la trobe university bendigo, robertson hyetts, sir john quick, quick hyett and rymer, quick and hyett, national library of australia, charles joseph la trobe, james gumm, hargreaves, melbourne argus, henry frenchham, the times, gibbons, james esmond, dr barker, thomas hiscock, alfred clarke, geelong advertiser, wat tyler, dunlop and regan, commissioner doveton, sub commissioner armstrong, captain dana, argus, armstrong, stewart gibson, margaret kennedy, convict's prevention act, micky o'halloran, throckmorton, anti-gold-license association, g e thomson, dr jones, 'captain' edward brown, eureka rebellion, sir john quick, mark twain, australian federation, mining exchanges, alfred deakin, the amalgamated miner's association, robert clark, britian's national miners' association, silicosis, tuberculosis, walter summons, bendigo amalgamated mines, great war, gold mines of australia, bendigo mines limited, nell gwynne, carshalton shaft, napoleon shaft, george lansell, fortuna villa, the four deborah mines, world war two, central deborah, north deborah, william kelly, the edwards works, newstead dredge, jim crow dredge, adelong dredge, calder freeway, bendigo mining nl, randolph bedford, cra ltd, sovereign hill, ballarat historical park association, rmit, melbourne university, macquarie university, australasian institute of mining and metallurgy, institution of engineers australia, mineral industry consultants association, joint ore reserves committee, ceo institute, anthea mccarthy, michele matthews, sir john quick committee, city of greater bendigo, the hon justice michael kirby, mr don blackmore, murray darling basin commission, dr janet mccalman, australian research council, dr john white, visy industries, dr al luloff, mrs delys sargeant, the rt hon ninian stephen -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - FAMILY HISTORY: WILLIAM WARBOYS BATSON
Family History - William Warboys BATSON 1815-1907. Mention in text of research being done at the Bendigo Library and cover of document has 'Mr Batson 9th? Bendigo Bowling Club; Family History etc.' handwritten. Otherwise, there appears to be no reference to Bendigo in the text of this document. Family settled in Geelong area with children later at Nhill and Clifton Hill. Account of journey to Australia in the 'Travancore' (1849) - one of three ships with immigrants settled by Dr. John Dunmore Lang. Location:person, individual, william warboys batson, william warboys batson. dr john dunmore lang. travancore. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - SHIPPING ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES VICTORIAN PORTS VOLUME 2 1846-1855, 1987
Compiled from newspaper reports, customs and other Government records and records of other Colonial ports, the list documents the arrival of vessels containing assisted and unassisted immigrants before and during the gold rush, the intra-colonial trading voyages, the growth in overseas trade from Melbourne and Geelong in wool, tallow skins and gold dust and the surge of activity flowing from the discovery of gold in Victoria in 1852.Marten A Symevictoria, history, shipping, shipping, transport, port phillip history, family history. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - HARRY BIGGS COLLECTION: BENDIGO HOME & HOSPITAL FOR THE AGED, 1 July 1975
Document. Harry Biggs Collection. 1/ An invitation to Mr & Mrs Biggs to attend the 13th Nursing Aide Graduation Ceremony at the Bendigo Home & Hospital for the Aged. 2/ A typed letter to Mrs. B. Goyne. The Matron of the Bendigo Home & Hospital for the Aged from A. Cox, Secretary to the Director of Nursing, Geelong. It gives the qualifications & experience of Marjory A. H. Taylor.organization, government, health, harry biggs collection, bendigo home & hospital for the aged. mrs b. goyne, a. cox director of nursing -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - HAMILTON COLLECTION: MARYBOROUGH AND MUSIC COMPETITION PRIZE CERTIFICATES - ALEXANDER JOHN HAMILTON, 1901
HAMILTON COLLECTION: Certificate awarded to Alexander John Hamilton by the Maryborough Branch of A.N.A. for first prize in Patriotic Song, at their 1901 Musical and Elocutionary Competitions. Printed on card in gold lettering with depiction of cherubs, flowers, maidens with bugle & Maryborough Civic Buildings. Markings - H. Thacker Lith. Geelong.person, individual, alexander john hamilton -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - HARRY BIGGS COLLECTION: DESTINATION EAGLEHAWK, 1965
Book. Harry Biggs Collection. A pictorial review of the tramcars of Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong. Poorly bound book of the history of tramcars of Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong. Compiled by K. S. Kings. Edited by J. Richardson. Published by Traction Publications, P. O. box 438 Canberra City ACT 1965. Destination series No 42. Price 6/-.organisation, union, transport, harry biggs collection, trams of ballarat, bendigo and geelong. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - JAMES HENRY CURNOW ILLUMINATED ADDRESS, 1888
An illuminated address presented to James Henry Curnow, Esq., by the Committee of the Geelong Jubilee Juvenile and Industrial exhibition. Hand painted and written on card with committee members signatured, decorated with flowers and with scenes of Melbourne Exhibition building, sailing ship and bordered by a design in blue/grey.Markings - H Frank and Co, Geelong.person, individual, james henry curnow -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - SYNAGOGUE - HEBREW - BENDIGO, 1889
Water coloured Postcards - set 5 of. Hebrew Synagogue, coloured image of synagogue on postcard, ornate scrolling on both sides of depiction. Postcard No.1 - Sandhurst Hebrew Congregation. Congregation established 1854, Synagogue consecrated September 1872 in Hopetoun Street. Building demolished 1926. No.2 - Ballarat. No.3 - East Melbourne. No.4 - Melbourne. No.5 - Geelong.Printed Valentine Sands, Melbourne.postcard, photograph, bendigo, sandhurst hebrew synagogue. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - STATISTICS RE GOLD ESCORTS SA & VICTORIA 1851 TO1856
Statistics re Gold Escorts (SA & Victoria re 1851-1856); author L J Blake, RHSV, no date. Statistics re South Australia (Mt Alexander to Adelaide 1852/53); Victoria (Ballarat to Melbourne, Geelong 1852; Victoria (Mt Alexander to Melbourne 1852? Escort Loadings Sample, Castlemaine 1853; Escort Loadings, all areas 1860; Total Escort Loadings, Victoria 1851 -1862.document, gold, gold escort statistics, gold escorts. south australia. victoria. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - VICTORIAN RAILWAYS - THE NEWPORT STORY
Typed history of the Newport Railway Workshops. Mentions the men who worked at the workshop, the locomotives that were built there, the different classes of locomotives, the equipment they used, and some of the work they did. Written by G. Donneau (who worked there) and dated 19-3-79.document, victorian railways, the newport story, g donneau, melbourne and geelong railway co, melbourne & hobson's bay united railway co, mr william meikle, solomon mirls, richard speight, sir james allport, midland railway, mr allison dalrymple, phoenix foundry, north melbourne loco depot, beyer peacock & co, mr a e smith, roger barnes, thomas tait, bhp, f j shea, commonwealth ordnance department, james rooks, london times, mr merz, mr mclellan, bendigo north railway workshops, ballarat shops, james taylor, donald mcgregor, julius aurelian sylvester barber, victor lethlean, melbourne institute of technology, prince of wales, queen victoria, w m shannon, sir thomas bent, puffing billy, harold winthrop clapp, francis boardman clapp, melbourne tramway & omnibus co, austral otis engineering co, melbourne university, franklin supply co, e h brownbill, heavy harry, locomotive mausoleum north melbourne, north british locomotive co, walter stinton, thomas smith, peter alexander, peter alexander, robert ferguson, king george v, english railway gazette, harry nunn may, merz & maclellan, arthur lowe, r h roach, w h chapman, l c rolls, g a swift, john mcrae, caledonian society, thistle club, bristol hotel, james taylor, george allibon, walter grimshaw, robert maybin, roy hodge, walter biddle, john ramsbottom, robert hewitt, james green, thomas waldhuter, giles dobney, mr richardson, mr arthur, sydney express, the age, mr speight, david syme, father gapon -
Puffing Billy Railway
Phoenix Foundry Plate
Phoenix Foundry Plate - replica Made about 2010 cast off original from locomotive Y112 The Phoenix Foundry (1857-1906) fabricated iron and brass products - including engines and pumping gear for the mining industry, locomotives, steam rollers, water pipes, water gauges and diverse small items. Throughout its operation the business was located at premises on Armstrong Street, Ballarat . Background In 1852, at the age of thirty-three and after a year of operating his own engineering business at Williamstown, Lancashire-born blacksmith and engineer George Threlfall (1819-1897) arrived on the Sebastopol gold plain and immediately undertook blacksmith work repairing picks and tools for the miners. Little did he know that this fledgling business would be the genesis of the most iconic business of nineteenth-century Ballarat. At approximately thirty-nine years of age, English mechanical engineer Richard Carter (c1814-1883) came to Australia on board the Arrogant - arriving in Melbourne on 19 April 1853. He soon travelled to the Ballarat goldfields. Born in the year 1830 in Belfast (Ireland), mechanical engineer William Henry Shaw (1830-1896) arrived in Australia in October 1853. He worked briefly with George Threlfall at Sebastopol, then moved to Geelong to manage the small foundry of Frederick Moore. Twenty-four year old English-born iron moulder Robert Holden (c1831-?) left his home in Belfast (Ireland) in late 1854 and travelled from Liverpool to Melbourne on board the James Baines - arriving in February 1855. Afterwards he joined his brother-in-law William Henry Shaw in Ballarat. History Foundation to Incorporation In March 1857 George Threlfall joined in business with Richard Carter, William Henry Shaw and Robert Holden. They relocated Threlfall's successful engineering enterprise from Sebastopol to new premises in Armstrong Street, Ballarat. This business was then known variously as the Phoenix Iron Works Company, Phoenix Foundry or Messrs Carter and Co. By 15 April 1857 they were advertising that they were open for business as engineers, millwrights, boiler makers, smiths, iron founders and brass founders. In January 1858 George Threlfall left the partnership. Incorporation to 1889 1890 to Closing locomotive Y112 Builder: Phoenix Foundry, Ballarat Builder’s Number & Year: 238 of 1889 Designer: Kitson & Co Wheel Arrangement: 0-6-0 No. in class: 31 Entered Service: 24 July 1889 Taken off Register: 11 May 1961 The origins of the Victorian Railways Y-class lay with the decision by Kitson & Co, Leeds to place a 0-6-0 freight locomotive on display at the Centennial International Exhibition, Melbourne in 1888, together with a 2-4-2T suburban passenger locomotive. This marketing initiative proved successful as the Victorian Railways were clearly impressed with these machines, with both purchased after the exhibition and becoming the patterns for new standard locomotive types. Thirty examples of the 0-6-0 heavy freight design were ordered from the Phoenix Foundry, Ballarat, becoming the Y-class for main line heavy freight duties, while the 2-4-2T design became the E-class for Melbourne suburban passenger duties (represented by preserved locomotive E 236). The Y-class prove successful in service and accrued high mileages. They were inevitably superseded by more modern and powerful steam locomotives and a number cascaded into shunting and yard pilot duties, often with the addition of shunters steps along both locomotive and tender. Y 112 was one of the last in service when withdrawn in 1961. Fortunately it was saved for preservation and plinthed in central Ballarat, ostensibly in commemoration of Phoenix Foundry. I understand it is owned by the Sovereign Hill Museums Association. During the 1980’s, Y 112 was leased to Steamrail Victoria and restored to operation at an industrial site in Ballarat. Y 112 features an attractive lined apple green livery and has performed various rail tours around Victoria since restoration. It is normally based at the Steamrail depot in Ballarat East. Y 112 is the only 19th century design in operational condition in Victoria and as such is one of the oldest working steam locomotive in Victoria . Historic - Phoenix Foundry Plate - replica Made about 2010 cast off original from locomotive Y112Phoenix Foundry Plate Oval shaped plate with an image of a phoenix centered at the top with lettering surrounding it.Phoenix Foundry No 238 Ballarat Company Limited 1889.puffing billy, phoenix foundry, ballarat, locomotive y112, phoenix foundry plate - replica -
Geelong Cycling Club
Shield, 1967
Geelong West Cycling Club have run track cycling competitions since its inception. This shield represents the importance to the club of track cycling winners.Provides history of track cycling winners at the Geelong West Cycling track and Velodrome between 1967 to 1884Wooden shield with nickel plated small shields attached to the wood. The shield represents the G.A.C.C. Senior Track Aggregate winners for the years 1966-1984. The top of the shield bears a banner in nickel with the name W. Pat Shaw 1967 and the middle of the shield contains another plaque with the words G.A.C.C. Senior Track Aggregate engraved in the plaque."W. Pat Shaw/1967/John Olsen 1966-67/Peter Wood 1967-1968/Brian Carnegy 1968-69/ Brian Carnegy 1969-1970/Rodney Perkins 1970-1971/ Stewart Hocking 1971-1972/John Hine 1972-1973/John Hine 1973-1974/Murray Heyers 1974-1975/ Peter McCaulay 1975-1976/Max Neagle 1976-1977/Noel White 1977-1978/Brett Shelly 1978-1979/John Hine 1979-1980/Doug Libbis 1980-1981/Paul Robertson 1981-1982/Paul Baulch 1982-1983/Wayne Drayton 1983-1984geelong cycling club; geelong west cycling club; w. pat shaw; john olsen; peter wood; brian carnegy; rodney perkins; stewart hocking; john hine; murray heyers; peter mccaulay; max neagle; noel white; brett shelly; doug libbis; paul robertson; paul baulch; wayne drayton; shield; senior track aggregate; 1967; 1984; -
Geelong Cycling Club
Wooden Shield, 2001
This shield has an important place in the history of women in cycling. This shield recognises the emergence of women in cycling.A mahogany coloured wooden shield with brass plated plaques containing inscriptions of winners of the senior women road aggregate during the years 2001-2006. There is an emblem of a cyclist and a banner at the top centre of the shield."Geelong West Cycling Club/2001/Kathryn Neuschafer/2002/Katherine Neuschafer/2003/Danni Hudgell/2004/Natalie Clark/2005/Brittany Foster/ 2006/Brittany Foster/ Senior Women/Road/Aggregate"geelong west cycling club; katherine neuschafer; danni hudgell; natalie clark; brittany foster; senior women road aggregate;