A Jelinek World Ace Challenger tennis racquet, with string whipping around shoulders, and leather handle grip with arrowhead perforations. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leather, Vinyl, Adhesive tape, String, Painttennis

An All-Pro Ultra Top Qualitytennis racquet, with string whipping around shoulders , and leather handle grip with quatrefoil perforations. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leather, Adhesive tape, Fibre, Plastic, Stringtennis

A Goodwin Trophy tennis racquet, with cloth tape reinforced shoulders, string whipping around shoulders and shaft, and leather handle grip. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leather, String, Paint, Cloth tapetennis

A Wales Topspin tennis racquet, with string whipping around shoulders and shaft, and a leather handle grip with quatrefoil perforations. Materials: Wood, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Nylon, Enamel, String, Adhesive tape, Leather, Adhesive tapetennis

An unstrung L.T.R.P.C.A. "The Professional" tennis racquet, with slim shaft, ribbon whipping around shoulders and shaft, and leather handle with arrowhead perforations. Materials: Wood, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Enamel, Leather, Cloth, Ribbon, Adhesive tapetennis

A Franklin CFT-880 tennis racquet, with fibre-reinforced open throat and split shaft, and leather handle grip with patterned perforations. Materials: Wood, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Fibre, Leather, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Nylontennis

A wooden tennis racquet with a laminated, convex throat, and fine grooved handle. Inscription across crown and throat, on obverse: OLYMPIC/F.J. BANCROFT/PAWTUCKET/R.I. Materials: Wood, Gut, String, Leather, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Inktennis

An unmarked wooden tennis racquet, with solid convex throat, string whipping around shoulders, and fine-grooved octagonal handle. Most likely a part of a tennis set. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Gut, Leather, String, Painttennis

A wooden flat-top tennis racquet with solid convex throat, bevelled frame, thin lamination between throat wedge and frame, leather collar, and a fine-grooved rounded handle. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Gut, Leathertennis

A 'Popular' tennis racquet with solid convex throat, string whipping around shoulders and fine grooved handle with fantail butt. Name of model features across throat on obverse. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Gut, Leather, Stringtennis

A 'Tremont' transitional flat top tennis racquet with convex solid throat, an octagonal handle with fine grooves, and a leather end wrap. Model name printed across throat. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Metal, Glue, Gut, Leather, Inktennis

A wooden tennis racquet with composite convex throat and octagonal handle with fine grooves. Leather end wrap. Manufacturer name and trademark printed across throat: V....RY. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Metal, Glue, Ink, Gut, Leathertennis

An Andersons All England tilt-top tennis racquet, with solid convex throat, and long, slender, fine-grooved handle. Racquet originally featured leather collar around shaft. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Gut, Leathertennis

An F.A. Davis wooden tennis racquet, with laminated concave throat, cloth tape shoulder reinforcements with string whipping, and fine-grooved handle with fantail butt. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Gut, Ink, Cloth tape, Stringtennis

An Anton Laupheimer, Favorit Spezial Modell tennis racquet, with cloth tape shoulder supports, and plastic whipping around shoulders and shaft. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Plastic, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Cloth tape, Cloth, Leather, Enameltennis

A Grays Courtmaster, wooden squash racquet, with ribbon whipping around shoulders and shaft, and a leather handle grip with linked X-formation perforations. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Ink, Adhesive tape, Metal, Ribbon, Enamel, Glue, Leather, Guttennis

A Hollywood Strokemaster De Luxe Model tennis racquet, with string whipping around shoulders and shaft, and a Victor leather handle grip with rare trefoil perforations. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leather, String, Enameltennis

A Sport Style Tourney Black Supreme tennis racquet, with string whipping around shoulders, and leather handle grip with X-formation perforations. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leather, Fibre, Adhesive tape, Stringtennis

A Pinguin Davis Cup Model President tennis racquet, with ribbon whipping around shoulders and shaft, and leather handle grip with patterned perforations. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leather, Adhesive tape, Ribbon, Fibretennis

An Ascot 2070 Pro tennis racquet, approved by the Professional Tennis Coaches' Association (UK), with leather handle grip with arrowhead patterned perforations. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leather, Adhesive tape, Fibre, Plastictennis

An LFC St. George tennis racquet, with string whipping around shoulders, and leather handle grip with X-formation patterned perforations. Materials: Wood, Gut, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leather, Adhesive tape, Fibre, Vinyl, Stringtennis

A Brewer Champions International Model tennis racquet, with ribbon whipping around shoulders and shaft, and a leather handle grip with floral perforations. Materials: Wood, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Gut, Enamel, Ribbon, Adhesive tape, Leather, Clothtennis

A Wilson Young Champ tennis racquet. Racquet features red/white plastic whipping, and a crown and rod illustration on the throat on the obverse. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Plastic, Vinyl, Adhesive tape, Leather, Paint, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Inktennis

An unstrung Spalding 'Top-Flite' tennis racquet, with: black with gold, perforated leather handle grip; and, ribbon whipping around shoulders. Materials: Wood, Adhesive tape, Leather, Paint, Ink, Ribbon, Vinyl, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Plastictennis

An Horsman 'Tether' wooden tennis racquet, with laminated convex throat, & grooved octagonal handle. Horsman "Centaur" trademark decal features below the model name, across the throat on obverse. Materials: Wood, Metal, Lacquer, Ink, Gut, Leathertennis

Item in the collection re Craig Triffett. Refer Cat No 5997.5 for his service details.This is a pair of Army GP Boots. Made from leather with moulded rubber soles. They have been lacquered a shiny black. Size 11. They are ankle boots with 8 eyelets for laces on each side. The laces are black soft cordage, material unknown.Stamped inside the boots is “1/99” in white paint.army boots, uniform

Keys played an important role at Ararat Mental Institution. They locked away patients, medications, offices, wards, workshops and utility areas. Patients and staff would have been all too familiar with the sounds of doors being locked and unlocked. The board is significant because it contains keys that can only be used at Aradale Mental Hospital.Timber board containing an assortment of over one hundred keys mounted keys belonging to Ararat Mental Hospital [Aradale]. Keys secured to board with small eyelet screws. Keys and board are lacquered. Comes with two timber stands for display purposesNo serial numbers, engravings or manufacturers details. keys, mental institutions, locks

An unstrung Peck and Snyder tennis racquet, with solid concave throat, beveled frame, and originally featuring a collar and end wrap. Small head size suggests this racquet was part of an early lawn tennis set. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metaltennis

A Peck & Snyder Staten Island tennis racquet, with solid convex throat, cross-hatched handle, and originally, a wooden butt cap. Decals of model and maker feature across throat on obverse. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Ink, Guttennis

An 'Handicap' wooden tennis racquet, with solid convex throat, cloth tape shoulder reinforcements, and fine-grooved octagonal handle. Impressed inscription across throat on obverse: HANDICAP/SELECTED. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Ink, Gut, Leathertennis