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Melbourne Legacy
Photograph, Widows function at Legacy House, 1989
Photograph of Legacy widows gathered around a table upon which one widow is dancing barefoot. It is probably a widows club meeting. Widows would meet regularly and it was an important social outlet for them. The newspaper article appeared in The Age on 3 March 1989. The caption explains that at a Legacy Widows' singalong Mrs Peg Garrett (69) showed she hadn't slowed down and 'led the singalong with an exuberance that was the envy of the the other guests.'A record that Legacy provided social gatherings for the benefit of Legacy widows.Black and white photo of a lady on a table and a photocopy of a newspaper article.Newspaper article is titled 'Move over, Minnelli, another star is born.'widows, activities -
Vision Australia
Slide - Image, Boy holding Taylor slate
A boy sits in the board room at the RVIB building in St Kilda Road, holding a Taylor's mathematical slate. Developed by Rev. William Taylor in the mid-late 19th century, this English invention provided a device that allowed pegs to represent a variety of numbers upon an array, rather than using raised numbers. Various models were produced around the world before it's eventual demise around the early 1970's.B/W image of a boy holding a metal grid in his laproyal victorian institute for the blind, braille equipment -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Furniture, Flaschner, Bentwood Chair Swintons Store, early 20th Century
This chair comes from Swintons Stores in Warrnambool and is said to have been used as a "Santa Chair" at Christmas time. Wiliam and Ann Swinton arrived in Australia in 1854. William, a builder opened a grocery, china and glassware store in Timor Street, Warrnambool in 1865. By 1888 the firm was known as William Swinton and Sons. Branch stores were opened at South Warrnambool, Raglan Parade, Wangoom, Cudgee and Nullawarre. In1934 the business split into two companies, Swintons Pty. Ltd. and George Swinton and Sons Pty. Ltd. The Swinton family still operate a business in Timor Street, Warrnambool, making it one of the oldest family businesses still operating in Australia.This chair is of considerable interest as it comes from the Swintons stores in Warrnambool and this is a business that has been operating in Timor Street since 1865.This is a wooden ( bent wood) chair with a round seat attached to the back by wooden screws. The seat insert, possibly basket wear is missing. There is a lower circular piece of wood under the seat and this is broken at one end. There are four bowed legs. The back of the chair has turned wood with three middle slats and two sides attached by wooden pegs and screws. The seat has two bent wood handles, currently detached . The chair is stained and a little chipped.Austria Flaschner Lodenbach a/ F (Autriche)swintons pty. ltd. warrnambool, history of warrnambool -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Print, Sigi Gabrie, Play in swing in carnival tent, 1973
Print Council of Australia Members' Print Commission, 1973Image of a purple enclosure - one continuous tent wall with an open back. No roof. Front entrance is indicated by a partition to one side of the tent, edged in brown, opening in an inverted 'v'. Inside the tent is a swing with a seat and chains aloft in swinging motion. A black rope lies on the ground. Five black poles hold up the tent walls, secured by green cords to black pegs in the ground/ Mounted in dark cream matt and in a wooden frame with glass glazing.Front: 30/60 (lower left) "Play in swing in carny tent" (centre) Sigi Gabrie 73 (lower right) (pencil) Back: Sigi Gabrie "Play - in wing in carny tent" (1973) Silk screen and Litho (top left) (Typed table) -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Wool Spindle, Fletcher Jones Winding spool, Circa early/ mid 20th century
This object is used to wind yarn ,typically wool from a skein or hank into a ball from which it can be worked into the required garment. The skein is placed around the four pegs on the ends of each arm and wound from this into a ball. The movable arm facilitate easier winding of the yarn. It is thought that this may have come from Fletcher Jones factory where it was probably used more to rewind cotton onto reels. Either use is possible.This item or those similar would have been a well used tool in many households before the time of woollen yarn being purchased in balls. As such it has social and historical significance as well as being useful as an item to create discussion.Square wooden base with bevelled edge and central post from which is screwed two wooden strips of wood. A shorter piece of wood is riveted to each end of these two pieces and these have dowel running upright from each end. The top section is movable and can be extended or contracted as required. Light brown in colour.165 on sticker on bottom.warrnambool, wool winder, skein winder, fletcher jones -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Framed Document, Kevin Staines, "Port Melbourne Bus Depot - 1937 - 1966 Honor Board", Mar. 2016
Framed presentation of the "Port Melbourne Bus Depot - 1937 - 1966 Honor Board", listing the bus drivers, conductors and conductresses whose name appeared on the Yard Sheet on the last day of the depot - 30/6/1966. It opened on 9/12/1937. Includes some of the known Officers and one of the revenue clerks. Prepared by Kevin Stanes 2016. Framed with a commercial black plastic frame with a light wood back, glass sheet and various clips and suspension points. Listing of names and other information provided by Kevin Stanes by email: Port Melbourne list - see htd1443 - Port Melbourne Bus Depot Employees List.doc in the documents file. For email and recollections in particular about Doncaster - see htd1443email.pdftrams, tramways, port melbourne, buses, drivers, conductors, officers, depots -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Pennant, St John's Bowles Club, Second half of 20th century
These pennants have all been awarded to the premier bowls team in the Warrnambool district. The Warrnambool District Bowls Association includes the bowls clubs of Dennington, Koroit, Terang, Port Fairy, Timboon, Warrnambool, Lawn Tennis and City Memorial. As the pennants have come from the now-defunct St. John’s Bowls Club of Warrnambool it is presumed that the St. John’s Club was the recipient of the pennants. St. John’s Club ceased to operate in 2013. It was associated with St. John’s Presbyterian Church and was situated in Princess Street. These pennants are of some interest as being mementoes of St. John’s Bowls Club, Warrnambool. This club was a prominent sporting club in Warrnambool for over 80 years. Bowls is a popular sport in Warrnambool.These are 13 triangular-shaped pennants. They are multi-coloured and made of felt cloth. Some are yellow and green, some are dark blue and white, some are yellow and blue and some are yellow and white. They are all pennants awarded for the premier teams in local Warrnambool bowls clubs, ranging in date from 1959 to 1981. The lettering has been glued on and all have cloth tabs at the base of the triangle for attachment to pegs or a pole. They are mostly in good condition though a couple are rubbed and worn. The pennants have the lettering ‘W.D.B.A.’ (Warrnambool District Bowls Association) and the word ‘Premiers’ and the date.st. john’s bowls club warrnambool, warrnambool district bowls association, warrnambool -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: CROWNING GLORY
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2001. Crowning glory: to raise funds for extensions to st Aidan's Orphanage, a series of ''queen'' competitions were held throughout the Diocese of Sandhurst. After months of fetes, raffles, house parties, dances, etc; the grand final climax was the crowning of the ''queen'' at the Princess Theatre. Pictured is Lil Delaney as the ''queen'', two standing are Alma Waldron and Carmel McInerny and the train bearers are Gloria Patten and Peg Elliot; circa 1926. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ''THE CHINESE'': HISTORY TUTORIAL PAPER BY WENDY ALLAN
''The Chinese'' - typed 8 paged History tutorial paper by Wendy Allan (no date or other information). Covers - early (pre discovery of gold) use of Chinese ('coolie) labour for farming purposes; gold- era Chinese and 'agents'; overland from Robe; attitudes to Chinese; Chinese camps in Bendigo ( Ironbark; White Hills; Back Creek; Charcole Gully; Kangaroo Flat; Long Gully; Peg Leg); crime; resentment; post-alluvial;developments union exclusion of Chinese. Bibliography.Wendy Allanbendigo, chinese, history, labor shortage. chinese labor. asiatic coolie-labour. captain king. governer gipps. ironbark. white hills. back creek. charcoal gully. kangaroo flat. long gully. peg leg. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Domestic Object - JOSEPH & CO, SANDHURST, CLOCK
Large round cedar cased wall clock with black hands and Roman numerals on a white painted metal dial pan. Time only with a chain driven fusee movement, brass bezel with flat glass. 1 side and 1 bottom inspection doors, top and bottom wall securing hooks, front of clock secured to case with wooden pegs. Brass pendulum with circular brass bob, rating nut and suspension spring. Written on clock face 'Joseph & Co., Sandhurst' (Bendigo).Joseph & Co Sandhursthorology, clocks, joseph & co -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Instrument - Musical, violin
The violin is an example of a stringed musical instrument used from the fifteenth century for entertainment and pleasure in homes and public performances. Over time, the design has been developed and refined. Violin, Bow and Case. The violin has no markings, and it only has two strings. The wooden case is painted black and has a metal handle. It is lined with green felt and patterned paper. The bow is wooden and fully stringed, with a mother pearl decoration on the frog and a black cloth tape pad. Accessories include Tailpiece, Tuning Peg, four empty packets labelled "Kubelik" strings, four pieces of Resin, a resin wrapper and a silver bar with threaded screw T piece.On paper packets: "Kubelik" flagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, musical instrument, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, maritime village, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, violin, violin case, violin accessories, leisure, entertainment, stringed instrument -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Domestic Object - JAMES MURRAY AND CO. ONE HANDED CLOCK
Wall clock in a round cedar case with a single black stationery hour hand and moving brass dial, black Roman numerals surrounded by a brass outer ring with a stippled look, brass bezel painted black with flat glass, 1 side and 1 bottom inspection doors, top hook for hanging, front of clock secured to case with wooden pegs. Brass pendulum with bob. Time only Fusee chain driven movement. Dial engraved 'James Murray & Co Inventors Melbourne & Royal Exchange London.James Murray & Co Inventors Melbourne & Royal Exchange Londonhorology, clocks, one handed, horology-clocks-james murray & co -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - NEW CHUM LINE OF REEF - GOLD PRODUCTION ON THE NEW CHUM LINE OF REEF
Handwritten page containing the names of mines and the number of ounces of gold they produced. Mines mentioned are: Lansell's 222, Lazarus New Chum, Old Chum, New Chum & Victoria, North Old Chum, Lansell's Big 180, Victoria Quartz, Gt Central Victoria, Victoria Consols, South Adventure Group, Adventure, Advance, Try - Me - Well, Prince Alfred, Alfred Co, Lansell's 83 and Ironbark (no production figures). Note beside Alfred & Co - Land pegged by J R Evans in 1857.document, gold, new chum line of reef, gold production on the new chum line of reef, lansell's 222, lazarus new chum, old chum, new chum & victoria, north old chum, lansell's big 180, victoria quartz, gt central victoria, victoria consols, south adventure group, adventure, advance, try - me - well, prince alfred, alfred co, lansell's 83, ironbark, j r evans -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Tool - Auger, Robert Sorby, First half of the 20th Century
A scotch eye auger is perfect for quickly making holes in dry or wet wood for making chairs, stools, and any number of woodworking projects. The scotch eye serves as a peg gauge and whatever peg you make to go into the hole should fit into the augers eye. Robert Sorby & Sons: The forbearer's of Robert Sorby had been cutlers in the Sheffield region of England, dating from the mid 17th century. Robert Sorby and Sons were registered in Sheffield in 1828 as a manufacturer of edge tools, saws, scythes and hay knives. In addition to manufacturing tools, they also diversified into the manufacture of crucible steel for tool manufacture. From circa 1860-1967, the Sorby factory in Sheffield was known as the “Kangaroo Works”. The Kangaroo Brand of tools was made by Robert Sorby & Sons. During the 19th century, they had a large trade in Australasia. By the early 20th century, they were manufacturing carving tools, planes and plane irons, circular saws, wood saws, butchers saws and cleavers, garden tools, pruning knives, coopers’ knives, bricklayers tools and joiners tools. In 1923 Robert Sorby & Sons was bought by Sheffield company Hattersley and Davidson. They are today one of the few remaining British tool manufacturers.The company has a long tradition of making edged tools for various uses and exporting them to Australia, however the subject item was probably made from the early 20th century up until 1967 when the company stopped exporting to Australia.Scotch Eye Auger, Double Twist with Lead Screw, square shaft, socket set at right angleRob Sorbey Sheffield stamped on shaft with Kangaroo trade markflagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, ring auger, carpenders tools, hole drilling, rob sorby & sons -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Wettenhall Family from Carr's Plains
-10a Mingawalla House via Callawadda -10b Carrs Plains 1949, Hubert Wettenhall , Jack Cunningham, Peg Moodie, Charles Moodie , Bill Cunningham, Christine Moodie, John Cunningham, Arthur Cunningham, Richard Moodie, Warwick Moodie -10c Carrs Plains Feb 1938. Jack Cunningham, Mollie Wettenhall, Hubert Wettenhall, Pat Wettenhall, Herbert Wettenhall & (Mr Ray Holmes, Teacher at Dadswell’s School -10d Family Gathering at Carrs Plains about 1940. L-R Back. Patricia Campbell, John Campbell, Barbara Cunningham, Peg Wettenhall, Jack Cunningham, Hubert Wettenhall, Front, Dad (Herbert Wettenhall) with Bill Cunningham & Mother (Mary or Molly Wettenhall), -10e Family at the Bolangum Ranges Picnic 1920’s -10f Jack Cunningham in Voluntary Defense Corp St Leonards 1943 -10g Jack Cunningham in Voluntary Defense Corp St Leonards 1943 -10h Madge Anderson, Barbara Cunningham, Bill & John Cunningham at Stawell Station about 1944 -10i Barbara Cunningham in St Leonard’s property Garden. May 1937 -10j John Campbell Mingawalla via Marnoo c 1940 Bulldog Tractor Series of 1o smallish B/W Family PhotographsNames on Back -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Leisure object - Board Game, Solitaire: The well-known game, 1950s
Solitaire is a game for a single player that is played with pegs or marbles on a wooden board. The game consists of 32 marbles and a wooden board with 33 dents in it. The game is set up by placing 32 marbles in 32 dents, leaving the centre dent empty. The aim of the game is to remove every marble except one – and the last one must end up in the centre dent.To remove a marble, you have to move one marble over another marble, landing in an empty dent. Marbles can move up, down, left or right but never diagonally.Plain cardboard box with colourful graphic design of the game on the lid. The box encloses the round wooden playing board while the plastic marbles are contented in plastic wrapping in their own compartment. A note in pencil on the lid of the box, written by the donor, notes that three of the 36 marbles are missing.Label on box: "SOLITAIRE / THE WELL_KNOWN / GAME / Full Instructions Enclosed / Made in Germany"board game, games and puzzles, board games -- solitaire -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: SCHOOL'S IN
Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from Tuesday, June 22, 2004. School's in: Bendigo's School of Mines in the 1940s provided the venue for a number of training classes. This group of women were undertaking a turning and fitting class, as training for employment at the Bendigo Ordnance Factory. Back row from left: Isabel Widmar, Peg Bourke, Marje Harris, Mary Fittis, John McCormick, Mollie Reed, Dorothy Holmberg and Isabel Rosewarne. Front row: Gladys Evans, Rose Crossman, Ida Murphy, Betty Harreton, Joan Cousins and Dulce Box.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Tennis Australia
Lawn tennis set, Circa 1890
A wooden chest (.1) containing lawn tennis and badminton equipment, specifically: a badminton net (.2); a tennis net (.3); net posts (.4 - .5, 3 parts each); guy ropes (.6 - .7); rope (.8); pegs (.9 - .12; and, a mallet (.13). Orange and white print across inside of lid features inscription: THE GAME OF/LAWN TENNIS. A sticker adhered above reads: FURNISHING [...IRO]NMONGER/JAMES HAWKINS/35 HIGH STREET/TUNBRIDGE WELLS. Materials: Wood, Metal, Lacquer, Cord, Ink, Paper, Ropetennis -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: DEMURE
BHS CollectionBendigo Advertiser '' The way we were'' from 2002. Demure: all dressed up for the 3BO ball on October 8, 1941, are; back row: Rose Crossman, Elaine Boyd, Lillian Barker, Doris Harvey, Shirley Gray, Dorothy Rudd, Norma Young, Jean Harvey, Georgina Allen and Peg Browning. Middle row: Jean Fitzpatrick, Teresa Gallagher, Betty Swenwy, Pam Dodd, Mrs Dodd, Ella Martin, Lorna Scott, Joyce Hosking and Pat Hodge. Front row: Mary Jacobs and Maureen Minnard. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, Ballarat School of Mines, Student Magazine, First Term, 1908, 1908
Table of Contents: The location and pegging of a tramway route, The unity of things, Students' third annual dinner, The transmission of power by rope driving, Visit to the Briseis main and new brothers home, School of Mines' sports committee, School of Mines' magazine committee, Diabolo, Limericks sluiced at Snake Valley, Obituary, Hints to the inexperienced, Fossilistic love, Past students, Some bunsen memories, Quaint and curious coincidences, Notes on analytical chemistry, New students, News and notes, Students' library, Sports and pastimes, School of Mines' annual dinner, Correspondence, Answers to correspondents, Editorial notes. Images.Booklet of 26 pages.pegging a tramway route, transmission of power by rope driving, briseis main and new brothers home, diabolo, snake valley, obituary, analytical chemistry, students' library, john brittain, a. e. c. kerr, w. smith, l. seward, leslie coulter, t. williams, f. treloar, whitington, hart, murphy, o. w. williams, l. knight, w. kingston, g. w. sides, w. gelard, w. t. sayer, s. r. white, a. c. hesselmann, r. j. moore, r. g. walker, j. a. peart, newton g. king, w. e. eyres, g.h davenport, a. d. r. galloway, j. e. b. crossley, j. smart, h. hylton, j. blayney, t. lennon, h. s. sheppard, p. c. osbourne, c.w. nash, les smith, w. b. tucker, c. w. white, a. j. robin, h. f. owen, l. a. westcott, e. m. boyer, ernie strick, isadore wittowski, m. tyler, h. m. conran, h. g. conran, h. g. cornell, l. j. middleton, j. d. orr, j. r. blight, w. g. taylor, l. hall, c. bult, g. o. ramsay, o. w. williams, stanley r. heron, john a. grant, william t. sayer, frederick l. treloar, patrick s. anderson, robert mitchell, frederick j. martell -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Ringwood Bowls Club- Ladies A2 Section 5, Section Winners, 1998-99
Coloured photograph"Written on back of photograph" Back Row- L to R: Mabel Bartling, Shirley Pearce, Joyce Clayton, Betty Edsell, Nell Mathison, Dorothy Douglas, Val Walton, May Simpson, Avis Holliday, Robyn Jansen, Eileen Aanensen, Bettye Wilson. Front Row- L to R: Maureen ?, Margaret Round, Vera ?, Peg Mathews, Bev Clarkson, ?, June Boyd. Section winners, A2, 1999. Promoted to A1 for the first time in eight years. -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Badge Girl Guides, circa mid to late 1900's
This commemorative badge identifying the wearer as a Girl Guide and was used in the 1970's and later. The Girl Guides "World Camps" was founded in 1924 and each subsequent "camp" was in other global countries. The Camp Baree was held in 1947/1948 in Pennsylvania in the USA. In Victoria, Australia, a Barree Regional location for Girl guides, encompasses the Kiewa Valley and its regions. Girl guides in rural areas covered the same developmental programs as in the city areas but the bush settings of annual camps did not have the same impact as for city based guides. The comradeship however, bringing together girls from a widely diverse background, was still a very important objective of the Girl Guide movementThe significance of this badge is that the Girl Guides held a World Camp in the Barree region which included the Kiewa Valley.This world wide attention(Girl Guides) to this region paid special attention to the "home side" girls and highlighted in particular those girls in the Kiewa Valley who participated in the Girl Guide movement. The ability to have such a personal contact with so many girls from so many world regions helped to break the somewhat isolated regional life. The fundamental lessons of the girl guides was and still is to enrich young girls knowledge of skills which provides self esteem, pride in achievements and the togetherness with like minded girls. Social barriers are left behind and good friendships are formed. Some of these friendships continued as life long links.This round badge made from brass and has coloured enamel sections outlining various "Barree Region" scenery. In the far distant horizon are snow capped mountains. These are coloured brown with white tipped summits.The central focus is a blue stream with a dark blue "gum" tree to the left and a brass etched tent pegged onto green grass. These pictures are framed within a house structure. A red coloured boomerang lies under the "house" frame with the name of the region on it,"BARREE REGION" The badge is fastened onto a lapel or other clothing by two "L" shaped hooks extending from the back of the badge.On the front of the badge (on the sketched boomerang "BARREE REGION". On the back in raised lettering is"BERTRAM BROS MELB."societies, girl guides, barree region, metal identity badges -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - ANZAC COLLECTION: NEWSPAPER CLIPPING RE ENLISTMENT FOR WWI, 2nd August, 2014
Newspaper clipping Bendigo Advertiser Saturday August 2 2014.Articles of friends who enlisted for WWI together. Private George Every, son of W. H. Every enlisted in July 1915, and sailed for Egypt in January 1916, and his imminent return home wounded. Private S. H. R. Elliott No. 782, K.I.A. April 25 1915, aged 28 years. Son of the late Mr. & Mrs George Elliott of Peg leg Road Eaglehawk, enlisted in August 1914 and embarked from Melbourne. N. S. Draper enlisted at the same time. Sydney Elliott was a member of the Eaglehawk Fire Brigade, Rifle club and was chosen to do sniping duty. G. Of the Loyal Catherine lodge, M.U., Odd fellows band , Comrade's class connected with the Eaglehawk West Methodist Sunday School, Church Choir ,Lawn party , and the swastika club, esteem of the Eaglehawk mechanics institute, Foundry man at the Austral Drill foundry at Eaglehawk. He had one sister, Mrs W. Graham, of Peg leg Road and five brothers - Messrs George & Abe, Bootmakers of Eaglehawk, Fred of Vine Street Bendigo, William of Farnsworth Street Eaglehawk,Stanley of Eaglehawk, and well know in musical circles and as choirmaster at St. Pauls Church Bendigo.military, world war 1, bendigo soldiers -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Clock, Wall Clock, Late 19th century?
This clock has no known provenance but has been in the Warrnambool and District Historical Society collection for many years. This clock is a good example of a 19th century (or perhaps early 20th century?) wall clock and is an attractive display item. This is a wooden- frame clock for hanging on a wall. The face is tin painted cream with some paint missing. The numbers on the face are Roman numerals and the hands have Maltese crosses at the ends and are painted. The face is inlaid with 6 small circular dots of mother-of-pearl and there are seven similar inlaid circles on the wooden base. The glass covering the dial is hinged and brass-edged. The wooden base has fretwork and scroll sections and carved decorative edges and a rounded bottom. One side piece of the decoration is missing. The fretwork piece opens to show a brass pendulum. At the back of the clock are two pegs and a metal clip for hanging the clock. ‘Phillip Hunter & Co. London’ history of warrnambool, wall clock -
Shepparton RSL Sub Branch
Sniper shield, c. 1910s
This sniper shield may have been used by German troops during the First World War. There are few other examples of sniper shields of this shape or style, so it was possibly not a widely used design.Metal sniper shield constructed of a large flat front with curved edges, onto which a handle-like piece is soldered on one end and bolted on another. This handle has a pin which presumably adjusts the height/angle of the shield in relation to the ground. The third piece of the shield is a stand with a curved end, presumably rests on the ground, and on the other end a series of five holes which adjust the height/angle. The shield itself is roughly square in shape with a rectangular cut out off-centre at the top and a larger rectangular cut out at the base, which forms two pointed ends, possibly for securing into earth like a peg."G-01" is inscribed in ink, a registration number rather than historic inscription.germany, first world war, world war i, world war 1, the great war, sniper, firearm -
Yarra Glen & District Historical Society
Black and white photographs, Flood waters in Yarra Glen December 1934
Black and white photograph of Bell street, Yarra Glen, taken in December 1934 from the tower of the Grand Hotel, looking south towards the railway crossing, during the floods. The Victoria Hall is the building in the centre of the photograph. Directly behind the Victoria Hall, the roof of 'River View' guest house can be seen. The Shell Garage, operated by Les Orenshaw, on the left of the photograph was originally built and occupied as a peg factory.The view extends from Bell street across the river flats with the high ground of Chateau Yering in the background. Bell Street is defined by the street trees where the water covers the road in the foreground grand hotel, victoria hall, bell street, floods 1934, 1934 flood, railway crossing, river view, guest house, shell garage, peg factory, river flats, chateau yering, les orenshaw, street trees -
Tennis Australia
Lawn tennis set, Circa 1885
A wooden chest (.1) containing lawn tennis equipment, specifically: racquets (.2 - .3); net (.4); net posts (.5 - .6, 2 parts each); and a pair of pegs (.7, 2 parts). Inscription across the top of the lid, in French: JEU DE LAWN TENNIS. Inscription below features manufacturing details. Lithographic print on inside of lid features a mixed doubles match, in a park, with inscription: JEU DE TENNIS. Handwritten inscription across front of box: TENNIS 3 11 *POUND* 45. Materials: Wood, Metal, Lacquer, Cord, Cloth tape, Ink, Gut, Papertennis -
Federation University Historical Collection
Slide, Welcome Stranger Monument, c1970
The first recorded discovery of gold in Moliagul was in September 1852 and, before long, the area was flooded with over 4,000 miners. Two of those miners, John Deason and Richard Oates, had arrived in Bendigo in 1954 seeking their fortune. After eight years of little success, the friends moved to Moliagul and pegged a puddling claim. On 05 February 1869, Deason discovered a nugget near the roots of a tree, just 3cm beneath the soil. With the help of Oates, he uncovered the largest recorded alluvial gold nugget – known as the Welcome Stranger. The 61cm x 31cm nugget was taken to Dunolly to be measured on the bank’s scales, however at 69kg the gold needed to be broken on an anvil to actually fit on the scales.Photograph of the monument for the Welcome Nugget, a large gold nugget found by John Deason and Richard Oates at Moliagul.Obelisk inscription Welcome Stranger Nugget On this spot the largest nugget of gold in the world was discovered on the 5th February 1869 by John Deason and Richard Oates. Weight 2316 oz, Value £9553 Erected by the Mines Department 1897 Henry Foster Minister of Mines, D. J. Duggan M.L.A. Member for Dunollywelcome nugget, welcome nugget monument, john deason, richard oates -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Scout's Hat, Mid 20th century
This hat is one worn by members of the Boy Scouts. Warrnambool today has two Boy Scout groups and Allansford has one. The Warrnambool Tooram group has halls at the corner of Banyan and Timor Streets and in Otway Road and the Warrnambool Norfolk group has its headquarters at the corner of Kepler Street and Raglan Parade. This hat is of interest as an example of the hat worn by scouts in Warrnambool in the 20th century. The same type of hat is still worn by Boy Scouts today. This is a khaki felt hat with a wide brim The crown is folded in 4 sections with four eyelets. There is a brown leather band around the crown and a silver-coloured buckle and two silver studs. The band is adjustable and a piece of string with a knot is used for adjusting the chin strap and for hanging the hat on a peg. The chin strap is made of plaited leather and the inside is slightly stained. The hat is slotted into a wooden frame made of varnished plyboard. The frame is U shaped with two straight sides. A smaller added section of plyboard has been placed on top of the frame and this has an opening at the top to allow the hat brim to slot into the frame. This frame appears to be home-made. scouting in warrnambool, history of warrnambool -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - EAGLEHAWK BOROUGH BRASS BAND 1896
Sepia photograph of brass band, (mounted on cream board with printed red border). Band on oval (paddock) with scattered trees and fence in background. Twenty adult males, two boys in group. Six kneeling, seven seated and remainder standing with various instruments with drum inscribed BBB 1896. Inscriptions: on front - 'GP37'. Back - J ? Oswald, 53 Peg Leg Road, Eaglehawk. On back, rubber stamp 'Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Bendigo Branch'. History: (HJG Biggs) Borough Brass Band 1896, Eaglehawk. Eaglehawk Borough Brass Band in 1896 with its preponderance of Cornish members (BHS Inc). Previous Acc. No. GP 37.person, group, band