p.255.fictionWhen Bert Smallways is accidentally whisked off to Germany in a balloon carrying plans for a top-secret aeroplane, he gets involved in Prince Karl Albert's massive airship raid on New York ... first step in a war which soon flares into world wide catastrophe.air warfare - fiction, science fiction - english

Ill, p.311.fictionPublished in 1904, this forgotten classic is sci-fi and dystopia at its best, written by the creator and master of the genreFollowing extensive research in the field of growth, Mr. Bensington and Professor Redwood light upon a new mysterious element, a food that causes greatly accelerated development. Initially christening their discovery The Food of the Gods, the two scientists are overwhelmed by the possible ramifications of their creation. Needing room for experiments, Mr. Besington chooses a farm that offers him the chance to test on chickens, which duly grow monstrous, six or seven times their usual size. With the farmer, Mr. Skinner, failing to contain the spread of the Food, chaos soon reigns as reports come in of local encounters with monstrous wasps, earwigs, and rats. The chickens escape, leaving carnage in their wake. The Skinners and Redwoods have both been feeding their children the compound illicitlytheir eventual offspring will constitute a new age of giants. Public opinion rapidly turns against the scientists and society rebels against the world's new flora and fauna. Daily life has changed shockingly and now politicians are involved, trying to stamp out the Food of the Gods and the giant race. Comic and at times surprisingly touching and tragic, Wells' story is a cautionary tale warning against the rampant advances of science but also of the dangers of greed, political infighting, and shameless vote-seeking. Collapse summary science fiction - england, artificial foods

Chatterbox was a weekly British paper of stories for children published in the 19th & 20 centuries. It was also published as an annual for much of its run, both in the UK and US. Chatterbox was founded in 1866 by John Erskine Clarke who edited the paper until 1902. It ceased publication in 1955.Card & cloth-bound hard cover book. Cover intact, a little worn at corners, detached from body of book. Loose pages. Binding unravelling. Yellowing of pages. 412 pp. plus advertisements.P.1- 14/262 (hand written). P.3 'To Don,/ - Wishing you/ a merry Xmas./ 1907./ From E.M W.'childrens literature, kilmore mechanics institute library.

David Gordon Collection. The monument was created and erected by Mr. Barber of Dunolly in October 1919. It was unveiled by Brigadier General Brand C.B. C.M.G. D.S.O. at 2:30pm on Saturday November 8th, 1919. The Welcome Home Committee, formed 2nd July 1917, was largely responsible for commissioning the monument. Foundation members were Mrs. B. Patterson, Mrs J. Bock and the Misses P. Lemin, Violet Radnell, D. Dyer and Doris and Phoebe Bock. The Committee arranged 'Welcome Home' functions for each local soldier returning home after service in the First World War. Tarnagulla had a very large number of enlistments for its population. Angus M. Comrie is standing to the right of the Memorial with his daughter Mavis Comrie, and Nell Alexander. Mavis Comrie presented a new Union Jack flag to the Tarnagulla School on 25th July 1919 to commemorate Peace. Peace Medals were also distributed to the school students. The men in uniform at ground level are making up a Guard of Honour consisting of returned soldiers drawn from around the Tarnagulla district. They formed up at the Victoria Hotel, and there is a good photograph of them elsewhere in this collection. Original sepia photograph, mounted on card, depicting the unveiling ceremony for the Soldiers' Memorial monument in Tarnagulla. A large crowd is looking on, some spilling off the curb and onto the street, whilst several officials stand on a temporary platform. The obelisk monument is left of centre in the image.

A vintage 1928 hardcover children's book with the title Chatterbox printed in white lettering at the top of the front cover which has a green coloured background with an illustration in a large circle showing a boy and girl with their pet dog playing on the sand at the beach. The publisher details are printed at the bottom. It is bound on the left side with brown tape. The tan back cover has an advertisement for Allenburys' - for the good of babyhood, showing a smiling toddler.The frontispiece coloured illustration inside depicts a black man as a prisoner of three buccanners. The title page has the title plus Founded by J. Erskine Clarke, M.A and publisher details with a black lined illustration of children and flowers. There are further coloured plates in the collection. of puzzles, poetry, and stories for children. Pp. 316. The endpapers have several advertisements related to children.fictionA vintage 1928 Chatterbox collection of puzzles, poetry and stories for children with black lined illustrations and coloured plates throughout. children's books, books, children's stories, adventure stories

A yellow hardcover fiction book for children with a coloured picture of children playing a game of red indians outside a decorated teepee. The girl is cooking with a pot over an outdoor fire and the boys are firing a bow and arrow and painting a pot. The title, The Prize is printed at the at the top of the cover in red lettering surrounded by a boy and girl each side. Publisher details are at the bottom. The spine is brown tape. The back cover has a faded red advertisement for Pears Soap.There are advertisements on the endpapers at both front and back. There is foxing and tanning noted on the edges of the pages. There are stories and poems written by various authors and black and white illustrations and coloured plates throughout. The title page is very ornately decorated with a black and white floral design and covered by a tissue paper page. The coloured frontispiece is of three boys playing soldiers with one sitting on a rocking horse. There are Contents, Poetry and List of Illustrations pages. 164p.fictionA collection of varied stories and poems for young children - 1918 ed. There are practical articles as well, such as some on gardening.children's fiction, poetry

The Practice of Divine Love; Being an exposition upon the Church Catechism: to which are added directions for prayer.Green cloth-bound hardcover book, embossed decoration to front and back covers. Cover totally detached from body, tear to spine. Foxing throughout. 140 pp. Fair condition.On 2nd flyleaf, 'Mrs. Hanniford/With Walter's, Best and/Kindest Wishes/May 25, 1859'.religion, mrs. hanniford

Bound collection of "The Prize", from 1894, a monthly magazine for boys and girls. Inscription inside back cover probably is a reference to the McDonald children - Angus, Jack,Tess, Elizabeth & Flora with cryptic address?Green cloth-bound hardcover book. Cover faded, worn at corners & spine, separated from body. Ragged gilt edged pages Loose binding & pages. Foxing and staining throughout. Rear flyleaf and or pages missing. Ragged gilt edged pages. Front cover of each monthly magazine colour plate. Black & white illustrations throughout. Poor conditionInside back cover, 'A.J.T.E.D.F.H.McD.F.R.I.S.G.V. Australia'.mcdonald, childrens literature, whitburgh cottage collection

Green/Cream box containing pen nibs. Astor Pen. fountain pens, writing equipment

Donated with journal by Mrs Betty Geddes, granddaughter. Note incorrect spelling of 'Mackinlay'.+Additional Keywords: McKinley, W Mayor, J.P. / Geddes, Mrs Betty'Memorial Clock Tower Trustees - 4.8.1928'; and on the obverse side: 'W. McKinley J.P. Mayor, Ringwood.'

History of Holy Trinity Church, Patterson Street,. Ringwood East - 25th Anniversary 1955-1980, researched and compiled by A.H. ScollaryForeword by The Rev. Dr. George A. Mullins, first vicar of The Parish of Holy Trinity Ringwood East

35mm colour positive transparency Mount - Black and Whiteelm crescent, eltham north, highpoint crescent, infrastructure, roads, silver street

The Harris trains operated in Melbourne 1956-1988. They were full of asbestos and were taken out of service, wrapped in plastic and buried in land fill near ClaytonDigital TIFF file Scan of 35mm Kodak Safety 5063 black and white transparencyharris (blue) train, eltham, silver street, overpass

Digital TIFF file Scan of 35mm Ilford FP4 black and white transparencyeltham, silver street, overpass, red rattler, tait train

Edmond Smith's personal story of his time at the 'country' place of Sutherland Homes in Greensborough. Edmond arrived at the Home in 1948, aged 6.272p., illus. 2 copiesedmond smith, sutherland homes

From a collection of 35 photos taken by Doug Orford at 35 specific locations along the exact boundary of the then Shire of Eltham.Colour photographeltham, silver street

The album was used by the Worrell family early 20th centurythe Worrell's are a locally renowned family Worrellalbum, photograph, worrell

Soft covered book of 71 pagesjeff fyffe, marion snowden, graeme hewitt, jeremy johnson, tim sullivan, red hill national school, maxine berry, nancy rowlands, yvonne horsefield, david henderson, st peter's denomonational school, caroline hutterer, sheryn mitchell, ballarat benevolent asylum ragged school, catherine watt

Anniversary held at Methodist Church, Ringwood Hall Norwood High School Speech night at Ringwood Town Hall on 14 December 1960