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Bendigo Military Museum
Document - MECHANICAL TEST RESULTS, Thompson's Engineering and Pipe Works, 26 Mar 1943
By referring to Cat No 7237.2 will bring all items associated with Thompsons.1. Single sheet of paper. From Thompson's Engineering & Pipe Co Ltd to Ordnance Factory Maribyrnong. A/c Ministry of Munitions. Titled - mechanical tests - Test on 25 PDR Breech rings. Rings NR (1790-1793). Dated 26 March 1943. 2. Tensile tests on material for 95 (loose) Barrel forgings for 25 PDR Gun Howitzers. From Thompson's to Commonwealth of Australia - Ministry of Munitions. Barrel 14236/1 (Y2) - Barrel 635/3 - Dated 18 Feb 1942.1. Top has name "Mr. Johnson" written. In the middle is an unidentifiable signature dated 26-3-1943. Bottom has (??) Martin. 2. At bottom signed off by (??) Martin.25 pdr, thompson's castlemaine, ordnance factory maribyrnong. -
Bendigo Military Museum
Document - MECHANICAL TEST RESULTS, Thompson's Engineering and Pipe Works, 1943
By referring to Cat No 7237.2 will bring up all items associated with Thompsons. Two sheets of paper from Thompson Engineering & Pipe Co. Ltd. To Ordnance Factory Maribyrnong Dated 18/8/43. Signed off by (??) Martin. 1. Results for tests on roller paths for 3.7 AA Guns (Batch 15). 2. Results for tests on roller paths for 3.7AA guns (Batch 9). Signed off by (??) Martin.3.7"aa guns, ord factory maribyrnong, thompsons castlemaine -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Weapon, M18 Claymore Mine
Three part exhibit featuring mine body, curved block of C4 explosive and firing device. Olive drab in colour and metal composition.Front towards enemy - on mine body. Test set electrical M18. Firing device electrical.m18 claymore mine, sas -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, E.C. Kennedy, M.A, Publius : A Roman Boy, 1957
Softcover (Purple paper wrapping)Suzy Boyd (front), French Tests (on the inside back cover), map insert at the start of the bookbritish literature, walsh st library -
Falls Creek Historical Society
Equipment - Blasting Equipment
In the early 1970s the rope tows at Falls Creek were replaced by T Bars, after which they were replaced by chairlifts. When the snow thawed, the mountains reverberated from the sounds of blasting as new pylons were constructed for these chairlifts.Blasting equipment from the early 1970s in three parts, including a rectangle metal box with black with white text on top and six connectors, a rectangle yellow 'Blostometer 80' and a rectangle box with red knobs at end and enclosed in a black-brown leather case. 'EXPLODER TESTING RHEOSTAT' 'Blastometer 80' 'Nissan Blasting Machine - ICI - 30 shot condenser'falls creek, construction, blasting, explosives, snow, snow fields -
Victoria Police Museum
Photograph (police car), Kodak
Ford Mercury V8 patrol car registration number LJ-410, test drive on Ormond Point beach, circa 1949police vehicles; transport branch; wireless patrol; motor police branch; motor traffic section; ford mercury car -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Council workers, Kenny Hall and Robin Donchi Snr, Port Melbourne, 1980s
Probably taken in the 1980sKenny Hall and Robin Donchi Senior near Liardet and Pickles Streets digging test holes for a tunnel under Cruickshank Street.engineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, robin donchi snr, ken hall -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BILL ASHMAN COLLECTION: PRINTED MATERIAL ON WATER TREATMENT
Three small publications on treatment of water, The Need For Water Treatment in Boilers, Testing Water by the Volumetric Method, Threshold Treatment With Calgon.books, technical, chemistry -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Lakes Post Newspaper, 1/09/1995 12:00:00 AM
Black and white photograph of Traffic Policeman Snr Sgt David Carey testing patron at Central Hotel Lakes Entrance Victoriapolice -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Lakes Post Newspaper, 1994
Black and white photograph Nurse Sue Lowe and Jennifer Sward blood sugar testing Community Health Lakes Entrance Victoriapublic health -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Newspaper - Newspaper Cutting, The Herald, Well Blow Me!, 1965
Article in "The Herald" 12.11.1965 on pollination tests being carried out at Burnley Horticultural College to cross-pollinate onions using blowflies.the herald, pollination, burnley school of horticulture, onions, blowflies -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - The Scouts' First Book, 1941
Scouting started in Australia with some informal troops in Western Australia and Victoria in 1907. Scouting was established in Australia in 1908, the year the first Boy Scout training handbook Scouting for Boys was published in England. CHUMS Scout Patrols started forming in Australia in 1908 due to the circulation of CHUMS publication there. R.C. Packer and the Sunday Times in 1908 supported the formation of the League of Boy Scouts. St. Enoch's Presbyterian Church, Mount Morgan, Queensland formed its unit on 23 November 1908.Joan Filbey Collection: The Scouts' first book : complete tenderfoot and second class test instruction - Pages 7 to 106 are intact - Cover and a few pages are missing. The book is a rule and guide book for boy scouts, for example, how to tie knots, how to wear the correct uniform, signalling, first-aid, and tests to be undertaken.history, bendigo, scouts, joan filbey collection, the scouts' first book -
National Wool Museum
Photograph
View of a textile testing / dye testing laboratory.textile testing -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Book, W A Hamer Pty Ltd, Mechanical Vehicle Training Pam 3 Training of Drivers M.T. 1942, 1942
Hard covered book, lace bound. Covers the training of MT drivers including syllabi, principles and practice of instruction, reports, examinations and tests.Not to be publishedtraining vehicle drivers -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Manual - Book, Royal Australian Armoured Corps Operators Manual, July 1981
Used by the RegimentSoft covered book detailing the setting up, drills and tests of radios and associated equipments as used within the Royal Australian Armoured Corpsradio, training doctrine, hand books -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: FORBES CARSHALTON GOLD MINING CO NL, 1939
Document. Torn envelope contains:- Test Certificate for Wire Rope, Insurance Policy, War Damage Form, Lease Agreements, Share Receipts.McColl, Rankin & Stanistreetorganization, business, gold mining - legal, mccoll, rankin & stanistreet, forbes carshalton gmc nl, test certificate for wire rope, state accident insurance office mines policy, war damage form, lease agreements, share receipts. leonard martin, charles george martin of 83 violet street, eric raymond grelis. test cartificate for wire ropes, g. laurens davis. miss g. alice jones. -
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RANZCOG)
Spirit burner, 1940s
This belonged to Dr Bill Rawling's and was in a medical bag that he was used in the 1940s and 1950s. It was donated by Dr Geoff Bishop.Spirit burner, metal container with thick woven cotton wick. No fuel present in container. Used by Bill Rawlings in process of testing urine.urine testing -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Pamphlet, Community in Action, 1993
Annual report 1992/93 Salinity program Advisory Council. Includes names of action groupsSalanity testing photos on front. Orange cover. Vic. map in green, Murray Darling Basin map on back. Community Group photossalinity, books, reports, irrigation -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Container - Bottle
Bottle is an Imperial half pint milk container used by Blackburn DairiesGlass milk bottle with cardboard top. Top is round disc inscribed with 'Blackburn Dairies T.B. Tested Nursery Milk W.X.2504Milk M.B.R.| This bottle is the property of Milk Bottles Recovery Ltd 18 Market Street, Melbourne. It can only be used by written permission and cannot be sold.domestic items, containers, glass technology, bottles -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Lakes Post Newspaper, 1/03/1996 12:00:00 AM
Black and white photograph showing wine maker Andrew Smith of Wyanga Winery in the laboratory testing a Shiraz for export, Lakes Entrance Victoriabusinesses, restaurant -
The Ed Muirhead Physics Museum
Chart, Image/Photo Grayson ruling engine, details of manufacture
Cardboard image chart covered in clear plastic showing a variety of black and white photomicrographs, measurements and images: - curve indicating condition of screw prior to regrinding - curves showing progressive improvement during regrinding - curve showing result of corrections. - general view of Apparatus for cutting ratchet teeth. - apparatus for refining crudely separated abrasive - photomicrographs of Abrasives used in lapping the lead screw - photomicrographs of Grayson’s test rulings (Approx. 1875) - Diamond Carriage Front View - Plan of Apparatus for testing the screw - Measurements of Grayson’s Test Rulings -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Set of 7 Black & White Photograph/s, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), c1969 - 1970
Series of six black and white photographs of fire trucks being tested for the roll over characteristics. .1 - .3 - Metropolitan Fire Brigade Board (Melbourne - MFBB) appliance or fire truck or pumper, being tested at Preston Workshops. Based on the number plate in .1 - c1969 - 1970 see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Victoria (accessed 22/4/2020) The facility appears to be long enough to test a bus, but appears to be one that was stored and then brought out for use. .4 to .6 are of testing a UK truck on a more dedicated facility. .7 - workers, some ex MFB workshops possibly, winching ropes. A copy of the Newsletter of the Fire Services Museum of Vic. 9/2021 featured some of these photos. Item stored in box 192 with the photographs.trams, tramways, preston workshops, mfbb, testing -
Federation University Historical Collection
Tool - Object, J.K. Dey & Sons, Mining Safety Lamp, c1967
The Mining Safety Lamp is used in flammable atmospheres, and consists of a wick lamp with a mesh screen enclosing the flame. It was created for use in coal mines, to reduce the danger of explosions due to the presence of methane and other flammable gases, called firedamp or minedamp. J. K. DEY & SONS was established in 1947 and manufactures Safety Lamps, Torches and Carbide Lamps. In 1967 the Mining Authority of India issued approval of the Velox GL5 Flame Safety Lamp ( Kerosene burning ) self-extinguishing type. At that time J.K. Dey captured the whole mining market of safety lamps in India. (http://www.jkdey.com/history.html, accessed 06/05/2015)Metal mining safety lamp with copper bas and hanging hook. The Dey Velox GL5 Gas Testing Flame Safety Lamp boasts sharp detection of methane gas; detection of the shortage of oxygen; detection of the presence of Carbon-dioxide, is magnetically unlocked; ncludes a top feed device for testing Methane Gas close to the roof; contains an auto extinguisher. J.K. Dey & Sons Calcutta Velox Velox Gmining lamp, safety lamp, miners lamp, calcutta, india, mining -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - BILL ASHMAN COLLECTION: CORRESPONDENCE
Newspaper article titled Scalebuoys in Cars. Interesting Bendigo Tests. Date 1937. Article mentions test carried out by Mr. Stevenson on the two Sea Lake buses, a large Fargo parlour coach and a President Eight Studebaker, seven passenger, owned by Mr. House. Article details the differences and savings in fuel consumption the Scalebuoys made to the engines.sciences, instruments - general, scalebuoy, bill ashman collection - correspondence, f a stevenson, stevenson brothers, mr house -
Upper Yarra Museum
Test Tube holder
This is a test tube holder or rack and what are its uses? A test tube holder is used in a laboratory and it is used to hold/support test tubes containing chemicals waiting for further operations. Although it is called a test tube holder, it is also used to Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_use_of_test_tube_holders#ixzz16ZofJVqDscientific experiments science laboritory chemicals minerals vaccines microbiology cultures medium solutions -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Stand and tubes
Stand wooden with test tubes cream painted. Holes for 12 tubes and storage pegs for 7. Supplied with 13 glass tubes of various sizes.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, University of Ballarat Application to Become an IELTS TEst Administration Centre, c2009
University of Ballarat was renamed Federation University Australia. When the book was published the University of Ballarat had 7,500 international students from approximately 40 countriesA spiral bound 50 page booklet outlining a plan to establish an International English Language Testing System (IELTS) eAdministration Centre at the University of Ballarat.university of ballarat, international english language testing system, david battersby, letterhead, loddon campaspe multicultural services, city of ballarat, ballarat regional multicultural council inc, ethnic council of shepparton and district inc, english language project administrator -
Halls Gap & Grampians Historical Society
Newspaper - B/W, 11/05/1991
The article is on the principal of Chautauqua meetings; of concerts, of lectures and of musical items. The article describes the Chautauqua season in Geelong, which was formally opened at the Mechanics' Institute by Ald. J. C. King on 11 May 1923 and closed six days later! A newspaper cutting of an article entitled 'A New York-born show fails the Geelong test', published on May 11,1991. The article is about the Chautauqua movement.recreation, entertainment -
Federation University Historical Collection
Student's Technical Drawings, Technical Drawing, 1942
ink on paper student's technical drawings .1) 2-speed and reversing electric drive for Olsen Tension Testing Machine .2) Lifting geartechnical drawing, mechanical engineering, p. kempe -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ADVERTISING PAMPHLET FOR EYESIGHT TESTING
Document. Printed folded sheet advertising the opticians 'Mansour & Mansour' of Melbourne and Bendigo for eyesight testing. Includes a list of 'Some Important Optical Hints'.medicine, optometry, eye sight testing, eyesight testing, mansour & mansour, opticians