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Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Photogragh, Photographs of the opening of the Phillip Island suspension bridge from Newhaven and San Remo
Suspension bridge was opened in 1940. Historical4 small black & white photographs of opening of suspension bridge, showing infrastructure and people and cars attending.Nonefirst phillip island bridge to san remo, phillip island bridge opening -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Margaret Ball, 25 Pryor Street, Eltham, June 1999, 1999
Owner 1940-1950: SagoThe Margaret Ball (Pre 1960s Houses) Collection was a personal project initiated to mark the year 2000 and arose as a result of the disappearance of many pre-1960s parts of Eltham due to development. Approximately 200 pre-1960s style houses that were left in Eltham between Main Road and east to Bible Street, between Cecil Street to the north and south to Dalton Street were photographed in late 1999. Not all of the houses could be photographed; some because the garden or trees blocked the view of the house, others because of rubbish or cars were in the way, some because people were working on the house or in the gardens at the time.Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 10 stripsFuji 200eltham, houses, streets, margaret ball (pre 1960s houses) collection, pryor street -
Buninyong & District Historical Society
Photograph - Photo of Original Photograph, D. Macartney, B/W photo of footbridge over Buninyong Junction, in 1892 or 1897, 1995
Railway station and surrounds in 1940.Photo B/W of footbridge, lined with children, linking Dyte's Parade and Scott's Parade to Queen St. Ballarat. Bridge in distance shows the junction of the Buninyong Line near Ballarat East, known as Buninyong Junction. Taken 1892 or 1897.buninyong, railway, bunny, bridge, footbridge -
University of Melbourne, School of Chemistry
Spectometer
Spectrometer, bought in 1940's -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1940c
Central Hotel 1940 (on back)Black and white photograph, taken from the lake, showing Esplanade with cars, Central Hotel, including tower building rendered, seven archways, three memorial cypress trees in foreground. Lakes Entrance Victoriahotels, transport -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Report, H H Bell of MMTB, "Report by Hector H Bell Jnr of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board, on the street passenger transport system of Ballaarat Urban Area", Sep. 1949
Yields information about the Ballarat Tramway system in 1949, the possible use of Trolley Buses and has a strong association with H H Bell Jnr, the son of the MMTB Chairman H Bell at the time.Report, photocopy of the original, 21 Foolscap pages, titled "Report by Hector H Bell Jnr of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board, on the street passenger transport system of Ballaarat Urban Area". Looks at the history of the tramways, tramway data, traffic management, financial analysis, suburban bus routes, services provided, fares. Operation by Private buses, who should manage the service, future policy, town planning. Provides a list and location of factories. Concludes convert the existing tramway to a trolley bus system, fares and suggests Government authority control. None of the 8 appendices included. Lists the persons that assisted with the report. Prepared September 1949 - see page 81 of Alan Bradley's book, The Golden City and its Tramways for the background.trams, tramways, reports, mmtb, trolley buses, operations, ballarat -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Legal record, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), MMTB By-Laws, 1949 - 1951 & 1976
Printed documents - MMTB By-Laws. .1 - printed document - 16 pages - side stapled - 4 foolscap sheets folded and printed both sides - By Law No. 9 - detailing Tolls, Fares and Charges - dated 2-9-1949. .2 - as for .1, By Law No. 10 - dated 15/2/1950. .3 - printed document - 4 pages - 1 foolscap sheet folded printed both sides - By Law No. 11 - General - regarding passenger behaviour, conduct, eg offensive language, smoking, alcohol, spitting, payment of fares etc. - dated 14-6-1951. .4 - photocopied A4 sheet - By Law 11 - (General) Amendment No. 2 - dated 25-10-1976 - increasing the penalty to not exceeding $50.trams, tramways, mmtb, by laws, wattle park, fares, tickets, passengers, behaviour, smoking -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Document, Record of Life in Camp 1A and 1 B, 1944
Life in an internment campa 35 page record in a plastic folder, clear plastic front and 3 cm black margin left hand side extending to the back cover. Some of the content headlines or places are Orange, Tatura, Long Bay, Melbourne, South Australia. A map and 19 towns of WA, Northern Territory, New Guinea. Reg No is the translation as is the "Tatura Song" written by H. Sturzenhofecker to the melody good cheer comrades, on the horse and Mr Otto Herbst being awarded a certificate commanding of yachts. Written in German "Verzeuhnis Alter Internieiten De Sannellagers Tatura (1A and B) Von 5 Juni - 15 December 1940otto herbst, h. sturzenhofecker, camp 1a and 1b -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock, John Halifax, Gentleman by Mrs Craik, [n.d.] [First published 1856. Numerous later editions, this edition c.1900?.]
448 p. : frontispiece illustration. Decorative dark green and gold cover and end-papers, with design of leaves, flowers and berries. Title and author's name embossed in gold on front cover and spine. fictionfiction, dinah maria mulock craik -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Document - Invitation, Invitation to the wedding reception of Dorothy Fawcett and Leslie Wilson, Plenty Hall, Main Street, Greensborough, April 27, 1940
Invition to Richard Edward Fielding and a friend to attend the wedding reception for Dorothy Fawcett and Leslie Wislon at Plenty Hall, Greensborough on April 27, 1940 Mr - Mrs Fawcett request the pleasure of the Company of Eddie - Friend at a Reception in honour of the Marriage of Dorothy with Leslie Wilson at Plenty Hall on April 27th at 8 P.M Main Road, Greensborough. R.S.V.P. April 13thdorothy may fawcett, greensborough, leslie anzac wilson, main street, plenty hall, reception, richard edward fielding, tom fielding collection, wedding invitation -
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 -
Thompson's Foundry Band Inc. (Castlemaine)
Document - Sheet Music for Brass Band, Chappel & Co Ltd et al, Blueberry Hill, 1940
Blueberry Hill is considered a blues standard, made popular by Fats Domino. The song was first published in 1940 with the music composed by Vincent Rose (1880-1944), and lyrics written by Larry Stock and Al Lewis. This arrangement is by Alan Fernie and was released by Obrasso Verlag AG. The tune was originally written for the 1941 western film "The Singing Hill" where it was first performed by Gene Autry.Sheet music for cornet printed in black ink on white A4 paper. 20 Parts for Brass band: Soprano Cornet Solo Cornet Repiano Cornet 2nd Cornet 3rd Cornet Flugelhorn Solo Horn 1st Horn 2nd Horn Euphonium 1st Baritone 2nd Baritone 1st Trombone 2nd Trombone Bass Trombone Eb Bass Bb Bass Percussion Drum Kit Timpani & Glock non-fictionBlueberry Hill is considered a blues standard, made popular by Fats Domino. The song was first published in 1940 with the music composed by Vincent Rose (1880-1944), and lyrics written by Larry Stock and Al Lewis. This arrangement is by Alan Fernie and was released by Obrasso Verlag AG. The tune was originally written for the 1941 western film "The Singing Hill" where it was first performed by Gene Autry. obrasso-verlag ag, blueberry hill, fats domino, gene autry, the singing hill, blues, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, vincent rose, alan fernie, 1950s, al lewis, larry stock -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black and White - cable cars parked at North Fitzroy depot, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), 1940
The photograph shows a number of grip cars (dummies with their grip mechanisms lifted) and trailers (Nos. 200 and 512) stored or parked in the open at North Fitzroy depot at about the time of closure of the cable tram system on 26 Oct. 1940. At least three double decker buses are in the background. . This Photo is included in the poster - The Passing of the Melbourne Cable tramways - See Reg Item 6367Yields information about cable trams or cars.Photograph - Black and White - cable cars parked at North Fitzroy depottramways, trams, cable trams, north fitzroy, mmtb, buses, mmtb buses, north fitzroy depot, td5c class, double deck buses -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Document - Motor spirit consumer's licence Victoria 1948-9, c. 1948
Motor spirit consumer's licence for the State of Victoria, enabling the owner of the vehicle, a Dodge car, mentioned on the licence *Lewis Robert Kiel) to obtain ration tickets for fuel for his car.Front: 'L.R. Kiel' - handwritten, biro Back: 18 stamps endorsing that ration tickets for fuel had been obtained, from June 1948 to Nov. 1949 inclusive -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - SECV trams No. 15 and 31 in Sturt St, Keith Kings, 14/03/1949
Photograph of SEC Ballarat trams No. 15 (prior to be renumbered to 36) and 31 in Sturt St., with the Town Hall in the background. Photo taken on 14/3/1949. See also Reg. Item No. 1424 for another print of this photograph. Keith Kings No. B(w)(2) 1910.1 - another print of same photo, with same other number, printed for Travis Jeffrey. Has black edges. Caption on rear of photo "Ballarat / No. 15 (later no. 36), Sturt St. at Lydiard St. North / 14/3/49". Item stored in envelope within box 01-03-29. Photo dimensions - 76H x 120WYields information about trams 15 and 31 during 1949.Black and White photograph contained with Reg. Item 1902 - Photo Album from Keith Kings to Les Denmead 1970.Stamp in top left hand corner and handwritten number with "K.S. Kings No. B(w)(2) Copyright reserved". In blue ink "Ballarat / Nos. 15 & 31" with arrow to 15 "(Renumbered 36) / Sturt St. at Lydiard St., North, City / 14/3/49".trams, tramways, ballarat, sturt st, town hall, tram 15, tram 31 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - COHN BROTHERS COLLECTION: RECEIPTS
[a] Plain manilla envelope with handwritten captions, re 'Shipp Property, Wills St, Swan Hill. 'Alan Garden & Green' Solicitors Swan Hill 15/3/1940. Red pencilled No 4, crossed out No 139. [b] Two 'Alan Garden & Green' Swan Hill Barristers & Solicitors receipts pinned with an invoice issued to Cohn Bros, dating in March, May and June 1940. £340 and £11/19/6 receipt amounts re professional services relating to transfer and purchase of Mrs Shipp property in Wills St Swan Hill.bendigo, industry, cohn bros brewery -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION : EAST CLARENCE GOLD MINING CO NL, 1934
McColl Rankin & Stanistreet, East Clarence Gold Mine Company NL, The Bank of England Scottish Australian Bank Ltd Pass Books a/ dated Aug 10, 1934 to May 15, 1940. Inscriptions: East Clarence Gold Mining Coy No Liability Bendigo page 53 789. b/ May 16, 1940 to January 17, 1942. Inscriptions: East Clarence Gold Mining Co NL. c/ Jan 20. 1942 to June 30, 1944. Each has green fabric cover tho a/ appears to have a wax coating.organization, business, gold mine, mccoll rankin & stanistreet, east clarence gold mine nl pass book the australian scottish & australian bank bendigo -
Bendigo Military Museum
Certificate - CERTIFICATES, FRAMED, Unknown
"VX35497 Pte T.W. GOLDSWORTHY" was a POW at Sandakan and died there on 20 April 1945. This is a framed display. The edge is of dull gold colour. Inside the frame there is an approx 27mm wide border - green colour. The objects in the frame are:- A certificate from the Shire of Maldon for the service and sacrifice of "Trevor Goldsworthy". There is the King's memorial scroll for the death of "Pte T. W. Goldsworthy" Aust. Military Forces. There is a B & W portrait of VX35497 Pte T.W. Goldsworthy, 2/5 Hygiene section. He is in uniform. There is two paper notes from Malaya. 25 cents printed 1 Sep 1940, 10 cents printed 15 Aug 1940.The Maroon Certificate is signed by “Thomas J Ottrey, President, and Edward A Rewell, Secretary” It is dated “15 June 1946”sandakan death march, pow, ww2, pte t.w. goldsworthy -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Furniture - Chair, canvas
Thought to be from the SS Time as donor's relative was part of the salvage group in 1949As the salvage group was made up of fishermen form Queenscliff the wreck of the SS Time at Port Phillip Heads as well as its salvaged items are still of great significance to the community at Queenscliff and Point Lonsdale. Timber chair with arm rests and canvas seat and backchair, ss time, salvage -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book, Colin Roderick, The Children's Lawson, 1949
A book of stories and poems by Henry Lawson collected and published in 1949 especially for children.No dust cover. Front cover has an illustration of some men sitting around a camp fire. The name of the author and the series is on the spine. On the back cover is a list of books published in the same series.fictionA book of stories and poems by Henry Lawson collected and published in 1949 especially for children.henry lawson, poetry, fiction, junior library of australian books -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Certificate, United Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of Victoria - Collection of Masonic Degrees and Correspondence maintained by Aird family of Ringwood, Victoria
Buff coloured certificate with red Grand Lodge seal. Certification that Brother Alan Aubrey Williams was advanced to the honorable Degree of Mark Master on 26th October, 1939, in the Prince of Wales Lodge No.8. Signed and dated 15th January, 1940. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - COHN BROTHERS COLLECTION: COMMONWEALTH WAR LOAN APPLICATION FORM
Commonwealth War Loan application form for amount of £1000 dated 4th June 1940 signed by F Levy Cohns director. Securities maturing in 1950-56 appear not to have been collected. Details of loan outlined on application form.bendigo, industry, cohn bros brewery -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Photocopy, R Selwyn Harvey, page 2 of The Record (bottom half), re trip overseas, May 1997
From packet of A3 photocopies of items 1927-1940 concerning R. Selwyn Harvey: Front page of The Record 12.1.1929 re trip overseas (bottom half of page). One half of page 2 "The Record" Jan 12 1929transport - railways, engineering, r selwyn harvey -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Photocopy, R Selwyn Harvey, page 2 of The Record (top half), re trip overseas, May 1997
From packet of A3 photocopies of items 1927-1940 concerning R. Selwyn Harvey: Front page of The Record 12.1.1929 re trip overseas (bottom half of page). One half of page 2 "The Record" Jan 12 1929transport - railways, engineering, r selwyn harvey -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - VAL CAMPBELL COLLECTION: PHOTOGRAPH LES BOUCHER, 1951-1952
Black and white photo of Les Boucher in swimming trunks and standing in front of a weatherboard building. Written on the front: Mid 1940-50s, Les Boucher, 1951-52 mens 3 metre dive 2nd. Written on the back: Diving Champion.recreations, sports, swimming -
Clunes Museum
Clothing - DRESS, c1940
Female dress circa 1940, dusty pink crepe, coffee coloured lace insert in top front of bodice and above hemline, bugle bead design on sleeves and bodice. A line skirt with gather at front. Material scroll design on waist.Nilladies fashion, ladies garment, dress -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: GIDDY-UP
BHS CollectionBendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2003. Giddy-up: a team of eight horses stripping the Gunyah Creek paddaco owned by Michael Francis and located off Fosterville Forrest Road, Fostervill; circa 1940. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, Australasian Post, "The way it was....", 27/07/1972 12:00:00 AM
Newspaper clipping from The Australasian Post, 27 July 1972 of cable car set 1, Melbourne noting it was used until 26/10/1940 and that it was on display in the National Museum in Melbourne. The photograph shows the tram with the destination of Nicholson St.trams, tramways, cable trams, museum, nicholson st, last tram, tram 1 -
Ararat Gallery TAMA
Textile, Frances Burke, Bird and Tree, c. 1940
Frances Burke: Designer of Modern Textiles Australia’s most influential and celebrated textile designer of the mid-20th century, Frances Burke (1904-1994), employed Australian native flora, garden flowers, marine subjects, Indigenous culture and increasingly, abstract motifs in her stunning modern fabrics. A confident, determined designer and businesswoman; Burke made the shift from fine art to design in 1937. While she began by designing dress fabrics for Melbourne’s fashionable Georges Department store, printing them on linen using lino blocks, she was an early adopter of the screen-printing process and during the war years began printing on cotton. Burke’s furnishing fabrics took their place in influential modern buildings Australia-wide through collaborations with leading architects and interior designers. They included Robin Boyd’s 1949 House of Tomorrow, Roy Grounds’ Quamby flats, Guilford Bell’s Royal Hayman Island Resort for Ansett Airlines, and Yuncken, Freeman Brothers, Griffiths and Simpson’s Canberra Civic Centre Theatre. In the post-war period, Burke made regular trips to the United States and Europe, on her return advising homeowners and manufacturers on the latest trends in products, colours and home design in lectures and interviews. At New Design her fabric showroom and interior design consultancy Burke introduced furniture by emerging designers Clement Meadmore and Grant Featherston in the early 1950s and presented local and imported homewares, mostly from the United States. She was enthusiastic about the convenient and comfortable lifestyle experienced by ordinary American women. Her fabrics and advice were regularly featured in Australian Home Beautiful, Australian House and Garden and the newspapers of the day. Some of Burke’s designs had remarkable longevity. Tiger Stripe (1938) for example, continued to be produced in a wide range of colours until 1970 and Crete (1946) remained a popular choice for interiors into the 1960s. Drawing from a rich variety of sources including Indigenous culture in Goanna (c.1954) and Pacific Island tapa cloth designs in Bird and Tree (1940), Burke also looked to Japan in designs such as Plum Blossom (1948) and Zen (1965). She loved exploring the potential of native flora, seen in designs including Waratah (1955) and Flannel Flower (1955), while garden flowers were the source for many other designs including Belladonna (1940), Periwinkle (n.d.) and Rose (1947). Burke’s clever interplay of a single striking printed colour with lively gestural lines revealing the white base fabric, gave her designs a vibrancy that characterised the optimistic post-war era. This can be seen in Burke’s fabrics for Hayman Island including Angel Fish and Seapiece (both 1949) which expressed the freshness and excitement of the luxurious new tropical resort and led to further commissions. Burke’s three decades in business (1937-1970) were an unparalleled success in the story of Australian design. Her fabrics have been collected by the NGA, the Powerhouse Museum, NGV, RMIT Design Archives and Sydney Living Museums in addition to Ararat Gallery TAMA. Written by Nanette Carter and Robyn Oswald-Jacobs. -
Bendigo Military Museum
Postcard - POSTCARD PHOTOGRAPH, Whitney Bros Electric Studio, C.1940
The photo is Douglas Niven Dean VX32652 2nd AIF, enlisted 15/7/1940, age 23 years, posted 7th Div A.A.S.Corp, served in siege of Tobruk, Middle East, New Guinea and Borneo, discharged on 7.12.1945. He was a member of the Bendigo Rats of Tobruk Association, served as secretary 1978 - 87 incl, Jnr V Pres 1992 - 95 and was a life Member of the Association.Postcard photo, portrait, B & W, shows a soldier in uniform, slouch hat, Rising sun collar badges, diamond shape colour patch showing on left arm, rear re post card has space for stamp, address and correspondence, faint makers stamp.On rear in blue ink, “Doug Dean”tobruk, 7th div, aasc,