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Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Lee A Ratten, late 1940's to early to mid 1950's
Yields information about tram operations in the Gardens following the introduction of bogie trams and before the scrapping of No. 25Black and white photograph of Ballarat 24 and 34? at Gardens Loop, Wendouree Parade, late 1940's to early to mid 1950's. Tram 24 has the destination of City. On the rear has the photo stamp of Lee A Ratten of 51 Cotham Road Kew.trams, tramways, ballarat, gardens loop, wendouree parade, tram 24, tram 34 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Charles Craig, late 1960's early 1970's
Yields information about tram operations on the Sebastopol line.Photograph of Ballarat trams (from the rear), 30 and 34 at the Sebastopol terminus - undated - late 1960's early 1970's with the Royal Mail hotel in the background. No. 34 running a special. On the hotel is a sign for Melbourne Bitter and Foster's Lager. Photo by Charles Craig? Has in red ink on rear - "34 and 30 Sebastopol"trams, tramways, sebastopol, tram 30, tram 34 -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Grade 1, Kew State School, 1920
Kew Primary School is the oldest school in Kew and was established on November 1, 1870. It predates the commencement of State education with its genesis lying in the year the colony was founded, namely, 1851. Nicholas Fenwick was recognized as the founder of Kew when he purchased an area of 122 acres (Lot 87) on which Kew Primary School now stands.Photograph of 35 children in Grade 1, Kew State School, 1920. Inscription on front "Year 1920"; on reverse: "KH-285. Kew S. School. Donated by Mr Heward, 1978. Grade 1 1920." This photo, unlike 1978.0019 is on a cardboard mount.schools -- kew (vic.), government schools - kew (vic.), primary schools -- kew (vic), kew state school, kew primary school -
Mont De Lancey
Functional object - Large Boiler, Clark and Co, early 1900's
This large 10 gallon boiler would have been used over an open fire or placed on top of coals to boil clothes clean. They were first made in England during the 1700's and onwards.They were shipped to Australia and other British Empire countries to be purchased by early settlers. A large antique black oval cast iron Boiler Pot with small curved lifting handles for holding it on both sides. There is a large cast moveable carrying iron handle with a bend at the top for hooking onto an 'S' shaped hook or rod to hang over an open fire. This handle is attached on each side to thick iron loops. The Makers name is embossed on one side.Embossed on one side is 'Clarke and Co 10.GS' inside an oval shape (for gallons) There is a diamond shape too of a blacksmith at work. cast iron, cooking, boiling utensils -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH, FRAMED, Post 1918
John Leonard Stanley Hammill No 1351 AIF. Refer 396.2 for his service history also 369. Black & white portrait photograph of Australian WWI Soldier wearing a slouch hat & Rising Sun badge. The image has been artistically enhanced. The frame is ribbed timber.J S S HAMMILL No 1351photography-photographs, frame accessories, military history-army -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, 1925
One of 6 photographs donated by Z. CoxBlack & White photograph of the S.S.Plover Ferry.On Back: S. S. Plover 1925ferries, ss plover, phillip island, z cox -
National Wool Museum
Sugar Bowl
Footed, electroplated nickel silver sugar bowl, presented to Mr R W Pettitt.Footed, electroplated nickel silver sugar bowl, presented to Mr R W Pettitt.PEERLE[S][S] PLATE/ EPNSpettitt, mr r. w. -
Ballarat Clarendon College
Book
Books presented to the ballarat College Weatherly Library by former student R H S Ewins. Russell Herbert Sydney Ewins attended Ballarat College from 1923. Example of the various ways old collegians continued to contribute to the school with generosity throughout their adult lives.Ten books, including six volume set; various sizesBook plates inside front cover: Ballarat College Library / PRESENTED BY/ R H S Ewins 1951....r-h-s-ewins, russell-ewins, 1951, ballarat-college, weatherly-library -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - JORDAN COLLECTION: COLOUR PHOTO OF STREETSCAPE IN BENDIGO, late 1970 - 1980's
Colour photo of a streetscape in Bendigo. Image shows spire of Cathedral in background, timber house on RH side, with large Norfolk pine beside. Appears to be approx late 1970's - through to mid 1980's.bendigo, streetscape, general street views -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, c 1920's / 1930's
One of a collection of photographs purchased from Photo First, Thompson Avenue, Cowes, when it closed in June, 2014.Large Black & White photograph of 2 men on a Sunbeam motorbike and sidecar at Phillip Island in the 1930's.motorbike racing on phillip island, sunbeam motorbike & sidecar, photo first -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Booklet - Rules and Regulations
The Society of Old Bendigonians (1853), Rules and Regulations booklet for the rules and regulations established on 27th September 1870. The booklet was printed by Maurice Moran, Mundy Street in 1871. the booklet includes the 27 rules and a list of members on 31 October 1870. The front and back covers of the booklet are blue, with the pages inside an aged creamy brown. The print throughout is black. A photocopy of the original documents has been made and is located with the original.old bendigonians, rules and by-laws, 1870s, rules and regulations -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Medal - Framed Medals, Private Mervyn HARRIS
Service Medals x 2 and Life Membership Badge awarded to Private Mervyn S HARRIS 6th Aux. Horse Transport Coy - HARRIS MERVYN SYLVESTER WALTER : Service Number - V22764 : Date of birth - 04 Oct 1914 : Place of birth - BENDIGO VIC : Place of enlistment - WANGARATTA Timber frame containing two WW2 service medals mounted on red felt backing.Plaque: Private Mervyn S HARRIS V22764 6 Aux Horse Transport Coy m.s. harris, 6th aux horse transport coy, ww2 -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Equipment - Dentist Drill, Late 19th century
The design of this and other similar treadle powered dental engine (or dentist drill) was in common use by dentists from the 1870’s into the 1920's. When electricity became accessible to most communities the electrically powered dental engines began to take over from the treadle power. Over the ages teeth were extracted using picks and scissors and other gouging instruments. Bow drills, hand drills and even a "bur thimble" drill were later used to prepare cavities for filling. Some drills were made bendable by attaching flexible shanks between the metal bur and the handle, giving access to the teeth at the back of the mouth. Other mechanical devices were introduced along the way, such as clockwork drills, but they were hard to handle and inefficient. Over the centuries “dentistry has been performed by priests, monks and other healers. This was followed by barbers; the barber’s chair may well have been the precursor to the dental chair. “(SA Medical Heritage Society Inc.) In 1871 James Morrison patented the first commercially manufactured 'foot treadle dental engine', the first practica dental engine although others had been introduced as early as 1790 (by John Greenwood). Handmade steel burs or drills were introduced for dental handpieces, taking advantage of the significant increase in the speed of the drill. In 1891 the first machine-made steel burs were in use. The treadle drill reduced the time to prepare a cavity from hours to less than ten minutes. In 1876 the Samuel S. White Catalogue of Dentist Instruments listed a 12 ½ inch wheel diameter dental engine, with 14 bright steel parts, for sale at US $55 In today’s market, this is the equivalent to US $1200 approx. The specifications of that dental engine are very similar to the this one in our Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village’s collection. It is interesting to note that workings of a similar treadle dentist drill were used and modified to power a treadle spinning wheel of one of the volunteer spinners at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village. The foot treadle dental engine was a milestone in dental history. “Historic importance of treadle powered machines; they made use of human power in an optimal way” (Lowtech Magazine “Short history of early pedal powered machines”) The invention of a machine to speed up the process of excavation of a tooth lead to the invention of new burs and drills for the handpieces, improving speed and the surgical process of dentistry. They were the fore-runner of today’s electrically powered dental engines. This treadle-powered dentist drill, or dentist engine, is made of iron and steel and provides power for a mechanical dental hand-piece that would be fitted with a dental tool. The drill has a three footed cast iron base, one foot being longer than the other two. A vertical C shaped frame is joined into the centre of the base, holding an axle that has a driving-wheel (or flywheel) and connecting to a crank. A slender, shoulder height post, made from telescoping pipes, joins into the top of this frame and is height adjusted by a hand tightened screw with a round knob. On the post just above the frame is a short metal, horizontal bar (to hold the hand-piece when it is not in use). A narrow tubular arm is attached to the top of the stand at a right angle and can move up and down. At the end of the arm is a firmly fixed, flexible rubber hose protected for a short distance by a sheath of thin metal. At the end of the hose there is a fitting where the drill’s hand-piece would be attached; a small, silver coloured alligator clip is also at the end. A treadle, or foot pedal, is hinged to the heel to the long foot of the base, and joined at the toe to the crank that turns the driving-wheel. There is a spring under the toe of the treadle. The metal driving-wheel has a wide rim. Touching the inside of the rim are four tubular rings that bulge towards the outside of the driving-wheel, away from the pole, and all meet at the hub of the axle. The axle is bulbous between the inside of the driving-wheel and the frame then passes through the frame and is attached on the other side. The driving-wheel has a groove around which a belt would sit. The belt would also fit around a pulley on the arm, at the top of the post. The pulley is joined to a rod inside the arm and this spins the drill's hand-piece and dental tool holder. The two shorter feet of the base are made from a long metal bar that has been curved outwards, and its centre is bolted to the base of the pole. Under the ends of the curved legs of the base are wedge shaped feet. The driving-wheel is decorated in light coloured paint on both sides, each side having three sets of floral decals evenly spaced around them, and each about a sixth of the wheel's circumference. Similar decoration is along the sides of the frame. The foot pedal has decorative cutout patterns in the centre of the foot and at the toe. On the long foot of the stand is some lettering with a fine, light coloured border around it. The lettering is hard to read, being a dark colour and flaking off. There are also remnants of fine, light coloured flourishes. The foot pedal has lettering of the maker’s trade mark cast into the metal at the ball of the foot. Lettering on the base is peeling and difficult to read. The foot pedal has a trade mark cast into it that looks like a combination of ‘C’ , ‘S’ , ‘A’, ‘R’. flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, dentist, teeth, dental drill, dental engine, treadle drill, foot powered drill, treadle engine, orthodontics, dental surgery, james morrison -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s, Travis Jeffrey, late 1960's or early 1970's
Agfa plastic mount (blue base, white cover) with a photo of Bendigo No. 19 and the Scrubber tramcar at Golden Square terminus, with the terminus milk bar in the background. Photo taken late 1960's early 1970's. No. 19 has two SEC roof advertisements."BES 36" in penciltramways, trams, bendigo, golden square, scrubber tram, scrubber, tram 19 -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, Wreford & Co, Outline of the Constitution of the School of Mines for the Colony of Victoria at Ballarat, 1870 (exact)
The Ballarat School of Mines was established in 1870 after a resolution from the Ballarat Mining Board. It is the first School of Mines in Australia. The first three trustees were Redmond Barry, Rivett Henry Bland, and Somerville Learmonth, with Redmond Barry being the first President. .1) Yellow soft covered booklet of 4 pages. The contents include an outline and rules of the proposed Ballarat School of Mines, Resolutions of the Mining Board at Ballarat, and a draft constitution. .2) Ballarat School of Mines Constitution handwritten rough notes .3) Ballarat School of Mines Constitution handwritten rough notes .4) Ballarat School of Mines handwritten draft Constitutionballarat school of mines, smb, redmond barry, ballarat mining board, ballarat school of mines establishment, legal, constitution, rivett henry bland, somerville learmonth, john alexander mcpherson, james mcculloch, mccoy, harrie wood -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Blackburn A Model Township, 1880's
During the boom years of the 1880's, the new township of Blackburn was designed and built.During the boom years of the 1880's, the new township of Blackburn was designed and built.During the boom years of the 1880's, the new township of Blackburn was designed and built.blackburn, gardiner's creek, blackburn lake, freehold investment and banking company of australia ltd, goodwin, george augustus -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - GOLDEN SQUARE LAUREL STREET P.S. COLLECTION: CLASS PHOTOS, 1920's
Two uncaptioned class photos with teacher. Estimated age period 1920's.bendigo, institutions, golden square primary school -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ENQUIRY: DONALD RANKIN, 14th March, 1990
Enquiry of 14/03/1990 re Donald Rankin (Bendigo ca. 1870/71). Mention of McColl, Stanistreet and Rankin firm and also Miss Jockerman's school in Bendigo. No reply.Mrs H. Blackwoodperson, family, rankin family, donals rankin, mccoll, stanistreet and rankin, miss jockerman's school, sandhurst cemetery. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS NO. 3770 COLLECTION: MEDICAL CERTIFICATE
Blue paper dated Decr 5th 1870. I hereby Certify that George Blackler of Long Gully is unable to follow his usual employment. Signed H. L. Atkinson.societies, aof, correspondence, ancient order of foresters no. 3770 collection - medical certificate, court king of the forest, george blackler, h l atkinson -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS NO. 3770 COLLECTION: MEDICAL CERTIFICATE
Blue paper dated Decr 5th 1870. I hereby Certify that ? Redpall(th) of Long Gully is unable to follow his usual employment. Signed H. L. Atkinson.societies, aof, correspondence, ancient order of foresters no. 3770 collection - medical certificate, court king of the forest, ? redpall(th), h l atkinson -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS NO. 3770 COLLECTION: MEDICAL CERTIFICATE
Blue paper dated Augt 30th 1870. I hereby Certify that H. Brown of Long Gully is unable to follow his usual employment. Signed H. L. Atkinson.societies, aof, correspondence, ancient order of foresters no. 3770 collection - medical certificate, court king of the forest, h brown, h l atkinson -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Harriet Holmes grave at Bolangum / Kanya 1991-- Coloured, 28.04.91
2 Coloured Photographs Bolangum / Kanya Grave of Harriet Holmes Taken 1991Grave of Harrit Holmes Died 17-Feb 1870. 49 Yrs. Wife of Robert Holmes. Bricks were used form Former Bolongum Inn, Were Used for Headstone.On Reverse 28-4-91stawell -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Post Card, Early 20th Century
One of a group of photographs from the Bryant West Collection donated by Mary KarneyBlack & White postcard of the S. S. Genista arriving at Rhyll, Phillip IslandS.S. Genista calling at Rhyll. H. Malouf, Cowes.ss genista, ferry "genista", rhyll jetty phillip island, bryant west collection, mary karney -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, ?
Part of collection of Photographs donated to the Museum by the family of the late Mr. Jack Jenner (1977).Black & White Postcard - Photo shop Series. View of S. S. "Killara".Photo Shop series S.S.Killara Coweslocal history, photography, photographs, slides, film, view cowes, black & white photograph, jack jenner, ss killara, ferries, cowes, photo shop series -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, January 1924
Black and white photograph of the steamer S S Omeo at the wharf Sale Victoriatownship, bridges, roads and streets, railway, waterways -
Numurkah & District Historical Society
Abacus / Wicker Clothes Basket
Abacus used by children 1900's ? Wicker Clothes basket 1900's ?abacus, school, counting, washing basket, wicker basket, laundry -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Print, Flagstafhill, 1975
Robert Ulmann who was born in Switzerland, came to the Western District in the 1970’s and was well known in the district for his paintings of wildlife. He also has some sculptural pieces around Warrnambool. He died suddenly in 1999. This piece is a sketch of the Flagstaff precinct.A local scene sketched by a local well known artist.Tan paper with cream drawing. The drawing is a scene of Flagstaff Hill with cannon in the foreground and lighthouse keeper”s cottage and lighthouse in the background. In brown timber frame with white edge. Signed by Robert Ulmann 1975.warrnambool, robert ulmann, ulmann painting, flagstaff hill print, -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - A 1950's description of all things to do with operation of civilian aircraft and airports, ie such things as navigation, air space control, general air craft engine types, aircraft design. Does not have specific aircraft detail. THE WORLD'S AIRWAYS AND HOW THEY WORK, CAPTAIN J. W. G. JAMES, JOHN STROUD, THE WORLD'S AIRWAYS AND HOW THEY WORK, 1950
A 1950's description of all things to do with operation of civilian aircraft and airports, ie such things as navigation, air space control, general air craft engine types, aircraft design. Does not have specific aircraft detail. THE WORLD'S AIRWAYS AND HOW THEY WORKCover jacket showing black and white sketch of 1950's four radial engine passenger aircraft in flight, between orange coloured band top and bottom of cover.non-fictionA 1950's description of all things to do with operation of civilian aircraft and airports, ie such things as navigation, air space control, general air craft engine types, aircraft design. Does not have specific aircraft detail. THE WORLD'S AIRWAYS AND HOW THEY WORK -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, 'Raheen', Studley Park Road, c.1959
This work forms part of the collection assembled by the historian Dorothy Rogers, that was donated to the Kew Historical Society by her son John Rogers in 2015. The manuscripts, photographs, maps, and documents were sourced by her from both family and local collections or produced as references for her print publications. Many were directly used by Rogers in writing ‘Lovely Old Homes of Kew’ (1961) and 'A History of Kew' (1973), or the numerous articles on local history that she produced for suburban newspapers. Most of the photographs in the collection include detailed annotations in her hand.The Rogers Collection provides a comprehensive insight into the working habits of a historian in the 1960s and 1970s. Together it forms the largest privately-donated collection within the archives of the Kew Historical Society.Small black and white photograph of Raheen in Studley Park Road, Kew."Raheen / ca. 1870 by Ed. Latham / Palace of Roman (Catholic Archbishop) / 2 views either one / 22"raheen -- studley park road -- kew (vic), edward latham, archbishop mannix -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Postcard, 1920 c
Also other copies purchasedBlack and white postcard showing view of the entrance, with S S Manuwatu, and S S Wyralla at sea, timber entrance groynes visible, rock and timber groynes to form Bullock Island visible. Lakes Entrance Victoriaships and shipping, jetties, waterways