Port Melbourne Cricket Club 1st Eleven 1959-60 Laserprint copied from photo loaned by Merv McKenzie for Back to Port 2001 (sPort Stuff): sport - cricket, terry keenan

A black and white photograph of the new Bendigo Teachers' College Administration block in 1959 or 1960. In the background is the Principal's Residence 'Pleasant Vale' in Osborne Street. See 3320.100bendigo, education, bendigo teachers' college, la trobe university bendigo collection, collection, bendigo, education, bendigo teachers' college, students, building, place, administration, buildings, miss j.c. burnett, mr. geoff pryor, history, tertiary education, teacher training

Front page Herald Sun, Friday, May 10 1996, featuring Mayor of Port Phillip Liana THOMPSON on her Vespa motor scootertransport - motor vehicles, city of port phillip, liana thompson, mayors

THE WEEKLY TIMES ANNUAL 1932. PICTORIAL (COLOURED). SPECIAL NUMBER OF THE WEEKLY TIMES, OCTOBER 10, 1932. 22ND YEAR. PRICE 1/6.australia, pictorial, stories and poems, local history

Fire insurance policy certificate issued to Martha Edwards for a building in Husband Road Tunstall, 10 December 1909, by Atlas Assurance Company Limited.Fire insurance policy certificate issued to Martha Edwards for a building in Husband Road Tunstall, 10 December 1909, by Atlas Assurance Company Limited.edwards, martha, atlas assurance company limited, insurance, husband road, forest hill, no. 42, husband road, tunstall

Geological Map of Melbourne & Suburbs. Scale: 40 chains to 1 inch with inset 10 miles to 1 inch. Includes Municipal and Parish boundaries, railways and stations, electric tramways, cable tramways, Post Offices and State schools. Area bounded by Braybrook, Preston, Blackburn & Brighton. Printed on linen.Geological Map of Melbourne & Suburbs. melbourne, maps

Captain John E D White, Australian Army Training Team in Vietnam (AATTV) took over command of 11 Mobile Strike Force (Mike Force) Company in Da Nang, Vietnam, in February 1968. He was 26 years old. The 2 NVA Division was moving from Laos into South Vietnam and his mission was to establish contact with the division and trace its movements south. In mid-March the company was air lifted to the Special Forces camp of Kham Duc, near the Laotian border. They used an old French Foreign Legion fort as a temporary base from which patrols could be sent out. White called it Ngok Tavak after a nearby mountain. Initially, patrols failed to find the enemy, but in late April a patrol clashed with the enemy. At the same time, White received intelligence that the NVA division was closing in. At night they could hear explosions in the distance heading toward them. White decided their best chance was to leave the fort and take to the jungle to adopt guerrilla tactics. However, in the meantime a platoon of United States Marine Corps artillery arrived bringing with them two howitzers and a stockpile of ammunition. To abandon the fort was to abandon the guns. White contacted Da Nang, explaining the predicament, and was ordered to remain where he was. A Civilian Irregular Defense Group (CIDG) platoon was sent to reinforce his numbers. This was a para military force comprised mainly of indigenous highlanders, trained by United States Special Forces. They also brought with them two mortars and their crews. At 3.15am on 10 May 1968 some members of the CIDG chose to assist the NVA to attack the fort instead of supporting Mike Force, and close hand to hand fighting followed, along with grenade attacks and heavy machine gun fire. Air support offered a brief respite from the NVA attack, and some NVA forces were pushed back outside the perimeter by counter attacks, but at 9am White contacted Da Nang to advise that his position was untenable. A second attack was imminent and they could not withstand it, so they would have to withdraw. The wounded were evacuated by helicopter (under orders from Major Mai, the NVA had not attacked the previous medical helicopters that collected the wounded under the cover of air strikes) and at 1pm the rest of the force evacuated east, into the jungle. The NVA did not notice their withdrawal, and continued mortar attacks on the fort for another ninety minutes. Seven kilometres from the fort White called for a helicopter withdrawal of his forces. The force was successfully lifted to Kham Duc and then Da Nang. (Credit AWM)Annotated hand-drawn map of the fort at Ngok Tavak, 10 May 1968.battle of ngok tavak, john white, battle map