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Tarnagulla History ArchivePhotograph: copy of news image of George Minto, c. 1870s
Murray Comrie Collection. George Minto (b.1824 in Harwick, Scotland) was engineer at the Flour Mill in Tarnagulla, was Mayor of Tarnagulla Borough Council for a time and was engineer of the Shire of Marong for twenty years. For 13 years he occupied the position of surveyor to the Bendigo City Council. In his later life he lived in Kangaroo Flat. Whilst living there, on the 28th November 1914, he died, aged 90 and a half years. This photograph is a reasonable image created from a historic news source (unknown). Copy probably made by Murray Comrie in the 1970s.Monochrome photograph, being copy of a news clipping with image of George Minto. Printed caption 'The Late Mr. George Minto, Jun. (Bartlett Bros, photo)'. tarnagulla, people -
Bacchus Marsh & District Historical SocietyGeological specimen - Sample of Pulverised Dried Brown Coal, Maddingley Brown Coal Mine, 1981
The Maddingley area of Bacchus Marsh was surveyed for brown coal deposits in the 1930s. By the early 1940s brown coal in large quantities was being extracted and was transported to Melbourne where it was used to fire boilers for the Australian Paper Mills (APM) company. By the 1970s APM was using natural gas instead of coal. Maddingley brown coal was then used to fire boilers for the CRA/VISY cardboard factory at Bacchus Marsh. This factory closed down in 1990. During the 1990s the mine was acquired by the Calleja family company who ran transport and waste management operations.The Maddingley Brown coal mine was a major industry in Bacchus Marsh for 50 years. A sample of coal from the mine is a reminder of the importance of this local industry over an extended period of time.Two cylindrical plastic containers mounted on rectangular baseSample of pulverised brown coal produced from Maddingley brown coal deposit located at Bacchus Marsh Victoria, October 1981. Moisture content 12% - Specific energy - 22 GJ/Tonne - Particle size - 25% +90 Microncoal mines, mining, brown coal, maddingley brown coal mine -
Stawell Historical Society IncPhotograph, Stawell Urban Fire Brigade
Stawell Urban Fire Brigade BACK ROW L-R : Ted Welsh, ern Dickens, B. Smith. ?.Brown, A.Oliver, ?, ?, C. Prosser. N. Parsons SECOND ROW L-R: J. Grainger, C. Richardson, F. Crouch, H. Chapman, Ray Maddocks, R. Ledger, ?. Dunn, K. Floyd THIRD ROW L-R: ?, ?, ?, G. Hughes, R.K. Chapman, P. Fenwick, ?, Ray Rickard, B. Thompson FRONT ROW L-R: ?, ?, ?, Reg Nicholls, L. Egginton, H. Ridgewell, T. Mills, ?, Black and white photograph of a large group of men in uniform. All have hats except for the front row. Taken in a studio that has a curtain behind the group.nonestawell -
National Wool MuseumPhotograph, Commonwealth of Australia, Central Wool Committee, Season 1917-18
Portraits of the Commonwealth of Australia Central Wool Committee from 1917-18. Those depicted are: A.H. Moore, F.B.S. Falkiner, B. Laycock, J.M. Balfour (Secretary), W. Stevenson Fraser (Vice Chairman), Sir J.M. Higgins (Chairman), W.J. Young (Vice Chairman), D. Gibb, R.B. McComas, E. Jowett.COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA / CENTRAL WOOL COMMITTEE / SEASON 1917-18 A.H. MOORE ESQ. / E. JOWETT ESQ. M.P. / F.B.S. FALKINER ESQ. M.P. / R.B. McCOMAS ESQ. / B. LAYCOCK ESQ. / SIR J.M. HIGGINS K.C.M.G. / CHAIRMAN / W.J. YOUNGER ESQ. C.B.E. / VICE CHAIRMAN / W. STEVENSON FRASER ESQ. VICE CHAIRMAN / D. GIBB ESQ. / J.M. BALFOUR ESQ. / SECRETARY Alice Millsc. of a. - central wool committee -
Glen Eira Historical SocietyArticle - Rosstown Railway
This file contains three items: 1/A review of the ROSSTOWN RAIL TRAIL from LIVING IN GLEN EIRA, vol. 11, 2004, Issue 4, no. 25, date and author unknown. The review explains the purpose of the Rail Trail with a brief narrative of the history behind Rosstown Sugar Mill Railway line. Concluding with information on the location of the Trail and the expected time required to walk the entire track included in the review is a map of the Rail Trail, which marks significant sites along the trail with historic pictures. 2/A newspaper article from THE AGE, dated Tuesday 21/10/1980 and written by Iola Matthews, reporting on the circumstances that led to the publication of the book RETURN TO ROSSTOWN written by Des Jowett and Ian Weickhardt. The article begins with a brief biography of the authors before moving into details of the book’s content, providing a further biography of W. Murray Ross which includes information on his financial ventures – particularly the Rosstown Rail – his marriage and children. The article includes a black and white photograph of Weickhardt and Jowett walking along the route of the railway line, an illustration of the Rosstown sugar works and a map of the area surrounding the site of the mill. 3/Three photocopies of a black and white illustration of the Rosstown sugar works from the east, undated and artist unknown.rosstown rail trail, rosstown, ross william, ross w. murray, ross murray, sugar beet mills, mills, elsternwick, land transport, railways, railway lines, railway routes, carnegie neville street, carnegie miller street, factories, market gardens, horticulture, peat, soils, land forms, topography, geology, civic issues, cone sugar industry, elsternwick plaza, elsternwick, glenhuntly road, parks and reserves, ee gunn reserve, caulfield racecourse, sportsgrounds, caulfield, carnegie, riddell parade, clarence street, aileen avenue, princes park, dover street, marara road, oakleigh road, rosanna street, murrumbeena crescent, north road, kooyong road, hawthorn road, booran road, koornang road, poath road, warragul road, railway platforms, railway buildings, bambra road, swamps, landforms, landfill, council landfill, railway bridges, bridges, railway underpasses, sporting clubs, tennis clubs, bowls clubs, rosstown railway, rosanna street reserve, maps, railway maps, living in glen eira, weickhardt ian, jowett des, caulfield south, curraweena road, oakleigh, caulfield technical school, return to rosstown, beet sugar industry, crops, land booms, land development and subdivisions, bent thomas, fink benjamin, sugar works, rosstown hotel, oamdenong road, rosstown dry cleaners, shops, rosstown road, rosstown plate, people by circumstance, migrants, accountants, occupations, professionals, the grange, real estate, grange road, financial agents, judges, rosstown estate, financial trouble, rabbit preserving, breweries, political debates, political issues, political electorates, politics, political science, debt, financial loans, court procedures, court cases, legal events and activities, malleson and riggall, widowers, seabeach railway, economics, economic deadline, depression 1890s, economic crash, mortgages, divorce, social problems, poverty, ross claude, ross roderick, world war 1914-1918, wars, military history, servicemen, australian flying corps, engineers, caulfield council, swagmen, homelessness, glenhuntly road, glenhuntly road tram, woornack road, leila road, wild cherry road, melten avenue, illustrations, steam trains, trains, horse and cart, horse-drawn transport, railway stations -
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Eltham District Historical Society IncBook, Leslie Arthur Schumer, Henry Dendy and his emigrants / [by] Leslie A. Schumer, 1975
Henry Dendy (1800-1881) is best known as the founder of Brighton. It is not well known that years later he lived far longer at Eltham than he did at Brighton. In 1840 whilst still in England, he bought eight square miles of unspecified land in the Port Phillip district. This entitled him to bring a number of other people to the colony and in 1841 he arrived in Williamstown in the York with his family and 139 others. He took up this land entitlement at what is now Brighton and most of the emigrants settled there. He encountered financial problems and lost his interest in the estate in 1844. He left Brighton in 1847. He successfully not always successfully became a brewer at Geelong, a sheep farmer at Christmas Hills and Upper Moira, a flour miller at Eltham, a sheep farmer again at Werribee and finally a copper miner at Walhalla. Dendy came to Eltham in 1856 after having spent a year in England, he purchased about 5 acres of land in two parts situated each side of Maria Street (Main Road). There was a steam flour mill on that part of the land adjoining the Diamond Creek. He became prominent in local affairs serving for a time on the Eltham District Roads Board including one term as President. Dendy’s wife Sarah died at Eltham in 1860 and also in that year he was appointed Chairman of a committee to establish a Church of England in Eltham. He donated one of his Pitt Street lots for this purpose. St Margaret’s Church was opened on this site in 1861. In 1867 Dendy sold his mill to W F Ford and moved to Werribee and then Walhalla where he remained until his death. He is buried in the Walhalla cemetery. Part of the land on which the Eltham Community Reception Centre stands was the site of Dendy’s house and Mill. Some of the old trees on the site could well have been planted in Dendy’s time. Much of this information was obtained from the book “Henry Dendy and his Emigrants” by L A Schumer. ISBN 095971040X Paperback; viii, 88 p. : maps ; 22 cm. [written inside front cover] To J.W. Wainbech(?) with the author's compliments and thanks. 22/12/75 [and signed by the author on the cover page]henry dendy, brighton (vic.), emmigration, pioneers -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.Document - Palais de Dance Warrnambool, 1954
Warrnambool’s first Palais was established in the Hotel Mansions on the corner of Koroit and Kepler Streets and destroyed by fire in 1929. The second Palais was established at the Liberty Theatre in Lava Street. The third Palais was established in the Oddfellows Hall building in Koroit Street in 1939. Dances were held weekly and sometimes more often and attracted musical talent from the Warrnambool district and even from Melbourne with band leaders such as Tommy Davidson and Vin Mills. In 1974 the Warrnambool City Council bought the building and it was used only intermittently for entertainment purposes. Today the building is in private hands and is used for commercial and business purposes. This advertisement is of considerable significance as it comes from the Palais de Danse dance theatre which was important as a social institution in Warrnambool for over 30 years. The advertisement also reminds us of the era (1940s, 50s, 60s) when beauty pageants and Belle of the Ball competitions were popular all over Australia. This is a document in a brown plastic frame with a gold-coloured metal inside edging. The frame has a glass front. The document is a 1954 advertisement for the Palais de Danse dance floor in the Oddfellows Hall in Koroit Street, Warrnambool. The advertisement has black and red printing on a buff-coloured background. The advertisement has an ornamental edge around the printing and a red-coloured photograph of the dance floor. ‘Palais de Danse, Warrnambool, proclaims The Belle of the Western District, The Largest Provincial Competition, Biggest Prizes Ever Offered, The Most Beautiful Girls in the Western District’ etc etcpalais de danse, warrnambool, beauty pageants, warrnambool -
National Wool MuseumSample Book, Patterns, c. 1930
Fabric sample book produced by Ernest Waddington with specifications circa 1930. Such a book would work as a catalogue of a designer’s previous Mastercards. Mastercards are specification sheets that are sent to mills in order to produce commercial amounts of fabrics for tailoring into final products, such as suits. Keeping a catalogue of previous designs is useful for designers to take inspiration from in future designs and for re-releases of iconic designs. This sample book is also notable because of its period of creation. It was created in the Great Depression. Despite societies psyche at this time, there is a surprising amount of colour and what may be viewed as daring designs. Fabric sample book produced by E Waddington with specifications.E. Waddingtonweaving textile design textile mills textile mills, waddington, mr ernest, weaving, textile design, textile mills -
Federation University Historical CollectionMagazine, The Spectator: Lucas House Magazine, 1958, 06/1958
Mazazine on 21 pages featuring a black and white image of the Ballarat Arch of Victory on the front cover. Contents include: * Making Australia's History (John Campbell Miles and Mount Isa) by S. Warren Shears * Cricket Club Notes by Arthur Smith (Doug Mills, Stan Fraser, Tubby Grundy) * Badminton Notes (W. Shears, I. JOnes, T. Hubble, M. Drabsch, Joan Sutherland) * Combating Asian 'Flu (Photo of June Blundell receiving injection from Dr W. Jenkin) * Greater Love (Original short story by L.W.) * Social Page * What is a Boy by Allen Beck Images include photographs of workers on the job, and the Lucas Past Employees Memorial Cairn on the Learmonth end of the Avenue of Honour. e. lucas and co., s. sarori, f. gillies, john tunbridge, lucas memorial cairn -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: EARLY HISTORY OF THE BENDIGO GOLDFIELD
Typed foolscap two sided document with information about the early history of the Bendigo Goldfield. Topics include the first gold discovery, how gullies were worked, quartz reefing, gold cakes, hand dollies and Chilian mills. Some brief statistics of the Bendigo goldfield include the total gold yield of 17,370,561 ounces plus 5,000,000 oz sold outside Bendigo. The greatest depth reached by any mine in the State, 4,593 feet below surface, or 3,700 feet below sea-level, was attained by the Victoria Quartz Company. About 100 shafts exceed a depth of 1,000 feet, of which 40 are between 2,000 and 3,000 feet deep, fifteen are between 3,000 and 4,000 feet and two are over 4,000 feet.bendigo, mining, mines department -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Magazine - AILEEN AND JOHN ELLISON COLLECTION: THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S WEEKLY JULY 5 1961
The Australian women's Weekly from July 5, 1961. Price 1 shilling. On the cover Henrietta Tiarks on a wedding dress. Contents: The little nothing dress - Princess Grace of Ireland - New look in hair - it was lovely, we dance twice - The case of the duplicate daughter - miss Friday's day - The way back - It seems to me - Australian nature - Worth reporting - Letter box - Your bookshelf - Stars - Jackys' diary - Dress sense - Fashion frocks - television parade - mills family - old Vic revisits Australia - The men in Audrey Hepburn's life - Woman doctor says: - At home - Home plans, prize recipes - Cookery, cooked on a skewer - Cookery course - Gardening. The magazine has 63 pages.books, magazines, women's magazine -
Stawell RSL Sub Branch War MuseumProtograph of WW1 soldier Christopher Clark, Portrait WW2 Soldier Christopher Clark, Approx 1916
Soldier in WW1 Australian Imperial Expeditionary Force No 5998 Christopher Clark 59th Battalion Born in StawellChristopher was a WW1 Serviceman from Stawell who returned to Australia Framed Studio Portrait of Soldier No 5998 Christopher Clark Australian Imperial Expeditionary Force WW1,59th Battalion Christopher Clark was born in Stawell on 25th December 1892 and was brought up on the family farm in Callawdda and worked in the district and then in Queensland where he obtained an engine drivers licence and drove the sugar trains then worked on the steam boiler engines in the sugar mills. When the First World War started he came back to Stawell and enlisted in the army on 11/4/1916. He was sent to France in the 59th Battalion. He was in the army 1175 days, serving 1029 days abroad. During his service he was promoted to Lance Corporal. Details from his daughter Ruth Clark of Ararat December 2017.ww1, serviceman, soldiers, military, stawell -
Stawell RSL Sub Branch War MuseumCertificate of Appreciation from Stawell Borough and Shire for WW1 soldier Christopher Clark, Certificate of Appreciation, Approx 1916
Soldier in WW1 Australian Imperial Expeditionary Force No 5998 Christopher Clark 59th Battalion Born in StawellChristopher was a WW1 Serviceman from Stawell Framed Certificate of Appreciation for Soldier No 5998 Christopher Clark Australian Imperial Expeditionary Force WW1, 59th Battalion Christopher Clark was born in Stawell on 25th December 1892 and was brought up on the family farm in Callawdda and worked in the district and then in Queensland where he obtained an engine drivers licence and drove the sugar trains then worked on the steam boiler engines in the sugar mills. When the First World War started he came back to Stawell and enlisted in the army on 11/4/1916. He was sent to France in the 59th Battalion. He was in the army 1175 days, serving 1029 days abroad. During his service he was promoted to Lance Corporal. Details from his daughter Ruth Clark of Ararat December 2017. Soldier No 5998 Christopher Clark Australian Imperial Expeditionary Force WW1 59th Battalion Born in Stawellww1, serviceman, soldiers, military, stawell -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumNewspaper, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SEC) and The Courier Ballarat, Councils share tram retention problem, Sep. 1962
Yields information about the view of The Courier, and locals about the mooted closure of the tramway system.Foolscap sheet of plain paper, with rounded corners, with 8 newspaper cuttings, concerning the mooted closure of the Ballarat Tram system September. 1962. All from The Courier. 1 - "Trams and transport" - Editorial 2 - "Councils Share Tram Retention Problem" - discussions between the City and Sebastopol. Quotes Cr. Mills and Cr. Nicholson 3 - "Plans for TLC Conference" - discussions by Trades Hall in Mildura during Oct. 4 - Letter - Tram Battler - re pensioners and sermons 5 - Letter - Trammie - fare increases 6 - Letter - W. J. Parsons - re tram operations and church services 7 - Letter - Old Digger - Geelong services 8 - Letter - Retired teacher - safety and response to Old Digger. closure, letter to the editor, editorial, sec, unions -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumSlide - 35mm slide/s, Glen Mills, Nov. 1970
White cardboard mount, 35mm slide, from the Association of Railway Enthusiast's film strip titled "Provincial Tramway Film Strip" of No. 21 or could be 27 taken from the Ballarat (Ballarat East) Fire Station tower. Photo taken Nov. 1970. Has the sign of the AMPOL service station in the foreground. Has destination of Special. Tram at the intersection of Main and Barkly Streets. The film strip notes (Reg. Item 2560), provided the following caption details: "Another 1/2 mile or so saw the "Mt PLEASANT" line turn sharply from the Midland Highway and head towards its terminus in the southern suburbs. - Nov. '70 (Glen Mills)" See image btm2564p.tif for high level scan of image. Stamped on base of slide "11772" and written in ink on top edge "12 Mt Pleasant Line Ballarat"tramways, trams, are, film strip, mt pleasant, barkly st -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumNewspaper, The Courier Ballarat, "Bluebirds cause keen excitement in the city", 16/03/1963 12:00:00 AM
Newspaper clipping from The Courier, 20/3/1963, titled "Bluebirds cause keen excitement in the city", recording the passing of the convoy of Donald Campbell's Bluebird car and speedboat through Ballarat and stopping outside the Town Hall. Photo has tramcar 14 and a bogie tram in the background. Donald Campbell himself was unable to attend. Bluebird was one the motor vehicle used in the land world speed record attempts of the era. Show many people milling around the truck carrying the trailer, barricades. People had blocked Sturt St at this point. See Reg Item 3734 for a print of the photograph. Contained originally within Reg Item 5507 at the back of the binder. For items see btm5507 loose items list.pdf bluebird, sturt st -
The Beechworth Burke MuseumPhotograph - Lantern Slide, c1900
This image shows the gorge adjacent to Beechworth in approximately 1900. Although the exact location of the photograph is yet to be determined, the present-day Beechworth Gorge Walk includes views of the Cascades at the point at which Spring Creek flows into the valley on the level below. Gold-sluicing techniques in use in the town during periods of active gold extraction may have altered the landscape since the photograph was taken, however. In the 1850s a mill was built at the top of the Spring Creek falls by Russian-born Louis Chevalier, brother of artist Nicholas Chevalier. The mill supplied the town with lumber that supported the town's initial construction boom. Lantern slides, sometimes called 'magic lantern' slides, are glass plates on which an image has been secured for the purpose of projection. Glass slides were etched or hand-painted for this purpose from the Eighteenth Century but the process became more popular and accessible to the public with the development of photographic-emulsion slides used with a 'Magic Lantern' device in the mid-Nineteenth Century. Photographic lantern slides comprise a double-negative emulsion layer (forming a positive image) between thin glass plates that are bound together. A number of processes existed to form and bind the emulsion layer to the base plate, including the albumen, wet plate collodion, gelatine dry plate and woodburytype techniques. Lantern slides and magic lantern technologies are seen as foundational precursors to the development of modern photography and film-making techniques.This glass slide is significant because it provides insight into Beechworth's built environment and natural landscape in the early Twentieth Century, around the time of Australia's Federation. It is also an example of an early photographic and film-making technology in use in regional Victoria in the time period.Thin translucent sheet of glass with a square image printed on the front and framed in a black backing. It is held together by metals strips to secure the edges of the slide.burke museum, beechworth, lantern slide, slide, glass slide, plate, burke museum collection, photograph, monochrome, indigo shire, north-east victoria, spring creek falls, beechworth gorge, louis chevalier, nicholas chevalier, lumber industry, timber industry, 1850s, construction, building, mill, mills, waterfall -
The Beechworth Burke MuseumPhotograph - Lantern Slide, c1900
This image shows the gorge adjacent to Beechworth in approximately 1900. Although the exact location of the photograph is yet to be determined, the present-day Beechworth Gorge Walk includes views of the Cascades at the point at which Spring Creek flows into the valley on the level below. Gold-sluicing techniques in use in the town during periods of active gold extraction may have altered the landscape since the photograph was taken, however. In the 1850s a mill was built at the top of the Spring Creek falls by Russian-born Louis Chevalier, brother of artist Nicholas Chevalier. The mill supplied the town with lumber that supported the town's initial construction boom. Lantern slides, sometimes called 'magic lantern' slides, are glass plates on which an image has been secured for the purpose of projection. Glass slides were etched or hand-painted for this purpose from the Eighteenth Century but the process became more popular and accessible to the public with the development of photographic-emulsion slides used with a 'Magic Lantern' device in the mid-Nineteenth Century. Photographic lantern slides comprise a double-negative emulsion layer (forming a positive image) between thin glass plates that are bound together. A number of processes existed to form and bind the emulsion layer to the base plate, including the albumen, wet plate collodion, gelatine dry plate and woodburytype techniques. Lantern slides and magic lantern technologies are seen as foundational precursors to the development of modern photography and film-making techniques.This glass slide is significant because it provides insight into Beechworth's built environment and natural landscape in the early Twentieth Century, around the time of Australia's Federation. It is also an example of an early photographic and film-making technology in use in regional Victoria in the time period.Thin translucent sheet of glass with a square image printed on the front and framed in a black backing. It is held together by metals strips to secure the edges of the slide.burke museum, beechworth, lantern slide, slide, glass slide, plate, burke museum collection, photograph, monochrome, beechworth gorge, indigo shire, landscapes, mill, sluicing, gold mining, north-east victoria, spring creek, louis chevalier, cascades -
National Wool MuseumPamphlet - Newsletter, Invictette - Invicta's 40th Anniversary, 1986
Invicta Mills was one of final two remaining blanket mills of the forty that had been in operation in Australia when Invicta first began trading in 1946. This Newsletter chronicles many key milestones of this significant Textile enterprise that began humbly and grew to champion the Australian wool industry here and internationally. This typed internal company Newsletter included transcripts of the speeches made at the 1986 Annual Ball to commemorate the company’s achievements at the 40 Year mark. The Newsletter contains information about the history of the company; its’ owners, staff, wholesale customers, suppliers etc. This included the relationship with former Mayor Ron Walker. Also mentioned are the various international Wool Mark Awards the firm won for the blankets designed and produced over several decades. The Business Owner’s Speech at the Commemoration Ball “40 Years” by Mr Leon Korsica is recorded in the final pages. It tells the story of the beginnings and development of the business: its challenges, successes and some stories about key people. Invicta was a multicultural enterprise employing people from 40+ nationalities, many of whom were lifelong employees. It included former German soldiers despite the Company owners were Jewish, with much of the workforce being part of the first wave of post WWll migrants from all over Europe. Page 5 is typed in Vietnamese, a testament to the multicultural nature of the company.14 A4 pages make up the newsletter with printing on both front and back. Only black Ink has been used in the Newsletter with picture and words making up the contents of all these pages.invicta mills -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumPhotograph - Black & White Photograph/s, early 1930's
Black and white photograph contained within Reg. Item 2488, page 55, of ESCo No. 25 entering Eastwood St. loop, Barkly St. Handwritten caption by H.P. James. Note Item Not formally Numbered. Image btm2507i2 shows position on page relative to items 2507 to 2512. High Res Images added 15/3/2011.Handwritten in Pencil under the photograph is "Here is a photo which will give me a subject. This is Eastwood St loop Barkly St. At the time the loops in existence were Eastwood St., Bradshaw St Mt Pleasant, Princess St. (Victoria St), South of Darling St, Rubicon St (Sebas), Clarendon St (Lyd), Lake View, old Gardens??, Car Shed, Bishopscourt Gardens, Hamilton Ave, Service St. (Gardens) and Mill St. on Drummond North." tramways, trams, esco, loops, barkly st, eastwood st, tram 25 -
Queen's CollegeInkwell and stand, 1928
Glass inkwell and timber stand. The wooden inkstand has 2 small brass plaques attached to it.Plaque 1: "Presented to Mr A Cecil Osborne by the Trustees of Wesley's Chapel, City Road London on the occasion of the 150th anniversary November 1st 1928. Made from old oak given to John Wesley for his chapel from the government shipyards at Deptford 1777" Plaque 2: Presented by Mrs Osborne of Hammers Lane, Mill Hill, London, To the Mont Albert Methodist Church In appreciation of gifts received from the Mont Albert Congregation, November 1947.john wesley, inkwell, deptford shipyards, mont albert -
The Beechworth Burke MuseumPhotograph, 1936
This automotive circular saw was designed to allow trees to be sawn into planks at the site they were felled, rather than requiring them to be carted to a lumber mill first. It was invented by Robert John (Bob) Pyle in 1936 and patented in 1937 (serial number 101975). This picture depicts Clarrie Howell (left) and Bob Pyle (right), standing with the sawbench between them. What was special about Bob’s new invention was that it not only allowed a circular saw to be portable and set up at a logging site, but that it allowed the circular saw to be run using the car motor, and that the saw could be detached, allowing the car to be used for carting or other purposes. This photograph is significant because it shows an early instance of an emerging technology, portable sawmills, and is evidence to the innovations that the people of Beechworth have achieved throughout history, as well Black and White rectangular photograph printed on matte photographic paper. Incription on cream paper stapled to bottom left of photographObverse: On left Clarrie Howell / Right Bob Pyle / with sawbench built by Bob Pyle / Patent 1936 / Rosalie Pyle has the original / [redacted]bob pyle, robert pyle, r j pyle, clarrie howell, howell, pyle, invention, patent, sawmill, saw, sawbench, wood, timber, forestry, automobile, car, 1930s, 1930s beechworth, industry, wooden, convenience, innovation -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.Coat Hanger, J Younger & Co Warrnambool x 2
John Wilson Younger was the proprietor of J Younger & Co Warrnambool, which was a former branch of Melbourne Cash Stores. The Youngers store operated in Liebig St Warrnambool until the 1980’s as a department store James Younger died in 1939 and the store was operated by his son in law, Carlos Gordon for many years. John Younger was involved in many areas of social and community life in Warrnambool. In 1903 he lived at Riccalton 3 Darling St, Warrnambool. He was a director of the Warrnambool Woollen Mill and was Mayor around 1910 for two terms. He purchased the property Dwarroon and divided it among his four children.A common item which provides a link to one of Warrnambool’s largest and longest running businesses.Wooden hangers with rounded corners and metal hooks. Printed names engraved and painted in black with business name.J Younger & Co Warrnamboolwarrnambool, youngers, j younger warrnambool -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)Clothing - Clothing, lady's embossed nylon organza collar, c1950
Organza is a thin, plain weave, sheer fabric traditionally made from silk. Many modern organzas are woven with synthetic filament fibres such as polyester or nylon. Silk organza is woven by a number of mills along the Yangtze River and in the province of Zhejiang in China. A coarser silk organza is woven in the Bangalore area of India. Deluxe silk organzas are woven in France and Italy. Organza is used for bridal wear and eveningwear. In the interiors market it is used for effects in bedrooms and between rooms. Double-width organzas in viscose and acetate are used as sheer curtains. Nylon organza was very popular as the new fashion material in the 1950’sA lady's collar white embossed nylon organza with machine lace edge. C1950clothing, nylon, organza, dressmaking, moorabbin, bentleigh, cheltenham, fashion -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Letter - CAULFIELD CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU
This file contains 2 items: 1/One original typed letter dated 10/05/1982 written by Judith Mills as co-ordinator of Caulfield Citizens Advice Bureau. The letter is addressed to a volunteer (no name) advising them that they need to complete a ‘Client Information Sheet’ each time they visit a particular client who they have ongoing dealings with. The letter states that the ‘enclosed’ sheet was devised to make continuity between volunteer and the C.A.B. more efficient. 2/Original copy of ‘client information sheet’ which is to be completed by a volunteer detailing their dealings with a particular client ie. Client address, job description and comments.caulfield citizens’ advice bureau, caulfield, town hall, hawthorn road, volunteers, mills judith, mills judy, meals-on-wheels, home help, community services -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document (Item) - Collection of documents relating to the life of Norma Madeline Watters, 1930's - 1974
A collection of documents relating to the life of Norma Madeline WATTERS. These include 1935 & 1937 School certificates from Middle Park Central School; a cookery certificate from Mac Robertson Girl's High School; a certificate from the Victorian Baby Health Centres Association; a war savings certificate from The State Savings Bank of Victoria; a number of letters confirming her appointment to various clerical positions in the firms of Rootes, Austral Silk and Cotton Mills Pty Ltd, The Myer Emporium, W.E. Bassett & Associates, The Metropolitan Gas Company, Hardware Co. of Australia, Gill Glass and The Phosphate C-operative Company of Australia Ltd.education - primary schools, education - secondary schools, norma madeline watters, rootes/chrysler -
National Wool MuseumCarpet Samples, Godfrey Hirst and CO. Pty Ltd, c.1990
Carpet samples created by Godfrey Hirst, a carpet mill whose history spans back to 1865 when the Victorian Woollen and Cloth Manufacturing Company began operations in Geelong and was purchased in the 1890s by the man Godfrey Hirst. Godfrey Hirst’s entrepreneurial skills and knowledge of the industry led to the great success which saw the company expand in multiple forms over the next century and a half. Today, thousands of metres of carpet are produced by Godfrey Hirst every day, and their flooring can be found in millions of homes. These 6 carpet samples date from the early 1990s and each have a unique colour pattern and design.Each carpet sample is made with a pile fibre that is 100% wool. The primary backing of the carpet is a woven polypropylene with a secondary backing a woven jute. Carpet 8102.1's colour name is Slate. It has a dark grey background with a red and blue diagonal stripe. The pattern repeats in a 10cm x 11.5cm block. Carpet 8102.2’s colour name is Terracotta. It is a mostly block pink colour with no repeating pattern. It has occasional flicks of grey. Carpet 8102.3’s colour name is Arctic Night. It has white, light blue and grey colours repeating one after another in a diagonal line. Carpet 8102.4’s colour name is Ivory. It has a brown background with a cream colour diamond. The pattern repeats in a 15cm x 15cm block. Carpet 8102.5’s colour name is Glenwood. It has a thin darker green and lighter green horizontal stripe spanning its entire width. These stripes repeat the height of the carpet. Carpet 8105.6’s colour name is also Ivory. It has a brown background with a cream colour leaf pattern. The pattern repeats in a 92cm x 92cm block.Wording on rear: Numerous. See Media.godfrey hirst, carpet, textile manufacture -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stawell Fire Brigade c.1950's
Group Portrait of Stawell Fire Brigade Members in Uniform 1955 Back Row (L to R):E. Welsh, E. Dickens, ?, ?, A. Oliver, ?, H. Dunn, C. Prosser, A. Parsons. Second Row ( L To R) : J. Grainger, C. Richardson, F. Crouch, H. Chapman, R. Maddocks, R. Ledger, A. Dunn, F. Floyd. Seated Third Row: (L to R): N. Cray, S. Whelan, F. Court, G. Huse, R. Chapman, P. Fenwick, I. O'Neil, R. Rickard., B. Thompson. Seated Front Row: A. Beech, ? Aston, R. Nichols, ?, L.Egginton, ? Ridgewell, E. Mills, ?.B/W Photograph of Four Rows of males in Mix of Navy and Red Dress Uniforms: Chapman's Studio, Stawellstawell -
Melbourne LegacyPhotograph, Ron Barassi at Legacy House, 2003
Photograph of Ron Barassi and legatees in the dining room at Legacy House. It seems to be before a comradeship luncheon. Legatees present include: Legatee Les Patch and Ken Macintosh, Trevor Parker, Valmai Mills, and William Chivell. Was with other photos of the event that show Ron Barassi with Legatee David Ford so it might have been 2003 when David Ford was president or 2004 as it was stored with other photos labelled as being 2004. Ron Barassi was a Legacy boy after his father, Ronald Barassi Snr died at Tobruk in 1941. He helped promote Legacy many times through the years.A record of a celebrity having a close relationship with Legacy.Colour photo x 6 of Ron Barassi and legatees in the dining area at Legacy House for a function.Handwritten note with a group of photos in the plastic sleeve, 'Ron Barassi 2004 awaiting new photo folder'.ron barassi, legatee function -
City of KingstonPhotograph - Sepia, Percy Fairlam, Cheltenham and Moorabbin Show Committee, 1913
This image shows the group of men who formed the committee for the Cheltenham and Moorabbin Show. The men have been identified as: Seated (left to right) Mr R L Amess (Hon Sec), Cr George Brownfield (President), Mr Harold Irwin (Hon Treasurer). Standing (left to right) Messrs P White, F Wilson, E T Fenny, J H Butler, G Wells, R Mills, H F North, G T Allnutt, J Shields, F Reynolds. Seated (in front) Messrs F Moorhouse, E Marriott, A Hewitt, CD Scullin, R Potts.The Moorabbin Horticultural, Poultry and Dog Society Show became an annual event in 1898, following a 35 year tradition of Brighton Horticultural, Poultry and Dog Society annual exhibition. Sepia toned image of the Committee of Cheltenham and Moorabbin Show. Five men are seated on the ground in the front row, with hats resting on their knees or on the ground. Three men are, presumably, seated behind them on chairs, with the man on the left reading a document or book. Ten men are standing at the rear.
