The earliest example of this newsletter published two to three times per year issued by the Mission to Seamen and LHLG. The Mission holds a photograph of this publication being packed in calico by the members of the 'Ladies Harbour Lights Guild' for distribution to branches and supporters.Published for some 30 years by the Victorian Missions to Seamen issued to supporters the series contributes to the history of the organisation. It is a key cross reference supplying many details and dates of Chaplain and LHLG activities in both Melbourne, Port Phillip and other States where Missions were gradually established and information not able to be included in Annual Reports. It is also a source of images.newsletter, victorian seamen's mission, melbourne misson to seamen, jottings from our log, lhlg, rope, flying angel, seagull, advertising, port melbourne, williamstown, sailors' home, australian wharf, seamen's institute, sailors' rest, services, concerts, events, socials, deaths, captain press, w.h.c. darvall, motor boat, geelong, boat builder, manx king, glenlui, dovenby, marion woodside, ainsdale, robert reid, bagatelle board, billiard table, sir wilmot fawkes, lady fawkes, book bags, woolies, michaelmas, 1906, quarterly, ladies harbour lights guild, captain strickland

Open House 2022: "Like many Melburnians, Ying-Lan Dann has long been fascinated by the Mission to Seafarers, in Docklands. When she was invited to create a work in response to a building as part of this year’s Open House Melbourne, she knew immediately which it would be. Taking a peek behind the closed doors of some of Melbourne’s finest and most interesting buildings is a core premise of the weekend event, now in its 15th year. During that time, the program has grown from half a dozen buildings to a 200-plus strong list that extends to Ballarat and Bendigo. “[It’s] much more expansive and citizen-led,” says Fleur Watson, Open House Melbourne’s executive director. “As a public festival, it has always had a spirit of generosity, this gesture of opening up and allowing visitors to come and look and experience things.” Swinging open their doors at the end of the month will be some of the city’s finest mansions, including Villa Alba in Kew and Brighton’s Billilla, the Cairo flats in Fitzroy, the newly renovated Jewish Museum designed by Kerstin Thompson, the Melbourne Quakers Centre, the Albanian Mosque in Carlton North and many more. Considering how to approach the event this year, held remotely for the past two, Watson decided to explore beyond the traditional, with associate professor and director of curatorial practice at Monash University Tara McDowell. The two have co-curated an exhibition of works to run concurrently with the Open House program, called Take Hold of the Clouds. That’s where Dann’s work, Circular Temporalities, comes in, one of seven commissions around town in which local and international artists respond to chosen buildings or sites. A lecturer in interior design at RMIT as well as an artist, she is interested in time and finding different mediums to show things in flux and, having grown up on Phillip Island, she often uses water as a theme. When she started spending time at the Mission, Dann found there was an oculus at the top of the dome, known as the Norla Dome. She thought about how that small but significant opening related to where sailors spent so many months of the year, the sky being the only thing they would see much of the time, stars guiding the way in times gone by, and of the recent stories she’d heard about sailors being trapped at sea during COVID. Built in the Arts and Craft style between 1916 and 1919 and designed by architect Walter Butler, the Mission includes a chapel, clubroom, Chaplain’s house, a small cottage and the Norla Dome, which was apparently inspired by the Pantheon. The Mission was funded by the government and the Ladies Harbour Lights Guild, who Dann was also intrigued by. “One of the things those women identified is that life at sea is very dangerous [and they] wanted to give them a space of sanctuary and support,” she says, adding that for many years, the dome was used as a gymnasium. Her work inside the dome includes a 35-minute loop film, recorded from the ferry during the crossing from Queenscliff to Sorrento. The horizon takes up about a third of the shot and moves as the waves rise and fall, mirroring the journeys made by the sailors who found refuge at the mission over the years; it will be projected onto a gauze-like fabric, allowing glimpses of the building behind. Dann also plans to activate the site over the course of the weekend and will read a poem by Justin Clemens.The articles gives an insight of the création of the artwork by Ying-Lan Dann. digital copy of an article with photographs published in the Ageopen house melbourne, 2022, ying-lan dann, take hold of the clouds, norla dome, exhibition, the age, cultural events

The first Seafarers Service was held on 23 October 1905 in the St Paul's Cathedral in London to celebrate the Centenary of the Battle of Trafalgar and the death of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson on 21 October 1805. Reverend Alfred Gurney Goldsmith launched the first Seafarers Service two years later and the first service was held on Sunday 10 November 1907 and has been held every year since.The service continue to reflect the full range of the maritime activities in Australia. Representatives come from the Royal and Merchant Navies, the commercial world, shipping companies, mission and philanthropic societies, veterans’ associations, labour unions, youth and leisure organisations, but anyone is welcome to attend.8 pages booklet in cream colour printed in black ink.seafarers service, 1907, reverend alfred gurney goldsmith, dr lowther clarke, archibishop of melbourne, st paul cathedral, admiral sir wilmot fawkes, seamen's mission, missions to seamen, battle of trafalgar, trafalgar day, horatio nelson

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, a large number of seamen were from Scandinavia. The Mission adapted by translating its flyers in different languages and ladies from the Harbour Lights Guild would even learn langages to be able to talk to seamen.Printed in blue program of events in Norwegian on cream colour paper.Written in black ink: corrections of mistakes made social events, norwegian, thompson street, williamstown, port melbourne, seafarers welfare, australian wharf

This scrapbook holds numerous newspaper clippings, advertisements and other informative pieces about the events and functions held at and by the Victoria Missions to Seamen (Mission to Seafarers). Signatures of seamen from the RMS Orsova in 1920 1906: Death of Mr Darvall 1907: Opening of the Siddeley St Institute by the Governor / Photograph of the trowel for the playing of the foundation stone. This scrapbook outlines the many events, concerts, important visits and social occasions held at and by the Mission during this time frame. It includes the names and activities of many prominent Melburnians and shows the vivacity of the work at the Mission.Gold leaf lettering on spine: "SCRAPBOOK/NO 1/ VICTORIA/MISSIONS TO SEAMEN"scrapbook, clippings, mission to seafarers, mission to seamen, events, orsova, flyers, news cuttings, news clippings, ships, william henry charles darvall (1830-1906), siddeley street, violet teague, ac swinburne

Royal Air Force, World War II320p., hard cover, illus.world war ii, royal air force, memoirs

Royal Army. Medical. Military Manual452p., hard cover, illus (some col.).Contains owner's personal notes at end of text. royal army, military manuals, military hygiene, sanitation

Military Manual. Great Britain. War Office. Title: Military Engineering, Volume VIII-Transportation. Part VI Port Operation and Maintenance. Supplement No.1- Military Stevedoring.170p., illus., foldout endpapers. Soft cover.world war i, military manuals, military engineering, transportation

Military Manual. Military Engineering. Reprinted 1914.131p., plus 64 plates.Official Copy. General Staff, War Office.world war i, military manuals, military engineering

Published in 1952, before the death of King George this book tells the family story of the Windsors in anticipation of the first Royal Visit of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh to Australia.Due to the King's death, the anticipated Royal Visit was postponed until 1954.Hard cover, Illus. (some colour).queen elizabeth 2, house of windsor, duke of edinburgh, royal tour of australia 1954

Article on Eltham and its council; particularly the clashes in the 1970s, between "conservatives" and "progressives".Newspaper clippingeltham

Contains a bibliography and list of collecting organisations. A resource book on the subject of Australian nurses and midwives.76 p., stapled, printed in black & white, colour photographsnurses, midwives

Flinders Street Melbourne, facing EastRose Series postcardBlack and white photograph, correspondence and address space on reverseRose Series P.206flinders street melbourne, melbourne

View of Elizabeth Street facing south towards Flinders Street station, circa 1930s.Rose collection postcardsBlack and white postcard, correspondence and address spaces on reverseRose Series P. 3458melbourne, elizabeth street melbourne

Flinders Street Melbourne, facing west, Flinders Street Station to the south.Rose Series postcardBlack and white photograph, correspondence and address spaces on reverseRose Series P. 210melbourne, flinders street melbourne, flinders street station

Brief biography of Marcello D'Amico, winner of 2017 Victorian Senior of the Year Promotion of Multiculturalism Award, immigrant from Italy and Bundoora resident.Newspaper clipping with col. photograph; with copy of Banyule Age in Focus, Summer 2017marcello d'amico

Relates to the disagreement between advocates of the original surveyed route and the proposed "deviation" for the Heidelberg to Eltham railway extension, 1900.6 p. transcripts of newspaper reports from the Age 21/05/1900 and Mercury and Weekly Courier 13/07/1900 regarding discussions on the route to be taken by the Heidelberg to Eltham railway extensionrailways, hurstbridge rail line

A timeline of Australian history from the first Australians, European exploration and discovery to 1980. Prepared by Ila Brown for The Age. Includes timeline, maps and photographsSet of 4 laminated posters, printed in colour on one side.australia history, australia exploration

Written during the housing boom of the 1950s, this article "It takes ten trees to make a home" discusses where the timber came from. It mentions the Briar Hill Timber and Trading Co. who supplied owner-builders of timber homes. A second article "Packaged house up in 10 hours" discusses pre-fabricated homes.Newspaper clipping downloaded from Trove. 4 pages.briar hill timber, timber homes

The Rosanna Convent of Mercy was built in 1929. Due to a fire prevention order, it was placed on the market in 1990. Today (2018) it is the Assisi Italian Aged Care Centre.News article, black and white text and image.sisters of mercy, rosanna convent, assisi centre

Written in 2017, this article reports on the history of the Futuro House, now in South Morang, but previously used in Greensborough as a temporary booth for sales of land at a new housing estate called Apollo Parkways.Digital copy of newspaper clipping, black text and colour image.futuro house, apollo parkways

The story of Johnny Chester and his career as a rock and roll star from the 1950s.Although the connection with Greensborough is not mentioned in this article, Johnny Chester and his family lived in Greenhills.3 pages, text and col. illus.johnny chester, rock and roll music

The Loyal Orange Institution of Victoria was established in 1843. As a society composed of Protestants, it works to support and defend the Protestant faith. The Institution is named in honour of King William III, Prince of Orange (1650-1702) and his achievements for civil and religious liberty. The first Orange Lodge in Victoria was founded in 1843, following a sectarian protest in Elizabeth Street Melbourne over the election of a Protestant candidate to the Legislative Council. By the 1890s there were 169 branches in Victoria, engaged in political lobbying for mainstream Protestant issues like temperance, Sunday observance, opposition to state aid for church schools, and opposition to any expansion of the political influence of Roman Catholics. The monthly meetings had an element of secrecy, as members wore regalia and followed a simple ritual. No Catholics could join. Women were admitted to Lodges in 1903.Single-sided sheet printed in blue ink containing program details. Decorative title at top of page, with central image of cavalier on rearing horse within a decorative ribbon and floral border, containing a Protestant oath. Loyal Orange Institution of Victoria "True Blues" Lodge Annual Tea and Entertainment Programmeloyal orange institution, protestant, societies, religion

Port of Portland Authority archives.Front: (no inscriptions) Back: Poles in the background. Timber treatment plant in middle. Mills at background. Photography by the Arthur Studio. Further copies always obtainable at 27 Commercial St. East, Mt. Gambier. (purple stamp, lower right) (upper left, pencil), 22 (lower right, pencil).port of portland archives

Port of Portland Authority archives.Front: (no inscriptions) Back: Inside Timber Treatment Plant Dartmoor (upper left, pencil). Photography by The Arthur Studio. Further copies always obtainable at 27 Commercial St. East, Mt Gambier. (lower right purple stamp), (10 lower right, pencil).port of portland archives

Port of Portland Authority archives.Front: (no inscriptions) Back: "Trojan" Log Carriage with "Sel-Set" & Feedworks at Dartmoor (upper left, pencil). 19 (lower right, pencil). Photography by The Arthur Studio. Further copies always available at 27 Commercial St. East, Mt Gambier (lower right, purple stamp).port of portland archives