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Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Sepia, Photopress, St Hilda's Band, 1930's?
Frank Wright was a renown resident of Smeaton, where he was born. He lived at Laura Villa, and attended Smeaton State School. His father William was a gold miner and his mother's name was Sarah. Their family won many singing and instrumental awards. Frank was tutored by Percy Code and was awarded a gold medal for the highest marks in the ALCM examinations in the British Colonies at the age of seventeen years. He became the Australian Open Cornet Champion by the age of eighteen. A year later, Frank conducted the City of Ballarat Band, and later the Ballarat Soldiers’ Memorial Band. He formed the Frank Wright Frisco Band and Frank Wright and his Coliseum Orchestra. These bands won many South Street awards, and Frank as conductor won many awards in the Australian Band Championship contest. In 1933 Frank Wright sailed to England to conduct the famous St Hilda’s Band and was later appointed Musical Director of the London County Council, where he organized many amazing concerts in parks, in and around the London district. He was made Professor of Brass and Military Band Scoring and conducted at the Guildhall of Music and Drama. Frank was often invited to adjudicate Brass Band Championships around Europe, in Australia, including South Street and in New Zealand. The Frank Wright Medal at the Royal South Street competition is awarded to an individual recognized as making an outstanding contribution to brass music in Australia.Sepia photograph of the members of a brass band dressed in their winter coats standing in a park with trees in the background. The conductor and another man are seated in the foreground. The conductor is Frank Wright and the band is St. Hilda's Band of London.Stamped on back - Photo supplied by Photopress, Johnson's Court, Fleet Street, London BC.4, Phone Central 5335frank wright, cornet, conductor, ballarat, st hilda's band, london -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: PLAY BALL
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2002. Play ball: the Red Socks Baseball Club in mid-1950s. The photo supplied by Barry Boxshall. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: EARLY DAYS
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2000. Early Days: Hargreaves street, Bendigo. (Photo-Painting supplied by Bush's stores circa 1909). The clip is in a foldernewspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - CORRESPONDENCE: HAIRE/HEIRE/O'HEHIR/OHAIRE/HARE/HEIR/ FAMILY
Correspondence (2011) re Haire/Heire/O'Hehir/Ohaire/Hare/Heir/ family (various spellings). Various genealogical reports supplied to enquiry. Reference to the Telegraph Hotel, Numurkah.person, individual, o'heire family -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - PIEPER COLLECTION: INVOICE BENDIGO BUTTER FACTORY
Invoice134 issued by Bendigo Butter Factory, Bendigo on 30th April, 1937, to Mr. C.O. Pieper, Inglewood, for supply of butter in 50 lb lots. Receipt 1540 attached.bendigo, business, bendigo butter factory -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BASIL MILLER COLLECTION: TRAMS TIME TABLE
Transparent blueprint paper. State Electricity Commission of Victoria. Bendigo Electricity Supply and Tramways timetable. Sundays - Eaglehawk route, 10 minutes service from 1.30 pm.organization, business, bendigo trams -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BASIL MILLER COLLECTION: TRAMS, TIME TABLE
Transparent blueprint paper. State Electricity Commission of Victoria, Bendigo Electricity Supply and Tramways, time table, 10 minutes service, from 7 am. Eaglehawk Route.organization, business, bendigo trams -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - WARNE COLLECTION: HESSE BROS INVOICE
Invoice from Hesse Bros Electrical Service, Lyttleton Terrace, Bendigo. The invoice is dated September 1, 1956 and is issued to Abbott Supply Co. Market Square, Bendigo.business, retail, hesse bros -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ABBOTT COLLECTION: ENVELOPE H.A. ABBOTT
Envelope: small envelope addressed to H.A. Abbott Esq, Managing Director, Abbott Supply co., Pty Ltd., Market Square, Bendigo, from ( on rear ) Minister for the Army.bendigo, industry, abbott & co., abbott, army, envelope -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Sub-station, corner Williamstown Road and Ingles Street, Electricity News, Spring, 1973
Photo of front page of 'Electricity News', Spring 1973, showing an electricity main supply sub-station at the corner of Williamstown Road and Ingles Strreet, shortly before demolitionbuilt environment, utilities - electricity, city of port melbourne - electricity supply dept. -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Postcard, Historic Postcard - Set 2 no 2 - Sign - Mitcham
Black and white historic postcard (Set 2 No 2 ) Sign on Whitehorse Road, Mitcham in the 1940s advertising Mitcham. Photo supplied by Nunawading Historical Society - 2 copies.signs, whitehorse road, mitcham, nunawading historical society, nunawading library & information service -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Card - Religious Award, "O Lord, Teach Me Thy paths" x2
Students attended Sunday School classes at the Kergunyah Presbyterian Church. Sunday school was held in a little 16 foot square wooden building which came from Rocky Valley after it was no longer needed there. Ewen Wallace's father initiated and organised the move. C2011 the building was knocked down because of white ants. The Presbyterian Church will be 125 years old in 2015.Historical: Religious Education: This card was used by teachers who took Sunday School classes at Kergunyah Presbyterian Church. Religion: Presbyterian Church at Kergunyah, in the Kiewa Valley, celebrates its 125th anniversary in 2015 after being handed over to the Uniting Church in the 1970s.Thick cardboard card with photo of young girl using a watering can to water pink flowers in 3 pots. 2 holes at top with string for hanging the card up. Lower part of card has title in deep blue print. Possibly used as a reward."From the Kergunyah Presbyterian / Sunday School"religion, religious education, kergunyah, presbyterian, sunday school, ewen wallace -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Belt, Webbing, ca 1980s
Example of Australian Army standard issue belt worn by soldiers during the 1970s. This was a USA Army design adopted by the ADF during the Vietnam conflict. This belt is fitted with a pouch for carrying the standard water canteen and is complete with the standard issue water canteen and mess cup. -
Nillumbik Shire Council
Painting: Eric Stephensen (b.1916), Silent Lagoon, 1966
Oil on canvas. Painted at Art Historian, Bernard Smith's dam beside Karingal Drive in Eltham, Victoria. Rich, green shrubs and eucalyptus trees surround the water, reeds grow in the dam. The surrounding landscape is reflected in the water. Sloping land and bush fill the background. -
Maldon Vintage Machinery Museum Inc
Pressure Testing Pump
Hand operated pressure pump with water reservoir. High and low pressure hoses. Low pressure for filling reservoir, high pressure reinforced hose for delivering water to item to be pressurised. Brass fittings. Reservoir painted pale green and operating handle yellow & red. -
Bendigo Military Museum
Badge - UNIT BADGES, RACT
Badges used to identify units within the RACT (Royal Australian Corp of Transport).1. Square material blue patch with red round borders and yellow writing and picture of a vehicle. Other side, white felt. 2. Round light blue patch with brown spoked boat wheel. White writing and inside wheel picture of white crane vehicle on red background and white machine on blue background.1. Embroidered "Amphibious Transport RACT"and "41 PL". 2. Embroidered "Melbourne Water Transport RACT".passchendaele barracks trust collection., ract, cloth badges -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1952
Date made June 1952Black and white small format photograph of flood waters in Mechanics Street, showing extent of inundation around Mechanics Hall on left and having housing on right of image looking towards Cunninghame Arm. Lakes Entrance VictoriaOn reverse - Flood water near Mechanics Hall June 1952. The pumps were working when this was taken.floods, halls, houses, roads and streets -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Functional object - Glass Bottle, Bartlett Cordial Co, late 1970's early 1980's
made by Bartlett's during the 1970's early 1980'sGreen bottle with a green, white and gold label, white cap.Bartlett's logo on yellow label, soda water, manufacturer, phone number, 750 ml. Recyclable. No deposit.bartlett cordial co, bartlett soda bottles, soda bottles -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Drawing - large picture, Webb Bros Cordial Factory
This lithograph shows William Webb's Cordial and Aerated Waters factory on William Street. An 1887 plan shows three buildings forming part of the factory. Black & white etching of Large building of Webb Bros Cordial factory with delivery cart out front and lower wooden buildings to the leftPort Fairy Steam Aerated Water and Cordial Factory Webb Bros. William Street Port Fairyfactory, business, shop -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - High Street Wodonga, Rose Series, c1930-1940
This photograph, enlarged from a post card from the Rose Series, is representative of many images representing High Street, Wodonga as it developed over time. The Rose Series of postcards is a series of postcards of scenes from around Australia and some international ones as well. They were produced by the Rose Stereograph Company, which was the business of Victorian photographer George Rose (1861-1942). In 1880, George, aged 19, founded his business in Victoria, and soon became famous for producing stereographs, or stereo views. His early images included the landing at Anzac Cove, Ned and Dan Kelly’s Armour (taken at trial in 1880), The Duke & Duchess of York and their daughter Princess Elizabeth and Phar Lap winning the Melbourne Cup. When stereographs lost popularity during the 1920s, Rose switched to the production of postcards and decorative cards. He and his team of photographers took thousands of photos of scenery around Victoria and beyond, and the postcards became iconic images of Australian life. The Rose Stereograph Company Collection comprising more than 100,000 items was auctioned by Lloyds in June 2021.This is an image from an important collection of postcards which were representative of towns in Victoria taken c1920 - 1940sThis is an enlarged black and white photo of a postcard of High Street Wodonga from the Rose Series Across bottom of photo "THE ROSE SERIES P.1760 HIGH STREET, WATER TOWER, WODONGA, VIC."rose series p.1760, wodonga post cards, high street wodonga -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Book - Victoria's Wetlands, Dept. of Conservation, Forests & Lands, 1986
This publication was the result of an inquiry into the state of wetland environments in Victoria. It produced a draft strategy for conservation of threatened areas in the future.An 22 page book containing maps and illustrationsThis publication was the result of an inquiry into the state of wetland environments in Victoria. It produced a draft strategy for conservation of threatened areas in the future.wetland protection, wetlands victoria, water conservation -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Functional object - Hydrant water Cover, Circa. 1873
The artefact is an impressively solid brass hydrant cap and was recovered from the wreck of the Loch Ard. It is believed to have been associated with the ship’s fresh water supply. Its polished appearance suggests it was also on display in a public part of the vessel, viewed by first and second class passengers as well as operated by the crew. The Loch Ard got its name from ”Loch Ard” a loch which lies to the west of Aberfoyle, and the east of Loch Lomond. It means "high lake" in Scottish Gaelic. The vessel belonged to the famous Loch Line which sailed many vessels from England to Australia. The Loch Ard was built in Glasgow by Barclay, Curdle and Co. in 1873, the vessel was a three-masted square-rigged iron sailing ship that measured 79.87 meters in length, 11.58 m in width, and 7 m in depth with a gross tonnage of 1693 tons with a mainmast that measured a massive 45.7 m in height. Loch Ard made three trips to Australia and one trip to Calcutta before its fateful voyage. Loch Ard left England on March 2, 1878, under the command of 29-year-old Captain Gibbs, who was newly married. The ship was bound for Melbourne with a crew of 37, plus 17 passengers. The general cargo reflected the affluence of Melbourne at the time. Onboard were straw hats, umbrella, perfumes, clay pipes, pianos, clocks, confectionery, linen and candles, as well as a heavier load of railway irons, cement, lead and copper. There were other items included that were intended for display in the Melbourne International Exhibition of 1880. The voyage to Port Phillip was long but uneventful. Then at 3 am on June 1, 1878, Captain Gibbs was expecting to see land. But the Loch Ard was running into a fog which greatly reduced visibility. Captain Gibbs was becoming anxious as there was no sign of land or the Cape Otway lighthouse. At 4 am the fog lifted and a lookout aloft announced that he could see breakers. The sheer cliffs of Victoria's west coast came into view, and Captain Gibbs realised that the ship was much closer to them than expected. He ordered as much sail to be set as time would permit and then attempted to steer the vessel out to sea. On coming head-on into the wind, the ship lost momentum, the sails fell limp and Loch Ard's bow swung back towards land. Gibbs then ordered the anchors to be released in an attempt to hold its position. The anchors sank some 50 fathoms - but did not hold. By this time the ship was among the breakers and the tall cliffs of Mutton Bird Island rose behind. Just half a mile from the coast, the ship's bow was suddenly pulled around by the anchor. The captain tried to tack out to sea, but the ship struck a reef at the base of Mutton Bird Island, near Port Campbell. Waves subsequently broke over the ship and the top deck became loosened from the hull. The masts and rigging came crashing down knocking passengers and crew overboard. When a lifeboat was finally launched, it crashed into the side of Loch Ard and capsized. Tom Pearce, who had launched the boat, managed to cling to its overturned hull and shelter beneath it. He drifted out to sea and then on the flood tide came into what is now known as Loch Ard Gorge. He swam to shore, bruised and dazed, and found a cave in which to shelter. Some of the crew stayed below deck to shelter from the falling rigging but drowned when the ship slipped off the reef into deeper water. Eva Carmichael a passenger had raced onto the deck to find out what was happening only to be confronted by towering cliffs looming above the stricken ship. In all the chaos, Captain Gibbs grabbed Eva and said, "If you are saved Eva, let my dear wife know that I died like a sailor". That was the last Eva Carmichael saw of the captain. She was swept off the ship by a huge wave. Eva saw Tom Pearce on a small rocky beach and yelled to attract his attention. He dived in and swam to the exhausted woman and dragged her to shore. He took her to the cave and broke the open case of brandy which had washed up on the beach. He opened a bottle to revive the unconscious woman. A few hours later Tom scaled a cliff in search of help. He followed hoof prints and came by chance upon two men from nearby Glenample Station three and a half miles away. In a complete state of exhaustion, he told the men of the tragedy. Tom then returned to the gorge while the two men rode back to the station to get help. By the time they reached Loch Ard Gorge, it was cold and dark. The two shipwreck survivors were taken to Glenample Station to recover. Eva stayed at the station for six weeks before returning to Ireland by steamship. In Melbourne, Tom Pearce received a hero's welcome. He was presented with the first gold medal of the Royal Humane Society of Victoria and a £1000 cheque from the Victorian Government. Concerts were performed to honour the young man's bravery and to raise money for those who lost family in the disaster. Of the 54 crew members and passengers on board, only two survived: the apprentice, Tom Pearce and the young woman passenger, Eva Carmichael, who lost her family in the tragedy. Ten days after the Loch Ard tragedy, salvage rights to the wreck were sold at auction for £2,120. Cargo valued at £3,000 was salvaged and placed on the beach, but most washed back into the sea when another storm developed. The wreck of Loch Ard still lies at the base of Mutton Bird Island. Much of the cargo has now been salvaged and some items were washed up into Loch Ard Gorge. Cargo and artefacts have also been illegally salvaged over many years before protective legislation was introduced in March 1982. One of the most unlikely pieces of cargo to have survived the shipwreck was a Minton majolica peacock- one of only nine in the world. The peacock was destined for the Melbourne 1880 International Exhibition in. It had been well packed, which gave it adequate protection during the violent storm. Today the Minton peacock can be seen at the Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum in Warrnambool. From Australia's most dramatic shipwreck it has now become Australia's most valuable shipwreck artefact and is one of very few 'objects' on the Victorian State Heritage Register.The shipwreck of the Loch Ard is of significance for Victoria and is registered on the Victorian Heritage Register ( S 417). Flagstaff Hill has a varied collection of artefacts from Loch Ard and its collection is significant for being one of the largest accumulation of artefacts from this notable Victorian shipwreck. The collections object is to also give us a snapshot into history so we can interpret the story of this tragic event. The collection is also archaeologically significant as it represents aspects of Victoria's shipping history that allows us to interpret Victoria's social and historical themes of the time. The collections historically significance is that it is associated unfortunately with the worst and best-known shipwreck in Victoria's history. A brass water hydrant cover (or cap); round with a a central knob and two side stanchions for screwing on and off a pipe. the underside has a screw thread. the object was recovered from the wreck of the Loch Ard. Noneflagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, loch line, loch ard, captain gibbs, eva carmichael, tom pearce, glenample station, mutton bird island, loch ard gorge, hydrant cap, hydrant cover, brass fitting -
Magnet Galleries Melbourne Inc
soldiers resting / in camp, red cliffs00143.tif
Officers of the 8th Australian Imperial Force. Officers resting, while on manoeuvres, among them William T. Yates of Camperdown. Yates survived Gallipoli, went to France where he won a Distinguished Conduct Medal at Bullecourt and survived a bullet wound to the head in 1917. In 1919 he went to America to study agriculture prior to becoming a soldier settler in the Sunraysia region. The rush for water the heat of the desert among parched troops on manoeuvres. "Officers 'C' Coy (company) 8th A.I.F resting at Ismailia, Suez Canal" Lieut (Lieutenant) Ebeling, Barrett, Yates, Feb 1915 Lieut Couve 8th A.I.F, Mena Camp, Cairo Egypt Jan 1915 On manoeuvres, Mena, Cairo, Egypt. W.T.S dealing out to men who are rushing the water cart, Jan 1915 8th australian imperial force, officers, william t. yates, camperdown, desert, suez canal, ismailia, 8th a.i.f, australian infantry force, lieutenant, cairo, egypt, ww1, world war 1, soldiers, war -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Photograph Tobacco planting, Planting Tobacco seeding, Circa mid to late 1900's
This promotional photograph by the Tobacco Growers Association was in response to a 1935 meeting of tobacco growers from Victoria, South Australia and Queensland which produced four major resolutions for the industry covering the remainder of the 1900s. These four resolutions were: (1) Adequate tariff protection (2) Control of pests and diseases (3) Orderly marketing (4) The formation of an advisory council of growers. History has produced the following results. (1) adequate tariff protection was never achieved,(2) control of disease through benzol vapour (CSIRO) breakthrough, was later identified as carcinogenic, (3) orderly marketing was achieved through (4) the establishment of the Tobacco Growers Association(1984). In October 2006, by way of Government buy back of tobacco leases from growers, resulted in the end of Tobacco farming in Australia (after 136 years of planting the first crop). It was also significant that the major tobacco companies such as Philip Morris and The British American Tobacco Australasia advised the industry that it would source its tobacco requirements overseas by 2009.The remnants of the Tobacco Industry can still be viewed throughout the Kiewa Valley and adjacent regions on the former tobacco farms which still have the tobacco drying sheds and now converted into hay sheds. The problems from the large quantities of carcinogenic infused soil of farmlands in the region, still remains a problem now and for future generations. This particular photograph shows the lack of understanding by farmers and the contracted labour, at that time, and is demonstrated by the bare footed farmer walking next to the seed canister. Some workers did use protective "gum" boots but the majority of farm owners were skeptical of city scientists and their carcinogenic concerns, and it was only after the younger generation of farmers , who had attended Agricultural colleges, encompassed the scientific approach to farm management and began working closely with agricultural scientists. The "she'll be right mate" attitude of the earlier farming/rural community has since mid 1970s, been slowly dissipating. Stricter controls of herbicides and pesticides used in agriculture are now in force. The death of the tobacco industry(2006) resulted in the expansion of the dairy , sheep, beef cattle, venison and lama wool producers in the Kiewa Valley and surrounding regions.Coloured photograph pasted onto a thick wood chip backing. Two galvanised eyelets at the top of the frame, 50mm from each end, with a twine cord stretch from each, for hanging purposes. See also KVHS 0054(B) to KVHS 0054(F)A sign, which has been removed from the picture at some previous point in time is "The Tobacco seed, being so fine, is suspended in water and sown onto the seed base using a watering can [as in the photo] or similar device - August - Sept."tobacco, farming, rural industry, licences, ollie mould, blue mould, benzol vapour -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - AILEEN AND JOHN ELLISON COLLECTION: CRIMPLENE DRESS BY GINA OF MELBOURNE:PART OF ENSEMBLE WITH 11400.521, 1950s
Cream coloured knee length dress of crimplene fabric. Fabric has all over pattern of horizontal rows of looped knot pattern. Fabric also has silver thread woven into fabric. Dress has a high round neckline both front and back. Dress is A line, with front having side darts at bust line and two 30cm darts – vertical on either side of centre front from bust line to hip line. At lower end of each dart is a false pocket flap (11cm x 5cm). Back opening from centre neckline has 54cm nylon zipper with hook and loop at neckline. Back has two vertical darts on either side of centre back. Dress has short set-in cap sleeves. Part of ensemble with 11400.521.Top inside back below neckline: Fashioned by Gina of Melbourne Registered TMS Crimplene. Made from terylene polyester fibre. Wash by hand or machine in warm water. Rinse thoroughly. Gently squeeze out surplus water. Drip dry.costume, female daywear, dress -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - AILEEN AND JOHN ELLISON COLLECTION: CRIMPLENE COAT BY GINA OF MELBOURNE: PART OF ENSEMBLE WITH 11400.520, 1950s
A Line cream coloured knee length coat of crimplene fabric. Fabric has all over pattern of horizontal rows of looped knot pattern. Fabric also has silver thread woven into fabric. High round neck with stand-up collar - 4.3cm. Two press studs at top below collar, plus one hook and loop to close the collar. Full length front opening with 4.5cm band. Five 2cm fabric covered buttons – evenly spaced from neckline to below hip line. Front has two side darts at bust line. Two false pocket flaps (14cm x 5cm) set at 45° angle to side seams at hem line. Long straight set in sleeves slightly tapered to the wrist. Part of ensemble with 11400.520.Top inside back below neckline: Fashioned by Gina of Melbourne Registered TMS Crimplene. Made from terylene polyester fibre. Wash by hand or machine in warm water. Rinse thoroughly. Gently squeeze out surplus water. Drip dry.costume, female daywear, coat -
Orbost & District Historical Society
black and white photograph, Warren, Mrs H, late 19th century - early 20th century
This is a photograph of Jack Warren, Jessie and Sylvia McNaughton. The photographer was Warren, Helena (1871-1962) who was a self-taught photographer who became both the local press correspondent and a producer of humorous trompe l'oeil postcard images. Helena Warren was a thirty-two year old settler living on a small mixed farm with her husband, William, at Newmerella, near Orbost in Gippsland, Victoria, when she bought her first camera, an Austral Box quarter-plate. Her family says she was entirely self-taught, like many women photographers who started out with nothing but the instructions on the packets of film and chemicals. In over fifty years practice she graduated from the total novice, who opened all her first mail order plates in bright sunlight and ruined them, to a competent photographer who became both the local press correspondent and an inveterate producer of humorous trompe l’oeil postcard images.This photograph has significance in its association with Helen Frances Warren, a popular Orbost identity who was well known as an accomplished photographer and needleworker.A black / white photograph of three young chilodren sitting in a pumpkin in water. There is a Union Jack at each end.pumpkins-orbost warren-helena-photographer mcnaughton-jessie mcnaughton-sylvia -
Bendigo Military Museum
Container - WATER BOTTLE & CARRIER, Possibly post WW1
.1) Blue metal water bottle encased in khaki felt cover with cork. .2) Webbing straps.container, water bottle, webbing -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, 1930's
Donated by Jessie Smith (nee Small)Black & White photograph of a woman and child standing in Water inlet, Cowes beach. Trees on foreshore in background.On Back: "Cowes Beach Lovers Walk"cowes beach, lovers walk cowes, phillip island, jessie smith -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Unknown
One of a collection of 15 photographs/postcards donated by Lois MullinsBlack & White photograph of the San Remo pier and fishing boats. Many seagulls in the foreground at water's edge."Fishing boats, San Remo, Vic."san remo pier, san remo jetty, fishing boats, lois mullins