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Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Painting - Painting (Henty Street Casterton), Untitled, 1995
The watercolour painting depicts a street scene with a grass hill in the background. The street forms the centre of the foreground and features a row of buildings and cars on both sides of the street. Long shadows extend from the buildings and trees with yellow leaves frame both edges of the work. Across the middle of the work green trees are used to separate the street from the hill in the background. The large grass hill features an outlined shape (Scout symbol) on the side and a building surrounded by trees on top. The work is mounted and framed in a brown and gold frame with glass.Front: Mervyn Hill/95 Back: Framing by W.D. & C.M. Davis RMB 1256 Casterton 3311 Phone (055) 75 3290 -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Newspaper, Ballarat School of Mines and Industries and Junior Technical School double page newspaper article, 25/08/1934
The Ballarat School of Mines was the first school of technical education in Australasia.Double page, double sided, newspaper article from The Weekly Times with 10 images and captions depicting scenes within the School of Mines and Industries, Ballarat Technical Art School and Junior Technical School, Ballarat. Verso: Top Half page: 5 photographs on Callawadda, A pastoral district near Glenorchy Verso Bottom Half page: large photograph of boys attending the Junior technical school at Ballarat Verso Right hand page: 7 "Intersting photographs from England, Scotland and The United StatesSide A: Magazine- Section 8, The Weekley Times, Heading and captions, torn lower left corner to centre, small tears throughout especially left hand side and centre fold, Side B: the weekly times, school of mines and industries, scientific instruments, junior technical school, ballarat, smb, ballarat school of mines, university of ballarat, 1934, callawadda, glenorchy, boys, hutchings, mr j. c. hutchings j.p., state school, bryn avon homestead, broadcasting, mrs hutchings, sheep, xray, cancer treatment, northern belle, loch lomond, oxford college, red lion brewery, aldershot tattoo, siege of namur, battleship, idianapolis battleship, new york, quartz crushing battery, machine shop, pottery, electrical engineering, art department, dressmaking, building, woodwork, assaying, laboratory, architectural drawing, engineering drawing, drawing, assay, drawing from the antique, plaster casts, assay room, ballarat technical art school, bicycles -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Film - ABC, 16mm Film Celebration of Freedom of the City of Ringwood given to Royal Australian Engineers March 1965, 1965
16mm Kodak Film (Eastman Plus-X Reversal Safety Film Type 7276) of the presentation of Freedom of the City of Ringwood to the Royal Australian Engineers in March 1965 (later renamed to 22nd Engineer Regiment, RAE). The film title indicates made by ABC but no other information. There is no sound on the film. It was digitised in 2023 by Aidem Media and the resulting .mp4 is attached to this record. Two newspaper items giving further information are also attached - one has a number of photos which match scenes in the film, verifying the occasion -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. LIFE OF THE SELECTORS, c1860
Diggers & Mining. Life Of The Selectors. Shows picture of 2 men showing large map of New South Wales marked with the new proposed divisions of NSW; West, Central and Eastern. Division between Eastern and Central run up between what may have been the major towns of NSW at the time. Leaving the Western district as pastoral for Homestead Squatters. Markings; Life Of The Selectors 1860 - 1890 Set 432 No. 15. The New Drop-Scene - ''Sydney Bulletin,'' November 10, 1883. Used as a teaching aid.Visual Education Centreeducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - FLOWERS, SCENES AND BIRTHDAYS
''Flowers, Scenes and Birthdays'' - hard covered book for postcards ; pages slotted for insertion of cards. Contains approx 25 miscellaneious cards from various locations, loose. Cards of 1905 (one dated 1918). Approx 6 cards addressed to Anderson family members, Brazier St ,Eaglehawk (Florrie and Percy are mentioned by name). Card of 28/12/18 is inscribed ''from all at Ariah Park'' - with picture of new Baby girl.One postcard has picture of City Family Hotel on front (poststamped 1905).ephemera, mementoes, cards, city family hotel. brazier street. ariah park. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - TWO LARGE TREES AT EDGE OF CREEK
Black and white photograph. Textured paper of scene on creek, with two attractive trees at water's edge, possibly Bendigo Creek. Sheep in background. Inscriptions: on front - BR corner printed 'FT Kennedy'. On back - hand written in pencil 'Bendigo' rubber stamp 'Frank T Kennedy'. History: James Lerk 22/;6/2001 'Tom Kennedy was a Bendigo man with an interest in photography. With note 'Photographs from Mrs Ella Bourke, 131 Barnard St Bendigo. Ph 438269'. 'Photographs 'Francis (Frank) Thomas Kennedy'.Frank Tom? Kennedyplace, landscape view, see also 2001.153.01, 2001.154.01, 2001.157.01, 2001.158.01, 2001.159.01, 2001.160.01, 2001.161.01, 2001.15.162.01 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MALONE COLLECTION: GREETING CARDS
White card with pale blue scalloped edge. It is picture of a Scottish Highlander wearing a blue, yellow & black kilt and a red jacket with gold buttons & braid. He is wearing white spats & belt. He is holding a brown rifle with a white sling. He has red/black tartan socks, black shoes & a black & white sporran. Coloured rural scene behind him. The card was designed to stand up and the man's head is missing. A Happy Yuletide is printed in dark blue. Seaforth Highlander is printed at the bottom in grey.Printed in Germanyperson, greeting cards, malone collection, malone collection, greeting cards -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MALONE COLLECTION: GREETING CARDS
Whitish card with gold edged cut out on the front. Outside the gold border is a white border with blue shading outside it. Across the top right corner are some ivy leaves and blue flowers. Underneath on the left is a gold musical instrument with a pink cord tied around it and blue flowers and ivy leaves. On the right, printed in gold is: 'Wishes True'. Behind the cutout is a coloured scene of a house with a snow covered roof beside a stream and a lady walking beside the stream. A pale blue bow is on the left. The insert is glued into the card.Printed in Germanyperson, greeting cards, malone collection, malone collection, greeting cards -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MALONE COLLECTION: GREETING CARDS
Document. Greeting Cards. Cream card with light purple shading. At the top is an oval window and another shaped window on each side. The edges of the windows are embossed with leaves and decorative edges. The scene through the windows is a village street with houses on both sides and in the foreground is a stream with a bridge and a man standing on it. A horse with a man on his back is having a drink from the stream. Below the picture is a verse from Phil. Iv., 19 and Charlotte Murray. The printing is in purple with red capitals at the beginnings. There is a mauve ribbon at the top to hang the card.The Emmanuel Series. British Manufactureperson, greeting cards, malone collection, malone collection, greeting cards -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MALONE COLLECTION: GREETIN G CARDS
Document. Greeting Cards. Small whitish card with cutout window. A small sepia ural scene with two cows, a lady, a bridge and some trees can be seen through the window. Around the window is an embossed border and a gold glitter one. At the top right and bottom left corners are some embossed ivy shaped leaves which extend into the window. Card & insert held together with a pale blue twisted cord. Inside the card is printed 'from Mr. and Mrs. John Elliot. Commercial Bank, Footscray.person, greeting cards, malone collection, malone collection, greeting cards, mr. and mrs. john elliot, commercial bank footscray -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - HAMILTON COLLECTION: AUSTRAL LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETY ALEXANDER JOHN HAMILTON, 1901 - 1903
HAMILTON COLLECTION: Certificates awarded to Mr. A. J. Hamilton as prizes in various categories of the Austral Literary and Debating Society's Annual Musical, Elocutionary and Literary Competitions Bendigo in 1903. Printed in black on card with illustrations of cherubs, maidens and flora in shades of pink and green. Open Scene "The Capital" Misses Rohs, Lyons and Ferguson, Messrs Margetts, Bradley and Hamilton Alexander John Hamilton (1874 - 1964) was a well known amateur performer,and teacher of elocution in Bendigo. As a young man he entered many compettions with great success.performing arts, elocution, awards -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - HAMILTON COLLECTION: AUSTRAL LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETY ALEXANDER JOHN HAMILTON, 1901 - 1903
HAMILTON COLLECTION: Certificates awarded to Mr. A. J. Hamilton as prizes in various categories of the Austral Literary and Debating Society's Annual Musical, Elocutionary and Literary Competitions Bendigo in 1903. Printed in black on card with illustrations of cherubs, maidens and flora in shades of pink and green. Open Scene 'Fennel' Messrs Bradley, Hamilton and Monaghan and Miss A Sprengler Alexander John Hamilton (1874 - 1964) was a well known amateur performer,and teacher of elocution in Bendigo. As a young man he entered many compettions with great success.performing arts, elocution, awards -
Dutch Australian Heritage Centre Victoria
Wall Tile (Tegel)
Square off-white tile depicting a traditionally clad farmer's wife holding a basket of eggs and watching a hen running from her newly-laid egg. There appears also a proverb written In dialect: "Je kan d'eiers nie telle, vòdat je z'in 't bènnetje eit." (You can't count your eggs till they're in the basket.) A decorative border surrounds the scene and includes © with the initials R.S. The illustrations and wording are in brown. A hook for hanging has been affixed to the back.On the back the tile is inscribed MOSA HOLLAND and bears the numbers 213. -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Painting of Mountain Grange c1920, c1920
Photograph of a painting by artist Nora Gurdon of Kalorama depicting Mountain Grange and the Great Barn. The painting was lent to Robert Barrow in 1997 for the Mt Dandenong Primary School Centenary. After his death it was held by the Mt. Dandenong & District Historical Society until it was returned to Elizabeth Law-Smith (grand-daughter of Thomas and Eliza Hand) in 2005. Elizabeth Law-Smith lent the Jeeves photographs for copying. The Historical Society only has a photograph of the painting. A photograph of a second painting of a similar scene that is owned locally is also attached.mountain grange, eliza hand, thomas hand, nora gurdon -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 27 mm sq slide/s - set of 3, SEC Wendouree Parade depot
Yields information about the Wendouree Parade depot at the time of closure of the SEC operated system.Set of three Colour 27 x 27 mm slide in Kodachrome white cardboard mounts showing various views and scenes at the SEC Wendouree Parade depot .1 - view looking from the depot doors toward the lake. .2 - view looking from behind the toilet block along the west western wall showing parked cars and the structure of part of the front of the depot. .3 - view from Wendouree Parade showing toilet blocks and the overhead and signal lamp. Photo from the collection of Lilian Butler. ballarat, tramways, trams, depot, sec depot, overhead, signals -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s, 16/03/1963 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about traffic conditions at the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard St and tram operations.Agfa colour slide, white cardboard mount, photo by Keith Caldwell on 16/3/1963 of: Photo of a busy scene at the corner of Sturt and Lydiard Streets. Tram 30 for Mt Pleasant and a Twin Lakes sign is departing the City terminus while No. 36 for Lydiard St North is arriving. The Town Hall and Georges Sea Food shop are in the photo along with a sign on the Post Office steps advising the location of the Government Tourist Bureau, Art Gallery and a cast sign "Danger Cross Street at Right Angles".In ink "16.3.63"tramways, trams, sturt st, lydiard st, city, town hall, tram 30, tram 36 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Colour print of donated negatives - set of 4, 1/12/1989 12:00:00 AM
Set of four colour laser printed copies of colour 16mm negatives featuring photographs of trams taken by Ron Fluck in Bendigo during Dec. 1989. Quality of prints poor - scanned from negative at 300dpi. 1759.1 - Negative Number 258 - General scene at Charing Cross, looking south. 1759.2 - NN258A - Tram 44 crossing Charing Cross from Central Deborah Mine. 1759.3 - NN259 - Tram 17 at Bendigo Depot 1759.4 - NN259A - Birney ?? tram at Bendigo Depot No. XX birney, bendigo, depot, charing cross, tram 44, tram 17 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Negative, 8/05/1954 12:00:00 AM
Negative No. 274 and colour print made by colour laser printer (stored in folder ) of Melbourne PCC tram 980, in Coldblo Road , Malvern depot, during an AETA tour on 8/5/1954. Photo by Geoff Grant. Envelope with negative describes the scene as "980 PCC type tram. Side on view of this tram on a special AETA tour to Footscray for opening of new branch to that suburb. At Malvern depot May 8, 1954." Hi res scan of negative and image updated 19/5/2020.trams, tramways, malvern depot, pcc, coldblo road, footscray, tram 980 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, 15/04/1954 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the damage as a result of a collision between a semi trailer and bogie tram.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of an accident involving Ballarat Tram No. 37 which collided with a semi trailer, resulting in the semi trailer being overturned and severe damage to the front cabin of the tram. Has a photo of a workman cleaning the scene up. At the intersection of Drummond St South and South St. Assumed to be a Courier Photograph. See image i2 for rear of photograph. See Reg Item 6313 and 5589 for a copy of the newspaper story. See Reg Item 7734 for a photo of the tram in the depot after the accident.Written on rear in ink "Ballarat tram No. 37 with smashed cabin, semi trailer overturned, Drummond St South at South St intersection 8AM 15-4-54"trams, tramways, accidents, ballarat, drummond st, collision, tram 37 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING: THE DIGGINGS - THE DIGGERS
Diggers & Mining: The Digging - The Diggers. Slide reads: Contemporary writers liked to compare a diggings to a great ants' nest; in many ways the scene must have been colourful and exciting. But to some observers, the general picture was an unattractive one. They saw the unsightly heaps of clay, the trees felled, the dust everywhere in summer and the mud in winter; the flies and the mice. The next two frames contain a description of the Forest Creek diggings taken from the Argus of March 22, 1852. Markings: 24 994.LIF:6. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Agricultural Equipment, c.1921
This photograph was printed from a glass negative held in the Society's picture collection. The original glass negative is part of a set donated to the Society by Ian McKenzie, a professional photographer in Kew. Agricultural equipment, After 1920. A print from a glass negative that has been reused to document an item of equipment used on a farm. The equipment is vehicular and designed to be hauled behind another form of transport, either equine or mechanical. On the vehicle, there is a motor at the rear. The main part of the vehicle is a barrel that might have been used to hold liquid or solids. The original photograph would appear to be a scene adjacent to a beach. The photo was printed from a glass negative in the collection. The original glass negative is part of a set donated to the Society by Ian McKenzie.agriculture, farming machinery, glass negatives -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Document - Invitation to a Royal Review at Flemington, Sands & McDougall Ltd, 1901
The correspondent of The Argus recorded that: "The Parliament of the Commonwealth was opened yesterday by the Duke, of Cornwall and York, under a Commission signed by Queen Victoria and subsequently endorsed by King Edward VII. The ceremony was marked by the splendour and solemn impressiveness which befitted its historic importance. ... To-day the Heir to the Throne will review some 15,000 Australian troops at Flemington. ... It is a function which, on a lesser scale, might have been arranged at any time for many years past; but it could never previously have conveyed the meaning it does now. Soldiering was popularly regarded as a pastime here until South Africa tried the mettle of our men. It is serious business from henceforth. Those who followed the nascent aspirations of the volunteer soldiery in Australia must be impressed at the rapidity of their fulfillment. ... The document design has artistic and aesthetic merit. While it is not rare, it is representative of the kinds of formal designs used for the Australian Commonwealth celebrations at the time of Federation, and is in excellent condition. Such items as this invitation have local, state and national historic significance as mementoes of a key moment in Australia's history. Locally, the invitation is part of a group of Federation-related items owned and displayed at 'Fairyland' by Mrs Grace Tabulo, and a rare survivor of that collection.An invitation, mounted on card to the Royal Review held at Flemington racecourse on Friday 10 May 1901, as part of the Government of Victoria's Australian Commonwealth Celebrations. The border is vividly decorated with flags, shields and a large coat of arms. The photographic images depict various scenes of Flemington in Melbourne, in addition to two separate portraits of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York. Illustrations of military servicemen on foot and horseback flank the central block of text. The invitation was part of the 'Fairyland Collection assembled by Jim and Grace Tabulo. The name on the certificate was expunged.Printed: AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH CELEBRATIONS/ The Government of Victoria/ requests the honour of the presence of/ [name deleted] / AT THE/ ROYAL REVIEW/ at Flemington on Friday/ the 10th of May 1901. Reverse: Mrs G. Tabulo, 57 Malmsbury St.federation events, royal review - 1901, federation -- invitations, grace tabulo -- fairyland -- 57 malmsbury street -- kew (vic.) -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Longfield Street Stawell with buildings on both sides Holtermann Photograph April 1874, by Charles Bayliss of American and Australasian Photograph Co
Part of Holtermann Collection Ref FL1253748.Pleasant Creek Longfield Street Scene looking South. Hotels on left Camp Hotel, Constitution Hotel and Shamrock Hotel on other side of Seaby Street. Pleasant Creek Court House, Shire Hall and Literary Institute on Right. Smith's Store in distance on right, on other side of Seaby Street. One of the two gentlemen talking is Merlin's photographic assistant Charles Bayliss who toured the Victorian Gold towns producing photographs for American Australasian Photographic Company. From State Library NSW records, Holtermann's Collection. stawell, pleasant creek, hotels -
Williamstown Botanic Gardens- Hobsons Bay City Council
Postcard - Williamstown Botanic Gardens, circa 1900-1924
The original postcards in this series (2013.002 to 2013.018) were generously loaned to Williamstown Botanic Gardens by a private collector for copying. The postcards are evidence of the interest the gardens held as a subject for postcard publishers. The text and images provide a snapshot into fashions, social interests and concerns of the time. The professionally produced images provide a pictorial history of Gardens including changing planting styles, various structures and features of the Gardens eg the aviary, cannons, the fountain, the second Curator’s Lodge and gates. The images offer an opportunity to compare garden vistas with the present day. This postcard is evidence of the placement of two of the cannons relocated from Fort Gellibrand in 1906 and that they were in place in the Gardens in 1924. They were removed from the Gardens in the 1960s. These same cannons remain a feature on the Williamstown waterfront in 2013. The image also shows the original Elm Avenue plantings. A sepia scene looking west towards statue of Alfred Thomas Clark, with cannons on either side of statue pointing east down what is known as the Palm Avenue. The statue is surrounded by a white fence consisting of posts and a top rail. The top of the statue is hidden by the branches of the elm trees. It appears that the elms are in the process of either losing their leaves or new leaf growth. A cactus plant can be seen beneath the lower branches of the elm tree of the right closest to the camera. The cannons were moved from Fort Gellibrand to the Gardens in 1906.Front: VALENTINE’S, M.356 ELM AVENUE WILLIAMSTOWN GARDENS MELBOURNE, VICTORIA. REAL PHOTO. Reverse: vertical on left side of card and underlined: ‘Published by the Valentine & Sons Publishing Co. Ltd. / Melbourne, Sydney & Brisbane’. Top centre of card: Contains logo of ‘VALENTINES / REAL PHOTO SERIES / POSTCARD’. Top right hand corner is stamped ‘BRANCHES (enclosed in a scroll) / SYDNEY / LONDON / DUNDEE / DUBLIN / CAPETOWN / MONTREAL / TORONTO’ The card is dated ‘29/12/24’ and addressed to ‘Dear Leah Alf & Dad’ signed by ‘Margaret’. postcard, gardens, post-card, williamstown-botanic-gardens, hobsons-bay-city-council, statue, clarke, alfred-thomas-clarke, cannon, elm, cactus, 1924, fort-gellibrand, 1906, armstrong, clark -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - TOBRUK WW2, "THE RATS REMAIN: TOBRUK SIEGE 1941", 1966
Item in the collection re: "William Anthony (Bill) THEODORE DSM". Refer Cat. No. 7926P for his service record.HARD COVER BOOK WITH DUST COVER. Hard cover - cardboard with adhered yellow colour buckram over. Red colour print on front and spine with black and white photograph illustration from front to back of a battle scene. Dust cover - Paper, off white with print and illustration same as above. 256 pages - cut plain, white glossy paper. This is a pictorial book. Illustrated black and white photographs and maps. End papers - front and back - colour wrap of "TOBRUK DEFENCE (12 Jan 1941)". books, tobruk, ww2, william anthony theodore -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Artwork, other - Quilt, Millenium Quilt, 2002-2005
Portland Quilters Exhibition, 1-28 February 2006, Portland Arts Centre.Hand and machine pieced and appliqued quilt. Central depiction of the Portland bay with jettie, breakwater and Port. Scene includes fishing boats, ships, tug boats, a whale, foreshore with several buildings and a bluff with a lighthouse. Central image edged in blue fabric quilting. Surrounding this are 20 printed images of old buildings taken from sketches contained in 'The Portland of Jack Adamson' by Joe Wiltshire (book). Outside boder is blue quilted fabric. Back top contains folded and sewn area for mounting/hanging beam.Front: (no inscriptions) Back: (no inscriptions)needlework, local history, quilting -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. LIFE OF THE SELECTORS, c1955
BHS CollectionDiggers & mining. Life Of The Selectors. Man sitting outside his one room wooden hut, the name Howard above the doorway. Appears to be an out house in front of the hut. He has many of the items he would require around him, fry pan, axes saw. The letters MO are engraved in a large tree on the left of scene. Markings: Life Of The Selectors 1860-1890, Set 432 No.6 ''The Bushman'' reproduced in ''The Story of the Camera in Australia.'' Cato, J., 1955. Used as a teaching aid.Visual Education Centreeducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Painting, Jenny Edmonds, The Commercial Heart of Kew, 1982
Newspaper article glued to backing board: HERITAGE WEEK - HISTORICAL PHOTO COLLECTION The launch Heritage Week (April 8-15 [1984]), the Kew Historical Society has arranged the display of large colour photographs (the Koelmeyer-Edmonds Collection) of early suburban Melbourne Street scenes. This important collection may be viewed during Heritage Week at the City of Kew Library, Charles Street, Kew. Laurie Koelmeyer, a collector old and rare photographs, commissioned Jenny Edmonds, a noted local artist, to paint scenes such as Kew Junction, Auburn Village and the Hawthorn Railway Station in historical detail from old photographs. The paintings were then colour photographed for the heritage Week display. Kew residents will see twenty photos in all at the Kew Library. We should feel honoured that our suburb has been chosen for this display. The Koelmayer-Edmonds team was invited to launch the public exhibition in Kew at the instigation of the Historical Society and its President, Rae Brunette, who are to be congratulated for their efforts in arranging this special collection. The State Bank has indicated its support for the photographic display. Later it is proposed that the completed paintings will be exhibited at the Head Office of the Bank to coincide with Victoria’s 150th Anniversary celebrations. The display at the Kew Library is a significant honour for our City and is one which you should not miss. The Kew Historical Society can be contacted on ’80 3657.”Framed oil painting on board of the 'Commercial Heart of Kew', copied and painted from an early postcard published 1905.Labels on reverse: "THE COMMERCIAL HEART OF KEW / COPIED AND PAINTED FROM AN EARLY POST CARD PUBLISHED 1905 / RESEARCHED AND DONATED BY MR LAWRIE KOELMEYER APRIL 1982 TO KEW HISTORICAL SOCIETY." "SMALLER COPY OF THE KEW HISTORICAL PHOT0 DISPLAYED IN THE KEW LIBRARY."jenny edmonds, cotham road -- kew (vic.), lawrie koelmeyer -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Card
Christmas card which was sent to a family in Australia by Australian Army serviceman, Lewis Jones who served during World War 2. The card is in the form of a small folded card. The front cover has the Australian 'Rising Sun' badge printed above the following words "Christmas Greetings from 2/11 Battalion A. I. F.". There is some ornate artwork on this cover and a small illustration which appears to be of a middle east village scene. The inside cover page has the following (apparently written by the serviceman) "To Alice & Family Wishing You all a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year With best of luck From Lewis"christmas, middle east, 2nd aif, army, aif, ww2, world war 2, 2nd 11th battalion -
Orbost & District Historical Society
sovereign case, Early 20th century
Coins are one of the worlds oldest types of currency, though the worlds first coins were very basic . They first began to appear in the ancient world and by the time of the Roman and Greek civilisations, coins were being issued in a range of denominations with quite sophisticated designs. With coins being used instead of older systems such as barter, people needed a way to carry and store their money and the coin holder appeared on the scene. Sovereign cases were small portable boxes usually in cylindrical shape and made from various metals with snap shut covers to contain the coin. This one is kept safe by being attached to a fob chain. The silver sovereign holder was used for carrying either full or half gold sovereigns. It had the shape of a locket or of a watch and was often worn on a chain and kept by gentlemen in a waist coat pocket. This item is an example of a commonly used sovereign case.A small round metal ( nickel plated?) sovereign coin holder. it has a spring opening with a slot for insertion of coin, It has a link attached to top.currency coin sovereign-case personal-effects