Bridle used on horses that pulled light carriages.ReplicaBlack leather straps, with metal fittings as neededS C, SHOW CRAFTbridle, leather, equine

Used in the late 19th or early 20th century.A large triangular shaped metal blade tin cutter for manually opening kerosene and petrol tin lids which were often recycled for use on farms in the 19th and early 20th century. It has a rectangular shaped tubular steel handle attached to the top side by two rivets. On one of the triangular points of the blade is the manufacturer's brand ' Chapman and Co, Enfield S.A'. It was Australian made.'Chapman and Co, Enfield S..A'. tin openers, tools, tin cutter, farming equipment

Used in the 19th or early 20th centuryA long handled steel vintage post hole digger with two large curved split blades. Each blade is attached to the top of the handle by three screws. It has a rotating action with the digger boring into the earth as the handle is turned. There is an attachment at the end of the steel handle for a missing turning handle.'S' is stamped on the top of the handle.tools, agricultural tools, farming equipment, garden tools

This souvenir card "to the ANZACS Christmas 1915" was produced with greeting messages from General Sir Ian Hamilton, General Sir William Birdwood and Senator Pearce. The card was being sent by Australian Women in England to all Invalided Australians in England, Egypt and Malta. It would appear that Lady Birdwood was one of many behind the production of the Card. On the back of the Drawing Page is a note from Dr S H Archibald, 6th A S C dated 27 December 1915 "This card was given to me by Miss Birdwood, who is a Nurse on the Hospital Staff."The Card and the "With Compliments" page are original as were sent to Invalid Australians in England, Egypt and Malta in December 1915.An oblong card, an off while colour with a paper insert held in place by a tied cotton thread.Front a Rising Sun, a picture of General Sir William R Birdwood, a message from General Sir Ian Hamilton, a Cooee to Australia drawing from Gen William Birdwood, inside last page a message from Gen Ian Hamilton. On the back page of the drawing is a note from Dr S H Achibald 6th A S C dated 27 December 1915. There is also a page with the Card issued with the Compliments of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia.hamilton, birdwood, christmas card, senator pearce, christmas card

Photocopy on cream paper of a CFA Report of Fire or Alarm No 65 for a fire which occurred at a disused Public weighbridge in Wilson Street, Long Gully. Weighbridge and building completely burn out when brigade arrived. Date 4 March 1973. Fire Brigade Members were - S/S/O S Knight, Staff S/F F Gannanay, S/F W Wright, Frmn G Ellis, M Ellis, R Wee-Hee, R Delves, B Brooks, R Boland and E Carruthers.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - report of fire at disused public weighbridge long gully, s knight, f gannanay, w wright, g ellis, m ellis, r wee-hee, r delves, b brooks, r boland, e carruthers, council

Used by Doug Mc Conville a local skier at Falls Creek, at the 1976 Winter OlympicsUsed by Doug Mc Conville a local skier at Falls Creek, at the 1976 Winter Olympics.Pair of dark blue Dynastar (French) Downhill skis with leather blue red white logo. Gold coloured metal bindings Salomon brand with "Equippe - Competition - Reglage - S 555 - 1234" inscriptions. Used by Doug McConville 1974 Winter Olympics185 - GEL 37 09 11810 Dynastar Polysoft. Label on ski (red white blue) on dark blue skis. Bindings - Salomon Competition Reglage Equippe S 555 - 12345 - Dynastar on base Dynastar some gal on one side. 1859 GL 37 09 11810 on the other side.downhill skis, doug mc conville. 1976 winter olympics. snow. falls creek.

Document: collection of individually tied files. Right to occupy residence area miners' rights. 1930's - 1950's. Includes Seymour, Costerfield, Bendigo. Heathcote, Cohuna, Trafalgar.Lands Officeplace, bendigo, land sales, miners' rights, bendigo, sandhurst, land sales, residence areas, costerfield, seymour, bendigo

Also one enlarged copy 18.5 x 27.5 cm, one other copy set on white card 12 x 20 cm, but row boat erased, part of background visible showing part of township of Lakes Entrance (Cunninghame) and part of New Works wharf on right.Black and white photograph showing S S Gippsland leaving New Works wharf. Small rowing boat on right on beach. Hull painted white. Lakes Entrance VictoriaNew Year Trip 1909 Cunninghame A Cooper Photojetties, waterways, ships and shipping

A second copy existsSepia photograph showing the S S Gippsland in Mitchell River. Possibly within silt jetties both decks crowded with tourists, hull painted dark colour. Bairnsdale Victoriaagriculture, jetties, ships and shipping, waterways

Grey wool tunic, worn as school uniform at Williamstown High School during the 1950's and 1960's. Double breasted bodice with four grey buttons - one missing.On label at back of neck 'Mina. Tailored to perfection. 100% pure wool'.williamstown high school, 1950's, 1960's, school uniform, tunic

This electroplated teaspoon made by Walker & Hall of Sheffield. It was recovered from an unknown shipwreck in the coastal waters of Victoria in the late 1960s to early 1970s. The shipwrecks in the area range from around the 1840s to the early 1930s. It is part of the John Chance Collection. Walker & Hall’s Marks on this teaspoon, the SHIELD and the FLAG, date the spoon between 1910 and before 1920. The letters, possibly N S, within a shield may stand for Nickel Silver. The first Sheffield licence to make electroplated pieces of work was granted to John Harrison in 1843. One of his employees, George Walker, had been sent to learn electroplating skills at Elkington’s in Birmingham, who had patented the process discovered by Dr John Wright. Walker left Harrison in 1845 and started up his own company with Samuel Coulson and William Robson, to become George Walker & Co., electro-platers and gilders, taking out a licence with Elkington’s. In 1848 Robson retired and Henry Hall joined the partnership, operating at Electro Works at 11 Howard Street Sheffield, with a showroom in at 45 Holborn Viaduct, London. The firm had changes in the partnership and by 1853 it was called Walker & Hall. Over the years the company grew, with branches in the UK and overseas in Australia and South Africa. Then John Bingham, and later his brother Charles Bingham, became involved in the business, increasing profits. In 1861 the firm registered its first Trademark, a stamped ‘Flag’ with a banner with letters ‘W & H’. In 1884 Walker & Hall were one of the largest manufacturers and the second to introduce a voluntary system of using dating marks for silver plate, based on the alphabet and styles of shields or figures. The firm grew and prospered. It was described as ‘comprehensive … touching almost every department of Social life’, selling all manner of silverware and other goods. In 1920 the firm became Walker & Hall Limited and continued to expand in the goods produced and the member employed. Then the effects of war brought economic depression and fewer people able to afford the quality luxury goods. Eventually, in 1963, the company amalgamated with Mappin & Webb and Elkington & Co., becoming British Silverware Ltd. Although the spoon is not linked to a particular shipwreck, it is recognised as being historically significant as an example of cutlery, perhaps part of a passenger’s luggage or imported for use in Victoria in the early 20th century. This spoon is significant for its association with makers Walker & Hall, famous for silverware and silver plate in the mid-19th to early-20th century. It is the only example in Flagstaff Hill’s shipwreck artefact collection. The spoon is also significant as it was recovered by John Chance, a diver in Victoria’s coastal waters in the late 1960s to early 1970s. Items that come from several wrecks have since been donated to the Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village’s museum collection by his family, illustrating this item’s level of historical value. Spoon, teaspoon, electroplated, silver-bronze colour with dark flecks. Old English design. Maker’s Marks on back of spoon. Made by Walker & Hall, Sheffield.Embossed individual stamps “W”, “&”, “H”, “S” Embossed shape [SHIELD] with letters within, possibly “N S” Embossed shape of [FLAG] with letters with “W & H” flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck artefact, john chance, sheffield, cutlery, eating utensils, electroplate, silver plate, silverware, flatware, antique flatware, old english flatware pattern, spoon, teaspoon, silver flatware, dining, silver plated, epnns, 20th century silverware, walker & hall, george walker, henry hall, john wright, elkington

Yields information about the reassembly of No. 40's bogies following their overhaul in 1985 and some of the people involve.Black and White photograph of the installation of the motors into No. 40's bogies, 8/2/1985. 3880.1 - Warren Doubleday, Barry McCandlish and Barry James crane driver carrying out the work. 3880.2 - photo with the motors in position.On rear of 3880.1 in ink "40's rebuilt trucks arrive back. Warren Doubleday and Barry McCandlish ass the crane driver 8-2-85", label "Photo Page 34 bottom Reduced to 5 1/2" x 3 3/4". and in bottom left hand corner "Photo Dave Macartney" See April 1985 Trolley Wiretramways, trams, btps, cep, maximum traction, bogies, tram 40

Colour postcard divided back - Biscay Greetings, of an photo looking southwards along Swanston St and Lonsdale St with tram s 508 (?) on route 8 and 920 on route 6. Has a Canberra TV store on the SE corner, with adverts for Winfield cigarettes behind. Back has space for name and address, stamp and a message and details of the postcard. Produced by Biscay Greetings, possibly mid 1970's.trams, tramways, postcards, swanston st, lonsdale st, w2 class, w6 class, tram 920, tram 508

Image from CD (Compact Diskette for use in computers) - see Reg Item 135. Image titled "Kew Junction' on CD, of looking Kew Junction from the north east, towards the city, shows the Kew railway station precinct. Has a inbound W class tram picking up passengers at the Kew Post Office. A summer day. Possibly late 1920's, early 1930's.trams, tramways, kew, kew junction, kew post office, high st

Many women in Australia sewed at home and Madame Weigel's patterns spanned nine decades, closing down in 1969. Simplicity and Butterick patterns are still made today. Simplicity was founded in 1927 in New York, Butterick is the oldest pattern company in the world, founded in 1863. One source states that Ebenezer Butterick is credited with creating the first multi-size sewing patterns in 1892. It is now been purchased by another company.15 Assorted dressmaking patterns: 11 from the 1960's and 70's, 3 vintage - Simplicity, Butterick, Style and Madame Weigel. One is a J & L Stretch Fabric Multi-Sized Family Pattern. The patterns are presented in paper packets with coloured pictures on the front depicting the items which can be made. Inside are tissue paper patterns with paper instructions. Pattern No 9196 has a yellow and white checked piece of material pinned to the front as a possible sample of the material used. The three vintage ones are Madame Weigel patterns, two for women and a child's one. All packets are worn through use and damaged.'Simplicity, Butterick, Style, Madame Weigel and J & l Stretch Fabric' patterns are printed at the top of the relevant patterns with appropriate illustrations of what can be made.sewing, sewing patterns, sewing equipment

WARRNAMBOOL MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE Warrnambool's Mechanics' Institute (or Institution as it was sometimes called) was one of the earliest in Victoria. On 17th October 1853, a meeting was held where it was resolved to request the Lieutenant Governor of the Colony to grant land for the erection of a Mechanics' Institutes building. A committee was formed at the meeting and Richard Osburne chaired the first meeting of this committee. The land on the North West corner of Banyan and Merri Streets was granted but there were no funds to erect the building. The Formal Rights of the Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute's encompassed its aims and these were officially adopted in1859; "This Institution has for its object the diffusion of literary, scientific, and other useful knowledge amongst its members, excluding all controversial subjects, religious or political. These objects are sought to be obtained by means of a circulating library, a reading room, the establishment of classes, debates, and the occasional delivery of lectures on natural and experimental philosophy, mechanics, astronomy, chemistry, natural history, literature, and the useful and ornamental arts, particularly those which have a more immediate reference to the colony." The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute opened its first reading room in November 1884 in the National School building at the corner of Banyan and Timor Streets. The Institute was funded by member subscription, payable on a quarterly, half-yearly or yearly basis. Samuel Hannaford, the Manager of the Warrnambool Bank of Australasia, was the first Honorary Secretary of the Mechanics' Institutes, and an early President and Vice-President. He also gave several of the early lectures in the Reading Room. Another early Secretary, Librarian and lecturer was Marmaduke Fisher, the teacher at the National School. Lecture topics included The Poets and Poetry of Ireland', 'The Birth and Development of the Earth', 'The Vertebrae - with Remarks on the pleasures resulting from the study of Natural History' and 'Architecture'. In 1856 the Reading Room was moved to James Hider's shop in Timor Street, and by 1864 it was located in the bookshop of Davies and Read. In the 1860's the Mechanics' Institute struggled as membership waned but in 1866, after a series of fundraising efforts, the committee was able to purchase land in Liebig Street, on a site then called Market Square, between the weighbridge and the fire station. A Mechanics' Institute building was opened at this site in August 1871. The following year four more rooms were added to the main Reading Room and in 1873 the Artisan School of Design was incorporated into the Institute. The same year Joseph Archibald established a Museum; however, it deteriorated when he was transferred to Bendigo in 1877. In 1880, with Archibald's return to Warrnambool, the Museum was re-established, and in 1885 a new building was built at the back of the Institute to accommodate the re-created School of Design, the Art Gallery and the Museum. In 1887 the Museum section was moved to the former courthouse in Timor Street (for some time the walls of the building formed part of the TAFE cafeteria but all is now demolished)). In 1911 the Museum was transferred back to the original building and the management of the Mechanics' Institute was handed over to the Warrnambool City Council. The Museum and Art Gallery became one and housed many fine works of art, and the Library continued to grow. The building was well patronised, with records showing that at the beginning of the 20th century there were between 500 and 800 visitors. During World War One the monthly figures were in the thousands, with 3,400 people visiting in January 1915. The Museum was a much - loved Institution in Warrnambool until the contents of the Museum and Art Gallery were removed to make room for the Warrnambool City Council Engineers' Department. The contents were stored but many of the items were scattered or lost. When the original building was demolished the site became occupied by the Civic Centre, which included the new City Library. (The library was temporarily located in the old Palais building in Koroit Street.) In the process of reorganisation the Collection was distributed amongst the community groups: -The new City Library took some of the historical books and some important documents, historic photographs and newspapers. -The Art Gallery kept the 19th Century art collection and some of the artefacts from the museum. -The Historical Society has some items -The State Museum has some items -Some items were destroyed -Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village has old newspapers, Government Gazettes, most of the Mechanics' Institute Library, ledgers and documents connected to the Mechanics' Institute Library, some framed and unframed artworks and some photographs. The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute Library book collection is deemed to be of great importance because it is one of the few collections in an almost intact state, and many of the books are now very rare and of great value. The Magic Carpet Author: S Elliot Napier Publisher: Angus & Robertson Date: 1932Label on spine with typed text R.A. 824.912 NAP Pastedown front endpaper has a sticker from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library Front loose endpaper has a stamp from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute book, the magic carpet, s elliot napier, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, warrnambool, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library

Has a strong association with the people employed by the BTPS in 1985 under the CEP Scheme and the completion of the overhaul of No. 40's trucks.Black and White photograph of No. 661 with one of 40's truck on a bearing testing run at St Aidans Driver 21/2/1985. Photo has Ken Walker and Warren Doubleday looking at the truck. Photographed by Dave Macartney. See April 1985 Trolley WireOn rear in ink "661 with 50's truck on bearing testing run, St Aidans Drive 21-2-85", label "Photo Page 35 bottom Reduced to 5 1/2" x 3 1/8". and in bottom left hand corner "Photo Dave Macartney"tramways, trams, btps, cep, bogies, maximum traction, tram 661

No information has been found on the Allansford Youth Club but the badge appears to date from the 1940's or 50's. A Warrnambool boy's club existed during that time. This badge is retained because it has local provenance but pending further research no exact details are known.A circular metal badge featuring a gold colour profile of a hopping kangaroo and text on a royal blue back ground. The outer edge is royal blue and contains text. The remaining area is white. It has a pin clip on the reverse.V.A.Y.C. ALLANSFORD YOUTH CLUBallansford

Set of three colour digital images taken by W. J. Llewelyn of the Ballarat Railway Station at Lydiard St North. .1 - Possibly a S class loco on the Horsham / Dimboola/Serviceton St, about to leave Ballarat station during the late 1960's or early 1970's. A freight train is on platform 2. Note the Parcels Office and that the clock had not been fitted to the station building. .2 - S305? shunting at Ballarat station, during the late 1960's or early 1970's. Photos taken from the signal box. .3 - R766 on a special train at the station - late 1980's. Has the failed Melbourne - Canberra - Sydney tourism venture carriages at the rear.trams, tramways, railway station, level crossings, lydiard st north, steam locomotive

Photograph from the Bryant West Collection. Copied by Jack Jenner 1968. West General Store was in Thompson Ave, on west side between Chapel Street and The Esplanade. Closer to The Esplanade. Sepia photograph of J & S West Cowes General Store & sheds in Thompson Avenue. Group of people in front and bullock dray. Possibly West family, employees and public. As above with the names.cowes general store phillip island, mary karney, bryant west collection

Items copied from the collection of Dawn PARKER nee MICHIE from items copied from the scrapbook of Alexander James MICHIE, bookmaker, her grandfather's uncle.On left is Violet Michie, the grandmother of Dawn Parker (nee Michie) on the occasion of Dawns Wedding at the Uniting Church. Lasercopies from photographs of the Michie family. c.1960's.families, gaming, michie family

Demonstrates documentation and methods used to advise of changes to fare tickets and bylaws in both Ballarat and Bendigo.Amendment sheet - with adhesive backing detailing changes to Tourist tickets, fare sections (3d and 2d), children fares. Applies to both Ballarat and Bendigo. Undated - c1950's? tramways, trams, bendigo, ballarat, tickets, fares