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Tennis Australia
Racquet, Circa 1975
A Bancroft 'Competition Model 1' racquet with no net. Materials: Wood, Paint, Plastic, Leather, Adhesive tape, Fibreglass, Metaltennis -
Tennis Australia
Racquet, Circa 1975
A Slazenger 'Challenger No.1' racquet with clear vinyl net strings. Materials: Wood, Plastic, Leather, Adhesive tape, Nylontennis -
Tennis Australia
Page from Magazine, 23 Sep 1882
Page from Vanity Fair featuring lithograph entitled 'TENNIS'. Materials: Paper, Ink, Cardboard, Glass, Metal, Woodtennis -
Tennis Australia
Personal items, 1890
Silver miniature representation of tennis racquet with pencil insert, removable at butt of 'racquet'. Materials: Silver/Metal, Wood, Graphitetennis -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Photograph, 13th Light Horse, 1935
Indictative of light horse dress and training in period immediately prior to WWII.Black and White photograph in wood frame with gilt surround of soldiers in Light Horse uniform posed in ranks for a group photograph.On plaque at centre lower edge of frame "13th Light Horse"; on reverse of frame "2nd Division Cavalry School, Broadmeadows 20th September 1935"2nd division cavalry school, 13th light horse, broadmeadows -
Albert Park-South Melbourne Rowing Club
Photograph, Albert Park Rowing Club Champion Eight, 1915
A black and white staged photograph of the winners of the 1915 Champion Eight. The photograph is mounted on cardboard with a separate wood veneer mounting.On reverse: D. Laird (S), J. Hale (7), W. Steinle (6), J. Stewart (5), L.H. McBrien (4), W. Loud (3), R.T. Leslie (2), C.P. Leslie (B), R. Duncan (cox)apsm rowing club, rowing, 1915, champion eight, laird, douglas, hale, jack, steinle, william, stewart, jack, mcbrien, likely herman, loud, william, leslie, rt, leslie, cecil park, duncan, roy, albert park rowing club -
Mont De Lancey
Chair
Used by Principal of Wandin East Primary School. Donated by teacher, Mrs. Margot Capuano.Wooden 'bell' shaped chair with armrests, and 9 pies of turned wood in the upper part. Seat is made of particle board. -
Mont De Lancey
Knife Cleaner, Circa 1895
Cast iron and wood static knife cleaner. Folding wooden lid with small knob screws, holding the cleaner together. -
The 5th/6th Battalion Royal Victoria Regiment Historical Collection
Plaque - Korea & S.E Asia Forces Association
The symbol of Korea & S.E.Asia Forces Association symbol is placed in the centre of the plaque. The plaque is made of red wood in the back groun -
Queen's College
Arm from a wooden figure, Date unknown
This item is part of the Dodgson Collection, which was bequeathed to Queen's College in 1892 by the Rev. James Dodgson. The collection was created by Aquila Dodgson, brother of James. Aquila Dodgson was a friend of the English Egyptologist Flinders Petrie, and it was through this friendship the Aquila was able to acquire ancient Egyptian artefacts. A detailed study of the collection was made by Christine Elias "Discovering Egypt: Egyptian Antiquities at the University of Melbourne", M.A. thesis 2010.Very roughly shaped piece of wood with suggestion of fingers at one end. Two circular holes along length for attachment. Small paper label inscribed with 'B3' attached to back of arm.arm, wooden figure, james dodgson, aquila dodgson, flinders petrie -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Negative - BILL ASHMAN COLLECTION: MAN BESIDE BUILDING
Negative of a man beside a building, standing beside heaped drums of a chip like material. Also in the picture are heaps of wood.sciences, bill ashman collection - correspondence, negative of a man at a building -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Furniture - Occasionnal table, inlayed, Unknown
The table is used in the St Peter chapel to sign registers.The table was retorde thanks to a grant from the Furniture History Society in 2022.Inlayed occasionnal wooden table made of Australian woods. The table has four carved spired legs and one drawer.inlay, st peter chapel -
Greensborough Historical Society
Brick, Wooden road block, 1880s
Accompanied by article by Kevin Patterson (Nillumbik Historical Society) which explains the use of these blocks as a road surface in the City of Melbourne from the 1880s. The final wood blocks were dismantled in the 1950s and blocks sent to suburban wood yards to be sold as fuel for open fires and combustion heaters.As most of these blocks were sold for fuel, it is unusual to find one surviving. Block of timber cut to size and dipped in tar for use a a road block. wood blocks, paving, melbourne, road surfaces, tar -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Tool - Broad Axe, Mid-20th century
A double-bevelled broad axe can be used for chopping or notching and hewing. When used for hewing, a notch is chopped in the side of the log down to a marked line, called scoring. The pieces of wood between these notches are removed with an axe, called juggling, and then the remaining wood is chopped away to the line. Broad axe head; handmade. A metal, T-shaped axe head, double-bevelled, with a formed slot for adding a wooden handle. The shape is common; a Canadian pattern. warrnambool, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum, flagstaff hill maritime village, hewing axe, timber working tool, forestry, axe head, braod axe, lumber, building, handmade, forged, iron, steel -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Australian Electric Traction Association (AETA), "AETA Report on Passenger Transport Services of the City of Geelong, Apr. 1949
Report contained within a partly faded light green folder, secured with four staples on side, 22 Gestener printed pages, one blue print of a "modern" bogie tram and one printed page giving costs, titled "AETA Report on Passenger Transport Services of the City of Geelong (April 1949)". Gives the background to the origins of the report, proposed suburban rail service, north shore industries, tramway rolling stock, reasons why trams should continue, PCC development, safety, alternatives, fares and transport policies, bus services, recommendations. Prepared by Charles Craig, Leon Marshall-Wood, Noel Gipps, Donald Wishart, John Beckett and John Stranger.AETA stamp on front and inside cover sheet and "4E5" in ink on front cover.trams, tramways, geelong, aeta, provincial tramways, reports -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Souvenir, Letter Opener, unknown
A souvenir paper knife made from a piece of wood salvaged from HMS WARSPITE. This is fashioned form a piece of wood and is in the shape of a paper envelope opener, it has a small brass label attached to one surface. Presumably this was recovered from the HMS Warspite which was commissioned in 1913 and served until 1945.This item has a label attached, the label is inscribed "From the TEAK of H.M.S. WARSPITE"royal navy, world war 2, ww11 -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Functional object - Fishing Float, n.d
Handmade fishing float. Top and bottom narrow sections - wood, central wider section - cork. Top section painted orange with black and white bands; bottom section dark green, narrow red band at junction of wood and cork. Cork section lacquered. Small wire ring bottom end. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Souvenir - Programme - Wood Wine and Roses Festival 2013, c. 2013
Official program, 2013 Heywood Wood, Wine and Roses Festival. 32 page booklet, pages edged in green, program and advertisements in colour, front cover dark green, photo of wood chop , image of wineglass with red roses, gold stave and musical notes, rose petals. 20th anniversary issue. -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Model - Diorama, Cordon and Search
Diorama depicts a village with the huts / houses one covered storage area, two APC'S, Barrow with wood, pig pen,tunnels by three, boat on waterway and soldiers (searching for VC) Scenery includes trees and vegetation, wood piles and house hold items.C1967 Diorama is in two pieces joined by landing bridge.diorama -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Functional object - Set of swingle trees
Five swingle trees hinged together. Straight lengths of wood of varying lengths attached to each other through U-shaped metal fittings. Top piece of wood is the longest, and connects to shorter lengths at the distal edges, with the attachment point on the latter being in the centre. Unpainted and unfinished with flecks of white paint. farm machinery, swingle tree, horse drawn, churchill island -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Case - Cigarette, 1940's
Made in Camp 13 by a POW.Rectangular light and dark wood cigarette case. One side has 2 birds sitting on 2 rings and 2 flowers on stems. The other side has a diamond inlay into triangles of different shades of brown wood. A small green square opens a slide lid to allow access to cigarettes. Handmade.camp 13, smoking, k. hill, cigarette case -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Communion glasses tray
G125.2, G125.3, G125.4, G125.5 4 tier varnished wood communion glasses tray with G125.1 cover. The cover has a small commemorative plaque and a knob at its centre. Each tray has turned wood legs and is made to hold 36 communion glasses giving a total capacity of 144 glasses.'TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF EVELYN JANE GRAIN. PRESENTED BY HER SISTER ANNA FLORENCE 1934"patterson, marion -
South Gippsland Shire Council
Painting, Framed, Sampan & fish
Framed Chinese glass oil painting on stand. The painting features a Chinese fishing boat and two fish, one is a large gold fish jumping out of the water and the second is a small black fish. Brown laquered wood frame set in a decorative carved wood stand. Chinese writing on the sails of the boat. -
Tennis Australia
Board game, Circa 1940
'Combination Tennis & Baseball' game. Contains two playing areas (one baseball, one tennis) each perforated with holes; four wood balls, two wooden net supports and a cotton mesh 'net'. Also contains a small 'catapult' device for balls. No instructions document. Materials: Wood, Ink, Plastictennis -
Melbourne Legacy
Slide, Operation Firewood - Picola, 1960s
Colour slide of an empty semi trailer in Picola ready for collecting wood from the area. It was during Operation Firewood. Legatees would organise collection of wood from the country and distribute it to widows in metropolitan Melbourne. Other slides show the cutting and loading of wood and delivery to widows in metropolitan Melbourne. Was with many other slides taken in the 1950s and 1960s. The slides have been photographed to make digital images and moved to archive quality sleeves. In many cases the original images were not well focussed and the digital image the best available.A record of Legacy helping widows by sourcing, supplying and delivering firewood. When open fires were the main source of heating, a load of firewood and help moving it, would have been very important to the widows.Colour slide of a semi trailer in Picola during Operation Firewood in brown Anscochrome cardboard mount.Printed on front in red ink 'Anscochrome / View from this side / Made in Australia'. Hand written on front 'Transport arrives Picola' in blue pen. Printed on reverse in red ink 'Processed by Verycolor photo labs. Melbourne, Victoria'.operation firewood, legatees, semi trailers -
Melbourne Legacy
Slide, Operation Firewood - Euroa, 1960s
Colour slide of a semi trailer loaded with wood and a car in a forest near Euroa. It was during Operation Firewood. Legatees would organise collection of wood from the country and distribute it to widows in metropolitan Melbourne. Other slides show the cutting and loading of wood and delivery to widows in metropolitan Melbourne. Was with many other slides taken in the 1950s and 1960s. The slides have been photographed to make digital images and moved to archive quality sleeves. In many cases the original images were not well focussed and the digital image the best available.A record of Legacy helping widows by sourcing, supplying and delivering firewood. When open fires were the main source of heating, a load of firewood and help moving it, would have been very important to the widows.Colour slide of a semi trailer and a car in a forest near Euroa during Operation Firewood in brown Anscochrome cardboard mount.Printed on front in red ink 'Anscochrome / View from this side / Made in Australia'. Hand written on front 'Euroa group / Loaded up' in blue pen. Printed on reverse in red ink 'Processed by Verycolor photo labs. Melbourne, Victoria'.operation firewood, semi trailers, wood, forests -
Glen Eira Historical Society
photograph, Muriel Stepto, c. 1953
A sepia photograph of Muriel Stepto (nee Wood) taken in the late 19th century. This item is significent because it records an examople of early 19th century infant dress in caulfield. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Scooter - childs, 1940's
Made from scrap wood and metal by internee at Camp 3 for the Wied childrenHandmade child's wooden scooter. Has 2 wheels with metal rims, metal bracket joins upright to base, horizontal wooden handle at top of upright.scooter, bissinger g, tatura camp toys -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph
POW's wood detail, Rushworth forrest during WW2 watched by garrison soldiers.Black and white photo of workers using saw bench.internment camps, internment camp rushworth, pow's, garrison soldiers -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph
POW's wood detail, Rushworth forrest during WW2 watched by garrison soldiers.Black and white photo Mansion surrounded by fence with tent and soldiers in foreground.internment camps, internment camp rushworth, pow's, garrison soldiers