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Kew Historical Society Inc
Accessory - Assorted Hair Combs, 1880-1900
This item formed part of a large collection of items collected by Dorothy Rogers, a notable local historian and founding member of the Kew Historical Society.Collection of four decorative hair combs owned by Dorothy Rogers.A note included with the donation in the handwriting of the historian Dorothy Rogers states: "Old family keepsakes. The large comb when given to me fifty odd years ago was honey coloured. The tortoise shell gradually darkened. Mrs Dorothy Rogers"fashion accessories, combs -
Tennis Australia
Decorative dustpan, Circa 1985
Decorative dustpan printed with tennis scene. Materials: Pigment, Metaltennis -
Montsalvat
Latex Mould, Untitled (Angel)
Oval latex mould depicting an angel with stylised decorative wings. Nonematcham skipper, mould, jewellery, angel, decorative design -
Montsalvat
Metalwork Mandala, Untitled
Metalwork mandala of a decorative design with central flower with seven petals. Nonematcham skipper, metalwork, mandala, decorative design -
Federation University Art Collection
Bookplate, 'Ex Libris John Gartner'
John Gartner was a fine printer and publisher, an author, a noted philatelist, and also collector of Australian banknotes and coins. He was born on 16 July 1914 and was largely self-educated, leaving school at fourteen for work following the death of his father. Gartner developed a strong interest in the history of typography and printing and was apprenticed at the Advocate where his father had been a linotype operator. Aged 17, Gartner bought a hand press and some fonts of type, and in 1937 acquired a platen press from which he set and printed his private press books, published under the imprint of The Hawthorn Press. Gartner had a strong collection of Australian bookplates. He also looked at the work of artists overseas and commissioned personal plates. He subsequently built an international collection with preference for artists who printed from wood. His initial searches were in Belgium and Holland.(http://www3.slv.vic.gov.au/latrobejournal/issue/latrobe-84/t1-g-t7.html) The title is enclosed within a decorative plum coloured rectangular borderbookplate, printmaking, australian bookplate design awards, keith wingrove memorial trust -
Federation University Art Collection
Artwork-Ceramic, (Untitled) Lidded Vessel
This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.Wheel thrown lidded vessel. Decorative glazed. Artist unknown. art, artwork -
Kew RSL
Honour Board, Arbuckle & Ward Honour Board
Advised this board was displayed at Arbuckle's premises in Cato Street Hawthorn. wooden decorative board with wooden ribbon carvings attached in the cornersEmployees of Arbuckle & Waddell Pty Ltd who enlisted for service in the great war 1914-1919arbuckle & waddell, world war 1, hawthorn war memorials -
Mont De Lancey
Functional object - Sugar and creamer set, Unknown
Silver sugar and cream set on silver stand with decorative handle.Inscription reads " Presented to Miss Beatrice Matthews by Members of Wandin Girl Guides for valuable services rendered. May 1918.sugar bowls, creamer -
Parks Victoria - Mount Buffalo Chalet
Barometer
"A number of specific items, which have been useful in the day to day operations of the Chalet, remain in the building with each complementing the other to provide context, meaning and character to their setting. Items such as the hall porter bell, the many signs providing information to the guests, the wall clock, barometer and dinner bell point to the Chalet being a well-run social institution with a pleasant environment for rest, recreation and congenial company." (Pg 81 Historica, MBCC) "The barometer mounted on an ornately carved backing was presented by flour miller John Spencer Brunton (1861-1937), son of Thomas Brunton who founded the Brunton & Co. flourmills. John had responsibility for the New South Wales arm of the company and lived in Sydney.' (Pg 82 Historica MBCC) " Fig 80. It was presented by John Spencer Brunton on 9 December 1930."(Pg83, Historica. MBCC) Listed in Draft Inventory of Significant Collection items A.3.. Fixtures and Fittings (Pg 165.Historica, MBCC)Barometer and thermometer with carved decorative leaf pattern wooden surround.On plaque below barometer:"PRESENTED BY / JOHN SPENCER BRUNTON / 9.12.30" (further inscriptions on face) -
Melbourne Legacy
Souvenir, Legacy Stamp - First Day of Issue, 2023
Australia Post issued a stamp featuring the Legacy Torch. It will be in general circulation as well as available as commemorative packs and first day covers. The stamp design presents the iconic branding of Legacy Australia and echoes the colours of the Australian flag. The torch design prominently placed in the stamp represents the undying flame of service and sacrifice, the foundation of Legacy’s existence. The body of the torch is presented in a gold colour, signifying generosity and compassion. In its wreath of laurel, with its points inverted in remembrance, is the guerdon of honour, to represent those who gave their lives for their country. The commemorative envelope has an image of Stan Savige and comes with the Legacy Stamp and postmarked as a first day of issue, 21st March 2023, and cost $1.50.A record that Legacy's reputation is such that the centenary was marked by Australia Post.A decorative envelope with the Legacy stamp and stamped with the first day of issue.100th anniversary, centenary -
Mont De Lancey
Hand mirror
A gift from Mr. H. N. Lord to Mrs.H. N. Lord (Netta), on her 21st birthday.Decorative mirror with green and amber coloring, with embossed design on rear.hand mirrors -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Textile - Beadwork sample
Sample of seed beading.- Sample of decorative beadwork - seed beads - floral & leaf motifNilcraft, sample, floral glass beading -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Yonge, Charlotte M, The Dove in the Eagle's Nest by Charlotte M. Yonge, Date of this edition unknown. First published 1866
Hardcover book, 256 pages. Book has a decorative cover.fictioncharlotte yonge, fiction -
Kyneton Fire Brigade
Memorabilia - Trophy
Won by Kyneton Brigade at competition in Ballarat in 1959. Part of Kyneton Brigade trophy collectionSilver cup with decorative handles mounted on fluted Bakelite base. BALLARAT DEMONSTRATION 1959 DISCIPLINE CONTEST Class "B" Pres. by COUNTRY FIRE AUTHORITY First kyneton fire brigade, country fire authority, fire brigade demonstrations, fire brigade discipline contest, trophy -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Cooper, Courtney Ryley, The far frontier, [n.d.] [1924]
Western fiction genre282 p. : decorative, gold-embossed red cover and spine.fictionWestern fiction genrefiction, westerns, copurtney ryley cooper -
Vision Australia
Equipment - Object, Bruno Herde and Friedrich Wendt, Picht braille typewriter
Oscar Picht invented this braille writer in Bromberg, Germany, where he was the Director of the Provincial School for the Blind. Seven keys facilitate the typing of Braille. All in a wooden box with a metal handle on the front and a hook and eye on either. The box looks handmade and was the property of Alfred W Phillips of Ascot Vale in 1934.Steel Brailler, black with gold decorative lines in a wooden box Picht - the makers' name is painted on the front. Alfred W Phillips 1934 Ascotvale - is written above the paper on lid From P M Govett Hartwell - is written on the upper right side of lidassistive devices, braille equipment -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Postcard - View of Bendigo, J E Barnes Kew, 1920 c
Black and white postcard with decorative edging of a view of Bendigo VictoriaView Point and Fountain Bendigotownship, correspondence -
St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne Archives
Certificate - Nurses Acts Victoria Certificate for Dorothy May Stubbs
Dorothy May Stubbs is registered as a Victorian General Nurse, No 16746. The certificate is signed by Chairman and Registrar of the Nurses Board, but the names are not identifiable. It also has the signature of Nurse Stubbs. There is an accompanying receipt of two shillings and sixpence.nurses acts victoria, nurses' board of victoria, nurse training -
Mont De Lancey
Wash Stand, Circa 1930s
See picture of family history.Wooden wash stand on castors, with marble top, two wooden drawers, and decorative floral tiles. Inlaid decorative design on the wood, and brass handles on the drawers. Part of a 4 piece bedroom suite.bedroom suites, washstands -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph, c1910
Taken in Beechworth c1910, this postcard depicts Victoria Road lined with trees and residential houses. A horse and buggy is also pictured driving towards the camera. This postcard was manufacture by SEMCO or SEMCO Art Needlework Company, which was a "music, post-card and fine art importers, indentors and publishers" established by Stanley Edward Mullen in c1910, Melbourne. One of the identifying features of the Semco postcards is the text printed on the reverse of the cards which read: “Semco Series, P.O. Box 545, G.P.O. Melbourne.” Black and white postcard within oval frame, grey decorative edge. Obverse: VICTORIA ROAD, BEECHWORTH Reverse: 1997.2839 (crossed-out) A02839 84-137-1 POST CARD Near our state school. BEECHWORTH about 1910 beechworth, victoria road, postcard, 1910, semco -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Candle holder
Candle holder, decorative brass concertina, extends and pivots, with securing clampflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, candle holder -
Bendigo Military Museum
Booklet - BOOKLET, SANDAKAN MEMORIAL PARK, Australian Government Department of Veteran Affairs, March 2005
Booklet - Cardboard green with cream print and decorative motif, 15 pages.“Sandakan Memorial Park” “Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia”booklet, sandakan memorial park -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book, Views of Bendigo-N.J. Caire, 1979
A pictorial history of Bendigo of photographs taken by Nicholas John CairePaperback. Front cover has a decorative border enclosing the title of the book.Stamp of Marysville & District / Historical Society Inc / P.O. Box 22 / Marysville 3779bendigo, nicholas john caire, photographer, history, central victoria, victoria, australia -
Ballarat Clarendon College
Honour board, BGSA Athletics 1960 - 1975
This board honours a school's contribution to the annual Ballarat Girls School Association (B.G.S.A) athletics competitions. Clarendon Presbyterian Ladies' College won the accolade consistently from 1963 - 1970. paralleled the BPSA (Ballarat Public Schools Association) which morphed to become coed in the mid 70s, when College and Grammar became coed, retaining the BPSA acronym. BPSA became the present BAS. Varnished solid wood board with gold lettering and decorative top edging.clarendon-presbyterian-ladies-college, b-g-s-a, sport, honour-board, athletics, -
Ballarat Clarendon College
Hand painted china
Miss Lucy Shaw, principal Clarendon PLC 1927-1934 hand painted this sweet dish in 1923. Small round sweet dish with decorative hand painting around borderOn base: L.S. / 1923 -
Bright & District Historical Society operating the Bright Museum
Fender
Steel with brass rail with decorative knobs and filligree embossed on steel basefender, brass, steel, filligree -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Pen Rack
The origins of the pen rack probably began when quill pens were being replaced by steel nib pens that were held at oblique angles for writing this method of writing started to gain popularity around 1820-1860. To understand the development of display racks to hold pens on a desk we need to understand the development of the pen itself. Before the early 19th-century steel pens were almost universally all barrel pens affixed to a holder pretty permanently. Pens were also not disposable. There were even steel pen repair services, just like the same services around at the time to repair you're fine quills. Individual slip nib pens which fit into a holder were originally pieces of a quill which came in a box of nibs and fit into a holder. These were disposable and meant to obviate the need to mend your quills. By 1831 you start to see more what they called “slip nib pens” or “portable pens” (easier to carry than a long barrel pen), but the idea of holding the nib at an oblique angle in the holder was an idea new enough that it warranted a patent. In 1831, an enterprising and very successful stationer and inventor, Sampson Mordan (inventor of the silver mechanical pencil) combined with one William Brockedon to patent the first oblique pen and oblique holder. In the patent application, they mention as the benefits that this would allow the writer to hold the pen more comfortably as well as it should allow the pen to last longer since both tines will be moving across the paper evenly. It appears at the time the idea of holding a pen obliquely was new. As a result of the popularity of the oblique pen many different designs of pen desk holders were being made, to keep pens suspended on a rack alleviated the possibility that the expensive new steel nibs with their holder could be damaged if left in a desk draw with other items.Double sided Pen Rack, decorative metal with four metal legsflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Mayes Australian Builders Price Book
5th edition of book of prices and information on building materials, machinery etc. Used in CJ Mitchell's Store, TaturaHardcover, red, black lettering, decorative border. Gold lettering on spine.CJ Mitchell, Tatura. Beatrice A Mitchellironmongers, importers, books, technical -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Container - Box - Silver
Decorative silver type box. Separate lid. Bamboo leaves pattercontainers, domestic -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Leisure object - Child's cup, saucer and plate
Blue metal child's cup, saucer and plate set with decorative borderdomestic items, infants