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Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History
Label, Cylinder, Austox et al
Large unused diamond shaped Austox label made for use on carbogen cylinders. Beige with a black border, and green and red lettering.Information printed on label: SPECIALLY PREPARED FOR MEDICAL USES. / AUSTOX [logo] / COMPRESSED / CARBOGEN / CO2..........% OXYGEN.......... / (The percentages stated above are subject to tolerance) / KEEP COOL [in red] / CONTENTS: Imperial Gallons / WARNING - Great caution must be exercised to prevent any oil entering the cylinder, or being applied to the valve or fittings. The use of oil may lead to a dangerous explosion. [in red] / Australian Oxygen & Industrial Gases / Pty. Ltd. / MELBOURNElabel, cylinder, austox, australian oxygen and industrial gases pty ltd, carbogen, compressed carbogen -
Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History
Label, Cylinder, Commonwealth Industrial Gases Ltd
Large unused rectangular label made for use on carbon dioxide cylinders with 5% CO2 printed on it. Beige with black lettering.label, cylinder, cig, carbon dioxide, commonwealth industrial gases ltd -
Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History
Label, Cylinder, Commonwealth Industrial Gases Ltd
Large unused rectangular label made for use on carbon dioxide cylinders with 10% CO2 printed on it. Beige with black lettering.label, cylinder, cig, carbon dioxide, commonwealth industrial gases ltd -
Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History
Label, Cylinder, Austox et al
Large unused diamond shaped Austox label made for use on carbon dioxide cylinders. Black and beige background, with beige and red lettering.Information printed on label: SPECIALLY PREPARED FOR MEDICAL USES. / AUSTOX [logo] / COMPRESSED / CARBON DIOXIDE / KEEP COOL [in red] / WEIGHTS: / GROSS..........LBS. ........OZS. / TARE..........LBS. ........OZS. / NET..........LBS. .......OZS. / Contents Imp. Gallons / USE NO OIL OR GREASE ON VALVE [in red] / AUSTRALIAN OXYGEN / AND / INDUSTRIAL GASES / PTY. LTD. / MELBOURNElabel, cylinder, carbon dioxide, cig, commonwealth industrial gases ltd, compressed carbon dioxide, austox, australian oxygen and industrial gases pty ltd -
Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History
Label, Cylinder, Austox et al
Large unused diamond shaped Austox label made for use on nitrous oxide cylinders. Dark purple, violet and white background, with white, violet and red lettering.Information printed on label: SPECIALLY PREPARED FOR MEDICAL USES. / AUSTOX [logo] / NITROUS OXIDE / KEEP COOL / WEIGHTS: / GROSS..........LBS. ........OZS. / TARE.......... LBS. ........OZS. / NET..........LBS. ........OZS. / Contents Imp. Gallons / WARNING. - Great caution must be exercised to prevent any oil entering the cylinder, or being applied to the valve or fittings. The use of oil may lead to a dangerous explosion. / AUSTRALIAN OXYGEN / AND / INDUSTRIAL GASES / PTY. LTD. / MELBOURNElabel, cylinder, austox, australian oxygen and industrial gases pty ltd, nitrous oxide -
Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History
Funnel, glass, Pre 1930
A funnel, held above the patient's face, was almost the standard of giving oxygen until c.1930. It was quite useless, enriching the inhaled atmosphere by only about 3% of oxygen.Clear dimpled glass in the shape of a funnel, with red strong running through the centre, and tied to one side.oxygen, oxygen therapy, funnel, cig, commonwealth industrial gases -
Puffing Billy Railway
Vehicle - Aveling & Porter 11629, South Melbourne City Council Aveling & Porter 10 ton Steam Roller, 1923
Built by Aveling & Porter Ltd., Rochester, Kent, England Builder’s Number 11629 of 1923 Weight 10 Tons Used by the South Melbourne Council in road construction between 1926 and 1963 Aveling and Porter was a British agricultural engine and steam roller manufacturer. Thomas Aveling and Richard Thomas Porter entered into partnership in 1862, developed a steam engine three years later in 1865. The company became the largest manufacturer of steam rollers in the world. Service History : Title: City Surveyor's report Creator: Johnson, A.L Publisher: Prahran City Council Date: 1921 .... The 10-ton steam roller worked 302 days, the Aveling and Porter 12½-ton roller worked 211 days while the Garrett steam wagon continues to carry tar and road materials. city of prahran annual reports 1912-1913 http://www.stonnington.vic.gov.au/files/assets/public/history/city-of-prahran-annual-reports-1912-1913.pdf Industrial Steam Roller - Road Construction, South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Aveling & Porter 10 ton Steam Roller with roof and rear tool box Builders Number 11629 Aveling & Portersouth melbourne, puffing billy, steam roller, aveling and porter, puffing billy museum, road construction, road steam -
Puffing Billy Railway
Day's Petrol Rail Tractor, Petrol Rail Tractor Gauge 2'0", circa 1926 - 1940
Rail tractors were popular with Victorian sawmillers. They were generally cheaper than a steam locomotive, required no special qualifications to drive, and used proven power plants for which spares were available locally. The tractor was constructed by Day’s Engineering of South Melbourne which, although better known for its pumping equipment, built more than fifty rail tractors for Victorian sawmillers and other industrial tramway users. W. Day & Sons is believed to have constructed its first light railway locomotive in 1926. From then until the mid 1940s, the firm appears to have built at least fifty locomotives at its premises in South Melbourne, of which roughly half were four-wheel locomotives and roughly half were six-wheel locomotives like the restored Day’s rail tractor formerly operated by Ruoak Timbers. Of the four-wheel locomotives, ten were 2-ft (610mm) gauge locomotives similar to this one. Today, only two survive, a complete example at the Puffing Billy Railway Museum at Menzies Creek, and one at Alexandra Timber Tramway Museum This 2-ft gauge 4wPM locomotive is believed to have been one of two Day's Petrol Rail tractors formerly used by Cheetham Salt, possibly at the Moolap works near Geelong. Service History :owned by Cheetham Salt, Moolap ( dates unknown ) Geelong Steam Preservation Society , Belmont 1973 ? Puffing Billy Steam Museum , Menzies Creek Historic - Industrial Narrow gauge Railway - Rail Tractor used by Cheetham Salt Company works at Laverton, Moolap and Geelong, Victoria , Australia Petrol Rail Tractor made of Iron , wrought iron, steel puffing billy, industrial narrow gauge railway, rail tractor, days engineering, cheetham salt,, petrol rail tractor -
Puffing Billy Railway
Tool - Drag Saw, New Record Drag Saw, circa 1920s
Circa 1920s petrol driven cross saw. It was mainly used cross cutting felled logs The Land on which the Menzies Creek railway station and Museum are built on was once apart of James Hermon's & his son William Hermon's property on which this Drag Saw was used. reference : Jinkers and Whims: A Pictorial History of Timber-Getting By Jack BradshawHistoric - Industrial Timber working petrol driven cross saw - Drag SawLarge, mechanical saw mounted on a steel shaft connected to tin fuel and water containers. The machine has two large spoked wheels, a rotating Crankshaft and an extended arm/rod attached to a crank and flywheel.New Record puffing billy, drag saw, timber cutting, early mechanical equipment, james hermon & sons, menzies creek, 1920s -
Puffing Billy Railway
Climax Loco - Original Headlight
Original Climax Loco Headlight Lamp made by the Star Lamp company THE HISTORY OF STAR HEADLIGHT & LANTERN COMPANY 1889: On April 20 of 1889, "Star Headlight Company" formed. The company is located on Allen Street in the city of Rochester, New York. There were five original investors. The original founders were Elias C. Glazier, George L. Estes, Allen D. Close, James H. Crouch and George S. Riley. 1914: Name of company changes to "Star Head Light & Lantern Company." 1915: Star Head Light & Lantern Company catalog now lists more than 100 versions lamps and lanterns. Historic - Industrial railway - Forests Commission of Victoria, Timber Logging Climax Locomotive Headlight Lamp Original Climax Loco Headlight Lamp made of metal climax loco headlight lamp, star loco headlight lamp, star head light & lantern company, puffing billy -
Puffing Billy Railway
Greenbat Battery Loco, Greenwood & Batley ltd
Greenbat Battery Loco Built by Greenwood & Batley Ltd Builders No. 420363/2 This Greenbat Battery Loco has been loaned to the Museum by the Walhalla Goldfields Railway, who had acquired it in 2013 along with a large quantity of narrow gauge trollies and light rail from Orica’s now closed munitions factory in Melbourne’s western suburbs. The trolley on display was one of two in use from the 1970s. Orica - Deer Park Munitions factory Orica Deer Park in Melbourne’s west has been used since circa 1875 for various forms of manufacturing and storage of chemicals. Although the site is bounded by Ballarat Road, Station Street, Tilburn Road and the Western Ring Road, the current entry point for industrial operations is situated at Gate 6 off Tilburn Road. Operations include: • a specialty chemicals facility producing products for mining services operations • quarry services • other chemical manufacture activities. The Deer Park factory complex is of historical significance as the location of the first plant for the manufacture of high explosives in Australia and has been, for its entire history, the most important, if not only, commercial manufacturer of high explosives in Australia. It commenced operation under the importer Jones Scott and Co, and then the Australian Lithofracteur Company (Krebs Patent), a rival to Nobel's dynamite patent. The factory was producing nitro-glycerine based explosives in Australia only a couple of years after Nobel's Ardeer factory began operating in Scotland. The explosives factories complex is of historical significance for the association with the Australian Lithofracteur Company, Australian Explosives and Chemicals, the Nobel company and later ICIANZ, which grew to become one of the largest explosives, chemical and plastics manufacturers in Australia. It was the pioneer of the industry and retained its dominance through monopolistic practices, taking over most of its competitors in the Australasian region. Substantial parts of the pre-Second World War layout of the site remain which, with a number of significant buildings dating back to the 1920s and '30s, indicate past and present processes of manufacturing, the necessary safety measures required and the integrated nature of the explosives and chemical industry. The narrow gauge tramway, which ran through the explosives section, was a rare survivor of nineteenth century materials-handling methods into the 21st Century. Greenwood & Batley were a large engineering manufacturer with a wide range of products, including armaments, electrical engineering, and printing and milling machinery. They also produced a range of battery-electric railway locomotives under the brand name Greenbat. The works was in Armley, Leeds, UK. Greenbat was the trade name for the railway locomotives built by Greenwood & Batley. The company specialised in electric locomotives, particularly battery-powered types for use in mines and other hazardous environments. Historic - Industrial Narrow Gauge Railway - Battery Locomotive - Orica - Deer Park Munitions factory - Deep park, Victoria, Australia Battery Locomotive - made of iron puffing billy, greenbat battery loco, battery locomotive, industrial narrow gauge railway, orica - deer park munitions factory -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Photograph - Newspaper cutting, 2 March 1984
The Gipps Street Wesleyan Methodist Church of 1874 and the adjoining school hall, were built in the Collingwood Flat area - one of the municipality's poorest areas. In 1903, the Collingwood Methodist Mission was established with its headquarters in the Gipps Street Church. Six Methodist Missions were created in inner Melbourne. Three churches were operated by the Collingwood Mission. They were: Sackville Street Collingwood, Elizabeth Street, North Richmond (demolished), and Gipps Street Collingwood (demolished). The Mission operated until approximately 1930. The Wesleyan Church and School in Sackville St. Collingwood was built in 1886 and used as a church for 65 years. It was also part of the Collingwood Methodist Mission before being converted to an industrial/commercial complex. The church was auctioned on 3 March 1984.The cutting gives information about the history of the Church at 25 Sackville St. Collingwood prior to its auction sale on 3 March 1984gipps st. methodist church, les gorrie, collingwood mission, sackville street church, wesleyan -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, D F Jowett et al, Return to Rosstown : railways, land sales and sugar beet ventures in Caulfield, 1978
The story of the attempt to establish the Rosstown industrial and residential complex in the Caulfield district, south-east of Melbourne, during the second half of the nineteenth century. The focus of the scheme was a major beet processing mill, the Rosstown Sugar Works. It also looks at the railways lines which serviced the sugar beet ventures in the Caulfield/Rosstown area.victorian history, local history, town planning, william murray ross, rosstown estate, rosstown railway -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, City of Bairnsdale
Glossy pamphlet with photographs giving brief information on the history, industries and lifestyle in the city of Bairnsdale, Victoria.township, industrial -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, East Gippsland Historical Society, The Growing of Hops in the Mitchell and Tambo Valleys, 1983
An account of hop growing industry in the Mitchell and Tambo Valleys, Gippsland, Victoria, from commencement c.1869 to the decline and demise in 1916. Includes biographical details of families in the industry, setting up of gardens, hop pickers.industrial -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Mallacoota and District Historical Society, Mallacoota Memories, 1980
... as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum) 2 Marine Parade Lakes ...Record of the history of Mallacoota Victoria from Aboriginal occupation to approximately 1970 includes early settlers industries commerce tourism shipwrecks and a list of local place names.township, aboriginals, settlers, industrial -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Hales Jeremy, Maffras Beet Sugar Industry 1894-1948, 1998
The story of the Beet Sugar factory at Maffra Victoria from its beginnings in 1894 the problems encountered and the demise of the industry after WW2 The history of earlier Victorian unsuccessful into establishing the industry are mentioned Maffra beet sugindustrial, agriculture -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Mc Intyre Alan J M Lawton G, Longmans Australia Geographies Gippsland No 10, 1958
Basic information about Gippsland geography agriculture and industries written for school students.agriculture, industrial, topography -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Gippsland Heritage Journal No 11, 1991
Issue 11 of a series of Journals showcasing Gippsland history contains articles on Limestone Creek, Crooked River School, Inverloch, Port Albert, Wattle Bark Industry and dairy farming personalities sister Ellen Mc Carthy, Amos Brazier, John Lardner, Tomsettlers, schools, agriculture, industrial -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Gippsland Heritage Journal - issue 17, 1994
This issue contains articles West Gippsland mining, Lime-burning industry, Orbost rail line, Guesthouses on the Gippsland Lakes, George Augustus Robinson, French and Co, builders and the Ramahyuck Cemetery.industrial, guesthouses, cemeteries, transport -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Gippsland Heritage Journal - issue 18, 1995
No 18 of series contains articles Dr Chong of Bairnsdale, South Gippsland hills farmers, Delvine School, Sale powder magazine, ABC Radio, Mount Erica tourism and photographs, some of Lakes Entrance businesses and people 1950c.industrial, tourism, schools -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Fletcher Meredith, Squires Debra, Barraclough Linda, Gippsland Heritage Journal - issue 29, 2005
... Entrance gippsland Natural History Settlers Industrial Ships ...Issue 29 of a series of journals which contain articles on various aspects of Gippsland histories. This issue has articles covering Lakes National Park, Whaling Industry at Gabo Island, Alf Maher Anglican minister and photographer historic homestead lyrenatural history, settlers, industrial, ships and shipping -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Harcourt, Rex, Southern Invasion - Northern Conquest. Story of the Founding of Melbourne, 2001
An account of the most notable events behind the founding of Melbourne. Includes excerpts from important documents, photographs, maps, reference notes and index.settlers, industrial -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Hopkins Andrew, The Journal of Occupational Health and Safety Australia and New Zealand Special Issue: Lessons from Longford the trial, 2002
Account of the Royal Commission findings from the Esso gas plant explosion in 1998 at Longford Victoria and the OHS trial held in Supreme Court Melbourne, where various legal aspects were examined. Indexedindustrial, public utilities -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Hopkins Andrew, Lessons from Longford - The Esso Gas Plant Explosion, 2003
A Statement on the sociological aspects of the gas plant explosion at Longford, Victoria. On 25 September 1998 and lessons to be learned by companies and Government.public utilities, industrial -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Brooks, Sharon, The Glasshouse Site, Lake Tyers, 1999
Research, interpretation and management recommendations for the Glasshouse Site, Lake Tyers, East Gippsland, Victoria by Forestech Student.industrial, waterways -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Devonshire, James, The Lake Bunga Oil Bore, 1999
Research, interpretation and management recommendations for the Lake Bunga oil bore, near Lakes Entrance, East Gippsland,Victoria by Forestec student.industrial, topography -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, McGrath, Ryan, Lake Bunga Oil Bore, 1999
Research, interpretation and management recommendations for the Lake Bunga Oil Bore, Lakes Entrance, East Gippsland, Victoriaindustrial -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Doty Roy, Footprints- The Journey of Lucy and Percy Pepper, 1976
A children's book explaining the origins of oil and gas, extraction refinement and applications, and brief discussion on alternative fuel sourcesindustrial -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Frank Allen MBE, Pocket History of Maharatta, Boggy Creek, Dundundra and Burrimbucco, 1982
An authorative account of life and times of the Southern Monaro and South Coast from initial settlement until 1982. Illustrated with photographs, Indexedsettlers, genealogy, industrial