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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Rottman, Gordon L, US Helicopter Pilot in Vietnam, 2008
The thing is, helicopters are different from planes. An airplaine by its nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongl by usual events or by a deliberately incompetent pilot, it will fl. A helicopter does not wat to fly.The thing is, helicopters are different from planes. An airplaine by its nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongl by usual events or by a deliberately incompetent pilot, it will fl. A helicopter does not wat to fly. vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- aerial operations, american., helicopter pilots -- united states., military helicopters -- vietnam. -
Bacchus Marsh & District Historical Society
Postcard, Join us in a trip around Bacchus Marsh Victoria
This fold out series of black and white images shows scenes of Bacchus Marsh in the late 1930s or during the 1940s. The date of the set of images is not stated but it shows the Bacchus Marsh Swimming Pool constructed in 1938. The general purpose of the images to promote tourism suggests the collection may date from the post war period of the late 1940s or early 1950s when petrol rationing and other wartime restrictions were being discontinued. The eight scenes are: Railway Station Bacchus Marsh; Bacchus Marsh Post Office; Main Street Bacchus Marsh; The Avenue Bacchus Marsh; Maddingley Bridge; Swimming Pool Bacchus Marsh; Rustic Bridge Maddingley Park; View Across Maddingley Flats. The cover illustration of the fold out envelope shows a happy family in a new model car. The message of the image clearly being to encourage people to travel by motor car to places like Bacchus Marsh for recreation and to engage in the general pastime of tourism.One set of 8 fold out black and white photos showing various scenes of Bacchus, with a cover illustration of a family traveling in a motor car. Measurements: 112 x 90 mm folded; 112 x 750 mm unfoldedSouthern Series Registeredbacchus marsh history, bacchus marsh views, bacchus marsh postcards -
Clunes Museum
Book, Fred Cahir, THEY RESCUED US! ABORIGINAL HEROES ON COUNTRY
THIS BOOK AIMS TO ILLLUMINTAE HERIOIC REUCRES BY ABORIGINAL PEOPLE OF NON-ABORIGINAL PEOLE ACROSS AUSTRALIA FROM THE EARLIEST DAYS....1 SOFT COVER BOOK. FRONT COVER ILLUSTATION OF A MAN HOLDING A HAT ALOFT. HORSE IN FRONT OF TREE, TAN AND BROWN COLOURED DEPICTION A YOUNG PERSON, LIES AT THE FOOT OF THE MAN. .2 POSTCARDnon-fictionTHIS BOOK AIMS TO ILLLUMINTAE HERIOIC REUCRES BY ABORIGINAL PEOPLE OF NON-ABORIGINAL PEOLE ACROSS AUSTRALIA FROM THE EARLIEST DAYS...first nations, waddawurrung country -
Darebin Art Collection
Painting - Cesario, Cesario, Nafatin Iha Ita (Still With Us), 2009
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Darebin Art Collection
Artwork, other - Fiona Tettman, Fiona Tettman, The Threads That Bind Us, 2013
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Clunes Museum
Book, WESLEY COLLEGE, All of Us are One - Voices and Images of Wesley College Melbourne, 2016
THIS BOOK, WITH ITS STRIKING IMAGES AND ENGAGING WRITTEN REFLECTIONS, PROVIDES ANTOHER CHANCE FOR OUR WESLEY FAMILY TO ENJOY REPEATEDLY...Publication celebrating 150 years of Wesley, hard cover, purple and gold embossing on front cover and spine. 147 pagesnon-fictionTHIS BOOK, WITH ITS STRIKING IMAGES AND ENGAGING WRITTEN REFLECTIONS, PROVIDES ANTOHER CHANCE FOR OUR WESLEY FAMILY TO ENJOY REPEATEDLY...wesley college, 150th celebrations -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Slide, Robin Boyd, 1964
In 1964, Robin and Patricia Boyd spent several weeks on a world tour - Boyd took a leading role at the International Design Conference in Aspen and he also visited Chicago, Yale University, and New York’s World Fair. The Boyds then travelled on to England, Finland (especially to see Tapiola), Russia and India to see Le Corbusier's Chandigarh, and also Hong Kong and Thailand.Colour slide in a mount. US Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, 1954-58. (Architects: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.)Made in USA / US PAT No. 3013354 / 26 / JUN 64W (Handwritten)slide, robin boyd -
Wheen Bee Foundation
Publication, McGregor, S. E, Insect pollination of cultivated crop plants (McGregor, S. E.), Washington, 1976, 1976
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Wheen Bee Foundation
Publication, Moeller, F. E, Two-Queens System of Honey Bee Colony Management (Moeller, F. E.), Washington DC, 1976, 1976
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Wheen Bee Foundation
Publication, Moeller, F. E, Two-Queens System of Honey Bee Colony Management (Moeller, F. E.), Washington DC, 1976, 1976
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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Equipment - Equipment, Army, Canvas Bag
Large Canvas Khaki Bag : label on bag stating "Aviator's Kit Bag" A.N 6505-1. Property of US Government. Two handles and zippered at top.Aviator's Kit Bag-AN 6505-1 Property of US Governmentcanvas bag, aviation. australia, 1800-1975 -
Geelong RSL Sub Branch
Helmet - US, Mid 20th century
This is a US Military Helmet WW2 vintage.This is a helmet used by a member of US Defence ForceA Helmet - US Military- green, camouflage and net cover, webbing on the inside and chin straps.Graq 2 on the chip strap and head band.us military helmet, -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Book, Communication for Armor, November 1965
Soft covered book, the purpose of which is to present, in concise form, the information needed in planning and establishing communication with signal equipment being used in US Armor units. US ARMY ARMOR SCHOOL Fort Knox Kentucky November 1965signals, handbook, usa -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Functional object - Key Tab
Door key tab from the USS Weeroona when requisitioned by the US Army for war service. It was used throughout WWII as a barracks and quarter ship throughout the war. A round brass key tab used by the US Army on the Weeroona.U.S.S. Weeroona 90uss weeroona, wwii, key tab -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Booklet, SVNLF's Policy
Cream Booklet with red writing and Vietnamese Flag on cover. South Vietnam Liberation National Fronts Policy toward the officers and men in the US and Akien Army - 1966South Vietnamese flag Policy toward officers and men in the US and Alien Armysouth vietnam army, booklet -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPHS, U.S. NAVAL SHIPS
Photos are of US Navy ships Visiting Australia in July - Sept of 1925. Shows ships including battleship "Oklahoma" and crowds viewing them in the port.Five black and white original photos of US ships in port in Australia.1-3 - No writing. 4. "On back" - crowd waiting to get on the "Oklahoma". 5. On back. R.941 - "United States of America Battleship".oklahoma battleship, us navy -
Queen's College
China plaque, c.1897
China plaque with Wesley’s head in the centre, and the words “THE BEST OF ALL GOD IS WITH US” These were Wesley’s final words from his deathbed. "The best of all God is with us The Revd John Wesley AM Wesleyan Methodist Society Established 1739"john wesley -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Clocks, 1939-1946
Chelsea Clock Company History: The Chelsea Clock Company is an American clock manufacturing company that started before 1880 with Joseph Henry Eastman who founded the Harvard Clock Company and produced 800 clocks of marine, carriage, shelf and banjo types. He went on to change the company name to the Boston Clock Company in 1884. After several name changes in 1897, the Chelsea Clock Company was finally founded. Clocks produced by Chelsea Clock Company have been found in the White House, on US Naval Ships, and in homes and offices around the world. After the company first began life as the Harvard Clock Company, it was named the Boston Clock Company, the Eastman Clock Company before finally becoming the Chelsea Clock Company in July of 1897. The company had developed many patents and innervations over these years and between 1939 and 1946 during World War II they were awarded contracts by the U.S Maritime Commission and produced vast numbers of clocks for both merchant and naval ships. U.S Maritime Commission History: The United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM) was an independent executive agency of the U.S. federal government that was created by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, and replaced the United States Shipping Board which had existed since World War I. It was intended to formulate a merchant shipbuilding program to design and build five hundred modern merchant cargo ships to replace the World War I vintage vessels that comprised the bulk of the United States Merchant Marine, and to administer a subsidy system authorized by the Act to offset the cost differential between building in the U.S. and operating ships under the American flag. It also formed the United States Maritime Service for the training of seagoing ship's officers to man the new fleet. The purpose of the Maritime Commission was to formulate a merchant shipbuilding program to design and then have built over a ten-year period 900 modern fast merchant cargo ships which would replace the World War I-vintage vessels Those ships were intended to be then leased to U.S. shipping companies for their use in the foreign seagoing trades the aim was to offer better and more economical freight services. The ships were also intended to serve as a reserve naval auxiliary force in the event of armed conflict which was a duty the U.S. merchant fleet had often filled throughout the years since the Revolutionary War. From 1939 through the end of World War II, the Maritime Commission funded and administered the largest and most successful merchant shipbuilding effort in world history, producing ships for both navy and merchant marine. By the end of the war, U.S. shipyards working under Maritime Commission contracts had built a total of 5,777 ocean-going merchant and naval ships. In early 1942 both the training and licensing was transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard for administration, then later to the Maritime Service final responsibility was conveyed to the newly created War Shipping Administration which was created to oversee the operation of merchant ships being built by the Emergency Program to meet the needs of the U.S. Armed Services. With the end of World War II, both the Emergency and Long Range shipbuilding programs were terminated as there were far too many merchant vessels now for the Nation's peacetime needs. In 1946, the Merchant Ship Sales Act was passed to sell off a large portion of the ships built during the war to commercial buyers, both domestic and foreign. The U.S Maritime Commission was officially disbanded on May 24th 1950. These clocks were to be found on all ships made in American for the war effort between 1939 and 1946. They are a significant reminder of the sacrifice by those who served in the merchant marine and the navy’s during the Second World War. The item is a part of our social history that reminds us of these dark times. The loses of family members, along with the trauma that many sailors had endured and had to live with for the rest of their lives once they were released from service and allowed to go home.American Clock is an 8-day marine clock made by the Chelsea clock Co for the “US Maritime Commission” . There is a second smaller dial for the seconds and 24-hour markings. Also a fast-slow adjuster to the top of the dial. The clock is an 8 day marine clock with US Maritime Commission inscribed on face in black lettering. flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, clock, us maritime commission, chelsea clock company, horology, maratime clock -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Booklet - 30 cal MG
The .30 caliber Browning Machine gun was the basic machine gun of US forces and became more common in British and Australian armoured when US tanks were adopted.Representative of US training manuals in WW11.Natural coloured covered booklet " War Department Basic FIELD Manual Browning Machine Gun Caliber .30 HB M1919A4 ( mounted in Combat Vehicles ) August 12, 1942."military, world war two, wwii, us, machine gun -
Bendigo Military Museum
Currency - CERTIFICATES, MILITARY PAYMENT, United sates Military, C.1967 -68
This currency was for use in American/Australian military bases only instead of US dollars. This was for black market purposes. Every so many months the notes where changed and new ones issued. BERTUCH collection, refer Cat No 1664.2.1) MPC 10 cents rectangular shape, green, white & black colours, front has portrait image of a Women, rear has an eagle. .2) MPC 50 cents rectangular shape, orange, white & black colours, images front and rear same as .1).1) “Series 641 J08403608J. .2) “Series 641 J02190554J”mpc, military payment, us -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Slide, Robin Boyd
Colour slide in a mount. Magazine image of US Pavilion (1960) World Agricultural Fair, New Delhi, India. (Architect: Minoru Yamasaki .)Made in Australia / US Pavilion World Agric'l (Handwritten) / Fair, New Delhi (Handwritten) / Minoru Yamasaki (Handwritten) / Encircled 5 (Handwritten)slide, robin boyd -
Bendigo Military Museum
Accessory - CLEANING/BIPOD BAG M - 16, 1962-75
Green US canvas and webbing bag containing a bipod for an M16 Armalite rifle plus its cleaning gear. Has metal studs and a zipper for closing and a metal belt loop on rear for attaching to soldier's webbing."Case, carrying bipod XM3 OSA1CO-4594 1005-999-2430" On case: "US"arms-firearm accessories, containers-military, m - 16 -
Clunes Museum
Book, JAMES NISBET & CO BERNERS ST LONDON, HYMNS OF FAITH AND HOPE
HYMN BOOKSMALL BLUE COVERED HYMN BOOK. HYMNS OF FAITH AND HOPE PRESENTED TO MRS OATS WITH MR HUVITS & US COMPLIMENTS WISHING YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR JANUARY 1.1892.non-fictionHYMN BOOKlocal history, books, religious, hymn books -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Stamp holder with stamps
8719.1 - Cast iron stamp holder (painted black) 8719.2 - Date stamp. 8719.3 - "NOT NEGOTIABLE" stamp. 8719.4 - "Thanks we appreciate your business" stamp. 8719.5 - "Help us help you" "Order Friday for Saturday delivery" stamp. 8719.6 - " Meeniyan District Ambulance" stamp. 8719.7 - " What would you expect us to do if we owed you this account" stamp. 8719.8 - Stamp handle.8719.2 - 23 NOV 1939 8719.3 - NOT NEGOTIABLE 8719.4 - Thanks we appreciate your business 8719.5 - Help us help you - Order Friday for Saturday delivery 8719.6 - Meeniyan District Ambulance 8719.7 - What would you expect us to do if we owed you this account -
Montmorency/Eltham RSL Sub Branch
Uniform - Gaiter
This pattern of gaiter was worn by US troops during WW2. These particular gaiters were shortened by Australian troops and used in the New Guinea theatre of operations.US M1938 Canvas Gaiter (Right), khaki with leather laces and hoop and loop fastening. Webbing strap and brass buckle. Shortened for use by Australian troops in New GuineaLangdon Tent & Awning Co. 2 Rgaiters -
Montmorency/Eltham RSL Sub Branch
Uniform - Gaiter
This pattern of gaiter was worn by US troops during WW2. These particular gaiters were shortened by Australian troops and used in the New Guinea theatre of operations.US M1938 Canvas Gaiter (Left), khaki with leather laces and hoop and loop fastening. Webbing strap and brass buckle. Shortened for use by Australian troops in New GuineaLangdon Tent & Awning Co. 2 Rgaiters -
Bendigo Military Museum
Equipment - AMMUNITION BELT, D M Shoe Co, 1941
Ammunition Webbing Belt, probably held 100 rounds. Canvas, jungle green with 10 pouches. Each pouch has a flap with US pattern clips. The bottom of the pouch area has eyelets, the wide 10.5 cms buckles are of brass. The exposed belt section is 5 cms wide. One of the pouches has “US” stamped onto it. Rear has “D M Shoe Co 1941” stamped on it.uniforms - army, military history -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Uniform - Uniform, US Army, Cap
US officer's hat featuring US military badge and gold braidingLt L. Etschappat 05262500 Ft Knox 3734, 4118officers cap, united states - military -
B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia Inc
Load Adjuster, Bomb Load Adjuster No. 31629, 1945
1945 Slide Rule US Army Air Force from Prof. Allan Bromley.Works by adding Angular moments together to find centre of gravity (COG) of a plane (adds bombs, ammunition and crew on board).Brown Leather Case with 'Slide Rule' inner.Load Adjuster, Property of US Government. 102630 on case. 81629. Airplane serial No. 44-4-1195, Model B-24Jbomb load adjuster, a16 -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Cap
US Legionheadgear, c1950, general