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Greensborough Historical Society
Article - Newspaper Clipping, Watsonia Traders Association, Watsonia Community Bank: Why do we need a community bank?, 2002-2003
... Watsonia Community Bank: Why do we need a community bank? ...In 2003 a steering committee investigated the feasibility of setting up a branch of the Bendigo Bank in Watsonia. This article in Watsonia's Whisper continues to seek community support for the Bank.Community involvement in local matters.Copy of news article and small update on pledges. Black text on colour background. bendigo bank, community banks, watsonia, macleod, watsonia macleod community bank -
Greensborough Historical Society
Article - Newspaper Clipping (copy), Watsonia Traders Association, Expansion of a vision: Watsonia Library, 05/07/2003
... Expansion of a vision: Watsonia Library ...A short history of Watsonia Library from its beginnings in 1987 to the renovation and extension undertaken in2001-2002. Branch manager Lynne Fox in interviewed.News article in black and whiteyarra plenty regional library, yprl, watsonia library, lynne fox -
Greensborough Historical Society
Article, Rats beat a tattoo, 2001
... Rats beat a tattoo ...Melbourne's Rats of Tobruk Memorial Pipes & Drums were invited to perform at the Edinburgh Military Tattoo in 2001. The band practices in Macleod.1 page, black text on cream paperrats of tobruk memorial pipes and drums -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, A People at war, 1942c
... A People at war ...British wartime propaganda book relating to the war effort of the British people during World War 2. This copy distributed in Melbourne.72 p. paperback, black and white photographsHandwritten "Mavis Dalgrin" Rubber stamp "Hospiitality and Information Bureau for Australian and Allied Forces, 243 Collins St, Melbourne"world war ii, mavis dalgrin, great britain at war -
Greensborough Historical Society
Article - Article, Journal, Phillip E. Brotchie, Women in Australia - a case of historical inequity, by Phillip E. Brotchie, 1991
... Women in Australia - a case of historical inequity, by ...Brief account of the slow progress of Australian women towards equality with men to 1960s.2 p. from Ancestor, Winter and Spring 1991, p. 12-13women in australia, gender equality, ancestor (magazine) -
Greensborough Historical Society
Document - Memoir, Rosie Bray, Life and times: a short story, by Rosie Bray, 2019 c
... Life and times: a short story, by Rosie Bray ...Memoir by Rosie Bray (nee Thrupp) of life in Melbourne and Garden City (Port Melbourne) and friendship with Margaret Halfpenny (nee Jobson) in 1942/431 p. printed both sides. Printed text with photographsrosie bray, melbourne, port melbourne, garden city, thrupp family -
Greensborough Historical Society
Article - Newspaper Clipping, Diamond Valley Leader, Farewell to a pioneer, 26/02/2020
... Farewell to a pioneer ...Bernie Lamers, a much loved pioneer of the Greensborough area, passed away on Friday, January 31 2020. Bernie was a founder of the Australian Bone Marrow Register.News article 1 page, black text, colour image.greensborough pioneer, bernie lamers -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph - Photograph, copy, The Age, St Nicholas' Mariners' Church, at Williamstown Mission to Seamen, with the lay reader in charge (Mr Stewart Murray) conducting a service, 14 June 1958
... ) conducting a service ...The photograph wa published in the Age, 14th of June 1958. The picture shows the round stained glass dedicated on Sunday 14 December 1947 and the reredos with hangings donated by Maud Breaks in memory of her sister Louise Breaks and dedicated on 26 August 1954 by the Bishop of Geelong.This is a rare picture of the interior of the St Nicholas chapel which was erected behind the former E, S & A Bank building used by the Williamstown Seamen's Mission branch from 1944. Article in the Age reading: "Seamen's Window Dedicated - A window in St. Nicholas' Mariners' Church, at Williamstown, in memory of the merchant seamen who were killed on active service In the last war, was unveiled and dedicated yesterday.The ceremony was performed by the Bishop of Geelong (Rt. Rev. J. D. McKie). The window, erected by the Williamstown Lightkeepers' Auxiliary of the Victoria Missions to Seamen is placed behind the altar. It shows a quartermaster, with his hand on the wheel, and the figure of Christ pointing ahead. Bishop McKie paid a tribute to the spirit of the men who gave their lives at sea in the service of their country. He said the work of the auxiliary would still be of great value, although the war was over." The decision of the window was published in August 1947, Mrs Musther -who created the Lightkeepers' Auxiliary branch in Williamstown - ordered it from Brooks, Robinson & Co. (job books 1923-1966). The furniture and window were donated in 1979 to the Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village in Warrnanbool, and located in the chapel.Black and White Gloss print photograph - Image features a minister delivering a chapel serviceHand written in black texta; ... Mission to Seamen, Williamstown Chapel service... Circa 1957randall stewart murray, st nicholas the mariner chapel, chapel, lay reader, williamstown, victorian-seamens-mission, 139 nelson place, e,s and a bank, english, scottish and australian bank, stained-glass window, pews, lightkeepers' auxiliary, warrnambool, mrs musther, brooks, robinson & co, hymn board, david conolly -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph - Photograph, copy, David Conolly and Marjorie Stafford at a dance event at St Kilda Town Hall, 1956-1958
... David Conolly and Marjorie Stafford at a dance event at St ...Subject had a long standing connection with the Mission Visual Record of a member of the lady of the Harbour...Black and White Gloss print photograph of a couple in evening dressHand written in black texta; David Conolly (Lay Reader) and Marjorie Stafford (LHLG) at a Dance in St. Kilda Town Hall Circa 1957lay reader, david conolly, marjorie stafford, lhlg, st kilda town hall -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Booklet, Serving Seafarers of All Nations Since 1834: A Brief History
... Serving Seafarers of All Nations Since 1834: A Brief ... -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Letter - Framed letter, Michael Jeffery, A Message from His Excellency Major General Michael Jeffery, 23 August 2007
... A Message from His Excellency Major General Michael Jeffery ...Letter sent by the Governor General for the centenary of the Seafarers Service.Mounted and framed typewritten letter on cream colour paper.Signed by Governor General Michael Jeffery and dated 23 August 2007michael jeffery, governor general, 2007, centenary, acacia, crown, golden wattle, seafarers service -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Article - Facsimile, The Herald: He's a Light in the Harbor, 1956
... The Herald: He's a Light in the Harbor ...This a reprint of an article about Padre Oliver, published by the Herald on 7 July 1956.Reprint of an article bout Padre Oliver.padre oliver, frank oliver, the herald -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
photograph - Photograph, Colour, Two seamen carrying a Christmas tree in front of the Hastings Seafarer Centre
... Two seamen carrying a Christmas tree in front of the ...christmas -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Painting, Jack Woods, Heading to a Safe Port, 2011
... Heading to a Safe Port ...Jack's marine art covers a wide spectrum of maritime subjects, but with a focus on paintings of classic yachts that ventured over long distances to remote parts of the world. This painting was an entry for the 2012 Maritime Art Prize.Maritime art, Marine artOil painting on linen covered wooden frame, incorporating several features: from left to right a tanker vessel, a windjammer and the galleon wind vane restored to the roof of the Mission in 2020.safe, jack woods, painting, port, artwork, windjammer, windvane, cargo ship, galleon, weather vane, anl, maritime art prize, 2012, artwork-paintings -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Article - Newspaper Clipping, The Australian Women's Weekly, A New Career For The Padre, 20 November 1963
... A New Career For The Padre ...Padre Wong was the first Asian chaplain.In the 1960s due to containerisation, the Mission adapted to be able to better respond the need of the changing origins of the crews.Five columns article illustrated with two photographs of Reverend Wong with his family and the Reverend with asian sailors published on page 84 of the Australian Women's Weekly, 20 November 1963reverend stephen wong, john wong, timothy wong, hong kong, china, chinese, asian, margaret berkeley, 1963 -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph - Photograph, Black and white, Herald, Captain R. Sunter of the M.S. Manunda , at the invitation of the War memorial in Melbourne, plants a tree, 04 August 1934
... of the War memorial in Melbourne, plants a tree... ...On the 4 August 1934, to mark the 20th anniversary of the Great Britain declaration of war on Germany, 106 trees were planted, during a ceremony, on the lawns of the newly created garden of the Shrine of Remembrance. The Shrine of Remembrance was built to provide a place to grieve and remember Victorians killed in the First World War (1914-18). Prince Henry, the Duke of Gloucester and son of King George V, officially opened the Shrine before a crowd of 300,000 people in November 1934. Captain Robert Sunter, commander of the coastal liner Manunda, Adelaide Steamship Company, was chosen to plant a Queensland kauri (tree - number 100) on the main avenue from Domain Rd leading to the Shrine of Remembrance. The photograph was published in the Herald (4 August 1934, p. 40). In the Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Friday 3 August 1934, page 8 In Memory of the Merchant Service- Captain Sunter to Plant Tree at the Shrine Tomorrow will be the 20th anniversary of Great Britain's declaration of war on Germany, and at 10 and. Captain R. Sunter, the commander of the coastal liner Manunda, will plant a tree in the Shrine! of Remembrance reserve In memory of the officers and men of the Australian merchant service who gave their lives during the war. The tree, , which will be No.100 in the reserve, will bear the following inscription based on the wording of the ' British Mercantile Marine memorial at Tower Hill. London: "1914-1918. In remembrance of the officers and men of the Australian Mercantile Marine who died for King and Country and have no grave but the sea. Planted August 4, 1934." During the war 12 ships of the Australian merchant service were sunk and 95 officers and men lost their lives.The Shrine of Remembrance committee recently asked the director of navigation (Captain J. K. Davis) to nominate a member of the mercantile marine to plant a tree in the reserve. Captain Davis passed on the request to the secretary of the Merchant Service Guild of Australia (Captain T. D. Snape) and, after having conferred with various sections of the sea-going service, Captain Snape announced yesterday that Captain Sunter had been chosen unanimously. Captain Sunter has a distinguished war record as commander of the hospital ship Wandilla. Born at South Shields, in England, in 1878, he is a son of the late Canon Sunter, of Adelaide. He served an apprenticeship in sailing ships, and soon after obtaining his master a certificate entered the service of the Adelaide Steamship Company, where he has remained. In the Wandilla during the war Captain Sunter became known to thousands of wounded soldiers and troops." Padre Frank Oliver of MtS can be seen assisting with dedication at far left. Captain Robert Sunter who also served in WW1, a friend of the seamen and the mission, died a month later in Cairns. A window funded by crew of the Manunda and friends was dedicated to his memory in St Peter's Chapel, MtSV in February 1936 by Padre Oliver. (see item 0038).Depicts one of the few memorials specifically commissioned for Merchant seamen of WW1 and in later years also a focus for those who died in WW2 and other conflicts. Mounted black and white photograph of a group of people at a tree planting, minister of religion at far left, on dark grey mount with typed caption label on the lower edge of mountTyped caption in upper case: CAPTAIN R. SUNTER OF THE M.S. “MANUNDA”, AT THE INVITATION OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE WAR MEMORIAL IN MELBOURNE , PLANTS A TREE IN THE AVENUE OF REMEMBRANCE TO COMMEMORATE THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE AUSTRALIAN MERCANTILE MARINE WHO BETWEEN 1914 AND 1918 DIED AS A RESULT OF ENEMY ACTION AND WHO HAVE NO GRAVE BUT THE SEA. AUGUST 4TH 1934padre oliver, captain robert sunter, m.s. manunda, war memorial, mercantile marine memorial tree, melbourne, shrine of remembrance, wandilla, hospital ship, adelaide steamship company, memorial trees, queensland kauri -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Book, My Name is Frank, A Sea Merchant Talks, 1st March 2021
... My Name is Frank, A Sea Merchant Talks ...From the 1942 cover: We are proud to announce this book by Frank Laskier, "a sailor, an Englishman," the merchant seaman who gave the ever-memorable postscript after the BBC news on the first Sunday in October. The millions of listeners who heard that deeply moving voice will welcome an opportunity to read many more stories of the war at sea, which Laskier tells with the incomparable vividness of simple truth, and which made him a great broadcast speaker overnight. Laskier sounds, too, the note of victory that will bring a universal response-"Remember what we have been through; remember what we're going through; and fight and fight, and never, never, never, give in!" The publisher of this new edition has included an introduction and explanatory footnotes, as well as an appendix listing the ships mentioned in the book along with their descriptions. First published in 1942 by George Allen & Unwin, LondonPaperback blue cover with red English merchant Navy flag. 74 pagesfictionFrom the 1942 cover: We are proud to announce this book by Frank Laskier, "a sailor, an Englishman," the merchant seaman who gave the ever-memorable postscript after the BBC news on the first Sunday in October. The millions of listeners who heard that deeply moving voice will welcome an opportunity to read many more stories of the war at sea, which Laskier tells with the incomparable vividness of simple truth, and which made him a great broadcast speaker overnight. Laskier sounds, too, the note of victory that will bring a universal response-"Remember what we have been through; remember what we're going through; and fight and fight, and never, never, never, give in!" The publisher of this new edition has included an introduction and explanatory footnotes, as well as an appendix listing the ships mentioned in the book along with their descriptions. First published in 1942 by George Allen & Unwin, Londonfrank laskier, seafarers, sailors, seafaring life, ww2, world war 2, merchant navy, bbc, radio, liverpool, second world war, australia, padre oliver, battle of the atlantic, frank laskier (1912-1949), gunner, log book -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph - Photograph, sepia, Mr and Mrs Gurney Goldsmith, Dinner is served on board a sailing ship - The Steward Serves the Cabin Dinner, 1906
... Dinner is served on board a sailing ship - The Steward ...The photograph was taken on board the English four-masted barque Crocodile which was a a regular visitor of the Port Phillip bay ports, transporting wheat from Australia to the UK. A rare photograph of a ship's cook, a vital crew member on a voyage.Sepia photograph depicting the cook holding a tureen on board the ship Crocodile.Written in pencil at the back: "12"cook, barque crocodile, liverpool, tureen, goldsmith album, life on board, meals, steward -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph - Photograph, Sepia, Mr and Mrs Gurney Goldsmith, Dinner is served on board a sailing ship - The Crews Dinner, 1906
... Dinner is served on board a sailing ship - The Crews Dinner ...Barque CrocodilePhotograph was taken on the same ship as photograph 1660 and 1858Written in pencil at the back: "12"crews, barque crocodile, ships, tubs, sailors, deck, goldsmith album, life on board, meals -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Booklet, Mission to Seafarers Victoria, A Brief History of the Building and the Mission, 2001-2008
... A Brief History of the Building and the Mission ...Colour 3 folds bookletmission to seafarers, seamen's mission, flinders street, marketing, melbourne -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Journal (item) - Periodicals-Annual, Shiplovers' Society of Victoria, The Dog Watch - A Collection of Sea Stories - Issue 54, 1997
... The Dog Watch - A Collection of Sea Stories - Issue 54 ...seafaring life, shipping, transport, shiplovers' society of victoria, dog watch -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Programme, A Matter Of Life And Death-Melbourne Writers Festival 2018, 2018
... A Matter Of Life And Death-Melbourne Writers Festival 2018 ...The Mission to Seafarers Victoria welcomed events from the Melbourne Writers Festival over two week ends in 2018 (25-26 August and 1-2 September). The pages 26-27 show the list of performances taking place in the chapel, club room, Norla Dome. hiring event, events, mwf, melbourne writers festival, 2018, community, cultural events -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Book, Charles Nordhoff, Seeing the world: a young sailor's own story, c. 1884
... Seeing the world: a young sailor's own story ...Blue book with Art Nouveau floral decor by Charles Nordhoff (1830-1901) found in the mission's library in 2018. Published by W.P. Nimmo, Hay and Mitchell, Edinburgh. The National Library of Australia has an holding mentioning 1876fictioncharles nordhoff (1830-1901), travel, seafaring, adventure, sailors' home -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph, Anne Treverton Goldsmith (nee Lobb), At the Zoo, Jan. 1sr 1908, A Group, 1 January 1908
... At the Zoo, Jan. 1sr 1908, A Group ...Small monochrome photograph, group photograph of seamenWritten in pencil: 3/4/4lhlg, picnic, zoo, loch etive -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph, Seamen climbing a windmill for water pumping
... Seamen climbing a windmill for water pumping ...Small monochrome photograph (faded) of seamen on a windmill with water tower in the background. -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph, Reverend Gurney Goldsmith with a group of seamen
... Reverend Gurney Goldsmith with a group of seamen ...Small monochrome photograph depicting a small group of seamen -
Montmorency/Eltham RSL Sub Branch
Poster - Reliefs, A Folder of Performances about the Victoria Cross Winners from the Crimean War, Estimated date 1887
... A Folder of Performances about the Victoria Cross Winners ...A folder of hand painted reliefs of Victoria Cross winners from the Crimean War, made in commemoration of Queen Victorias' Jubilee. Multicoloured prints on a white background.Twelve reliefs portraying the various deeds of valour performed by Britains soldiers from the Crimean War to the present day. (1887)soldiers, queen victoria, reliefs, crimean war, commemoration, victoria cross, deeds of valour, britain, 1880s -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph, Two seamen dressed up and a lady sitting on chairs
... Two seamen dressed up and a lady sitting on chairs ...Small monochrome photograph (faded) depicting outdoor gathering of seated seamen and LHLG member.lhlg, fancy dress, picnic, cadet -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph - Photograph, Sepia, Dinner is served on board a sailing ship - Apprentices fetching their dinner, 1906
... Dinner is served on board a sailing ship - Apprentices ...Early 20th C. image of crew members on board ship. It is thought that the basins were used to collect their meals as a way of ensuring minimum spillage when the vessel was under way. The Barque Crocodile out of Liverpool is documented in an Annual report as donating 15 shillings and sixpence from the crew towards the building fund for the Mission Building. This image may well depict some of those crew members who 'chipped in'.Small monochrome photograph (faded) depicting small group of seamen aboard the Barque Crocodile performing chores.Hanwritten in pencil on verso: 12barque crocodile, crew, apprentices, life on board, dinner, meals -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
photograph - Photograph, Black and white, [David Kent] conducts a service in St Peter the Mariner Chapel
... [David Kent] conducts a service in St Peter the Mariner ...Note - Identification as David Kent needs to be confirmed.small b & w photograph of a young chaplain conducting a service in St Peter the Mariner chapel, chaplain facing away from congregationstamp: 8940, photographic paper mark ILFORDst peter chapel, services, seamen, pews, altar, chaplain, david kent