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Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Amateur Athletic Track at North Park 2015 -- Coloured
Amateur Athletic Track – North Park 2015stawell -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stawell Cato Park's Willow Trees c1930
Scene Willow Trees at Cato Park c1930stawell -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Central Park Easter Gift c1950's
Central Park Easter Gift 1950'sstawell sport -
Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group
Work on paper - Victoria Park, Ballarat, A Brief Chronology 1861-1929, Unknown
A brief though useful chronology of Victoria ParkVictoria Park has featured in the history of Ballarat since 1861.1 page of large print in point form with a bullet for each point.Nonevictoria park, ballarat council, mining companies, arbor day, trees, clegg and nicholls, guilfoyle, f.w.niven, pinus radiata, friends of ballarat botanical gardens, john garner, doctor john garner, john garner collection, gardens, ballarat -
Wonga Park Community Cottage History Group
Photograph (Item) - Black and White, Wonga Park: Read's Dam, Orchard and House, c. 1931
Wonga Park: Read's Dam, Orchard and HousePhoto is named 14880016.jpg on CD -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, The Novels of Jane Austen Vol 3 Mansfield Park
This item is from the ‘Pattison Collection’, a collection of books and records that was originally owned by the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute, which was founded in Warrnambool in 1853. By 1886 the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute (WMI) had grown to have a Library, Museum and Fine Arts Gallery, with a collection of “… choice productions of art, and valuable specimens in almost every branch and many wonderful national curiosities are now to be seen there, including historic relics of the town and district.” It later included a School of Design. Although it was very well patronised, the lack of financial support led the WMI in 1911 to ask the City Council to take it over. In 1935 Ralph Pattison was appointed as City Librarian to establish and organise the Warrnambool Library as it was then called. When the WMI building was pulled down in 1963 a new civic building was erected on the site and the new Warrnambool Library, on behalf of the City Council, took over all the holdings of the WMI. At this time some of the items were separated and identified as the ‘Pattison Collection’, named after Ralph Pattison. Eventually the components of the WMI were distributed from the Warrnambool Library to various places, including the Art Gallery, Historical Society and Flagstaff Hill. Later some were even distributed to other regional branches of Corangamite Regional Library and passed to and fro. It is difficult now to trace just where all of the items have ended up. The books at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village generally display stamps and markings from Pattison as well as a variety of other institutions including the Mechanics’ Institute itself. RALPH ERIC PATTISON Ralph Eric Pattison was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, in 1891. He married Maude Swan from Warrnambool in 1920 and they set up home in Warrnambool. In 1935 Pattison accepted a position as City Librarian for the Warrnambool City Council. His huge challenge was to make a functional library within two rooms of the Mechanics’ Institute. He tirelessly cleaned, cleared and sorted a disarrayed collection of old books, jars of preserved specimens and other items reserved for exhibition in the city’s museum. He developed and updated the library with a wide variety of books for all tastes, including reference books for students; a difficult task to fulfil during the years following the Depression. He converted all of the lower area of the building into a library, reference room and reading room for members and the public. The books were sorted and stored using a cataloguing and card index system that he had developed himself. He also prepared the upper floor of the building and established the Art Gallery and later the Museum, a place to exhibit the many old relics that had been stored for years for this purpose. One of the treasures he found was a beautiful ancient clock, which he repaired, restored and enjoyed using in his office during the years of his service there. Ralph Pattison was described as “a meticulous gentleman whose punctuality, floorless courtesy and distinctive neat dress were hallmarks of his character, and ‘his’ clock controlled his daily routine, and his opening and closing of the library’s large heavy doors to the minute.” Pattison took leave during 1942 to 1945 to serve in the Royal Australian Navy, Volunteer Reserve as Lieutenant. A few years later he converted one of the Museum’s rooms into a Children’s Library, stocking it with suitable books for the younger generation. This was an instant success. In the 1950’s he had the honour of being appointed to the Victorian Library Board and received more inspiration from the monthly conferences in Melbourne. He was sadly retired in 1959 after over 23 years of service, due to the fact that he had gone over the working age of council officers. However he continued to take a very keen interest in the continual development of the Library until his death in 1969. WARRNAMBOOL PUBLIC LIBRARY The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute (WMI) was formed by a voluntary community group in 1863, within six years of Warrnambool’s beginnings, and its Reading Room opened in 1854. The WMI operated until 1963, at which time it was one of the oldest Mechanics’ Institutes in Victoria. Mechanics’ Institutes offered important services to the public including libraries, reading rooms and places to display and store collections of all sorts such as curiosities and local historical relics. In 1886 a Museum and Fine Arts Gallery were added to the WMI and by the beginning of the 20th century there was also a billiards room and a School of Art. By this time all Mechanics’ Institutes in country Victoria had museums attached. Over the years the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute Library was also known as the Warrnambool Public Library the Warrnambool Library and the Free Library. Early funding from the government was for the “Free Library”. The inscription in a book “Science of Man” was for the “Warrnambool Public Library”, donated by Joseph Archibald in 1899. Another inscription in the book “Catalogue of Plants Under Cultivation in the Melbourne Botanic Gardens 1 & 2, 1883” was presented to the “Warrnambool Library” and signed by the author W.R. Guilfoyle. In 1903 the Warrnambool Public Library decided to add a Juvenile Department to library and stock it with hundreds of books suitable for youth. In 1905 the Public Library committee decided to update the collection of books and added 100 new novels plus arrangements for the latest novels to be included as soon as they were available in Victoria. In July 1911 the Warrnambool Council took over the management of the Public Library, Art Gallery, Museum and Mechanics’ Institute and planned to double the size of the then-current building. In 1953, when Mr. R. Pattison was Public Librarian, the Warrnambool Public Library’s senior section 10,000 of the 13,000 books were fiction. The children’s section offered an additional 3,400 books. The library had the equivalent of one book per head of population and served around 33 percent of the reading population. The collection of books was made up of around 60 percent reference and 40 percent fiction. The library was lending 400 books per day. In 1963 the Warrnambool City Council allocated the site of the Mechanics’ Institute building, which included the Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery, for the new Municipal Offices and the Collections were dispersed until 1971. The Warrnambool Library took over the Mechanics’ Institute Library’s holdings on behalf of the Warrnambool City Council. Since the closure of the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute the exact location and composition of the original WMI books and items has become unclear. Other materials have been added to the collection, including items from Terang MI, Warrnambool Court House and Customs House. Many of the books have been identified as the Pattison Collection, named after the Librarian who catalogued and numbered the books during his time as Warrnambool Public Librarian in the time before the Mechanics’ Institute closed. It seems that when Warrnambool became part of the Corangamite Regional Library some of the books and materials went to its head office in Colac and then back to Warrnambool where they were stored at the Art Gallery for quite some time. Some then went to the Warrnambool Historical Society, some stayed at the Art Gallery and some were moved to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village. The various stamps and labels on the books held at Flagstaff Hill show the variety of the collection’s distribution and origin. The books in the collection at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village date from the 1850’s to the late 1950’s and include rare and valuable volumes. Many of the books are part of the “Pattison Collection” after the Warrnambool’s Public Librarian, Mr. R. Pattison. The Pattison Collection, along with other items at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, was originally part of the Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s collection. The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute Collection is primarily significant in its totality, rather than for the individual objects it contains. Its contents are highly representative of the development of Mechanics' Institute libraries across Australia, particularly Victoria. A diversity of publications and themes has been amassed, and these provide clues to our understanding of the nature of and changes in the reading habits of Victorians from the 1850s to the middle of the 20th century. The collection also highlights the Warrnambool community’s commitment to the Mechanics’ Institute, reading, literacy and learning in the regions, and proves that access to knowledge was not impeded by distance. These items help to provide a more complete picture of our community’s ideals and aspirations. The Warrnambool Mechanics Institute book collection has historical and social significance for its strong association with the Mechanics Institute movement and the important role it played in the intellectual, cultural and social development of people throughout the latter part of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. The collection of books is a rare example of an early lending library and its significance is enhanced by the survival of an original collection of many volumes. The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s publication collection is of both local and state significance. The Novels of Jane Austen Vol 3 Mansfield Park (The text based on Collation of the Early Editions by R. W. Chapman) Author: Jane Austen Publisher: Oxford University Press Date: 1946Label on spine cover with typed text PAT FIC AUS Pastedown front endpaper has sticker from Warrnambool Public Library covered by a sticker from Corangamite Regional Library Service Front loose endpaper has a stamp from Corangamite Regional Library Servicewarrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, great ocean road, the novels of jane austen vol 3 mansfield park, jane austen, r. w. chapman -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, circa 1930
The Esplanade looking towards "The Continental" from Thompson Avenue.Early model cars parked and travelling bottom left to top. Middle right made footpath with men and women pedestrians. Fences and hedges along right top to bottom Gas lights in foreground.The Esplanade, Cowes No 72local history, photography, photographs, slides, film, street scape, black & white photograph, street scapes 1930s -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph - Photograph, Sepia, First picnic of the Mission, Graylings, St Kilda, King's Birthday 1905, 13 November 1905
Gathering of seafarers and LHLG members carrying the Mission flag, at Graylings, property of Frederic Race Godfrey, in St Kilda, on 13 November 1905. Sixty-three men and boys were invited to the picnic. Miss Ethel Godfrey is standing on the right hand side next to another lady, wearing a dark dress and hat. In the article published in the Church and the Sailor in July 1930 after she resigned from her position of Honorary Secretary, this was the first picnic organised by her after Reverend Gurney Goldsmith pleaded for women's help during a sermon at All Saints church in St Kilda the same month. The Ladies Harbour Lights' Guild was formed on 1st October 1906 and she was nominated Honorary Secretary and Treasurer on 4 December 1906. See item 1642This was the official first picnic of the Amalgamated Victorian Seamen's Mission and the first picnic organised by Miss Ethel Godfrey. A year later she was nominated Honorary Secretary of the newly Ladies Harbour Light Guild. The Melbourne Guild was the first one of its kind and was so successful that the scheme was spread around the world.Small monochrome photograph, quite blurred, depicting a group of sailors and ladies in a park. The Flying Angel Mission to Seamen flag behind them.In the centre wearing dark dress and hat is Ethel Godfrey.Handwritten in pencil on verso: 12 Handwritten in white ink on the album page: First picnic of the Mission, Graylings, St Kilda, King's Birthday 19051905, graylings, st kilda, reverend a. gurney-goldsmith, lhlg, ethel augusta godfrey, king's birthday, picnic -
Halls Gap & Grampians Historical Society
Photograph - B/W
See 'Bridging the Gap' p65. Grampians Road Halls Gap.Group of shops with numerous advertising signs. A woman is leaving a shop, a young girl is standing in front of her. Two cars are parked in front of shops. Gravel road. Large gum trees in the background.buildings, shops -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Flyer, Residential Land Sale Brochure, Peppermint Park, Heathmont, Vic. - 2010
Double-sided A3 size advertisement for Peppermint Park, Heathmont, Victoria, advertising sale of ten homesites with diagram showing locality map, size of blocks and layout of streets within and around the subdivision.Subdivision layout includes Pleasant Drive, Swain Court and Barbara Court off Culverlands Road and Armstrong Road in Heathmont. Agents - Carter Real Estate Agency, 90 Maroondah Highway, Ringwood Vic 3134 (Telephone) 98706211. Auctioneers - Richard Carter & William Lyall - 0411823337. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Flyer, Subdivision sale poster - Railway Park Estate, Ringwood, Victoria - 1887
Collage of clipped lettering and map pasted to orange coloured card depicting Railway Park Estate subdivision sale. Handwritten names associated with allotments and notation of sale date - 30 November, 1887. Subdivision plan with pink shading highlighting 73 allotments in Ferntree Gully Road (later Bedford Road) and Pitt Street, Ringwood. Handwritten names associated with allotments include Arthur Wiseman, T. Grant, J.J. Miller, M. Dickson, G.G. Miller, J. Frost, J.K. Turnbul, J.W. Davis, William Aldridge. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - ELAINE SWANSON COLLECTION: ANZAC DAWN SERVICE 2015 RSL BENDIGO
Field of white crosses beside Bendigo RSL, placed on Anzac Eve 2015, to commemorate the soldiers who lost their lives in WW1. Rosalind Park in background. Sandhurst Club building behind trees.bendigo, institutions, rsl bendigo, anzac, bendigo, rsl -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - MOUAT CRAWFORD COLLECTION: FARMING IN THE WIMMERA, c1960s
MOUAT CRAWFORD COLLECTION: Farming in the Wimmera. Charring Cross intersection. View of Alexandra Fountain, Plaza Corner with car park on top, Ezywalkin (shoe store), Optician, Chemist. Used as a teaching aid.ILFORDagriculture, farm, bendigo -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - CANTERBURY PARK: EAGLEHAWK
Black and white photograph of sports ground, running track, grandstand, lights on oval. Picket fence in foreground, Greyhound boxes in foreground. 'sports ground' on rear in pencil. possibly canterbury park eaglehawk? Leo Hughes Photographer ( A. Kirkwood 17.7.2000)place, sport, canterbury park, eaglehawk -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - LOOKOUT TOWER, ROSALIND PARK, BENDIGO
Postcard, black and white: Poppet head on top of Rosalind Tower, surrounded by trees. People on observation deck. On bottom : The Rose Series P 2849, Lookout Tower, Rosalind Park, Bendigo, Vic.bendigo, buildings, lookout tower, rosalind park, bendigo, rosalind park, lookout tower -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - AULSEBROOK COLLECTION: OPEN SCRAMBLE PROGRAM 1969, 1969
Aulsebrook Collection: Open Scramble 1969 -Bendigo Motor Cycle Club -Ravenswood Park -Sunday, August 10th, 1969 -Lists of events and participants -Fools gap size brochure, fold out, -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Sign - "Please do not park here", Station Pier, Port Melbourne, c. 1950
SIGN IS NOT TO LEAVE PORT MELBOURNE White background, black hand-lettered sign from Station Pier "Please do not park here. Large trucks use this area to manouvre into paddock opposite"port of melbourne authority, piers and wharves - station pier -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Second woman with baby, Edwards Park, Port Melbourne, 1930s
One of five B&W photos on one sheet of colour lasercopy, taken of children in Edwards Park in the 1930s when royal palms were new and very small: mother holding baby.parks and gardens, celebrations fetes and exhibitions -
Ithacan Historical Society
Photograph, Ithacan picnic group, 1935
The photograph was taken at an Ithacan picnic held at Mentone Racecourse in 1935. Members of the IPS Committee are pictured with their families together with two official guests, Father Theophylaktos Papathanasopoulos from the Melbourne Orthodox Parish, and Father Timotheos Evangelimides, the Archbishop of the Greek Church in Australia, both pictured standing in the centre of the group. Vicki Raftopoulos(Black) is seated 3rd from the left and Arthur Raftopoulos is standing 3rd from right and Stathi Trohoulas is standing far right. Melbourne's first Greek Orthodox Church 'Evangelismos' in Victoria Parade East Melbourne was consecrated in 1901. Ithacans, as members of the Greek Orthodox Community, were directly involved in its establishment. A.J.Lucas the founding president of the Ithacan Philanthropic Society was one of a number of prominent Greeks who advanced funds to help with the purchase of the East Melbourne site upon which the church was built. The building of the church was financed through the contributions of funds from the local Greek community.A black and white photograph mounted on grey board of a picnic group sitting and standing around a table set out with food and drinks under trees. A bus is parked and just visible behind the group. Detail of the people in the photograph and other information is written in Greek on the back of the pghotograph. -
Ithacan Historical Society
Photograph, Ithcan Picnic, c 1940s
From its earliest days, the Ithacan Philanthropic Society has conducted an annual family picnic held at country towns on Melbourne's urban fringe. For many years Bacchus Marsh was a popular venue where this picnic group was photographed. Women would prepare delicious traditional Greek food and families would group together to enjoy a wonderful picnic spread. The annual Ithacan Picnic has been a very important event on the society's social calendar. In the early days, as many of the families ran family businesses such as fruit shops, fish shops and cafes, Sunday was the only break they had away from their work. The picnic gave them a chance to relax and to catch up with extended family and friends. Today the picnic continues to be an extremely popular day for the members where generations of Australian Ithacans get the opportunity to reunite. A black and white photograph of a large group at a picnic standing and sitting around and enjoying a picnic meal which has been spread out on the ground. Three cars are parked in the background under the trees. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Booklet, Shepparton, 1991
Commissioned by City of Shepparton showing history of Shepparton in pictures, from early days, culture, industries, leisureNavy blue cover. Main picture on front cover Monash Park by night. Water features lit up, small orchard scene and boating on river. Back cover - fireworks at Lake Victoria.shepparton, goulburn valley, city of shepparton, history of shepparton -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Postcard, Rose Series, 1930 c
Black and white postcard of Gippsland Base Hospital showing extensive double storeyed building in front of a ground floor building. Two cars and an ambulance parked outside main building Sale Victoriaboats and boating, fishing industry, jetties -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Pioneers’ Memorial and Plaques on Big Hill --3 Photos -- Coloured
Three colour photographs, one view of Pioneers Memorial and two of the stone plaques. The memorial photo looks freshly painted. The plaques illustrate that the foundation stone was laid by Lord Huntingfield in c 1935 while the other plaque is dedicated to the Pioneers of Stawell and Districts in c 1938. Three colour photographs, one view of Pioneers Memorial and two of the stone plaques. The view of the memorial looks crisp and clear with a dark cloudy background. A Ute is parked in the background beside the light post. "Stawell Gold mines" on the back of the 3 photographs. Wording on plaques "This Foundation Stone was laid by HIS EXCELLENCY LORD HUNTINGFIELD, K.C.M.G. Governor of Victoria October 7th, 1935. The second plaque "Dedicated to the Pioneers of Stawell and District by HIS EXCELLENCY SIR FREDERICK WOLLASTON MANN K.C.M.G. Lieut Governor of Victoria. August 6th, 1938.stawell -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Grain Handling Corp -- Old Wimmera Flour Mill 1970 -- Coloured
Colour photo of Grain Handling Corp old Flour Mill 1970'sColoured photo. Flour Mill is now Grain Handling Corporation. Two vehicles parked at front of building; small white building nearest railway with 2 solos. Demolition begins roof removed.Grain Handling Corporation Pty. Ltd. Crown Beef Co.stawell industry -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Last discharge at Royal Park, n.d
About life of William Donald (1892 - 1948) including article from 'The Sun' with photos about the last discharge at Royal Park (?1946).Notes about life of William Donald (1892 - 1948) including article from 'The Sun' with photos about the last discharge at Royal Park (?1946). Information received from daughter, Margery McNaught.About life of William Donald (1892 - 1948) including article from 'The Sun' with photos about the last discharge at Royal Park (?1946). world war 1939 - 1945, bentley, e, pte., donald, william, demobilisation, corrie, sylvia may, mcnaught, margery, elizabeth, elsie helen, templeton street, wantirna -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Corner Doncaster East & Mitcham Roads, 2000
Produced as one of a series of 24 prints commissioned by Nunawading & District Historical Society -|Theme: Intersections of Mitcham and Nunawading 2000/2001.|See also Series by P. Simmenauer on the same theme.Black and white photograph - print and negative of Corner of Doncaster East Road and Mitcham Road, looking North. Four tall pine trees and parked sedan cars backing on to Mitcham Private Hospital.doncaster east road, mitcham, mitcham road, mitcham & district private hospital -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, War Memorial Halliday Park, 2000
Produced as one of a series of 24 prints commissioned by Nunawading & District Historical Society -|Theme: Intersections of Mitcham and Nunawading 2000/2001.|See also Series by P. Simmenauer on the same theme.Black and white photograph - print and negative (two almost identical) of Halliday Park & War Memorial on far left. Memorial has has several locations since it was originally located in Whitehorse Road.halliday park, war memorial mitcham, mitcham road, mitcham -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Sewage Plan, 2018
Yarra Valley Water named Eram Park as the 'ideal site' to recycle sewage from 5500 new homes in the Doncaster Hill precinct and Tullamore Estate development, but local residents are totally opposed it.sewerage and sanitation, yarra valley water, city of whitehorse, eram park -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Pamphlet, Collina Glen, 2004 - 2007
Collina Glen Bushland Vegetation Action Statement by Parks Wide.Collina Glen Bushland Vegetation Action Statement by Parks Wide stating management recommendations, a sketch of the area, and plant list. Also copies of letters and emails to and from Valda Arrowsmith and Whitehorse Council.Collina Glen Bushland Vegetation Action Statement by Parks Wide. collina glen, mitcham, city of whitehorse, arrowsmith, valda, parks wide, parks and reserves -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Hewlett Packard
Hewlett Packard are particularly proud of the use of glass in their building, and its solar qualities. They produce printers, computers, scanners and digital photographic equipment etc2 coloured photographs (a+b) of the Victorian Headquarters of Hewlett Packard in East Burwood. It is located in the Tally Ho Business Park in East Burwood. The number 347 is prominent as is the Hewlett Packard sign on the right,tally ho business park, east burwood, hewlett packard