Child's Pinafore dress with long sleeves. A tight cuff fastened with a button. Square yolk. Pleated Bodice which is long. Full pleated skirt. Opened right up the back buttoned and hooked. Belonged to Irene Crowley who passed away c1914 aged 3 or 4. Her mother kept this frock and the family found it after she had passed away. stawell clothing material

Coloured Enamel Rosella Broachstawell

White Nurses Apron. 3 Panel Skirt & Pockets. Used at Stawell Hospital by Nurse Jean Woodstawell clothing material

Cotton Lace Trimmed Combination Underwear. Button Crotchstawell clothing material

Ladies Flannelette Pants. Square Leg. Band at Waist. Buttons & Tapesstawell clothing material

Embroided Cushion Cover. Square Frilled edge. White work embroidery button closing.stawell clothing material

Scalloped Embroided Pillowcase. Oblong scalloped cotton. Thick embroidery. Tape Closing.stawell clothing material

Sleeveless Cotton Camisole. Square Necked. Lace Edging. Drawstring waste.stawell clothing material

Owned by Martin Balsarini, a resident of Chiltern Valley, for use in WW1. Service Number 1682. Martin Balsarini enlisted on the 21/7/1915 and served with the 4th Australian Lighthorse, AIF. He participated in what is known as the last great cavalry charge, the charge of the 4th Australian Lighthorse at Beersheba on the 31/10/1917. WW1 owned by Chiltern Valley Resident Soldier Martin Balsarini who was in the Charge of the Lighthorse at Beersheba with the 4th Australian Lighthorse on the 31/10/1917. Brown Leather Luger Revolver Case for attachment to belts webbing WW1. 1. Etched into the inside leather cover : J. A. Stanien... 1917 Berlin. 2. Stamped into the inside leather case black ink in Black Markings : B.A.X1 ww1, revolver case, balsarini, chiltern., martin balsarini

This locket is from the museum's collection of objects relating to Wilfred Clarence Busse. Busse was born in Chiltern in 1898, completed his secondary education as Wesley College in the early twentieth century, and went on to study law at the University of Melbourne. As a lawyer, he spent time in the room of Supreme Court Judge Bernard Cussen (1859-1933). Judge Cussen was popular, known for being just and precise and for completing through statutory consolidation in his spare time. As well as working as a lawyer, Busse wrote historical fiction inspired by his life in Chiltern, these included The Blue Beyond; A Romance of the Early Days in South Eastern Australia" and "The Golden Plague: A Romance of the Early Fifties," which won the T.E.Role gold medal for the best historical novel in 1930 and went on to become a best seller. He was a member of the Chiltern Athenaeum until his death in 1960. The placing of hair in lockets was a common 19th and early 20th century, with Queen Victoria wearing a locket containing a piece of Albert’s hair after his death in 1861. Wearing a loved one’s hair or giving a lock of your hair to someone for wearing, could be a gesture of love and friendship, or of mourning. The tangibility and personal nature of hair made it a common keepsake, especially in cases of high mortality or where family members were separated by oceans without the possibility of air travel. The intention and origin of this locket is currently unknown, but it is likely it was a keepsake of love or mourning, either way, a emotional object. This object artistically significant as an example of late 19th/early 20th century jewellery, and social and spiritual sigifiicance as locket containing a piece of hair, which, regardless of exact intention, imbues it with a strong emotional aura. A small dark metal locket with a decorative leaf pattern on the exterior. The locket contains a small amount of reddish hair, supposedly from a loved one or family member of the original owner, and a degraded image that may have ocne represented a person. busse, w.c. busse, wilfred clarence busse, chiltern, chiltern athenaeum, "the blue beyond, a romance of the early days in south eastern australia”, "the golden plague: a romance of the early fifties.", "the golden plague”, wesley college, university of melbourne, sir leo finn bernard cussen, supreme court of victoria, locket, hair locket, hair jewellery, jewellery

"CAPSTAN" CIGARETTE TIN GREEN & GOLD BACKGROUND NAVY BLUE INSERT."CAPSTAN" W.D.& H.O.WILLS NAVY CUT (AUSTRALIA) LTD. SYDNEY TRADE MARK CIGARETTES.local history, personal effects, smoking accessories