Metal Decorative Match Box Cover (Souvenir of Stawell Vic)stawell

Pleasant Creek Court House Special Jury Selection Boxstawell

Small Metal Box with Hypodermic Syringe 1915. Army issue.stawell

Breast Pump - brand ContiMed - from c.1950s era.Orange rubber bulb with glass attachment. In original cardboard box. breast pump, pump, 1950s, contimed, mother, baby, midwifery

PHOTOGRAPH OF A CAST IRON PLANTER BOX ON THE CLUNES RAILWAY STATIONlocal history, photography, photographs, clunes railway station

Note from collector- "For more than 100 years blankets were made all over Australia in over 100 woollen mills. My aim, is to preserve 100 examples of these wonderful pieces of history. Ten years ago I started collecting the iconic Onkaparinga travel rugs, so that on movie nights at home there would be plenty to go around. Everyone had their favourite; even the cat had his own – a small red tartan one. Keeping an eye out for those travel rugs at op-shops and markets, collectable stores and bazaars, led to noticing vintage blankets. I'd never really thought about them before or paid much attention though of course I had grown up with them at my grandmother's. When I discovered my first Laconia cream blanket with blue stripes, my eyes just went gaga. Well that was it, I was hooked and since then over 500 blankets have passed through my hands. These common, everyday items, found in all households for so many decades, were traditional engagement gifts. Pairs were prized wedding presents turning into family heirlooms. They were fashionable dressers of beds, givers of warmth, bestowers of security and reliability. The comfort found in these objects resonates with almost all of us; we grew up with them ourselves or fondly recall them in a grandparent’s home. There is no modern replacement with the integrity of these old blankets, many of them now older than most of us. They are romantic, sensible, special, familiar, nostalgic and nothing else feels so appropriate in so many situations. No offense to the great Aussie doona, but from hippie to hipster, at a music festival, picnic, campsite or couch, a vintage blanket is something coveted by all. This industry that employed tens of thousands and must have been such a huge contributor to the economy is almost completely lost now. Blanket Fever is an ode to everything that came before: the land, the sheep, the shearers, the hands, the mills, the weavers, the designers, the distributors, the department stores. To the grandparents that gave them, the people that received them, the families that kept them; thank you. I’m passionate about my collection of Australian blankets manufactured in mostly Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania from the 1930s to the end of the 1960s. The collection has blankets from each of these four decades representing the styles and fashions of their time and includes dated advertisements which help determine the eras the blankets are from." Playing card set - double pack of cards in original boxWith Complements "Onkaparinga"/Onkaparinga Blankets/Onkaparinga Robes of Distinctionblanket fever, onkaparinga, marketing

Tin box for pick up record player gramophone needlesMarschell Pick- up needlesmusical instruments, accessories

Pamphlet written by Box Hill Historical Society Inc. 1987Pamphlet written by Box Hill Historical Society Incroberts, tom, mccubbin, frederick, abrahams, louis, streeton, arthur, sutherland, jane, box hill historical society, box hill artists camp

Box of dominoes. Hand made of bone and ebony (24 dominoes).toys, general

Cardboard box containing black cutouts for use in professional photographyTrue Cut Paper Masks and Discs 1 shilling (1/-)photography, processing equipment

Gold bracelet with red stone and pearls in box. Safety claspcostume accessories, jewellery

Daniel Harvey Staff at Box Hill Premises Water Pump.daniel harvey

Black and white photo of Daniel Harvey Box Hill Staff.daniel harvey

Near Koonung Creek from Station Street, Box Hill.koonung creek

Coloured photo of E.E. Walker Tombstone in Box Hill Cemetery.walker, edgar edwardes, box hill cemetery

Coloured photo of Drake Family Tombstone at Box Hill Cemetery.drake, francis john, dr., alice, francis james, nancy, box hill cemetery

Coloured photo of Schwerkolt Family Tombstone in Box Hill Cemetery.schwerkolt, louis, paulina, kruse, dorothea, bertha, johann august, violet

Coloured photo of Keogh Family Tombstone in Box Hill Cemetery.keogh, james, ann, box hill cemetery

The Whitehorse Leader is demanding that a report on the Box Hill interchange be released.The Whitehorse Leader is demanding that a report on the Box Hill interchange be released.box hill railway station, box hill grand central shopping centre, public transport, city of whitehorse, victoria police force

Wooden box, marked 'southern star wire nails australia'"southern star wire nails australia"