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Greensborough Historical Society
Book, J. W. Payne, The Plenty: a centenary history of the Whittlesea shire, 1975_
This book was issued for the Centenary of the Whittlesea Shire and written by J.W.Payne.This records the history of the white settlement of Whittlesea Shire. In particular it has detail of the Plenty Valley corridor.234 pages, illus., hard cover, pale green dust cover. 2 CopiesCopy one has library stamps and some pencil markings.whittlesea shire, plenty river, janefield, bundoora, flour mills -
Greensborough Historical Society
Sewing machine accessories, Singer Manufacturing Company, Singer Sewing Machine Discs, 1960c
Commonly used removable cams from a Singer sewing machine of the 1960s. These cams enabled the home sewer to use fancy stitches in their work and were later superseded by integrated electronic controls.Box containing four sewing machine cams and leaflet containing sewing patterns and instructions for use. Accessories to a Singer sewing machine.Fashion discs for Singer Automatic swing-needle machine. Set no. 2, 276401, 306 class. Shell, Solid scallop, Icicle and Banner singer sewing machines -
Greensborough Historical Society
Magazine, Page Printing and Distributing Company, We dooks the dook, 1935c
Melbourne University Students' souvenir: an unofficial, un authentic and totally unreliable account of the visit of H. R. H. the Duke of Gloucester to Australia, and his official opening of the Victorian Centenary celebrations. [Satirical publication]An example of 1930s student humour, with many contemporary advertisements64 p., col. coverduke of gloucester, victoria centenary 1935, melbourne university students -
Greensborough Historical Society
Game, Milton Bradley Company et al, Chinese Star Checkers, 1970_
Chinese Star Checkers is a game for 2 to 6 players. Instructions are included.Game in cardboard box. Timber board with painted star and holes for game pieces. Bag of game pieces (small coloured balls).board games, chinese checkers -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, Macmillan Company of Australia, A century of compassion: a history of the Austin Hospital; by E. W. Gault and Alan Lucas, 1982_
This is the official centenary history of the Austin Hospital in Heidelberg. A detailed history of the Austin Hospital with access to many early photographs of the hospital buildings.378 pages, black and white illustrations. Hard cover.austin hospital, heidelberg -
Greensborough Historical Society
Coaster, Coca-Cola Company, Coca-Cola Drink Coaster, 2010_
Red Coca-Cola drink coaster.Cardboard drink coaster, red with white text.coca-cola -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Postcard - Postcard - Police escort for Duke of Gloucester, Portland, 1934, 1934
HRH Prince Henry Duke of Gloucester came to Australia in late 1934, and to Victoria in time for the Centenary Celebrations (of pastoral settlement of the Port Phillip District, beginning with the Hentys settlement at Portland Bay on 19 November 1834). From Trove - 20 November 1934 Historic Portland was the scene yesterday of unprecedented celebrations when the Duke of Gloucester arrived from Tasmania to join in festivities marking the beginning of Victoria's second century. A great crowd estimated at more than 60,000 people watched the re-enactment of the landing of Edward Henty, Victoria's first permanent settler, on November 19, 1834.Black and white photograph rows of men in formal dress with white jodhpurs, dark coats and white hats. Five rows in all, with one man at the front. Buildings in the background. Police escort for Duke of Gloucester, Portland, 1934Front: (no inscriptions) Back: Police escort for Duke of Gloucester Portland 1934royal visit, 1934, duke of gloucester -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Postcard - Postcard - Botanical Gardens, Portland, n.d
Black and white photograph of Portland Botanical Gardens. Showing an unpaved path edged with rocks in a garden. In the background left in a cottage with two chimneys.Front: THE ROSE SERIES. P. 10757/ COPYRIGHT (typed, lower left) BOTANICAL GARDENS, PORTLAND (typed, lower centre)portland botanic gardens, postcards, travel, tourism -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Domestic object - Casette for Bell & Howell movie camera, Bell & Howell Company, 1955-1960
Displayed at History House.Black plastic cassetteFront: Bell & Howell AUTOLOAD(embossed, top center on side) -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Functional object - Camera - "Bell and Howell Zoom Relfex Movie Camera", 1956-1960
Displayed at History House.340.1 - Film camera, black, f/1.8300m lens, 9.29mm lens. Takes cassette. Autoload. 340.2 - Bell & Howell portable camera handle/mount. 340.3 - Cassette tape.Front: Bell & Howell/Zoom Reflex/Made in Japan (printed front of camera) -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Postcard - Postcard - Panorama of Portland Harbour, n.d
Black and white photographic image of a harbour with two long piers running into it and a shorter jetty with a building on it and circular jetty protruding from it. In the foreground are trees, a dirt road to the foreground right and a railway track visible between the trees.Front: THE ROSE SERIES P. 1113/ COPYRIGHT (typed, lower left) PANORAMA OF THE HARBOUR, PORTLAND (typed, lower centre) Back: (no incriptions) -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Postcard - Postcard - The Harbour, Portland, n.d
Black and white photographic image of a harbour with two long piers running into it and a shorter jetty with a building on it and circular jetty protruding from it. In the foreground are trees, a dirt road with an RACV sign bridging it to the foreground right and a railway track visible between the trees.Front: THE ROSE SERIES P. 10771/ COPYRIGHT (typed, lower left) THE HARBOUR, PORTLAND (typed, lower centre) -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Postcard - Postcard - Lighthouse Bluff, Portland, Victoria, The Rose Stereograph Company, n.d
Black and white photograph of a cliff face with a beach at the base. At the top of the cliff is a lighthouse. In the foreground is a grassy area and a wooden paling fence. A jetty extends into the harbour in the background.Front: THE ROSE SERIES. P. 1117/ COPYRIGHT (typed, lower left) LIGHTHOUSE BLUFF, PORTLAND, VICTORIA (typed, lower centre)postcard, portland view, lighthouse, tourism, communication, correspondence -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Postcard - Postcard - Richmond Henty, Portland, n.d
Black and white photograph of a building with verandah and striped awnings. A large sign above the steps leading u the verandah reads "RICHMOND HOTEL". In the foreground is a garden with roses.Front: THE ROSE SERIES. P. 1114/ COPYRIGHT (typed, lower left) RICHMOND HOTEL, PORTLAND (typed, lower centre) Back: (no inscriptions)postcard, portland bay hotel -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Postcard - Postcard - "Burswood," the old home of the Henty's, Portland, n.d
Black and white photograph of a large house with vines growing up the right side of teh building, and an enclosed front verandah with white steps leading up to it on the left.Front: THE ROSE SERIES. P. 10799/ COPYRIGHT (typed, lower left) "BURSWOOD," THE OLD HOME OF THE HENTYS, PORTLAND (typed, lower centre) -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Postcard - Postcard - Richmond Henty, Portland, n.d
Black and white photograph of a building with verandah and striped awnings. A large sign above the steps leading u the verandah reads "RICHMOND HOTEL". In the foreground is a garden with roses.Front: THE ROSE SERIES. P. 1114/ COPYRIGHT (typed, lower left) RICHMOND HOTEL, PORTLAND (typed, lower centre) Back: (no inscriptions)postcard, portland bay hotel -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Postcard - Postcard - Bentinck Street, Portland, n.d
Black and white photograph of an unpaved path edged with rocks in a garden. In the background left in a cottage with two chimneys.Front: THE ROSE SERIES. P. 10800/ COPYRIGHT (typed, lower left) BENTINCK STREET, PORTLAND (typed, lower centre) -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Postcard - Postcard - Richmond Hotel, Portland, n.d
Black and white photograph of a building a verandah and striped awnings in front. A large sign above the steps leading onto the verandah reads "RICHMOND HOTEL". There is a garden with roses in front of the building.Front: THE ROSE SERIES. P. 1114/ COPYRIGHT (typed, lower left) RICHMOND HOTEL, PORTLAND (typed, lower centre)portland bay hotel, richmond henty, postcard -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Postcard - Postcard - Julia Street, Portland, n.d
Black and white photograph of an unpaved street (Julia Street) with six cars and a motorbike on it. To the left is a row of buildings, painted different colours, some with awnings. People and dogs are walking on the footpath on the left side of the street.Front: THE ROSE SERIES. P. 1100/ COPYRIGHT (typed, lower left) JULIA STREET, PORTLAND (typed, lower centre)julia street, portland cbd -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Postcard - Postcard - Police patrol for Duke of Gloucester at Portland, 1934, 1934
Black and white photograph of a row of men in dark uniforms and hats on motorcycles, each with a sidecar. There are also two standing men, one in uniform, one in a pale-coloured suit.Front: (no inscriptions) Back: Police patrol for Duke of Gloucester at Portland 1934postcard, royal visit portland, duke of gloucester -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Accessory - Badge - Back to Portland, November 14th to 21st, 1929, 1929
Displayed at History House.Metal round badge with faded image of a lifeboat under an open-sided cover shed. Colours: Blue, orange and green. Paper image under hard plastic surface. Metal back and pin.Front: Back to Portland/Nov. 14th to 21st 1929 (green print, around edge) Back: Side: Windsor MFG CB., 6 Albert St., Windsor (white print)back to portland, memorabilia, 1929 -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book - Bible, Gaelic, T-Seann Tiomnaidh, 1848
Displayed at History House.Gaelic bible bound in black leather-covered boards. Front cover is missing. Spine decorated in 6 gold horizontal line with "BIBLE" printed in gold. Back cover bears a decorative embossed border of bars, roundels and vines.Front: (no inscriptions) Back: [3 pages of inscriptions with names and dates] (pen, last 3 pages of book). -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Postcard - Postcard - the Deep Water Pier, Portland, n.d
Black and white photograph of a harbour with two piers in the background on right of image. A long jetty runs into the harbour in centre of the mage, with a ship visible at the end. In front of it is a shorter jetty with a building on it and circular jetty protruding from it. In the foreground are trees and a beach area.Front: THE DEEP WATER PIER, PORTLAND, VICTORIA (typed, lower left) REAL PHOTO SERIES. M. 1830 (typed, lower right)postcard, tourism, view, deep water pier, portland -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, The Merchant of Venice, c. 1905
Antonio, an antisemitic merchant, takes a loan from the Jew Shylock to help his friend to court Portia. Antonio can't repay the loan, and without mercy, Shylock demands a pound of his flesh. The heiress Portia, now the wife of Antonio's friend, dresses as a lawyer and saves Antonio.Book of the William Shakespeare play, 'The Merchant of Venice', plus 'The Adventures of Giannetto' and other illustrative pieces. Dark red hard cover, gold print and decorationAntonio, an antisemitic merchant, takes a loan from the Jew Shylock to help his friend to court Portia. Antonio can't repay the loan, and without mercy, Shylock demands a pound of his flesh. The heiress Portia, now the wife of Antonio's friend, dresses as a lawyer and saves Antonio. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book - Book - Letters written by Sir John Monash during WW1, F.M.Cutlack, War Letters of General Monash, c. 1934
Book, hardcover, black, gold print on spine. Collection of letters written by Sir John Monash to his wife and daughter, during WW1. Includes black and white photos -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Postcard - Postcard - Town Hall Casterton, c. 1960
Sourced from Casterton Town Hall (former Shire of Glenelg)Black and white postcard, Town Hall, Casterton, view of front of building. No. 2951 in Valentine Series. White border around image.Front: 'TOWN HALL, CASTERTON',- printed in bottom margin. Back: VALENTINE SERIES NO. 2951 COPYRIGHT 'VALENTINES REAL PHOTO SERIES'casterton town hall -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Card - Card - Air Rifle target Card, n.d
Cardboard Daisy air rifle target card. Beige cardboard, black print and target -
Geelong RSL Sub Branch
Plaque: The Royal British Legion, Ammo & Company
The Royal British Legion is a Charity providing support to members of the British Armed Forces and their Families. The Legion was formed on 15 May 1921 and combined four organizations that had been raised after WW1 into one, The Royal British Legion. There is a branch of The Royal British Legion in Melbourne and meets Monthly.This is an original item as presented to the Geelong RSL President.A framed Motto of the Royal British Legion, timber frame, silver coloured photograph.The Royal British Legion, Service Not Self, Teign Mouth Devon. Presented to Geelong RSL by Gordon Randell, Newquay Royal British Legion, Cornwall, UK, Presidentroyal, british, legion -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Decorative object - Plate, Glenelg Manufacturing Company, n.d
Rectangular brass plate. Front black with brass lettering. Small hole in each corner. 'MANUFACTURED BY Glenelg Manufacturing Co CASTERTON, VIC' -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Card - Memorial Card - Jessie Mabel Vivian, c. 1909
White memorial card, silver print and decoration, small oval black and white photo of deceased, Jessie Mabel Vivian, top section of card, surrounded by silver leaves and banner. Two verses of poetry.memorial, in memoriam, death