This stencil was used as a location stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Calcutta is a city in India. Wool bales marked CALCUTTA would have been transported to India by sea.Wool bale export stencil - CALCUTTACALCUTTAwool - transportation, wool sales, wool class, wool classers

Listed on photograph storage folder - handwritten in blue ink "MRS M MURPHY/ RE GOULDING" Photographs - three original black and white photographs on photo paper. 1. British troops on Parade with building and trees in background. On cardboard mount - grey colour. Photograph title above in white ink. Maker's stamp bottom right and on back with production number. 2. British - group portrait, HQ troops with Trophy and five silver cups, on cardboard mount - beige with grey printed frame. Production number on back. 3. Building - possibly a temple in Calcutta. On cardboard mount - off white colour.1. Photograph title - handwritten in white ink - "1st Bn. 60th RIFLES CALCUTTA/ 1931-34/ CELER-ET-AUDAX" Makers stamp - blue ink (front) "Edna Lorenz/ CALCUTTA" . (back) "EDNA LORENZ/ 20 PARK STREET/ CALCUTTA/ No". Production number (grey lead) "54392A". 2. On back - production number - grey lead pencil "6365.7".photographs, calcutta, 1st bn 60th rifles

A cross (x) has been marked above the head of A. Vlassopoulos who was one of the early Ithacan immigrants to Australia. The picture was taken in Calcutta (known as Kolkata since 2001) en route to Australia in 1891. As a British Protectorate, those who left Ithaca in the 19th century generally travelled on British ships, stopping at ports under the control of the British Empire.A black and white posed photograph of a group of men sitting and standing in front of a flag draped across the wall behind the group. The men are dressed in workmen's clothes.On the front of the photograph in Greek: Written across the bottom of the photograph in Greek is the following: Calcutta ( India ) 15 February 1891. A. Vlassopoulos. There is a cross (x) marked above the head of one of the men.india.

ALFRED A. HARRIS WAS THE OWNER OF "SEBASTOPOL GARDENS" IN CLUNES, WHICH WAS A MARKET GARDENCERTIFICATE, IN WOODEN FRAME, FROM CALCUTTA INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION 1883 - 84 FOR BRONZE MEDAL AWARDED ALFRED A. HARRIS OF CLUNES, FOR CHUTNIESlocal history, documents, certificate, harris family

ALFRED A. HARRIS WAS THE OWNER OF "SEBASTOPOL GARDENS" IN CLUNES, WHICH WAS A MARKET GARDENCERTIFICATE IN WOODEN FRAME, FROM CALCUTTA INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION 1883 - 84 FOR SILVER MEDAL, AWARDED TO ALFRED A. HARRIS OF CLUNES, FOR TOMATO SAUCElocal history, documents, certificates, harris family

On the morning of the Piney Creek Picnic Race Club's annual meeting Squire Pilkington of Piney Creek Homestead, President of the Club, draws the Calcutta Sweep. Graeme Oliver nominates his horse for the Ladies' Bracelet in the name of Elaine Montieth and O'Day, as Manager for MacLough gives his nomination to her friend Penny Sefton whom Reg Apperton is sparking. With Keiran O'Hara for his rider, Squire Pilkington nominates in the name of his pretty niece, Susan Bundy. Harry MacLean as Squire Pilkington. Bill Tenteye as the Hon. Secretary Jim McGrath as the Hon. Treasurer.The album and images are significant because they document literature written by a prominent member of the Wodonga community. The presentation of this precis was supported by several significant district families and individuals.Ringer's River Album Coloured photo Plate 17des martin, many a mile, ringer's river, northeast victoria stories

This was a gift sent to Alan QuinnThis is of historical significance as it paints a picture of what Quinn had sent back home from India.This bag was posted in Calcutta, possibly in 1952 though the date is indecipherable. On one side: Alan Quinn, Coolac St, Chadstone, Melbourne, Australia. Customs declaration: Handloom tablemats. No commercial value. RM South, Grand Hotel, Calcutta. On the reverse: the address is repeated and: Gift parcel, from V. South, Grand Hotel, Calcutta. There are six stamps with an indecipherable franking stamp on them.

Series of seven The Connies Collectable Cards for 2017 Each card features a photograph with a story or details of the image or person on the reverse. Produced by The Connies, Melbourne, with a Leunig sketch on the rear and The Connies logo, with some having the MMTB and the Calcutta tramway company logo. The rear of the card gives the story behind the photograph. .1 - Paribesh Bandhu tram - Calcutta .2 - Tom's Tram - Fitzroy farm dog - featuring 1036 and a "mutt" .3 - Montage of a Calcutta tram 498 and Melbourne 980 side by side - Tramjatra .4 - Painted trams - Calcutta 649 - Sundari Sunrise Tram .5 - Montage of Melbourne 892 (route 78) and Calcutta 657 .6 - Lin Onus Tram - 829 - Transporting Art 1992 .7 - Norm Cross - with workshops and tram 1011 (image) - Darebin's Australian'strams, tramways, tickets, the connies, mmtb, conductors, cable trams, calcutta, preston workshops, tram 1036, tram 892

Newspaper clipping - from the News Extra section of The Age, 7/8/1999 containing two separate items: 1 - "The man who loved trams" - about Roberto D'Andrea about his work on the Melbourne trams, and his involvement with Calcutta tramways, written by Paul Bateman. 2 - "The ancient art of tram catching" - discussing catching a tram in Melbourne from a travellers viewpoint and comparison with India and Calcutta. The author Keith Butler lived in India for a while.trams, tramways, trams, melbourne, passengers, tram stops, calcutta

Newspaper clipping from The Age, 3/11/2001, titled "Tramways" about the relationship between Melbourne and Calcutta, written by Kevin Murray with a photo of Nicole Emanuel of Curious yellow by Lisa Young forming part of the Tramjatra festival. Quotes Roberto D'Andrea.trams, tramways, festival program, calcutta, w class

The Indian rupee is the official currency of the Republic of India. Notes of all denominations issued by the Reserve Bank of India after independence have the Ashoka Pillar and the Seal of Reserve Bank of India. The first banknote printed by independent India was a 1 rupee note.Indian 1 and 2 rupee notes were discontinued in 1995 and only coins used. However The Reserve Bank of India will soon put new one rupee currency notes back into circulation.A greyish green 1 rupee paper Indian note. One one side is a picture of a one rupee coin in the top left corner and "GOVERNMENT OF INDIA" with Indian script below. On the other side is "GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ONE RUPEE" and the serial number. It is signed by the Secretary, Minister of Finance.In the top right corner is a picture of the Ashoka Pillar.Signed by L.K.Jhacurrency india-one-rupee money

Cardboard and paper119 pages printed pages and pictures.

Newspaper clipping titled "Trams of two great cities a class act" Saturday 13 May 2006 written by Dispesh Chakrabarty about the difference in personally travelling on trams in Calcutta or Kolkata and Melbourne - especially in regard to class. Has a photo of Z81. Edited extract from Tramjatra edited by Mick Douglas.trams, tramways, calcutta, w-11 tram, melbourne, tramways, public transport

Book - 304 pages, plus card cover with fold out section both ends, perfect bound, titled "Tramjatra - imaging Melbourne and Kolkata by tramways" (Calcutta), edited by Mick Douglas, published by RMIT University Press, 2005. Tram journeys. Has a table of contents, with a side by side page translation - English and Bagla looking at journeys, passengers, the networks and images on the Melbourne and Kolkata tramway systems. Provides list of contributors, images.trams, tramways, melbourne, calcutta, tramways, rmit

The "letters to Lillie" show the international nature of the Mission to Seafarers. They are an important display of the handwriting style of the time, revealing courting attempts and give us an insight into life in 1925.Lillie Duncan was a member of the Harbour Lights Guild and this letter forms part of a collection of letters sent to her by different seafarers.Letter addressed to Miss L Duncan, 11 Paxton St, East Malvern, Melbourne, Australia from Ted in three parts: Envelope (0112.1) Letter page 1 (0112.2) Letter page 2 (0112.3). Both the envelope and the letter are creamy yellow in colour with black curly writing. Both sides of each page of the letter are written on. The first page of the letter begins with "Write. c/o Graham Trading Co. Calcutta. cancelled" placed at the top left of the page and "S.S. Matheran Calcutta 28-8-27" placed at the top right of the page. The first line begins with "Dear Lillie, Very many thanks for...". The reverse side of the first page starts "...thickness of solid steel fracturing is it not?". The second page begins with "...be home two months..." and the reverse side concludes with "Hope if you write to me you will use the address below, that will find me. 'Lyndale 117 Greenway Road, Taunton, Somerset, England".The envelope is torn across the top for access to its contents. The address has been typed in black ink. It has one red stamp to the top right hand corner of the envelope with the text "Ceylon 9c". There is also a black ink stamp in the form of several horizontal lines running from top left to top right of the envelope with "Colombo" written in the middle.ss matheran, calcutta, ss mangalore, colombo, ted, lillie duncan, lhlg

ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OWNED BY MR. WILLIAM HARRIS OF SUTHERLAND ST. CLUNES.1 SEPIA ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH MOUNTED ON BOARD (CORNER TORN OFF) .2 SEPIA COPY ON CARD - SCENE OF SEBASTOPOL GARDENS CLUNES, VIEW SHOWING GARDENERS AND FENCE IN HARRIS FAMILY FRUIT AND VEGETABLE GARDEN CIRCA 1886 .3 SEPIA COPY ON PHOTO PAPER .4-.6 BLACK AND WHITE COPIES .2 "SEBASTOPOL GARDENS" CLUNES 1886 WINNER OF PICKLES AND JAMS COMPETITION IN CALCUTTA IN INDIA 1886 (IN PEN)local history, photography, sebastopol gardens, market garden

Series of two The Connies Collectable Cards for 2018 Each card features a photograph with a story or details of the image or person on the reverse. Produced by The Connies, Melbourne, with a Leunig sketch on the rear and The Connies logo, with some having the MMTB and the Calcutta tramway company logo. The rear of the card gives the story behind the photograph. .1 - W11 Karachi Tram - Z81, gives story on the rear. Image by Norm Cross. .2 - Tramjatra Tram - for the 2017-18 Melbourne Festival Arts Trams. Image by Craig Allen Tram 2007 - see Reg item 2581.trams, tramways, tickets, the connies, conductors, calcutta, preston workshops, transporting art, art trams, tram z 81, tram 2007

This is one letter in a series of eighteen letters written by various seafarers to Lillie Duncan. Lillie was a member of the Ladies' Harbour Lights Guild and, as a Guild member, was strongly involved with the social activities and events organised to entertain visiting seafarers. The Ladies' Harbour Lights Guild was an integral arm of the fundraising that enabled the building of the Mission to Seafarers. These letters provide insight into a woman who was a member of the Guild as well as offering a glimpse into the social activities and courting rituals of the time.Handwritten letter consisting of four parts including an envelope and three pages of writing on front and back.Postmark on envelope: [indecipherable]/28.5 28.5/PORT SAID Company identifier on reverse of envelope: ANCHOR-BROCKLEBANK LINE/OF CALCUTTA STEAMERSletters, handwriting, 1928, mission-to-seafarers, stamps, lillie-duncan, ladies-harbour-lights-guild, lhlg, lillie duncan, ted, ss mandasor, port said, egypt, suez canal

founded in 1885, 'The Tess' as it was known was the key to Nunawading's early development, 'but it was no favourite on Monday mornings when the kilns were fired up and vast quantities of black smoke hung over the area.'Black and white photograph of the Australian Brick and Tile Company buildings, previously situated in Nunawading on the south side of the railway line between Simla and Calcutta Streets. The photograph is mounted on board. There is a smaller, clearer photograph at NP216australian brick and tesselated tile co., tile manufacturers

Series of six The Connies Collectables Cards for 2013. Each card features a photograph with a story or details of the image or person on the reverse. Produced by The Connies, Melbourne, with a Leunig sketch on the rear and The Connies logo. a. Frenchie x 8 No. - performing tram conductor - Armand Lefebvre b. Sir Robert Risson x 8 No. - MMTB Chairman 1949 - 1970. c. Cable Trams x 9 No. - image of crowded Spencer St cable tram. d Mirka Mora Art Tram x 7 No. - with story of The Conductors on the rear. e. Joyce Barry x 12No. - Melbourne's first female tram driver. f. Electric Trams x 12 No. - featuring L104 on front and story of Melbourne's trams and the W class tram. g. Tramjatra - featuring the relationship between Melbourne and Kolkata (Calcutta) India. (added 31-3-2018)trams, tramways, tickets, the connies, mmtb, conductors, cable trams, decorated trams, tramjatra, calcutta

Collectable card, printed on green paper, with the Calcutta and The Met logos on one side, with the words "The Mother Earth / Clean Air / Free Flowing Trams" and Indian script. On the reverse is the image of a Melbourne tram and a daily ticket layout. Strongly associated with Roberto D'Andrea.trams, tramways, tickets, the connies, collectables

Lifeboat crewLifeboat Queenscliffe crew & newsBlack & white photos of L Ferrier on LB Queenscliffe + newspaper cuttingReverse - " on 157.2 - Lewis Ferrier Life Boat 1960 / Neville Bowler "The Age" - 157.3 - L Ferrier on "Queenscliffe" in the forward hatch "Black Hole of Calcutta" c1943 "historical references

The Story of S.S. "Santhia" sank while in service as a troopship, of her subsequent salvage, and of how her bell came to Bogong School. Bogong State School was built and used from the 1940s when the SECV was constructing the KHES. The school bell was unique having originated from the ship "Santhia'. Teal colored background with the title printed in white at the top and the 'Bogong State School' printed in black at the bottom. 9 pages back to back with information about the School Bell. Published in March-April, 1947Inscribed on the bell - "Presented to G. G. Jobbins, Esq., Chairman, State Electricity Commission by Captain J. P. Williams for Bogong School, on December 6th, 1946. This bell was recovered from the wreck of the S. S. Santhia sunk in the Houghly River, Calcutta, and raised by an Australian salvage party."bogong state school bell, s.e.c. magazine 1947

Post card sent from SS Hymettus at Calcutta India on 29.11.1907 to Miss Laughton Kalimna Hotel Gippsland Victoria Australia. 05471.1 Message on back Thanks for PC with best wishes to all Yours JackColour postcard showing young man sitting on ground reading a book young woman peeping around bushes both dressed in fashion of 1900. Plus 05471.1 message on reverse of post card hotels, correspondence, people

This letter was sent by air mail from Singapore to the UK. It finally arrived after being salvaged from the wreckage of the Comet G-ALYV which crashed just outside Calcutta on May 2, 1953. See report in Media