Copy of the front page of an Agreement between Henry Brooks & Compy and Brooks Robinson & Compy with Owen Williams. Dated 11th April 1888.business, auctioneers, j h curnow & son pty ltd, ian dyett collection - agreement, henry brooks compy, brooks robinson compy, owen williams

One small sepia toned portrait of a man with bow tie photographed by the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company.London Stereoscopic Compyphotograph, portrait, male

Small, three quarter length portrait of a couple. The lady is wearing a long dress with embroidery and a long lace collar. The man is wearing a three piece suit? With a darker jacket. The lady is standing on his right with her arm through his. The photographer's name and a border are printed in gold on the front. The photographer's name is also printed in brown on the back.St. Georges Hall Photo Compy, Bourke St. E, Melbournephotograph, portrait, couple, portrait of a couple, st george photo compy

Silver plate inscribed trophy cup,with two handles and a lid. Mounted on wooden base, with presentation plate attached. Very ornate decorations. The lid is surmounted by a cricket batsman 80mm high.Presented \ by the \ Bright Brewery Compy. \ to the \ Cricket Clubs in the Bright Shire \ 97-98cup, trophy, cricket, silver, bright brewery, sport, recreation

.1 COPY OF A SEPIA PHOTOGRAPH OF THE NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY BUILDING, MAN & TWO CHILDREN IN FOREGROUND, FRASER STREET CLUNES. .2 .3 BLACK AND WHITE COPIES OF THE ABOVE PRINTED ON MATTE PHOTOGRAPHIC PAPERTHE NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPY OF AUSTRALIA LIMITED . F.P. HICKOX AGENT. IMPERIAL, NATIONAL ADELAIDEshops, the national insurance co. of australia ltd.[ f.p. hickox agent], hickox

Hexagonal coffee tin with round lid. Empire Compys. Oriental Brand. Reg June 21st 1883 Trade Mark Mel. Ad. Bris. Syd. Paper label attached. 2lb weight. - black background, colourful.tin harper troedel coffee

various 1905 (Jul to Dec) company letterhead receipts from Melbourne companies, which J.H. Abbott used to access supplies of gelignite and fuses 2403.90 (A to GI Abbott Collection: Jul to Dec 1905: records and receipts for purchases of gelignite and fuses by J.H. Abbott & Co. from a wide range of generally Melbourne based companies 2403.90A: 6 invoices from Briscoe & Company & Limited, Wholesale Ironmonger & Hardware Merchants, Melbourne 2403.90B: 13 invoices from Perks Bros. & Co., Indentors & Importers, 31 Queen St Melbourne 2403.90C:6 invoices from Morris & Meeks, Melbourne 2403.90D: 27 invoices and credit notes from Richard Linton, Queen's Bridge, Melbourne 2403.90E: 24 invoices from Gibbs, Bright & Co. Melbourne 2403.90F: 19 invoices from The Australian Explosives & Chemicals Compy. Ltd., 138 Queen Str, Melbourne 2403.90G: 6 invoices from Bickford, Smith & Co., 99 Queen Str, Melbourne 2403.90H: 23 invoices from Dalgety and Company Limited, 461-471 Bourke Str, Melbourne 2403.90I: 30 invoices from McMicking & Co., 381 Little Collins Str, Melbournetrade company 1905, gelignite oproviders

Various (July to Dec) 1904 company letterhead invoices which have supplied predominantly gelignite and fuses to J.H. Abbott .Abbott Collection: July to Dec 1904: records and receipts for purchases gelignite, fuses, etc.; by J.H. Abbott & Co from a wide range of generally Melbourne based companies: 2403.89a five invoices from Bickford, Smith & Co. gelignite and fuses, from 31 July to 30 Nov 1904 2403.89b five invoices from Morris & Meeks, Melbourne, gelignite, from 1 Aug to 1 Dec 1904 2403.89c 33 invoices from Gibbs, Bright & Co., gelignite, from 27 Jun to 24 Dec 1904 2403.89d 17 invoices from Richard Linton, gelatine dynamite, from 7 Jul to 31 Dec 1904 2403.89e 24 invoices from McMicking & Co., from 2 Jul to 30 Dec 1904 2403.89f 21 invoices from Perks Bros. & Co., from 27 Jul to 31 Dec 1904 2403.89g 27 invoices from Dalgety and Company Limited, from 21 Jul to 31 Dec 1904 2403.89g 11 invoices from Briscoe & Company Limited, Wholesale Ironmongers & Hardware Merchants, from 25 Oct 1904 to 30 Dec 1904 2403.89h 27 invoices from Dalgety and Company Limited, from 21 Jil to 31 Dec 1904 2403.89i 36 invoices from Australian Explosives and Chemicals Compy. Ltd, from 1 Jul to 31 Dec 1904trade company invoices 1904, j h abbott

This sturdy, deep hat box has been carefully constructed to give the contents utmost protection in the roughest of travel conditions. At the same time, attention to detail and quality of materials makes the box an attractive, desirable and useful piece of luggage. The supports inside the hat box show that the hat’s brim dipped at the front and back in the popular 1920s Homburg or Derby style. The hat box was likely to have been purchased, complete with its fashionable hat and personalised with the initials ‘G.M.’. The five shipping labels on the hat box tell that the owner traveller overseas with it on more than one occasion. The owner had first travelled with the shipping line Peninsular & Orient Steam Navigation Company, and may have been one the first Australian passengers in 1932, as the remnant of label on the base reads Sydney. The owner later voyaged under the company’s new name of P & O. and travelled from at least one of the voyages from Melbourne to London The square label, with “P & O” and red printed “M” in centre of circle, refers to alphabetical organisation of baggage by surname, connecting the owner ‘G.M.’ to the owner’s voyage with P & O. The P & O shipping line’s early beginnings started with the partnership of London ship broker Brodie McGhie Willcox and Scottish sailor Arthur Anderson in 1822. The partnership was joined by Irish shipowner Captain Richard Bourne in 1835 and they began operation as the Peninsular & Orient Steam Navigation Company with a service between London- Spain - Portugal. In 1932 the company expanded to include Australia with its passenger services departing from Sydney; in 1840 the company was incorporated. After various take-overs of other shipping lines and businesses, it operated under the name P & O. JOHN BRUSH The hat box was made by Australian saddle designer and maker, John Brush, Sons & Co. Brush began his saddlery trade in Roma, Queensland, His designing process included consulting with the men who rode and worked the horses. He was described in the Sydney Morning Herald of December 15, 1897, as a leading Sydney saddler, well known and reliable, with every kind of English and Australian saddle on view. John Brush established his business in 1840, operating from 371 George Street Sydney. A catalogue from that era jointly advertises John Brush (371 George Sty Sydney) and Butlers & Brush (432-4 Queen Street Sydney), both under the name of Edward Butler & Co. Pty. Ltd. The catalogue included saddlery, harness equipment, riding wear and travel goods, and strongly promoted the Wienkek made saddles, which he distributed Australia wide. John Brush, So & co. advertised its ‘new’ address in 1887, as 403 George Street Sydney. In 1898 Brush made a side-saddle for a customer, a design popular with gentlewomen of the era. The business was still operating over 100 years later, producing a catalogue in the 1950s.This early 20th century hat box is significant for being one of a kind in our Collection. Its fitted design shows the shape of the hat, dating it from the 1920s men’s fashions. The hat box is significant for being a high quality hat box made in Sydney, Australia by prominent and successful early colonial saddler and leather goods business, John Brush, Son & Co. The labels on the outside of the hat box are also significant, representing the prosperous lifestyle of an Australian traveller who purchased quality goods and cared for them. The traveller was able to depart from firstly the Port of Sydney and later the Port of Melbourne. Hatbox, oval shape, brown leather, strong, sturdy construction, six pieces, and metal lock on base. Wide lid, then tapers to a narrower base that has a red leather trim. Brown velvet fabric lining inside and covers some accessories. Other internal accessories are trimmed with plain red paper and blue and white striped paper. The lid has two attached leather tabs and a leather handle and underneath it has a drawstring liner and oval, gold-lettered maker’s label. The internal oval box has a leather retention strap and brim support. Separate moulded brim support is included. A detached leather strap with catch is inside the base. Inscriptions are stamped on the lid, printed on the maker’s label, attached as printed paper labels to the lid, sides, and under the base. Maker is John Brush, Son & Co. of Sydney. The owner’s initials “G.M” are embossed on the lid.Stamped on lid “G. M.” Label, oval, inside lid “JOHN BRUSH, SON & CO. / MANUFACTURERS & IMPORTERS / of / SADDLERY AND HARNESS / 403, GEORGE ST. / SYDNEY” Label, paper: “BAGGAGE, MELBOURNE TO LONDON’, part of word ‘CABIN’ and “P & O” Label, square, white background, black print, circular emblem: ‘PE - - - - - & ORIEN-’, ‘STEAM NAVIATION COMPY.’ BAGGAGE’ and a red printed “M” in centre of circle. Label, rectangular, white background, black print; narrow line border, text in rows and an ‘X’ overprinted, from corner to corner of the border: “BAGGAGE / P. & O. S. N. Co. / MELBOURNE / To / LONDON” Label, paper, rectangular, white background, black print, an “X” across the label: “CABIN / P & O / “ Label, paper, on base, “– aid” [Paid], “SYDNEY” flagstaff hil, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, hat box, leather hat box, vintage hat box, top hat, homburg hat, derby hat, travel ware, luggage, leather goods, travel goods, clothing accessory, men’s clothing, john brush, son & co, saddler, sydney firm, peninsular & orient steam navigation company, p & o, g.m., melbourne to london, sydney port, melbourne port, hat case

a. . Handdrawn copy of Snob's Hill Mines by Caleb Thomas (Long Section) 1885. Top drawing show mines and the distance between them. Lower drawing shows leases at a scale of 8 chains to 1 inch. Dams and sand heaps are included. The second page shows x-sections of the poppet legs and their heights. Shaft numbers are included. Two of the pulley diameters are also shown. b. Document headed Caleb Thomas cross sections 10.10.1884. South Catherine, engine east of shaft legs 44 ft high Ellenborough engine east of shaft, legs 40 feet Belmont and Saxby, engine and wheel west of shaft, legs 27 feet York and Durham, engine and wheel west of shaft legs 27 feet Snobs Hill , Old Williams, engine east of shaft legs 53 feet, L. Brace 21ft. 1884 Acadia Catherine engine west. Legs 44 feet, L.brace 11 ft.map, bendigo, goldfields, snob's hill, plan of snob's hill mines, caleb thomas, c reef united, catherine reef shaft, william's main, acadia, william's old main, gt northern, york & durham, snob's hill, belmont & saxby, ellenborough, st mungo, golden pyke, united c'holders, compy, snowdon & co, sth catherine coy, princess alice, saunders, williams & coy, acadia co, wearon & co, snob's hill, nelson trib, kneebone tribute, la belle co, york & durham, north st mungo, saxby & devonshire trib, n? trib, belmont co, durham c'land, kitti trib, sadowa trib, ran?eu co, nth devonshire co, lady barkly, devonshire reef trib, central devonshire co, j c macartney, catherine united

Two pages of a Plan of New Chum & Victoria Lines of Reef, compiled by G. W. Hart. Taken from J. N. Macartney's G'Fields Registry for 1871. Plan shows leases from High Street to California Gully. Location of the Manchester Arms, British & American Hotel and the Quartz Miners Arms are shown. Townships of Long Gully and Ironbark are shown.map, goldfields, new chum & victoria lines of reef, victoria catharine g m coy, thornton & co, extd victoria reef g m co, ural tribute compy, nil desperandum compy, koch, north victoria g m co, danger hill coy, north endeavour coy, wheadon & co, pilot co, north energetic co, energetic compy, endeavour company, hercules co, victoria gold mines compy, iron duke g m co, golden fleece united, ballerstedt, alfred co, confidence co, prince alfred co, canterbury co, advance co, wells, humboldt co, adventure co, try me well, sterry & co, gibbs & ballerstedt, handy andy, wells?, south adventure co, w rae, victoria reef quartz m co, myra co, jackson, wybrants, burrows & sterry, new chum & victoria tribute, old chum co, ballerstedt, lazarus, watson, koch & hildebrand, lansell & hunt, dennis, abe lincoln co, bonati & co, ellesmere co, moore late menzies, british co, british tribute co, garibaldi, c c co, new chum trib, dobson & co, young chum co, little chum co, old chum co, new chum trib, little chum trib, g w hart, j n macartney's g'fields registry for 1871, manchester arms, british & american, quartz miners arms