This photograph is from the Max Harris Collection held by the Ballaraat Mechanics' Institute. Please contact BMI for all print and usage inquiries.ballarat, zilles, adelphi hotel, sturt, dawson

This photograph is from the Max Harris Collection held by the Ballaraat Mechanics' Institute. Please contact BMI for all print and usage inquiries.ballarat, sturt, adelphi hotel

This photograph is from the Max Harris Collection held by the Ballaraat Mechanics' Institute. Please contact BMI for all print and usage inquiries.ballarat, sturt, dawson, plantation, adelphi hotel

This dressing gown was made from a patchwork quilt begun around the 1880s or 1890s by the daughters of William and Polly Hodgens, owners of the Adelphi Hotel near Montague Station, South Melbourne. The quilt became a communal project, added to over many years by the Hodgens children, relatives, friends and guests. Together, they filled the colourful patchwork with images and figures from their everyday lives, giving us a unique glimpse into the world of early Melbourne.Crazy patchwork dressing gown made from a patchwork bedspread. Made from irregular pieces of silk, satin, velvet and brocades and embellished with embroidered and painted motifs. Fully lined with maroon silk. Neckline trimmed with thick silk cord. Right over left fastening with two large metal press studs. One of the pieces on the back has an inscription dated 11/7/94 (1894).dressing gown, patchwork, embroidery, hand painted

Sixty nurses talk to Matron Paschke about their timein and return from Malaya. Sisters Margaret Anderson and Vera Tourney are now famous for their bravery in one of the bombing attacks on the ship they were on. They shielded a wounded gunner with their bodies. "We just had to do what we could the best way we could" said Vera. In Malaya Matron Paschke had received a message that twenty nurses had to be ready to leave in an hour. After that they spent eighteen days in a converted boarding house, with wounded arriving within twenty-four hours of the nurses. When trying to reach their ship to evacuate, they had to spend a couple of hours in the Adelphi Hotel during heavy bombing. Making it onto the ship, the nurses' quarters was in the meant hold with a single light, where the nurses had to sleep om their luggage and belongings. The ship had accommodations for twenty passengers, but carried 2500 this time. Sister Bennos Atwood wanted everyone to know "that the heroism of out men was beyond words, and those we left behind in the hospitals and elsewhere were so glad for our sakes that we were getting away."Newspaper clipping with four black and white photographs of young women in hats and five columns of text. 'WWII' [photocopied ink, top of page]world war two, wwii, ww2, australian imperial forces, aif nurses, gethla forsyth, margaret anderson, vera tourney, bennos atwood, thelma gibson, bonnie howgate, sister crick, matron paschke, malaya, singapore, digger, 13th australian general hospital, raf, royal air force, british, melbourne, mildura, malacca, queensland, 10th australian general hospital, voluntary aid detachments, colonel glynn white, batavia, dutch, english, java, western australia, sister holden, victoria, war nurses' comforts fund

historic building, built by Richard RennieSepia photo, Royal Exchange Hotel, (originally Royal Mail Hotel), SE cnr. Learmonth and Cornish Sts, Buninyong, in 1860's. W.S.Smith. licensee. Attached hall on left built as Adelphi Theatre, became known as Oddfellow's Hall.buninyong, hotel, royal mail, royal exchange, adelphit theatre, oddfellows hall