Agee jars, known for food preserving, originated in New Zealand and were initially recognizable by their banded collar neck and glass lids. The company later transitioned to screw-on metal lids, releasing the Agee Utility jars around the 1940s or 1950s. These jars are a piece of New Zealand's canning history, with older models featuring glass lids and the newer ones using screw-on metal lids. A tall cylindrical, glass Agee preserving jar with a screw on metal lid. It has embossed on the front 'Improved Agee Utility'It has embossed on the front 'Improved Agee Utility'food preserving jars, food storage containers, containers

Agee jars, known for food preserving, originated in New Zealand and were initially recognizable by their banded collar neck and glass lids. The company later transitioned to screw-on metal lids, releasing the Agee Utility jars around the 1940s or 1950s. These jars are a piece of New Zealand's canning history, with older models featuring glass lids and the newer ones using screw-on metal lids. Eight mixed Agee glass preserving or storage jars. They have embossed Agee branding on the front. 1 large 'Special' jar with a black bakelite screw-on lid and wide ridge on? 2x medium 'Victory' jars with clipped wire springs and glass lids. One of these jars has flour in it and the other has brown paper on the lid. 3 medium 'Utility' jars; two have metal lids and one has no lid. 2 small 'Victory' jars with clipped wire springs and glass lids. One has salt, one has sugar inside. 2 single spare small glass lids.A cylindrical, glass Agee preserving jar with a screw on metal lid.On the front of the jar: 'Improved Agee Utility'. On the base is embossed: 'F 121' and 'M.food preserving jars, food storage containers, containers

The Mason jar, named after American tinsmith John Landis Mason, who patented it in 1858, is a molded glass jar used in home canning to preserve food. The jar's mouth has a screw thread on its outer perimeter to accept a metal ring or "band". The band, when screwed down, presses a separate stamped steel disc-shaped lid against the jar's rim. An integral rubber ring on the underside of the lid creates a hermetic seal. The bands and lids usually come with new jars, but they are also sold separately. While the bands are reusable, the lids are intended for single-use when canning. Glass jars and metal lids are still commonly used in home canning while they have been largely supplanted by other methods for commercial canning (such as tin cans and plastic containers). Item at this time cannot be associated with an historical event, person or place, provenance is unknown, item assessed as a collection asset.Clear glass preserving jar "Agee Special" with metal screw lid grooved base for lid clip "AGEE Special imprinted into side of glassflagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, jar, glass jar, preserving jar, food preserving, food storage, agee mason, agee mason jar, john landis mason, agee special

The Mason jar, named after American tinsmith John Landis Mason, who patented it in 1858, is a molded glass jar used in home canning to preserve food. The jar's mouth has a screw thread on its outer perimeter to accept a metal ring or "band". The band, when screwed down, presses a separate stamped steel disc-shaped lid against the jar's rim. An integral rubber ring on the underside of the lid creates a hermetic seal. The bands and lids usually come with new jars, but they are also sold separately. While the bands are reusable, the lids are intended for single-use when canning. Glass jars and metal lids are still commonly used in home canning while they have been largely supplanted by other methods for commercial canning (such as tin cans and plastic containers). Item at this time cannot be associated with an historical event, person or place, provenance is unknown, item assessed as a collection asset.Clear glass preserving jar "Agee Special" with metal screw lid grooved base for lid clip "AGEE Special MASON / JAR" imprinted into side of glassflagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, jar, glass jar, preserving jar, food preserving, food storage, agee mason, agee mason jar, john landis mason, agee special

This baby’s feeding bottle was made by Agee (Australian Glass Manufacturers) and marketed by the Crown Crystal Glass Company. It is made of pyrex which is a brand of glass first produced by Corning Inc. of America in 1908. Pyrex is a clear low-thermal-expansion borosilicate glass used for laboratory glassware and kitchenware. The use of pyrex bottles became more prevalent in Australia in the second half of the 20th century and baby’s bottles made of pyrex were popular as they were easily sterilised in the home environment. This baby’s bottle has no known local provenance but it is retained because it is a good example of the advancement in infant health and welfare over the past 80 years. This is a baby’s feeding bottle made of glass (pyrex). The body of the bottle is hexagonal-shaped (circular with rounded edges). It has a circular-shaped neck and an open top with a moulded glass around it. The bottle has no feeding nipple or stopper. There are measurement marks on the side of the bottle up to 8 ounces. ‘The Ideal Agee Pyrex Feeder’ ‘AGM 1S 1561 6’ infant welfare, history of warrnambool

This insulator was used on phone wires. Insulators were originally designed to keep the wires linking telegraphs and telephones insulated from the wooden poles that held them aloft. Prior to 1925, Australia relied solely on insulators imported from other countries. Glass insulators were first manufactured in Australia in c. 1926 by Australian Glass Manufacturers. Their factory was, and still is, located on South Dowling Road in Sydney. Australian Glass Manufacturers (A.G.M.) had developed a toughened type of glass very similar to Pyrex glass. Since the Pyrex name could not be used due to trademark infringements, they called their glass AGEE for Australian Glass. Many fruit jars, insulators, pie dishes and other glass items were manufactured with this AGEE trademark during the 1926 to 1940 period.Glass insulators are rapidly becoming a thing of the past in Australia with open-wire communication lines rarely existing near metropolitan areas. The remaining open wire lines are being abandoned and dismantled everywhere with very few insulators being saved as interest in them in Australia is quite limited. (ref Australian Insulators web-site). This item is an example of a piece of equipment which has been superceded.Purple glass insulator by Ageeinsulator, electricity, agee

Crown Crystal Glass were an Australian glass manufacturer, who were the Australian vendors for Pyrex from 1926, importing from the UK. In 1961, Crown Crystal Glass began manufacturing their own Pyrex, under the name Agee Pyrex (until 1963), Crown Agee Pyrex (late 1960s), Crown Pyrex (1970s), Crown Ovenware (1970s) and Pyrex Ovenware (late 1970s until early 1980s). Source: That Retro Piece, 'PYREX | Australian', https://thatretropiece.com/collections/pyrex-australian "The use of pyrex bottles became more prevalent in Australia in the second half of the 20th century and baby’s bottles made of pyrex were popular as they were easily sterilised in the home environment." Source: Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc., 'Bottle, The Perfect Agee Feeding Bottle, Mid 20th century', https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/592fe71ad0cdd520341b3954 Clear glass bottle tapering to a short narrow neck. Calibrations embossed on the glass in ounces (0-8) and mls (0-240). Embossed on the side: "Agee/PYREX/Feeder"."Agee/PYREX/Feeder"infant feeding, infant care

Crown Crystal Glass were an Australian glass manufacturer, who were the Australian vendors for Pyrex from 1926, importing from the UK. In 1961, Crown Crystal Glass began manufacturing their own Pyrex, under the name Agee Pyrex (until 1963), Crown Agee Pyrex (late 1960s), Crown Pyrex (1970s), Crown Ovenware (1970s) and Pyrex Ovenware (late 1970s until early 1980s). Source: That Retro Piece, 'PYREX | Australian', https://thatretropiece.com/collections/pyrex-australian "The use of pyrex bottles became more prevalent in Australia in the second half of the 20th century and baby’s bottles made of pyrex were popular as they were easily sterilised in the home environment." Source: Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc., 'Bottle, The Perfect Agee Feeding Bottle, Mid 20th century', https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/592fe71ad0cdd520341b3954Octagonal glass bottle tapering to a narrow neck. Calibrations for ounces and mls imprinted on the sides of the bottle. Text inscribed on bottle reads " THE IDEAL AGEE/PYREX/FEEDER"."THE IDEAL AGEE/PYREX/FEEDER"infant feeding, infant care

The Mason jar, named after American tinsmith John Landis Mason, who patented it in 1858, is a molded glass jar used in home canning to preserve food. The jar's mouth has a screw thread on its outer perimeter to accept a metal ring or "band". The band, when screwed down, presses a separate stamped steel disc-shaped lid against the jar's rim. An integral rubber ring on the underside of the lid creates a hermetic seal. The bands and lids usually come with new jars, but they are also sold separately. While the bands are reusable, the lids are intended for single-use when canning. Glass jars and metal lids are still commonly used in home canning while they have been largely supplanted by other methods for commercial canning (such as tin cans and plastic containers). Item at this time cannot be associated with an historical event, person or place, provenance is unknown, item assessed as a collection asset.Clear glass preserving jar with metal screw lid grooved base for lid clip."AGEE / MASON / JAR" imprinted into side of glassflagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, jar, glass jar, preserving jar, food preserving, food storage, agee mason, agee mason jar, john landis mason

This insulator was used on phone wires. Insulators were originally designed to keep the wires linking telegraphs and telephones insulated from the wooden poles that held them aloft. Prior to 1925, Australia relied solely on insulators imported from other countries. Glass insulators were first manufactured in Australia in c. 1926 by Australian Glass Manufacturers. Their factory was, and still is, located on South Dowling Road in Sydney. Australian Glass Manufacturers (A.G.M.) had developed a toughened type of glass very similar to Pyrex glass. Since the Pyrex name could not be used due to trademark infringements, they called their glass AGEE for Australian Glass. Many fruit jars, insulators, pie dishes and other glass items were manufactured with this AGEE trademark during the 1926 to 1940 period.Glass insulators are rapidly becoming a thing of the past in Australia with open-wire communication lines rarely existing near metropolitan areas. The remaining open wire lines are being abandoned and dismantled everywhere with very few insulators being saved as interest in them in Australia is quite limited. (ref Australian Insulators web-site). This item is an example of a piece of equipment which has been superceded.A glass telegraph line insulator of double umbrella shape. Glass is coloured purple - AGEE 30 Insulator. It is a tapered cone of thick glass. The inside top is threaded for screwing onto the metal piece on a wooden cross bar.Embossed on outside of bell: "AGEE 30"insulator-glass agee a.g.m. communications telegraphy

Small AGEE glass jar with detachable lid and metal clips.Front - AGEE ; Victory Bottom - M88, AGM ; Top AGEE Victorystorage jar preserving agee food-preparation

Glass jar, cylindrical, with "Improved Agee Utility" in raised lettering on side..Improved Agee Utility

Agee Victory glass preserving jar with glass lid, wire clips, paper instructions & rubber sealing ring.M813 M AGM Agee Victorypreserving jar, agee victory

Small feeding bottles were used to feed milk to newborns or juice to older infants. Crown Crystal Glass were an Australian glass manufacturer, who were the Australian vendors for Pyrex from 1926, importing from the UK. In 1961, Crown Crystal Glass began manufacturing their own Pyrex, under the name Agee Pyrex (until 1963), Crown Agee Pyrex (late 1960s), Crown Pyrex (1970s), Crown Ovenware (1970s) and Pyrex Ovenware (late 1970s until early 1980s). Source: That Retro Piece, 'PYREX | Australian', https://thatretropiece.com/collections/pyrex-australian "The use of pyrex bottles became more prevalent in Australia in the second half of the 20th century and baby’s bottles made of pyrex were popular as they were easily sterilised in the home environment." Source: Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc., 'Bottle, The Perfect Agee Feeding Bottle, Mid 20th century', https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/592fe71ad0cdd520341b3954Small clear glass bottle with a short narrow neck. Imprinted with calibrations for ounces (0-4) and millilitres (0-120). Embossed on side of bottle: "Agee/ PYREX/ Feeder".infant feeding, infant care

This baby’s feeding bottle was made by Agee (Australian Glass Manufacturers) and marketed by the Crown Crystal Glass Company. It is made of pyrex which is a brand of glass first produced by Corning Inc. of America in 1908. Pyrex is a clear low-thermal-expansion borosilicate glass used for laboratory glassware and kitchenware. The use of pyrex bottles became more prevalent in Australia in the second half of the 20th century and baby’s bottles made of pyrex were popular as they were easily sterilised in the home environment. This baby’s bottle has no known local provenance but it is retained because it is a good example of the advancement in infant health and welfare over the past 80 years. This is a baby’s feeding bottle made of glass (pyrex). The body of the bottle is hexagonal-shaped (circular with rounded edges). It has a circular-shaped neck and an open top with a moulded glass around it. The bottle has no feeding nipple or stopper. There are measurement marks on the side of the bottle up to 8 ounces.‘The Ideal Agee Pyrex Feeder’ ‘AGM 1S 1561 6’ infant welfare, history of warrnambool

Nails such as these were used for building purposes, probably in the construction of house and shed roofs. The jar has no significance, being a discarded household item used to contain the nails. The nails have no known local provenance but are of interest as they date back over 100 years and are retained to show the type of nails used in the past.This is a glass jar with a ridged base and a metal screw top lid. There is etched printing on one side of the jar. The jar contains many old metal nails, possibly handmade. They are mostly rectangular in shape with flattened heads. There is also at least one metal screw in the jar‘AGEE Mason Jar’antiquarian building materials, warrnambool, history of warrnambool

Glass baby feeding bottle marked in millimetres and ouncesAgee Pirex Feederdomestic items, heating

Insulates electrical wire which is attached between the outside ridges. It is screwed onto the cross arm of a power pole. It is non conductive so electricity doesn't short to the ground.Used on the power poles in the Kiewa Valley.Clear tinted glass (one green & one brown) domed shaped insulator. Above centre there are 2 ridges to enable the electrical wire/cable to be fixed on. The closed end has a screw thread down to half way to enable it to be attached to a pole.Green one has 'Agee' on side of the open endkiewa hydro electric scheme. electricity. power lines. insulator

A baby bottle is a bottle with a rubber or latex teat attached so that baby can drink directly from it by sucking on the teat. It is typically used by infants and young children ,when a mother does not breastfeed, to feed infant formula, expressed breast milk or paediatric electrolyte solution. Australian Glass Manufacturers produced glass bottles for pharmacy, brewery, dairy and domestic use 1913 – 1970 . Melbourne Glass Bottle Works Co Pty Ltd Registered in Victoria in 1903 amalgamated with the Waterloo Glass Bottle Works Ltd in 1915 to form Australian Glass Manufacturers Company, Limited. .Melbourne Glass Bottle Works Spotswood 1872- 1970 comprising a complex of buildings constructed between 1880 and 1940, (at Booker Street, Douglas Parade, 2-38 Hudson Road, Raleigh Street and Simcock Avenue, Spotswood ) originally made bottles for druggists Felton Grimwade before it was sold to the State Government by US multinational, OI glass manufacturers. . The Baby feeding bottle has graduated markings in 1- 6 ounces which shows that it was made prior to the introduction of Decimal Currency in Australia 14/2/1966. A clear glass feeding bottle. It is 'banana shaped' and open both ends with graduated measurements - 1-6 ouncesAGEE/ THE PERFECT FEEDING BOTTLE / OUNCES 1-6* bottles, feeding bottles, infants, breastfeeding, moorabbin, bentleigh, ormond cheltenham, glass, australian glass manufacturing company ltd, decimal currency, imperial measurements, ounces, milk, dairy, baby formulae,

This bottle was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built in the 1950's specifically for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.Clear glass Baby's Feeding Formula bottle with a gauge on 2 faces - 1 with mls and 1 with ounces. The bottle holds 240 ml and 8 ounces. The third side also has heavy embossing as has the base. The base is rectangular with curved corners. The sides are straight with a gradual taper to a narrow neck which has a heavy lip on it (for the teat).Front: At the top 240 ml, 200, 150, 100, 50 with horizontal lines marking every 10 ml. downwards. Side: 8.7.6.5.4.3.2.1. with a horizontal line in between each number and 'ounces' along side of this gauge. Other side: 'Agee /Pyrex / Feeder' (cursive writing with word in middle printed) Base: Common Seal / IS 998 / 7baby's feeding bottle, formula bottle, hospital

Services for Mothers and Children in East Gippsland were upgraded and formalised from the 1940s onwards. While these services were centred in Orbost, there was considerable outreach throughout East Gippsland. In 2024, this service was discontinued and the service was then provided on a part-time basis by a visiting service from Lakes Entrance. This collection was compiled in 2024 when the Orbost-based service was discontinued.This collection is significant because it relates to the history and functioning of the Maternal and Child Health Service in Orbost from 1940s-2024. A collection of items in a storage box. All items are from the Maternal & Child Health Service, Orbost, and were used by this service. Items are books, photos, record cards, bottles. 3367.1 Framed b/w photo of a Dodge vehicle, children, women, logs, dog. 3367.2 Group of 19 laminated photos of buildings, vehicles, children, women. 3367.3 Brown covered, spiral bound album of 19 pages. 3367.4 Clear glass bottle with markings along the side. 3367.5 Cardboard box, bluish colour. Inside is a implement with a flexible top and a pyrex/glass bottom which is open. 3367.6 Small book with printed pages 3367.7 Black covered book with blue binding, ruled pages inside. Inside are clippings, articles. 3367.8 Book with blue cover & photo of a child sitting. 173 pages 3367.9 Small booklet with white cover, blue print & image of a baby on the front cover. 65 pages 3367.10 Book with yellow & pink cover, white lettering. 96 pages 3367.11 Spiral bound booklet with a plastic cover, b/w image of a nurse on the verandah of a building. 3367.12 Plastic covered book with blue edging. 3367.13 Spiral bound book, a burgundy plastic folder. 3367.14 Spiral bound book, white cover. Contents are photos, clippings 3367.15 Small blue covered book with black binding. Contents are for midwives, mothers, breastfeeding. 3367.16 Manilla folder 3367.17 Manilla folder containing an article. Also a small layette. 3367.18 Manilla folder containing articles about history & general information, mixed topics 3367.19 Collection of 5 CDs + one tape casette. 3367.20 a round metal badge, blue colour, red heart in centre. 3367.1 Titled 'Arrival of Infant Welfare Sister, Orbost circuit c.1940s. 3367.2 Captions re. Swifts Ck, Marlo, Nowa Nowa, Ensay 3367.3 Birth Atlas. Ed. 1940 6th Ed.1978. BIRTH ATLAS. Robert Latou Dickinson M.D., Abram Belskie D.A. Sixth ed. Maternal Center Assocn., New York 3367.4 Agee pyrex feeder No. 12. Has 80z. markings along the side. 3367.5 Surgi Pack Breast Pump. Code no. 6260 3367.6 Child's Personal Health Record bk. Contains Immunization chart & Baby's Weight Record cards 3367.7 belonged to Ruth Ritchie, Brodribb, via Orbost 3367.8 CHILD CARE, Dept. of Health, Victoria 3367.9 Dept. of Health, Victoria. Maternal & Child Hygiene Branch, PRE NATAL BOOKLET. A practical guide for every expectant mother. 3367.10 All the Little Children. The Story of Victoria's Baby Health Centres. By Heather Sheard 3007. 3367.11 ORBOST HOSPITAL NURSES MEMOIRS. Compiled by Helen McCarthy & Yvonne Knight, October 2000. 3367.12 Far East Gippsland Health and Support Service. Compiled by Yvonne Knight & Helen McCarthy. 29 June 2000 3367.13 Clippings 1972-1998 Nurses, Orbost 3367.14 100 Years of the Maternal and Child Health Services. 3367.15 A practical guide by Wendy L Nicholson, Nursing Mothers Association of Australia 3367.16 Exercises for the Expectant Mother 3367.17 Diet for Mother and Baby; a small layette for a baby 3367.18 History and General Information 3367.19 5 CDs. + one tape casette 3367.20 International Nurses' Day 2001 health, maternal and child health, orbost, east gippsland