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Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, The World of Life

... ...Alfred Russell Wallace...The World of Life Author: Alfred Russell Wallace Publisher: G Bell & Sons Date: 1911...Warrnambool Shipwrecked-coast Flagstaff-Hill Flagstaff-Hill-Maritime-Museum Maritime-Museum Shipwreck-coast Flagstaff-Hill-Maritime-Village Shipwrecked-artefact Book Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute Pattison Collection Warrnambool Library Ralph Eric Pattison Warrnambool City Librarian Mechanics’ Institute Library Victorian Library Board Warrnambool books and records Warrnambool Children’s Library The World of Life Alfred Russell Wallace Label on spine with typed text PAT 570 WAL Pastedown end page has sticker from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library Front loose endpaper has a sticker from Corangamite Regional Library Service The World of Life Author: Alfred Russell Wallace Publisher: G Bell & Sons Date: 1911 The World of Life Book ...

This item is from the ‘Pattison Collection’, a collection of books and records that was originally owned by the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute, which was founded in Warrnambool in 1853. By 1886 the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute (WMI) had grown to have a Library, Museum and Fine Arts Gallery, with a collection of “… choice productions of art, and valuable specimens in almost every branch and many wonderful national curiosities are now to be seen there, including historic relics of the town and district.” It later included a School of Design. Although it was very well patronised, the lack of financial support led the WMI in 1911 to ask the City Council to take it over. In 1935 Ralph Pattison was appointed as City Librarian to establish and organise the Warrnambool Library as it was then called. When the WMI building was pulled down in 1963 a new civic building was erected on the site and the new Warrnambool Library, on behalf of the City Council, took over all the holdings of the WMI. At this time some of the items were separated and identified as the ‘Pattison Collection’, named after Ralph Pattison. Eventually the components of the WMI were distributed from the Warrnambool Library to various places, including the Art Gallery, Historical Society and Flagstaff Hill. Later some were even distributed to other regional branches of Corangamite Regional Library and passed to and fro. It is difficult now to trace just where all of the items have ended up. The books at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village generally display stamps and markings from Pattison as well as a variety of other institutions including the Mechanics’ Institute itself. RALPH ERIC PATTISON Ralph Eric Pattison was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, in 1891. He married Maude Swan from Warrnambool in 1920 and they set up home in Warrnambool. In 1935 Pattison accepted a position as City Librarian for the Warrnambool City Council. His huge challenge was to make a functional library within two rooms of the Mechanics’ Institute. He tirelessly cleaned, cleared and sorted a disarrayed collection of old books, jars of preserved specimens and other items reserved for exhibition in the city’s museum. He developed and updated the library with a wide variety of books for all tastes, including reference books for students; a difficult task to fulfil during the years following the Depression. He converted all of the lower area of the building into a library, reference room and reading room for members and the public. The books were sorted and stored using a cataloguing and card index system that he had developed himself. He also prepared the upper floor of the building and established the Art Gallery and later the Museum, a place to exhibit the many old relics that had been stored for years for this purpose. One of the treasures he found was a beautiful ancient clock, which he repaired, restored and enjoyed using in his office during the years of his service there. Ralph Pattison was described as “a meticulous gentleman whose punctuality, floorless courtesy and distinctive neat dress were hallmarks of his character, and ‘his’ clock controlled his daily routine, and his opening and closing of the library’s large heavy doors to the minute.” Pattison took leave during 1942 to 1942 to serve in the Royal Australian Navy, Volunteer Reserve as Lieutenant. A few years later he converted one of the Museum’s rooms into a Children’s Library, stocking it with suitable books for the younger generation. This was an instant success. In the 1950’s he had the honour of being appointed to the Victorian Library Board and received more inspiration from the monthly conferences in Melbourne. He was sadly retired in 1959 after over 23 years of service, due to the fact that he had gone over the working age of council officers. However he continued to take a very keen interest in the continual development of the Library until his death in 1969. The Pattison Collection, along with other items at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, was originally part of the Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s collection. The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute Collection is primarily significant in its totality, rather than for the individual objects it contains. Its contents are highly representative of the development of Mechanics' Institute libraries across Australia, particularly Victoria. A diversity of publications and themes has been amassed, and these provide clues to our understanding of the nature of and changes in the reading habits of Victorians from the 1850s to the middle of the 20th century. The collection also highlights the Warrnambool community’s commitment to the Mechanics’ Institute, reading, literacy and learning in the regions, and proves that access to knowledge was not impeded by distance. These items help to provide a more complete picture of our community’s ideals and aspirations. The Warrnambool Mechanics Institute book collection has historical and social significance for its strong association with the Mechanics Institute movement and the important role it played in the intellectual, cultural and social development of people throughout the latter part of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. The collection of books is a rare example of an early lending library and its significance is enhanced by the survival of an original collection of many volumes. The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s publication collection is of both local and state significance. The World of Life Author: Alfred Russell Wallace Publisher: G Bell & Sons Date: 1911Label on spine with typed text PAT 570 WAL Pastedown end page has sticker from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library Front loose endpaper has a sticker from Corangamite Regional Library Service warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, pattison collection, warrnambool library, ralph eric pattison, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, the world of life, alfred russell wallace
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, Island Life

... ...Alfred Russell Wallace...Island Life or The Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras Author: Alfred Russell Wallace Publisher: MacMillan & Co Date: 1880 ...Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village 89 Merri Street Warrnambool great-ocean-road Warrnambool Shipwrecked-coast Flagstaff-Hill Flagstaff-Hill-Maritime-Museum Maritime-Museum Shipwreck-coast Flagstaff-Hill-Maritime-Village Shipwrecked-artefact Book Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute Island Life The Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras Alfred Russell Wallace Label on spine with typed text R.H. 574.91 WAL Pastedown end page has sticker from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library Island Life or The Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras Author: Alfred Russell Wallace Publisher: MacMillan & Co Date: 1880 Island Life Book ...

Island Life or The Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras Author: Alfred Russell Wallace Publisher: MacMillan & Co Date: 1880 Label on spine with typed text R.H. 574.91 WAL Pastedown end page has sticker from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Librarywarrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, island life, the phenomena and causes of insular faunas and floras, alfred russell wallace
Sunshine and District Historical Society Incorporated
Document - H.V. McKays Employees 1920's

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Ainsworth, William Abraham Aitken, John Albert Andrewartha, Frederick Gordon Angus, Edward Lyall Anstee, Frederick Ashley, James Alfred Ayton, Allan Reginald Barnard, Robert Hayden Barnes, Clifford Albert Barnes, Ralph Hauser Beardmore, Keith John Bendell, Leonard Ernest Bennett, Frederick Henry Berryman, Leslie Royce Beswick, Arnold Edward Beynon, John Osborn Thomas Bishop, Christopher Thomas Boyer, Herbert Gavin Bradbury, Peter Charles Bennetts, Lindsay Thomas Britton, Ronald Henry *** Britton, Samuel Thomas John Brown, Herbert Roy Tibballs Brown, Leonard Roy Bullen, Raymond Thomas Burge, Harold Raymond Casemore, Eric Chambers, John Elliott Christie, Leslie George Clemson, William Henry Lancell Condie, David Russell Cooper, Wilton Cornish, George Harry Cox, Robert William Craddock, William John Ernest Crockford, John Patrick Dale, Hubert Arthur Day, Leslie James Dedrick, Arthur Evandale De Laroy, James John Dixon, Raymond Dodds, Robert Elisha Ellens, Raymond Sylvestor Victor Elliot, Walter Edward Enever, Ronald Evans, Ivor John Horace Fields, Edward Ernest Fields, James Findlay, Lindsay Gordon Foster, Henry James Fotheringham, Robert Gardiner, Keil Laurence Goldsworthy, William Leggo Grattidge, William Patrick Green, Charles Frederick Greig, Ronald Alexander Hall, Herbert Henry Hamilton, Colin Hew Hauser, Frederick Ronald Heaviside, Ronald Joseph Herrick, John Stanley Carl Hillman, John Laurance Hiscock, John Charles Hobbs, Francis Eric Charles Holbery, Daniel John Holmes, William Harold Hollings, Harry Hollings, Robert Hollingshead, Alvyn Eric Horner, Gordon, Neal Hughes, George Alfred Hummel, John Kenneth Humphrey, Thomas Albert Johnson, Eric Xavier Kerdel, Rupert Malcolm Laffan, Thomas Michael Laming, Gordon Stanley Lamont, Arthur James Lane, Norman Larter, Thomas Franklyn Lawry, William Henry Lee, Alan William Leonard, Ernest Joseph John Lowman, George Alfred *** McIntyre, Thomas William McKay, Colin William McKay, William John McKinnon, Leslie Eric Magor, Thomas Matthew Merritt, John Miller, Leslie, McDonald Mills, Gilbert Robert Mitchell, Stanley Valentine Moebus, Earl, Leon, Charles, D Morris, Ronald Neal Clifford Mortlock, Herbert Thomas Nash, William Thomas Trevor Neale, Carl Bryson Neale, Noel Robert Nicholls, Edgar Alderson Norman, Carl Victor *** Norrish, Edgar Michael O'Loughlin, Patrick James Peter O'Toole, Kevin Hillery Patten, John Edward Peach, Victor Albert William Perram, Francis Reginald Perry, Daniel Talbot Phelan, Thomas Henry Pitcher, Gordon Alexander Prewett, Allan Thomas Quick, John Vincent Quinton, Arthur William Stanley Rawlins, Cyril James Reeves, Herbert Reeves, Walter John Richards, Alan George Richards, Frederick William Richer, John Lewis Roberts, Ernest Edward Russell, Andrew Sayers, Ernest Frank Sheahan, John Francis Simpson, Douglas Shews, John Wallace Smithwick, Verner Sidney Eric Southall, William Thomas Stark, David Clark Stein, Alfred Charles Stephenson, Roy Alexander Summers, Stephen Taylor, Donald Owen Thom, William Waddell Thompson, George Arthur Thompson, William George Thompson, Wallace Gordon Tomholt, Keith Herbert Desmond Turner, Forest Noel Ustick, (Neil) Albert Ustick, Arthur Veal, John Roland Warden, Stanley George Warren, George Ernest Edward Warhurst, John Walter Whight, Stanley Gordon Wills, Edmund Thomas Wilson, Reginald Roy Withington, Alfred Not in above book Andrew, John William Burge, Harold Raymond Dedrick, Herman Arthur Evandale Quick, Samuel Southern, Peter David Ustick, Gwenda Gladys Ustick, William Henry...McKays Sunshine Harvester Works Employee Ainsworth, William Abraham Aitken, John Albert Andrewartha, Frederick Gordon Angus, Edward Lyall Anstee, Frederick Ashley, James Alfred Ayton, Allan Reginald Barnard, Robert Hayden Barnes, Clifford Albert Barnes, Ralph Hauser Beardmore, Keith John Bendell, Leonard Ernest Bennett, Frederick Henry Berryman, Leslie Royce Beswick, Arnold Edward Beynon, John Osborn Thomas Bishop, Christopher Thomas Boyer, Herbert Gavin Bradbury, Peter Charles Bennetts, Lindsay Thomas Britton, Ronald Henry *** Britton, Samuel Thomas John Brown, Herbert Roy Tibballs Brown, Leonard Roy Bullen, Raymond Thomas Burge, Harold Raymond Casemore, Eric Chambers, John Elliott Christie, Leslie George Clemson, William Henry Lancell Condie, David Russell Cooper, Wilton Cornish, George Harry Cox, Robert William Craddock, William John Ernest Crockford, John Patrick Dale, Hubert Arthur Day, Leslie James Dedrick, Arthur Evandale De Laroy, James John Dixon, Raymond Dodds, Robert Elisha Ellens, Raymond Sylvestor Victor Elliot, Walter Edward Enever, Ronald Evans, Ivor John Horace Fields, Edward Ernest Fields, James Findlay, Lindsay Gordon Foster, Henry James Fotheringham, Robert Gardiner, Keil Laurence Goldsworthy, William Leggo Grattidge, William Patrick Green, Charles Frederick Greig, Ronald Alexander Hall, Herbert Henry Hamilton, Colin Hew Hauser, Frederick Ronald Heaviside, Ronald Joseph Herrick, John Stanley Carl Hillman, John Laurance Hiscock, John Charles Hobbs, Francis Eric Charles Holbery, Daniel John Holmes, William Harold Hollings, Harry Hollings, Robert Hollingshead, Alvyn Eric Horner, Gordon, Neal Hughes, George Alfred Hummel, John Kenneth Humphrey, Thomas Albert Johnson, Eric Xavier Kerdel, Rupert Malcolm Laffan, Thomas Michael Laming, Gordon Stanley Lamont, Arthur James Lane, Norman Larter, Thomas Franklyn Lawry, William Henry Lee, Alan William Leonard, Ernest Joseph John Lowman, George Alfred *** McIntyre, Thomas William McKay, Colin William McKay, William John McKinnon, Leslie Eric Magor, Thomas Matthew Merritt, John Miller, Leslie, McDonald Mills, Gilbert Robert Mitchell, Stanley Valentine Moebus, Earl, Leon, Charles, D Morris, Ronald Neal Clifford Mortlock, Herbert Thomas Nash, William Thomas Trevor Neale, Carl Bryson Neale, Noel Robert Nicholls, Edgar Alderson Norman, Carl Victor *** Norrish, Edgar Michael O'Loughlin, Patrick James Peter O'Toole, Kevin Hillery Patten, John Edward Peach, Victor Albert William Perram, Francis Reginald Perry, Daniel Talbot Phelan, Thomas Henry Pitcher, Gordon Alexander Prewett, Allan Thomas Quick, John Vincent Quinton, Arthur William Stanley Rawlins, Cyril James Reeves, Herbert Reeves, Walter John Richards, Alan George Richards, Frederick William Richer, John Lewis Roberts, Ernest Edward Russell, Andrew Sayers, Ernest Frank Sheahan, John Francis Simpson, Douglas Shews, John Wallace Smithwick, Verner Sidney Eric Southall, William Thomas Stark, David Clark Stein, Alfred Charles Stephenson, Roy Alexander Summers, Stephen Taylor, Donald Owen Thom, William Waddell Thompson, George Arthur Thompson, William George Thompson, Wallace Gordon Tomholt, Keith Herbert Desmond Turner, Forest Noel Ustick, (Neil) Albert Ustick, Arthur Veal, John Roland Warden, Stanley George Warren, George Ernest Edward Warhurst, John Walter Whight, Stanley Gordon Wills, Edmund Thomas Wilson, Reginald Roy Withington, Alfred Not in above book Andrew, John William Burge, Harold Raymond Dedrick, Herman Arthur Evandale Quick, Samuel Southern, Peter David Ustick, Gwenda Gladys Ustick, William Henry A typed list some of H.V. ...

Ainsworth, William Abraham Aitken, John Albert Andrewartha, Frederick Gordon Angus, Edward Lyall Anstee, Frederick Ashley, James Alfred Ayton, Allan Reginald Barnard, Robert Hayden Barnes, Clifford Albert Barnes, Ralph Hauser Beardmore, Keith John Bendell, Leonard Ernest Bennett, Frederick Henry Berryman, Leslie Royce Beswick, Arnold Edward Beynon, John Osborn Thomas Bishop, Christopher Thomas Boyer, Herbert Gavin Bradbury, Peter Charles Bennetts, Lindsay Thomas Britton, Ronald Henry *** Britton, Samuel Thomas John Brown, Herbert Roy Tibballs Brown, Leonard Roy Bullen, Raymond Thomas Burge, Harold Raymond Casemore, Eric Chambers, John Elliott Christie, Leslie George Clemson, William Henry Lancell Condie, David Russell Cooper, Wilton Cornish, George Harry Cox, Robert William Craddock, William John Ernest Crockford, John Patrick Dale, Hubert Arthur Day, Leslie James Dedrick, Arthur Evandale De Laroy, James John Dixon, Raymond Dodds, Robert Elisha Ellens, Raymond Sylvestor Victor Elliot, Walter Edward Enever, Ronald Evans, Ivor John Horace Fields, Edward Ernest Fields, James Findlay, Lindsay Gordon Foster, Henry James Fotheringham, Robert Gardiner, Keil Laurence Goldsworthy, William Leggo Grattidge, William Patrick Green, Charles Frederick Greig, Ronald Alexander Hall, Herbert Henry Hamilton, Colin Hew Hauser, Frederick Ronald Heaviside, Ronald Joseph Herrick, John Stanley Carl Hillman, John Laurance Hiscock, John Charles Hobbs, Francis Eric Charles Holbery, Daniel John Holmes, William Harold Hollings, Harry Hollings, Robert Hollingshead, Alvyn Eric Horner, Gordon, Neal Hughes, George Alfred Hummel, John Kenneth Humphrey, Thomas Albert Johnson, Eric Xavier Kerdel, Rupert Malcolm Laffan, Thomas Michael Laming, Gordon Stanley Lamont, Arthur James Lane, Norman Larter, Thomas Franklyn Lawry, William Henry Lee, Alan William Leonard, Ernest Joseph John Lowman, George Alfred *** McIntyre, Thomas William McKay, Colin William McKay, William John McKinnon, Leslie Eric Magor, Thomas Matthew Merritt, John Miller, Leslie, McDonald Mills, Gilbert Robert Mitchell, Stanley Valentine Moebus, Earl, Leon, Charles, D Morris, Ronald Neal Clifford Mortlock, Herbert Thomas Nash, William Thomas Trevor Neale, Carl Bryson Neale, Noel Robert Nicholls, Edgar Alderson Norman, Carl Victor *** Norrish, Edgar Michael O'Loughlin, Patrick James Peter O'Toole, Kevin Hillery Patten, John Edward Peach, Victor Albert William Perram, Francis Reginald Perry, Daniel Talbot Phelan, Thomas Henry Pitcher, Gordon Alexander Prewett, Allan Thomas Quick, John Vincent Quinton, Arthur William Stanley Rawlins, Cyril James Reeves, Herbert Reeves, Walter John Richards, Alan George Richards, Frederick William Richer, John Lewis Roberts, Ernest Edward Russell, Andrew Sayers, Ernest Frank Sheahan, John Francis Simpson, Douglas Shews, John Wallace Smithwick, Verner Sidney Eric Southall, William Thomas Stark, David Clark Stein, Alfred Charles Stephenson, Roy Alexander Summers, Stephen Taylor, Donald Owen Thom, William Waddell Thompson, George Arthur Thompson, William George Thompson, Wallace Gordon Tomholt, Keith Herbert Desmond Turner, Forest Noel Ustick, (Neil) Albert Ustick, Arthur Veal, John Roland Warden, Stanley George Warren, George Ernest Edward Warhurst, John Walter Whight, Stanley Gordon Wills, Edmund Thomas Wilson, Reginald Roy Withington, Alfred Not in above book Andrew, John William Burge, Harold Raymond Dedrick, Herman Arthur Evandale Quick, Samuel Southern, Peter David Ustick, Gwenda Gladys Ustick, William Henryh.v. mckays, sunshine harvester works, employee