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Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - List, Public Transport Corporation (PTC), "Trams - Asbestos Removal Status" (1990)", Feb. 1990
Photocopy of a seven page A3 report, stapled in the top left hand corner titled "Asbestos under smoker as at 28 June 1989" - with hand written updates to early 1990. Lists tram number, depot, status, and notes."Trams - Asbestos Removal Status" (1990)"trams, tramways, preston workshops, asbestos -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Asbestos Removal, 2018
Block C of Vermont Secondary College will be removed as it contains asbestos and replaced by a new permanent modular building costing $4.87 million.Block C of Vermont Secondary College will be removed as it contains asbestos and replaced by a new permanent modular building costing $4.87 million.Block C of Vermont Secondary College will be removed as it contains asbestos and replaced by a new permanent modular building costing $4.87 million.school buildings, vermont secondary college, asbestos -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Public Transport Corporation (PTC), "Asbestos Register", c1997
Set of five reports concerning Asbestos in Public Transport Corporation facilities and rolling stock. All printed on A4 sheets, bound with white comb binding with clear plastic covers and blue stippled blue rear covers. .1 - "Identification of Asbestos Materials in Suburban Substations" -contains documents dated from 1986 to 1991 listing the work done on substations. Approx 50 pages. .2 - "Asbestos Register - Suburban Trains / Trams" - c1992 - approx. 25 pages. .3 - "Identification of Asbestos Materials in Country Cars" - c1990 - approx. 150 pages. .4 - "Asbestos Register - Station, Tram Depots, Maintenance Depot - Book 1 of 2" - 1992-1995, approx. 150 pages. .5 - ditto, book 2 of 2 - 1996 - 1997 - approx. 150 pages.trams, tramways, ptc, asbestos, tram depot, tramcars, substation -
Greensborough Historical Society
Newspaper clipping, Asbestos removed, 18/12/2013
Reports on asbestos found at Banyule Council-run Joyce Avenue Children's Centre in October 2013. There was no risk to the public.News clipping, black and red text.asbestos, joyce avenue child care centre greensborough, banyule city council -
Unions Ballarat
Asbestos : what you should know, 2003
Provides "... information on asbestos, its risk and to initiate programs to reduce the fourth wave of asbestos diseases ...". A practical guide.Important to workplace and community safety.Paperback.Front cover: title. Back cover: organisation name.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, asbestos, asbestosis, diseases, medical-legal -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Iron
Small travelling iron with stand. Also known as a 'Goffering' iron or 'Sad Iron'. The iron is in three parts - a base plate on which to place the hot iron - the top which consists of a handle, skirt, and locking device for the centre of the iron which placed on a fuel stove to heat. The core of this iron is asbestos.Patented - May 20 1900|Asbestosdomestic items, irons, personal effects, travel goods -
Unions Ballarat
Killer Company: James Hardie Exposed, Peacock, Matthew, 2009
Matthew Peacock is an ABC journalist who researched the story of the company, James Hardy, that knowingly continued to sell asbestos products despite serious health risks to its employees and customers. Stories of past employees including the late Bernie Banton who publically crusaded against James Hardy.The book and its stories are significant to workplace health and safety in Australia and consumer safety.Paper; book. Front cover: red and black background; white and red text; photographs of Greg Combet, Bernie Banton and a man holding a banner that reads, "Killed by Asbestos".Front cover: title and author name.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, banton, bernie, james hardy industries, occupational health and safety, asbestos, workers' compensation, political activists, unions, asbestosis, biography -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Nunawading Council Offices - 1968, c 1968
Coloured photograph of the Council offices of the City of Nunawading c 1968. The 'open plan' of the offices was a concept of the late 1960's. A note on the back of the photo explains the two red crosses which indicate that there is asbestos in the ceiling panels and the plantercity of nunawading - offices, open plan offices, asbestos -
Unions Ballarat
Asbestos Kills, 1990
It was noted in 100 BC that weavers of asbestos became ill. Reports of its bad effects have continued throughout history. In Australia in 1939, employees of James Hardie were reported as having respiratory disorders. The link between asbestos and cancer was confirmed in New York in 1943. Irrespective of this, it is only in recent decades that appropriate measures have been taken to remove and handle asbestos.Of significance to responsible workplace and community health and safety.Paperback. Cover has black background with a picture of a human skull. Title in red on front cover, with union name and logo.Title and union name on front cover.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council;, ballarat trades hall, asbestos, asbestosis, cfmeu -
Unions Ballarat
The Asbestos Time Bomb, Wragg, George, 1995
Dangers of asbestos. With especial coverage of the La Trobe Valley.Workplace health and safety - La Trobe Valley.Book; paperback.ballarat trades and labour council, btlc, ballarat trades hall, unions ballarat, occupational health and safety, asbestos, state electricity commission - la trobe valley -
Hand Tool Preservation Association of Australia Inc
Instuction leaflet
This item is part of the Thomas Caine Tool Collection, owned by The National Trust of Australia (Victoria) and curated by the Hand Tools Preservation Association of Australia.Instuction leaflet applying tuck's asbestos -
Unions Ballarat
Is it safe? Dead workers don't work, 1990s?
This is an OH&S manual targeted at construction industry workers. Includes issues such as asbestos, chemicals and use of tools. This is the third edition of the manual. The most recent copy of the manual is available from the CFMEU.Relevance to workplace health and safety and trade unions' stance on pertinent issues.Paperback book. Front cover: black background; green, white and red lettering.btlc, ballarat trades regional trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, oh&s, workplace safety, construction industry, asbestos -
Numurkah & District Historical Society
Domestic object - Iron (Flat)
Elliptical shape metal with pointy ends. The lower part of the shape extends about 5mm out all the way around the iron. It has a hole going through the metal (used to join handle to the iron)Asbestos Sad Iron 72-Biron, asbestos, clothing, house-keeping -
Broadmeadows Historical Society & Museum
Domestic object - Charcoal iron
This iron was used by women to press the clothes from the mid 19th century. Coal embers were put inside, heating the base of the iron. Small bellows could be used to fire up the embers in order to keep the iron hot.This item is significant as it represents the appliances used by women from the mid 19th century until the advent of electricity.Brass iron with hinged lid, curved funnel and wooden handle with asbestos standdomestic object, iron, laundry, appliance -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Domestic Object - ASBESTOS SAD IRON : SHERMAN ESTATE
Oval shaped metal iron marked Asbestos Sad Iron 72-A with a hole on both sides to take a handle.domestic equipment, laundering, iron, estate of e sherman -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Domestic Object - ASBESTOS SAD IRON
Oval shaped metal iron marked Asbestos Sad Iron 72-B with hole on both sides to take a handle.domestic equipment, laundering, iron, edstate of e. sherman -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Uniform - Tin Helmet, c. 1916
Tin Helmet was donated by Returned Servicemans League, Mitcham Sub-Branch, upon closure of this Sub-BranchBrown coloured metal helmet, domed top with medium sized brim, has inner lining of fabric and leather chin strap. World War I vintage. Inner lining fabric deteriorating. NEEDS TO BE ASSESSED FOR ASBESTOS IN LININGuniforms, army -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Card - Brochure, The Jointless firebrick Company: PLIBRICO, mid 20th
Found in the G. W. Duncan collection donated to the Mission to Seafarers in 2017 see also comments on manufacturing history. This particular company was associated with the use of asbestos.Mariner Duncan had a particular regard for the Mission to Seafarers. A plate for display on a commissioned new table at the MTSV chapel acknowledges his bequest and the material donated. Collectively the G W Duncan material includes: photographs, professional data memorabilia and written and commercially printed resources. The memorabilia relates to his career at sea and in particular the role of an engineer, including a handwritten manual of notes and references relating to the mechanical and engineering aspects and areas of responsibility for maintenance. White cover multipage commercially printed promotional brochure or booklet with ochre line graphic and black printing on white ground. Features small logo integrated with lettering between Jointless and Firebrick. There is a typed name and address of recipient / owner in lower left corner.Typed address: G.W. Duncan esq / Fifth Mechanical Engineer / ...Docks / Liverpoolplibrico, firebricks, coal fired engines, george winfield duncan (1922-2017), ship engineer, s.s. athenic, liverpool -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, George Coop, A Hurstbridge bound Harris (Blue) train passes underneath the Silver Street railway overpass at Eltham, March 1980, 1980
The Harris trains operated in Melbourne 1956-1988. They were full of asbestos and were taken out of service, wrapped in plastic and buried in land fill near ClaytonDigital TIFF file Scan of 35mm Kodak Safety 5063 black and white transparencyharris (blue) train, eltham, silver street, overpass -
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RANZCOG)
Equipment - Protective metal dust mask associated with Dr Lorna Lloyd-Green
This style of mask was developed in Britain and began to appear from the 1930s, though original models may have been produced in the 1920s. Various patents for this style of mask were still being filed in the 1960s, so they were used for a considerable period of time. It is possible that the original filter pads for these masks contained asbestos, as they supposedly utilised 'fire proof' materials. Asbestos was already in use in other British respirator masks at this time. Original cataloguing information believed this item to be an eye shield, but further research has indicated that this is not the case.Mask consists of a metal plate designed to cover the lower half of the face. There is a recess along the top edge of the plate designed for the nose to sit in. There is a large oblong opening with rounded corners at the centre of the mask, which is a mouth opening to assist speech and is the main air intake. There are five round holes on either side of the mask, likely included to decrease the mask's breathing resistance for the wearer. Rounded slots at each edge of the mask are threaded through with an elastic strap, used for attaching the mask to the face. This mask would have been used with a filtering pad attached, but the pad is missing. -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, George Coop, Two Harris (Blue) trains at the siding at Hurstbridge Railway Station, 6 December 1980, 1980
View from driver's cabin The Harris trains operated in Melbourne 1956-1988. They were full of asbestos and were taken out of service, wrapped in plastic and buried in land fill near Clayton Digital TIFF file Scan of 35mm Ilford FP4 black and white transparencyhurstbridge railway station, harris (blue) train -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Lakes Post Newspaper, 1995
This image appeared in Lakes Post 21 May 1995Black and white photograph of Pecks fish processing factory on Bullock Island, during demolition. It shows a building clad with asbestos cement sheets, and a partly demolished brick tower, enclosed by cyclone wire fence and gates with eight warning signs attached. Health and safety issues were paramount during demolition. Lakes Entrance Victoriaislands, machinery, topography -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Lakes Post Newspaper, 1995c
Black and white photograph of the remains of Pecks fish processing factory after removal of hazardous asbestos sheet cladding. This factory was situated on Bullock Island for over twenty years. Photo shows crane removing steel truss from building, cyclone wire fence surrounds site, three warning signs on fence. Lakes Entrance Victoriaislands, fishing industry, machinery -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Photograph, A blue Harris electric train heads towards Union Road, Surrey Hills
The Harris blue electric trains were introduced in c1955 and followed the 'Red Rattlers'. They had a long life and were named after Norman Charles Harris, Chairman of Commissioners of the Victorian Railways, between 1940 and 1950. The first 30 7-carriage trains, known as the first series, were constructed in the United Kingdom by Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company, and delivered between 1956 and 1959. Another 30, the second series, were built by Martin & King in Melbourne, and delivered between 1961 and 1967. The trains had either two or three sets of hand-operated dual sliding doors per carriage side. Later they were fitted with power doors. Initially, until late 1978, the interiors were split into smoking and no-smoking compartments. In 1978 smoking on trains was abolished. Carriages were also designated as First or Second class until 1958, when one class travel was introduced. they had florescent lights but no heating. Most of the early carriages did not have end doors and gangways between carriages, but safety concerns led these being incorporated in the sets delivered from mid-1966. With the exceptions of the last few carriages built, all Harris trains contained asbestos insulation. The first sets contained blue asbestos, and the later sets contained white asbestos in the linings for insulation of noise and temperature. Due to the presence of asbestos, they began to be withdrawn from the mid-1980s and most were disposed of in the 1990s, by being buried at Talbot Quarry in Clayton, some having been wrapped in plastic. No original Harris trailer cars remain. A coloured photograph of a blue Harris electric train heading towards Surrey Hills station from Mont Albert station. The electricity sub-station and Lorne Parade are on the RHS of the photo and Beresford Street on the LHS. The grey, smoggy appearance of the sky suggests a winter's morning.surrey hills, trains, lorne parade, beresford street, norman charles harris, gloucester railway carriage and wagon company, martin & king, talbot quarry, harris blue train -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, George Coop, A Princes Bridge bound Harris (blue) train departs Montmorency Railway Station, March 1980, 1980
City bound passengers have departed on the train and school children who have arrived on the train leave the station. The Harris trains operated in Melbourne 1956-1988. They were full of asbestos and were taken out of service, wrapped in plastic and buried in land fill near ClaytonDigital TIFF file Scan of 35mm Kodak Safety 5063 black and white transparencyharris (blue) train, montmorency railway station -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Manufactured Glass, brown bottle, 20thC
This bottle may have held medicine used by a local early settler family. A local resident discovered it when digging his garden in McKinnon 2013. James Hardie immigrated to Australia in 1888 from Linlithgow, Scotland, and created a business importing oils and animal hides. Andrew Reid, also from Linlithgow, came to join Hardie in Melbourne, and became a full partner in 1895. When Hardie retired in 1911, he sold his half of the business to Reid. James Hardie Industries Ltd first listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in 1951 and is an industrial building materials company headquartered in Ireland which specialises in fibre cement products. James Hardie manufactures and develops technologies, materials and processes for the production of building materials. For over 20 years, Hardie has also operated a research and development facility devoted solely to fibre-cement technology. The company was a key player in asbestos mining and manufacturing in Australia through most of the twentieth century. Working with products containing asbestos - including the building material known as "Fibro" - caused people to develop various pleural abnormalities such as asbestosis and malignant mesothelioma. In December 2001, the company shareholders unanimously voted to restructure and relocate the company in the Netherlands as a parent company. This was part of a strategy to separate the company from the stigma of its asbestos liabilities. February 2010, James Hardie moved its corporate domicile from The Netherlands to Ireland, In May 2012 the High Court of Australia found that seven former James Hardie non-executive directors misled the stock exchange over the asbestos victims compensation fundA brown glass bottle, with finger grip handlearound bottom " THIS BOTTLE ALWAYS REMAINS THE PROPERTY OF JAMES HARDIE PTY. LTD. SYDNEY' on base 'IS985 / 7early settlers, pioneers, market gardeners, moorabbin, bentleigh, ormond, mvkinnon, glass bottles, medine containers, medical supplies, james hadie pty ltd. hardie -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Manufactured Glass, brown bottle, 20th C
This bottle may have held medicine used by a local early settler family. A local resident discovered it when digging his garden in McKinnon 2013. James Hardie immigrated to Australia in 1888 from Linlithgow, Scotland, and created a business importing oils and animal hides. Andrew Reid, also from Linlithgow, came to join Hardie in Melbourne, and became a full partner in 1895. When Hardie retired in 1911, he sold his half of the business to Reid. James Hardie Industries Ltd first listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in 1951 and is an industrial building materials company headquartered in Ireland which specialises in fibre cement products. James Hardie manufactures and develops technologies, materials and processes for the production of building materials. For over 20 years, Hardie has also operated a research and development facility devoted solely to fibre-cement technology. The company was a key player in asbestos mining and manufacturing in Australia through most of the twentieth century. Working with products containing asbestos - including the building material known as "Fibro" - caused people to develop various pleural abnormalities such as asbestosis and malignant mesothelioma. In December 2001, the company shareholders unanimously voted to restructure and relocate the company in the Netherlands as a parent company. This was part of a strategy to separate the company from the stigma of its asbestos liabilities. February 2010, James Hardie moved its corporate domicile from The Netherlands to Ireland, In May 2012 the High Court of Australia found that seven former James Hardie non-executive directors misled the stock exchange over the asbestos victims compensation fund' A brown glass bottle with finger ring hold at neck that may have been used by a local home owner to hold medicine c1900around base ' THIS BOTTLE ALWAYS REMAINS THE PROPERTY OF JAMES HARDIE PTY LTD SYDNEY ' on base ' IS 994 ' pioneers, market gardeners, moorabbin, bentleigh, ormond, mvkinnon, glass bottles, medine containers, medical supplies, james hadie pty ltd. hardie, early settlers -
Federation University Historical Collection
Scientific Instrument, Power Factor Meter
Item looks to have been adapted for bench top use Sindanyo high temperature insulation boards are manufactured from cement based products, reinforced with selected fibres. They have been specifically designed to provide excellent service under demanding thermal and electrical applications. Sindanyo is a non-asbestos, non-combustible product that is easily machined. This insulation board is a popular option when a high quality, strong and rigid material is required.400/500 Volt, 5 amp, 50 Hz 3-phase balanced load. Circular scale with lead and lag markings and graduations. The 22cm diameter meter rear-mounted to black sindanyo board, supported by wood brackets on wood base. Five terminal posts on panel below meter. Wire connections at rear. No maker's name Patent Number: 162471/20 Serial Number 263475scientific instruments, power factor maker, lead and lag markings, terminal posts, power factor meter, wire connections, sindanyo board, non-combustible, insulation, electrical applications -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, George Coop, A single carriage Tait (Red Rattler) train pulls out from Hurstbridge Railway Station, 6 December 1980, 1980
Two Harris (Blue) trains can be seen in the Hurstbridge storage yard. Full seven coach trains would be stored here at weekends to permit rapid start of weekday services on a Monday. Meanwhile, Single Motor Carriage trains ran the Eltham-Hurstbridge service adequately at weekends. Two single carriages can be seen here. The Harris trains operated in Melbourne 1956-1988. They were full of asbestos and were taken out of service, wrapped in plastic and buried in land fill near Clayton.Digital TIFF file Scan of 35mm Ilford FP4 black and white transparencyharris (blue) train, hurstbridge line, red rattler, single motor carriage, tait train -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Archive (Collection) - Correspondence, Barbara Quinn, Allan Charles Quinn, 2011
Allan Charles Quinn and his motherAllan Charles Quinn letters and photographs to his mother during his seafaring life.ChronologicalLetters, enveloppes and photographsallan charles quinn (1928-1990), barbara quinn, asbetos, seaman, photographer, gary wright, asbestos, seafaring, travelsallan charles quinn (1928-1990), barbara quinn, asbetos, seaman, photographer, gary wright, asbestos, seafaring, travels