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Federation University Historical Collection
Programme, Ballarat School of Mines Award Night, 1989, 25/01/1989
... Ballarat School of Mines Award Night, 1989...award night...Ballarat School of Mines awards night program, tickets... ballarat school of mines award night Ballarat School of Mines ...Ballarat School of Mines awards night program, tickets and minutes.ballarat school of mines, award night -
Federation University Historical Collection
Programme, Ballarat School of Mines Award Night, 1990, 08/06/1990
... Ballarat School of Mines Award Night, 1990...award night...Ballarat School of Mines awards night program and student... ballarat school of mines award night Ballarat School of Mines ...Ballarat School of Mines awards night program and student nominations.ballarat school of mines, award night -
Federation University Historical Collection
Programme, Ballarat School of Mines Award Night, 1990, 29/05/1991
... Ballarat School of Mines Award Night, 1990...award night...Ballarat School of Mines awards night program and student... ballarat school of mines award night Ballarat School of Mines ...Ballarat School of Mines awards night program and student nominations.ballarat school of mines, award night -
Federation University Historical Collection
Programme, Ballarat School of Mines Award Night, 1987, 16/02/1987
... Ballarat School of Mines Award Night, 1987...award night...Ballarat School of Mines awards night program and student... ballarat school of mines award night Ballarat School of Mines ...Ballarat School of Mines awards night program and student nominations.ballarat school of mines, award night -
Federation University Historical Collection
Programme, Ballarat School of Mines Award Night, 1987, 13/08/1987
... Ballarat School of Mines Award Night, 1987...award night...Ballarat School of Mines awards night program and student... ballarat school of mines award night Ballarat School of Mines ...Ballarat School of Mines awards night program and student nominations.ballarat school of mines, award night -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph, World Mining Games Team at the 2002 Careers Fair, 2002
... VC Scholarships Award Night... Mining Games VC Scholarships Award Night Careers Fair World ...World Mining Games Team at the 2002 Careers Fairworld mining games, vc scholarships award night, careers fair -
St Patrick's Old Collegians Association (SPOCA)
Photograph - SPOCA, Companion Schools
... St Ignatius College Geelong - Mosaic Awards Night Program... melbourne St Ignatius College Geelong - Mosaic Awards Night Program ... -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Mitcham Technical School, 12/12/1975 12:00:00 AM
... School Award Night Program and Minutes of a School Council... School Award Night Program and Minutes of a School Council ...Folder of Mr. C. Mc Call containing Mitcham Technical School Award Night Program and Minutes of a School Council Meeting.Folder of Mr. C. Mc Call containing Mitcham Technical School Award Night Program and Minutes of a School Council Meeting.Folder of Mr. C. Mc Call containing Mitcham Technical School Award Night Program and Minutes of a School Council Meeting.mitcham technical school, mccall, charles robert taplin -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Lakes Post Newspaper, 1996
... awards night showing Bruce Woodward and Ian Shepherd receiving... photograph taken at Surf Life Saving Club awards night showing Bruce ...Black and white photograph taken at Surf Life Saving Club awards night showing Bruce Woodward and Ian Shepherd receiving a prize. Lakes Entrance Victoriasurf lifesaving, volunteering -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Lakes Post Newspaper, 1996
... awards night showing Dennis Shepherd with unknown young lad... photograph taken at Surf Life Saving Club awards night showing Dennis ...see page 1 Lakes Post Newspaper 30 October 1996Black and white photograph taken at Surf Life Saving Club awards night showing Dennis Shepherd with unknown young lad receiving a prize. Lakes Entrance Victoriasurf lifesaving, volunteering, festival -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Programme, Norwood High School/Secondary College, Ringwood, Victoria, Student Awards and Presentations -- December 1991
... by 3 award night colour photographs (unidentified)..... The programme is accompanied by 3 award night colour photographs ...16-page order of proceedings, with list of sporting, community service and other awards, school captains, prefects, house captains, and SRC representatives. The programme is accompanied by 3 award night colour photographs (unidentified). -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BENDIGO SOUTH EAST COLLEGE AWARDS NIGHT 2014, 2014
... Document, Bendigo South East College Awards Night 2014... College Awards Night 2014. Listing guest presenters, student hosts ...Document, Bendigo South East College Awards Night 2014. Listing guest presenters, student hosts, student representative council report, college council president's report. Awards, scholarships, memorial awards etc..document, bendigo south east college -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Pamphlet, Nunawading One Act Play Writing Competition, 1985
... Invitation to the Festival Performance and Award Night... Martin Invitation to the Festival Performance and Award Night ...Invitation to the Festival Performance and Award Night of the One Act Play writing competition. With program of the three original comedies presented - Better The Devil You Know; The Blooding of Nunawading and Suburban Circus - to be performed on the theme, Life in Nunawading.drama, nunawading arts council, nunawading historical society, nunawading one act playwriting competition, foot, martin -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Programme, Norwood High School/Secondary College, Ringwood, Victoria, Student Awards and Presentations -- December 1990
... photograph, and 9 award night colour photographs (unidentified).... photograph, and 9 award night colour photographs (unidentified ...15-page order of proceedings, with list of sporting, community service and other awards, school captains, prefects, house captains, and SRC representatives. The programme is accompanied by detailed criteria for Stan Cousins Memorial Prize, 1990 Staff photograph, and 9 award night colour photographs (unidentified)."THE STAN COUINS MEMORIAL PRIZE - The purpose of the prize is to perpetrate, within th Norwood Secondary College, the memory of the late Stanley Evan John Cousins, a dedicated teacher of Art, Senior Master and Deputy Principal over a period of 19 years at Norwood High School, who passed away suddenly on 28th December, 1989. The prize will be awarded at Year 8 level to two students who meet the above criteria." -
NMIT (Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE)
Folder: Bound folder of newspaper cuttings 1960-1979, and Invitations to ceremonies and exhibitions 1935 to 1979
... for Collingwood Technical College Annual Award Night 9 December 1970... Technical College Annual Award Night 9 December 1970. Collingwood ...Large bound folder consisting of various items pasted into it. Includes: Invitation to the Exhibition of Prahran Technical School students work on 11 November 1930. Invitation card to the laying of foundation stone of the Boot and Shoe Trade School of Collingwood Technical School on 21st February 1945. Invitation card to the Collingwood Technical School Annual exhibition of students’ hobbies on 23rd May, 1935. Newspaper cuttings dating from 14 January 1960 to 26 July 1978 related to technical education and plans for Otter Street Collingwood building . Flyer for the Collingwood Technical School Golden Jubilee of on 20 July 1962. Program for Collingwood Technical College Annual Award Night 9 December 1970. Collingwood Technical School 1971 handbook. Program for Collingwood Technical College Apprentice Award Night 22 July 1971. Invitation card and program for Official Opening of Alex & Doris Cowmeadow Wings of Camp Westlake 14 November 1971 Collingwood Technical College. Invitation and program for Collingwood Technical College Annual Award night 8 December 1971 collingwood technical school, collingwood technical college, camp westlake, newspaper clippings, nmit -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION; CALTEX BENDIGO ADVERTISER LITERARY AWARDS
... Awards Presentation Night Thursday, February 20. 1986... - Bendigo Advertiser Literary Awards Presentation Night Thursday ...A blue copy of the 'Caltex - Bendigo Advertiser Literary Awards Presentation Night Thursday, February 20. 1986.'On the inside is the actual programme and on the back cover is a description of the awards.event, official, literature, lydia chancellor, collection, event, programme, program, literature, awards -
Greensborough Historical Society
Program - Digital Image, Rosie Bray, Watsonia Technical School Awards Night 1988 WaTECH, 1988_
... Awards Night 1988 This copy is owned by GHS member Rosie Bray who... for Watsonia Technical School Awards Night 1988 This copy is owned ...A digital copy of the program for Watsonia Technical School Awards Night 1988 This copy is owned by GHS member Rosie Bray who was a mature age student from 1988-2002, (Rosie's story "Second chance at learning" can be read at Item 787). In 1988 Rosie was a student at Watsonia Technical School (WaTECH)Digital copy of program printed on blue paperrosie bray, watsonia technical school -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Max Grant
... On awards night for the combined repertory groups... Mitcham melbourne On awards night for the combined repertory ...On awards night for the combined repertory groups of Victoria, the Mitcham Repertory Group donated the Max Grant Perpetual Trophy for 'best actor in a comedy'. In 2002 a plaque was installed by the Nunawading Arts Council, acknowledging the contributions of Max Grant, Albert Brown,Hazel Mourney, Noel Browne and Joan Abbott as members of the Nunawading Arts Council.Black & white studio-type photograph of Max Grant in collar and tie. His name is adhered to right upper corner.mitcham repertory group, grant, max -
Vision Australia
Photograph - Image, Benalla Award Audio Book of the Year 1996
... This award was presented at an award night hosted... This award was presented at an award night hosted by the Braille ...This award was presented at an award night hosted by the Braille and Talking Book Library to Richard Flanagan for "Death of a River Guide". As Richard Flanagan did not receive his award on the night the Braille and Talking Book Library kept it for him, however it was not collected. To encourage the development of audio books, a series of awards were established by the National Library of Australia in 1988, and sponsored by TDK from 1991 until their demise in 2000. Open to both commercial and non-commercial publishers, it aimed to recognise the quality achievements by individuals and publishing houses and to promote the inclusion of audio books into the mainstream market.Wooden rectangle with metal plate inscribed with winners nameBraille and Talking Book Library Tilly Aston 1873 - 1947 ... that all may read Benalla Award Audio Book of the Year 1996 Presented to Richard Flanagan for "Death of a River Guide"awards, audio books -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Lakes Post Newspaper, 1995
... Peel with the Tom Greer award at Presentation night for Tennis... presenting Cheryl Peel with the Tom Greer award at Presentation night ...Black and white photograph of Norma Greer presenting Cheryl Peel with the Tom Greer award at Presentation night for Tennis Club Lakes Entrance Victoriasports -
Bialik College
Photograph (item) - Long Service Staff collage, 2014, 2014
... for Long Service Staff Awards, Speech Night, 2014. Please contact... Service Staff Awards, Speech Night, 2014. Please contact ...Collage created from a compilation of staff photographs for Long Service Staff Awards, Speech Night, 2014. Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.2010s -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Newsletter CMHS August 2013 pdf, August 2013
... , Frank, Daniella, Andre and Joan attended the MAV Awards night..., Frank, Daniella, Andre and Joan attended the MAV Awards night ...The City of Moorabbin Historical Society was formed c 1960 by a group of Moorabbin area residents who were concerned that the history of the area should be preserved. A good response to a call for items related to the historical area of Moorabbin Shire brought donations of a wide variety of artefacts that are now preserved by the current members of CMHS at Box Cottage Museum. Helen Stanley, Secretary of CMHS, began producing a Newsletter for members in April 2007 to provide current information and well researched items of historical interest. Jim Dale continued to produce the Newsletter in 2013 after Helen resigned3 x A4 paper pages printed on one side. CMHS members, Jim, Frank, Daniella, Andre and Joan attended the MAV Awards night, Box Cottage was acknowledged as being in the top 5 out of 150 for Cataloguing artefacts by Volunteers. Bill and Joan visited Mentone Park Primary School on July 12th. Bill prepared a Power-point Display and Joan handed interesting items to the children - flat iron, stereoscope, butter churn etc. Notices for the Open Day August 25th celebrating Harry Hawker. Local Dignitaries and the Hawker family are expected. September 29th Open Day . Jim has attached a history of Harry Hawker's War City of Moorabbin Historical Society Newsletter August 2013ty of moorabbin historical society, stanley helen, dale jim, melbourne, moorabbin, brighton, cheltenham, ormond, bentleigh, market gardeners, pioneers, early settlers, east bentleigh, city of kingston, harry hawker, world war 1914-1918, aeroplanes -
Vision Australia
Poster - Image, 2000 Vision Australia Library award winners, 2000
... Vision Australia Library 2000 Awards Night Presentation... Vision Australia Library 2000 Awards Night Presentation Dinner ...To encourage the development of audio books, a series of awards were established by the National Library of Australia in 1988, and sponsored by TDK from 1991 until their demise in 2000. Open to both commercial and non-commercial publishers, it aimed to recognise the quality achievements by individuals and publishing houses and to promote the inclusion of audio books into the mainstream market. After the conclusion, Vision Australia Foundation decided to continue the awards in-house.1 digital image of poster created to celebrate award winnersVision Australia Library 2000 Awards Night Presentation Dinner held at Hotel Sofitel, The Carillon Room Braille Book of the Year: Happy Families by Susan Varga Sanderson Young Adult Narrator of the Year: Stuart Halusz for The Ivory Trail Sanderson Young Adult Audio Book of the Year: joint winners The View from Ararat by Brian Caswell & The Ivory Trail by Victor Kelleher Narrator of the Year: Helen Morse for Happy Families Audio Book of the Year: Happy Families by Susan Vargavision australia foundation, awards -
Vision Australia
Photograph - Image, 2002 Vision Australia Foundation Library Awards, 2002
... service at the 2002 Library Awards night held at the Kooyong... at the 2002 Library Awards night held at the Kooyong office. 1 - Karl ...Members and staff of Vision Australia Foundation's library service at the 2002 Library Awards night held at the Kooyong office. 1 - Karl Hughes and Jennifer Yang 2 - David Tredinnick and Caroline Lee (narrators) 3 - Liana Fonti and Joelle Rault 4 - unknown 5 - Marie Aberle, Meike Mellars and Lynda Downie 6 - Jane Clifton and Evelyn Krape (narrators) 7 - Tony Porter (narrator) 8 - Joelle Rault and Anna Fairclough 9 - Caroline Baum (host) 10 - Don Watson (author) presenting the Braille Book of the Year Award 11 - Peter Rose, author of Rose Boys, Braille Book of the Year winner. 12 - Judge (unknown) 13 - Stig Wemyss (narrator) 14 - Melissa Eccleston (narrator) 15 - Rebecca Macauley (narrator) 16 - Chris Thewlis (from Civica Pty Ltd, sponsor) 17 - Agnes Nieuwenhuizen presenting YA Book of the Year award to Irini Savvides, auhor of Willow Tree and Olive 18 - Irini Savvides 19 - Paul English (narrator) 20 - Paul English (narrator) 21 - Deidre Rubenstein (narrator) 22 - Evelyn Krape (narrator) 23 - Robert Stillwell (of Bib Stillwell BMW, sponsor) 24 - Robert presenting award to Paul English for his narration of either Corfu or The Blind Eye (he was nominated twice) 25 - Paul English 26 - Hilary McPhee (publisher/editor) presenting Adult Audio Book of the Year Award 27 - Hilary McPhee 28 - Either the winning author, or the author’s representative, accepting the award28 photographs of attendees for the 2002 Vision Australia Foundation Library Awards.vision australia foundation, awards, book of the year, karl hughes, jennifer yang, david tredinnick, caroline lee, liana fonti, joelle rault, marie aberle, meike mellars, lynda downie, jane clifton, evelyn krape, tony porter, anna fairclough, caroline baum, don watson, peter rose, stig wemyss, melissa eccleston, rebeca macauley, chris thewlis, agnes nieuwenhuizen, irini savvides, paul english, deidre rubenstein, robert stillwell, hilary mcphee -
Federation University Historical Collection
Programme - pink sheet folded in half, Alex. King & sons, Printer, Ballarat Junior Technical School - Speech Night Programme - 1956, 1956
... . Title page; 2. Programme for night; 3. Awards and recipients; 4.... Programme for night; 3. Awards and recipients; 4. Continuation ...For a period of time the Ballarat Junior Technical School was co-educational. It catered for boys and girls to Form IV. Awards for Meritorious Work, Dux of Form, Athletics and Swimming and Magazine contributions were given. A strong musical programme was provided at the school and on show at Speech Night.Pink sheet of paper folded to allow 4 areas for printing. 1. Title page; 2. Programme for night; 3. Awards and recipients; 4. Continuation of awards and School Song. Title page includes names - The School of Mines & Industries; Ballarat Junior Technical School; Guest Speaker: Mr Colin Badger M.A.; Date, Time and Place of Speech Night.the ballarat junior technical school, co-educatioal, form iv, meritorious work, dux of form, athletics, swimming, musical, programme, speech night -
Westbourne Grammar Heritage Collection
Award - Prize Medal 1928
... . He received the award at Speech Night 1928 for attending... Cyril Brown in 2012. He received the award at Speech Night 1928 ...This medal was donated by past student Cyril Brown in 2012. He received the award at Speech Night 1928 for attending school for three years without missing a day. This award was not given lightly. In 1926 Mabel Molland said in her Speech Night report, ‘Lorna Banks would have gained the gold medal for three years in succession had she not become ill one week before the school closed’. This medal has historic significance as a medal awarded to a past student and kept for 84 years. It is a rare example of the 3 Years Medal, without which we would not know the physical form of the award, mentioned in a number of Speech Night reports. The Westbourne Grammar Heritage Collection also contains an oral history interview with Mr. Brown which adds to the comparative significance of this item.Small gold medal featuring a shield inside a circle with a small ring at the top which attaches to the ring bail. The front of the shield has decorative engraving of letters 'WGS'. The reverse has engraved words, '3 Years/1928/C. Brown'. There are three hallmarks stamped below the engraved words on the reverse. -
Victorian Harness Racing Heritage Collection at Lord's Raceway Bendigo
Clothing - Race Colours, Gordon Rothacker
... Racing Victoria's (HRV) highest individual award, the Gordon... Victoria's (HRV) highest individual award, the Gordon Rothacker Medal ...Gordon Rothacker died in 2010 at the age of 81. Harness Racing Victoria's (HRV) highest individual award, the Gordon Rothacker Medal, is named in his honour. Rothacker won a record 14 Melbourne drivers' premierships between 1949 and 1973 as well as capturing 10 Melbourne trainers' premierships between 1953 and 1976. He was the first reinsman to land 500 winners on Melbourne tracks, doing so at Moonee Valley in 1987 some 39 years after driving his first winner at the Royal Melbourne Showgrounds as an 18-year-old in the inaugural season of night trotting. Awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday honours of 1972 for his services to trotting, Rothacker was the Caduceus Club's first living legend when inducted in 1995 and has also been awarded the Distinguished Service Medal by HRV. He won numerous feature races with the likes of Angelique, Rhett, Gallagher and Raiarmagh Pool and also represented Australia in the second World Drivers' Championship in 1971 in the US and Canada.Red with blue Vrothacker, trotting, gallagher, angelique, showgrounds, premiership, rothacker medal, g rothacker, gordon rothacker, gw rothacker -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Functional object - Telescope, 1752-1900
The discovery of the first telescope in 1608 can be attributed to Hans Lippershey of the Netherlands when he discovers that holding two lenses up some distance apart bring objects closer. He applies for a patent on his invention and this becomes the first documented creation of a telescope. Then in 1668, Newton produces the first successful reflecting telescope using a two-inch diameter concave spherical mirror. This opened the door to magnifying objects millions of times far beyond what could ever be obtained with a lens. It wasn’t until 1729 that Chester Moor Hall develops an achromatic lens (two pieces of glass with different indices of light refraction combined produce a lens that can focus colours to almost an exact point resulting in much sharper images but still with some distortion around the edges of the image. Then in 1729 Scottish instrument maker James Short invents the first parabolic and elliptic, distortion-less mirror ideal for reflecting telescopes. We now come to John Dollond who improves upon the achromatic objective lens by placing a concave flint glass lens between two convex crown glass lenses. This had the effect of improving the image considerably. Makers Information: John Dollond (1707-1761) London England he was a maker of optical and astronomical instruments who developed an achromatic (non-colour distorting) refracting telescope and practical heliometer. A telescope that used a divided lens to measure the Sun’s diameter and the angles between celestial bodies. The son of a Huguenot refugees Dollond learned the family trade of silk weaving. He became proficient in optics and astronomy and in 1752 his eldest son, Peter joined his father in an optical business, in 1753 he introduced the heliometer. In the same year, he also took out a patent on his new lenses. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in May 1761 but died suddenly in November and his share in the patent passed to his son Peter. In subsequent squabbles between Peter and the many London opticians who challenged his patent, Peter’s consistent position was that, whatever precedents there may have been to his achromatic lenses, his father had independently reached his practical technique on the basis of his theoretical command of Newtonian optics. As a result of maintaining his fathers patent, Dollond s became the leading manufacturer of optical instruments. For a time in the eighteenth and nineteenth century the word 'Dollond' was almost a generic term for telescope rather like 'Hoover; is to vacuum cleaner. Genuine Dollond telescopes were considered to be amongst the best. Peter Dollond (1731-1820) was the business brain behind the company which he founded in Vine Street, Spitalfields in 1750 and in 1752 moved the business to the Strand London. The Dollonds seem to have made both types of telescopes (reflecting and refracting), possessing the technology to produce significant numbers of lenses free of chromatic aberration for refracting telescopes. A Dollond telescope sailed with Captain Cook in 1769 on his voyage to observe the Transit of Venus. Thomas Jefferson and Admiral Lord Nelson were also customers of the Dollonds. Dollond & Co merged with Aitchison & Co in 1927 to form Dollond & Aitchison, the well-known high street chain of opticians, now fully part of Boots Opticians. They no longer manufacture but are exclusively a retail operation. John Dollond's experiments in optics and how different combinations of lenses refract light and colour gave a better understanding of the divergent properties of lenses. That went on to inform and pave the way for the improvement of our understanding of optics that are represented today. Dollond was referred to in his time as the "Father of practical optics" as a leader in his field he received many prestigious awards. The telescope in the collection is a good example of one of Dollonds early library telescopes and its connection with one of England's 18th-century pioneers in optical development is in itself a significant and an important item to have within the collection. One tube ships day & Night Telescope brass inner tube with timber main tube covered in leather. Unavailable to inspect Inscriptions to determine authenticity.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, telescope, dolland, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, royal national life boat institution -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Instrument - Telescope, Early 18th Century
This Dollond Day or Nigh telescope was designed to be used in any light conditions, as its name implies. Telescopes are optical instruments designed to make objects appear to be larger or closer. The discovery of the first telescope in 1608 can be attributed to Hans Lippershey of the Netherlands when he discovers that holding two lenses up some distance apart bring objects closer. He applies for a patent on his invention and this becomes the first documented creation of a telescope. Then in 1668, Newton produces the first successful reflecting telescope using a two-inch diameter concave spherical mirror. This opened the door to magnifying objects millions of times far beyond what could ever be obtained with a lens. It wasn’t until 1729 that Chester Moor Hall develops an achromatic lens (two pieces of glass with different indices of light refraction combined produce a lens that can focus colours to almost an exact point resulting in much sharper images but still with some distortion around the edges of the image. Then in 1729 Scottish instrument maker James Short invents the first parabolic and elliptic, distortion-less mirror ideal for reflecting telescopes. We now come to John Dollond who improves upon the achromatic objective lens by placing a concave flint glass lens between two convex crown glass lenses. This had the effect of improving the image considerably. Makers Information: John Dollond (1707-1761) London England he was a maker of optical and astronomical instruments who developed an achromatic (non-colour distorting) refracting telescope and practical heliometer. A telescope that used a divided lens to measure the Sun’s diameter and the angles between celestial bodies. The son of a Huguenot refugees Dollond learned the family trade of silk weaving. He became proficient in optics and astronomy and in 1752 his eldest son, Peter joined his father in an optical business, in 1753 he introduced the heliometer. In the same year, he also took out a patent on his new lenses. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in May 1761 but died suddenly in November and his share in the patent passed to his son Peter. In subsequent squabbles between Peter and the many London opticians who challenged his patent, Peter’s consistent position was that, whatever precedents there may have been to his achromatic lenses, his father had independently reached his practical technique on the basis of his theoretical command of Newtonian optics. As a result of maintaining his fathers patent, Dollond s became the leading manufacturer of optical instruments. For a time in the eighteenth and nineteenth century the word 'Dollond' was almost a generic term for telescope rather like 'Hoover; is to vacuum cleaner. Genuine Dollond telescopes were considered to be amongst the best. Peter Dollond (1731-1820) was the business brain behind the company which he founded in Vine Street, Spitalfields in 1750 and in 1752 moved the business to the Strand London. The Dollonds seem to have made both types of telescopes (reflecting and refracting), possessing the technology to produce significant numbers of lenses free of chromatic aberration for refracting telescopes. A Dollond telescope sailed with Captain Cook in 1769 on his voyage to observe the Transit of Venus. Thomas Jefferson and Admiral Lord Nelson were also customers of the Dollonds. Dollond & Co merged with Aitchison & Co in 1927 to form Dollond & Aitchison, the well-known high street chain of opticians, now fully part of Boots Opticians. They no longer manufacture but are exclusively a retail operation. John Dollond's experiments in optics and how different combinations of lenses refract light and colour gave a better understanding of the divergent properties of lenses. That went on to inform and pave the way for the improvement of our understanding of optics that is represented today. Dollond was referred to in his time as the "Father of practical optics" as a leader in his field he received many prestigious awards. The telescope in the collection is a good example of one of Dollond's early library telescopes. Its connection with one of England's 18th century pioneers in optical development makes it a significant and an important item to have within the collection.Telescope: Dollond's Telescope, Day or Night model navigational instrument. Telescope is mounted on wooden tripod stand that has folding legs. Brass telescope with leather sheath over barrel, adjustable angle fitting with brass wing nuts that join the legs to the top frame, which is then joined to the telescope pole by an adjustable screw fitting. Manufactured by Dollond, London. Inscription reads "Dollond London, Day or Night" and "DOLLOND LONDON"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, telescope, dollond, dollond london, day & night telescope, floor-standing telescope, optical instrument, john dollond, peter dollond, achromatic telescope, heliometer, light refraction, instrument maker, lens, transit of venus, astronomical telescope, concave lens, library telescope, dollond telescope, day or night, day or night telexcope, scientific instrument, navigation, navigational instrument, astronomy -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Envelope, Packet: Ringwood Bicentenary 1988 material
... Bicentenary 1988; 1. Nostalgia Night and Book Launch.... Nostalgia Night Souvenir Programme. Certificate awarded to R.H.S ...Bicentenary 1988; 1. Nostalgia Night and Book Launch Tickets (Place of many Eagles); 2. Nostalgia Night Souvenir Programme. Certificate awarded to R.H.S. display.