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Federation University Historical Collection
Equipment - Ethnograpgic Material, Axe blanks
Axe blanks are pieces of stone that Aboriginal people chipped into a basic shape at stone quarries and sharpened by rubbing the edges over sandstone. Axe blanks were made by striking larke flakes of stone from rocky outcrops, then roughly sharpening them. The axes were often finished away fro the quarry.Three stone axe blanksaxe, tool, aboriginal -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Newspaper Cutting, Ringwood "Don't Axe This Tree" article (Herald c 1965)
The 60ft high tree - a yellow box gum was due to be removed from Whitehorse Road for the duplication of the road. Despite protests, the tree was removed.Front page of newspaper 'The Herald' with article on photograph of tree in Ringwood about 1965. Photocopy. 'Don't Axe This Tree' +Additional Keywords: Hubbard / Benjamin / Kearsley / Nevitt / Grey, Mr'Don't Axe This Tree' -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Tool - Axe
Axe; may have been used as a fire axe. Pole axe with axe head and spike, and flared wooden handle. Section on axe head has been soldered back on. Inscription is stamped on the head. Made in London, UK. Stamped on head "LONDON AFS 20733"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, axe, fireman's tool -
Highett RSL Sub Branch Inc
Badge - Mounted Badge for the Pioneer Regiment (world War 1), Crossed Axe [Pioneer Regiment]
Double Axe mounted on discNone -
Friends of Westgarthtown
Axe
Axe with long wooden handle and solid iron wedge-shaped head.No visible markingsrural industry, agriculture, axe, farm, iron, wood, chop/split -
The Dunmoochin Foundation
Oil Painting, Male Nude - Double Axe Head, 1984
Painting of a male nude holding a double axe head, seated in a claw foot chair in front of an ironwork gate. Signed and dated lower right 'Clifton 28.3.84'. clifton pugh, painting, male nude, gate -
Hand Tool Preservation Association of Australia Inc
Axe
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.axe, case -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Dab Wyrrung Greenstone Axe, Hand Axe
First People's Stone Axe. Found 1960's Lake Lonsdale by Alan Tangey - Brought home for children. Mt Dryden quarry was where it came from. Pre European SettlementGreenstone- Oval - Smooth / Rough Surface. Rougher surface holding thumb Indent -
Hand Tool Preservation Association of Australia Inc
Axe
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.axe, side No 5 -
Forests Commission Retired Personnel Association (FCRPA)
Mortising Tool, Axe
A mortising tool is a specialist axe designed for hewing sills and cutting notches in timber. It has a long, narrow head, making it easier to work on large logs. The shape enables the user to cut a long way down into the notch, where otherwise a chisel would be used. Example of a common bush woodworking tool used before the advent of chainsaws and power equipmentMortising Tooltimber tools -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Axe
Axe head Butterfly pattern or Bow-Tie.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, axe head -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Tool - Axe
Large metal axe head with wooden handle.rural industry, timber -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Axe
Axe, ships carpenters broard axe. two rivet on side of blade, cross mark on heel. Straight wooden handle cracked with hole in the bottom and rivet. flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village -
Federation University Historical Collection
Stone tools, Aboriginal stone axe blank and grinding stone
(.1) Stone axe blank of Western Australian origin, found at Hill View Station. The tertiary rock is quartzite, a metamorphosed igneous rock, and has a red, or iron oxide colour. (.2) An oval grinding stone of Western Australian origin, found at Hill View Station. The rock is metamorphosed igneous rock, potentially greenstone. One surface has evidence of a rough depression, possibly made in preparation for sharpening of a tool or similar.aboriginal, stone, tool, archaeology, stone tools, western australia, hill view station, quartzite, grinding stone, grind stone, greenstone, stone axe, stone axe blank, blank -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Axe
Axe broad with wooden handle. Marked Collins Hartford on blade & W & ?warr stamped. Blade 28cmL x 165Wmm 690mmL overall. Axe head cracked. Number not foundflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, axe broad, broad axe, collins hartford -
Bunjil Park Aboriginal Education & Cultural Centre
stone axehead
This stone was held by a European family for 200 years and was found on the family farm. It was gifted to Uncle Brien Nelson in Castlemaine. This implement could be many thousands of years old. This unusually large axe head would not have been carried from place to place and was probably hidden for occasional use crafting large objects.This stone axe head is shaped to a sharpened rounded edge at one end and is broad and blunt at the other end. It is an elongated teardrop shape in cross section. It has a distinctive waist in the middle where the haft was attached using hide and or fibre.This axe displays grooves caused by a disk plough.jaara, heavy stone axe head -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Adze
Axes and Adze are hand-held tool used for shaping and carving wood. Axes are designed for chopping and cutting, while adzes are designed for smoothing and shaping. Both tools have a similar shape and consist of a head attached to a handle. An adze is an ancient and versatile cutting tool similar to an axe but with the cutting edge perpendicular to the handle rather than parallel.Used by woodworkers in the Kiewa ValleyA cast steel tool similar to an axe, with an arched blade at right angles to the handle, used for cutting or shaping large pieces of wood.adze, hand tool for woodwork, axe -
Bright & District Historical Society operating the Bright Museum
Axe, Stone, prior to 1860
Donated by Charles Willoughby who found the axe and two others on his farm on the site of the present Lake Buffalo.Aboriginal atrtefacts are relatively rare in the North Eastern Region. This is a well made axe. The location of the quartzite may be significant in showing regional affinities.Quartzite ground edge stone axe with use polish on working edge and flaking on opposite edgeaxe, aboriginal artefact, buffalo river, north east region -
Ambulance Victoria Museum
Axe
Used by country based ambulance officers to gain emergency access to buildings or cars when attending patients. Source Chas Martin AHSV curator 2 November 2016.Metal hand held axe with brown handle, red centre section and ambulance Maltese cross badgeAMB 11 -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Axe
Hand made axe with spike on one side and blade on other. Has a wooden handle that has been carved.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Ceremonial object - Axe and Hand, 1900s
Used for ceremonial purposes by the members of the Farmers arms Lodge OrfordCeremonial axe and hand: a. Stained wood handle ceremonial painted head, floral emblem, skull and cross bones. b. Wooden hand clasping heart in palmMORS on axe headlocal history, societies, grand united order of oddfellows, orford -
Mont De Lancey
Tool - Axe, Unknown
Used in the 19th century.A slightly curved wooden handled axe with a forged steel head. It is a multipurpose cutting tool used for felling and delimbing trees, splitting of logs for firewood and dressing of logs for timber conversion. It was used in the 19th century.woodworking tools, wood, steel, froes, cleaving axes, axes, cutting tools, hand axes -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Functional object - Haeusler Collection Steel Axe c. early 1900s
The Wodonga Historical Society Haeusler Collection provides invaluable insight into life in late nineteenth and early twentieth century north east Victoria. The collection comprises manuscripts, personal artefacts used by the Haeusler family on their farm in Wodonga, and a set of glass negatives which offer a unique visual snapshot of the domestic and social lives of the Haeusler family and local Wodonga community. The Haeusler family migrated from Prussia (Germany) to South Australia in the 1840s and 1850s, before purchasing 100 acres of Crown Land made available under the Victorian Lands Act 1862 (also known as ‘Duffy’s Land Act’) in 1866 in what is now Wodonga West. The Haeusler family were one of several German families to migrate from South Australia to Wodonga in the 1860s."" This axe belonged to Louis Haeusler (b.1878) and is one of the many objects in the Haeusler Collection that represent home and farm life in early twentieth century Wodonga. This item has well documented provenance and a known owner. It forms part of a significant and representative historical collection which reflects the local history of Wodonga. It contributes to our understanding of domestic and family life in early twentieth century Wodonga, as well as providing interpretative capacity for themes including local history, agricultural history and social history. A steel axe with wooden handle. The handle is engraved with crosses. The axe bears scuff and scratch marks from use. Crosses engraved on wooden handle axe, farm, wood, wood chopping, haeusler, haeusler collection -
Creswick Campus Historical Collection - University of Melbourne
Equipment
This is one of the axes given to each student entering the SchoolAxe -
Greensborough Historical Society
Newspaper Clipping, Diamond Valley Leader, VicRoads under fire as 3600 trees face the axe for road widening, 31/05/2017
A Yan Yean Rd community forum member is concerned VicRoads is not being transparent about the removal of 3600 trees as part of plans for the road’s realignment.News article 1 page, black text.yan yean road, vicroads, tree removal, yarrambat -
Malmsbury Historical Society
Photograph (Item), Gum Tree In Ground Of St John's Church Showing Axe Marks, Malmsbury ca1980/90
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Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Axe for pine trees, 1977
Article on the decision to remove many of the pine trees from Blackburn High School.Article on the decision to remove many of the pine trees from Blackburn High School.Article on the decision to remove many of the pine trees from Blackburn High School.springfield road, blackburn, blackburn high school -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Ward, Lock and Company, A pictorial and descriptive guide to Exeter and the south Devon watering places from the Axe to the Teign, 192?
A pictorial and descriptive guide to Exeter and the south Devon watering places from the Axe to the TeignIll, maps, p.176.non-fictionA pictorial and descriptive guide to Exeter and the south Devon watering places from the Axe to the Teignengland - guidebooks, cornwall - guidebooks -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, More services face axe, 1993
Three major health services in Nunawading are facing closure because of a funding crisis.Three major health services in Nunawading are facing closure because of a funding crisis.Three major health services in Nunawading are facing closure because of a funding crisis.health, nunawading district health council, strathdon community, melbourne living centre -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Division follows the axe, 1994
Mixed feelings about the axing of Nunawading Council.Mixed feelings about the axing of Nunawading Council. The article gives the views of a number of councillors and includes a photo of the Shire of Nunawading offices in the 1890's.Mixed feelings about the axing of Nunawading Council. local government, city of nunawading, shire of nunawading, municipal offices, amalgamations