Series of black and white photos showing workers bagging potatoes and loading onto trucks. These were taken on the Hermon farm on Black Hill Road, Menzies Creek. The Hermon family leased this land from the State Forest Commission.

Photographs of farming tasks, circa 1930's.Fairhand digging potato., bagging potatoes., horses hauling wagon of bags.

6 - S/O Brian Humpfrys and wife Gail (both seated at a table). Gail has a toddler in a check shirt and auburn hair on her lap. 7 - J. Rosser walking is carrying a bag of potatoes in front of B. Sherritt(child) followingSelection of 15 photographs from the 'Bush Dance' August 1985 held in the motor room of the Ely Street fire station..6 - S/O Brian Humpfrys and wife Gail Bush dance Aug 1985 .7 - J. Rosser B. Sherritt(child) Bush dance 1985 (Aug)

This was made by Violet Peterson, grandmother of the donor, during the depression, and kept hung in the wash house at 89 Cruikshank St, to be used only on wash daysViolet Peterson's wash apron made from a bleached hessian (onion or potato) bag and trimmed with blue cross stitch embroidery and pieces of red gingham tableclothdomestic life, peterson, violet, phyllis kelly

B&W photo shows a two-horse team harnessed to a small sled which is laden with bagged-up potatoes. A man wearing dark hat, waistcoat and trousers and a pale shirt is holding the reins of the horses, and two people who could be the Johns children, Percy and Cissie, are seated on the potatoes. The paddock slopes away and another hillside rises in the background. This is most likely Black Hill. dated c.1913.

Norma Dessent (the donor) was cleaning out her Mother-in-law Amy Dessent’s home, after she passed away in 1995. She came across a collection of gunny sacks for chicken feed, potatoes, and flour. Norma gave the bags to her good friend Beryl Andersen, thinking she might be able to make use of the material in her quilting. Many years later in 2001, Beryl gave Norma this quilt made in a wagga style out of the bags. This was both a great surprise and a great delight for Norma. Amy Dessent was a housewife. Her chickens were her friends, keeping her company as she worked in her renowned garden and while she cooked and maintained a beautiful home. Typically, Amy would have a dozen chickens clucking around at a time. In the style of the time, everything was kept for a possible repurposing later in life, such as these gunny sacks. The Chicken Feed Wagga was created in Ballarat by Mrs Beryl Andersen. Beryl was the inaugural president of the Hamilton Quilters Guild and is a well-known quilter. Perhaps her best-known work was the “Quilt for Hope”, a living memorial for victims of institutional church-related sexual abuse. More information about this quilt can be found on the following link. https://www.nationalquiltregister.org.au/quilts/quilt-of-hope/). The wool blanket used as a backing belonged to Beryl’s mother. Beryl’s mother married in 1930 and the blanket is thought to have been a present from this wedding, making the blanket close to a century old. Norma donated the quilt to the National Wool Museum in 2021 as a result of downsizing. She no longer had room for the quilt to hang on her wall. Before downsizing, the quilt had hung in the entryway to her home for the last two decades.Wagga style quilt made with a appliqué top layer of gunny sacks that once held chicken feed, flour, and potatoes. The insulating internal material is not known. The backing fabric is made from a cream woollen blanket. The edges are bound with a material of a red and white plaid. The gunny sacks are quilted together with a machine stitch of red thread. The sacks contain imagery pertaining to their previous use. Some sacks have an image of a chicken applied with blue, red, or green ink. Other sacks contain imagery of potatoes. While other sacks contain information “Minimum Crude Protein 14%, Minimum Crude Fat 3%, Maximum Crude Fibre 7%”. One of the sacks shows a handwritten price for a bag of chicken feed in a red ink.Numerous. See multimediaquilts, wagga, gunny sacks, upcycle

Four digital images from the Koroit Irish Festival.koroit, irish, koroit irish festival, festival, potato, bagging, competition

Tom Fitzgerald and his brother Greg Fitzgerald dig potatoes at the Carroll family farm, 'Hillside', McCartney's Lane, Crossley. The Fitzgerald brothers were brothers of Mary Matilda Carroll who was married to Patrick Edmund Carroll.crossley, carroll, patrick edmund carroll, mary matilda carroll, mary matilda fitzgerald, greg fitzgerald, tom fitzgerald, onions, farming

B&W photo showing rows of filled potato sacks in a field at Hermon's farm on Black Hill Road, Menzies Creek. Land was leased from Forest Dept. Trees are in the middle ground and behind them, the ridge of Ridge Road can be seen. See also M0055 taken from the same position.

Common every day items food used by the ADF in combat situations. This shows the combat ration one man that has been used by the ADF since the Vietnam War era. The CR1M consists of two main meals, various light snacks, sundry and beverage items. The CR1M is designed to provide the daily nutritional value to sustain a soldier over a 24 hour period. Failure to consume all food items with this period will impact upon functional energy levels due to an unbalanced nutrition intake. Excluding tea and coffee aal food items are consumable either hot or cold. It is advised to fill one cup canteen with water, immerse one 250g main meal pouch and heat for 10 - 15 minutes. For heat source use use issued hexamine stove and tablets. residual boiled water is safe and may be used for hot beverage makingCombat Ration One Man (24 hour). Sealed in a clear plastic bag with the letter 'C' printed in blue on the front (indicating that contents are menu 'C'). This pack includes small packages of supplies in various shapes and sizes, including: M and M's chocolate, potato with onion powder, sweetened condensed milk, cream spread, tea bags, safety matches and toilet paper. Front - Blue text - C / NOT FOR PRIVATE RESALE TO PUBLIC ration pack, consumables, supplies

Twisties showbag, no content: paper bag with paper handle, with yellow and red design; one side advertising Twisties and showing a cartoon character carrying a bag of the snack; the other side advertising potato chips[obverse] Twisties / The wholesome super snack / [reverse] Enjoy Snack Potato Chips /food

Used for sewing hession bags eg. potato sacks.Steel Needle