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Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph, Frank Wright on Beacon Hill, Great Malvern, 1934, 05/07/1934
Frank Wright was a renown resident of Smeaton, where he was born. He lived at Laura Villa, and attended Smeaton State School. His father William was a gold miner and his mother's name was Sarah. Their family won many singing and instrumental awards. Frank was tutored by Percy Code and was awarded a gold medal for the highest marks in the ALCM examinations in the British Colonies at the age of seventeen years. He became the Australian Open Cornet Champion by the age of eighteen. A year later, Frank conducted the City of Ballarat Band, and later the Ballarat Soldiers’ Memorial Band. He formed the Frank Wright Frisco Band and Frank Wright and his Coliseum Orchestra. These bands won many South Street awards, and Frank as conductor won many awards in the Australian Band Championship contest. In 1933 Frank Wright sailed to England to conduct the famous St Hilda’s Band and was later appointed Musical Director of the London County Council, where he organized many amazing concerts in parks, in and around the London district. He was made Professor of Brass and Military Band Scoring and conducted at the Guildhall of Music and Drama. Frank was often invited to adjudicate Brass Band Championships around Europe, in Australia, including South Street and in New Zealand. The Frank Wright Medal at the Royal South Street competition is awarded to an individual recognized as making an outstanding contribution to brass music in Australia.Black and white photograph of a man dressed in a suit and standing in a cleared area on a hill with small shrubbery behind and then the far background is made up of a township and fields. The man is Frank Wright and the place is Beacon Hill overlooking Great Malvern.Written in pencil on the back - Au, Frank Wright on Beacon Hill, Great Malvern, 5.7.34frank wright, conductor, beacon hill, great malvern -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph, James Lauritz, Parkland and the Beacon, 1989 - 1990
Parkland and the Beacon. A temporary extension to Howe Parade is between the park and the beacon. In the distance the area is cleared and ready for redevelopment James Lauritz print of Port Melbourne, laminated (one of 18). Copies of slides produced for Port Melbourne Councillocal government - city of port melbourne, built environment, james lauritz, beacon cove, beacon -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph, James Lauritz, Looking towards the Beacon and Beacon Road housing, 1989 - 1990
Looking towards the Beacon and Beacon Road housing. Shows undeveloped paddocks between Beacon and the railway. Also West Gate Bridge is in the distance James LAURITZ print of Port Melbourne, laminated (one of 18). Copies of slides produced for Port Melbourne Councillocal government - city of port melbourne, built environment, james lauritz, beacon cove, beacons, engineering - bridges, west gate bridge -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Lighter Lift Arm, circa early 1900s
This cigarette or pipe lighter was in use in the mid 1900's when the majority of users were men. Ladies did smoke but mainly not in "public" The activity was still regarded as a male activity. Middle to Upper "Class" of women nearly always had a gentleman "at hand" that would "light up" her cigarette. This was seen as a "social" activity only but later in the mid 1900's onward it was quite acceptable for both sexes to "smoke" at anytime.This type of lighter was male orientated due to the degree of lighting the flint with the horizontal movement required a strong thumb action across the lighting wheel. It is significant to rural areas such as the Kiewa Valley as the majority of men (especially during and after World War II) regarded smoking as a way to ease off the "tension" of hard work. The socio-economics of the Australian work place changed after the emancipation of women in the "workforce" after the World War II depleted the male workforce for the duration of the War and changed the Australian ethics of women in all aspects of both city and rural working "so called" male only occupations.This Roller Beacon lift arm cigarette/pipe lighter has a chrome plated brass shell and is fueled by petrol. To operate this lighter you lift the "snuffer" arm(long roller lift arm) exposing the horizontal external flint tube, then scrape the flint wheel to create a spark (to light the wick) from the adjacent flint(resting on the brass ignition wheel).At the base to the left of the "filler" screw "PATENT No. 485037, 818155" underneath "REG. DES. N" on the filler screw "ROLLER REG" underneath "TRADE MARK". To the right of the "filler", "THE ROLLER BEACON MADE IN ENGLAND"early hand lighters, smoking in the 1930's, cigarette lighter, cigarette, tobacco -
Young Christian Workers (YCW Australia) Archive and Research Centre
Bulletin, National Catholic Girls' Movement, Beacon 1956 Apr-Jun, 1956
Part of the Marg Armstrong (nee Moore) collection.This bulletin provides a guide to group leaders for conducting meetings. It belonged to Margaret Moore, who was an influential leader within YCW.Booklet, 44 ppBeacon April - May = June 1956 / Price 3/- / 'Margaret Moore' / Bulletin for Leaders of the National Catholic Girls' Movement / The Rosary margaret armstrong (nee moore), beacon, national catholic girls' movement, bulletin, ycw, young christian workers -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph, James Lauritz, Sea Beacon and Tasmanian ferry Abel Tasman leaving Station Pier, 1989 - 1990
The sea Beacon with the Abel Tasman ( ferry to Tasmania) leaving Station Pier in the background James Lauritz print of Port Melbourne, laminated (one of 18). Copies of slides produced for Port Melbourne Councillocal government - city of port melbourne, built environment, james lauritz, beacon, abel tasman, station pier -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper, Flagstaff Beacon, 1979
The Flagstaff Beacon was printed weekly from 14th July 1979 to 5th October 1979. The paper was published in Warrnambool by Trevor Alan Mackay (Ennisclay Pty Ltd) and the address was listed as 104 Liebig Street with the Classified Department at 148 Fairy Street. The name of this paper was a reference to the two operating lighthouses on Flagstaff Hill in Warrnambool. The Flagstaff Beacon was delivered free to Warrnambool householders but extra copies could be obtained for 20 cents a copy. The paper produced the usual newspaper material – current news, sport, real estate, movies, women’s news, motoring, advertisements etc. In August 1979 the Flagstaff Beacon offered colour reproductions of any photographs appearing in the paper. This was described as the first service of its kind to be offered in Victoria. These newspapers are of considerable interest as they are some of the few surviving copies of the 1979 Warrnambool paper, The Flagstaff Beacon. They also are of historical interest because of their news items and their advertisements. These are 13 copies of the Warrnambool newspaper, The Flagstaff Beacon. The newspapers are printed in black and white with a masthead featuring a colour – mainly red and orange. The masthead also has an image of a lighthouse, perhaps the Upper Lighthouse at Warrnambool. Most of the copies have 20 pages. The copies have some staining where they have been folded. warrnambool newspapers, the flagstaff beacon, history of warrnambool -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Pamphlet, Ewan Ogilvy's Bayside Papers, Box Three - Beacon Cove - A Future for Princes Pier, 1990s
Ewan Ogilvy, former Melbourne Councillor and also of Community Services Victoria, Inner Urban Ministerial Advisory Committee and Uniting Church's Centre for Urban Research and Action (CURA), was instrumental in social justice approaches to town planning. He and CURA's Social Justice and the City Project funded Port Melbourne community groups protesting against the SCDC development in 1987. His files were presented to the Society in May 2001 on his preparation for leaving Victoria.From Ewan Ogilvy's chronologically organised 'Bayside Papers' relating to the proposed development of Port Melbourne industrial land in the late 1980s: 'Beacon Cove - A Future for Princes Pier' - promotional brochure for development of Princes Pier (Mirvac Beacon Cove Stage 2)Signed 'Ewan Ogilvy'town planning, town planning - proposals shelved - bayside, environmental issues, ewan ogilvy, mirvac victoria -
Federation University Historical Collection
Painting - Illumination, john Sands Limited, Illuminated Address Presented to William Crabb of the Beacon Gold Mine, 1899, 05/1899
William Crabb was later a well respected manager of the Victoria United GMC, Ballarat after leaving the Bucca Bucca region in Queensland.Digital copy of an illumination presented to William Crabb, mine manager at Beacon Gold Mine, Bucca Bucca. We also wish to record our appreciation of the interest you have always shown in the progress of the District, and more particularly the Mining industry. As a Mine Manager, we have found you to be equitable and just to your Employees, whilst at the same time faithfully serving our Employers. We know that you have always had the welfare of your men and the District at heart, and we are as heartily sorry at our loss, which your departure necessitates." (signed) William S Bryce James Demming Thos. G. Fraser, A. Griffith, A. Moncrieff, John Parry, N. Danvers Power, H Skinner, G. Strathen, Trevor W. Alley, William Peter J.P., James Marles, Joseph Smith and 45 others.illumination, william crabb, victoria united gold mine, beacon gold mine, upper bucca bucca, william s. boyce, james dennings, thomas f. fraser, a. griffith, a. moncrieff, john parry, n. daery-porter, h. skinner, c. strather, trever w. alley, william peter, james marles, joseph smith -
Bayside Gallery - Bayside City Council Art & Heritage Collection
Sculpture, Faustas Sadauskas, The Beacon, 2003
Public art commission located at Progress Park on the Black Rock Foreshore.Inscribed with text that is an extract from a verse sung by Lithuanian displaced persons sailing to Australia having fled their homeland after Russian occupation following World War II. The text is in an ancient Runic typeface, translated in English, reads: "Faustas Sadauskas created Beacon two thousand [and] four years / Let the Blowing Wind Who Taketh the Ship Away Take Me Away".beacon, sculpture, faustas sadauskas, bayside coastal trail, marble, public art, black rock, foreshore, beach road, progress park, ship, rudder -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph, James Lauritz, Looking towards Poolman St over future Beacon Cove, 1989 - 1990
Looking towards Poolman St over future Beacon Cove site James LAURITZ print of Port Melbourne, laminated (one of 18). Copies of slides produced for Port Melbourne Councillocal government - city of port melbourne, built environment, james lauritz, beacon cove -
Seaworks Maritime Museum
Emergency radio equipement, England, 1980s
Perspex containing a picture, and two typed texts about the sinking of the Nella Dan and its Search and Resucue Transponder Beacon (SART). VHF Emergency beacon buoy from the Nella Dan 1986. Protective orange case is open screwed onto a wooden base. Floatable beacon bouy also sitting vertical on wooden base with its anntanae extended and redpouch velcroed to bouy.On orange case: Black label: 'VHF Nodradio fyr./VHF Emergency Radio Equipment./(BE 369-121.5/243 MHz.) Blue dymo label: BATT. UDSKIFT 22./10 88. Red dymo label: NELLA DAN. White adhesive sticker: V. Jonanssen A/S/ Scherngove? - 2100 Nobenhaven. O./ ???? 95622 Telex 2771. //On Beacon buoy: BURNDEPT, ERITH KENT/ENGLAND/ BEACON BUOY/ CAT. NO. BE. 369./ SERIAL NO. 2323. Red Dymo label: NELLA DAN. Written and graphic instructions on how to work buoy.bouy -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Port Melbourne foreshore, Elizabeth Cromb, 1990s
Photographed by Betty Cromb, who lived at corner of The Boulevard and Barak Road, after wetlands had been created by the cleanup of the BP site. Before the building of Beacon Cove.One of two colour photos Port Melbourne foreshore, taken and sent by Elizabeth Cromb: Beacon Cove site pre-development. City skyline in background. View toward inland beacon and temporary wetlands soon to become Beacon Cove (The supplementray file is a letter from the donor)natural environment, beacons, town planning, built environment, piers and wharves - station pier, piers and wharves - princes pier, transport - ferries, elizabeth cromb, beacon cove, beacon -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Equipment - Marine rescue
An emergency position-indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) is a type of emergency locator beacon, a portable, battery-powered radio transmitter used in emergencies to locate airplanes, vessels, and persons in distress and in need of immediate rescue.Since the inception of Cospas-Sarsat in 1982, distress radio beacons have assisted in the rescue of over 28,000 people in more than 7,000 distress situations. In 2010 alone, the system provided information used to rescue 2,388 persons in 641 distress situations. Two battery operated emergency distress beacons EPIRB [Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon] in orange containers with attached line in yellow canvas bags.I'm going sailing, I'm coming back; B900; radio distress transmitter operating instructions; made by Don Osborne & associates, box 69 052 Aukland 8 New Zealand.iepirb, rescue, emergency beacon -
Federation University Art Collection
Work on paper - Printmaking - monoprint, Pasakos, Jimmy, 'Beacon by Night' by James Pasakos, 2009
James PASAKOS (13 December 1967- ) Jimmy Pasakos graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts majoring in Printmaking from Caulfield Institute of Technology (1986-1988); Postgraduate studies majoring in Printmaking at CIT (later Monash University) in 1989, and between 1991-93 he pursued a Masters of Fine Arts at Monash University majoring in Printmaking and Drawing. Pasakos is Art Lecturer at the Arts Academy, Federation University Australia. This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 2000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.Framed monoprint art, artwork, james pasakos, printmaking, monoprint, available -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - King KFS 564/KNR 634 NAV/ILS/Marker Beacon Receiver System
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - King KMA 20/KR21 Marker Beacon Receiver Isolation Amplifier
Installation Manual 006-0044-01 -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - Ceiling Light Leading Edge Beacon Tail and Taxi Light RAAF AAP 7482.041-3M, Ceiling Edge Beacon Tail and Taxi Light
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - King - Marker beacon receiver/ isolation amplifier
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - King - Marker beacon receiver/ isolation amplifier
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - King NAV/ILS Marker Beacon Receiver System Installation Manual, KFS 564 /KNR 634 NAV/ILS Marker Beacon Receiver System Installation Manual
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - King Marker Beacon Receiver and Isolation Amplifier Installation Manual, KMA 20/KR 21 Marker Beacon Receiver Isolation Amplifier Installation Manual
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - King Audio Panel/Marker Beacon Receiver Installation Manual, KMA 24 Audio Panel/Marker Beacon Receiver Installation Manual
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Drawing (Item) - Bell Helicopter 47-755-149 Light Installation Beacon Rotating
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Drawing (Item) - Bell Helicopter 47-755-155 Light Installation Beacon Rotating
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - RAF AP 116B-0901-1 .2nd Edition . General and technical information, SARBE Search and rescue beacon equipment
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Pamphlet (Item) - Maintenance manual Dayton Aircraft products Inc, Martech EB-3B Emergency Beacon
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Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Photograph, Photographer unknown
A black & white photograph of the "low light" lighthouse and Obelisk, Queenscliffe. Also two old coloured postcard pictures of the other beacons. Realism, historicalA black & white photograph of the lower lighthouse and Obelisk, Queenscliffe. Also two old coloured postcard pictures of the other beacons. On the reverse - "The brick tower known as the Obelisk was replaced in the mid 1970's by Murray Tower, an iron framework tower showing a green light. There is a second iron framework tower on the other side of the Low Light, the Hume Tower, built in 1924 and shows a red light. The Low Light lighthouse was built in 1863."lighthouse, obelisk, towers -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Reference, Joanne Holliman, Century of Australian Prime Ministers, 1999
"Century of Australian Prime Ministers" A series of essays on each of the Prime Ministers from Edmund Barton to John Howard. 66 pages, pink and purple front cover with 10 photoscommonwealth government -
Parks Victoria - Gabo Island Lightstation
Light & object
Further information on the unidentified object has not been available during preparation of this report, but it may be a buoy light, or perhaps even a solar powered rotating light made by Pharos Marine, New Zealand. Portable beacon lights were made with a plastic lens and an aluminium base and it is known that one of these was installed in the Gabo Island Lighthouse in February 1992. It was replaced in May 2006 and the lights are now no longer used within the AMSA network. The unidentified item, which can be described as a white painted conical object, appears to be associated with signalling, but more information is needed to confirm this. These items of equipment are presumed to relate to core lightstation functions and look to be in good condition. They have at least second level significance for their probable provenance and association with the theme of visual signalling and the use of navigation equipment for maintaining safe routes for shipping.Beacon and unidentified object (GILS 0095) The portable beacon is a small rotating light containing a lens and prism. The other item can be described as a white painted conical object.