Belonged to donor's grandfather - Harold William FLETCHER - a boatman who took people and stores out to the anchored ships. He lived in Port Melbourne.Black oblong case with handle and metal lock. Contains Lodge apron and small blue constitution book. Side of case is unstitched for 3/4 of its length. Case locked and no key. Case is in a cotton bag with "This is genuine Hollywood handbag" on itBro H W Fletcher Port Melbourne City Lodgecostume, societies clubs unions and other organisations, port melbourne city lodge, recreation, harold william fletcher

School of Mines Ballarat is a predecessor of Federation University This book is an minutes book of the School of Mines 1980's giving us an understanding of the operations of the School of Mines in that era and of the people involved with the institution at that time. It shows projects that were being undertaken at the institution at the time and gives us an historical perspective on project costs and the type of work being doneLarge red book with gold lettering on the front cover.school of mines ballarat, board of studies, assets committee, special working party, staffing committee, w.j.c north, e.j tippett, m.b john, g.h beanland, s.a mendelson, k.j flecknoe, p. shiells, a. smail, j. crowe, r. hazlett, b. webber, d.drake, r. morgan, j. bell, l. shannon, a. peart, e.j barker, r.t morrell, k. andrews, r. dobell, l.f hillman, b. muir, r.mcfarlane, j. van dreven, m johnson, r.c lovett, m.c palmer, b. staley, j.l. turner, i aitken, l elliot, a.c byvoet, l wallis, r.h. hollioake, j. short, n. stevens, k. boast, j annesley

Charcoal green hard covered book relating to the Commonwealth of Australia Constitutionnon-fictioncommonweath of australia, constitution, referendum, high court, trade, commerce, navigation, shipping, industrial powers, health, alteration of the constitution, w.h. irvine, f. strahan, wireless transmission, cinematograph films, hal colebatch, railway, colenel p. p. abbott, e.k. bowden, j.b. peden, senate, t.r. ashworth, commonwealth of australia, m.b. duffy, d.l. mcnamara, j.g. hardman, parliament

Brown half leather bound (leather spine) with marbled cover of 1038 pages. Written in German.Signed A Mica Smithminerals, mineralogy, chemicals, mineral analysis, chemical constitution of minerals

W. Poole and J.W. Tank from Ballarat is listed as members, as is J.W. Sutherland from Boulder.Buff soft covered book.institution of mining and metallurgy, w. poole, j.w. tank, j.w. sutherland

The Ballarat School of Mines was established in 1870, the first of its kind in Australasia. It later became a part of the University of Ballarat , then Federation University Australia.A roll of microfilm containing digitised images of each page of the first four Ballarat School of Mines Minute Books. 26 October 1870 ... The originl intention of the founders of the School - as per resolution of the Mining Bord was to hold the School at the Mechanics Institite Ballaarat and to have special rooms in that building set apart for this purpose. The reasons for this was that the Mechanics Institute had already rooms which could be used for these purposes and the pupils had easy access to the Libary and Museum belonging to that instituions, but after more mature consideration it was deemed advisabke to establish an indpependent institution and obtain a seperate buidling for the School. His Honor J.W. Rogers suggested that an effort should be made to obtain from the Government a lease of teh Old Court House at a pepper corn rent. The building at that time being out of repait and not used by the Government ...ballarat school of mines, minute books, annual report, microfilm, former ballarat circuit court, redmond barry, james flude, mining laboratory, james bickett, william stawell, judge rogers, constitution, mining board of ballarat, duncan gillies, william mclennan, ballarat mechanics' institute, judge warrington rogers, pepper corn rent, harrie wood, professor mccoy, james mcculloch, john alexander macpherson, williammclellan, master, arithmatic, mensuration, surveying, drawing, book-keeping, algebra, euclid, mining, chemistry, somerville learmonth, somerville livingstone learmonth, robert lewis, j.m. bickett, walter cotchett, usher, john cumming, philip russell, andrew anderson, a.h. king, william robertson, band of hope and albion consols, robert gibbs'james mcdowall, r.w. newman, jphn edward bakman, thomas gray, borough council of clunes, h.r. caselli, henry richards caselli, borough council of ballarat west, f.c. downes, l.s. christie, j.d. wanliss, francis summers, thomas whitelaw, h.b. de la poer wall, library donations, roderick murchison, robert brough smyth, museum donation, j.e. crocker, p.c. fitzpatrick, opening address, j.f. usher, edwin trenery, c.s. reeves, t.d. wanliss, john edward bathman, architect, robert davidson

Files and correspondence from the Clocktower Theatre Co. Qty 16 folders.; 1. Minutes >1979. Lever Arch File. Foolscap. Mottled hard cover.; 2. Minutes Feb 1973-Dec-1976. R. Kent. Forms 2E Corrections. Foolscap. Buff folder.; 3. Rehearsal Schedules and minutes 1971-1977. 2-Ring binder. Hard black cover.; 4. Inwards correspondence. Green folder. Foolscap.; 5. Fundraising 1971-1979. Buff folder. Red printing, foolscap.; 6. Play Licences 1973-1979. Regal flat file, green, foolscap.; 7. List of members. Typed, buff, foolscap.; 8. List of members 1976. Yellow folder, foolscap. Tingwell, Chas. workshop.; 9. Constitution. Buff folder, foolscap.; 10. Application Form. Application for Grants. Australian Council for the Arts.; 11. Completed Application Forms (for membership) 1971-1973.Buff, foolscap.; 12. Applications for membership and membership lists. Buff, foolscap.; 13. Newsletters. Buff, foolscap.; 14. Account Book 1972-1979. Hard black cover, 9-Money Column. Clocktower Theatre Co. Foolscap. Size 33.5 x 20 x 1.8cm.; 15. Expenses and stamps. Embassy Exercise Book. Red cover quarto. Refer #3641.; 16. Plays including: The Rattle of a Stick; September Tide; & Misc. Buff folder, foolscap.

Volleyball has been played in regional Victoria since the early-1960’s. During those early days, most competitions, like the founders of our great sport, were run by, or in conjunction with, the YMCA. Competitions were running at the Ballarat School of Mines and the YMCA’s of Bendigo, Geelong and Warrnambool. In August 1966, an invitation was extended by the Victorian Amateur Volleyball Association to play in the first State-wide event at Monash University. Geelong and Bendigo accepted the invitation with Melbourne represented by Sisu. For Bendigo players at least, this was the first exposure to ‘international rules’, which prevented upward scoops with open hands, introduced an action called a ‘dig’ and seemed to penalise most overhead actions using the fingers as ‘double hits’! Over the next few years, the sport expanded through the YMCA movement with weekly competitions starting up in Ararat, Warrnambool and Latrobe Valley. The Victorian Regional Council of YMCA’s proposed the first Victorian YMCA Championship in Warrnambool on 30th March 1968 with an entry fee of $4.00 per team. The sport continued to grow with additional regional associations affiliating with the Victorian Amateur Volleyball Association (now VVI) who provided the coaching and refereeing assistance needed to raise the standard of play. In 1970, the YMCA Championships started to give way to the Victorian Country Championships with the first ever event held in Bendigo. In 1973, a re-organisation of the VAVA saw the proposal to create separate Victorian Country and Metropolitan Volleyball Councils. The VCVC was established in 1974 and took over the organisation of the Victorian Country Championships. For the next 10-12 years, the Country Championships grew in stature with the inclusion of two divisions for open men and women and junior divisions for boys and girls. Representative teams successfully contested Australian Country Championships between Victoria, South Australia and New South Wales on several occasions. In October 1985, the VCVC voluntarily wound up the Council and handed the responsibility for the Country Championships back to Volleyball Victoria, who by that time had full-time State Executive and Coaching Directors. Since that time, the Long Weekend in June has continued to be the date of the major annual volleyball event for most regional associations, even though in 1986 the Junior Country Championships were wound up in favour of state and national schools events. A number of regional associations have ceased to exist, as have a number of regional tournaments. Regional leagues were created in both the Gippsland and Central, North-West regions, with Gippsland the only one to survive. Some associations have successfully competed in the State League competitions at various times. Following the experience gained by a number of regional administrators working on the Sydney Olympic Games, a proposal to revamp the Victorian Country Championship was put to VVI in early 2002. Later that year, the Volleyball Victoria Country Championships Commission was formed to implement the recommendations of the review and take control of the event into the future. These championships now provide regional players and officials an opportunity to participate in a consistently well-managed event, using many international protocols and a high standard of presentation. Without doubt, this event now ranks as one of the best volleyball events in Australia. Source: 2022 Country Championship regulations The management of the Country Championships by the Victorian Country Championship Commission certainly achieved the objective of raising the standard of presentation, and delivering a consistently high quality event. However, the demands on Host Associations began to take their toll, with several Associations declining the opportunity to host the event due to the high workload. Similarly, the workload of the volunteer Commissioners also took its toll, with the Commission unable to fill casual vacancies. In 2023, the Commission handed the organisation of the Championships back to VVI, who with paid staff, were better equipped to manage the event.This item contains Correspondence of the Council in 1979 and reports on the Country Championships for that year; it includes the following documents: 11171.18a Letter to Tomas Santamaria re South Australian Country Match 11171.18b VCVC Letter to all associations re Expo Displays 11171.18c Letter to Hamilton Volleyball Association Re South Australia Match 11171.18d To the VCVC Senior Squad Members re availability to compete 11171.18e Notice of AGM Nov 1979 11171.18f Letter to Port Augusta re possible interstate challenge 11171.18g Letter to Hamilton Volleyball Association re affiliation 11171.18h Letter to Bob Kenter Latrobe Valley re resignation form VCVC Presidency 11171.18i To Latrobe Valley Volleyball Association regarding trophies for the country championships 11171.18j To the South Australian Country Volleyball Council re championships 11171.18k Letter from the South Australian Country Volleyball Council 11171.18l Letter re Country Championsips 1979 at Shepparton 11171.18m VAVA Secretary's Report 1979 11171.18n VAVA Annual Statements Oct 1979 11171.18o VAVA Executive Meeting Minutes Sept 1979 11171.18p VAVA AGM Minutes Dec 1979 11171.18q VCVC AGM Minutes Dec 1979 11171.18r VCVC Minutes Nov 1978 11171.18s VCVC Secretary's Report 1978-79 11171.18t VCVC Minutes of General Meeting Wangaratta April 1979 11171.18u VCVC Record Secretary's Report 1979 11171.18v To all Associations re Chinese Volleyball Team Visit 11171.18w To all associations re Country Championship Bonds 11171.18x From Bendigo Volleyball Association re costs for the country championships 11171.18y To all associations re annual player registration update 11171.18z VCVC Financial statement 1978-79 11171.18aa First Victorian v South Australia country Championships Report Dec 1979 11171.18ab Bendigo YMCA Volleyball Association re AGM in Bendigo on Dec 09 1979 11171.18ac Australain Volleyball Federation re changes to the constitution 11171.18ad Submission for Veterans Open tournament 1980 11171.18ae Letter from Seymour Amateur Volleyball re AGM Attendance Nov 1979 11171.18af Australian Volleyball Federation re Grading of referees 11171.18ag Ballarat Amateur Volleyball Association request for the country championships 1980 11171.18ah Australian Volleyball Federation re Sports Development Program 1978-79 11171.18ai Shire of Nathalia re new stadium 1979 11171.18aj Bendigo YMCA Association re taking part in the Sports Expo 11171.18ak VAVA to all associations - copy of the Australian Rule Book 11171.18al Official interpretation of Rule 21 11171.18am Official interpretation of Rule 21 11171.18an Submission for Veterans Open Tournament 11171.18ao Schedule for the Olympic Village Aug 1979 11171.18ap VAVA Sports Assistance Program grants 1979-80 11171.18aq Olympic Supporters Club of Australia Campaign 11171.18ar Letter re State Squad Representatives form VAVA 11171.18as Latrobe Valley Volleyball Association re monies owed from Geelong and Wangaratta 11171.18at Re visit by the Chinese Team 11171.18au Latrobe Valley Volleyball Association re visit by the Chinese Team 11171.18av From South Australian Country Volleyball Confirmation of interstate games 11171.18aw From Hamilton Volleyball re interest in affiliation 11171.18ax From Goulburn Valley Volleyball Report on the 1979 Open Country Championships 11171.18ay Letter from Hamilton Volleyball with registration fee 11171.18az VAVA re State Director of Coaching and Women's State Coach 11171.18aaa VCVC Country Championships Goulburn Valley Report 11171.18aab Wangaratta Volleyball U17 Country Chamionships Report 11171.18aac From Bob Kenter President - letter of resignation April 1979victorian country volleyball council, vcvc, victorian amateur volleyball association, volleyball victoria