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The Beechworth Burke Museum
Audio - Oral History, Jennifer Williams, Maxwell Pemberton, 23 June 2000
Mr Maxwell Pemberton was born in Goulburn, NSW in 1923 and moved to Beechworth as a child just before the Great Depression. Mr Pemberton's father was a baker who opened a grocery store in Beechworth to support his seven children. The store, which competed with eight other grocery traders in Beechworth for finite local business, delivered goods by horse and cart to customers all over the district, including the hamlet of Stanley. Mr Pemberton's oral history testifies to the sorts of economic struggles faced by the majority of Beechworth's residents during the depression years. Mr Pemberton worked in many different industries in and around Beechworth, including in his father's grocery store, which he later took over with his brother; the Zwar Tannery, where he served as a union representative; and at the Ovens and Murray Hospital for the Aged, formally the Ovens Benovolent Asylum, established in 1862 for care of the district's destitute, disabled and aged people from Euroa to the Murray, among them, homeless people Mr Pemberton referred to as 'river-bankers'. The hospital's founding in the 1860s was driven by a committee headed by the notable figure, G.B Kerford. Beechworth's institutions were a major source of local employment in the twentieth century. Mr Pemberton joined the Australian Navy during WWII and served at Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea. During his period of service, he received an honorary award from the Royal Humane Society of Australia for aiding and saving a drowning civilian at risk to his own life. Mr Pemberton's oral history also touches on the complex relationship between Australian forces and local Papuan people during the war. This oral history recording was part of a project conducted by Jennifer Williams in the year 2000 to capture the everyday life and struggles in Beechworth during the twentieth century. This project involved recording seventy oral histories on cassette tapes of local Beechworth residents which were then published in a book titled: Listen to what they say: voices of twentieth century Beechworth. These cassette tapes were digitised in July 2021 with funds made available by the Friends of the Burke.Mr Maxwell Pemberton's oral history recalls many aspects of life in Beechworth and the Oven's district during the twentieth century and enriches our understanding of the effects of the periods of socio-economic decline and renewal that unfolded as the century progressed. His singular account of his various jobs and colourful memories of life as a youth and young man in Beechworth, and abroad as a serviceman, contributes to our understanding of society's attitudes and expectations regarding ideals of masculinity and Australian national identity. This oral history account is socially and historically significant as it is a part of a broader collection of interviews conducted by Jennifer Williams which were published in the book 'Listen to what they say: voices of twentieth-century Beechworth.' While the township of Beechworth is known for its history as a gold rush town, these accounts provide a unique insight into the day-to-day life of the town's residents during the 20th century, many of which would have been lost if they had not been preserved.This is a digital copy of a recording that was originally captured on a cassette tape. The cassette tape is black with a horizontal white strip and is currently stored in a clear flat plastic rectangular container. It holds up 40 minutes of recordings on each side.Mr Max Pemberton /twentieth century beechworth, benevolent asylums, wwii, beechworth's institutions, local employment, government institutions, listen to what they say, oral history, burke museum, maxwell pemberton, ovens and murray hospital for the aged, zwar tannery, beechworth grocers, australian navy, port morseby, papua new guinea, trade unions, welfare services, homelessness, 'river bankers', aged care, g.b kerford, ovens benevolent asylum, ovens benevolent home -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Women workers, Swallow & Ariell, 1920s
... Business and Traders - Bakers... no.3793 Families Industry - Food Business and Traders - Bakers ...Photograph of women workers at Swallow & Ariell in the 1920s. One of the workers - not identified - is Ethel SHARMAN who later became the mother of the Hume boys noted in cat no.3793families, industry - food, business and traders - bakers, ethel sharman, vera hume -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book, Swallow & Ariell Ltd, The Swallow Story
... Business and Traders - Bakers... Swallow & Ariell Ltd Business and Traders - Bakers Built ...Donated by daughter of couple who worked at Swallow & Ariell. Tells story of small boy who researches the history of Swallow & Ariell for a school project"The Swallow Story" Small cream coloured front cover, covered with brown polka dots, a school bag, school desk and a brown swallow. The story of a young boy's tour of the Swallow & Ariell factory in preparation to write a school project.swallow & ariell ltd, business and traders - bakers, built environment - industrial, industry, thomas swallow, thomas h ariell:, frederick thomas derham -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Label, tin of plum pudding, Swallow & Ariell Ltd, 1900 - 1999
... Business and Traders - Bakers... - Manufacturing Built Environment - Industrial Business and Traders ...Ye Olde Englyshe Plum Pudding. Paper label from plum pudding tin depicting a very colourful beach scene, bathers, campers, yahts on the seaswallow & ariell ltd, industry - manufacturing, built environment - industrial, business and traders - bakers -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Swallow & Ariell coopers in yard
Details of original unknown, except that it came from the Congues family, one of whom is in the picture. The Congues were brought out from France as bakers for Swallow & Ariell.Small laserprint copied from torn original of Swallow & Ariell coopers in yard on corner of Rouse and Stokes; date unknown - possibly around turn of the 20th centuryindustry - manufacturing, business and traders - coopers, swallow & ariell ltd, congues family -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Alice BAKER serves two local lads in shop, corner Farrell and Ross Streets, Port Melbourne, 1940 - 1959
... ) Business and Traders - Milkbars Alice BAKER Charles BAKER Ross ...Black and white photo. Inside the corner shop at Farrell and Ross Streets. Alice BAKER serves two local lads. Charles and Alice BAKER opened their shop around 1933 although a shop had been at this site since 1900 as variously a butcher and pastry cook and general store. The shop passed into other hands around 1955. The photo was used in the PMHPS Calendar for 2007 (May)business and traders - milkbars, alice baker, charles baker, ross street, farrell street -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Postcard - Swallow and Ariell promotions, Propriorte Artistica Riservata, 1920s
... Business and Traders - Bakers... the postcards (in envelope) Business and Traders - Bakers Industry ....01 - .12 A group of sales postcards used by Swallow & Ariell sales representatives, who left them with country customers. .13 - the mounted label that was used to describe the postcards as used in a display for Borough's 150th in July 2010 .14 - Letter (addressed to David THOMPSON) from George DERHAM about the postcards (in envelope)business and traders - bakers, industry - food, swallow & ariell ltd, george derham, david thompson -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Photograph Ruins of Borer's Bakery ovens, Princes Street, Port Melbourne, Peter Libbis, May 1999
... Business and Traders - Bakers...' Demolitions Business and Traders - Bakers G Borer & Co Peter Libbis ...One of five colour photos of ruins of Borer's Bakery ovens at 116 Princes Street, prior to demolition, May 1999. Close-up on detail of manufacturer of baking oven door: 'Engineers Small & Shatell Melbourne'demolitions, business and traders - bakers, g borer & co -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Newspaper clipping, J SMITH bread carter for Borer's Bakery, Borer's Geese, c. 1920
... Business and Traders - Bakers... that follow him seeking bread. Business and Traders - Bakers Livestock ...Digital image of undated newspaper clipping, probably 1920s-30s, of J. SMITH bread carter for Borer's Bakery and the geese and goats that follow him seeking bread.business and traders - bakers, livestock, j smith, g borer & co -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Container - Bags, Robert Harper & Co, 1900 - 1925
... Business and Traders - Bakers... Raising Flour" 25 lbs Business and Traders - Bakers Industry ...Three calico bags with colourful trade information printing; flour and rolled oats, two bags clearly Robert Harper and Company Limited, early 20th Century. .01 "Three Bears Porridge Rolled Oats" 7 lbs .02 "Harpers Star Avena Brand Rolled Oats"- on the back "The SilverStar Rice Starch" 7 lbs .03 "Empire Self Raising Flour" 25 lbsbusiness and traders - bakers, industry - food, robert harper & co ltd -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Various locations in Port Melbourne and around the docks, 1800s - 1900s
... Business and Traders - Bakers... - Shipping Business and Traders - Bakers Henry WHATTY Ilona McCARTHY ...Scans of 38 photographs from the album of Henry Whatty, the grandfather of the donor. Includes family photos; Swallow & Ariells cart; Bay shipping; warships; yachts in harbour; "Mildura" at dockbuilt environment, built environment - industrial, sport - yachting, transport - shipping, business and traders - bakers, henry whatty, ilona mccarthy -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Ruins of Borer's Bakery ovens, 116 Princes Street, Port Melbourne, Peter Libbis, May 1999
... Business and Traders - Bakers... and Traders - Bakers G Borer & Co Peter Libbis ...Four of five colour photos of ruins of Borer's Bakery ovens at 116 Princes Street, prior to demolition, May 1999.demolitions, business and traders - bakers, g borer & co -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Pastrycooks and Biscuit Factory employees Union float, Labour Day Parade
... Business and Traders - Bakers... and Traders - Bakers Archer Family Swallow & Ariell Ltd Copy ...Original photograph belongs to Judy ARCHER's family. Judy's grandfather, 5th from the left, worked for Swallow & AriellCopy of an original photograph of a Labour Day Parade, showing the Pastrycooks and biscuit Factory employees Union float. Date unknown.industry - food, societies clubs unions and other organisations, business and traders - bakers, archer family, swallow & ariell ltd