This eye wear transportation box was forwarded from and returned to Kiewa Valley in the 1960's. This period in time, the Kiewa Valley was still a semi remote location, and specialist eye facilities were not available in the region. It was not until the Australian Government proceeded with a "regional development Centre" (for relocating some Federal Departments from Canberra) that the Wodonga/Albury townships developed into a medium city, allowing "specialist" facilities to become available and multiply.This item is very significant to the Kiewa Valley as it demonstrates that even in the 1960's early 1970's the Kiewa Valley residents still had to obtain "specialist" services from MELBOURNE. The "isolation" of the Kiewa Valley was still in place due to unreliable transport routes, long distance travel needed to visit cities and a relatively "small" population. The slow but progress marketing of recreational areas in the region and the movement of retirees away from "city violence" and to a quieter location has been on the increase. The expansion of the existing small airfield to one that can accommodate larger aircraft will hasten the expansion of the population in the region, bringing an ever increasing "visiting specialists" covering among other fields, eye and medical practitioners.This brown coloured cardboard box was used by Coles and Garrard (Sight Testing Opticians) to transport spectacles to one of their clients. The box lid has four staples holding the four folded sides in place. The base is of similar proportions and fastened together.Printed on the top outside lid, in small print "When forwarding your spectacles for repairs, your co-operation is requested in placing name and full address inside the packet. This will obviate delay in repairing and returning spectacles", underneath and in bold print "COLES & GARRARD pty ltd", underneath "Sight Testing Optticians" underneath "We visit over 100 towns in Victoria. Local Newspapers give full details"eye specialist treatments, kiewa valley "isolation", cardboard packaging, personal eye wear

Found at Traquair House.Red cardboard packaging for small packet of "State Express" cigarettes.cigarettes, packaging

Two up is a traditional Australian gambling game involving a designated "spinner" throwing two coins or pennies into the air. Players bet on whether the coins will fall with both heads up both tails up or with one coin head and one a tail. It is traditionally played on Anzac day in pubs and clubs throughout Australia in part to mark a shared experience with diggers through the ages.A game traditionally played on Anzac DayGreen cardboard package containing two coins and three timber paddles.1955 and 1984 pennies in a wooden board made in the Perth Mint Logo of Perth Mint embossed on board. Perth Mint EST 1899 together with Bird two up, anzac day

Made for home repair of shoes with worn soles.Kit comprises pair of Kromhyd (rubber compound) shoe soles, with bottle of glue, mounted on plastic and cardboard packaging"Kromhyd shoe repair outfit, waterproof nonslip"shoe repair kits

Soft plastic doll dressed in light blue jump-suit & attached bonnet. Still in part-packaging. Cardboard packaging is coloured light greentoys, children, presents, doll, plastic

These Carbocine tablets are used for Travel Sickness. The packaging includes the following text - "This tube contains twelve Carbocine tablets, each containing 2.0000 grs Carbromal, 0.0046 gr Hyoscine Hydrobromide, 1.0000gr Caffeine. CAUTION: It is dangerous to exceed the stated dose. ADULTS: Take one or two tablets one hour before commencement of travel; then one tablet every four hours if necessary. CHILDREN OVER SEVEN YEARS: one half adult dose, not more thant two tablets should be taken during 24 hours CHILDREN UNDER SEVEN YEARS: As directed by a physician.This vial is an example of chemicals used fo prevent or control travel sickness in the 20th century. It is also an example of pharmaceutical manufacturing and packaging.Plastic vial, leaflet and cardboard package. Vial once contained Carbocine pills for prevention of all forms of travel sickness. Made by Kingsgrove Laboratories Pty Ltd Sydney."KINGSGROVE LABORATORIES PTY. LTD. SYDNEY" , "1 C 3"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, travel sickness medication, pharmaceutical, carbocine, kingsgrove laboratories pty ltd sydney, these carbocine tablets are used for travel sickness. the packaging includes the following text -, "this tube contains twelve carbocine tablets, each containing, 2.0000 grs carbromal, 0.0046 gr hyoscine hydrobromide, 1.0000gr caffeine.

An 'Abbey' two-part wood and hemp rope single ball cleaner in printed cardboard packaging. Also in box is a small pamphlet with instructions for use. Materials: Cardboard, Ink, Wood, Rope, Papertennis

Prior to the introduction of halothane, most anaesthetic agents were flammable or had other limitations such as nausea, arrhythmias or slow recovery. It was clear there was a need for a new, non-flammable anaesthetic agent. Fluothane is a brand name for halothane.Amber glass bottle with white rounded manufacturer's label and green printed text, with white metal screw top lid. The bottle is housed in its original cardboard packaging. Bottle has been decanted.halothane, fluothane, non-flammable, nausea, fluorinated

The Boyds purchased their record player and sound system from Thomas’s in Melbourne. Patricia Boyd (later Davies) was very interested in opera and was later appointed to the Board of the Australian Opera.The World of Opera Vol. 1. LP 33RPM Vinyl, Catalogue Number: SPA 449, Cardboard packaging, plastic sleeve, 1 Vinyl disc, cover annotation, no author listed, sleeve printed in England.lp, sound recording, opera

'Dek Tenikoit' deck tennis set. Consists of rubber ring in printed cardboard packaging. Button badge attached to packaging states: 'I PLAY/"DEK"/DO/YOU?'. Materials: Cardboard, Ink, Rubbertennis

The Boyds purchased their record player and sound system from Thomas’s in Melbourne. Patricia Boyd (later Davies) was very interested in opera and was later appointed to the Board of the Australian Opera.Wagner Festival. LP 33RPM Vinyl, Catalogue Number: AM 2362, Cardboard packaging, plastic sleeve, 1 vinyl, Cover notes by W.A. Chislett. The N.D.R. Symphony Orchestra, Hamburg; Conductor Pierre Monteux.lp, sound recording, opera

The plaques are given to the next of kin of those who never returned home from the Great War. Charles Todd No 2881, 46th Batt AIF. Died of Disease 18. 7.17. Refer Cat No 1217 for his service details..1 Round brass Memmorial plaque re. Charles Todd. In centre is Britannia with lion and seals. A rectangular space is provided for individual names. .2 Cardboard packaging cover for .1. Brown, one side folds in 4..1 "He died for freedom and honour", "Charles Todd"metalcraft-brassware, civic mementoes-plaques, plaques, todd

The Boyds purchased their record player and sound system from Thomas’s in Melbourne. Patricia Boyd (later Davies) was very interested in opera and was later appointed to the Board of the Australian Opera.Manon. LP 33RPM Vinyl, Catalogue Number: LXT 2619, Cardboard packaging/sleeve, 1 vinyl disc, no cover notes, printed in England (part of a set of 3). The Opera-Comique, Paris, Conductor Albert Wolff.lp, sound recording, opera

Metal clasp for belt; silver coloured with gold coloured blue bird decoration. Attached to cardboard display packaging(On display cardboard) The 'Duchess' ladies belt clasp|The best clasp made. No prongs or hooks requiredcostume accessories, female

The Boyds purchased their record player and sound system from Thomas’s in Melbourne. Patricia Boyd (later Davies) was very interested in opera and was later appointed to the Board of the Australian Opera.Captain Kangaroo's "Treasure House". LP 33RPM vinyl, Catalogue Number: CL 678, Cardboard package, 1 Vinyl disc, plastic cover sleeve, no cover notes, printed in USA. Bob Keeshan and Orchestra and Chorus; Music and lyrics by Leo Paris and Lee Herschel, Judith Stephens and Peter Steele.lp, sound recording

The Boyds purchased their record player and sound system from Thomas’s in Melbourne. Patricia Boyd (later Davies) was very interested in opera and was later appointed to the Board of the Australian Opera.Joan Carden sings Mozart. LP 33RPM Vinyl, Catalogue Number: A04, Cardboard packaging, 1 Vinyl disc, plastic sleeve, cover annotations by David Garrett. Joan Carden, with Richard Barnard (Tenor), John Winther (Piano), Robert Ingram (Violin), The Orchestra of Sydney; Conductor, John Harding.lp, sound recording, opera

The Boyds purchased their record player and sound system from Thomas’s in Melbourne. Patricia Boyd (later Davies) was very interested in opera and was later appointed to the Board of the Australian Opera.Gigi. LP 33RPM vinyl, Catalogue Number: MGM 02 7538, Cardboard package, plastic cover sleeve, 1 Vinyl disc, cover notes, no author listed, distributed by EMI (Australia), Sydney. Music by Federick Loewe, conducted by Andre Previn, featuring Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier and Louis Jourdan.lp, sound recording

Found in the cellar of the former Barr's drapery shop, Sussex Street, Linton, which at one time had a doctor's consulting room. Bob Albert (who found them) assumed they were something to do with the medical practice. He gave the box of mosquito drops to Joan and Alan Giles. Information in newspaper advertising (found via Trove) shows the drops were marketed in New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia between about 1915 and 1927. The address on the packaging suggests these particular bottles were manufactured after 1918.Twelve green boxes labelled 'Marne's Mosquito Drops', stored in a strong cardboard box bearing a green label, also reading 'Marne's Mosquito Drops'. Information on individual cardboard packaging: "Marne & Co., Herbert St, Dulwich Hill, NSW / Registered under the Pure Food Act 1908 / Improved Formula 1919".marne's mosquito drops, pest control, mosquito drops

The Boyds purchased their record player and sound system from Thomas’s in Melbourne. Patricia Boyd (later Davies) was very interested in opera and was later appointed to the Board of the Australian Opera.J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concertos. LP 33RPM Vinyl, Catalogue Number: ASD 327, Cardboard packaging, paper sleeve, Cover notes, no author listed, 1 Vinyl disc, made and printed in Great Britain (part of a set of 2). Perofrmed by Yehudi Menuhin with Elaine Shaffer and George Malcol, and the Bath Festival Chamber Orchestra.lp, sound recording

The Boyds purchased their record player and sound system from Thomas’s in Melbourne. Patricia Boyd (later Davies) was very interested in opera and was later appointed to the Board of the Australian Opera.Mozart: Sonaten fur Klavier und Violine, KV 380 und KV 306, Variationen uber, Helas, J'ai perdu mon amant", KV 360. LP 33RPM Vinyl, Catalogue Number: 6500 144, Cardboard packaging, paper sleeve, 1 Vinyl disc, cover notes by Hans Christoph Worbs. Ingrid Haebler, Henryk Szeryng.lp, sound recording

The Boyds purchased their record player and sound system from Thomas’s in Melbourne. Patricia Boyd (later Davies) was very interested in opera and was later appointed to the Board of the Australian Opera.Bolero - 79 rhapsodic light-classical favourites. LP 33RPM vinyl - Box set, 1 large cardboard box - package still intact, unopened.lp, sound recording

This item has been made to package a ‘Dream Sleep’ underblanket. This item was produced by the Warrnambool Textiles factory in the 1990s. In 1910 the Warrnambool Woollen Mill was established and it produced blankets, rugs etc with a staff of over 700 in the 1940s. In 1958 the Mill became the first in Australia to manufacture electric blankets. In 1968 the business was sold to Dunlop and in 1982 Dunlop sold the Mill to Onkaparinga Woollen Company. In 1983 Onkaparinga was taken over by Macquarie Worsteds and the Warrnambool Woollen Mill then traded as Warrnambool Textiles. In 2000 the Mill closed. This packaging is of some interest as a memento of the old Warrnambool Woollen Mill which operated in Warrnambool for 90 years and was a major industry in the town/city and a major employer of local residents. It is still remembered fondly by many local people today. This is a cardboard sheet for packaging an underblanket for Warrnambool Textiles. It has white printing on a dark blue background on one side and is white and unmarked on the other. It has an image of a sheep, three symbols for ‘Pure New Wool’, a symbol for ‘Naturally Flame Resistant’ and one for ‘Moth-Resist Treated’. The sheet is designed to be folded in four places to cover an underblanket. This is a cardboard sheet for packaging an underblanket for Warrnambool Textiles. It has white printing on a dark blue background on one side and is white and unmarked on the other. It has an image of a sheep, three symbols for ‘Pure New Wool’, a symbol for ‘Naturally Flame Resistant’ and one for ‘Moth-Resist Treated’. The sheet is designed to be folded in four places to cover an underblanket. warrnambool woollen mill, warrnambool textiles, onkaparinga woollen company

The ethyl chloride was packaged in a glass bottle with increments measuring volume in milliletres printed on the glass surface in black. The bottle is sealed with a with metallic spray nozzle secured by a cork and moulded red plastic. The original cardboard packaging has red print on white background. The text reads 'Woolwich Elliott 100ml. Ethyl chloride B.P. for General anaesthesia - Woolwich-Eliott Chemical Company Pty. Ltd. Sydney Made in Australia.''BORONIA' stamped on the packaging in blue ink. It is located below the packaging text. ethyl chloride, chemical, woolwich-eliott, anaesthesia, general anaesthesia, glass

The 'Cycles' series is an extension of two large scale provisional installations '150 Rotations', Melbourne Now, National Gallery of Victoria, and '356 Rotations', AC Institute in New York, which also re-purposed and aestheticised multiple paper units into hundreds of circular motifs.The immediate tactile connection with the material excesses and detritus of contemporary consumer culture informs the theoretical framework and conceptual understanding of Gower's practice, and associates her work with ideas of recovery and re-purpose, sustainable practice and thrift strategies that critique excesses of mass production and the notion of impermanence. This series was made ‘in transit’ during the artist’s recent studio residencies at Point[B], New York and Laughing Waters, Eltham, and at three temporary studios in Rome, Berlin and Collingwood.Kaleidoscope pattern of multiple segments (logos-Lipton tea) from commercial (food) catalogues on commercial packaging (cardboard - round lid). No inscriptions and markingscycles, gower, collage, pattern, logos, commercialism, consumerism, repurpose, recycle, riverbend, laughing waters

The 'Cycles' series is an extension of two large scale provisional installations '150 Rotations', Melbourne Now, National Gallery of Victoria, and '356 Rotations', AC Institute in New York, which also re-purposed and aestheticised multiple paper units into hundreds of circular motifs.The immediate tactile connection with the material excesses and detritus of contemporary consumer culture informs the theoretical framework and conceptual understanding of Gower's practice, and associates her work with ideas of recovery and re-purpose, sustainable practice and thrift strategies that critique excesses of mass production and the notion of impermanence. This series was made ‘in transit’ during the artist’s recent studio residencies at Point[B], New York and Laughing Waters, Eltham, and at three temporary studios in Rome, Berlin and Collingwood.Kaleidoscope pattern of multiple segments (logos-Purina 'fancy feast') from commercial (food) catalogues on commercial packaging (cardboard - round lid). No inscriptions and markingscycles, gower, collage, pattern, logos, commercialism, consumerism, repurpose, recycle, riverbend, laughing waters

The 'Cycles' series is an extension of two large scale provisional installations '150 Rotations', Melbourne Now, National Gallery of Victoria, and '356 Rotations', AC Institute in New York, which also re-purposed and aestheticised multiple paper units into hundreds of circular motifs.The immediate tactile connection with the material excesses and detritus of contemporary consumer culture informs the theoretical framework and conceptual understanding of Gower's practice, and associates her work with ideas of recovery and re-purpose, sustainable practice and thrift strategies that critique excesses of mass production and the notion of impermanence. This series was made ‘in transit’ during the artist’s recent studio residencies at Point[B], New York and Laughing Waters, Eltham, and at three temporary studios in Rome, Berlin and Collingwood.Kaleidoscope pattern of multiple segments (logos-Lipton 'Green Tea') from commercial (food) catalogues on commercial packaging (cardboard - round lid). No inscriptions and markingscycles, gower, collage, pattern, logos, commercialism, consumerism, repurpose, recycle, riverbend, laughing waters