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This large hat box was owned by Miss Katherine Robertson (now deceased). It was sold by Drews, a leather and travel goods shop in Melbourne, and has been made as good quality, sturdy travel luggage. It has its own leather luggage label buckled to the handle and there are remnants of labels on the base of the hat box, signifying that it has indeed been used as luggage. A hat box such as this one is made to protect, store and transport head wear. Hat boxes became popular in the 19th and early 20th century when hats were a part of the modern fashion. Inside the hat box is a brown paper wrapper with two Great Britain postage stamps attached. Both have the portrait image of Queen Elizabeth II (1) orange 1/2d (2) green ten pence. These stamps belong to the Wildings series and were issued 1952-1954. The wrapper was sent by J McGregor in Glasgow, Scotland to Katherine Robertson in Sale, Victoria. The postmark stamp shows it was sent in 1955. The paper had once been folded around something rectangular in shape, perhaps a book. The hat box was recently found by Archie’s daughter, niece of Katherine, when she was looking for something else in the ceiling of her home. The hat box had been there, with the brown paper wrapper inside, for about 30 years, forgotten by the family. There are no family members remaining now to tell the full story. ABOUT MISS KATHERINE ROBERTSON The Robertson family emigrated from the Isle of Wight and settled in Woorndoo, Western Victoria, Australia. Katherine Robinson was the 10th child of 13 children, born in 1906 and lived until 1995. The youngest child in the family was a boy named Archibald (Archie) who was born in 1911. His daughter is the donor of the hat box. Katherine went to school at Woorndoo and later became a trained teacher. She taught in many places, amongst them were Alexandria, Geelong, Sale, Stawell and Ballarat. People said “She was a school teacher 24 hours a day!” She was insistent on being called Miss Katherine Robinson, and no-one dare call her a shortened name in any way, not Kate, or Katie or even Kathie. She spoke with the authority of a teacher throughout her life, never asking but always giving her requests as orders. Miss Katherine Robinson remained single all her life. She bought items that were the best quality and workmanship, which gives reason for the strong and well-travelled hat box. She enjoyed going on trips and travelled the world twice. While on her journeys Katherine would knit Fair Isle patterned socks using fine 4 ply wool because she “Didn’t believe in wasting time!” Katherine’s niece remembers being in Melbourne at Station Pier, seeing her Aunt off on one of her journeys. She recalls the atmosphere and the colourful streamers in the air that celebrated the special occasion. Katherine travelled on the Oriana and Fair Star lines. ABOUT DREWS Drew’s, Leather Goods Specialists, was located at 70 Swanston St, corner of Queen’s Walk, Melbourne, at the time that this hat box was sold by the company. Queen’s Walk was constructed in 1889. It was a lavish ‘L’ shaped arcade that connected Swanston Street to Collins Street and was home to many specialist stores. In the 1950’s Drews address was advertised as Collins Street. In the late 1960’s Queen’s Walk was purchased by the Melbourne City Council and demolished in the early 1970’s, to be replaced by the Melbourne City Square. This very sturdy and good quality hat box is an example of travel luggage available to and used by the Victorian population of Australia in the early to mid-20th century. The retailer of this hat box, Drews, operated from premises on the corner of Swanston St and Queen’s Walk in Melbourne where many other specialist shops were located. Queen’s Walk was only in existence for around 70 years, 1889-late 1960, before it was demolished to make way for Melbourne’s City Square. Hat box, large, deep round shape with a straight section where lid is joined on at the back. Dated early to mid-1900’s. Brown coloured, textured heavy weight card box with folding metal carry handle, three clip closures for lid, metal hinge on back of lid. Purple maker’s label inside lid - DREWS, Leather Goods Specialists, Melbourne. Leather luggage tag has two rectangular cut-outs on front, attached with buckle strap. Underside of lid has two supporting leather straps attached to base. Base has inner cardboard liner around most of circumference. Contained inside are two leather straps with metal buckles. Label remnants, red, attached under base. Hat box was owned by Miss Katherine Robertson. Also inside is brown paper wrapper with three hand written addresses, in blue nib pen, and two attached Great Britain postage stamps, Queen Elizabeth II (1) Orange stamp, QE II, ½d (2) Green stamp, QE II, ten pence. It is postmarked [19] 55. Purple label has printing "70 SWANSTON STREET / Cr. QUEEN'S WALK / DREWS / LEATHER GOODS / SPECIALISTS / MELBOURNE". Wrapper inside has two hand written addresses (1J) Mrs. K. F. Robertson / 33 Mcalister Street / Sale / Victoria / Australia” (2) “from / J Mc Gregor / 15 Napier’s Hall St / Glasgow N W / Scotland” Postmark “ - -em 55” & “CLAS-“ OR “GLAS-“ [GLASGOW] flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, luggage, hat box, hatbox, hat storage box, hat travel case, hat case, bandbox, drews melbourne, drew’s melbourne, drew’s handbags, travel goods, travel luggage, hat box suitcase, hat box luggage, 1952-1954 gb postage stamps 1/2d orange queen elizabeth ii, katherine robertson, archibald (archie) robertson of woorndoo, j mcgregor

Louise Hearman used the Norla Dome and painted a mural painted which had taken her around a year to complete. The exhibition called Elephant Room was shown from June 1988. The work was vandalised in 1989 and subsequently demolished.Louise Hearman is a Melbourne born artist and Archibald Prize winner. Hearman first came to public notice in 1987/88 when she spent a year painting the mural in the Norla Dome. The premises of the Mission also served as her studio at that time.Black and white copy of a newspaper article, printed on A3 paper.It’s Louise’s masterpiece, come heaven, hell or high water Report: SARAH TURNER PICTURE: LEIGH HENNINGHAM When her Little Bourke St studio was pulled down to make way for a carpark, artist Louise Hearman, above, contacted The Seamen’s Mission in Flinders St to see whether she could use their cottage. They agree. But neither knew what it was going to lead to. When Hearman saw ‘the Elephant Room’ at the mission, a big domed room, she felt she “just had to do something with it”. She applied for and was granted a $3250 grant from the Australia Council, with which she was able to buy the necessary scaffold and paint, and then set about transforming the room. Now, a year later, her masterpiece is complete. Hearman emphasised the the mural doesn’t represent “heaven and hell”. Rather, she said, “people should make their own interpretations”. She said it was “not particularly heaven and hell, it’s not particularly anything”. And there is “no narrative” to the mural. It “just developed with the building”, out of whatever images and feeling Hearman had at the time. Sadly though, Hearman said the mural was likely to fall off the walls and domed ceiling unless the room was waterproofed - water damage is a serious problem at the mission. louise hearman, norla dome, exhibitions, 1988, elephant room, flinders street, melbourne, leigh henningham, cultural events

Harris. WM. & Jane – Diamond Wedding Anniversary. Decorations in Mechanics Hall Great Western. 1932 In Great Western Families Book under Harris are similar photo'sBlack and white photo, Showing decorations in Mechanic Hall for Diamond Wedding Anniversary. Floral arrangements on stands . Ceiling swags with diamonds and Bells possibly paper. Closed off area fronted with Diamonds cut out and attached to board. Group includes Ernest Harris & Wife. Decorations in Mechanics Hall Great Western for Diamond Wedding 1932 William Harris And Jane Harris ( Nee Colley) 21 October 1932stawell

This set of 22 photographs was taken inside Army Survey Regiment’s Fortuna Villa circa 1985. The photos feature some of Fortuna Villa’s interior. Unfortunately, the magnificent array of colours and hand-painted features of Fortuna’s leadlight windows are not highlighted with light transmission, as the photographer did not take the photos in the daytime. See item 6456.30P, for photos of Fortuna Villa’s exterior and The Army Survey Regiment’s out-buildings that were taken at the same time.This set of 22 photographs was taken inside Army Survey Regiment’s Fortuna Villa circa 1985. The colour photographs were printed on photographic paper and are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection. The photographs were scanned at 300 dpi. .1) & .2) - Photo, colour, c1985. Fortuna Villa – Reception/Music Room leadlight windows. .3) - Photo, colour, c1985. Fortuna Villa – Entrance foyer door and leadlight windows. .4) - Photo, colour, c1985. Fortuna Villa – Entrance foyer vaulted ceiling. .5) - Photo, colour, c1985. Fortuna Villa – Dressing Room bay leadlight windows. .6) - Photo, colour, c1985. Fortuna Villa – Dressing Room wood panel wardrobe (concealed marble bath inside). .7) - Photo, colour, c1985. Fortuna Villa – Main bathroom’s solid cedar toilet chest and water pitcher set. .8) to .14) - Photo, colour, c1985. Fortuna Villa – Drawing Room bay leadlight windows. .15) to .16) - Photo, colour, c1985. Fortuna Villa – Cupola stairway leadlight windows. .17) - Photo, colour, c1985. Fortuna Villa – Dining/ballroom doorway with velvet wallpaper. .18) - Photo, colour, c1985. Fortuna Villa – Dining/ballroom. .19) - Photo, colour, c1985. Fortuna Villa – Billiard room’s timber vaulted ceiling. .20) & .21) - Photo, colour, c1985. Fortuna Villa – Top floor nursery samples of original wallpaper. .22) - Photo, colour, c1985. Fortuna Villa – Top floor ballroom/gymnasium’s elaborate vaulted ceiling.There are brief descriptions on a note behind each photograph.royal australian survey corps, rasvy, army survey regiment, army svy regt, fortuna, asr

This series of photos were taken in 1996 at the launch of the bilingual "Move it or Lose it" brochures for the Italian community. As a result of a commitment by the Arthritis Foundation of Victoria (AFV), incorporating Osteoporosis Victoria (OV), to better reach and serve the multicultural community, bilingual brochures were produced in several languages. In this photo, a group of people pose for a photo around a table on which various brochures and some bookmarks are displayed.COL photo of a small group of people gathered around a display table. There is a range of printed brochures on top of the table, which they are perusing. In the background, there is a small group of people, also standing. There are posters on display boards around the room. Balloons, streamers, and paper decorations are hanging from the ceiling.arthritis foundation of victoria, afv, osteoporosis victoria, ov, culturally and linguistically diverse, cald, languages other than english, lote, migrant communities, bilingual, italian, move it or lose it, brochures, bookmarks, 1996

Around March to April 1994, the Arthritis Foundation of Victoria (AFV) opened a second oppportunity shop in Moonee Ponds. A woman impersonating satirist Barry Humphries' most well known character, Dame Edna Everage, was the special guest at the opening of the new op shop. To promote the opening, she handed out Dame Edna's signature flowers, long-stemmed gladioli, to passers-by at the shopping strip in Puckle St, Moonee Ponds. In this photo, she hands a long-stemmed gladioli to a parking infringement officer who is about to write out a parking ticket.B&W photo of a woman and a man at a suburban shopping strip. She is wearing a long evening gown and is carrying a bunch of long-stemmed flowers. He is wearing a parking inspector's uniform and is holding a pen poised over a pad of paper. Several shop signs are hanging from the verandah ceiling above them, including "absolute", "ANGUS & ROBERTSON", and "Jetset Travel". In the distance, there are several people walking along the footpath.arthritis foundation of victoria, afv, opportunity shop, op shop, charity shop, thrift store, fundraising, opening, launch, dame edna everage, impersonator, gladioli, parking inspector, parking fine, puckle street, moonee ponds, 1994

In April 1999, Arthritis Foundation of Victoria staff travelled to Merbein, Sea Lake, and Mildura during National Arthritis Week (NAW). These visits were conceived as part of the Rural Access Project. This photo depicts an Arthritis Foundation of Victoria (AFV) information display at the Merbein Community Health Centre for National Arthritis Week (NAW) 1999. A similar information display was set up at the Sunraysia Health Care Centre, in Ramsay Crt, Mildura.COL photo of various displays in a large room. There are posters on the wall and around a window. Booklets, brochures, and leaflets are laid out on two tables and a display board. There are also decorations, such as paper skeleton cut-outs hanging from the ceiling.arthritis foundation of victoria, afv, rural access project, outreach, national arthritis week, naw, merbein community health centre, information displays, books, brochures, leaflets, posters, merbein, 1999

On the 16th of April, 2002, Arthritis Victoria (AV) conducted a seminar in Wangaratta as part of its Rural And Regional Education (RARE) Program. Presenters at the seminar were AV's Tim Bryar with Rheumatologist, Geoff McColl, as the guest speaker. This photo depicts Geoff McColl making a slide presentation to a large audience. The slide being depicted is titled, "What causes osteoarthritis?".COL wide frame photo of a man speaking at a lectern in a large hall. Behind him, there is a stage with a large projector screen on a stand. A slide image titled, "What causes osteoarthritis?", with a diagram of a bone and joint, is being projected onto the screen. Beside the screen, there is a freestanding blue and gold banner on a stand. In the foreground, numerous people are seated at long rectangular tables. There are sheets of orange paper on the table at most place settings. There is a mirror ball hanging from the centre of the ceiling. This photo has been taken from the left, at a slight angle.arthritis foundation of victoria, afv, osteoporosis victoria, ov, arthritis victoria, av, rural and regional education, rare, outreach, seminar, geoff mccoll, rheumatologist, guest speaker, wangaratta, 2002

On the 16th of April, 2002, Arthritis Victoria (AV) conducted a seminar in Wangaratta as part of its Rural And Regional Education (RARE) Program. Presenters at the seminar were AV's Tim Bryar with Rheumatologist, Geoff McColl, as the guest speaker. This photo depicts Geoff McColl making a slide presentation to a large audience. The slide being depicted is titled, "What causes osteoarthritis?".COL wide frame photo of a man speaking at a lectern in a large hall. Behind him, there is a stage with a large projector screen on a stand. A slide image titled, "What causes osteoarthritis?", with a diagram of a bone and joint, is being projected onto the screen. Beside the screen, there is a freestanding blue and gold banner on a stand. Numerous people are seated at long rectangular tables in front of the stage and lectern. There are sheets of orange paper on the table at most place settings. In the foreground, there are several people sitting on rows of chairs. There is a mirror ball hanging from the centre of the ceiling. This photo has been taken from the right, at a slight angle.arthritis foundation of victoria, afv, osteoporosis victoria, ov, arthritis victoria, av, rural and regional education, rare, outreach, seminar, geoff mccoll, rheumatologist, guest speaker, wangaratta, 2002

In the mid 1990s, Australian actor, Val Jellay, was the special guest at an Arthritis Foundation of Victoria Volunteers' Luncheon. Promoting her autobiography, Stagestruck, at the luncheon, the actor donated any profits made from the sale of her book at the event to the Foundation. This photo depicts Val Jellay entertaining guests at the luncheon.Colour photo of a woman speaking into a microphone on a stand. She is standing behind a long rectangular table. On the table, there is a display rack containing a book titled, "Stagestruck", as well as several copies of the book stacked up on the table. A handwritten sign on the table says, "All profits to Arthritis Foundation". Another handwritten sign, on blue paper, says, "Stagestruck Special Price Only $..." (partially obscured). In the background, there is a framed print of Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022) on the wall, with a small silver urn on a shelf and two flags below it. There are two strings of blue and green streamers across the ceiling.[On a yellow sticky note, handwritten in blue ink] Val Jellay entertains guests at the volunteers luncheon.arthritis foundation of victoria, afv, volunteers luncheon, val jellay, australian actor, author, special guest, fundraising, fundraiser, book sales, autobiography, stagestruck, donation, c1990s