Archibald McKirdy purchased the Toyne's hoist business in 1925 and moved its production from Carnegie to Mont Albert where the family had lived since the 1880s. The factory was in Mont Albert Road near the railway line and the family lived at 2 Stanhope Street. 'Hung Out to Dry' is based on detailed and innovative research and analysis; part family history, part social history, part industrial history, part garden history. It is the story of the rotary clothes hoist.'Hung Out to Dry' is based on detailed and innovative research research and analysis; part family history, part social history, part industrial history, part garden history. It is the story of the rotary clothes hoist.(mr) gilbert toyne, inventors, (mr) archibald mckirdy, clothes lines, (mr) peter cuffley, cas middlemis

Coloured photograph of unknown mine. Brick chimney, poppethead and residence visible. domestic clothes lines strung between poles. Small child in foreground waliking towards photographer.mining, chimney, poppethead

Black and white photograph (3 copies)Written on rear of one photograph: "Lane at rear of shops facing Maroondah Highway between Adelaide St and Melbourne St. Later Civic place 1955. Garage up lane is A.S. Baileys Chemist,173 Maroondah Highway. Taken from roof of Horman and Woolhouse Plumbers. Ham's Billiard Saloon with arched window. Two storied place is 'Renong Chambers'. Shed on left formerly stables of grocer shop on cnr Main St and Adelaide St, used by J. Orr making rotary clothes lines."

Set of 11 photos by Hugh Ballment, of MMTB trams and TMSV Tours. HBM231 - MMTB Tram 180, 10/09/1967, Caulfield loop near station? With a Caltex Service station, a Milk Bar selling Streets ice cream, Thews Funeral Director and Quickdry revolving clothes lines in the background., HBM232 - MMTB Trams 180, 676, 10/09/1967, Royal Pde?, HBM233 - MMTB Trams 180, 676, 10/09/1967, Royal Pde?, HBM234 - MMTB Tram 104, 28/07/1968, Preston workshops, On traverser with passengers HBM235 - MMTB Trams 676, 180, 10/09/1967, Royal Parade?, HBM236 - MMTB Trams 180, 676, 10/09/1967, North Coburg, at terminus HBM237 - MMTB Tram 928, 10/09/1967, Holmes St, At Moreland Rd - derailed - tram has adverts for Foster's Lager, and 3DB radio. IN the background are adverts for a hairdresser, Capstan cigarettes, Top 4 dry cleaners, The Age, The Sun, and a butcher. HBM238 - MMTB Trams 180, 676, 10/09/1967, South Melbourne Beach, HBM239 - MMTB Trams 7, 6, 10/09/1967, South Melbourne depot, Per way yard HBM240 - MMTB Trams 676, 180, 10/09/1967, Sth Melbourne football ground loop?, HBM241 - MMTB Tram 928, 10/09/1967, Lygon St, At HolmesSt - derailed. The tram has adverts for Fosters and Britax. In the background is Top 4 dry cleaners, and Farmacia Chemist. Yields information about Melbourne tram operations, TMSV tours during 1967 and 1968 with photos of Melbourne tramways.Kodachrome cardboard mounts, with notes - set of 11tramways, tmsv, tram 676, preston workshops, traverser, victoria parade, tram 180, royal parade, north coburg, tram 104, holmes road, derailments, south melburne beach, south melbourne depot, tram 6, tram 928, caulfield

This patchwork quilt or bedspread is a modern creation along the lines of the traditional 1800s handmade English paper piecing patchwork quilting craft. It is made from reproduction fabric and quilt designs and represents the bed linen typical of a late 19th-century bedroom. Years ago, patchwork was a form of recycling, where leftover or previously used pieces of fabric were used to create other useful item such as quilts, rugs, cushion covers and jackets. Special projects were sometimes made with fabrics representing special memories, such as pieces from baby clothes, wedding gowns, and school uniforms. The maker would use a cardboard template shaped like a hexagon, place it onto the fabric and trace around it. Often the cardboard was cut from a box such as a cereal box. Women would gather to work on their patchwork while enjoying their social time together. As in the case of this quilt, members of the South Western Branch of the Embroiderers Guild in Warrnambool worked on the project, designing and quilting as a group to achieve their aim, of presenting the quilt to the recently opened Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum. It was the first Group Project of the Branch which was formed in 1974. In 1975 the members decided to make a Quilt as a project to promote the formation of friendship and togetherness. Under the foundation Treasurer, Rita Williams, members sourced their own fabrics for the 'flowers' which were then stitched into the calico borders. Provision was made for the quilt to be hung for display, with the addition of loops along one edge. The local disability services employees and members cut out octagonal paper batches and used their own fabrics to piece them together. The Branch's first exhibition raised funds for buying fabric and equipment to assemble the patchwork. The quilt was perfectly suited to dress the bed in the Lighthouse Keeper's Cottage. This carefully created and designed, recently made patchwork bedspread typifies bedding and handcraft of the late 19th century. The English paper patchwork technique was used. The quilt was the first community project of the South Western Branch of the Embroiderers' Guild of Victoria, and presented as an addition to the Lighthouse Keeper's Cottage tat Flagstaff Hill. Patchwork quilt or bedspread, double bed size, made from hundreds of hexagonal-shaped fabric of various colours and patterns, carefully stitched onto a white background. It was made using the English paper patchwork technique. One edge of the quilt has loops dispersed at regular intervals. This would allow the quit to be used as a wall hanging. It was handmade by the South Western Branch of The Embroiders Guild, Victoria, and presented to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village in 1976. An inscription is embroidered in blue on a patch of the quilt. "Made and Presented by The Embroiderers Guild, Victoria (S.W. Branch) 1976"flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, bedspread, patchwork quilt, quilt, embroiderers guild, bedding, bed linen, 1800's handcraft, quilting, south west branch, warrnambool embroiders guild, recycled fabric, 19th century, household textiles, english paper patchwork, paper patchwork technique

Worn and owned by Mrs Mary McKeown (nee Ford) a resident of the Orbost area.A size 27 corset of apricot coloured cotton fabric with small lines and flowers embroidered onto the fabric. It has a small elastic triangle panel in the middle front and two large panels at the sides. It appears to have stays (possibly whalebone), along suspenders hanging from the bottom.Size 27 Liberty female-costume under-clothes foundation-garments

These tin dippers were used on washing day for carrying water as requiredThis tin dipper is a reminder of wash days when women used coppers, wringers, mangles, large troughs and clothes lines before the introduction of washing machines and clothes dryers.c1930 A tin dipper for water, probably used in the Laundrypioneers, early settlers, market gardeners, moorabbin, brighton, cheltenham, laundry

A marking gauge, also known as a scratch gauge, is used in woodworking and metal working to mark out lines for cutting or other operations. The purpose of the gauge is to scribe a line parallel to a reference edge or surface. It is used in joinery and sheet metal operations.The gauge consists of a beam, a headstock, and a scribing or marking implement, typically a pin, knife, pen or wheel. The headstock slides along the beam, and is locked in place by various means: a locking screw, cam lever, or a wedge. The marking implement is fixed to one end of the beam.Early settlers in Moorabbin Shire had to be self reliant and made their own clothes and tools as they established homes and farms for their familiesc1900 A hand made wooden marker gaugeearly settlers, pioneers, market gardeners, moorabbin, bentleigh, brighton, cheltenham, tools

This Journal contains a wide variety of lifestyle subjects, showing an interest in in collection of ladies’ fashion covers, newspaper clippings and personal notes appear to have been gathered by a person with interests in fashion, poetry and the home. The covers dating up to 1870 have signatures such as “E. Preval”, a mid to late 19th century watercolour artist. Covers from 1871 have no signatures but have the word “COPYRIGHT” included in the printing. The name below the illustrations “Moine et Falconer” is a French fashion printer and publisher. The loose newspaper cuttings are dated from 1878 to 1927. Journal, comprising a collection of sixty (60) medium weight cartridge paper covers of the “Ladies’ Supplement of the London Journal” with a selection of newspaper clippings pasted to the back of all but two of the covers. The journal covers are dated between years 1868 – 1877. They each have a hand coloured engraving. Below some of the illustrations is a name and address (in French). Some of the covers have a portrait orientation and others are landscape. Some of the covers have a length of additional paper on the left/top with small print, as though there has been a magazine spine attached. The covers have printed dates and numbers, and some of the illustrations are numbered and have one or two signatures. On the reverse of the covers is a selection of newspaper cuttings, including poetry, Household Receipts (recipes, helpful hints on household matters, quotes, fashion, etc.) and personal notes, carefully cut to fit onto the pages. Hand written dates on some of these articles show that they are not all from the same date, and don’t necessarily correspond to the date of the cover. Some of these pages have been assembled upside down to the front cover. Also included are additional notes and loose newspaper cuttings from 1878 – 1927. Under some of the hand coloured engravings are the printed words “Moine et Falconer, imp. r. St Victor, go Paris” (or similar). There are also one or two signatures on the earlier engravings including “E. Preval”. Printed onto the Journal pages “Price one Penny”. Several of the pages have hand drawn lines and pencil script notes. Many of the newspaper cuttings have a date written in pencil on them. For example, “Stuffing Birds”.. The Ladies’ Supplements have been printed with number for “Published with No. –“, and a number for “Presented with Part -”. Some of the reverse pages have pencil notes beside them. flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, ladies’ supplement of the london journal, the london journal, journal, 19th century, london journal office, moine et falconer, fashion print, ladies’ clothes, fashion plates, 19th century lifestyle, 19th century fashion, e proval

Dressmakers used patterns to make clothes. Companies included 'Simplicity, Butterick and Vogue etc. The packet would contain transparent paper shapes with printed lines and instructions. These were pinned onto the material, cut, then sewn together as per the lines and the included instructions.In the 1950s and 1960s women sewed the clothes for the family. In the Kiewa Valley dress shops were not available and a journey to the bigger cities was less frequent than it is today.Coloured pictures showing the finished garment. Patterns were in sizes. eg. size 10 1. Fashion - lady's dress 2. x3 Simplicity - lady's clothes 3. x3 Butterick lady's clothesdressmaker, simplicity butterick, ladies fashion

This overcoat was designed and tailored by Dominex, a company that sold clothing in high end department stores such as Myer and David Jones in the 1940s through to the 2000s. As pictured in the accompanying advertising, Dominex looked to produce clothes for women to “casually, confidently wear … the exquisite styling and superb tailoring of… Dominex Coats”. This sentiment was carried by the company for more than 60 years. Amanda Morgan, a director of the Dominex fashion label in an interview from 2003 said “Not everybody wants sass, or sex, or high fashion for that matter. Au contraire. Our customers will be stylish, sophisticated and womanly, but we don’t do shoestring straps or asymmetrical lines." Dominex was a label specialising in exceptional quality "traditional" dressing for corporate wear. Their clothes looked to provide women with a return to the tried and true values of elegant, unpretentious, classic dressing. "Our look is European-influenced," Morgan explained further. "Inspired by Armani, Valentino, Chanel and Escada. Suits have been specially dyed in France to ensure the perfect shade of ice blue, lemon, grey, or slate. Fabrics are natural, silk and linen. Shapes are stylish, with an almost 1930s feel; classic pants, silk shirts, structured overcoats with elegant-length” Returning to this overcoat, it has a label on the inside which reads “Pure Wool Material by Godfrey Hirst of Geelong”. Nowadays Godfrey Hirst produce flooring products and are the largest manufacturer and exporter of residential and commercial carpets in Australasia. They have expanded into hard flooring and left their fashion days behind. This overcoat serves as a useful example of a different time for the company; before they made the change to concentrating exclusively on flooring, when they produced fabrics to be tailored for the height of Australian fashion. This overcoat was purchased and worn by Joan Waller, aunty of the donor, Kim Rosenow. Kim said her aunty was from Ballarat but frequently shopped in Melbourne to keep up with the latest trends. Her aunty Joan fitted the target demographic of Dominex well, as she needed to look sophisticated and elegant at social events and work. Kim donated the overcoat to the National Wool Museum in 2021. Green singled breasted overcoat with a narrow overlap and one column of buttons for fastening. The overcoat features notched lapels of a medium width and two large buttons of a green & dark green marble. The overcoat has two semi-visible jetted pockets at the hips. Internally, the overcoat features a black silk lining for comfort. It also features a stitched patch on the left side of the opening which reads “Pure Wool Material by Godfrey Hirst of Geelong”. At the collar, another patch reads “Dominex REGD”. At the cuffs, the overcoat finishes in a type of gauntlet cuff which stretches back over 200mm. The decorative finish utilises no buttons and has thick piping to accentuate this design feature. The overcoat finishes with a simple invisible hem at the bottom.Wording, gold. Patch stitched at collar: “DomineX / REGD.” Wording, black. Patch stitched at left off opening: “PURE WOOL MATERIAL BY / Godfrey Hirst / OF GEELONG”dominex, fashion, women's corporate wear, godfrey hirst, overcoat, wool clothing

This is a photo of the backyard of the property adjacent to the Coop's home. At the time the neighbours were Mrs Daisy McKernan (a widow) and her son Alexander Colin McKernan. The clothes line prop was a forerunner of the clothes hoist. Clothes line props were standard purchase items at many local hardware stores and the donor poetically described them as holding "long lines of drying washing above the dusty democracy of many a rough back yard." Whilst the Coop home is still extant in 2019 and used as professional rooms for Dr Peter Chau, an eye surgeon, 686 Whitehorse Road has been replaced by units. This captures the utilitarian nature of the 'typical' back yard before the advent of rampant consumerism. Large areas of open lawn were a desirable central feature, often edged with neatly contained garden beds. Better lawnmowers, plus the promotion of new chemicals and fertilisers to help home gardeners grow the perfect lawn. Missing is the rotary hoist and the vegetable garden.A black & white photo on a sunny day of a backyard with the following features: a timber shed, an additional shed / hen house, a hand lawn mower leaning against a tree, several hens and a metal drum (perhaps used as bonfire container). A sloping pole/prop may be seen on the left. backyards, (mrs) daisy mckernan, alexander colin mckernan

Patented in 1884, these steel lined thimbles made by Charles Horner were a major achievement of 19th century thimble technology, solving the problem of easily holed silver thimbles with the benefits of being able to use a clean non staining thimble (unlike other materials). The steel cored silver thimble revolutionised thimble technology providing a durable, attractive thimble named for Dorcas, a good woman of the Bible who sewed clothes for the poor.Steel cored silver thimble, dimpled all over. two recessed lines separate dimples from plain lower band. (Plain pattern)PAT 8 charles horner thimble, steel cored silver thimble

RAILWAY LINES ARE IN THE BACKGROUNDSEPIA PHOTOGRAPH OF A GROUP OF NINE MEN, ALL WEARING HATS - CHIMNEY STACK AND CLOTHES LINE AND PROP IN BACKGROUND. MACHINERY TO RIGHT OF PICTURE- SMALL DOG IN FOREGROUND.On Reverse:Church of England - Clunes (crossed out) St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church written in pencil. Stamped with Shire of Talbot and Clunes local history, photographs, railway

This model of a Hills Hoist was used for marketing purposes in the 1950s. The Hills Hoist is an Australian cultural icon. The original rotary clothes hoist that became the iconic Hills Hoist was invented and patented in Geelong by blacksmith Gilbert Toyne in 1911. Toyne, along with his friend Lambert Downey, launched the Aeroplane Clothes Hoist at Melbourne's 1911 Royal Agricultural Show. His business plan was interrupted when he served in World War I, but he returned and refined the idea to include a wind-up mechanism. In 1945, when Toyne's patent had collapsed, Adelaide's Lance Hill adapted the design and with his brother-in-law Harold Ling, began mass producing the iconic Hills Hoist.Model of a rotary clothesline, featuring a central steel pole with radiating arms that hold multiple lines.Hills / Hills Hoistinventions, clothesline, hills hoist, rotary clothesline, domestic life, geelong, lance hill, gilbert toyne, war, 1911 royal agricultural show melbourne, aeroplane clothes hoist, harold ling