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Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Wood Sample, 1840
This shipwreck artefact is a section of wood from the vessel “Success, a former immigrant ship, and later a convict hulk at Melbourne. The sailing ship “Success” was a teakwood vessel built in Natmoo (Natmaw), Tenasserim, Burma (now Myanmar) in 1840 for Cockerell & Co., Calcutta. Over its lifetime of 106 years, it was used to trade in the Indian subcontinent, to transport free emigrants to Australia, as a prison hulk in the Port of Melbourne for both hardened criminals, and later for women and boys, as a storage vessel for ammunition, a reformatory, and as a floating museum sent around the world to tell the tale of the convict era. During the time “Success” was used as a museum, pamphlets were distributed to paying customers advertising erroneously, that the “Success” was the oldest ship in the world. The “Success” sank and was re-floated twice: the first in Sydney in 1885, the second in the USA in 1918, before it was finally burned and sank July 4, 1946 in Lake Erie, near Sandusky, Ohio in 1946. Although the “Success” was home to prisoners while berthed in the Port of Melbourne, it was not used as convict transport. There has been speculation that Ned Kelly’s infamous armour was displayed on the “Success”, but this cannot be verified. Another link to Ned Kelly is Henry Johnson, an Irish prisoner on the Success, who was implicated in the murder of the ship’s warder, and later Johnson was supposedly a bushranger with Ned Kelly. It is also rumoured that Ned Kelly’s father John was a passenger on the Success, but this is also unverified. There are over 16 other ships named “Success”, although one in particular causes some confusion when researching “Success” in Australia. This other ship – the “HMS Success” was a 28 gun frigate built in1823, which was broken up in 1849. It also sailed to Australia. Statement of Significance: This piece of wood from the “Success” is connected to the ship Success, built in Burma in 1840. The “Success” is connected to the history of Australia because she was used as a merchant ship to transport immigrants to Australia, as a prison ship in Melbourne, a storage vessel, and as a floating “convict” museum, which travelled the world. Section of wood from ship “Success”. Wood appears to have been partially burnt, saw marks faintly visible on wood, remnant of a label with handwriting in black inklabel marked in script handwriting “Convict ship / “Success””flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, sailing vessel success, wood sample of sailing ship success, cockerell & co. calcutta -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - Newspaper clipping, Whittlesea Leader, Felling of tree to be reviewed, 3 Oct 2017
Published Whittlesea Leader, 3 Oct 2017. Felling of tree to be reviewed. A much loved 300 year-old gum tree was cut down from the corner of Bridge Inn and Plenty roads, Mernda, to make way for the Mernda Town Centre development. Many in the community loved this tree as it was a local landmark that stood on the corner of the former Cockerell's Forge.Newsprintwhittlesea leader, cockerell, gum tree, mernda, cockerell forge, mernda blacksmith -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Copy, George Cockerell's Forge Mernda c.1875
A copy of a photograph labelled George Cockerill's (sic) Forge, Mernda c.1885. Cockerell's Forge built c.1858 by John Cockerell stood on the corner of Bridge Inn and Plenty Roads, Mernda, and operated for over 100 years. John Cockerell's brother-in-law Moses Thomas (1825-1878) is identified in this photograph which would date it prior to 1878. Cockerell family pioneers of Mernda district.A4 copy of a sepia photograph.Handwritten on the back: Extract from the book Hard Yakka The Centenary Collection, p.36 George Cockerill (sic). John Cockerill (sic) Forge from 1862. Blue sticker on the back with the number 28 and velcro tabs for display mounting.cockerell family, cockerell forge, blacksmith, moses thomas, mernda, morang, wheelwright, bridge inn road mernda, plenty road mernda, mernda crossroads, john cockerell, george cockerell -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - Newspaper Clipping, Copy, Pensioner loses life savings, c.1960
88-year-old George Cockerell of Bridge Inn Lane, Mernda, robbed of his life savings.George Cockerell pioneer of the Mernda districtNewsprint with 1 black and white photograph, undated.mernda, george cockerell, bridge inn lane mernda, cockerell family, cockerell forge -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Copy, Bridge Inn, Mernda, c.1875
A photograph of Moses Thomas with 2 of his children, believed to be May and Walter, outside Thomas's Bridge Inn at Mernda. The man in the wagon could be one of the Cockerell sons.Moses Thomas pioneer of Mernda.A4 black and white copy of a photo of the Bridge Inn at Mernda, c.1875.mernda state school, moses thomas, may thomas, walter thomas, cockerell family, thomas family, horse and cart, bridge inn mernda, thomas's bridge inn, bridge inn hotel mernda -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Copy, Mernda School Reunion, 1950
2 men and a lady in front of the Mernda Mechanics Institute on the occasion of the Mernda School Reunion in 1950. Identified (L-R) Ernest Johnson, Mrs. Jolly (Jolley) and Mr. Cockerell.Ernest Johnson, Jolly (Jolley) family and Cockerell family pioneers of Mernda.A4 black and white copy of a digital image.Handwritten on the back: Mernda School Reunion 1950mernda school reunion, 1950, mrs. jolley, mrs. jolly, jolley family, jolly family, cockerell family, mernda mechanics institute, mernda mechanics institute community hall, bluestone building, ernest johnson, johnson family -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Copy, Mernda School Reunion, 1950
A group of and a lady in front of the Mernda Mechanics Institute on the occasion of the Mernda School Reunion in 1950. Identified (L-R) Cotchin, ?, Ernest Johnson, Mrs. Jolly (Jolley), ?, Mr. Cockerell.Pioneers families of the Mernda district.A4 black and white copy of a photograph.Handwritten on the back: Mernda PSmernda school reunion, 1950, mrs. jolley, mrs. jolly, jolley family, jolly family, cockerell family, mernda mechanics institute, mernda mechanics institute community hall, bluestone building, ernest johnson, johnson family, cotchin family, welcome banner -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Charles Johnson
Charles Johnson (1924-1909), from South Kelsey, Lincolnshire, arrived in Australia in 1852 on the ship "Constance" and built "Kelsey" at South Morang. He was a wheelwright and carpenter and was employed at the Cockerell Forge in Mernda. One of a series of photographs and a relative of the donor, Roslyn Wilson.Copy of a photograph printed on paper, also digital image on HD.Annotation reverse: 8. Charles Johnsonsouth morang, charles johnson, kelsey south morang, cockerell forge mernda, ship constance, wheelwright, carpenter -
Victorian Apiarists Association
Publication, A Cluster Of Bees (Tarlton Rayment) Limited Edition, 1935
A5 Dark green hardcover book with Gold writing & drawing. 752 pagesSixty essays on the life histories of Australian bees, with specific descriptions of over 100 new species Dedicated to Professor T D a Cockerell, Zoologist, The University, Boulder, Colorado, USA., a master of classification, and his mentor in the mazes of Taxonomy -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Newspaper (Item) - Newspaper article, Mountain Views, Marysville Promotion Success, 14-04-1981
A newspaper article reflecting on the success of a display to promote Marysville and Lake Mountain. This display was the first of four displays over two weeks which was organised by Mrs. Connie Pannan from Nanda Binya Lodge in Marysville; Counselor Malcolm Reed from the Shire of Healesville and Marylyn Guest House in Marysville; Mrs. Val Cockerell from Blackwood Holiday Flats in Marysville; and Mr. Michael Cheshire from the Westernport Healesville Regional Tourist Authority. The display saw the release of a new full colour tourist brochure on Marysville produced with the co-operation of the Marysville Tourist and Progress Association and Westernport Healesville Regional Tourist Authority. It was deemed to be a most successful promotional event for Marysville and Lake Moutain.A newspaper article reflecting on the success of a display to promote Marysville and Lake Mountain. The Association was formed in November 1907 to promote tourism within the area. This included the physical creation of signage, parklands, roads and walks to various attractions. marysville, victoria, lake mountain, marysville tourist and progress association, newspaper article -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Newspaper (Item) - Newspaper article, Marysville Promotion Success, 1981
A newspaper article reflecting on the success of a display to promote Marysville and Lake Mountain. This display was the first of four displays over two weeks which was organised by Mrs. Connie Pannan from Nanda Binya Lodge in Marysville; Counselor Malcolm Reed from the Shire of Healesville and Marylyn Guest House in Marysville; Mrs. Val Cockerell from Blackwood Holiday Flats in Marysville; and Mr. Michael Cheshire from the Westernport Healesville Regional Tourist Authority. The display saw the release of a new full colour tourist brochure on Marysville produced with the co-operation of the Marysville Tourist and Progress Association and Westernport Healesville Regional Tourist Authority. It was deemed to be a most successful promotional event for Marysville and Lake Moutain.A newspaper article reflecting on the success of a display to promote Marysville and Lake Mountain. The Association was formed in November 1907 to promote tourism within the area. This included the physical creation of signage, parklands, roads and walks to various attractions. marysville, victoria, lake mountain, marysville tourist and progress association, newspaper article -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, New tennis courts for East Burwood, 1966
A public meeting to form a new tennis club for East Burwood attracted 90 tennis players from both Waverley and Nunawading.A public meeting to form a new tennis club for East Burwood attracted 90 tennis players from both Waverley and Nunawading. These included Harry Hopman and the Mayor of Nunawading, Cr Terry. Office bearers were elected.A public meeting to form a new tennis club for East Burwood attracted 90 tennis players from both Waverley and Nunawading.tennis, east burwood tennis club, westaway, p, orchard, j, wiseman, a., cockerell, l (mrs), tainton, m. (mrs) -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Tool - Spoke, 1840
This wooden spoke handle from the wheel of the “Success” a former immigrant ship, and later a convict hulk at Melbourne. The sailing ship “Success” was a teakwood vessel built in Natmoo (Natmaw), Tenasserim, Burma (now Myanmar) in 1840 for Cockerell & Co., Calcutta. Over its lifetime of 106 years, it was used to trade in the Indian subcontinent, to transport free emigrants to Australia, as a prison hulk in the Port of Melbourne for both hardened criminals, and later for women and boys, as a storage vessel for ammunition, a reformatory, and as a floating museum sent around the world to tell the tale of the convict era. During the time “Success” was used as a museum, pamphlets were distributed to paying customers advertising erroneously, that the “Success” was the oldest ship in the world. The “Success” sank and was re-floated twice: the first in Sydney in 1885, the second in the USA in 1918, before it was finally burned and sank July 4, 1946 in Lake Erie, near Sandusky, Ohio in 1946. Although the “Success” was home to prisoners while berthed in the Port of Melbourne, it was not used as convict transport. There has been speculation that Ned Kelly’s infamous armour was displayed on the “Success”, but this cannot be verified. Another link to Ned Kelly is Henry Johnson, an Irish prisoner on the Success, who was implicated in the murder of the ship’s warder, and later Johnson was supposedly a bushranger with Ned Kelly. It is also rumoured that Ned Kelly’s father John was a passenger on the Success, but this is also unverified. There are over 16 other ships named “Success”, although one in particular causes some confusion when researching “Success” in Australia. This other ship – the “HMS Success” was a 28 gun frigate built in1823, which was broken up in 1849. It also sailed to Australia. This piece of wood from the ship’s wheel of the “Success” is connected to the ship Success, built in Burma in 1840. The “Success” is connected to the history of Australia because she was used as a merchant ship to transport immigrants to Australia, as a prison ship in Melbourne, a storage vessel, and as a floating “convict” museum, which travelled the world. Spoke. Hndle from wheel of sailing ship, the “Success”. The shaped handle is domed at one end, becoming narrower towards the other end, then flattened out into a beveled circle. Marked “Success” in pencilflagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, sailing ship success, ship's wheel spoke, ship's steering wheel, prison ship, prison hulks, convict ship -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - Newspaper Clipping, Copy, Back to Mernda, c.1950-1960
An incomplete newspaper article containing a list of names of people in attendance of the Back to Mernda reunion held in the Mernda Mechanics Institute, undated, c.1950's - 1960's.Mernda district pioneer familiesNewsprint in 3 parts, undated.mernda, back to mernda, mernda mechanics institute, mernda reunion, back to mernda reunion, crozier family, danaher family, deutscher family, dunster family, edwards family, fleming family, giddens family, gregory family, hall family, harris family, hayes family, hill family, hobson family, hope family, hurrey family, jeffery family, johnson family, jolley family, kiernan family, knox family, mann family, marshall family, melbourne family, mccarthy family, mcdonald family, mckay family, mclennan family, mcphee family, mcphan family, murphy family, owens family, plum family, popple family, power family, richards family, richardson family, shanks family, smith family, smithson family, stevens family, thomas family, vorbach family, wallis family, welsh family, wheeler family, whitten family, young family, leach family, cockerell family, benson family, coupar family, carswell family -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Work on paper - Manuscript, S. T. Grey, The History of the Formation of the Shire of Whittlesea, c.1961
The history was compiled at the direction of the Shire of Whittlesea in 1961, by Mr. S. T. Grey. Several of the items in the manuscript were published as articles in the Whittlesea Post in 1961.3 A4 pages typedThe History of the Formation of the Shire of Whittlesea by S. T. Greg. (unpublished manuscript)shire of whittlesea, mills family, cockerell family, grierson family, william hunter, moses thomas, lamb inn, gilligan family, popple family, thomas popple, mathias popple, a. g. stanbury, james cairns, hicks family, creighton family, the highlands doreen