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Moorabbin Air MuseumBook - HERITAGE COLLECTION RAAF MUSEUM POINT COOK, BRUCE ANDERSON, FEBRUARY 2009
... HERITAGE COLLECTION RAAF MUSEUM POINT COOK...HERITAGE COLLECTION RAAF MUSEUM POINT COOK...Moorabbin Air Museum Moorabbin Airport 12 First Street Moorabbin melbourne HERITAGE COLLECTION RAAF MUSEUM POINT COOK Book HERITAGE COLLECTION RAAF MUSEUM POINT COOK BRUCE ANDERSON B. ... -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - HARRY BIGGS COLLECTION: VIEW POINT BUTCHERY EAGLEHAWK
... HARRY BIGGS COLLECTION: VIEW POINT BUTCHERY EAGLEHAWK...Harry Biggs Collection. View Point Butchery Eaglehawk. Webster...Harry Biggs Collection. View Point Butchery Eaglehawk. Black and white photograph. ...Harry Biggs Collection. View Point Butchery Eaglehawk. Black and white photograph. ...Harry Biggs Collection. View Point Butchery Eaglehawk. Black and white photograph. A brick building with iron roof with the sign View Point Butchery built onto the side of the verandah. At the side of the building are the words Refrigerating Works Wholesale and Retail. On the front window - 'All meat kept in cool chamber'. In the foreground is a horse & wagon with the words: Wholesale J. H. Webster & Retail. Also two horse & buggies, two workers with their butcher aprons are holding the horses. See Research field.eaglehawk, commercial, butcher, harry biggs collection. view point butchery eaglehawk. webster, j. h. butchers. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - HARRY BIGGS COLLECTION: VIEW POINT BUTCHERY, EAGLEHAWK
... HARRY BIGGS COLLECTION: VIEW POINT BUTCHERY, EAGLEHAWK...Collection... View Point Butchery...Harry Biggs Collection. Two black & white photos: View Point Butchery. Square brick building with iron roofed veranda. ...History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields PLACE Building commercial Harry Biggs Collection View Point Butchery Harry Biggs Collection. ...Harry Biggs Collection. Two black & white photos: View Point Butchery. Square brick building with iron roofed veranda. In the foreground are four men standing - one with a bike, another wearing a butcher's apron. One man is wearing a bowler hat & suit. One man wearing waist coat & bowler hat. There are also two men squatting in front of a tin fence at the side. See record 2400.168.place, building, commercial, harry biggs collection, view point butchery -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - HARRY BIGGS COLLECTION: VIEW POINT BUTCHERY EAGLEHAWK
... HARRY BIGGS COLLECTION: VIEW POINT BUTCHERY EAGLEHAWK...Collection... View Point Butchery...Harry Biggs Collection. 2 black & white photos. Square brick building with View Point Butchery sign. ...Photograph HARRY BIGGS COLLECTION: VIEW POINT BUTCHERY EAGLEHAWK ...Photograph. Harry Biggs Collection. 2 black & white photos. Square brick building with View Point Butchery sign. Iron sheets on verandah. To the right is a very similar building. In foreground are 3 horses, (1 partly out of the photo) with carts & 2 men with their butchers aprons. One wagon has J. H. Webster Wholesale & Retail sigh along the top. The sides are canvas.place, building, commercial, harry biggs collection, view point butchery, eaglehawk, j. h. webster -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - BENDIGO VIEWS COLLECTION: VIEW POINT
... BENDIGO VIEWS COLLECTION: VIEW POINT...History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields BENDIGO Streetscape view point Black and white photograph of View point. Photograph BENDIGO VIEWS COLLECTION: VIEW POINT ...Black and white photograph of View point.bendigo, streetscape, view point -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - BENDIGO VIEWS COLLECTION: VIEW POINT FROM MITCHELL STREET
... BENDIGO VIEWS COLLECTION: VIEW POINT FROM MITCHELL STREET...History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields BENDIGO Streetscape view point Colour photograph of View Point from Mitchell Street. Photograph BENDIGO VIEWS COLLECTION: VIEW POINT FROM MITCHELL STREET ...Colour photograph of View Point from Mitchell Street.bendigo, streetscape, view point -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - LESLIE JOHN BAGUST COLLECTION: VIEW POINT FROM SOLDIERS MEMORIAL HALL, 1940
... LESLIE JOHN BAGUST COLLECTION: VIEW POINT FROM SOLDIERS MEMORIAL HALL...Leslie John Bagust Collection. Black and White Photograph View Point from R.S.L. Soldiers Memorial Hall, Bendigo 1940. ...Point from R.S.L. Soldiers Memorial Hall, Bendigo 1940. In the foreground Queen Victoria statute and surrounding gardens in the background the City Family Hotel and Cahill's Solicitors on the opposite corner. Photograph LESLIE JOHN BAGUST COLLECTION ...Leslie John Bagust Collection. Black and White Photograph View Point from R.S.L. Soldiers Memorial Hall, Bendigo 1940. In the foreground Queen Victoria statute and surrounding gardens in the background the City Family Hotel and Cahill's Solicitors on the opposite corner.bendigo, tourism, soldiers memorial halll-view point, http://www.cv.vic.gov.au/organisations/bendigo-rsl-memorial-military-museum/ -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - WES HARRY COLLECTION: VIEW POINT 1852, 1852
... WES HARRY COLLECTION: VIEW POINT 1852...Point (Bendigo ?) in 1852. Stamped on the back is: From the original in the Mitchell Library, Sydney. Photograph WES HARRY COLLECTION: VIEW POINT 1852 ...Photograph of a drawing of View Point (Bendigo ?) in 1852. Stamped on the back is: From the original in the Mitchell Library, Sydney.place, bendigo, view point, sandhurst, view point, sandhurst, early bendigo -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - WES HARRY COLLECTION: VIEW POINT HOTEL, 1861
... WES HARRY COLLECTION: VIEW POINT HOTEL...Point Hotel, in the lower right of the building is the Imperial Fire Insurance Co office. and Gillies and Co. Stock and Share brokers. There is a woman visible behind the Bar in the Hotel and there are two men standing in the doorway of the insurance office, and a horse is standing on the roadway in front of them Photograph WES HARRY COLLECTION: VIEW POINT HOTEL ...Photograph of M. Langridge's View Point Hotel, in the lower right of the building is the Imperial Fire Insurance Co office. and Gillies and Co. Stock and Share brokers. There is a woman visible behind the Bar in the Hotel and there are two men standing in the doorway of the insurance office, and a horse is standing on the roadway in front of thembuildings, commercial, view point hotel, m. langridge, view point hotel, imperial fire insurance co. gillies and co. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - WES HARRY COLLECTION: VIEW POINT, 1861
... WES HARRY COLLECTION: VIEW POINT...Point Sandhurst. Some of the businesses shown are :- William Harris, medical Dispensary, Gold Office, Medical Hall, Oriental Bank Corporation, Jackson's Iron Yard, Findlay and Co. Batchelder cart in foreground. Photograph WES HARRY COLLECTION ...Black and white photograph of View Point Sandhurst. Some of the businesses shown are :- William Harris, medical Dispensary, Gold Office, Medical Hall, Oriental Bank Corporation, Jackson's Iron Yard, Findlay and Co. Batchelder cart in foreground.Batchelderplace, bendigo, sandhurst, view point, w. harris medical dispensary. gold office, oriental bank corporation, jackson's iron yard, finlay and co. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - WES HARRY COLLECTION: VIEW POINT, SANDHURST, 1861?, C. 1861
... WES HARRY COLLECTION: VIEW POINT, SANDHURST, 1861?...Point Hotel, and Williamson wholesale butcher. In front of the shops is a wagon load of timber, with a team of 5 horses and in the near foreground there are some excavations. The ground floor of the hotel appears to contain the following businesses - Imperial Fire Insurance Office, Gilles & Co. stock and sharebrokers. See Butcher & Collins book An American on the Goldfields. See Research field for further information. Photograph WES HARRY COLLECTION ...Photograph of a row of businesses in View Point Sandhurst. Depicted are .. H?. Joseph, Assay Office; Lunn's Furniture Warehouse; Victoria House; S.F. Bastard Draper; M. Langridge's View Point Hotel, and Williamson wholesale butcher. In front of the shops is a wagon load of timber, with a team of 5 horses and in the near foreground there are some excavations. The ground floor of the hotel appears to contain the following businesses - Imperial Fire Insurance Office, Gilles & Co. stock and sharebrokers. See Butcher & Collins book An American on the Goldfields. See Research field for further information.Batchelderplace, bendigo, view point, sandhurst -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: ST JUST POINT PICNIC
... JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: ST JUST POINT PICNIC...point enjoyed a Sunday School picnic, some time around the turn of the century. Back row from left: Hilda Jacobs, Miriam Dower, Ruby Dower and Florence (Floss) Harvey. Centre row: Mrs William Dower, Mrs Fred Dower and Mrs Emily Rebecca Mannear (Ma) Harvey. Front: Vera Dower, Nita Harvey, Arthur Dower, Hilda Harvey, Ern Harvey and Richard Harvey. The clip is in a folder. Newspaper JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION ...BHS CollectionBendigo Advertiser ''the way we were'' from Thursday, January 15, 2004. Residents enjoy a St Just Point picnic: residents of St just point enjoyed a Sunday School picnic, some time around the turn of the century. Back row from left: Hilda Jacobs, Miriam Dower, Ruby Dower and Florence (Floss) Harvey. Centre row: Mrs William Dower, Mrs Fred Dower and Mrs Emily Rebecca Mannear (Ma) Harvey. Front: Vera Dower, Nita Harvey, Arthur Dower, Hilda Harvey, Ern Harvey and Richard Harvey. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Book - STRAUCH COLLECTION: A GUIDE TO POINT NEPEANS PAST
... STRAUCH COLLECTION: A GUIDE TO POINT NEPEANS PAST...Book STRAUCH COLLECTION: A GUIDE TO POINT NEPEANS PAST ...BHS CollectionA guide to Point Nepean's past by Harry Breidahl published by the Victorian Department of Conversation and Environment in association with Nautilus Educational Pty Ltd, 32 pages with photographs, illustrations & maps in black and white & colour.Harry Breidahlvictoria, history, nepean peninsula, victoria-history-point nepean -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - HARRY BIGGS COLLECTION: HENRY JACKSON VIEW POINT, c1861
... HARRY BIGGS COLLECTION: HENRY JACKSON VIEW POINT...Harry Biggs Collection. 1 photocopy of photo of Henry Jackson's Store, View Point, Sandhurst. ...Photograph HARRY BIGGS COLLECTION: HENRY JACKSON VIEW POINT ...Photograph. Harry Biggs Collection. 1 photocopy of photo of Henry Jackson's Store, View Point, Sandhurst. Also included is the shop of Finlay & Co. There is also a sign Jackson's Gold Office. In the foreground is a small bridge which is going over the Bendigo Creek. Also there is a cart with the advertisement Batchelder Photographer Pall Mall. People can be vaguely seen under the verandah. See Mosaic 1228 for further information.place, building, commercial, harry biggs collection, henry jackson viewpoint -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - HARRY BIGGS COLLECTION: HENRY JACKSON, VIEW POINT, c1861 (Aug)
... HARRY BIGGS COLLECTION: HENRY JACKSON, VIEW POINT...Harry Biggs Collection. 1 black & white photo of Henry Jackson's Store, View Point, Sandhurst. ...Photograph HARRY BIGGS COLLECTION: HENRY JACKSON, VIEW POINT ...Photograph. Harry Biggs Collection. 1 black & white photo of Henry Jackson's Store, View Point, Sandhurst. Also included is the shop of Finlay & Co. On the verandah are people & in the foreground is the cart belonging to the photographer, Batchelder Photographer Pall Mall. Also in the foreground is a small bridge which was going over the Bendigo Creek. There is also a sign - Jackson's Gold Office. See Mosaic 1228 for further information.Batchelder Photographer Pall Mall.photograph, streetscape, sandburst, harry biggs collection, henry jackson viewpoint, jackson's gold office, finlay & co., batchelder photographer pall mall -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Photograph, Photo of sign and portrait
... ...collection point...National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM) 25 Veterans Drive Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Photograph Cpl James Archbold collection point Nui Dat - Bed and Breakfast - Body guard - Running water Photo of sign outside a POW camp, photo of Cpl J Archbold mounted on black card Photo of sign and portrait Photograph Photograph ...Photo of sign outside a POW camp, photo of Cpl J Archbold mounted on black cardNui Dat - Bed and Breakfast - Body guard - Running waterphotograph, cpl james archbold, collection point -
Kew Historical Society IncPhotograph - Yarra River, Studley Park, 1924
... collection...photograph albums...yarra river -- studley park (vic.)...dight's falls...galatea point...Digital copy of a photograph from page 9 of the 47-page photograph album containing 261 gelatinous silver images, loaned by Diane Washfold with permission given to digitise and hold a copy in our collection. The point-of-view selected by the photographer, Henry Christian, is from the Yarra River at Dight's Falls looking up at the cliffs at Galatea Point. ....) — yarra river christian-washfold collection photograph albums yarra river -- studley park (vic.) dight's falls galatea point "Studley Park / Kew" Digital copy of a photograph from page 9 of the 47-page photograph album containing 261 gelatinous silver images, loaned by Diane Washfold with permission given to digitise and hold a copy in our collection. ...Henry Beater Christian (1886-1962) , was a descendant of one of the earliest settler families in Kew. Employed at the Kew Asylum as a 'public servant', he was a skilled amateur photographer, photographing numerous scenes in Kew and on his travels around Victoria. The majority of his photographs date from 1916 to 1929. His finest photographs are housed in two photograph albums. Digital copy of a photograph from page 9 of the 47-page photograph album containing 261 gelatinous silver images, loaned by Diane Washfold with permission given to digitise and hold a copy in our collection. The point-of-view selected by the photographer, Henry Christian, is from the Yarra River at Dight's Falls looking up at the cliffs at Galatea Point. "Studley Park / Kew"henry beater christian (1886-1962), landscape photography, kew (vic.) — yarra river, christian-washfold collection, photograph albums, yarra river -- studley park (vic.), dight's falls, galatea point -
Bendigo Military MuseumPhotograph - SOLDIER, 1917
... The Soldier is unknown at this point. Staley collection, refer Cat No 10758.2P for details....The Soldier is unknown at this point. Staley collection, refer Cat No 10758.2P for details. ...The Soldier is unknown at this point. Staley collection, refer Cat No 10758.2P for details.Photograph sepia tone of a Soldier standing hands behind his back no hat on, text on the rear in pen.On the rear, "Anglebury Wareham July 1917"tmstaleycollection, photograph -
Kew Historical Society IncPhotograph - Yarra River, Studley Park, 1924
... Digital copy of a photograph from page 9 of the 47-page photograph album containing 261 gelatinous silver images, loaned by Diane Washfold with permission given to digitise and hold a copy in our collection. The point-of-view selected by the photographer, Henry Christian, was the stretch of the Yarra at Studley Park. ..."Studley Park / Kew" Digital copy of a photograph from page 9 of the 47-page photograph album containing 261 gelatinous silver images, loaned by Diane Washfold with permission given to digitise and hold a copy in our collection. The point-of-view selected by the photographer, Henry Christian, was the stretch of the Yarra at Studley Park. ...Henry Beater Christian (1886-1962) , was a descendant of one of the earliest settler families in Kew. Employed at the Kew Asylum as a 'public servant', he was a skilled amateur photographer, photographing numerous scenes in Kew and on his travels around Victoria. The majority of his photographs date from 1916 to 1929. His finest photographs are housed in two photograph albums. Digital copy of a photograph from page 9 of the 47-page photograph album containing 261 gelatinous silver images, loaned by Diane Washfold with permission given to digitise and hold a copy in our collection. The point-of-view selected by the photographer, Henry Christian, was the stretch of the Yarra at Studley Park. In selecting this view he concentrates on the tranquility of the river and the remnant vegetation that lines the banks. "Studley Park / Kew"henry beater christian (1886-1962), landscape photography, kew (vic.) — yarra river, christian-washfold collection, photograph albums, yarra river -- studley park (vic.) -
Kew Historical Society IncPhotograph - Dight's Falls, 1924
... Digital copy of a photograph from page 9 of the 47-page photograph album containing 261 gelatinous silver images, loaned by Diane Washfold with permission given to digitise and hold a copy in our collection. The point-of-view selected by the photographer, Henry Christian, is of Dight's Falls on the Yarra River from the Kew side. ....) — yarra river christian-washfold collection photograph albums yarra river -- studley park (vic.) dight's falls "Studley Park / Kew" Digital copy of a photograph from page 9 of the 47-page photograph album containing 261 gelatinous silver images, loaned by Diane Washfold with permission given to digitise and hold a copy in our collection. The point-of-view selected by the photographer, Henry Christian, is of Dight's Falls on the Yarra River from the Kew side. ...Henry Beater Christian (1886-1962) , was a descendant of one of the earliest settler families in Kew. Employed at the Kew Asylum as a 'public servant', he was a skilled amateur photographer, photographing numerous scenes in Kew and on his travels around Victoria. The majority of his photographs date from 1916 to 1929. His finest photographs are housed in two photograph albums. Digital copy of a photograph from page 9 of the 47-page photograph album containing 261 gelatinous silver images, loaned by Diane Washfold with permission given to digitise and hold a copy in our collection. The point-of-view selected by the photographer, Henry Christian, is of Dight's Falls on the Yarra River from the Kew side. Dight's Falls separates the saline and fresh water sections of the river. "Studley Park / Kew"henry beater christian (1886-1962), landscape photography, kew (vic.) — yarra river, christian-washfold collection, photograph albums, yarra river -- studley park (vic.), dight's falls -
Kew Historical Society IncPhotograph - Yarra River below Dight's Falls, 1924
... Digital copy of a photograph from page 9 of the 47-page photograph album containing 261 gelatinous silver images, loaned by Diane Washfold with permission given to digitise and hold a copy in our collection. The point-of-view selected by the photographer, Henry Christian, is below Dight's Falls on the Yarra River from the Kew side. ....) — yarra river christian-washfold collection photograph albums yarra river -- studley park (vic.) dight's falls "Studley Park / Kew" Digital copy of a photograph from page 9 of the 47-page photograph album containing 261 gelatinous silver images, loaned by Diane Washfold with permission given to digitise and hold a copy in our collection. The point-of-view selected by the photographer, Henry Christian, is below Dight's Falls on the Yarra River from the Kew side. ...Henry Beater Christian (1886-1962) , was a descendant of one of the earliest settler families in Kew. Employed at the Kew Asylum as a 'public servant', he was a skilled amateur photographer, photographing numerous scenes in Kew and on his travels around Victoria. The majority of his photographs date from 1916 to 1929. His finest photographs are housed in two photograph albums. Digital copy of a photograph from page 9 of the 47-page photograph album containing 261 gelatinous silver images, loaned by Diane Washfold with permission given to digitise and hold a copy in our collection. The point-of-view selected by the photographer, Henry Christian, is below Dight's Falls on the Yarra River from the Kew side. Dight's Falls separates the saline and fresh water sections of the river. "Studley Park / Kew"henry beater christian (1886-1962), landscape photography, kew (vic.) — yarra river, christian-washfold collection, photograph albums, yarra river -- studley park (vic.), dight's falls -
Kew Historical Society IncPhotograph - Yarra River, Studley Park, 1924
... Digital copy of a photograph from page 9 of the 47-page photograph album containing 261 gelatinous silver images, loaned by Diane Washfold with permission given to digitise and hold a copy in our collection. The point-of-view selected by the photographer, Henry Christian, is of a small section of the Yarra River at Studley Park. ..."Studley Park / Kew" Digital copy of a photograph from page 9 of the 47-page photograph album containing 261 gelatinous silver images, loaned by Diane Washfold with permission given to digitise and hold a copy in our collection. The point-of-view selected by the photographer, Henry Christian, is of a small section of the Yarra River at Studley Park. ...Henry Beater Christian (1886-1962) , was a descendant of one of the earliest settler families in Kew. Employed at the Kew Asylum as a 'public servant', he was a skilled amateur photographer, photographing numerous scenes in Kew and on his travels around Victoria. The majority of his photographs date from 1916 to 1929. His finest photographs are housed in two photograph albums. Digital copy of a photograph from page 9 of the 47-page photograph album containing 261 gelatinous silver images, loaned by Diane Washfold with permission given to digitise and hold a copy in our collection. The point-of-view selected by the photographer, Henry Christian, is of a small section of the Yarra River at Studley Park. The still water and the reflection is the most noticeable aspect that he sought to capture in the image."Studley Park / Kew"henry beater christian (1886-1962), landscape photography, kew (vic.) — yarra river, christian-washfold collection, photograph albums, yarra river -- studley park (vic.) -
Kew Historical Society IncPhotograph - Yarra River, Studley Park, 1924
... Digital copy of a photograph from page 9 of the 47-page photograph album containing 261 gelatinous silver images, loaned by Diane Washfold with permission given to digitise and hold a copy in our collection. The point-of-view selected by the photographer, Henry Christian, is of a small section of the Yarra River at Studley Park. ..."Studley Park / Kew" Digital copy of a photograph from page 9 of the 47-page photograph album containing 261 gelatinous silver images, loaned by Diane Washfold with permission given to digitise and hold a copy in our collection. The point-of-view selected by the photographer, Henry Christian, is of a small section of the Yarra River at Studley Park. ...Henry Beater Christian (1886-1962) , was a descendant of one of the earliest settler families in Kew. Employed at the Kew Asylum as a 'public servant', he was a skilled amateur photographer, photographing numerous scenes in Kew and on his travels around Victoria. The majority of his photographs date from 1916 to 1929. His finest photographs are housed in two photograph albums. Digital copy of a photograph from page 9 of the 47-page photograph album containing 261 gelatinous silver images, loaned by Diane Washfold with permission given to digitise and hold a copy in our collection. The point-of-view selected by the photographer, Henry Christian, is of a small section of the Yarra River at Studley Park. The still water and the reflection is the most noticeable aspect that he sought to capture in the image."Studley Park / Kew"henry beater christian (1886-1962), landscape photography, kew (vic.) — yarra river, christian-washfold collection, photograph albums, yarra river -- studley park (vic.) -
The Beechworth Burke MuseumGeological specimen - Fluorite (purple)
... An existing label for this specimen indicates that its origin or collection-point was 'probably USA.' Fluorspar, the form of fluorite used commercially and industrially, was mined in significant quantities in the counties of Hardin and Pope in South-Eastern Illinois throughout the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. ...An existing label for this specimen indicates that its origin or collection-point was 'probably USA.' Fluorspar, the form of fluorite used commercially and industrially, was mined in significant quantities in the counties of Hardin and Pope in South-Eastern Illinois throughout the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. ...Fluorite comes in a variety of natural colours and crystal formations and glows under ultraviolet light (the word 'fluorescence' comes from the same etymological source). In its pure form, calcium fluoride, it is a colourless combination of the elements calcium and fluorine, but gains its colour from trace elements that infiltrate or replace calcium within its crystal structure during its formation. Although fluorite crystals polish well and can achieve a high level of lustre, the mineral is very soft (4 on MOHS hardness scale) so it is unsuitable for use in rings and must be handled and stored carefully if used in other forms of jewellery. Most crystals of the mineral are too coarse for decorative purposes but have been mined under the name fluorspar for a variety of commercial and industrial purposes. These include the production of hydrofluoric acid, smelting metal alloys, producing glazes and ceramic finishes and use in medical and dental products. An existing label for this specimen indicates that its origin or collection-point was 'probably USA.' Fluorspar, the form of fluorite used commercially and industrially, was mined in significant quantities in the counties of Hardin and Pope in South-Eastern Illinois throughout the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. Fluorite was made Illinois' state mineral in recognition of its contribution to the state's identity and economy. The specimens are significant as examples of surveying activity undertaken to assess and direct the development of the mineral resource industries, as well as the movement to expand human knowledge of earth sciences such as mineralogy and geology in the nineteenth century.The specimen is a piece of purple shaded fluorite (also known as fluorspar), the mineral form of calcium fluoride. The unpolished specimen presents a dark purple interior with a substantial dark grey crust representing the matrix from which the specimen was obtained. Existing label: Flourite / (purple) / probably / USA / BB /burke museum, beechworth, geological, geological specimen, fluorite, flourite, calcium fluoride, hydrofluoric acid, jewellery, indigo shire, north-east victoria, mining, illinois, usa, united states, fluorine, gemstones, purple stones -
Bendigo Military MuseumCard - CHRISTMAS/NEW YEAR, 1916
... Who sent it is unknown at this point. Staley collection refer 10758.2P also....Who sent it is unknown at this point. Staley collection refer 10758.2P also. Tmstaleycollection card silk On the front, "Merry Xmas and Happy new Year" On the rear, "To Dear Auntie Janey, I send my love & best wishes for a happy Xmas & a bright new year, France 1916" Card white background rounded corners, the LH side has a snow theme, the other has text. text on the rear. ...These small cards are normally part of the Silk Postcards that were very popular during the WW1. "Auntie Janey", refer Cat No 10758.2P for details. Who sent it is unknown at this point. Staley collection refer 10758.2P also.Card white background rounded corners, the LH side has a snow theme, the other has text. text on the rear.On the front, "Merry Xmas and Happy new Year" On the rear, "To Dear Auntie Janey, I send my love & best wishes for a happy Xmas & a bright new year, France 1916"tmstaleycollection, card, silk -
Parks Victoria - Point Hicks LightstationFire extinguisher
... However, the auction house records confirm that some do survive in private collections. The Point Hicks extinguisher was found by lighthouse keepers in 1974 buried in the sand in a flattened but surprisingly intact condition. ...However, the auction house records confirm that some do survive in private collections. The Point Hicks extinguisher was found by lighthouse keepers in 1974 buried in the sand in a flattened but surprisingly intact condition. ...The Minimax conical fire extinguishers were manufactured until 1960 and then removed from the company’s product range. The earliest model had been produced with a simple handle made of folded pressed metal that is similar if not the same as that on the Point Hicks extinguisher. Later handles were moulded and had more substance to the way they were cut and then folded to form a solid grip. The Point Hicks Minimax extinguisher is an early model that probably dates from the years when these devices were demonstrated across parts of Australia. While numerous examples of the extinguishers survive in public and private collections in northern hemisphere countries, few appear to exist in Australian museum collections. However, the auction house records confirm that some do survive in private collections. The Point Hicks extinguisher was found by lighthouse keepers in 1974 buried in the sand in a flattened but surprisingly intact condition. It was beaten back into its original shape but the body still retains various dents. In 2010, AMSA located the extinguisher at the National Trust’s Polly Woodside historic ship museum and it is now at the Point Hicks Lightstation. The Minimax conical extinguisher has first level contributory significance as a historic item of early fire-fighting equipment from the lightstation that dates from the early twentieth century.Conical shaped brass fire extinguisher painted red with small nozzle at one end and a pump section at the other end. There is a handle on one side with closely spaced rivets down one side. Brass plaque with instructions attached to the body. There ia a square hook to hang the object form a wall or similar." ...ANKS ... / QUENCH.../ FOR FIRE / DRIVE IN PLUNGER / AT BIG END / ...ON GROUND /..../..../..." -
Sunshine and District Historical Society IncorporatedAdministrative record - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection
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Cairns 3854.21 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - New Indoor Swimming Reasons For Application 3854.22 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Letter To City Of Sunshine Swimming Pool Club Rooms 1968 3854.23 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Swimming Carnival Programme 1966 3854.24 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Secretary's Annual General Meeting Report 1966 3854.25 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Sunshine Swimming Pool Lease 1974 3854.26 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Sunshine Swimming Pool Lease 1974 3854.27 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - City Of Sunshine Letter New Architect Plans Advice 1974 3854.28 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Mayoral Report 1974 - 75 - Deer Park & Sunshine Swimming Pools 3854.29 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - City Of Sunshine Letter Regarding Proposed New Indoor Heated Swimming Pool 1975 3854.30 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - City Of Advice On Accepting The New Architect's Plans For New Swim Centre With Modifactions 1976 3854.31 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Letter To Council Requesting If The Club Rooms Could Be Named After Tom Taafe 3854.32 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - City Of Sunshine Letter Advising the Club Rooms To Be Named Tom Taafe Clubroom 1993 3854.33 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Sunshine Swimming Pool Lease 1979 3854.34 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - VASA Letter Advising Award Night Tom, Betty, Cheryl & Jamie 11th January 1982 3854.35 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Sunshine Swimming Pool Lease 1988 3854.36 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Letter To Council Regarding Success At Victorian State Swimming Championships 3rd May 1990 3854.37 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Letter To Council Regarding Success At Victorian State Swimming Short Course Championships 19th November 1990 3854.38 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Sunshine Swim & Leisure Centre Revelopment Aerial Perspective 3854.39 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Sunshine Leisure Centre A History 3854.40 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Swim Centre In Doubt 26th May 1999 3854.41 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Swimming Centre Bid 3854.42 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Closure Plan Floated 18th May 1999 3854.43 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Pool Draft Drama 3854.44 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Pool Starts 2nd November 1977 3854.45 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper City In Running For Swim Centre 25th May 1999 3854.46 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Residents Rallying Behind Pool Protests 3854.47 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper New Pool Still In Limbo 3854.48 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Pooling Resources & Fight To Save Sunshine Pool 9th June 1999 3854.49 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper This Week In History Drive For Funds For Sunshine Pool 3854.50 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Plans For 12,000 Pounds Rooms 21st October 1965 3854.51 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Plans For Swim Club Rooms 3854.52 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Plans For Swim Club Rooms & Plans For 12,000 Pounds Rooms 21st October 1965 3854.53 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Swim Pool Defenders To March 7th March 2000 3854.54 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Make Your Vote Count Keep Our Pool In Sunshine 3854.55 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper This Week In History Call For Donations For Sunshine Swimming Pool 3854.56 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Pool Promise 3854.57 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Impasse On Best Place For New Pool & Protestors Demand Pool Action 3854.58 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Report Calls For Aquatic Centre Sale 3854.59 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Talks On Shared Pool 25th April 2000 3854.60 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Group Set To Lobby For Centre 23rd June 1999 3854.61 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper City In running For Swim Centre 25th May 1999 3854.62 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Troubled Waters Face Council 3854.63 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Pool Report Looks To Regional Approach 7th March 2000 3854.64 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Residents Rally For Pool 3854.65 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Pools Under Fire 3854.66 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Boiling Point...Cairns 3854.21 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - New Indoor Swimming Reasons For Application 3854.22 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Letter To City Of Sunshine Swimming Pool Club Rooms 1968 3854.23 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Swimming Carnival Programme 1966 3854.24 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Secretary's Annual General Meeting Report 1966 3854.25 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Sunshine Swimming Pool Lease 1974 3854.26 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Sunshine Swimming Pool Lease 1974 3854.27 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - City Of Sunshine Letter New Architect Plans Advice 1974 3854.28 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Mayoral Report 1974 - 75 - Deer Park & Sunshine Swimming Pools 3854.29 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - City Of Sunshine Letter Regarding Proposed New Indoor Heated Swimming Pool 1975 3854.30 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - City Of Advice On Accepting The New Architect's Plans For New Swim Centre With Modifactions 1976 3854.31 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Letter To Council Requesting If The Club Rooms Could Be Named After Tom Taafe 3854.32 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - City Of Sunshine Letter Advising the Club Rooms To Be Named Tom Taafe Clubroom 1993 3854.33 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Sunshine Swimming Pool Lease 1979 3854.34 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - VASA Letter Advising Award Night Tom, Betty, Cheryl & Jamie 11th January 1982 3854.35 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Sunshine Swimming Pool Lease 1988 3854.36 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Letter To Council Regarding Success At Victorian State Swimming Championships 3rd May 1990 3854.37 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Letter To Council Regarding Success At Victorian State Swimming Short Course Championships 19th November 1990 3854.38 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Sunshine Swim & Leisure Centre Revelopment Aerial Perspective 3854.39 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Sunshine Leisure Centre A History 3854.40 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Swim Centre In Doubt 26th May 1999 3854.41 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Swimming Centre Bid 3854.42 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Closure Plan Floated 18th May 1999 3854.43 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Pool Draft Drama 3854.44 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Pool Starts 2nd November 1977 3854.45 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper City In Running For Swim Centre 25th May 1999 3854.46 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Residents Rallying Behind Pool Protests 3854.47 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper New Pool Still In Limbo 3854.48 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Pooling Resources & Fight To Save Sunshine Pool 9th June 1999 3854.49 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper This Week In History Drive For Funds For Sunshine Pool 3854.50 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Plans For 12,000 Pounds Rooms 21st October 1965 3854.51 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Plans For Swim Club Rooms 3854.52 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Plans For Swim Club Rooms & Plans For 12,000 Pounds Rooms 21st October 1965 3854.53 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Swim Pool Defenders To March 7th March 2000 3854.54 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Make Your Vote Count Keep Our Pool In Sunshine 3854.55 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper This Week In History Call For Donations For Sunshine Swimming Pool 3854.56 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Pool Promise 3854.57 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Impasse On Best Place For New Pool & Protestors Demand Pool Action 3854.58 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Report Calls For Aquatic Centre Sale 3854.59 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Talks On Shared Pool 25th April 2000 3854.60 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Group Set To Lobby For Centre 23rd June 1999 3854.61 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper City In running For Swim Centre 25th May 1999 3854.62 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Troubled Waters Face Council 3854.63 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Pool Report Looks To Regional Approach 7th March 2000 3854.64 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Residents Rally For Pool 3854.65 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Pools Under Fire 3854.66 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Boiling Point Collection of documents on the Sunshine Swimming Club including General Minutes Books AGM Minute Books, Lease Document, Newspaper Articles, Council Correspondence, etc Administrative record Sunshine Swimming Club Collection ...3854.01 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - General Meeting Minute Book 1965 3854.02 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Annual General Meeting Minute Book 1961 - 1985 3854.03 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Annual General Meeting Minute Book 1986 - 1998 3854.04 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Club Records 3854.05 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Swimming Carnival Life Saving Display Mounted Newpaper Article 1926 3854.06 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Swimming Carnival Life Saving Display Mounted Newpaper Article 1936 3854.07 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Certificate Of Incorporation 3854.08 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - District Swimming Awards Cloth Badges And Metal Pins 3854.09 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Championship Badges 3854.10 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Cloth Club Badge 3854.11 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Paper Club Badge 3854.12 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Official Marshall Badge 3854.13 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - A Frame Mounted Competition In Progress Warning Sign 3854.14 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - New Club Record Certificate (Blank) 3854.15 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Life Membership Certificate (Blank) 3854.16 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - New Indoor Swimming Pool Letter To Minister For Tourism 13th June 1975 3854.17 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - New Indoor Swimming Pool Plans To Minister For Tourism 13th June 1975 3854.18 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - New Indoor Swimming Pool Plans To Minister For Tourism 13th June 1975 3854.19 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Background Information Regarding New Indoor Swimming Pool To Dr. J. F. Cairns 1974 3854.20 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - New Indoor Swimming Pool Letter To Dr. J. F. Cairns 3854.21 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - New Indoor Swimming Reasons For Application 3854.22 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Letter To City Of Sunshine Swimming Pool Club Rooms 1968 3854.23 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Swimming Carnival Programme 1966 3854.24 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Secretary's Annual General Meeting Report 1966 3854.25 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Sunshine Swimming Pool Lease 1974 3854.26 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Sunshine Swimming Pool Lease 1974 3854.27 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - City Of Sunshine Letter New Architect Plans Advice 1974 3854.28 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Mayoral Report 1974 - 75 - Deer Park & Sunshine Swimming Pools 3854.29 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - City Of Sunshine Letter Regarding Proposed New Indoor Heated Swimming Pool 1975 3854.30 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - City Of Advice On Accepting The New Architect's Plans For New Swim Centre With Modifactions 1976 3854.31 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Letter To Council Requesting If The Club Rooms Could Be Named After Tom Taafe 3854.32 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - City Of Sunshine Letter Advising the Club Rooms To Be Named Tom Taafe Clubroom 1993 3854.33 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Sunshine Swimming Pool Lease 1979 3854.34 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - VASA Letter Advising Award Night Tom, Betty, Cheryl & Jamie 11th January 1982 3854.35 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Sunshine Swimming Pool Lease 1988 3854.36 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Letter To Council Regarding Success At Victorian State Swimming Championships 3rd May 1990 3854.37 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Letter To Council Regarding Success At Victorian State Swimming Short Course Championships 19th November 1990 3854.38 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Sunshine Swim & Leisure Centre Revelopment Aerial Perspective 3854.39 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Sunshine Leisure Centre A History 3854.40 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Swim Centre In Doubt 26th May 1999 3854.41 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Swimming Centre Bid 3854.42 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Closure Plan Floated 18th May 1999 3854.43 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Pool Draft Drama 3854.44 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Pool Starts 2nd November 1977 3854.45 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper City In Running For Swim Centre 25th May 1999 3854.46 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Residents Rallying Behind Pool Protests 3854.47 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper New Pool Still In Limbo 3854.48 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Pooling Resources & Fight To Save Sunshine Pool 9th June 1999 3854.49 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper This Week In History Drive For Funds For Sunshine Pool 3854.50 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Plans For 12,000 Pounds Rooms 21st October 1965 3854.51 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Plans For Swim Club Rooms 3854.52 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Plans For Swim Club Rooms & Plans For 12,000 Pounds Rooms 21st October 1965 3854.53 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Swim Pool Defenders To March 7th March 2000 3854.54 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Make Your Vote Count Keep Our Pool In Sunshine 3854.55 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper This Week In History Call For Donations For Sunshine Swimming Pool 3854.56 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Pool Promise 3854.57 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Impasse On Best Place For New Pool & Protestors Demand Pool Action 3854.58 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Report Calls For Aquatic Centre Sale 3854.59 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Talks On Shared Pool 25th April 2000 3854.60 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Group Set To Lobby For Centre 23rd June 1999 3854.61 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper City In running For Swim Centre 25th May 1999 3854.62 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Troubled Waters Face Council 3854.63 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Pool Report Looks To Regional Approach 7th March 2000 3854.64 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Residents Rally For Pool 3854.65 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Pools Under Fire 3854.66 - Sunshine Swimming Club Collection - Newspaper Boiling Pointsunshine swimming club, swimming, memorabilia -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.Book, Unwin Brothers Limited, The Empire Annual for Australian Boys, 1911
... point, no information regarding Joe Kane is known. This book is kept as an example of children's literature in the early twentieth century and for the inscription which shows a connection the Lindsay family of "Quamby", Woolsthorpe. joe kane lindsay family woolsthorpe quamby This is a collection of 37 short stories for boys presented as an annual collection. ...This is a collection of 37 short stories for boys presented as an annual collection.This is a hard cover book of 39 short stories. The cover is faded and worn at the edges. The title is reliefed in a gold rectangle with a crown surrounded by couchant royal lion and unicorn. There is a central illustration of a kangaroo with a hunter in the distance framed by rope around a colonnade. There is an arrangement of sporting equipment at the base of the colonnade. There are inscriptions in black ink which have been re written in grey lead in a child's hand.fictionThis is a collection of 37 short stories for boys presented as an annual collection. joe kane, lindsay family, woolsthorpe, quamby -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.Postcard, Basil Watson Scrapbook, 1917
... Sadly Basil Watson died when his plane crashed at Point Cook in March 1917, just two months after his record-breaking flight to Warrnambool. The Warrnambool and District Historical Society has in its collection the small galvanized bucket seat which came from Watson’s plane and the original first air letter written by the Mayor of Melbourne to the Mayor of Warrnambool. ...Sadly Basil Watson died when his plane crashed at Point Cook in March 1917, just two months after his record-breaking flight to Warrnambool. The Warrnambool and District Historical Society has in its collection the small galvanized bucket seat which came from Watson’s plane and the original first air letter written by the Mayor of Melbourne to the Mayor of Warrnambool. ...The Hollywood film stars pasted on to one side of this paper are of no historical interest to our Society. The four paper items attached to the other side relate to the pioneer aviator, Basil Watson. He flew the first aeroplane to come to Warrnambool in January 1917. Watson flew from Point Cook to Warrnambool in one hour 55 minutes, an Australian cross-country flying record at the time. He had built his own aeroplane which was 18 feet long with a wing span of 26 feet and it had a 7 cylinder 50 H.P. rotary Gnome engine. In Warrnambool he amazed the crowds with his dare-devil aerial acrobatics, looping the loop 14 times over the Warrnambool Racecourse. Watson also brought several letters with him, making him the bearer of the first aerial mail to Warrnambool. Sadly Basil Watson died when his plane crashed at Point Cook in March 1917, just two months after his record-breaking flight to Warrnambool. The Warrnambool and District Historical Society has in its collection the small galvanized bucket seat which came from Watson’s plane and the original first air letter written by the Mayor of Melbourne to the Mayor of Warrnambool. These four items are of considerable historical interest as they are souvenirs issued at the time of Basil Watson’s aviation exploits in the early 1900s and Watson is of great importance in the aviation history of Warrnambool.This is a piece of paper (possibly from a scrapbook) with one torn edge. Pasted on to the paper on one side are newspaper photographs of early Hollywood female film stars. On the other side are four items relating to the pioneer aviator, Basil Watson – an airmail post card, a newspaper black and white photograph, a souvenir black and white photograph and a card with an illustration of an early aeroplane (pictured upside down). ‘The Aerial Postman Basil Watson’ ‘Official Souvenir Australian Aerial Mail’ basil watson, pioneer aviator, aviation in warrnambool’s history, history of warrnambool -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.Booklet, Australia's second Air Mail. The aviation Career of Basil Watson 1893-1917, 2017
... Point Cook. The trip of 166 miles took just under two hours, and set a record non-stop cross country flight for Australia. Watson was heartily welcomed by the Mayor, to whom he delivered three letters, the first aerial post to Warrnambool. One of the letters, from the Mayor of Melbourne Sir David Hennessy to the Mayor of Warrnambool is now in the W&DHS collection...Point Cook. The trip of 166 miles took just under two hours, and set a record non-stop cross country flight for Australia. Watson was heartily welcomed by the Mayor, to whom he delivered three letters, the first aerial post to Warrnambool. One of the letters, from the Mayor of Melbourne Sir David Hennessy to the Mayor of Warrnambool is now in the W&DHS collection ...This booklet relates the life of Basil Watson. It tells in detail his early life, background, his home built aeroplane, his display flights and his tragic death and the story since. This year marks 100 years since one of Australia’s pioneering aviators, Basil Watson arrived in Warrnambool and delivered the first airmail to the town. Basil Watson was born in Bendigo in 1894. His interest in aviation which began at a young age, took him to England at the commencement of WW1 where he worked at Brookland in aviation workshops and as a test pilot. Despite crashing and suffering injuries he was not deterred. He returned to Australia and by 1916 Basil had built his own plane. He soon took to the air performing tricks and barnstorming to the delight of onlookers. His connection to Warrnambool lies with his delivery of the first airmail to the town, an event which was filled with much excitement. Basil Watson, pioneer aviator landed his 50hp home built aeroplane on the racecourse on Saturday January 27th 1917, after a flight from Point Cook. The trip of 166 miles took just under two hours, and set a record non-stop cross country flight for Australia. Watson was heartily welcomed by the Mayor, to whom he delivered three letters, the first aerial post to Warrnambool. One of the letters, from the Mayor of Melbourne Sir David Hennessy to the Mayor of Warrnambool is now in the W&DHS collection: I have much pleasure in sending you greetings by aeroplane piloted by my friend, Mr Basil Watson. I hope when the cruel war is over and victory crowns our efforts, we, over the Commonwealth, will be able to fly from one State to the other. With best wishes for the New Year. Yours truly, DV Hennessy. Basil Watson was unfortunately killed two months after his historic visit to Warrnambool. While participating in an air show at Point Cook, the plane he was flying that day crashed into the sea. This booklet tells the story of an interesting part of Warrnambool and Australia's aviation history. It has special significance as it enlightens two significant items in our local collection, namely the letter which he delivered and the seat from his aircraft.A small 29 page booklet with blue and white photograph of Basil Watson in his aeroplane. It contains a number of black and white and some colour photographs. Introduction from the author, "This small booklet recognises the short career of Basil Watson. He came to my attention when researching the French aviator Maurice Guillaux who carried the first official air mail in Australia, Melbourne to Sydney in two and a half days 16/18 July 1914..... Tom Lockley 1 June 2017. Handwritten inside front cover,"These items may be of interest to add to your material about Basil Watson. Its a pity that the 100 year anniversary of his flight was not more widely recognised but thank you for mounting some of his records. Tom Hockley."warrnambool, basil watson, first airmail flight, aviation career of basil watson
