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Federation University Historical Collection
Scientific Instrument, Weston, Photronic Cell
... copper pins... open top with tiny copper pins around the edge. Box Black... of currents and lighting. weston photronic cell socket pins copper ...The photronic cell used in electrical experiments to demonstrate control of currents and lighting.Black bakelite circular case with two socket pins. Circular open top with tiny copper pins around the edge. Box Black and whiteName of maker and item: WESTON PHOTRONIC CELL MODEL 594 PAT PEND NEWARK N J U S Aweston, photronic cell, socket pins, copper pins, bakelite, experimental, electrical currents, lighting -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Block
... 3 sheave wood block with copper pins Small piece of worn... wood block wood block 3 sheave wood block with copper pins ...3 sheave wood block with copper pins Small piece of worn rope.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, 3 sheave wood block, wood block -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Decorative object - Daisy Brooch, 1943-1945
... . Copper safety pin soldered to reverse to enable wearing.... melted down silver coins. Copper safety pin soldered to reverse ...Else Oertel was a German internee in Camp 3A from 1940-1945. The brooch was made for her by another internee in the camp. This silver daisy brooch is an example of the ingenuity of the internees in making use of anything at hand & repurposing it for much more than originally intended. Else's daughter, Else-Lore Hukins donated the item.Silver daisy brooch, made from melted down silver coins. Copper safety pin soldered to reverse to enable wearing.tatura, ww2, camp 3, internment, internee camps, costume, accessory, jewellery -
Seaworks Maritime Museum
Merchant sailor's medallion
... with blue, red, white and green. The ribbon has an intact copper.... The ribbon has an intact copper based pin attached to its verso ...Merchant Navy medallion with ‘MN” in front of an anchor and circled by a chain. On its verso it depicts a crown flanked by two fish creatures. The words ‘Merchant Naval Service’ is at the top. The medallion is silver coloured and has a ribbon with blue, red, white and green. The ribbon has an intact copper based pin attached to its verso.Verso: Merchant Naval Service Recto: MN -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Accessory - Lapel Pin
... Brass & copper alloy lapel pin with badge formed... impressed: K.G.Luke Melb on the reverse Brass & copper alloy lapel ...Produced during the reign of George V. G.R. initials indicates George Rex. Ribbon colours may be of significance.Brass & copper alloy lapel pin with badge formed with cursive intertwining initials 'G.R.' with a small 'V' in the interstice. The initials are surmounted with an imperial crown. One black and one purple[le silk ribbon attached.impressed: K.G.Luke Melb on the reversenumismatics, badges, civic mementoes, royal souvenirs -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Decorative object - Penny Brooch, 1940's
... Kangaroo brooch, circular, copper colour with wire pin... camp 3 jewellery Kangaroo brooch, circular, copper colour ...Made from an Australian penny, 1940, by Adolf Woolf at Camp 3Kangaroo brooch, circular, copper colour with wire pin fastener at back. Australia Penny 1940. Small raised star on left and raised impression of Kangaroo in flight.brooch, kangaroo, woolf a, glockemann b, camp 3, ww2 camp 3, jewellery -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - JACKET, SERVICE DRESS, ARMY
1. Jacket - khaki colour wool/polyester fabric Service dress style with belt. Buttons - dull gold coloured metal with shank with raised emblem and lettering. Crown, map of Australia and "AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES". Collar, shoulder epaulettes with three metal rank insignia pips. Gold and red crown, officer pip, Letter "R" = Lieutenant Colonel Retired. Four front pockets - top patch pockets with button closure flap. Lower - inset pockets with button closure flap. Khaki colour cotton sateen fabric lining body of jacket, brown strip lining to sleeves. White cotton manufacturers label on lining inside below collar. 2. Belt - khaki colour wool/polyester fabric service dress style. Copper colour metal buckle with two pins. Leather belt keepers and brown plastic buttons.Manufacturers information on label - dark brown ink print. 1. "M.TX".uniform, army, service dress -
Bendigo Military Museum
badge - BADGES, RISING SUN, Aust Army, 1939-1945
Refer to Cat 5556.2 and 2481.2 for service.1. Full size Rising Sun Badge. Dark copper colour. Wording underneath the Rising Sun "Australia Commonwealth - Military Forces" for mounting on a hat. On rear are two eyelets and a pin to mount the badge. 2. Lapel Size Badge. Dark copper colour. Similar wording on rear, are two eyelets to mount the badge.1. Full size Rising Sun Badge. Dark copper colour. Wording underneath the Rising Sun "Australia Commonwealth - Military Forces" for mounting on a hat. On rear are two eyelets and a pin to mount the badge. 2. Lapel Size Badge. Dark copper colour. Similar wording on rear, are two eyelets to mount the badge.ww2, aif -
Bendigo Military Museum
Badge - CAP BADGE, RAAF OFFICER, WW2
Part of flight Lieutenant Ian A. 'Joe' Lyons MBE Collection. See Catalogue No. 5374P for his service record.Metal badge featuring a copper coloured King's Crown over an eagle, all on a brass backing. Three threaded pins with nuts for attaching to a peaked cap.cap badge, raaf, uniform, ian a. 'joe' lyons -
Shepparton RSL Sub Branch
Binoculars
These binoculars appear to have been made for use by service personnel, carrying a broad arrow symbol on the barrel. The inscriptions "MG" may indicate the manufacturer or initials of the owner. The service number 48582 may indicate that the pair was owned by Lionel James O'Dempsey, a Victorian who served as a Lance Sergeant with the 3 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment during the Second World War.Brass binoculars with cotton cord acting as strap, fastened via a knot on one side of a small loop cast into the side of the barrel. Two cone shaped barrels with circular convex glass disc on each wide end. Each barrel joined together via a joint platform approximately halfway and 9/10ths of the way up the binoculars. Binoculars can change shape by barrels swivelling on a central pin. Binoculars also zoom in and out (i.e. barrel reduces and expands) due to grooved dial in centre of pin. One eye piece missing on left side, right side intact but able to be unscrewed. Barrels are tinted green from copper corrosion and retractable barrel sections have black colouring in parts.Inscribed on centre platform between eye pieces "M G", in the direction of the wearer. On top of adjustable barrels: "[broad arrow] (right side)", "Mk VSP-/48582"second world war, worl war two, world war ii, binoculars, looking glass, surveillance -
Bendigo Military Museum
Badge - BADGE RSL
Item in the collection of W.H.GREENMAN VX126789, 2nd AIF. Refer Cat No 81 for his service details and other.Enameled RSL badge, red, white & blue on copper with a crown at top of badge, fastening pin is missing.Returned Services League of Australia.numismatics - badges, societies, military history - army - navy, rsl -
Bendigo Military Museum
Memorabilia - MEDALLIONS 1916, C. 1916
.1) Medallion round brass or copper. front has the king, around edge is "For King and Country 1916". Rear has a floral wreath with the word "Anzac" centre. Around edge is "Dept of Education Vic, Lest we foreget 25 April 15". .2) Small piece of red white and blue ribbon attached with a pin. .3) Same as .1)medallions, anzac, education -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Domestic object - Saucepan
It is no secret that copper is currently experiencing a huge upsurge in popularity. This is mainly thanks to its beautiful colour featuring heavily in the ranges of countless homeware retailers. There is, however, far more to this lustrous metal than just its appearance. For example, it has a greater level of thermal conductivity than any other metal (except silver); roughly 60% higher than aluminium and 3000% higher than stainless steel. This means copper is capable of heating up very quickly when compared to other metals. Perhaps a less commonly known property of copper is it being inherently antimicrobial. A wide range of harmful microbes are unable to survive for more than a couple of hours when in contact with a surface made of copper or one of its alloys (brass and bronze). This has led to it often being used for frequently touched surfaces such as door knobs, push plates and taps. A seemingly perfect material for cooking, it is therefore no surprise that it has been used in kitchens for millennia. But exactly when did we learn to utilise copper and its valuable assets? Origins It is hard to pin down an exact date when copper cookware was first introduced. Pieces discovered in regions of the middle east were dated as far back as 9000BC, suggesting cooking with copper began during the Neolithic period (≈10000-2000BC). As civilisations became increasingly capable in metallurgical techniques, metals such as copper became more widely used. It would have been around this time that copper replaced stone as the material used for making tools and cooking vessels. The use of copper is also well documented in Ancient Egypt. Not only was it used to produce water and oil containers, but it was also used to in medical practices. The antimicrobial nature of copper was exploited long before the concept of microorganisms was fully understood. The Smith Papyrus, a medical text written between 2600 and 2200BC records the use of copper in sterilising wounds and drinking water. Tin Lining Although copper is essential to many processes within the human body, it can become toxic if consumed in excess. It was this knowledge that gave rise to lining cookware with tin, a technique used for hundreds of years to prevent copper leaching in to food. These tin linings would eventually wear out and during the 18th and 19th century, it was common for people to send pans away to be re-tinned. This practice is becoming increasingly rare, as are the craftsmen who perform it. Despite this, there are still manufactures producing tin-lined copper cookware who also offer a re-lining service. Perhaps the best known of these is Mauviel, a French manufacturer who have been making this type of cookware since 1830. Tin has now largely been replaced by stainless steel as an interior cooking surface. Not only is it more cost effective, but the high grade of stainless steel used in premium cookware (typically 18/10) is highly resistant to corrosion and more durable than tin.Copper saucepans are still used in many kitchens.Small copper saucepan with long handle and three ridges around the circumference. Extensive corrosion.None.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, copper, saucepans, kitchen equipment -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Functional object - Marine Lamp, Kempthorne Pty Ltd, 1941
Kempthorne Lighting Pty. was established as Coffey Lanterns in East Malvern, Melbourne Victoria in 1931 by brothers Selwyn and Owen Coffey. They manufactured lighting fixtures and fittings including oil lamps for marine use as well as for the domestic market. In early 1936 two other brothers, Erle and Terence had joined the company which was renamed Kempthorne Lantern Works Pty., Ltd. In 1946 Kempthorne joined with a small design team who had developed a domestic fan to form the subsidiary, Mistral fans. The company previously known as Kempthorne Holding Ltd was listed on the stock exchange in 1968. In 1977-1979 Kempthorne Mistral Ltd. Was a holding company comprising of Kempthorne Lighting Pty., Ltd. & Mistral Fans Pty., Ltd. An early Australian made marine lamp by a significant manufacturer that is still in business today making electrical equipment. The item is an important artefact that was made by an early Australian business that started in the 1930s. Over the years this company has demonstrated many innovations to the manufacturer of electrical items. Marine copper Lamp, round with brass makers lozenge and rounded hollow lugs set on either side of the lamp. Heavy metal handle with brass locking pin. Lid with catch on top. Made by Kempthorne Pty Ltd Melb. 1941flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, lamp, copper ship lamp, ship lamp, kempthorne pty ltd -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, C.E. Bristow, Government Printer, Northern Territory of South Australia Government Geologist's Reports on Recent Mineral Discoveries, 1908
Foolscap government geologist's Report including information on:- Pine Creek District; Brock's Creek, Anson Bay, Northern Territory Boring Operations Images Include: 'Mob of Blacks ad Tamarind Tree near Cliff Head, Anson Bay; Diamond Drill Boring Camp, near Cliff Head, Anson Bay, Wannomi Swamp; Daly River Crossing; Battery and Chinese Miners, Driffield Sketch Plan of the Mount Davis Copper FIeld, Sketch Plan Shewing POsition of Mineral Localities and Claims Near Wolfram Camp, Sketch PLan of the Pin Creek District Shewing Metalliferous Localities. h.y.l. brown, mining, boring, aborigines, aboriginal, chinese, south australia -
Casterton RSL Sub Branch
Belt, 1914 - 1918
The inclusion of 2 Turkish buttons and the possibility of the belt itself being Turkish seems to indicate that the belt was obtained at Gallipoli. As some of the other badges and buttons are not of Australian origin, the indication is that they were traded during the owner's service.This item is significant in that it has original badges and buttons from uniforms of WWI. The person to whom this belt belonged obviously served at Gallipoli and returned from active service. brass button bearing the insignia of artillery, 2 brass buttons bearing a crescent and star, 1 bearing the outline of Australia with a crown above, 1 plain copper button and 1 brass button bearing the picture of a hand grenade.Belt: Webbing, 2 metal buckles with 2 leather ends and tongues and a leather pocket stitched 7.5 cm from the tongue end. 29 cm from the buckle end there is what is possibly a leather canteen hook, 2 cm wide, 17 cm long, with a copper escutcheon which hooks over a brass knob . Three stripes, top and bottom stripes blue, middle stripe khaki. Pinned to the buckle end of the belt are 5 copper badges: INF / RGA / / 4 / LH and a small crown and 3 brass badges TYNESIDE / 4 / SCOTTISH. On the tongue end are 2 brass buttons embossed with crowns, 1 world war one, anzac, ww1, gallipoli, badges, buttons, uniform belt, turkish uniform, turkish, british badges, tyneside scottish -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Hat pins
Twenty assorted hat pins stuck into a small cushion. 1. Bears head 25cm L 2.White seashell 21cm L 3 and 4.Copper 16cm L 5. Silver coloured 15cm L 6. Pearl 10cm L 7. Two green balls, 11cm L .White glass 10.5 cm L 9 and 10 Tear drop pearl 11cm L 11. Metal end 11 cm L 12. 2 black balls and bullet shaped black object 10 cm L 13.White glass bead end 10 cm L 14 and 15. Black glass bead 10cm L 16. Gold 10cm 17. Cream ball with metal top 9cm 18.Black glass ball 8cm L 19. Silver end 7.5cm L 20. Pink 6cm L 21. Pin cushion -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Accessory - Brooch, 1940's
Made by internee at Camp 3, TaturaOval shaped brooch made from a coin (copper penny). Has decorative/dotted edging and 2 capital letters inscribed on front. Small gilt pin attached by soldering to back. Top and bottom of penny have been cut straightMBbrooch, penny, beilharz, h, baumert m, camp 3, tatura, ww2 camp 3, costume, accessory, jewellery -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Badge
Formerly possession of ex-RAAF serviceman flight lieutenant Ren Smith.Copper coloured badge in shape of a crown. Has two split pins soldered onto back. Badge is slightly curved, back hollowed.ren smith, raaf, tatura -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Accessory - Brooch, 1941
Made by internee at Camp 3, Tatura. Quote "The year we arrived in Australia"Brooch made from a coin (Australian penny) in 1941. Coin has been beaten to raise front of badge. Back hollowed out slightly as a result. Pin soldered/attached to backAustralia Penny 1941. Shape of Kangaroo in flight . starbrooch, penny, copper, baumert m, beilharz, camp 3, tatura, ww2 camp 3, costume, accessory, jewellery -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Badge
Round copper and blue and white enamel campaign badge of the Women's Temperance Union. The badge is attached to a long pin by a loop."1930 NO LICENCE"women's christian temperance union -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Book, Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, "Contactor Starters for Electric Motors", "Dimensions of insulated annealed copper conductors for electric power and light including voltage tests", "Vulcanised Fibre for Electrical Purposes", "Bus-bars and connections constructed of bare copper or aluminium", "Fixed Condensers for Radio Reception Purposes", "Graphic (Recording or chart recording) ammeters, voltmeters and wattmeters.", "5-Amp two pin wall plugs and sockets for domestic purposes (without earthing connection)", "Electric Cable Soldering Sockets", "Graphical Symbols and Schedule of Outlets for the Electrical Equipment of Buildings", "Porcelain Insulators for overhead powerlines and outdoor switching Structures", 1927-1939
.1 - Book - 28 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard - "Contactor Starters for Electric Motors" C49-1927, December 1927. .2 - Book - 56 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard - "Dimensions of insulated annealed copper conductors for electric power and light including voltage tests" C50-1928, June 1928. .3 - Book - 36 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard - "Vulcanised Fibre for Electrical Purposes" C51-1928, May 1928. .4 - Book - 16 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard - "Bus-bars and connections constructed of bare copper or aluminium" C52-1928, May 1928. .5 - Book - 16 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard - "Fixed Condensers for Radio Reception Purposes" - C53-1928, February 1928. .6 - Book - 32 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard "Graphic (Recording or chart recording) ammeters, voltmeters and wattmeters." C54-1928 March 1928. .7 - Book - 20 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard - "5-Amp two pin wall plugs and sockets for domestic purposes (without earthing connection)" C55-1928, August 1928, .8 - Book - 24 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard "Electric Cable Soldering Sockets" C56-1929, March 1929. .9 - Book - 8 pages + brown covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Australian Standard "Graphical Symbols and Schedule of Outlets for the Electrical Equipment of Buildings" C64 and 65-1935, October 1935. .10 - Book - 24 pages + brown covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Australian Standard "Porcelain Insulators for overhead powerlines and outdoor switching Structures" C67-1939, August 1939. On top right hand corner has the date stamp of the "The Electric Supply Co. of Victoria Ltd Ballarat" for items .1 to .8, SEC stamp on .10. trams, tramways, power station, standards, materials, electrical systems -
National Wool Museum
Badge
Badge was almost certainly produced as a World War I fundraiser or for peace celebrations.Badge, copper. Seated lion, below which is a curved scroll inscribed "GALA DAY. GEELONG. 1918". Pin at rear.GALA DAY. GEELONG. 1918world war i -
Vision Australia
Badge - Object, 1934 Melbourne University examination badge, 1934
Hugh Jeffrey attended the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music at Melbourne University, graduating in 1940. This examination pin was given to him in September 1934. It is a copper badge with its frame shaped like a shield. Inset into the shield is an Australian coat-of-arms granted by King George V, with a white and blue torse supported by a kangaroo and emu on a grassy field. It features the Commonwealth Star on top, and the motto "Advance Australia" underneath. It is engraved with "Hugh Jeffrey" acoss the top, with "University Exam" on the left of the outlying shield, and "Sept. 1934" on the right. It features a loop on the top with a short fine chain and safety pin. Shield with Australian coat of arms and engraved writingAdvance Australia Hugh Jeffrey University Exam Sept. 1934hugh jeffrey, badges -
Vision Australia
Badge - Object, 1933 Melbourne University examination badge, 1933
Hugh Jeffrey attended the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music at Melbourne University, graduating in 1940. This examination pin was given to him in September 1933. It is a round copper badge with gold coloured filigree running around the outer edge. Inset into the shield is an Australian coat-of-arms granted by King George V, with a white and blue torse supported by a kangaroo and emu on a grassy field. It features the Commonwealth Star on top, and the motto "Advance Australia" underneath. It is engraved with "University Examination" acoss the top, with "won by Hugh Jeffries sic Sept. 1933" acoss the bottom. It features a loop on the top with a short fine chain and safety pin. Australia coat of arms inside circle with engraving around edgeAdvance Australia University Exam won by Hugh Jeffries (sic) Sept. 1933hugh jeffrey, badges -
Vision Australia
Badge - Object, Melbourne University dux badge
Hugh Jeffrey attended the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music at Melbourne University, graduating in 1940. This Dux award pin was presented to him during this time, but is undated. It is a gold badge with its frame shaped like a shield, carrying heavy engraving. Inset into the shield is an other smaller shield in copper, with "HJ" in stylised copperplate engraving on the front and "Dux" on the back. It features a loop on the top, but no chain or safety pin.Gold shield with 'Dux' engraved in middleHJ Duxhugh jeffrey, badges -
Parks Victoria - Gabo Island Lightstation
Insulators
Modern communication tecnology arrived on Gabo Island with the construction of the telegraph line from Eden to Gabo Island in 1870. These and other cylindricial insulators were associated with the original 1870 copper wire telegraph line and later the P.M.G. line. The items of telegraphic equipment comprise a number of ceramic and glass insulators of varying age and type. Two bell-shaped insulators are made of clear glass, one with remains of wooden dowel inside. In addition to insulators, there is a telephone insulator bracket made of metal with wooden pins. It was once attached to the top of a steel pole and some of theseremain in situ along the former telegraph line. Telegraphic communication commenced at the Gabo Lightstation in 1870, just eight years after the lightstation opened.The line from Sydney reached Eden, NSW by 1868 and was then extended to Gabo with the costs shared equally by NSW and Victoria. It was initially carried on posts across the sea to the island but was changed to a line along the seabed after the posts were washed away. The first telegraph office was a timber building on east side of the assistants’ quarters. In 1887 a new concrete telegraph office was built which included quarters for the operator, with Victoria and NSW sharing the construction costs. The 1992 CMP identified remnants of the line from its various phases of operation,231 and these can still be seen in 2016. Other ceramic insulators in the collection are associated with lines supported on utility poles for the transmission of high voltage electricity. The various insulators have second level significance for their historic value and provenance1. Clear glass insulator. Cyndrical bottle shape with smaller dome -like knob on top. Hollow with inscription on lower edge. Has remains of wooden dowell inside. 2.Clear glass insulator. Cyndrical bottle shape with smaller dome -like knob on top. Hollow with inscription on lower edge.Around lower edge on opposite sides,"C.C / 42" -
Parks Victoria - Gabo Island Lightstation
Nails
The five types of nails include a stamped steel nail made for wooden flooring; four copper nails used for boat building found at various locations on the island; two steel nails removed from the lantern room door during restoration in 2002 which possibly came with the Chance Bros. lantern room kit delivered in 1862; three galvanised steel nails used to pin the railway track to sleepers and decking on the jetty (the rail track carried a small trolley for unloading stores from supply ships); and a square copper nail found on the rocky shore on Tullaberga Island close to the location of the Monumental City wreck of 1853. The huge American steamer, Monumental City, was wrecked on 15 May 1853. Built in 1850, the ship was the first screw-propulsion steamer to cross the Pacific and was heading back to Sydney after dropping off Californians heading for the Victorian goldfields. Thirty-seven lives were lost, including the owner of the ship, Peter Strobel. A medal was awarded by Sydney residents to Charles Plummer who swam ashore with a line from the wreck. The tragedy renewed the urgency for a lighthouse on Gabo Island, and in 1862 when this was achieved an obelisk was erected as a memorial to those who perished. That year, Victorian PWD architect and designer of the lightstation buildings, Charles Maplestone, gave the following instructions: ‘You may remove the remains of the poor unfortunate shipwrecked of the Monumental City to the site on Gabo you propose but take scrupulous care to collect all the remains and inter them decently under the monument. Pray save any relics’.246 Heritage Victoria has 39 artefacts listed under the Historic Shipwrecks Act (S473) with a clear provenance to the Monumental City. While the copper nail has no documented provenance, it still has contributory significance as part of a diverse assemblage of relics that help to interpret the history of the Gabo Island Lightstation and the numerous shipwrecks that have occurred in its vicinity since the mid nineteenth century..1 Steel nail - flat. Stamped. This type of nail was used for secret nailing of flooring. Source of this nail is unknown. .2 Copper nails. This type of nail was used for boat building. Found at various locations around island. .3 Steel nails. Extracted from lantern room door during restoration 2002. .4 Galvanised steel nails. Used to pin railway track to timber sleepers and decking on jetty. Rail track carried a small trolley used during the unloading of stores from supply ships. .5. Copper nail square. This nail was found on the rocky shore line on Tullaberga Island close to the location of the wreck of the "Monumental City" wrecked May 1853. Nail found in June 2000. -
Melbourne Legacy
Medal, Australian Service Medal and Pacific Star Medal, 1949
The Australian Service Medal and Pacific Star Medal that were awarded to Private Arthur Norman Comben VX26251 for his war service in World War Two. From the AWM website Private Arthur N Comden of the 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion, who died on Hainan Island, China, on 27 June 1945. The DVA records show he was born 6 April 1907 in Yarraville and enlisted on 17 June 1940 whilst residing in Coopers Creek Victoria. His next of kin was shown as H Dilks. Also that he had been a prisoner of war. His connection with Legacy is not known, he may have been a junior legatee though there's no record of his father Arthur John Louis Comben serving for Australia in WW1. More research is needed to check, it is possible the medals were donated to Legacy as no family members wanted them. Additional information provided by a distant relative - Arthur's mother (Mary Eleanor Norman) remarried twice after his fathers death in 1911. His stepfather Horace Dilks served in World War 1 with the 2nd Pioneer Battalion.These are examples of World War 2 medals awarded to a serviceman who participated in the conflict in the Pacific region. Many returned servicemen joined Legacy after World War 2 and would have had similar medals.Silver circular medal and bronze star shaped medal from World War 2 mounted on ribbons initially together by a safety pin. 01700.1 The medal is nickel silver with the crowned effigy of King George VI on the obverse. The reverse has the Australian coat of arms, placed centrally, surrounded by the words ‘THE AUSTRALIA SERVICE MEDAL 1939-1945’. The normal ribbon is missing and it is on the ribbon meant for the UK War Medal which is of red, white and blue to represent the colours of the Union Flag. 01700.2 The six–pointed star is yellow copper zinc alloy. The obverse has a central design of the Royal and Imperial cypher, surmounted by a crown. The cypher is surrounded by a circlet containing the words ‘The Pacific Star’. The ribbon has central yellow and green stripes that represent the forests and the beaches of the Pacific, flanked dark blue, light blue and red stripes that represent the service of the Naval Forces and Merchant Navy, the Air Forces and the Armies.Both engraved with 'VX26251 A. N. Comben'.medals, world war two, arthur comden -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Equipment - Pattern, Briggs Brass Foundry, Early 20th century
The wooden pattern is part of a set that are stored in a strong wooden crate. It was used at Briggs’ Brass Foundry for making sand casts. The traditional craft of sand casting is over 2000 years old. The handcrafted process produces brass and copper alloy goods that are well suited to marine use; bells, boat hooks, cowls, propellers, handles, lids, rowlocks, hooks, letters, bolts, rail holders, brackets, deck plates, flanges, rudder guides, portholes and covers. Briggs’ Bronze mixture is a copper-based alloy made from local ingots of copper, tin, zinc and lead in carefully measured quantities. The finished product is non-ferrous and can last indefinitely. The crate of patterns was donated by the Briggs family in the early years of Flagstaff Hill, along with other related items such as brassware, tools and machinery. The donated items were displayed in a simulated Brass Foundry in the Village along with other working crafts, trades and services found in a Maritime town. The items were on show from the completion of the building in 1986 until 1994 when the building was repurposed. The patterns represent the trades of foundering and metalwork, both supporting maritime industries such as shipwrights and boatbuilders. Farmers, manufacturers and other local industries also needed the castings made by foundries. The Brass Foundry included a historic Cornish chimney set up as a working model, to tell the story of smelted metal heated in furnaces then be poured into the sand moulds. This chimney was made from specially curved bricks and is now about two-thirds of its full height when originally located at the Grassmere Cheese factory. The craft of sand-casting from carved wooden patterns to create metal is an example of skills from the past that are still used today. The foundry pattern set is significant for its association with brass foundries locally and generally in coastal areas of Victoria. Marine industries such as ship and boat building rely on good quality castings for their machinery, equipment and fittings. Briggs Brass was especially formulated using non-ferrous metals to ensure their longevity. The patterns are associated with the long-running firm Briggs Brass Foundry that specialised in cast goods for the marine industry, ready to supply the needs for once-off or mass-produced items. Their products would have been fitted to sail and steam vessels along coastal Victoria including Warrnambool. Briggs Marine was also a bell-founder specialist and is also associated with the Schomberg Bell at Flagstaff Hill, having restored it to is former state as a fine example of the bell from a luxury migrant vessel from the mid-19th century. Pattern; pair of U-shaped carved blocks, unpainted. The blocks have opposing metal pins and holes to hold them together. One block has a disc shape carved into the base. The pattern is part of a set of foundry patterns from Briggs Brass Foundry.flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, briggs' bronze, traditional method, trade, sand cast, cast, brass alloy, copper alloy, pattern, mould, foundry, brass foundry, metal foundry, casting, sand mould, sand casting, marine equipment, marine tools, marine fittings, copper tin zinc lead, non-ferrous, non-corrosive, brassware, metalware, foundering, metalwork, maritime, bell founders, ship chandlers, marine products, biggs, briggs family, herbert harrison briggs, h h briggs, george edward briggs, cyril falkiner mckinnon briggs, cyril briggs, briggs & son brass foundry, h h briggs & sons foundry, briggs marine, alliance casting & engineering solutions, grassmere cheese factory, cornish chimney, curved bricks, collingwood, moorabbin, collingwood foundry, moorabbin foundry, 1912