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Marysville & District Historical Society
Book, The Centenary Collection-Country Life-Country Life in Old Australia, 2000
... The Centenary Collection-Country Life-Country Life in Old...A history of early country life in Australia... of country life in old Australia. Back cover has photographs as well... The Centenary Collection-Country Life-Country Life in Old Australia ...A history of early country life in AustraliaHardcover. Front cover has a series of various photographs of country life in old Australia. Back cover has photographs as well as the blurb describing this book.Stamp of Marysville & District / Historical Society Inc / P.O. Box 22 / Marysville 3779country, life, australia, history -
National Wool Museum
Journal, New Zealand Country Life, Dec. 1984
... New Zealand Country Life, Dec. 1984...New Zealand Country Life, Dec. 1984 edition, feature issue...-and-the-bellarine-peninsula Journal New Zealand Country Life, Dec. 1984 New ...New Zealand Country Life, Dec. 1984 edition, feature issue "Corriedales".corriedale sheep sheep breeding, australian corriedale association, pettitt, mr r. w., corriedale sheep, sheep breeding -
National Wool Museum
Journal, New Zealand Country Life, Dec. 1979
... New Zealand Country Life, Dec. 1979...New Zealand Country Life, Dec. 1979 edition, feature issue...-and-the-bellarine-peninsula Journal New Zealand Country Life, Dec. 1979 New ...New Zealand Country Life, Dec. 1979 edition, feature issue "Corriedales the dual purpose breed"corriedale sheep sheep breeding, australian corriedale association, pettitt, mr r. w., corriedale sheep, sheep breeding -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Article - Magazine article, Finishing School? Pick Up A Tool!, 1959
... country life...Article from Country Life on women's horticultural colleges... School? Pick Up A Tool! Article from Country Life on women's ...Article on women's horticultural colleges in the U.K.Article from Country Life on women's horticultural colleges in the U.K. women, country life, frances wolseley, school for lady gardeners, england horticulture education, women in horticulture, womens horticulture schools, women in horticulture uk -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, RATCLIFFE, Dorothy Una (Una McGrigor Phillips), Swallow of the sea : pages from a yacht's log, 1937
... Country Life..., Dorothy Una (Una McGrigor Phillips) Margaret DOBSON Country Life ...Labelled 'Presented by Mrs McGrigor Phillips (Dorothy Una Ratcliffe) to the Public Library, Cowes, Phillip Island', 'Cowes Free Public Library'. Loose flier inside front cover '42 Ann Street, Edinburgh 4, June 1956, with good wishes from D.U. McGrigor Phillips'. Stamped 'Cowes Free Public Library'. -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, The Architecture Club, Recent English Architecture, 1947
... Country Life Limited... school the architecture club The Architecture Club Country Life ...Blue hardcover book with numerous illustrations.english architecture, ballarat technical art school, the architecture club -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - THE ROYAL AIR FORCE IN PICTURES, COUNTRY LIFE
... COUNTRY LIFE... IN PICTURES COUNTRY LIFE ... -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, The Century Book of Gardening
... Country Life...: Country Life... The Century Book of Gardening Country Life ...This item is from the ‘Pattison Collection’, a collection of books and records that was originally owned by the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute, which was founded in Warrnambool in 1853. By 1886 the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute (WMI) had grown to have a Library, Museum and Fine Arts Gallery, with a collection of “… choice productions of art, and valuable specimens in almost every branch and many wonderful national curiosities are now to be seen there, including historic relics of the town and district.” It later included a School of Design. Although it was very well patronised, the lack of financial support led the WMI in 1911 to ask the City Council to take it over. In 1935 Ralph Pattison was appointed as City Librarian to establish and organise the Warrnambool Library as it was then called. When the WMI building was pulled down in 1963 a new civic building was erected on the site and the new Warrnambool Library, on behalf of the City Council, took over all the holdings of the WMI. At this time some of the items were separated and identified as the ‘Pattison Collection’, named after Ralph Pattison. Eventually the components of the WMI were distributed from the Warrnambool Library to various places, including the Art Gallery, Historical Society and Flagstaff Hill. Later some were even distributed to other regional branches of Corangamite Regional Library and passed to and fro. It is difficult now to trace just where all of the items have ended up. The books at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village generally display stamps and markings from Pattison as well as a variety of other institutions including the Mechanics’ Institute itself. RALPH ERIC PATTISON Ralph Eric Pattison was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, in 1891. He married Maude Swan from Warrnambool in 1920 and they set up home in Warrnambool. In 1935 Pattison accepted a position as City Librarian for the Warrnambool City Council. His huge challenge was to make a functional library within two rooms of the Mechanics’ Institute. He tirelessly cleaned, cleared and sorted a disarrayed collection of old books, jars of preserved specimens and other items reserved for exhibition in the city’s museum. He developed and updated the library with a wide variety of books for all tastes, including reference books for students; a difficult task to fulfil during the years following the Depression. He converted all of the lower area of the building into a library, reference room and reading room for members and the public. The books were sorted and stored using a cataloguing and card index system that he had developed himself. He also prepared the upper floor of the building and established the Art Gallery and later the Museum, a place to exhibit the many old relics that had been stored for years for this purpose. One of the treasures he found was a beautiful ancient clock, which he repaired, restored and enjoyed using in his office during the years of his service there. Ralph Pattison was described as “a meticulous gentleman whose punctuality, floorless courtesy and distinctive neat dress were hallmarks of his character, and ‘his’ clock controlled his daily routine, and his opening and closing of the library’s large heavy doors to the minute.” Pattison took leave during 1942 to 1942 to serve in the Royal Australian Navy, Volunteer Reserve as Lieutenant. A few years later he converted one of the Museum’s rooms into a Children’s Library, stocking it with suitable books for the younger generation. This was an instant success. In the 1950’s he had the honour of being appointed to the Victorian Library Board and received more inspiration from the monthly conferences in Melbourne. He was sadly retired in 1959 after over 23 years of service, due to the fact that he had gone over the working age of council officers. However he continued to take a very keen interest in the continual development of the Library until his death in 1969. The Pattison Collection, along with other items at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, was originally part of the Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s collection. The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute Collection is primarily significant in its totality, rather than for the individual objects it contains. Its contents are highly representative of the development of Mechanics' Institute libraries across Australia, particularly Victoria. A diversity of publications and themes has been amassed, and these provide clues to our understanding of the nature of and changes in the reading habits of Victorians from the 1850s to the middle of the 20th century. The collection also highlights the Warrnambool community’s commitment to the Mechanics’ Institute, reading, literacy and learning in the regions, and proves that access to knowledge was not impeded by distance. These items help to provide a more complete picture of our community’s ideals and aspirations. The Warrnambool Mechanics Institute book collection has historical and social significance for its strong association with the Mechanics Institute movement and the important role it played in the intellectual, cultural and social development of people throughout the latter part of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. The collection of books is a rare example of an early lending library and its significance is enhanced by the survival of an original collection of many volumes. The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s publication collection is of both local and state significance. The Century Book of Gardening Edited by E.T. Cook Publisher: Country LifeLabel on spine with typed text PAT 635.9 CEN Front loose endpaper has a sticker from Corangamite Regional Library Service warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, pattison collection, warrnambool library, ralph eric pattison, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, the century book of gardening, country life -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Journal, South African Gardening and Country Life, 1922
... South African Gardening and Country Life... and Country Life Vol. XII, Feb. 1922 ...Vol. XII, Feb. 1922 -
Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery
Print, BOWEN, Dean, Country Life, 1995
... Country Life... the-murray Print Country Life BOWEN, Dean ... -
National Wool Museum
Photograph, Shearing table
... Queensland Country Life... Borthwick Queensland Country Life photo copyright reserved Negative... Country Life photo copyright reserved Negative ...Photograph of shearing table in use, designed by John Borthwick.Photograph of shearing table in use, designed by John Borthwick.Shearing table marketed 1953 designed by Qld. grazier John Borthwick Queensland Country Life photo copyright reserved Negative ... No ........ 134654 6968shearing machinery, queensland country life -
National Wool Museum
Photograph, Shearing Table
... Queensland Country Life... Borthwick Queensland Country Life photo copyright reserved Negative... Country Life photo copyright reserved Negative ...Photograph of shearing table in use, designed by John Borthwick.Photograph of shearing table in use, designed by John Borthwick.Shearing table marketed 1953 designed by Qld. grazier John Borthwick Queensland Country Life photo copyright reserved Negative ... No ........ 134654L 6965queensland country life -
National Wool Museum
Invoice
... Country Life Newspaper Co. Ltd...Subscription invoice for "Country Life and Stock...-and-the-bellarine-peninsula Invoice Subscription invoice for "Country Life ...Subscription invoice for "Country Life and Stock and Station Journal", made out to Mr J H Landers, Lanauria, Gulargambone, February 1947 .farming agriculture, country life newspaper co. ltd, farming, agriculture -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, Life in the Country: Australia in the Victorian Age by Michael Cannon, 1983_
... Life in the Country: Australia in the Victorian Age by...australia country life...A text dealing with life in country areas of Australia from... Plenty Lower Plenty melbourne Book Book Life in the Country ...A text dealing with life in country areas of Australia from 1851 to 1901.Significant to this area as Greensborough was a farming area at this time.Hard cover. 322 pages, illus. Dust jacket has illustration by S.T.Gill of "Herdsmen with horses and drove of cattle"australia history, australia social conditions, michael cannon, australia country life -
Greensborough Historical Society
Newspaper - Newspaper supplement, Herald and Weekly Times, Our land our century [incomplete], 1999
... country life... missing. country life australia country life 5 issues of large ...A history of rural life in the 20th century, this series covers each decade. Part 4: The great struggle 1930-1930; Part 5: Keeping the home fires burning 1940-1949; Part 7: Easy Street? 1960-1969; Part 8: A roller coaster ride, 1970-1979; Part 9: Feeling the heat, 1980-1989. Incomplete set, parts 1, 2, 6 and 10 missing.5 issues of large format newspaper supplement.country life, australia country life -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Cigarette tin
... "Player's Country Life / Virginia Cigarettes / Cork Tipped".... "Player's Country Life / Virginia Cigarettes / Cork Tipped ...Yellow, flat rectangular tin / large."Player's Country Life / Virginia Cigarettes / Cork Tipped"cigarettes, smoking -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Cigarette tin
... "Player's Country Life Virginia Cigarettes / Cork tipped."...-country Cigarette tin Yellow, flat rectangular tin / small. 4- Red ...Yellow, flat rectangular tin / small. 4- Red, flat rectangular tin / small. 5- Blue, flat rectangular tin / small. 6- Red, flat rectangular tin / small"Player's Country Life Virginia Cigarettes / Cork tipped."cigarettes, smoking -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, Outback Publishing Company, Outback : the heart of Australia, 1998
... Country life... Subtitle varies. Country life australia periodicals description ...Subtitle varies.country life, australia, periodicals, description, travel, social life and customs -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, Lucy Frost, No place for a nervous lady: voices from the Australian bush
... country life... illustrations australiia social conditions women in australia country ...Collection of unpublished and intimate letters and diary entries by thirteen women in nineteenth century Australia284 p. black and white illustrationsnon-fictionCollection of unpublished and intimate letters and diary entries by thirteen women in nineteenth century Australiaaustraliia social conditions, women in australia, country life -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Book - Reference Countryside, The Australian Countryside in Pictures, circa 1950s
... country life... from sometimes alienating city life. country life australian ...This book is a "snapshot" in time (1950s) detailing life in Australia covering a time when a "man's word and handshake" were his moral and quasi legal bond, and the now relative defunct saying "smoko" (having a "time out" from work for a cigarette and tea or coffee). The book spans an era where the male was still the "head" of the family even though for a majority of families the women took on the many "male only" roles during the World War II period. This shift in the leadership of the family hierarchy is mentioned, so ever slightly, (not to offend the still predominant macho male image) in both rural and city environments. The effects of the war, and later the push for women's emancipation and equality in both family, social, workplace and political areas of life, since this book was published, is now finally resolved. However there are still some sections of the recent migrate population where this male dominance is causing a few problems.The significance of this book is not only because it was donated by Mrs C. Roper ( from the Roper Family, a pioneer Kiewa Valley and surrounding Region family - originally beef cattle graziers) but also a Kiewa Valley resident and family, experiencing the shift in the social and economical life of post World War II rural Australia. The strong heritage link to this region of many families still residing within its boundaries, is a clear affirmation of the bond that the Kiewa Valley and its Regions have upon family unity. This unity within the rural environment is something that is attracting more and more families from sometimes alienating city life.This printed coloured sketched, or painted paper sleeve of the book is freely wrapped over a dark red hard cover. Into the front of the cover is pressed a standing pose of a farmer with long sleeves rolled up over his elbows. Behind him and to the right are what appears to be three sacks of wheat and next to him is a merino sheep. To the left and down are two dogs one with a fox in its jaws. The book contains 240 pages, 300 illustrations in gravure and 25 pictures in full colour. The inside fly leaf is a colour photograph of a rural scene with dirt road running in the centre and to the left a farm house and a five bay open storage barnOn the tittle page is a signature "C Roper"country life, australian "outback", rural industries, life on the land, swag-man of the bush -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Book, Alan Marshall (1902-1984), These are my people / by Alan Marshall, 1944
... country life... description and travel travel reminiscences anecdotes country life ...Hardback with dust jacket; 202 p. : ill., map ; 19 cm.alan marshall, victoria description and travel, travel, reminiscences, anecdotes, country life -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Book, Ross Publishing, Wiregrass: A Mythical Australian Town, drawings by Percy Leason, text by Garrie Hurchinson, 1986
... country life... country life Ross Publishing ...Back Cover: At a time when black and white art was flourishing in Australia- with artists like Norman Lindsay, Will Dyson and Stan Cross at work - Percy Leason's creation of Wiregrass ranked him as an illustrator of surpassing genius. His early successes as a book illustrator and as a cartoonist for the Bulletin and Melbourne Punch, presaged a full flowering of his work with his creation of the mythical town and his endowment of it with a host of characters and comic situations. His inspiration came from his childhood town in Kaniva, Western Victoria but Wiregrass was every country town, with its general store, pub and church hall, its swimming hole, football ground and racecourse, its leading citizens, its battlers and mischievous children. Wiregrass flourished in Table Talk Magazine from 1926 to 1937 when Leason, seeking to escape his comic reputation and pursue "serious" art, went to live in America." Percy Leason lived in Eltham Softcover, 80 p. : ill., 1 port. ; 30 cm.ISBN 0850912490australian wit and humour, drawing, caricatures and cartoons, country life -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Book, Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, Bruce of the Boonderong Camp, 1920
... country life -- queensland -- juvenile fiction.... Heath, lillian pyke country life -- queensland -- juvenile ...Juvenile Fiction held in Reference Section. Illustrated by J. Macfarlane.256 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.non-fictionJuvenile Fiction held in Reference Section. Illustrated by J. Macfarlane. lillian pyke, country life -- queensland -- juvenile fiction., railroads -- construction -- juvenile fiction., children's stories., railroad construction workers -- queensland -- juvenile fiction., railroads -- design and construction -- juvenile fiction., australia -- social life and customs -- juvenile fiction., target audience, book -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Sketch of man on bridge over creek, 1971
... country life... bush outdoors country life ...Sketch of a man with a fishing pole standing on a bridge over a creek, stream or river in a bush setting. Unidentified artist and location.This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book, "Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital imagesepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, fishing, creek, sketch, tranquil, unidentified, other areas, bush, outdoors, country life -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Book, These are my people by Alan Marshall, illustrated by Rick Amor, 1984
... country life... original lineocuts from Rick Amor alan marshall rick amor country ...First published 1944. This edition first published 1984. The illustrations in this book are reproduced from original lineocuts from Rick AmorHard backalan marshall, rick amor, country life, travel, anecdotes, reminiscences, victoria description and travel -
Clunes Museum
MAGAZINES
... Advertorial Publication Slow Coast & Country Life & Style ....1 SLOW magazine, article on Clunes, Victoria, Australia - Issue two, late spring 2009 - pages 62-63 .2 LIFE & STYLE magazine, article on Clunes, Victoria, Australia - Issue No.2 - pages 78-83 3. COAST & COUNTRY magazine, article on Clunes, Victoria, Australia - Edition Two Vol 7 No.2 2007 - pages 30-36advertorial publication, slow, coast & country, life & style -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Book - A Long Way from Silver Creek: A Family Memoir, Margaret Gee, 2000
... country life -- victoria... families country life -- victoria This book tells the story ...This book tells the story of Margaret Gee's family, spanning three generations living on the land in picturesque North Eastern Victoria, near Beechworth-Kelly country and steeped in the history of the gold rush and early pioneers. It is the story of her indomitable father, who grew up at Silver Creek, then joined the Australian Navy, became a prisoner of war on the Burma Railway after surviving the sinking of HMAS Perth, of his wife and family.non-fictionThis book tells the story of Margaret Gee's family, spanning three generations living on the land in picturesque North Eastern Victoria, near Beechworth-Kelly country and steeped in the history of the gold rush and early pioneers. It is the story of her indomitable father, who grew up at Silver Creek, then joined the Australian Navy, became a prisoner of war on the Burma Railway after surviving the sinking of HMAS Perth, of his wife and family.gee family, beechworth, rural families, country life -- victoria -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Book, Cannon, Michael, The roaring days : How Australia grew into a Nation like no other, 1998
... country life... cover city and town life 19th cent. history country life ...bk. 1. Who's master, who's man? -- bk. 2. Life in the country. -- bk. 3. Life in the cities.928 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. : book in dust covernon-fictionbk. 1. Who's master, who's man? -- bk. 2. Life in the country. -- bk. 3. Life in the cities.city and town life, 19th cent. history, country life, australia, australian social life and customs -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Book, Howcroft, Wilbur G. (Wilbur Gordon), The Clancy that overflowed, 1971
... Country life... and humor Country life Australia Book contains a diverse collection ...Book contains a diverse collection of outback yarns, fables anecdotes, bush ballads and observations all with a distinctly Australian predisposition. Much of the material is derived from wheat and sheep farms in the Victorian Mallee.114 p ; illBook contains a diverse collection of outback yarns, fables anecdotes, bush ballads and observations all with a distinctly Australian predisposition. Much of the material is derived from wheat and sheep farms in the Victorian Mallee.australian wit and humor, country life, australia -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book, Mavis Thorpe Clark, Home Again at Timber Creek, 1950
... country life... of Marysville. australia country life fiction mavis thorpe clark ...A sequel to 'The Twins at Timber Creek'. Adventures in the Australia countryside for children 7 to 11.No dust cover. Book is red with the title and the author's name in black on the front cover and spine.fictionA sequel to 'The Twins at Timber Creek'. Adventures in the Australia countryside for children 7 to 11.australia, country life, fiction, mavis thorpe clark