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Falls Creek Historical SocietyBook - The Ice Beneath my Feet, Diana Patterson, 2010
... Diana Patterson...Diana Patterson...Diana Patterson Women Scientists Diana Patterson ...Diana Patterson was searching for her path in life when she was bitten by the Antarctic bug in her late twenties. With dogged determination, she set her sights on becoming the leader at one of Australia's Antarctic research stations - a lofty aspiration, considering this was definitely a bloke's world. She was knocked back four times, but it didn't deter her - and at the age of 38 Diana became the first woman in charge of Mawson, a small, mostly male community of scientists and tradies living in each other's pockets 24/7, thousands of miles from the comforts of home. The Ice Beneath My Feet is an intimate and riveting account of Diana's Antarctic dream. The day-to-day reality of life in this frozen environment and the adventures of the delightful, vital characters we meet along the way (men, huskies, penguins!) are utterly captivating, and a must-read for anyone with a love for adventure.A publication of 358 pages including 16 pages of illustrations, maps and photographs. The front cover features a photo of the author in front of a flock of penguins. The back cover includes a synopsis and photographs.non-fictionDiana Patterson was searching for her path in life when she was bitten by the Antarctic bug in her late twenties. With dogged determination, she set her sights on becoming the leader at one of Australia's Antarctic research stations - a lofty aspiration, considering this was definitely a bloke's world. She was knocked back four times, but it didn't deter her - and at the age of 38 Diana became the first woman in charge of Mawson, a small, mostly male community of scientists and tradies living in each other's pockets 24/7, thousands of miles from the comforts of home. The Ice Beneath My Feet is an intimate and riveting account of Diana's Antarctic dream. The day-to-day reality of life in this frozen environment and the adventures of the delightful, vital characters we meet along the way (men, huskies, penguins!) are utterly captivating, and a must-read for anyone with a love for adventure. diana patterson, women scientists -
Falls Creek Historical SocietyBadge - Hotham to Falls Creek Ski Race
... Diana Patterson... to Falls began in 1978 They were owned and donated by Diana... in 1978 They were owned and donated by Diana Patterson who ...These badges were awarded for participation in a Cross Country Ski Race from Mount Hotham to Falls Creek. The Hotham to Falls began in 1978 They were owned and donated by Diana Patterson who was a founding member of Falls Creek Historical Society.These badges belonged to a highly recognised Australian and founding member of the Falls Creek Historical Society.Three enamelled metal pins to commemorate participation in a cross country ski race from Mount Hotham to Falls Creek. Each badge features an image of two snow capped mountains, the sun and a rainbow. A bird is at the bottom with outstretched wings supporting the central image. One badge features a pair of birds and text. On badge 2: Hotham to Falls Creek.diana patterson, falls creek, hotham to falls creek race -
Falls Creek Historical SocietyMedal - Nordic Ski Club 1972
... Diana Patterson... to Diana Patterson. Diana Patterson was born in Tasmania... Patterson. Diana Patterson was born in Tasmania and originally ...This medal commemorates the Nordic Ski Club and belonged to Diana Patterson. Diana Patterson was born in Tasmania and originally pursued a career as a physical education teacher. After making a major career change, she applied to join the Australian Antarctic Division. She applied four times before she was accepted. Diana first travelled to the Antarctic in October 1987. By this time only ten Australian women had spent a winter there. She first worked at Casey Station, before becoming leader at Mawson Station therein becoming the first female leader of an Antarctic base of any nation. After retiring Diana guided tourist expeditions to the Antarctic for many years, as well as continuing work in research and conservation. In 2012 she published her story “The Ice Beneath My Feet: My Year In Antarctica”. Diana Patterson was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for "service to conservation and the environment”. As well as these outstanding career achievements, Diana has been a Board Member of both the Mt. Buller Alpine Resort Management Board, including a period as Chairman, and also the Falls Creek Resort Management Board. She was also a founding member of Falls Creek Historical Society.This medal belonged to a highly recognised Australian and founding member of the Falls Creek Historical Society.A triangle shaped medal with a red, white and blue lanyard attached. It bears an embossed figure of a Nordic Skier and text.On front, around edges: 1972 TELEMARK NORDIC SKI CLUB AUSTRALIA On back: Rocky Valley Rush W40 1991nordic ski club, australian skiing, diana patterson, falls creek, telemark skiing -
Falls Creek Historical SocietyBadge - Winter Olympic Games 1994 and 2002
... Diana Patterson... in their respective cities. The badges were owned and donated by Diana... member of the Falls Creek Historical Society. Diana Patterson ...These badges and emblems were issued by the Winter Olympic committees for the Games in Lillehammer, Norway in 1994 and Salt Lake City, USA in 2002 to commemorate the holding of the games in their respective cities. The badges were owned and donated by Diana Patterson who was a talented cross country skier. She was born in Tasmania and originally pursued a career as a physical education teacher. After making a major career change, she applied to join the Australian Antarctic Division. She applied four times before she was accepted. Diana first travelled to the Antarctic in October 1987. By this time only ten Australian women had spent a winter there. She first worked at Casey Station, before becoming leader at Mawson Station therein becoming the first female leader of an Antarctic base of any nation. After retiring Diana guided tourist expeditions to the Antarctic for many years, as well as continuing work in research and conservation. In 2012 she published her story “The Ice Beneath My Feet: My Year In Antarctica”. Diana Patterson was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for "service to conservation and the environment”. As well as these outstanding career achievements, Diana has been a Board Member of both the Mt. Buller Alpine Resort Management Board, including a period as Chairman, and also the Falls Creek Resort Management Board. She was also a founding member of Falls Creek Historical Society.These badges belonged to a highly recognised Australian and founding member of the Falls Creek Historical Society.Two badges issued to represent the Olympic cities of Lillehammer in 1994 and Park City, Salt Lake 2002, The badge for 1994 is rectangular and has a stylised figure of a skier in the centre. It has a chain attached at the top, so may have been part of a keychain. The 2002 badge for Park City is round and bears the emblem adopted for the Olympic Games held in Salt Lake as well as the Olympic rings.Badge 1: Lillehammer 1994 Badge 2: Olympic Venue City, Park City, Olympic Winter Games, Salt Lake 2002diana patterson, falls creek, lillehammer winter games, salt lake city winter games -
Falls Creek Historical SocietyDecorative object - Birkebeiner Lodge Pin
... Diana Patterson... and donated by Diana Patterson who was a talented cross country skier... and donated by Diana Patterson who was a talented cross country skier ...This lapel pin originates from the Birkebeiner Lodge in Norway. The cross country ski race which originated there in 1932 was the inspiration for the annual Kangaroo Hoppet Race held in Falls Creek, Victoria. The Kangaroo Hoppet is Australia's premier long distance cross country ski race, and a member of the prestigious Worldloppet series of international cross country ski events. The first race at Falls Creek was held in 1979 under the name of “Australian Birkebeiner”. The course started and finished at the alpine ski village of Falls Creek, and took participants out into the wilderness area of the Bogong High Plains. Later, 42km became the main distance and after a few name changes, the name of Kangaroo Hoppet was adopted in 1990. The lapel pin was owned and donated by Diana Patterson who was a talented cross country skier. She was born in Tasmania and originally pursued a career as a physical education teacher. After making a major career change, she applied to join the Australian Antarctic Division. She applied four times before she was accepted. Diana first travelled to the Antarctic in October 1987. By this time only ten Australian women had spent a winter there. She first worked at Casey Station, before becoming leader at Mawson Station therein becoming the first female leader of an Antarctic base of any nation. After retiring Diana guided tourist expeditions to the Antarctic for many years, as well as continuing work in research and conservation. In 2012 she published her story “The Ice Beneath My Feet: My Year In Antarctica”. Diana Patterson was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for "service to conservation and the environment”. As well as these outstanding career achievements, Diana has been a Board Member of both the Mt. Buller Alpine Resort Management Board, including a period as Chairman, and also the Falls Creek Resort Management Board. She was also a founding member of Falls Creek Historical Society.This medal belonged to a highly recognised Australian and founding member of the Falls Creek Historical Society.A small gold lapel pin from the Birkebeiner Lodge in the form of a Nordic skier with the name beneath it.diana patterson, falls creek, cross country skiing, kangaroo hoppet -
Falls Creek Historical SocietyMedal - Australian Cross Country Ski Championships, 1991
... Country Ski Championships and was awarded to Diana Patterson... Ski Championships and was awarded to Diana Patterson. Diana ...This medal commemorates performance in the Australian Cross Country Ski Championships and was awarded to Diana Patterson. Diana Patterson was born in Tasmania and originally pursued a career as a physical education teacher. After making a major career change, she applied to join the Australian Antarctic Division. She applied four times before she was accepted. Diana first travelled to the Antarctic in October 1987. By this time only ten Australian women had spent a winter there. She first worked at Casey Station, before becoming leader at Mawson Station therein becoming the first female leader of an Antarctic base of any nation. After retiring Diana guided tourist expeditions to the Antarctic for many years, as well as continuing work in research and conservation. In 2012 she published her story “The Ice Beneath My Feet: My Year In Antarctica”. Diana Patterson was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for "service to conservation and the environment”. As well as these outstanding career achievements, Diana has been a Board Member of both the Mt. Buller Alpine Resort Management Board, including a period as Chairman, and also the Falls Creek Resort Management Board. She was also a founding member of Falls Creek Historical Society.This medal recognises the performance of a highly recognised member of the Falls Creek community.Hexagon shaped medal with a skier and Nordic figure on the front and snowflake design on the reverse side.Below image: AUSTRALIAN SKI FEDERATIONx country skiing cbampionships, australian ski federation -
Federation University Historical CollectionMagazine - Booklet, Ballarat School of Mines Students' Magazine, 1955, 1955
School Council, Members of Staff, Editorial, Principal's Page, Prominent Personalities, Tales from Malaya, Literary Society, Boys' Sport, Football, Baseball, Cricket, Tennis, Swimming, Athletics, Amateur Cycling, The Dear Departing, Magazine Committee, Accident!, The Apprentices, Bee-Keeping, Roll Call, Junior School, Ballarat Junior Technical School Members of Staff, House Notes, A.T.C. The activities of the Air Cadets, Girls' House Notes, Junior Technical School, Ballarat North Junior Technical School - Headmaster's Page, Ballarat North Junior Technical - School Members' of Staff - Students' Gray soft covered magazine with red and blue titlesFront inside cover has signatures.ballarat school of mines, magazine, glen baxendale, john skuja, graham willey, stan kisler, r. w. richards, janet steele, john collier, jim murray, eillen grundell, john clelland, bill maxwell, ron furlong, judy johnson, russ whitcher, anita young, jimmy durant, alf hannah, gordon thurling, r. dunlop, j. wolfe, i. schunke, d. schmidt, j. murray, b. tozer, r. furlong, b. singleton, n. richards, f. andrewartha, j. barnes, p. collier, a. orgill, w. maxwell, n. brogden, b. bellingham, b. gallagher, g. rasdell, j. williams, j. clelland, n. spears, t. prior, b. matthews, b. dixon, j. barker, g. ditchfield, a. clarke, t. seabrook, w. saggers, b. mclennan, n. beanland, p. nally, i. fraser, j. gowan, g. hewitt, s. nandhabiwat, p. quinlan, g. crawford, jim mcneil, bill saggers, frank andrewartha, john barnes, peter ditchfield, richard dunlop, alan orgill, pat quinlan, david schmidt, terry seabrook, russell whitcher, john williams, barrie r. smith, saml. l. clemens, beth byrne, beverley briggs, john procter studios, "buck" rodger, jack aitkin, diana mainwaring, bob jones, brian blenkiron, geoff o'brian, peter nunn, douglas poole, denis bryans, brian duthie, g. bromley, b. thompson, graham paddle, j. spencer, j. leckie, w. widdop, m. eggleton, m. marshall, c. veal, m. judd, r. day, b. conry, h. smith, a. minotti, e. kinnane, r. white, j. mchenry, m. o'brien, w. edmends, n. slocum, a. bethune, g. mckenzie, l. jones, g. weightman, r. whitcher, r. janson, k. delaland, g. blomley, l. leckie, l. matthews, r. widgery, g. gilmer, t. lugg, l. tuddenham, g. wright, j. hamilton, b. parker, d. wakeling, r. cutter, g. cheeseman, b. patterson, n. hocking, g. pett, b. stevens, j. mckenzie, l. dean, w, tresize, m. lesins, marcia ellsworth, betty gist, b. o'connell, j. mortimer, janice rowe, k. mcbeath, b. augustine, c. ludbrook, v. gill, b. squire, m. walsh, j. pollock, i. sproule, j. cromb, r. duncan, g. sawyer, g. walker, n. porter, e. waller, r. carlson, k. johnston, l. willis, s. mcgregor, a. clark, i. boyd, norma davies, i. kinnane, p. agrums, r. latter, r. harwood, d. sarah, d. mclennan, n. delosa, g. stevens, j. furlong, g. hocking, j. davenport, v. scott, d. pollock, laraine edwards, helen smith, janet mchenry, merle gillingham, j. hunt, j. strange, e. r. willingham, r. handmer, j. rash, a. f. hetherington, d. dow, w. etty, a. haywood, j. vincent, p. athanitis, l. kinnane, d. hughes, l. fox, j. caldwell, r. champneys, d. ridgway, j. van berkel, m. ritchie, m. bolster, j. hankin, n. pike, j. bennett, g. tonkin, n. davies, h. wunhym, b. hay, j. carroll, r. gilchrist, glenys spielvogel, b. strange, g. lee, h. a. smith, w. leishman, j. flynn, a. wright, g. henderson, j. vagg, k. howell, g. collinson, s. stepnell, j. clarke, r. brown, g. spiers, k. jenkins, l. deppler, b. silvey, n. bromley, j. sarah, g. hinks, g. dunstone, b. mciver, r. hepburn, b. gavin, b. clack, k. fisher, l. mcdonald, r. mckenzie, p. hall, b. harrison, d. vincent, b. lugg, j. allen, w. sawall, a. brumby, j. richards, e. jamieson, m. litchfield, g. munning, g. martin, n. nugent, t. fletcher, j. mcnicol, d. mackay, kevin rogers, g. turnbull, b. gamble, g. russell, i. watkins, a. brogan, r. chibnall, j. gullock, r. kinnersley, g. brown, w. parkinson, r. priddle, r. burge, b. reid, l. reed, g. nicholls, w. wilkins, b. pittard, w. ellis, d. hodgers, j. witherden, b. antonio, n. malthouse, g. keddie, c. harris, n. currie, j. mcadam, b. flynn, j. whelan, b. tait, w. troughton, n. bedggood, i. franklin, n. yean, j. caroll, r. elshaug, r. whitten, f. loader, g. pike, n. dell, william saggers
