The Melbourne Women's Walking Club enjoyed bush walking as a hobby travelling to the north east of Victoria, using pack horses and camping on a 9 day hike. One of the woman, 'Bill' describes each day in detail - what they did, where they went and what they saw giving an insight into walking and the Bogong High Plains in the mid 1930's before the Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme opened up the area. The diary mentions a photo being taken by Mr Blackwell on the 9th day, New Year's Eve 'from a lovely bush track from which, looking back at intervals we got our final glimpse of Fainter. 5 miles from from our destination'.Historic: This extract from the diary of 'Bill', a member of the Melbourne Women's Walking Club gives an insight into walking in the mid 1930's and describes the Bogong High Plains as it was then before it was opened up with a road built during the Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme. It describes the area in summer including the flora & fauna, cattle grazing & cattlemen, the huts, the gauges set up by the State Electricity Commission of Victoria, the people working up there, the weather and the lifestyle of the walking group - their food, duties, swimming etc.. Six double sided typed photocopied yellow pages describing the Melbourne Women's Walking Club trip to the Bogong High Plains at Christmas in 1934. Also one page photocopied of the programme for Year 1934-35 with an arrow pointing to the above trip and a page with a photocopied sepia photo of the "Melbourne Women's Walking Club / Bogong High Plains / Dec. 1934. DVD 12 photos of the trip arrow showing trip from Programme. Title of photo "Melbourne Women's Walking Club / Bogong High Plains / Dec. 1934melbourne women's walking club. bogong high plains. camping. pack horses. cattlemen's huts.

Antonio Dallanegra was an Welsh Italian interned in Camp 2, in 1940. The pages tell the story of the sinking of the Arandora Star and their trip back to Scotland and then onto Australia.4 colour photographs of pages from the diary of Antonio Dallanegra.antonio dallanegra, diary extract, arandora star, dunera, arandora star survivor

This book was written at the same time as the replica of the PS Curlip was being built in Orbost. The great grandson of Samuel Richardson is Gil Richardson who lives in Bete Bolong just outside Orbost. Gil and Heather Richards presented the author, May Leatch with a box of old diaries written by Sam Richardson and Sam's sons, Alan and Frank. Using these as the basis of the story, May wrote the full story of the Curlip and the Richardson family.This book about a local icon and a local family was written in Orbost by a local historian.A green and grey covered book titled, CURLIP The life and times of a Snowy River Paddle Steamer and the family who built her. On the front cover is a black and white photograph of the PS Curlip taken shortly after its launch in 1890. On the back cover is a black and white photograph of phragmites on the Snowy River floodplain. The book traces the history of the Richardson family from Godalming, Surrey, England to Orbost, East Gippsland, Victoria in Australia. It contains b/w photographs, diary extracts and newspaper extracts. The book was written by May Leatch.p.s.curlip paddle-steamers orbost richardson-family richardson-samuel

Year 12 student from Templestowe, Kate Carter's VCE essay in history about Vivian Bullwinkel. Includes her correspondence with Vivian Bullwinkel while undertaking the research for this assignment.One sided photocopies on creamy paper including 14 pages essay and research documents (correspondence with Vivian Bullwinkel, with Bruce Ruxton, books extracts). Page 1: Cover: Title of essay with content details: Author's name, Teacher, Length, Due date. Includes a small photograph of nurse V. Bullwinkel. Black & white front page of a high school student's assignment with student name and contact details in the top left, title of the assignment and other administrative details in a variety of fonts and sizes. Included on left left lower on the page is the photocopy of a black and white photograph of a woman captioned 'Vivian Bullwinkel Born 1915'. Page 2: Table of contents Page 3: I - Section A: Acknowledgments Page 4: II - Abstract Page 5: III - Introduction Pages 6 to 7: 1 - Section B - Short Essay Pages 8 to 12: 3 - Section C - Research Essay Page 13: 8 - Section D - Footnotes Page 14: 9 - Bibliography Typed letter from BC Ruxton to Kate Carter (18/01/1990) Handwritten letter from Vivian Bullwinkel to Kate Carter with typed Curriculum Vitae (3 pages) (30/06/1990) Typed letter from Kate Carter to Vivian Bullwinkel (05/07/1990) with 2 pages of questions Handwritten letter from Vivian Bullwinkel to Kate Carter answering the questions (8 pages) (17/07/1990) Typed letter from Kate Carter to Returned Nurses Solo Branch (30/07/1990) (2 copies) 1 page of copies of images from "Captives" 1 page of copies of drawings from "Mike Willsees Australians" Tenko Tenko! 1 page of sketches ("sent with my letter from Vivian") 1 page of sketches ("also sent to me by Vivian") 1 copy of article from Weekend Magazine 1988 "Key to history gets a new keeper" 2 pages of copies from "Captives" 1 page of copies from a diary extract 1 page with two copies of newspaper articles 'Kate Carter / [Personal information withheld]' [Top right corner written in blue ink]vivian statham (nee bullwinkel), kate carter, bruce ruxton, banka island, wwii, ww2, world war two

An album containing photographs, articles and ephemera from the ceremony for the unveiling of the Australian Service Nurses National Memorial in Canberra, October 2nd 1999. "The Australian Service Nurses National Memorial, designed by Sydney-based sculptor Robin Moorhouse, commemorates the role of more than 10,000 Australian service nurses who have served in times of war, including 102 who died while on active service. The Memorial is constructed from translucent blue glass and has the words ‘Beyond all praise’ on the front. It consists of two curvilinear glass walls which are etched with text and images, in a timeline sequence, portraying the history and contribution of Australian Service Nursing. Also included is a collage of historical photographs and extracts from diaries and letters, in the original handwriting. Included on the west side of the memorial are the insignias of the Royal Australian Navy, the Australian Army and the Royal Australian Air Force. Unveiled on 2 October 1999, the ceremony was attended by over 1000 nurses, some from World War II who were in their 80s. A fly past by the Royal Australian Air Force Roulettes and royal salutes by officers from all defence services were included in the ceremony. A march by nurses carrying 102 Australian flags in memory of the nurses who fell in service plus one other flag in memory of civilian nurses who had lost their lives was also included. Other nurses wore vintage uniforms from previous war campaigns and wreaths were placed at the foot of the memorial by several dignitaries, service and civilian nursing groups from across Australia." [taken from The Australian Women's Register website].Cream coloured, Australian themed photo album with a Waratah flower, a gumnut and a gumleaf on the cover. A large white label in the top left reads 'Nurses Memorial Canberra'. The album contains plastic photo pockets and inner margins for annotations. It is filled with coloured photographs of varying sizes, clippings and a booklet. The album is only half filled.'PA59' [handwritten in blue ink on a sticker on the spine] 'Nurses Memorial Canberra' [handwritten in black ink on a white sticker on the front cover] [Annotations describing photos on most pages, handwritten in blue ink]australian military nurses, nurses, nurses memorial canberra, war memorials australia, australian nursing services

This journal provides the reader with glimpses of the adventures and hardships of a seaman's life. Many of the stories are of sailing ships.Contributes to our knowledge of the importance of shipping and places on record those stories of the sea which would otherwise be lost.Contents Foreword - Commodore Michael Parker, C.V.O. - 8 Editorial - S.A.E.S. - 17 An Unusual Cruise Through Bass Strait - T. E. Goldfinch - 23 Reminiscences in Sai - George Oakes - 27 My First Christmas in the Service - Lt.-Com. H. A. Willian, M.B.E., V.R.D., R.A.N.R. (Ret) - 30 Fortune's Wheel - Captain W. E. Eglen - 34 A Very Near Thing - Ralph Ingram - 37 The Time Charter - Captain Ruben Fogelstrom - 49 Ninety Years Under the Sea - J. M. MacKenzie - 53 Many hogs and Three Serpents - Captain C. E. Parkes - 58 Feathered Navigators - Arthur E. Woodley - 60 Human Radar - T. F. Roberts - 65 The Wreck of the Dutch Ship "Vergulde Draeck" - C. Halls - 67 The Port of Portland -- Victoria - - 78 The Barque "Carrazal" - From the papers of the late Captain J. Bull - 81 Pilots (verse) - C. E. Bonwick - 83 Hazards of Sail - A letter from Commodore John Rodgers, U.S.N. - 84 Dhows - C. W. Hawkins - 88 "Full Astern" Without "Stand-by" - S. F. P. Brown - 98 The "Lightning" Passage - More extracts of the Diary of a Passenger - 103 The "Royal Charter" - J. M. Mackie - 114 More on the "Royal Charter" - Dr. H. Cohen. C.B.E. 115 An Echo of Courage - a letter from J. S. Matthews - 117 A Wartime Passage - T. S. Shoesmith - 120 Book Reviews - - 130sailing ships, steamships, shipping, seafaring life, shiplovers' society of victoria, dog watch

Small paperback with the title in blue on a white rigid airship . In the centre right of the cover a photographic portrait of Reverend Weller also on a white rigid airship .non-fictionAs recently as the 1940s, there was only one bishop responsible for the work of the Anglican Church in almost the entire South American continent.Clearly, an area this large required somebody truly remarkable to lead the churches in it. The Rt Revd Jack Weller was a remarkable man. Here, his nephew tells the story of his life as a bishop in South America and his later work in England, with extracts from Jack's own diaries and writings giving an insight into the mind of the "Flying Bishop".reverend john reginald weller (1880-1969), jack weller, john weller, mission to seafarers, seamen's mission, melbourne, falklands islands, buenos aires, the andes, south america

This is an extract from "The memories of an Itinerant worker [swaggie] by George Everard. Forward by Horace W. Gould MBE" This is a rare example of a diary of a swaggie. This extract is also called Pioneering Days : journal of G. Everard, Victoria 1977HistoricalFoolscap sized photocopy of a handwritten account of the life of George Everard when he arrived in Melbourne in 1851, describing the town and his employment and life on Phillip and French Islands working for the McHaffies. george everard, john david mchaffie, itinerant workers, french island, ballangiech ship, lifestyle

A4 size document with no cover, pages stapled top left. 17 pages not illustrated. Entry start date: 19.6.1918. End date: 1.1.1919. In black print at top: “Pte W E McKee 3346 B Company 38th Battalion 10th Brigade AIF France”diary, extracts, 38th

Two newsletters concerning Ninnes Grave. One dated May, 2005 and the other September, 2008. Black and white printed documents with photos. Both documents contain images and discuss maintenance of the grave and extracts from the diary of Thomas Ninnes's diary. May, 2005 edition on A4 paper, stapled. September, 2008 edition on folded A3 paper. ninnes grave, robin hill estate

Typed notes mentioning the history of the Hepburn Family and Margaret Cotton McLachlan coming by sailing ship to Australia to marry her fiance who was a miner in Sandhurst and extracts from the diary of William Thompson.document, names of bendigo pioneers, bendigo historical society, settlers under sail, alexander hepburn stone, loch ard centenary commemoration committee, professor j. j. auchmuty, mr don charlwood, andrew hepburn, james hepburn, mary queen of scots, black bothwell, captain hepburn, the 'hope', george b crow, george baker, the 'marlbro', archives department of the latrobe library, mr loman, the 'david clarke', captain hepburn of the royal scots, sir john hepburn, mr howard hepburn, victoria reef lease no 60, ebenezer neill, becker, stirton, margaret cotton mclachlan, ina hepburn, the 'donald mckay', black ball line, james baines and company of liverpool, onedin line, passenger contract ticket, james mclauchlan, christian ferguson, robert miller, william thompson, mr stanwin, the 'shomberg', itchell and son, the 'dunbar', margaret stirton, canon horace stirton, dr james nish, p pentreath, jane pentreath, st andrew's presbyterian church sandhurst, james hepburn, corporate high school, bendigo high school, iron bark school of john rae, rae's hill school, mr john rae, rae anderson, bendigo branch of the royal historical society of victoria, victoria reef mine, 'gourdie farm', mr howard hepburn, john fortey, margaret cotton hepburn

Handwritten extracts from the diary of George Baker. He gives an account of the 24th and the 25th of December. 1852document, christmas day on the forest creek diggings 1852, george baker, mr gordon glover

Papers re Frederick Taylor James and sons (Frederick Taylor and Albert Taylor) donated by Mrs R Sinclair Feb 2004. Comprises 1.Letters from F T James 1834-1878 written to his family in London from California Gully and Emerald Hill with photos of Fred and his wife Maria. 2. Extract from the Eaglehawk Pioneers Register including a photo of Frederick James' house at 18 Taylor St, California Gully (Note; Thorn Street was subsequently incorporated in Taylor Street). 3. Story in ''Walkabout'' August 1964 of the bicycle ride by Fred's sons, Frederick and Albert from Mt Magnet WA to Melbourne in 1897 covering a distance of 2,592 miles. 4. Daily diary of the trip August 17th to the 3rd of October 1987. 5. Photos of Frederick and Albert James.person, individual, frederick taylor james, california gully, emerald hill, eaglehawk pioneers register, 18 taylor st, california gully, frederick and albert taylor.

A 6 pages booklet titled "Early Melbourne with short history of No. 1 Melbourne". On top left: "this will be the place for a village" extract from John Batman's diary and a drawing of John Batman. on bottom right a drawing of John Pascoe Fawkner. With the compliments of the Vacuum Oil Company Pty Ltd. On the back cover in blue pen S. Brown, 27 Hammer Street.melbourne, john batman

Illustrated book with brown and cream cover. Title, editors name, and an illustration of a gramophone are printed in brown on the front cover. Also on the front cover is a brown and white photo of a man and woman riding camels in front of the Sphinx: Olive " airing herself around the Pyramids in lieu of pay" accompanied by Dr John Kneebone. Title is also printed in brown on the spine. On the back cover are printed extracts from the book, along with two small photographs, one is of the front of an envelope, the other is a photograph of Olive Haynes in uniform 1915non-fictionA collection of letters and diary extracts written by Olive Haynes, between 1914 and 1918. This book gives an invaluable insight into the experiences of an Australian Army nurse whose service saw her minister to casualties from some of Australia's most significant campaigns during World War Oneolive l.c.hayes, world war 1914-1918 - medical care, world war 1914-1918-hospitals, australian army nurses, nurse

xvii, 388 p.; 24 cmnon-fictionThis biography explores the remarkable life of Jessie Traill - artist, traveller, humanitarian and independent spirit. From the ten-year-old who first met Tom Roberts painting on the shores of Port Phillip Bay, to a student of Frederick McCubbin and etchers John Mather and Frank Brangwyn, Jessie developed her professional skills. She interrupted her career to work as a voluntary nurse in France during World War I, later raising funds for and revisiting war-torn Europe. She also became one of Australia's most outstanding etchers, working in a field uncommon for women of her time. Through diary extracts, descriptions of her world travels and personal letters we hear her voice and see through her eyes, beauty, humour and the joys of simple living. jessie traill, frederick mccubbin, tom roberts, artist

non-fictionExtracts form diaries of arrival in Australia and growth of communities throughout Gippsland.presbyterian church in east gippsland area, settlers in area visisted by rev login, sale racecourse, kilmany park

Reflections reprinted history extracts from Bentleigh Baptist Church Diary from September 1989 to March 1993. Issues includes a CD with digital photos Reflections reprinted history upon the centenary of Bentleigh Baptist Church 1984 by DL Audemard from May 1985 The Way We Were Feb 1990 pamphlet notes reflections on the churches ministery over the last 50 years by unknown author A brief printed history author unknown and undated on Bentleigh Baptist Church, 10 Vickery Street Bentleigh Two computer generated articles of correspondence between Claire Barton and Robert Bell on the gathering of Bentleigh & Korean Baptist Church history April 2010bentleigh, baptist church, brewer mr, tucker road, box henry, lush gp rev, east boundary, north road, bentleigh baptist church, brighton baptist church, tucker road church, box francis, box edith, clay jack, clay joy, lipman vern, lipman bronwyn, watt family, pioneers, watt richard, watt martha, market gardens, centre road, jasper road, watt herbert, horse drawn vehicles, stamp mr, hall annie, vickery street, watt may, clay family, marriott hector, watt don, watt family, box chris, lipman joy, grewar family, alexander chas, shephard f, chapman samuel rev, chambers h, eunson ta rev, boreham e rev, fletcher w rev, marriott hec – market gardens, kennedy jack, kennedy lil, kennedy isa mary, herron john, seawright celia, streckfuss edith, cole alice, grewar annie, grewar hall, faulkner ern, graham tom, cross mabel, cross w rev, trenches, grewar jean, ormond, wadley mr, wellum mr, hinton wh, rees gp rev, hinton mrs, wade ken rev, wadley mrs, bent st, wade mrs, bell powell, warner lawrence, architects, winckel l rev, richards jl, builders, streckfuss bert, marriott may, streckfuss family, sach florrie, sach family, reid mrs, reid lesley, mcmillan mrs, drapers, mckinnon road, streckfuss edith, simpson mrs, wellum mrs, leadlights, main mary, evans william john, cooke j, cooke mrs, cahill samuel george, smith kate, freeman nancy, wanless mrs, redmore ab, redmore mrs, audemard phil rev, hawkins margaret, ord elton, hawkins shiela, pith ron, bell mr, wallace pat, bell margaret, audemard joan, docker sandra, hubbard mark, thomas bernie, thomas mrs, lamprell mrs, herron mr, herron mrs, freeman mrs, beach mrs, paton john mrs, george lloyd, aspinal eric, bell gwen, sutton mrs, winkel mrs, neil mary, costain mrs, main mrs, baker mrs, cross mrs, kershaw mrs, smith millie, smith jack, freeman alf, harwood lindsay, harwood doreen, bell lesley, bell roberta, bentleigh korean baptist church, barton claire, hoare mike, hoare margaret, bott muriel, bridgeman pat, cook don, small hugh, trewin bill, smith eddie, iggulden sid, neve keith, horsford david, spencer wally, mcewan bill, holmes ron, holmes joyce, pullman peter, pullman elly, probbel peter, robinson john, bott laurie, main alice, disney clarrie, taylor kath, woff miss, rutledge peter, cameo playgroup, bentleigh baptist church, bentleigh, tucker road, foundation stones

This is a soft cover book of 188 pages. It has a brown cover with white and yellow lettering and, on the front cover, a colour image of several men riding camels. The back cover has blurbs on the two pieces of writing in the book. The book contains many black and white photographs. The book also contains another piece of writing – ‘Australian Aviator, Sir Norman Brearley.’non-fictionThe story of the Australian Companies of the Imperia Camel Corps in World War One.george and edmee langley, world war one, history of warrnambool, warrnambool high school

This is a book of 280 pages with a blue and brown hard cover with sepia -coloured photographs on the front and back covers and multi-coloured print on the cover and spine. The dust cover has the same content as the hard cover. The pages contain printed text, black and white photographs, charts and sketches. non-fictionBiographical material of Charles Pratt and diary extracts charles pratt, 1920s aerial photographs, warrnambool history

Part of Gwen Mousley Collection. This bundle has a picture of a beautiful and historic chalice, but it was never at Deer Park or Sunshine.Some items have a date, or year, written on. The 1940 calendar is significant because of Geoffrey Sambell's Christmas wishes to Mr & Mrs Mousley. [Geoffrey Sambell was later Anglican Archbishop of Perth]st. johns church, deer park, miles street, church

Memories of permanent residents and holiday makers and some extracts from newspapers, dating from 1860's. Includes extract from James Meek's diary. 1865-2000Collections of memories of the town which would otherwise be lost.Looseleaf plastic pocket folder containing transcriptions of verbal memories of Peterborough, collected by Rosemary (Posie) Durhamgraeme murfett, todd sloane, james meek, a warren (wokka) moore, prue holden, staughton, annette breton, owen moore, jane dyson, james irvine iii, margaret hamilton, frank corlett, captain a.s. brown, peterborough house, andrew chirnside, moyle breton, tess jarvis, ross paton, virginia (bardie) mercer, ruth grimwade, rod (wumpty) chirnside, sir stanley argyle, joan densley, margery levine, mafe tabart, rosemary (posie) durham, belgian babies fund, bill cumming, ronald cumming, daniel curdie, jane hallows, jane coy, presbyterian church peterborough, john bartlam, sue graansma, sue joyce, palmyra peterborough, the holidays at peterborough, l'inconnue, 16 january 1917, warrnambool standard, warrnambool examiner

Material collected and donated Material relating to Camp 3 and the Internees from Palestine. Sketch map of Camp 3 Memorium to Dieter Ruff, former Head of the Temple Society. Photo of steam passenger train at Rushworth Station. Various group photos. Copy of sketch of hut by Winkler. "in the Internment Camp Tatura" by K.M. Pfander Copy of talk given to her former pupils by Gudrun Gollong, in 1978. Poem written in Camp by Annie Lorenz. Poem by unknown writer "Life's Daily Routine" Interview with Babette Kirsch. Copy of children's learning book in German. Photos of toys and craft made for Kaltenbach family. Copy of Kaltenbach barracks by Cesare Vagarini. Story of Wilhelm Kuebler. Photos of wooden boxes made for Sgt. Cubbin. Copy of letter in German confirming the death in Camp of the two Stuerzenhofecker children. Copy of records Theo Stoll. School records Waltraud Doster Copy of Marriage Certificate Vollmer/Zollinger, August 1946. Recollections of Private Ashworth, guard at Camp 3. Photo taken 2001 by John Wepner of pump which supplied water to Camps 3 & 4 from No. 9 channel. Sketch of canoe made in camp from a sheep drinking trough by the Haering family. "From the Holy Land to the Home of the Kangaroo", by Hedwig Schnerring, translated by Peter Hornung, donor- Guenther Schnerring. "The Long Arm of the Third Reich" by Christine Winter. Photocopied extract of Walter Odorich Stenner's diary account of the transportation from Haifa to Australia. Research - Tatura WW2 Internment Camp 3, Annie Leschen Copy of map showing pump sites for water for Camps 3 and 4 Copy (laser) of a painting donated by Frieder Vollmer, artist "D 1943"? Adalbert Stern, Sir Nicholas - Son of Dunera boy "Adalbert Stern Copies of photos (4) of 2 cakes of Lux soap with pictures of "Roll Call, Tatura 1941" on one side and "Lux Toilet Soap" on the other Newspaper Article from "The Age" 14/04/1999 re Vagarini Exhibition Camp 3TaturaBlack 3 ring folder with printed matter and photos in plastic sleeves.documents, reports