Sapper James W Dowson was a National serviceman who served with the Royal Australian Engineers, 1st Field Squadron, in Vietnam 1967-68. Upon his return, he brought each of his nieces and nephews a piece of Vietnamese clothing. This dress was given to his niece, Diane, who donated it to our museum in 2017.Aqua silk ao dai top, trimmed with cream, decorated with pink zig zag trim and four green hand-made silk closuers, six press stud closuresgirl, vietnamese, dress, ao dai, dowson

In 1964, Robin and Patricia Boyd spent several weeks on a world tour - Boyd took a leading role at the International Design Conference in Aspen and he also visited Chicago, Yale University, and New York’s World Fair. The Boyds then travelled on to England, Finland (especially to see Tapiola), Russia and India to see Le Corbusier's Chandigarh, and also Hong Kong and Thailand.Colour slide in a mount. Leckhampton House, The George Thomson Building under construction, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, 1964. (Architects: Philip Dowson of Arup Associates.)Made in Australia / 26 / AUG 64M / Encircled 51 (Handwritten)slide, robin boyd

Details on brass label; HMAS BENDIGO. This model was presented to the Bendigo District R.S.L. Museum by John Dowson of Toowoomba, Queensland in memory of his father "Commodore John Hastie Dowson, C.B.E." who as a Lieutenant was Commanding Officer in 1943 and in Salutation of all Officers and Members of Ship's Company who sailed in her throughout her service.Scale model of a ship made from plastic. Hull of ship is painted brown below the waterline. Remainder of hull painted white, light grey, dark grey. Superstructure painted grey and dark grey. Part of the deck painted to represent wood. Remainder of deck painted dark grey. Rigging made of cord. White ensign flying from stern. J187 painted on bow, port side and starboard side. Model is mounted on a wooden plank with brass label attached.Details on brass label appear in context historical.hmas bendigo, model, navy

Return of the commissioning plaque to the City of Bendigo Victoria. The H.M.A.S.Bendigo 50th Anniversary was on the 10th May 1941 to 12 May 1991military, world war 2, h.m.a.s. bendigo, 50th commissioning anniversary h. m. a. s. bendigo, hmas bendigo association, ansett airways, mr ray burton, eric spooner, laurie bower, james (doc) walsh, colin (doc) reinke, dean thomas, wally eves, noel (lofty) bushell, laurie (banjo) patterson, lex dalgleish, bendigo naval cadets, lt peter covinton-thomas, captain s j griffith, captain j h dowson, mrs burton, rear admiral mike hudson, commadore jeffrey a morten, army survey unit bendigo, lt col r van den tol & mrs van den tol, chief superintendent fox & mrs fox, bendigo naval club, mr des norman & mrs norman, bendigo r s l, mr henry o'halloran & mrs o'halloran, mr john barnes & mrs barnes, welcome stranger motel/reception centre, mr john walsh, st andrews uniting church