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Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Artwork, other - Shipwreck Board, The Eye of the Needle: Shipwrecks, Stranding's and Collisions, ca 2002
... The Eye of the Needle: Shipwrecks, Stranding's and...Eye of the Needle...: - "Known as the ‘Eye of the Needle’ the treacherous entrance... as they navigated the 'Eye of the Needle', a narrow stretch of Bass Strait...: - "Known as the ‘Eye of the Needle’ the treacherous entrance ...The Shipwreck Board is a feature of Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village/ its subject is explained briefly in the Museum's handbook, The Flagstaff Hill Navigator, published in 2008: - "Known as the ‘Eye of the Needle’ the treacherous entrance to Bass Strait is littered with the wreckage of large international vessels and smaller sail and steam craft used in coastal trade. The vessels bringing emigrants and cargo to Australia found the western entrance to Bass Strait the most dangerous part of their voyage. They had to thread their way between the southern point of Victoria (Cape Otway) and the northern point of King Island, a stretch of water less than 90 km wide. Many smaller coastal vessels were lost at Portland, Port Fairy, Warrnambool and Apollo Bay which are not safe harbours in certain weather conditions. "The Shipwreck Board shows shipwrecks, strandings and collisions which occurred in this area up to the year 1940. Wrecks are identified by a yellow light and collisions/strandings by a green light. These lights also identify the decade the wreck occurred by lighting up when the relevant decade button is pushed. Interesting happenings of the decades are listed next to the buttons." The Shipwreck Board's demonstration of The Eye of the Needle is an interactive visual display that helps teach the perils and dangers faced by early settlers in Victoria. It tells of the vast number of lives lost. It lists the names of many infamous shipwrecks and significant events.The large stained and lacquered timber board is mounted in a timber, frame. It is painted with a small sketch of Australia, and an enlarged outline of the southern coast of Victoria, King Island and the North West coast of Tasmania. The interactive display highlights the shipwrecks, standings and collisions suffered by many vessels as they navigated the 'Eye of the Needle', a narrow stretch of Bass Strait. The locations of the Lighthouses are pinpointed. Lists of groups of ships are below the coastlines. A painted scroll shows eight major shipwrecks with the number of lives lost for each one. A table shows historical facts associated with the decades from pre-1830 to 1940. A system of coloured lights compares the decades with the vessels that suffered damage. The board was created by artist and signwriter, Alex O'Flynn Computer Signs.flagstaff hill, maritime museum, maritime village, shipwreck coast, eye of the needle, shipwreck locations, bass strait, basses strait, king island, north west tasmania, south coast of victoria, cape otway, victorian lighthouse, king island lighthouse, strandings, coastal tracers, emigrant ships, sea trade, 1930s-1940s, shipwreck board, the eye of the needle, collosions -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Needles
... Packet of Egg eye shaped sharp sewing needle - size 4/8...On packet No.4/8 Abel Morrall's Egg Eyed Needles.... Abel Morrall's Egg Eyed Needles. Packet of Egg eye shaped sharp ...Needles are part of a collection of sewing tools donated by Betty McPhee.Packet of Egg eye shaped sharp sewing needle - size 4/8. Made by Abel Morrall - Griffen Brand. Packet endorsed ' Every needle selected - over 100 years reputation.On packet No.4/8 Abel Morrall's Egg Eyed Needles.handcrafts, equipment -
Parks Victoria - Wilsons Promontory Lightstation
Nautical chart
... in the nineteenth century was known as the ‘Eye of the Needle’. It covers... was known as the ‘Eye of the Needle’. It covers the whole ...Used as display in AMSA workshop foyer, Moorabbin, Vic. Nautical charts x 2 , The framed and glazed chart identifies strategic points in the notorious Bass Strait passage, which in the nineteenth century was known as the ‘Eye of the Needle’. It covers the whole of Tasmania, Bass Strait and the islands, and the lower part of Victoria with its coastline between Cape Otway and Gabo Island. The chart has an electric cord connecting it to a wall switch which enables a series of small lights to flash on strategic geographical locations.. While it is not known if it is original to Wilsons Promontory, it certainly elates to its location. A similar chart at Cape Otway shows less of Tasmania and is not electrified. Gabo Island Lightstation has two large framed charts; one is the same as the Wilsons Promontory example but without the lights and the other is entirely different, focussing on the east coast between Point Hicks and Montague Island. The Wilsons Promontory chart is unique as an illuminated version of the other charts and has first level significance if its provenance to the lightstation can be confirmed.The framed and glazed chart has an electric cord connecting it to a wall switch which enables a series of small lights to flash on strategic geographical locations.Yes -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Books, Ian McKellar Books (4): History of the Family, History of Cape Otway, 14 Radar Station Wilson's Promontory, and Mt Hunter Tin Mine. Published 1989-2010
... Brunswick - 153 pages.; Defending The Eye Of The Needle - A History... The Eye Of The Needle - A History Of Cape Otway 1939-1945 ...4 books by Ian C. McKellar; �37 A Year And A Free Passage - A History Of The McKellar Family Of Warrnambool. Published by Ian and Margaret McKellar, Heathmont, 1989. Printed by Globe Press P/L Brunswick - 153 pages.; Defending The Eye Of The Needle - A History Of Cape Otway 1939-1945. Published for Ian McKellar and Morrie Fenton, 2010. Printed by PenFolk Publishing, Blackburn - 195 pages.; History And Memories Of 14 Radar Station Wilsons Promontory. Published by Ian and Margaret McKellar, Heathmont, 2004. Printed by PenFolk Publishing, Blackburn - 103 pages.; The Rise And Fall Of The MtHunter Tin Mine, A History Of Northern Wilsns Promontory. Published by Ian and Margaret McKellar, Heathmont, 1993. Printed by Ringwood Litho Art and Design - 46 pages. +Additional Keywords: McKellar, Ian / McKellar, Margaret / Fenton, Morrie -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Needle case and needles, Late 19th century
... twelve metal needles of varying lengths and eye hole sizes. Two... twelve metal needles of varying lengths and eye hole sizes. Two ...This item is one of several in a collection of tools that are believed to have been owned by the Warrnambool carpenter and businessman, Henry Phillips. The needles are bag needles, used with leather or string to sew up and enclose hessian bags etc. English-born Henry Phillips (1821-1896) came to Australia with his wife Elizabeth in 1849. They lived for some time in Port Fairy. In 1865 Henry formed a partnership with Christopher Beattie to establish the Warrnambool undertaking business of Beattie and Phillips. This business continued on after the deaths of the founders and lasted until the year 2000. In Warrnambool Henry Phillips was involved in the management of the Mechanics Institute.This is a wooden case, elliptical in shape, with a detachable lid. The case is pointed at both ends. The lid is bound at one end with several strands of string. The case contains twelve metal needles of varying lengths and eye hole sizes. Two of the needles have curved ends and several have flattened middle sections. The needles are much rusted and the case is stained.Made in Englandvintage tools, henry phillips -
Federation University Historical Collection
Object, Lawyers bodkin with eye
A lawyers bodkin is like a large sewing needle with a wooden handle. Used for putting holes in documents so they can be bound together. This particular bodkin is in its original box.lawyers bodkin with eye, bodkin, lawyers bodkin -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph - Photograph, Black and white, Reverend John Reginald Weller, Chilean Sailmaker on the Skaregrøm, 1925-1926
The Skaregrøm was a swedish windjammer. On his log during his time on the Skaregrøm Captain Archie Horka often mentions "Chile John" or "Chileno/Chilano John". He also mentions his real name John Oyarzo, probably Juan Oyarzo (see Sea History Magazine)The picture shows one of the work on board a sailing ship. It also demonstrates how international ship crew were at the time. The photograph was published in the annual report for 1926.Sailor with grey shirt and cap sitting on the deck of the ship, repairing sails. Around his right hand is one of the sailmaker tool: the sailmaker sewing palm is a leather strap with metal piece on the palm called the eye. This piece has indentations to accept the head of the needle as you push it through the cloth. The number 14 at the back indicates the photograph was previously on one of the grey album pages with the legend: "Chilean sailmaker on the Skaregrom".in pencil: "cut off"is written twice on the top and bottom of the photograph. Number 14 was added later in black inkskaregrom, sailing ship, sailmaker, skaregrøm, chilean, sailor, reverend john reginald weller (1880-1969), weller album, windjammer -
Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
POEM, "In Memory of Herbert Smith KIA, October 1914" and POST CARD of Méteren village's "Needle-eyed chuch."
... village's "Needle-eyed chuch." ...snape collection -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Sewing Kit
... packs John James & Son needles, Sharps Egg Eyed, gold burnished... James & Son needles, Sharps Egg Eyed, gold burnished and Gold ...Sewing Kit in burgundy box, gold line around base. Hinged lid with bottom part of locking clasp missing. Kit contains 3 packs John James & Son needles, Sharps Egg Eyed, gold burnished and Gold Inlaid Grooveless Betweens. There are 4 sewing tools in lid.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, sewing kit -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Textile - Lace Trim
... ’ as a sewing needle with the eye cut out and the point at the other end...’ as a sewing needle with the eye cut out and the point at the other end ...This elegant lace trim is Irish crochet lace. Crochet skills were brought to Ireland from France by Ursuline nuns in the 1700s and was mainly confined to the convents. When the Potato Blight occurred in 1845 the principal source of food and income was lost and families were destitute. Several wealthy women taught the peasant women the art of crochet and then marketed it to their wealthy friends in England and Europe thus saving many Irish families from starvation. Irish crochet is made in several parts. Women would specialize in a signature motif and would sell their motifs to stores. From there more lace workers would be employed to join them together to make a larger piece. The larger pieces would go to the master lace maker who would assemble them into the final pattern or items. Many women became the major wage earners for their families from these skills. Closer inspection of this piece reveals the initial repeated floral motif. To get an idea of the fineness of some of this crochet lace, a woman described her ‘famine hook’ as a sewing needle with the eye cut out and the point at the other end inserted in a wooden handle.The Amess family owned Churchill Island from 1872 to 1929. This lace collection was owned and contributed to by four generations of Amess women, see above.Irish crochet handmade lace trim, ivorychurchill island, lace, jane amess, lace collection -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Textile - Lace Piece Border on Net
... that some practitioners used a sewing needle with the eye cut out... that some practitioners used a sewing needle with the eye cut out ...This machine made net (76cm x 38) is trimmed on the edge with a tamboured design in the style of Limerick lace. Machines were so proficient in copying handmade lace that it is very difficult to tell if the trim is done by hand or by machine. Tambour lace was the earliest form of Limerick lace and was worked in chain stitch onto machine made net using a very fine crochet hook, so fine in fact that some practitioners used a sewing needle with the eye cut out and the pointed end inserted into a wooden handle.The lace industry in Limerick was started by Charles Walker in 1829 Many Irish women who learned the craft worked from home but Walker knew that he would get more consistent and cleaner work if he could oversee the work being done so he built a factory for the women. Limerick lace lost popularity after Walker died in 1842 but was revived in the late 1880s and continued to be made into the 20th century but never reached the heights of the Walker period. If this pattern is machine made it would have been made using a Bonnaz machine which was later called a Cornely machine. Antoine Bonnaz (1836 – 1915), a silk machine engineer, produced the first successful industrial chain stitch machine. His patent was finally acquired by Ercole Cornely in Paris who developed a hook shaped needle that could make a line of chain stitches. Initially these machines were only available in northern France but they were so popular that they were eventually exported to the rest of the world and are still being produced today. This lace edging is quite fine and would only be about a centimetre in width and so would be subtle in effect, perhaps to be used on undergarments or as a fichu for day wear.The Amess family owned Churchill Island from 1872 to 1929. This lace collection was added to and refined over the course of three successive generations of women.Machine made net, trimmed with tamboured design in style of Limerick lace.Note in package "LIMERICK LACE TRIMMINGS"lace, janet amess lace collection, churchill island, amess -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Textile - Lace Trim
This trim is a delicate example of tatting which is a form of knotted lace. The lace is made by hand using a small shuttle which could be made of bone, tortoiseshell, steel or more recently, plastic. The shuttle is double sided with shell like sides which point towards each other at the ends to ease passing through loops of the larks head knot which is the main stitch used in tatting. The centre of the shuttle has a shaft with the thread wound onto it. Knotted laces have been made for several centuries but tatting is believed to have originated in the 18th century by the knotting of embroidery threads in preparation for couched work. This was done by ladies to relieve the monotony of long coach journeys sometimes using a shuttle for ease of manipulation. This knotted thread could be formed into circles and stitched together using a needle and thread. In the 1870s there were two major developments, first the introduction of picots which added daintiness to the work and secondly the use of a second shuttle with a separate thread to join the loops into a pattern of circles, squares, triangles and diamonds. Needle Tatting is another form of this craft where the work is done using a needle which the same width all along including the eye. This results in a different structure and slightly thicker end result than shuttle tatting as the needle must pass through the work. There is also a version called Cro-Tatting where the craft is created using a needle with a crochet hook on the end but again the hook must be the same diameter as the needleChurchill Island has a large lace collection, which was added to by three successive generations of the Amess family - Jane, Janet, and Unity. The Amess family owned Churchill Island from 1872 to 1929. Jane was wife of Samuel Amess, who was the first Samuel Amess to own Churchill Island. The examples of lace are notable for their variety, and provide representative examples of techniques from the late nineteenth to the early twentieth centuries. Length of tatted lace.janet amess lace collection, lace, churchill island, amess, tatting -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Textile - Lace Trim
This trim is a delicate example of tatting which is a form of knotted lace. The lace is made by hand using a small shuttle which could be made of bone, tortoiseshell, steel or more recently, plastic. The shuttle is double sided with shell like sides which point towards each other at the ends to ease passing through loops of the larks head knot which is the main stitch used in tatting. The centre of the shuttle has a shaft with the thread wound onto it. Knotted laces have been made for several centuries but tatting is believed to have originated in the 18th century by the knotting of embroidery threads in preparation for couched work. This was done by ladies to relieve the monotony of long coach journeys sometimes using a shuttle for ease of manipulation. This knotted thread could be formed into circles and stitched together using a needle and thread. In the 1870s there were two major developments, first the introduction of picots which added daintiness to the work and secondly the use of a second shuttle with a separate thread to join the loops into a pattern of circles, squares, triangles and diamonds. Needle Tatting is another form of this craft where the work is done using a needle which the same width all along including the eye. This results in a different structure and slightly thicker end result than shuttle tatting as the needle must pass through the work. There is also a version called Cro-Tatting where the craft is created using a needle with a crochet hook on the end but again the hook must be the same diameter as the needle.Churchill Island has a large lace collection, which was added to by three successive generations of the Amess family - Jane, Janet, and Unity. The Amess family owned Churchill Island from 1872 to 1929. Jane was wife of Samuel Amess, who was the first Samuel Amess to own Churchill Island. The examples of lace are notable for their variety, and provide representative examples of techniques from the late nineteenth to the early twentieth centuries. Delicate length of tatted lace trim.janet amess lace collection, lace, churchill island, janet, amess, tatting -
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RANZCOG)
Tool - Broad ligament needle associated with Dr William Geoffrey Wicks
... Broad ligament needle with slot eye. Distal end of metal... eye. Distal end of metal shaft tapers at an angle to a needle ...This needle was owned and used by Dr William Geoffrey Wicks and was referred to as a "boomerang needle". [source: Curator Sue Barnett, 2000] The needle is similar to Ralph Worralll's broad ligament needle, page a/210, Felton, Grimwade & Duerdins catalogue 1948.Broad ligament needle with slot eye. Distal end of metal shaft tapers at an angle to a needle point. Proximal end of needle shaft forks to create a handle shape with a rounded bulb at the end. Underside on needle is stamped "J.AUSTIN" and "STAINLESS". "J. AUSTIN" "STAINLESS"surgery -
Ballarat Base Hospital Trained Nurses League
Alcester Surgical Needles - French Intestinal
1/2 Circle, Spring Eye, Size 22mm, 6 x 1 Pkt.alcester surgical needles - french intestinal -
Ballarat Base Hospital Trained Nurses League
Templar Surgical Needles
1600 Eye Curved, Size No 5, 1/2 Doz.templar surgical neddles -
Yarrawonga and Mulwala Pioneer Museum
Thatching Needle, Unknown
Semi circular, round metal object with flat and blunt on one end, sharp point on the other end. Below the sharp point is a round hole or eye in the neddle. Threaded with a piece of twine.None -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Domestic object - Sewing Needles
... Packet of Prym Sewing Needles. Best silvered eyed sharps... Needles. Best silvered eyed sharps. Size6/8 Domestic object Sewing ...From Betty McPhee Collection of Sewing Equipment.Packet of Prym Sewing Needles. Best silvered eyed sharps. Size6/8handcrafts, equipment, handcrafts, dressmaking, handcrafts, embroidery, handcrafts, needlework, domestic items, sewing -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Gold Sewing Needles size 2
... sewing Queen Royal Gold Eyed sharps Packet of gold Sewing Needles ...From Betty McPhee Collection of Sewing Equipment.Packet of gold Sewing Needles sharps. Size 2Queen Royal Gold Eyed sharpshandcrafts, equipment, dressmaking, embroidery, needlework, domestic items, sewing -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Domestic object - Sewing Needles
... Packet of patently Wrapped Sewing Needles drilled Eyed... Eyed Straw. Size 4/8. Domestic object Sewing Needles ...From Betty McPhee Collection of Sewing Equipment.Packet of patently Wrapped Sewing Needles drilled Eyed Straw. Size 4/8.H Milward & Sons patently wrapped strawhandcrafts, equipment, handcrafts, dressmaking, handcrafts, embroidery, handcrafts, needlework, domestic items, sewing -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Domestic object - Sewing Needles
... Packet of Sewing Needles. Size 3/8 - Egg eyed sharps... Diamond Egg Eyed Sharps. Packet of Sewing Needles. Size 3/8 - Egg ...From Betty McPhee Collection of Sewing Equipment.Packet of Sewing Needles. Size 3/8 - Egg eyed sharpsT & J Holyokes Original Diamond Egg Eyed Sharps.handcrafts, equipment, handcrafts, dressmaking, handcrafts, embroidery, handcrafts, needlework, domestic items, sewing -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Domestic object - Sewing Needles
... Packet of Sewing Needles. Size 7 - Drilled eyed betweens... - Patently Wrapped Packet of Sewing Needles. Size 7 - Drilled eyed ...From Betty McPhee Collection of Sewing Equipment.Packet of Sewing Needles. Size 7 - Drilled eyed betweensH Milward & Sons - Patently Wrappedhandcrafts, equipment, handcrafts, dressmaking, handcrafts, embroidery, handcrafts, needlework, domestic items, sewing -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Cylinder of Sewing Needles
... Cylinder of Sewing Needles. Size assorted. Best English Egg... Needles. Size assorted. Best English Egg Eyed Functional object ...From Betty McPhee Collection of Sewing Equipment.Cylinder of Sewing Needles. Size assorted. Best English Egg EyedAbel & Morall - Cross Fox Needle Casehandcrafts, equipment, dressmaking, embroidery, needlework, domestic items, sewing -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Costume - Needle package (needle)
... Whitten nee Williams. Sewing Needle Superior egg eyed double long ...Owned by Patrice's grandmother, Elsie Doris Whitten nee Williams.Needle package containing 5 needles with information on cover.Superior egg eyed double long No.2. Manufactured by A Shrimpton & Son Redditch Englandsewing, needle -
Numurkah & District Historical Society
Equipment - Algerbrush
The AlgerBrush II is used by ophthalmologists, ER physicians and, optometrists who are trained and licensed to remove foreign bodies from the eye of a patient.Cylindrical shape stainless steel container. Lid can be removed to reveal a needle which was used to extract rust, etc from eyes (medical equipment)Algerbrush spin start (with an arrow)medical equipment, hospital, eyes,