188 pages, illustrated.

188 pages, illustrated.

Believed to have come from Tooram where it was used for cheese making. Tooram commenced cheese manufacture in the mid 19th century in a purpose-built bluestone factory beside the homestead. It was initially set up by Pierce and a long article in the Warrnambool Standard describes the factory and its processes. Cheese production continued through changes of ownership until the 1930s when the Uebergangs ceased making cheese on site. The table was auctioned at Panmure and purchased by 'Flapper' Clarke of Panmure who donated it to the museum in 2012.Rectangular wooden table with trough top, two rounded handles at either end and four legs with stays at either end; has been lime washed on the outside.rural industry, agriculture, food technology, dairying, food processing, allansford, tooram, panmure, cheese making, clarke

Many butter churns were brought to Australia when people immigrated. German butter churns usually have the hand hold and the large gear in the same place, and are usually embossed on the base with the litre size. They usually came with a paper label and did not have embossing on the sides of the jar.large glass jar with lid-mounted geared churning mechanism with rotating paddle and wooden handle.Germany' pressed into lid, 'W 3' cast into inside of turning handle, '2 L.' embossed into bottom of glass containerfood technology, food processing, butter, milk, churn, kitchen, processing, germany, glass

A single iron bar set into the fireplace near the top. At the centre of the circular bar is an attachment with a hook. From this attachment hangs a ring, through which two shaped bars overlap to forma cross. Each of these smaller, curved bars has an attachment at the end (two with flat, round rings, one with a V-shaped piece with upturned ends) for securing smoking items,No visible markingsfood technology, food processing, smokehouse, curing, fire, meat, hanging, iron

A pair of iron resting bars built into the smokehouse fireplace. Each bar is cylindrical, and they are placed one behind the other near the base of the fireplace. They both have a large iron bolt which passes through the centre of the rod. The front bar is bent in the middle.No visible markingsfood technology, food processing, smokehouse, curing, fire, meat, iron

Cast iron sausage maker with turned wooden handle mounted with screws on a wooden base. C1875Burgess and key. London S & E Ranssome Sole Wholesale Agents (on a brass plate)food processing equipment

Raisins are first dampened before the seeds are removed by forcing through stretched wires.Hand-cranked raisin seeder, on a wooden base."Pat June 9, 1881 Wet Your Raisins"food processing equipment

Raisins are first dampened.'Boss' raisin seeder, hand-cranked with a wooden know on the handle."Mf'rd by A.C. Williams Ravenna O." "The Boss Raisin Seeder Pat. Pdg."food processing equipment

Hand operated peach stoner, with a screw hand-plunger mechanism."Rollman Mfg. Co. Pat. Pend. Mount Joy. PA. USA" "Rollman Peach Stoner"food processing equipment

Cherry stoner with screw hand plunger into a porcelain receptacle, on a wooden base."Foreign"food processing equipment, cherry stoners, cherry pitter

Hand-cranked cherry stoner."Logan & Strobridge" "New-Brighton. PA."food processing equipment

'Family' cherry stoner, hand operated, with split wooden knob on the handle."Goodell Co. Antrim N.H."food processing equipment

The stone is forced through the flesh of the cherry. The flesh goes one way and the stone another.Hand-punched, cherry stoner."Rollman Mfg. Co." "Mount Joy. PA. USA"food processing equipment

Cast iron assay food chopper with wooden handle to turn cogged wheels, to operate the guillotine mechanism. It is mounted on a wooden base.food processing equipment

Connects to a kitchen sink tap.Hydro Mixer water powered whisk, with marble patterning on body of enamelled cast iron mechanism.Hydro Mixer Pat. App.whisks, food processing equipment

Tinplate round cake mixer with 2 beaters and 1 whisk, operated by hand-cranked handle with a wooden knob. Mixer attaches to a table with a screw on clamp.whisks, food processing equipment

Interior surfaces are abrasive, rather like coarse sandpaper. Turning the handle rotates the potatoes or other vegetables, causing them to rub against the surfaces and so losing their skin.'Pronto' potato or other vegetable, peeler. Burgundy enamel tin on the outside, grey abrasive interior surface.Pronto The "Pronto" Peeling Machinepotato peelers, food processing equipment

Many butter churns were brought to Australia when people immigrated.A tall glass butter churn with a metal screw top lid, a metal handle to hold it steady and a turning mechanism on the top. There is a wooden paddle inside the churn which is rotated by a wooden handle attached to the mechanism on the top of the churn. German butter churns usually appeared like this.butter churns, churns, food processing equipment, butter, milk, kitchen equipmnet

Many people used their spice grinders or a mortar and pestle to grind the roasted beans into a powder. Japy Freres & Co were mostly known as watch and clock movement makers, they also manufactured coffee grinders. The company ceased in the 1930s. A square wooden and metal antique hand operated French coffee grinder mill, manufactured by Japy Freres & Co (Beaucourt Paris, France). The grinder has a wooden body and an iron lid and mechanism with a metal turning handle and knob. The metal top is attached by screws. It has a broken brass knob on the pull out wooden drawer below. The moveable lid allows the beans to be poured into the funnel to be ground by the internal mechanism.'Japy Freres & Co B.E. S.C.D.G.' is stamped on a brass plate at the front top of the grinder attached by two screws.coffee grinders, coffee accessories, coffee, food processing equipment, kitchen equipment

Many people used their spice grinders or a mortar and pestle to grind the roasted beans into a powder. A vintage metal and brass coffee grinder with a curved shaped turning handle which has a turned wooden knob at the end. There is a brass knob on the pull out drawer at the bottom. The brass maker's crest on the front has a lion, unicorn and crown on a shield.'J & J Siddons Warranted'. Brass Maker's 'crest on the front has a lion, unicorn and a crown on a shield'.coffee grinders, coffee accessories, coffee, food processing equipment, kitchen equipment

Many people used coffee grinders, spice grinders or mortar and pestle to grind the roasted coffee beans into a powder. It was made in England by Archibald Kenrick and Sons in about the 1880s. This firm had been established in 1791 in West Bromwich, Birmingham. A nineteenth century cast iron hand coffee grinder, with brass fittings. It has a brass plaque to the front which has the makers name 'A. KENRICK & SONS PATENT COFFEE MILL' around the Royal coat of arms with a lion and unicorn above the words 'DIEU ET MON DROIT'. It dates from c.1880. It has a curved shaped winding handle which has a turned wooden knob at the end. There is a brass knob on the pull out drawer at the bottom to collect the grinds. There are side attachments on the cast iron base sides so the grinder may be screwed to a bench or table.This has a brass plaque to the front which has the makers name 'A. KENRICK & SONS PATENT COFFEE MILL' around the Royal coat of arms with a lion and unicorn above the words 'DIEU ET MON DROIT'. On the base underneath the grinder is stamped ' A Kenrick & Sons' There is a hole in the middle with 'No 3' stamped underneath it. coffee grinders, coffee accessories, coffee, food processing equipment, kitchen equipment

Used to mince fuel samples to measure moisture content Representative samples of fuel such as bark, leaves, twigs etc were minced and the moisture measured The availability of fuel to burn depends largely on its moisture content. When it exceeds 20-25% not much will burn, whereas 12-15% is generally ideal for fuel reduction burning, but if the moisture content drops as low as 7-10% virtually everything will ignite, and fire behaviour becomes extreme. During the afternoon of the Ash Wednesday bushfires on 16 February 1983 fuel moisture contents were recorded at Stawell as low as 2.7%. Fine fuels like leaves and bark can rapidly absorb moisture after a shower of rain, or from the air when the Relative Humidity (RH) is high, and the temperature is low. Conversely, they can also dry out very quickly. So even though the overall fuel quantity in the forest doesn’t change, the fine fuel availability can increase rapidly from zero after rain to many tonnes per hectare as the fuel dries out. This can happen over a few hours on hot and windy days. Heavy fuels like logs on the ground take longer to dry out. Battery operated Fuel mincer. Plugs into 12 volt car cigarette lighter socket Adaption using parts from commercial food processor Made at Altona as an alternative design to the commercial Spong Mincer Glass jar to collect sampleforests commission victoria (fcv), bushfire, forest measurement

This domestic kitchen baking tin is typical of the period when when most food was made at home. It would have been before the time of mass food processing factories.Two vintage heavy cast iron gem scone tins or trays, one slightly larger than the other. Each has 12 hemispherical indents for baking 12 small cakes.cooking equipment, kitchen equipment, kitchenware, baking tins, cake tins

This "mixing" bowl was used in a period before electric food processors and mixers were readily available(1940's). Basic food ingrediences requiring mixing such as cakes scones and bread had to be hand blended.This mixing bowl is very significant to the Kiewa Valley andrural regions because it details not only what kitchens, be they commercial, domestic or rural camp, required to be stocked with but also a period in time when electrical goods such as blenders were not on in production and electricity was not available.This bowl is made from steel and has a green enamel covering. The rim of the bowl has a black border to highlight its edge.nilmixing bowl, kitchen

The Moulin Legumes No. 3 food mill is a useful manual kitchen utensil for milling, sieving, grating and pureeing various food types (legumes, vegetables, fruit and herbs). The food is placed in the chamber and the handle is turned to push the food through the holes in the blades and into a bowl placed below it. The various blades allow choice of consistency as they have different sized holes. It was in use before electric food processors were invented and is still used in modern times. The vegetable mill was invented by the French inventor and industrialist, Jean Mantelet, in 1932. Inspired by his wife, he invented the mill, which simply and quickly made cooked food into puree or mash. He said "My greatest pride is to rid women of a daily chore." The business started using the brand Moulinex in 1956 and today is it a household name linked to useful and good quality kitchen utensils and aids. The name comes from combining the words Moulin Express, which was an electric coffee mill. The embossed text "BREVETE S G D G" was a type of French patent without a government guarantee. It stopped being used in 1968. This Moulin is an example of a kitchen utensil used before electric food processors were invented, and had gained popularity to process foods such as vegetable's, fruit, nuts and herbs in a domestic or commercial kitchen. The first model of the Moulin Legunes was invented in 1932 by French industrialist Jean Mantelet to meet the reduce labour for housewives in the kitchen. Millions of this labour saving device have since been sold. Food mill, metal, for manually processing food. Conical-shaped food chamber, two U-shaped handles on opposite sides, two clips inside. Three interchangeable twelve-sided cutting blades, each with different sized holes. Made in France. Model is Moulin Legumes No. 3. Impressed into the side, within a circle "MADE IN FRANCE - BREVETE S G D C -" and in centre "2" (Brevete is French word for Patent)flagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, made in france, french kitchen utensils, moulin, food preparation, kitchen utensil, food mill, food processor, sieve, moule, mouli, grater, puree, hand operated, moulin legumes no. 3, vingage, kitchen gadget, moulineux, jean mantelet