Inspected by George Rawlings on 6.2.2013. The smaller fossil is related to the modern starfish, has 5 petals, secreted eggs from holes at the top. The mouth was underneath with rows of teeth. 1641.1 is a large sea urchin fossil (echinoderm) originally covered in spines. It is possibly from Turkey and 4 million years old. Modae Louisato 1641.2 is a smaller sea urchin fossil - echinoidius gippslandicus

Australasian Fossils - A Students' Manual of Palaeontology Author: Frederick Chapman Publisher: George Robertson & Co Date: 1914 Label on spine with typed text RA 560.994 CHA warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, frederick chapman, a students' manual of palaeontology, palaeontology, australasian fossils

This item is from the ‘Pattison Collection’, a collection of books and records that was originally owned by the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute, which was founded in Warrnambool in 1853. By 1886 the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute (WMI) had grown to have a Library, Museum and Fine Arts Gallery, with a collection of “… choice productions of art, and valuable specimens in almost every branch and many wonderful national curiosities are now to be seen there, including historic relics of the town and district.” It later included a School of Design. Although it was very well patronised, the lack of financial support led the WMI in 1911 to ask the City Council to take it over. In 1935 Ralph Pattison was appointed as City Librarian to establish and organise the Warrnambool Library as it was then called. When the WMI building was pulled down in 1963 a new civic building was erected on the site and the new Warrnambool Library, on behalf of the City Council, took over all the holdings of the WMI. At this time some of the items were separated and identified as the ‘Pattison Collection’, named after Ralph Pattison. Eventually the components of the WMI were distributed from the Warrnambool Library to various places, including the Art Gallery, Historical Society and Flagstaff Hill. Later some were even distributed to other regional branches of Corangamite Regional Library and passed to and fro. It is difficult now to trace just where all of the items have ended up. The books at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village generally display stamps and markings from Pattison as well as a variety of other institutions including the Mechanics’ Institute itself. RALPH ERIC PATTISON Ralph Eric Pattison was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, in 1891. He married Maude Swan from Warrnambool in 1920 and they set up home in Warrnambool. In 1935 Pattison accepted a position as City Librarian for the Warrnambool City Council. His huge challenge was to make a functional library within two rooms of the Mechanics’ Institute. He tirelessly cleaned, cleared and sorted a disarrayed collection of old books, jars of preserved specimens and other items reserved for exhibition in the city’s museum. He developed and updated the library with a wide variety of books for all tastes, including reference books for students; a difficult task to fulfil during the years following the Depression. He converted all of the lower area of the building into a library, reference room and reading room for members and the public. The books were sorted and stored using a cataloguing and card index system that he had developed himself. He also prepared the upper floor of the building and established the Art Gallery and later the Museum, a place to exhibit the many old relics that had been stored for years for this purpose. One of the treasures he found was a beautiful ancient clock, which he repaired, restored and enjoyed using in his office during the years of his service there. Ralph Pattison was described as “a meticulous gentleman whose punctuality, floorless courtesy and distinctive neat dress were hallmarks of his character, and ‘his’ clock controlled his daily routine, and his opening and closing of the library’s large heavy doors to the minute.” Pattison took leave during 1942 to 1942 to serve in the Royal Australian Navy, Volunteer Reserve as Lieutenant. A few years later he converted one of the Museum’s rooms into a Children’s Library, stocking it with suitable books for the younger generation. This was an instant success. In the 1950’s he had the honour of being appointed to the Victorian Library Board and received more inspiration from the monthly conferences in Melbourne. He was sadly retired in 1959 after over 23 years of service, due to the fact that he had gone over the working age of council officers. However he continued to take a very keen interest in the continual development of the Library until his death in 1969. The Pattison Collection, along with other items at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, was originally part of the Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s collection. The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute Collection is primarily significant in its totality, rather than for the individual objects it contains. Its contents are highly representative of the development of Mechanics' Institute libraries across Australia, particularly Victoria. A diversity of publications and themes has been amassed, and these provide clues to our understanding of the nature of and changes in the reading habits of Victorians from the 1850s to the middle of the 20th century. The collection also highlights the Warrnambool community’s commitment to the Mechanics’ Institute, reading, literacy and learning in the regions, and proves that access to knowledge was not impeded by distance. These items help to provide a more complete picture of our community’s ideals and aspirations. The Warrnambool Mechanics Institute book collection has historical and social significance for its strong association with the Mechanics Institute movement and the important role it played in the intellectual, cultural and social development of people throughout the latter part of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. The collection of books is a rare example of an early lending library and its significance is enhanced by the survival of an original collection of many volumes. The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s publication collection is of both local and state significance. Our Common British Fossils and Where to Find Them Author: J E Taylor, Ph D. F.G.S. Publisher: Chatto and Windus Date: 1885Label on spine with typed text PAT 560.942 TAY Pastedown end page has sticker from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library Front loose endpaper has a sticker from Corangamite Regional Library Servicewarrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, pattison collection, warrnambool library, ralph eric pattison, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, our common british fossils, j e taylor

Fossils are among the most valuable sources of information about the Earth's history.Three fossils. The largest .1 is a giant cowrie. Genus cucullata, species corioensis. The two smaller fossils are conus catus.fossils shells giant-cowrie cucullata conus-catus

Inspected by George Rawlings 6.2.2013.Fossils are among the most valuable sources of information about the Earth's history.Two gastropod fossils. Spiral shells.fossils gastropods shells

Inspected by George Rawlings 6.2.2013.Five small shell fossils. All are gastropods probably cowries from the Miocene Era.fossils gastropods cowries miocene

Inspected by George Rawlings 6.2.2013.Two tiny fossils in Gippsland limestone. .1 is difficult to identify. .2 is lace coral.fossils coral gippsland-limestone

These were collected from the Lake Tyers area at Red Bluff. Inspected by George Rawlings 6.2.2013.Two lumps of fossil rock with a small shell broken off one. The shells are filled with calcite.fossil shells calcite lake-tyers

Inspected by George Rawlings 6.2.2013.Fossils are among the most valuable sources of information about the Earth's history.Six bivalve fossils of different sizes. There are worm holes in one. The two small dark ones are brachiopods.fossils bivalves brachiopods shells

These were found at Red Bluff at Lake Tyers. Inspected by George Rawlings 6.2.2013.Two lumps of shell fossils. The smaller, .1, is a shell and the larger .2 is a cast of spondylus, a genus of bivalve molluscs, gasteropodes. This is in calcite.fossils shells red-bluff bivalve molluscs spondylus

Inspected by George Rawlings 6.2.2013.Fossils are among the most valuable sources of information about the Earth's history.Two fossils in Gippsland limestone. .1 has scallop shells - pectens .2 has calcified wood. Both are from the Miocene Era.fossils miocene scallops petrified-wood

Three small fossils. .1 and .2 are corals. .3 is a gastropod - barnacle. They are from the Miocene Era. The inside structure of the coral can be seen.fossils gastropod-barnacle coral shell

Inspected by George Rawlings 6.2.2012. Found at Toorloo Arm (near Lakes Entrance in East Gippsland).Three bowl-shaped fossils from the Miocene Era. They are Bryzoan types of coral. .1 is part of a shell. .2 is a cup coral and .3 is a coral.fossils coral miocene bryzoan

A fossil refers to any remains or traces of past life that are preserved in the rock. It could be remains of plants or animals. Fossil leaves are commonly found on different types of rocks. These fossils can go as far back as the Triassic Age just like the series of fossil plants collected at Denmark Hill, Ipswich in Queensland. Fossils leaves are formed when dead plants get buried by sediments like mud, sand, or volcanic ash. Often, it gets detached cleanly from stems along a special layer of weak cells, then twigs, and, less commonly, cones of conifers and fruits and seeds of flowering plants. Over time, the leaves or pieces of leaves get buried by more sediments and eventually gets 'lithified' or hardened into a rock. Erosions and mining can cause the rocks to break and reveal the fossils buried in it. Fossilisation frequently takes place at sites in the lowlands where deposits of clay, silt, sand are found. This is usually due to weathering and erosion of rocks. Fossil leaves can provide information about ancient Australia's way of living. It contributes to Victorian biodiversity records and its botanical collections. It also contributes information on the geographical profile of Victoria as fossilisation usually occur at estuaries and deltas of rivers, river flood plains, ponds and lakes. This specimen is part of a larger collection of geological and mineral specimens collected from around Australia (and some parts of the world) and donated to the Burke Museum between 1868-1880. A large percentage of these specimens were collected in Victoria as part of the Geological Survey of Victoria that begun in 1852 (in response to the Gold Rush) to study and map the geology of Victoria. Collecting geological specimens was an important part of mapping and understanding the scientific makeup of the earth. Many of these specimens were sent to research and collecting organisations across Australia, including the Burke Museum, to educate and encourage further study.Piece of light brown rock with fossilised leaves in shades of golden yellow and brown.Existing label: Fossil Leaves / Locality unknown / might be worth checking if this is Glossopteris, a Permian age plant. / C. William 16/4/21 geological specimen, geology, geology collection, burke museum, beechworth, fossil leaves, fossilization, 1868 geological survey of victoria, lithified, rocks, fossilised leaf, rock, fossils, leaves

Inspected by George Rawlings on 6.12.2013. This fossil was probably found at the Newmerella cutting.Fossils are among the most valuable sources of information about the Earth's history. This fossil is part of the geological history of the Orbost area.A gastropod fossil from the Miocene Era.fossils gastropods shells

Inspected by George Rawlings 6.2.2013. Gastropods are molluscs which include snails and slugs, living in fresh water or the sea. These fossils are possibly from the Newmerella cutting.Three small gastropod fossils from the Miocene Era.fossils gastropods shells

This fossil was found by Peter Cook just west of East Cape at Cape Conran (east of Orbost),. Original correspondence re its identification came from Andy Murray - Conservation & Natural Resources, Orbost. It was on display at the Orbost Visitor Information Centre - the Slab Hut.A fossil tooth from a marine species. It may be from a an extinct ziphiid or beaked whale (Warneke Marine Mammal Services 20.10.1993). It may be a fossil from a large species of subadult seal (Ewan Fordyce Senior Lecturer in Geology, University of Otago 11.10.1993).fossil-tooth whale seal marine cape-conran

Inspected by George Rawlings 6.2.2013. It is a fossil of a Murray Cod (maccullochella macquariensis) from diatomaceous earths in New South Wales.A very fragile chalk fossil of a fresh water fish. It is aged about 20 million years and was found in the locality of a chalk mine at Bugaldie in New South Wales (near Coonabarrabran).fossil murray-cod chalk-mine bugaldie

This limestone rock containing many marine fossils, crustacean imprints and embedded shells, bivalves, and two imprints of spiny oyster, Pelecypos and Spondylus from the Miscene Age 10-20 million years BP. It was collected in the Orbost region, possibly at Newmerella when the railway was being constructed in 1915-16. An example of marine fossils, collected near Orbost. this fossil is part of the geological history of the Orbost area.A large piece of yellow/ochre coloured rock (East Gippsland limestone) containing many marine fossils. marine-fossils miscene-fossils east-gippsland-fossils

Found at Newmerella. Inspected by George Rawlings 6.2.2013Fossils are among the most valuable sources of information about the Earth's history. This fossil is part of the geological history of the Orbost district.A gastropod fossil from the Miocene Era.gastropod fossil miocene

Coniograptus. Brown rock, 'Coniograptus' on sticker. Large graptolite fossil. Fossil collection was formerly held by the School of Mines Museum, Pall Mall, Bendigo.

Presumed found in the Buchan area. Inspected by George Rawlings 6.2.2013Fossils are among the most valuable sources of information about the Earth's history. This fossil is part of the geological history of East GippslandTtwo pieces of jasper fossil. Genus-nautiloidea, family-cephalopoda, order - mollusca. Fossil of a cuttlefish like animal- head and tentacles protruding from one end of the long tubular shell. This is in red jasper. The small fossil piece has been polished.jasper fossil nautilloidea mollusc

Found at Point Hicks. Probably part of the root of the tree. This is a type of petrified wood that has had all of the wood cells replaced with calcite mineral. After exposure to the ultraviolet light of the sun for a few years, the petrified wood has turned dark. Inspected by George Rawlings 6.2.2013.One piece of fossil of a calcified tea tree.fossil tea-tree petrified-wood calcification

Inspected by George Rawlings 6.2.2013.Fossils are among the most valuable sources of information about the Earth's history.A scallop fossil -Pectinidae. This dates from the Miocene Era.fossil scallop pectinidae shell

8455.1 - Large hunk od fossil wood - siliceous, pale.- Petrified wood - Petrified wood forms when water carrying silica is absorbed by decomposing wood. The silica replaces the wood and takes its shape.

Tetragraptus acclinans, Lancefieldian Pale brown coloured rock, pencil circle drawn around graptolite fossil specimen. Fossil collection formerly held in the School of Mines Museum, Pall Mall, Bendigo.

Inspected by George Rawlings 6.2.2013Fossils are among the most valuable sources of information about the Earth's history.Half of a gastropod fossil - cypraea. Possibly limestone from the Myocene era.fossil gastropod cypraea cowrie shell

Inspected by George Rawlings 6.2.2013A gastropod fossil which is probably Gippsland limestone from the Myocene Era.fossil gastropod myocene