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Wannon Water
Gavel, Brian Rowe, 1995
... Gavels ...The gavel was presented by Russell Worland (Acting Secretary Glenelg Region Water Authority) to the inaugural chairman of the Glenelg Region Water Authority 1995, Sandra Hempel. Glenelg Region Water Authority amalgamated the previous authorities of Glenelg-Wannon Water Board, Hamilton Water Board, Shire of Dundas and Shire of Mount Rouse Water and Sewerage Authorities and was constituted on 1 July 1994. Glenelg Region Water Authority was then amalgamated with South West Water and Portland Coast Water to form Wannon Water on 1 July 2005.Presented to the first chairman of the newly constituted Glenelg Region Water Authority, a predecessor authority to Wannon WaterWooden turned gavel and a base carved from Konongwootong blackwood, a brass plaque with an inscription. The underneath of the base has an inscription detailing the craftsperson and origin of the wood.Top of the gavel base : "The gavel : symbol of the/ Chairman's authority/ presented to the inaugural Chairman/ Sandra Hempel /17/8/1995/ Glenelg Region Water Authority" Underneath of the gavel base : "Handcrafted by Bryan Rowe/ from Koonongwootong blackwood/ Hamilton August 1995"gavels -
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Museum and Archives
Diplomatic gift, St Mark's Mallet
The mallet was given to the College by the staff of St Mark’s Hospital, London to celebrate the inauguration of the Proctological (later Colonic and Rectal) Section, on 28 May 1963. It was presented by J.C. Stewart to Alan Lendon, then Vice-President and Chairman of the Court of Examiners. Although it is usually described as a gavel, the form of the piece is in fact that of an ancient stonemason’s mallet. The action required to use it is a straight up-and-down motion, unlike that of a normal gavel, which is handled like a hammer. Made of black bean, 22.5cm high and 12cm in diameter, the mallet rests in a wooden stand made of Queensland walnut, with a square base of English oak. The mallet and stand are housed in a travelling case covered in red leather and lined in red velvet and white satin. On the front of the stand are four crests, those of St Mark’s Hospital, the Royal College of Surgeons of England, the Royal Society of Medicine, and the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. St Mark’s was founded in 1835 as a specialist hospital for the treatment of fistula in ano, a common condition in the days of travelling on horseback, and other anorectal disorders. Over the years the hospital developed into a centre for gastroenterology, colonic and rectal surgery, and many Australians went to further their training there. Some noted Fellows of the College, including Robert Officer, James Guest, Reg Magee, Brian Collopy and Adrian Polglase, and three Presidents, Mervyn Smith, Sir Edward Hughes and Russell Stitz, are alumni of St Mark’s. This mallet is a reminder of the establishment of a significant surgical section within the College, and is a fitting gift from an institution with which so many eminent Australian surgeons formed close ties.GAVEL ON STAND WITH PAINTED COATS-OF-ARMS IN RED LEATHER PRESENTATION BOXPLAQUE ON GAVEL: "PRESENTED BY THE STAFF OF ST. MARK'S HOSPITAL TO COMMEMORATE THE FOUNDING OF THE PATHOLOGICAL SECTION OF THE RACS 28TH MAY 1963" -
Diamond Valley Vietnam Veterans Sub-Branch
Craft - Gavel, c2002
Donated to Sub Branch to provide historical and formal elements to Meetings.It is significant to members in as much as it provides a standard of protocol, authority and respect to formal meetings eg the Annual General Meeting.Model in polished wood of a Gavel and Plate. Plate has inscription plate "To The DViets From Mackay Vietnam vets."; gavel has on the side a badge of the Rising Sun and on the top face an insignia of TBA; the handle of the gavel has a decorative snake entwined thereon.diamond valley vietnam veterans sub branch, mackay vietnam veterans qld -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Gavel
Varnished wooden gavel mounted on a wooden board with gold inscription.In upper case: "With this gavel George Kinross Esq laid the foundation stone of St Stephen's Presbyterian church Caulfield 27 Mar 1926" In lower case: "Presented by the Architects" Upper case either side of gavel: "G" and "K"st stephen's presbyterian church caulfield, george kinross -
City of Warrnambool Rowing Club
Gavel
The gavel was presented to the incoming president (J. Carter) at the city of warrnambool rowing club 1978 annual general meeting by immediate past president Mr B Shiells. Inscribed with the names of the last three presidents (since 1970)Wooden meeting gavel- hard wood with handleCWRC Donated by B. Shiellsn19.7.77 Underside: J. Taylor 65-75 B. Shiells 73-77 J. Carter 77-79 M. Baudinette 79-mr b shiells, city of warrnambool rowing club, warrnambool rowing club, meeting gavel, rowing, 1978 -
City of Greater Bendigo - Civic Collection
Ceremonial object - Shire of Strathfieldsaye Gavel and Stand, Unknown
This gavel (or mallet) and stand was used by the Shire of Strathfieldsaye Mayor or a presiding officer of a meeting to signal for attention or order.Wooden gavel with carved handle and stand. Front of stand has enameled circular badge containing the Shire of Strathfieldsaye coat of arms with words Shire of Strathfieldsaye Victoria 1866.Shire of Strathfieldsaye Victoria 1866.shire of strathfieldsaye, city of greater bendigo administration item -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Trench Art
Meeting Gong & Gavelmiscellaneous -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Gong and Gavel, 1950s
This gong and gavel was presented to the Warrnambool Apex Club in 1953 when the club was re-formed following the disbanding of the club during World War Two. The Warrnambool Apex Club was the fifth club formed in the early 1930s and was a strong and important service club in Warrnambool for many years. It supported the Warrnambool-based Western Region Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centre and Beyond Blue, an organization concentrating on men’s mental health. The Warrnambool Apex Club was disbanded in 2011. The Apex gong and gavel are of historical interest as they are a memento of the now-defunct Warrnambool Apex Club. For many years it was an important service club in Warrnambool. These are a gong on a stand and a gavel, used by the Apex Club of Warrnambool to call a meeting to order. The gong is circular and made of silver-coloured metal. It has a metal triangular-shaped emblem of Apex, featuring a rising sun in red and gold colouring and the word ‘Apex’ in gold lettering on a blue background. The gong is hollow at the back and has a wooden insert with a metal plaque attached with four metal screws. The gong is mounted on a rectangular wooden platform, in four layers, pyramidal-shaped. The platform has been lightly polished. The gavel is made of wood and has a round handle and a rectangular knob inserted into the handle. The knob has rounded edges. ‘Presented to Warrnambool Apex Club on the occasion of their re-charter 28.3.53 by the Camperdown Apex Club’. warrnambool apex club, history of warrnambool -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Gavel sound block
Turned wood gavel sound block with engraved sliver plaque."Presented to the High Court of Victoria and Tasmania by N.S.W. Province 1950-1951"methodist order of knights -
Old Castlemaine Schoolboys Association Inc.
Gavel, Circa 1953
Timber Gavel with silver coloured shield mounted on side of headFed Council - Old Boys and Girls Association - J Felstead - President - 1953 -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book, Frank VINCENT, A Distant Time & Place, 2020
The author of a Distant Time and Place , Frank VINCENT, was born & grew up for some of his youth in Port Melbourne. White covered book with bale hook & gavel in brown on the cover. frank vincent, families, industrial disputes -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Gavel and sound block
G01.1 Wooden gavel with engraved metal plaque. G01.2 Sound block.'Presbytery of Goulburn-Murray'.'UCA symbol'goulburn-murray uca presbytery -
Stanley Athenaeum & Public Room
Ceremonial object - Wooden Gavel
Wooden gavel 15cm with thin handle . Circular engraving worn on the base.Circular engraving worn on the base. -
Stanley Athenaeum & Public Room
Ceremonial object - Wooden Gavel
Wooden gavel 18cm with thin handle . Engraved lines on handle and base.Engraved lines on handle and base. -
Stanley Athenaeum & Public Room
Ceremonial object - Wooden Gavel
Wooden gavel 18cm with thin handle . Engraved lines on handle and base.Engraved lines on handle and base. -
Carlton Football Club
Wooden Gavel, Wooden Gavel Made From the wood of S S Edina, 1957
Made from the wood from the S S EdinaThe ship the wood gavel is made from had the distinction of being "the longest Serving Screw Steamer in the World" She was built by Barclay & Curle in Galsgow in 1854 and was scrapped in Australia at Coode Island Footscray in 1957. The same wood was used to make the Chairman's chair in Carlton's Board room.Double headed wood gavel used to control Carlton FC board meetingsSmall brass plaque with the words " Made From The Wood From the S S Edina". -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Ceremonial object, The International Association of Lions Clubs, Brass Bell & Gavel, 1978
The official records of the Lioness Club of Kew, of which this object is a part, are held in trust by the Kew Historical Society.The Lioness Club of Kew was the first Lioness Club in the Melbourne area. As such its records are of Historic and Social Significance as a record of post-war community organisations run by women. As the records were donated to the Kew Historical Society as a place of deposit, they are well provenanced. They comprise albums, objects, and a history of the Club so provide a complete picture of the Club's operation.Brass Bell, with attached wooden gavel. The bell was used in meetings of the Kew Lioness Club from about 1978 to 1992. The wooden gavel was made by Ray Boothroyd. The bell is engraved with the names of past presidents of the Kew Lioness Club."Lioness Club of Kew / Past Presidents / Helen Joyce 1978-1979, 1979-1980 / Dorothy Cameron 1980-1981 / Valerie Newbegin 1981-1982 / Prue Molnar 1982-1983 / Edna Cartwright 1983-84 / Helen Joyce 1984-1985 / Kathleen Holgate 1985-1986 / Deborah Davis 1986-1987 / Lynette Bell 1987-1988 / Prue Molnar 1988-1989 / Judy Brown 1989-1990 / valerie Ayres 1990-1991 / Deborah Davis 1991-1992"lioness club of kew, women's groups - kew - (vic), bells -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Tool - Gavel used by Ann Gibson, President, PMHPS
Wooden gavel and striker plate used by Ann Gibson when president of PMH&PSsocieties clubs unions and other organisations., ann gibson -
South Gippsland Shire Council
Gavel
South Gippsland Shire Council Chambers gavel and block. Turned and polished brown wood. -
Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History
Memorabilia - Pestle and Mortar
There has been a fair amount of confusion about this object as the paperwork states that a 'greenstone' gavel with a maori head carving and plaque mounted on green nephrite stone' was gifted when in fact the gavel is made of wood with a silver plaque. There has been no suggestion made as to what happened to the greenstone gavel. We can assume that it was lost or stolen and replaced with a plain wooden one that we now hold at ANZCA. From the attached plaque the Gavel was gifted to the Faculty of Anaesthetists by the New Zealand Fellows of the Faculty in 1965. Plain highly polished wooden pestle sits on a central walnut block on a flat wooden board, a silver plaque is attached on a piece of nephrite stone to one side of the board.[silver plaque] PRESENTED BY THE / NEW ZEALAND FELLOWS / 1965 [in black ink on back of stand] 1992/9aotearoa, new zealand, wood, nephrite, corporate gift -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Office Bearers, Freemanson Bert Miller
Portrait of elected Worshipful Master with gavel flanked by Worshipful Brothers in regalia, Outside Lodge - Wooden building, seated on office bearers chairs, symbol held by bearer on "right" Gavel held by Bert Miller. Sumbols????Sepia Portrait. "Worshipful Master? Bert Miller" flanked by "Worshipful Brothers"Bert Miller (Centre) (Harold's Brother)freemason -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Regalia - Epaulets
The Commander symbol is crossed gavels above a crown. These are symbolic of authority.Royal blue stiffened fabric epaulets with metal Methodist Order of Knights Commander symbolsmethodist order of knights -
Clunes Museum
GAVEL & BASE, 1990's
.1 Wooden hammer (gavel), wood turned, shaped handle and head .2 Wooden base, round, felt on bottom, rings in wood on sideNilgavel, wood turning -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, A B Carter conducting land sales auction at Ringwood East. Circa 1970
Black and white photograph"Written on back of photograph" A B Carter at podium with gavel. Andy McLean alongside. Auction of land at Ringwood East.Circa 1970 -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Ceremonial object - Tablecloth
Both the Page Commander's and Deputy Page Commander's tables were covered with a table cloth. The PC's table held the gavel, the Seal of the Court, the General Mark of the Order and an open Bible. The DPC's table held a gavel, the roll book and the cash book. [Information taken from the Methodist Order of Knights Rigtual of the Page's Degree for use in the Junior Court Ceremonies 1952 publication].Methodist Order of Knights pale blue oblong cotton table cloth with the MOK symbol in one corner.methodist order of knights -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Sound Block, 1965
This sound block was presented along with a gavel to the Lara RSL by AJ Quick in 1965. Alan James Quick was a member of the 1st Australian Parachute Battalion during the Second World War, and was later a life member of Lara RSL. Alan received the RSL Meritorious Service Medal. Alan was the president of Lara RSL from 1965-1970, and this gavel was used at committee meetings by the president after its donation in 1965.This sound blockis a key object of Lara RSL's history. It was used in committee meetings in the 1960s and perhaps later, and provides a documented link to an earlier president.Small octagonal wooden sound block with sloped sides and green felt top. Underside is painted dark green and has a round hole in the base.sound block, lara, rsl, quick -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Newsletter, No. 64 January 1989
Contents: • Next meeting, Discussion Evening • February Meeting • Annual General Meeting • Recent Activities • The Gavel and Stand (Gift from the Eltham Society) The Shire of Eltham Historical Society was formed in October 1967. The first newsletter of the Society was issued May 1978 and has been published continuously ever since on a bi-monthly basis. With the cessation of the Shire of Eltham in late 1994, the Society's name was revised to Eltham District Historical Society and this name first appeared with issue No. 103, July 1995. The collection of the Society's newsletters provides a valuable resource on the history of the Society's activities, office bearers and committee members, guest speakers and subjects of historical interest pertinent to the former Shire of Eltham and the Eltham District.A4 photocopied newsletter distributed to membersnewsletter, eltham district historical society, shire of eltham historical society -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Regalia, Methodist Order of Knights Shield and Collar
Purple velvet with blue cross, gold braid edgeing and gold metal fringe. Gold coloured collar. General Court symbol, Gold Star of Youth and Maltese Cross, Page Commander Symbol [crown and crossed gavels]methodist order of knights -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Decorative object - Dinner Gong, 1940's
Base of this dinner gong is made from a name plate off a steam engine that was found in the Northern Territory. The two ends supporting the gong are made of either anti tank of anti aircraft bullets that are soldered into salt and pepper shakers that were acquired from a Chinese 'Joss House' in the Northern Territory. The kangaroo and boomerang were copied from an Australian penny.Brass dinner gong suspended on a stainless steel kangaroo and boomerang. Side pillars are made with brass bullets standing on brass salt and pepper shakers. Also includes brass gavel. Trench art made by VX19808 William CurtisAustralian Commonwealth Military Forces rising sun badge on front of gong.trench art -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Folder, The Eltham Society, 1998
Information about and from Eltham England. Postcard: Eltham Town Sign, Passey Place, London Brief history of the origins of Eltham, England. Description of "the gavel and stand", object which the Society donated to EDHS Newsletter No 132, May 19982 Pages. I booklet newsletter. 26 pages. I postcard HG Booklet 31eltham society (london), harry gilham collection, gavel