Object was on display in museum foyer with other objects from the Queen's visit in 1988, so it was possibly acquired then. Item made in 1987.Geelong Woolbrokers' Association Sale No. G03G/15 will offer for auction at the first wool sale within the NATIONAL WOOL CENTRE- GEELONG Corner of Brougham and Moorabool Streets at 12:40pm on Tuesday 13 October, 1987 the following bale of wool to mark theauction

The Geelong Woolbrokers' Association: Constitution, Rules, Regulations, Wool Selling Regulations and Conditions of sale of wool and grain, 1951. Part of the NWM Woolbroker's Office exhibit until late 1990's.Mr Laird annotatedwool stores wool brokering, geelong woolbrokers' association, wool stores, wool brokering

The Axminster Carpet Loom has been set up as a focal point in the centre of the National Wool Museum. The loom was originally built by Brintons in England around 1910 and was initially operating in Geelong in 1960. Brintons designed and built most of their own looms and ancillary equipment. When superseded in 1975 the loom was donated to the Melbourne College of Textiles for weaving training. The College has now donated the loom to the National Wool Museum and Brintons engineering staff has restored it to full working condition. This loom is known as an Axminster gripper loom. The gripper system was invented by Brintons in 1890 and operates using a gripper shaped like a birds beak. This grips the yarn, the yarn is then cut and the gripper swings down to place the tuft into the woven backing. This particular loom also uses a jacquard system for weaving colours. In jacquard weaving, punched cards are used to instruct the loom as to which colour to use. The system was invented by Joseph Jacquard, a silk weaver from Lyon, and was introduced in 1804. It revolutionised pattern weaving as it had the capacity to create intricate patterns through the use of the cards. By 1833 there were approximately 100,000 power-looms used in Great Britain that had been influenced by Jacquards invention. Joseph Jacquard died in 1834. Charles Babbage was later to adapt Jacquards punch-card system to produce a calculator that was the forerunner of todays methods of computer programmingAxminster carpet loom featuring over 1000 Jacquard punch cards and over 100 bobbins of different colours of wool.loom carpet wool, geelong woolbrokers' association, geelong, auction

"The Australian Eleven", from the display board which hung in the Geelong Wool Exchange, Corio St, Geelong until the building was sold in 1985. Sheep were from the "Wanganella" station in Victoria.Panoramic black and white photograph of eleven merino rams in full fleece, standing in a row in front of a wire fence. The photograph has a dark, tree-lined background and each side has been blackened out. Photograph is glued to cream cardboard. Bands of glue are visible where photograph has been fixed to mounting board. Grey paper pieces glued to the back of the cream board.merino sheep, sheep australian, pastoral industry history, geelong woolbrokers' association geelong wool exchange, western district, victoria, 'wanganella' victoria, sheep - australian, pastoral industry - history

Prize sash, "Geelong A & P Society 1977 Show - Geelong Woolbrokers - Veterans Shearing Competition".GEELONG A. & P. SOCIETY 1977 SHOW / GEELONG WOOLBROKERS / VETERANS SHEARING COMPETITIONagricultural societies, agricultural shows, shearing, geelong woolbrokers' association geelong agricultural and pastoral society

The Portland Wool Selling Brokers' Association: Constitution and Rules, 1964. Part of the NWM Woolbroker's Office exhibit until late 1990's.wool stores wool brokering, portland wool selling brokers' association, wool stores, wool brokering

Memorandum and Articles of Association of Strachan, Murray and Shannon Limited, 1925. Part of the NWM Woolbroker's Office exhibit until late 1990's.wool stores wool brokering, strachan, murray and shannon ltd, wool stores, wool brokering

Memorandum and Articles of Association of Strachan, Murray and Shannon Limited, 1925. Part of the NWM Woolbroker's Office exhibit until late 1990's.Strachan & Co Limitedwool stores wool brokering, strachan, murray and shannon ltd strachan and co. limited, wool stores, wool brokering

Memorandum and Articles of Association of Strachan,& Co Limited, [1955]. Part of the NWM Woolbroker's Office exhibit until late 1990's.wool stores wool brokering, strachan and co. limited, wool stores, wool brokering

Memorandum and Articles of Association of Strachan,& Co Limited, [1955]. Part of the NWM Woolbroker's Office exhibit until late 1990's.wool stores wool brokering, strachan and co. limited, wool stores, wool brokering

This set of two posters were displayed in the sale rooms for wool, skin, hides, and tallow at the Wool Exchange in Melbourne, on the corner of King and Little Collins Street. The posters were found in the storeroom under the white sale room in the late 1970s, when the Melbourne Woolbrokers Association moved around the corner to 530 Little Collins Street. The first poster is dated 21st of September 1914. It predates the second poster which replaced it on the 4th of December 1914. The posters detail that the Auctioneer will accept any bid from German or Austrian buyers on the condition that the buyer is not acting on behalf of any country which is at war with Great Britain. The Auctioneer also reserves the right to cancel any purchases found to be in violation of this condition. Presumably, the posters were in use until 1916, when Australia's 7th Prime Minister, Billy Hughes, negotiated the sale of Australia's entire wool clip to the British Government for the remainder of The Great War. The British government agreed to buy Australia’s entire wool production in 1916 at 55% above market price. In the end, £160,000,000 British pounds was paid by the UK Government to Australia for the nation’s entire wool clip between 1916‑1920. This would be equivalent to £7,619,760,000 in 2022 money when accounting for inflation, or $13,239,000,000 AUD.Two posters on yellowed card. The first poster is printed in black text with a title of “NOTICE”. The second poster is printed in red text with the same title, “NOTICE”. Both posters have 4 body paragraphs of text, detailing restraints put on potential wool buyers because of war with Germany in the Great War. Both Posters are finished with a date in the bottom left corner.the great war, world war one, melbourne wool exchange, melbourne wool brokers association, wool sales, 1910s

Melbourne Annual Stud Sheep Fair, 1959 Catalogue of Merino, Corriedale and Polwarth Rams. Owned by donors uncle, J.P. Swanton, who ran a small merino stud called 'Spring Hills' at Koriella.agricultural shows merino sheep corriedale sheep polwarth sheep, melbourne woolbrokers' association elder, smith and co., agricultural shows, merino sheep, corriedale sheep, polwarth sheep

Photo depicts the Committee who organised the First Annual Picnic of the Employes of the Wool brokers Association Stores held at Schnapper Point, 23 March 1896Committee - First Annual Picnic of the Employes of the Wool brokers Association Stores held at Schnapper Point, 23 March 1896Committee - First Annual Picnic of the Employes of the Wool brokers Association Stores held at Schnapper Point, 23 March 1896wool stores - staff, woolbrokers association stores