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St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne ArchivesArticle - Gippsland Mercury Article "Wartime Nurse Mary Freitag of Stratford, Gippsland",1917
... Gippsland Mercury Article "Wartime Nurse Mary Freitag of Stratford, Gippsland",1917.......Gippsland Mercury...Article Gippsland Mercury Article "Wartime Nurse Mary Freitag of Stratford, Gippsland",1917. ...The article states that Mary Freitag has her Royal Victorian Trained Nurses Association Certificate and has been accepted as a staff sister in the AIF for service, along with 40 other sisters. They will be stationed in the port of Bombay. Mary is a "most popular and efficient nurse well known in the Sale district...she has true womanly qualities and is generous and kind". "She will bring those qualities to bear, together with a noble zeal in ministering the sick and wounded soldiers who have fought for us in Mesopotamia". st. vincents hospital melbourne, the royal victorian trained nurses association., mary freitag, australian infantry forces, world war 1 nurses, gippsland mercury -
Lakes Entrance Historical SocietyBook, The Letters of Henry Howard Meyrick 1840-1847
... Gippsland Estates 1882 Gippsland Mercury...Lakes Entrance Historical Society 4 Marine Parade Lakes Entrance gippsland Gippsland Estates 1882 Gippsland Mercury The Letters of Henry Howard Meyrick 1840-1847 Book ...Gippsland Estates 1882 Gippsland Mercury -
Lakes Entrance Historical SocietyBook, Heremy Hales and John Little, Gippsland Estates 1882, 1993
... A series of articles which appeared in the Gippsland Mercury newspaper in 1882 describing twenty two of the large estates in cenral Gippsland Victoria...Lakes Entrance Historical Society 4 Marine Parade Lakes Entrance gippsland Agriculture Topograpy A series of articles which appeared in the Gippsland Mercury newspaper in 1882 describing twenty two of the large estates in cenral Gippsland Victoria Gippsland Estates 1882 Book Heremy Hales and John Little ...A series of articles which appeared in the Gippsland Mercury newspaper in 1882 describing twenty two of the large estates in cenral Gippsland Victoriaagriculture, topograpy -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageMachine - Steam Engine, Tangyes engineering, Mid-1880s
... A comprehensive article in the Gippsland Mercury in September 1889 extolled the magnificence of the Farnham Butter Factory in Dennington, Warrnambool, and described how one Tangye engine was used to drive several machines in the cheese- and butter-making processes. ...A comprehensive article in the Gippsland Mercury in September 1889 extolled the magnificence of the Farnham Butter Factory in Dennington, Warrnambool, and described how one Tangye engine was used to drive several machines in the cheese- and butter-making processes. ...This Tangye B-size, single-cylinder, horizontal steam engine was likely manufactured in England around the mid-1880s. It was distributed by Melbourne machinery merchants Cameron & Sutherland, which also operated in Bendigo and Ballarat. A local cheese maker once used the engine to drive factory equipment. It was later donated to the Warrnambool Technical School, which then donated it to Flagstaff Hill to add to its historical steam engine collection. Between its manufacture and its donation to Flagstaff Hill, the governor had been replaced by the current Pickering governor. This engine design was very popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. When connected and powered up, the engine could drive an overhead line shaft via a flat belt off its flywheel. The line shaft would then drive the machinery via flat belts. It could drive virtually any type of machinery, such as water and sewerage pumps, mine elevators, winches, cranes, metal forges, air blowers, and marine machinery. This engine features a mechanical governor, which controls the speed of the engine regardless of whether it is under load. It also has a water pump built into the valve rod, which is used to supply the boiler with water. Steam enters the cylinder via a slide valve and applies pressure to the piston; it is like a modern internal combustion engine, but in the case of the steam engine, the pressure is exerted in turn on either side of the piston. In other words, the connecting rod is pushed by steam via the piston and piston rod and then pulled back again by steam pushing on the opposite side of the piston. Thus, power is exerted almost continuously, except at the end of each piston stroke, when it reverses direction. In the 1880s, many local butter and cheese manufacturers installed Tangye steam engines to power their machinery. A comprehensive article in the Gippsland Mercury in September 1889 extolled the magnificence of the Farnham Butter Factory in Dennington, Warrnambool, and described how one Tangye engine was used to drive several machines in the cheese- and butter-making processes. A report in the Warragul Guardian in December 1890 notes that the newly opened Warrnambool Butter Factory used a Tangye steam engine to pump water from a 60-foot well. Tangye: Richard Tangye (1833–1906) and four of his brothers—James, Joseph, Edward, and George—were the sons of Joseph Tangye, a Quaker Cornish miner. In 1857, they founded the engineering firm Richard Tangye & Brothers in Birmingham, UK. In 1860, the firm became Tangye Brothers and moved to Cornwall Works in Birmingham. The business encouraged inventors to join the company and develop their patents there, as happened with Weston’s differential pulley block, invented by the Englishman Thomas Aldridge Weston in 1854. Tangye bought the patent in 1858, giving the firm the sole right to manufacture it. The design received a medal for “original application, practical utility and success” at the 1862 International Exhibition in London. Also in 1858, the Tangye firm was commissioned by Brunel’s shipping company to manufacture hydraulic lifting jacks, or rams, to launch the steamship SS Great Eastern. The success of this project brought favourable attention to the firm, and it became involved in other notable projects, including the erection of Cleopatra’s Needle in London in 1878 and work on the Forth Road Bridge in Scotland. The firm underwent several name changes over the years, including James Tangye and Brothers (1857), Tangye Brothers and Price (1859), Tangye Brothers (1860), Tangye Brothers & Holman (1876), Tangye Brothers (by 1878), Tangye Ltd. (1881), and then simply Tangye. Its machinery and equipment were exported worldwide. In 1884, a branch with showrooms, offices, and a warehouse was opened in Melbourne at Cornwall House, Collins Street West. The firm was well known for producing high-quality machinery for agriculture and industry. Even today, new Tangye machinery is available for a subsidiary of Allspeeds. An extensive account of the firm’s history, names, inventions, and further references is available in Grace’s Guide, which also includes references to and diagrams of the Tangye horizontal steam engine. The horizontal steam engine was made by the well-known engineering firm Tangye, known for its high quality of manufacture. It was an important development in machinery because it helped improve productivity. Engines of this type are still used in some parts of the world today. This engine is a good example of a late 19th-century steam engine used in industry and agriculture and adapted for many different purposes. It is also important locally because it was connected to a local cheese making business and part of the thriving western district dairy industry. It may have been one of the Tangyes engines used at the Farnham butter factory or the Warrnambool Butter Factory, which was reported to be one of the most important in the Colony. It is also connected to the Warrnambool Technical School, established in 1968. Steam engine: stationary Tangye Size B, single-cylinder, horizontal Mill type steam engine. It has a 4-inch diameter cylinder with an 8-inch stroke. The body is painted green, and the Pickering governor is red. It was manufactured in Birmingham, England, in accordance with Tangye's Patent 238930, and distributed by Cameron and Sunderland, Melbourne, in the mid-1880s. TANGEYS PATENT BIRMINGHAM B SIZE 238930 CAMERON & SUTHERLAND MELBOURNE THE PICKERING PORTLAND . GOVERNOR . CONN. 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Orbost & District Historical Societythermometer, first half 20th century
... Orbost & District Historical Society Ruskin Street Orbost gippsland Mercury thermometers are rarely used in homes nowadays. ...Mercury thermometers are rarely used in homes nowadays. This item reflects changes in medical practice and research.A glass pocket mercury thermometer in stainless steel cover. Kept in cardboard cover with lid. Has a hook on top to hold in pocket.thermometer medicine nursing -
Gippsland Vehicle CollectionBook, Ford =Monarch =Mercury =Shop Manual
... Gippsland Vehicle Collection 1a Sale Road Maffra gippsland manual ford monarch mercury shop Workshop Manual Ford =Monarch =Mercury =Shop Manual Book ...Workshop Manualmanual, ford, monarch, mercury, shop -
Orbost & District Historical Societyblack and white photograph, C1914
... Orbost & District Historical Society Ruskin Street Orbost gippsland This photograph shows men working in the gravel pit at Newmerella just outside Orbost. Not long after this photograph was taken an accidental explosion killed three workers. In the newspaper, The Hobart Mercury ...This photograph shows men working in the gravel pit at Newmerella just outside Orbost. Not long after this photograph was taken an accidental explosion killed three workers. In the newspaper, The Hobart Mercury on Saturday March 1914, There was this report: "EXPLOSION OF BLASTING CHARGE. THREE MEN KILLED. MELBOURNE, March 13 A fatal accident occurred this after- noon on the railway construction works at Hagen's Cutting, about two miles from Orbost, three men being killed. The victims were John Carroll, contractor, his son, Peter Carroll, and John Sullivan, a navvy. The gang had just finished work, and the three stayed behind to draw a blasting charge, which had missed fire yesterday. J. Carroll was using a pick, and it is presumed that the tool struck a percussion cap, and fired the charge. He and Sullivan were killed instantly, Carroll being literally blown to pieces. Fragments of his body and garments were recovered from the surrounding bush, and the main portion of the trunk, with leg attached, was hurled a distance of 200 yards. Peter Car roll was terribly- injured, and he died before medical aid arrived. ' This is a pictorial record of construction workers associated with the Orbost - Bairnsdale railway. This item is associated with the history of the Orbost-Bairnsdale railway line and therefore reflects the role that the rail line played in the social and economic history of Orbost. The Bairnsdale-Orbost railway was opened in 1916 to serve the agricultural and timber industry. Because of the decline in traffic and heavy operating costs, the line was finally closed in August, 1987. A black / white photograph of a large group of men with horses and wagons. Most are holding tools - picks, spades and shovels. Some of the wagons are loaded with soil.railway-construction east-gippsland-railway orbost-railway quarry-gravel-newmerella -
Coal Creek Community Park & MuseumPhonograph Record, Why Don't You Believe Me / The Doggie in the Window
... Coal Creek Community Park & Museum 12 Silkstone Road Korumburra gippsland Reference number A- 1021 (YB 9421) Phonograph record with a blue "Esquire Mercury" label. ...Phonograph record with a blue "Esquire Mercury" label. Side A: Why don't you believe me. Side B: The doggie in the window. Patti Page, vocal.Reference number A- 1021 (YB 9421) -
Coal Creek Community Park & MuseumPhonograph Record
... Coal Creek Community Park & Museum 12 Silkstone Road Korumburra gippsland Reference CM 6 Phonograph record, black shellac with red Mercury label. ...Phonograph record, black shellac with red Mercury label. A side: "Bow Wow" Says the Dog; Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater; Little Bo Peep; The Queen of Hearts. B side: Wee Willie Winkie.Reference CM 6 -
Coal Creek Community Park & MuseumBottle, glass, c. 1923 - 1928
... gippsland TROVE : Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954) Wednesday 28 October 1925 p 4 Article Lotol for Australians. The Mercury ...TROVE : Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954) Wednesday 28 October 1925 p 4 Article Lotol for Australians. The Mercury Chemical Co. Pty. Ltd. manufacturers of Lotol which is keeping so many Australian homes free of insects, advertised on Monday and Tuesday, that they would present £1 to the sender of the first letter opened at 4 p.m. on Tuesday containing the correct solution of certain jumbled words.The correct solution was "Sydney Australia," therefore Lotol is made in Australia for Australians, ' and the £1 offered has been won by Lucy Wilesmith, McLeod-street , Cairns. Mr. L. A. Drewe is the Queensland representative of the manufacturers, and conducted this competition on their behalf.Round clear amber glass bottle for screw top. Embossed text near neck, diamond pattern on side with text near heel of bottle.Near neck ' POISON', 'NOT TO BE TAKEN'. Panel of diamond pattern below text. Near heel at base 'THIS BOTTLE ALWAYS REMAINS THE PROPERTY OF MERCURY CHEMICAL CO. PTY LTD'. On base ' A G M ', '1', 'S100'.amber glass, chemical, poison, vermicide, australian made -
Lakes Entrance Historical SocietyPhotograph - Buick Straight 8, Jim Stoll of Warragul at Lakes Entrance Victoria, 1990 c
... Lakes Entrance Historical Society 4 Marine Parade Lakes Entrance gippsland Also black and white photograph of 1926 Ford Roadster custom built body by Mercury Body Corporation 05029.1 9.5 x 12 cm Transport vintage cars Black and white photograph of Jim Stoll of Warragul with his Buick Straight 8 at car collection display at Lakes Entrance Victoria. ...Also black and white photograph of 1926 Ford Roadster custom built body by Mercury Body Corporation 05029.1 9.5 x 12 cmBlack and white photograph of Jim Stoll of Warragul with his Buick Straight 8 at car collection display at Lakes Entrance Victoria. Plus two other older photos un-named people. transport, vintage cars
