Harry Armitage Abbott (c.1831 - 1947) was elected to the Brighton Council in 1923, becoming Mayor in 1927-28. He was a candidate for the Legislative Assembly as Member for the Brighton seat in 1928.councillor, local government, municipality, mayor, portrait, mayoral robes, mayor of brighton, cr. h.a. abbott, harry armitage abbott, legislative assembly candidate

Envelope: small envelope addressed to H.A. Abbott Esq, Managing Director, Abbott Supply co., Pty Ltd., Market Square, Bendigo, from ( on rear ) Minister for the Army.bendigo, industry, abbott & co., abbott, army, envelope

Newspaper clipping headed 'Best barbed wire in war was invented in Australia' It tells of the invention and manufacture of '' Barblok '' barbed wire invented by H.A. Abbottnewspaper, bendigo, h.a.. abbott, world war two, h.a. abbott, barbed wire, barblok

Black and white photograph of two men in business suits and hats, shaking hands, The man in the left side of the photo is possibly Harold Abbottorganization, business, abbotts, harold abbott

Small clipping from the Sydney Morning Herald dated 30 September 1941 with the headline, 'New barbed wire is the worlds toughest' . This clipping has been pasted onto a piece of writing paper with the newspaper name and the date hand written in inknewspaper, bendigo, h.a. abbott, h.a. abbott, barblok barbed wire

A collection of Ten letters referring to the Abbott Company including share receipts, bond listings and a letter referring to the scalebuoy. These have been numbered 2402.228.1 - 228.10, Eric Cowling, sharebroker, H.A. Abbott, ,Sandhurst Trustees, RHS Abbott estate, H.A. Abbott, Sloman & Mogg, accountants; Commercial Travellers Club; Charles Sumner Bird, Scotts Hotel. Letters written in approx. 1940, mention of war in Charles Sumner Bird's letter.organization, business, abbotts, r.h.s. abbott, abbott company, scalebuoy

Web page retrieved from the Museum of Victoria website, with a picture of Barbed wire sample - Abbott, Single Strand, Four Point, Double Kink, Bendigo , Australia, 1943Museum Victoriatopic, farming, barbed wire, agriculture, barbed wire, fencing, fencing wire, industrial design, innovations, h.a. abbott

Two pages of typewritten notes entitled 'Anti Tank Barbed Wire, another Australian Invention'. It describes the manufacture of Barblok barbed wire. There is also mention of two other inventions by members of the Abbott family, the 'Scalebuoy' and PIV gear. There are 2 copies of these notes.topic, barblok barbed wire, h.a. abbott, r.h.s. abbott, barblok, barbed wire, scalebuoy, piv gear

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Document : Crown Land Sale, 4th. August, 1921, advertising flyer. Magazine site in Golden Square is marked with a blue cross for identification.bendigo, industry, abbott & co., abbott, j.h., abbott, h.a., bendigo, industry, retail, hardware

Conditions of sale by private contract dated 29th March, 1940 between Mrs. G. Abbott (seller) and J.S. Trevean (buyer) for land situate Trotter Street, Bendigo, being land described in right to occupy residence area No. 5180, together with 4-roomed dwelling and all sundry. Price 100 pounds.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate

The Bendigo golf Club was formed in 1901 with the golf links at Epsom being opened 21/8/1901.Black and white photograph titled "golfers of 1910". The photo was published by the Bendigo Advertiser on March 30th, 1957. The photo is described as follow: members of the Bendigo golf club at their annual meeting last night were keenly interested in an enlarged photograph of members of the club in 1910. They were all prominent citizens but only a couple are still alive' Back row: J.B. Young, J.H. Dunne, A. Lamb, W.F. Creeth, Dr. F.C. Burke Gaffney, C. Sagar, A. Goldie. Standing: Chas Tatchell, S. White, F.J. Macaboy, G.F. Freeman, F.L. Binks, Dr. A.F. Frost, W.R. Pennycook, B. Heyett, G. Mackay, Dr. H.A. Deravin. Sitting: W.A. Steward, Dr. T.E. Green, J.H. Abbott, E.G. Mueller, W. Weddell, Dr. N.S. Deravin, Front: F. Baker and E.J. Keogh. The photo and article are glued to a piece of cardboard.Bendigo Advertiser March 30th 1957.bendigo golf club, bendigo advertiser, golfers of 1910

This business was owned by father and son, Henry Archibald Wilkinson and Samuel Ronald "Ron" Wilkinson. Henry (1882-1954) was born in Shepparton and died in Bendigo. He was married to Grace Hovendon in 1908. Samuel Ronald "Ron" (1914-1995), Henry's son, was married to Florence Jean McKerlie in 1937.Conditions of sale by private contract dated 29th May, 1935 between A.W. Jordan (seller) and H. Stanyer (buyer) for land situate No.45 Abbott Street, Bendigo, together with 4-roomed weatherboard dwelling and all sundry. Price 275 pounds.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate