John Bliss (1795-1857) was born in Connecticut, trained as a silversmith and clock maker in Vermont, and began in business as a jeweller in New York around 1830. In 1834, now trading as Bliss & Creighton, he made and marketed chronometers and other items for navigational use. The firm became John Bliss & Son in 1855 and John Bliss & Co. in 1857. It remained in business until 1957. Truman Hotchkiss, a sea captain from Stratford, Connecticut, designed a mechanical Taff rail log in which the recording mechanism was placed on taffrail (or upper part of the stern) of the ship. After acquiring the rights to Hotchkiss’s patents of 1864 and 1867, John Bliss & Co. began advertising the "American Patent Taffrail Log." The firm also offered mechanical logs based on patents granted to John Bliss, Jnr and his brother George, as well as English instruments based on Massey’s and Walker’s patents.The SPECULANT is historically significant as the largest ship to have been registered in Warrnambool, and is believed to have been the largest barquentine to visit Melbourne. It is evidence of the final days of large commercial sailing vessels involved in the Victorian and New Zealand timber trade. The SPECULANT is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register VHR S626John Bliss Taffrail ship log incomplete, rope and spinner missing used on the vessel "Speculant " ( See "Notes" at the end of this document for further information) "Taffrail Log Patented Nov .. Apr .. June .. Sep 1.", dial registers 1/4, units and 10's. with 3 sets of dials, 2 with hands missingflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, la bella, speculant, cumming and ellis, international timber trade, p. j. mcgennan and co. warrnambool, capt. james jacobsen, first mate: james munro, second mate: john scerling;, cook: b bond; a. b., s: v. sundring, s: h. hansen, s: b. melson, s: h. johnston, s: t. trumblen;, ordinary seaman: r. thompson, cape patton, c. ramsden, log, taffrail ship's log, ship log, john bliss, patent log, peter mcgennan

John Bliss (1795-1857) was born in Norwich Connecticut, trained as a silversmith and clockmaker in Vermont, and began in business as a jeweller in New York around 1830. In 1834, now trading as Bliss & Creighton, he made and marketed a range of nautical instruments. The business subsequently became John Bliss & Son in 1855 and John Bliss & Co. in 1857. It remained in business until 1957 when it was acquired by West Marine. The Bliss company used to make a range of instruments supplied to a variety of customers including the US Navy. An object made as an aid for marine navigation, to plot a course on a nautical map for a vessel to follow. The item was made by a well known American maker of nautical instruments and is significant in regards to it's provenience and history of the maker and his family who over the years had been innovators and makers of various types of nautical instruments since 1795. Parallel map ruler. Bliss of New York & Nautical instruments engraved on face of ruler, ruler divided into degrees for use on nautical mapsflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, parallel rule, map reading, nautical object, navigation instrument

Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from Wednesday, March 28, 2001. Marriage bliss: John Slattery and Pat Hogan married at the Sacred Heart Cathedral on April 8, 1942. Pat was attended by her 10 sisters. A brother and a cousin were also in the group. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Folder containing a table of contents and various newspaper clippings and other information pertaining to the Berwick area Volume 2. The date the articles were published, and title of articles are listed below. 25 Sep 2000 History Dying for Lack of Museum 22 Oct 1992 Berwick’s Churches Took Pride of Place 13 May 2009 Lex Loves the Groundwork - Wilson Botanic Park 28 Mar 2012 To Hell and Back - Julie Cini 12 Oct 2016 Church Pillar Jim - Jim Allan 27 May 2015 Pillar of College - John Waterhouse 2 Dec 2015 Dressed for Success - Rosalie Ham & Sue Maslin 9 Nov 2016 A Man Who Remembered - Cyril Molyneux 21 Sep 2011 Honour for History Sisters - Sonia Beaumont & Louise Reeve 11 Oct 2017 Berwick’s Back to its Roots UNKNOWN City’s Volunteers Entertained 16 Apr 2008 Cooking up Memories - Olive Foy 16 Sep 2013 Historic Site Faces Carve-up - Kilkirean 16 Sep 2021 Appropriate Residence for Such Prominent Residents - Wilsons 27 May 1993 Edrington, Home of Lord and Lady Casey UNKNOWN Burnbank UNKNOWN Beaumont Road Property UNKNOWN Edrington Park - pamphlet UNKNOWN Edrington Park - plan, trees & past owners 12 Oct 2016 Final Course at Clover - Clover Cottage UNKNOWN Burr Hill - sale 27 Oct 2003 People Power Acts for Posterity - Old Berwick Primary School 11 Oct 2000 School is Historic Site - Old Berwick Primary School 6 Nov 2003 Community Icon Will be Missed - George Wilson 1 Nov 2000 Plea on School Site - Old Berwick Primary School 8 Nov 2000 College to Push for Site - Old Berwick Primary School 27 Sep 2000 Stand up for Berwick - Old Berwick Primary School 27 Sep 2000 Village People - Old Berwick Primary School 11 Nov 2003 Park Feedback Quest - Old Berwick Primary School 5 Nov 2003 Berwick Village Town Park Concept UNKNOWN Berwick Mechanics Institute and Free Library - pamphlet 23 Jul 1993 Where to Build the New City’s Civic Centre? UNKNOWN Berwick map 12 Mar 2008 The Other Millers’ Tale - John & Brenda Miller 11 Jun 2008 Breeding a Class of Their Own - Allan & Jill Furborough 13 Jan 2010 Dawn’s Work Will Go On - Dawn Dorning 5 Aug 2009 Members Remember - Red Cross 17 Jun 2009 Diamond Couple are the Best of Friends - Hugh & Dorothy Hodson 25 Nov 2009 Century of Community Care - St John of God Hospital 7 Sep 2016 Farewell to a Dynamic Lady - Jan Bateman 13 May 2009 Diamond Couple - Bill & Joyce Minns 11 Jul 2013 Short Memory - Proposed site for Cultural Centre 21 Apr 2021 Memories of Afghanistan - Chris May 16 Jun 2021 Survivor is a Guiding Light - Kay Rankin 25 Aug 2021 Mixing with the Famous - Lord & Lady Casey 21 May 2015 Happy Couple’s Life of “Bliss and Hiss” - Val & John Evans 15 Jun 2016 Last Orders? Not for Carl - Carl Strachan 20 Oct 2021 Settling the Soldiers - Soldiers Road 28 Jan 2009 Secrets Behind the Show - Berwick Show 24 Jan 2018 Club in a Gesture for Jim - Jim Allan 21 Feb 2018 Shipwreck Lovers Settle in Berwick, Despite Cannibals 14 Aug 2013 Association Members Celebrate Their 80th - Red Cross 24 Feb 2021 Cheese Factory’s Rich Past 10 Jun 2020 Kempson Left His Mark - Henry Kempson 10 Mar 2021 School Began on Holidays - St Margarets 25 Aug 2021 The Sweet Side of Savory - Gil Savory 25 Jul 2018 Firing up the Old Brigade - 11 Jul 2018 Tribute to the Good Doctor - Percy Langmore 25 Apr 2018 A Brush with History 25 Apr 2018 Looking Back 9 Feb 2009 A Place in History - Living Memories DVD 25 Oct 2017 Founding Family Continues Show’s Style - Dandenong Show 19 Mar 2015 United by News - Bill Rogers 1 Feb 2017 Ruth in Heritage Honour - Ruth Crofts 23 Aug 2017 Athlete was a Gentleman - Edwin Flack 23 Aug 2017 Historic News in Brief UNKNOWN Playing the Part - World Wars Re-enactment 9 Jul 2014 Building on Some Historic Foundations - National Trust 26 Apr 2018 Big Crowd for First Dawn 16 Apr 2007 Life and Legacy Remembered - Peter Canobio 25 Jun 2008 Walking Tour Unearths “Jewels” - Hands on History Tour CD 12 Dec 2007 Old Cheese Factory was Built by Sir William Clarke in 1875 31 Mar 2021 Cemetery Extension Open - Berwick Cemetery 31 Mar 2021 End of an Era: Don Retiring from Trust After 40 Years - Don Moyes 7 Feb 2018 A Healthy History in Berwick - St John of God Hospital 18 Apr 2018 Hollywood in Berwick - On the Beach 30 Apr 2014 More Than a Token Effort - Cyril Molyneux 25 Apr 2018 Dedicated to Their Valour - Victoria Cross 13 Apr 2016 After 49 Years, the Final Snip - Les Jones 12 Nov 2007 A Proud History Building a Strong Future - St John of God 8 Nov 2017 Army Medic Takes the Highest Road - Samantha Bradbury 8 Nov 2017 War Memorial Set in Stone 27 Jun 2016 Farewell and Thanks - Berwick Leader May 2008 Attracting Some Flack - National Sports Museum 21 Sep 2016 150 Years of Worship - Berwick Church of Christ 27 Apr 2016 Major is Guest Speaker 17 Nov 2021 Iconic Berwick Sale - Burr Hill 17 Nov 2021 A Legendary Contributor to Local Sport - Arch Brown 15 Dec 2021 Fascinating Family History - Kirkham family 16 Feb 2011 50 Years of Love - Vincent & Carmel Taranto 16 Feb 2011 Life Members on Show UNKNOWN Good Doctor Laid a Medical Foundation 27 Sep 2000 Citizen of the Century 25 Nov 2015 It’s the End of a CWA Era 21 Jan 2015 Rotunda Opens Up 23 Feb 2022 Avard and Sunnyside 9 Mar 2022 Dedicated Farming Family 16 Feb 2022 Heritage Protector Passes 10 Nov 2021 VC Hero’s Story Revealed 2 Nov 2022 Captain Chose the Name 7 Dec 2022 Battin for the People 21 Mar 2018 Marking Scanlan Street 7 Mar 2018 Funston a Fine Figure 22 Dec 2020 The Park Jack Helped Build 25 Nov 2020 Park Honours Pioneers 14 Oct 2020 Colourful Characters - McKay Family 2 Sep 2020 Mayor’s Prussian Heritage - Kirsty Lottkowitz 19 Aug 2020 A Generous Patriot 22 Jul 2020 The Grice Family Legacy 13 May 2020 Tea Baron’s Life on Clover 1 Apr 2020 Well Played Warnes 4 Mar 2020 Right Royal Name Change - Gloucester Avenue 22 Jan 2020 Four Generations Strong - Ward family 8 Aug 2018 Buchanans Make A Mark 27 Jun 2018 Integral to Berwick Life 2 May 2018 Storekeeper’s New Digs 13 Jul 2022 A Walk in the Park in 1992 19 Oct 2022 From Ireland to Berwick 7 Sep 2022 One for the History Books 12 Jul 2018 Berwick Set For Big 150th 13 Jul 2022 Lex’s Fascinating Legacy - Wilson Botanic Gardens 13 Jul 2022 From a Quarry to Gardens - Wilson Botanic Gardens 20 July 2022 WGCA Mourning the Loss of Wallace - Jeff Wallace 27 Apr 2022 First Female in 104 Years - Berwick RSL 29 Apr 2020 Fritzlaffs Strike Gold 27 Apr 2022 Marching for the Anzacsnon-fictionberwick (vic.)

The Ballarat School of Mines had a 'Model Mine' that was used to teach students. Practical work was undertaken for a fee, supervised by laboratory superintendents. Copies of assays undertaken are compiled together in this book. Leatherbound ledger with transfer copies assay reports from the Ballarat School of Mines. Those seeking assaying work from the Ballarat School of Mines are listed in alphabetical order in the front of the ledger. The ledger contains 543 pages. .2) Foolscap assay report on foolscap Ballarat School of Mines letterhead, and signed by Alfred Mica Smith, Superintendent of Laboratories. The report was on eight samples of Quartz submitted by R.C. Morgan, Scotts, Hotel, Melbourne .3) Assay report on Ballarat School of Mines letterhead, dated 14 August 1985, and signed by Andrew Berry, Registrar. The assay was supervised by Professor Alfred Mica Smith, and undertaken for James Burke, Broken Hill, New South Wales. .4) Assay report on Ballarat School of Mines letterhead, dated 18 August 1988, and signed by Alfred Mica Smith, Superintendent of Laboratories. The assay was undertaken on samples of Limonite submitted by James Burke and others, Broken Hill, New South Wales. The report includes information the the Ballarat School of Mines museum and the search for geological specimens from all Australian colonies for the collection. .5) A 'rough' assay report on samples of stone submitted by H. Major Senr, Wilcannia, New South Wales. 5) A 'rough' assay report on sample quartz drillings from quartz reef submitted by H. Morris, Egerton, and an sample of quartz and pyrites for determination by Professor Krause submitted by R.M. Serjeant. ballarat school of mines, a.c. allan, brittania g.m. co., s. body, black horse company, john m. bickett, william bell, james barker, w. bliss, w. bailey, william barrou, w.h. batten, w. bechervaise, band and albion, budd bros, charles barker, i. cahir, a. chamber, w. cahill, james coglan, d. clarke, a.w. dobbie, john dosett, john dunstan, j.a. evans, l. eggleton, charles forbes, d. fitzpatrick, e. ford, michael goold, j. graham, john greenwood, james hayes, ed hardy, arthur harvey, george hodges, john hall, jubilee gold mining company, krause, luplau, lempiere, mt lyell co, john law, ed meadway, john murray, j.h. middleton, c.m. miles, m. muir, e. mcmillan, w. mcdougall, c. napier, w.r. nicholls, napier freehold, w.b, ochiltree, oakleigh gold mining company, dr pinnock, c. quin, james ross, c.b. retallack, e. rowlands, royal standard, linton, frank rabling, william russell, charles soloman, f. selby, w.j. scott, sulieman pasha co, south clunes united, h.w. sinclair, george selby, e.h. schroeder, horsham, e.w. spain, c.h. sheary, sir henry loch gold mining company, a. sutherland, saxon consols, j.b. triggs, h. townsend, harold turnley, c. taylor, melbourne, c. thorpe, a. vandenberg, charles walker, charles wilson, thomas wellington, a. wynne, r. warne, e. wattis, john wood, walter warner, armidale, c. winterbottom, w.l. willliams, j.c. young

Henry Sutton is a talented world-wide accepted inventor with inventions relating to the telephone, photography, wireless, cars, motorcycles, and bicycles as well as many more inventions. Henry was also one of four brothers that ran the Sutton's Music Store after the death of their Father Richard Sutton. Henry Sutton taught Applied Electricity at the Ballarat School of Mines in 1883 to 1886.Collection of music books that were available for purchase at Sutton's Musicmusic books, suttons music, calvary, henry vaughan, paul rodney, enoch and sons, herzelied, gustav lange, j.t. trekell, hanover edition, the desert song, one alone, kathryn grayson, gordon mcrae, otto harbach, oscar hammerstein, frank mandel, sigmund romberg, the link divine, alfred h. hyatt, piccolomini, one fine day, aria, madame butterfly opera, r.h elkin, giacomo puccini, garden of happiness, edward lockton, daniel wood, there never was a pal like you, jack o'hagan, the bridge, vocal duet, miss m lindsay, mrs j worthington bliss, songs my mother taught me, anton dvorak, blue danube, suttons brass band journal, johann strauss, macushla, josephine v rowe, dermot macmurrough, boosey and co, allans music, candle in the wind, elton john, bernie taupin, treasure chest of stephen foster songs, eddie fisher song folio, cindy oh cindy, oh my pa-pa, anytime, i need you now, then i'll be happy, sweet heartaches, dungaree doll, im in the mood for love, what a wonderful world it would be, hermann lohr, i heard you singing, royden barrie, eric coates, when you come home, fred e weatherly, w.h squire, lay down your arms, anne shelton, leon land, ake gerhard, john m williams and shaylor turners vey first piano book, i went to your wedding, jessie may robinson, patti page, mercury records, he's got the whole world in his hands, geoff love, sway, quien sera, pablo beltran ruiz, paul lombard, norman gimbel, just because the violets, kennedy russell, edwin ashdown ltd, friends of my youth, mr w burton, christy's minstrels, george barker, ideal music books, poet and peasant, melody in f, spring song, love and devotion, the storm, nachtstuck, rondoletto, blue danube waltzes, over the waves waltzes, nearer my god to thee, mignon gavotte, warum, miss clara butt, idle words, stephen adams, menuetin no. 2, the mill, liebestraum, tarantelle, la matinee, menuet, la paloma, the dove, gipsy rondo, crescendo, chanson triste, romance, tocatta in a, thora, john mccormack, john harrison, ivor foster, preclude c# minor, beautiful star of heaven, sirens song, marche militaire, fifth nocturne, sweet bye and bye, turkish patrol, valse des fleurs, melody of love, traumerei, a fragment, just for to-day, sybil f partridge, blanche ebert seaver, australian music examinations board, pianoforte-grade iii, the chappell wonder album of music, slave song, the lass with the delicate air, the bandolero, chorus gentlemen, i'll sing thee songs of araby, jest her way, venetian song, gray days, god's garden, folie bergere, weymouth chimes, un peu d'amour, you'll love me yet, s. coleridge taylor, george sutton, happy-go-lucky pete a very happy foxtrot, i know the rose, fred hall, the prisoners child, waltz ballad, russ johnston, pilgrim's cross, h.l d'arcy jaxone, frederic n. lohr, harper kearton, marie vagnolini, suttons manuscript music book, pianoforte studies, public examinations in music, light cavalry, marche hongroise, rondo alla turca, moonlight sonata, witches flight, home sweet home, narcissus, wedding march, sehnsucht, joyful peasant, les adieux, love the pedlar, caryl battersby, edward german, where will the dimple be, rosemary clooney, bob merrill, al hoffman, buttons and bows, jay livingstone, ray evans, bob hope, glen williams, british songs, cyril scott, cherry ripe, the minstrel boy, blythe and merry she was, by yon bonnie banks, all through the night, coming thro the rye, i'll bid my heart be still, classical fragments, beethoven's adieu, w. millward, wake up, a calendar of song, harold simpson, montague f. phillips, ain't misbehavin', andy razaf, thomas waller, harry brooks, robert a nelson, the ideal manuscript book, the riff song, it, one flower grows alone in your garden, ebb tide, carl sigman, robert maxwell, i'm in the mood for love, jimmy mchugh, dorothy fields, muskat ramble, edward ory, night of stars and night of love, tales of hoffmann, offenbach, the great pretender, jimmy parkinson, jerry duanne, barry frank, stan freberg, the platters, bert visser, love is a golden ring, rich dehr, frank miller, terry gilkyson, ernie sigley, d. trickey, four musical cameos, gavotte, lullaby, goblins, when children play, frank hutchens, just a closer walk with thee, jimie rodgers, west of the wall, wayne shanklin, toni fisher

Hard cover book. Bliss & Other Stories Author: Katherine Mansfield Publisher: Constable & Co Ltd Date: 1920-1932 Further Information: Light blue Cloth hardcover with lettering and patterning to spine in gilt. The spine has a Library label with an inscription.fictionBliss and Other Stories is Katherine Mansfield's second published collection; the first edition was released in 1920. It gathers stories she wrote between 1916 and 1919, including 'Prelude', a vivid, impressionistic portrait of her New Zealand childhood and family, 'Je ne parle pas Français', a sardonic look at bohemian Parisian life, as well as 'Bliss', the title story about Bertha Young, a 30-year-old wife and mother who feels an overwhelming, inexplicable joy, only to discover at her dinner party that her husband is having an affair with Pearl Fulton, a woman Bertha herself is drawn to. Other Katherine Mansfield works include 'The Man without a Temperament', 'Pictures', 'Psychology', 'A Dill Pickle', 'The Little Governess', 'Revelations', 'The Escape', and others. The main themes of these stories are that they explore repressed sexuality, alienation, the fragility of domestic happiness, and the gap between social performance and inner life. Mansfield uses stream-of-consciousness, symbolic imagery notably the pear tree in the story 'Bliss' and what critics call 'moments of being', or sudden flashes of psychological truth.warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, bliss and other stories, katherine mansfield, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, pattison collection, warrnambool library, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library

Hard cover book. The Garden Party and Other Stories Author: Katherine Mansfield Publisher: Constable & Co Ltd Date: 1923-1932 Further Information: Light blue Cloth hardcover with lettering and patterning to brown spine in gilt. The spine has a Library label with an inscription.fictionThe title story centres on an annual garden party held by the well-to-do Sheridan family, during which news arrives of the accidental death of a working-class man in the poorer part of the village a classic Mansfield study of class and the collision between privilege and mortality. Other well-known pieces in the collection include "Miss Brill," "The Doll's House," and "Her First Ball." warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, the doves nest and other stories, katherine mansfield, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, pattison collection, warrnambool library, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library

Hard cover book. The Doves Nest & Other Stories Author: Katherine Mansfield Publisher: Constable & Co Ltd Date: 1923-1932 Further Information: Light blue Cloth hardcover with lettering and patterning to spine in gilt. The spine has a Library label with an inscription.fictionThe Doves' Nest and Other Stories is not a single novel, but a collection of short stories by the modernist pioneer Katherine Mansfield. The collection comprises fifteen short fiction pieces six completed stories and nine unfinished fragments written during the final, highly productive years of Mansfield's life in France and Switzerland.warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, the doves nest and other stories, katherine mansfield, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, pattison collection, warrnambool library, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library