interior of Myer store, haberdashery section, dated 1912photocopy of a B&W photograph of the interior of the Myer Bendigo Store, haberdashery section, dated 1912, with four male staff attending.social history

Sydney Myer was born in Russia in 1878 and came to Australia in 1896. He was initially a travelling salesman before opening a drapery store in Bendigo in 1900. In 1908 he opened a second store in Bendigo. In 1911 he purchased Wright and Neil Drapery in Bourke Street. This led to the formation of the Myers Emporium that became the largest chain of department stores with branches in all states and territories.Myer's Invoice: Cream paper with black print. Registered Office : Pall Mall, Bendigo. Pall Mall and Williamson Street. Bendigo 3/2/198 (sic) Phone 1500, 3 lines. Bought of Myer's (Bendigo) Pty Ltd. Drapers and Outfitters. Wholesale and Retail Grocers. Ironmongery, Crockery, Glassware. Wine and Spirit Merchants Carpet and Furniture Warehouse. Sold By 14. Lamson Paragon Limited. Exd By. Purchased was: 1 Swimsuit at 17/9. Amount Tendered 170 Invoice no. 31. Purple stamp with paid on. Small tear. Box 625business, retail, myer's store, myer's bendigo

Gift parcels for Britain. Myer Emporium Ltd. Bourke St. Melbourne. No year date. One sheet. Product (food) and price list - Assorted, Meat, Dairy Produce, Jam, Fruit and Mayfair Parcels.business, retail, myer's store

Four receipts from Myer's Bendigobusiness, retail, myer's store

Joan O'Shea Collection. Sales docket issued by Myer's Bendigo 31 August 1953. Shows the number of the staff member who made the transaction. 6d(pence) duty stamp attached.Docket No. 15 in Red.The total of the docket is 7pounds 19 shillings and 4 pence.business, retail, myer's store

Color photograph. Myer store, (right side only) Pall Mall, Bendigo. Taken April 2001. Physical description: unmounted. Inscriptions/Markings: Myer Store, Pall Mall, Bendigo. April 2001.Willa, Wendybuildings, commercial, myer, pall mall, gordon and wendy willa, deakin st, lockington

This blazer belonged to Rob Hocking who was involved with the Congregational Youth Fellowship from 1951 - 1960.Men's royal blue felt blazer. The body of the blazer is unlined and the sleeves are lined with cream cotton. It has two plastic buttons and one inner pocket on the right side. The blazer pocket bears an embroidered Congregational Youth Fellowship symbol in red, white and gold. The blazer has the maker's label but no size."CONGREGATIONAL YOUTH FELLOWSHIP" "EXCLUSIVE TO ... BLAZER SHOP THE MYER STORE FOR MEN"congregational youth fellowship, hocking, rob

B&W photograph of the first Myer store in Pall Mall Bendigo circa 1901.social history, myer store

Wilma Hall (later Hobbs) wore this blazer while studying at the Ballarat Teachers' College in 1954-55. The college was established after the Victorian State Government and the State Education Department decided to establish two provincial teachers' colleges, at Ballarat and Bendigo. On 04 May 1926 W.H. Ellwood (Principal), Miss A. Bouchier, and Mr A.B. Jones, welcomed the first enrolment of 61 students to undertake the one year course. In 1927 the College moved to the former Ballarat East Town Hall in Barkly Street, which was remodelled for their use. It closed in December 1931 due to the Great Depression. In 1946 Ballarat Teachers' College reopened and relocated to the Dana Street State School. It was originally planned to open as a women's college, for whom the residence at 130 Victoria Street was purchased, but the decision was made to admit resident men from Ballarat. Mr T.W. Turner was appointed as Principal in 1951 and directed the introduction of a two year course for the Trained Primary Teachers' Certificate. The former one year course was terminated at the end of 1951. In 1958 the College was relocated to a custom built facility at Gillies Street, in close proximity to the Ballarat Botanical Gardens. Numbers increased with the introduction of the Trained Infant Teachers' Certificate course under the guidance of Mary Egan. With the introduction of a three year Diploma Course in 1968 accommodation became cramped. The introduction of the Diploma of Teaching (Primary) led to the Trained Infant Teachers' Certificate being discontinued in 1969, and the end of the Trained Primary Teachers' Certificate in 1969. Secondary Art and Craft students began studies at Ballarat Teachers' College in 1969 under Mr Ted Doney. In 1971 Mr D. Watson was appointed Principal. The State College of Victoria was proclaimed by Order in Council on 24 July 1973, and Ballarat Teachers' College became a constituent college of the State College of Victoria, and was known as State College of Victoria, Ballarat. By 1975 the College moved to Mount Helen as part of the Ballarat College of Advanced Education. Pre service teachers currently undertake their studies on the Mount Helen Campus of Federation University. ("Ruffians Attempted to Carry off the School Tent: A History of State Education in Ballarat", 1974, p73-4.)Blue unlined, woollen Ballarat Teachers' College blazer with embroidered pocket. The jacket had three buttons at the front although two are missing. The edges are all bound with tape including the pocket and the sleeve binding is 12cm from the cuff edge. The seam edges are either turned back and stitched or cut with pinking shears. There is a small panel on either side of the inside between the side seam and the facing which reinforces the pockets.Embroidered emblem of the Ballarat Teachers College and woven makers patch - The Myer Store for Menballarat teachers' college, blazer, wilma hall, wilma hobbs, textiles, costume, embroidery, uniform

Dust coat worn by Mr Frederick Alister Jennings when he managed a family grocery store circa 1948 at 510 Point Nepean Road, East Brighton. Frederick was born at Nagambie, Victoria in 1909 and died in Brighton in 1979. He was the son of Hugh Edwin Jennings and Alice Constance Warren. He married Margaret Jean Hughes in 1934 and served in the Second World War. He lived at 1 Valda Grove Brighton. Frederick was a commercial traveller as well as his time spent managing the store in Point Nepean Road. It is believed this coat dates from his time at the store c1948 - 1955. The store was owned for many years by his father-in-law W. G. Hughes and was one of a group of shops near the corner of Centre Road. In 1944-45 the group of shops included Fletcher’s fuel merchants, a haberdasher, butcher, fruiterer, grocer, Brighton East post office, a ladies’ hairdresser and Hughes’ grocer. In 1950 Hughes’ grocery store was between a service station and the Commercial Bank on what had been renamed Nepean Highway. The business was sold to G. S. Maynard, grocer, sometime before 1960.Unlined dustcoat of beige cotton. Fastens centre front with three brown plastic buttons. Two large patch pockets. Separate cloth belt with metal buckle. Signs of wear and mending. .1 - coat .2 -beltGarment label reads: APEX (RLG.) Dust Coat DEPT. MYER STORE for MEN. MELBOURNE & ADELAIDEdustcoat, occupational dress, grocer, hughes grocery store, brighton, frederick alister jennings

Negative of a photograph of a cable car set at the Lonsdale St terminus, 9/1939, trailer 523. Tram has the destination of Collingwood. In the background is the Myer store - The Myer Emporium.trams, tramways, cable trams, lonsdale st, tram 523

Black and white photograph. Inscriptions: 'group of shop girls of the Myer Store in Bendigo, from the book Sidney Myer by Ambrose Pratt'.person, group, employees

Yields information about tram 18 in Sturt St passing the Town Hall.Black and White photograph of SEC Tram 18 passing the Town Hall in Sturt St westbound to Sebastopol with the Myer store in the background. trams, tramways, myer, sturt st, town hall, tram 18

newspaper article/clippingUndated photocopy of a newspaper article on the expansion of the Bendigo Myer Store; probably from the Bendigo Advertiser. Expansion of "the Myer L-shaped store (frontages to Williamson Street and Pall Mall) includes construction of a third floor.social history

Staff newsletter for employees of the Myer StoresSingle A3 photocopy of page 2 of the "Myer Store News", undated. Newsletter provides an update to staff on social issues and activities. Undated newsletter.social history

Early 1900s streetscape of major intersection in BendigoLandscape format. B&W photograph of a "float" for the Myer Store entered in the Bendigo Easter Fair, undated early 1900s photograph. Four people representing Myer on the floatsocial history

The pith helmet was worn to shade the head in hot and humid climates. Owned by donor's father when he was mining mica in the 1930s; not worn because of embarrassment.Light brown insulated hat, designed as protective covering for the head against the sun; red and green cloth lining, leather sweat band and chin strapGilt inscription on lining: "Real solapith, made in India expressly for the Myer store for men, Melbourne & Adelaide" [size] 6 7/8pith helmet

Postcard. Panorama from Lookout Tower, Bendigo. Post Office Clock Tower to the left, and Shamrock Hotel . Looking up Williamson Street Bendigo. Original Myer Store to the right. .

Shows the excitement of the Royal Visit in 1954. This was Queen Elizabeth II's first visit to Australia since ascending the throne.An example of the importance of Royalty to Australians at this time.2 page newsletter from the Myer store in Melbourne. Cover illustration shows the Bourke Street store decked out to welcome the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh on their first visit to Melbourne.queen elizabeth 2, house of windsor, duke of edinburgh, royal tour of australia 1954, myer melbourne

2 x copies of Black and white Postcard of the first Myer Store at Bendigo (Hargreaves St. Bendigo 1901?) four men, a boy and a dog standing at the front of the store Enclosed in a cream Myer folder.postcard, photograph, the first myer store at bendigo

Black man's Stetson hatRoyal Stetson, John B Stetson Company, Made in Australia under Licence, St Regis, Pure fur felt. The Myer Store for Men, Melbourne & Adelaide

black and white photograph at corner of Pall Mall & Williamson St., Bendigo. Showing portion of Shamrock Hotel, ANZ Bank, Myer store . Truck mounted cherry picker. Workmen working on overhead cable -poles.Alan Doneyplace, streetscape, tram

Hargreaves Mall under construction, looking towards Myer store. In foreground orange bunting around excavation. Written on back 'outside Coles doorway Hargreaves St. Mall looking to Myers 14/2/82'place, mall, hargreaves mall, bendigo, hargreaves mall, myer

Premier Jeff Kennett opened the refurbished and extended Greensborough Plaza, which included a new Myer store..Newspaper clipping, black and white text and colour image.greensborough plaza, myer greensborough, jeff kennett

Greensborough Primary School students were among the first visitors to the new Myer store at Greensborough Plaza [1995]Newspaper clipping, black and white text and image.greensborough primary school, greensborough plaza, myer greensborough

Seven page of single-sided typed notes detailing the chronology of the development of the Myer Store, over the period 1901 to 1970. Notes are in portrait format single sided typing on foolscap pages and are stapled on upper left-hand corner.chronology of myer store, social history, myer emporium

Pencil drawing called Pall Mall Bendigo. The point of view is looking down the footpath in front of the law Courts and Post Office, these are on the right hand side. On the left of Pall Mall , Stonemans supermarket can be seen as well as the Myer store.W.C. Harrydrawing, pencil, pall mall, pall mall, drawings, stonemans supermarket

Eleven page of double-sided typed notes detailing the chronology of the development of the Myer Store, starting with the first store on Pall Mall Bendigo. Notes are in portrait format double side typed A4 pages and are stapled on upper left-hand corner.chronology of myer store, social history, myer emporium