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Wheen Bee FoundationPublication, House of Representatives standing committee on agriculture, fisheries and forestry, Discussion Paper; Future Development of the Australian Honey Bee Industry (House of Representatives standing committee on agriculture, fisheries and forestry), Canberra, 2007, 2007
... Discussion Paper; Future Development of the Australian Honey Bee Industry (House of Representatives standing committee on agriculture, fisheries and forestry), Canberra, 2007...House of Representatives standing committee on agriculture, fisheries and forestry...Canberra, standing committee on agriculture, fisheries and forestry ... -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Document, Royal Commission on the Use and Effects of Chemical Agents on Australian Personnel in Vietnam, The Report of the Royal Commission into the Use and Effects of Chemical Agents on Australian Personnel in Vietnam has been considered by the VVAA, 1985
... The Report of the Royal Commission into the Use and Effects of Chemical Agents on Australian Personnel in Vietnam has been considered by the VVAA...Royal Commission on the Use and Effects of Chemical Agents on Australian Personnel in Vietnam ...An A4 document on white paper covered in an orange plastic folder with black bindingvietnam war, 1961-1975 -- chemical warfare -- health aspects, agent orange - toxicology herbicides - war use -
Wheen Bee FoundationPublication, International Symposium on Bee Biology, Genetics, Selection and Reproduction of the Honey Bee: Symposium on Bee Biology (International Symposium on Bee Biology), Moscow. (Apimondia). Bucharest, 1977, 1977
... Genetics, Selection and Reproduction of the Honey Bee: Symposium on Bee Biology (International Symposium on Bee Biology), Moscow. ...International Symposium on Bee Biology ... -
Bendigo Military MuseumBook - BOOK, ANTI AIRCRAFT WW2, Angus & Robertson Ltd, On Target with the American and Australian Ack Ack Brigade in New Guinea, c.1943
... On Target with the American and Australian Ack Ack Brigade in New Guinea...Men on the front line services ...Khaki coloured buckram hard cover, no dust cover. 172 pages, black & white photos & illustrations. books-military, photography, illustrations, ack ack -
Federation University Historical CollectionBook, Victorian Government Legislative Assembly, The Select Committee on Castlemaine and Sandhurst water supply, Report from the Select Committee on Castlemaine and Sandhurst Water Supply, together with the proceedings of the Committee, minutes of evidence and appendices, 19/5/1865 (exact)
... Report from the Select Committee on Castlemaine and Sandhurst Water Supply, together with the proceedings of the Committee, minutes of evidence and appendices....Victorian Government Legislative Assembly, The Select Committee on Castlemaine and Sandhurst water supply ...This book contains the report from the select committee on Castlemaine and Sandhurst water supply; with the proceedings of the committee, minutes of evidence and appendices. It also contains the report Of the Engineer-In-Chief of Railways, and reply of the Chief Engineer of Water Supply on the works constructed by the Victorian Water Supply Department, presented to both houses of parliament by His Excellency’s command. Ferdinand M. Krause, was a lecturer at the Ballarat School of Mines in Geology Mineralogy Mining Engineering and Surveying. He was a Fellow of the Geological Society and a Fellow of the Linnian Society. He was assistant engineer for the Ballaarat and Ballarat East Water Supply Committee and helped plan local reservoirs.A brown cloth hard cover, foolscap book with leather spine. Title is written in black on the title page. "Water Supply Reports" is engraved in gold on spine. It includes a table showing the monthly and yearly rainfall and shade temperature at Ballarat, 2nd February, 1885. It also includes two reports and two replies, a map No.7082.2 of Victorian Water Supply, Castlemaine and Sandhurst district general plan including lines of Aqueduct, Reservoirs. No. 7082.3 of Victorian Mining districts, Mining Divisions and The Gold Fields in 1866 - includes districts to be supplied under the Waterworks Act, 1965. It also includes: *Report of the Engineer-in-chief of Railways and Reply of the Chief Engineer of Water Supply on the works constructed by the Victorian Water Supply Department, 1869. * Coliban Water Scheme, 1864 * Ballarat and Ballarat East Water Supply (1869) including the Ballarat Water Supply List containing names of occupiers and nature of improvements on lands comprised within the proposed reserve of Gong Gong Reservoir, Ballaarat. At Warrenheip the names included: Honora McCallin, William Honan, C. McMahon, Patrick McMahon, J.P. Beach, J.H. Smith, Michael Nestor, Martin Quinn, Martin McIntyre, Robert Higgins, Coleman Kane, Robert Bond. At Ballarat: William Clarke, Richard White, John Hosking, Wesleyan Chapel, J. Hewitt, Robert McRobinson. At Bungaree: John Pullin, John Llewellyn. William Daw, Smith and Wynne, William Brough, A. Alexander. * Ballarat and Ballaarat East Water Supply report upon the advisability, or otherwise, of constructing a reservoir at the junction of the Yarrowee Creek and Gile's Creek, upon a site known as Gile's Reservoir (printed by Frank Pinkerton). This report has numerous notes written on it (most probably by Krause) and includes the capacity of Harry Beale's Reservoir, Pimcott's Reservoir and the Proposed Gong Gong Reservoir. * Statement as to the position of the Ballaarat and Ballaarat East Borough Councils in Connection with Water Supply, September 1869. * Ballarat and Ballaarat East Water Supply - General Statement upon the Ballaarat and Ballaarat east Scheme of Water Supply. Includes information on Moorabool reservoir, Harry Beale's Reservoir, Lal Lal Creek, Two Mile Creek, Beale's Dam, Yarrowee Creek, Gong Gong Reservoir, Kirk's Dam, Devil's Creek, Moorabool Creek. Additional handwritten notes (probably by Krause) * Engineer's Report on the resolution of the COmmittee of Water Supply, of the 7th July 1868. The report refers to the Country around Mount Warrenheip. Names mentioned are L. Abraham, Great North-West Gold Mining Company, Border Sawmills, Ferdinand Krause, Ohlfsen Bagge, W.H. Shaw, A signature by "Ferdinand M. Krause" at the top corner of the title page. A few pages have handwriting on the margins, it is believed to be his handwriting. water supply victoria, castlemaine directories, sandhurst directories, ballarat directories, james blackburn, edward wardle, daylesford water race, c j taylor, george avery fletcher, bagge, ohlfsen bagge, george foote, john h reilly, ambrose johnson, george francis, timber preservation, james forbes, alfred surplice, malcolm carmichael, robert adams, frederick hugh thomas, h o christerpherson, william downe, thomas lawrence brown, francis hadgson nixon, strangways, guildford, maldon, muckleford, lauriston, malmesbury, franklinford, walmer, strathloddon, downe, ferdinand krause, m7082, trentham, castlemaine, drummond, metcalfe, sutton grange, lockwood, ravenswood, mandurang, yandoit, c.h. ohlfsen bagge, moorabool reservoir, gong gong reservoir, harry beale's reservoir, pincott reservoir, frank pinkerton, water -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library CollectionBook - Novel, Charles, Elizabeth (nee Elizabeth Rundle). On Title page: 'by the Author of 'Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family', On both sides of the sea : a story of the Commonwealth and the Restoration : a sequel to 'The Draytons and the Davenants', 1868
... On both sides of the sea : a story of the Commonwealth and the Restoration : a sequel to 'The Draytons and the Davenants'...Charles, Elizabeth (nee Elizabeth Rundle). On Title page: 'by the Author of 'Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family' ...508 p. ; Faded burgundy cloth and cardboard cover, gold embossing.fictionhistorical fiction, english interregnum, english restoration, james dodds, original collection -
Federation University Historical CollectionBooklet, The Commission on Preservation and Access et al, 1 Preserving Digital Information: Report of the Task Force on Archiving of Digital Information. .2 Digital Image Collections: Issues and Practice, 1 1st May 1996 .2 December 1996
... .1 Preserving Digital Information: Report of the Task Force on Archiving of Digital Information. .2 Digital Image Collections: Issues and Practice...The Commission on Preservation and Access ....1 is a report done by the Task Force on Archiving of Digital Information as part of the Commission on Preservation and Access .2 is a booklet about Digital Image Collections: Issues and Practice..1 White covered booklet with blue writing and briwn coloured squares .2 Booklet with blue cover, white writing and multicoloured picture in the middlenon-fiction.1 is a report done by the Task Force on Archiving of Digital Information as part of the Commission on Preservation and Access .2 is a booklet about Digital Image Collections: Issues and Practice.university of ballarat, preservation, access, digital images, digital collections, practice, issues, report, commission on preservation and access, library -
Wheen Bee FoundationPublication, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, Minutes of evidence relating to the proposed construction of an animal quarantine station at Wallgrove, N.S.W. (Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works) Canberra, 1977, 1977
... (Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works) Canberra, 1977...Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works ... -
RMIT GSBL Justice Smith CollectionBook, International Conference on Therapeutic Jurisprudence. 2006, Perth, Australia, 3rd International Conference on Therapeutic Jurisprudence : transforming legal processes in court and beyond, 2007
... 3rd International Conference on Therapeutic Jurisprudence : transforming legal processes in court and beyond...International Conference on Therapeutic Jurisprudence. 2006, Perth, Australia ...therapeutic jurisprudence -- australia -- congresses, therapeutic jurisprudence -- congresses -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionSouvenir - Fridge Magnet - Casterton, Victoria, n.d
... Statue is sheep on block with a Kelpie standing on its back. ...Unknown -
St Kilda Historical SocietyPhotograph - Lithograph, St Kilda on the Bay, 1862
... St Kilda on the Bay...St Kilda on the Bay, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia ...St Kilda Beach and piers, Christ Church on the hillblack and white lithograph, unmounted, copy, fair conditionSt Kilda on the Bay. 1862 Copy courtesy LaTrobe Library, Melbourne, from: The illustrated Melbourne Post, January 1862, p12. -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)Functional object - Kitchen Equipment, Coolgardie Safe, c1900
... Illegible on plate on Safe ...The invention of the Coolgardie Safe is credited to Arthur Patrick McCormick, a contractor in Coolgardie, and later the Mayor of Narrogin. Coolgardie is in the Eastern Goldfields region of Western Australia. Gold was first discovered there in 1892; the townsite became a municipality in 1894, and by 1898 its population of 15,000 made it the third largest town in Western Australia after Perth and Fremantle. In the last decade of the 19th century, Coolgardie was the capital of the West Australian goldfields. Being 180 kilometres from the nearest civilisation, food supplies were initially scarce and expensive. As fresh food was a valuable commodity there was incentive to preserve it, and keep it out of reach of scavengers such as birds, dingos, dogs, ants, and flies. It was in an effort to do this, in the extreme heat of the Australian Interior, that McCormick came up with his design for the Coolgardie Safe. McCormick noticed that a wet bag placed over a bottle cooled its contents. He further noted that if this bottle was placed in a breeze, the bag would dry out more quickly, but the bottle would get colder. What McCormick had discovered was the principle of evaporation: ‘to change any liquid into a gaseous state requires energy. This energy is taken in the form of heat from its surroundings.’ Employing this principle, McCormick made a box for his provisions which he covered with a wet hessian bag. He then placed a tray on top, into which he poured water twice daily. He hung strips of flannel from the tray so that water would drip down onto the hessian bag, keeping it damp. As the water evaporated, the heat dissipated, keeping the food stored inside cool and fresh. The success of McCormick’s invention would not have worked without a steady supply of water. Fresh water was scarce in the eastern goldfields at this time but the demand for water from a steadily growing population encouraged innovation. The solution was to condense salt water. Heating salt water in tanks produced steam that was condensed in tall cylinders, cooled and then collected in catchment trays. By 1898 there were six companies supplying condensed water to the goldfields, the largest company producing 100,000 gallons of water a day. In the early 20th century, Coolgardie Safes were also manufactured commercially. These safes incorporated shelving and a door, had metal or wooden frames and hessian bodies. The feet of the safe were usually placed in a tray of water to keep ants away. (MAV website) The early settlers of Moorabbin Shire depended on this type of Food Safe to protect their food from flies and vermin as they established market gardens in the fertile area around the notorious Elster Creek A metal framed, 4 sided structure standing on 4 legs with 2 hinged doors on one side, a metal tray at base of food safe and a metal cover over top. Ridges on which to rest trays carrying food are inside safe. The Safe is enclosed by fly-wire mesh.'...IN.....GEELONG' A manufacturer's oval metal plate is embossed on one side of Safe but it is illegible.elster creek, moorabbin, brighton, dendy's special survey 1841, market gardens, infant mortality, disease, cemeteries, fruit, vegetables, pioneers, coolgardie safe, mccormick arthur patrick, dendy henry, vaccination, jones martha, jones ethel may -
Dutch Australian Heritage Centre VictoriaFunctional object - Suitcase (Koffer), Cheney (on lock); Cheney England on central lock
... Cheney (on lock); Cheney England on central lock ...Cheap suitcase for one-way tripSuitcase body made of fibre covered with striped brown and cream plasticised cloth; pink plastic skintone handle with label strings, two key locks and central latch for padlock. Edges covered with pink stitched plastic Corners of lid reinforced with metal, two metal hinges, studs five metal studs underneath. Leather straps to hold lid open/. Interior covered with grey and black patterned paper. Marks of a label on left side, removed.Torn paper custom sticker, PASSED, Australia, 3869. Embossed on rear of lower part ES 20 FIBRE 26 Cheney (on lock); Cheney England on central lock -
Wodonga & District Historical Society IncBook - Time Running Out: Shaping Regional Australia's Future, Australia. Parliament. House of Representatives. Standing Committee on Primary Industries and Regional Services, 2000
... Standing Committee on Primary Industries and Regional Services ...This report is the result of and inquiry into infrastructure and the development of Australia's regional areas by the House of Representatives, Standing Committee on Primary Industries and Regional Services. The foreword to the Committee's report states that the title 'Time running out' reinforces the urgent need to firstly acknowledge the deficiencies in infrastructure that exist throughout regional Australia and secondly, the need to remedy that lack of infrastructure. Action is needed to ensure that many regional communities don't just survive but learn to thrive once again. Chapters focus on major issues of leadership and local skills; policy, planning and coordination; and finance and investment. Other chapters focus on particular sectors or issues including advanced telecommunications; information technology; transport (roads, rail, shipping, airports); energy (electricity, gas, renewable energy); education; water resources; and health.non-fictionThis report is the result of and inquiry into infrastructure and the development of Australia's regional areas by the House of Representatives, Standing Committee on Primary Industries and Regional Services. The foreword to the Committee's report states that the title 'Time running out' reinforces the urgent need to firstly acknowledge the deficiencies in infrastructure that exist throughout regional Australia and secondly, the need to remedy that lack of infrastructure. Action is needed to ensure that many regional communities don't just survive but learn to thrive once again. Chapters focus on major issues of leadership and local skills; policy, planning and coordination; and finance and investment. Other chapters focus on particular sectors or issues including advanced telecommunications; information technology; transport (roads, rail, shipping, airports); energy (electricity, gas, renewable energy); education; water resources; and health.infrastructure regional australia, regional planning australia -
Bendigo Military MuseumBook - BOOK, ARMY WW2, More Than Little Heroes, 1994
... ...Canberra Papers on Stratregy & Defence No 106 ...Belonged to Keith Purves CLARKE NX34844. Refer Cat No 3607 for his service details. Keith Purves CLARKE is mentioned in this book.White / orange cover with central photo of a soldier in front of an aeroplane. Australian Army Air Liaison Officers in the Second World War.Inside in ink: “To Graeme Clarke, Nikki B”book, air liason, army -
Bendigo Military MuseumBook - BOOK, KING ALBERT, Hall Caine, Editor on behalf of the Daily Telegraph, Daily Sketch & Glasgow Herald, King Albert's Book, 1914
... Hall Caine, Editor on behalf of the Daily Telegraph, Daily Sketch & Glasgow Herald ...From title page: A Tribute to the Belgian King and People from representative men and women throughout the world.Hard, cardboard cover, buckram. Cream background with dark green print on front & spine. Front cover decorated with wreaths & lines border & wreath of oak leaves with crown & sword in silhouette. 187 cut, edges, dull gold, beige pages. Black / white illustrations & coloured paintings on glossy paper plates.Handwritten in grey lead pencil on front fly leaf: “J.L.R” Handwritten in red pencil on front fly leaf: “J. Roberts”book, king, albert -
Kiewa Valley Historical SocietyButter Stamp Block, Circa 1950
... unknown on commission from Tas & Wilma Davies ...At the time when this shortbread / butter stamp block was used, rural dairies and larger properties who manufactured their own butter used butter stamps blocks for identifying the source of the butter or for decoration.. The patterns stamped into the warmed butter provided for a range of decorative visual enhancement to the "plain" and "boring" straight leveled normal butter surface. Although the wooden surfaces could be hard to keep clean commercial usage would have been limited and eventually replaced by a non porous and hygienically cleaner material. Greater hygiene controls where introduced. from the late 1940s on. These controls were the result of high infectious illnesses due to contaminated milk and dairy handling methods.This shortbread / butter stamp was used by a Kiewa Valley dairy and it presents what the domestic butter beautification processes were available during the mid to latter 1900s was. Their was a pride by rural properties in their produce and its by-products.This shortbread / butter stamp is made from wood, round and fashioned from a flat bed to a dome top. The top has a round moulded hole with screw indentations for fastening a pressure pole. The pattern on the face of the stamp is of an eleven petalled flower pattern around a small circular flower head. Both the head and petals have indentations which are will produce raised points in the pressed butter. Enclosing the flower pattern is a pattern which when pressed against the butter would produce small ridges radiating outward.On the dome stamped in black ink "T. & W. Davies"butter stamp, domestic butter blocks, domestic food preparations., shortbread, stamp, dairy, butter -
Kiewa Valley Historical SocietyPat Butter Profiler, Circa 1950s
... unknown on commission from Tas & Wilma Davies ...This butter pat profiler may have been manufactured post 1967(year post codes appeared in Australia) however the post code was only stamped on after it was machined. This type of butter mould was used by rural families to fashion home/farm made butter. This period was in most rural regions a time of self sufficiency where any domestic type implement which could be fashioned by the family would be crafted with skill. Shopping for goods required catalogues from stores located in major rural towns and cities and involved lengthy waiting times. Travelling to and from these specialised stores was not pleasant due to the relatively poor quality of the roads and the lengthy times taken. The small general stores in the Kiewa Valley could not cater for all the needs of the valley. The 1960's was a time when facilities especially goods and services started to improve drastically. The S.E.C. of Victoria with its Kiewa Hydro Electricity Scheme provided not only an improvement of facilities in the valley but also a increase in the population. This increase resulted in a greater demand for local produce.This item is one of many domestic food processing implements used by Kiewa Valley households in the mid 1900s, whether on the farm or in the small towns and hamlets. Self sufficiency was the key to survival during these early times. Where ever possible supplies from within the valley were preferred to that brought in by travelling salesmen or traders. This butter mould and butter pat was commonly used to fashion "home" made butter throughout the valley and in some cases supplied to "outside" regional towns. Although this method of production was phased out by better access to goods from nearby cities the revival of the good organic home grown produce in the 1980s saw a greater demand of this type of farm based produce.This butter Pat/Profiler has on its base two patterns. On each end it has horizontal grooves cut into the wood which produce distinct lines onto the surface of the butter. between these grooves there is a section of two double lines crossing in the middle and separated by eleven horizontal lines The base has an elongated rectangular shape. The upper body has been sanded into a smooth convex shaped form where a wooden circular hand grip has been fashioned.On the top of the hand grip is stamped in black print"T. & W. Davies" and under this"TAWONGA 3697"domestic food preparation, wooden butter pat, butter mould circular, dairy industry -
Kiewa Valley Historical SocietyPat Butter Profiler, Circa 1950
... unknown on commission from Tas & Wilma Davies ...This butter pat profiler may have been manufactured post 1967(year post codes appeared in Australia) however the post code was only stamped on after it was machined. This type of butter mould was used by rural families to fashion home/farm made butter. This period was in most rural regions a time of self sufficiency where any domestic type implement which could be fashioned by the family would be crafted with skill. Shopping for goods required catalogues from stores located in major rural towns and cities and involved lengthy waiting times. Travelling to and from these specialised stores was not pleasant due to the relatively poor quality of the roads and the lengthy times taken. The small general stores in the Kiewa Valley could not cater for all the needs of the valley. The 1960's was a time when facilities especially goods and services started to improve drastically. The S.E.C. of Victoria with its Kiewa Hydro Electricity Scheme provided not only an improvement of facilities in the valley but also a increase in the population. This increase resulted in a greater demand for local produce.This item is one of many domestic food processing implements used by Kiewa Valley households in the mid 1900s, whether on the farm or in the small towns and hamlets. Self sufficiency was the key to survival during these early times. Where ever possible supplies from within the valley were preferred to that brought in by travelling salesmen or traders. This butter mould and butter pat was commonly used to fashion "home" made butter throughout the valley and in some cases supplied to "outside" regional towns. Although this method of production was phased out by better access to goods from nearby cities the revival of the good organic home grown produce in the 1980s saw a greater demand of this type of farm based produce.This butter pat is one of two,see KVHS 0071 (A). It has been crafted from wood. One side has grooves running from the handle to the square shaped bottom. These grooves would stop the wet butter from clinging to the pat. The top side of the pat has been bevelled on both sides and the bottom edge. The hand grip is flat and curved to allow for a comfortable hold.domestic food preparation, wooden butter pat, butter mould circular, dairy industry -
Bendigo Military MuseumBooklet - BOOKS, 1939 -1946
... Northumberland Press ltd. Gateshead on Tyne ...The Prayer books belonged to Frederick Ernest ADDLEM V122087, VX142253. Refer Cat No 432.2 for his service history and 937P..1) Prayer book "On National Service". Beige cardboard covers, flags, 3 uniformed servicemen with map of Australia behind. Inside a space is available for name, rank and serial number. .2) Prayer book "Victory for you !" 12 pages, beige paper covers, red and blue printing. .3) Prayer book "The Pocket Padre". 28 pages, light green cardboard covers, black printing. .4) Prayer book "A Soldiers Testimony". 20 pages, light yellow covers, soldier on map of Australia with a flag.1.) Fred Addlem Pte V122087 57/60 Btn H.2 Coy Neereman Love from Gordon 10th Dec 42 .2) Love from Lorna 10th Dec 42 books - religon, military history -
Heathcote McIvor Historical SocietyChamber Pot
... Stoke on Trent ...Cream Glazed Porcelain Chamber Pot with butterfly wings and floral swag design on both sides with design extending into inside rim. handle has fine gold line around edgeon base of pot. Detroit, Stoke on Trent, 35. (85) with UT below the 85 on edge of pot. 1969 with a cresent moon shape above. a dash with thre pear shapes. with a bow and quiver trademark -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.Book, Heritage Collections Council, Significance : a guide to assessing the significance of cultural heritage objects and collections, 2001
... Commonwealth of Australia on behalf of the Heritage Collections Council ...At foot of title: "A Heritage Collections Council project undertaken by Roslyn Russell of Australian Heritage Projects and Kylie Winkworth" Includes bibliography. Also available in PDF format via the Internet at: http:/?/?www.amol.org.au/?craft/?publications/?hcc/?significance/?significance.asp.cultural property, protection, australia, museums, collection management -
Eltham District Historical Society IncBook, Peter Marquis-Kyle et al, The illustrated Burra Charter : making good decisions about the care of important places / Peter Marquis-Kyle & Meredith Walker, 1992
... International Council on Monuments and Sites ...Paperback; 84 p. : ill., ports ; 30 cm.ISBN 064612403buildings, monuments, social customs, art, culture, conservation -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub BranchNaval Ceremonial Sword, This sword was made in London but has the name of the Melbourne retailer on the blade, being Craig Williamson and Thomas, Melbourne (Drapers)
... This sword was made in London but has the name of the Melbourne retailer on the blade, being Craig Williamson and Thomas, Melbourne (Drapers). ...This sword was a pre-colonial Victorian Navy Issue. (i.e. Pre-Federation). It came into the possession of of Allan John Rankin Watkins who used it during has naval service.Naval Officers Cermonial SwordThe sword has the Queen Victoria Coat of Arms on the Blade and the Crown on the Hilt. hmas sydney & the vietnam logistics support veterans association, naval sword -
Australian Gliding MuseumMachine - Glider – Sailplane, 29/071956
... He was assisted by Cullen Ludeman, who was described as “unofficially serving his apprenticeship on the job” (Australian Gliding, September 1956 issue, p.14). ...The Slingsby T31 is a two seat training glider that came available in 1951. It is, in effect, a two seat version of the single seat Kirby Tutor. The T31 was marketed by Slingsby Sailplanes both as complete aircraft and kits of parts for assembly. The Australian Gliding Museum’s example (currently registered as VH-GDB) is one of five of this type to grace Australian skies. Three including GDB were assembled in Australia from kits supplied by Slingsby’s in England, the other two were delivered as completed airframes. To date only four remain of which two are airworthy. This aircraft began flying in at Caversham in Western Australia (the then home of the Gliding Club of Western Australia) in July 1956. It was badly damaged in a crash in June 1958. The wreckage was sent to Schneiders in Adelaide for repair. However, the Club decided against having the repairs done, opting instead to buy a new ES52 Kookaburra. After a couple of years, the wreck was purchased by a member of the Waikerie Gliding Club whereupon the glider was rebuilt with some modifications, including a more rounded and better streamlined fuselage nose. It returned to the air in October 1961 at Clare in South Australia. The ownership of VH-GDB passed through a number of clubs, including at Dubbo in New South Wales, Wimmera in Victoria and Pioneer Valley at Mackay in Queensland. Eventually, it came into the hands of Bill Riley of Tocumwal in New South Wales who held it in storage for many years. Riley donated the aircraft to the Museum. It has been restored to airworthiness and is flown at vintage glider rallies and on Museum open days. This exhibit is an excellent example of a Slingsby T31 Tandem Tutor, a type of glider that was used by a number of clubs in the 1950s and 1960s for dual training of pilots to the solo capability.The Slingsby T31b Tandem Tutor is an open cockpit, tandem, two-seater glider with high, pylon mounted two piece wing supported by double, wire braced, steel tube struts. The glider is fitted with a main wheel, rubber-block sprung, wooden nose skid and steel leaf sprung, brass shod tailskid. The basic controls of aileron, rudder and elevator are not supplemented with pitch trim. Wing lift spoilers and both aerotow and winch releases are fitted. The instrument panels in both cockpits are fitted with an airspeed indicator, cosim variometer and altimeter. This red and silver painted wood and fabric covered aircraft is in excellent condition having been restored to full airworthy status by the Australian Gliding Museum. SLINGSBY – T31b (nose – both sides) DB Australian Gliding Museum (rudder – both sides) It has been given Serial Number GFA/HB/12 and is registered as VH-GDBaustralian gliding, glider, sailplane, slingsby, tandem tutor, t31, gliding club of western australia, waikerie gliding club, wimmera soaring club, pioneer valley soaring club -
Otway Districts Historical SocietyBook, On Demand Pty Ltd, Pioneers & Suffragists, pre-April 2013
... On Demand Pty Ltd ...In 1891 Victoria's Premier James Munro, under pressure from the pro-suffrage Woman's Christian Temperance Union, promised to introduce a Suffrage Bill into Parliament if it could be demonstrated that womens' franchise is what the colony's women wanted. After six weeks the suffragists had collected almost 33,000 signatures, the biggest petition ever to be presented to a colonial parliament. The Bill passed the lower house but was rejected by the ultra-conservative Upper House. This book oulines the history of 362 Colac women who signed the petition.Pioneers & Suffragists. Merrill O'Donnell; Stephen Brooks. 2nd ed. Stephen Brooks; Colac (Vic); 2013. x, 350 p.; illus. Soft cover. ISBN 978 0 646 58264 1suffrage bill; 1891; james munro; parliament; colac; women; pioneers; suffragists; merrill o'donnell; stephen brooks; -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation SocietyBook, Sensis Pty Ltd on behalf of Telstra Corporation Ltd, Yellow Pages, 2012
... Sensis Pty Ltd on behalf of Telstra Corporation Ltd. ...Yellow Pages. Melbourne inner city Northern region A-Z 2013. Telephone directory for businesses; includes advertising information . Covers Port Melbournebusiness and traders, communication, advertising, yellow pages -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation SocietyDocument - Research file, Allan James WHITTAKER, Committee on Research of Allan Whitaker, 2009
... Committee on Research of Allan Whitaker ...Research file on Allan James WHITTAKER. Compiled by MUA - Trades Hall Committee.allan whittaker, kevin bracken, chris mcconville, paddy garity, waterside workers federation, perce mcguire white, perce white -
Geelong RSL Sub BranchBinoculars, There are no makers details on the binoculars or the case, Mid 20th Century
... There are no makers details on the binoculars or the case. ...Binoculars possible used by military personnel during the 2nd World War.The binoculars could have been used in the 2nd World War by Military Personnel.Black metal binoculars, the middle metal barrel of the binoculars are covered in leather. There is provision to adjust the optics and the the binoculars can be lengthened. The binoculars are in a brown leather case.There are no markings or makers details on the binoculars or the leather case.binoculars, military, 2nd world war. -
Geelong RSL Sub BranchMedal RAAF NCO 166516 J E J Webb, Mid 20th Century
... No makers name on the medallion ...RAAF NCO J E J Webb enlisted in New South Wales and served in the RAAF during WW2The Medal was awarded to RAAF NCO 166516 J E J Webb at the completion of his service1939-1945 Medal, Silver in colour with Red, Blue and White Ribbon not mountedAround the circumfarance of the medal 166516 J E J Webbraaf, ww2, webb
