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Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Letter - Correspondence, Peter Cook, 2014
... Peter Cook...Peter Cook reminisces about his childhood in Loughnan Road... Mitcham melbourne Loughnan Road Ringwood Cook Peter Peter Cook ...Peter Cook reminisces about his childhood in Loughnan Road at his family's 25 acre weekend retreat, from 1947.Peter Cook reminisces about his childhood in Loughnan Road at his family's 25 acre weekend retreat, from 1947.Peter Cook reminisces about his childhood in Loughnan Road at his family's 25 acre weekend retreat, from 1947.loughnan road, ringwood, cook, peter -
Unions Ballarat
Photograph: Senator Peter Cook & John Mildren, MP, 1989
... Photograph: Senator Peter Cook & John Mildren, MP...Cook, Peter... Peter Cook served in the Senate from 1983 to 2005, representing... Mildren was an MP for Ballarat from 1980-1990. Senator Peter Cook ...John Mildren was an MP for Ballarat from 1980-1990. Senator Peter Cook served in the Senate from 1983 to 2005, representing Western Australia.Photograph.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, mildren, john, cook, peter, politicians, senators -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Latrobe University et al, Australia's Vietnam war in history and memory, 2002
... Peter Cook... in history and memory Book Latrobe University Peter Cook Corinne ...Vietnam War - Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War - Conscription - Protests against involvement in Vietnam WarIll, maps. p.120.non-fictionVietnam War - Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War - Conscription - Protests against involvement in Vietnam Warvietnam war - 1961-1975, vietnam war - 1961-1975 - politics and government - australia -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Document - Manuscript, Robin Boyd, An Essential Kind of Madness, 1970/1971
... Peter Cook... of Peter Cook's book "Experimental Architecture".... of Peter Cook's book "Experimental Architecture". Original ...Discusses pragmatic buildings in contrast to the architecture of dreamers, experimenters and idealists through a review of Peter Cook's book "Experimental Architecture".Original manuscript of an article published as 'Utopians versus the squares' in "The Sunday Australian", 1971.Typewritten (c copy), quarto, 9 pagespeter cook, archigram, experimental architecture, robin boyd, manuscript -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Slide, Robin Boyd, 1967
... for Montreal Expo '67 Tower (Unbuilt). (Architect: Archigram/Peter Cook.)...). (Architect: Archigram/Peter Cook.) Slide Robin Boyd ...Robin Boyd was appointed Exhibits Architect for the Australian Pavilion at Expo ‘67 in Montreal. The garden outside the pavilion featured a sculptural pool, a coral display, animal pool, a pit for kangaroos and Eucalypts and other native plants. The indoor exhibits covered aspects of Australian art and culture, architecture, industrial design and scientific innovation, such as the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Power Scheme, the Parkes radio telescope, the design of Canberra, and the Australian way of life.Colour slide in a mount. Drawing of Archigram proposal for Montreal Expo '67 Tower (Unbuilt). (Architect: Archigram/Peter Cook.)Made in Australia / 28 / JUN 67M1 / Encircled 19 (Handwritten)expo 67, montreal, robin boyd, slide -
Melbourne Athenaeum Archives
Theatre Program, Humorists Read Humorists (comedy) performed at the Athenaeum Theatre on 15 March 1987
... peter cook..., Roger McGough, Pam Ayres, Peter Cook, Jon Clarke humorists read ...Two shows where performers and authors read selections of their favourite authorsperformers include Barry Dickens,Kathy Lette, Roger McGough, Pam Ayres, Peter Cook, Jon Clarke Printed flyerhumorists read humorists, program, programme, athenaeum theatre, wendy harmer, barry dickens, john cain, kathy lette, roger mcgough, pam ayres, peter cook, barry humphries, john clarke, simon palomares -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Newsletter, Mrs Mary Way, The Boomerang newsletter, March 1956, March 1956
... , gordon hoole, neville holt, graeme plaw, geoff young, peter cook,..., gordon hoole, neville holt, graeme plaw, geoff young, peter cook ...This was part of a series. Inside on the front page is recorded that this was Vol 2, No 2. The newsletter is a mix of accounts of the activities of the group and more general hints and items of interest. A newsletter in the form of a booklet. The cover is printed on faded light green paper and the other pages in cream. They are secured with one staple. It has been duplicated using the gestetner method. The front cover has a masthead with an inverted boomerang and indicates it is published monthly for the First Surrey Hills Scout Group. Cover illustration is of 2 boys in uniform reading the newsletter.Nilfirst surrey hills scout group, newsletters, rex thompson, graeme ellis, scouts, mr french, miss d stone, mrs d graham, mrs mary way, frei kosterlitz, allan downes, gregor buist, bob o'shea, russ downes, mr holt, jim russel, james (jim) giles, roger thornton, peter ellis, graham rixon, johny crout, ray ellis, r burrows, george lees, arthur greaves, l watson, robert cooper, peter witton, j ellis, ray miles, gordon hoole, neville holt, graeme plaw, geoff young, peter cook,, m young, g grace, m holt, a brounell, r reid, ian pringle, nev burrows, pernil brayshaw, john smith, jimmy chenall, bernie brayshaw, john smith, bobby poynter, morris russell, tony talbot, graeme warden, russell downes,graham chalmers, geoff lowe, ian pringle -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Photographic record of Midway Arcade, Ringwood in 2008
... Hutchinson Legal, Retire Invest, Granda Flora Landscapes, Peter Cook... Landscapes, Peter Cook (accountant), JJ & JA Downie P/L (building ...Photographic record by Russ Haines, RDHS, in 2008. The Arcade was nearing closure by its new owners, QIC, developer of Eastland and other Ringwood premises. Businesses included Hutchinson Legal, Retire Invest, Granda Flora Landscapes, Peter Cook (accountant), JJ & JA Downie P/L (building design consultants), Ross Normand (accountant), Independant Accounting. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Midway Arcade, Ringwood from the Maroondah Highway frontage in 2008. Preparation for resident businesses moving out
... Hutchinson Legal, Retire Invest, Granda Flora Landscapes, Peter Cook... Landscapes, Peter Cook (accountant), JJ & JA Downie P/L (building ...Photographic record by Russ Haines, RDHS, in 2008. The Arcade was nearing closure by its new owners, QIC, developer of Eastland and other Ringwood premises. Businesses included Hutchinson Legal, Retire Invest, Granda Flora Landscapes, Peter Cook (accountant), JJ & JA Downie P/L (building design consultants), Ross Normand (accountant), Independant Accounting. -
Orbost & District Historical Society
fossil
... This fossil was found by Peter Cook just west of East Cape... gippsland This fossil was found by Peter Cook just west of East Cape ...This fossil was found by Peter Cook just west of East Cape at Cape Conran (east of Orbost),. Original correspondence re its identification came from Andy Murray - Conservation & Natural Resources, Orbost. It was on display at the Orbost Visitor Information Centre - the Slab Hut.A fossil tooth from a marine species. It may be from a an extinct ziphiid or beaked whale (Warneke Marine Mammal Services 20.10.1993). It may be a fossil from a large species of subadult seal (Ewan Fordyce Senior Lecturer in Geology, University of Otago 11.10.1993).fossil-tooth whale seal marine cape-conran -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Research report, David Nicholls et al, "Home of the Borough"
... ' ARMSTRONG Norm GOSS Snr Nick BLOOM Fred COOK Peter BROMLEY Barry ...Research document produced as part of the APP project."Home of the Borough". Six page photocopied document on use and value of Port Melbourne Football Ground in the 21st Centurysport - australian rules football, port melbourne football ground, vfl, 'arms' armstrong, norm goss snr, nick bloom, fred cook, peter bromley, barry kidd, hannah lewi, david nicholls, greg dermott -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Print - Port Melbourne Football Club, Team of the Century, Ausdart Picture Framing, 2003
... Norm GOSS Jnr Fred COOK Peter BEDFORD Tommy LAHIFF Bob BONNETT ...Colour print number 017 of 500 - Port Melbourne Football Club - Team of the Century. Players and dates listed on side also administration staff. Brown moulded timber frame.sport - australian rules football, port melbourne football club, pmfc, team of the century, gary brice, bill mcgee, bill swan, cyril letts, thomas griffin, jack macfarlane, jack reynolds, john julius sinn, norm goss snr, norm goss jnr, fred cook, peter bedford, tommy lahiff, bob bonnett, carl bowen, joe garbutt, bob kelsey, vic aanensen, reg murray, frank johnson, rob freyer, ted freyer, brian walsh, rob withers, graeme anderson, bill bedford, david holt, david king, stan plumridge, bill findlay -
Vision Australia
Photograph - Image, Bert di Paolo, Braille Book of the Year and Narrator of the Year awards 1991, 16/9/1991
... John Cook Peter Walsh Ross Gibbs Paul Cotter 14 colour ...Introduced in 1974, the Braille Book of the Year was created to both acknowledge excellence in writing as well as raise the profile of Braille books. In 1991, the award was won by Trevor Hay for his book 'Tartar City Woman: scenes from the life of Wang Hsin-ping, former citizen of China'. The Narrator of the Year award went to Paul Karo for 'The Rise and Fall of Alan Bond'. Presentations were made by Wilma Bedford (Director of Life Be In It), John Blackman, Rose Blustein, Ross Gibbs, Paul Cotter (?), Trevor Hay and Paul Karo. 14 colour photographs, 3 black and white and 1 proof sheet of negativesawards, braille & talking book library, wilma bedford, paul karo, trevor hay, wang hsin-ping, john blackman, rose blustein, john cook, peter walsh, ross gibbs, paul cotter -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Letter, The Sunday Australian, Evan Williams (The Sunday Australian) to Robin Boyd, 17.02.1971
... 'Experimental Architecture' (Peter Cook, 1970) is being sent to Boyd... 'Experimental Architecture' (Peter Cook, 1970) is being sent to Boyd ...This letter from the Assistant Editor, Evan Williams, confirms the arrangement that Robin Boyd will write a piece for The Sunday Australian every fortnight, starting with the first edition on 28 February, 1971. It also states that the book 'Experimental Architecture' (Peter Cook, 1970) is being sent to Boyd and they would be glad of his review. Boyd wrote about this book in the article 'Utopians versus the Squares' (See D055).Quarto, letter plus extra page.There is an extra page where Robin Boyd wrote down the address of Associate Editor and the dates and arrangements discussed in the letter. -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPHS, BCOF, 66BN, 1946 - 47
... . Troops firing Bren Guns, soldier is "Peter Cook". 6. Australian.... Troops firing Bren Guns, soldier is "Peter Cook". 6. Australian ...Items in the collection re Clarence Shearing, refer Cat No 7089.16P for his service details.Photographs B & W, various sizes covering a number of subjects in Australia and Japan with BCOF. Main items are: 1. General Northcote reviewing troops 1946 in Japan. 2. Troops arriving at Kure Japan. .3 Parade, 104th AGH Bathurst "VJ Day" Aug 1946. 4. Soldier "Cec Williams" outside "Salon White Bar". 5. Troops firing Bren Guns, soldier is "Peter Cook". 6. Australian troops parading in Tokio. 7. 66th BN Football Team. 8/9. Military Parades 1948.The inscriptions were written at various times in either pencil, red or blue pen.photographs, bcof, 66thbn -
Orbost & District Historical Society
black and white photographs, Snowy River Mail, 1990
... are Tracey Barnett, Peter Cook and Dan Osborne. The Orbost Education... are Tracey Barnett, Peter Cook and Dan Osborne. The Orbost Education ...Wendy Blackburn was in charge of T.A..F.E. Orbost and the photographs were taken in her office. Also in the photographs are Tracey Barnett, Peter Cook and Dan Osborne. The Orbost Education Centre is a community based not-for-profit local organisation. It has been in operation since 1976. The programs respond to the needs of the community and short courses are delivered throughout the year for people of all ages and backgrounds. The basis is promoting learning, connectedness and belonging. It is supported by funding from the community, state government and non-government organisations. TAFE offered adult education to those new out of school and mothers coming out of motherhood as well as others. These photographs are pictorial records associated with adult education in Orbost.Five black / white photographs related to adult learning in Orbost. education-adult-orbost t.a.f.e.-orbost -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s - set of 5, John Theodore, 1973
... . .3 - Checking 1 road with the trolley. Andrew Cook, Peter... road with the trolley. Andrew Cook, Peter Rees and Graeme ...Yields information about depot activities of the BTPS in building the depot fan and access track.Set of 5 AGFA blue and white plastic mounts 27mm sq slides of work at the depot, following the completion of 1 road, c1974. .1 - 1 road looking towards the depot fan with 26 and 27 in the view. .2 - tram 28 out on 2 road with the damaged end showing. .3 - Checking 1 road with the trolley. Andrew Cook, Peter Rees and Graeme Jordan .4 - 28, 27 and 26 on the depot fan .5 - sawing rails on 1 road to join up with the depot tracks.Various notations by John as to the slide number and the trams in pencil and ink.tramways, trams, btps, depot, track construction, trams, tram 27, tram 26, tram 28 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image Set of 7, John Theodore, c1973
... of the depot with workers - Peter Rees, Andrew Cook and Graeme Jordan... to be commenced. .7 - interior view of the depot with workers - Peter ...Yields information about the activities inside the depot by the BTPS showing difficulties and the provision of overhead troughing.Set of 7 digital images scanned from 35mm slides of early activities at the BTPS depot c1973. .1 - Noel Forster assisting another member adjust the brakes on a bogie tram inside the depot. .2 - cleaning old paint off a bracket arm with a kerosene blow torch. .3 - repainted trolley pole base at the depot .4 - interior view after the troughing has been positioned. .5 - ditto .6 - view of the depot from the overhead truck - 26, 28 and 40, one road yet to be commenced. .7 - interior view of the depot with workers - Peter Rees, Andrew Cook and Graeme Jordantrams, tramways, btps, trackwork, depot, tramcars, overhead, tram 26, tram 27, tram 40 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LA TROBE UNIVERSITY BENDIGO COLLECTION: BENDIGO TEACHERS' COLLEGE GRADUATION CEREMONY 1956
... , Mary Elizabeth Barbour, Patricia Mary Blake, Peter Brian Cook..., Mary Elizabeth Barbour, Patricia Mary Blake, Peter Brian Cook ...A light blue document titled "Bendigo Teachers' College Graduation Ceremony 1956". Also on the front page is a list of the staff working at the college. On the inside cover is the "Significance of the Ceremony" and the "Order of the Ceremony". A welcome to visitors was given by Mr. F. M. Courtis and the Principal gave the college charge. The signing of the 'Graduation Book' was presented to Mr. A. L. Harris Inspector of Schools, by Miss J. C. Burnett. The final call of the roll for 1956 was given by Mr. C. L. Barker. Congratulations were offered by the Mayor Cr. A .S. Craig and Mr. S. J. Tongway Head Teacher of Gravel Hill State School. Finally the Occasional Address was presented by Mr. J. G. Cannon Chief Inspector of Primary Schools. The next page has a list of the "Students of 1955-56". The back page has the "Principal's Charge". Bolton Bros., Printers, Bendigo. The staff members names are Miss J. C. Burnett, Mrs. F. M. Petri, Miss G. L. Davie, Miss N. L. Hutcheson, Miss E. B. Morris, Mrs C. I. Skehan, Miss B. H. Cowling, Mr. F. M. Courtis, Mr. L. J. Pryor (Principal), Mr. C. L. Barker, Mr. M. Brown, Mr. T. J.McCabe, Mr. G. W. D. Boyd, Mr. N. J. Taylor, Mr. L. A. Hall, Mr. R. L. Strauch and Mr. G. S. Poulsen. The graduating students are - Margaret Carolyn Allinson, Robert Eric Allison, Diane Backhouse, Mary Elizabeth Barbour, Patricia Mary Blake, Peter Brian Cook, Edgar Vincent Crampton, Heather Lorraine Dalrymple, Josephine Margaret Delle Vergini, Roy Stanislaus Dickson, Margaret Isobel Diss, Barry Edwards, Margaret Lorraine Edwards, Edith Dawn Ellis, Graeme Leslie Evans, Dorothea Helen Farrell, Maureen Margaret Forrester, Roma June Hamilton, Carmel Catherine Hart, Esma Olive Haw, Margaret Helen Hogben, Beverley Norwood Hutchinson, Ronald Ireland, Edith Dawn Ireson, Joy Amelia Jeffrey, Valerie Margaret Jones, Noel Charles Kilby, Maxene Shirley King, Dorothy Lorraine Lee, Maxwell John Lovelace, Marie Joan Madin, Margaret Mary Mannes, William Daniel Manson, Janice Renyra Martin, Margaret Dawn Merlo, Anne Mills Moodie, Garry Norman Muller, Janice Nancy McKean, Ronald Walter McKendrick, Norma Maud Neal, Trevor Raymond Oakley, Bruce Peake, Marjorie Peile, Elaine Margaret Plant, Helen Rae Rawiller, Lynette Theresa Reid, Philip William Eric Reid, Geoffrey Rolf Richards, Margaret Rodgers, Anne Marie Sanders, Kenneth Maxwell Sargeant, Pamela Marie Saunders, Jessica Evelyn Scoones, Jean Neilson Shadforth, Beverley Mabel Slade, Nancye Elizabeth Smith, Margaret Eleanor Speers, Elizabeth Stewart, Leon Maurice Thompson, Margaret Gwen Till, Maureen Alma Trimble, George Walter Vincent, John Fairbank Phillip Waddington, Joyce May Walker, Austin Edward Walsh, Anne Elizabeth Warman, Raymond Henry Way, Dorothea Lillian Wearne, Aileen Margaret Weeks, Gordon Raymond Williams, Janice Margaret Wood, Doreen Amelia Worsnop and Marie Ethel Wright.bendigo, education, bendigo teachers' college graduatio, la trobe university bendigo collection, collection, bendigo teachers' college, bendigo, education, teaching, teachers, students, bendigo teachers' college staff, bendigo teachers' college students, tertiary education, teacher training, history, graduation, graduation ceremony, graduates, graduands -
Orbost & District Historical Society
book, Peter Leyden Publishing House, Australia Discovered, 1970
This little book (quarto size) was handed out to school kids in 1970 in commemoration of the bicentenary of the 1770 voyages of Lieutenant James Cook.This is a useful reference book.A thin 47 pp paper back book. On the cover below the title, "Australia Discovered", is a coloured print of a painting by William Hodges - Captain Cook Lands in New Hebrides. -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Functional object - Telescope, 1752-1900
The discovery of the first telescope in 1608 can be attributed to Hans Lippershey of the Netherlands when he discovers that holding two lenses up some distance apart bring objects closer. He applies for a patent on his invention and this becomes the first documented creation of a telescope. Then in 1668, Newton produces the first successful reflecting telescope using a two-inch diameter concave spherical mirror. This opened the door to magnifying objects millions of times far beyond what could ever be obtained with a lens. It wasn’t until 1729 that Chester Moor Hall develops an achromatic lens (two pieces of glass with different indices of light refraction combined produce a lens that can focus colours to almost an exact point resulting in much sharper images but still with some distortion around the edges of the image. Then in 1729 Scottish instrument maker James Short invents the first parabolic and elliptic, distortion-less mirror ideal for reflecting telescopes. We now come to John Dollond who improves upon the achromatic objective lens by placing a concave flint glass lens between two convex crown glass lenses. This had the effect of improving the image considerably. Makers Information: John Dollond (1707-1761) London England he was a maker of optical and astronomical instruments who developed an achromatic (non-colour distorting) refracting telescope and practical heliometer. A telescope that used a divided lens to measure the Sun’s diameter and the angles between celestial bodies. The son of a Huguenot refugees Dollond learned the family trade of silk weaving. He became proficient in optics and astronomy and in 1752 his eldest son, Peter joined his father in an optical business, in 1753 he introduced the heliometer. In the same year, he also took out a patent on his new lenses. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in May 1761 but died suddenly in November and his share in the patent passed to his son Peter. In subsequent squabbles between Peter and the many London opticians who challenged his patent, Peter’s consistent position was that, whatever precedents there may have been to his achromatic lenses, his father had independently reached his practical technique on the basis of his theoretical command of Newtonian optics. As a result of maintaining his fathers patent, Dollond s became the leading manufacturer of optical instruments. For a time in the eighteenth and nineteenth century the word 'Dollond' was almost a generic term for telescope rather like 'Hoover; is to vacuum cleaner. Genuine Dollond telescopes were considered to be amongst the best. Peter Dollond (1731-1820) was the business brain behind the company which he founded in Vine Street, Spitalfields in 1750 and in 1752 moved the business to the Strand London. The Dollonds seem to have made both types of telescopes (reflecting and refracting), possessing the technology to produce significant numbers of lenses free of chromatic aberration for refracting telescopes. A Dollond telescope sailed with Captain Cook in 1769 on his voyage to observe the Transit of Venus. Thomas Jefferson and Admiral Lord Nelson were also customers of the Dollonds. Dollond & Co merged with Aitchison & Co in 1927 to form Dollond & Aitchison, the well-known high street chain of opticians, now fully part of Boots Opticians. They no longer manufacture but are exclusively a retail operation. John Dollond's experiments in optics and how different combinations of lenses refract light and colour gave a better understanding of the divergent properties of lenses. That went on to inform and pave the way for the improvement of our understanding of optics that are represented today. Dollond was referred to in his time as the "Father of practical optics" as a leader in his field he received many prestigious awards. The telescope in the collection is a good example of one of Dollonds early library telescopes and its connection with one of England's 18th-century pioneers in optical development is in itself a significant and an important item to have within the collection. One tube ships day & Night Telescope brass inner tube with timber main tube covered in leather. Unavailable to inspect Inscriptions to determine authenticity.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, telescope, dolland, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, royal national life boat institution -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Instrument - Telescope, Early 18th Century
This Dollond Day or Nigh telescope was designed to be used in any light conditions, as its name implies. Telescopes are optical instruments designed to make objects appear to be larger or closer. The discovery of the first telescope in 1608 can be attributed to Hans Lippershey of the Netherlands when he discovers that holding two lenses up some distance apart bring objects closer. He applies for a patent on his invention and this becomes the first documented creation of a telescope. Then in 1668, Newton produces the first successful reflecting telescope using a two-inch diameter concave spherical mirror. This opened the door to magnifying objects millions of times far beyond what could ever be obtained with a lens. It wasn’t until 1729 that Chester Moor Hall develops an achromatic lens (two pieces of glass with different indices of light refraction combined produce a lens that can focus colours to almost an exact point resulting in much sharper images but still with some distortion around the edges of the image. Then in 1729 Scottish instrument maker James Short invents the first parabolic and elliptic, distortion-less mirror ideal for reflecting telescopes. We now come to John Dollond who improves upon the achromatic objective lens by placing a concave flint glass lens between two convex crown glass lenses. This had the effect of improving the image considerably. Makers Information: John Dollond (1707-1761) London England he was a maker of optical and astronomical instruments who developed an achromatic (non-colour distorting) refracting telescope and practical heliometer. A telescope that used a divided lens to measure the Sun’s diameter and the angles between celestial bodies. The son of a Huguenot refugees Dollond learned the family trade of silk weaving. He became proficient in optics and astronomy and in 1752 his eldest son, Peter joined his father in an optical business, in 1753 he introduced the heliometer. In the same year, he also took out a patent on his new lenses. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in May 1761 but died suddenly in November and his share in the patent passed to his son Peter. In subsequent squabbles between Peter and the many London opticians who challenged his patent, Peter’s consistent position was that, whatever precedents there may have been to his achromatic lenses, his father had independently reached his practical technique on the basis of his theoretical command of Newtonian optics. As a result of maintaining his fathers patent, Dollond s became the leading manufacturer of optical instruments. For a time in the eighteenth and nineteenth century the word 'Dollond' was almost a generic term for telescope rather like 'Hoover; is to vacuum cleaner. Genuine Dollond telescopes were considered to be amongst the best. Peter Dollond (1731-1820) was the business brain behind the company which he founded in Vine Street, Spitalfields in 1750 and in 1752 moved the business to the Strand London. The Dollonds seem to have made both types of telescopes (reflecting and refracting), possessing the technology to produce significant numbers of lenses free of chromatic aberration for refracting telescopes. A Dollond telescope sailed with Captain Cook in 1769 on his voyage to observe the Transit of Venus. Thomas Jefferson and Admiral Lord Nelson were also customers of the Dollonds. Dollond & Co merged with Aitchison & Co in 1927 to form Dollond & Aitchison, the well-known high street chain of opticians, now fully part of Boots Opticians. They no longer manufacture but are exclusively a retail operation. John Dollond's experiments in optics and how different combinations of lenses refract light and colour gave a better understanding of the divergent properties of lenses. That went on to inform and pave the way for the improvement of our understanding of optics that is represented today. Dollond was referred to in his time as the "Father of practical optics" as a leader in his field he received many prestigious awards. The telescope in the collection is a good example of one of Dollond's early library telescopes. Its connection with one of England's 18th century pioneers in optical development makes it a significant and an important item to have within the collection.Telescope: Dollond's Telescope, Day or Night model navigational instrument. Telescope is mounted on wooden tripod stand that has folding legs. Brass telescope with leather sheath over barrel, adjustable angle fitting with brass wing nuts that join the legs to the top frame, which is then joined to the telescope pole by an adjustable screw fitting. Manufactured by Dollond, London. Inscription reads "Dollond London, Day or Night" and "DOLLOND LONDON"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, telescope, dollond, dollond london, day & night telescope, floor-standing telescope, optical instrument, john dollond, peter dollond, achromatic telescope, heliometer, light refraction, instrument maker, lens, transit of venus, astronomical telescope, concave lens, library telescope, dollond telescope, day or night, day or night telexcope, scientific instrument, navigation, navigational instrument, astronomy -
Orbost & District Historical Society
black and white photographs, second half 20th century - 1980's?
These photographs are of winners in the Orbost Agricultural Show's Show Boy and Show Girl competitions. The first photograph is of Peter? Joiner and Jarod Forrester in the Master Show Bow Competition. The second is of Pauline Bommer (Weston) and her daughter at the Nowa Nowa Gymkhana. The third has Chloe Kenny on the left. in the fourth photograph are Dianna Munn with Laura; Sharon Chambers with Jessica and Sharon Cook with Tayla. These photographs are pictorial records of a social event in Orbost. They are associated with the Orbost Agricultural Society 's Annual Show which has been a major event in Orbost for over a century. Agricultural shows are an important part of cultural life in small country towns and the Orbost Show is an integral part of Orbost 's agricultural history. Four black / white photographs related to the Orbost Show. 3086.1 is of three young boys wearing sashes. The middle boy is holding a trophy. 3086.2 shows a woman bending over a young girl wearing a sash. 3086.3 has three girls, one one right wearing a hat, one on left has a sash. 3086.4 is of three women holding babies. All babies have sashes and the one in the middle has a trophyOn the back of each photo are the details and names. -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH MEDAL PRESENTATION
"Peter Stocklahsa" No. A317352 joined the RAAF in 1966. He did recruit training in S.A. and Course training in Wagga. Following was a series of postings to Point Cook 1969, Malaysia 1971, back to Point Cook in 1976, to ACT in 1978, to Laverton in 1981, to East Sale in 1982, back to Malaysia in 1984 then back to Point Cook until he retired in 1987.Black and white photo of Peter Stocklahsa being presented with a medal while on Parade, in full uniform and shaking hands with another Officer.Written on back "546".air force, photograph, peter stocklahsa -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - A Section, 1st Topographic Survey Troop, Nui Dat, Vietnam, 1969
This is a photograph of A Section, 1st Topographic Survey Troop taken at Nui Dat, Vietnam in 1969. A nominal roll of personnel and their trade as of the 30th of September 1969, accompanies this photo. Their trades in this photo were as follows - Surveyors Topographic: WO1 Darby Munro, SGT Paddy Strunks, SGT Graeme Birrell, CPL Brian Knight, CPL Colin Laybutt, SPR Roderick Gilbert and SPR Rodney Offer. Draughtsmen Topographic: SGT Terrance Linz, CPL Robert Kay, SPR Peter Aukstinaitis, SPR Lloyd Patterson and SPR Ian Wark. Photographer Cartographic: CPL George Graham. Clerk Admin: CPL Oreste Biziak. Helioworker: CPL Geoffrey White, SPR Lance Percey. Cook AACC: PTE R. Johnston. The first Royal Australian Survey Corps troops arrived in South Vietnam on the 10th of June 1966. This was a detachment from 1st Topographic Survey Troop, which was to give cartographic support to the Australian Task Force. Their main tasks were to establish a Theatre Grid, map compilation and map revision. Engineer Survey Support in the camp and to the civil community and give assistance to the Cordon Search Missions by producing large scale plots from aerial photos with every house and fence etc plotted and then reproduce these by silk screening usually, within a 24-hour period. This support concluded with the withdrawal of Australian troops from Vietnam in 1972. For more information on the career of A Section’s OC MAJ Peter Constantine AM, refer to item 6159P or 6092P. He was the CO of the Army Survey Regiment from 1975 to 1976 and CO of the School of Military Survey (SMS) from 1976 to his retirement in January 1982. His memoirs of active duty in Vietnam ‘Surveyor - Printer Behind the Lines’ was published in 2022. 2IC CAPT Frank Thorogood SB St J’s career culminated at the rank of LTCOL as the CO Army Survey Regiment from 1980 to 1981. More information on the A Section, 1st Topographic Survey Troop and the Army Survey Regiment’s supporting role is provided in pages 89 to 94 of Valerie Lovejoy’s book 'Mapmakers of Fortuna – A history of the Army Survey Regiment’ ISBN: 0-646-42120-4.This is a photograph of A Section, 1st Topographic Survey Troop taken at Nui Dat, Vietnam in 1969. The black and white photograph was printed on photographic paper and is part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection. The photograph was scanned at 300 dpi. .1) - Photo, black & white, 1969. Back row L to R: SPR Lance Percey, SPR Bruce Grisdale, SPR Rodney Offer, SPR Roderick Gilbert, CPL Geoffrey White, PTE R. Johnston, CPL Colin Laybutt, SPR Lloyd Patterson. Centre row L to R: SPR Peter Aukstinaitis, SPR Ian Hanna, SPR Ian Wark, CPL Robert Kay, CPL George Graham, CPL Oreste Biziak, CPL Brian Knight. Front row L to R: SGT Terrance Linz, SSGT Gordon Haswell, 2IC CAPT Frank Thorogood SB St J, OC MAJ Peter Constantine AM, WO1 Darby Munro, SGT Paddy Strunks, SGT Graeme Birrell.An A4 nominal roll of personnel and their trade accompanies the photo, as of the 30th of September 1969. A torn paper identifies the personnel in the photo. Annotated on back of photo – ‘Unit Photo – 1 Topo Svy Tp 30 Sept 69’royal australian survey corps, rasvy, army survey regiment, army svy regt, fortuna, asr -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Newspaper clipping, Open house party by Margaret Cook, Diamond Valley News, 12 November 1991, 1991
Opening of Watsonia Neighbourhood House Photo of Co-ordinator Angela Myers and Chairman, Reg DaviesNewsprint1991, angela myers, diana and peter bassett-smith collection, eltham festival, opening, reg davies, watson neighbourhood house -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Memoir, A walk through the cemetery at Kangaroo Ground, Diana Bassett-Smith, 1 October 2001, 2001
A brief collection of reminiscences by Diana Bassett-Smith of locals who are buried at Kangaroo Ground Cemetery along with 17 photographs following a visit on1 October 2001.Photocopy, 4 pages1983 bushfire, air vice marshall wackett, ambrose erswell, barry roach-pierson, bill pelling, billy roach-pierson, birrarung, bourchiers road, ca 13, crichton, david grant, diamond street, diana bassett-smith, donald grant, donaldson road, dorrie bourchier, duff, early settlers, elizabeth cottee, ewan cameron mp, grey house, helen kohn, isabella grant (nee stevenson), jack bourchier, james balfour, james wilson, jean stewart, jessie bull (nee haughton), jimmy cook, jocelyn, joseph stevenson, judge book village, judith furphy, kangaroo ground cemetery, kay roach-pierson, keith jocelyn, kraft foods, lacey, lloyd stuart, louise grant (nee gordon), mardi crocker, marion erswell, ned haughton, nursery, pam chevallier, passiona, peter bassett-smith, pigeon bank, rath, ricketson, robinson, ruth boyd, steven crawford baes, tintagell, tosch, vera jackson, wackett trainer, watershed jackson, willandra poultry farm, zac crocker -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, A walk through the cemetery at Kangaroo Ground, Diana Bassett-Smith, 1 October 2001, 2001
A huge warrior of a gum tree still stands sentinel at the wrought iron gates. In the distance some pencil pines. Survivors too of the disastrous bushfires which in the past have swept the district. A brief collection of reminiscences by Diana Bassett-Smith of locals who are buried at Kangaroo Ground Cemetery along with 17 photographs following a visit on 1 October 2001.Colour photograph print1983 bushfire, air vice marshall wackett, ambrose erswell, barry roach-pierson, bill pelling, billy roach-pierson, birrarung, bourchiers road, ca 13, crichton, david grant, diamond street, diana bassett-smith, donald grant, donaldson road, dorrie bourchier, duff, early settlers, elizabeth cottee, ewan cameron mp, grey house, helen kohn, isabella grant (nee stevenson), jack bourchier, james balfour, james wilson, jean stewart, jessie bull (nee haughton), jimmy cook, jocelyn, joseph stevenson, judge book village, judith furphy, kangaroo ground cemetery, kay roach-pierson, keith jocelyn, kraft foods, lacey, lloyd stuart, louise grant (nee gordon), mardi crocker, marion erswell, ned haughton, nursery, pam chevallier, passiona, peter bassett-smith, pigeon bank, rath, ricketson, robinson, ruth boyd, steven crawford baes, tintagell, tosch, vera jackson, wackett trainer, watershed jackson, willandra poultry farm, zac crocker -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, A walk through the cemetery at Kangaroo Ground, Diana Bassett-Smith, 1 October 2001, 2001
The simple brass plaque mounted on granite tells when the cemetery was established. 1851. See story of Judith Furphy. Other names observed were the plaque to Judith Furphy. The first burial and whose family name is recorded in our language, " A Furphy' . A brief collection of reminiscences by Diana Bassett-Smith of locals who are buried at Kangaroo Ground Cemetery along with 17 photographs following a visit on 1 October 2001.Colour photograph print1983 bushfire, air vice marshall wackett, ambrose erswell, barry roach-pierson, bill pelling, billy roach-pierson, birrarung, bourchiers road, ca 13, crichton, david grant, diamond street, diana bassett-smith, donald grant, donaldson road, dorrie bourchier, duff, early settlers, elizabeth cottee, ewan cameron mp, grey house, helen kohn, isabella grant (nee stevenson), jack bourchier, james balfour, james wilson, jean stewart, jessie bull (nee haughton), jimmy cook, jocelyn, joseph stevenson, judge book village, judith furphy, kangaroo ground cemetery, kay roach-pierson, keith jocelyn, kraft foods, lacey, lloyd stuart, louise grant (nee gordon), mardi crocker, marion erswell, ned haughton, nursery, pam chevallier, passiona, peter bassett-smith, pigeon bank, rath, ricketson, robinson, ruth boyd, steven crawford baes, tintagell, tosch, vera jackson, wackett trainer, watershed jackson, willandra poultry farm, zac crocker -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, A walk through the cemetery at Kangaroo Ground, Diana Bassett-Smith, 1 October 2001, 2001
We wanted to see how the construction of a rotunda at the cemetery was progressing and were surprised and pleased to see it finished. A new green plastic water tank was atop a stand not far away. A brief collection of reminiscences by Diana Bassett-Smith of locals who are buried at Kangaroo Ground Cemetery along with 17 photographs following a visit on 1 October 2001.Colour photograph print1983 bushfire, air vice marshall wackett, ambrose erswell, barry roach-pierson, bill pelling, billy roach-pierson, birrarung, bourchiers road, ca 13, crichton, david grant, diamond street, diana bassett-smith, donald grant, donaldson road, dorrie bourchier, duff, early settlers, elizabeth cottee, ewan cameron mp, grey house, helen kohn, isabella grant (nee stevenson), jack bourchier, james balfour, james wilson, jean stewart, jessie bull (nee haughton), jimmy cook, jocelyn, joseph stevenson, judge book village, judith furphy, kangaroo ground cemetery, kay roach-pierson, keith jocelyn, kraft foods, lacey, lloyd stuart, louise grant (nee gordon), mardi crocker, marion erswell, ned haughton, nursery, pam chevallier, passiona, peter bassett-smith, pigeon bank, rath, ricketson, robinson, ruth boyd, steven crawford baes, tintagell, tosch, vera jackson, wackett trainer, watershed jackson, willandra poultry farm, zac crocker