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Federation University Historical Collection
Map, Portarlington, 1929, 09/1929
... point wilson... phillip bay clifton springs swan bay swan island duck island point ...Printed colour mapport arlington, corio bay, port phillip bay, clifton springs, swan bay, swan island, duck island, point wilson -
Truganina Explosives Reserve Preservation Society Inc (TERPS)
Digitised Oral History – Truganina Explosives Reserve - Tape 1 Doug and Noel Grant, 2018
... point wilson... point wilson werribee sewerage farm george grant lighterman huia ...The interviews were recorded in 2000 by Bronwen Gray and Alan Young for the production of Unreserved, Stories from Truganina Explosives Reserve, animated stories from past residents, workers and interested people of the Reserve (subject to copyright 2004). Doug and Noel Grant’s Grandfather, Don Grant, was officer in charge of Truganina Explosives Reserve from 1910-1930. On his retirement, his son, William (known as Bill) took over the position until 1956. Along with their two older brothers and younger sister, Doug and Noel Grant grew up, first in the assistant manager’s weatherboard cottage and then in the brick house which was set aside for the officer in charge, until they married and moved into their own homes in their early 1920s. On returning from the second world war, Noel Grant worked as a magazine assistant of explosives on the site from 1946, When the site had closed down in 1962 he worked as an inspector of explosives at the Explosives Branch in Melbourne until he retired in 1985. During that time Noel was asked to move back on site, meaning that three generations of Grants have lived on the site during the twentieth century. Doug Grant worked for ICI/Nobel in head office in 1940 and their older brother Alan worked at the Nobel Explosive Company in Deer Park from 1937. After returning from the Second World War, Alan bought a transport business that had once had the licence to cart explosives in and around the state. They discuss their memories of the living at Truganina Explosives Reserve and the workings of the Reserve, including the names of men who worked there, ships which carried the explosives and life in and around Altona. A primary source of information on memories of the Truganina Explosives Reserve and Altona,VictoriaDigital copy of original cassette recorded in 2000 and digitised in 2018hobsons bay, altona, galvanised iron fence, picket fence, golf course, altona school, margaret grant, bill grant, explosives magazine, lighters, joe hyde, alex grant, pines scout camp, maribynong river, 1896, inspector of explosives, pier, point wilson, werribee sewerage farm, george grant, lighterman, huia, argonaut, pirie, alma doepel, merton street altona, horse, jessie grant, jean grant, sandal, kilmartin, lewis, currie, todd, robinson, balwyn -
Truganina Explosives Reserve Preservation Society Inc (TERPS)
Digitised Oral History – Truganina Explosives Reserve - Tape 7 Cliff Gibson, 2018
... Point Wilson... Maryland Pirie Lady Isobel Taranui Point Wilson Failee Captain ...The interviews were recorded in 2000 by Bronwen Gray and Alan Young for the production of Unreserved, Stories from Truganina Explosives Reserve, animated stories from past residents, workers and interested people of the Reserve (subject to copyright 2004). Cliff Gibson, a Williamstown resident, discusses the handling and shipping of explosives in the Port of Melbourne between 1863 to 1962 and the establishment, development and history of Truganina Explosives Reserve. In the interview he mentions the names of the Lighters and Ships used to transport the explosives to and from the Truganina Explosives Reserve. A primary source of information on memories of the Truganina Explosives Reserve and Altona,Victoriaexplosives, lighter, sailing lighters, the brig martha, deer park, australian chemical company, nobel explosives company, ici, james scott and company, jacks magazine, william wardell, george thomas chirnside, 1897, 1901, pier, bill grant, james mullins, 2 foot gauge tramway, explosives trucks, explosive magazines, railway explosives vans, queen street, richard rendle holten, ports and harbours, the lighter truganina, the lighter george stone, rose, mary jane, tarniet, derrimut, boonah, deutgam, naval dockyards williamstown, charlie curry, powder barges, cargo net, alma doepel, huia, wongalla, joseph sims, argonaut, maryland, pirie, lady isobel, taranui, point wilson, failee, captain dyson, hector pirie -
South Gippsland Shire Council
Photograph, Framed, 2003
... of Waratah Bay, the beach and Sandy Point . Wilsons Promontory can... an aerial view of Waratah Bay, the beach and Sandy Point . Wilsons ...Framed colour photograph featuring an aerial view of Waratah Bay, the beach and Sandy Point . Wilsons Promontory can be seen in the distance. -
Tennis Australia
Racquet, Circa 1977
... A Wilson Set Point tennis racquet. Shaft features Wilson... Park Melbourne melbourne Racquet A Wilson Set Point tennis ...A Wilson Set Point tennis racquet. Shaft features Wilson logo and model name. Butt cap features 'W' trademark. Leather handle grip features floral perforations. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Glue, Metal, Lacquer, Paint, Plastic, Plastictennis -
Tennis Australia
Racquet, Circa 1976
... A Wilson 'Match point' metal tennis racquet, with double... Park Melbourne melbourne Racquet A Wilson 'Match point' metal ...A Wilson 'Match point' metal tennis racquet, with double shaft; plastic shaft casing; and a handle wrapped in black perforated leather. Black plastic butt cap with white adhesive label featuring manufacturer's 'W' logo in red. Manufacturer and model names printed on silver label wrapped around shaft casing. Materials: Metal, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Nylon, Adhesive labeltennis -
Parks Victoria - Wilsons Promontory Lightstation
Box
... , Eddystone Point and Wilsons Promontory. The robust box journeyed..., Eddystone Point and Wilsons Promontory. The robust box journeyed ...The grey painted heavy wooden, homemade box has a freehand inscription in black on outside, which reads ‘LEVINGS To MAAT IS’. The writing refers to Alan and Marlene Levings, who began their twenty-two year career in lightkeeping with a posting to Tasman Island, off Port Arthur, in the 1960s. After four years they moved to Maatsukyer Island off south-west Tasmania, Australia’s southern-most lightstation, followed by postings to South Bruny, Eddystone Point and Wilsons Promontory. The robust box journeyed with the Levings through their postings to five lightstations and came to rest at Wilsons Promontory when Alan retired. It is not known whether the box was used in an office or domestic context. The movement of people and objects is a significant and unique theme that runs through the history of Australia’s lightstations. This historical process relates Victoria to the much bigger story of Australia’s network of lightstations. Alan Levings has been described as an extremely interesting character and artist. When Levings was a lightkeeper at Wilson’s Promontory, delivery of goods was by boat, then off the boat by a winch and onto the back of a truck. For this reason, packing boxes in earlier years had to be extremely robust. Today, anything that is not carried into Wilson’s Promontory Lightstation by foot, comes by helicopter, eradicating the need for heavy packing boxes such as Levings’. This humble box has first level contributory significance for its reliable provenance which traces its journey through five lightstations; for its association with a former lightkeeping family; and for contributing to an understanding of the pattern of lightstation life.Wooden box, light blue/grey painted. Made of horizontal pieces of timber with some tin reinforcment on the sides. Writing in black on side of box.On side of box in freehand,"LEVINGS To MAAT IS" -
Tennis Australia
Racquet & cover, Box, Ball container, Ball, Racquet Press, Circa 1955
... ; and, a can containing three Wilson 'Match-Point' tennis balls..., Ball, Racquet Press A Wilson ' Famous Player' Tennis Set ...A Wilson ' Famous Player' Tennis Set, featuring the images of Jack Kramer, Maureen Connolly, and Tony Trabert on the lid. The contents within the set box are: a Wilson 'Famous Player Model' tennis racquet; a Wilson racquet press; a Wilson racquet cover; and, a can containing three Wilson 'Match-Point' tennis balls. Materials: Cardboard, Ink, Wood, Nylon, Paint, Lacquer, Glue, Leather, Cloth, Metal, String, Adhesive tape, Rubber, Felttennis -
The Ed Muirhead Physics Museum
Meldometer, Joly
... to determine the melting point of minerals. W.E. Wilson, an astronomer... meldometer was created to determine the melting point of minerals ...Joly Meldometer The Joly meldometer was created to determine the melting point of minerals. W.E. Wilson, an astronomer and author, stated in 1900 that the Joly meldometer consisted of a ‘a strip of platinum on which minute fragments of any mineral can be placed, while any alteration in its length can be determined by means of a micrometer screw which touches a lever connected with one end of the strip. The strip can be heated by an electric current, and is calibrated by observing the micrometer readings corresponding to the temperatures at which some substances of known melting-points melt’i . One reason why the Joly meldometer was seen as a successful addition to science was the small amount of any substance that it required for testing. Only a minute sample was needed for the instrument to work and so a tiny part could be taken from a delicate item without destroying itii . The instrument was originally manufactured by the Irish company Yeates & Son of Dublin. The Yeates family business was established in the early 1790’s and is thought to have operated until approximately 1922iii . Their business slogan was recorded as ‘Instrument makers to the University’, a slogan which proudly exhibited their relationship with Trinity College, Dublin. The company was located directly opposite Trinity College, the place where the Joly meldometer was created. Working in such close proximity must have assisted this business relationship. The inventor of this meldometer was Irishman John Joly. Joly was born in 1857 at the Church of Ireland Rectory, Hollywood House. His education led him to Trinity College Dublin where, by 1891, he had obtained a Bachelor of Engineering degree as well as a Doctorate of Science. The entirety of his working life appears to have taken place at Trinity College although he is known to have travelled in order to consult with other scientists such as the world renowned Sir Ernest Rutherford. The Joly meldometer was used for a variety of different purposes, with scientists often adapting the instrument to suit their own needs. For instance, the previously mentioned astronomer W.E. Wilson adapted the meldometer to assist him in measuring the radiation of the suniv . Joly used his device in an attempt to ascertain the age of the earth. In 1913, along with Sir Rutherford, Joly came to the conclusion that the earth was approximately 400 million years old. They did this by analysing the decay of radioactivity in minerals. According to our present knowledge of the earth this was a much more accurate date than the dates Joly had previously derived. He had first thought that the earth was 97 million years old due to the volume of sodium in the oceans. Joly’s second analysis of the topic had resulted in the age of 80 million years. This figure was based on the accumulation of sediment. Apart from designing his meldometer, Joly is also remembered for his work with colour photography. In 1894 Joly discovered a method for creating colour photographs from a single platev . He also studied the use of radiation as a treatment for cancer and persuaded the Royal Dublin Society to establish the Radium Institute to assist hospitals. In 1933 Joly passed away at the age of seventy-six. Jacqueline Eager Student Projects Placement, Cultural Collections 2005 iMollan, Charles, Irish National Inventory of Scientific Instruments, Samton Limited, 1995, p. 302. iiJoly, John, 'On the determination of the melting points of minerals, Part 1. Uses of the meldometer', Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Vol. 2., 1891. iiiInstitute for Learning Technologies, "Stephan Mitchell Yeates' http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/projects/bluetelephone/html/yeates.html, accessed on 04.10.2005 ivMollan, Charles, Irish National Inventory of Historic Scientific Instruments, op cit. vMollan, Charles, The Mind and the Hand: Instruments of Science 1685-1932, Samton Limited, Dublin, 1995, p. 34.The following from #2975 in UDE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN ENGINEERING list in the “Irish National Inventory of Historical Scientific Instruments” by Charles Mellon (P/C in file for Cat no 272. “....meldometer as an instrument ‘for the purpose of finding the melting-points of minerals, hence its name. As used by him (Joly), it consists of a strip of platinum,on which minute fragments of any mineral can be placed, while any alteration in its length can be determined by means of a micrometer screw which touches a lever connected with one end of the strip. The strip can be heated by an electric current, and is calibrated by observing the micrometer readings corresponding to the temperatures at which some substances of known melting-points melt’.” Ref. : J. Joly, Proc. Roy. Irish Acad. 3rd series vol 2 (1891),38-64. -
The Ed Muirhead Physics Museum
Meldometer, Joly
... point of minerals. W.E. Wilson, an astronomer and author, stated... point of minerals. W.E. Wilson, an astronomer and author, stated ...The Joly meldometer was created to determine the melting point of minerals. W.E. Wilson, an astronomer and author, stated in 1900 that the Joly meldometer consisted of a ‘a strip of platinum on which minute fragments of any mineral can be placed, while any alteration in its length can be determined by means of a micrometer screw which touches a lever connected with one end of the strip. The strip can be heated by an electric current, and is calibrated by observing the micrometer readings corresponding to the temperatures at which some substances of known melting-points melt’i . One reason why the Joly meldometer was seen as a successful addition to science was the small amount of any substance that it required for testing. Only a minute sample was needed for the instrument to work and so a tiny part could be taken from a delicate item without destroying itii . The instrument was originally manufactured by the Irish company Yeates & Son of Dublin. The Yeates family business was established in the early 1790’s and is thought to have operated until approximately 1922iii . Their business slogan was recorded as ‘Instrument makers to the University’, a slogan which proudly exhibited their relationship with Trinity College, Dublin. The company was located directly opposite Trinity College, the place where the Joly meldometer was created. Working in such close proximity must have assisted this business relationship. The inventor of this meldometer was Irishman John Joly. Joly was born in 1857 at the Church of Ireland Rectory, Hollywood House. His education led him to Trinity College Dublin where, by 1891, he had obtained a Bachelor of Engineering degree as well as a Doctorate of Science. The entirety of his working life appears to have taken place at Trinity College although he is known to have travelled in order to consult with other scientists such as the world renowned Sir Ernest Rutherford. The Joly meldometer was used for a variety of different purposes, with scientists often adapting the instrument to suit their own needs. For instance, the previously mentioned astronomer W.E. Wilson adapted the meldometer to assist him in measuring the radiation of the suniv . Joly used his device in an attempt to ascertain the age of the earth. In 1913, along with Sir Rutherford, Joly came to the conclusion that the earth was approximately 400 million years old. They did this by analysing the decay of radioactivity in minerals. According to our present knowledge of the earth this was a much more accurate date than the dates Joly had previously derived. He had first thought that the earth was 97 million years old due to the volume of sodium in the oceans. Joly’s second analysis of the topic had resulted in the age of 80 million years. This figure was based on the accumulation of sediment. Apart from designing his meldometer, Joly is also remembered for his work with colour photography. In 1894 Joly discovered a method for creating colour photographs from a single platev . He also studied the use of radiation as a treatment for cancer and persuaded the Royal Dublin Society to establish the Radium Institute to assist hospitals. In 1933 Joly passed away at the age of seventy-six. -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Postcard (item) - Black and white postcard, Rose Stereograph Company, Nichol's Lookout, Marysville, Victoria, 1913-1967
A postcard in a series produced by the Rose Stereograph Company in Victoria, Australia as a souvenir of Marysville.A black and white photograph of the view of the surrounding hills from Nichol's Lookout which is on the Marysville-Wood's Point road near Marysville in Victoria. The Marysville-Woods Point Road was originally part of the Yarra Track, constructed in the early 1860s to provide access between Healesville and the Woods Point Goldfields. Despite the steep terrain and engineering difficulties, the Yarra Track soon became a busy route used by pack horses, horse-drawn drays, and wagons. Today this sealed mountain road is a popular scenic drive between Marysville and Warburton.POST CARD The "Rose" Series/ De Luxe A Real Photograph/ Produced in Australia Published by the Rose Stereograph Co.,/ Armadale, Victoria. "The Falls"/ Marysville/ Monday Dear Mrs Wilson. Just a line to let you know/ I'm here by Dr's advice. He advised me/ to get extended leave. I'm suffering from/ blood pressure so have to go slow-no/ walking-Ugh-a bitter pill to swallow/ in these glorious surroundings. However/ I'm feeling much better and hope on my/ return (Saturday) to be able to resume duty/ I trust you and yours are well, Your loving/ friend A Butler. Quite/ an imposing/ hotel now/ stands at/ Keppel's/ Corner./ A.B.nicol's lookout, lookout, marysville, victoria, p. 2324, rose series postcard, postcard, souvenir, yarra track, mining, wood's point -
Tennis Australia
Ball container, Ball, Circa 1975
... A sealed can of three Wilson 'Optic Yellow Match Point... of three Wilson 'Optic Yellow Match Point' tennis balls. Clear ...A sealed can of three Wilson 'Optic Yellow Match Point' tennis balls. Clear plastic reclosure cap over a ring-pull style lid. Materials: Metal, Ink, Rubber, Synthetic materialtennis -
Tennis Australia
Ball container, Ball, Circa 1955
An unsealed Wilson dome-top tennis ball can with lid. Key and seal strip lost. Contains 3 original 'Match Point' balls. Materials: Metal, Ink, Rubber, Felttennis -
Tennis Australia
Ball container, Ball, Circa 1955
An unsealed Wilson dome-top tennis ball can with lid. Key and seal strip lost. Contains two of 3 original 'Match Point' balls. Materials: Metal, Ink, Rubber, Felttennis -
Geelong Cycling Club
Honour Board
A chronicle of officials of the G.W.C.C. from 1911. This honour board has an important place in the history of the Geelong Cycling Club and signifies the high esteem in which the community held cycling in the early part of the 20th century. Rectangular board in a mahogany colour with the top of the board angled to a point. The board has inscriptions in a gold colour.“GWCC/President/1911 HJ Prescud/1912-15 H Flowers/1916 J Dorian/1917-20 P Grundell Snr/1921 J Paley/1922 F OLoghlin/1923 V Markham/1924-27 H Flowers/1928-29 C Flynn/1930-1959 JW Dillon/1960-61 R McKay/1962-63 I McPherson/1964-81 W. Stephens/1982-83 K Evans/1984 R. Baulch/1985-86 D Wilson/1987 N Wilson/Secretary/1911 JW Grundell HH Prescud/1912-1915 P Grundell Jnr/1916 J Craven/1917 H Prescud/1918-1925 J Sharp/1926 JW Dillon/1927 GA Wells/1928-29 C Winter/1930 BR Kelly/ 1931-32 R Ware/1933 S Cunningham/1934 D McGrath/1935-36 F Hamblett/1937 l Flowers T Craven/1938-81 L Flowers/1982-83 F Hamers/1984 R Baker/Life Members/ P Grundell Snr D/H Flowers D/G Hotchin D/J Sharpe/GW Dillon/A Belperraud/F Hamblett/F Condor/L Flowers/F OLoghlin/D McGrath D/ BR Kelly/W Stephens/A Batty/R Penn Jnr/W. Crookshanks/S Cunningham D/R Baulch/D Wilson/P Dent/J Dent/T Underwood/R Baker”gwcc; hj prescud; h flowers; j dorian; p grundell snr; j paley; f ologhlin; v markham; c flynn; jw dillon; r mckay; i mcpherson/; w. stephens; k evans; r. baulch; d wilson; n wilson; w grundell; hh prescud; j craven; j sharp; jw dillon; ga wells; c winter; br kelly; r ware; s cunningham; d mcgrath; f hamblett; t craven; f hamers; r baker; g hotchin; a belperraud; f hamblett; f condor; l flowers; a batty; r penn jnr; w. crookshanks; s cunningham d; r baulch; p dent; j dent; t underwood; r baker; -
Tennis Australia
Racquet, Circa 1966
... A Wilson, Mary Hardwick Match Point tennis racquet. Base... Point tennis racquet. Base of head features Wilson logo. Throat ...A Wilson, Mary Hardwick Match Point tennis racquet. Base of head features Wilson logo. Throat features decal head and neck illustration of Hardwick. Lower shaft and plastic butt cap features 'W' trademark. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Adhesive tape, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Paint, Plastic, Plastictennis -
Tennis Australia
Racquet, Circa 1958
A Wilson Famous Player Series, Maureen Connolly Match Point tennis racquet. Base of head features Wilson logo. Throat features gold fleur-de-lis device. Shaft features decal head and shoulders image of Connolly. Cloth butt cover features blue 'W' trademark. Leather handle grip features quatrefoil perforations. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Paint, Ribbon, Adhesive tape, Clothtennis -
Tennis Australia
Racquet, Circa 1967
... A Wilson, Tony Trabert Match Point tennis racquet. Base... Point tennis racquet. Base of head features Wilson logo. Throat ...A Wilson, Tony Trabert Match Point tennis racquet. Base of head features Wilson logo. Throat features decal head and shoulders photo image of an older Trabert. Shaft features model name. Leather handle grip features quatrefoil perforations. Lower shaft and butt cap feature 'W' trademark. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Glue, Metal, Lacquer, Paint, Adhesive tape, Plastic, Plastictennis -
Bayside Gallery - Bayside City Council Art & Heritage Collection
Painting - oil on board, Jeremy Kibel, Point, 2000
Jeremy Kibel, Point 2000, oil on board, 40 x 50 cm. Bayside City Council Art and Heritage Collection. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by Lion Capital Pty Ltd, 2013oil on boardpainting, abstract, point, jeremy kibel -
Bayside Gallery - Bayside City Council Art & Heritage Collection
Painting - oil on canvasboard, Gregory Alexander, Ten Wednesdays at Rickett's Point, 2016-18
oil on canvasboardrickett's point, landscape, tree, vegetation, port phillip bay, bay, banksia, fence, beaumaris, bayside, gregory alexander, painting -
Bayside Gallery - Bayside City Council Art & Heritage Collection
Painting - oil on board, Miles Evergood, Beaumaris, 1888
oil on boardbeaumaris, bayside, coast, landscape, miles evergood, painting, rickett's point, bay, water, shrub, trees -
Bayside Gallery - Bayside City Council Art & Heritage Collection
Painting - oil on canvasboard, Janet Green, Ricketts Point Tea House, 1989
Janet Green, Ricketts Point Tea House 1989, oil on canvasboard, 18.5 x 23.8 cm. Bayside City Council Art and Heritage Collection.ricketts point, beaumaris, bayside, janet green, tea house, vegetation -
Bayside Gallery - Bayside City Council Art & Heritage Collection
Painting - oil on canvasboard, Ann Kennedy, Ricketts Point, 1981
Ann Kennedy, Ricketts Point 1981, oil on canvasboard, 19 x 39.5 cm. Bayside City Council Art and Heritage Collection.ricketts point, beaumaris, bayside, port phillip bay, coast, beach, ann kennedy -
Bayside Gallery - Bayside City Council Art & Heritage Collection
Work on paper - ink and watercolour, Margaret Duke, Bayside Banksia, 2007
Margaret Duke, Bayside Banksia 2007, ink and watercolour, 27 x 17.5 cm. Bayside City Council Art and Heritage Collection. Purchased 2008margaret duke, banksia, tree, bayside, ricketts point -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Album, G.A. Thomas, Burnley Horticultural Snaps, 1928 -1932
Photograph Album purchased on e-bay by Jane Wilson on 08.05.2011 for $50. G.A. Thomas graduated 1930.Black and white and sepia photographs and newspaper cuttings (NC). Many of the photographs are found in other albums from the same period. Label inside, "Burnley Snaps, G.A. Thomas, 'Essilmont', Castlemaine." Handwritten labels.burnley snaps, g.a. thomas, essilmont, castlemaine, students, recreation, lily ponds, students working outside, frank's point, rock point, the rockery, pavilion, principal's residence, staff, allender, edna walling, e.e. pescott, dahlias -
Brighton Historical Society
Coat, Dustcoat, c.1948
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 -
Brighton Historical Society
Bag, Evening purse, circa 1930
This bag belonged to by Mrs Alice "May" Moss CBE (1869-1948), Australian suffragist, social welfare campaigner and longtime resident of 59 North Road, Brighton. Born Alice Frances Mabel Wilson in Ballarat, in 1887 May married Isidore Moss, the son of Norwood's builder Mark Moss. While her children were young, she began to campaign for the rights of women and served as vice-president of the Australian Women's National League in 1906-14, during which time she actively campaigned in Victoria for women's suffrage. She was an Australian delegate at the League of Nations Assembly at Geneva in 1927, where she was the first woman to sit on a finance committee. She attended the International Council of Women in Geneva in the same year and in 1928 was elected as vice president of the ICW, a position she held until her death. She was the first president of the National Council of Women of Australia, serving from 1931 to 1936. May was active in many other community organisations and causes, including the Royal Women's Hospital, the Collingwood Crèche and the Free Kindergarten movement. She served on the board of management of the City Newsboys' Society in 1906-48 and was the first woman lay-member of the National Health and Medical Research Council in 1936-45. She was also member of the International and Lyceum clubs, with an interest in the theatre, painting and woodcarving.French petit point tapestry bag featuring seven people in a bucolic scene, with trees and buildings in the background. Black border. Gold metal hinged opening with ornamental clasp and gold chain.may moss, petit point, 1930s -
St Kilda Historical Society
Photograph, St Kilda Presbyterian Church exterior - images collection, c 1970s
The St Kilda Presbyterian Church is now part of the St Kilda & Balaclava Presbyterian Church. Its first service was inaugurated by the Free Church Synod of Victoria in May 1855, in a building at the corner of High Street and Alma Road. In October 1855 the congregation moved to a wooden building in Inkerman Street, purchased from the Independent (Congregational) Church. The present church site was purchased and the first church opened in 1860. The foundation stone for the present church building, the second to be built on the site, was laid by the Governor of Victoria, Sir Henry Brougham Loch, on 27 January 1885. The building was opened on 30 May 1886. Wilson and Beswicke were the architects. Ralph Wilson designed the Methodist church on the corner of Princes and Fitzroy Streets and lived diagonally opposite the Presbyterian church. Charles Beswicke had toured Britain and the Continent in 1886 armed with a camera and returned to Australia with photographs of what he considered the greatest examples of architecture. He was responsible for the town halls in Brighton, Malvern, Hawthorn and Essendon and Wesleyan churches in Camberwell and Dandenong. Thomas Corley was the builder. The lofty spire was ‘a landmark to the mariner’ used by sea captains sailing up Port Phillip Bay. On a prominent position, the highest point in St Kilda, the church attracted wealthy people with legal, merchant and pastoral backgrounds.colour photographst kilda, churches, presbyterian church, balaclava -
Hepburn Shire Council Art and Heritage Collection
Public Art Work, Boy with a thorn - 'Lo Spinario', c. 1900
Boy with a Thorn Though the classical bronze that the figure was modeled has become known as Lo Spinario, both Stuart Rattle and Kevin O’Neill referred to it as The Boy with a Thorn. Information from the late Stuart Rattle and John Graham, the late Kevin O’Neill’s partner. The statue was bought by Kevin O’Neill from a South Yarra antique dealer in the 1980s. She had bought it in Europe. Stuart believed that it was cast in Berlin by Moritz Geiss who had pioneered the popular process of zinc casting of classical statues. Schinkel, the architect of early 19th Century Prussian public buildings used the process extensively. I assume that the decorations that can be seen in Berlin currently are copies of those copies, given the comprehensive destruction of the city in 1945. Unless there is a date stamped on the statue, and there might well be, there is no firm indication of its age, although Stuart and Kevin believed it was “turn of the century”. It was given to Stuart by John Graham after the death of Kevin O’Neill. Prior to its installation at Musk Farm, it was “by the dam” at Marnarnie, O’Neill’s property at Mt Macedon. It became a much photographed focal point in the sunken garden at Musk Farm. The statue is a gift from the Rattle family to The Friends of Wombat Hill Botanic Gardens who intend to give it, in turn, to Hepburn Shire to be placed in the Botanic Gardens. Both the family and the Friends see it as a memorial to Stuart’s tireless work to raise funds for the Gardens and to raise the profile of the Gardens so that their considerable significance could be more broadly acknowledged. The CMP notes that statuary has been a feature of most botanic gardens (and a notable feature of the Ballarat Botanical Gardens) and James Lowe, the head of Parks for the Shire has also commented that it is an area that could well be developed in the Gardens. This comes from his attendance at meetings of the BGANZ, the “peak professional body” for the development and maintenance of registered botanic gardens in Aus and NZ. Given the lack of funds that the Shire has been able to allocate to the Gardens, a donation of this calibre is a welcome addition to the cultural asset that the Gardens represent. A very large number of residents of the Shire are members of the Friends, have visited Musk Farm and are appreciative of the Gardens. There is a current feeling that the Gardens are undergoing a dynamic revival as a result of the success of the Café and also because of the extraordinary improvement and enhancement of the amenity that has been undertaken over the past two years by the Friends. The installation of the Boy with the Thorn is another move forward for the Gardens. The statue is cast zinc. It is sometimes referred to a white bronze. As can be seen in the photographs, it is in very good condition with no damage or apparent degeneration of the metal. The Smithsonian Institution has a lengthy document relating to the deterioration and repair of similar casts in the US where urban pollution has taken its toll but for the most part it deals with inappropriate repair rather than maintenance protocols. One of the properties of zinc that is appreciated in Australia is its ability to withstand the elements and given that the artwork has been either on Mt Macedon or at Musk for the last 30 years or more, its relocation to Wombat Hill seems to be an appropriate one. The Friends are prepared to organise and pay for the relocation of the statue. The issue of security from the point of view of theft, malicious damage and environmental impact will need to be addressed. The Ballarat Botanical Gardens have recently reinstalled statuary which has been damaged and which had been removed from the Gardens on account of this. They have used Rockworks Ballarat and Wilson’s Memorials to make plinths, secure artworks with steel pins and to provide especially robust fixings to ensure the safety of the various sculptures. The CMP (2007) makes a number of recommendations regarding security in the Gardens ranging from the installation of lighting to the locking of the gates overnight and the repair/reinstatement of appropriate fencing – not done as yet to my knowledge. Paul Bangay has also agreed to act as a consultant in the process of installing the Boy. John Graham estimates its value at $20,000 The preferred location for the work would be at the entrance to the Fernery from the lawn. The paths form an intersection at that point that could be modified to fit the statue. But this is currently a suggested location only. The statue is a gift from the Rattle family to The Friends of Wombat Hill Botanic Gardens who have gifted it to the Hepburn Shire to be placed in the Botanic Gardens. Both the family and the Friends of the Wombat Hill Botanical Gardens Daylesford see it as a memorial to Stuart’s tireless work to raise funds for the Gardens and to raise the profile of the Gardens so that their considerable significance could be more broadly acknowledged. Lo Spinario (Boy with a thorn) c. 1900 copy after the Greco-Roman Hellenistic antique bronze in Rome. c. 1900 copy after the Greco-Roman Hellenistic antique bronze in Rome (Palazzo dei Conservatori, Musei Capitolini, Rome) Manufacturer M. Geiss, Berlin Nonedaylesford, wombat hill botanical gardens, stuart rattle, kevin o'neill, john graham, boy with a thorn, lo spinario, classical sculpture, zinc, classical nude, hepburn shire, public art, sculpture, art -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - Aerotriangulation Production – Army Survey Regiment, Fortuna, Bendigo, c1979
This collection of 19 photos was most likely taken in 1979 in Air Survey Squadron. The PDP 11/70 minicomputer shown photos .2P to .3P was the operating system introduced in 1977 as the mainframe system for the control of the APC4, aerial triangulation block adjustments, SORA OP Analytical Orthophoto control, APR Analytical Terrain Profile Recorder computation, graphics, and general computing. The Zeiss (Jena) Stecometer analytic stereocomparator for air photography shown in photos .5P to .9P was introduced at Air Survey Squadron in 1963. Aerotriangulation production was expedited using computers for analytical photogrammetric processes. The technician accurately measured between pass, tie, and survey control points on aerial photographs. The OMI/Nistri AP/C-3 analytical plotter shown in photos .10P and .11P was introduced in 1972–1973. Photo .11P shows a coordinatorgraph attached to the AP/C-3. The Zeiss D2 Planimat Stereoplotter shown in photo .12P was used for analytical orthophoto control. Wild PUG4 point transfer devices shown in photos .17P to .19P were introduced in c1968 superseding the PUG2 devices. PUG4 devices were used by technicians to stereoscopically view the photography containing the survey control points and the mapping aerial photography. The Control points were transferred from the control photography to the mapping diapositives of aerial photography by drilling their locations into the photographic emulsion.This is a set of 19 photographs of Air Survey Squadron personnel operating aerotriangulation equipment at the Army Survey Regiment at Fortuna, Bendigo, c1979. Black and white photos are on photographic paper and were scanned at 300 dpi. They are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection. .1) - Photo, black & white, c1979, Aerotriangulation tasks, unidentified technicians. .2) to .3) - Photo, black & white, c1979, PDP-11 minicomputers tasks, unidentified technician. .4) - Photo, black & white, c1979, Aerotriangulation tasks, unidentified technician. .5) - Photo, colour, c1979, Zeiss (Jena) Stecometer, unidentified technician. .6) to.9) - Photo, black & white, c1979, Zeiss (Jena) Stecometer, unidentified technician. .10) - Photo, black & white, c1984, OMI/Nistri APC/3-1 analytical stereoplotter, SPR Kristin (Isaac) Skidmore. .11) - Photo, colour, c1979, OMI/Nistri APC/3-1 analytical stereoplotter, unidentified technician. .12) - Photo, colour, c1979, Zeiss D2 Planimat Stereoplotter, unidentified technician. .13) - Photo, black & white, c1979, Aerotriangulation tasks, unidentified technician. .14) - Photo, black & white, c1979, Aerotriangulation tasks, unidentified technician. .15) - Photo, black & white, c1979, Aerotriangulation tasks, CPL Ken Talbot-Smith .16) - Photo, black & white, c1979, Aerotriangulation tasks, SPR David Jobe. .17) - Photo, black & white, c1979, Wild PUG4 point transfer device, WO2 Brian Mead. .18) - Photo, black & white, c1979, Wild PUG4 point transfer device, CPL Andy Wilson. .19) - Photo, black & white, c1979, Wild PUG4 point transfer device, unidentified technician..5P is annotated ‘OMI-Nistri AP/C Analytical Plotter’ and ’Topo 36’. .12P is annotated ‘Zeiss Jena Stecometer Stereocomparator’ and ’Topo 35’. There are no annotations on the other photos.royal australian survey corps, rasvy, army survey regiment, army svy regt, fortuna, asr, aerotrig, air survey