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Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Police Superintendent’s Horse Stables -- 2 Photos -- 1 B/W, 1 Coloured
... Police Superintendent’s Horse Stables. Photos showing...Colour photos of red brick building, once Police... grampians Police Superintendent’s Horse Stables. Photos showing ...Police Superintendent’s Horse Stables. Photos showing the hole in the back wall. Colour photos of red brick building, once Police Superintendent's Horse stables. Stawell 1988 Geoff Oates P.O. Box 402 Stawell.stawell -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Police Superintendent’s Horse Stables -- 1 Coloured
... Police Superintendent’s Horse Stables. Photos showing...Colour photos of red brick building, once Police... grampians Police Superintendent’s Horse Stables. Photos showing ...Police Superintendent’s Horse Stables. Photos showing the hole in the back wall. Colour photos of red brick building, once Police Superintendent's Horse stables. First photo shows the building with holes in the roof and a large hole in the back wall. The other photo shows the back wall where bricks were removed in the 1950-60s. This second photo shows four people looking at the hole in the wall.Stawell 1988 Geoff Oates P.O. Box 402 Stawell.stawell -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph - Bob Haldane Gippsland Lightening players Craig Fitzsimmons and Phil Shelley with thirteen junior players unnamed Lakes Entrance Victoria, Lakes Post Newspaper, 1994 95
... Basketball Clinic held at LESC gymnasium showing Police... at LESC gymnasium showing Police Superintendent Bob Haldane... gymnasium showing Police Superintendent Bob Haldane Gippsland ...Basketball Clinic held at LESC gymnasium showing Police Superintendent Bob Haldane Gippsland Lightening players Craig Fitzsimmons and Phil Shelley with thirteen junior players unnamed Lakes Entrance VictoriaBlack and white photograph taken at Basketball Clinic held at LESC gymnasium showing Police Superintendent Bob Haldane Gippsland Lightening players Craig Fitzsimmons and Phil Shelley with thirteen junior players unnamed Lakes Entrance Victoriasports, schools, basketball, recreation -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Painting, c1940's-1950's
... Oil Painting of Police Superintendent House at Pleasant... grampians Stawell Oil Painting of Police Superintendent House ...Oil Painting of Police Superintendent House at Pleasant Creekstawell -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Mr W E Nicholas -- Superintendent of Police 1882 -- 2 Photos
... Mr W E Nicholas -- Superintendent of Police 1882 -- 2...Superintendent of Victoria Police 1882 W E Nicholas... grampians Superintendent of Victoria Police 1882 W E Nicholas ...Superintendent of Victoria Police 1882 W E Nicholasstawell -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph
... police superintendent... was the superintendent of Police in Beechworth from 1858-1860. The Robert O’Hara... was the superintendent of Police in Beechworth from 1858-1860. The Robert O’Hara ...This photograph is of Robert O'Hara Burke (6 May 1821 – c. 28 June 1861) who was an Irish soldier and police officer who achieved fame as an Australian explorer. He was the leader of the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition, which was the first expedition to cross Australia from south to north, finding a route across the continent from the settled areas of Victoria to the Gulf of Carpentaria. Prior to leading this expedition, Burke was the superintendent of Police in Beechworth from 1858-1860. The Robert O’Hara Burke Memorial Museum was named in honour of Robert O’Hara Burke after his death at Coopers Creek in 1861 during expedition. This particular image of Robert O'Hara Burke features on the 'Pioneer Board' which is currently on display in the Museum. Black and white rectangular copy of a photograph. Image is printed on gloss photographic paper and has a white unprinted boarder. Reverse: 34 / Photo credit: Burke Museum / BEECHWORTH / 46% /robert o'hara burke, pioneers of beechworth, pioneer board, beechworth, police superintendent -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Police Superintendent’s Horse Stables -- 2 Photos -- Coloured
... Police Superintendent’s Horse Stables. Photos showing...Colour photos of red brick building, once Police... grampians Police Superintendent’s Horse Stables. Photos showing ...Police Superintendent’s Horse Stables. Photos showing the hole in the back wall. People in the second photo from left to right are Gillian Walker, Alan Kingston, Geoff Austin (Heritage Vic.) and Dorothy King. The top photo was taken in 1988. The bottom photo a side view from Griffiths St taken in 1999.Colour photos of red brick building, once Police Superintendent's Horse stables. First photo shows the building with holes in the roof and a large hole in the back wall. The other photo shows the back wall where bricks were removed in the 1950-60s. This second photo shows four people looking at the hole in the wall. (Also, 3 photos in Album 13 p 64 taken 04.03.2004)Stawell 1988 Geoff Oates P.O. Box 402 Stawell.stawell -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Administrative record - Police Report - sheep theft, Hamilton, 1912, 07/06/1912
... Typed copy of crime report from Police Superintendent's... Hamilton Typed copy of crime report from Police Superintendent's ...Barry was a police officer stationed at Portland 1969 - 71. Stables were to be demolished. he was instructed to clean them out, and take the contents to the tip. He retained these documents and donated them to the Cultural Collection.Typed copy of crime report from Police Superintendent's office, Hamilton - sheep stealingpolice report, sheep theft, livestock theft, hamilton -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Document - Memo from Sale Police Station Victoria 1914, 20/05/1914
... Memo from superintendent Sale Police Station... historic records. Memo from superintendent Sale Police Station ...Sale Police Station historic records.Memo from superintendent Sale Police Station to superintendent at Hamilton Police Station regarding an escaped prisoner. -
Victoria Police Museum
Photograph (Victoria Police), Police Officers on dinner event, February 1945
... police academy police force Superintendent McKinnon ...[see inscriptions] Black and white mounted photograph. Approximately 160 men (171 according to inscription on the back) sitting on large tables at a formal dinner event; all weatinh suits and posing for photograph. Photo was taken in a large rooom with a stage, Malvern Town Hall accoring to inscriptions on the back - tables occupy centre and front of photograph - but in the background: [left] Australia flag, WWII poster; [center] stage with painted landscape and piano; [right] WWII poster and Britain flag. [information of event on newspaper cutting stuck on the back - as described on Inscriptions]Handwritten: 171 PRESENT // FEB 1945 // (?) OFF SUPT KNOTT // INSPT SAMBLEBE // CONST GRAMBEU /// MALVERN TOWN HALL Newspaper cutting glued to frame: Supt. J. R. H. Knott, has rettired from the Police Force after 38 and half years' service, was farewelled by citizens and police officials at Malvern Town Hall on Tuesday night, The mayor of Malvern (Cr. J. Johnson) presided and presented SUpt. Knott with a chair and a wallet of notes. Similar presentations were made to Inspector C.H.D. Samblebe and First Constable O. Grambau, who have also retired. Supt. A.D. McKinnon of Ballarat will succeed Supt. Knott // handwritten: SUN 1/2/45victoria police museum, police officers, police academy, police force, superintendent mckinnon, superintendent knott, cr johnson, inspector samblebe, first constable grambau, poulter, william -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Police House in Stawell West -- Corner of Griffith Street and Leslie Street
... Police Superintendents House Stawell West Corner of Griffin...Police Superintendents House Stawell West Corner of Griffin ...Police Superintendents House Stawell West Corner of Griffin Street and Leslie Streetstawell -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Police House in Stawell West -- Corner of Griffin Street and Leslie Street with snow 1949
... Police Superintendents House Stawell West Corner of Griffin... grampians Police Superintendents House Stawell West Corner ...Police Superintendents House Stawell West Corner of Griffin Street and Leslie Street with snow 1949stawell -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Police House in Stawell West -- Corner of Griffin Street and Leslie Street with snow 1949
... Police Superintendents House Stawell West Corner of Griffin... grampians Police Superintendents House Stawell West Corner ...Police Superintendents House Stawell West Corner of Griffin Street and Leslie Street with snow 1949stawell -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Police move to ensure greater presence, 1993
... a meeting with the District Police Superintendent Ron Braybrook... a meeting with the District Police Superintendent Ron Braybrook ...Police presence at Forest Hill Chase will be boosted with the introduction of an information caravan. It is the first of its kind to be fully owned and operated by police in the district.Police presence at Forest Hill Chase will be boosted with the introduction of an information caravan. It is the first of its kind to be fully owned and operated by police in the district. Following concerns of youth violence in Nunawading Council have arranged a meeting with the District Police Superintendent Ron Braybrook. Council have allocated$50,000 for youth activities.Police presence at Forest Hill Chase will be boosted with the introduction of an information caravan. It is the first of its kind to be fully owned and operated by police in the district.shopping centres, forest hill chase, braybrook, ron, lowry, graeme, ryan, simone -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MINING IN BENDIGO COLLECTION: DISCOVERY & BENDIGO HIGH SCHOOL
... Oval Police Barracks Building Superintendent McCulloch High ...Copy of typed notes referring to who was the first to discover gold in Bendigo. Notes describe the area of Camp Hill which was selected as Government Headquarters. The sole remaining relic known as the Police Barracks, a brick stable which was converted into a small hall and the old Supreme Court building. Notes include the history of the Bendigo High School. Only pages 3 & 4.document, gold, mining in bendigo, mining in bendigo, gold discovery, bendigo high school, henry frencham, governor latrobe, gold commissioner horne, captain dane, mr cockburn, mr gilbert, queen elizabeth oval, police barracks building, superintendent mcculloch, high school, teachers' college, supreme court building, town council of sandhurst, corpporate high school, st andrew's college, sandhurst grammar school, bendigo continuation school, camp hill state school, school of mines, domestic arts school, quarry hill state school, congregational church, sir alexander peacock -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Weapon - Tranter Revolver, Robert O'Hara Burke's Revolver
... as the Police Superintendent at Beechworth. It arrived back... as the Police Superintendent at Beechworth. It arrived back ...This gun was presented to Robert O’Hara Burke Esq in 1858 by the Beechworth Police in recognition of his four years’ service as the Police Superintendent at Beechworth. It arrived back in Beechworth on Thursday 10th April, 2014.Presented to R. O’Hara Burke Esq / Supt. of Police by the Officers of the district on his transfer from Beechworth / November 1858 /burke, robert o'hara burke, burke museum, robert o'hara burke museum, firearm, burke and wills, burke & wills, burke and wills expedition, expedition, beechworth, indigo shire, north-east victoria, revolver -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Colour Photograph/s - set of 2, Austin Brehaut, 19/11/2007 12:00:00 AM
... . Features Victorian Police Superintendent and Dave O'Neil. Photo... Victorian Police Superintendent and Dave O'Neil. Photo taken ...Has a strong association with the BTM and the Cop's n Kids charter of November 2007 and Austin Brehaut and Dave O'Neil.Print of digital Image of a group of kids during the 19/11/2007 charter for the Cops 'n Kids (with cancer) programme. Features Victorian Police Superintendent and Dave O'Neil. Photo taken by Austin Brehaut. also appeared in Fares Please! of the time. Photo was printed by the Gold Museum 2008 for a local exhibition and additional copies given to the Museum by Roger Trudgeon 2009.trams, tramways, btm, charters, cops n kids -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Document - SADLEIR, JOHN
... This file contains two items. A printed page of Police... page of Police Superintendent John Sadleir. His arrival ...This file contains two items. A printed page of Police Superintendent John Sadleir. His arrival in Victoria, subsequent postings with his employment and his final retirement in Elsternwick and later death at “Orwell” in Kooyong Road, Author and date unknown. Includes references. A photocopied print of John Sadleir, from his book Recollections August, 1913.sadleir john, police officers, orwell, kooyong road, elsternwick, sadleir isabella, crofton isabella, sadleir ernest, sadleir frederick, sadleir ralph, sadleir john, sadleir melesina, sadleir mary, sadleir grace, sadleir dora, sadleir george, sadleir henry, victorian historical society -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Document - Memo to superintendent's office - Hamilton Police Station - 1913, 10/10/1913
... Police Station, from Superintendent Gleeson, Melbourne, re... Police Station, from Superintendent Gleeson, Melbourne, re ...Hamilton Police Station records.Handwritten memo to superintendent's office, Hamilton Police Station, from Superintendent Gleeson, Melbourne, re an escaped prisoner. -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Letter - Correspondence, Unlicensed charcoal burners at Nunawading, 1864
... Letter to Superintendent of Police from Mounted Constable... purcell philip Letter to Superintendent of Police from Mounted ...Letter to Superintendent of Police from Mounted Constable Philip Purcell, November 1864 about unlicensed charcoal burners on crown land.Letter to Superintendent of Police from Mounted Constable Philip Purcell, November 1864 about unlicensed charcoal burners on crown land.Letter to Superintendent of Police from Mounted Constable Philip Purcell, November 1864 about unlicensed charcoal burners on crown land.charcoal burning, bourke district - nunawading, purcell, philip -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph, Unknown
... Beechworth police superintendent (1854-1858) and explorer Robert... Beechworth police superintendent (1854-1858) and explorer Robert ...This undated photograph depicts two people standing in the vestibule entrance at the Burke Museum, Beechworth. The museum site dates to the 1857 founding of the Beechworth Public Library and Athenaeum by a newly formed Young Men's Association (YMA). In 1863 the museum was dedicated as a memorial to former Beechworth police superintendent (1854-1858) and explorer Robert O’Hara Burke, following Burke’s death from malnutrition on the Burke and Wills expedition in 1861. Funded by the Victorian Government and the Royal Society of Victoria, the officially titled 'Victorian Exploring Expedition' was tasked with being the first European party to traverse Australia from south to north. The Burke Museum holds objects from the famous expedition and explores the multi-layered history of Beechworth and surrounds from the gold rush era to the present.This photograph is historically significant for its depiction of the Burke Museum and Loch Street streetscape. The Burke Museum is Australia’s oldest regional museum and part of Beechworth's Historic and Cultural Precinct, one of Australia’s best preserved historic-town sites and a popular tourist destination. Once the government centre for a vast gold fields region, this collection of nationally significant buildings tells the story of how Australia grew and prospered. The frequent use of honey-coloured local granite as a building material, which can be seen in the museum's fabric, gives Beechworth’s historic buildings a distinct and cohesive local character. This photograph may be compared and studied alongside other images of historic buildings in the Burke Museum Photographic Collection.Rectangular colour photograph printed on photographic paper.Reverse: 3440burke museum, beechworth athenaeum, beechworth library, beechworth historic precinct, robert o'hara burke, australia's oldest regional museum, indigo shire, beechworth athanaeum, beechworth historic building, historic precinct, honey-coloured local granite, victorian gold fields, historic towns in victoria, victoria's high country, colonial australia, beechworth tourism, things to see in beechworth, beechworth historic trail, historic victorian architecture, burke and wills expedition, first europeans to cross australia, young men's associations -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Daniel Harvey Limited, 1937
... harvey Limited to the Superintendent of Police. An example... Daniel harvey Limited to the Superintendent of Police. An example ...A testimonial for William George Johnstone from Daniel harvey Limited to the Superintendent of Police. An example of the Daniel Harvey Letterhead listing types of machinery produced.A testimonial for William George Johnstone from Daniel harvey Limited to the Superintendent of Police. An example of the Daniel Harvey Letterhead listing types of machinery produced.A testimonial for William George Johnstone from Daniel harvey Limited to the Superintendent of Police. An example of the Daniel Harvey Letterhead listing types of machinery produced.agricultural machinery, daniel harvey, johnstone, william george -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph, c1999-2000
... to former Beechworth police superintendent (1854-1858) and explorer... to former Beechworth police superintendent (1854-1858) and explorer ...This photograph taken c1999/2000, depicts the Burke Museum’s granite façade and vestibule entrance. The museum's large red door is closed and there is a white sign is attached to the door. The museum site dates to the 1857 founding of the Beechworth Public Library and Athenaeum by a newly formed Young Men's Association (YMA). In 1863 the museum was dedicated as a memorial to former Beechworth police superintendent (1854-1858) and explorer Robert O’Hara Burke, following Burke’s death from malnutrition on the Burke and Wills expedition in 1861. Funded by the Victorian Government and the Royal Society of Victoria, the officially titled 'Victorian Exploring Expedition' was tasked with being the first European party to traverse Australia from south to north. The Burke Museum holds objects from the famous expedition and explores the multi-layered history of Beechworth and surrounds from the gold rush era to the present.This photograph is historically significant for its depiction of the Burke Museum c1999/2000. The Burke Museum is Australia’s oldest regional museum and part of Beechworth's Historic and Cultural Precinct, one of Australia’s best preserved historic-town sites and a popular tourist destination. Once the government centre for a vast gold fields region, this collection of nationally significant buildings tells the story of how Australia grew and prospered. The frequent use of honey-coloured local granite as a building material, which can be seen in the museum's fabric, gives Beechworth’s historic buildings a distinct and cohesive local character. This photograph captures this distinctive character and may be compared and studied alongside other images of historic buildings in the Burke Museum Photographic Collection.Rectangular colour photograph printed on photographic paper.Reverse: 7031 / Label: Burke Museum / 1999/2000 /burke museum, indigo shire, beechworth athanaeum, beechworth library, beechworth historic building, historic precinct, burke museum exhibition, from the liedertafel to the skating rink, honey-coloured local granite, robert o'hara burke, victorian gold fields, historic towns in victoria, colonial australia, liedertafel, colonial entertainments, beechworth brass band, historic victorian architecture, australia's oldest regional museum, burke and wills expedition, first europeans to cross australia, yound mens associations, beechworth tourism, things to see in beechworth, beechworth historic trail, young men's associations -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph
... in 1861, as Burke had been the Police Superintendent of Beechworth... in 1861, as Burke had been the Police Superintendent of Beechworth ...This photograph depicts the façade of the Burke Museum in Beechworth. Originally built in 1857 by the Young Men's Association as the Beechworth Athenaeum, the building provided a public lecture hall and reading room for men at the peak of the gold rush era of Beechworth. In 1859, it became the Beechworth Public Library, which is why the writing embossed above the main entry says 'Library' rather than 'Museum'. The building was turned into a museum and renamed the Robert O'Hara Burke Memorial Museum in 1863 following the death of Robert O'Hara Burke on the Burke and Wills expedition in 1861, as Burke had been the Police Superintendent of Beechworth. The museum has had several additions built onto the property, most notably significant extensions in the 1970s, but the main façade depicted in the photograph has remained largely intact. The architecture is an example of provincial conservative classicism. The Burke Museum contains over 30,000 individual objects, including Gold Rush era items, taxidermy specimens, a Ned Kelly collection, and this very photograph.The Burke Museum itself is very significant to Victorian history. It is on both the Victorian Heritage Register and is part of the National Trust due to its relevance to the history of the Gold Rush period, its architectural features, and its significant collection. Photographs of it throughout its history are an important part of telling the museum's story. Although this is a modern photograph, it captures the façade of the building with similarity to the mid-nineteenth-century provincial conservative classicism style.A colour rectangular photograph printed on photographic paper.3440.1burke museum, beechworth, beechworth museum, australian museum, museum, architecture, classical architecture, conservative classicism, museum facade, library -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - AHQ Survey Regiment Freedom of Entry Parade, 1970
... SB St J. .2) Photo, colour, unidentified Victorian police..., unidentified Victorian police Superintendent .3) Photo, black & white ...The Freedom of Entry to the City was an honour conferred by the Bendigo City Council to the AHQ Survey Regiment on the 20th of April 1970. The unit was granted for the first time the privilege of marching into the city with swords drawn, bayonets fixed and drums beating. The honour is usually bestowed upon local regiments, in recognition of their dedicated service, and it is common for military units to periodically exercise their freedom by arranging a parade through the city. The Freedom of Entry Parade occurred on the 14th of June 1970 led by the Regiment’s CO – LTCOL Bill Sprenger MID, MBE; the unit marched up View St in the CBD to the Queen Elizabeth II Oval. The ceremonial parade followed with a march past the guests of honour, Mayor of Bendigo Councillor Jeffrey and military dignitaries. The parade concluded after formal inspections of the troops. A ceremonial scroll was presented to the Bendigo City Council to the AHQ Survey Regiment citing the occasion and was proudly displayed in the entry foyer to Fortuna Villa up to October 2008. The Regiment continued to exercise its Freedom of Entry with anniversary parades in 1977, 1980, 1985, 1990 and 1995.These black and white and colour photographs of the AHQ Survey Regiment were taken on the occasion of the Freedom of Entry parade to the City of Bendigo on the 14th of June 1970. The photographs were printed on photographic paper and are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection. The photographs were scanned at 300 dpi. .1) Photo, black & white, L to R: RSM WO1 John Hogan, CO LTCOL Bill Sprenger MID, MBE; and 2IC MAJ Frank Thorogood SB St J. .2) Photo, colour, unidentified Victorian police Superintendent .3) Photo, black & white, L to R: RSM WO1 John Hogan, 2IC MAJ Frank Thorogood SB St J. and CO LTCOL Bill Sprenger MID, MBE. .4) Photo, colour, unidentified personnel .5) Photo, colour, L to R: unidentified, COL COMDT BRIG Don Macdonald MID, unidentified, CO LTCOL Bill Sprenger MID, MBE; and Mayor - Councillor Jeffrey. .6) Photo, black & white, L to R: unidentified, COL COMDT BRIG Don Macdonald MID, unidentified, CO LTCOL Bill Sprenger MID, MBE; and Mayor - Councillor Jeffrey. .7) Photo, black & white, L to R: unidentified, Mayor Councillor Jeffrey, COL COMDT BRIG Don Macdonald MID, unidentified and CO LTCOL Bill Sprenger MID, MBE. .8) Photo, black & white, L to R: unidentified, COL COMDT BRIG Don Macdonald MID, unidentified, CO LTCOL Bill Sprenger MID, MBE; and Mayor - Councillor Jeffrey. royal australian survey corps, rasvy, fortuna, army survey regiment, army svy regt, asr -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document, Public Transport Corporation (PTC), "Cars passing stationary trams", Jan 1992
... from the Chief Superintendent Transit Police, offences recorded... from the Chief Superintendent Transit Police, offences recorded ...Document or letter to the Director of Infrastructure Management (PTC) from the Manager of Protective Services about cars passing stationary trams. Dated 15/1/1992. Contains data, letter from the Chief Superintendent Transit Police, offences recorded, and outcomes. Originated from a 1991 memo from Manager Kew Depot. Yields information about the issue of motor cars passing stationary trams.Document or letter - 7 A4 sheets, stapled in top left hand corner - photocopied.ptc, tramways, kew depot, traffic control, police, motor cars -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newsletter - Senior constable Webb's watch
... as a Superintendent of Police and died in Melbourne. He was made an inspector... as a Superintendent of Police and died in Melbourne. He was made an inspector ...Richard John Webb (c. 1832-1906) was the Senior Constable of the Chinese Constabulary in Bendigo in the 1850's. He was promoted to Dunolly and the rank of Sergeant in late 1860. In 1864 he was made the keeper of the gunpowder magazine at Dunolly. He married Kate Corbett in 1867 and they had 3 children; James Ramsay (1868-1929),Annie Harriet (1869-1950) and Kate Margaret Irene (1874-1963). Neither of the girls married and James became a doctor. Following his time at Dunolly, Webb was transferred to Eaglehawk and thence to Gippsland where he served at Bairnsdale. He retired as a Superintendent of Police and died in Melbourne. He was made an inspector in the Metropolitan Police District in 1888 and the Inspector of Licensing for Gippsland in 1894.Article by Carol Holsworth that appeared in the newsletter of the golden dragon museum in April 2006 titled "Senior constable Webb' watch". Also, a letter from relatives and six photographs of the gold watch and a silver teapot.constable webb, watch, chinese museum -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph
... of the famous explorer and former Beechworth Superintendent of Police... of the famous explorer and former Beechworth Superintendent of Police ...This black and white photograph is estimated to have been taken c1900 inside the Burke Museum. Several objects part of the museum collection at the time can be seen, with a high number of Asian influence objects visible; potentially Chinese in origin, as several Chinese villages were located around Beechworth and across Spring Creek, from the mid 1800s. The Burke Museum is part of the Precinct of Beechworth, which was established upon the discovery of gold in 1852. Originally built as the Beechworth Athenaeum in 1857, the museum was later renamed to the Robert O'Hara Burke Memorial Museum, more commonly known as the Burke Museum, in honour of the famous explorer and former Beechworth Superintendent of Police, Robert O'Hara Burke, after his death in 1861 at Coopers Creek during the famed ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition.This photograph is contextually, historically and socially significant due to its connection to both the Burke Museum and Chinese culture in and around Beechworth during the mid-1800s through to 1900s. Around 4700 people of Chinese heritage lived at the Ovens goldfield by April of 1857, representing one-quarter of the entire population at the time. The object holds strong representativeness to the history of the Burke Museum and to the objects in its collection. Its interpretive capacity could be supported and enhanced with other photographs and objects in the collection. Collectively, these records and objects could provide an insight into the museum's collection and its relationship with the origins of the objects.Black and white rectangular photograph printed on paper. Unmounted; taped to paper. beechworth, spring creek, chinese, burke museum, immigration, chinese immigration, ovens goldfield, china, museum, robert o'hara burke, burke and wills expedition, burke and wills, goldfields -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, McPherson’s Printing Group, Burke & Wills, 2017
... was Superintendent of Police in Swan Hill in the 1860s. In the early 1840s... was Superintendent of Police in Swan Hill in the 1860s. In the early 1840s ...This book gives a comprehensive and scholarly account of the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition in Australia in 1860-1961. It is written by Peter Fitzsimons. The narrative includes the parts played in the expedition by two men who also had important connections to Warrnambool. One of these was Henry Foster who was Superintendent of Police in Swan Hill in the 1860s. In the early 1840s Henry Foster and Thomas Strong took up a run of 16.000 acres (St. Mary’s, Wangoom)). Their land was bounded on the south by the Southern Ocean, on the east by the Hopkins River, on the north by a fence from the Hopkins to the Merri Rivers and on the west by the Merri River and included the later surveyed site of the Warrnambool township. After Warrnambool was established Foster was able to retain 450 acres of the original run near Wangoom on the Hopkins River. He was active in Warrnambool’s early history, was a Justice of the Peace for the Belfast (Port Fairy) district in the late 1840s and his portrait is on the Warrnambool Pioneer Honour Board. The other local Warrnambool personality mentioned in the Burke and Wills book is Richard Bennett, in the 1860s, the manager of several large farming properties in N.S.W., including Canally Station on the Murrumbidgee where he came into contact with the expedition leaders. In the Warrnabool district Bennett was well-known from the 1870s to his death in 1904 as the proprietor of wool-scouring establishments on the Shaw River and at Dennington and as a public campaigner for local coal exploration, for artesian bore drilling and for numerous other projects, including the development of the local wool industry. His portrait is also on the Warrnambool Pioneer Honour Board. This book is retained as an account of an important event in Australia’s history and because it has several references to two men (Henry Foster and Richard Bennett) who also played a part in Warrnambool’s history. This is a hard cover book of 700 pages. The cover is black with gold printing on the spine and the dust cover has a cream background with light brown and black printing, black and white photographs and sepia-coloured sketches. The contents include a List of Maps, Dramatis Personae, Background and Acknowledgements, Prologue, 18 Chapters, Epilogue, Endnotes, Bibliography and Index. The pages contain maps, sketches and black and white and colour photographs. australian exploration, burke and wills expedition, richard bennett, warrnambool, henry foster, st. mary’s wangoom, history of warrnambool -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph - Lantern Slide, c1900
Chiltern Pharmacy, now called Dow's Pharmacy, opened in 1859 at a time when the township of Chiltern was experiencing a second-wave gold rush that redistributed the balance of commercial and social activity in the region. David McEwan, father of Prime Minister John McEwan, was one of the first pharmacists practicing at the business. It was purchased in 1929 by pharmacist Hilda Dow who ran the business with her apprentice and husband, Roy Dow, until they closed the business in 1968. In 1988, after founding the North East branch of the National Trust, the Dows donated the premises with its entire fittings and stock. Some of the more than 4,000 items in stock at the time of closure in 1968 were present in the shop when the Dows took charge in 1929 and date to the late Nineteenth Century (around the time this image was taken). Hilda Dow (nee Grey) was born in 1897, the daughter of a police magistrate. She enrolled to study at the Victorian College of Pharmacy in 1919 and worked initially for Poynton's Pharmacy in Morwell before purchasing the Chiltern Pharmacy that was later named after her. She was a member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Victoria, a hospital committee and Board, the Red Cross and the Infant Welfare Association and held office for the Chiltern branch of the Country Women's Association. Her sister Helene Grey received an OBE for her work as Lady Superintendent of the Royal Melbourne Hospital. Although Hilda Dow was not Australia's first female pharmacist (this was Caroline Copp in 1880) the preservation of the pharmacy and the stories it presents sheds light on the general issue of recognition for female medical pioneers in Australia. Lantern slides, sometimes called 'magic lantern' slides, are glass plates on which an image has been secured for the purpose of projection. Glass slides were etched or hand-painted for this purpose from the Eighteenth Century but the process became more popular and accessible to the public with the development of photographic-emulsion slides used with a 'Magic Lantern' device in the mid-Nineteenth Century. Photographic lantern slides comprise a double-negative emulsion layer (forming a positive image) between thin glass plates that are bound together. A number of processes existed to form and bind the emulsion layer to the base plate, including the albumen, wet plate collodion, gelatine dry plate and woodburytype techniques. Lantern slides and magic lantern technologies are seen as foundational precursors to the development of modern photography and film-making techniques.This image is significant as it provides insight into social and commercial infrastructure available in the North-East region of Victoria in the late Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries. The business pictured is also associated with a Prime Minister of Victoria and some of Victoria's first female medical and pharmaceutical practitioners. Thin translucent sheet of glass with a circular image printed on the front and framed in a black backing. It is held together by metals strips to secure the edges of the slide.burke museum, beechworth, lantern slide, slide, glass slide, plate, burke museum collection, photograph, monochrome, hilda dow, roy dow, chiltern pharmacy, dow's pharmacy, chiltern, indigo shire, north east victoria, history of pharmacies, women in pharmacy, women in medicine, women in business, david mcewan, john mcewan, national trust, national trust victoria, north-east victoria national trust, heritage buildings, industrial heritage, helene grey, pharmaceutical society of victoria, victorian college of pharmacy, country women's association, caroline copp, royal melbourne hospital, red cross, infant welfare association