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Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionMedal - Medal - Public Criers of Victoria Guild 9th State Championships, n.d
... Championships' Back: 'SYD CUFFE PORTLAND GLENELG SHIRE'...Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Medal, brass, round, 'wreath' border on front, black centre, with inscription. Attacheed to green and blue striped ribbonFront: 'Public Criers of Victoria Guild 9th State Championships' Back: 'SYD CUFFE PORTLAND GLENELG SHIRE' -
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Postcard - Postcard - Glenelg Shire Municipal Buildings, c. 1984
... Cliff Street Portland great-ocean-road Portland Glenelg Shire ...Postcards (4) oversized, full colour with white boarder on heavy card (silkscreen) Image of new municipal offices and Old Town Hall (History House). Colour and number of flowers vary between postcards.Front: 'Portland Town Council Old Town Hall 1863 - 1969 The Municipal Offices 1984 Printed by CSP Design Studios' - All printed in blackportland, glenelg shire, municipal, civic -
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Document - Message from the Shire president, Heywood, Victoria, 1994
... , Heywood government restructure Heywood Portland Glenelg Shire ...'Bower Bird' Museum, HeywoodSingle page document, folded in three for posting. Message from 'Shire' President regarding restructure of local Government in Victoria. Shire of Heywood - Regarding restructure, 1994Front: Back - Label with 'Savill VAM and GJ Estate' Smith Street Heywood 3304 - printed on itgovernment restructure, heywood, portland, glenelg shire -
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Functional object - Foot Warmer, Hecla Electrics Pty Ltd, c. 1920
... Glenelg Shire Council Electrical Foot Warmer Heating Hecla ...From Museum Victoria: Made in about 1927 by Hecla Electrics Pty Ltd and sold under the model name 'Foot Warma'. The foot warmer was made from the late 1920s until the 1950s and did not change substantially in design during this time. The Hecla brand name and logo was registered in 1918 by Clarence Marriott. It was inspired by the recent eruption of Iceland's volcano Mt Heckla. Clarence and his father James were metal workers who had made Australia's first carbon filament electric radiators in 1899, and also built an early steam car. As electricity use exploded in the 1920s and 1930s, 'Hecla' became a household name in Melbourne. They made a wide range of appliances for the home, and supplied commercial appliances to cafés, hospitals and offices. In 1927, the company shifted from small premises in the city to a bigger, electric-powered factory in South Yarra. Hecla had no retail stores of its own - instead it sold products through wholesalers and retailers, including the State Electricity Commission (SEC). The company promoted its goods through advertisements in home magazines and displays in shop windows, home shows and the 1935 All-Electricity Exhibition. A popular advertising slogan in the 1930s was 'Hecla household helps make happy healthy housewives!'. Hecla ceased manufacturing in Melbourne in the 1980s.Documentation of how people lived and is an example of early domestic electrical appliances. From Museum Victoria: Hecla Electrics Pty Ltd were a significant Melbourne manufacturing company, who became a household name in the 1920s making small electric appliances such as heaters and kettles. They also made a variety of other electrical appliances for domestic, commercial and military use. The company manufactured electric appliances in Melbourne from about 1922 until the 1980s, although Clarence Marriott, who formed the company, had begun making radiators with his father James in 1899. The company had a reputation for quality products. The company also played an important role within the Australian domestic and commercial appliance industry, both as a leading innovator and through its role in training skilled staff, many of whom went on to work for competitors such as Kambrook, Electrolux and Sunbeam. This electric coffee percolator represents the typical small domestic appliance that the Hecla company was famous for. Along with other items in the Hecla Collection, it highlights the diversity of electric appliances that the company made. This object also highlights the legacy of high quality design and metal construction work that Clarence and James established for the company, stemming from their early work as talented art metal workers. It also represents the first major period of the take-up of electricity use in the home. This take-up began in the 1920s and 1930s with the use of small appliances, and by the 1950s electricity had become commonplace in the home, and large appliances such as refrigerators and stoves became standard.Square metal object. The top surface is heavy cast iron and patterned with floral motifs. In the centre is a circle with the words ' Hecla Foot Warma' inside. Under the top is a black metal base with two feet at either end which extend the length of the base. The back foot is higher than the front foot. There is a circular disk from which extends the electrical cord. The cord is brown and white checks. At the end of the cord is a plug on which is printed 250V AMP S.2 EARTH 5. The plug is brown and made from Bakelite. On the base is a rectangular label which has words printed - HECLA Australia.Top: HECLA/-FOOT-/WARMA Base: Volts / 230/250 / WATTS / 80 / HECLA / Australia / CAT. NO. F26domestic, city of portland, glenelg shire council, electrical, foot warmer, heating, hecla, manufacture -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionFunctional object - Box of Matches - Bryant & May, Bryant & May, 1940s
... Manufacure Industry 1940s Domestic Portland Glenelg Shire Melbourne ...The Bryant & May factory was located in Richmond, Melbourne and was a typical red-brick Victorian factory. It manufactured matches throughout the 20th century but had adopted the brand name - Redheads - by 1946.Bryant & May was a significant Quaker owned business which was founded in the mid 1800s in the UK. They spread to various countries including Australia where they produced the Crown Safety Matches during the early 1900s through to the 1940s when they took the brand name Red Heads. The factory in Richmond is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register. Rectangular carboard box. Wrapped in light brown paper. The top of the box has a coloured label fixed onto it. The label is mainly navy blue and red with white text. The label has the words ' Bryant & May's Safety Matches' printed on it. There is a picture of a crown in the centre in an oval. The box is unopened. There are several smaller boxes of matches inside. On the opposite side to the label there is text written in a black marker pen.Top: Bryant & May's / Crown / Made in Australia / Safety Matches / 1/3 Under: From / Leighton & Margaret Buzzard / 4.2.88 Side: Strike One Side / 1940saustralian manufacure, industry, 1940s, domestic, portland, glenelg shire, melbourne, richmond, bryant & may -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionLeisure object - Playing Cards - Old King Cole, n.d
... Portland Glenelg Shire Collection Nursery Rhyme Children Front ...Early 1900s play card game based on the Nursery Rhyme - Old King Cole.Set of playing cards in a white and red carboard box. The box is white in colour with red text and an image in red of the head of a king. He has a beard and is wearing a crown. 50 playing cards plus 1 with game rules. Top half of box detachedFront - Old King Cole / Playing Cardsgame, games, toys, cards, playing cards, leisure time, portland, glenelg shire collection, nursery rhyme, children -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionFunctional object - Tobacco Cutter, McMillan, 1900-1940
... Glenelg Shire Cigarette Pipe McMillan A timber and cast iron ...This type of tobacco cutter was used to cut plugs of tobacco suitable for pipes. It was an important piece of equipment for smokers until ready made cigarettes became more widely available.Tobacco cutters were regularly in use before pre-made cigarettes became more readily available.A timber and cast iron guillotine style tobacco cutter. A rectangular timber base on which sites a cast iron stand and cutter. The cutter has a timber board (striking plate)for cutting the tobacco on. The wooden base has evidence of non-active bora. The striking plate for cutting seems to have the name of a manufacturer on it.McMillansmoking, tobacco, mcmillan, portland, glenelg shire, cigarette, pipe -
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Functional object - Primus Stove
... . Cooking Stove Camping Portland Glenelg Shire On the top ...Primus stove used for camping or outdoor activities.Cast iron stove. Round metal base with three legs at equal distances around it. In the centre of the base and legs is a cylinder with an open top. It has a fluted rim. Inside there is an inner cylinder with the word 'TOP' on it. The three legs and a circular metal ring attached. To one side of the base is a metal tube with a circular know for turning. On the opposite side is another cylindrical cannister which looks to have been used for fuel. On the top of the objects is a circular trivet top for cooking on.On the top of the base plate - No 810 Underneath the base plate a list of patentscooking, stove, camping, portland, glenelg shire -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionFunctional object - Pocket Lighter Wicks
... Accessories Men's Fashion Portland Glenelg Shire 1 Doz. / Pocket ...Spare wicks were required for pocket lighters which used lighter fluid and had in built wicks.A set of 5 cotton wicks encased in a paper wrapper. The top of the wicks are visible over the paper wrapper. The wrapper is cream coloured with red lettering on it.1 Doz. / Pocket Lighter Wicks / Australia Madesmoking, cigarettes, wicks, accessories, men's fashion, portland, glenelg shire -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionFunctional object - Lighter Wick, Mini Fox
... cigarette lighter Fashion Accessory Portland Glenelg Shire smoking ...This lighter wick would have been part of a lighter with the wick in built. It would have operated with lighter fluid. Helps to tell the story of male accessories and fashion.Silver coloured metal cylindrical lighter wick. The base of the cylinder has several rows of dotted patters around the circumference. The base is slightly rusted. It is pencil-shaped at the top and has a cotton wick coming out of the top opening. The base has a makers mark stamped on attributing it to Mini Fox.Patent / Mini Fox / Made in Austriacigarette, cigarette lighter, fashion, accessory, portland, glenelg shire, smoking -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionFunctional object - Kodak Film Tank, Kodak, c. 1918
... . photography Kodak Portland Glenelg Shire Film Developing film ...This type of film developing tank was developed by Kodak in 1913. It was designed to allow the user to develop film in the daylight. The cylindrical tank inside the box with the dark apron surrounding it protected the film from the light. This model was 'Model 2' and Brownie size. The instruction booklet is dated to 1918.This objects helps to tell the story of photography as a hobby. It is an early example of a portable film developing which allowed the user to develop film in the daylight. It shows advancement in the technologies available to the hobby photographer.Rectangular timber box and lid. The lid has red lettering ' Kodak Film Tank'. The container part of the box has dovetail joints and a slight lip at the bottom where the base is larger than box. The box contains 2 metal turning handles, a cylindrical film tank and a metal tool which has a circular top end and a slight hook at the opposite end. The inside of the tank is painted black. The box also contains an instruction booklet. At the inside base of the box there is a paper leaflet pasted to the bottom. It has printed important and caution information on it as well as diagrams.Film / Kodak / Tankphotography, kodak, portland, glenelg shire, film, developing, film developing, hobbies, leisure, photographer -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionFunctional object - Cigarette Case, early 1900s
... Glenelg Shire Silver coloured cigarette case. Opens in a clam ...Cigarette cases were first used during the 19th century. At first they were basic, utilitarian items but during the Victorian era manufacturers began to decorate them, some very ornately. Materials such as sterling silver was used and the cigarette case became a fashion accessory.This cigarette case highlights the time when cigarettes were a common item for many people, especially men, to use. They are part of the history of functional items designed to be a fashion accessory.Silver coloured cigarette case. Opens in a clam shell design. The metal is tarnished and discoloured. It is a simple design with a vertical indented line running vertically from the top to the bottom of the case on the right and left side. This is on both the front and back o the case.cigarette, cigarette case, smoking, accessory, fashion, male accessory, portland, glenelg shire -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionFunctional object - World War II Gas Mask, 1939-1945
... Second World War Adult Gas Mask Military Portland Glenelg Shire ...This gas mask was the standard issue gas mask for the Australian Army prior to and going into the Second World War. The mask featured two eye pieces made out of splinter-less glass which were removable to allow for decontamination of the mask without damaging the splinter-less glass eye pieces. The filter box was manufactured by Willow in Melbourne. The mask features a tissot system, which uses air provided by the intake assembly to defog the eyepieces. Air breathed out passes directly through the outlet valve which was designed work as voice membrane in order to enhance the speech of the user Unknown to most is that the GSR series of masks were manufactured in Australia rather than being imported from the United Kingdom. This was mainly due to the long travel distance between the UK and Australia, as well as the fact that the UK could not afford to give out masks during the war. The majority of the masks were manufactured at the Commonwealth Ordnance Facility Maribyrnong in Melbourne.This mask is representative of Australian manufacture during WWII. It is part of the story of Australian military history.Gas mas with dark coloured rubber mask. The back of the mask has elastic harness with 6 straps. They can be tightened or loosened to fit. The front of the mask has two large glass eye pieces with metal rims and a metal outlet valve. A concertina fabric and rubber tube leads from the outlet valve to a reddish brown box which is the filter. One side of the mask has the word 'Normal' stamped into it.Mask: NORMAL (on left side) / DPR 12/40 (right side) Back of harness: No. 4 III / 5-11-49 Filter canister: No 4A / 1940 / E VIwar, wwii, world war two, second world war, adult gas mask, military, portland, glenelg shire, army -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionFunctional object - Veterinary Syringe, 1900s
... Clinic Rural Agriculture Farming Portland Glenelg Shire Plunger ...This syringe would have been used by a vet to administer drugs and medicines to animals.The Glenelg Shire has a strong farming industry and community. Vets were and still are invaluable to the community. This was donated by a worker at Portland Veterinary ClinicGrey mottled cardboard box containing a silver coloured syringe. There are also four needles. The syringe and needles are on cotton wool. The syringe has three circular rings at the top. Two are attached to the main body of the syringe and the third is attached to the plunger. The plunger has numerical measurements on it. The end of the syringe can be screwed off in order to place in the needle required.Plunger: 0 2 4 6 8 10 rural, agriculture, farming, portland, glenelg shire -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionFunctional object - Veterinary Syringe, 1900s
... Clinic Rural Agriculture Farming Portland Glenelg Shire Plunger ...This syringe would have been used by a vet to administer drugs and medicines to animals.The Glenelg Shire has a strong farming industry and community. Vets were and still are invaluable to the community. This was donated by a worker at Portland Veterinary ClinicStainless steel syringe. The syringe has three circular rings at the top. Two are attached to the main body of the syringe and the third is attached to the plunger. The plunger has numerical measurements on it. The end of the syringe can be screwed off in order to place in the needle required.Plunger: 0 2 4 6 8 10 rural, agriculture, farming, portland, glenelg shire -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionClothing - Apron - Blacksmith, 1900s
... Glenelg Shire Brown leather apron. Leather neck strap with metal ...A leather apron would have been worn as a protective garment by blacksmiths. It would have helped to them from sparks and other hazards whilst they were working. Early businesses in Portland included a blacksmith. This would have been vital to the town and its development. Although the provenance of the apron is unknown it is possible that this belonged to a Portland blacksmith.Brown leather apron. Leather neck strap with metal. Metal buckle to the side. Rope pieces have been added where the original leather straps have broken off. Bottom right corner has a triangular shaped rip which has been mended and sewn back together. The leather is fairly brittle with marks and stains on it.blacksmith, leather, leather working, protective clothing, portland, glenelg shire -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionFunctional object - Bottle - demijohn, Early 1900s
... Portland Glenelg Shire... business in Portland and the Glenelg Shire. This would have been ...This kind of container would have been used in the early 1900s for carrying liquids. Sometimes wines and beers would be fermented in them. This objects is part of the history fo small business in Portland and the Glenelg Shire. This would have been used for the purchasing of liquids from grocery stores or for home fermentation of wines.Large glazed stoneware bottle with cork stopper. The bottom of the bottle up to the shoulder is a light cream colour. From the shoulder upwards the colour is a darker camel colour. Around the next of the bottle there is a sturdy piece of string and a cork stopper in the top.container, demijohn, liquid, portland glenelg shire, ] -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionBooklet, Tillotsons (Bolton) Ltd, Fortunes From Eggs, 1919
... Glenelg Shire Chicken A non-fiction book with information about ...A non-fiction book with information about rare breeds of poultry and how to care for and farm poultry128 page booklet. The front cover is brown card with a coloured imaged of a white cockerel on the front. The bird stands in front of some greenery. It is a white bird with red comb. To the bottom left of the image is the work ' poultry' and underneath the image on the cover are the words ' White Leghorn Cockerel'. The bottom right of the front cover has a circle of damage where something may have been spilled. Inside the book the text is printed in black lettering. There are some black and white images and in the middle of the booklet are a number of colour illustrations. non-fictionA non-fiction book with information about rare breeds of poultry and how to care for and farm poultryfarming, birds, poultry, agriculture, hobby farminh, portland, glenelg shire, chicken -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionFunctional object - Veterinary Syringe - needle, 1900s
... Clinic Rural Agriculture Farming Portland Glenelg Shire STAINLESS ...This syringe would have been used by a vet to administer drugs and medicines to animals.The Glenelg Shire has a strong farming industry and community. Vets were and still are invaluable to the community. This was donated by a worker at Portland Veterinary ClinicMetal needle for use with a syringeSTAINLESS rural, agriculture, farming, portland, glenelg shire -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionFunctional object - Veterinary Syringe - needle, 1900s
... Clinic Rural Agriculture Farming Portland Glenelg Shire STAINLESS ...This syringe would have been used by a vet to administer drugs and medicines to animals.The Glenelg Shire has a strong farming industry and community. Vets were and still are invaluable to the community. This was donated by a worker at Portland Veterinary ClinicMetal needle for use with a syringeSTAINLESS rural, agriculture, farming, portland, glenelg shire -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionFunctional object - Veterinary Syringe - needle, 1900s
... Clinic Rural Agriculture Farming Portland Glenelg Shire STAINLESS ...This syringe would have been used by a vet to administer drugs and medicines to animals.The Glenelg Shire has a strong farming industry and community. Vets were and still are invaluable to the community. This was donated by a worker at Portland Veterinary ClinicMetal needle for use with a syringeSTAINLESS rural, agriculture, farming, portland, glenelg shire -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionFunctional object - Torch, Ever Ready, mid 1900s
... . Light Torch Lighting Portland Glenelg Shire Lid light: FY ...In the 1890s, American Ever-Ready Company founder Conrad Hubert invented the electric flash light which worked with his dry cell batteries . The first Ever Ready flash light was patented in 1898. The first portable flashlights were hand-made from crude paper and fibre tubes, with a bulb and a rough brass reflector. Because batteries were weak and bulbs primitive, flashlights of the era produced only a brief flash of light- thus the name. This torch is named a Bullseye because of the glass lens at the top.This torch helps to interpret the development of lighting. The collection of whale oil lamps as well as gas and electric lighting. Silver coloured metal torch. It has a body and a lid/top. The body is hip flask shaped. On the side of the body is a silver coloured metal button which can be slid up and down. On both the front and back of the body and the top centre are tow small raised circles. The top, which can be removed has a glass dome on it. The inside of the body has a small piece of contact metal where the slide button on the outside turn the torch on and off. In the centre at the top there is the light bulb. The base of the body can also be removed. The base has the makers mark EVER READY stamped on it.Lid light: FY (within a diamond shape) / PATENT 40092 Base: EVER READYlight, torch, lighting, portland, glenelg shire -
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Souvenir - Envelope - First Day Cover, Jun-04
... cancelled 16 June 2004, at Portland. Glenelg Shire logo, bottom... cent stamp cancelled 16 June 2004, at Portland. Glenelg Shire ...Envelope, 1st Day Cover, first use of the whale post mark in 2004. Photo of whale breaching, on left, 50 cent stamp cancelled 16 June 2004, at Portland. Glenelg Shire logo, bottom right.first day cover, stationery, souvenir, shale, portland -
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Photograph - Photograph - Portland Library, 09/10/1999
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Coloured photo. Portland Library, outside verandah. Bicycle and a dog near windows.Front: '99 10 9'portland library, glenelg shire council, council service -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionBook, Hydrographer of the Navy, The Antarctic Pilot, 1974
... Maritime Nautical Antarctica Portland Glenelg Glenelg Shire Vessel ...A reference book detailing the coast and islands of AntarcticaNavy blue hardback book. Gold lettering on the front cover and spine. There is a splash of dirt on the bottom lefthand corner of the front cover. The top of the spine is slightly ripped. It describes the coasts of Antarctica and surrounding islands.non-fictionA reference book detailing the coast and islands of Antarcticanaval, navigation, maritime, nautical, antarctica, portland, glenelg, glenelg shire, vessel, research -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionTextile, Trevor Smith, Leafy Sea Dragon, 2019
... Coordinator at the Glenelg Shire Council. Trevor Smith ...South Australian textile artist Trevor Smith was taught to crochet by his mother Jean in the 1960s. After training in sculpture, he returned to crochet after participating in a Regional Arts Victoria project in 2009. His quirky and inventive crochet sculptures stem from his interest in costume, characters, fashion, culture and history and push the boundaries of crochet in a move from functional items to creative artworks. Trevor has exhibited in various museums and galleries including the Art Gallery of Ballarat. Trevor Smith once held the role of Collections Coordinator at the Glenelg Shire Council.Crochet sculpture of a Leafy Sea Dragon. The Sea Dragon is on an oval, crochet background. It is two shades of green with the darker shade being the inner oval surrounded by a larger oval in a lighter shade of green. A brown sea dragon is on top of the oval. Crochet 'leafy' parts on the dragon's body and legs.portland, glenelg, glenelg shire cultural collection, great southern reef, marine, marine biology, crochet, craft -
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Financial record - Cheque Book - Portland Free Library, 1947-1948
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Front: '229' stampportland free library, glenelg shire council archives, cheque, finance, payments -
Ballarat Heritage ServicesPhotograph - Digital photograph, Lisa Gervasoni, Portland, Victoria, c2015
... Office goldfields portland heritage building glenelg shire canon ...Colour photograph of a cannon at Portland, Victoria.portland, heritage, building, glenelg shire, canon -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.Document, McLeod Immigrants wall Portland, 2015
This is a brochure commemorating the arrival in Australia of John and Isabella McLeod and the unveiling of a plaque at the Immigrants Wall in Portland in 2015. The Immigrants Wall is located in Bentinck Street in Portland, Victoria and was a Glenelg Shire Bicentenary Project to enable descendants of those who first set foot on Australian soil at Portland to commemorate this event by placing a memorial plaque on the wall. John and Isabella McLeod were two of these immigrants to come to Portland in 1854. They came from the Isle of Raasay in Scotland and they and their families settled in areas around Warrnambool (Purnim, Port Fairy, Framlingham, Rosebrook etc)This brochure is of some interest as giving some information on John and Isabella McLeod and their families who came to Portland in 1854 and settled in areas around Warrnambool. These McLeods are ancestors of Graeme McLeod, a Warrnambool and District Historical Society memberThis is an A3 sheet folded three times. It has printed information on the Immigrants Wall at Portland and on John and Isabella McLeod. The front page has an outline of the McLeod tartan and the clan badge. The pages include colour photographs and a McLeod family tree.Front page: ‘McLeod, John & Isabella, Commemoration of arrival in Australia, 1854, 7 June 2015, Immigrants Wall, Portland’john and isabella mcleod, immigrants wall, portland, warrnambool -
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Photograph - Photograph - Lou Moulton's Farewell from Portland Harbour Trust, n.d
Back: Lou Moulton's farewell (lower left, pen)port of portland
