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Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionPhotograph - Photograph - J.J. Couch, n.d
... Portland Town Council Collection... Portland Town Council Collection Black and white formal portrait ...Portland Town Councilportland town council collection -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionFunctional object - Box of sealing wax, n.d
... Possibly from the Portland Town Council collection.... the Portland Town Council collection. Artefacts relating ...Possibly from the Portland Town Council collection.Artefacts relating to the Portland Town Council represent the history of the Glenelg Shire and how it came to be. The Glenelg Shire Council was established by an Order-in-Council under the Local Government Act 1989, published in the Victorian Government Gazette S63 on 23 September 1994. Three councils were amalgamated, the City of Portland and the Shires of Glenelg and Heywood, to form the new Glenelg Shire.Cardboard box containing 11 full sticks and 5 partial sticks of sealing wax. Sealing wax embossed with maker detailsFront: Orange and yellow paper label on top. S. Maw, Son and Sons Fine sealing wax Crest in centre with London Englandportland town council, local government, glenelg shire, administration -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionPrint, Albert Henry Fullwood, Portland Victoria, c. 1886
NilScene of Portland Harbour. View includes people walking on beaches, jetties, moored boats (some with sails, some without). Upper centre of image shows a town, with a church to the right. To the left centre is a planned garden with people promenading. In foreground is empty land with a few seagulls. A train track enters the image on bottom centre. Print is predominantly in shades of blue, grey and brown. Mounted in dark cream matt, in wooden frame with glass.Front: A. Hy Fullwood (lower left, grey paint) "Portland Victoria" A. H. Fullwood 1836-1930 (printed below image) Back: (no inscriptions) -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph, Island Park Oval, Casterton, n.d
SOURCED FROM CASTERTON TOWN HALL (FORMER SHIRE OF GLENELG)Black and white photo of Island Park Oval, CastertonBack: 'Island Park oval' - green biro, handwrittencasterton, island park oval -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph, Glenelg Manufacturing Co, c. 1963
SOURCED FROM CASTERTON TOWN HALL (FORMER SHIRE OF GLENELG)Black and white photograph. Glenelg Manufacturing Co. Pty. Ltd building, Casterton. This was originally Casterton Flour Mill.Back: 'Glenelg manufacturing Co. Pty Ltd (originally Casterton flour mill) handwritten in blue biro Blue biro line, arrowed both ends, drawn across photo, '3"' above lineglenelg manufacturing co, casterton flour mill -
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Photograph, Poolaigelo Memorial Hall, c. 1963
SOURCED FROM CASTERTON TOWN HALL (FORMER SHIRE OF GLENELG)Black and white photo. Poolaigelo Memorial Hall, same view as 7182Back: Black stamp- 003755casterton, poolaigelo memorial hall -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Souvenir - Dish, Casterton Town Hall Dish, n.d
White china dish with view of Casterton Town Hall, scalloped edges.Back: Makers stamp Victoria Made in Bohemia Fine China -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph, Casterton High School, c. 1963
SOURCED FROM CASTERTON TOWN HALL (FORMER SHIRE OF GLENELG)Black and white photo of Casterton High School, different view from 7158Back: Black stamp '001520'casterton, casterton high school -
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Photograph - PHOTOGRAPHY, Casterton Hospital, c. 1963
SOURCED FROM CASTERTON TOWN HALL (FORMER SHIRE OF GLENELG)Black and white photo. View of Casterton Hospital, fence with seat in front of it.Back: Black stamp - 008755casterton, casterton hospital -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph, Casterton Youth Centre, c. 1963
SOURCED FROM CASTERTON TOWN HALL (FORMER SHIRE OF GLENELG)Black and white photo, front view of Casterton Youth CentreBack: 'Youth Centre Cast.' handwritten, blue biro. Blue biro arrowed both ends, line drawn across photo. 3" written above linecasterton, casterton youth centre -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph, Nun's Beach Harbour, n.d
Black and white photo taken from edge of cliff near lighthouse, looking south, Nun's Beach, harbour, town of PortlandBack: 'Portland from the Lighthouse' - handwritten in black ink. '10' in pencil -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Pamphlet - Programme, Back to Portland Celebrations Programme, Nov-49
Back to Portland celebrations.Official programme, Back to Portland Celebrations, Nov. 1949, held on the occasion of the Proclamation of Portland as a Town, by His Excellency, Gen. Sir Dallas Brooks, Governor of Victoria. Cream card, black print, both sides, folded in half.sir dallas brooks, back to portland -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Functional object - Addressing Machine, n.d
Displayed at HH. Portland Town CouncilAddressing machine -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionPhotograph - Photograph - interior of Town Hall, Portland, Yeoman & Co., Melbourne, c. 1910
Displayed in History House. Portland Town Council?Sepia photograph of interior of room with wooden floors and ceiling. Pale-coloured walls. Three tall arched windows on each side (left and right) and fireplace in centre of rear wall. Single central light suspended from ceiling. Paintings and framed photographs on wall, wooden benches along 3 walls and at front left and right, with large central table and 10 chairs in centre of room. Mounted on buff card with decorative stencil.Front: Yeoman & Co. Extra copies can always be obtained. Royal Arcade melbourne. (ink stamp, centre right). Back: Yeoman & Co. The popular photographers, Royal Arcade Melbourne. [.....] Prahran, Richmond, Carlton and South Melbourne (purple ink stamp, centre left).portland town hall, local government, administration -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Artwork, other - Newspaper, Copy of the First Portland Guardian, published August 20th 1842, 1842
From Trove and Wikipedia: The Portland Guardian was a weekly newspaper published between 1842 and 1964 in the seaport town of Portland, Victoria, Australia. It was known as the Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser from 1842 to 1876. It was founded by Thomas Wilkinson and James Swords, and was the second newspaper to be launched in country Victoria. It was eventually absorbed by local rival Portland Observer, with the final issue appearing on 26 March 1964.Newspaper page framed between 2 panes of glass in a wooden frame formed by 4 cross-bars of wood.portland guardian, newspaper, 1800s, 1842 -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Aged Care Facility Casterton, c. 1963
Sourced from Casterton Town HallBack: 'Old Folks Home Casterton' - handwritten, green biro -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Casterton Post Office, c. 1963
Sourced from Casterton Town Hall (Former Shire of Glenelg)Back: Black stamp, '003826' -
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Print, View of Early Portland, 1890-1900
Displayed in window of History House, 1991-2006. Given by Betty Wilson to her husband, Murray J. Wilson.View of a town on a harbour with piers. Two steam ships-one berthed at a pier, another in the bay, centre left. Small sailing craft in harbour; people on beach and cliff tops. Black and white lithograph. Mounted in matt.Front: (no inscriptions) Back: (no inscriptions) Murry J. Wilson/from E. Wilson (cursive handwriting, blue pen. Taken from back of frame and a fixed in Mylar to back of mount) -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionPrint - Prints, Reproductive - Set, (Untitled - Historic Portland Buildings), 1974
On Display at History HouseWall hanging set of 5 black and white prints of Historic Portland Buildings. Each print in a black and gold frame, print covered with glass. The five prints connected with green braided cord. Steampacket Inn Foresters Hall Old Town Hall Court House H.M. Customs -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, George L. Craik et al, The Pictorial History of England, Vol. VII, 1792-1801, 1846
History of EnglandLight brown coloured leather-bound spine and cover corners. Paper-covered board covers with greens red and ochre marbling. Gold lettering and gold graphics on spine.History of Englandenglish history, 1992 to 1801 -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, George L. Craik et al, The Pictorial History of England, Vol. V, 1760-1784, 1846
Light brown coloured leather-bound spine and cover corners. Paper-covered board covers with greens red and ochre marbling. Gold lettering and gold graphics on spine.english history, 1760 to 1784 -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Susan Warner, The House in Town, c. 1892
Blue cloth binding over carboard covers, with title in gold at top edge. Man riding a chariot with four horses depicted in a roundel at lower edge of cover, with details in gold. 200 pp.childrens fiction, fiction, women authors -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionBook, Henry Smith William, LLD, Historians History of the World. Vol I-XXV, 1908
Leather bound black spine and cover corners with green cloth-covered board covers. Gold lettering and gold graphics on spine. Set contains volumes I-XXV, catalogued as 438.1 - 438.25. Vol I: Egypt & Mesopotamia (438.1); Vol II: Israel-Persia India-Pheonicia Asia-Minor (438.2); Vol III: Greece to the Peloponnesian War (438.3); Vol IV: Greece to the Roman Conquest (438.4); Vol V: The Roman Republic (438.5); Vol VI: Early Roman Empire (438.6); Vol VII: The Later Roman (438.7); Vol VIII: Arabs Crusades Papacy (438.8); Vol IX: Italy (438.9); Vol XI: France 843-1715 (438.11); Vol XII: France 1715-1815 (438.12); Vol XIII: France since 1815. Netherlands (438.13); Vol XIV: Netherlands. Germany (438.14); Vol XV: Germany (continued) (438.15); Vol. XXIII. The United States. Spanish America (438.23); Vol. XXIV. Turkey. Minor Eastern States. China. Japan (438.24).history, world history -
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Postcard - Postcard - Sail Boarding at Portland Town Beach, n.d
Coloured postcard of several wind-surfers(sail boarders) in Portland Harbour off Henty Beach , Trawler Wharf and Fisherman's Breakwater in Background. Postcard has rounded corners. This is the same image as 5100a & b -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Postcard - Postcard - Sail Boarding at Portland Town Beach, n.d
Coloured postcard of several wind-surfers(sail boarders) in Portland Harbour off Henty Beach , Trawler Wharf and Fisherman's Breakwater in Background. Postcard has rounded corners. This is the same image as 5100a & b -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Chambers' Encyclopaedia, Vol. IX, 1889
reference book; encyclopaedia;Brown leather bound spine with maroon cloth-covered board covers. Gold lettering and gold graphics in six rectangles on spine. Leather corners on outer edges.reference book; encyclopaedia; -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Chambers' Encyclopaedia, Vol. VI, Humb to Malt, 1889
Brown leather bound spine with maroon cloth-covered board covers. Gold lettering and gold graphics in six rectangles on spine. Leather corners on outer edges.reference book -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Chambers' Encyclopaedia, Vol. V, Frid to Huma, 1889
Brown leather bound spine with maroon cloth-covered board covers. Gold lettering and gold graphics in six rectangles on spine. Leather corners on outer edges.reference, encyclopaedia -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Chambers' Encyclopaedia, Vol. IV, Dion to Pric, 1888
Brown leather bound spine with maroon cloth-covered board covers. Gold lettering and gold graphics in six rectangles on spine. Leather corners on outer edges.reference -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Pamphlet - Pamphlet / brochure - Town of Portland Services, Victoria, 1976-1977
Six page brochure outlining services provided by Town of Portland, 1976/77. Printed in black on green foolscap size paper. Stapled left hand side
