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Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Newspaper cuttings, The Age, Queensland and Victoria Floods 2011, January 2011
9 cuttings from The Age newspaper, January 2011 regarding the Queensland and Victorian record floods.articles and photos of floodsqueensland floods, victoria floods -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Map - B & W coastal map of Hinchinbrook Island to Cape Melville in Queensland, Coastal map Queensland Hinchinbrook Is to Cape Melville, Before donation in 1987
Australian coastal mapsAustralian coastal mapsMap from unknown book of Queensland coast Hinchinbrook Island to Cape Melville, pre 1987Reverse " NIL "old maps of australian coast -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, A Flower-Hunter in Queensland and New Zealand
A Flower-Hunter in Queensland and New Zealand Author: Mrs Rowan Publisher: John Murray Date: 1898Label on spine cover with typed text RA 925.8 ROW Front loose endpaper has a stamp from Warrnambool Public Library Front loose endpaper has hand written "Father with Best Wishes from Frank and Lilian" 29th May 1912warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, great ocean road, book, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, warrnambool public library, a flower-hunter in queensland and new zealand, mrs rowan -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Map - B & W coastal map between Hervey Bay & Whitsunday Island, in Queensland, Coastal map, Queensland, between Whitsunday Island & Hervey Bay, Before donation in 1987
Australian coastal mapsAustralian coastal mapsCoastal 'soundings' map between Hervey Bay & Whitsunday Island, in Queensland, from an unknown book, pre-1987Reverse " NIL "old maps of australian coast -
Federation University Art Collection
Work on paper - Artwork - Printmaking, Jack, Kenneth, 'Australian Towns No 2 Camooweal, Queensland II' by Kenneth Jack, 1972
Framed four colour lithograph depicting Camooweal in the Australian State of Queensland. Donated through the Australian Gifts Programme by Katherine Littlewood.printmaking, kenneth jack, camooweal -
Vision Australia
Plaque - Image, Ace Trophies, Queensland Foundation for Blind People opening, 1997
Commemorative plaque for the opening of the Kent Street building in 1997.Wooden board with nameplate attachedThis plaque was unveiled by Her Excellency The Governor of Queensland Leneen Forde, AC to mark the official opening of the new premises for the Queensland Foundation for Blind People Inc Kent St, Annersley on 1st July 1997nameplates, queensland foundation for blind people -
Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch
Certificate, The Returned and Services League of Australia (Queensland Branch) 90 years 1916 -2006 recognises William Kelly, June 2006
A certificate of recognition of membership of the RSL Queensland Branch on the 90th Anniversary of the RSL in Australia. Signed by the State President, Deputy President and State SecretaryRecognises William Kelly -
Vision Australia
Photograph - Image, Launch of Vision Queensland, QBIC and the Queensland Industrial Institution for the Blind - a history 1883-1999 by Basil Shaw, February 2000
Launch of 'Vision Queensland, QBIC and the Queensland Industrial Institution for the Blind: a history 1883-1999' by Basil Shaw. Speakers and attendees included Tim Quinn, Merv Matthews, Ron McCord, Tim Matthews, John Puttick and Des Knight.10 col. photographs of book launchvision qld, qbic industries, tim quinn, merv matthews, john puttick, des knight, nick carter, kevin o'mahoney, tim mccord -
Federation University Historical Collection
Document, J R Foster, Queensland Band Association Reference for Frank Wright, 1933, 17/7/1933
Frank Wright was a renown resident of Smeaton, where he was born on 2 August 1901. He lived at Laura Villa, and attended Smeaton State School. His father William was a gold miner and his mother's name was Sarah. Their family won many singing and instrumental awards. Frank was tutored by Percy Code and was awarded a gold medal for the highest marks in the ALCM examinations in the British Colonies at the age of seventeen years. He became the Australian Open Cornet Champion by the age of eighteen. A year later, Frank conducted the City of Ballarat Band, and later the Ballarat Soldiers’ Memorial Band. He formed the Frank Wright Frisco Band and Frank Wright and his Coliseum Orchestra. These bands won many South Street awards, and Frank as conductor won many awards in the Australian Band Championship contest. In 1933 Frank Wright sailed to England to conduct the famous St Hilda’s Band and was later appointed Musical Director of the London County Council, where he organized many amazing concerts in parks, in and around the London district. He was made Professor of Brass and Military Band Scoring and conducted at the Guildhall of Music and Drama. Frank was often invited to adjudicate Brass Band Championships around Europe, in Australia, including South Street and in New Zealand. The Frank Wright Medal at the Royal South Street competition is awarded to an individual recognized as making an outstanding contribution to brass music in Australia.A single foolscap sheet of paper with a blue printed header and black typing. This reference for Frank Wright was signed by J.R. Foster the Secretary of the Queensland Band Association.A pen signaturefrank wright, j r foster, queensland band association, reference -
Darebin Art Collection
Painting, Arthur Lock, Dry Country (Queensland), 1972
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Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Book, A manual for small museums and keeping places, 1992
This book includes establishing a museum and its administration, buildings and storage design, conservation, exhibition design and preparation, museum promotion and education. Bibliog, index.This book includes establishing a museum and its administration, buildings and storage design, conservation, exhibition design and preparation, museum promotion and education. Bibliog, index.Sue Barnettmuseums - handbooks, (mr) richard robins, queensland museum -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, University of Queensland Press, Behind Barbed Wire, 1993
Describes life in the Internment camps in Australia and the return of most internees.A comprehensive picture of internment in Australia.which explores the nationalities chosen, arresting and holding procedures, security services, the police, the media and the general public.Rectangular shaped book, soft yellow cover depicting a 1941 woodcut by Ludwig Hirschfeld Mack, from "Internment Camp: Orange NSW 'Desolation". Paper.B/W photos 311 pages.Bibliography, Index. The woodcutter is a Dunera Internee."Internment in Australia during World War 11"world war 2 -
Vision Australia
Map - Object, Map of Australia, Polynesia, Melanesia and Malaysia, 1939
Tactile map of Australian states and territories, as well as various countries and islands in the South Pacific region, including Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and the Malay peninsula. 1 paper map with tactile metal markers in red and brown framesqueensland braille map and model club, r.f. tunley -
Orbost & District Historical Society
book, The White Woman, 1994
The white woman of Gippsland, or the captive woman of Gippsland, was supposedly a European woman rumoured to have been held against her will by Aboriginal people in the Gippsland region of Australia in the 1840s. Liam Patrick Davison (29 July 1957 – 17 July 2014) was an Australian novelist and reviewer. He was born in Melbourne, where, until 2007, he taught creative writing at the Chisholm Institute in Frankston. Davison and his wife Frankie, a teacher at Toorak College, were both killed on 17 July 2014 aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 This, his third novel, was shortlisted for both The Age Book of the Year and the Victorian Premier’s Awards.This is a useful research tool on the history of indigenous and settler relationships in early Gippsland.A book titled "The White Woman" by Liam Davison. It is the story of the search for the lost white woman in Gippsland, Victoria, 1846. The cover has a black and white picture of forest with the title in white print.Bottom left corner - orange sticker Orbost Secondary Collegedavison-liam aboriginal-history -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Harold Clifford et al, Ferns, fern allies and conifers of Australia : a laboratory manual, 1980
St. Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press, 1980 150 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. non-fictiongymnospermae --australia, vascular cryptogams --australia, gymnosperms, pteridophyta -- australia. -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Peter Newell, Tropical Queensland Sketchbook, 1971
Hardcover w/ Dust JacketMessage to Patricia from the author, Peter Newellqueensland, travel, walsh st library -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Gary Presland, For god?s sake send the trackers : a history of Queensland trackers and Victoria police, 1998
A history of Aboriginal trackers in Victoria, detailing a program of using trackers from Queensland in the period 1880-1968. Includes a list of known trackers with some photographs, and numerous histories of instances of trackers working with Victoria police.B&w photographs -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Black and White, Frank Wright at Toowoomba, Queensland, Easter 1922
Frank Wright was a renown resident of Smeaton, where he was born on 2 August 1901. He lived at Laura Villa, and attended Smeaton State School. His father William was a gold miner and his mother's name was Sarah. Their family won many singing and instrumental awards. Frank was tutored by Percy Code and was awarded a gold medal for the highest marks in the ALCM examinations in the British Colonies at the age of seventeen years. He became the Australian Open Cornet Champion by the age of eighteen. A year later, Frank conducted the City of Ballarat Band, and later the Ballarat Soldiers’ Memorial Band. He formed the Frank Wright Frisco Band and Frank Wright and his Coliseum Orchestra. These bands won many South Street awards, and Frank as conductor won many awards in the Australian Band Championship contest. In 1933 Frank Wright sailed to England to conduct the famous St Hilda’s Band and was later appointed Musical Director of the London County Council, where he organized many amazing concerts in parks, in and around the London district. He was made Professor of Brass and Military Band Scoring and conducted at the Guildhall of Music and Drama. Frank was often invited to adjudicate Brass Band Championships around Europe, in Australia, including South Street and in New Zealand. The Frank Wright Medal at the Royal South Street competition is awarded to an individual recognized as making an outstanding contribution to brass music in Australia.Black and white photograph of a young man dressed in a three piece suit with a fob and standing with his hands in his pockets. Behind him is the brick wall of a building. The man is Frank Wright and the place is the back of Queen's Hotel in Toowoomba, Queensland.Written in pen on back - Frank Wright at back of Queen's Hotel, Toowoomba, Q, Taken by George Godsall, Easter 1922frank wright, brass band, queen's hotel toowoomba -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph, Australian Band Championship Bandmasters and Officials, Maryborough, Queensland, Easter 1932
Frank Wright was a renown resident of Smeaton, where he was born. He lived at Laura Villa, and attended Smeaton State School. His father William was a gold miner and his mother's name was Sarah. Their family won many singing and instrumental awards. Frank was tutored by Percy Code and became the Australian Open Cornet Champion by the age of eighteen. A year later, Frank conducted the City of Ballarat Band, and later the Ballarat Soldiers’ Memorial Band. He formed the Frank Wright Frisco Band and Frank Wright and his Coliseum Orchestra. These bands won many South Street awards, and Frank as conductor won many awards in the Australian Band Championship contest. In 1933 Frank Wright sailed to England to conduct the famous St Hilda’s Band and was later appointed Musical Director of the London County Council, where he organized many amazing concerts in parks, in and around the London district. He was made Professor of Brass and Military Band Scoring and conducted at the Guildhall of Music and Drama. Frank was often invited to adjudicate Brass Band Championships around Europe, in Australia, including South Street and in New Zealand. The Frank Wright Medal at the Royal South Street competition is awarded to an individual recognized as making an outstanding contribution to brass music in Australia.Black and white photograph of a group of 27 men, some in suits and some in band uniforms, standing on the steps of a brick building with 4 large columns. The building contains a number of multi-paned windows.Some of the men are holding cornets and another is holding a trumpet. The building is in Maryborough, Queensland.Written in pencil on the back - Meeting of bandmasters & officials at the Australian band championship contest Maryborough, Q, Frank Wright, Adjudicator, Easter 1932frank wright, band uniforms, cornet, trumpet -
Vision Australia
Administrative record - Text, Royal Blind Foundation Queensland annual report 2001/2002, 1954-2004
The Royal Blind Foundation of Queensland was formed from an amalgamation of Vision Queensland, Queensland Blind Industrial Centre and Royal Blind Foundation in 2001. These annual reports chronicle the work of the foundation until it's amalgamation with four other state based agencies to become Vision Australia in 2006.1 volume of text and illustrations in various pagingsannual reports, royal blind foundation of queensland, chris handy, alexander gilliland, frank carroll -
Vision Australia
Administrative record - Text, Royal Blind Foundation Queensland annual report 2002/2003, 1954-2004
The Royal Blind Foundation of Queensland was formed from an amalgamation of Vision Queensland, Queensland Blind Industrial Centre and Royal Blind Foundation in 2001. These annual reports chronicle the work of the foundation until it's amalgamation with four other state based agencies to become Vision Australia in 2006.1 volume of text and illustrations in various pagingsannual reports, royal blind foundation of queensland, chris handy, alexander gilliland, yvonne sullivan, paul sullivan, matthew sullivan -
Vision Australia
Administrative record - Text, Royal Blind Foundation Queensland annual report 2003/2004, 1954-2004
The Royal Blind Foundation of Queensland was formed from an amalgamation of Vision Queensland, Queensland Blind Industrial Centre and Royal Blind Foundation in 2001. These annual reports chronicle the work of the foundation until it's amalgamation with four other state based agencies to become Vision Australia in 2006.1 volume of text and illustrations in various pagingsannual reports, royal blind foundation of queensland, alexander gilliland, nick carter, peter beattie, michael coates, chris giger, rob giger, yvonne sullivan, paul sullivan, matthew sullivan -
Vision Australia
Administrative record - Text, Royal Blind Foundation Queensland annual report 2004/2005, 1954-2004
The Royal Blind Foundation of Queensland was formed from an amalgamation of Vision Queensland, Queensland Blind Industrial Centre and Royal Blind Foundation in 2001. These annual reports chronicle the work of the foundation until it's amalgamation with four other state based agencies to become Vision Australia in 2006.1 volume of text and illustrations in various pagingsannual reports, royal blind foundation of queensland, alexander gilliland, nick carter, neville partridge, gerard gosens, margaret gill, shelly drage, stacy thomson, sandra allen, julia price, bill cosgrove, gary jacobs, pete cunningham, hayley kitchener, katherine miller -
Vision Australia
Photograph - Image, Australian Organisation for Quality Award 2000 presented to Vision Queensland, November 2000
Managing Director of Vision Queensland, Peter Lynam (left) accepting the silver award for Quality presented by the Governor of Queensland, Major General Peter Arnison A.O.1 x colour photograph of men in suits holding an awardvision qld, peter lynam, peter arnison -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Black and White, Pat McNamara, Near Maryborough, Queensland, 1932, March 1932
Frank Wright was a renown resident of Smeaton, where he was born. He lived at Laura Villa, and attended Smeaton State School. His father William was a gold miner and his mother's name was Sarah. Their family won many singing and instrumental awards. Frank was tutored by Percy Code and was awarded a gold medal for the highest marks in the ALCM examinations in the British Colonies at the age of seventeen years. He became the Australian Open Cornet Champion by the age of eighteen. A year later, Frank conducted the City of Ballarat Band, and later the Ballarat Soldiers’ Memorial Band. He formed the Frank Wright Frisco Band and Frank Wright and his Coliseum Orchestra. These bands won many South Street awards, and Frank as conductor won many awards in the Australian Band Championship contest. In 1933 Frank Wright sailed to England to conduct the famous St Hilda’s Band and was later appointed Musical Director of the London County Council, where he organized many amazing concerts in parks, in and around the London district. He was made Professor of Brass and Military Band Scoring and conducted at the Guildhall of Music and Drama. Frank was often invited to adjudicate Brass Band Championships around Europe, in Australia, including South Street and in New Zealand. The Frank Wright Medal at the Royal South Street competition is awarded to an individual recognized as making an outstanding contribution to brass music in Australia.Black and white photograph of two men, one dressed in a dark suit and the other dressed in trousers and waistcoat, holding a large fish in his right hand. They are standing on the rail tracks of a pier. The men are Frank Wright on the right and Joe Foster on the left. The place is on the pier about 20 miles from Maryborough, Queensland (possibly Hervey Bay).Written in pencil on back - Taken on the pier about 20 miles from Maryborough (Q), Joe Foster sec Q.B.A., Frank Wright, March 1932 Printed on back - Printed by Pat McNamarafrank wright, joe foster, maryborough, pier, hervey bay -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Slide, Robin Boyd, 1966
Robin Boyd was appointed Exhibits Architect for the Australian Pavilion at Expo ‘67 in Montreal. In 1966 Boyd travelled to Far North Queensland and the Northern Territory for research – the Expo exhibits included a coral display, a large rock feature made from Australian sandstone and a native plant garden.Colour slide in a mount. Probably Innisfail, Queensland, AustraliaMade in Australia / 4 / DEC 66M8queensland, slide -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Slide, Robin Boyd, 1966
Robin Boyd was appointed Exhibits Architect for the Australian Pavilion at Expo ‘67 in Montreal. In 1966 Boyd travelled to Far North Queensland and the Northern Territory for research – the Expo exhibits included a coral display, a large rock feature made from Australian sandstone and a native plant garden.Colour slide in a mount. Probably Innisfail, Queensland, AustraliaMade in Australia / 7 / DEC 66 (?) M8queensland, slide -
National Wool Museum
Book, Report on progressive land settlement in Queensland by the land settlement advisory commission
"Report on progressive land settlement in Queensland by the land settlement advisory commission " W L Payne, Commissioner, 1959. Deals at length with the leasing of Queensland government land and its suitability for raising sheep.pastoral industry - settlement sheep stations - establisment, land settlement advisory commission, pastoral industry - settlement, sheep stations - establisment -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Slide, Robin Boyd, 1966
Robin Boyd was appointed Exhibits Architect for the Australian Pavilion at Expo ‘67 in Montreal. In 1966 Boyd travelled to Far North Queensland and the Northern Territory for research – the Expo exhibits included a coral display and native plant garden.Colour slide in a mount. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, AustraliaMade in Australia / 2 / MAR 66M1queensland, slide -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Slide, Robin Boyd, 1966
Robin Boyd was appointed Exhibits Architect for the Australian Pavilion at Expo ‘67 in Montreal. In 1966 Boyd travelled to Far North Queensland and the Northern Territory for research – the Expo exhibits included a coral display and native plant garden.Colour slide in a mount. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, AustraliaMade in Australia / 9 / MAR 66M1queensland, slide