In 1932 the call was put out to the ABC to start a military band. The band’s task was to record music to play on air four times a week, and to perform live concerts for the public. By November 1933 a band was put together with 40 musicians from around Australia. The band was initially conducted by Captain H. E. Adkins, Director of the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall, London. After the tour, Adkins returned to his position at Kneller Hall, and Stephen Yorke, a retired bandmaster of the Gloucestershire Regiment, was brought out to Australia to become the permanent director and conductor of the band, which he did until the band closed in 1951. During the band’s 17 year history they presented a sizable program of music. Their final concert received a standing ovation from its audience of 1500, with a teary-eyed Yorke. 25 Parts Concert Band Instrumentation Quick March Key Signature: G Minor Instrumentation: Flute & Piccolo Oboes Eb Clarinets 1st Clarinet Bb 2nd Clarinet Bb 3rd Clarinet Bb 1st Bassoon 2nd Bassoon Eb Alto Clarinet or Saxophone Bb Tenor Saxophone or Bass Clarinet 1st Horn Eb 2nd Horn Eb 3rd Horn Eb 4th Horn Eb Eb Trumpets Solo Cornet Bb (Conductor) 2nd Cornet 1st Trombone 2nd Trombone Bass Trombone 1st Baritone Bb Euphonium Basses DrumsOn envelope: QM39, Q25, 220 (crossed out). Stamped on the reverse of each card: Australian Broadcasting Commission, Sydney. Property of Charles Godfrey.brass band, australian broadcasting commission, marching band, concert band

Felt slouch hat with leather chin strap. 'Mc Clellan' written in texta inside rim.'Mc Clellan' texta inside rim. 'Mountcastle' Pty Ltd stamped in gold on rim.

This was probably for a light buggy. Heavy farm, and lumber wagons had wider tires. It would have been made by a blacksmith. The blacksmith fitted steel rims onto wooden wagon wheels. The red hot metal rim expands when hot, so it can be fitted to the wagon wheel. Then it contracts to create a tight fit as it cools after being dropped into a tank of water.Horse-drawn wagons are an important part of Orbost’s agricultural history. Light buggies were popular with farmers for trips into town before the common use of motorised vehicles.A large iron rim for a wagon wheel.wheel-rim wagon transport agriculture

A rim splitter was used on the outer rims of older vehicles to facilitate removal and replacement of tires. The tool was used to remove a tyre and replace it onto a split wheel rim. After the air was let out, the safety rim key was pulled. The swing arms were spread out and the three arms evenly spaced around the rim. The single arm with the screw gear needed to be close to the split so that the hooks fit on the rim and the rim was then pulled inward and the tyre could be be removed from the rim. After the tire was repaired or a new one was ready to be put on the collapsed rim the tool was used to push the rim back together and the safety key could be reinserted. A rim splitter were a universal type tool used for many cars of the 1920's and 1930's.A cast iron rim splitter which has two hinged side arms with hooked ends. The middle shaft has a hooked end and an inner bolt that can be screwed up or down.St Joseph Michigan Hercules Product Co Made in U.S.A. L 7motoring rim-splitter tyres tool

Huddart Parker traded between 1876 and 1961. It was established in 1876 by James Huddart, T.J. Parker, John Traill and Captain T. Webb. The business rapidly expanded and was travelling between Melbourne and Sydney by 1882 and Melbourne to Adelaide from 1886. The Company was established in Geelong but moved its offices to Melbourne by 1890. It is likely this saucer was used on the Huddart Parker shipping line some time between 1876 and 1961. Historically, the early establishment of the company in Geelong is significant for the region. The object is significant for its connection to early Victorian transport from regional ports to larger cities.A white glazed saucer with a blue transfer print with geometric design on rim. Huddart & Parker Co. logo transfer print on rim and base.Makers Mark: "C McDANN & CO ENGLAND HANLEY R.NO 764041" on base. "HUDDART PARKER LINE" logo on rim.geelong maritime museum, huddart parker line, huddart parker, c. mcdann and company, hanley, shipping lines geelong

This measuring container would have been used by chemists, doctors and nurses to accurately measure a tablespoonful of medicine or other liquid or substance equivalent to half an ounce in weight. It could also have been used in households for the same purpose. It would have been in use in the 19th century and perhaps the first six decades of the 20th century. Today glass or plastic containers would be used. This container, although damaged, is of interest as an example of the type of measuring container used by chemists and doctors in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It has no known local provenance but will be useful for display. This is a cream-coloured ceramic medicine measuring container. It will hold half an ounce or a tablespoonful. It is circular in shape, tapering down from the top to the bottom. It has a rim at the top which is cracked and partly broken away. ‘½ oz. To Lower Rim (a tablespoonful)’ chemists in warrnambool, history of warrnambool, medical aids, ceramic medicine glass

Charles Plowright operated the Western Hotel on the corner of Timor and Kepler Streets from 1910 until around 1919. It was built in 1869 by William O’Brien, having been designed by Andrew Kerr. It was a staging place for the Cobb & Co Coaches. A common commercial product with which many people could identify. The Western Hotel is a common Warrnambool landmark built around 1869, it was one of the earliest hotels and operates to this day. Plain white soup bowl with flat rim. Red printed logo printed on rim.Plowrights Western Hotel Warrnambool printed in red on rim of bowl. “Grindley Hotel Ware England. Vitrified” stamped on base below emblem of crown. Date stamped in china 1 13warrnambool, plowright, western hotel, grindley china

This tyre was probably used on a car or light truck. this item is an example of an early rubber tyre used in Orbost before the common use of pneumatic tyres.A solid rubber tyre on a rusted metal rim. FIRESTONE SOLID TYRE 100M/M For 8?670 RIM NOMINAL 820x100 M/M = MFU BY THE FIRESTONE TYRE AND RUBBER CO. AKRON U.S.A.tyre transport firestone

These WW1 binoculars were made in France. The Jockey Club is a famous gentlemen’s Club still in existence in Paris. These binoculars are believed to have been commandeered by the German army. These binoculars are believed to have possibly been taken from either a German POW or deceased soldier, and brought back to Australia at the end of WW1 as a war-souvenir.Small binoculars silver rim around eye pieces and larger end of lenses.There is a brown leather hand grip on the body of the lenses. Adjustable focus wheel in centre.Le Jockey Club Paris on rim of both eye pieces.binoculars, ww1 souvenir

Hat worn by Australian soldierKhaki material moulded to fit on head. Has a rim around circumference, 100mm wide. Leather sweat band on inside. Leather chin strapAustralian badge on turned up side of rim. Unit badge on frontmilitary, slouch hat

This badge is a membership badge to the Warrnambool Returned Services Club which is situated on Merri St Warrnambool. It provides services and meals for returned servicemen and women and the general public. This badge belonged to Ernest Swan who served in World War 11Round gold metal with dark green rim with writing in gold. A separate red circle of metal is attached at the lower section with the number 78 in gold. Small round hook at the top.Returned Services Club Warrnambool around the rim. Stokes on the reverse.warrnambool returned services club, ernest swan rsl, warrnambool history

Robert H. Baron was only issued with the British War Medal for his WW1 Service. He did not see action and was therefore ineligible for the Victory Medal. Part of the "Robert H. Baron", No. 3596 and Cooper Collections. See catalogue No.1981P for details of R.H. Baron's service.Court mounted circular silver medal with blue, black, white and yellow coloured ribbon. Recipients name stamped on the rim of the medal.Stamped on medal rim "3596 A.L. Cpl R.H. BARON, 57 BN A.I.F."robert h. baron, cooper collection, british war medal, medal ww1

Eye wear - metal, shark skin covered, velvet lined case Wire rimmed glasses, b-focal lens1) Metal shark skinned covered glasses case, velvet lined 2) Wire rimmed glasses- bi-focal lensColes & Garrardeye wear

Standard hat worn by WW11 Army Nursing Corp belonging to RM Ross -VF388714Regulation Uniform WW11 Australian Womens Army Service Brown felt hat with a crosgrain ribbon band and a small rising sun attached to band: Grosgrain inner rim to crown of hat print marking on inner rim band - N.121, 6 3/4,1945ww11

Note by E.B. Littlejohn, "Students are Thea Rimmer (Frost) (1962) and Peter Trudgeon (1963).Black and white photograph. Students, Thea Rimmer (Frost) and Peter Trudgeon. picking daffodils. 1959-1962 (T. H. Kneen). labels on posts. Boxthorn hedge in background.On reverse, "1950-51."students, thea rimmer (frost), peter trudgeon, daffodils, orchard, students working outside

Single lenses were used to assist reading for many centuries before spectacles were widely available. This magnifying lens may be even older than its case. The simple, large glass lens is held in a hand-worked horn or bone rim. The leather case decorated with floral beadwork is typical of northern European styles c1850.This lens is significant for the collection as it is the earliest mounted single lens in the Kett Museum.Large, round, horn-rimmed reading glass, or magnifier lens, incorporating ring-shaped handle. Glass lens in horn or bone rim. Leather slip-in case with floral beadwork.lens, magnifier, reading lens, horn rim, beadwork

The Victory Medal (also called the Inter Allied Victory Medal) is a bronze medal that was awarded to all who received the 1914 Star or 1914-15 Star and, with certain exceptions, to those who received the British War Medal. It was never awarded alone. These three medals were sometimes irreverently referred to as Pip, Squeak and Wilfred. The medal of which the basic design and ribbon was adopted by Belgium, Brazil, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, France Greece, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Siam, Union of South Africa and the USA in accordance with the decision as taken at the lnter-Allied Peace Conference at Versailles but in a particular form of a historic Greek monument as determined by each nation, with the exception of the nations of the far east who issued the medal but with a different design. Eligibility for this award consisted of having been mobilized in any of the fighting services and having served in any of the theatres of operations, or at sea, between midnight 4th/5th August, 1914, and midnight, 11th/12th November, 1918. Women who served in any of the various organizations in a theatre of operations were eligible, such as nurses, members of the Women’s Royal Naval Service, Woman Army Auxiliary Corps, Women’s Royal Air Force, canteen staff and members of the many charitable services.Original medals issued to the Hoffman family post WWI and donated to the Beechworth RSL Sub Branch by his sister Miss Anna Hoffman with the Hoffman Family collection.British War Medal 1914 -1920 with ribbon and Victory Medal with ribbon court mounted and the recipients name inscribed on the rim. On the reverse side is red felt and the mounter's label629 PTE. F. HOFFMAN . 33 - BN . A . I . F . is inscribed on the rim of both medals.medal, medal wwi, victory medal, the war medal

Hinged metal case - 1 pair wire rimmed glasses - 1 pair Bakelite pince nez1) Metal case - shark skin covered, velvet lined 2) 1 pair gold coloured wire-rimmed glasses 3) 1 pair gold coloured Bakelite pince nezeye wear

Rusted wheel rims and axel were recovered from scrub near the ‘Eastern Landing’ in 2002. The two large wheel rims are made of flat iron. The axel is a long metal shaft with built up sections at either end. They are possibly from a WWI, horse drawn gun carriage used to carry stores from the jetty to the lightstation. Images show the carriage in use in 1943. The items have second level contributory significance for their historic value and provenance to the lightstation. .1 & .2, Large rusted, circular, metal wheel rims. Made of flat iron. .3, Rusted metal axle. long shaft with built up sections at either end.