The family-owned timber manufacturing business Pelco was started by Cecil Victor Woodfield in 1937. The joinery company Pelco began by making wooden ladders and was registered as the Palmerston Extension Ladder Company. C V Woodfield, who lived from 1884 -1959, arrived in Palmerston North from Canterbury NZ in the aftermath of the Great Depression to work in construction. The company got its first step up when Woodfield was asked by a commercial painter to make a ladder, and the founder set up shop in a garage on Ruahine St. According to the company website, Pelco made its name in New Zealand with its Oregon Extension Ladders, and up until its closure, manufactured non-conductive Lamilite Ladders for the electrical supply and service industry worldwide. The company was incorporated as a joinery business in 1946 and continued making high-end cabinetry for seven decades. Under director Geoff Woodfield, in the 1950s, the company embarked on the production of Fleetcraft plywood boats. Another water-related enterprise followed, with the manufacture of oars and paddles. Its branded Gull Superior Oars and Paddles business began exporting in 1972 to Australia and subsequently to the United States, UK and Japan. The company ceased trading in April 2018 and was placed into receivership.This pair of lightweight oars represents the maritime tradition of handmade oar making, which has evolved over the centuries. Their shape is still similar to early oars and continues to serve the same purpose, to steer and propel a boat. Pair of blonde varnished Tasman Fir oars with a flattened paddle at one end. Made by Gull of New Zealand, sold by James Edwards & Sons of Melbourne. Inscriptions on printed labels on the oars."GULL Superior Oars and Paddles, Pelco, Palmerston North NZ" "JAS. EDWARDS & SONS, Boat Builders, Oar and Skull Makers, & Importers, PRINCES BRIDGE MELBOURNE"warrnambool, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, oar, oars, gull oars and paddles, new zealand oars and paddles, jas edwards and sons melbourne, rowing equipment, new zealand oak, paddle, james edwards and sons melbourne, james edwards, tasman fir, gull superior oars, marine equipment, marine technology, ship fitting, boat fitting, rowing oar, boat oar

Oar (2) blond varnished oars. Made by Gull Superior Oars and Paddles, Pelco, Palmerston North NZ.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, oars, rowing boat, rowing equipment, gull superior oars and paddles, pelco, palmerston north nz.

The family-owned timber manufacturing business Pelco was started by Cecil Victor Woodfield in 1937. The joinery company Pelco began by making wooden ladders and was registered as the Palmerston Extension Ladder Company. C V Woodfield, who lived from 1884 -1959, arrived in Palmerston North from Canterbury NZ in the aftermath of the Great Depression to work in construction. The company got its first step up when Woodfield was asked by a commercial painter to make a ladder, and the founder set up shop in a garage on Ruahine St. According to the company website, Pelco made its name in New Zealand with its Oregon Extension Ladders, and up until its closure, manufactured non-conductive Lamilite Ladders for the electrical supply and service industry worldwide. The company was incorporated as a joinery business in 1946, and continued making high-end cabinetry for seven decades. Under director Geoff Woodfield, in the 1950s, the company embarked on the production of Fleetcraft plywood boats. Another water-related enterprise followed, with the manufacture of oars and paddles Its branded Gull Superior Oars and Paddles business began exporting in 1972 to Australia and subsequently to the United States, UK and Japan. The company ceased trading in April 2018 and was placed into receivership.This pair of lightweight oars represents the maritime tradition of handmade oar making, which has evolved over the centuries. Their shape is still similar to early oars and continues to serve the same purpose, to steer and propel a boat. The oars are associated with a significant family business situated in Palmerston New Zealand that along with making ladders also graduated into making wooden boats and oars.Pair of blonde varnished Tasman Fir oars with a flattened paddle at one end. Made by Gull of New Zealand, sold by James Edwards & Sons of Melbourne. Inscriptions on printed labels on the oars.(1) "GULL Superior Oars and Paddles, Pelco, Palmerston North NZ" (2) "JAS. EDWARDS & SONS, Boat Builders, Oar and Skull Makers, & Importers, PRINCES BRIDGE MELBOURNE"warrnambool, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, oar, oars, gull oars and paddles, new zealand oars and paddles, jas edwards and sons melbourne, rowing equipment, new zealand oak, paddle, james edwards and sons melbourne, james edwards, tasman fir, gull superior oars, marine equipment, marine technology, ship fitting, boat fitting, rowing oar, boat oar

This is one of four surf oars now on display at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village. The oars were once owned by the Warrnambool surf Live Saving Club. They are painted in the original club colours of brown and white. The Warrnambool Surf Life Saving Club was formed in 1930, and the elected President was Mr Fletcher Jones (later Sir Fletcher Jones). It is one of the oldest lifesaving clubs on the Victorian Coast. The donor was a member of the surf boat crew that won the 1952 Victorian Surf Boat Championships; the crew comprised Geoff Scott, Ron Blackney, Wes McLaren, Jim Tibb, and Stan Stephens. This oar is significant for its connection with the Warrnambool Surf Life Saving Club and as an example of equipment used for saving lives at sea in the local Warrnambool community. Oar, one of four oars. Timber handles with flat blades painted in the original club colours of brown and white. The oars originated from the Warrnambool Surf Life Saving Club, .flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, surf boat oar, original oar, warrnambool surf life saving club, wslc, oar, brown and white, wslc colours, rowing oar, lifesaving

This is one of four surf oars now on display at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village. The oars were once owned by the Warrnambool surf Live Saving Club. They are painted in the original club colours of brown and white. The Warrnambool Surf Life Saving Club was formed in 1930, and the elected President was Mr Fletcher Jones (later Sir Fletcher Jones). It is one of the oldest lifesaving clubs on the Victorian Coast. The donor was a member of the surf boat crew that won the 1952 Victorian Surf Boat Championships; the crew comprised Geoff Scott, Ron Blackney, Wes McLaren, Jim Tibb, and Stan Stephens. This oar is significant for its connection with the Warrnambool Surf Life Saving Club and as an example of equipment used for saving lives at sea in the local Warrnambool community. Oar, one of four oars. Timber handles with flat blades painted in the original club colours of brown and white. The oars originated from the Warrnambool Surf Life Saving Club.flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, surf boat oar, original oar, warrnambool surf life saving club, wslc, oar, brown and white, wslc colours, rowing oar, lifesaving

This is one of four surf oars now on display at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village. The oars were once owned by the Warrnambool surf Live Saving Club. They are painted in the original club colours of brown and white. The Warrnambool Surf Life Saving Club was formed in 1930, and the elected President was Mr Fletcher Jones (later Sir Fletcher Jones). It is one of the oldest lifesaving clubs on the Victorian Coast. The donor was a member of the surf boat crew that won the 1952 Victorian Surf Boat Championships; the crew comprised Geoff Scott, Ron Blackney, Wes McLaren, Jim Tibb, and Stan Stephens. This oar is significant for its connection with the Warrnambool Surf Life Saving Club and as an example of equipment used for saving lives at sea in the local Warrnambool community. Oar, one of four oars. Timber handles with flat blades painted in the original club colours of brown and white. The oars originated from the Warrnambool Surf Life Saving Club.flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, surf boat oar, original oar, warrnambool surf life saving club, wslc, oar, brown and white, wslc colours, rowing oar, lifesaving

This is one of four surf oars now on display at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village. The oars were once owned by the Warrnambool surf Live Saving Club. They are painted in the original club colours of brown and white. The Warrnambool Surf Life Saving Club was formed in 1930, and the elected President was Mr Fletcher Jones (later Sir Fletcher Jones). It is one of the oldest lifesaving clubs on the Victorian Coast. The donor was a member of the surf boat crew that won the 1952 Victorian Surf Boat Championships; the crew comprised Geoff Scott, Ron Blackney, Wes McLaren, Jim Tibb, and Stan Stephens. This oar is significant for its connection with the Warrnambool Surf Life Saving Club and as an example of equipment used for saving lives at sea in the local Warrnambool community. Oar, one of four oars. Timber handles with flat blades painted in the original club colours of brown and white. The oars originated from the Warrnambool Surf Life Saving Club.flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, surf boat oar, original oar, warrnambool surf life saving club, wslc, oar, brown and white, wslc colours, rowing oar, lifesaving

Copy of Godfrey Hirst family videos/photograph on CD. Including 1951 floods at Mill. All video content filmed at Godfrey Hirst Woollen Mill, Swanston Street, South Geelong. Godfrey Hirst's children. Family home in Newtown and holiday home in Eastern View.Compact disc (CD) containing colour video footage. Film has no audio content. Visual content outlined below: 00:00 – 00:05 – External view of brick building – Godfrey Hirst & Co. Pty. Ltd. 00:05 – 00:10 – Exterior garden setting, three men in suits with fabrics and object 00:10 – 00:28 – Exterior garden setting showing eight women, most likely on a break from working at the Godfrey Hirst factory. The footage shows them all getting up and walking back towards the building at the end. 00:28 – 00:38 – Exterior garden setting, showing seven men in white shirts and ties seated and standing around a table, turning pages on a folder on the table. 00:38 – 00:52 – Interior factory setting, showing four men in coats handling green and red wool. 00:52 – 1:08 – Three men in suits in an exterior garden setting looking at paperwork. 1:08 – 1:23 – Four men in coats in a garden handling coloured wool samples. 1:23 – 1:42 – Four men in suits in a garden setting handling woven fabric. Two of the men are holding pipes. 1:42 – 1:57 – Interior factory setting showing men operating machinery. 1:57 – 2:05 – Exterior factory setting showing a man driving machinery carting wool bales. 2:05 – 3:14 - Flood scenes, showing the exterior of the Godfrey Hirst building with a man rowing a boat down the street, and a horse and cart in flood waters. There are scenes of flooded streets, exterior of flooded buildings and people standing in flood waters. 3:14 – 3:40 - Interior building views of flood waters in factory with people, machinery, equipment and textiles in flood waters. 3:40 – 4:03 - Exterior views showing a tractor, boat, horse and people in flood waters. 4:03 – 7:02 Exterior setting showing crowds of people watching a fashion parade. The fashion parade is of women in various clothing, including suits jackets, skirts, coats and hats. 7.02 - END"Hirst family films 1936-1964 Incl. Godfrey Hirst and co P/L Woollen mills"geelong, godfrey hirst & co. pty. ltd., family films, factory, flooding, 1950s, wool processing, fashion, textiles, horse and cart, wool bales, transport, machinery, fashion parade, working life

See btm5507-list.pdf for a detail description of each item and sheets in the binder and list1 for the loose sheets that were with the binder at the time of collection. Contains the following items: 5508 - Ballarat Horse Trams - 1887 to 1913. 5509 - Ballarat Electric Trams - part 1 5510 - Small snippets on electric tram operations 5511 - Ballarat Electric Trams - part 2 5512 - Drawing of Section Staff. 5513 - 1924 timetable and services - see also Reg Item 5503 5514 - Notes on overhead, signalling and other track layout notes 5515 - newspaper cutting - "New Avenues for Treated Pine Sleepers" 5516 - Notes on track grades, curves and distances in Ballarat 5517 - Destination rolls prior and post 1935. 5518 - Two newspaper cuttings 5519 - Ditto 5520 - Barkly St bridge reconstruction 5521 - More notes on destinations 5522 - Notes on Tram No. 11 5521 - Notes on Tram No. 11 5522 - Notes on Tram No. 12 5523 - Notes on Tram No. 13 5524 - Notes on Tram No. 14 5525 - Notes on Tram No. 15 5526 - Notes on Tram No. 16 5527 - Notes on Tram No. 17 5528 - Notes on Tram No. 18 5529 - Notes on Tram No. 19 5530 - Notes on Tram No. 20 5531 - Notes on Tram No. 21 532 - Notes on Tram No. 22 – 3rd one 5533 - Notes on Tram No. 22 – 4th one 5534 - Notes on Tram No. 23 – 2nd one 5535 - Notes on Tram No. 24 5536 - Notes on Tram No. 25 5537 - Notes on Tram No. 26 5538 - Notes on Tram No. 27 5539 - Notes on Tram No. 28 5540 - Notes on Tram No. 29 5541 - Notes on Tram No. 30 5542 - Notes on Tram No. 31 5543 - Notes on Tram No. 32 5544 - Notes on Tram No. 33 5545 - Notes on Tram No. 34 5546 - Notes on Tram No. 35 5547 - Notes on Tram No. 36 5548 - Notes on Tram No. 37 ex No. 22 5549 -Notes on Tram No. 37 2nd one 5550 - Scrubber 5551 - Notes on Tram No. 38 5552 - Notes on Tram No. 39 5553 - Notes on Tram No. 40 5554 - Notes on Tram No. 41 5555 - Notes on Tram No. 42 5556 - Notes on Tram No. 43 5557 - Notes on tram operations and street closure for special events between 1948 5558 - New crossing Sturt and Drummond 1951 5559 - Newspaper cutting re poles at Sturt and Grenville 5560 - Track works 1950’s 5561 - Wendouree depot notes 5562 - Drawing of Depot in ESCo 5563 - Ditto in 1953 5564 - Notes on 13-4-56 – tram 41 first trial and delivery of equipment ex Geelong 5565 - Notes on Olympic Games Rowing 5566 - Notes on reflective tape trials on 32 5567 - Newspaper cutting and notes on tram derailment 4/1/1962. 5568 - Newspaper cutting – Public Notice 6/3/54 5569 - Newspaper cutting – Rail link with old Phoenix foundry 5570 - Newspaper cutting – Tram Man’s 35 years accident free record 5571 - Newspaper cuttings – Sylvia Mitchell and most popular conductress 5572 - Newspaper cuttings – SEC cutting trees in Wendouree Parade and broken overhead 1954 5573 - Five newspaper clippings – Mr A. Mawby, retirement of W. K. Dunstan, appointment of Les Denmead, death of H.P James and Mr G. Laurens – first electric tram driver in Ballarat. 5574 - Five Newspaper clippings – all re tramway revenue in Ballarat and Provincial cities. 5575 - Two SEC public notices re tram services and clipping and written note re football specials on Mount Pleasant line 5576 - Three Newspaper cuttings – photo of parked trams in city loop, SEC services on 7/3/54 and return to 20 mins service in 6/1947. 5577 - Three cuttings including photo of cut in services result of industrial action and lack of power. 5578 - Two cuttings re the 1937 through routing of trams 5579 - Two cuttings – opening of Lydiard St Nth and 1942 alteration to stopping places 5580 - List of tram colours – Ballarat 1930-1952 5581 - List of Ballarat trams with Mileages in other cities. 5582 - List of SEC Scrapped tramcars 5583 - List of ESCo tramcars and builders 5584 - List of SEC Rollingstock with equipment notes etc. 5586 - Notes on derailments in Ballarat and photo of 34 derailed at Hospital corner 5587 - Photo and story of runaway of 17 in Nov. 1949 – two newspaper cuttings 5588 - Newspaper cuttings and photos of runaway of 24 into Bucks Head Hotel 1954 5589 - No. 37 accident notes and derailment of 27 in 1953. 5590 - Notes on Smashes and derailments of trams including newspaper clippings. 5591 - Notes on decorated trams 5592 - Newspaper clipping re Trolley Buses – letter from Wal Jack to The Courier – 1949 5593 - Newspaper clipping titled “Tram Lines”, dated 1952. and loose within the item, but now held in separate locations. See list for locations of these items within the folder. 5594 - Note from Kalgoorlie Miner 5595 - Newspaper cutting – Hopes Fade – historic wall at power station 5596 - Cutting of moving the tramway shelter 1923 5597 - Written on back on a SEC timesheet – notes on Ballarat numbers ex MMTB 5598 - On VR institute paper – notes on Ballarat mileages 5599 - Drawing of Ballarat horse tram system and note 5600 - Notes on construction of “0” road. 5601 - Two newspaper cuttings – decorated trams and Made in Australia banner on a single trucker. Some of the material has been recopied from an earlier folder/book - See Reg Item 5485. Also contained Reg Items the were 22 items inside the rear cover which has been separated out. See list and Reg Items Yields extensive information about Ballarat's early SEC history, operations, demonstrates important aspects of SEC operations, and has a strong association with the author's Ballarat work.Foolscap binder folder with two prong folder pieces and retainer clips, green cover and back, black binding edge, containing 85 sheets, ruled both sides, Norman Bros No. 10313HB, folder. trams, tramways, ballarat, tramways, sec, esco