Programme for the State Reception during the 1981 Royal VisitBruce Morgan was the first Shire Secretary (1964-1983) of the Shire of Diamond Valley. This collection was compiled by his wife, Mavis Morgan, detailing the events they attended in their official capacity1. Cream cover and embossed "ER" insignia with blue text, inside cream paper with blue text, state crest and coloured photo (2 copies) 2. Yellow window sticker with black text and state crest bruce morgan, mavis morgan, victorian government, royal tour 1981

Invitation and Entree card for the Victorian State reception for the Royal visit to Melbourne on Friday, 2nd October, 1981.Bruce Morgan was the first Shire Secretary (1964-1983) of the Shire of Diamond Valley. This collection was compiled by his wife, Mavis Morgan, detailing the events they attended in their official capacity1. Invitation card with gold text, and state crest. 2. Entree card red text and state crest, information in blue text bruce morgan, mavis morgan, victorian government, royal tour 1981

This is a set of 14 photographs of a visit to the Army Survey Regiment, Fortuna, Bendigo on the 5th of June 1979 by the Chief of the General Staff (CGS) Lieutenant General Sir Donald Dunstan AC, KBE, CB. He was accompanied by his wife. They were escorted through the production areas of the Army Survey Regiment by the CO LTCOL Bob Skitch. Lieutenant General Sir Donald Dunstan AC, KBE, CB was an esteemed Australian Army officer, who was CGS from 1977 to 1982. Upon retirement from the Army in 1982, he was appointed to the position of Governor of South Australia from 1982 to 1991. LTCOL Bob Skitch was the CO of the Army Svy Rgt from 1976 to 1980. Also featuring in these photos is MAJ Peter Eddy, who was the OC of Air Survey Squadron. He was later promoted to LTCOL and was CO of the Army Svy Rgt from 1981 to 1982. See item 6035.9P for photos of the CGS’s presentation of the Defence Force Service Medal to four recipients.This is a set of 14 photographs of a visit by the Chief of the General Staff to the Army Survey Regiment Fortuna, Bendigo on the 5th of June 1979. The photographs were printed on photographic paper and are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection. They were scanned at 300 dpi. .1) - Photo, black and white, 1979. Tour of Air Survey Squadron. L to R: unidentified, LTGEN General Sir Donald Dunstan AC, KBE, CB; OC MAJ Peter Eddy, unidentified. .2) - Photo, black and white, 1979. Tour of Air Survey Squadron. LTGEN General Sir Donald Dunstan AC, KBE, CB; views 3D stereoscopic aerial photography on a Zeiss (Jena) Stecometer. OC MAJ Peter Eddy is on his right. .3) - Photo, black and white, 1979. Tour of Air Survey Squadron. L to R: unidentified, CO LTCOL Bob Skitch, OC MAJ Peter Eddy, LTGEN General Sir Donald Dunstan AC, KBE CB viewing an aerial photograph. WO1 Brian Mead and others are operating a Wild PUG4 point transfer device. .4) - Photo, black and white, 1979. Enlargement of photo .3). Tour of Air Survey Squadron. L to R: unidentified, CO LTCOL Bob Skitch, OC MAJ Peter Eddy, LTGEN General Sir Donald Dunstan AC, KBE CB viewing an aerial photograph. .5) - Photo, black and white, 1979. Tour of Air Survey Squadron. LTGEN General Sir Donald Dunstan AC, KBE, CB; and unidentified technician view 3D stereoscopic aerial photography on a Wild B8 stereo plotter. .6) - Photo, black and white, 1979. Tour of Air Survey Squadron. L to R: OC MAJ Peter Eddy LTGEN General Sir Donald Dunstan AC, KBE CB; CO LTCOL Bob Skitch, view the output of a verification plot on an AUTOMAP 1 Gerber 1442 drum plotter. .7) - Photo, black and white, 1979. Tour of Air Survey Squadron. L to R: CO LTCOL Bob Skitch, unidentified aide de camp officer, LTGEN General Sir Donald Dunstan AC, KBE CB; OC MAJ Peter Eddy discuss aero triangulation planning documents. CAPT Don Maskew in background. .8) - Photo, black and white, 1979. Tour of Cartographic Squadron. L to R: CPL Dennis Learmonth, acting OC CAPT Bob Roche, CAPT Eddy Schulze, LTGEN General Sir Donald Dunstan AC, KBE CB; SSGT John ‘JB’ Barrie discuss cartographic map compilation procedures .9) - Photo, black and white, 1979. Tour of Cartographic Squadron. L to R: Tech WO WO1 Roger Rix, acting OC CAPT Bob Roche, CAPT Eddy Schulze, unidentified visitor, Mrs Dunstan with examples of map products. .10) - Photo, black and white, 1979. Tour of Cartographic Squadron. L to R: CPL Terry Danger, CO LTCOL Bob Skitch, LTGEN General Sir Donald Dunstan AC, KBE CB; discuss terrain embossing (hill shading) procedures. .11) - Photo, black and white, 1979. Tour of Cartographic Squadron. L to R: CO LTCOL Bob Skitch, LTGEN General Sir Donald Dunstan AC, KBE CB; acting OC CAPT Bob Roche, SSGT Dick Manley, CAPT Don Maskew and CAPT Steve Cooper in background. SPR Cheryl Lofthouse is retouching blemishes on a map separation film negative. .12) - Photo, black and white, 1979. Tour of Lithographic Squadron. L to R: CAPT Stan Vote, unidentified aide de camp officer, CO LTCOL Bob Skitch, LTGEN General Sir Donald Dunstan AC, KBE CB; MAJ Sam Schwartz EXCH-US, LT John Harrison discuss bulk map printing processes with an Ultra-MAN-III Printing Press. .13) - Photo, black and white, 1979. Officers Mess L to R: LTGEN General Sir Donald Dunstan AC, KBE CB; with CO LTCOL Bob Skitch. .14) - Photo, black and white, 1979. Officers Mess L to R: MAJ Peter Eddy, LTGEN General Sir Donald Dunstan AC, KBE CB..1P to .14P – no annotationsroyal australian survey corps, rasvy, army survey regiment, army svy regt, fortuna, asr

American - Australian Officer Exchange - Mid Tour Report ASR 1981, Major D Bowen US Army Corps of Engineers. A two-year exchange program existed between the Australian Survey Corps and the US Army Corps of Engineers. This is a report by the US Exchange Officer in 1981 half way through the exchange tour.Clear film plastic covers front and back, Light Purple cardboard covers. Contains Cover Letter to American Embassy, Canberra ACT. Page 2 is Information page with references. Table of Contents page. Actual Report is pages numbered 1-19. Booklet "Lansells Fortuna (green cover edition) pages 1-16, only some pages are numbered. Army Survey Regiment Organisation Chart, "Map Production Story"- 8 pages, Bowen to Gram No1- WestPoint to Australia 2 pages, Enclosure 9 - Use Addresses (USA). Armed Forces of Australia - Badges of Rank, Enclosure 5 - Recommended Changes 2 pages, Enclosure 6 - Technical Services R&D Tasks, Married Quarter Floor Plan.royal australian survey corps, rasvy, fortuna, army survey regiment, army svy regt, asr

The Mural is a picture in wool of the origin of the Ballan district and is made of pure wool donated by local growers.The centre panel is a reproduction of a sketch by Emma von Stieglitz in 1852 of the Ballan General Store. The ram's heads symbolise the importance of wool to the area and the circular shapes the transport of the day. Mrs Grace Slocombe designed the Mural, fifty-three local craftswomen (and one man) began the work in November 1981, and the finished work was exhibited at the 1982 Ballan Arcadian Arts Festival. The Mural was also exhibited at the 1982 Royal Melbourne Show then went on a tour of of various country areas in Victoria. It now hangs in the Ballan Old Courthouse.The Mural is significant to the local area.A text document on the story of the Wool Mural made for the Ballan Arcadian Festival in 1982.ballan art and craft society, grace slocombe, kathy diamond, enid swan, jessie mclean, joyce strickland, margaret young, cynthia ranken, dorie young, wool, wool mural

"The Blood Chit" carried by all United States Air Force Flight crews operating in South Vietnam, the "blood chit" so nick-named by flight crew - was designed to assist in the safe return of downed flight crew. The "chits" message - written in 15 languages - identified the carrier as a US citizen seeking food and assistance. Each "blood chit" was serially numbered and registered to assist in identification by US Forces. This one was issued to Squadron Leader Alan R Reed during his tour of duty in South Vietnam with the US 12th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron. COMRADES IN ARM THEN AND NOW: Soon after arrival at the USAF'S 12th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron in South Vietnam in 1968, Squadron Leader Alan Reed was assigned in an almost new Phantom RF74C (AF67442) Reconnaissance Aircraft - nicked name "Carolina Kangaroo" along with its crew chief, Sgt Dale Miller. The trio operated as a team for the remainder of Alan's tour of duty. In 1981, while serving in the USA as the Australian Air Attache, Alan (now an Air Commodore) visited Bergstrom Air Force Base during a major USAF exercise. By sheer coincidence he again met up with Dale (now a Lieutenant) and his old RF4C - still operational but now sans the Carolina Kangaroo emblem.Black and Gold Framed Article of "The Blood Chit"- Accompanied with U.S.A. Flag and explanation. Also two coloured and one black and white photo of Alan Reed and Crew Chief Sgt. Dale Miller beside the RF-4C Phantom nicknamed, "Carolina Kangaroo".alan reed, rf-4c phantom, "carolina kangaroo"., sgt dale miller, united states air force, 12th tactical reconnaissance squadron, blood chit, us forces, squadron leader alan reed, usaf, bergstrom air force base, royal australian air force, 052363, pilot, headquarters, australian force vietnam, raaf element

Sir Douglas Ralph Nicholls (1906-1988), footballer, pastor, activist and governor, was born on 9 December 1906 at Cummeragunja Aboriginal mission, New South Wales, fifth child of Herbert Nicholls, seasonal worker, and his wife Florence, née Atkinson. Doug grew up at Cummeragunja, on the Murray River near Barmah, in its golden years of Aboriginal autonomy. Thomas Shadrach James gave him and other Yorta Yorta children a sound primary education, reinforcing the pride and self-assurance gained from their parents. As Doug grew, so too did the powers of the State’s Aboriginal Protection Board. Doug’s elder sister Hilda was removed about 1915. When Doug reached 14, he was moved off under the Aborigines Protection Act (1909) to find work. He took a job with dredging teams constructing levees on the Murray. Like other youths in the region Nicholls played Australian rules football, emulating kinsmen who had won local premierships since the 1890s. Doug and his brother Herbert (‘Dowie’) played with Tongala in the mid-1920s. Melbourne football beckoned, Doug trying out unsuccessfully for Carlton in 1927. He signed with the Northcote Victorian Football Association team, despite his nervousness about his Aboriginality, and was given a job with Northcote City Council. ‘Dowie’ joined him for a season. Doug was short at 5 ft 2 ins (158 cm), but muscular and lightning fast. He competed regularly during a boom in professional running, winning many heat and place prizes. In 1929 he won the Nyah and Warracknabeal gifts, earning a sash and £100 in each, together with a case of cutlery in the latter. Using his speed on the wing for Northcote, he produced great spring and agility from his compact body. The Sporting Globe reported in 1929 that ‘he flashes through packs of big men, whisks around small men . . . and attempts marks at the back of any six-footer’. In front-on clashes he was flattened only to rise again. The sole Aborigine in the VFA, he was known affectionately as the ‘flying Abo’ but called worse by his opponents’ barrackers. He competed for five seasons, being named ‘best and fairest’ twice, appearing in three association grand finals and winning in 1929. Keen to earn more than a seasonal wage, in 1931 Nicholls accepted a three-year contract with Jimmy Sharman’s travelling boxing show. The bouts matched opposites, local against tent boxer, white against black, and sometimes men of different sizes. He faced stiff competition from those who wanted to best the noted Melbourne black footballer, the crowd adding racial abuse. A far better footballer than boxer, he copped some punishment. Fighting in the Melbourne Stadium in December 1931, he was described by Truth as ‘slow and awkward’, but packing a ‘good wallop’. In 1932 Sharman, who treated his boxers fairly, released Nicholls to join the Fitzroy Victorian Football League team, which agreed to employ him as its groundsman. He played fifty-four games for Fitzroy over six seasons until knee trouble forced him out in 1937. Winning cups in 1934 and 1935, he played alongside Haydn Bunton and Wilfred (‘Chicken’) Smallhorn. Grand finals eluded him but he represented Victoria twice. Following his mother’s death, Nicholls revisited the Church of Christ chapel in Northcote, where they had worshipped together. On 17 July 1932 he experienced a conversion. He was soon baptised and witnessed openly, leading his fellow footballers to occasional church parades. Nicholls exhibited leadership qualities. William Cooper, founder of the Australian Aborigines’ League and Nicholls’ Yorta Yorta kinsman and fellow Christian, encouraged the young footballer. In February 1935 Cooper, Nicholls and others lobbied Thomas Paterson, the Commonwealth minister for the interior, over the need for Federal control of Aboriginal affairs. Nicholls attended the Day of Mourning protest for Aborigines held in Sydney on 26 January 1938, declaring: ‘after 150 years our people are still influenced and bossed by white people. I know we can proudly hold our own with others if given the chance’. When Cooper retired in November 1940 Nicholls became secretary of the AAL. On 2 June 1941 Nicholls enlisted in the Citizen Military Forces. He trained at Seymour and Bonegilla before being posted to the 29th Battalion. As Major Frank Corr’s batman, he was popular with other soldiers who tolerated his preaching and Bible reading. His army service was brief, however, and he was discharged in Melbourne on compassionate grounds on 22 January 1942. His biographer claimed that the Fitzroy police requested his return to mediate in the racial tensions developing between servicemen and the mostly respectable Aboriginal families living in crowded and dilapidated Fitzroy housing; Aboriginal people maintain that they requested his release. Nicholls began welfare work and religious services from an Aboriginal home in Gertrude Street, Fitzroy. In April 1942, ‘Dowie’ died of road accident trauma, leaving his wife, Gladys, née Bux, and three children. On 26 December 1942 at Moama Methodist Church, New South Wales, Nicholls married her, a caring gesture which developed into a loving partnership. In January 1943 he initiated ‘Aboriginal Sunday’, featuring a gum leaf orchestra and choir. By 1955 this service had moved to July and later evolved into National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) week. Ordained a Churches of Christ pastor in 1945, Nicholls conducted a vigorous ministry from a chapel in Gore Street, Fitzroy. His work survived on donations, a small honorarium, and his employment as team coach (1947) and curator at the Northcote Football Ground. In the 1950s Gladys established grocery and opportunity shops to earn income and provide services. Their house soon overflowed with people in need or visitors to Melbourne. Nicholls also hosted inspiring African American visitors such as the pianist Winifred Attwell and the singer Harry Belafonte. His ministry extended to Aboriginal country communities. Gladys taught Sunday school, undertook endless fund-raising and welfare work beside her husband, and became his greatest supporter and financial manager. They formed an Aboriginal Girls’ Hostel in 1956, for which they acted as house parents, and bought holiday units for Aborigines at Queenscliff. Persistently advocating Aboriginal rights, Nicholls protested about the impact of the Woomera rocket range on the people of the Warburton Ranges, co-ordinated the production of a concert, Out of the Dark, scripted by Jean Campbell, to rectify the omission of Aborigines from Victoria’s Commonwealth jubilee celebrations, and criticised the Victorian Aboriginal Protection Board. In 1957 when the board was transformed into the Aborigines’ Welfare Board, he and Harold Blair were appointed as Aboriginal representatives. Maintaining the stance of a political moderate, he did not bear grudges and sought to build bridges between black and white. He co-operated with any group that aided the cause, including the Council of Aboriginal Rights, whose executive were members of the Communist Party of Australia. This association attracted the attention of the Australian Security Intelligence Organization, which in 1957 began to keep a file on Nicholls. In May 1957 Nicholls formed the Victorian Aborigines Advancement League with Doris Blackburn and Gordon Bryant, a Federal parliamentarian. As its paid field officer and spokesman, Nicholls contested assimilation policies and used film to raise awareness of issues. When the Welfare Board attempted to close Lake Tyers reserve, Gippsland, he resigned in disgust and led a protest march on parliament in May 1963. The AAL also petitioned the United Nations on land rights in June, perhaps the first indigenous body to do so. He argued for new premises at 58 Cunningham Street, Northcote, opened in 1966 as the ‘Doug Nicholls Centre’. In 1958 Nicholls was a foundation member of the Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement (Federal Council for the Advancement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders after 1964), which he served as national field officer (1961) and Victorian secretary (1962-63). While an innovator in tactics, he was alarmed by the influence of confrontational ‘black power’ politics in the AAL and resigned as a director amid turmoil on this issue in 1969, claiming the concept was a ‘bitter word’, not needed in Australia. Similar tensions in FCAATSI led him to join with Kath Walker (Oodgeroo Noonuccal) in establishing the short-lived National Tribal Council as an alternative forum. As the AAL leadership moderated their stance, he returned as president (1969-74) of the new all-Aboriginal organisation. He was also a keen patron of the National Aboriginal Sports Foundation, founded in 1969. Many honours were conferred on Nicholls: he was appointed MBE (1957) and OBE (1968) and knighted (1972). In 1962 he was named Victorian ‘Father of the Year’ and the State’s second Aboriginal justice of the peace. Crowned Melbourne’s 1973 King of Moomba, he was declared Bapu Mamus (a Torres Strait term for ‘headman’) by the NTC. On 1 December 1976 Sir Douglas was appointed Governor of South Australia, but his health deteriorated within weeks, making it difficult for him to perform his official duties. In March 1977 he hosted Queen Elizabeth during her royal tour and was appointed KCVO. He relinquished his governorship on 30 April 1977 following a stroke. Ill health continued to dog him during retirement, but he played his Nelson Eddy records, enjoyed his expanding family, and when able, ministered to the Aboriginal Church at the League’s premises. Sir Douglas Nicholls died on 4 June 1988 at Mooroopna, predeceased (1981) by his wife and survived by his five children. He was given a state funeral and buried in tribal ground at Cummeragunja cemetery. Among the many tributes to him are an oval at Northcote, handed to the AAL in 1982, a Canberra suburb gazetted in 1991, and a fellowship for Indigenous leadership established in 2003, all in his name, and a statue of Sir Doug and Lady Nicholls by Louis Laumen, unveiled in 2007 in Parliament Gardens, Melbourne. Sir Douglas Nicholls is shown speaking at a microphone; head and shoulders; dressed in a suit.Pastor Douglas Nicholls