Herbert Joseph Chambers was born in 1912 in Clifton Hill, Victoria. Later he was to live in Clark and Charles Streets in Northcote, in South Caulfield, and finally in Mentone. While he may have worked at the Kew Asylum before 1945, that year was when he was presented with a Certificate issued by the Department of Mental Hygiene (Victoria) declaring that he had completed training and passed the examinations required to work as a 'Mental Attendant’. The document is dated 19th December 1945 and signed by the Director of the Department and by the Co-Examiners. From at least 1945, he was to work as a member of the male staff of the Asylum, mainly in the Refractory Ward. A donor gifted to the Kew Historical Society in February 2019 a number of items collected by Herbert Chambers in his work at the Asylum. These include his Certificate of Registration, a photograph taken of him with two colleagues at Circular Quay in Sydney, a notebook containing ‘SP’ betting records of male asylum staff, and five sketchbooks with artwork created by Kenneth Bailey, a patient of the Asylum. Herbert Chambers’ period of employment at the Kew Asylum coincided with the employment of the English psychiatrist Dr Eric Cunningham Dax (1908-2008) as Chairman of the Mental Hygiene Authority in 1952. Dr Dax introduced an art therapy program into Victorian psychiatric hospitals, including Kew, where it is likely that the five sketchbooks were created. The sketchbooks are believed to have been presented to Chambers by **** as a “gift for looking after him”. Herbert Chambers retired from the Kew Asylum in c.1970 after working there for almost thirty years.The Kew Historical Society has been the recipient of a number of important collections relating to the Kew Mental Hospital and the Children's Cottages, Kew, including their former incarnations. This is an important donation in this context as it includes five sketchbooks by a patient in an art therapy program at the Hospital. Art therapy programs were introduced by Dr Eric Cunningham Dax to Victorian asylums in the 1950s. The sketchbooks contain incomplete drawings and finished artworks. The donor believes that the patient who created the sketchbooks suffered from Schizophrenia. The sketchbooks are historically significant as representative examples of works created by patients in the program and for what they reveal about how mental illness may be manifested in a patient's artworks. The most significant repository of comparable works is held by the Dax Centre at Melbourne University.One of five sketchbooks with illustrations by ******, a patient of the Kew Mental Hospital in an art therapy program, during the 1950s or 1960s. No work is dated although a number of the drawings/paintings are signed with the artist's name. art therapy, kew mental hospital, herbert joseph chambers, dr eric cunningham dax

Found by a builder (with four dip-nib pens) underneath the floorboards of a classroom in 2012. The classroom was in the process of being demolishedThe ruler (and the pens that accompanied it) look to be from the earlier phase of the school.Wooden 8 inch ruler with Westex brand. Faded scribbles in red,pink and blue on front. On back, diagram of angles and markings/scribbles. Two corners broken.Westex brand on fron, angles diagram on back. Scribbles on both sides, mostly capital letters.

This little slate notebook was given by Webb Brothers to their customers as an advertising tool. The Webb Brothers Company a large manufacturing firm in Lava Street, Warrnambool, making windmills, dairying utensils, steam boilers, and oil engines. They were also engineers, brassfounders and wholesale tinsmiths and plumbers. Motor car work became a speciality in the 1920s. In 1921 they opened a branch of their business in Melbourne (Bayswater) and the name of the firm became Presha Engineering Company. This notebook is of some interest as it was provided by Webb Brothers, an important company in Warrnambool in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It is also an example of the advertising techniques used by business houses at that time and an interesting example of the use of a slate pencil and slate pages as a recording mechanism.This is a brown leather notebook with three pages of slate material making eight spaces for recording notes. Notes recorded in slate can be rubbed out and the space used again. The slate pencil container is on the side of the notebook but the pencil is missing. The cover is mottled with creamy-yellow lines. The pages are edged in red and there is scribble on some pages. Front page of notebook: ‘Before purchasing talk to Webb Bros. & Co., Windmill Makers, Engineers, Ironworkers etc. Lava Street, Warrnambool ‘Phone 27, Made in Germany’ Scribble on first page ‘Wanted known’ webb brothers, warrnambool, brassfounders

Photos of soldiers during WW1. All posed but some unidentified.Various postcard photos of WW1 Soldiers in posed positions. 1. Australian soldier in uniform posed in front of a frieze. Portrait in black and white. 2. Head and shoulders shot of Australian Soldier - black and white portrait. 3. Head shot of a soldier looking into the camera. 4. Two Australian Soldiers, one sitting and one standing, both in uniform, looking into the camera. 5. Black and white portrait photo of an Australian Soldier. 1. On back is scribbled "Scotty Valentine". 2. On back is scribbled "Gus Vallance" (?). 3. On back "To Dave with Best Wishes, from Sam." 4. On back is scribbled a name but it is undecipherable. 5. On back is scribbled "L. Howie". (?).selby collection, photo postcards, ww1

Hardcover w/ Dust JacketHandwritten scribbles throughoutwalsh st library

Related to Private "Walter John Broom", VX10043 from 1st Australian Park transport Company Citizens Military Services from 5/11/41 to 6/9/42, then Australian Imperial Forces 7/9/42 to 21/11/45. Discharging 21 Dec 1945 at Royal Park. War Badge RASA216696. Trade Group TG3 - Horse Transport.Black and white Portrait photo of an Australian Soldier from Waist up. Looking into the camera in a posed position in uniform. Photo covered by plastic and centred in a beige cardboard frame. Dark green metal backing with a fold out metal stand.1349 Scribbled on back.australian army, transport co., walter john broom

Presence of women in the photo and variety of service types suggest photo taken well behind lines in England. Part of the William (Bill) Thomason collection. Refer Cat no. 4136P.Photo shows a large number of people, lined up in three rows posed for the shot. Includes range of soldiers, sailors and civilians and what looks to be a range of Nationalities. There is also a large number of others, mostly in uniform, in the background. They appear to be posed in front of some ruins possibly of Greek or Roman style."77" scribbled on back.collection of william (bill) thomason, photograph, ww1

A beige coloured cardboard box and lid with metal reinforcements on each corner of the box and lid. Printed on the lid in black - ESTABLISHED 1906 P.O. BOX 119 PHONE 802 H. & C. STILES Specialist Opticians WILLIAMSON STREET ... BENDIGO Blue ink scribble on the backh&c stiles, spectacle box, opticians

'The Rico' cash receipt book with duplicate blue carbon and cardboard.4 receipts per page, duplicate and carbon 1 page intact - 1959-1960. Black spine bindingScribble inside from cover

Letter giving extensive details about Tarndwarncoort Homestead, in Warncoort, one of Victoria's oldest homesteads. It has been in the Dennis family since 1840s.Handwritten in pen, 2 pagesIt has been scribbled on in penciltarndwarncoort, tardnie

This was issued in 1917 for the use of the new army in the UK. Small green covered book with approx 120 pages outlining the techniques of map reading. Contents gave instructions and advise on how to read a map including numerous exercises and illustrations, includes some fold out inserts.Some calculations scribbled in the back.ww1, map reading, book

Items belonging to Alva Bennetts VFX128835, from BCOF in Japan 1947-49. See cat 9726P for details of service for Alva Marie Bennetts.Green cover magazine with an image of a Japanese person on the front dressed in traditional clothing. "Japan" is written in large white letters. Inside is a series of photos of Japanese locations, each with an accompanying description. On the back cover is a map of Japan.An indecipherable scribble on the front in pen.alva bennetts, bcof, japan, magazine

Board cover with pasted on illustration, blue cloth spine. Wear to extremities, particularly corners. Pencil scribbling in front cover, red pencil scribble inside back cover. Significant foxxing to title page but largely absent throughout. Illustrated. Fair-good conditionfictionBible Stories retold to children.bible stories

The Kiewa Valley Primary schools held an Athletic Carnival each year. Eight schools were involved.The Sports Meeting was an opportunity for children from eight primary schools to get together, socialise and compete in seven events.This was important as most of the schools were small country schools with children mostly from farms. The list of names is also of interest.Yellow cardboard folded in half with 8 Schools, 7 Events and 4 colour teams in 731 cm x 24.5 cm age groups listed.Scribble inside over all teams. athletic sports, kiewa valley schools sports association

This 64 page booklet was first issued in 1958 and distributed free of charge to customers. It contained such interesting snippets as a list of Kings and Queens of England to population lists and information about the planets. This was a popular item amongst school children.The State Savings Bank of Victoria existed until 1991 when it was taken over by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. It was a major provider of home loan in the post war period.A 62 page booklet issued by the State Savings Bank of Victoria. The outer cover has a dark olive green background colour and has some yellow detail in the design.Some pencil scribbling on inside covers.state savings bank of victoria, ssb

Fixture for the Diamond Valley Football League 1975. Gary Partington is a Life Member of the Greensborough football club and a GHS member. Football fixture, cardboard. White card with black text. Some scribble in pink on inside fixture.greensborough football club, partington family, diamond valley football league

There are numbers scribbled in ink at the back of the photos.sunshine secondary college, seconard school, student

Map marking the Printemps department stores and significant urban landmarks in Paris; maps of Paris Metro and Autobus on reverse/ Blondel La RougerySmall scribbles on the advertising pages, indecipherable.paris, paristemp, map, transport map, walsh st library

Propoganda book on Mussolini's Tour of Germany 1937. Part of the collection of William (Bill) Thomason. Refer Cat No. 4136P.100 page book of script and photos of Benito Mussolini touring Germany Circa 1937. Front cover with image of Mussolini and Adolph Hitler standing watching a Military Parade. Contents mainly photos of his tour with some opening commentary.A name scribbled inside 1st page.collection of william (bill) thomason, book, italy, pre ww2

A badly damaged small antique brown leather Lutheran German Missal which has no title page and the cover is broken away from the pages. There are two small leather tabs on the back cover which would have closed the missal. 330.Pp. non-fictionAs the title page is missing there are no details as to the publisher of this missal. It is written in German. A missal is a liturgical book containing instructions and texts necessary for the celebration of Mass throughout the liturgical year. Versions differ across liturgical tradition, period, and purpose, with some missals intended to enable a priest to celebrate Mass publicly and others for private and lay use. missals, religious books, churches

Black & white photograph, Bert Graham Collection, a lad doing a forward roll on a floor mat. Rough Percy is scribbled on the front.bendigo, clubs, bendigo east swimming club

Sent by FRANK BARNES (AIF 4156) to UNA FRANKLING of Harcourt. Refer Cat No 2380 for details re Frank Barnes service.Rectangular black & white post card photograph of Hong Kong Harbour, front has description on, there is scribble and a pencil drawing on rear.documents - photographs, postcards

This photograph was taken as a postcard in the Rose Stereograph Company's Rose Series. It was number P. 1463 in the series, meaning it was likely taken in the 1930s or early 40s. It depicts 'West Gembrook Road' - likely now Old Gembrook Road or Belgrave-Gembrook Road - surrounded by fields on one side and small home on the other. Over 14000 Rose Series postcards were produced over the lifetime of the Company, capturing everything from major landmarks to quiet scenic roads like this. It may have been taken by Karl Visser.The photograph depicts part of Emerald as it was in the 1930s. At the time, it was considered representative of the area, enough to be published as a postcard.Black and white photograph (copy) on gloss photographic paper. Below the photo is a label describing its location and denoting it as part of the Rose Series. The photo looks down at a road with hills in the background, a field in the foreground and occasional building along the roadside. The rear has writing in pencil and some pen scribbles, and there is a pen scribble on the upper left of the photograph.Front, Left, Below Photograph: "THE ROSE SERIES P. 1463" Front, Centre, Below Photograph: "WEST GEMBROOK ROAD, EMERALD, VIC." Rear: "KAPL VISSER / 600 511"emerald, photography, 1930s, 1940s

This item is a useful research tool.A black cloth covered 46 pp book containing information on how to deal with banks. It contains advertisements for banks and insurance companies. It is held together with metal screws through the spine.Inside cover - hand scribbles in red and blue penbook-finance-banking

A vintage 1894 hardcover children's book with the title Chatterbox printed in white lettering at the top of the front cover which has a green coloured background with an illustration in a large circle showing a boy sitting on a step near a door holding a white dog on his knee. The boy is wearing a green overcoat, brown tartan cap, red cravat and a brown jacket. He has a white blanket across his left shoulder. The publisher details are printed at the bottom, with Price Three Shillings printed in black letters at the very top. Green tape covers the spine, holding the covers together. The covers are damaged and faded. The faded yellow coloured back cover has four advertisements: "Cadbury's", Symington's Pea flour and soup. Symington's Egyptian Food and 'Pears' soap.The manufacturer details are included for all. The frontispiece coloured illustration inside depicts a group of schoolboys near a red letterbox throwing snowballs at each other outside their school. A dog is watching. The title of the picture is 'A hard fought battle'. The title page has the title plus Founded by J. Erskine Clarke, M.A and publisher details with a black lined illustration of children, a woman with children at her knee reading and flowers. There are further coloured plates in the collection. The book contains plenty of puzzles, poetry, and stories for children. Pp. 412. At the back is an added supplement of Wells, Gardner, Darton & Co's Popular Books for prizes and presents. Pp.32.fictionA vintage 1894 Chatterbox collection of puzzles, poetry and stories for children with black lined illustrations and coloured plates throughout. children's books, books, children's stories, adventure stories

One was presented on a sash to one lady debutante at the local debutante ball by Amy Huxtable the Bendigo Advertiser Social Editor. Ron Penna was born in Bendigo in 1935. He worked at the Bendigo Advertiser newspaper from 1952 as a printer and foreman from 1968. He retired in 1995.A single sheet four-page supplement in the Saturday May 30 1987 edition of the Bendigo Advertiser which was the last in a special series held to mark Newspaper Week. The front page of tabloid size newspaper headline is Censorship, taxes: the press leads the fight. The article describes the fight for freedom of the press through the 18th, 19th and 20th centauries. A column on the right side is headed Important press dates. It starts with 1445 Johan Gutenberg invents moveable type, the foundation for 500 years and finishes with the 1970's swing to computer-based typesetting. The back page has a half page article headed Foreman Ron remembers the 'Tiser fire disaster. The article has a photograph of Ron Penna with a history of his career to that date at the Bendigo Advertiser. The lower half of the page is headed Ruth keeps the wheels in motion. The article has a photograph of Ruth Claridge with a history of her career to that at the Bendigo Advertiser. The middle pages are a broad sheet size replica of a page of The Bendigo Advertiser Friday, May, 30 1862 Part of the Ron Penna Collection. scribble in black ink on the lower article on the back pageron penna, newspaper, the bendigo advertiser, ruth claridge, newsweek feature 1987