Soft light cardboard cover. Yellow background, black print on font. Black buckram spine. Black & white photo of a certificate - Honour the Brave for the Shire of Metcalfe. 281 pages, cut, plain, white. Illustrated in black & white, photos, certificates, maps, lettersHandwritten in black ink on Table of Contents along with "RSL Stamp" "Peter C Ball" (Signed off the donation) book, shire of metcalf

The name Metcalf should have an (e) on the end. Refer Cat No 5371P for Richard Robert Metcalfe’s service history. The dated certificate is signed is 14th Sept 192? (Possibly 1920 or 21)Certificate from the Borough of Eaglehawk showing ornate configuration of Coat of Arms, soldier standing at Arms Rest with rifle, rising sun above details acknowledging the loss of a soldier from the Mayor, Councillors and Burgesse, an embossed red seal and signed by three Councillors and dated, oval shape inset for a photo which is B & W of the soldier.On front hand written, No 4853 Richard.R. Metcalf 5th Pnr Batt, killed in Action Bullecourt 10th May 1917”certificates, shires, eaglehawk

Graham Masters is a potter based at Sweenies Creek, just outside Bendigo, Victoria who specialises in a patented technique of low relief stoneware depicting Australian animals and landscapes. He obtained a Diploma of Art and Design in Ceramics from the Bendigo Institute of Technology in 1973, then operated a pottery for a year in Bendigo, before becoming an employee, then a partner at Maldon Pottery, Victoria with Neville Wilson and Thomas Metcalf. He left Maldon to set up his own pottery at Sweenies Creek in 1984. (1.) (Judith Pearce). Built in 1869, the (former) Strathfieldsaye Shire Hall is one of The City of Bendigo's earliest surviving public buildings. Designed by George Steane and built by George Pallett in 1869 the Strathfieldsaye Shire Hall has aesthetic significance as a purpose built Shire Hall designed in the Free Classical manner. It is also of importance as an early example of the novel system of cavity wall construction. The building is largely intact and unaltered. Other important elements include the arched portico of the main entrance with brick arched features on either side; the brick quoining and dressings to the round arch windows; the three gabled roof; and the matching chimneys that reinforce the symmetrical design. The Hall has social significance as a temporary schooling facility in the 1870s and as a flood refuge in 1889. The Strathfieldsaye Shire Hall is a brick building designed in the Free Classical manner. This style was favoured by the Public Works Department for a number of public buildings including Shire Halls and courthouses. The form includes a central taller volume flanked by matching smaller gables. In the case of the Shire Hall these would be occupied by the Shire Secretary and Shire Engineer whilst the larger volume was the council chamber. The portico at the front is designed with a flat arch in the centre and matching smaller arches each side. The face red brick is unadorned apart from a plain string course at the roof springing point, brick quoining and dressings to the round arch windows. There are matching chimneys that are located to reinforce the symmetrical design and the original roof is believed to have been slate but is now corrugated iron. Large wheel thrown ceramic platter with a shallow well, broad flaring ledge and raised on a high foot rim. Rim decorated with slab rolled gum trees protruding on centre left and right sides of plater. which reflect the low relief image of trees and the Strathfieldsaye Shire Hall on the surface of the plate. Glazed with golden brown and cream. Front centre top; 'Shire of Strathfieldsaye'. Front lower centre '1866 - 1991 - 125 Years'. Signed 'G Master / 1991' on rim centre right. Reverse; signed 'G Master' / 1991. Bendigo Pottery stamp.shire of strathfieldsaye, bendigo pottery