Watch used by an Alfred Nurse Sidney Williams (nee McDowell) Alfred graduate 1945Of significance to the AHNL as it belonged to an Nurseyellow metal watch with expandable yellow metal writ band. Has a second hand and date window. Small black raised rectangles instead of numerals, with finer lines between. Has yellow metal winder. Back of watch is silver coloured netalMakers name (Rotary) with decorative marking underneath and words '21 jewels', 'Swiss made' on dial.. The back has words 'water resistant' Incabloc Swiss 245576the name Sidney Williams engraved on backnurses, watch

Photograph of Sidney Williams (Macdowell) in nurses uniform wearing watchPhotograph is of the donor Black and white photograph of a woman in nurses uniform wearing a veil and watchwritten on back of photo in black ink: Sidney MacDowell Blue dress, 1st day after graduation 1945sidney macdowell, nurses, ahnl

The Churchill Island collection includes objects from the late 1800s to the mid-1970s. The collection is presented in sets and series, of which this windmill represents the Amess era.This windmill may be one of the oldest working mills of its model in Gippsland and has been a permanent fixture on Churchill Island since the late 1920s.Complete water-boring windmill on metal stand, with vane at head and pumphouse at base.COMETfarm, machinery, windmill, water, pumping, comet, churchill island, amess

Badge used by Sidney Williams sometime between 1962 (date of marriage) and her retirement in 1978Of significance to the AHNL as an example of identification all nurses were required to wear rectangular badge, white laminated over brown material (? plastic) name has been punched through front panel, metal pin attached to backSister S Williamsnurse, sidney williams (macdowell)

For 100 years Doncaster-Templestowe was a major fruit producing area. The industry had a profound effect on the landscape and vegetation. Although orcharding families came from a variety of backgrounds, German families were an important sub-group.A comprehensive history of fruit growing in the Doncaster-Templestowe area between 1850s and 1950s when orchards began to be subdivided for housing. It includes B&W photos and line drawings and maps. It covers details of the varieties grown, the families involved, pests, machinery involved, markets, blacksmiths and reasons for the demise of the industry in the area.irvine green, eric collyer, doncaster-templestowe historical society, gottlieb thiele, ruffey creek, bismarck street, victoria street, thomas petty, george hislop, john whitten, john clay, august aumann, carl hanke, gottfried uebergang, waldau, max schramm, german lane, george street, john tully, henry crouch, george tortice, august zerbe, jane serpell, sidney williams, phylloxera, joseph bosisto, richard serpell, frederick thiele, w s williams, edwin lawford, james read, john finger, richard clay, ferdinand finger, leeds street, wetherby road, john russell, sarah uebergang, mary hislop, rudolph werner, john petty, archibald mclaren, john hicks, joe hicks, john smedley, william smedley, william hunter, sylvester mullens, laurie's forge, curtis hillman, anne hillman, dan harvey, calder's forge, hillman's blacksmith works, thomas serpell, gill smith, victorian fruit growers association, h g reynolds, alfred thiele, william webb, fred zerbe, mary anne clay, orchardist's coolstore, r h werner & co, j h land, orchardists and fruit cool stores association, a t petty, r read, r chivers, jack noonan, arthur ireland, jack robinson, george knee, donvale cool store, herb petty, frank petty, fred tolly, gordon white, blue moon fruit co-operative ltd, kathleen petty, peg chivers, jack russell, mathew adams, george mcgahy, edwin bullock, james hodson, edwin wilson, david corbett, edwin lowford, thomas beavis, william hanke, tom petty, edward crossman, andrew zander, carl aumann, heinrich fromhold, thomas chivers, william williams, reinhold denhert, henry finger, august furhmann, henry serpell, john ireland, frank smedley, william kent, william knee, thomas buck, henry white, gottlieb leber, alexander speers

The School of Mines Ballarat began in 1870. It's location was the south end of Lydiard Street. Ballarat Junior Technical School began in 1913 and was boys only until 1951 when girls were included. They were under the control of the School of Mines Council. In 1967 the were three divisions. Each was internally distinguished. Ballarat School of Industries, Ballarat Technical School and Ballarat Institute of Advanced Education. In 1976 B.I.A.E. merged with State College of Victoria Ballarat - formerly Ballarat Teachers' College to become Ballarat College of Advanced Education, later to become Federation University. Income Tax Return for the Ballarat School of Mines and Industries for 1937. It is prepared and signed by The Registrar F Ferguson. Names of staff and position listed.Pink coloured form with blue printSignature of F Ferguson - Registrarschool of mines, ballarat, f ferguson, tax return, registrar, sidney chambers, hester darby, thomas gordon, harry goldsmith, augustus heseltine, principal, donald johnston, daniel mullins, hubert murphy, gertrude mcilvens, edgar mcconnon, mavis mctaggart, james pound, richard richards, herbert smith, john sutherland, thomas trengrove, james lochhead, harold yates, albert williams, f g procter, loyal finch, mabel grigg, william coates, victor greenhalgh, h brew, frank ponsonby, thomas gardiner, george cornell, a a jones, ruby lonie, fergus ferguson, h e hewitt, h l coburn, eleanor wright, angus henderson, hubert cochrane, james chandler, e g quilliam, annie jones, annie a. jones, gladstone procter, university women

Sidney and Ivy-Jane Browne purchased the Lower Plenty ‘Golf Club’ Hotel in 1940. They owned it until 1943. Their daughter, Irene Stella, was born in Eltham in July 1923 and would have been between 17 and 20 years of age at the time this photograph was taken. Ivy-Jane (nee Williams) was born in Eltham in December 1899 and was the sister of George Alfred Williams who is commemorated on the WWI plaque at the back of St. Margaret’s church, Eltham, and whose name is also listed on the Cenotaph in front of the Eltham War Memorial in Main Road, Eltham. Irene Browne married Leslie Allan Walker in 1945 and following his death in 1958 she married Charles William Smith. She died in 2008 and is buried in Omeo Cemetery along with her husband, Charles Smith. Her granddaughter, Veronica Gunn, advises a few years earlier, Irene’s son took her to the hotel and spoke with the then owner who showed Irene the photo, which she confirmed was of herself. Digital filelower plenty, lower plenty hotel, hotels, irene stella browne, irene stella smith, golf club hotel, 1940s

White Hills Primary School (No.1916) opened in Napier Street in 1877. It moved to its current site in Plumridge Street in 1985.Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2003. Good old days: White Hill primary school grades 2,3 and 4; circa 1951. Back row from left: Bruce McDowell, Frank Honeychurch, Ken Smith, Gillian Phillips, Ruth Drummont, Dawn Barfoot, unknown, Ronald Sylvester, Dick Watts. Fourth row: Joan Grabbish, Joan Ward, Beth Yates, Margaret Baum, Suzette Gillen, June Richardson, Joy Oakes, Eileen Tappe, Helen Keckes. Third row: Rodney Hamilton, Barry Wright, Marjorie Grey, June Luke, Glenda Gooding. Second row: Nola Peake, Marlene Smith, Lillian Watts, Barbara Smith, Lynette Phillips, Elaine Baum, Jacqueline Williams. Front row: Nick Hawke, Keith Veale, Wally Forbes, Noel Honeychurch, Kelvin Raison, Daryl Jones, Ronald Taig, Sidney Howie, Kevin Eddlestone. Some names are missing. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

This list of factories in the City of Sunshine is an extract from a report by City of Sunshine in 1962.This report records the business name, type of industry and address of businesses operating in the City of Sunshine in 1962.Factory Name or Occupier A.C. Stebbing A.E. Davies A.F. & J.A. Dawes A.G. & N. Pennell A.G. Spalding Bros (A'sia) Pty Ltd A.H. Corral & H. Reeves A.R.C. Engineering Company Pty Ltd A.V. Homes Albert G. Sims Ltd Albert G. Sims Ltd Albion Quarrying Company Pty Ltd Albion Timber Company Alfred George Black Alliance Printing Company Amsterdamer, Mark & Isabella Andrew W. Rea Antonio Koumis Armstrong York Engineering Pty Ltd Associated Rubber Company Pty Ltd Austral Bronze Company Pty Ltd Austral Standard Cables Pty Ltd B.A. Martin Baker & Taylor Pty Ltd Barnard Bros. Pty Ltd Bethell & Bradley Bill's Transport Services Pty Ltd Birmbaun Fairwell & Richter, Morka (Occ B. & R. Company) Boonspa Pty Ltd British Australia Carpet Manufacturing Company Brooklea Timber Company Brooklyn Motor Springs Works Broons Containers Ltd Broons Timber Pty Ltd C. & L.A. Dunt Letcher & Hartley C. Wolfenden & Company C.J.T. Niven Pty Ltd C.T. Wimble & Co. Pty Ltd C.V. Trowbridge Caluzzi, L. Canada Cycle & Motor Company Pty Ltd Canterbury, C.W. Connor Shea & Company Pty Ltd Consilated Bearing Company Pty Ltd Consolidated Metal Products Co-Operative Farmers & Graziers (Direct Meat Supply Ltd) Corrougated Fibre Container Pty Ltd Crittall Manufacturing Company Crittall Manufacturing Company Crocuher & Sharpe Currie Furniture Manufacturing Company D. Pavlovic D. Richardson & Sons Pty Ltd D. Ure D.J. & J. Bingham Dalco Pty Ltd Dalgety's Properties (Vic) Pty Ltd Dalgety's Stores Pty Ltd Darmas Welding Engineers Digby Leonard Stanley Dixon & Co. Pty Ltd Dover Machine Tools Pty Ltd Dycraft Ltd E. & F. Industries Pty Ltd E.G. Hallett E.J. Andrew E.N. Gordon Ecole Pty Ltd Edward Campbell & Son Pty Ltd ETA Foods Pty Ltd ETA Foods Pty Ltd Eunson & Bosse Everlast Steel Products Exors F.H. & L.G. Gilbert Estate Express Holdings Ltd Extruded Metals Pty Ltd Extruded Metals Pty Ltd F. Watkins Pty Ltd F. Watkins Snr. F.J. Clements F.J. Humphrey Fairway Scale & Tube Pty Ltd Ferron Industries Ficken Haliday & McClelland Pty Ltd Fletcher Chemical Company Franklin Press Frederick Heaviside Frederick Heaviside Frederick R. Marsh G. & F. Hortin G. Vargiu G. Wills & Co. Ltd G.Harris Builders Pty Ltd G.R. & L.M. Wilson George A. Backhouse Go Kart Manufacturing Company (Aust) Pty Ltd Guy Bros. Pty Ltd H. Hartley & J. White H.J. & D.J. Scoble H.J. Drayton Harland Engineering (Aust) Pty Ltd Harold Meggitt Ltd Harrison, L. Harvey-Little, E.J. Haxby Bros. Herlihy Bros. Hills & Mason Humes Ltd I. & P. Panel (K. Flack Tenant) I.H. Blacker Industrial Oxygen Company Pty Ltd Industrial Service Engineering J. & E. Montomery J. & O.E. Turnley J. Adler (National Springs) J. Adler (Owner) J. Flint J. Walker J.A. Lewis J.A. Short (Owner) Steel Craft Baby Cariages Pty Ltd J.A. Taylor J.A. Watson J.F. Lane J.H. Hutson J.H. Moffitt & N.D. McLean Norsun Motors J.H. Ralph J.H. Ryan J.H. Steel J.H. Story J.H. Warnock J.J. & D.M. Allan J.M. & A.L. Scanlon J.R. Parsons J.T. & A.W. Carter J.T. Carter James Herbert Sharp James Michael & E. Montgomery John Charles Duxson John Darling & Son Pty Ltd K. & B. Chapman K.M. Steel Products K.W. Thomas (Melb) Pty Ltd Kleins Holdings Ltd Kreglinger (Aust) Pty Ltd L. Baldwin L.E. Poole L.H. Plastersheet Manufacturing Company Pty Ltd L.H. Tonkin L.T. Cody Lanz Aust Pty Ltd Lenmax Constructions Pty Ltd Leroc Oil Company Pty Ltd Leslie John Guy Liquid Cartage Company Pty Ltd Lustre Cleaning M. & C. Gatt M. Dawydiuk Maidstone Ice Works Maidstone Plaster Company Maribyrnong Timber & Trucking Company Pty Ltd Marriott Heat Treatment Massey Ferguson Pty Ltd McPherson's Limited Mees. Nederlof Meggitt Limited Melon Investments Pty Ltd (Invicta Mills Pty Ltd) Mephalene Pty Ltd Mephan Ferguson Pty Ltd Metal Manufacturers Ltd Mills Scaffolds Mills, Robgrae Polishing Company Mobile Concrete Constructions Company Pty Ltd Monier Pipe Company Pty Ltd Monsanto Australia Pty Ltd Moorabbin Sand Pits Pty Ltd Morris McMahon Mr. Sneddon N.W. Riley National Forge Company National Motors Springs (Vic) Pty Ltd Nelson Nettlefold Pty Ltd Nilo Industries Pty Ltd Nobel A/sia Pty Lrd Norman Smorgan & Sons Pty Ltd Olympic Cables Pty Ltd Olympic Tyre & Rubber Company Pty Ltd Oversea Corporation (Aust) Ltd P. Sztogryn P.T. Cooper Pelaco Ltd Perfect Circle (Aust) Pty Ltd Perfect Trading Company Peter Mochrie Phoenix Foreworks Company Pty Ltd Polson Motor Parts Company Pty Ltd Prism Paints R. Popp & Z. Stepanek R. Simpson R.A.G. Kent R.G. & D. Mattinson R.J. & D.G. Layton R.M.D. Press Company Pty Ltd R.M.D. Press Company Pty Ltd Ralph McKay Ready Mix Concrete Victoria Pty Ltd Regal Quarries Pty Ltd Rheem Manufacturing Company (Aust) Pty Ltd Richard Williams Yeomans Richard, E. Robert Bodington Pty Ltd Rothmans of Pall Mall (Aust) Ltd Roy Francis Wood Rubbertex (Aust) Pty Ltd S. & G. Barlow S.M. Peters Sandhurst Estates Pty Ltd Sankey Benson Wheels Seabridge, William Alexander Selleys Chemical Manufacturer Company Pty Ltd Seven X Beverages Pty Ltd Sidney Cooke Pty Ltd Silicate & Dolmite Pty Ltd of Australia Smith Bros. Pty Ltd Smithwelds Pty Ltd Sonneham Southern Cross Windmills & Engines Standard Steel Company Pty Ltd Stanfield Steel Company Stanger Power Equipment Pty Ltd Stanley Quarries Pty Ltd Steedman, Ian Knollys Steel Improvements Company Pty Lrd Steelbilt (Vic) Pty Ltd Steels & Metals Pty Ltd Steelweld Pty Ltd Stramit Board Pty Ltd Sunbeam Corporation Ltd Sunshine Cabinet Works Sunshine Extrusion Die Sunshine Primary Exports Pty Ltd Sunshine Vitreous Enamellers Pty Ltd Sunshine Waste Company (Kagan Bros. Pty Ltd) Sunshine Waste Industries Swanston Engineering Pty Ltd T. & L. Cockram Pty Ltd T. O'Hare T. Zafis Tallamy & Marriott (Occ McPherson, Duncan Alexander) Taubans Group Factories Pty Ltd The Australian Wool Bureau The Lysaght Durham Chemical Company Pty Ltd Thomas Borthwick & Son (A'sia) Ltd Thomas Joseph Donohoe Thomas Walsh & Company Pty Ltd Tip Top Cordials Pty Ltd Tobin K. Wm. & V.M. Tyler Bros. Una Timber Industries Pty Ltd Unit Fabrications Pty Ltd (Occ. Didier, L.C.J.) V. Manhavac Vacu-Lug (N.S.W.) Pty Ltd Valentine Smith Victorian Steel Fabrications Vickers-Detroit Hydraulics Pty Ltd Victoria Road Pty Ltd Victorian Casing Company Pty Ltd Victorian Meter Laboratory Victorian Steel Fabrication Pty Ltd W. Janus & L. Taylor W. Pridham Pty Ltd W.G. Sullivan W.H. Dunham W.L. Allen Foundry Company W.M. Bruns W.T. Stembridge Wilcox Mofflin Ltd William Adams & Company Ltd William Atkins (Vic) Pty Ltd William Whitely & Sons (Aust) Pty Ltd Wiltshire File Company Wunderich - Humes Asbestos Pipes Pty Ltd Wunderich Ltd Zinc Oxide (Aust) Pty Ltd

Newspaper, part only featuring Australians of the Centurynon-fictionA distinguished Herald Sun panel judges 100 years of remarkable achievement by Australians.