Used for sewing hession bags eg. potato sacks.Steel Needle

Steel knitting needles were favoured over bone and plastic needles because they were unbreakable. Pairs of needles were used to make a variety of garments which were pieced together and sewn when the knitting was finished.A pair of steel knitting needles with blue plastic ends.handcrafts, knitting, knitting needles, george evans collection

Mother of pearl particularly popular in early Victoria era. Mother of pearl covered needlebook with engraved covers. Maroon silk ribbon repair stitched through MOP forms back hinge and tie. Pink flannel leaf holding calyx-eyed needles.Engraved silk, flannel, mother of pearl, steel needles

French port of Dieppe (trading with French colonies in Africa) produced exquisitely carved ivory needlework tools in late 18th cenury and early 19th century and this is one of themFunctional and luxurious needlework tool produced in Dieppe area of France where very beautifully carved ivory became status symbol quality needlework tools Needlebook with carved ivory cover, tan leather hinge, lined and tied with pink-red watered silk. 2 kerrymere leaves with finely clipped edges for needlessilk, flannel, mother of pearl, steel needles

1 stainless steel needle holders with round spring handles and a lock at the end."SKIDMORE ENGLAND STAINLESS STEEL"needle holders, surgical instrument

These single-use gramophone needles were used for playing acetone/lacquer discsHinged tin, lid painted in cream, brown and gold, containing 20 stainless steel needles"Brilliant Columbia medium tone needles. Use each needle once only"

Corrosion or rust were a great threat to sewing needles before the invention of stainless steel. Manufacturers attempted to counter this by using specialised black paperCorrosion or rust were a great threat to sewing needles before the invention of stainless steel. Manufacturers attempted to counter this by using specialised black paperDark grey paper printed needle packaging. Gold print, containing 2 steel needles. Verso has decorative gold patterned band. THE NEW RUST-PREVENTING NEEDLE CASE, FURNISHED WITH English Needles needle case, rust-prevention

This suture needle was used by Ferguson Fisher, a farmer, of Orbost. He was a private , 17340, with the army medical corps reinforcements and then with 8 Field Ambulance. He did his initial training at Seymour Clearance Hospital (AMC) at Royal Park and then 5 Australian General Hospital. He served in France and Belgium. He was not a trained doctor but had been taught to stitch wounds.He returned to Australia in 1919. This item gives an insight into the human element of World War 1 ensuring that those who were part of the Orbost community and played a vital role during this time are remembered.A small curved stainless steel suture needle.ww1 fisher-ferguson-linklater suture-needle

These veterinary items were found in an old walk-through dairy in Wombat Track, Orbost.These items are representative of items used in Orbost on dairy farms in the first half of 20th century.Six stainless steel needles for use in a syringe.2401.5 has a small length of wire inserted into the needle. 2401.6 also has a small length of wire inserted into the needle.2401.1 : 6 2401.2 : 7(?) 2401.3 : CLINIC 17 2401.4 : 16 2401.5 : S 19 2401.6 : VIM-FIRTH 20dairy farming veterinary-instruments hypodermic-needles

This was donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village by the family of Doctor William Roy Angus, Surgeon and Oculist. It is part of the “W.R. Angus Collection” includes historical medical equipment, surgical instruments and material once belonging to Dr Edward Ryan and Dr Thomas Francis Ryan, (both of Nhill, Victoria) as well as Dr Angus’ own belongings. The Collection’s history spans the medical practices of the two Doctors Ryan, from 1885-1926 plus that of Dr Angus, up until 1969. ABOUT THE “W.R.ANGUS COLLECTION” Doctor William Roy Angus M.B., B.S., Adel., 1923, F.R.C.S. Edin.,1928 (also known as Dr Roy Angus) was born in Murrumbeena, Victoria in 1901 and lived until 1970. He qualified as a doctor in 1923 at University of Adelaide, was Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 1924 and for a period was house surgeon to Sir (then Mr.) Henry Simpson Newland. Dr Angus was briefly an Assistant to Dr Riddell of Kapunda, then commenced private practice at Curramulka, Yorke Peninsula, SA, where he was physician, surgeon and chemist. In 1926, he was appointed as new Medical Assistant to Dr Thomas Francis Ryan (T.F. Ryan, or Tom), in Nhill, Victoria, where his experiences included radiology and pharmacy. In 1927 he was Acting House Surgeon in Dr Tom Ryan’s absence. Dr Angus had become engaged to Gladys Forsyth and they decided he further his studies overseas in the UK in 1927. He studied at London University College Hospital and at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and in 1928, was awarded FRCS (Fellow from the Royal College of Surgeons), Edinburgh. He worked his passage back to Australia as a Ship’s Surgeon on the on the Australian Commonwealth Line’s T.S.S. Largs Bay. Dr Angus married Gladys in 1929, in Ballarat. (They went on to have one son (Graham 1932, born in SA) and two daughters (Helen (died 12/07/1996) and Berenice (Berry), both born at Mira, Nhill ) According to Berry, her mother Gladys made a lot of their clothes. She was very talented and did some lovely embroidery including lingerie for her trousseau and beautifully handmade baby clothes. Dr Angus was a ‘flying doctor’ for the A.I.M. (Australian Inland Ministry) Aerial Medical Service in 1928 . Its first station was in the remote town of Oodnadatta, where Dr Angus was stationed. He was locum tenens there on North-South Railway at 21 Mile Camp. He took up this ‘flying doctor’ position in response to a call from Dr John Flynn; the organisation was later known as the Flying Doctor Service, then the Royal Flying Doctor Service. A lot of his work during this time involved dental surgery also. Between 1928-1932 he was surgeon at the Curramulka Hospital, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. In 1933 Dr Angus returned to Nhill and purchased a share of the Nelson Street practice and Mira hospital (a 2 bed ward at the Nelson Street Practice) from Dr Les Middleton one of the Middleton Brothers, the current owners of what previously once Dr Tom Ryan’s practice. Dr Tom and his brother had worked as surgeons included eye surgery. Dr Tom Ryan performed many of his operations in the Mira private hospital on his premises. He had been House Surgeon at the Nhill Hospital 1902-1926. Dr Tom Ryan had one of the only two pieces of radiology equipment in Victoria during his practicing years – The Royal Melbourne Hospital had the other one. Over the years Dr Tom Ryan had gradually set up what was effectively a training school for country general-practitioner-surgeons. Each patient was carefully examined, including using the X-ray machine, and any surgery was discussed and planned with Dr Ryan’s assistants several days in advance. Dr Angus gained experience in using the X-ray machine there during his time as assistant to Dr Ryan. When Dr Angus bought into the Nelson Street premises in Nhill he was also appointed as the Nhill Hospital’s Honorary House Surgeon 1933-1938. His practitioner’s plate from his Nhill surgery is now mounted on the doorway to the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, Warrnambool. When Dr Angus took up practice in the Dr Edward and Dr Tom Ryan’s old premises he obtained their extensive collection of historical medical equipment and materials spanning 1884-1926. A large part of this collection is now on display at the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village in Warrnambool. In 1939 Dr Angus and his family moved to Warrnambool where he purchased “Birchwood,” the 1852 home and medical practice of Dr John Hunter Henderson, at 214 Koroit Street. (This property was sold in1965 to the State Government and is now the site of the Warrnambool Police Station. and an ALDI sore is on the land that was once their tennis court). The Angus family was able to afford gardeners, cooks and maids; their home was a popular place for visiting dignitaries to stay whilst visiting Warrnambool. Dr Angus had his own silk worm farm at home in a Mulberry tree. His young daughter used his centrifuge for spinning the silk. Dr Angus was appointed on a part-time basis as Port Medical Officer (Health Officer) in Warrnambool and held this position until the 1940’s when the government no longer required the service of a Port Medical Officer in Warrnambool; he was thus Warrnambool’s last serving Port Medical Officer. (Masters of immigrant ships arriving in port reported incidents of diseases, illness and death and the Port Medical Officer made a decision on whether the ship required Quarantine and for how long, in this way preventing contagious illness from spreading from new immigrants to the residents already in the colony.) Dr Angus was a member of the Australian Medical Association, for 35 years and surgeon at the Warrnambool Base Hospital 1939-1942, He served as a Surgeon Captain during WWII1942-45, in Ballarat, Victoria, and in Bonegilla, N.S.W., completing his service just before the end of the war due to suffering from a heart attack. During his convalescence he carved an intricate and ‘most artistic’ chess set from the material that dentures were made from. He then studied ophthalmology at the Royal Melbourne Eye and Ear Hospital and created cosmetically superior artificial eyes by pioneering using the intrascleral cartilage. Angus received accolades from the Ophthalmological Society of Australasia for this work. He returned to Warrnambool to commence practice as an ophthalmologist, pioneering in artificial eye improvements. He was Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist to Warrnambool Base Hospital for 31 years. He made monthly visits to Portland as a visiting surgeon, to perform eye surgery. He represented the Victorian South-West subdivision of the Australian Medical Association as its secretary between 1949 and 1956 and as chairman from 1956 to 1958. In 1968 Dr Angus was elected member of Spain’s Barraquer Institute of Barcelona after his research work in Intrasclearal cartilage grafting, becoming one of the few Australian ophthalmologists to receive this honour, and in the following year presented his final paper on Living Intrasclearal Cartilage Implants at the Inaugural Meeting of the Australian College of Ophthalmologists in Melbourne In his personal life Dr Angus was a Presbyterian and treated Sunday as a Sabbath, a day of rest. He would visit 3 or 4 country patients on a Sunday, taking his children along ‘for the ride’ and to visit with him. Sunday evenings he would play the pianola and sing Scottish songs to his family. One of Dr Angus’ patients was Margaret MacKenzie, author of a book on local shipwrecks that she’d seen as an eye witness from the late 1880’s in Peterborough, Victoria. In the early 1950’s Dr Angus, painted a picture of a shipwreck for the cover jacket of Margaret’s book, Shipwrecks and More Shipwrecks. She was blind in later life and her daughter wrote the actual book for her. Dr Angus and his wife Gladys were very involved in Warrnambool’s society with a strong interest in civic affairs. He had an interest in people and the community They were both involved in the creation of Flagstaff Hill, including the layout of the gardens. After his death (28th March 1970) his family requested his practitioner’s plate, medical instruments and some personal belongings be displayed in the Port Medical Office surgery at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, and be called the “W. R. Angus Collection”. W.R. Angus Collection is significant for still being located at the site it is connected with, Doctor Angus being the last Port Medical Officer in Warrnambool. The collection of medical instruments and other equipment is culturally significant, being an historical example of medicine from late 19th to mid-20th century. Dr Angus assisted Dr Tom Ryan, a pioneer in the use of X-rays and in ocular surgery. Bag needle, from W.R. Angus Collection. Steel needle with slightly bent end, used for sewing the tops of wheat bags and other similar bags to close them.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, dr w r angus, dr ryan, surgical instrument, t.s.s. largs bay, warrnambool base hospital, nhill base hospital, mira hospital, flying doctor, bag needle, wheat bag needle

This medical / hospital instrument was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built in the 1950's specifically for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.Historical: Shows the development of scientific hospital equipment. Provenance: Used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was remote and therefore required good equipment. Good condition and good interpretation capacity.Cardboard cream coloured box with brown label on front and sides. Inside the box is a stainless steel syringe with stainless steel needles and mounts. These items are packed in the appropriate sections inside the box.Label: 40 minim. / Ash Hypodermic Syringe / (Made in England) sic / Complete with Needles and Mounts / Chromium Plated / Sole Wholesale Distributors / The Amalgamated Dental Company, Limited, / 7 Swallow Street Piccadilly, London, W.1 On side of box in hand writing 'Dental Syringe' dental syringe, medical, hospital, ash hypodermic syringe

These three items are common items which were used by women in early 20th century.These items are simple common items which would have been in many households.1 Needle case . Cylindrical metal case with a black and silver label. .2 a number of hair slides in a paper packet. .3 a silver spring clasp.1 Stamped on one end: best of English steel needles. Numbered from 4-8 around the top. lewis &Baylis Redditch England..2. Brunette Brown Hair Pins..3 THV alongside hallmarkneedlecase, glove clip, scarf clip, hairpins

Needle packet, folded paper for needles with red and black printed label of heraldic symbols with lion and unicorn on either side and-"Royal Sail Needles". Within are four identical steel needles with wedge shaped stems.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, needle packet, packet of needles, royal sail needles, sail needles

Needles are over 100 years old. The donor obtained them from Mrs Patricia Wrench, a granddaughter of Lord Brassey, Governor of Victoria between 1985 – 1900. The needles were manufactured by W.H. Head & Son, a Trimming Manufacture and Wholesale Haberdashers company established in London.A purple leather case containing 39 steel knitting needles of varying widths.Above clip of case, gold lettering - W.H. Head & Son, Sloane st, London, S.W. Inside case, gold lettering - 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20england, needles, patricia wrench, lord brassey, knitting

Needle packet by Henry Milward & Sons, promoting their needles as having won Gold Medal at the Paris Exposition of 1900Needle packet by Henry Milward & Sons, promoting their needles as having won Gold Medal at the Paris Exposition of 1900Black paper needle packet, Gloss on outside, silver printing. Dark grey matt paper inside with two paper leaves with black cotton fabric holding steel needles. Larger paper leaf contains 14 needles and the smaller 67 (16.33.18) needles. Celluloid flap, Slit closureHenry Milward & Sons. Medaille D'or Paris 1900. Registered quality. Cent Aiguilles Diverses. Registered Aiguilles Anglaises Chas Dore. Assortment Completparis exposition, milward, sewing needle

Treen is defined as small, utilitarian wooden ware, often handmade by local turners or carpenters. A "treen wooden case" refers to a small, handmade container, box, or vessel crafted from wood, typically designed for functional household use rather than as furniture. These cases were historically used to store small, personal, or valuable items. Examples include snuff boxes, needle cases, sewing containers, spice pots, pill boxes, or even cases for spectacles.A vintage wooden turned two piece treen needle case with six rusted steel knitting needles inside the holder. knitting accessories, knitting equipment, knitting needles, craft, handicrafts

This hospital / medical instrument was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built in the 1950s specifically for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme. The kit may have been used by the doctor when on home visits.Historical: Shows the development of scientific medical equipment. Provenance: Used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was remote and therefore required good equipment.Red cardboard box with slide out tray holding 10cc syringe and 9 needles and stillett. The syringe has a glass cylinder with measurements marked and a plunger attached to a steel rod with 2 rings for the fingers on the side and 1 ring at the end. It is held in the box by two cardboard flaps. The steel needles vary in shape and size. On the syringe lines and numbers up to 10 cc Top of box in hand writing using pencil: Aspiration Syringe 10 ml and H/0/ and 41/6medical equipment. hospital equipment. mt beauty. tawonga. syringe. needles.

This tin of gramophone needles was produced to be used in conjunction with a Decca Gramophone. The Decca company was founded in 1914 by Barnett Samuel and Sons and their gramophone as patented as the world’s first portable gramophone. The company became known as the Decca Gramophone Company in 1928. Portable gramophones became very popular, especially with the soldiers in World War One. Today the gramophone is largely a collector’s item and has been replaced by more sophisticated sound systems. These needles and their box are of interest as an example of a recreation product in the past. Gramophones were found extensively in homes up to the 1950s. This is a small rectangular-shaped tin with rounded edges. It has a hinged lid painted green on the top. The top has printed material in green, black and white lettering. Inside the tin is black paper lining and inside the lining are about 50 gramophone steel needles. This is not a full tin. The needles are in good condition but the tin is a little rusty‘Decca Soft Gramophone Needles Finest Sheffield Steel Use Once Only’ gramophones, history of warrnambool

Worldwide, more than 100 million lambs are castrated, and their tails are docked each year. Numnuts is a technological innovation to improve animal welfare. It combines traditions with innovation. In the mid-1990s it was scientifically shown that the immense pain felt during castration and tail docking could be significantly reduced with the use of anaesthetic. For the next 15 years, the industry said the cost the welfare devices and development were too high. But todays ethical consumer has demanded that sheep have no more pain. Initiated in Glasgow in 2009, Numnuts took nearly a decade to develop. Here you can see five stages of development, from an early prototype to the Numnuts device farmers use today. Each phase of development took years of on-farm trails to achieve the final product. Today there is even NumOcaine, an approved local anaesthetic used by Numnuts. Using the simple elastrator ring and adding an anaesthetic injector, Numnuts delivers pain relief during tail docking and castration. In the world’s first rubber ring applicator with a pain relief delivery mechanism. Through innovation and consumer pressure the wool industry is going through a moment of rapid change.8098.1 - Numnuts tool made with stainless steel and black, orange and grey plastic. 8098.2 - Glass bottle with orange and grey plastic nozzle containing water for injection. 8098.3 - Yellow plastic case containing 12 stainless steel needles 8098.4 - 10 green plastic elastrator rings 8098.5 - Product cardboard box with the product image on the front8097.2 - on label - For animal treatment only WATER FOR INJECTION 100mL 8097.3 - On case - numnuts 12x Veterinary Hypodermic Needles On needdles - 18G 8097.5 - Numnuts targeted pain relief for tail docking and castrationnumnuts, tools, sheep, castration, docking

BLUE CARDBOARD BOX, WHITE LABEL WITH BLACK INK PRINTING DESCRIBING CONTENTS IA AFFIXED TO TOP OF BOX. CONTAINS SURGICAL STEEL HYPODERMIC NEEDLES - ON LABEL : SOLILA SURGICAL HYPODERMIC NEEDLES, (MADE IN AUSTRALIA) - THIS BOX CONTAINES 12 OFF 18X2 SOLE WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS: THE AMALGAMATED DENTAL (AUST.) PTY.LTD., MELBOURNE - SYDNEYlocal history, medical equipment, clunes hospital