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Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionBooklet - Journal - Portland RSL, Observation Post, n.d
... sub branch Portland...'Observation Post', official journal Portland Sub-Branch, R.S.L, May 1967. Cream cardboard covers, 32 pages, image of Portland R.S. ...'Observer' for the POrtland Sub-branch R.S.L....Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House Cliff Street Portland great-ocean-road sub branch Portland RSL journal 'Observation Post', official journal Portland Sub-Branch, R.S.L, May 1967. ...'Observation Post', official journal Portland Sub-Branch, R.S.L, May 1967. Cream cardboard covers, 32 pages, image of Portland R.S. L Clubrooms on front coversub branch portland, rsl, journal -
Wangaratta RSL Sub BranchMedal - Silver Medal, C1934
... Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch 2-4 Templeton Street Wangaratta high-country White metal medal issued to commemorate Melbourne's centenary 1934-35. This medal was given out to Victorian school children; 325,600 white metal medals were struck. The medal references Portland ...White metal medal issued to commemorate Melbourne's centenary 1934-35. This medal was given out to Victorian school children; 325,600 white metal medals were struck. The medal references Portland, the location of Victoria's first settlement. The Henty brothers, entrepreneur farmers and whalers, established the state's first permanent European settlement in Portland in 1834. Melbourne was established the following year by a party of settlers led by John Batman.Commemorates the settlement of Portland, Melbourne and Victoria, 1834 - 1935Round two sided silver metal medalFront - Centenary of Victoria 1934 - Portland 1934 Rear - Centenary of Melbourne 1935centenary, victoria, melbourne, medal -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub BranchMemorabilia - Small box containing several items
... Sub Branch 44 – 50 Clow Street Dandenong melbourne Various importance. Obverse Centenary Melbourne 1835. Reverse Centenary of Victoria 1834. Various small items in box. Includes white metal Centenary of Melbourne Medal 1934 /35. There were 325600 made and issued to school children ( two were produced in gold.) Obverse shows Yarra river with Melbourne outline in background. Reverse sailing ship harbour and whale. Portland ...Various importance.Various small items in box. Includes white metal Centenary of Melbourne Medal 1934 /35. There were 325600 made and issued to school children ( two were produced in gold.) Obverse shows Yarra river with Melbourne outline in background. Reverse sailing ship harbour and whale. Portland was Victoria's first settlement in 1834. Melbourne's settlement with John Batmen a year later.Obverse Centenary Melbourne 1835. Reverse Centenary of Victoria 1834. -
Ballarat RSL Sub-Branch Inc.Duffle bag, C. 1940
... Ballarat RSL Sub-Branch Inc. 330 Heinz Lane Invermay Park goldfields This gear bag was issued to Sergent Harold Loraine Reed, who was born in 14 Aug 1889 in Portland, Victoria. ...This gear bag was issued to Sergent Harold Loraine Reed, who was born in 14 Aug 1889 in Portland, Victoria. Reed enlisted in the army in 1940 in Ballarat to serve in WWI, and was discharged from 8 Battalion in 1943. Gear bags such as this were standard issue to servicemen. Soldiers would fill their gear bags with essential equipment (mess tins, clothes, etc.) and carry them with them from post to post, or ship them to their destination ahead of time.Khaki coloured canvas bag that is cylindrical in shape with the owner's rank, name, and service number written on the front of the bag in white paint. The base of the bag is rounded, while the top is open with 11 eyelets (one missing) through which a cotton cord has been threaded. Each end of the cord has been wrapped with red tape.V58131 / S/Sgt. H.L. REEDmilitary equipment, duffle bag, barracks bag, kit bag, wwii, second world war (ww2)
