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Bendigo Military Museum
Document - TELEGRAMS
... TELEGRAMS...Telegrams ...1. Telegram sent by Ron Morrell on safe arrival in Singapore 1942 after transiting from UK. 2. Telegram sent by Ron Morrell after release as POW on arrival in India, transiting home to parents in UK. Ron Morrell - 1/5 Sherwood Foresters, 18th Div No. 4985826. Refer Cat 316, 305P.1. Telegram to home on safe arrival in Singapore. On yellow paper with Cable & Wireless Limited letterhead. 2. Telegram to home on safe arrival in India at end of war. Stamp with date. Faded yellow paper.1. Cable & Wireless Ltd letterhead & passed by Censor stamp. Addressed to parents saying "Well & Safe". 2. Cable & Wireless Ltd letterhead. date stamp of 9 Sep 1945 and stamp of "X2465".ww2, telegrams, pow, changi -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Print - Linocut - Admella Rescue Series No. 11, Our telegrams were passed from hand to hand being read aloud.' SA Advertiser 9th August 1859.', 2009
... Our telegrams were passed from hand to hand being read ...Part of suite of 16 Linocuts created for an exhibition at the Portland Arts centre for the Admella 150th Festival.Linocut. Eleventh in a suite of 16 in the Admella Rescue series. Printed in black on white archival paper. Depicts man reading telegram to group of men and women.Front: 'Linocut, Bob Stone Our telegrams were passed from hand to hand being read aloud.' SA Advertiser 9th August 1859.' - hand written, black penadmella, portland lifeboat, shipwreck -
Bendigo Military Museum
Document - TELEGRAMS, INTERNATIONAL, June 41 - Jan 42
... Telegrams ...Item/s in collection re B. J. Ruler VX40780 Refer Cat. No 5790 for his service details. Telegrams - Handwritten telegrams on paper with coloured headings. Telegrams sent from overseas. 1.) Colourful banner depicting musicians and singer. Christmas greetings. .2, .3, .4 ) Colourful Banner depicting a man and lady period costumes..1)Heading “ Christmas and New Year Greetings” .2, .3, .4, ) Heading “ Social Telegram”telegrams, letters -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Digital copy, Jack Gervasoni football scrapbook telegrams, 1950s
... Jack Gervasoni football scrapbook telegrams...telegrams ...Digital copies of photos in a football scrapbook.football, scrapbook, fitzroy football club, northcote football club, daylesford football club, ballarat football club, jack, gervasoni, jack gervasoni, telegrams -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Letter - Telegram, Telegram to Lillie from Ted, 1928
The telegram was sent to Lillie Duncan shortly before Christmas, by one of the seafarers she met through her work with the Ladies Harbour Lights Guild. The brochure advertises seasonal rates on telegrams to ''all parts of the British empire and the United States of America''.The telegram is evidence that Lillie Duncan had personal contact with the seafarers she met through the Ladies Harbour Lights Gild. The brochure shows the importance put on the Christmas period, as well as the strong relationship between Australia and Great Britain.A telegram in three parts consisting of: Envelope, Brochure and Telegram.Post mark on envelope in top right hand corner: MELBOURNE/9/indecipherable/VICTORIA. Port mark on telegram on right hand side: EASTERN EXTENSION AUSTRALASIA indecipherable/MELBOURNE/23 DEC 1928/STATION.melbourne, christmas, advertisement, lillie-duncan, east-malvern, the-eastern-extension-australasia-china-telegraph-company, port said, ted, lhlg, lillie duncan -
City of Greater Bendigo - Civic Collection
Manual, Post Master General's Department, Telegram Delivery Instructions, 1967
Electrical telegraphs were point to point text messaging systems primarily used from the 1840's until the late 20th century. It was the first electrical telecommunications system and were sent by an operator or telegrapher using Morse code. Social telegrams were also encouraged and special pictorial forms and envelopes were designed such as the special purple form and envelope which was used when conveying condolence details during World War 2.(fn. Powerhouse https://collection.powerhouse.com.au/object/163103). There was a brief resurgence in telegraphy during World War I but the decline continued as the world entered the Great Depression years of the 1930s. Although telegraph lines continued to play an important part in distributing news feeds from news agencies post World War 2, the rise of the internet in the 1990s and the widespread installation of the telephones in homes saw the need for telegrams to greatly decline. When the Commonwealth Post and Telegraph Act was passed in June 1902, and a national Postmaster General's Department (the PMG) was established the responsibility for the nation's mail and telephone services fell on Post Offices. The Bendigo Post Office, built in 1887 and situated on Pall Mall was the central distribution centre for receiving and delivering telegrams and continued to deliver communication and postal services until 1997. Now a Visitor Centre, dedicated volunteers at the Post Office continued to demonstrate and educate the public about telegraphic services and the development of this unique form of communication up until 2019 when Covid 19 disrupted every day life, coupled with the death Ted Rankins (the last Post Master and a long term telegraph volunteer at the Post Office). This book was issued to Junior Postal Workers in Bendigo to guide them in the delivery of telegrams and designed to fit into their delivery satchels and carried while on the job. In the early years telegrams were delivered by bicycle and this manual is part of the postal collection donated by the Rankins family in memory of Ted. Small, blue, vinyl covered manual. Contains thirty printed pages covering all aspects of how to correctly deliver telegrams. Topics include 'Loss of telegram', 'Undelivered Telegram', 'special Delivery' and 'Beware of Dogs'. Bound with two ring metal clip. Front cover; Australian Post Office / Telecommunications Division / Telegram / Delivery / Instructions / Headquarters / 1962 Various annotations and updates throughout. ted rankins collection, bendigo post office, bendigo tourism, city of greater bendigo tourism, post office collection -
National Communication Museum
Document - Telegram, 24/10/1934
... telegrams ...This telegram was sent from the Royal Netherlands Airways, Sydney, to the manager of ABC Radio Station 2CO, Corowa, New South Wales. This telegram relates to the 1934 London to Melbourne Air Race. The telegram records the Royal Netherlands Airways' thanks to ABC Radio 2CO radio staff for their efforts in broadcasting an emergency message to the residents of Albury after the Dutch airliner ‘Uiver’ became lost at night in bad weather. As requested local radio listeners drove their cars to the Albury racecourse and illuminated an emergency landing ground using their vehicle headlights. This allowed the lost airliner to land safely.This item relates to the London to Melbourne Air Race of 1934, a significant event that shaped Australia's history as it proved travelling to and from Australia could be done within a reasonable time by air, thereby making the country less isolated. Up to that time Australia was three weeks away from Europe by steam ship. The Air Race was dreamt up by the Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Harold Smith, to commemorate the centenary of Victoria's statehood and was sponsored by the Melbourne chocolate manufacturer Sir MacPherson Robertson. The Royal Netherlands Airways entered a Douglas DC2 plane 'Uiver' - the largest aircraft in the race, and the only one to carry passengers as well as crew, to show that a commercial passenger service to Australia was possible. But in the last leg of the race, the Uiver lost its way in an electrical storm over the Riverina town of Albury. Several communication methods were used to land the plane safely, including the signalling of the word "Albury" in Morse code using the town's street lights. Local ABC Radio station 2CO also made a call for locals to light up a makeshift landing strip for the plane at the town's racecourse. The plane landed safely and the next morning with the help of the townspeople who pulled it out of the mud, took off and finished the race in second place. The story of the Uiver points to the importance of communication in its various forms: two-way and broadcast radio, Morse, and light signals. The survival of the Uiver is a reflection of the ingenuity of Australian communications and the solutions that can be found through the sharing of ideas of information. The landing of the Uiver was an important moment in Albury's social history, as residents participated in the rescue of the plane and its passengers, helping the Uiver to continue on its journey and finish second in the Race. When the Uiver crashed in the Syrian Desert in December 1934, Albury residents contributed to a memorial which honoured those who were killed. Beige paper telegram printed with black ink and overwritten with typewriter. Telegram split into sections designating details of the telegram, details of the recipient and a space for the transmitted message. A small section of paper is missing from bottom left corner."Extend to you my warmest appreciation for your most valuable / assistance rendered to Netherlands machine by continuously keeping your / wireless organisation available during a period of extremely difficult / air navigation stop I assure you that in Holland and in Java your action / is most deeply appreciated Bakker chief representative in Australia for / Royal Netherlands airways. / 6 18pm"telegrams, telegraphic messages, communications, radio, uiver, royal netherlands airways, albury, london to melbourne air race, morse code -
Bendigo Military Museum
Document - TELEGRAM 1916, Post Master Generals Department, 8.8.1916
... Telegrams ...The telegram is from Alfred G Ferris to his Mother saying he has arrived in Perth WA on his way to Europe. Refer Cat No 4183.3P for his service details.Telegram, “Post Master Generals Department Victoria”, all print in blue, hand written in black, stamped 8.8.1916.Main point, “ Mrs W Ferris Terrick Terrick Via Pyramid”, “Pte A G Ferris”telegrams, perth, ww1 -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Photograph (Item) - Leeder V.S. Collection WW! & WW2 folders w/photos, letters, telegrams, newspaper articles
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual - CAC Cables telegrams purchase of curtiss Wright engines and parts, CAC C1 confidential cables telegrams purchase of Curtiss Wright engines and parts
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Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - Article, Queen Hawke telegrams for Ballantynes, 1988
... Queen Hawke telegrams for Ballantynes ...Extract from scrapbook of Mrs Jesse Williams. Celebration of the diamond wedding of Fred and Gene Ballantyne. Fred, an architect, was indentured to Walter Burley Griffin. Later buildings included Tintern CEGGS and St Luke's original vicarage. Gene taught mainly at Melbourne CEGGS and Tintern CEGGS and was also District Commissioner for Girl Guides in Boronia.williams, jessie, ballantyne, fred, gene, griffin, walter burley, 'plumstead' terrara road, vermont, st lukes anglican church -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Memorabilia - Documents Assorted, Telegrams
... Telegrams ...Paper articles -
Bendigo Military Museum
Literary work - LETTER & TELEGRAM, C.1941
... telegrams ...The letter is re Bill Jeffers handing the telegram to the lady as they passed through Sunshine for Sydney to embark. Bill Jeffers VX52782, refer Cat No 147 for his service details..1) Letter blue ruled lines, rectangular shape written in black pencil. .2) Telegram reddish brown colour, rectangular shape print in blue hand written entries in black pen..1) “4 Withers St Sunshine W.20, Yours sincerely Joy Smart”. .2) Main points, “Mrs W Jeffers Stanhope, left Darley Camp Friday night, Bill 11.40am, 26.6.1941”letters, telegrams -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Telegram Envelope, Stamped - Bentleigh S. E. VIC. 28 May 1946, 1946
The telegraphs were originally a separate department in NSW and became part of the post office in 1893. After federation the use of telegrams increased until it peaked in the 1940s. The last telegram was transmitted in Australia in 1983. Social telegrams were encouraged and special pictorial forms and envelopes were designed. A special form and envelope in purple was used when conveying condolence details during World War 2.Brown paper envelope with window to show address TELEGRAMpost office, bentleigh, telegram -
Geelong RSL Sub Branch
Documents VX77594 T G Mills, Various, Mid 20th Century
... telegrams ...The newspapers, telegrams and collected items were collected by VX 77594 T G Mills during his Service during WW2The Collected Items date back to the period that VX 77594 T G Mills was serving oversees during WW2This collection includes a Photocopy of Certificate of Discharge for VX 77594 T G Mills, paper clippings, telegrams, cigerrette cards, poems and mementoesA collection of memorabilia belonging to VX 77594 T G Millsdocuments, telegrams, newspapers, poems, vx 77594 t g mills -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Telegram - Congratulations to Sylvia Mitchell 5 of 9, Post Master Generals Department, 1944
Telegram from Jessye Stone of Ballarat East, congratulating Sylvia Mitchell - date missing.Demonstrates a telegram congratulating Sylvia Mitchell.Telegram - typed on PMG Telegram paper - 1944most popular conductress, sylvia mitchell, tramways, red cross, ballarat, telegram -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Telegram - Congratulations to Sylvia Mitchell 6 of 9, Post Master Generals Department, 2/9/1944
Telegram from the Dean Family, congratulating Sylvia Mitchell - 2/9/1944.Demonstrates a telegram congratulating Sylvia Mitchell.Telegram - typed on PMG Telegram paper - 2/9/1944most popular conductress, sylvia mitchell, tramways, red cross, ballarat, telegram -
Bendigo Military Museum
Album - COLLECTION OF LETTERS, Items date between 1940 and 1951
... telegrams ...Display book contains letters written to Ian A. Lyons by students of Eaglehawk State School describing his flyover of the school. Congratulatory letters and telegrams related to his Imperial Award are also included. Part of Flight Lieutenant Ian A. 'Joe' Lyons MBE Collection. See Catalogue No. 5374P for details of his service record.Green covered display book with 30 pages. Album contains a collection of handwritten letters and envelopes. Telegrams also included. Black and white photograph of a man in RAAF uniform on page one.Title on page 1: ' Flight Lieutenant Ian A. Lyons, 77 Squadron RAAF'ian a. 'joe' lyons, letters, telegrams, eaglehawk state school -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Telegram - Congratulations to Sylvia Mitchell 7 of 9, Post Master Generals Department, 1/9/1944
Telegram from the Mr Pleasant Committee congratulating Sylvia Mitchell - 1/9/1944.Demonstrates a telegram congratulating Sylvia Mitchell.Telegram - typed on PMG Telegram paper - 1/9/1944most popular conductress, sylvia mitchell, tramways, red cross, ballarat, telegram -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Telegram - Congratulations to Sylvia Mitchell 1 of 9, Post Master Generals Department, 1/9/1944
Telegram from M Crompton of Ballarat congratulating Sylvia Mitchell - dated 1 Sep. 1944.Demonstrates a telegram congratulating Sylvia Mitchell.Telegram - typed on PMG Telegram paper - dated 1 Sep. 44most popular conductress, sylvia mitchell, tramways, red cross, ballarat, telegram -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Telegram - Congratulations to Sylvia Mitchell 9 of 9, Post Master Generals Department, 31/8/1944
Telegram from Mr and Mrs Prisk congratulating Sylvia Mitchell - 31/8/1944. Mr Prisk was a tram driver.Demonstrates a telegram congratulating Sylvia Mitchell.Telegram - typed on PMG Telegram paper - 31/8/1944most popular conductress, sylvia mitchell, tramways, red cross, ballarat, telegram -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Telegram - Congratulations to Sylvia Mitchell 8 of 9, Post Master Generals Department, 9/9/1944
Telegram from the Lindsay, Clarrie, Ian and Ian Wisdom congratulating Sylvia Mitchell - 9/9/1944. Received from Overseas via Beam.Demonstrates a telegram congratulating Sylvia Mitchell.Telegram - typed on PMG Telegram paper - 9/9/1944most popular conductress, sylvia mitchell, tramways, red cross, ballarat, telegram -
Greensborough Historical Society
Telegram, Australian Post Office, Congratulations, 17/10/1964
Telegram of congratulations to Gary Partington on the occasion of this marriage 17/10/1964, from the Butterworth familyA telegram was a popular means of sending a message to weddings, often being read out during the celebrations.Copy of a telegramgary partington, butterworth family -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Telegram - Congratulations to Sylvia Mitchell 3 of 9, Post Master Generals Department, 1/9/1944
Telegram from the Ballarat High School ladies committee, B Mason, congratulating Sylvia Mitchell - dated 1 Sep. 1944.Demonstrates a telegram congratulating Sylvia Mitchell.Telegram - typed on PMG Telegram paper - dated 1 Sep. 44most popular conductress, sylvia mitchell, tramways, red cross, ballarat, telegram, ballarat high school -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Telegram - Congratulations to Sylvia Mitchell 2 of 9, Post Master Generals Department, 4/9/1944
Telegram from Joe Saunders, Royal Park, from the Military Post Office, congratulating Sylvia Mitchell - dated 4 Sep. 1944.Demonstrates a telegram congratulating Sylvia Mitchell.Telegram - typed on PMG Telegram paper - dated 4 Sep. 44most popular conductress, sylvia mitchell, tramways, red cross, ballarat, telegram -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Telegram - Congratulations to Sylvia Mitchell 4 of 9, Post Master Generals Department, 1/9/1944
Telegram from the Directors of Black and White cigarettes, congratulating Sylvia Mitchell - dated 1 Sep. 1944. Black and White were one of the sponsors.Demonstrates a telegram congratulating Sylvia Mitchell.Telegram - typed on PMG Telegram paper - dated 1 Sep. 44most popular conductress, sylvia mitchell, tramways, red cross, ballarat, telegram -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Certificate, Telegram Informing Parents of Son's Death, 2nd march 1968
Copy of a Telegram dated 2nd March 1968 to paretns of 3789448 Private Douglas Brian plain notifying them of his death as a result of a vehicle accident.Telegram marked URGENT Certificate of Death (overseas)certificate, death certificate, pte plain -
Bendigo Military Museum
Document - TELEGRAM, 15th March 1956
... Telegrams ...Message from James LesliePELL RAN no 35213 ref Cat 5455 for service records.Apricot coloured telegram (Marconigram) with one line message (7 words)From the warship Melbourne. “15/3/56 at 10.25. To Mrs O.Pell- Passenger SS Iberia. Message “ Keep your eyes peeled love = Jim” on the back conditions of message and add for Savoy Hotel London.hmas melbourne, telegrams -
Hume City Civic Collection
Administrative record - Telegram, 16 July 1986
This telegram was sent to the Shire of Bulla, President, Councillors and staff congratulating them on the roll they played in the development of the area since first settlement. The telegram was sent prior to the start of the celebration of Sunbury's 150th anniversary by Neil O'Keefe MLA, Member for Burke. This is a paper telegram dated 16 July 1986.shire of bulla, sunbury 150, sunbury, neil o'keefe -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, R C Hearson, Telegraph Primer Cramond & Dickson Code book, 1886
This Agers Telegraphic Primer or skeleton telegram guide contains a list of 19000 words which could be used by a business firm to send telegrams overseas in code form. The book once belonged to the Warrnambool firm Cramond and Dickson on the corner of Liebig and Timor Streets which opened a branch of their drapery business in London in 1868. By an agreement with the Reuters Telegram Company in 1899, the code word “sferalcea “ was used for the transmission of telegrams between the two shops. Messages of a general kind were set out at the back of the book: eg: the code word septicity stood for the message, “answer must be here not later than today twelve noon.” The selected words which were used by Cramond and Dickson’s have hand written entries beside the code word. These code books were used to save money and also to improve security.This book has significance on a number of levels. It has local historical significance, is well provenanced. It belonged to one of Warrnambool’s earliest and longest running businesses. The book itself, belonged to the era of early telegraphic communication and as such has wider historical significance.Black soft leather cover with gold lettering, pink inside front and back covers. 312 pages. Up to page 200 the book has words with spaces beside each word to make entries. The back section contains lists of words. Some loose pages and notes contained within the book. Typed page inside front cover from Reuters Telegram Company Limited. Ager’s Telegraphic Primer or skeleton telegram code: consisting of 19000 good telegraphic English words with appendix. Purple stamp inside front cover: Dr Ager 1 Foulden Road Stoke Newingtonwarrnambool, warrnambool history, cramond & dickson, agers telegraphic primer, agers telegraphic primer, reuters telegram company