One of a group of eight slides containing images of publications and newspapers produced in Kew including The Kew Mercury, and the Kew Advertiser. The slides were donated by Miss Katherine Murphy in 1980.35 mm colour transparency (slide) of a page of the 23 March 1888 issue of The Kew Mercury."Kew Mercury 1988 Ext Railway Rate List"newspapers -- kew (vic.), the kew mercury

Slipway at old Fisherman's PierSlipway accidentBlack & white photograph of the Mercury blown off the slipwayReverse - " Mercury "historical references

One of a group of eight slides containing images of publications and newspapers produced in Kew including The Kew Mercury, and the Kew Advertiser. The slides were donated by Miss Katherine Murphy in 1980.35 mm colour transparency (slide) of a page of an undated issue of The Kew Mercury.newspapers -- kew (vic.), the kew mercury

Laminated newspaper poster dated Thursday, November 10 1994 from The Mercury. 'Lyell's $43m Life Line'.the mercury, tasmania, lyell, life line, poster

Laminated newspaper poster from The Mercury, Friday, October 15, 1993. Headline 'Bare Hills Q'Town Wins Battle'my lyell, queenstown, the mercury, mining

One of a group of eight slides containing images of publications and newspapers produced in Kew including The Kew Mercury, and the Kew Advertiser. The slides were donated by Miss Katherine Murphy in 1980.35 mm colour transparency (slide) of a page of the 20 July 1888 issue of The Kew Mercury.newspapers -- kew (vic.), the kew mercury

One of a group of eight slides containing images of publications and newspapers produced in Kew including The Kew Mercury, and the Kew Advertiser. The slides were donated by Miss Katherine Murphy in 1980.35 mm colour transparency (slide) of a page of the 20 July 1888 issue of The Kew Mercury.newspapers -- kew (vic.), the kew mercury

1950 was the first edition of The Mercury published by the Eltham High School. 1949 was the last issue of The Mercury as the magazine of the Eltham Higher Elementary School.Inscribed on front cover G. Brown Form 2H Rear cover with multiple autographs1950, eltham high school, eltham higher elementary school, mercury, the mercury

One of a group of eight slides containing images of publications and newspapers produced in Kew including The Kew Mercury, and the Kew Advertiser. The slides were donated by Miss Katherine Murphy in 1980.35 mm colour transparency (slide) of the front page of the 23 March 1888 issue of The Kew Mercury.newspapers -- kew (vic.), the kew mercury

Last issue of The Mercury as the magazine of the Eltham Higher Elementary School. In 1950 the school was changed to Eltham High School. It also marked the departure of Head Teacher, Mr Williams and staff member, Mr Rowan.John Leidel, Form 1b in handwriting on cover and numerous autographs on inside coverthe mercury, eltham higher elementary school, eltham high school, 1949, mr. williams

Digital copy only of original magazine Soft cover 24.5 x 18 cm 40 pages 1955, eltham high school, school magazine, the mercury, lesley mitchell (nee pepper) collection

Digital copy only of original magazine Soft cover 24.5 x 18 cm 42 pages eltham high school, school magazine, the mercury, 1956, lesley mitchell (nee pepper) collection

Digital copy only of original magazine Soft cover 24.5 x 18 cm 48 pages eltham high school, school magazine, the mercury, 1957, lesley mitchell (nee pepper) collection

TROVE : Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954) Wednesday 28 October 1925 p 4 Article Lotol for Australians. The Mercury Chemical Co. Pty. Ltd. manufacturers of Lotol which is keeping so many Australian homes free of insects, advertised on Monday and Tuesday, that they would present £1 to the sender of the first letter opened at 4 p.m. on Tuesday containing the correct solution of certain jumbled words.The correct solution was "Sydney Australia," therefore Lotol is made in Australia for Australians, ' and the £1 offered has been won by Lucy Wilesmith, McLeod-street , Cairns. Mr. L. A. Drewe is the Queensland representative of the manufacturers, and conducted this competition on their behalf.Round clear amber glass bottle for screw top. Embossed text near neck, diamond pattern on side with text near heel of bottle.Near neck ' POISON', 'NOT TO BE TAKEN'. Panel of diamond pattern below text. Near heel at base 'THIS BOTTLE ALWAYS REMAINS THE PROPERTY OF MERCURY CHEMICAL CO. PTY LTD'. On base ' A G M ', '1', 'S100'.amber glass, chemical, poison, vermicide, australian made

Cast iron mercury bucket, used to hold mercury, potentially in the process of recovering minute pieces of gold mixed in soil and sediments. See research page for description of one process of using mercury to extract gold.gold mines, mining equipment, mercury bucket, miners used mercury in a number of ways to amalgamate gold, with each mill or battery operator having their preferred method depending on the nature of the ore. by the late 1850s the most common way of crushing goldbearing quartz ores or consolidated alluvial cements was in a stamp battery. the battery featured heavy iron stamp heads held in a frame, with each head often weighing up to 500 pounds (226 kg) or more (see msv 1880, page 45) (birrell 2005). stamp heads were lifted and dropped by a rotating overhead cam shaft driven by a steam engine or water wheel. ore was fed into a large cast-iron battery box, mixed with a steady stream of water, and pulverised by the stamp heads. in some batteries, mercury was placed in the base of the boxes to amalgamate with freed gold. the violent agitation of the mercury in the mortar box, however, could cause the mercury to break into myriad tiny globules that were carried away by the water with the tailings, thus losing a certain amount of gold in the process (thompson 1867; ritchie & hooker 1997). the water and sand slurry was splashed by the falling stamps from the box through fine mesh screens and onto inclined wooden tables below the mortar box (figure 2). the tables were covered with copper sheets or plates coated with mercury, which caught and amalgamated with a portion of the gold. the grey putty-like amalgam was periodically scraped off the sheets and retorted in a furnace to collect the gold and recover the mercury for reuse. mercury was inevitably lost from the plates, while poor maintenance resulted in further losses of gold and mercury in the tailings. mercury use and loss from gold mining in 19th century victoria. peter davies1, susan lawrence, and jodi turnbull, department of archaeology and history, la trobe university.

Laminated newspaper poster from The Saturday Mercury, October 30, 1993. Headline 'Mt Lyell Early Closure Looms'.mt lyell, closure, mining

Relates to the disagreement between advocates of the original surveyed route and the proposed "deviation" for the Heidelberg to Eltham railway extension, 1900.6 p. transcripts of newspaper reports from the Age 21/05/1900 and Mercury and Weekly Courier 13/07/1900 regarding discussions on the route to be taken by the Heidelberg to Eltham railway extensionrailways, hurstbridge rail line

Article about the Hobart Mission to Seamen depicting the building, its activities.Large newspaper article with 6 photographsseamen, mission, ashore, hobart, timaru star

ill, p.68.non-fictionA pictorial history of railways in Australia both government and private.railroad pictorial - australia and new zealand - history, railroad operations - australia - history

A brief biography on Grace Burke.A Tasmanian native, Grace had to fight to be involved in the nursing life as her father was opposed it, calling a dirty, filthy job. As luck would have it she chance on the matron of the matron of a nursing home at Lindisfare who spoke to her father, allowing her to go there to help out. She then move to Campbell Town Hospitown Hospital for nurse trainin, then Sydney for a midwifery course. When war broke out she enlisted and was posted to the Middle Eat in 1942. 1945 saw her at the army hospital in Bougainville, where she met a sick fellow Tasmanian, Raymond Burke of the 2/27th. Ray soon returned to the fighting but when the war was over he returned to Bougainville and they were married.. Grace's nursing background meant she was invited to join the the board of Mary Ogilvy Home, where she later became the matron for seventeen years until her retirement. Today she is a resident and is a a keen moviegoer.A photocopy of a newspaper clipping featuring a large black and white photo and five columns of text. The photo is of the head and shoulders of an older woman looking into the distance.'HOBART'[ink, photocopied, top right]world war 2, world war two, wwii, queen mary, sandy bay, coogan's, collins street, pacific, commodore rb irving, queen elizabeth, aquatania, hmas sydney, port moresby, japan, duntroon, burma, south africa, hobart, colebrook, conara, fingal, anzac, evandal, grace dyer, colonel leah

An article where Thomas Hobden, a survivor of the sinking of the Australian Hospital Ship Centaur off the coast of Queensland is interviewed. He speaks about the facts of the incident and his personal experience of it. Mention is made of Ellen Savage as the only female nursing survivor and her subsequent award of the George Medal.A large photocopy of an article with a small black and white photo in the top right corner, of a woman and an older man holding an object, and two columns of text'CENTAUR TALE.' [blue ink, reverse side, lower left side]wwii, ww2, world war two, centaur, australian hospital ship centaur

An article where Thomas Hobden, a survivor of the sinking of the Australian Hospital Ship Centaur off the coast of Queensland is interviewed. He speaks about the facts of the incident and his personal experience of it. Mention is made of Ellen Savage as the only female nursing survivor and her subsequent award of the George Medal.A large photocopy of a magazine/newspaper article with two columns of text and a small black and white photo in the top right corner of a woman and an older man holding an object. wwii, ww2, world war two, centaur, australian hospital ship centaur

Tourist Guide - Golden North Central Vic. Promotional guide to the area. produced and printed by St. Arnaud Mercury, includes references to local businesses, maps and featuresSt Arnaud Mercury.victoria, promotional guide to central vic.

Cinnabar is naturally red, but can undergo photo-oxidation to form colloidal metallic mercury at the crystal surface. This mercury may produce a silver colourationA common red ore that is often found in locations where there has been volcanic activity and has been historically used as a red pigment as a cosmetic or for colouring stone. It is commonly used today as a method of creating mercury.Red and brownish red stone with some whitish silver material at the surface CINNIBAR / (Mercury sulphide) / Locality: Spain.burke museum, beechworth, minerology, geology, geological specimin, spain, cinnabar

A 1944 Mercury Wireless Patrol car and crew. Left to right : H Duffy 9294, P Walsh 9636, W Clottu 9593, R McMillan 9675 (driver)Harry Duffy, Pat Walsh, Bill Clottu and Reg McMillan in front of vehicle number FL-303, circa 1944No. 3 Mercurypolice vehicles; transport branch; wireless patrol; motor police branch; motor traffic section; ford mercury car; duffy, harry; walsh, pat; clottu, william; mcmillan, reg

The booklet was published at the end of the 1953 school year by Eltham High School.In the early 1950's Eltham High School was the nearest secondary school to Greensborough.A 36 page black and white booklet issued in 1953 by Eltham High School. It has a stiffened paper cover with blue printing and is stapled.Some blue biro words on front cover, a number of annotations throught the booklet, a collection of signatures on the inside rear cover and 2 hand written addresses on the outer rear cover.eltham high school, secondary education, 1953

Thomas Stoddart (1828 - 1905) bought 12 white marble statues during a visit to Italy. Stoddart arranged for them to be shipped to Victoria and placed on pedestals of Sicilian marble and on bases of Victorian granite. These statues were unveiled in the gardens on Queen Victoria's birthday, 24th May, 1884. His intention was for the statues to adorn and add interest to the gardens. Mercury is the messenger of the gods and is represented with a winged helmet and pouch.The artwork is of historic and aesthetic significance to the people of BallaratWhite marble figure shown with winged helmet and pouch.Mercurymercury

Used for postage of letters / parcels weighing up to 28 lb.. Mercury was first founded in South Australia in 1946Use at a post office in te Kiewa ValleyPainted gold steel scales with tray for goods and a smaller tray, with edges, for weights.Centre front: 'Mercury' embolished. Below is a tin plate: 'Mercury Scale Co. Ltd. / Scale Maunfacturerers / The Barton S.A. / No. 9366 Cap. 28 lb.mercury scales, postage