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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: 140TH ANNIVERSARY
... BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: 140TH...total abstinence society...Two pages typewritten invitation: Bendigo Total Abstinence... ORGANIZATION Club / society total abstinence society Two pages ...Two pages typewritten invitation: Bendigo Total Abstinence Society Inc. come celebrate with us the 140th anniversary of temperance working the Bendigo area from 1857-1997. On the back a brief history of Temperance Hall.organization, club / society, total abstinence society -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Certificate, Victorian Wesleyan Total Abstinence Society, c1870
... Victorian Wesleyan Total Abstinence Society...Victorian Wesleyan Total Abstinence Society... Wesleyan Total Abstinence Society, Fryerstown, Wesleyan Sabbath... of the Victorian Wesleyan Total Abstinence Society, Fryerstown, Wesleyan ...Two cream coloured oblong card printed with pink and purple ink. E0079.10.1, E0079.10.2. The cards are blank. non-fictionvictorian wesleyan total abstinence society, wesleyan sabbath school fryerstown -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: ENVELOPE
... BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: ENVELOPE... Abstinence Society, Arcade, BENDIGO...., Secretary, Bendigo Total Abstinence Society, Arcade, BENDIGO ...Envelope. MR. A.M. DRUMMOND, Secretary, Bendigo Total Abstinence Society, Arcade, BENDIGO.organisation, community, abstinence society -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: A COMPARISON
... BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: A COMPARISON...Printed for the Bendigo Total Abstinence Society... ORGANISATION Community abstinence society Printed for the Bendigo Total ...Document. A Comparison of the difference between A Food and Alcohol. Seven food items with comparisons of seven alcohol items.Printed for the Bendigo Total Abstinence Society by A.M.Drummond, Printer, Bendigo.organisation, community, abstinence society -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: SIMPLE REMEDIES
... BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: SIMPLE...Printed for the Bendigo Total Abstinence Society... ORGANISATION Community abstinence society Printed for the Bendigo Total ...Document. Dr. J.J.Ridge has prepared the following list of Simple Remedies for relief of pain, for colic, faintness, and palpitation. 1. WATER as hot as can be conveniently swallowed, either alone or slightly sweetened. To be sipped. Even cold water stimulates the heart without exhausting it. 2. GINGER TEA:- One teaspoonful of powdered ginger to a teacupful of boiling water; sweeten, sip hot. 3. HERB TEA:- A teaspoonful of powdered sage, mint, or similar herb, to a teacupful of boiling water; sweeten, sip hot. 4. MEAT EXTRACT:- A teaspoonful of Liebig's Extract or Bovril in a wineglassful of hot water, with herb flavouring if preferred. This is a special heart stimulant. Four copies.Printed for the Bendigo Total Abstinence Society by A.M.Drummond, Printer, Bendigo Arcade.organisation, community, abstinence society -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: A COMPARISON WATER AND ALCOHOL
... BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: A COMPARISON...Printed for the Bendigo Total Abstinence Society... ORGANISATION Community abstinence society Printed for the Bendigo Total ...Document. A comparison between Water and Alcohol. 17 comments on Water and 17 comments on Alcohol.Printed for the Bendigo Total Abstinence Society by A.M.Drummond, Printer. Bendigo Arcade.organisation, community, abstinence society -
Old Colonists' Association of Ballarat Inc.
Book, Ballarat Total Abstinence Society Pledge Book, 1856
... Ballarat Total Abstinence Society Pledge Book..., the 1856 Pledge Book of the Ballarat Total Abstinence Society... Total Abstinence Society, which contained the signatures ...The 1894 minutes of the Old Colonists' Association read: James Vickery presented the Association with an old relic, the 1856 Pledge Book of the Ballarat Total Abstinence Society, which contained the signatures of a number of Old Colonists’ who had since passed away. pledge book, toral abstinence society, james vickery, old colonists' association -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: ANNIVERSARY SOCIAL, 21 June 1910
... BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: ANNIVERSARY...Document. The Committee of the Total Abstinence Society... of the Total Abstinence Society request the favour of the presence ...Document. The Committee of the Total Abstinence Society request the favour of the presence of yourself and a friend at the Anniversary Social in the Temperance Hall, View Street, on Tuesday, June 21st, 1910, at 8 pm. The Annual report and Financial Statement will be presented, Mr. E.F.J.King, of the Social Reform Bureau, Melbourne. Refreshments will be served by the Ladies of the W.C.T.U. A.J.PAUL, President. W.J.CAMPBELL, Hon. Treas. A.M.DRUMMOND, Hon. Sec.organisation, community, abstinence society -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: THE ANNUAL PUBLIC MEETING, 19 June 1917
... BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: THE ANNUAL...Document. Bendigo Total Abstinence Society, Dear Sir... ORGANISATION Community abstinence society Document. Bendigo Total ...Document. Bendigo Total Abstinence Society, Dear Sir, The annual Public Meeting of the above Society will be held in the Temperance Hall, View Street, on Tuesday next, June 19th, 1917 at 8 pm.Addresses will be delivered by Mr. Francis Wilson, Secretary of the Victorian Alliance, and the Rev. H.J.Ham, M.A. In view of the important issues at stake in connection with the Liquor Question in the near future, all friends of Temperance are urged to be present. W.H.PERRIN, President, W.I.CAMPBELL, Hon.Treas. A.M.DRUMMOND, Hon.Sec. ( Six copies).organisation, community, abstinence society -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: FOUNDATION STONE
... BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: FOUNDATION..., Architect'. Photograph BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION ...Black and white photograph of Foundation Stone. Inscriptions: on back - 'V or W 31C thu'. In image 'Bendigo Total Abstinence Socitey, founded 1857, Free library founded 1864. This stone was laid by His Worship the Mayor of Bendigo, DB Lazarus Esq MLA, December 18th, 1895. James Blair, Architect'.topic, objects, foundation stone -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: MEMO, 1917
... BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: MEMO... in an earlier letter. Document BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY ...Hand written memo to Mr Drummond dated 23.6.1917, following up a request in an earlier letter.note .organisation, community, abstinence society -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: FLYER COUNCILLOR MRS HELEN BARTON, Nov., Dec., early 1900's
... BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: FLYER... articles.Drummond, Arcade Press. Document BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY ...Documents. Mammoth Temperance & Social Reform Mission. Councillor Mrs. Helen Barton , Queen of Scottish Orators, will be talking at Temperance Hall on Monday Nov.28, 8 pm, ''Citizenship and Higher Patriotism, Tuesday Nov 29 8pm " The State's Duty to the Child''. Wednesday Nov 30 8pm, ''Democracy's Fight against Alcohol''. Thursday Dec1,8pm, ''My Work IN THE GLASGOW SLUMS''. Tickets 1s. each. Mrs. Barton will appear in Slum Costume. Mrs. Barton is a Parish Councillor of Glasgow, A great social reformer, A quaint humorist, An Eloquent Orator. Two articles.Drummond, Arcade Press.organisation, community, abstinence society -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: THE VICTORIAN ALLIANCE, 25 July 1912
... BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: THE VICTORIAN... TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: THE VICTORIAN ALLIANCE ...Document. The Victorian Alliance Melbourne, letter requesting names of the society for books for Bendigo. List of names included.organisation, community, abstinence society -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: LETTER, 13 June 1917
... BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: LETTER... TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: LETTER ...Document. Letter from the Chief Secretary's Office, to the secretary, free library, Bendigo, forwarding a form of receipt for sixteen pounds, five shillings and seven pence, which has been allotted to your Free Library. Signed by W.A.CALLAWAY, Under-secretary.organisation, community, abstinence society -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: VICTORIAN ALLIANCE, 2rd August 1917
... BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: VICTORIAN... ORGANISATION Community abstinence society Document. A letter to Mr ...Document. A letter to Mr. W.J.Campbell, J.P. Bendigo. They were very concerned about East Bendigo Electorate, because of the character of a man in relation to our work. The present sitting member is one of the ones that are in Parliament, kept there by the beer interest.organisation, community, abstinence society -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: VICTORIAN ALLIANCE, 1917
... BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: VICTORIAN... with Liquor reform. Document BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY ...Document. Letter referring to State Parliamentary Elections 1917, on behalf of the Victorian Alliance, am forwarding to you the enclosed platform in connection with Liquor reform.organisation, community, abstinence society -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: VICTORIAN ALLIANCE, 22rd June 1917
... BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: VICTORIAN.... Signed Mr. Campbell. Document BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY ...Document. Victorian Alliance letter to Mr. W.J.Campbell J.P. from Francis Wilson general secretary, I arrived home safely, after a very good day in your city. Will send you a list of few subscribers whom I could not get, shortly. With regard to ''DEFEAT'', I will have them dispatched next week. With regard to Mr. Francis coming up in September, I would suggest that you bring it before the Methodist Ministers interested as possible. Memo for Mr Drummond, I have seen Mr. Harris in reference to this suggestion but he does not know Mr. Francis, fears that it would not be satisfactory to the Forest Street Congregation to appoint an unknown man for the evening service. I have therefore asked Mr. Wilson not to make any definite arrangements until we have had a further opportunity of considering the matter. Signed Mr. Campbell.organisation, community, abstinence society -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: A UNIQUE ENTERTAINMENT, 10 July 1909
... BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: A UNIQUE.... Admission Free, All Welcome. Document BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE ...Document. a. The monthly entertainment will be held in the Temperance Hall on Tuesday September 14, 1909, when an address will be delivered by the Rev. J.H.Hadley and the followingExcellent Programme will be provided by the Long Gully Rechabites (Sutton Tent, No. 166). Admission, Free. All Welcome. b. The monthly entertainment will be held in the Temperance Hall on Tuesday September 14, 1909, when an address will be delivered by the Rev. J.H.Hadley and the followingExcellent Programme will be provided by the Long Gully Rechabites (Sutton Tent, No. 166). Admission, Free. All Welcome. c.The Star of Bendigo Junior Tent No 2 Independent Order of Rechabites, Model Tent Meeting in the Temperance Hall on Tuesday July 10th, 1909. Admission Free, All Welcome.organisation, community, abstinence society -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: ANNUAL MEETING OF ABOVE SOCIETY, 21 June 1907
... BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: ANNUAL MEETING.... Document BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: ANNUAL ...Document. Temperance Hall, View Street, Bendigo, June 10th, 1907. Dear Sir, Your are hereby requested to attend the Annual Meeting of the above Society on Friday, June 21st, 1907, in the Temperance Hall. E.H.LEGGO, President. W.J.CAMPBELL, Hon. Treas. A.L.BOLTON, Hon. Sec.organisation, community, abstinence society -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: THE VICTORIAN ALLIANCE PLATFORM, THE STATE ELECTIONS,1917, 1917
... BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: THE VICTORIAN... ORGANISATION Community abstinence society Document. the State Elections ...Document. the State Elections, the Victorian Alliance Platform, Questions for Candidates at the State Elections. 1. The question of the Hours of Trading of Licensed Liquor Bars to be submitted to the people by a Referendum. 2. The Abolition of the three-fifths per cent, necessary to carry No-Licence at the Local Option Poll. 3. The Counting of the Aggregate Votes for No-Licence for the State. 4. Abolition of Grocers' Liquor Licences. If elected, will you support the foregoing proposals? And return to General Secretary. Victorian Alliance, 136 Swanston Street, Melbourne.organisation, community, abstinence society -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: TEMPERANCE WALL SHEET NO 1, EXAMINATION PAPER
... BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: TEMPERANCE... ORGANISATION Community abstinence society Printed for the Bendigo Total ...Document. Examination paper, Temperance Wall Sheet, No.1. 1. Write down Dr. Parkes' advice to young men and women. 2. Give reasone why alcohol is not good in the period of growth. 3. What did Sir Frederic Treves say about the soldiers who marched to Ladysmith?. 4. How can the doctors prove that alcohol does not increase animal heat? Tell any stories you know about it. 5. What can be proved by the doctor' experiments with small doses of alcohol?. 6. How do you know that alcohol is not necessary for health and long life? Six copies.Printed for the Bendigo Total Anstinence Society by A.M.Drummond, Bendigo Arcade.organisation, community, abstinence society -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: BENDIGO POLICE COURT PLEDGE
... BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: BENDIGO POLICE.... Document BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: BENDIGO ...Document. Bendigo Police Court. Charge .... I Hereby freely and voluntarily sign the following PLEDGE. I will abstain from the use of intoxicating liquors of every kind and character for the period of.......from date, ....day of.......191. signed Address Age Witness. If, by releasing me from punishment this day, the opportunity be given me by the Magistrates of the abovenamed Court to become a sober and better citizen, I undertake to faithfully keep this Pledge. Six copies.organisation, community, abstinence society -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: THE Y.P.. ANTI-SMOKING AND GAMBLING LEAGUE
... BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: THE Y.P.. ANTI... No.111. 20m---12-09. Document BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY ...Document. The Salvation Army, Blood and Fire, The Y.P.Anti-Smoking and Gambling League. Believing Cigarette and Tobacco Smoking and Gambling among lads to be most harmful to their moral and bodily well-being, I hereby enlist in this Legion, promising , by the help of God, to do all that Iies in my power to persuade others from using Tobacco, and from Gambling in any form; also to have nothing to do w th the habits myself. Signed................. Date................ Form No.111. 20m---12-09.organisation, community, abstinence society -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: MEMO, 5 July 1917
... BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY COLLECTION: MEMO... on July 5, 1917. Document BENDIGO TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY ...Document. From A.M.DRUMMOND, PRINTER, BENDIGO ARCADE, BENDIGO. Telephone 674. Mr. G.O.Watts, C/o Mr. J.B.Edwards, Jeweller, Pall Mall. Borrowed Professor Mc Coy's Book of Lectures, from Temperance Hall Library on July 5, 1917.organisation, community, abstinence society -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - TEMPERANCE HALL BENDIGO
... , 1861. The Bendigo Total Abstinence Society had 'worked long... Total Abstinence Society had 'worked long and arduously ...Copy of newspaper article written by 'Toora' in Bendigo Advertiser re the Temperance Hall, View Point. Vahland and Getschmann were the architects. The Hall was opened on February 5, 1861. The Bendigo Total Abstinence Society had 'worked long and arduously to procure a hall of its own' Article contains the history of the Hall, including its reopening in 1896.bendigo, buildings, temperance hall, temperance hall, abstinence society, view point, view street, toora, amy huxtable -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: SNIPPETS OF BENDIGO HISTORY
... for the Bendigo Total Abstinence Society and its neighbour extending up... which was built in 1860 for the Bendigo Total Abstinence Society ...Bendigo Weekly from Friday November 16,2001. Snippets of Bendigo History - The View Street Story - continued by Edith Lunn. This article look at the Temperance Hall which was built in 1860 for the Bendigo Total Abstinence Society and its neighbour extending up the hill. Temperance Hall was designed by Vahland and Getzschmann. The building next was also built by Vahland and Getzschmann as a residence for Robert Strickland, later it was acquired by Dr. Oliver Penfold who extended the building and set up his medical practice . The building is now the Penfold Gallery of the Arts. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo, bendigo weekly -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Booklet, Love sweetens truth, 1880s
... several Total Abstinence Societies and campaigning for improved... Abstinence Societies and campaigning for improved health conditions ...This book was a prize awarded to Miss Middleton, a pupil at Ormiston House College, East Melbourne in 1887. The Principals of the school were the Misses Singleton and their father, Dr John Singleton was a practising doctor in Warrnambool from 1860 to 1865. He had an important influence on Warrnambool, establishing several Total Abstinence Societies and campaigning for improved health conditions for pastoral workers in the district and the aborigines at Framlingham. In Melbourne Dr Singleton and his wife worked tirelessly for the underprivileged. He established many institutions for the less fortunate, including the Prisoners’ Aid Society, the Children’s Hospital, lending libraries, cottages for widows, shelters for homeless men and women, a society for the protection of animals and the Collingwood Free Medical Dispensary. He died in 1891 at Ormiston House, his daughters’ school and home. It is not known which of the Singleton daughters ran the school and no information has been found on Miss Middleton. This book is of considerable interest as it has a close connection to Dr John Singleton, important not only in the social history of Melbourne but also in the history of Warrnambool. This is a hard cover book of 160 pages with 16 pages at the back of the book of advertisements for other books published by the Religious Tract Society. The cover is brown with a sketch of a young man and lettering in gold and an ornamental floral pattern on the front cover. The gold lettering and the ornamental floral pattern are also on the spine. The book has 13 chapters with ornamental scrolls and initials at the beginning and end of each chapter. There are also some full page black and white sketches in the book, with the one at the front of the book covered by a piece of tissue paper. The book plate at the front of the book is white with a gold border pasted onto the page and handwritten details have been added in black ink. The book is a little scuffed at the edges of the cover. ‘Ormiston House College, East Melbourne, Principals, The Misses Singleton, Prize for Writing and Maps in Upper Third Class Awarded to Miss Middleton, Christmas 1887.’ dr john singleton, ormiston house, history of warrnambool -
St Kilda Historical Society
Ephemera - Flyer, Independent Order of Rechabites 45th Anniversary and Concert, 1915
Advertisement for event to raise funds for The Australian Wounded Soldiers' Fund on 24 August 1915 and to celebrate the 45th anniversary of St Kilda Tent No 131 of the Independent Order of Rechabites. The Independent Order of Rechabites was founded as a fraternal organisation and friendly society in England in 1835 as part of the wider temperance movement to promote total abstinence from alcoholic beverages. It was first established in Australia in Tasmania in 1843 and retains a state branch in Victoria with a number of affiliated tents.Pink coloured paper printed one side in brown and red. Cut from a larger sheet which may have been a poster, flyer or other document. wwi, world war i, wwi fund-raising, independent order of rechabites, australian wounded soldiers' fund -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Ceremonial object - Clothing and apparel - sash, Surrey Hills Tent No 309 Past Chief Ruler's sash
The Independent Order of Rechabites (IOR), also known as the Sons and Daughters of Rechab is a friendly society founded in England in 1835 as part of the wider British temperance movement to promote total abstinence from alcoholic beverages. This type of sash was worn by a Past District Chief Ruler. This particular sash belonged to Lieutenant Colonel William McGregor Cairncross. He lived at the property now known as 'Medlow', although during his occupancy it was known as 'Willcyrus', named after two of his sons - Sergeant William McGregor Cairncross and Trooper Cyrus Hay Cairncross, who served with the 2nd Scottish Horse during the Boer War and in British units in the First World War. Lt Col Cairncross served at the Victoria Barracks in Melbourne for 25 years and designed a water bottle used by Australian colonial troops. During the Boer War he was controller of stores at Victoria Barracks. He died 24 May 1903 at his home.Pointed collar / sash; white silk / satin front with 3 x red stripes down each side; yellow stripes along edges; red satin backing; metallic gold tassels on the outer edge; colourful woven text and design on white segments on each side; one side "Independent Order of Rechabites SALFORD UNITY" around shield emblem; sheild with - beehive, sword and flame and wheat sheaf above, inside shield lamb, all-seeing eye, sun, moon with seven stars, snake, two birds, three white arrow heads, rose, clover and thistle symbols, "PEACE & PLENTY THE REWARD OF TEMPERANCE" in banner below; other side "PAST CHIEF RULER", crossed flags of Royal Standard of Great Britain, USA and Scotland above with triangle in centre of flags, text "TRUTH, FORTITUDE, JUSTICE" "IOR" in centre of triangle, 3 x overlapping shields below main text: one with flag of USA, one with symbols of Rechabites, one with the Royal Standard of Great Britain.independent order of rechabites, surrey hills tent no 309, regalia, william cairncross, william mcgregor cairncross, sash -
Ballarat Diocesan Historical Commission
Medal, Catholic Total Abstenence Medal
The Catholic temperance movement started in 1838 when Irish priest Fr Theobald Mathew established the Teetotal Abstinence Society in 1838. Fr Patrick Henneberry founded the Catholic Temperance movement in the USA and visited Australia in 1897 winning Australian Catholics to his cause. These medals were worn by Catholics who had taken a pledge of abstinence pictured on the reverse side of the medal.