This is a German made figurine, attributed to Jaschke Pretzl. Loosely translated, the label text on the figurine says 'Obstetrician', that the birth was happy, and that the father and child are well. Stamp printed on underside of base says that this is a hand-carved figure.Carved wooden figurine. Depicts a man in a white coat and glasses, with a receding hairline, holding a baby. He is holding the baby's legs in his left hand, and supporting the baby's back and neck with his right hand. The figure is atop a small wooden plinth, one side of which carries handwriting that reads 'Geburtshelfer/Geburt glucklich verlan fen,/Vater und Kind wohlanf!' The underside of the plinth is printed with a stamp that reads 'Handgeschnitzte/ Figur'. There is a third word at the centre of the stamp on the underside of the figurine, but it has faded and is illegible. 'Geburtshelfer/Geburt glucklich verlan fen,/Vater und Kind wohlanf!'/'Handgeschnitzte/ Figur'obstetrics

Magdala cum Moonlight Mine. Group of mine workers c1890 against the background of the mine. The wooden ramp built on trestles was used by horse drawn drays to deliver the Quartz for treatment in the cyanide vats.Dark photo of mine workers lined up in front of ore ramp. Horses and drays would go up the ramp to dump the crushed sand into the cyanide vats. Building is on right."Elite" Studio Co. Melbournestawell gold mining

photo of male standing in a field in front of large boxes / vats - black and white photo (Vats ?) Stewards Breweryphoto, individual, male portrait, (vats ?) stewards brewery

Cyanide Vats Leviathan Area 1973gold mining

Magdala cum Moonlight Mine c1895. Showing wooden tanks and woodheap. Directors on left. The fifth from left tall man is Thomas Kinsella. A horse and dray would go up this ramp and take the crushed sand to the cyanide vats. To load drays with sand a horse would walk under a chute that was at the end of the conveyor belt and when sand was shoveled onto the conveyor, a dray could be loaded in 12 seconds.B/W Mr. Thomas Kinsella and gentlemen with young child leaning on rails overlooking wood stacks with three workers seated. Wooden vats, buildings. Three people by two horse buggy. labourer standing behind buggy.stawell gold mining

Slide. Deebles Pyrites Works. Buildings and vat in foreground.No. 41 printed on bottom of slidemine, gold, edwards & deebles, pyrities works., bendigo mines-jack hattam collection.

Photograph. Cohn Bros. Collection. Black & white photo of three steel vats and one other vat above them. The higher vat has an agitator which is driven by a large belt and pulley. A man holding a bucket is standing on a stairway beside it. ML45/6 (written on the back).organization, business, cohn bros, cohn bros. collection, brewers, cordial & aerated water manufacturers

Slide. Sandhurst Dairies. Worker attatching hose from tanker to vat.slide, bendigo, sandhurst dairies., sandhurst dairies.

One of fifty one photographs originally in a photo album found in the National Wool Museum’s office. The album was water damaged and the images were removed for conservation. The images follow the process of wool. Beginning in a sheep paddock and finishing as a folded fabric. It includes all the steps in between in this process, including shearing, transporting, selling, washing and the many different steps in the process of turning a single thread of wool into fabric.Black and white image showing a man working at vats dyeing wool.AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL PUBLICITY / ASSOCIATION / FLINDERS STREET RAILWAY BUILDING, / MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA / W28 / W28. Dyeing Wool.wool industry, working life, women, boonoke station, farming, sheep farming, agriculture, sheep stations, transport, wool processing, shearing, textile industry, wool

Small black and white photo of cement rendered walls, suggested vats for brewery. For notes on Stewards Brewery, see 'Bendigo Historic Buildings/ page 129. On Back in pencil 'Stewards Brewery, Letheby Road, Eaglehawk. Vats. 'miners, stewards brewery, letheby road eaglehawk

Mining Scene - Welshman’s Cyanide Works Deep Lead 1930'sGroup of men in work clothes standing in front of cyanide vats and horses attached to carts.stawell mining

8 Colour Photographs showing teh remains of Tailings Vats, that were used for leaching .mining, leviathan gold mine

B/W photo Wonga Company Plant 1899Cyanide gold processing plant infrastructure. Conveyor belt at centre of photo, cyanide vats in foreground.stawell mining

Displayed at History House.Aluminium medallion. Image depicts molten aluminium poured into vats. Measures O: 4.5 x D: 0.5Front: Project Announcement/Alcoa/Australia/1979 Back: Portland Smelter

This photograph was taken inside the Orbost Butter Factory.The Orbost Butter and Produce Co. Ltd was registered on June 1st 1893 and was an important source of income to the Orbost district.A b/w photograph of a man in a white short-sleevedoverall standing behind vats of butter inside the Orbost Butter Factory.

Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from 1999. Work away: the Virginia Cyanide vats in Eaglehawk in the late 1930s.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Copy of a black and white photo of the Long Gully Area before the Long Gully Estate was built. On the right is a small and a larger buildings. Beside the buildings are two large open vats. One has a pipe with liquid flowing into the vat. The centre of the photo is mostly sand dump and tussocks. In the background is bush and houses.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - long gully area

Magdala cum Moonlight Gold Mining Company Mine Workmen 1906Group of men and older boys many leaning on shovels in front of horses and drays containing crushed quartz. Cyanide vats in background.stawell gold mining

black and white photo - enlargement of industrial treatment works showing elevated building in background with two male adults. One by concrete vats at ground level, one on elevated landing. Container on trestles and timber in foreground. Weatherboard building by large concrete vat and acid ? Carboys at centre and left. Decorated brick chimneys ciovered race to upper building. On back in ink ? Foggit Jones? In grey lead Foggit Jones.organization, business, pyrites treatment plant

This provided good pressure for the house and septic tankColour photograph of cottage at 133 Myer Street showing stainless steele milk vat on high tank stand to collect water from town water supply Lakes Entrance Victoriabusinesses, roads and streets

Negative,/Hand drawn of the goldfield featuring gold mine sites,cyanide vats,heaps,railway station,sports ground. A small map of the Whipstick area, and legend. Tom Patullo was formerly of Clear-Ads Bendigo.cottage, miners, sebastian goldfield, sebastian goldfield

Photograph taken inside the factory and is of a man wearing a hat and overalls, rolling a barrel, his face cannot be seen. There are several barrels in the foreground and a large wooden vat behind them. The man is on the right hand side of the photoorganization, business, factory workers, cohn brothers , factory

Used from the 1920s to the 1990s to catch the remaining liquid left in vats and was placed under bungs or in front of steel doors.Copper drip tray used in Mildara winery in Merbein.Large metallic tray with 3 feet.drip tray, copper tray, wine production, mildara, winery, merbein

Black and white postcard with two oval photographs with "Greetings from Rutherglen" on a banner between them. The top photograph is of open vat wine fermenters at Mt Ophir winery. The bottom one is of the Rutherglen State School, with a large group of people in front of it.At bottom of top photograph: "Wine Making." At bottom of bottom photograph: "State School."wine making, mt ophir, mount ophir, rutherglen state school, school buildings

Explanatory notes for a display of photographs of the Bendigo Butter Factory. Date given on the calendar in the photograph is March 1957. These notes, mounted on cardboard relate to the photograph 11011.25. The notes as written - After unloading, the cans are weighed and graded for quality and then tipped into stainless steel receiving vats.bendigo, industry, bendigo butter factory.

Assay Book - various cyanide records. October 1897 - January 1899. Included within is a three-page (draft??) 'Memorandum of Contract' in relation to the emptying and filling of vats at the cyanide works (Alexandra claim) - parties are Robert Hay and Charles Roberts; dated August 1897.bendigo, industry, cyanide, assay book

Oil water emulsion was fed into concrete vats where up to 95 percent of water was drained off plant situated at end of track to Midwest No 1 boreBlack and white photograph showing the dehydration plant which separated the oil from original emulsion sityuated in the gully east of Capes Road off Myer Street Lakes Entrance Victoriaoil and gas industry, engineering, social