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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Photograph, Gibbons, Denis, Dried Fish
... Village Market...A black and white photograph taken at An Thoi village... Village Market F/Lt Blue McDonnel Denis Gibbons A black and white ...Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection. A black and white photograph taken at An Thoi village market in the Mekong Delta, Co-Pilot F/Lt Blue McDonnel watches as The Pilot F/LT Nick Watling tries a piece of dried fish, an evil smelling part of Vietnamese fisheries, never the less, if one held one's nose, the fish tasted quite nice. photograph, an thoi, mekong delta, f/lt nick walting, gibbons collection catalogue, village market, f/lt blue mcdonnel, denis gibbons -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Photograph, Gibbons, Denis, Dried Fish
... article about the An Thoi village market in the Mekong Delta... the An Thoi village market in the Mekong Delta, where Co-Pilot F/Lt ...Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection. A black and white phototgraph of a photocopy of a newspaper article about the An Thoi village market in the Mekong Delta, where Co-Pilot F/Lt Blue MAudio, CDonnel watches as The Pilot F/LT Nick Watling tries a piece of dried fish, an evil smelling part of Vietnamese diet.photograph, newspaper, an thoi, market, mekong delta, f/lt blue maudio, cdonnel, f/lt nick walting, gibbons collection catalogue, denis gibbons -
Eltham District Historical Society IncBook, Melbourne University Press, Heidelberg: The Land and its People 1838-1900 by Donald S. Garden, 1972
... then gradually changed as a distinct village community emerged... then gradually changed as a distinct village community emerged ...Although Heidelberg was one of the first parts of the Port Phillip District to be settled, and became important and prestigious in the early years of the colony, its history has been largely neglected. The beauty and fertility of the land and its proximity to Melbourne quickly resulted in the establishment in the 1830s and 40s of large estates by wealthy gentlemen. A romantic spot, Heidelberg became popular with picnickers and later attracted an artists' colony. The character of the area then gradually changed as a distinct village community emerged, and market gardens began to flourish. Unlike some of the suburbs closer to Melbourne, Heidelberg eventually wilted under economic pressures from which it did not fully recover until the turn of the century. This book allows us within the larger contect of the colony's fortunes and misfortunes, the struggle of Heidelberg the suburb to be born " - flyleaf. Contents: First land sales and subdivisions, gentlemen of Heidelberg and their estates and activities, infant rural community. golden fifties, decline and backwater, railway and land boom, a maturing community , the depression of the nineties. This book was the first to focus on the area of Heidelberg and its context within the Port Phillip District and remains significant as a key secondary source for describing the history of the area. It is relevant to the contextual history of its neighbour the former Shire of Eltham and Shire of Nillumbik.Hardback. Includes illustrations and index, 219 p.ISBN 0522840191port phillip district, ivanhoe, heidelberg, charles wingrove -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageParallel Rule, Early 20th Century
John Bliss (1795-1857) was born in Norwich Connecticut, trained as a silversmith and clockmaker in Vermont, and began in business as a jeweller in New York around 1830. In 1834, now trading as Bliss & Creighton, he made and marketed a range of nautical instruments. The business subsequently became John Bliss & Son in 1855 and John Bliss & Co. in 1857. It remained in business until 1957 when it was acquired by West Marine. The Bliss company used to make a range of instruments supplied to a variety of customers including the US Navy. An object made as an aid for marine navigation, to plot a course on a nautical map for a vessel to follow. The item was made by a well known American maker of nautical instruments and is significant in regards to it's provenience and history of the maker and his family who over the years had been innovators and makers of various types of nautical instruments since 1795. Parallel map ruler. Bliss of New York & Nautical instruments engraved on face of ruler, ruler divided into degrees for use on nautical mapsflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, parallel rule, map reading, nautical object, navigation instrument -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageShotgun Double Barrel, 1904
Hollis Brothers were first recorded trading from 11 Weaman Row in 1840 but appear to have started trading a little earlier. The firm later became Isaac Hollis & Sons and claimed establishment from 1814. Richard & William Hollis were recorded trading in Bath Street Birmingham from 1814 to 1818 so it may be that the Hollis brothers were descended from them. The brothers were Isaac Hollis (1815) and Frederick Hollis (birth date unknown), but Frederick died 20 December 1839. Isaac was recorded in the 1841 census living in Weaman Row. He was a 25-year-old gun and pistol maker, married to Emma 1821. They had two children, Isaac (1837), and Henry (1839). After Frederick died, Isaac carried on trading under the name of Hollis Brothers until 1845 when he re-named the business Hollis Brothers & Co who traded up to 1848. In 1844 Isaac entered into a short term partnership with William Tranter at 10 & 11 Weaman Row, presumably to complete a particular contract or supply certain parts, this partnership lasted until 1849. In 1848 Isaac took in Isaac Brentnall Sheath as a partner, and the firm of Hollis & Sheath was established, expanding into 10 Weaman Row. Hollis & Sheath were licensed makers of percussion breech-loading guns. in 1861 the firm changed its name to Isaac Hollis & Sons on the departure of Isaac Brentnall Sheath. Isaac Sheath died in July 1875 By about 1870 Isaac Hollis and Henry Hollis had taken over the day to day running of the business. Isaac Hollis was responsible for the overall management and the marketing of the firm's products. Henry was responsible for manufacturing. The firm became volume producers of inexpensive trade guns and sporting guns for the South African and the British colonies. In 1870 the firm opened a shop at 44a Cannon Street in London; in 1871 this moved to 83 Cheapside. Isaac Hollis Jnr died October 1875 in Birmingham aged 37. He was never married and in 1876/1877 Henry registered a limited liability company, Isaac Hollis & Sons Ltd, but by 1879 they were again trading as Isaac Hollis & Sons. From 1879 the London shop was at 6 Great Winchester Street. From 1932 to 1933 the London business traded as Hollis, Bentley & Playfair Hollis, Bentley & Playfair finally closed in Birmingham in 1953.The shotgun is not in pristine condition and is not very significant historically or valuable, although made by a well known and respected manufacturer of firearms there are many better examples of Issac Hollis and Sons shotguns in collections and for sale. This particular example is of a standard pattern for utilitarian use of which many were made.Shotgun, double barrel, 12 gauge, with cleaning rod. Right barrel has been cut shorter and has sharp edges on the muzzle. Metal stock extension, cleaning rod comprising 3 pieces that screw together. Gun is stored in a black painted, wooden case with hinged lid. Inscribed "I. HOLLIS & SONS", SN 84245. "I. HOLLIS & SONS". SN on stock “84245”. Badge on both sides “Crown [symbol] / BV”. “Crown [symbol] / NP”, “12G inside Diamond [symbol]”, “NITRO PROOF”, “STEEL 84245” Paper note included with gun, written in felt tip pen “ENTERPRISE”. flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shotgun, double barrel shotgun, isaac hollis and son, birmingham, i hollis and sons, gun makers, sporting firearm, south african firearm market, rifles for british government, hollis, bentlely and playfair -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageDomestic object - Ewer and Bowl, J & G Meakin, 1912 - 1925
J & G Meakin was an English pottery manufacturing company founded in 1851 and based in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. In the 19th century, J & G Meakin was known for the vast quantities of cheap ironstone china it produced for the domestic English market and export to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States. From around 1970, designs included Liberty, Sterling, Trend, Classic, and Heirloom. Some of these were influenced by earlier designs. The newer wares can be distinguished by back stamp markings such as 'permanent colours', 'everlasting colour', or 'dishwasher proof'. J & G Meakin had close family and corporate affiliations to the potteries Johnson Brothers, and Alfred Meakin Ltd, which explains why many patterns are similar, if not almost the same. There was a takeover by J. & G. Meakin in 1968 of Midwinter Pottery. The firm was then taken over by the Wedgwood Group in 1970. In 2000 production under the Meakin name ceased and their long-established works, Eagle Pottery, was then used for the production of Johnson Bros pottery. Eagle Pottery closed in 2004 when production was transferred abroad; the works were demolished in 2005.Item is significant as it is believed to be an early example of the SOL trademark made between 1913-1925.Ironstone wash jug and bowl set, white, often referred to as a ewer and bowl. Both jug and bowl have matching raised embossing of panels with floral motifs within them.Both items have marks "Ironstone China Reqd SOL 39/4/3 STG Meakin England" Trademark of J & G Meakin with sun emblem .flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, jug china white and basin, jug, jug and basin, jug & bowl, ewer, bowl, ewer & bowl, j and g meakin, ironstone ware, bathing, washing, personal hygiene -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageCeramic - Serving Plate, Alfred Meakin, 1930s
J & G Meakin was an English pottery manufacturing company founded in 1851 and based in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. In the 19th century, J & G Meakin was known for the vast quantities of cheap ironstone china it produced for the domestic English market and export to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States and one of these pottery lines was called "EMPRESS" and was in production through the 1930s. From around 1970, designs included Liberty, Sterling, Trend, Classic, and Heirloom. Some of these were influenced by earlier designs. The newer wares can be distinguished by back stamp markings such as 'permanent colours', 'everlasting colour', or 'dishwasher proof'. J & G Meakin had close family and corporate affiliations to the potteries Johnson Brothers, and Alfred Meakin Ltd, which explains why many patterns are similar, if not almost the same. There was a takeover by J. & G. Meakin in 1968 of Midwinter Pottery. The firm was then taken over by the Wedgwood Group in 1970. In 2000 production under the Meakin name ceased and their long-established works, Eagle Pottery, was then used for the production of Johnson Bros pottery. Eagle Pottery closed in 2004 when production was transferred abroad; the works were demolished in 2005.Item is significant as today the "EMPRESS" china pattern from the 1930s by Meakin is today a collectable item and a good example of the Meakin range of china.Plate china white oval with a pattern inscribed along the edge Inscription to base "EMPRESS" warrnambool, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, alfred meakin, staffordshire potteries, iron stone pottery, serving dish -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageDomestic object - Food Safe, Willow Ware Pty Ltd, 1920-1950
Willow started business in 1887 as a metal working company based in Melbourne Australia, making tinned biscuit and tea canisters. The outbreak of the First World War saw their manufacturing change to making armaments and essential packaging for the war effort. In the early 1920’s, the Willow brand was established. Making tin plated canisters and baking pans with the well-known Willow pattern, imprinted on them. Some other items in production at this time include billies, boilers, basins and Coolgardie safes. In the late 1950’s, the company ventured into plastics production. Stepping away from its very successful tin plating industry of more than 50 years. In 1965, the company name changed to Willow Ware Pty Ltd, to be more closely linked to its Willow brand. Willow Ware is still in business today. A food safe known as a “Coolgardie” meat storage made by an emerging Australian company no longer in bushiness. This item gives a snapshot into early Australian manufacturing specifically aimed at the Australian market. Safe metal kitchen safe with two shelves, a hinged door and latch and a small swivel wire handle at the top. cream colour . "Made in Australia" "Willow" warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, willow ware, domestic item, coolgardie meat safe, meat safe, food safe, food preservation -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageDomestic object - Milk Churn, Malleys Ltd, 1870-1932
Malleys Ltd was established in about 1890 by Francis Malley (1863-1932). This firm was located in the Sydney suburb of Alexandria, in McEvoy Street. They manufactured items for use in the dairy industry, as well as for hardware related to building and plumbing. Many of the Malley dairy products were sold under the "Sunrise" name. Malley retired in 1912. In 1931 there were branches at Parramatta, Hurstville & North Sydney. An early item made by an Australian manufacturer of dairy equipment in Australia specifically for the local market. The item gives an insight into early Australian manufacturing processes and is a significant part of Australian early social history.Milk Churn or Milk Can, Medium sized galvanised container to hold milk Malleysflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, milk container, malleys ltd, dairy equipment -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageCoat rack
A hat coat and umbrella stand is a device used to store hats and often coats on, and umbrellas within. Some catalogues in Europe marketed this furniture as a portmanteau from the French words Porter (carry) and Manteau (cloak). The front hall was the introduction to the house, and as such was an important part of the Victorian home. Furnishings were selected not only to make it a useful place to hang a hat and coat, store an umbrella and leave a calling card but also to show family wealth, social position and knowledge of current styles. A hall stand or a hat rack was the most important piece of furniture in homes at this time. New and more elaborate designs began to appear about 1840, as homes became larger and social visits became more structured. Usually made of wood and standing at least 1.5 meters tall, they have a single-pole making up most of the height, with a sturdy base to prevent toppling, and an array of lengthy pegs or hooks at the top for placement of hats. Smaller houses had smaller front halls, so a single-pole type as by the 1920s houses had become smaller. A household furniture item possibly from the 1920s that was common in houses from the early 1840s, it's significance is social, demonstrating how furniture trends change over time with the more elaborate the item the more social standing was attributed to the owners' position in society. even today persons association and ownership with inanimate objects tend to represent their social standing along with their financial and community acceptability. Coat rack with four curved legs, circular holder for umbrellas and walking sticks. Four metal hooks, screwed onto main column of stand. Condition: one curved leg broken. 2 hooks broken.Noneflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageFurniture - Chair, early 29th century
The Bentwood chair has been called ‘the world’s most popular chair’. The original Bentwood chair, was designed by German-Austrian cabinet maker and Master Joiner, Michael Thonet (b.1796 - d.1871) and introduced to the market in 1859. Thonet started his business in his home town of Boppard as an independent cabinet maker in 1819. In the 1830’s he began trying to make furniture from glued (laminated) and bent wooden slats. Over the next few years his attempts to patent this process failed in Germany, Great Britain, France, and Russia. He then began using lightweight, strong wood and bending it into elegant, comfortable furniture. The Bentwood technology took Thonet years to perfect. In simple terms, the wooden rods or lengths were wet by soaking or steaming, bent into shape and then held in place until they hardened into the moulded curved shape or pattern. The wood usually chosen for the bentwood chairs was maple or beech. Thonet had revolutionised an older process by industrialising the process. The dowels of wood were cut and prepared as components of furniture, treated by the ‘bentwood’ process, then ready immediately for assembling with very little extra workmanship needed. Thonet held 2 patents for this process, the second one ended on 10th July 1869 and was non-renewable. At the Trade Fair at Koblenz of 1841 Prince Klemens Wenzel von Mettemich was very impressed with Thonet’s furniture, especially the chairs. In 1842 Thonet sold his Boppard business and emigrated to Vienna, and began working, along with his sons, on the interior decoration of the Palais Leichtenstein, for the Carl Leistler establishment. In 1849 he began his own business again, the Gebruder Thonet to include his sons (translated “Brothers Thonet”). He produced the “No. 1” Bentwood chair. He received a bronze medal for his Vienna bentwood chairs at the World Fair in London in 1851, and a silver medal in Paris in 1855. In 1856 he opened a new factory in Koritchan (Moravia), where there were extensive woods of beech trees available for his enterprise. In the next years, five more Eastern European production sites were established in Bystritz (1862), Nagy-Ugrócz (1866), Wsetin (1867), Hallenkau(1867) and Nowo-Radomsk(1880). Thonet’s 1859 No. 14 “chair of chairs” (or “Konsumstuhl Nr. 14” – coffee shop chair no. 14) was the most famous of all of Thonet’s Bentwood chairs. In 1867 he received a gold medal at the Paris World Fair. This new style of furniture making became very popular. Up until 1830 50 million of these chairs had been produced. By the 1870’s Thonet owned offices in almost 20 countries, with sales locations across Europe, in Chicago and New York. In 1889 he set Thonet set up a head office in Frankenberg, Hesse. Bentwood models designed in the mid to late 19th century featured hand-caned or laminated wood seats and were usually stamped with the country of origin. The Bentwood elements were the backrest, seat rim and legs. Typically the seat was covered with ‘bucket’ leather. After the Patent ran out in 1869, companies such as Jacob & Josef Kohn began the production of bentwood furniture.The popularity of the Bentwood chair that was introduced by Michael Thonet in the 1850s is due to its versatility and timeless quality. Its style, whether varnished or painted, suits any room in the house. The lightweight chairs are also popular for café and restaurant seating, as well as for public gatherings. They can be easily moved around and grouped in a variety of ways to suit any occasion.Chair, bentwood, pair of two. Backrest has full length inverted U inside frame. Support rail and wire reinforcing between legs. 3692.01 seat has floral pattern pressed into wood 3692.02 seat is plain (replacement seat). Made by Harnison & Co.3692.01 chair's marks; Label ""HARNISON & CO./ NEUSOL / BUDAPEST" and "WIENER NOBEL" and "(symbol) N inside circle, under Crown" flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, domestic furniture, dining furniture, bentwood chair, harnison & co., neusol, budapest, wiener nobel -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook, A Sydney-Side Saxon
Pattison Collection This item is from the ‘Pattison Collection’, a collection of books and records that was originally owned by the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute, which was founded in Warrnambool in 1853. By 1886 the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute (WMI) had grown to have a Library, Museum and Fine Arts Gallery, with a collection of “… choice productions of art and valuable specimens in almost every branch and many wonderful national curiosities are now to be seen there, including historic relics of the town and district.” It later included a School of Design. Although it was very well patronised, the lack of financial support led the WMI in 1911 to ask the City Council to take it over. In 1935 Ralph Pattison was appointed as City Librarian to establish and organise the Warrnambool Library as it was then called. When the WMI building was pulled down in 1963 a new civic building was erected on the site and the new Warrnambool Library, on behalf of the City Council, took over all the holdings of the WMI. At this time some of the items were separated and identified as the ‘Pattison Collection’, named after Ralph Pattison. Eventually, the components of the WMI were distributed from the Warrnambool Library to various places, including the Art Gallery, Historical Society and Flagstaff Hill. Later some were even distributed to other regional branches of Corangamite Regional Library and passed to and fro. It is difficult now to trace just where all of the items have ended up. The books at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village generally display stamps and markings from Pattison as well as a variety of other institutions including the Mechanics’ Institute itself. RALPH ERIC PATTISON Ralph Eric Pattison was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, in 1891. He married Maude Swan from Warrnambool in 1920 and they set up home in Warrnambool. In 1935 Pattison accepted a position as City Librarian for the Warrnambool City Council. His huge challenge was to make a functional library within two rooms of the Mechanics’ Institute. He tirelessly cleaned, cleared and sorted a disarrayed collection of old books, jars of preserved specimens and other items reserved for exhibition in the city’s museum. He developed and updated the library with a wide variety of books for all tastes, including reference books for students; a difficult task to fulfil during the years following the Depression. He converted all of the lower areas of the building into a library, reference room and reading room for members and the public. The books were sorted and stored using a cataloguing and card index system that he had developed himself. He also prepared the upper floor of the building and established the Art Gallery and later the Museum, a place to exhibit the many old relics that had been stored for years for this purpose. One of the treasures he found was a beautiful ancient clock, which he repaired, restored and enjoyed using in his office during the years of his service there. Ralph Pattison was described as “a meticulous gentleman whose punctuality, floorless courtesy and distinctive neat dress were hallmarks of his character, and ‘his’ clock controlled his daily routine and his opening and closing of the library’s large heavy doors to the minute.” Pattison took leave from 1942 to 1945 to serve in the Royal Australian Navy, Volunteer Reserve as Lieutenant. A few years later he converted one of the Museum’s rooms into a Children’s Library, stocking it with suitable books for the younger generation. This was an instant success. In the 1950’s he had the honour of being appointed to the Victorian Library Board and received more inspiration from the monthly conferences in Melbourne. He was sadly retired in 1959 after over 23 years of service, due to the fact that he had gone over the working age of council officers. However, he continued to take a very keen interest in the continual development of the Library until his death in 1969. Rolf Boldrewood (1826-1915) ‘Rolf Boldrewood’ is the pen-name used by Thomas Alexander Browne as a writer. Browne was the eldest child of Captain Sylvester John Brown and Elizabeth Angell nee Alexander. He was born in London on 6th August 1826 and arrived in Australia with his parents and siblings when he was 5 years old and grew up in Sydney. In the 1860’s Browne added the ‘e’ to his surname. As a 17-year-old Browne took up land in the Western District of Victoria between Portland and Port Fairy on a property named “Squattlesea Mere”. He remained there until 1858, enjoying the squatters’ life on his 32,000-acre property, growing potatoes and running cattle and horses. He sold in 1858 and purchased a sheep station on the Murray River near Swan Hill. He later sold this and bought another sheep station near Narrandera until bad seasons and severe droughts eventually caused him to change his career after 25 years as a squatter. Over the next 25 years, Browne held the position of Police Magistrate and as a gold commissioner in various locations. His third career as an author lasted approximately 40 years. In 1865 he wrote two articles on pastoral life while he was recovering from a riding accident. In the 1870s his writing was bringing in the income to support his family, changing his focus to the writing of novels. A series of these were written for the Australian market and published in The Sydney Mail and the Centennial Magazine. His later novels were aimed at the overseas markets. His best-known novel “Robbery Under Arms” was written from 1882 to 1883 and has been serialised on the radio in Australia and Britain. The novel was filmed in 1907, 1920 and 1957, and in 1985 it was made into a television series. It is now an Australian Classic. He also wrote short stories, several nonfiction graziers’ guides, and an autobiography named “Old Melbourne Memories” in 1884. [This information has been taken from Wikipedia; Australian Authors-Perry Meddlemiss; Australian Dictionary of Biography, Browne, Thomas Alexander (1826-1915)] The Pattison Collection, along with other items at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, was originally part of the Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s collection. The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute Collection is primarily significant in its totality, rather than for the individual objects it contains. Its contents are highly representative of the development of Mechanics' Institute libraries across Australia, particularly Victoria. A diversity of publications and themes has been amassed, and these provide clues to our understanding of the nature of and changes in the reading habits of Victorians from the 1850s to the middle of the 20th century. The collection also highlights the Warrnambool community’s commitment to the Mechanics’ Institute, reading, literacy and learning in the regions, and proves that access to knowledge was not impeded by distance. These items help to provide a more complete picture of our community’s ideals and aspirations. The Warrnambool Mechanics Institute book collection has historical and social significance for its strong association with the Mechanics Institute movement and the important role it played in the intellectual, cultural and social development of people throughout the latter part of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. The collection of books is a rare example of an early lending library and its significance is enhanced by the survival of an original collection of many volumes. The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s publication collection is of both local and state significance. A Sydney-Side Saxon Auhor: Rolf Boldrewood Publisher: MacMillan & Co Date: 1891The label on the spine with typed text 899.3 BOL Pastedown front endpaper has a sticker from Warrnambool Public Librarybook, a sydney-side saxon, rolf boldrewood, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, warrnambool, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, great ocean road -
Eltham District Historical Society IncDocument, Samantha Westbrooke Pty Ltd et al, 2 Bell Street, Eltham: Cultural Heritage Significance Assessment & Heritage Guidelines for Future Use & Development, 2012
Prepared for Nillumbik Shire Council by Samantha Westbrooke Pty Ltd in association with Peter Mills PhD, Architectural Historian and Roark Muhlen-Schilte, Archaeologist. Covers history of early market gardening in Eltham with the commencement of European settlement in the late 1830s. The site for the village of Eltham was surveyed in 1851 and the Township Plan shows that the property is made up of Lots 7 and 8 which were sold at auction in June 1852 to M. O'Shea. The history of the Bell Street property is closely tied to the West family from the 1860s to 1930s; the earliest rate books for Eltham show William West farming in El;tham in 1864. In the aerly 1930s ownership of the creek side was transferred from the west family to the Fabbro family who shortly afterwards were impaced by the 1934 Diamond Creek flooding. Guido Fabbro relocated the original West home further up the hill and built a new Italianate style modern home in situ. The Fabbro family farmed the property. In 1993/4 Eltham Council acquired the creek-side market garden blocks to the south of 2 Bell Street which was recconceived in 1998 as the Barak Bushland Reserve. The Fabbro house was demolished shortly after and the lots were sold to a developer in 1994. The large steel shed now present on the 2 Bell Street property dates from soon after this sale.26 A4 pages color printcultural heritage significance assessment, peter mills, samantha westbrooke pty ltd, shire of nillumbik, 2 bell street, eltham, market gardening, west family, fabbro family, land use, barak bushland reserve, heritage assessment -
Eltham District Historical Society IncJournal, Peter Doughtery, ArtStreams: News in arts and cultural heritage; Vol. 2, No. 6, Dec 1997-Jan 1998, 1997
Vol. 2, No. 6, Dec 1997-Jan 1998 CONTENTS TRAVELLER IS TALES Field work by writer Stuart Solman and artists Jenni Mitchell and the Gregory brothers 3 BOOK REVIEWS The Shadows Keep, Ziggurat, The Last Cry Fitting the Pieces and Drawn from Life 7, 8, 18, 20 & 31 CD REVIEWS Small Miracles, Flight and Identify 10 CHRIST, l1M PISSED OFF Clive Dickson comments on the Andres Serrano exhibition 12 THE REAL THING An exhibition explores realism in Australian visual art 14 WRITERS AND READERS A pictorial review 16 JINDYWOROBAK POETS A memoir 22 SHORT STORY Gerald Learns to Swing 25 ART IN PUBLIC PLACES New works for Nillumbik and Darebin 28 TAFE COURSE WINS AWARD Success for North Melbourne Institute of TAFE music program 30 DAREBIN-LATROBE ART PRIZE A new acquisitive art award 30 ART SERVICES & TEACHING 32 "Peter Dougherty has been involved in the local art scene for many years. As publisher and editor of the arts magazine Artstreams, his comments on the various branches of the arts are widely respected. His "The Arts" column in the Diamond Valley Leader presents a brief summary for a much wider cross section of the local community. Peter also operates his own gallery and the Artstreams Cafe at the St Andrews market. Peter has a wealth of knowledge about present day and historical aspects of local art and artists." - Eltham District Historical Society Newsletter No. 161, March 2005Colour front and back cover with feature articles and literary pieces with photographs and advertisements printed in black and white. 36 pages, 30 cm. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Nov. 1996) - Vol. 10, no. 5 (summer ed. 2005/06) art streams, bridget mcdonnell gallery, templestowe village festival, stuart solman, jennii mitchell, opera in the outback, marguerita marshall, marguerite marshall, volumes, john dougals anderson, lucinda mcnight, ivan southall, ernie tucker, eric bogle, brian brown, sue johnson, scott dunbabin, alex pertout, toby mak, mal sedergreen, steven sedergreen, dean addison, peter ayliffe, daniel chable, eltham bookshop, clive dickson, were street cafe, realism, ray liversidge, jordie albiston, kevin pearson, jon weaving, isha molloy, di morrissey, ian mcbryde, morag fraser, moira rayner, mick woiwod, jim poulter, victorian artists supplies, do lunch at the library licensed cafe, the last cry, michelle lonsdale, la piazza restaurant bar & cafe, trevor hay, daniel donahoe, llobex image wizards, slickers, art in public places, darebin latrobe art prize, john olsen, roger palmer, wholefood delights -
Eltham District Historical Society IncJournal, Peter Doughtery, ArtStreams: News in arts and cultural heritage; Vol. 3, No. 1, Feb-Mar 1998, 1998
Vol. 3, No. 1, Feb-Mar 1998 CONTENTS MUSICAL MURAL Billie Holliday, Louis Armstrong and Jelly Roll Morton appearing in Eltham 2 OBITUARY Pioneer painter and landscape gardener Peter Glass 5 SHORT STORY A place for heroes by David Gothard 7 MONTH OF FESTIVALS Souvenir guide to festivals of Banyule, Templestowe Village, Pettys Orchard Antique Apple and Warrandyte 9-24 A SENSE OF PLACE Exhibition of banners depicting a lifestyle 23 CLEM CHRISTESEN, WRITER & EDITOR Publication of poetry covering 30 years of life and work 25 THEATRE IN 198 Playbills for Eltham Little Theatre, Heidelberg Theatre Company and Sherbrooke Theatre Company 26 CERAMICS How ceramicists mix business and art 27 ART AWARD FORUM Do art awards meet current needs? 28 IN THE HEAT OF SUMMER Busy month of theatre in Melbourne 29 BOOK REVIEWS 30, 31 "Peter Dougherty has been involved in the local art scene for many years. As publisher and editor of the arts magazine Artstreams, his comments on the various branches of the arts are widely respected. His "The Arts" column in the Diamond Valley Leader presents a brief summary for a much wider cross section of the local community. Peter also operates his own gallery and the Artstreams Cafe at the St Andrews market. Peter has a wealth of knowledge about present day and historical aspects of local art and artists." - Eltham District Historical Society Newsletter No. 161, March 2005Colour front and back cover with feature articles and literary pieces with photographs and advertisements printed in black and white. 36 pages, 30 cm. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Nov. 1996) - Vol. 10, no. 5 (summer ed. 2005/06) art streams, volumes, jazz mural, vladimir bykovec, peter glass, john street, david gothard, banyule festival, arts on burgundy, ward sagar, montsalvat, were street cafe, rosanna fire station community house, bibby's bahnhof cafe, templestowe village festival, pool & spa care centre, la piazza restaurant bar & cafe, recherche bespoke framers, warrandyte festival, margaret roadknight, mezze restaurant warrandyte, food for all seasons, rivergum gallery warrandyre, potters cottage, pettys orchard antique apple festival, fleur de feliss, allwood neighbourhood house, llobex image wizards, victorian artists supplies, ray liversidge, dynamic vegies, jackie wilson, boroondara litfest, mia mia gallery, eltham banners, geoff mosley, clem christesen, nina christesen, julie reiter, nillumbik art award, carolynn pickett, bulleen art & garden centre, hugh tolhurst, andrew sant, lucinda mcknight, drusilla modjeska, amanda lohrey, robert dessaix, michele lonsdale, volumes, eltham little theatre, heidelberg theatre company, doncaster theatre company -
Eltham District Historical Society IncJournal, Peter Doughtery, ArtStreams: News in arts and cultural heritage; Vol. 3, No. 1, Feb-Mar 1998 Month of Festivals Supplement, 1998
Vol. 3, No. 1, Feb-Mar 1998 Month of Festivals Supplement CONTENTS Yarra Valley Grape Grazing February 28 & March 1; Banyule Festival March 13-22; Templestowe Village Festival March 15; Pettys Antique Apple Festival March 21 & 22; Warrandyte Village Festival March 28 & 29 BANYULE FESTIVAL Festival full of fireworks 11 Poetry in motion at Montsalvat 12 TEMPLESTOWE VILLAGE FESTIVAL Festival takes you on a journey round the world 14 WARRANDYTE VILLAGE FESTIVAL Down by the riverside … 16 PETTYS ANTIQUE APPLE FESTIVAL 18 POETRY 20 A SENSE OF PLACE Exhibition of banners depicting a lifestyle 23 "Peter Dougherty has been involved in the local art scene for many years. As publisher and editor of the arts magazine Artstreams, his comments on the various branches of the arts are widely respected. His "The Arts" column in the Diamond Valley Leader presents a brief summary for a much wider cross section of the local community. Peter also operates his own gallery and the Artstreams Cafe at the St Andrews market. Peter has a wealth of knowledge about present day and historical aspects of local art and artists." - Eltham District Historical Society Newsletter No. 161, March 2005Colour front and back cover with feature articles and literary pieces with photographs and advertisements printed in black and white. 36 pages, 30 cm. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Nov. 1996) - Vol. 10, no. 5 (summer ed. 2005/06) art streams, banyule festival, ward sagar, arts on burgundy, montsalvat, were street cafe, rosanna fire station community house, bibby's bahnhof cafe, templestowe village festival, the pool and spa care centre, templestowe hotel, la piazza restaurant bar & cafe, recherche bespoke framers, margaret roadknight, mezze restaurant warrandyte, wintyre recital gallery, rivergum gallery warrandyre, food for all seasons, potters cottage, warrandyte festival, pettys orchard antique apple festival, fleur de feliss florist, allwood neighbourhood house, ray liversidge, llobex image wizards, victorian artists supplies, ian mcbryde, dynamic vegies, jackie wilson, boroondara litfest, mia mia gallery, eltham banners -
Eltham District Historical Society IncJournal, Peter Doughtery, ArtStreams: News in arts and cultural heritage; Vol. 4, No. 2, Mar-Apr 1999 Month of Festivals Supplement, 1999
Vol. 4, No. 2, Mar-Apr 1999 Month of Festivals Supplement CONTENTS MONTH OF FESTIVALS EVENTS GUIDE Banyule Festival 10 Heidi Festival 13 Petty's Orchard Antique Apple Festival 16 Boroondara LitFest 17 Mullum Mullum Festival 17 Templestowe Festival 19 Warrandyte Festival 21 City of Whittlesea Community Festival 23 "Peter Dougherty has been involved in the local art scene for many years. As publisher and editor of the arts magazine Artstreams, his comments on the various branches of the arts are widely respected. His "The Arts" column in the Diamond Valley Leader presents a brief summary for a much wider cross section of the local community. Peter also operates his own gallery and the Artstreams Cafe at the St Andrews market. Peter has a wealth of knowledge about present day and historical aspects of local art and artists." - Eltham District Historical Society Newsletter No. 161, March 2005Colour front and back cover with feature articles and literary pieces with photographs and advertisements printed in black and white. 36 pages, 30 cm. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Nov. 1996) - Vol. 10, no. 5 (summer ed. 2005/06) art streams, festivals, bnayule festival, eltham wiregrass gallery, willy wonka's ice cream gourmet food, victorian artists supplies, dianne bullen, kate mcgarrigle, anna mcgarrigle, bulleen art & garden centre, museum of modern art at heide, lovegroves of cottles bridge, rosanna community house, recherche, litfest, la piazza restaurant bar & cafe, carlucci's, mullum mullum festival, petty's orchard, festival of kites, mike rudd, bill putt, cynfi boste, bluecasters, templestowe village festival, bi-wize quality paints, jordie albiston, warrandyte village festival, mercer's restaurant, manningham gallery, la trobe university art museum, fleur de feliss florist, city of whittlesea community festival -
Eltham District Historical Society IncJournal, Peter Doughtery, ArtStreams: Arts & Culture in Banyule, Darebin, Manningham, Nillumbik and Whittlesea; Vol. 5, No. 1, Mar-Apr 2000, 2000
Vol. 5, No. 1, Mar-Apr 2000 CONTENTS ON THE ROAD The Car at Heide 3 ON TOP OF THE WORLD Dandenong Ranges Folk Festival 5 INTERVIEW Felicity Gordon 7 SOUNDS OF HARMONY Gyuto Monks in Eltham 10 BANYULE FESTIVAL 13 WERE ST HILL CLIMB 15 BOROONDARA WRITERS' FESTIVAL 16 WARRANDYTE VILLAGE FESTIVAL 18 DIAMOND CREEK TOWN FAIR 19 TEMPLESTOWE VILLAGE FESTIVAL 20 RECIPES From leading Chefs 21 CAIRO TO CRACOW Middle Eastern Music at Montsalvat 22 POETRY 23 FESTIVAL OF KITES 24 BOOK REVIEW By Michele Lonsdale 25 CD REVIEWS 27 ARTIN ABOUT 28 WINING & DINING 30 ARTISTS SERVICES 32 "Peter Dougherty has been involved in the local art scene for many years. As publisher and editor of the arts magazine Artstreams, his comments on the various branches of the arts are widely respected. His "The Arts" column in the Diamond Valley Leader presents a brief summary for a much wider cross section of the local community. Peter also operates his own gallery and the Artstreams Cafe at the St Andrews market. Peter has a wealth of knowledge about present day and historical aspects of local art and artists." - Eltham District Historical Society Newsletter No. 161, March 2005Colour front and back cover with feature articles and literary pieces with photographs and advertisements printed in black and white. 36 pages, 30 cm. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Nov. 1996) - Vol. 10, no. 5 (summer ed. 2005/06) art streams, carly young, plenty views golf park, dynamic vegies, dandenong ranges folk festival, felicity gordon, sounds of global harmony, banyule festival, rosanna fire station community house, bulleen art & garden centre, were street cafe, were street hill climb, bahnhof cafe, walkers wheels, peter glass, eltham wiregrass gallery, boroondara writers festival, warrandyte festival, diamond creek town fair, templestowe village festival, willy wonkas ice cream, gourmet food, ciaro to cracow, fleur de feliss florist, mia mia gallery, festival of kites, bi-wize quality paints, kinglake gallery, andy cowan, wild dog hill studio, montsalvalt, ian collard, geoff achison, bridget allen, thompsons pharmacy, volumes -
Eltham District Historical Society IncJournal, Peter Doughtery, ArtStreams: News in arts and cultural heritage; Vol. 5, No. 1, Mar-Apr 2000 Month of Festivals Supplement, 2000
Vol. 5, No. 1, Mar-Apr 2000 Month of Festivals Supplement CONTENTS Gyuto Monks in Eltham 10 BANYULE FESTIVAL 13 WERE ST HILL CLIMB 15 BOROONDARA WRITERS' FESTIVAL 16 WARRANDYTE VILLAGE FESTIVAL 18 DIAMOND CREEK TOWN FAIR 19 TEMPLESTOWE VILLAGE FESTIVAL 20 RECIPES From leading Chefs 21 CAIRO TO CRACOW Middle Eastern Music at Montsalvat 22 POETRY 23 FESTIVAL OF KITES 24 "Peter Dougherty has been involved in the local art scene for many years. As publisher and editor of the arts magazine Artstreams, his comments on the various branches of the arts are widely respected. His "The Arts" column in the Diamond Valley Leader presents a brief summary for a much wider cross section of the local community. Peter also operates his own gallery and the Artstreams Cafe at the St Andrews market. Peter has a wealth of knowledge about present day and historical aspects of local art and artists." - Eltham District Historical Society Newsletter No. 161, March 2005Colour front and back cover with feature articles and literary pieces with photographs and advertisements printed in black and white. 36 pages, 30 cm. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Nov. 1996) - Vol. 10, no. 5 (summer ed. 2005/06) art streams -
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Eltham District Historical Society IncWork on paper - Article, Eltham Town Community News, The Changing face of Judge Book, [2009]
Article by Judy Lewis published in the Eltham Town Community News [2009] page 10 describing the history of the property known as Judge Book Villlage / Eltham Retirement Centre operated by Melbourne CityMission as the Centre is placed on the market for sale. The detailed article includes a table of milestones including in 1956 when Prime Minister Robert Menzies laid the foundation stone. Includes colour photos. In 2021, Judge Book is known as St Vincent's Care Services Eltham. judge book memorial village, aged care, melbourne city mission, seniors, nursing home, aged care facility, judgebook, ken patterson, willandra, judy lewis -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History RoomPhoto Albums - set of two, c. 1919
Memorabilia of 908 Dvr Thomas Edward Whyte, 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance, World War 1 READ THIS. During the last war I sent these pictures home through devious channels. When I lobbed back I found them all pasted in these albums by my young brother Billy. He was only a kid then! Nowadays he is serving up North. Went away with the original 9th Battn. Was in the Blitz on England and served in Libya, Tobruk, Greece, Crete and Palestine and was twice knocked. It's not long since the last upheaval 1914-18 and I wonder if these boys think as we did. This will be the last war? I sincerely hope so. TWSet of two photo albums. Photos pasted into albums with captions in white ink. Photo captions - Vol 1. (? = not legible) 1. Prisoners from ES SALT 2. Dust scene at AUJA FORD. 4th LH BDE 3. ? ? CHEOPS PYRAMID 4. Houses and domain WASSA battle 5 .Pontoon at SERAPELAI 6. SPINX (sic) & PYRAMID 7. The Nile floods occur once yearly and all irrigation centres are alternatively flooded 8. Pontoon bridge over SUEZ Canal at SERAPEUM . Constructed by Aust Engineers 9. The arrival of newspapers and mail 10. Lake IIMSAH-ISMALIA 11. Camp outside Jerusalem. Walls of old city easily discernible 12. Roman walls on beach at MONTAZEH 13. ? ? These boats are used for conveying between steamer & shore 14. Interest shown in the new issue. Through the scarcity of horses Batmen/Grooms and drivers ? allotted donkeys ? ? 15. DAMASCUS GATE JERUSALEM 16. Trumpeter ? 17 Indians making ? for railroad 18. 'SPELLO' Sinai Country 19. Police searching Egyptian labourer 20. Cavalry ?? SHA? 21. Entering ? WADI ? 22. Bedouins at ? 23 No caption 24 No caption 25 Bolar trees EZBEKIEH Gardens CAIRO 26 .Flamingos at NOUZEH Gardens ALEXANDRIA 27 BARAGE 28 KASR-ELNILL Bridge 29 NOUZEH GARDENS 30 AMGS on beach at ? 31 NOUZEH GARDENS - ALEX 32 Mascot of 7th M.V.G. 3RD ALHR 33 Printing on walls inside St Mary's Church. Depicting the Flight from Herod. (Corner torn off photo) 34 Inside Virgin Mary's Church at MATARA 35 ? painting in Church ?? 36 SUEZ Canal. Finish of Arab pony race. ZAL-A-ZIA 37 Admiralty offices at PORT SAID 38 A corner of CHEOP"s PYRAMID 39 The Spinx (sic). Nose was blown off by a shell from one of Napoleon's guns. 40 Monastry on the MT of TEMPTATION 41 Mess orderlies. Foodstuffs in locker given to troops by the AIF 42 Mid day meal on treck 43 Ambulance sand carts for conveying wounded and sick over desert sand 44 3rd ALHB 45 Kaisers Church JERUSALEM. Inside is a large painting figuring the Kaiser & Kaiserine holding a model church. 46 Bedouin women drawing water from well at EL-ARISH 47 2nd ALH BGDE doing route march on JERUSALEM-JERICHO ROAD 48 GEN HODSON GOC Anzac Mounted Divn presenting decorations & investitures on the sands at SHEIKS-ZOWAID 49 Armoured Car 50 Snow at the CEEDERS (sic) on Mt LEBANON 51 Compulsory phenyle bath for all troops in front line area 52 Austrian guns taken at point of bayonet by NZ & 2nd BGDE at GAZA 53 CACHOLETS for carrying wounded 54 The boys found some timber and made a spring board on SUEZ Canal 55 Bedouin wedding. The Bride travels in state amongst rubbish on top of camel. Her father leads conveyance. 56 Australian graves at SHALLAL 57 Camel Transport Company bring rations along beach 58 Billy the mascot holds an offensive & checks advancement 59 Exercising horses at HELMIEH Egypt 60 PONT-DE-QUOBBA Egypt. A suburb of well-to-do Egyptian merchants 61 Demolition stunt at ASLU. Bridge destroyed by Australian Engineers 62 Swimming horses in Great Bitter Lakes Egypt 63 On the move along Wadi 64 On the shores of the Bitter Lakes EL-EGYTE 65 A leave party waiting for the pontoon to swing into position 66 Carting grain 67 Egyptian Brass Band 68 French warboat (sic) in Canal 69 Russian Troops from Mesopotamia passing through SUEZ Canal 70 Prisoners coming in under escort. Turkish & German officers in lead mounted on ponies 71 Turkish prisoners 72 T.B.D in Canal 73 Old trenches on SUEZ CANAL near BITTER LAKES on W Bank 74 Monitor in Canal 75 Block house, trenches & entanglements near Post 62 76 A halt in an Egyptian village EL-MARO' 77 Mobile wireless plant 78 On the road from Canal to Railhead 79 Old Turkish guns in ancient fort at ALEXANDRIA 80 Francenia steaming through Canal 81 After MAGHDABA stunt. Convoy taking wounded form EL-ARISH to railway at 139 82 Indian Camelry 83 Virgin Mary's Church 84 Sluice gate at BARAGE Egypt 85 Hospital at lower W bank of Canal 86 Virgin Mary's tree 87 Sweetwater Canal at ISMAILIA Egypt 88 Halt and Feed. The A.M.C. attached to flying column. 89 Bringing stores ashore at JAFFA 90 H Videon & J Britton astride donks. Horses became scarce through casualties etc and units had donkeys issued to them 91 RAMLEH. The traditional burial place of St John the patron saint of England (sic). 92 Jewish Synagogue at RISHON-COUR-LE-LION (Richard the Lion Hearted) 93 Water tower at HELIOPOLIS 94 Portion of camp on HELIOPOLIS Racecourse 95 Arrival of papers 96 Sand sleigh 97 Boring plant & prisoners taken on the JIFF-JAFFA stunt. Two Austrian officers and party of Turks taken whilst building a concrete gun emplacement 98 The obelisk at MATARIA 99 In an avenue of Australian gums at ZEITOUA 100 Mountain battery gun 101 The 3rd ALH BGDE camped at HELIOPOLIS Racecourse 102 Captured Turkish guns 103 Turkish and Austrian prisoners. JORDAN VALLEY 104 The MT of Temptation Monastery built over spot where Christ spent his 40 days 105 Refugees from ES-SALT at JERICHO 106 3rd LHFA and 8th LH REGT at HELIOPOLIS 107 Fig trees at Roman Wells JIFF JAFFA 108 Inside the Blue Mosque CAIRO 109 Lagoon that was destroyed on JIFF JAFFA stunt 110 Section race at Brigade sports 111 Another tombstone at ALEX 112 Innoculating female date palm 113 Bronze tombstone in a cemetary at ALEXANDRIA 114 Luna Park at HELIOPOLIS 115 Egyptian water buffalo. Used by natives for ploughing etc 116 Russian church. Some call it the "Church of St Mary Magdelene" 117 At pyramids GIZA. Billingsley lost leg & McMullin KIA 118 Pontoon bridge over Suez Canal 119 DURBAN 120 Rescue work 121 Paddy Hanly 122 Motor train for conveying rations between Canal and Railhead. 123 At MUCKSHUBE ? 124 British ??? 125 Bedouins bringing in their harvest from the fields of ABBASSAN-EL-KEBIR Palestine 126 German HD QTRS BEERSHEBA 127 Date ? SINAI 128 Military railroad running through ? at EL-ARISH 129 Street scene at KHAN-YUNIS Palestine. Samson often called at this place to visit his girl. Napoleon narrowly escaped capture here during his ? in 1799 130 Date palms bearing fruit. These do not ? they are ?? 131 Motor ambulance convoy 132 Turkish hospital BEERSHEBA 133 MT CALVARY 134 Town Hall BEERSHEBA 135 Railway station BEERSHEBA 136 ASLUJ 137 Turkish depot MAGDABA 138 DURAN 139 3rd ALAB Hospital 140 Main Street PORT SAID 141 Stock Exchange ALEXANDRIA 142 The "Bull Ring" 14th AGH 143 (Double exposure) 144 Jewish School at DURAN Palestine 145 Damascus Gate JERUSALEM 146 Roller used for grinding clay for making bricks 147 The Harbour at ALEXANDRIA 148 Part of Napoleons Road along sea shore opposite BEELAH 149 Hotel at ALEX. Barred to the troops of course. 150 HELIOPOLIS 151 -153 ALEXANDRIA 154 Ambulance treck 155 Cacholets at the casually clearing station 156 Refugees from ES-SALT entering the Jordan Valley. Mts of MOAB in background 157 Cameliers bring in prisoners 158 The "Niagara". Casualties were from the front line by all descriptions of transport and passed through several field hospitals until they eventually reached the railway. They were sent to KANTARA by train. Despatched from there to PORT SAID by this boat 159 JERICHO 160 Turkish prisoners in JORDAN VALLEY 161 Bedouin nippers of SINAI 162 Bridge destroyed by ALH at ASLUJ 163 Railway sheds at BEERSHEBA. Portion was set afire by retreating Turks 164 ASLUJ Station 165 German Hospice 166 at ASLUJ 167 Suez Canal offices PORT SAID 168 MENA Village from top of Cheops. White lines at left are roads made by Australian troop. First Aust Contingent camped here. 169 A felukeh passing through gate at BARAGE 170 Military railway terminal EL ARISH 171 (No caption) 172 Egyptian family waiting for a train 173 Turkish prisoners and captured material coming in 174 Turkish wounded at BEERSHEBA awaiting removal 175 Two hospital ships at ALEXANDRIA 176 Some of the Bd boys 177 Race meeting 3rd ALHB at TRIPOLI- SYRIA 178 The blacksmith and Rodney Thomas swimming horse in SUEZ CANAL 179 Natives grinding grain 180 Thoroughbred 181 MUKATTAM HILLS 182 Trenches at JIFF JAFFA 183 MacBoyd as a Padre 184 Egyptian Syce having shave by travelling barber 185 The creek outside ALMINA 186 Cameliers 187 Clearing Station on beach at EL-ARISH 188 Wadi at TALLAT-EL-DUMM 189 Motor transport park 190 Some of the boys 191 Pompeys Pillar 192 at MAGHDABA 193 Hospital at JERUSALEM 194 Cheop's Pyramid 195 Golden Gate JERUSALEM 196 Hustling Turks through BEERSHEBA 197 Holy City 198 Mosque of Omar Jerusalem 199 Railway bridge destroyed by ALH at ASLUJ 200 Enemy material captured at SHERIA BEERSHEBA 201-3 These Mosques built with alabaster taken from pyramids at GIZA 204 Pontoon bridge built by our Engineers over RIVER JORDAN 205 3rd Bgde in Koil at MASAID 206 Billy McGhie throwing the weight 207 Nirazeh ? Gardens 208 Motor Ambulance Park 209 Bedouin women in Palestine village 210 ALEXANDRIA 211 Junction Stn 212 Indian Lancers 213 Motor convoy at ESSANI 214 A & B Sections 215 JERUSALEM. Once known as the 'City of Palms' and presented to Cleopatra by Anthony 216 Monastery on the Mount of Temptation. Situated on the Hills of Solomon on E side of Jordan Valley just behind JERICHO 217 DURAN A Jewish village in Palestine 218 One of our planes meets with a mishap on landing 219 Bedouin flocks around NABLUS 220 ES-SALT Road just above Jordan River 221 Halt! Action Front! Getting guns into action from pack 222 Village well 223 Gun inspection 224 WADI GHUZZEE Bridge 225-6 At GIZA Zoo Egypt 227 Syrians gathering olives 228 Smashed plane 229 MacBoyd 230 Bridge across Jordan at GORRONHOER 231 Competitors for Gretna Green. 3rd Bgde sports at TRIPOLIA 232 EL ARISH 233 Main street JAFFA 234 The beach at MARI-KHEB 235 Scene of old Cairo 236 Bedouin market 237 Bridge built over Wadi EL-ARISH. The biblical "River of Egypt". 238 Old water reservoir in native village 239 A "spello" on the track 240 Plane going out on reconnaissance 241 Bomb attached to carrier on a plane 242 Ancient Turkish gun at forts in TRIPOLI - SYRIA 243 Gun inspection 3rd AMGS 244 Old Turkish trenches outside GAZA 245 Wadi KHUZEL Bridge at SHALLA 246 BEERSHEBA 247 Street scene ZAG-A-ZIG 248 Spinx (sic) & Pyramid - GIZA 249 Egyptian Coastguards at ALEXANDRIA 250 A Palestine camp E Troop 3rd MG Sqn 251 B class horses killed in Syria 252 Scene from summit of Pyramid 253 Bert Richmond & an old Turkish Howitzer on MONTAZEH 254 LION'S WELL 255 Australian trenches outside Ferry's Post near Hill 70 256 A street scene in HELIO{PLIS 257 Electric trams at ALEXANDRIA 258 Cleaning harness 259 Swinging pontoon bridge into position at SERAPEUM 260 British Monitor in Suez Canal 261-2 Scenes of Turkish buildings at MAGHDABA. Taken by the ALH The first time in history mounted troops have attacked and taken entrenched positions 263 Aussies at Egypt's ancient monuments 264 Scenes of old CAIRO from MOKATTAM Hils 265 Bridge across canal at BARAGE, 16 miles outside CAIRO 266 Curly and Vic Norton 267 Stumpy McIntyre & Long Pikington 268 In Wadi GHUZZEL near TELL-EL-JEMM 269 Digging post holes for stables 270 Cameliers bring in prisoner. Austrian Officer in black 271 White washing mess shed 272 F Troop 3rd AMGS Sqn 273 Jews at Recruiting Depot at JERUSALEM, forming Jewish Battalion 274 In Jordan Valley, 3rd Machine Gunners have 8 horses killed by an aerial torpedo 275 Turkish prisoners 276 Cocos Island 277 Snow on the Lebanon Ranges 278 Egyptian Hotel 279 Gordon Wake. Note intruders 280 Electric trams at HELIOPOLIS Egypt. Heliopolis built by Belgian firm in 7 years 281 Sweetwater Canal at SERAPEUM 282 The ? wells at JIFF-JAFFA 283 Virgin Mary's well at MATARIA. Boyd, Simpkin & Crowley 284 Cricket for convalescents at MONTAREH 285 Indians working at cutting for military railway 286 Australian Hospital BEERSHEBA 287 Removing wrecked ambulance car from rail road 288 Engineers depot in ? at EL-ARISH 289 Water preservation scheme at SHALLAL 290 German Princes Palace at HELIOPOLOLIS 291 Some of the boys 292 Aussie aerodrome BEELAH 293 EL-JALLAH outside BETHLEHEM 294 Some of the gunners 295 Trying camels in gun carriages. Note sand caterpillar 296 Street outside old city JERUSALEM 297 D.H QRS In EL-ARISH. Hod 298 Cairo Museum 299 Wadi bridge built by Army Engineers 300 A two storied building at GALM used as German HQrs until reached by our guns 301-2 No caption 303 Ambulance with Flying Column 304 Jack Pegg 3 AMGS 305 KHAN YUNIS 306 In the Jewish village of "Rischon le Lion" 307 Wet Canteen BEELAH 308 Motor Transport LATRON 309 Gen Chauvel OC Desert Mounted Column 310 10th LH - Inverness Battery "Railhead" 311 3rd LHFA "SERAPIUM" 312 ESBEKIEN Gardens "LE CAIRE" 313 Camel training and wireless station Hill 60 314 ZAG-A-ZIG Rly Stn 315 One of the Irrigation Canal locks "HELOUAN" 316 Indian Camel Corps 317 Base at Hill 60 318 Aussie transport arriving "ALEXANDRIA" 319 3 ALHB at AL MINA 320 Main entry to city of JAFFA 321 Mosque at DAMASCUS 322 A Turk brought to earth by one of our patrols 323 Brigade boxing contrst 324 Ostrich farm ZEITOUN 325 MATERIA 326 No caption 327 Mail day 328 3rd LHFA entering HELIOPOLIS from MENA 329 M Boyd, L Simpkins, S Crowley 330 Stretcher bearers 331 French Hosp JERUSALEM 332 SERAPIUM 333 Gippo crushing wheel 334 On the move - bully and biscuits 335 V Morton, F Stokes, L Simpkins & Hanley 336 Turkish prisoners - SHERIA 337 Getting used to the mask J Antonio MM 338 Sand carts 339 Model house - MONTAZA Hospital 340 "Abdul" 341 Wood Depot "ESDUD" 342 On troop ship - from Syria 343 Turkish prisoners "JULIUS" 344 TRIPOLI 345 3rd AMGS cook house "BEELAH" 346 Breaking camp "ZEITOUN" 347 Turkish prisoners "GAZA" 348 One of our tanks. About nine were blown out of action at GAZA 349 Camp in HOD-EL-ARISH 350 German HQRS BEERSHEBA 351 Race Course TRIPOLI 352 A Locke & P Leeming 353 Sea planing in Suez Canal 354 MOASCR detail camp 355 KANTARE Suez Canal 356 Four boys of MG Sqn at cards while convalescing . Marked X was a prisoner of war for three days. Got him back with us when we countered. 357 Signal station at CANA 358 H Videon in german rig 359 ROD-EL-FARAC 360 Sweetwater Canal ZAG-A-ZOG 361 Hospital train on beach EL-ARISH 362 Jerusalem Road 363 Bedouin camel and young'un 364 Admiralty Offices, PORT SAID 365 Suez Canal PORT SAID 366 Taking wounded to clearing station 367 Hills of 10-60 MALHA 368 Junction Station 369 EL ARISH 370 Wine Distillery LATRON 371 White figures how entrance to Pyramid 372 RAPC Wireless Station 373 Sports in Canal. ANZAC Day 1916. Prince of Wales is aboard white launch. 374-5 Captured Austrian boat. 40,000 cases of benzine aboard. She was brought into Canal at Port Said. Spies set her afire. She burnt for some considerable time and eventually blew up. 376 Pumping water from Wadi on Muckshabee stunt 377 On trenches 378 Bringing in disabled battle plane 379 Giving a motor transport a lift 380 Old Turkish howitzer. MONTAZZA 381 Jerusalem country 382 Palm Hod in SINAI. Trees do not bear dates until 14 years old. No bees here. Palms innoculated by Bedouin. 383 Camel cacolets for conveying wounded 384 ESKBEKIEL Gardens Cairo 385 LAKE TIMBAH 386 Xmas dinner 1916 387 Gift billies from ACF 388 Section competition 389 In big marquees HELIOPOLIS 390 HM Landships 391 Capt Aberdeen inspecting horses 392 Football. Black vs White 393 The game 394 Old Napoleon fort. 10 mile along coast from ALEX 395 Jewish Cemetery AKRON 396 Ration fatigue 397 Blowing bottom out of Turkish Reservoir to allow soakage 398 Tilley & Farley - 14th AGH 399 At GIZA Zoo. Note height of giraffe 400 On this stunt we destroyed Turkish reservoir of 2 1/2 million gallons 401 Demolition party at wells MUCK-SHUBE 402 3rd ALH Bde HELIOPOLIS Race course 403 HMLS "Lady Wingate" 404 Turks blew out our tanks at GAZA 405 One of our aviators captured by German. Note German wearing Iron Cross. Snapped behind Turkish lines. Original of this snap was dropped at Aust aerodrome to let them know Aussie airman was alright and not killed in capture. Chivalry 406 Sausage observation balloon 407 READY 408 Bomb on carrier 409 Testing 410 B Richmond, Wireless Operator RAFC 411 Loading Bomb 412 Crash in desert 413 Bomb in YMCA at MAZRAR 414 No caption 415 LW Simpkin - Late 3LHFA 416 LEMNOS 417 Shelling the MARSDEN 418 Pontoon across Jordan River 419 Shells on Walkers Ridge 420 Sweetwater Canal 421 LAKE ISMAILIA 422 Indian Lancers on Canal 423 CAIRO Railway Station 424 Destroying Turkish water supplies. Explosives used for breaking clay at bottom of lagoon, help to absorb water 425 Exercising horses at ZEITOUN Egypt 426 In Wadi on MUG-SHUBEE stunt 427 Tractor drawing 60 lb gun towards front line 428 Sultan's mother's place at HELIOPOLIS = City of the Sun 429 Camped on the sands outside RAILHEAD, Jump off for SINAI campaign 430 G Turner & A Lockwood out for a camel ride. 431 GAZA and Nile floods from top of Pyramid 432 Baby refuses to carry his harness and his pal wears an astonished look 433 No caption 434 Turkish Officers 435 Regt HQRS at IBEETA 436 No caption 437 3rd Machine Gun Squadron 3rd ALH Bgde (my unit) 438 Camel Corps at dinner 439 KHEFREN Pyramid snapped from top of Cheops 440 CHEOPS 441 Pyramids 442 MENA from top of Pyramids 443 Snap from Pyramid showing MENA-CAIRO road running through Nile floods 444 MENA village from Pyramid 445 Band of British West Indies Regt 446 Gippo Band 447 Swimming on Med Sea 102 KmA 448 H Maddocks 449 Bedouin and Egyptians utilise any animals for their fields 450 Captured Turkish train - BEERSHEBA 451 Gardens ISMAILIA 452 Gippos used for horse lines etc 453 Canteens at HELIOPOLIS 454 3 ALHB watering in Wadi on ESSANI stunt 454 JAFFA 455 ALEX, Napoleon relics 456 Egyptian water wheel 457 SUEZ 458 WADI GHUZZEE 459 On Reconnaissance at 10-60 460 Goats and sheep captured from hostile Bedouins 461 Pontoon SERAPIUM 462 Aust trenches - Suez Canal. Turks attacked FEB 1916 463 Camel transport 464 3 ALHB Wireless Station. Col Scott 9 LH got DSO on this stunt (MUCK SHUBE) 465 ALEXANDRIA 466 Canal Hospital Ships 467 Ambulance - Sand cart 468 At old Cairo 469 No 1 Casualty Clearing Station 470 3rd Brigade on move 471 3rd LHFB- Making camp SERAPIUM 472 Watering horses 473 Moving up wadi 474 The wells at Wadi GHUZZEE 475 Camel transport SINAI 476 Turkish reservoir destroyed by ALH 477 Wall in a Luxor tomb 478 Entrance to "Temple of Bulls" 479 Bob White 480 Bedouin crops 481 Harem of Montazza, Turkish prince 482 Jack Holmes, Billy McGhee 483 MUDERIA, B Troop post 484 JIFF JAFFA 485 Natives on railroad construction 486 Aust graves SHALLAL 487 The Stumpy Mirror 488 R Nile at MANSUREH 489 Aust graves - BEELAH 490 NOUZEH Gardens - ALEXANDRIA 491 On issue from QMS. Take what comes. Fit does not matter 492 MATARA 493 German Yacht Club - ALEX 494 Old Turkish Howitzer and cannon ball 495 Field hospital 496 Gardens at BARAGE 497 A dispute's ending 498 Snow. MT LEBANON 499 Bedouin sheep 500 Combat in the air 501 no caption 502 Old Napoleon gun 503 Gordon Wake HQ car 504-5 Burying the dead at GAZA 506 Water Polo 507 Brigade boxing comp 508 Field cooker 509 Bridge on Jerusalem road, Blown up by Turks 510 Teaching horses to lay quiet. For protective purposes 511 "Major" and "Bitsy" 512 Bedouin Scarabs 513 Convalescent 514 1. W Billings. Returned to Aust 2. W McMahon KIA 515 Hospital 516 Coming good 517 1st day up - 14th AGH PORT SAID 518 Back again in Regt 519 Billy and Taffy 520 Stew 521 KHAN YUNIS 522 MENA 523 Casualties PORT SAID 524 Washing 525 Mail 526 Gun from the "Emden" mounted in Syney 527 MARSURES 528 Desert bivouac 529 HASSED 530 3RD ALH Bde. Good camp (Extra) All conv's 531 New issue 532 On to another camp (8 LH Regt) 533 Shore - JAFFA on MED SEA Photo Captions Volume 2 (Illegible = ?) 1 The Cedars on Mt Lebanon, according to tradition originated from the staves of the 12 Apostles 2000 years ago. 2 TIBERIUS taken 27th Sept '18 3 NAZARETH taken 20th Sept. German officer and Arab pony 4 TIBERIUS fell on 27th Sep. Von Saunders was the GOC of Turkish Forces in Palestine 5 Jordan Valley & Plains of Jericho run between Mts of Moab & Hills of Solomon. Distance across valley from foot of each range of hills abt 13 miles, looks ? 6 Storm on Sea of Galilee 7 DAMASCUS fell on 1st October. German vehicle park. 8 German funeral near Jerusalem 9 JENIN. German Headquarters. Fell 20th Sept. German field bakery 10 Three pages back will be seen a storm on GALILEE. Note now calm here. This photo taken near spot from which the previous one was taken. German motor launch on Galilee. 11 Captured intact on 20th Sept. German workshops JENIN 12 Turkish aerodrome captured here. Hostile aircraft landed whilst it was in our hands. Aviators greatly surprised and even indignant. Motor smash near EL FULE. 13 German Orderly Room (Ammunition box full of gold), DAMASCUS. All this gold Turkish coin secured by our troops. 14 German artillery on the way to the front near KENETRA. The ALH swooped down on the artillery around this vicinity & captured many field guns. 15 German Despatch Rider on the road to ES SALT. Unsuccessful raids carried out on ES SALT on 30th April & 4th May. This country was hard on men and horses. Goat tracks were used at times but horse were led most of the time. Stunt lasted 14 days in wet weather & horses were only unsaddled for about 2 hours during stunt. 16 Strand, ? , Tiberius, Gallilee 17 German workshop. Captured by ALH 18 One of the dead lying outside GAZA. Killed 19th April 17. We could not bury them before November 19 Some of the boys that fell in the charge at BEERSHEBA. Tibby Cotter 20 Collecting our dead for burial. They were K in A on the 19th April at GAZA. Buried seven months later, 23,000 casualties in one day 21 German U-Boat 22 Page of postage stamps and money - Struck to commemorate Gallipoli victory - Turkish war postage stamps - War duty - Turkish war bank notes 23 Pamphlet. With paper badges affixed These badges were worn by young Egyptian students. Arabic translation means "Egypt for Egyptians Long Live Egypt" This pamphlet was printed under German influence & distributed around ZAG-A-ZIG, the chief centre of hostilities during the recent Egyptian riots. The Young Egyptian Students influenced the Natives to oppose British Administration, what they called Tyranny. They professed to have sufficient competent educated men to govern their own affairs, but our Heads would not hear of it. Consequently the riots. Many ? and soldiers killed. All railways and communications disorganised. It took several months to bring things to their normal ? Pictures of medals 1. In honour of General Falkenhaugh GOC Turkish Forces 2. The Victorious Emperors of Germany, Austria and Turkey 3. Egypt Awakening 24 Those large photographs I sent you were procured for me by a pal who knew the chap that owned the negatives. The owner of these snaps belongs to the 5th Regiment of the 2nd Brigade, and he took the camera from a Turkish Officer. It had only 6 snaps of a spool of 10, and the BIll Jim finished off the spool by taking 4 of the special entry into Jerusalem. The cross indicates those taken by the Australian, the remainder were taken by the Jackos in the vicinity of BEERSHEBA and SHERIA Turkish field bakery 25 Cavalry going up to support their own line. However never had much action against the Turkish horsemen 26 Turkish Electricians in the field. I have an idea that this photo was taken to get the centre figure. He looks dinkum Australian. Note Australian leggings on Turk on the right 27 Turkish machine gunners ready for action. This is very much like the Beersheba country. Turkish officers on the right, and along side him is the range taker with his Barand Stroud. We use these instruments in the Sqn and they cost about 83 (Pound) 28 Turkish General Head Quarters just beyond SHERIA. Note hard rocky country 29 Turkish Cavalry watching a fight and getting ready to go into action. This is at SHERIA, and the heavy fighting lasted several days. Plenty of water and the Jacko's tried their hardest to hold on to this pozzie. Often our chaps met the gamer Turks in the dead of night, because both sides were on the same game, crawling down for water. This stunt is known as the Junction Fight. 30 Official entry Dec 11th. The official entry into Jerusalem. Sir G Allenby in the lead with his staff officers of the French and Italian troops accompanying him. Guard represents New Zealand, Australia, England Wales Scotland Ireland and India entering theJaffa Gate 31 Sir Ronald Storrs made Governor of JERU. Captured 9th Dec 17. Reading the Proclamation, General Allenby wearing white breeches. Troops of other nations were present, and the notables of Jerusalem. It was read from the foot of the Tower of David, a place that has been standing since the time of Christ 32 The first of the British troops entering Jerusalem. A few Turkish officers may b seen walking at the head of the column. Populace in a bad plight, very poor and no tucker, and all were greatly overjoyed at the ?? of the British Hundreds and kiddies ill treated ?? (Part of caption missing) 33 10th LH Regt first to enter JERUSALEM. Mounted officer on the right supposed to be the CO of the first troops to enter Jerusalem. Note mud on the horses. Had very wet and muddy weather 34 Dead Jacko 35 Turkish machine gun and crew 36 Hanging Armenian doctors who refused to join Turkish Army 37 Outside Damascus Gate Jerusalem 38 Turkish patrol lying outside trench at EL BUAJ 39 Burying Aussies at DAMASCUS 40 1. Djemel Pasha 2. General Limon Von Saunders GOC Turkish Forces in Palestine 41 One execution in Egypt. Executing an Egyptian offender 42 Turkish atrocities DAMASCUS 43 Turks occupying trenches outside JERICHO 44 On ASLUJ demolition stunt. Feeding and spelling. Arrived at Rendezvous too early 45 Turkish saw bayonet 46 Captured guns taken at BEERSHEBA & SHERIA 47 Our gunners obtained a direct hit on ammunition train 48 The large and small of the game. At GAZA. 74th CCS in background 49 Around JULIOUS. These Turkish shell dumps were very numerous around this vicinity 50 Captured Turkish Cavalry 51 Cavalry leaders 52 Turkish machine gun & crew 53 Enemy officers. One on left is wearing Iron Cross ribbon 54 Captured Austrian boat afire, Suez Canal Port Said. 40,000 cases of benzine aboard. Fire a mysterious outbreak 55 ? Hotchkiss gunners and enemy aircraft over ? TELL-EL-FARA 56 Types of enemy officers. One of our bikes in their possession. Recaptured later. The five pointed medals worn by these officers is called the Gallipoli Star. Issued to commemorate the Turkish victory at Gallipoli 57 Our batteries put in some good shooting amongst Turkish transport 58 Showing compactness of Turkish trenches 59 Desert homes. The only time we had cover in SINAI was when we camped near a Hod. Then we could use date palm leaves 60 JIFF JAFFA 61 ZAITZOUN 62 10th Regt MGS amongst hills outside JERUSALEM 63 Jews wailing place JERUSALEM 64-5 German post card characters 66 Post Card PHYLAE The Kiosk 67 Post Card Vue du Canal de Suez 68 Post Card No 93 Queen Street, Fort, Colombo 69 Snipers at NALIN Sth Syria. Lousy country for richochets. Nast wounds. (Aust War Memorial Melbourne) 70 Myself on Ginger. This little neddie is boshter jumper 71 Magazine cutting - Lt C H Vautin & German airman G Felmy 72 9th Regt 3rd LHB Judean Hills outside JERUSALEM. (Aust War memorial Melbourne) 73 Sand hills SINAI ? Desert (Aust War Memorial Melbourne) 74 3rd LHB spelling at GALILEE (AWM Melbourne) 75 Jordan Valley outside JERICHO (AWM Melbourne) - lovely Jordan Valley, dust and heat, 1280 ft below sea level 76 Copy of no 69 77 Watering at MATARIA 78 A desert grave - Tpr H R Olver MM 6th LH MGS Beneath this simple cross there lies a comrade true and tried He fought as fights a soldier And like a soldier died 79 B Section. When they first took our Stetsons and issued cumbersome helmets 80 Palestine types of Turkish and German officers 81 Some of the gunners amongst the snows in MT LEBANON 82 The country around JERUSALEM 83 JERUSALEM 84 Fishing ? ? at GALLILEE 85 Jerusalem taken Dec 9th. Official entry on the 11th. Jerusalem (showing) Holy City and Mosque of Omar 86 Turkish shell hits old tomb at ZERNUKAH. Capt Hurley official photographer - AWM Melbourne 87 14th AGH at PORT SAID 88 Human bones at Dead City ABBASSIA 89 3rd ALH Bde at HELIOPOLIS 90 Men wearing gloves 91 Wireless station in course of erection at MATARIA - 28 masts 92 Old slave market at ABBRASSIA. Many excavations performed on projecting wooden frame at corners 93 3rd guns on the move. The beautiful scenery between LATRON & JERUSALEM 94 Bedouin agents 95 Collecting captured enemy material 96 Captured double-engined plane 97 On the march. Country at Eastern SINAI 98 Anzac mosaic found at SHALLAL whilst trench digging now covered with gun etc ready for removal. Was sent to Canberra. 99 A Troop watering. A rotten job at a small well when horses are thirsty 100 The new Jericho road. Running through Hills of Solomon Valley in distance 101 Gun inspection 102 Draining pools at WADI AUJA. Keeping down Malaria carrying mosquitos 103 8th Regt and 3rd AMGS at BEELAH 104 A rendezvous in the Jordan Valley 105 2nd ALHB camped outside JERUSALEM 106 WADI AUJA in the Jordan Valley 107 Hospital train on the beach at EL -ARISH 108 Jacko's 109 Jerries 110 Stables of Turkish Headquarters SHALLAL 111 Early training. Every man to throw and quieten his horse for purpose of taking cover 112 A Troop 3rd Guns at TAALAT-EL-DUMM 113 Watering at WADI GHUZZEE 114 J Rushden KIA at ES-SALT 115 J Carling F Troop 3rd AMGS. Taken prisoner at EL-BURJ. Repatriated after Armistace 116 Captured enemy plane 117 Jacko gun 118 Brig-Gen Galloping Jack Royston. OC 3rd ALH Bde 119 Cleaning ammunition belts in the Hod at MASAID 120 Bringing up the fodder at ABBASSAN-EL-KEBIA 121 Some of the boys amongst the snow on MT LEBANON 122 Turkish barley crops at SHALLAL in Southern Palestine 123 The crops a few weeks after our horses had been in this vicinity 124 Clearing up after a stunt 125 On the move. 5 minute spells for the horses 126 In Jordan Valley. An airial torpedo lobbed amongst 3rd MG Transport horses & killed 28 127 Camel ration convoy coming along beach 128 Field Hospital at ET MALER 129 Desert graves at ROMANI 130 A day on the beach. Wash self, horse and clothing 131 Watering on the beach at BEELAH. Note how close fresh water is to the seashore 132 A patrol caught by a shell 133 Spello 134 Crossing the Wadi 135 Halt! Weights off and feed 136 Gas instruction 137 F Troop at TELL-EL-FARI 138 Xmas Dinner at MASAID 1916-17. Arrived back at this camp Xmas Eve after 5 nights & 4 days in saddle & the capture of MAGHDABA 139 Exercising along the beach at MARA-KHEB 140 Watering at a Bedouin well 141 At Sheikh's ZOWAID 142 3rd Gun Squadron at ABBASSAN-EL-KEBIR 143 Captured plane on its way to Australian Aerodrome 144 One of our planes about to pass over Hod 145 E & F Troop horse lines and horses 146 Sun set on Med Sea 147 Beach scene at EL-ARISH 148 Turkish transport. Small animals but they can pull big loads and they possess large hearts 149 The dressing station JIFF JAFFA ? 150-8 Types of Egyptian women - Nubian - Fellaheen - Sudanese - Low class Gippo - Egyptian - Middle Class -Egyptian Aristocracy - Turkish 159 French girls on beach at PORT SAID 160 Bedouin girls drawing water 161 Egyptian flappers at ALEXANDRIA 162 Post Card- Dame Turque 163 Post Card - Jeunne Fille Arabe 164 Graves of New Zealanders at RISCHON 165 Graves of Australians at DEIR-EL-BELAH 166 Race day. The saddling paddock 167 Bivouacs 168 3rd ALH Brigade at TRIPOLI 169 Advance party putting down horse lines at KHAN YURIS 170 Breaking the desert monotony 171 WADI QUELT. Taken from one of its precipitous banks 172 Turkish stores on N shore of DEAD SEA 173 Watering at Solomon's Pools 174 Waiting for action at - ES DUN (AWM Melbourne) 175 Camel Corps in action SINAI (AWM Melbourne) 176 ALH Time to Camp (part missing) (AWM Melbourne) 177 3rd Machine Gun Squadron IBU-HARITH, Lieut Breed, McLeod, Guppy, Whyte 178 Cartoon sketch - "A Digger" 179 Turkish Cavalry 180 Gun crew of No 2 Sub F Troop, 3rd Gun Sqdn 181 Operating base of JIFF JAFFA stunt 182 One of the British war boats that cooperated with the Land Force 183 Military railway line passing through a Hod in SINAI 184 AL-MINAH The sea port of Tripoli, Syria 185 NAZARETH Taken on 20 Sep 18 186 The Monastery on the Mt of Temptation, Taken from a cave on opposite hill. 187 JAFFA From the beach 188 In Monastery on the Mt of Temptation Rock on which Christ spent his 40 days 189 Cross indicates Garden of Gethsemane. Arrow at Russian Church of St Magdalene. MT of Olives on left 190 The Roman Bath at MONTAZAH. Hewn out of solid rock 191 Mine sweeper ashore near SHEIK'S ZOWAIL 192 Throwing "Chester" for an operation 193 The swimming pozzie at LAKE TIMSAH, ISMAILIA. Half a mile from MOASCAR, the Aust Training Depot 194 The remains of Napoleon's road. Portions can be seen running between BEELAH & GAZA 195 Camels utilised for ambulance work 196 TULKERAM taken on 19th Sep. This stunt started the previous night and this position fell to us the first day. About 60 miles from starting point 197 German officer at mess, JERUSALEM 198 German Headquarters SEMAK 199 TIBERIAS 200 Water preservation scheme at SHALLAL 201 A dip in the Jordan River. Crossed river on night 21-22 April 18 202 Watering and a wash up 203 JERICHO Taken on 21 Feb 18 204 Turkish graves 205 KHAN YUNIS. Southern Palestine, Note how sand ridges from the beach meet vegetation area. Fertile land 20 miles in width. the beginning of PHILISTIA 206 TAUBE-OVER 207 Drawing drinking water in Wadi GHUZZEE 208 The swimming pozzie in JORON 209 Landing stores at EL-ARISH 210 A camp near the wadi 211 Railway line and bridge crossing wadi above SHALLAL 212 The mid-day halt 213 Turks and Aussies at Dressing Station on beach 214 Washing day 215 Bringing supplies ashore 216 Trying mules in a 60 pounder 217 The desert winds have blown away and left this piece standing 218 Pontoons used by the Turks in their attempt to cross Suez Canal Feb 15 219 "HASSEIN" 220 "GIPPO" Mascot of 3rd AMG Sqdn 221 "Biddy" 222 Railhead camp 223 Typical Bedouin 224 Motor Submarine chaser dvr whyte, photos, ww1, light horse field ambulance -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageLeisure object - Childs building game, Mid to late 19th century
A toy is an item that is used in play, especially one designed for such use. It is mainly intended for use by children, though may also be marketed to adults under certain circumstances. Playing with toys can be an enjoyable means of training young children for life in society. Different materials like wood, clay, paper, and plastic are used to make toys. Many items are designed to serve as toys, but goods produced for other purposes can also be used. For instance, a small child may fold an ordinary piece of paper into an airplane shape and "fly it". Playing with toys is considered to be important when it comes to growing up and learning about the world around us. Younger children use toys to discover their identity. The subject item is significant as it is an early example or a toy that was designed to fill the need for children to learn cause and effect, explore relationships, and practice skills they will need as adults. Adults also can use toys on occasion to form and strengthen social bonds, teach, help in therapy, and to remember and reinforce lessons from their youth. Wooden box with pieces of wood inside of various sizes believed to be a child's construction toySome pieces have designs -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageDomestic object - Plate, Johnson Bros, Early 20th century
This white oval plate with a dainty green border and self-pattern was made by the famous ceramics manufacturer Johnson Brothers of England. The pattern was patented on April 15th 1902. The serving plate is typical of dinnerware brought into Australia by migrants or importers of pottery and used in Australian households, giving many years of service. The Johnson Brothers firm was established by Frederick Johnson in 1883, at works in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent. Frederick was later joined by his brothers Henry and Robert. The company's focus was to supply the export market. In 1968 the company became part of the Wedgewood Group. J. & G. Meakin Eagle Pottery temporarily took over the tableware division in 2000, and China took over all Johnson Bros. products in 2003. All of the Wedgewood Group was taken over by Fiskers in 2015, who discontinued the Johnson Brothers line of products. This serving plate is an example of domestic crockery used in Australia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It originated from England and was made by a well-known ceramic manufacturer.Plate, oval, earthenware, scalloped edge with impressed pattern and border of small green leaves. Maker's mark and name is on reverse. Pattern was patented on April 15th 1902. Made by Johnson Bros. of England.Maker's Mark; [Crown symbol] above "JOHNSON BROS, ENGLAND" "PATD APRIL 15TH 1902"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, dinnerware, serving plate, johnson bros, english serving plate, green leaf border, oval plate, platter, chinaware, plateware, crockery, chine, porcelain, earthenware -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook, The Crooked Stick Or Pollie's Probation
This book was part of a large group of books referred to as the Pattison Collection, which belonged to the Warrnambool Public Library, part of the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute. About RALPH ERIC PATTISON and the ‘PATTISON COLLECTION’ The ‘Pattison Collection’ is a collection of books and records that was originally owned by the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute, founded in Warrnambool in 1853. By 1886 the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute (WMI) had grown to have a Library, Museum and Fine Arts Gallery, with a collection of “… choice productions of art and valuable specimens in almost every branch and many wonderful national curiosities, are now to be seen there, including historic relics of the town and district.” It later included a School of Design. Although it was very well patronised, the WMI was led to ask the City Council to take it over in 1911 due to lack of financial support. In 1935 Ralph Pattison was appointed as City Librarian to establish and organise the Warrnambool Public Library as it was then called. Ralph Eric Pattison was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, in 1891. He married Maude Swan from Warrnambool in 1920 and they set up home in Warrnambool. In 1935 when Pattison accepted the position as City Librarian for the Warrnambool City Council his huge challenge was to make a functional library within two rooms of the Mechanics’ Institute. He tirelessly cleaned, cleared and sorted a disarrayed collection of old books, jars of preserved specimens and other items reserved for exhibition in the city’s museum. He developed and updated the library with a wide variety of books for all tastes, including reference books for students; a difficult task to fulfil during the years following the Depression. He converted all of the lower areas of the building into a library, reference room and reading room for members and the public. The books were sorted and stored using a cataloguing and card index system that he had developed himself. He also prepared the upper floor of the building and established the Art Gallery and later the Museum, a place to exhibit the many old relics that had been stored for years for this purpose. One of the treasures he found was a beautiful ancient clock, which he repaired, restored and enjoyed using in his office during the years of his service there. Ralph Pattison was described as “a meticulous gentleman whose punctuality, floorless courtesy and distinctive neat dress were hallmarks of his character, and ‘his’ clock controlled his daily routine and his opening and closing of the library’s large heavy doors to the minute.” Pattison took leave from 1942 to 1945 to serve in the Royal Australian Navy, Volunteer Reserve as Lieutenant. A few years later he converted one of the Museum’s rooms into a Children’s Library, stocking it with suitable books for the younger generation. This was an instant success. In the 1950’s he had the honour of being appointed to the Victorian Library Board and received more inspiration from the monthly conferences in Melbourne. He was sadly retired in 1959 after over 23 years of service, due to the fact that he had gone over the working age of council officers. However, he continued to take a very keen interest in the continual development of the Library until his death in 1969. THE NEW WARRNAMBOOL LIBRARY When the WMI building was pulled down in 1963 a new civic building was erected on the site and the new Warrnambool Library, on behalf of the City Council, took over all the holdings of the WMI. At this time some of the items were separated and identified as the ‘Pattison Collection’, named after Pattison. Eventually, the components of the WMI were distributed from the Warrnambool Library to various places, including the Art Gallery, Historical Society and Flagstaff Hill. Later some were even distributed to other regional branches of Corangamite Regional Library and passed to and fro. It is difficult now to trace just where all of the items have ended up. The books at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village generally display stamps and markings from Pattison as well as a variety of other institutions including the Mechanics’ Institute itself. Rolf Boldrewood (1826-1915) ‘Rolf Boldrewood’ is the pen-name used by Thomas Alexander Browne as a writer. Browne was the eldest child of Captain Sylvester John Brown and Elizabeth Angell nee Alexander. He was born in London on 6th August 1826 and arrived in Australia with his parents and siblings when he was 5 years old and grew up in Sydney. In the 1860’s Browne added the ‘e’ to his surname. As a 17 year old Browne took up land in the Western District of Victoria between Portland and Port Fairy on a property named “Squattlesea Mere”. He remained there until 1858, enjoying the squatters’ life on his 32,000 acre property, growing potatoes and running cattle and horses. He sold in 1858 and purchased a sheep station on the Murray River near Swan Hill. He later sold this and bought another sheep station near Narrandera until bad seasons and severe droughts eventually caused him to change his career after 25 years as a squatter. Over the next 25 years Browne held the position of Police Magistrate and as a gold commissioner in various locations. His third career as an author lasted approximately 40 years. In 1865 he wrote two articles on pastoral life while he was recovering from a riding accident. In the 1870’s his writing was bringing in the income to support his family, changing his focus to the writing of novels. A series of these was written for the Australian market and published in The Sydney Mail and the Centennial Magazine. His later novels were aimed at the overseas markets. His best known novel “Robbery Under Arms” was written from 1882 to 1883 and has been serialised on radio in Australia and Britain. The novel was filmed in 1907, 1920 and 1957, and in 1985 it was made into a television series. It is now an Australian Classic. He also wrote short stories, several nonfiction graziers’ guides, and an autobiography named “Old Melbourne Memories” in 1884. [This information has been taken from Wikipedia; Australian Authors-Perry Meddlemiss; Australian Dictionary of Biography, Browne, Thomas Alexander (1826-1915)] The Pattison Collection, along with other items at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, was originally part of the Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s collection. The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute Collection is primarily significant in its totality, rather than for the individual objects it contains. Its contents are highly representative of the development of Mechanics' Institute libraries across Australia, particularly Victoria. A diversity of publications and themes has been amassed, and these provide clues to our understanding of the nature of and changes in the reading habits of Victorians from the 1850s to the middle of the 20th century. The collection also highlights the Warrnambool community’s commitment to the Mechanics’ Institute, reading, literacy and learning in the regions, and proves that access to knowledge was not impeded by distance. These items help to provide a more complete picture of our community’s ideals and aspirations. The Warrnambool Mechanics Institute book collection has historical and social significance for its strong association with the Mechanics Institute movement and the important role it played in the intellectual, cultural and social development of people throughout the latter part of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. The collection of books is a rare example of an early lending library and its significance is enhanced by the survival of an original collection of many volumes. The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s publication collection is of both local and state significance. The Crooked Stick Or Pollie's Probation Author: Rolf Bolderwood Publisher: MacMillan & Co Date: 1895 The label on the spine cover with typed text RA 823.91 BOL Flypaper has a person's signature flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, book, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, the crooked stick or pollie's probation, rolf bolderwood -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook, War to The Knife
This book was part of a large group of books referred to as the Pattison Collection, which belonged to the Warrnambool Public Library, part of the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute. About RALPH ERIC PATTISON and the ‘PATTISON COLLECTION’ The ‘Pattison Collection’ is a collection of books and records that was originally owned by the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute, founded in Warrnambool in 1853. By 1886 the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute (WMI) had grown to have a Library, Museum and Fine Arts Gallery, with a collection of “… choice productions of art and valuable specimens in almost every branch and many wonderful national curiosities are now to be seen there, including historic relics of the town and district.” It later included a School of Design. Although it was very well patronised, the WMI was led to ask the City Council to take it over in 1911 due to lack of financial support. In 1935 Ralph Pattison was appointed as City Librarian to establish and organise the Warrnambool Public Library as it was then called. Ralph Eric Pattison was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, in 1891. He married Maude Swan from Warrnambool in 1920 and they set up home in Warrnambool. In 1935 when Pattison accepted the position as City Librarian for the Warrnambool City Council his huge challenge was to make a functional library within two rooms of the Mechanics’ Institute. He tirelessly cleaned, cleared and sorted a disarrayed collection of old books, jars of preserved specimens and other items reserved for exhibition in the city’s museum. He developed and updated the library with a wide variety of books for all tastes, including reference books for students; a difficult task to fulfil during the years following the Depression. He converted all of the lower areas of the building into a library, reference room and reading room for members and the public. The books were sorted and stored using a cataloguing and card index system that he had developed himself. He also prepared the upper floor of the building and established the Art Gallery and later the Museum, a place to exhibit the many old relics that had been stored for years for this purpose. One of the treasures he found was a beautiful ancient clock, which he repaired, restored and enjoyed using in his office during the years of his service there. Ralph Pattison was described as “a meticulous gentleman whose punctuality, floorless courtesy and distinctive neat dress were hallmarks of his character, and ‘his’ clock controlled his daily routine and his opening and closing of the library’s large heavy doors to the minute.” Pattison took leave from 1942 to 1945 to serve in the Royal Australian Navy, Volunteer Reserve as Lieutenant. A few years later he converted one of the Museum’s rooms into a Children’s Library, stocking it with suitable books for the younger generation. This was an instant success. In the 1950’s he had the honour of being appointed to the Victorian Library Board and received more inspiration from the monthly conferences in Melbourne. He was sadly retired in 1959 after over 23 years of service, due to the fact that he had gone over the working age of council officers. However, he continued to take a very keen interest in the continual development of the Library until his death in 1969. THE NEW WARRNAMBOOL LIBRARY When the WMI building was pulled down in 1963 a new civic building was erected on the site and the new Warrnambool Library, on behalf of the City Council, took over all the holdings of the WMI. At this time some of the items were separated and identified as the ‘Pattison Collection’, named after Pattison. Eventually, the components of the WMI were distributed from the Warrnambool Library to various places, including the Art Gallery, Historical Society and Flagstaff Hill. Later some were even distributed to other regional branches of Corangamite Regional Library and passed to and fro. It is difficult now to trace just where all of the items have ended up. The books at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village generally display stamps and markings from Pattison as well as a variety of other institutions including the Mechanics’ Institute itself. Rolf Boldrewood (1826-1915) ‘Rolf Boldrewood’ is the pen-name used by Thomas Alexander Browne as a writer. Browne was the eldest child of Captain Sylvester John Brown and Elizabeth Angell nee Alexander. He was born in London on 6th August 1826 and arrived in Australia with his parents and siblings when he was 5 years old and grew up in Sydney. In the 1860’s Browne added the ‘e’ to his surname. As a 17 year old Browne took up land in the Western District of Victoria between Portland and Port Fairy on a property named “Squattlesea Mere”. He remained there until 1858, enjoying the squatters’ life on his 32,000 acre property, growing potatoes and running cattle and horses. He sold in 1858 and purchased a sheep station on the Murray River near Swan Hill. He later sold this and bought another sheep station near Narrandera until bad seasons and severe droughts eventually caused him to change his career after 25 years as a squatter. Over the next 25 years Browne held the position of Police Magistrate and as a gold commissioner in various locations. His third career as an author lasted approximately 40 years. In 1865 he wrote two articles on pastoral life while he was recovering from a riding accident. In the 1870’s his writing was bringing in the income to support his family, changing his focus to the writing of novels. A series of these was written for the Australian market and published in The Sydney Mail and the Centennial Magazine. His later novels were aimed at the overseas markets. His best known novel “Robbery Under Arms” was written from 1882 to 1883 and has been serialised on radio in Australia and Britain. The novel was filmed in 1907, 1920 and 1957, and in 1985 it was made into a television series. It is now an Australian Classic. He also wrote short stories, several nonfiction graziers’ guides, and an autobiography named “Old Melbourne Memories” in 1884. [This information has been taken from Wikipedia; Australian Authors-Perry Meddlemiss; Australian Dictionary of Biography, Browne, Thomas Alexander (1826-1915)] The Pattison Collection, along with other items at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, was originally part of the Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s collection. The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute Collection is primarily significant in its totality, rather than for the individual objects it contains. Its contents are highly representative of the development of Mechanics' Institute libraries across Australia, particularly Victoria. A diversity of publications and themes has been amassed, and these provide clues to our understanding of the nature of and changes in the reading habits of Victorians from the 1850s to the middle of the 20th century. The collection also highlights the Warrnambool community’s commitment to the Mechanics’ Institute, reading, literacy and learning in the regions, and proves that access to knowledge was not impeded by distance. These items help to provide a more complete picture of our community’s ideals and aspirations. The Warrnambool Mechanics Institute book collection has historical and social significance for its strong association with the Mechanics Institute movement and the important role it played in the intellectual, cultural and social development of people throughout the latter part of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. The collection of books is a rare example of an early lending library and its significance is enhanced by the survival of an original collection of many volumes. The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s publication collection is of both local and state significance. War to The Knife Author: Rolf Bolderwood Publisher: MacMillan & Co Date: First published 1899 The label on the spine cover with typed text R.A. 823.912 BOL Inside the front loose paper has pencil handwriting that is unreadable flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, book, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, war to the knife, rolf bolderwood -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook, Nevermore
This book was part of a large group of books referred to as the Pattison Collection, which belonged to the Warrnambool Public Library, part of the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute. About RALPH ERIC PATTISON and the ‘PATTISON COLLECTION’ The ‘Pattison Collection’ is a collection of books and records that was originally owned by the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute, founded in Warrnambool in 1853. By 1886 the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute (WMI) had grown to have a Library, Museum and Fine Arts Gallery, with a collection of “… choice productions of art and valuable specimens in almost every branch and many wonderful national curiosities are now to be seen there, including historic relics of the town and district.” It later included a School of Design. Although it was very well patronised, the WMI was led to ask the City Council to take it over in 1911 due to lack of financial support. In 1935 Ralph Pattison was appointed as City Librarian to establish and organise the Warrnambool Public Library as it was then called. Ralph Eric Pattison was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, in 1891. He married Maude Swan from Warrnambool in 1920 and they set up home in Warrnambool. In 1935 when Pattison accepted the position as City Librarian for the Warrnambool City Council his huge challenge was to make a functional library within two rooms of the Mechanics’ Institute. He tirelessly cleaned, cleared and sorted a disarrayed collection of old books, jars of preserved specimens and other items reserved for exhibition in the city’s museum. He developed and updated the library with a wide variety of books for all tastes, including reference books for students; a difficult task to fulfil during the years following the Depression. He converted all of the lower areas of the building into a library, reference room and reading room for members and the public. The books were sorted and stored using a cataloguing and card index system that he had developed himself. He also prepared the upper floor of the building and established the Art Gallery and later the Museum, a place to exhibit the many old relics that had been stored for years for this purpose. One of the treasures he found was a beautiful ancient clock, which he repaired, restored and enjoyed using in his office during the years of his service there. Ralph Pattison was described as “a meticulous gentleman whose punctuality, floorless courtesy and distinctive neat dress were hallmarks of his character, and ‘his’ clock controlled his daily routine and his opening and closing of the library’s large heavy doors to the minute.” Pattison took leave from 1942 to 1945 to serve in the Royal Australian Navy, Volunteer Reserve as Lieutenant. A few years later he converted one of the Museum’s rooms into a Children’s Library, stocking it with suitable books for the younger generation. This was an instant success. In the 1950’s he had the honour of being appointed to the Victorian Library Board and received more inspiration from the monthly conferences in Melbourne. He was sadly retired in 1959 after over 23 years of service, due to the fact that he had gone over the working age of council officers. However, he continued to take a very keen interest in the continual development of the Library until his death in 1969. THE NEW WARRNAMBOOL LIBRARY When the WMI building was pulled down in 1963 a new civic building was erected on the site and the new Warrnambool Library, on behalf of the City Council, took over all the holdings of the WMI. At this time some of the items were separated and identified as the ‘Pattison Collection’, named after Pattison. Eventually, the components of the WMI were distributed from the Warrnambool Library to various places, including the Art Gallery, Historical Society and Flagstaff Hill. Later some were even distributed to other regional branches of Corangamite Regional Library and passed to and fro. It is difficult now to trace just where all of the items have ended up. The books at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village generally display stamps and markings from Pattison as well as a variety of other institutions including the Mechanics’ Institute itself. WARRNAMBOOL PUBLIC LIBRARY The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute (WMI) was formed by a voluntary community group in 1863, within six years of Warrnambool’s beginnings, and its Reading Room opened in 1854. The WMI operated until 1963, at which time it was one of the oldest Mechanics’ Institutes in Victoria. Mechanics’ Institutes offered important services to the public including libraries, reading rooms and places to display and store collections of all sorts such as curiosities and local historical relics. In 1886 a Museum and Fine Arts Gallery were added to the WMI and by the beginning of the 20th century, there was also a billiards room and a School of Art. By this time all Mechanics’ Institutes in country Victoria had museums attached. Over the years the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute Library was also known as the Warrnambool Public Library the Warrnambool Library and the Free Library. Early funding from the government was for the “Free Library”. The inscription in a book “Science of Man” was for the “Warrnambool Public Library”, donated by Joseph Archibald in 1899. Another inscription in the book “Catalogue of Plants Under Cultivation in the Melbourne Botanic Gardens 1 & 2, 1883” was presented to the “Warrnambool Library” and signed by the author W.R. Guilfoyle. In 1903 the Warrnambool Public Library decided to add a Juvenile Department to library and stock it with hundreds of books suitable for youth. In 1905 the Public Library committee decided to update the collection of books and added 100 new novels plus arrangements for the latest novels to be included as soon as they were available in Victoria. In July 1911 the Warrnambool Council took over the management of the Public Library, Art Gallery, Museum and Mechanics’ Institute and planned to double the size of the then-current building. In 1953, when Mr R. Pattison was Public Librarian, the Warrnambool Public Library’s senior section 10,000 of the 13,000 books were fiction. The children’s section offered an additional 3,400 books. The library had the equivalent of one book per head of population and served around 33 per cent of the reading population. The collection of books was made up of around 60 per cent reference and 40 per cent fiction. The library was lending 400 books per day. In 1963 the Warrnambool City Council allocated the site of the Mechanics’ Institute building, which included the Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery, for the new Municipal Offices and the Collections were dispersed until 1971. The Warrnambool Library took over the Mechanics’ Institute Library’s holdings on behalf of the Warrnambool City Council. Since the closure of the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute the exact location and composition of the original WMI books and items have become unclear. Other materials have been added to the collection, including items from Terang MI, Warrnambool Court House and Customs House. Many of the books have been identified as the Pattison Collection, named after the Librarian who catalogued and numbered the books during his time as Warrnambool Public Librarian in the time before the Mechanics’ Institute closed. It seems that when Warrnambool became part of the Corangamite Regional Library some of the books and materials went to its head office in Colac and then back to Warrnambool where they were stored at the Art Gallery for quite some time. Some then went to the Warrnambool Historical Society, some stayed at the Art Gallery and some were moved to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village. The various stamps and labels on the books held at Flagstaff Hill show the variety of the collection’s distribution and origin. The books in the collection at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village date from the 1850s to the late 1950s and include rare and valuable volumes. Many of the books are part of the “Pattison Collection” after the Warrnambool’s Public Librarian, Mr R. Pattison. Rolf Boldrewood (1826-1915) ‘Rolf Boldrewood’ is the pen-name used by Thomas Alexander Browne as a writer. Browne was the eldest child of Captain Sylvester John Brown and Elizabeth Angell nee Alexander. He was born in London on 6th August 1826 and arrived in Australia with his parents and siblings when he was 5 years old and grew up in Sydney. In the 1860s Browne added the ‘e’ to his surname. As a 17-year-old Browne took up land in the Western District of Victoria between Portland and Port Fairy on a property named “Squattlesea Mere”. He remained there until 1858, enjoying the squatters’ life on his 32,000-acre property, growing potatoes and running cattle and horses. He sold in 1858 and purchased a sheep station on the Murray River near Swan Hill. He later sold this and bought another sheep station near Narrandera until bad seasons and severe droughts eventually caused him to change his career after 25 years as a squatter. Over the next 25 years Browne held the position of Police Magistrate and as a gold commissioner in various locations. His third career as an author lasted approximately 40 years. In 1865 he wrote two articles on pastoral life while he was recovering from a riding accident. In the 1870’s his writing was bringing in the income to support his family, changing his focus to the writing of novels. A series of these was written for the Australian market and published in The Sydney Mail and the Centennial Magazine. His later novels were aimed at the overseas markets. His best known novel “Robbery Under Arms” was written from 1882 to 1883 and has been serialised on radio in Australia and Britain. The novel was filmed in 1907, 1920 and 1957, and in 1985 it was made into a television series. It is now an Australian Classic. He also wrote short stories, several nonfiction graziers’ guides, and an autobiography named “Old Melbourne Memories” in 1884. [This information has been taken from Wikipedia; Australian Authors-Perry Meddlemiss; Australian Dictionary of Biography, Browne, Thomas Alexander (1826-1915)] The Pattison Collection, along with other items at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, was originally part of the Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s collection. The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute Collection is primarily significant in its totality, rather than for the individual objects it contains. Its contents are highly representative of the development of Mechanics' Institute libraries across Australia, particularly Victoria. A diversity of publications and themes has been amassed, and these provide clues to our understanding of the nature of and changes in the reading habits of Victorians from the 1850s to the middle of the 20th century. The collection also highlights the Warrnambool community’s commitment to the Mechanics’ Institute, reading, literacy and learning in the regions, and proves that access to knowledge was not impeded by distance. These items help to provide a more complete picture of our community’s ideals and aspirations. The Warrnambool Mechanics Institute book collection has historical and social significance for its strong association with the Mechanics Institute movement and the important role it played in the intellectual, cultural and social development of people throughout the latter part of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. The collection of books is a rare example of an early lending library and its significance is enhanced by the survival of an original collection of many volumes. The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s publication collection is of both local and state significance. Nevermore Author: Rolf Boldrewood Publisher: R & R Clark Date: First Published 1889 - 1890 The label on the spine cover with typed text R.A. 823.8 BOL Pastedown front endpaper has a sticker from Warrnambool Public Library flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, book, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, nevermore, rolf boldrewood -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook, The Ghost Camp
This book was part of a large group of books referred to as the Pattison Collection, which belonged to the Warrnambool Public Library, part of the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute. About RALPH ERIC PATTISON and the ‘PATTISON COLLECTION’ The ‘Pattison Collection’ is a collection of books and records that was originally owned by the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute, founded in Warrnambool in 1853. By 1886 the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute (WMI) had grown to have a Library, Museum and Fine Arts Gallery, with a collection of “… choice productions of art and valuable specimens in almost every branch and many wonderful national curiosities are now to be seen there, including historic relics of the town and district.” It later included a School of Design. Although it was very well patronised, the WMI was led to ask the City Council to take it over in 1911 due to lack of financial support. In 1935 Ralph Pattison was appointed as City Librarian to establish and organise the Warrnambool Public Library as it was then called. Ralph Eric Pattison was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, in 1891. He married Maude Swan from Warrnambool in 1920 and they set up home in Warrnambool. In 1935 when Pattison accepted the position as City Librarian for the Warrnambool City Council his huge challenge was to make a functional library within two rooms of the Mechanics’ Institute. He tirelessly cleaned, cleared and sorted a disarrayed collection of old books, jars of preserved specimens and other items reserved for exhibition in the city’s museum. He developed and updated the library with a wide variety of books for all tastes, including reference books for students; a difficult task to fulfil during the years following the Depression. He converted all of the lower areas of the building into a library, reference room and reading room for members and the public. The books were sorted and stored using a cataloguing and card index system that he had developed himself. He also prepared the upper floor of the building and established the Art Gallery and later the Museum, a place to exhibit the many old relics that had been stored for years for this purpose. One of the treasures he found was a beautiful ancient clock, which he repaired, restored and enjoyed using in his office during the years of his service there. Ralph Pattison was described as “a meticulous gentleman whose punctuality, floorless courtesy and distinctive neat dress were hallmarks of his character, and ‘his’ clock controlled his daily routine and his opening and closing of the library’s large heavy doors to the minute.” Pattison took leave from 1942 to 1945 to serve in the Royal Australian Navy, Volunteer Reserve as Lieutenant. A few years later he converted one of the Museum’s rooms into a Children’s Library, stocking it with suitable books for the younger generation. This was an instant success. In the 1950’s he had the honour of being appointed to the Victorian Library Board and received more inspiration from the monthly conferences in Melbourne. He was sadly retired in 1959 after over 23 years of service, due to the fact that he had gone over the working age of council officers. However, he continued to take a very keen interest in the continual development of the Library until his death in 1969. THE NEW WARRNAMBOOL LIBRARY When the WMI building was pulled down in 1963 a new civic building was erected on the site and the new Warrnambool Library, on behalf of the City Council, took over all the holdings of the WMI. At this time some of the items were separated and identified as the ‘Pattison Collection’, named after Pattison. Eventually, the components of the WMI were distributed from the Warrnambool Library to various places, including the Art Gallery, Historical Society and Flagstaff Hill. Later some were even distributed to other regional branches of Corangamite Regional Library and passed to and fro. It is difficult now to trace just where all of the items have ended up. The books at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village generally display stamps and markings from Pattison as well as a variety of other institutions including the Mechanics’ Institute itself. WARRNAMBOOL PUBLIC LIBRARY The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute (WMI) was formed by a voluntary community group in 1863, within six years of Warrnambool’s beginnings, and its Reading Room opened in 1854. The WMI operated until 1963, at which time it was one of the oldest Mechanics’ Institutes in Victoria. Mechanics’ Institutes offered important services to the public including libraries, reading rooms and places to display and store collections of all sorts such as curiosities and local historical relics. In 1886 a Museum and Fine Arts Gallery were added to the WMI and by the beginning of the 20th century, there was also a billiards room and a School of Art. By this time all Mechanics’ Institutes in country Victoria had museums attached. Over the years the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute Library was also known as the Warrnambool Public Library the Warrnambool Library and the Free Library. Early funding from the government was for the “Free Library”. The inscription in a book “Science of Man” was for the “Warrnambool Public Library”, donated by Joseph Archibald in 1899. Another inscription in the book “Catalogue of Plants Under Cultivation in the Melbourne Botanic Gardens 1 & 2, 1883” was presented to the “Warrnambool Library” and signed by the author W.R. Guilfoyle. In 1903 the Warrnambool Public Library decided to add a Juvenile Department to library and stock it with hundreds of books suitable for youth. In 1905 the Public Library committee decided to update the collection of books and added 100 new novels plus arrangements for the latest novels to be included as soon as they were available in Victoria. In July 1911 the Warrnambool Council took over the management of the Public Library, Art Gallery, Museum and Mechanics’ Institute and planned to double the size of the then-current building. In 1953, when Mr R. Pattison was Public Librarian, the Warrnambool Public Library’s senior section 10,000 of the 13,000 books were fiction. The children’s section offered an additional 3,400 books. The library had the equivalent of one book per head of population and served around 33 per cent of the reading population. The collection of books was made up of around 60 per cent reference and 40 per cent fiction. The library was lending 400 books per day. In 1963 the Warrnambool City Council allocated the site of the Mechanics’ Institute building, which included the Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery, for the new Municipal Offices and the Collections were dispersed until 1971. The Warrnambool Library took over the Mechanics’ Institute Library’s holdings on behalf of the Warrnambool City Council. Since the closure of the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute the exact location and composition of the original WMI books and items have become unclear. Other materials have been added to the collection, including items from Terang MI, Warrnambool Court House and Customs House. Many of the books have been identified as the Pattison Collection, named after the Librarian who catalogued and numbered the books during his time as Warrnambool Public Librarian in the time before the Mechanics’ Institute closed. It seems that when Warrnambool became part of the Corangamite Regional Library some of the books and materials went to its head office in Colac and then back to Warrnambool where they were stored at the Art Gallery for quite some time. Some then went to the Warrnambool Historical Society, some stayed at the Art Gallery and some were moved to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village. The various stamps and labels on the books held at Flagstaff Hill show the variety of the collection’s distribution and origin. The books in the collection at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village date from the 1850s to the late 1950s and include rare and valuable volumes. Many of the books are part of the “Pattison Collection” after the Warrnambool’s Public Librarian, Mr R. Pattison. Rolf Boldrewood (1826-1915) ‘Rolf Boldrewood’ is the pen-name used by Thomas Alexander Browne as a writer. Browne was the eldest child of Captain Sylvester John Brown and Elizabeth Angell nee Alexander. He was born in London on 6th August 1826 and arrived in Australia with his parents and siblings when he was 5 years old and grew up in Sydney. In the 1860s Browne added the ‘e’ to his surname. As a 17-year-old Browne took up land in the Western District of Victoria between Portland and Port Fairy on a property named “Squattlesea Mere”. He remained there until 1858, enjoying the squatters’ life on his 32,000-acre property, growing potatoes and running cattle and horses. He sold in 1858 and purchased a sheep station on the Murray River near Swan Hill. He later sold this and bought another sheep station near Narrandera until bad seasons and severe droughts eventually caused him to change his career after 25 years as a squatter. Over the next 25 years Browne held the position of Police Magistrate and as a gold commissioner in various locations. His third career as an author lasted approximately 40 years. In 1865 he wrote two articles on pastoral life while he was recovering from a riding accident. In the 1870’s his writing was bringing in the income to support his family, changing his focus to the writing of novels. A series of these was written for the Australian market and published in The Sydney Mail and the Centennial Magazine. His later novels were aimed at the overseas markets. His best known novel “Robbery Under Arms” was written from 1882 to 1883 and has been serialised on radio in Australia and Britain. The novel was filmed in 1907, 1920 and 1957, and in 1985 it was made into a television series. It is now an Australian Classic. He also wrote short stories, several nonfiction graziers’ guides, and an autobiography named “Old Melbourne Memories” in 1884. [This information has been taken from Wikipedia; Australian Authors-Perry Meddlemiss; Australian Dictionary of Biography, Browne, Thomas Alexander (1826-1915)] The Pattison Collection, along with other items at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, was originally part of the Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s collection. The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute Collection is primarily significant in its totality, rather than for the individual objects it contains. Its contents are highly representative of the development of Mechanics' Institute libraries across Australia, particularly Victoria. A diversity of publications and themes has been amassed, and these provide clues to our understanding of the nature of and changes in the reading habits of Victorians from the 1850s to the middle of the 20th century. The collection also highlights the Warrnambool community’s commitment to the Mechanics’ Institute, reading, literacy and learning in the regions, and proves that access to knowledge was not impeded by distance. These items help to provide a more complete picture of our community’s ideals and aspirations. The Warrnambool Mechanics Institute book collection has historical and social significance for its strong association with the Mechanics Institute movement and the important role it played in the intellectual, cultural and social development of people throughout the latter part of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. The collection of books is a rare example of an early lending library and its significance is enhanced by the survival of an original collection of many volumes. The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s publication collection is of both local and state significance. The Ghost Camp Author: Rolf Boldrewood Publisher: MacMillan & Co Ltd Date: 1902 Further Information: The Ghost Camp Or The AvengersThe spine is handwritten in black ink giving the books name, authors name, and R.S. 899.3 BOL Front loose endpaper has a sticker from Warrnambool Public Library that notes that this book was reconditioned in 1955 flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, book, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, the ghost camp, rolf boldrewood, the ghost camp or the avengers -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageContainer - Ink Bottle & Case, 1934 – Mid 1950’s
Pens, nib pens and later fountain pens, with suitable inks, were commonly used for writing communications from the 18th century to the mod 20th century. Fountain pens continue to be used and enjoyed. Dip pens with a wide variety of nibs are used for calligraphy writing, a hobby enjoyed by many people. The quality of the pen handle, the nib and the ink all work together to produce fine handwriting that expresses the character and mood of the writer. This Bakelite ink case has been specifically moulded to snugly contain an ink bottle, with just enough room to wrap the bottle with a padding or card or blotting paper. The screw top lid fits the case well and this container would be a good way to travel with ink because any spillage would be kept within the waterproof case. The Bakelite material is lightweight and strong. Ink bottle cases, or travelling cases, have been made as an accessory for nib pen writers. The first patent for a “pocket-case for bottles”, a wooden case, was applied for in the US in 1891. Other materials such as steel, pewter and aluminum as well as Bakelite have also been used. The British Museum has an elaborately decorated bronze ink pot holder that is inlaid with turquoise. Today ink bottle cases are even available in fabric with loops to attach to a belt. Bakelite, the material used for this ink bottle case, is made from synthetic materials and is an early form of plastic, developed in 1907 and used extensively until the 1940’s. It is still in used today for specific applications but has been largely replaced by more modern forms of plastics. This ink bottle case carries the imprint of Mabie, Todd & Co. (Aust.) Pty. Ltd. This form of company name was used from 1938 to the mid 1950’s. The Swan ink bottle’s information says it was made by Mabie, Todd & Co. Ltd., London and Sydney, so dates the ink bottle from about 1908 until 1934. (Australian newspapers display advertisements dated 1908 until 1934 for Sydney wholesalers and agents for Mabie, Todd & Co. Ltd.) ABOUT PERSONAL FOUNTAIN PENS (FOUNT PENS) A 1917 newspaper advertisement recommends that the owner of a “Swan” doesn’t lend it to anyone else to use due to its qualities of it personalised to the owner. It reads “Don’t lend your “Swan” fountpen, recommend it, but don’t let other people use it. You see, a good pen doesn’t wear, but its “tamper” (or spring) works into the writer’s pressure and manner of holding. Another person with a dashing style of writing may strain it do that it will no longer feel just like your own.” This personalisation of nib pens may be the reason that legal documents in the past being acceptable only if they were signed using a ‘wet ink’ pen. Forgeries of signatures could be easily detected as the nib takes on the character of the pen’s owner. A ballpoint pen was not acceptable. This is a strong contrast to modern times when a digital signature is widely accepted. ABOUT MABIE TODD Pty Ltd. The American company Mabie Todd began by making pencil cases in New York in the 1860’s. The Bard Brothers, makers of Gold nibs, joined Mabie Todd and the company was established in the 1870’s as Mabie Todd and Bard. In 1878 the company filed a patent for the design of a fountain pen and in 1884 the first Swan fountain pen was released. In 1884 a Mabie Todd and Bard office and showroom was established in London. In 1906 the company’s name changed to Mabie Todd & Co, New York. The UK offices also used this new name and in 1907 the UK began producing their own Swan pens. Manufacturing was going so well in England that New York sold their rights to European and Colonial business to the new Mabie Todd & Company Ltd of England. By the end of the 1930’s all components for the pens were being made in the UK; the pens in the London factory, the gold nibs in Birmingham and the ink in Liverpool. Newspaper articles from 1934 stated that Mabie Todd were large buyers of Tasmanian iridium, which had been welded with gold and used since 1834 for the tips of nib and fountain pens. Fountain pen points were the largest market buyers for Tasmanian iridium, which was classed as “the best in the world”. Production growth continued up until WWII times, when the headquarters and main factory were destroyed. Mabie Todd & Company Ltd of England rebuilt out of the inner city and by 1946 pen production began again. The market for nib and fountain pens was diminishing by this time, with people beginning to use the new ballpoint ‘Biro’ pens. The Mabie Todd bought shares in Biro Pens and in 1952 became Biro Swan. They went on to make more ballpoint pens than any other manufacturer in Britain. The ink refills that Biro-Swan produced came in five different viscosity or thickness xhoices, depending on the season and location of where the pen would be used . Along with the ballpoint pens, Biro-Swan also introduced a range of Calligraph pens to attract those following the new trend for italic writing. In 1948 Mr. T. Burke, a director for Mabie Todd & Co. (Aust.) Pty Ltd., announced that there would be a £40,000 factory built in Sydney in 1949 for the manufacture of ink. The plant for the factory would be imported from overseas. Sadly the company struggled against competition and in 1956 Mabie Todd closed business and no more Swan pens were produced. The ink bottle and container was donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village by the family of Doctor William Roy Angus, Surgeon and Oculist. It is part of the “W.R. Angus Collection” includes historical medical equipment, surgical instruments and material once belonging to Dr Edward Ryan and Dr Thomas Francis Ryan, (both of Nhill, Victoria) as well as Dr Angus’ own belongings. The Collection’s history spans the medical practices of the two Doctors Ryan, from 1885-1926 plus that of Dr Angus, up until 1969. ABOUT THE “W.R.ANGUS COLLECTION” Doctor William Roy Angus M.B., B.S., Adel., 1923, F.R.C.S. Edin.,1928 (also known as Dr Roy Angus) was born in Murrumbeena, Victoria in 1901 and lived until 1970. He qualified as a doctor in 1923 at University of Adelaide, was Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 1924 and for a period was house surgeon to Sir (then Mr.) Henry Simpson Newland. Dr Angus was briefly an Assistant to Dr Riddell of Kapunda, then commenced private practice at Curramulka, Yorke Peninsula, SA, where he was physician, surgeon and chemist. In 1926, he was appointed as new Medical Assistant to Dr Thomas Francis Ryan (T.F. Ryan, or Tom), in Nhill, Victoria, where his experiences included radiology and pharmacy. In 1927 he was Acting House Surgeon in Dr Tom Ryan’s absence. Dr Angus had become engaged to Gladys Forsyth and they decided he further his studies overseas in the UK in 1927. He studied at London University College Hospital and at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and in 1928, was awarded FRCS (Fellow from the Royal College of Surgeons), Edinburgh. He worked his passage back to Australia as a Ship’s Surgeon on the on the Australian Commonwealth Line’s T.S.S. Largs Bay. Dr Angus married Gladys in 1929, in Ballarat. (They went on to have one son (Graham 1932, born in SA) and two daughters (Helen (died 12/07/1996) and Berenice (Berry), both born at Mira, Nhill ) According to Berry, her mother Gladys made a lot of their clothes. She was very talented and did some lovely embroidery including lingerie for her trousseau and beautifully handmade baby clothes. Dr Angus was a ‘flying doctor’ for the A.I.M. (Australian Inland Ministry) Aerial Medical Service in 1928 . Its first station was in the remote town of Oodnadatta, where Dr Angus was stationed. He was locum tenens there on North-South Railway at 21 Mile Camp. He took up this ‘flying doctor’ position in response to a call from Dr John Flynn; the organisation was later known as the Flying Doctor Service, then the Royal Flying Doctor Service. A lot of his work during this time involved dental surgery also. Between 1928-1932 he was surgeon at the Curramulka Hospital, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. In 1933 Dr Angus returned to Nhill and purchased a share of the Nelson Street practice and Mira hospital (a 2 bed ward at the Nelson Street Practice) from Dr Les Middleton one of the Middleton Brothers, the current owners of what previously once Dr Tom Ryan’s practice. Dr Tom and his brother had worked as surgeons included eye surgery. Dr Tom Ryan performed many of his operations in the Mira private hospital on his premises. He had been House Surgeon at the Nhill Hospital 1902-1926. Dr Tom Ryan had one of the only two pieces of radiology equipment in Victoria during his practicing years – The Royal Melbourne Hospital had the other one. Over the years Dr Tom Ryan had gradually set up what was effectively a training school for country general-practitioner-surgeons. Each patient was carefully examined, including using the X-ray machine, and any surgery was discussed and planned with Dr Ryan’s assistants several days in advance. Dr Angus gained experience in using the X-ray machine there during his time as assistant to Dr Ryan. When Dr Angus bought into the Nelson Street premises in Nhill he was also appointed as the Nhill Hospital’s Honorary House Surgeon 1933-1938. His practitioner’s plate from his Nhill surgery is now mounted on the doorway to the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, Warrnambool. When Dr Angus took up practice in the Dr Edward and Dr Tom Ryan’s old premises he obtained their extensive collection of historical medical equipment and materials spanning 1884-1926. A large part of this collection is now on display at the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village in Warrnambool. In 1939 Dr Angus and his family moved to Warrnambool where he purchased “Birchwood,” the 1852 home and medical practice of Dr John Hunter Henderson, at 214 Koroit Street. (This property was sold in1965 to the State Government and is now the site of the Warrnambool Police Station. and an ALDI sore is on the land that was once their tennis court). The Angus family was able to afford gardeners, cooks and maids; their home was a popular place for visiting dignitaries to stay whilst visiting Warrnambool. Dr Angus had his own silk worm farm at home in a Mulberry tree. His young daughter used his centrifuge for spinning the silk. Dr Angus was appointed on a part-time basis as Port Medical Officer (Health Officer) in Warrnambool and held this position until the 1940’s when the government no longer required the service of a Port Medical Officer in Warrnambool; he was thus Warrnambool’s last serving Port Medical Officer. (Masters of immigrant ships arriving in port reported incidents of diseases, illness and death and the Port Medical Officer made a decision on whether the ship required Quarantine and for how long, in this way preventing contagious illness from spreading from new immigrants to the residents already in the colony.) Dr Angus was a member of the Australian Medical Association, for 35 years and surgeon at the Warrnambool Base Hospital 1939-1942, He served with the Australian Department of Defence as a Surgeon Captain during WWII 1942-45, in Ballarat, Victoria, and in Bonegilla, N.S.W., completing his service just before the end of the war due to suffering from a heart attack. During his convalescence he carved an intricate and ‘most artistic’ chess set from the material that dentures were made from. He then studied ophthalmology at the Royal Melbourne Eye and Ear Hospital and created cosmetically superior artificial eyes by pioneering using the intrascleral cartilage. Angus received accolades from the Ophthalmological Society of Australasia for this work. He returned to Warrnambool to commence practice as an ophthalmologist, pioneering in artificial eye improvements. He was Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist to Warrnambool Base Hospital for 31 years. He made monthly visits to Portland as a visiting surgeon, to perform eye surgery. He represented the Victorian South-West subdivision of the Australian Medical Association as its secretary between 1949 and 1956 and as chairman from 1956 to 1958. In 1968 Dr Angus was elected member of Spain’s Barraquer Institute of Barcelona after his research work in Intrasclearal cartilage grafting, becoming one of the few Australian ophthalmologists to receive this honour, and in the following year presented his final paper on Living Intrasclearal Cartilage Implants at the Inaugural Meeting of the Australian College of Ophthalmologists in Melbourne In his personal life Dr Angus was a Presbyterian and treated Sunday as a Sabbath, a day of rest. He would visit 3 or 4 country patients on a Sunday, taking his children along ‘for the ride’ and to visit with him. Sunday evenings he would play the pianola and sing Scottish songs to his family. One of Dr Angus’ patients was Margaret MacKenzie, author of a book on local shipwrecks that she’d seen as an eye witness from the late 1880’s in Peterborough, Victoria. In the early 1950’s Dr Angus, painted a picture of a shipwreck for the cover jacket of Margaret’s book, Shipwrecks and More Shipwrecks. She was blind in later life and her daughter wrote the actual book for her. Dr Angus and his wife Gladys were very involved in Warrnambool’s society with a strong interest in civic affairs. He had an interest in people and the community They were both involved in the creation of Flagstaff Hill, including the layout of the gardens. After his death (28th March 1970) his family requested his practitioner’s plate, medical instruments and some personal belongings be displayed in the Port Medical Office surgery at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, and be called the “W. R. Angus Collection”. The ink bottle case is significant for its association with writing methods commonly used during the colonisation of Australia until the mid-20th century. The protective Bakelite case demonstrates the value placed on caring for the user’s supply of ink and protecting other belongings of the user, enabling writers to easily carry and safely transport their ink without the concern of spilling it. The case’s design is a good example of the use of new technology. The properties of Bakelite have enabled its moulded design and make it waterproof and lightweight, easily cleaned, closely fitted to the shape of the ink bottle within and lid and base join together using a smooth screwing action. The maker’s marks have also been moulded into the Bakelite, therefore not distracting from the simple but elegant design. This ink bottle case also represents the period of early to mid-20th century when handwriting materials for writers using ink and nib pens were imported into Australia and developed for the Australian market and sold by wholesalers on behalf of overseas companies. Vintage brown Bakelite travelling ink bottle case (or holder, pot, well) containing glass ink bottle and original textured cardboard liner, made by Swan Ink, Mabie, Todd & Co. (Aust) Pty.. Ltd. The Bakelite container is shaped to fit snugly around the ink bottle. It still retains its original shiny finish, the lid screws on and off perfectly. The maker’s name is embossed on lid and base of the Bakelite container. The inkwell contains a glass Ink bottle with a tiny amount of dried up ink Swan triple filtered ink inside. The bottle is cylindrical with curved shoulders tapering to a neck of around 2cm. The white metal screw-on lid and the white and red paper label on the side of the bottle both have a printed description of the ink and maker. Circa 1934-1950’sBAKELITE INK CASE - embossed on either side of the lid “ “SWAN” INK / ”SWAN” INK “ - embossed into base, written in a circle “MABIE TODD & Co (Aust.) PTY. LTD.” GLASS BOTTLE – printed on lid “SWAN”/ [corporate logo combining letters ‘M, T, co’]/TRIPLE FILTERED/ INK.” - printed on label “SWAN” INK /FOR FOUNTAIN & / STEEL PENS / A BLUE BLACK INK OF/ THE FINEST QUALITY/ MADE IN ENGLAND/ MABIE. TODD & CO LTD …….. LONDON. SYDNEY/ Makers of “SWAN” Pens, Gold Pens & Ink“ - moulded into the base of the ink bottle and written around the bottom outside edge of the bottle are the words “THIS BOTTLE ALWAYS REMAINS THE PROPERTY OF/ MABIE TODD/AUST”flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, ink bottle holder, ink bottle case, ink bottle pot, travelling inkwell, portable inkwell, travelling ink pot, travelling ink bottle case, ink bottle, inkwell, ink well, swan ink, bakelite, dip pen ink, nib pen ink, fountain pen, fontpen, writing methods, stationery, mabie todd & co, swan fountain pens, biro-swan -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)Document,photocopy plan 'Two Acre Village 'c1852, c1960
In the 1852 Josiah Holloway, a developer, purchased 625 acres from the squatters Richard and John King and sectioned '2 acre allotments' south of Henry Dendy's Brighton Survey along the Arthur's Seat Road ( later Nepean Highway) for sale @ £10 It became known as The Two Acre Village as settlers took up the allotments and established market gardens, general stores, butchers, blacksmiths, post office and 2 hotels. Charles Whorral opened The Cheltenham Inn and it became so popular as a meeting place that the area was called Cheltenham. The early settlers, who were predominantly English and Scottish immigrants initially leased their allotments and, because the sandy soil was so fertile, they were soon able to purchase the land and increase their acreage. Cheltenham became a very important part of the large Moorabbin Shire1871 and City of Moorabbin 1934 In the 1994 Amalgamation of Councils, when the large City of Moorabbin was divided between the newly formed Glen Eira, Kingston and Bayside Councils, the Cheltenham area was assigned to the City of Kingston A photocopy of the Plan for the 2 Acre Village in Moorabbin Parish c1852. A3 laminatedmoorabbin, brighton, cheltenham, market gardeners, pioneers, early settlers, , king. john, holloway josiah, whorral charles, arthur’s seat road, nepean highway , cheltenham inn hotel, henry dendy special survey 1841 -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)Document, photocopy of Plan of Beaumaris 1853, c1960
Beaumaris includes two early estates in the parish of Moorabbin developed by Josiah Holloway from 1852. Named Beaumaris Town and Beaumaris Estate (after the pastoral run in the area and ultimately after Beaumaris in Wales), the lots comprising them were marketed by Mr Holloway's suggesting that the railway was imminent and a canal would be built. The township developed slowly, a Post Office opened on 1 March 1868, but was replaced next month by Gipsy Village office (now Sandringham) In 1862 Beaumaris was one of the early settler communities within the boundaries of the Moorabbin District Roads Board , the region’s first local government authority. Beaumaris is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 19 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. .Since the Amalgamation of Councils 1994 the local government area is the City of Bayside which includes Brighton. A Photocopy of the Plan of Beaumaris 1853 A3moorabbin, county of bourke, brighton, beaumaris, pioneers, early settlers. market gardeners, cheltenham, king. john, holloway josiah, whorral charles, arthur’s seat road, nepean highway, morabbin district roads board, sandringham, mordialloc, mentone
