The disc-shaped design of these 1LB and 2 LB metal weights enables them to be stacked one on top of the other. The weights are used with a balance scale to accurately weigh the mass of items such as grain, sugar, meat or potatoes. They could have been used in retail or wholesale businesses like a general store or a grain merchant’s premises. The user would place either one or both of these weights on one side of a balance scale. Goods would then be placed onto the other side of the scale until the beam between both sides of the scale was level, showing that the weight of the goods was as heavy as the weight or weights on the other side. These two weights are marked in Imperial units. An Imperial Standard 1LB is equal to 453.592grams. The British Weights and Measures Act of 1824 defined official standards for weights and measurements. This ensured that uniform measurements would be used for trade throughout the Empire. Towns and districts would have an official set of Imperial Standard Weights and Measures. Inspectors periodically used this official set to check the accuracy of traders’ own weights and measures. There would be penalties such as fines or imprisonment for people who broke these laws. The State of Victoria had its own Weight and Measures Act in 1862 and a decade later the inspectors in local councils used their local set of weights and measures to test the local businesses measuring equipment. In the nineteenth century the Victorian Customs Department carried out this role but this was handed over to the Melbourne Observatory at the beginning of the twentieth century. The Measures Branch then followed on with this task from the 1940s until 1995. Australia began converting to the metric system in the 1960s, beginning with its money. The conversion from imperial to metric units of measurement in Australia took place from 1970 and was completed in 1988 when metric units became the only legal unit of measurement. Imperial Standard weights; set of two disc-shaped weights designed to stack one upon the other. Inscriptions are marked in relief. "IMPERIAL STANDARD 1LB" [weight 1], "IMPERIAL STANDARD 2LB" [weight 2]warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, wieght, weights and measures, imperial standard weight

The disc-shaped design of this 2 LB metal weight enables it to be stacked on top of another similarly shaped weight. The weight is used with a balance scale to accurately weigh the mass of items such as grain, sugar, meat or potatoes. It could have been used in retail or wholesale businesses like a general store or a grain merchant’s premises. The user would place the weight on one side of a balance scale. Goods would then be placed onto the other side of the scale until the beam between both sides of the scale was level, showing that the weight of the goods was as heavy as the weight on the other side. This weight is marked in Imperial units. An Imperial Standard 1LB, or one pound, is equal to 453.592grams. The British Weights and Measures Act of 1824 defined official standards for weights and measurements. This ensured that uniform measurements would be used for trade throughout the Empire. Towns and districts would have an official set of Imperial Standard Weights and Measures. Inspectors periodically used this official set to check the accuracy of traders’ own weights and measures. There would be penalties such as fines or imprisonment for people who broke these laws. The State of Victoria had its own Weight and Measures Act in 1862 and a decade later the inspectors in local councils used their local set of weights and measures to test the local businesses measuring equipment. In the nineteenth century the Victorian Customs Department carried out this role but this was handed over to the Melbourne Observatory at the beginning of the twentieth century. The Measures Branch then followed on with this task from the 1940s until 1995. Australia began converting to the metric system in the 1960s, beginning with its money. The conversion from imperial to metric units of measurement in Australia took place from 1970 and was completed in 1988 when metric units became the only legal unit of measurement.Weight; 2 lbs. Metal disc designed for stacking. Inscription marked in relief. Imperial Standard weight, 2 pounds weight."IMPERIAL STANDARD", "2lbs"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, standard measure, imperial standard, weight, 2lb weight, imperial standard weight

Notice of Ordinary Meeting 8th December 1976 Report of the Town Clerk Rates and Sanitary Interest Abandonments Land Transfers Land Subdivision Albion Reid Open Space Agreement Ballarat Road Albion Report of the Chief Health Inspector Prosecutions Proceedings Sunshine Magistrates Court Application for Septic Tanks Application for Installation of Gas Fired Dry Septic Tank Units Health Act Registrations Report of the Weights & Measures Inspector Weights and Measures Report for the Two Months Ending 26th November 1976 Report of the City Engineer Signalisation of Intersections City of Essendon Melbourne and Metropolitan Planning Scheme Proposed Amendment Annual Supply of Concrete Contract Proposed Transfer of Loan Money Plan of Subdivision 24 & 26 Mernda Street Land Use Permit Application Subdivision and Detached Houses Neale Road Land Use Permit Application Placement of Fillings Robinsons Road Land Use Permit Application Commercial Centre and Associated Car Park Neale Road Consolidation of Title Swing Bridge Motors 556 Ballarat Road Acquisition Gas and Fuel Corporation Victoria Land Use Permit Application Cluster Subdivision Off Neale Road Land Use Permit Application Flats Hertford Road Land Use Permit Application Timber Yard Part Lots 250, 251, 252, 253 & 254 Ayton Street Land Use Permit Application Sign 136 Durham Road Land Use Permit Application Subdivision Ballarat Road Bounded by Ashley Street on the West and Whittaker Street on the East Land Use Permit Application Residential Bee Keeping Middle Road Strata Subdivision 8 Clyde Street Refund Cash in Lieu Flats Forrest Street Report of the Building Surveyor Fencing lots 7, 8 & Part Lot 9 Third Avenue House Closer to Frontage Lot 51 & Part Lot 52 Hampshire Road city of sunshine, alexander "alex" george gillon, mernda street, neale road, sunshine west, deer park, robinsons road, ballarat road, albion, hertford road, sunshine, ayton street, sunshine north, durham road, ashley street, whittaker street, maidstone, middle road, clyde street, maribyrnong, forrest street, third avenue, hampshire road, albion reid

Minutes Of Ordinary Meeting 8th December 1976 Report of the Town Clerk Rates and Sanitary Interest Abandonments Land Transfers Land Subdivision Albion Reid Open Space Agreement Ballarat Road Albion Report of the Chief Health Inspector Prosecutions Proceedings Sunshine Magistrates Court Application for Septic Tanks Application for Installation of Gas Fired Dry Septic Tank Units Health Act Registrations Report of the Weights & Measures Inspector Weights and Measures Report for the Two Months Ending 26th November 1976 Report of the City Engineer Signalisation of Intersections City of Essendon Melbourne and Metropolitan Planning Scheme Proposed Amendment Annual Supply of Concrete Contract Proposed Transfer of Loan Money Plan of Subdivision 24 & 26 Mernda Street Land Use Permit Application Subdivision and Detached Houses Neale Road Land Use Permit Application Placement of Fillings Robinsons Road Land Use Permit Application Commercial Centre and Associated Car Park Neale Road Consolidation of Title Swing Bridge Motors 556 Ballarat Road Acquisition Gas and Fuel Corporation Victoria Land Use Permit Application Cluster Subdivision Off Neale Road Land Use Permit Application Flats Hertford Road Land Use Permit Application Timber Yard Part Lots 250, 251, 252, 253 & 254 Ayton Street Land Use Permit Application Sign 136 Durham Road Land Use Permit Application Subdivision Ballarat Road Bounded by Ashley Street on the West and Whittaker Street on the East Land Use Permit Application Residential Bee Keeping Middle Road Strata Subdivision 8 Clyde Street Refund Cash in Lieu Flats Forrest Street Report of the Building Surveyor Fencing lots 7, 8 & Part Lot 9 Third Avenue House Closer to Frontage Lot 51 & Part Lot 52 Hampshire Road city of sunshine, alexander "alex" george gillon, ballarat road, albion, mernda street, neale road, sunshine west, deer park, robinsons road, hertford road, sunshine, ayton street, sunshine north, durham road, ashley street, whittaker street, maidstone, middle road, clyde street, maribyrnong, forrest street, third avenue, hampshire road

Notice of Ordinary Meeting of the Council of the City of Sunshine to be held on 23rd February 1977 Report of the Acting Town Clerk Transfer of Reserves Nickson Subdivision Hampton Avenue Private Street Scheme Public Open Space Lot 7, 8 & 9 Graham Street South Crown Lands Adjoining Kororoit Creek Anderson Road Sunshine Report of the Chief Health Inspector Application for Septic Tank Application for Installation of Gas Fired Dry Septic Tank Units Prosecutions Proceedings Sunshine Magistrates Court Report of the Medical Officer of Health Report of the Weights & Measures Inspector Weights & Measures Report for the Two Months Ending 31st January 1977 Prosecutions Proceedings Sunshine Magistrates Court Report of the Welfare Officer Commonwealth Funds for Kindergartens St. Albans Commonwealth Government Task Force on Co-Ordinator of Health and Welfare Report on Holiday Activities January 1988 Kindergarten for Physically Handicapped Children Report of City Engineer Report on Contract Dalton Street Private Street Scheme Report on Contract Private Subdivision Albanvale Stage 17 Melbourne & Metropolitan Planning Scheme Variation of Delegation McIntyre Road Parking Restrictions Request for Contribution Towards Photographic Competition Maribyrnong River Western Region Commission Painting of Fire Hydrants M.M.B.W. Land Use Permit Consulting Rooms Ainsworth Avenue Plan of Strata Subdivision 18 - 20 Marsden Crescent Consolidation of Title Railway Parade Land Use Permit Application Extension of St. Peter Chanel Primary School Ballarat Road Land Use Permit Application Alterations to Greek Orthodox Church of St. Andrew Church Corner Simmie Street & St. Andrews Street Land Use Permit Application Amusement Parlour 32A Sydney Street Land Use Permit Application Fencing & Pram Park St. Andrews Street and Simmie Street Land Use Permit Application Extension to Holy Eucharist Primary School Lot 2 Oleander Drive Land Use Permit Application Proposed Warehouse and Workshops Lot 311 Ayton Street Consolidation of Title Hampton Avenue & Bolitho Street Central Avenue Drain Sunshine Land Use Permit Application Factory Holmwood Road Plan of Strata Subdivision 8 & 10 Middle Road Land Use Permit Application Warehouse Office and Showroom 112 Mitchell Street Land Use Permit Application Grandview Avenue and Warrs Road Amendment to Approved Plan Land Use Permit Application Emu Road Amendment to Plan Land Use Permit Application Sign Ashley Hotel Ballarat Road Drainage Mitchell Street Condition of Tennis Courts Rosamond Road Bowling Club Report of the Building Surveyor Study Leave Air Conditioning Municipal Offices & Library Installation of Underground Tank 150 Glengala Road Sunshine West Fencing 3 Kennedy Street Undersize Allotment Lot 78 Forrest Street Ardeer Undersize Allotment Lot 584 Quinn Street Deer Park Outbuildings 97 Westmoreland Road Sunshine North Installation of Underground Tank Massey Ferguson Premises Devonshire Road Undersize Allotment Lot 32 Ballarat Road South West Corner of Farnsworth Street Sunshine Sunblind Under Veranda for Shop 110 Hertford Road Installation of Above Ground Tank 43 Burke Street Braybrook Dangerous Outbuilding 5 Wattle Road Maidstone Rosamond Bowling Club Building Refund Cash In Liew Amount Flats Lot 13 Grandview Avenue Maribyrnong Installation of Underground Tank Golden Fleece Petroleum Lot 2 Sunshine Road Tottenham Flats 2 Stenhouse Avenue Brooklyn Additional Items Tenders for Purchase of Surplus Equipment Tender for Disposal of Garbage Holders city of sunshine, alexander "alex" george gillon, anderson road, sunshine, graham street south, hampton avenue, kororoit creek, dalton street, sunshine west, mcintyre road, sunshine north, maribyrnong river, ainsworth avenue, marsden crescent, st. albans, railway parade, deer park, st. peter chanel primary school, ballarat road, simmie street, st. andrews street, sydney street, albion, holy eucharist primary school, oleander drive, ayton street, bolitho street, holmwood road, brooklyn, middle road, maribyrnong, mitchell street, maidstone, grandview avenue, emu road, ashley hotel, braybrook, rosamond road bowling club, rosamond road tennis club, rosamond road, glengala road, kennedy street, forrest street, ardeer, quinn street, westmoreland road, farnsworth street, hertford road, burke street, wattle road, sunshine road, tottenham, stenhouse avenue

Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Council held on 23rd February 1977 Report of the Town Clerk Transfer of Reserves Nickson Subdivision Hampton Avenue Private Street Scheme Public Open Space Lot 7, 8 & 9 Graham Street South Crown Lands Adjoining Kororoit Creek Anderson Road Sunshine Report of the Chief Health Inspector Application for Septic Tank Application for Installation of Gas Fired Dry Septic Tank Units Prosecutions Proceedings Sunshine Magistrates Court Report of the Medical Officer of Health Report of the Weights & Measures Inspector Weights & Measures Report for the Two Months Ending 31st January 1977 Prosecutions Proceedings Sunshine Magistrates Court Report of the Welfare Officer Commonwealth Funds for Kindergartens St. Albans Commonwealth Government Task Force on Co-Ordinator of Health and Welfare Report on Holiday Activities January 1988 Kindergarten for Physically Handicapped Children Report of City Engineer Report on Contract Dalton Street Private Street Scheme Report on Contract Private Subdivision Albanvale Stage 17 Melbourne & Metropolitan Planning Scheme Variation of Delegation McIntyre Road Parking Restrictions Request for Contribution Towards Photographic Competition Maribyrnong River Western Region Commission Painting of Fire Hydrants M.M.B.W. Land Use Permit Consulting Rooms Ainsworth Avenue Plan of Strata Subdivision 18 - 20 Marsden Crescent Consolidation of Title Railway Parade Land Use Permit Application Extension of St. Peter Chanel Primary School Ballarat Road Land Use Permit Application Alterations to Greek Orthodox Church of St. Andrew Church Corner Simmie Street & St. Andrews Street Land Use Permit Application Amusement Parlour 32A Sydney Street Land Use Permit Application Fencing & Pram Park St. Andrews Street and Simmie Street Land Use Permit Application Extension to Holy Eucharist Primary School Lot 2 Oleander Drive Land Use Permit Application Proposed Warehouse and Workshops Lot 311 Ayton Street Consolidation of Title Hampton Avenue & Bolitho Street Central Avenue Drain Sunshine Land Use Permit Application Factory Holmwood Road Plan of Strata Subdivision 8 & 10 Middle Road Land Use Permit Application Warehouse Office and Showroom 112 Mitchell Street Land Use Permit Application Grandview Avenue and Warrs Road Amendment to Approved Plan Land Use Permit Application Emu Road Amendment to Plan Land Use Permit Application Sign Ashley Hotel Ballarat Road Drainage Mitchell Street Condition of Tennis Courts Rosamond Road Bowling Club Report of the Building Surveyor Study Leave Air Conditioning Municipal Offices & Library Installation of Underground Tank 150 Glengala Road Sunshine West Fencing 3 Kennedy Street Undersize Allotment Lot 78 Forrest Street Ardeer Undersize Allotment Lot 584 Quinn Street Deer Park Outbuildings 97 Westmoreland Road Sunshine North Installation of Underground Tank Massey Ferguson Premises Devonshire Road Undersize Allotment Lot 32 Ballarat Road South West Corner of Farnsworth Street Sunshine Sunblind Under Veranda for Shop 110 Hertford Road Installation of Above Ground Tank 43 Burke Street Braybrook Dangerous Outbuilding 5 Wattle Road Maidstone Rosamond Bowling Club Building Refund Cash In Liew Amount Flats Lot 13 Grandview Avenue Maribyrnong Installation of Underground Tank Golden Fleece Petroleum Lot 2 Sunshine Road Tottenham Flats 2 Stenhouse Avenue Brooklyn Tenders for Purchase of Surplus Equipment Tender for Disposal of Garbage Holders Orders of the Day Accounts Submitted for Payment as at 1st February 1977 city of sunshine, alexander "alex" george gillon, hampton avenue, sunshne, sydney street, albion, kororoit creek, anderson road, graham street south, ainsworth avenue, sunshine west, simmie street, st. andrews street, dalton street, mcintyre road, sunshine north, maribyrnong rive, marsden crescent, st. albans, st. peter chanel primary school, ballarat road, deer park, greek orthodox church of st. andrew, holy eucharist primary school, oleander drive, ayton street, bolitho street, holmwood road, brooklyn, middle road, maribyrnong, mitchell street, maidstone, grandview avenue, warrs road, emu road, ashley hotel, braybrook, rosamond road bowling club, rosamond road tennis club, rosamond road, glengala road, kennedy street, forrest street, ardeer, quinn street, westmoreland road, farnsworth street, hertford road, burke street, wattle road, sunshine road, tottenham, stenhouse avenue

Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Council held on 24th April 1979 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Transfer of Loan Funds now not required for the purposes for which they were borrowed either in park or in full Local Authorities Superannuation Scheme Proposals for Improvement Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works Representation Maintenance Agreement Sunshine High School Ground Commonwealth Offices Devonshire Road Corner Martin Street Medway Golf Club Payment In Lieu of Rates Thomas Hall Proposed Committee of Management Delegation of Authority Membership of Playground Association of Victoria Sale of Surplus Chairs from former Sunshine Municipal Offices Hampshire Road Additional Lease Former G.U.D. Premises Rent of land adjoining Municipal Offices Fire Damage Brooklyn State School Request for Financial Assistance Employment of Youth under the S.Y.E.T.P. Programme Insurance Brooklyn Hall Committee of Management Report of the Co-Ordinator Welfare Services Community Directory Noah's Ark Toy Library Multi-Cultural Resource Centre Report of the Chief Health Surveyor Practical Work for Trainee Weights and Measures Inspector Regulation 9 of the Health (Septic Tank) Regulations 1977 Issuing of Septic Tank Approval Notices Application for Transfer of Proprietorship of Premises Under the Health Act Health Act Registrations National Conference on Waste Management Sydney 29th - 30th March 1979 Report Institute of Trading Standards (Formerly Institute of Weights and Measures) J.L. MacTaggart (Victoria) Pty Ltd Maria Street Laverton North Town and Country Planning and Health Act Objections Report of the City Library M.O.A. Library Liaison Committee L.A.A. 20th Biennial Conference Canberra 26th to 30th August 1979 Report of the City Engineer & Planner Hierarchy of Roads Study M.M.B.W. Planning Administration in Victoria Government Review (B.A.D.A.C.) Planning Permit Vicarage Caretaker's Residence Additions to Existing Place of Worship & Place of Assembly Darnley Street Proposed Amendment No 104 to the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Modal Interchange Hampshire Road, Dickson Street and Station Place Planning Permit Application Consulting Room Lot 2 Rosamond Road Maidstone Planning Permit Application Seven Villa Units Lots 54, 55 & 56 Salmond Street Deer Park Consolidation of Title Lots 23 & 25 Mayne Street Sunshine West National Conference of Waste Management Report Sewerage Reticulation Area No 4034 Neale Road Construction Stage 2 Footpath Forrest Street Declaration of Sewerage Area No 3706 Installation of Traffic Signals Under Statcon Program Mitchell Street / Rosamond Road Maidstone Sewerage Facilities Sunshine West Sale of Surplus Mowers Contract Playground Equipment Various Reserves Alterations and Additions Ballarat Road Infant Welfare Centre Deer Park Municipal Offices and Library air Conditioning Preventative Maintenance Orama Street Child Care Centre Water Main Extensions Landscaping 7 Rhodes Street St. Albans West United Soccer Club McKechnie Reserve Development Report of the Building Surveyor Building Over Easement 14 Morval Court Deer Park Building Over Easement Lot 552 Dakara Place Sunshine West Building on Flood Prone Land 56 Yallourn Street Ardeer Building on Flood Prone Land Lot 4 Scenic Place Maribyrnong Building on Flood Prone Land 2 Oaklands Road Maribyrnong Siting of Building Lot 491 Dalton Street Sunshine West Siting of Building Lot 524 Bambara Court Sunshine West Fence Lots 13 & 16 McDonald Road Brooklyn Sims Metal Fence 6 Chicago Street Maribyrnong Siting of Underground Tank 12 Central Avenue Sunshine Siting of Underground Tank 35 Couch Street Sunshine Uniform Building Regulations Enforcement Staff Needs Notice of Motion Accounts Submitted for Payment Passed Changes to Finance Committee Report 27th March 1979 Orders of the Day Thomas Hall Committee of Management Delegation of Authoritysunshine high school, ballarat road, sunshine north, devonshire road, martin street, sunshine, medway gold course, omar street, maidstone, thomas hall, burton crescent, maribyrnong, brooklyn state school, millers road, brooklyn, brooklyn hall, nolan avenue, furlong road, susnhine north, thomas hall committee of management, g.u.d., brooklyn hall committee of management, j.l. mactaggart, maria street, laverton north, darnley street, braybrook, hampshire road, dickson street, station place, rosamond road, salmond street, deer park, mayne street, sunshine west, neale road, forrest street, mitchell street, ballarat road infant welfare centre, orama street child care centre, orama street, rhodes street, st. albans, west united soccer club, mckechnie reserve, mckechnie street, morval court, dakara place, yallourn street, ardeer, scenic place, oaklands road, dalton street, bambara court, sims metal, mcdonald road, chicago street, central avenue, couch street

Notice of Ordinary Meeting of the Council 24th April 1979 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Transfer of Loan Funds now not required for the purposes for which they were borrowed either in park or in full Local Authorities Superannuation Scheme Proposals for Improvement Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works Representation Maintenance Agreement Sunshine High School Ground Commonwealth Offices Devonshire Road Corner Martin Street Medway Golf Club Payment In Lieu of Rates Thomas Hall Proposed Committee of Management Delegation of Authority Membership of Playground Association of Victoria Sale of Surplus Chairs from former Sunshine Municipal Offices Hampshire Road Additional Lease Former G.U.D. Premises Rent of land adjoining Municipal Offices Fire Damage Brooklyn State School Request for Financial Assistance Employment of Youth under the S.Y.E.T.P. Programme Insurance Brooklyn Hall Committee of Management Report of the Co-Ordinator Welfare Services Community Directory Noah's Ark Toy Library Multi-Cultural Resource Centre Report of the Chief Health Surveyor Practical Work for Trainee Weights and Measures Inspector Regulation 9 of the Health (Septic Tank) Regulations 1977 Issuing of Septic Tank Approval Notices Application for Transfer of Proprietorship of Premises Under the Health Act Health Act Registrations National Conference on Waste Management Sydney 29th - 30th March 1979 Report Institute of Trading Standards (Formerly Institute of Weights and Measures) J.L. MacTaggart (Victoria) Pty Ltd Maria Street Laverton North Town and Country Planning and Health Act Objections Report of the City Library M.O.A. Library Liaison Committee L.A.A. 20th Biennial Conference Canberra 26th to 30th August 1979 Report of the City Engineer & Planner Hierarchy of Roads Study M.M.B.W. Planning Administration in Victoria Government Review (B.A.D.A.C.) Planning Permit Vicarage Caretaker's Residence Additions to Existing Place of Worship & Place of Assembly Darnley Street Proposed Amendment No 104 to the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Modal Interchange Hampshire Road, Dickson Street and Station Place Planning Permit Application Consulting Room Lot 2 Rosamond Road Maidstone Planning Permit Application Seven Villa Units Lots 54, 55 & 56 Salmond Street Deer Park Consolidation of Title Lots 23 & 25 Mayne Street Sunshine West National Conference of Waste Management Report Sewerage Reticulation Area No 4034 Neale Road Construction Stage 2 Footpath Forrest Street Declaration of Sewerage Area No 3706 Installation of Traffic Signals Under Statcon Program Mitchell Street / Rosamond Road Maidstone Sewerage Facilities Sunshine West Sale of Surplus Mowers Contract Playground Equipment Various Reserves Alterations and Additions Ballarat Road Infant Welfare Centre Deer Park Municipal Offices and Library air Conditioning Preventative Maintenance Orama Street Child Care Centre Water Main Extensions Landscaping 7 Rhodes Street St. Albans West United Soccer Club McKechnie Reserve Development Report of the Building Surveyor Building Over Easement 14 Morval Court Deer Park Building Over Easement Lot 552 Dakara Place Sunshine West Building on Flood Prone Land 56 Yallourn Street Ardeer Building on Flood Prone Land Lot 4 Scenic Place Maribyrnong Building on Flood Prone Land 2 Oaklands Road Maribyrnong Siting of Building Lot 491 Dalton Street Sunshine West Siting of Building Lot 524 Bambara Court Sunshine West Fence Lots 13 & 16 McDonald Road Brooklyn Sims Metal Fence 6 Chicago Street Maribyrnong Siting of Underground Tank 12 Central Avenue Sunshine Siting of Underground Tank 35 Couch Street Sunshine Uniform Building Regulations Enforcement Staff Needs Notice of Motion Accounts Submitted for Payment Passed Changes to Finance Committee Report 27th March 1979 Orders of the Day Thomas Hall Committee of Management Delegation of Authoritysunshine high school, ballarat road, sunshine north, devonshire road, martin street, sunshine, medway gold course, omar street, maidstone, thomas hall, burton crescent, maribyrnong, brooklyn state school, millers road, brooklyn, brooklyn hall, nolan avenue, thomas hall committee of management, g.u.d., brooklyn hall committee of management, j.l. mactaggart, maria street, laverton north, darnley street, braybrook, hampshire road, dickson street, station place, rosamond road, salmond street, deer park, mayne street, sunshine west, neale road, mitchell street, ballarat road infant welfare centre, orama street child care centre, orama street, rhodes street, st. albans, west united soccer club, mckechnie reserve, mckechnie street, morval court, dakara place, yallourn street, ardeer, scenic place, oaklands road, dalton street, bambara court, sims metal, mcdonald road, chicago street, central avenue, couch street, furlong road

Notice of Ordinary Meeting of the Council of the City of Sunshine to be held on 2nd November 1977 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Purchase of Goods Preference to Local Manufacturer Loan Authority Railway Land Corner Devonshire Road and Alexandra Avenue Closure of Warrs Road to Through Traffic Appointment of Auditor Regionalisation of Refuge Disposal Proposed Legislation Land Acquisition Agreement Proposed Open Space Lot 23 Disraeli Street Approved of General Valuation Proposed Purchase of Sunshine Tip Approval of Overdraft Sanitary and Interest Abandonments for 1976/1977 Community Arts Officers' Discussion Day Outreach 77 Refund of Payments to Rosamond Bowling Club & Maribyrnong RSL Report of the Co-Ordinator of Welfare Services Emergency Relief Report of the Chief Health Inspector Application for Install of Gas Fired Dry Septic Tank Units Prosecution Proceedings Sunshine Magistrate Court Report of Weights & Measures Inspector Prosecution Proceedings Sunshine Magistrates Court Registration of Premises Petrol Station Complaint Municipal Refuse Composting Symposium 9th November 1977 Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works Pollution Report of the By-Laws Officer Fire Hazard Removal Tenders Season Snake Eradication Authorisations for Council Officers Report of the City Engineer Land Use Permit Application Flats 52B Forrest Street Land Use Permit Application Flats Lot 1 Monash Street North West Corner Cornwall Road Land Use Permit Application Stan Cash Sale and Distribution of Floor Coverings, Building's Hardware and Electrical Domestic Appliances and Furniture Corner Halstead Street and Ashley Street Land Use Permit Sky Sign Somerville Road Land Use Permit Application Subdivision and Detached Houses Albanvale Estate Land Use Permit Application Car Sales Yard Lots 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 Rosamond Road Land Use Permit Application Office and Warehouse Complex Fairbairn Road and Land Use Permit Application Subdivision Fairbairn Road Land Use Permit Application Addition to Existing Shopping Plaza Lot 4 St. Albans Road Adjacent to Existing Shopping Plaza Lot 3 Princess Street Land Use Permit Application Subdivision and Detached Houses Furlong Road Land Use Permit Application Addition of Sun Blind 323 Main Road West Land Use Permit Application Stan Cash Furniture and Carpet Sales and Buildings Hardware Corner Halstead Street and Ashley Street Land Use Permit Application Sky Sign Lot 1 Duke Street Land Use Permit Application Extension to Existing Office and Amenities Block Serving Fuel Oil Depot Lot 1 Duke Street Car Parking Hampstead Road near Mitchell Street Damage to Kerb & Channel and Road Payment Andrew Street Financial Assistance Restoration Works Easter Flooding Treasury of Victoria Joint Works Robinsons Road Reconstruction and Maintenance Country Roads Board Funded Project Outdoor Employees Christmas Holidays Break-up 1977 Sixteenth Municipal Superintendents' of Works Conference Statcon Signal Program Intersection of Ashley Street, Sunshine Road & Dempster Street Royal Victorian Institute of the Blind Work Experience Programs Bon Thomas Reserve Development National Safety Council of Australia Senior Management Local Government Authority National Safety Council of Australia Accident Control Course Royal Australian Insitiute Parks and Recreation Vicitorian Division Seminar Turf Wickets Half Cost Footpath and Kerb and Channel Neale Road Half Cost Footpath and Kerb and Channel Northumberland Road Neale Road Construction Tenders Car Parking Willey Street and Rufford Street Part Olny Private Street Scheme (Drainage) Steer Street Group Objection Variations to Contract Fourth Aveneue Furlong Road Estate Stages 1 & 2 Report of the Building Surveyor Uniform Building Regulations Draft Amendment Fency Lot 343 Anley Place Alteration to Grandstand Skinner Reserve Churchill Avenue Braybrook Dempster Park Cricket Pavilion Ainsworth Reserve Child Care Centre / Pavilion Glengala Road Sunshine West Deer Park Pre-School Centre Cash in Lieu Flats Lot 472 Hendry Street Sunshine West Orders of the Day Accounts Submitted for Payment 15th October 1977 & 16th October 1977 Confirmation of Loan with State Insurance city of sunshine, alexander "alex" george gillon, devonshire road, sunshine, warrs road, maribyrnong, disraeli street, st. albans, alexandra avenue, rosamond bowling club, rosamond road, maribyrnong rsl, raleigh road, forrest street, albion, monash street, cornwall road, stan cash, halstead street, ashley street, maidstone, somerville road, brooklyn, albanvale, fairbairn road, sunshine west, st. albans road, princess street, furlong road, duke street, sunshine north, mitchell street, hampstead road, andrew street, sunshine road, dempster street, tottenham, bon thomas reserve, quinn street, deer park, neale road, northumberland road, willey street, rufford street, fourth aveneue, skinner reserve, churchill avenue, braybrook, ainsworth reserve child care centre, deer park pre-school centre, hendry street, sunshine tip

Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Council held on 2nd November 1977 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Purchase of Goods Preference to Local Manufacturer Loan Authority Railway Land Corner Devonshire Road and Alexandra Avenue Closure of Warrs Road to Through Traffic Appointment of Auditor Regionalisation of Refuge Disposal Proposed Legislation Land Acquisition Agreement Proposed Open Space Lot 23 Disraeli Street Approved of General Valuation Proposed Purchase of Sunshine Tip Approval of Overdraft Sanitary and Interest Abandonments for 1976/1977 Community Arts Officers' Discussion Day Outreach 77 Refund of Payments to Rosamond Bowling Club & Maribyrnong RSL Report of the Co-Ordinator of Welfare Services Emergency Relief Report of the Chief Health Inspector Application for Install of Gas Fired Dry Septic Tank Units Prosecution Proceedings Sunshine Magistrate Court Report of Weights & Measures Inspector Prosecution Proceedings Sunshine Magistrates Court Registration of Premises Petrol Station Complaint Municipal Refuse Composting Symposium 9th November 1977 Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works Pollution Report of the By-Laws Officer Fire Hazard Removal Tenders Season Snake Eradication Authorisations for Council Officers Report of the City Engineer Land Use Permit Application Flats 52B Forrest Street Land Use Permit Application Flats Lot 1 Monash Street North West Corner Cornwall Road Land Use Permit Application Stan Cash Sale and Distribution of Floor Coverings, Building's Hardware and Electrical Domestic Appliances and Furniture Corner Halstead Street and Ashley Street Land Use Permit Sky Sign Somerville Road Land Use Permit Application Subdivision and Detached Houses Albanvale Estate Land Use Permit Application Car Sales Yard Lots 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 Rosamond Road Land Use Permit Application Office and Warehouse Complex Fairbairn Road and Land Use Permit Application Subdivision Fairbairn Road Land Use Permit Application Addition to Existing Shopping Plaza Lot 4 St. Albans Road Adjacent to Existing Shopping Plaza Lot 3 Princess Street Land Use Permit Application Subdivision and Detached Houses Furlong Road Land Use Permit Application Addition of Sun Blind 323 Main Road West Land Use Permit Application Stan Cash Furniture and Carpet Sales and Buildings Hardware Corner Halstead Street and Ashley Street Land Use Permit Application Sky Sign Lot 1 Duke Street Land Use Permit Application Extension to Existing Office and Amenities Block Serving Fuel Oil Depot Lot 1 Duke Street Car Parking Hampstead Road near Mitchell Street Damage to Kerb & Channel and Road Payment Andrew Street Financial Assistance Restoration Works Easter Flooding Treasury of Victoria Joint Works Robinsons Road Reconstruction and Maintenance Country Roads Board Funded Project Outdoor Employees Christmas Holidays Break-up 1977 Sixteenth Municipal Superintendents' of Works Conference Statcon Signal Program Intersection of Ashley Street, Sunshine Road & Dempster Street Royal Victorian Institute of the Blind Work Experience Programs Bon Thomas Reserve Development National Safety Council of Australia Senior Management Local Government Authority National Safety Council of Australia Accident Control Course Royal Australian Insitiute Parks and Recreation Vicitorian Division Seminar Turf Wickets Half Cost Footpath and Kerb and Channel Neale Road Half Cost Footpath and Kerb and Channel Northumberland Road Neale Road Construction Tenders Car Parking Willey Street and Rufford Street Part Olny Private Street Scheme (Drainage) Steer Street Group Objection Variations to Contract Fourth Aveneue Furlong Road Estate Stages 1 & 2 Report of the Building Surveyor Uniform Building Regulations Draft Amendment Fency Lot 343 Anley Place Alteration to Grandstand Skinner Reserve Churchill Avenue Braybrook Dempster Park Cricket Pavilion Ainsworth Reserve Child Care Centre / Pavilion Glengala Road Sunshine West Deer Park Pre-School Centre Cash in Lieu Flats Lot 472 Hendry Street Sunshine West Orders of the Day Accounts Submitted for Payment 15th October 1977 & 16th October 1977 Confirmation of Loan with State Insurance Extraordinary Business Financial Assistance for Persons Affected by the Recent S.E.C. 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Notice of Ordinary Meeting of the Council of the City of Sunshine to be held on 13th July 1977 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Financial Statements The Hub Operating Statement, Municipal Tip Operating Statement & Statement of Receipts & Expenditure Rates, Sanitary and Interest Abandonments for 1976/1977 Assistance to Unemployed Young People Protean Holdings Ltd Appeal Against Issue of Permit Land Transfer from the Council to Boral Resources (Vic) Pty Ltd Bon Thomas Reserve Proposed Development Legal Action to Recover Outstanding Account From The council for Soil from the Works at the new Monsanto Factory to More Park Sunshine Baseball Club Request for Extension to Lease Pavilion Dempster Park Use Dempster Park For Tennis Surrender of lease 23C Northumberland Road Swimming Pools Sunshine & Deer Park Payment of Wages by Cheque Course in Financial Management Diamond Reserve Shared Use of Education Department and Council Facilities Steers Street Group Part Private Street Scheme Involving Underground Drainage Only Financial Statement Year Ended 30th September 1976 and Auditor's Report Report of the Co-Ordinator of Welfare Services Welfare Officer Subsides Report of the Chief Health Inspector Report of Weights and Measures Inspector National Conference Health Surveyors Perth October 1977 Ardeer Infant Welfare Centre Dumping of Rubbish Burke Street, Duke Street, Evans Street & Maribyrnong River Riverbank Braybrook Report of the By-Laws Officer By-Laws Officers Course Report of the City Librarian Application for Library Council of Victoria (Public Libraries Division) Special Projects Grant 1977-78 Australian Library Week 16th to 24th September 1977 Report of the City Engineer Land Use Permit Application Flats Chifley Drive Land Use Permit Application Conversion of Existing Petrol Filling Station to Self Service North East Corner of Ballarat Road and Station Road Land Use Permit Application Single Service Premises South West Corner Tinto Close and Allandale Drive Deer Park Land Use Permit Application Consulting Rooms Dental Surgery Lot 173 Fairbairn Road Land Use Permit Application Extension to Existing Place of Worship Sunshine Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Corner Wilkinson Street and Islington Street Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Amendments Land Use Permit Application Display Home and Information Store Lots 69 & 70 Tamar Drive Land Use Permit Application Extension to Existing Factory Lots 56 & 57 Marshall Street Land Use Permit Application Factory Lot 208 Cromer Avenue Land Use Permit Application Addition to School St. John's College 204 Churchill Avenue Braybrook Land Use Permit Application Light Industrial (Bakery) Addition to Existing Shop 133 South Road Braybrook Land Use Permit Application St Bernadette's Primary School & Church Presbytery Addition to Existing Church and School Land Bounded by Suffolk Road, Westmoreland Road, Rufford Street & Willey Street Land Use Permit Application Sale and Distribution of Floor Coverings, Builders Hardware, Electrical Domestic Appliances and Furniture Land Bounded by Halstead Street and Ashley Street Land Use Permit Application Store & Building Materials and Crane Hampton Avenue The Melbourne Bikeway Plan Strata Subdivision 50 Middle Road Strata Subdivision 17 Mayne Street Strata Subdivision 1 Grandview Avenue Strata Subdivision 52A Forrest Street Strata Subdivision 10 Dunlop Street Westerngate North Estate Subdivision Amendment to Sealed Plan Stage 6A Nickson's Estate The Lower Yarra Crossing The Case Against The Toll Western Region Commission Meeting with City of Williamstown Relating to Disposal of Garbage Sunshine Tip Membership of Australian Conservation Foundation Certificate of Completion Glengala Stage 111 Private Street Scheme Inquiry into Goods Movements and Access to Services in the Metropolitan Area of Victoria Quotations Received for Fencing / Fencing Materials Garfield Street Watermain State Emergency Service Provisionof Footpath Dickson Street Flooding Boundary Road / Fairbairn Road Access Road Corio Street to Business Premises Request for Closure of Part of Northumberland Road Between Wiltshire Street and Suffolk Road by Sunshine North Technical School Engineering Vacation Employment University of Melbourne and R.M.I.T. Report of the Building Surveyor Building Office Public Relations Application Outbuilding 29 Verdun Street Maidstone Installation of Underground Tank B.P. Service Station Corner Ballarat Road and Stonemark Street Building Permit Lot 7 Clyde Street Maribyrnong The Hub Repairs Quotation Albion North Pre-School Centre House of Sunshine Repairs Quotation Deer Park Hall Repairs Quotation Ainsworth Reserve Child Care Centre / Pavilion Orders of the Day Proposal to Close A Road Between Marsh Street and Emu Road Maidstone Proposal to Construct The Steers Street Group Part Private Street Scheme Confirmation of Making A By-law In Connection with By-Law No 123 Garbage Receptacles city of sunshine, alexander "alex" george gillon, northumberland road, sunshine north, sunshine swimmng pool, deer park swimming pool, station road, deer park, kennedy street, the hub, sun crescent, sunshine, bon thomas reserve, quinn street, monsanto, footscray west, more park, ardeer, sunshine baseball club, talmage street, dempster park, phoenix street, diamond reserve, albanvale, steers street, burke street, duke street, evans street, maribyrnong river, braybrook, chifley drive, maribyrnong, ballarat road, tinto close, allandale drive, fairbairn road, sunshine west, sunshine congregation of jehovah's witnesses, wilkinson street, islington street, tamar drive, marshall street, st. john's college, churchill avenue, south road, bernadette's primary school, suffolk road, westmoreland road, rufford street, willey street, ashley street, halstead street, hampton avenue, middle road, mayne street, grandview avenue, forrest street, dunlop street, sunshine tip, garfield street, st. albans, dickson street, boundary road, corio street, wiltshire street, sunshine north technical school, verdun street, maidstone, stonemark street, clyde street, albion north pre-school centre, house of sunshine, deer park hall, ainsworth reserve child care centre, vernon street, marsh street, emu road

Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Council held on 13th July 1977 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Financial Statements The Hub Operating Statement, Municipal Tip Operating Statement & Statement of Receipts & Expenditure Rates, Sanitary and Interest Abandonments for 1976/1977 Assistance to Unemployed Young People Protean Holdings Ltd Appeal Against Issue of Permit Land Transfer from the Council to Boral Resources (Vic) Pty Ltd Bon Thomas Reserve Proposed Development Legal Action to Recover Outstanding Account From The council for Soil from the Works at the new Monsanto Factory to More Park Sunshine Baseball Club Request for Extension to Lease Pavilion Dempster Park Use Dempster Park For Tennis Surrender of lease 23C Northumberland Road Swimming Pools Sunshine & Deer Park Payment of Wages by Cheque Course in Financial Management Diamond Reserve Shared Use of Education Department and Council Facilities Steers Street Group Part Private Street Scheme Involving Underground Drainage Only Financial Statement Year Ended 30th September 1976 and Auditor's Report Report of the Co-Ordinator of Welfare Services Welfare Officer Subsides Report of the Chief Health Inspector Report of Weights and Measures Inspector National Conference Health Surveyors Perth October 1977 Ardeer Infant Welfare Centre Dumping of Rubbish Burke Street, Duke Street, Evans Street & Maribyrnong River Riverbank Braybrook Report of the By-Laws Officer By-Laws Officers Course Report of the City Librarian Application for Library Council of Victoria (Public Libraries Division) Special Projects Grant 1977-78 Australian Library Week 16th to 24th September 1977 Report of the City Engineer Land Use Permit Application Flats Chifley Drive Land Use Permit Application Conversion of Existing Petrol Filling Station to Self Service North East Corner of Ballarat Road and Station Road Land Use Permit Application Single Service Premises South West Corner Tinto Close and Allandale Drive Deer Park Land Use Permit Application Consulting Rooms Dental Surgery Lot 173 Fairbairn Road Land Use Permit Application Extension to Existing Place of Worship Sunshine Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Corner Wilkinson Street and Islington Street Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Amendments Land Use Permit Application Display Home and Information Store Lots 69 & 70 Tamar Drive Land Use Permit Application Extension to Existing Factory Lots 56 & 57 Marshall Street Land Use Permit Application Factory Lot 208 Cromer Avenue Land Use Permit Application Addition to School St. John's College 204 Churchill Avenue Braybrook Land Use Permit Application Light Industrial (Bakery) Addition to Existing Shop 133 South Road Braybrook Land Use Permit Application St Bernadette's Primary School & Church Presbytery Addition to Existing Church and School Land Bounded by Suffolk Road, Westmoreland Road, Rufford Street & Willey Street Land Use Permit Application Sale and Distribution of Floor Coverings, Builders Hardware, Electrical Domestic Appliances and Furniture Land Bounded by Halstead Street and Ashley Street Land Use Permit Application Store & Building Materials and Crane Hampton Avenue The Melbourne Bikeway Plan Strata Subdivision 50 Middle Road Strata Subdivision 17 Mayne Street Strata Subdivision 1 Grandview Avenue Strata Subdivision 52A Forrest Street Strata Subdivision 10 Dunlop Street Westerngate North Estate Subdivision Amendment to Sealed Plan Stage 6A Nickson's Estate The Lower Yarra Crossing The Case Against The Toll Western Region Commission Meeting with City of Williamstown Relating to Disposal of Garbage Sunshine Tip Membership of Australian Conservation Foundation Certificate of Completion Glengala Stage 111 Private Street Scheme Inquiry into Goods Movements and Access to Services in the Metropolitan Area of Victoria Quotations Received for Fencing / Fencing Materials Garfield Street Watermain State Emergency Service Provisionof Footpath Dickson Street Flooding Boundary Road / Fairbairn Road Access Road Corio Street to Business Premises Request for Closure of Part of Northumberland Road Between Wiltshire Street and Suffolk Road by Sunshine North Technical School Engineering Vacation Employment University of Melbourne and R.M.I.T. Report of the Building Surveyor Building Office Public Relations Application Outbuilding 29 Verdun Street Maidstone Installation of Underground Tank B.P. Service Station Corner Ballarat Road and Stonemark Street Building Permit Lot 7 Clyde Street Maribyrnong The Hub Repairs Quotation Albion North Pre-School Centre House of Sunshine Repairs Quotation Deer Park Hall Repairs Quotation Ainsworth Reserve Child Care Centre / Pavilion Orders of the Day Proposal to Close A Road Between Marsh Street and Emu Road Maidstone Proposal to Construct The Steers Street Group Part Private Street Scheme Confirmation of Making A By-law In Connection with By-Law No 123 Garbage Receptacles city of sunshine, alexander "alex" george gillon, protean holdings pty ltd, bon thomas reserve, quinn street, deer park, deer park swimming pool, station road, sunshine swimming pool, sunshine baseball club, boral resources, dempster park, phoenix street, sunshine north, sunshine, sunshine north tennis club, diamond avenue, albansvale, steers street, kennedy street, the hub, sun crescent, sunshine tip, monsanto, more park, talmage street, albion, north sunshine tennis club, northumberland road, ardeer infant welfare centre, burke street, duke street, evans street, maribyrnong river, chifley drive, maribyrnong, ballarat road, tinto clos, allandale driv, fairbairn road, wilkinson street, islington street, tamar drive, marshall street, cromer avenue, st. john's college, sunshine congregation of jehovah's witnesse, churchill avenue, braybrook, south road, st bernadette's primary school, suffolk road, westmoreland road, rufford street, willey street, halstead street, ashley street, hampton avenue, middle road, mayne street, grandview avenue, forrest street, dunlop street, garfield street, st. albans, dickson street, boundary road, corio street, wiltshire street, verdun street, maidstone, clyde street, albion north pre-school centre, deer park hal, vernon street, sunshine west, marsh street, emu road, ainsworth reserve child care centre, stonemark street

This container is a pre-Decimal, Imperial Standard Peck, part of a three-piece set of Standard measures used in Victoria from around 1900 to 1940. The measures were made in Melbourne by J. McEwan & Co. These three measures were likely used by the local Melbourne authority that monitored weights and measures in the mid to late 19th century. . An Imperial Bushel was equal to 8 gallons, or 36.36872 litres . An Imperial Peck equals a quarter of a Bushel, or 9.09 litres Standards for weights and measures began in Victoria when the Melbourne Observatory received primary sets of Imperial Standard Weights and Measures from Britain. These were tested against the then British Imperial Standards to measure length, weight and currency. Administrative bodies in the Colony of Australia could then compare their weights and measures against these British Primary Standards and adjust their Measures accordingly, to maintain the Standards. The Weights and Measures Act of 1862 was passed in Victoria, and local inspectors were established throughout the colony. By the 1870s, local councils and shires in Victoria held a set of Standards used to test scales, weights, and measures used by manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers. Every ten years, the councils’ Standards needed to be rechecked against the Victorian Standards. In the 19th Century, the Victorian Customs Department inspected and maintained the Standards. In 1901, the Customs Department was transferred to the Federal Government, but the Weights and Measures authority remained with the Victorian Government and relocated to the Melbourne Observatory. In 1904, the Standard weights and measures, and testing equipment, were installed in the room of a new building erected at the south end of the Great Melbourne Telescope House. The room became known as the Whirling Room, due to its large whirling apparatus that tested air meters. When the Melbourne Observatory closed in 1944, the Weights and Measures Branch was formed to continue maintaining the Standards. On February 14th, 1966, Australia began its conversion to metric measures and currency, and a new set of Standard Measures was introduced; the conversion took place in stages. The Weights and Measures Branch remained at the Observatory site until 1995. James McEwan & Co.: - The maker of this set of Standard Measures was James McEwan. His Melbourne business was established in 1852 and sold retail furniture and wholesale ironmongery. The firm’s warehouses were situated at the intersection of 81-83 Elizabeth and Little Collins Streets. Shortly afterwards, the firm partnered with William Kerr Thomson and Samuel Renwick. When McEwan died in 1868, his partners carried on and expanded the business under his name, J McEwan. The business was expanded to provide a retail shop, counting-house and private offices. Wholesale warehouses adjoined these premises at 4, 6 and 10 Little Collins Street, West. This company provided and sold a large and varied amount of imported goods into the colony; agricultural equipment, building materials, mining items, steam engines, tools of all types and marble fireplaces. The company grew to employ over 150 people in Melbourne and opened offices at 27 Lombard St, London, as well as in New Zealand and Fiji. It also serviced the Mauritius islands and the Pacific area with its steamship, the Suva, and a brig, the Shannon. The set of Imperial Standard Measures is an example of a bronze measure container made specifically for J. McEwan & Co. Today, it helps us to understand how imperial weights and measures were used, and how a standard of measurement for merchants was developed in the Australian colonies based on the Imperial British measurement system. The container has social significance as an item retailed by J McEwan, and used by Victoria’s authorities legally responsible for ensuring that dry goods sold in Victoria by wholesalers and retailers are correct. Imperial Standard Measure: a container to measure the volume of a Peck. It is part of a set of three precision measures - a Peck, a Half Bushel and a Bushel – used by government authorities in Victoria. The cast brass cylinder has straight sides and a flat base, and two handles are attached near the base by two posts on each handle. The wall inside is straight, and outside has grooves and horizontal bands. Inscriptions are engraved on the outside. The Measures were made for the retailer, J. McEwan & Co., London and Melbourne. 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This container is a pre-Decimal, Imperial Standard Bushel, part of a three-piece set of Standard measures used in Victoria from around 1900 to 1940. The measures were made in Melbourne by J. McEwan & Co. These three measures were likely used by the local Melbourne authority that monitored weights and measures in the mid to late 19th century. . An Imperial Bushel was equal to 8 gallons, or 36.36872 litres . An Imperial Peck equals a quarter of a Bushel, or 9.09 litres Standards for weights and measures began in Victoria when the Melbourne Observatory received primary sets of Imperial Standard Weights and Measures from Britain. These were tested against the then British Imperial Standards to measure length, weight and currency. Administrative bodies in the Colony of Australia could then compare their weights and measures against these British Primary Standards and adjust their Measures accordingly, to maintain the Standards. The Weights and Measures Act of 1862 was passed in Victoria, and local inspectors were established throughout the colony. By the 1870s, local councils and shires in Victoria held a set of Standards used to test scales, weights, and measures used by manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers. Every ten years, the councils’ Standards needed to be rechecked against the Victorian Standards. In the 19th Century, the Victorian Customs Department inspected and maintained the Standards. In 1901, the Customs Department was transferred to the Federal Government, but the Weights and Measures authority remained with the Victorian Government and relocated to the Melbourne Observatory. In 1904, the Standard weights and measures, and testing equipment, were installed in the room of a new building erected at the south end of the Great Melbourne Telescope House. The room became known as the Whirling Room, due to its large whirling apparatus that tested air meters. When the Melbourne Observatory closed in 1944, the Weights and Measures Branch was formed to continue maintaining the Standards. On February 14th, 1966, Australia began its conversion to metric measures and currency, and a new set of Standard Measures was introduced; the conversion took place in stages. The Weights and Measures Branch remained at the Observatory site until 1995. James McEwan & Co.: - The maker of this set of Standard Measures was James McEwan. His Melbourne business was established in 1852 and sold retail furniture and wholesale ironmongery. The firm’s warehouses were situated at the intersection of 81-83 Elizabeth and Little Collins Streets. Shortly afterwards, the firm partnered with William Kerr Thomson and Samuel Renwick. When McEwan died in 1868, his partners carried on and expanded the business under his name, J McEwan. The business was expanded to provide a retail shop, counting-house and private offices. Wholesale warehouses adjoined these premises at 4, 6 and 10 Little Collins Street, West. This company provided and sold a large and varied amount of imported goods into the colony; agricultural equipment, building materials, mining items, steam engines, tools of all types and marble fireplaces. The company grew to employ over 150 people in Melbourne and opened offices at 27 Lombard St, London, as well as in New Zealand and Fiji. It also serviced the Mauritius islands and the Pacific area with its steamship, the Suva, and a brig, the ShannonThe set of Imperial Standard Measures is an example of a bronze measure container made specifically for J. McEwan & Co. Today, it helps us to understand how imperial weights and measures were used, and how a standard of measurement for merchants was developed in the Australian colonies based on the Imperial British measurement system. The container has social significance as an item retailed by J McEwan, and used by Victoria’s authorities legally responsible for ensuring that dry goods sold in Victoria by wholesalers and retailers are correct.Imperial Standard Measure: a container to measure the volume of a Busel. It is part of a set of three precision measures - a Peck, a Half Bushel and a Bushel – used by government authorities in Victoria. The cast brass cylinder has straight sides and a flat base, and two handles are attached near the base by two posts on each handle. The wall inside is straight, and outside has grooves and horizontal bands. Inscriptions are engraved on the outside. The Measures were made for the retailer, J. McEwan & Co., London and Melbourne.Engraved on side: "IMPERIAL STANDARD BUSHEL. / VICTORIA ./ J. MCEWAN & CO. 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The beginning of standardised weights and measures began In Victoria when the Melbourne Observatory received sets of standard weights and measures, which had been tested in Britain against the then British Imperial standards. These included the primary standard yard and pound for the Colony of Victoria. Other standards of weights and measure held by shires and the administrative body's within the colony could then be compared to these primary standards. A Weights and Measures Act was passed in Victoria in 1862, establishing local inspectors throughout the colony. By the 1870s each local council and shire in Victoria held a set of standards that were used to test scales, weights and dry measures used by wholesalers, factories and shops. Every ten years the councils’ standards would themselves need to be rechecked against the Victorian Standards. The checking was done by the Victorian Customs Department in the 19th century, but with the transfer of responsibility for customs to the Federal Government in 1901, weights and measures function was retained by the Victorian Government and was shifted to the Melbourne Observatory. In 1904, a new building was erected at the south end of the Great Melbourne Telescope House, where the standard weights and measures and testing equipment was installed. This room had a large whirling apparatus for testing air meters and became known as the Whirling Room. When the Melbourne Observatory closed in 1944, the Weights and Measures Branch was formed to continue and this branch remained at the Observatory site unit until 1995.An example of a brass measuring jug made specifically to maintain government standard liquid measurements that were sold to the public. The probability is that this artefact was made sometime between George V reign (1910-1936) and gives us today a snapshot of how imperial weights and measures were checked by Government departments prior to decimalisation and how a standard for the various types of measurement was developed in Australian based on the Imperial British measurement system. The container has social significance as an item used in Victoria as a legal standard measure to ensure that goods sold in Victoria were correct. Jug brass haystack form with a deep lip and pouring spout, small neck and broad base. It displays a curved pistol handle. Inscription at base of handle top of jug stamped 61 GVR SM. These marks signify that the measure complied with the Victorian Government capacity liquid standard measurement. Item made during the reign of George V (1910-1936 (GVR).Other marks indicate model number (61) & SM possible could be either small measure, the maker, or Standards Melbourne.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village

The beginning of standardised weights and measures began In Victoria when the Melbourne Observatory received sets of standard weights and measures, which had been tested in Britain against the then British Imperial standards. These included the primary standard yard and pound for the Colony of Victoria. Other standards of weights and measure held by shires and the administrative body's within the colony could then be compared to these primary standards. A Weights and Measures Act was passed in Victoria in 1862, establishing local inspectors throughout the colony. By the 1870s each local council and shire in Victoria held a set of standards that were used to test scales, weights and dry measures used by wholesalers, factories and shops. Every ten years the councils’ standards would themselves need to be rechecked against the Victorian Standards. The checking was done by the Victorian Customs Department in the 19th century, but with the transfer of responsibility for customs to the Federal Government in 1901, weights and measures function was retained by the Victorian Government and was shifted to the Melbourne Observatory. In 1904, a new building was erected at the south end of the Great Melbourne Telescope House, where the standard weights and measures and testing equipment was installed. This room had a large whirling apparatus for testing air meters and became known as the Whirling Room. When the Melbourne Observatory closed in 1944, the Weights and Measures Branch was formed to continue and this branch remained at the Observatory site unit until 1995.An example of a galvanised measuring jug made specifically to maintain government standard liquid measurements that were sold to the public. The probability is that this artifact was made around the first quarter of the 20th century and gives us today a snapshot of how imperial weights and measures were used before decimalisation and how a standard of measurement for merchants was developed in Australian based on the Imperial British measurement system. The container has social significance as an item used in Victoria as a legal standard measure to ensure that goods sold in Victoria were correct given the item is galvanised it was probability used for kerosene or petrol etc not for liquids used for human consumption. Jug conical shaped with rounded top coming to a very slight point wide handle at back. VIB.L.66 1/2 Gall capacity unsure of the markings 66 could mean the model number capacity is 1/2 an imperial gallon VIB.L markings not known possibly a company or Victorian Department that the jug was made for and no longer active.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village

The beginning of standardised weights and measures began In Victoria when the Melbourne Observatory received sets of standard weights and measures, which had been tested in Britain against the then British Imperial standards. These included the primary standard yard and pound for the Colony of Victoria. Other standards of weights and measure held by shires and the administrative body's within the colony could then be compared to these primary standards. A Weights and Measures Act was passed in Victoria in 1862, establishing local inspectors throughout the colony. By the 1870s each local council and shire in Victoria held a set of standards that were used to test scales, weights and dry measures used by wholesalers, factories and shops. Every ten years the councils’ standards would themselves need to be rechecked against the Victorian Standards. The checking was done by the Victorian Customs Department in the 19th century, but with the transfer of responsibility for customs to the Federal Government in 1901, weights and measures function was retained by the Victorian Government and was shifted to the Melbourne Observatory. In 1904, a new building was erected at the south end of the Great Melbourne Telescope House, where the standard weights and measures and testing equipment was installed. This room had a large whirling apparatus for testing air meters and became known as the Whirling Room. When the Melbourne Observatory closed in 1944, the Weights and Measures Branch was formed to continue and this branch remained at the Observatory site unit until 1995. An example of a galvanised measuring jug made specifically to maintain government standard liquid measurements that were sold to the public. The probability is that this artifact was made around the first quarter of the 20th century and gives us today a snapshot of how imperial weights and measures were used before decimalisation and how a standard of measurement for merchants was developed in Australian based on the Imperial British measurement system. The container has social significance as an item used in Victoria as a legal standard measure to ensure that goods sold in Victoria were correct given the item is galvanised it was probability used for kerosene or petrol etc not for liquids used for human consumption. Galvanised Iron jug with rounded top, Inscription on handle at back. 2 gallon GV.35flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village

The beginning of standardised weights and measures began In Victoria when the Melbourne Observatory received sets of standard weights and measures, which had been tested in Britain against the then British Imperial standards. These included the primary standard yard and pound for the Colony of Victoria. Other standards of weights and measure held by shires and the administrative body's within the colony could then be compared to these primary standards. A Weights and Measures Act was passed in Victoria in 1862, establishing local inspectors throughout the colony. By the 1870s each local council and shire in Victoria held a set of standards that were used to test scales, weights and dry measures used by wholesalers, factories and shops. Every ten years the councils’ standards would themselves need to be rechecked against the Victorian Standards. The checking was done by the Victorian Customs Department in the 19th century, but with the transfer of responsibility for customs to the Federal Government in 1901, weights and measures function was retained by the Victorian Government and was shifted to the Melbourne Observatory. In 1904, a new building was erected at the south end of the Great Melbourne Telescope House, where the standard weights and measures and testing equipment was installed. This room had a large whirling apparatus for testing air meters and became known as the Whirling Room. When the Melbourne Observatory closed in 1944, the Weights and Measures Branch was formed to continue and this branch remained at the Observatory site unit until 1995.An example of a galvanised measuring jug made specifically to maintain government standard liquid measurements that were sold to the public. The probability is that this artifact was made around the first quarter of the 20th century and gives us today a snapshot of how imperial weights and measures were used before decimalisation and how a standard of measurement for merchants was developed in Australian based on the Imperial British measurement system. The container has social significance as an item used in Victoria as a legal standard measure to ensure that goods sold in Victoria were correct given the item is galvanised it was probability used for kerosene or petrol etc not for liquids used for human consumption. Jug galvanised conical shaped with rounded top, handle at back. 3 gallon GV.27flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village

This book was specially compiled and prepared for the convenient use of mine officials, mining engineers, and students preparing themselves for certificates of competency as mine inspectors or mine foremen.Dark, hard covered book. Contents include arithmetic, weights and measures, Cylinders, Geometry, Mensuration, Surveying, strength and Weight of Materials, wire ropes, chains, Colliery management, precious metals, ventilation, hydrostatics, hydraulics, mine railways, Friction of mine cars, colliery machinery, steam raising, rules for engine drivers, faults, electricity, glossary of Mining terms.mining, coal, metal, colliery, definitions, brook, advertisements

This Sikes brass hydrometer was manufactured by the optical and scientific instrument makers Kasner & Moss of 17 Collins Street West, Melbourne, in the latter part of the nineteenth century. The firm adverted hydrometers, as well as optical instruments, as early as August 13th, 1864, in The Age, Melbourne. This hydrometer set was donated to Flagstaff Hill in 1979 by local wine and spirits merchants Lynch Bros of Fairy Street, Warrnambool. Giffen Russell had established the business in 1878, and Harry Lynch took it over in the 1930s, and after he passed away in 1953 Kevin Matthew Lynch became proprietor of K M Lynch Food and Liquor. The business closed in the 2010s. The hydrometer may date back to the establishment of the business in 1878, as Kasner & Moss were selling hydrometers in Melbourne from 1864. Hydrometers were used to measure the density, or relative density, of liquids from the late 1600s. In 1816 Bartholomew Sikes won the competition for the most useful accurate hydrometer. Hydrometers were commonly used by distillers, vintners, and brewers to establish accurate measures of alcohol concentration in their beverages. Following this manufacturing process, government inspectors and excise officers used them to check that the labelled indications of alcohol-proof were correct and that the right amounts of duty were being paid. This hydrometer and its fitted and hinged wooden container show signs of heavy and protracted use in a working environment. Although the instrument has some parts missing and has been recently repaired, the original quality of the inlaid box and the fine engraving on the instrument and the attachable weights, are indications of the hydrometer’s very real value when new. This Sikes hydrometer, bearing the maker's mark of “Kasner & Moss Melbourne” and the registered number “20373”, was presented to the purchasing public as a precision-made instrument designed for professional use. The Sikes hydrometer is of local significance because of its implied association with the alcohol trade in the southwest region of Victoria. It was donated by a family member of Lynch Bros, a local licensed outlet for wines and spirits in the period before the general relaxation of liquor licensing laws in the State of Victoria. It may have belonged to Griffin Russell who established the liquor store in 1878.Hydrometer; original Sikes brass hydrometer in a polished wooden case with an inlaid plaque on the lid. The brass float is a sphere with a thin flat upper stem and a short, lower stem with a bulb-shaped end. The upper stem is engraved scale on both sides with the numbers 1 to 10, and five divisions between each number. There are ten fixed pegs in the base to secure the thick brass horseshoe-shaped, numbered, various-sized weights (20, 30, 40, 80, 90); the free pegs would have originally stored another five weights (10, 50, 60, 70, and 100). The empty compartment in the box suggests another part in the initial set, probably a thermometer. The fitted, fabric-lined box has two brass closures and two brass hinges. The scientific instrument shows signs of heavy use and repairs. The Serial Number on the float matches the Serial Numbers on the weights. The plaque on the lid, the float and the weights have inscriptions. Made by Kasner & Moss, Melbourne. Plaque: “SIKES HYDROMETER / KASNER & MOSS / MELBOURNE” On float's lower stem: “SIKES 20373” On one thin edge of the float's scale, engraved in script “Kasner & Moss” and stamped “MELBOURNE”, and symbol“P” rotated 90 degrees. On the opposite thin edge of the float: “N20.373”, “SIKES”, “I P % II O” (in ornate capitals). Each weight has s unique number, and the same serial number “20373”.flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, sikes hydrometer, scientific instrument, pressure measurement, measuring instrument, ullage tool, customs, excise duty, tax, alcohol content, proof, calibrate, standard weights and measures, tariff, kasner & moss, scientific instrument makers, specific gravity, liquid density, alcohol testing, technology, alcohol measurement, proof spirit, wine and spirits merchants, local business, brass measuring instrument, k m lynch, giffen russell, harry lynch

This Sike’s Hydrometer was donated by the Port Fairy Customs Office as it was no longer required by them due to a change in the law. The hydrometer was part of a system for Ullaging or calculating the amount of liquid remaining in a container of liquor such as a barrel, and the amount of alcoholic content in the contents. It can also measure the free space or head space remaining. Hydrometers were used to measure the density, or relative density, of liquids from the late 1600s. In 1816 Bartholomew Sikes won the competition for the most useful accurate hydrometer. Hydrometers were commonly used by distillers, vintners, and brewers to establish accurate measures of alcohol concentration in their beverages. Following this manufacturing process, government inspectors and excise officers used them to check that the labelled indications of alcohol-proof were correct and that the right amounts of duty were being paid.The Sikes hydrometer is of local significance because of its association with the Government's Customs Office in Port Fairy, in the southwest region of Victoria. It is also associated with Bartholomew Sikes, whose design of a hydrometer was chosen in 1816 as being the most useful and accurate hydrometer. The hydrometer has evolved into the digital version available today to measure density of liquids.Sikes Hydrometer and thermometer in a fitted wooden case with crimson lining inside the lid and dark lining in the base. The case has ten vertical pegs to secure the weights. The brass hydrometer has a spherical float and eight thick brass horseshoe-shaped weights. The serial number is on each section of the float and all weights. Both sides of the float’s upper flat stem have a scale from 0-10, with five divisions between each number. The eight weights are numbered from 20 – 90 in increments of 10. The set includes a mercury thermometer mounted on an ivory back plate labelled with Fahrenheit and Centigrade Scales. The Sikes hydrometer set was made by Loftus of London. The hydrometer model is IID 510, Serial Number is 14674, calibrated by Longs, London. All parts of the float and eight weights are inscribed with Serial Number “14674” The float stem is stamped "SIKE'S IID 51o” Calibrator, "LONG LITTLE TOWER ST LONDON" The weights are numbered individually ”20”, “30”, “40”, “50”, “60”, “70”, “80” or “90” Each weight in inscribed; symbol “(J L) [inside an ova, with textured background]” The thermometer inscribed: “LOFTUS OF LONDON”flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, measuring instruments, customs tax, weighing instrument, sike’s hydrometer, calibrator long of london, loftus of london instrument maker, loftus, j long, sikes hydrometer, scientific instrument, pressure measurement, measuring instrument, ullage tool, customs, excise duty, tax, alcohol content, proof, calibrate, standard weights and measures, tariff, scientific instrument makers, specific gravity, liquid density, alcohol testing, technology, alcohol measurement, proof spirit, wine and spirits merchants, local business, brass measuring instrument, port fairy, customs office, port fairy customs, joseph long, instrument maker

Ballarat was created a municipality on 17 December 1855, declared a Borough on October 1863, Proclaimed a City on 09 September 1970.Green covered bookcity of ballarat, mayor's report, annual report, jack chisholm, city of ballarat coat of arms, arms of ballarat, john a. chisholm, arthur nicholson, alan pittard, gordon scott, arthur mason, frederick oliver, oscar curnow, frank woodward, william roff, francis cutts, nathaniel callow, kenneth webb, mrs john a. chisholm, queen mother, raaf school of radio, city engineer's department, public health report, finance, mr k. h. mitchell, mr f. j. rogers, building surveyor's department, mr j. b. menhennet, mr r. g. campbell, city health inspector, mr. r. g. biggs, weights and measures inspector, mr. w. mccormack, libraries, mr r. a. mccallum, streets, parks and gardens, water supply and sewerage, ballaarat's voluntary community committees, service clubs, city traffic, mr. j. h. sorrell, sturt street gardens, ballarat base hospital, st john of god hospital, queen elizabeth centre, black hill, black hill reclaimation, ballarat benenevolent asylum

This container is a pre-Decimal, Imperial Standard Half Bushel, part of a three-piece set of Standard measures used in Victoria from around 1900 to 1940. The measures were made in Melbourne by J. McEwan & Co. These three measures were likely used by the local Melbourne authority that monitored weights and measures in the mid to late 19th century. . An Imperial Bushel was equal to 8 gallons, or 36.36872 litres . An Imperial Peck equals a quarter of a Bushel, or 9.09 litres Standards for weights and measures began in Victoria when the Melbourne Observatory received primary sets of Imperial Standard Weights and Measures from Britain. These were tested against the then British Imperial Standards to measure length, weight and currency. Administrative bodies in the Colony of Australia could then compare their weights and measures against these British Primary Standards and adjust their Measures accordingly, to maintain the Standards. The Weights and Measures Act of 1862 was passed in Victoria, and local inspectors were established throughout the colony. By the 1870s, local councils and shires in Victoria held a set of Standards used to test scales, weights, and measures used by manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers. Every ten years, the councils’ Standards needed to be rechecked against the Victorian Standards. In the 19th Century, the Victorian Customs Department inspected and maintained the Standards. In 1901, the Customs Department was transferred to the Federal Government, but the Weights and Measures authority remained with the Victorian Government and relocated to the Melbourne Observatory. In 1904, the Standard weights and measures, and testing equipment, were installed in the room of a new building erected at the south end of the Great Melbourne Telescope House. The room became known as the Whirling Room, due to its large whirling apparatus that tested air meters. When the Melbourne Observatory closed in 1944, the Weights and Measures Branch was formed to continue maintaining the Standards. On February 14th, 1966, Australia began its conversion to metric measures and currency, and a new set of Standard Measures was introduced; the conversion took place in stages. The Weights and Measures Branch remained at the Observatory site until 1995. James McEwan & Co.: - The maker of this set of Standard Measures was James McEwan. His Melbourne business was established in 1852 and sold retail furniture and wholesale ironmongery. The firm’s warehouses were situated at the intersection of 81-83 Elizabeth and Little Collins Streets. Shortly afterwards, the firm partnered with William Kerr Thomson and Samuel Renwick. When McEwan died in 1868, his partners carried on and expanded the business under his name, J McEwan. The business was expanded to provide a retail shop, counting-house and private offices. Wholesale warehouses adjoined these premises at 4, 6 and 10 Little Collins Street, West. This company provided and sold a large and varied amount of imported goods into the colony; agricultural equipment, building materials, mining items, steam engines, tools of all types and marble fireplaces. The company grew to employ over 150 people in Melbourne and opened offices at 27 Lombard St, London, as well as in New Zealand and Fiji. It also serviced the Mauritius islands and the Pacific area with its steamship, the Suva, and a brig, the Shannon.The set of Imperial Standard Measures is an example of a bronze measure container made specifically for J. McEwan & Co. Today, it helps us to understand how imperial weights and measures were used, and how a standard of measurement for merchants was developed in the Australian colonies based on the Imperial British measurement system. The container has social significance as an item retailed by J McEwan, and used by Victoria’s authorities legally responsible for ensuring that dry goods sold in Victoria by wholesalers and retailers are correct.Imperial Standard Measure: a container to measure the volume of a Half Bushel. It is part of a set of three precision measures - a Peck, a Half Bushel and a Bushel – used by government authorities in Victoria. The cast brass cylinder has straight sides and a flat base, and two handles are attached near the base by two posts on each handle. The wall inside is straight, and outside has grooves and horizontal bands. Inscriptions are engraved on the outside. The Measures were made for the retailer, J. McEwan & Co., London and Melbourne. Engraved test: "IMPERIAL STANDARD HALF BUSHEL. / VICTORIA / J. MCEWAN & O. LONDON AND MELBOURNE."flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, weights and measurements, science, james mcewan & co., precision instrument, technology, melbourne observatory, british imperial standards, standard weights & measures, volume measure, dry measure, customs, commerce, victorian standard measure, pre-decimal measure, imperial standard, imperial half bushel, bronze container, brass container, cast container

The beginning of standardised weights and measures began In Victoria when the Melbourne Observatory received sets of standard weights and measures, which had been tested in Britain against the then British Imperial standards. These included the primary standard yard and pound for the Colony of Victoria. Other standards of weights and measure held by shires and the administrative body's within the colony could then be compared to these primary standards. A Weights and Measures Act was passed in Victoria in 1862, establishing local inspectors throughout the colony. By the 1870s each local council and shire in Victoria held a set of standards that were used to test scales, weights and dry measures used by wholesalers, factories and shops. Every ten years the councils’ standards would themselves need to be rechecked against the Victorian Standards. The checking was done by the Victorian Customs Department in the 19th century, but with the transfer of responsibility for customs to the Federal Government in 1901, weights and measures function was retained by the Victorian Government and was shifted to the Melbourne Observatory. In 1904, a new building was erected at the south end of the Great Melbourne Telescope House, where the standard weights and measures and testing equipment was installed. This room had a large whirling apparatus for testing air meters and became known as the Whirling Room. When the Melbourne Observatory closed in 1944, the Weights and Measures Branch was formed to continue and this branch remained at the Observatory site unit until 1995.An example of a galvanised measuring jug made specifically to maintain government standard liquid measurements that were sold to the public. The probability is that this artifact was made around the first quarter of the 20th century and gives us today a snapshot of how imperial weights and measures were used before decimalisation and how a standard of measurement for merchants was developed in Australian based on the Imperial British measurement system. The container has social significance as an item used in Victoria as a legal standard measure to ensure that goods sold in Victoria were correct. Jug conical shaped with rounded top coming to a very slight point wide handle at back. VIB.L.66 1/2 Gall capacityflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village

Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Council Held on 3rd October 1978 Reports on the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Victorian Beer Alcoholic Content Proposal for Reduction Land Transfer Adjacent to Deer Park Hotel Medway Golf Club Payment in Lieu of Rates Diamond Avenue Infant Welfare Centre Non-Availability of Subsidy Untied Grants Proposed Library Highpoint West Shopping Centre Land Transfer Discontinued Right of Way Rear of Railway Parade Deer Park Supplementary Valuations Community Youth Support Scheme Report of the Chief Health Inspector Nuisance Condition at 403 Ballarat Road Sunshine Removal of Dwelling Outside the Municipality Health Act Registrations Monsanto Application for Approval to Install Septic Tank Recirculating Sand Filter System at the Stansfield Steel Project Fairbairn Road Sunshine West Health (Tent) Regulations 1978 Draft Rubbish In and Around Flats Quarry Hole Commonwealth Land J.L. MacTaggart (Australia) Pty Ltd Noise By-Law Application for Transfer of Proprietorship of Premises Under the Health Act Infectious Diseases Sewerage Overflow 2 Bruce Street Albion Smoking in Public Buildings Immunisation Sunshine North Institute of Weights & Measures Annual National Conference Report of the Chief By-Laws Officer Court Proceedings Parking and Traffic Infringements Prohibited Parking Links Street Prohibited Parking Princess Street Area Prohibited Parking Gould Street Report of the City Librarian Bookmobile sites Municipal library Subsidy 1978/79 Bookmobile Seminar Children's Literature seconds National Seminar September 1st to 5th 1978 Report of the Municipal Recreation Officer Municipal Recreation Service Gound Allocations School Summer Season Holiday Programmes September 1978 Report of the City Engineer Proposed Children's Reception Centre for Erection in the City of Sunshine Planning Permit Application Illuminated Sign Churchill Avenue Planning Permit Application Grazing of Horses Furlong Road Planning Permit Application Offices Main Road West Planning Permit Application Extension to Exising Car Sales Yard Rosamond Road Planning Permit Application Corner of Neale Road and Station Road Deer Park Proposed Amendment No 81 to the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Proposed Widening of Station Road Planning Permit Application Motor Repair Station Wright Street Planning Permit Application Sky Sign Hampshire Road Planning Permit Application Extension to Existing Warehouse McIntyre Road Planning Permit Application Consulting Rooms, Pharmacy, Service Premises and Caretaker's Dwelling Corner of Tamar Drive and Billingham Road Planning Permit Application Horse Grazing Judge Street & Norman Street Planning Permit Application Signs Geelong Road Planning Permit Application Factory Extension Carrington Drive Planning Permit Application Sky Sign Ballarat Road Sunshine Planning Permit Application Factory and Office Gee Street Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Drive in Bottle Shop and Extensions to St. Albans Hotel McKechnie Street Planning Permit Application Sky Sign & Fascia Signs Ballarat Road Sunshine Planning Permit Application Store Addition to Existing Office Geelong Road Plan of Subdivision Boral Resources Ballarat Road & Hulett Street Plan of Subdivision R.D.C. Projects Evergreen Avenue and Pineneedle Court Plan of Subdivision McPhersons Mitchell Street Plan of Subdivision Navigator Street Consolidation of Title Marshall Street Consolidation of Title Kevin Dennis Motors Ballarat Road and Annersley Street Consolidation of Title Lots 37 & 38 Balfour Avenue Contract Playground Equipment Various Reserves Contract Reconstruction of Sydney Street Contract Gooding Street 40 Hour Week Victorian Sewerage and Drainage Contractors' Group Declaration of Sewered Properties General Notice Sewerage Facilities M.M.B.W. Allocation of Funds 1978/79 Joint Works Unclassified Roads Telecom Australia Modernisation of Public Telephones St. Albans Area Ashley Street / South Road Proposed Traffic Lights Maribyrnong River Flood Plan Acting Commissioner of Police Sewerage Facilities St. Albans (Albanvale) Warrs Road Northern Section Private Street Scheme Use of C.R.B. land McIntyre Road for Recreation Purposes Garaging of Meals on Wheels Vehicles at Maidstone Hall Thomson Street Maidstone Relocation of Steel Framed Steel Clad Sheds to Errington Reserve and Robert Bruce Reserve Rosamond Bowling Club Report of the Building Surveyor Building Over Easement 135 Devonshire Road Sunshine Building Over Easement 10 Sproul Street Sunshine North Building Over Easement Lot 552 Oakwood Road St. Albans Building Over Easement 6 Haven Close Sunshine West Building Over Easement 75 Norwood Street Albion Building Over Easement182 Wright Street Sunshine West Building Over Easement 176 McIntyre Road Sunshine North Installation of Underground Tanks Corner Raleigh Road and Navigator Street Maribyrnong Ruinous and Dangerous Building Lots 6 & 7 Furlong Road Sunshine North Orders of the Day Accounts for Payment as at 15th September 1978, 26th September 1978 Extraordinary Business Report of the City Engineer Planning Permit Application Medical Consulting Rooms Clarke Street Sunshine Planning Permit Application Take away Food Premises Cafe Amusement Parlour Highpoint City Rosamond Road city of sunshine, alexander "alex" george gillon, deer park hotel, ballarat road, deer park, medway golf club, omar street, maidstone, diamond avenue infant welfare centre, diamond avenue, albanvale, highpoint west shopping centre, rosamond road, maribyrnong, railway parade, sunshine, monsanto, somerville road, footscray west, fairbairn road, sunshine west, j.l. mactaggart (australia) pty ltd, bruce street, albion, links street, princess street, st. albans, gould street, churchill avenue, braybrook, main road west, furlong road, sunshine north, neale road, station road, wright street, hampshire road, mcintyre road, tamar drive, billingham road, judge street, norman street, geelong road, brooklyn, carrington drive, gee street, st. albans hotel, mckechnie street, hulett street, pineneedle court, mitchell street, navigator street, marshall street, kevin dennis motors, annersley street, balfour avenue, sydney street, gooding street, ashley street, south road, maribyrnong river, warrs road, maidstone hall, thomson street, errington reserve, robert bruce reserve, rosamond bowling club, main road east, devonshire road, sproul street, oakwood road, haven close, norwood street, raleigh road, clarke street, highpoint city

Notice of the Ordinary Meeting of the City of Sunshine 17th October 1978 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Lease G.U.D. Premises Maribyrnong Funding Recreational Projects Inquiry into Role of Local Government Home Help Subsidies Municipal Boundaries Between Keilor and Sunshine Creation of Reserve Fund Report of the Co-Ordinator of Welfare Services Early Childhood Development Programme Report of the Chief Health Inspector Health Act Registrations Applications for Transfer of Proprietorship of Premises under the Health Act B.C.G. Campaign Sunshine Municipality Mantoux Test for Active Tuberculosis J.L. Mactaggart (Victoria) Pty Ltd Establishment of Rendering Plant Report of Inspector of Weights & Measures Report of the Medical Officer of Health Report of Chief By-Laws Officer Parking Restrictions Fairbairn Road and Tallintyre Road Report of the City Librarian Library Week Report of the Municipal Recreation Officer Tallintyre Reserve Football Ground Sunshine Heights Football Club and West United Football Club Summer Grounds Rental Costs Sporting Season 1978/79 Swimming Pool Management Plan Report of the City Engineer Retail Network Planning Strategy Town Planning General Proposed Shopping Centre Taylors Road City of Keilor Newmarket Saleyards and Special Use Zone 7 Planning Permit Application Sky Sign 193 Hampshire Road Sunshine Amendment 70 Part 4B to the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Planning Permit Application Advertising Bunting North East Corner Mitchell Street and Ashley Street Planning Permit Application Consulting Rooms Lot 7 Devonshire Road North West Corner Gertrude Street Planning Permit Application Service Premise and Caretaker's Dwelling Lot 1 Ballarat Road Sunshine Rezoning Land Occupied by the Sunshine Swimming Pool Kennedy Street and Service Street Proposed Children's Service Centre Andrea Street St. Albans Plan of Subdivision Disraeli Street and Buchanan Street Plan of Subdivision Justin Road South East Side Consolidation of Title Ormond Road Contract Kerb & Channel Berkshire Road Location and Construction of Outer Ring Road and F12 Bon Thomas Reserve Development Boring Operation M.M.B.W. Sewerage Mapledene Court and Dinnell Street Sunshine West Street Lighting Cost Sharing Western Highway (Ballarat Road) between Hampshire Road and Anderson Road Sunshine View Estate Stage 2 Partial Private Street Scheme Hampshire Road and Wright Street Traffic Signals Finalisation of Fourth Avenue Group Private Street Scheme Provision of Sewerage Facilities Tallintyre Road Report of the Building Surveyor Building Over Easement 204 Wright Street Sunshine West Building Over Easement 2 Mia Court Sunshine Building Over Easement 745 Ballarat Road Deer Park Siting of Building 58 Birchwood Boulevard Deer Park Siting of Building Lot 42 Phyliss Parade Deer Park Ruinous and Dangerous Building 28 & 30 Ridley Street Sunshine Ruinous and Dangerous Building 41 Wright Street Sunshine city of sunshine, alexander "alex" george gillon, g.u.d., burton crescent, maribyrnong, fairbairn road, tallintyre road, sunshine west, tallintyre reserve, kermeen street, sunshine heights football club, west united football club, taylors road, st. albans, newmarket saleyards, hampshire road, sunshine, mitchell street, ashley street, maidstone, devonshire road, gertrude street, ballarat road, sunshine swimming pool, kennedy street, service street, andrea street, disraeli street, buchanan street, justin road, tottenham, ormond road, berkshire road, sunshine north, bon thomas reserve, quinn street, deer park, mapledene court, dinnell street, western highway, anderson road, wright street, fourth avenue, mia court, birchwood boulevard, phyliss parade, ridley street, albion

Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Council held on 17th October 1978 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Lease G.U.D. Premises Maribyrnong Funding Recreational Projects Inquiry into Role of Local Government Home Help Subsidies Municipal Boundaries Between Keilor and Sunshine Creation of Reserve Fund Report of the Co-Ordinator of Welfare Services Early Childhood Development Programme Report of the Chief Health Inspector Health Act Registrations Applications for Transfer of Proprietorship of Premises under the Health Act B.C.G. Campaign Sunshine Municipality Mantoux Test for Active Tuberculosis J.L. Mactaggart (Victoria) Pty Ltd Establishment of Rendering Plant Report of Inspector of Weights & Measures Report of the Medical Officer of Health Report of Chief By-Laws Officer Parking Restrictions Fairbairn Road and Tallintyre Road Report of the City Librarian Library Week Report of the Municipal Recreation Officer Tallintyre Reserve Football Ground Sunshine Heights Football Club and West United Football Club Summer Grounds Rental Costs Sporting Season 1978/79 Swimming Pool Management Plan Report of the City Engineer Retail Network Planning Strategy Town Planning General Proposed Shopping Centre Taylors Road City of Keilor Newmarket Saleyards and Special Use Zone 7 Planning Permit Application Sky Sign 193 Hampshire Road Sunshine Amendment 70 Part 4B to the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Planning Permit Application Advertising Bunting North East Corner Mitchell Street and Ashley Street Planning Permit Application Consulting Rooms Lot 7 Devonshire Road North West Corner Gertrude Street Planning Permit Application Service Premise and Caretaker's Dwelling Lot 1 Ballarat Road Sunshine Rezoning Land Occupied by the Sunshine Swimming Pool Kennedy Street and Service Street Proposed Children's Service Centre Andrea Street St. Albans Plan of Subdivision Disraeli Street and Buchanan Street Plan of Subdivision Justin Road South East Side Consolidation of Title Ormond Road Contract Kerb & Channel Berkshire Road Location and Construction of Outer Ring Road and F12 Bon Thomas Reserve Development Boring Operation M.M.B.W. Sewerage Mapledene Court and Dinnell Street Sunshine West Street Lighting Cost Sharing Western Highway (Ballarat Road) between Hampshire Road and Anderson Road Sunshine View Estate Stage 2 Partial Private Street Scheme Hampshire Road and Wright Street Traffic Signals Finalisation of Fourth Avenue Group Private Street Scheme Provision of Sewerage Facilities Tallintyre Road Report of the Building Surveyor Building Over Easement 204 Wright Street Sunshine West Building Over Easement 2 Mia Court Sunshine Building Over Easement 745 Ballarat Road Deer Park Siting of Building 58 Birchwood Boulevard Deer Park Siting of Building Lot 42 Phyliss Parade Deer Park Ruinous and Dangerous Building 28 & 30 Ridley Street Sunshine Ruinous and Dangerous Building 41 Wright Street Sunshine Report of Committee Meetings Finance Committee Plant Purchase Out of Replacement Account Agenda and Forward Planning Committee Proposal to Construct Warrs Road (Northern Section) Under the Provisions of Division 10 of Part XIX of the Local Government Act 1958 Extraordinary Business Planning Permit Application Take Away Food Premises Cafe Amusement Parlour Highpoint City 200 Rosamond Road city of sunshine, alexander "alex" george gillon, g.u.d., burton crescent, maribyrnong, tallintyre reserve, sunshine heights football club, west united football club, kermeen street, sunshine west, taylors road, st. albans, hampshire road, sunshine, mitchell street, ashley street, maidstone, devonshire road, gertrude street, ballarat road, sunshine swimming pool, kennedy street, service street, andrea street, disraeli street, buchanan street, justin road, tottenham, ormond road, berkshire road, bon thomas reserve, quinn street, deer park, mapledene court, dinnell street, western highway, anderson road, wright street, fourth avenue, tallintyre road, mia court, birchwood boulevard, phyliss parade, ridley street, albion, warrs road, highpoint city, rosamond road

Notice of Ordinary Meeting of the Council 11th July 1978 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Local Government Finance Commonwealth Funds Land Transfer Discontinued Road Between Verdun Street and Mitchell Street Drain Construction Agreement Plantation Street and The Esplanade Maribyrnong 2 - 4 Burton Crescent Report of the Co-Ordinator of Welfare Services Community Youth Support Scheme Early Childhood Development Complex Accommodation For Adolescents Child Care Centres 45 Warmington Road and 56 Tallintyre Road Sunshine West Multipipe Sclerosis Society of Victoria Report International Year of the Child Report of the Acting Chief Health Inspector Health Act Registration Applications for Transfer of Proprietorship of Premise Under the Health Act Council Own Properties Duke Street North End of Butler Street and on the Bank of the Maribyrnong River Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works Land on Maribyrnong River below D. F. Thompson Reserve Maribyrnong Immunisation Basic Microbiology for Health Services Course Health, Hygiene and History Course Poliomyelitis Immunisation Amusement Parlours Sanitary Closets Municipal Saleyards Association Report of Inspector of Weights & Measures Report of the Medical Officer Report of the Chief By-Laws Officer Court Proceedings Parking Infringements Extension of Limited Parking George Street Report of the Municipal Recreation Officer Future of The Hub and the Indoor Heated Swimming Pool Use of the Marching Girls' Hall Kinder Smith Reserve Lily Street Braybrook by Sunshine East Primary School Holiday Programme Report May Holidays 1978 Report of the City Engineer Town planning Compensation The Gobbo Report Lower Maribyrnong River Draft Action Statement Planning Permit Application Extension to Secondary School Marian College Lots 590 & 591 Glengala Road Planning Permit Application Office & Advertising Sign Shop 1B Princess Street St. Albans Planning Permit Application Flats 52B Forrest Street Town Planning Appeal Planning Permit Application Cafe Lot 4 Glengala Road Sunshine West Planning Permit Application Car Sales Yard Ballarat Road South West Corner Hampshire Road Planning Permit Application Sky Sign Lots 58, 59, 60, Part Lots 93, 94 & 95 392 Ballarat Road North West Corner of Alford Street Sunshine North Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Amendment Planning Permit Application Take Away Food Premise Lot 300 McIntyre Road Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Factory & Office Gee Street Sunshine North Plan of Subdivision Warr's Road Drainage Easement Consolidation of Title Ballarat Road, Alford Street & Victor Street Shell Co. Strata Subdivision Washington Street and Kodre Street Strata Subdivision 28 Middle Road Child Care Centre Orama Road Tender Acceptance and Consolidation of Title Lots 281, 282 & 283 Orama Street Property for Road Widening and Drainage Purposes for the Ultimate Construction of Somerville Road westwards from Market Road to the Proposed Freeeway Wright Street Bridge over Kororoit Creek Load Limit on road Tottenham Area Sunshine Avenue McIntyre Road to Main Road East Construction Declaration of Sewage area no 3496 Planning & Service Boring Operations M.M.B.W. Bayliss Road Area (Bon Thomas Reserve) & Market Road East Side at Somerville Road for Monsanto Complex Sewerage Facilities to Premise St. Albans bounded by Protea Crescent, Larkspur Drive, Chestnut Drive & Oleander Drive Re-Roofing of Dempster Park Day Care Centre, Infant Welfare Centre & Pre-School Centre Phoenix street Sunshine North Alterations to Granstand Skinner Reserve Garaging of Meals on Wheels Vehicles at Maidstone Hall Thomson Street Maidstone Fairbairn Road Double Unit Pre-School Centre Alterations The Hub Willis Street Pre-School Centre More Park Pavilion Report of the Building Surveyor Installation of Underground Tanks lots 1 & 2 Duke Street Sunshine & Lot 27 St. Albans Road St. Albans Report of the Director of parks & Recreation Errington Reserve Cricket Practice Enclosure for St. Albans Cricket Club city of sunshine, alexander "alex" george gillon, verdun street, mitchell street, maidstone, plantation street, the esplanade, burton crescent, maribyrnong, warmington road, tallintyre road, warmington road child care centre, tallintyre road child care centre, sunshine west, duke street, butler street, maribyrnong river, braybrook, d. f. thompson reserve, the hub, sun crescent, sunshine, kinder smith reserve, lily street, sunshine east primary school, marian college, glengala road, princess street, st. albans, forrest street, albion, ballarat road, hampshire road, alford street, mcintyre road, gee street, warrs road, victor street, washington street, kodre street, middle road, orama road, orama road child care centre, deer park, somerville road, market road, wright street, kororoit creek, tottenham, main road east, sunshine avenue, bon thomas reserve, quinn street, monsanto, protea crescent, larkspur drive, chestnut drive, oleander drive, dempster park day care centre, dempster park pre-school centre, dempster park infant welfare care centre, phoenix street, skinner reserve, churchill avenue, maidstone hall, thomson street, fairbairn road, willis street pre-school centre, willis street, more park, esmond street, errington reserve, st. albans cricket club, george street