Born on the 24th of December 1912 at the Three Mile was Wilma Wells. Her mother born into English heritage bore four children, one who died shortly after birth, while her father had Irish heritage and worked at May Day Hills as a warden and a nurse. Wilma married Ted Wells when she was 23 and subsequently had two daughters. This oral history recording was part of a project conducted by Jennifer Williams in the year 2000 to capture the everyday life and struggles in Beechworth during the twentieth century. This project involved recording seventy oral histories on cassette tapes of local Beechworth residents which were then published in a book titled: Listen to what they say: voices of twentieth century Beechworth. These cassette tapes were digitised in July 2021 with funds made available by the Friends of the Burke. Wilma Wells account of her life during the 20th century is historically and socially significant to the cultural heritage of Beechworth and the surrounding regions. She details important historical places and hardships within the region that have a lasting impact which includes but is not limited to issues with race, women's societal expectations and economic struggles. This oral history account is socially and historically significant as it is a part of a broader collection of interviews conducted by Jennifer Williams which were published in the book 'Listen to what they say: voices of twentieth-century Beechworth.' While the township of Beechworth is known for its history as a gold rush town, these accounts provide a unique insight into the day-to-day life of the town's residents during the 20th century, many of which will have now been lost if they had not been preserved.This is a digital copy of a recording that was originally captured on a cassette tape. The cassette tape is black with a horizontal white strip and is currently stored in a clear flat plastic rectangular container. It holds up 40 minutes of recordings on each side.Mrs Wilma Wells /beechworth, may day hills, oral history, burke museum, wilma wells, hospital, listen, weddings, three mile, picnic

Paperback book with maroon cover and black and white images of Nurse Wilma Oram Young on the cover.non-fictionThis is the story of one of Australia's most remarkable women. As a captive of the Japanese during World War II, Wilma Oran, a young Australian nurse, experienced the very worst of human brutality: starvation, deprivation and degradation. Yet, through the comradeship of her fellow prisoners , she also encountered humankind at its best. [From back cover]australian nurses, wima oran young, ww2, wwii, world war 2, world war two, prisoners of war, japan, women and war

Paperback book with maroon cover and black and white images of Nurse Wilma Oram Young on the cover.non-fictionThis is the story of one of Australia's most remarkable women. As a captive of the Japanese during World War II, Wilma Oran, a young Australian nurse, experienced the very worst of human brutality: starvation, deprivation and degradation. Yet, through the comradeship of her fellow prisoners , she also encountered humankind at its best. [From back cover]australian nurses, wima oran young, ww2, wwii, world war 2, world war two, prisoners of war, japan, women and war

Colour photograph of Wilma Jennings with her son and his wife showing the CD made by the Metung Village Singers Metung Victoriachoir

B/W copy from Grampians Community Health Centre Book Wilma is sitting in a lounge chair wearing a skivvy and hand knitted striped cardigan buttoned up. She has an item on her lap that she is sewing. In the background there is a light switch and wallpapered wall with curtains and partly showing is a table.

Article and photograph relating to former nurse Wilma Young recounting her experiences as a survivor of the sinking of the SS Vyner Brooke and her time as a Japanese prisoner of war (POW) on Bangka Island Indonesia. Her talk was part of the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the revised Geneva Conventions.Page of a newspaper with multiple headlined articles, a colour photograph, logo and advertisement. Photograph of three women looking at the camera, two are in nurses uniforms with white wimples and the third wearing a multicoloured jacket with four medals and various pins attached.wwii, world war 2, world war two, wwll, australian army nursing service, aans, bangka island, ss vyner brooke, wilma elizabeth forster oram, wilma elizabeth forster young, geneva convention

'Willie & Wilma' two hand knitted toy bears, made for sale during the 1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games. The inspiration for these toys was the mascot for the Games - "Matilda" - a 13 meter tall mechanical kangaroo. These toys knitted by Dawn Bennetts for sale at Dorcas Cottage Crafts in Montmorency 1984-1986.2 hand knitted woolen toys, grey bodies with yellow and green knitted clothing.commonwealth games, knitting, koalas, knitted toys, toys

Illustrated book, with three black and white photographs of Wilma Oram Young (as student nurse, in army uniform and in older age). There is a mid-brown band above this photo on which the title is printed in black and white, below the photos there is a black band on which the author's name is printed in light brown. Spine has mid brown background with title printed in black, author's name in light brown, and publisher's mark in white. The back cover has a summary of the book printed in black ink on a light brown background.non-fictionThis is the story of one of Australia's most remarkable women. As a prisoner of war for three and a half years during World War II, Wilma Oram, a young Australian nurse experienced the very worst of human brutality: starvation, deprivation and degradation. Yet, through the comradeship of her fellow prisoners, she also experienced humankind at its best. Following her return to Australia, Wilma was inspired to help her fellow ex-POWs and war veterans through her tireless work with the RSL.wilma oram young, nurses-australia-biography, world ward 1939-1945-prisoners and prisons-japaneses

Miscellaneous articles and correspondence.Packet includes: . Research paper compiled by Hugh McCall about the first "Ringwood and Surrounding Districts Horticultural Association" Show held March 1897. . Programme for Lilydale Agricultural and Horticultural Society Inc.43rd Annual Spring Show, 1996. . Newspaper clippings, Newsletters and miscellaneous documents of the Ringwood Horticultural and Agricultural Society.

319 p.; 21 cmnon-fictionA woman's war : the exceptional life of Wilma Oram Young, AMwilma oram young am

Photographs taken by teacher at Pleasant Creek Training Centre to help train students in living skills and becoming familiar with what shops sold. Part of socializing students for leaving the training centre.Main Street Stawell. Showing shops and businesses in Main Street. education, shops, main street, streetscape

White A4 Binder with loose leaf pages in protective pocketsassessors workshop 1978, social and educational issues in the integration of the mentally ill into the communit, wilma tucker,

Black and white copy of original photograph which shows a family group (and dog), posed for a photograph in front of a car.tom thornton, john ellis, may ellis, betty ellis, wilma thornton, ivan ellis, graeme ellis, lorraine ellis, mannibadar

At the time when this shortbread / butter stamp block was used, rural dairies and larger properties who manufactured their own butter used butter stamps blocks for identifying the source of the butter or for decoration.. The patterns stamped into the warmed butter provided for a range of decorative visual enhancement to the "plain" and "boring" straight leveled normal butter surface. Although the wooden surfaces could be hard to keep clean commercial usage would have been limited and eventually replaced by a non porous and hygienically cleaner material. Greater hygiene controls where introduced. from the late 1940s on. These controls were the result of high infectious illnesses due to contaminated milk and dairy handling methods.This shortbread / butter stamp was used by a Kiewa Valley dairy and it presents what the domestic butter beautification processes were available during the mid to latter 1900s was. Their was a pride by rural properties in their produce and its by-products.This shortbread / butter stamp is made from wood, round and fashioned from a flat bed to a dome top. The top has a round moulded hole with screw indentations for fastening a pressure pole. The pattern on the face of the stamp is of an eleven petalled flower pattern around a small circular flower head. Both the head and petals have indentations which are will produce raised points in the pressed butter. Enclosing the flower pattern is a pattern which when pressed against the butter would produce small ridges radiating outward.On the dome stamped in black ink "T. & W. Davies"butter stamp, domestic butter blocks, domestic food preparations., shortbread, stamp, dairy, butter

This butter pat profiler may have been manufactured post 1967(year post codes appeared in Australia) however the post code was only stamped on after it was machined. This type of butter mould was used by rural families to fashion home/farm made butter. This period was in most rural regions a time of self sufficiency where any domestic type implement which could be fashioned by the family would be crafted with skill. Shopping for goods required catalogues from stores located in major rural towns and cities and involved lengthy waiting times. Travelling to and from these specialised stores was not pleasant due to the relatively poor quality of the roads and the lengthy times taken. The small general stores in the Kiewa Valley could not cater for all the needs of the valley. The 1960's was a time when facilities especially goods and services started to improve drastically. The S.E.C. of Victoria with its Kiewa Hydro Electricity Scheme provided not only an improvement of facilities in the valley but also a increase in the population. This increase resulted in a greater demand for local produce.This item is one of many domestic food processing implements used by Kiewa Valley households in the mid 1900s, whether on the farm or in the small towns and hamlets. Self sufficiency was the key to survival during these early times. Where ever possible supplies from within the valley were preferred to that brought in by travelling salesmen or traders. This butter mould and butter pat was commonly used to fashion "home" made butter throughout the valley and in some cases supplied to "outside" regional towns. Although this method of production was phased out by better access to goods from nearby cities the revival of the good organic home grown produce in the 1980s saw a greater demand of this type of farm based produce.This butter Pat/Profiler has on its base two patterns. On each end it has horizontal grooves cut into the wood which produce distinct lines onto the surface of the butter. between these grooves there is a section of two double lines crossing in the middle and separated by eleven horizontal lines The base has an elongated rectangular shape. The upper body has been sanded into a smooth convex shaped form where a wooden circular hand grip has been fashioned.On the top of the hand grip is stamped in black print"T. & W. Davies" and under this"TAWONGA 3697"domestic food preparation, wooden butter pat, butter mould circular, dairy industry

This butter pat profiler may have been manufactured post 1967(year post codes appeared in Australia) however the post code was only stamped on after it was machined. This type of butter mould was used by rural families to fashion home/farm made butter. This period was in most rural regions a time of self sufficiency where any domestic type implement which could be fashioned by the family would be crafted with skill. Shopping for goods required catalogues from stores located in major rural towns and cities and involved lengthy waiting times. Travelling to and from these specialised stores was not pleasant due to the relatively poor quality of the roads and the lengthy times taken. The small general stores in the Kiewa Valley could not cater for all the needs of the valley. The 1960's was a time when facilities especially goods and services started to improve drastically. The S.E.C. of Victoria with its Kiewa Hydro Electricity Scheme provided not only an improvement of facilities in the valley but also a increase in the population. This increase resulted in a greater demand for local produce.This item is one of many domestic food processing implements used by Kiewa Valley households in the mid 1900s, whether on the farm or in the small towns and hamlets. Self sufficiency was the key to survival during these early times. Where ever possible supplies from within the valley were preferred to that brought in by travelling salesmen or traders. This butter mould and butter pat was commonly used to fashion "home" made butter throughout the valley and in some cases supplied to "outside" regional towns. Although this method of production was phased out by better access to goods from nearby cities the revival of the good organic home grown produce in the 1980s saw a greater demand of this type of farm based produce.This butter pat is one of two,see KVHS 0071 (A). It has been crafted from wood. One side has grooves running from the handle to the square shaped bottom. These grooves would stop the wet butter from clinging to the pat. The top side of the pat has been bevelled on both sides and the bottom edge. The hand grip is flat and curved to allow for a comfortable hold.domestic food preparation, wooden butter pat, butter mould circular, dairy industry

Members of the Marriott family arrived in Port Phillip in 1857. However it was John and Jane Marriott who in 1876, (after toiling hard since their arrival in1871, for very little gain), first leased, then purchased in 1882, 30 acres with a four-roomed house in East Boundary Road, in the area then called East Brighton. (Now known as East Bentleigh). The land they purchased had previously been a part of the 1841 Dendy Survey. Over the following years, John and his four sons with hard work and determination became prosperous vegetable growers and purchased further land in the area. Following John's retirement and subsequent death in 1903, the land was passed to his sons, and then onto the Marriott grandchildren. The family continued to remain very prosperous and successful vegetable growers. This lovely photo of Geoff Marriott bears testament to just one of the many families steeped in the tradition of vegetable growing which significantly contributed to the prosperity of the Shire, and its subsequent development into the City of Moorabbin. The photograph of Geoff Marriott of the Marriott family represents a typical example of the MANY early market gardening families, some names less prominent, but who with their labours contributed to the prosperity and the development of the community of the Shire of Moorabbin. This group of early pioneers, over many years, were a singularly important group responsible for the growth of schools, churches, the Mechanic's Hall, and were active in local government. Large coloured photograph, taken in 1969, showing Mr Geoff Marriott with his horse-drawn plough pulled by "Duke" the Clydesdale horse, and accompanied by "Smoky", his dog, working in his market garden, Brady Road, East Bentleighhorse, brighton, moorabbin, pioneers, settlers, fruit, markets, vegetables, plough, mayors, moorabbin shire, moorabbin roads board, marriott geoff, marriott john, marriott jane, market gardens, horse drawn plough, city of moorabbin

Article on planting of Bellbird Dell with photo of committee members, Wilma Docking, Heike Jindra and Barbara Baker. Nunawading Gazette, 12 May 1993.bellbird dell, parks and reserves, docking, wilma, jindra, heike, baker, barbara

Magazine The Mount Gambier High School Magazine December, 1952. Light blue cover with black print and a tan coloured stripe detail along the left side inset and the bottom. Mount Gambier High School Logo sits in the bottom left corner. Magazine - year book for the year 1952 Mount Gambier High School Mount Gambier South Australia.womens history, ros harris, merino, book, mount gambier high school

Biography, the exceptional life of Wilma Oram Young AM, an Australian Nurse, a captive of the Japanese during WW2. After the War following her return to Australia she was inspired to help her fellow ex POW’s and war veterans through her tireless work with the RSL. Wilma Oram enlisted 0n 12.3 1941 age 24 years VFX58783 in the AANS, embarked for Singapore 2.9.1941, evacuated from Singapore on 12.2.1942 on the Vyner Brooke which was then sunk by the Japanese of Banka Island, they made it to shore on Banka Isl and taken POW for the duration of the War and finally arrived home in Australia on 24.10.1945.Soft cover cardboard, black, white and gold print on front, spine and back, front cover has a collage of B & W photographs of Nurse Wilma Oram Young AM, red, black and gold background colours, 328 pages, white paper, illustrated with B & W photographs.books, biography, nurses, pow’s, ww2

Staff from the Arthritis Foundation of Victoria (AFV), Janet McDonald and Wilma Gardiner, provide information to doctors at the Prince Henry's Hospital Graduate Week Conference. The conference was held on the 7th and 8th of August 1986 at Prince Henry's Hospital, in Melbourne.B&W photo of four people standing in front of a multipanel display board. Displayed across the top of the centre board is the text, "ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION OF VICTORIA", with the phone number "8622022" across the top of the two side panels.[On a whitel label, handwritten in blue ink] Arthritis Foundation staff Janet McDonald and Wilma Gardiner ^ talk with interested doctors at Prince Henry's Hospital Graduate Week Conference on rheumatology August 7 and 8. 1986arthritis foundation of victoria, afv, rheumatism and arthritis association of victoria, raav, prince henry’s hospital, graduate week conference, janet mcdonald, wilma gardiner, afv staff, information, doctors, south melbourne, 1986

Original black and white photograph, mounted on brown card.Wilma Robins 1946williamstown high school, 1946, class photographs, form 1e

Historical notes on the family of Allen and Ida Findlay and their daughter Wilma, who lived on part of the Heatherdale Reserve. The notes include the birth and death certificates for Wilma Findlay.non-fictionHistorical notes on the family of Allen and Ida Findlay and their daughter Wilma, who lived on part of the Heatherdale Reserve. The notes include the birth and death certificates for Wilma Findlay.findlay family, heatherdale reserve, canterbury road ringwood east no. 27, findlay wilma

Maldon Easter, Dot Kinross, Wilma & Marj Burtonmaldon easter fair

Blue Ballarat Teachers' College Blazer worn by Wilma Hallballarat teachers' college, blazer, wilma hall, uniform, costume, textiles