Roll of Honour - Buffalo River South State School

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From the Collection of Myrtleford and District Historical Society 29 Elgin Street Myrtleford Victoria

Object Registration: 408
Last updated: 3 Mar 2017 at 10:09AM

Inclinometer

Myrtleford and District Historical Society, Myrtleford

Hand held brass pocket inclonometer level, circa 1920. Leather case for safe storage. Semi circular graduated dial with 90 degree vernier scale with a small (20mm) magnifying glass to aid reading the vernier scale. Above the body, mounted at the rear of the graduated dial, is a spirit level tube which is tilted by finger movement to the milled hand wheel. The height to be determined is sighted through the instrument eyepiece and the bubble tube is tilted until the bubble, viewed in the mirror inside the sighting tube, is brought level with the graticule sighted at the top of the subject object. An angle is thus obtained and by measuring the distance on the ground to the object, trigonometry can be applied to determine the height of the object.

Historical information

Provenance not clear. Leather case has 'MMBW' inscribed in black pen, indicating an association with Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works. Item has been in the possession of Terry McCormack since 1972

Inscriptions & Markings

Herga & Co. BRISBANE. Made in England

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Tobacco advertising sign

Myrtleford and District Historical Society, Myrtleford

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"The School Papers" 1936

Myrtleford and District Historical Society, Myrtleford

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Marble Collection

Myrtleford and District Historical Society, Myrtleford

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Model Ship - Myrtleford POW Camp

Myrtleford and District Historical Society, Myrtleford

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8th Light Horse, C Squadron

Myrtleford and District Historical Society, Myrtleford

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Weather Station

Myrtleford and District Historical Society, Myrtleford

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Certificate of Appreciation

Myrtleford and District Historical Society, Myrtleford

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Glass Butter Dish

Myrtleford and District Historical Society, Myrtleford

A small, square glass butter mixer. In the base is an early photograph of Myrtleford in the 1930's looking towards Mt Buffalo taken from Reform Hill In the foreground are the homes of early retailers the Robertson's and Glass Families 1870 and 1880 in the middle of the photo is the School Building No 995 and in the distance is an early building of the Butter Factory

Historical information

Photograph taken in the early 1930's Photographer unknown ? taken for tourism purposes

Significance

Photograph shows early buildings of Myrtleford.taken from Reform Hill looking towards Mt Buffalo

Inscriptions & Markings

Photograph in base of glass butter mixer is titled 'Myrtleford'

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Gold Crucibles

Myrtleford and District Historical Society, Myrtleford

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Tobacco Cutter

Myrtleford and District Historical Society, Myrtleford

A small cast iron and wooden guillotine-style tobacco cutter. The metal cutter is mounted on the wooden base, with a wooden striker plate.

Historical information

This plug tobacco cutter was collected locally and displayed as part of the memorabilia display at the Tobacco Company of Victoria Ltd., Myrtleford. Plug tobacco could be acquired on tobacco farms or purchased at local outlets.

Significance

Tobacco cutters were significant tools for pipe smokers until self-made or manufactured cigarettes began to dominate the tobacco sales market from the 1920s. Such cutters are a link to a previously common means of consuming tobacco.

Inscriptions & Markings

Inscription "McMillan" appears on the striker plate.

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Pastel Drawing Book

Myrtleford and District Historical Society, Myrtleford

A grey-covered rectangular shaped booklet containing pages separated by tissue paper, all pages completed with shaded depictions of fruit, vegetables, geometric shapes, etc.

Historical information

The drawing book was owned by Harold Frederick Allan Trezise (1917-82) of Grade "F" at Myrtleford State ("Central") School in 1929. Allan, as he was known, was one of nine siblings born to Harold and Mary Trezise and aged 12 years when he did his pastel drawings. He was a member of a well-known local family; his father operated a local taxi and motor repairs business and indulged in gold prospecting.

Significance

The pastel drawing book clearly illustrates the capabilities of a young pupil with an artistic-creative bent and reflects on the teaching methodology used in this curriculum area at the local school. A pride of workmanship is conveyed in the well-preserved leaves of the book.

Inscriptions & Markings

Each page is dated the day the drawings were completed.

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Letterpress

Myrtleford and District Historical Society, Myrtleford

An upright Electric Letterpress used in the newspaper industry until the 1980s, painted black with several key moving parts.

Historical information

The letterpress was used to produce print jobs for the "Myrtleford Times" until its closure in 1984.

Significance

The equipment represents previous technologies in the print industry and reflects the impact of the transition through newspaper consolidations, which impact upon small circulation country newspapers.

Inscriptions & Markings

Inscription in metal facing: "VICBOLD"

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Hop Growers Photograph - "Panlook Boys, 1934"

Myrtleford and District Historical Society, Myrtleford

A sepia-coloured photograph of 30 hop pickers.

Historical information

The photograph represents the migratory labour force involved in hop growing, the major farm activity on "Panlook's Hop Gardens", Eurobin in 1934. William Panlook a descendant of a Chinese storekeeper on the Buckland Diggings, had originally commenced tobacco growing at the location until devastating frosts and unreliable tobacco prices brought a change in land use.

Significance

The photograph represents the transition that occurred from tobacco to hops cultivation in the early 1930s. It is now a permanent feature of the farming landscape at Eurobin. It depicts the reliance on migratory seasonal labour and the importance of local expertise, some of Chinese descent.

Inscriptions & Markings

Inscription: "The Panlook Boys, 1934"

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Hairdresser's Singer

Myrtleford and District Historical Society, Myrtleford

A green-coloured metal cylinder containing white dropless tapers (candles) which were used to singe freshly-cut hair to prevent "bleeding ends".

Historical information

The hairdresser's singer was used in the local hairdressing and tobacconist shop owned by Hugh Jones from 1947-70, until such treatments were abandoned. Mr. Jones retired in 1976.

Significance

Knowledge of the use of such hairdressing aids assists in the understanding of progress made in modern hair treatments.

Inscriptions & Markings

Black painted signage on the cylinder: "Ship Brand" "Price's White Dropless Tapers" "Manufactured by Price's patent Candle Co. Ltd., London & Liverpool"

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Butter Churn

Myrtleford and District Historical Society, Myrtleford

An upright clear-glass butter churn with screw-on metal cap, handle and gears. The churn mechanism is fully enclosed.

Historical information

The churn was used by Elise Weston (nee Trahair) at Barwidgee Creek and Myrtleford in the immediate post-war period. Prior to this time it was in the possession of the Trahair family on their family farm where a small dairy herd met family requirements.

Significance

The churn represents an aspect of self sufficient living in rural areas outside township boundaries. It assisted households to meet family needs using simple processing technology and more so when surplus butter could be sold on in local markets.

Inscriptions & Markings

"Daisy" brand with "3Qt" inscribed in the glass.

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Cigarette Dispenser

Myrtleford and District Historical Society, Myrtleford

Brown and cream coloured bakelite cigarette dispenser, incorporating shape of a kookabura.

Historical information

Such dispensers were sold in tobacconist and gift shops as everyday household novelty items.

Significance

The dispenser links the role of a Myrtleford tobacconist and hairdresser to the local tobacco industry organization, the Tobacco Company of Victoria Ltd., who housed the item after closure of his business in 1976.

Inscriptions & Markings

Upright shape of a kookabura at one end of the dispenser.

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Tobacco Advertising Sign - "Wills's Golden Flake"

Myrtleford and District Historical Society, Myrtleford

Large metal multi-coloured enamel advertising sign, rectangular in shape, depicting cigarettes in a cylindrical package,

Historical information

The sign is one collected by shareholders or officers of the Tobacco Company of Victoria Ltd. (located in Myrtleford), who donated it following closure of the tobacco growing industry in Australia.

Significance

The advertisement acknowledges local grower links with a major tobacco manufacturer who purchased leaf from them over an extended period.

Inscriptions & Markings

Signage includes: Wills's "Golden Flake" Cigarettes--50s. W.D. & H.O. Wills

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Colourized Photograph - "Planting Tobacco N.E. Victoria

Myrtleford and District Historical Society, Myrtleford

A colourized photograph of tobacco planting activity in a paddock near Myrtleford.

Historical information

The photograph depicts the 2nd important stage in tobacco growing--transplanting seedlings into open paddocks. It depicts early post-war machinery in use at the time until affordable modern tractors were available. The planting machine has probably been adapted from the horse-drawn era pre-World War 2. The scene is one near Myrtleford in the Ovens Valley.

Significance

The photograph depicts the slow adaptation of modern tobacco farming methods in the immediate post-war period and the type of terain suitable for tobacco growing. The labour intensive nature of tobacco planting is also depicted.

Inscriptions & Markings

Inscription: Planting Tobacco N.E. Victoria"

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Tobacco Sales Photograph

Myrtleford and District Historical Society, Myrtleford

A monochrome photograph displaying a large tobacco selling floor

Historical information

The photograph depicts the magnitude of the tobacco industry in the late 1960s to 1970s era when many Myrtleford district growers contributed to the annual tobacco harvest. The impact of post-war migration from southern Europe was playing an important role in reaching harvest records.

Significance

The photograph reflects the "golden years" of tobacco growing in the district, which continued into the 1970s, prior to later deregulation in the 1980s and 90s and the ceasing of production altogether in 2006. This sales floor attracted local farming families to observe activities off-season in Melbourne, before the sales were conducted at a complex in Myrtleford.

Inscriptions & Markings

Inscription: "VIEW OF THE SHOW FLOOR OF DALGETY-NZL's BROOKLYN WOOL STORE ON 27-6-1966 WHEN 15,940 BALES OF TOBACCO LEAF VALUED AT $3,507,000 WERE DISPLAYED. IT WAS THE BIGGEST DISPLAY OF TOBACCO LEAF EVER SEEN IN AUSTRALIA"

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Roll of Honour - Buffalo River South State School

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