Evening Gown, Circa 1870
Other items from this collection
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Vanity Mirror
Used typically for personal grooming needs in a bedroom. It could be placed on a wash-stand, dressing table, or chest-of-drawers.
Glass Mirror in tiltable timber frame, mounted on timber base incorporating 2 small drawers. Polished cedar. Overall height 45cm. Width 34cm
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Miner's Bucket
Dates from gold-mining period in Queenstown (St. Andrews) Caledonian Diggings. Used for lift ore to the surface by windlass in small-scale shaft mines.
Heavy leather bucket with iron reinforcing and handle. Panels are stitched and joined with thonging Ironwork is hand-forged and rivetted in place.
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Table Lamp
Kerosene table lamp, pink glass base and font, brass gallery,double flat wick.
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book, the highland taken, 1974
history of kangaroo ground
only book on the subject
book
author / mick woiwod
kangaroo ground, scotland, pioneers, farmers
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Wooden Rocking Washing Machine, 01/01/1900
Hand made 1900. Pivoted rocking washing machine which has ribs on the base and sides to aid its effectiveness.
Wooden rocking washing machine. Wooden pivoted container supported on stand. Internal sides and base have ribs.
washing machine, rocking washing machine,
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research note, A4, Donaldson property, Waterdale Rd with sketch maps, Early 1990's
The Donalsdons of Kangaroo Ground owned property fronting Waterdale Rd West Heidelberg, used to camp cattle overnight on their way to/from saleyards in Melbourne.
Prepared and used in the writing of "Kangaroo Ground: The Highland Taken (Mick Woiwod 1994)
single sheet with 2 hand-drawn maps, annotated by Bruce Nixon. Notes refer to the Will of James Donaldson (D.1856) Could be a good photocopy with green pencil shading
donaldson, nixon, bellevue, wellington house
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Furphy water cart tank end, Roger Furphy great-grandson of John Furphy, 1996
A Furphy tank end specially made in 1996 to celebrate the fact that the Furphy family lived in Kangaroo Ground before moving to Shepparton
A cast Furphy tank end mounted on front wall of the Museum in recognition of the Furphy family. This casting was specially made for the Andrew Ross Museum in 1996 by Roger Furphy, great-grandson of John Furphy and donated to the Museum on behalf of Andrew and family.
Pitmans shorthand which means - Good Better Best Never Let it Rest until your Good is Better and your Better Best.
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Furphy Water Cart, circa 1900
Early Australian water cartage system, used originally in agricultural areas, later in theatres of war.
Iconic Australian company who pioneered agricultural equipment.
Water cart invented by John Furphy, who attended Andrew Ross's school between 1851 and 1855, and manufactured by the Furphy Foundry.
Typical 'Good better best' and other words.
furphy nixon shepparton kangaroo ground