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A GREEN COVERED BOOK WITH STRIP OF BROWN BINDING.
"IDYLLS OF THE KING" BY ALFRED TENNYSON
fiction
LABEL INSIDE FRONT COVER - CLUNES MECHANICS' INSTITUTION CIRCULATING LIBRARY
TYPICAL EXAMPLE OF MATERIAL HELD IN VARIOUS FREE LENDING LIBRARIES AND MECHANICS INSTITUTES
.1 TYPED EXTRACTS FROM CLUNES GAZETTE 1863-1962, 16 A5 PAGES .2 POPULATION 1872-1877. DWELLINGS AND RATE PAYERS .3 8 PAGES ON CLUNES GROUPS
.1 clunes tourist information, .2 population statistics
LOCAL INFORMATION
INFORMATION ABOUT CLUNES, ORGANISATIONS AND BUSINESSES .1 GUIDE TO THE VISITOR IN MANILLA FOLDER .2 GUIDE TO THE VISITOR INCLUDING TALBOT .3 POSTCARD FROM MURIEL CAMERON
guide to clunes, postcard
LOCAL HISTORY, CLUNES RIOT
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES ABOUT CLUNES RIOT (PHOTOCOPIES) .1 BALLARAT COURIER '100 YEARS AGO TOMORROW THEY RIOTED IN CLUNES' 8/12/1973 .2 THE EVENING POST BALLARAT 10/12/1873 'THE TOWN IS QUIET' .3 10/12/1873 'MINERS, WIVES AND CHILDREN RISISTING THE INTRODUCTION OF CHINESE LABOR .4 VIC. PARLIAMENT NOTICE TAKEN FROM BALLARAT POST 11/12/1873
clunes riot newspaper articles, local mining history
.1 INVITATION, BLUE PAPER, PERFORATED 2/3 WAY DOWN FOR REPLY FOR REUNION NOV 14-21 1925 .2 PROGRAMME CREAM PAPER DETAILS OF ACTIVITIES
'BACK TO CLUNES' REUNION NOV 14 TO 21 1925
reunion 1925 clunes programme, reunion 1925 clunes invitation
BLACK CLIPBOARD CONTAINING RECEIPTS, DETAILS OF GRANTS AND PAYMENTS. REPAIRS TO ROOF OF BUILDING AS WELL AS TOILET BLOCK
wm barkell mem arts and hist. centre. toilet roof repairs, grants
.1 RECORD BOOK SHOWING DONATION TO FUND 4/3/1947 TO 29/9/1959 INCLUDES INVOICES AND RECEIPTS .2 BANK BOOK S.S.B. CLUNES APR 1957 TO AUG 1961
SOLDIERS MEMORIAN FUND 1939-45
soldiers memorial fund 1939-1945, financial record
BLACK CARDBOARD WITH RED BINDER, MINUTES WITH DETAILS OF PUBLIC MEETINGS IN TOWNHALL, CORRESPONDENCE, LETTERS
BACK TO CLUNES MINUTE BOOK
back to 1933 clunes minutes, correspondence
LOCAL HISTORY
GREY CARDBOARD COVERED EXERCISE BOOK 'THE SHELL EX BOOK' CONTAINING MINUTES FROM PLANNING MEETINGS. DETAILS OF BALL TAKINGS, NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REQUEST
BACK TO CLUNES COMMITTEE YEAR 1957
local history
INVOICES AND RECEIPTS FOR BACK TO CLUNES 1962
clunes back to 1962 invoices
BACK TO CLUNES 1972
.1 CORRESPONDENCE ACCOMMODAITON .2 LIST OF NAMES
back to 1972 clunes, correspondence
BACK TO CLUNES, LOCAL HISTORY
.1 BACK TO CLUNES 1933 ORGANISING COMMITTEE CORRESPONDENCE .2 REQUEST FOR ACCOMMODATION .3 REQUESTS FOR ORGANIZING INFORMATION
clunes 1933 back, correspondence
LOCAL HISTORY
.1 PROGRAMME BACK TO CLUNES 1933 14/4 TO 20/4 .2 C. EBERHARD, LETTER ACCEPTING INVITATION .3 CORRESPONDENCE CLUNES IN MELBOURNE CLUB .4 CORRESPONDENCE W.A. FORMER RESIDENTS OF CLUNES
correspondence, local history
LOCAL HISTORY
LETTERS TO AND FROM BACK TO CLUNES COMMITTEE 1957 ATTACHED TOGETHER LH TOP CORNER WITH RED STRING
back to 1957 clunes correspondence
USED FOR BACK TO CLUNES 1972
.1 ANZ CHEQUE BOOK BUTTS 1/3/1957-23/5/1957 INCLUDES DOCKETS ATTACHED TO BUTTS .2 SECRETARY'S PETTY CASH 1971-1972
clunes 1972 back to, local history
HISTORY LOCATIONS CLUNES SITES
.1 NEWSPAPER CUTTING CLUED ONTO PAPER - HISTORY OF CLUNES .2 3 X PAGES AND MAP DETAILING PLACES OF INTEREST IN CLUNES
local history, places of interest clunes
CLUNES REUNION BACK TO 1972
.1 BUMPER STICKERS CREAM WITH BLUE PRINTING .2 POSTER YELLOW WATERPROOF PAPER - DETAILING PROGRAM
BACK TO CLUNES 1972
local history, back to clunes
LETTERS BACK TO CLUNES 1972 CONTENTS COMPRISE CORRESPONDENCE, QUOTES, INVITATIONS, PROCESSION, COMMITTEE MEMBERS
back to clunes, local history
.1 SHORT HANDLED SPADE, WOODEN HANDLE, GRIP SHAPED IN WOOD. .2 SHORT HANDLED SPADE, WOODEN HANDLE, TOP OF GRIP MISSING
spades used in gold mining
.1.2 CONDUCTOR BATONS .3 WOODEN BOX FOR BATONS , BELONGED TO JOSEPH TONKIN .4 COPY OF SPEECH GIVEN BY NEIL ON 31 MAY 2022 WHEN BATONS PRESENTED TO THE MUSEUM
joseph captain tonkin, conductor batons, batons
SLIDES BEING FOUND IN THE COLLECTION OF AVOCA DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY
44 SLIDES IN FOLDER AND PLASTIC SLEEVES, SLIDES ABOUT CLUNES SINCE 1839, LABELLED A TOWN STUDY WITH SOME NOTES
cluns slides, a town study
SHEET MUSIC OWNED BY EDITH PICKFORD. .1 GOOD BYE SONG .2 FOUR LEAF CLOVER .3 THE GATES OF PEARL - METHODIST CHURCH COIR, CLUNES 1/11/1913 .4 I WORE A ROSE .5 MY MESSAGE .6 A LITTLE WORLD OF LOVE .7 COM BACK SOME DAY - SIGNED BY ARTHUR F TATE, COMPOSER OF THE MUSIC .8 DOCUMENT - HISTORY OF EDITH PICKFORD 9 PAGES .9 COOVER OF ONE DAY WHEN WE WERE YOUNG .10 COVER NO, 139 KUHLAU ALSO INCLUDED IS A DOCUMENT OUTLINING EDITH'S HISTORY AND HER FAMILY CONNECTIONS
sheet music, edith pickford
CREAM COLOURED THROW WITH A LITTLE EMBROYDERY AND FRINGE FROM LAURA HUDSON'S HOUSE
throw banket, laura hudson
ON FRONT: BOOK TOWNS FORTY-FIVE PARADIESES OF THE PRINTED WORD DESCRIPTIONS OF 45 BOOK TOWNS IN TEH WORLD INCLUDING CLUNES WITH PHOTOGRAPHS
non-fiction
45 BOOK TOWNS IN THE WORLD
book towns, alex johnson
.1 39 PAGES BOOKLET, THE PROGRAM OF THE CLUNES BOOKTOWN FESTIVAL 25-26 MARCH 2023 .2 ONE SHEET PROGRAM CHANGES
clunes booktown fetival, booktown program, 2023
.1 BLACK AND WHITE PORTRAIT OF BEATRICE LEAN NEE HUDSON IN A BROWN WOODEN ORNATE FRAME ORIGINAL COPIED .2 ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH MOUNTED ON MATT BOARD
beatrice lean, hudson
.1 A BLACK AND WHITE COPY OF PORTRAIT OF ARTHUR LEAN, HUSBAND OF BEATRICE, IN A DARD-BROWN WOODEN FRAME .2 ORIGINAL PORTRAIT MOUNTED ON MATT BOARD
ON BOTTOM OF PICTURE: VICTA STUDIO CLUNES
victa studio, arthur lean
THE LOCAL 21 NOVEMBER 2022, PAGE 4 AND 5 ARTICLE ABOUR VOLUNTEERING IN CLUNES PAGE 10 PHOTOGRAPH OF MUSEUM VOLUNTEER HEIDE BOEHLE
non-fiction
ARTICLE ABOUT VOLUNTEERING IN CLUNES
volunteers, the local
.1 20223 CALENDAR, MONTHLY CALENDAR WITH PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE CLUNES FIREBRIGADE .2 CFA LETTER ASKING FOR DONATION
calendar 2023, fire brigade
ADVERTISING CALENDAR FOR ALEX N MACRAE, LOCAL MERCHANT. WHITE BACKGROUND, PRINTED WITH RED AND BLUE INK, SIX IMAGES OF DOGS PASTED TO THE REVERSE OF THE CALENDAR
NIL
alex n macrae, local business, clunes merchant
300 WORD ARTICLE ON PAGE 20 REFERENCING THE DEATH OF MICHAEL CHESHIRE
non-fiction
Recognizing Michael Cheshire, a Hepburn Shire community member at his passing.
community service, vale michael cheshire
Victorian Collections acknowledges the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first inhabitants of the nation and the traditional custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work.
