Photograph - Reverend William Moss

Reverend William Moss 1022

From the Collection of Deaf Children Australia 597 St Kilda Road Melbourne Victoria

Description: B&W oval photograph pasted on cardboard and cut out from original board and a negative copy. The picture is of William Moss. He was a Congregational minister and philanthropist.
Size: Sleeve: 11.5cmW 16.5cmH
Object Registration: 00163 / 1022
Keywords: deaf children australia, vddi, victorian deaf & dumb institution, board member, william moss
When Made: 1888
Last updated: 11 Feb 2020 at 11:05AM

Kate 17 December 2019 8:27 PM

That is my great great gramdfather. I found a large newspaper article on his funeral. It sounded like he was a very highly respected and much loved man

Noel Henderson 11 February 2020 11:05 AM

Wow Kate, that is fantastic! Yes, he was a very important person and was the co founder here at Deaf Children Australia. We have lots of information about him and would love to show you. you can email us on [email protected]

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Deaf Children Australia, Melbourne

A sepia coloured portrait of a woman on card.

Inscriptions & Markings

On back 'KEMP, PERRY & CO/Artists and Photographers./81 BOURKE ST. EAST./2 doors East of/THEATRE ROYAL/MELBOURNE' / 'PHOTOGRAPHIC COPIES & PORTRAITS IN OILS & WATER COLORS/CAN BE HAD FROM THIS CARD.'

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Photograph - Portrait of a man

Deaf Children Australia, Melbourne

A sepia coloured portrait of a man on card.

Inscriptions & Markings

On back 'BATCHELDER & O'NEILL/ARTIST PHOTOGRAPHERS/41 COLLINS ST. EAST,/MELBOURNE/Est 1854'

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Photograph - Portrait of a man

Deaf Children Australia, Melbourne

A sepia coloured portrait of a man on card.

Inscriptions & Markings

On back 'DAVIES & CO/Photographers/5 Collins St. West/ (3 doors from/Elizabeth St.)/MELBOURNE' / 'COPIES MAY BE HAD ON APPLICATION'

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Photograph - George Douglas

Deaf Children Australia, Melbourne

B&W oval photograph pasted on cardboard and cut out from original board and a negative copy. The picture is of George Douglas, a member of the Board.

Historical information

These are a pictorial documentation of the early years of the Victorian Deaf and Dumb Institution.

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Photograph - Hon Mathew Henry Davies MLA

Deaf Children Australia, Melbourne

B&W oval photograph pasted on cardboard and cut out from original board and a negative copy. The picture is of the Hon. M. H. Davies who was on the Board in 1888. He was the MLA for St. Kilda between 1883 and 1889.

Historical information

These are a pictorial documentation of the early years of the Victorian Deaf and Dumb Institution.

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Photograph - Reverend John Gordon Mackie

Deaf Children Australia, Melbourne

B&W oval photograph pasted on cardboard and cut out from original board and a negative copy. The picture is of the Reverend J.G.Mackie who was on the Board in 1888. He was a Reverend at St. Georges Presbyterian Church, East St. Kilda, from 1884.

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Postcard - Tug of War

Deaf Children Australia, Melbourne

B&W photograph by N.J.Caire, on a postcard, of the girls' Tug of War, at the VDDI with a photograph of the postcard In black and white.

Historical information

These are a pictorial documentation of the early years of the Victorian Deaf and Dumb Institution.

Significance

A record of the people, children, buildings and activities of the Victorian Deaf and Dumb Institution up to 1920.

Inscriptions & Markings

On Front of postcard: "VICTORIAN DEAF & DUMB INSTITUTION, ST. KILDA RD., MELBOURNE./Tug of War/N.J.CAIRE, Photo, 4 Darling Street, South Yarra, Victoria."

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Postcard - Teaching the Dumb to Articulate

Deaf Children Australia, Melbourne

B&W photograph by N.J.Caire, on a postcard, of the pupils in a class learning to articulate at the VDDI

Historical information

These are a pictorial documentation of the early years of the Victorian Deaf and Dumb Institution.

Significance

A record of the people, children, buildings and activities of the Victorian Deaf and Dumb Institution up to 1920.

Inscriptions & Markings

On Front of postcard: "VICTORIAN DEAF & DUMB INSTITUTION, ST. KILDA RD., MELBOURNE./Teaching the Dumb to Articulate/N.J.CAIRE, Photo, 4 Darling Street, South Yarra, Victoria."

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Postcard - Boys' Gymnastic Class

Deaf Children Australia, Melbourne

B&W photograph by N.J.Caire, on a postcard, of the Boys' Gymnastic Class at the VDDI

Inscriptions & Markings

On Front of postcard: "VICTORIAN DEAF & DUMB INSTITUTION, ST. KILDA RD., MELBOURNE./Boys' Gymnastic Class/N.J.CAIRE, Photo, 4 Darling Street, South Yarra, Victoria."

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Negative - Girls Physical Drill Classes

Deaf Children Australia, Melbourne

B&W negative of girls in their physical drill classes

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Pamphlet - How Parents can help their deaf children

Deaf Children Australia, Melbourne

A loose-leaf printed pamphlet (A5 - 4 pages) of an address given by Dr. Pierre Gorman to the Parents Group of the Princess Elizabeth Kindergarten for the deaf, Elgar Rd, Burwood, Victoria on 25th November, 1960.

Historical information

Pierre Patrick Gorman, CBE (1 October 1924 – 1 October 2006) was an Australian librarian and academic who specialised in education for children with disabilities. Born profoundly deaf, Gorman was the first deaf person to receive a doctorate at Cambridge University.

Significance

Documents the changing nature of education of deaf children and the attitudes of the society at large and the current research.

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Folder - Reports 1969-1974

Deaf Children Australia, Melbourne

Black hard cover magazine cover containing various reports separately bound. 1. Reynolds report 1969 - Observations of Educational programs for hearing impaired children in the U.S.A., England & Russia. 2. Houston report 1970 - Report on Review of Fundraising and Public Relations Activities by Henry Houston, Fund raising consultant. 3. Dawson report 1972 - 'Let the Accent be on Ability' by Shirley Dawson. 4. Rawlings report 1974 - 'The Decade in Review' - the VSDC and the PEKD by Brenda W. Rawlings.

Historical information

The Victorian School for Deaf Children continued an interest in the latest research and information on the education of deaf children.

Significance

Various reports from the 1969 to 1974 relating to the education of deaf children.

Inscriptions & Markings

Inside front cover: "REYNOLDS REPORT…1969/HOUSTON REPORT…1970/DAWSON REPORT…1972/RAWLINGS REPORT…1974"

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Folder - Reports 1964-1974

Deaf Children Australia, Melbourne

Black hardcover magazine binder containing 3 reports in plastic cover binders. 1. Powell report 1964 - Overseas tour by H.F.Powell, Superintendant Secretary. 2. Gorman/Murphy reports 1974 - Parts I & II - preliminary report to the Policy Investigation project sub-committee by Dr Pierre Gorman & Dr Kevin Murphy (Reading, England). 3. Cleary Report 1974, Lowe Report 1974 - PLC Canberra Visit 1974 - reports relaing to current education practices and discussions of the future role and location of VSDC

Historical information

The Victorian School for Deaf Children continued an interest in the latest research and information on the education of deaf children.

Significance

Various reports from the 1964 to 1974 relating to the education of deaf children.

Inscriptions & Markings

Inside front cover "POWELL REPORT…1964/GORMAN / MURPHY REPORTS…1971/CLEARY REPORT…1974/LOWE REPORT…1974/P.L.C. CANBERRA VISIT…1974"

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Folder - Victorian Deaf/Blind Children - residential placement

Deaf Children Australia, Melbourne

Black foolscap 2 -ring folder containing statistics, minutes of meetings and letters relation to the residential placement of deaf-blind children in 1972.

Historical information

In 1972 there were concerns with the Education of Deaf/Blind Children.

Significance

This document has the statistics regarding Deaf/Blind children and residential placement.

Inscriptions & Markings

On front top right-hand corner "VICTORIAN DEAF BLIND CHILDREN" On spine: "VICTORIAN/DEAF BLIND/CHILDREN"

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Folder - Deafness Foundation - proposed National body

Deaf Children Australia, Melbourne

Black foolscap folder containing minutes of meetings concerning the proposal for an Australian National Council for Hearing Impaired people. The meetings ran from 1971-1974

Historical information

The Deafness Foundation was established in 1974 as a co-ordinating body for the Deaf Community.

Significance

These minutes document the meetings that ran from 1971 to 1974.

Inscriptions & Markings

Label on front "DEAFNESS FOUNDATION/PROPOSED NATIONAL BODY"

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Folder - Investigation Committee reports regarding future and policy for St Kilda rd policy, 1970-1973

Deaf Children Australia, Melbourne

A black foolscrap folder containing typed minutes of meetings of the Investigation Committee which was set up to investigate proposals which had been suggested regarding a future land policy. The meetings were held between 1970 and 1973.

Historical information

Sitting on a prime piece of real estate, over time there have been discussions on the best use of the site. Whilst there is no longer any suggestion of selling the site, it's ongoing development is still being discussed. Serious consideration was given to selling the St. Kilda Rd property to developers and changing sites. No indication is given for the rejection of this proposal, possibly in Board minutes of the time.

Significance

This provides an insight into the pressures in the 1970s to sell the current site.

Inscriptions & Markings

On front label: "MINITUES -/INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE/P.I.P." handwritten

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Folder - Professor Armin Lowe Visits 1974 & 1978

Deaf Children Australia, Melbourne

Black (fake skin pattern) foolscap folder with red spine containing reports and information regarding the visits of Dr Armin Lowe in September 1974 and March 1978. They include reports to VSDC with recommendations for improvements, record of interview, travel reports and itinerary and a report on religious education for deaf children and adolescents.

Historical information

Profess Lowe was Professor of Paedeoaudiology and in Education of Deaf Children at Teachers College, Special Education Department, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, West Germany The Victorian School for Deaf Children continued an interest in the latest research and information on the education of deaf children.

Significance

This represents the most up to date information on the education of deaf children in the 1970s, as presented by Professor Armin Lowe.

Inscriptions & Markings

On Spine: "Prof./Armin LOWE/Visits:/Sept, 1974/March, 1978"

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Book - Princess Elizabeth Kindergarten (PEKD) Documentation

Deaf Children Australia, Melbourne

Plain A4 cardboard with tape spine encloses documents up to foolscap in size relating to the Princess Elizabeth Kindergarten for the Deaf (PEKD). Includes general correspondence from the Education Department from 1957 to 1971, the Education Department taking over responsibility for teaching staff at PEKD in 1957, having assumed reponsibility for the education of students at the VDDI. There are documents relating to the meetings of the PEKD sub-committee from 1969-1972, documents relating to the building extensions 1972-1973.

Historical information

Access to a pre-school education is an important to childhood development and Princess Elizabeth Kindergarten provided this to children who were hard of hearing.

Significance

These documents form an insight into the development of the Princess Elizabeth Kindergarten.

Inscriptions & Markings

On spine, typed: "1957 / 1971/EDUCATION DEPARTMENT/1969 / 1972 P.E.K.D. Sub-Committee/1972 / 1973 P.E.K.D. BUILDING EXTENSIONS/1972 P.E.K.D. EXTENSIONS

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Book - Annual Meetings from 1964 to 1970

Deaf Children Australia, Melbourne

The brown foolscap size book is made with cardboard covers and masking tape spine and contains the documents tabled at the Annual General Meetings from 1964-1970. Documents include: nomination letters, speakers notes, agendas, etc. Corrections are handwritten.

Historical information

The Annual General Meetings are the official report of the VSDC to the public.

Significance

These are the supporting documents that go with the Annual General Meeting report and provide further information on the Administration of the VSDC

Inscriptions & Markings

Front Cover: "ANNUAL MEETING/from/1964 to 1970" in handwriting, in biro

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Book - Annual Meetings from 1955 to 1963

Deaf Children Australia, Melbourne

The brown foolscap size book is made with cardboard covers and masking tape spine and contains the documents tabled at the Annual General Meetings from 1955-1963. Includes the Minutes of the 100th AGM. Documents include: nomination letters, speakers notes, agendas, etc. Corrections are handwritten.

Historical information

The Annual General Meetings are the official report of the VSDC to the public.

Significance

These are the supporting documents that go with the Annual General Meeting report and provide further information on the Administration of the VSDC

Inscriptions & Markings

Front Cover: "ANNUAL MEETING/from/1955 to 1963" in handwriting, in biro

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Photograph - Reverend William Moss

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