Image - Black and White - Butler refueling his Swift Aeroplane at A.E.H. Carling's Commercial Stores, Tooraweenah

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From the Collection of Ballarat Heritage Services PO Box 2209 Bakery Hill Post Office Victoria

Object Registration: 3650
Keywords: flight, aeroplane, pilot, butler, comper swift, commercial stores, tooraweenah, a.e.h. carling
Last updated: 12 Jan 2019 at 7:53PM

Photograph - Colour - Hand Painted Tiles

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Seven handpainted tiles of flowers.

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Artwork - Painting - [Townscape] by Arthur Lindsay

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Framed watercolour

Historical information

Arthur LINDSAY (1912-1990) Born Melbourne Arthur Lindsay studied informally under Rupert Bunny, and John Munro in 1933, and held his first Exhibition in 1938, with Peter Cox, at Riddell Galleries. In 1939, he left Australia to tour Japan, but stayed on, accepting a position with a publishing company in Hong Kong. He served with the Hong Kong Medical Corp during World War Two and was interned at Pootung Camp, Shanghai, from 1941 – 45. He held an exhibition of his internment paintings in Melbourne in 1946. Lindsay returned to Hong Kong after the War, and supervised an Advertising Agency in Singapore, Kuala Lumpar, and Bangkok. In the 1950’s he travelled to Europe, United Kingdom, Spain and France. Returning to Australia Lindsay moved to Castlemaine in 1969. A Retrospective of his Art was held at Castlemaine Art Gallery in 1991.

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Photograph - Colour - World War Two American Army Officers Case

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Photograph of an officers army case.

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Postcard - Ballarat Botanical Gardens

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Coloured postcard

Historical information

"Within six years of its first land sales in 1852, founder members had challenged council over horticultural decisions and Ballarat's main thoroughfare contained fences squares, trees and flower beds. The major works that projected the Garden City image were the street plantings, parks and botanical gardens ..." Reference: Michael Taffe, Growing a garden City: Ballarat Horticultural Society 1859-2009, BHS Publishing, 2014, p. 10.

Significance

This postcard shows how the botanical gardens in Ballarat, famous for being a Garden City.

Inscriptions & Markings

Forest Scene, Botanical Gardens, Ballarat printed in red at bottom of card. Elaine 30-11-08 handwritten in black ink underneath.

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Photpgraph - Colour - View Towards Mount Warrenheip

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Colour photographs of a view towards Mount Warrenheip on a foggy morning.

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Photograph - Colour - Clare Gervasoni received the Eureka Australia Day Medal, 2011

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Joe Toscano speaks at the microphone on teh occasion of Clare Gervasoni (centre) receiving the Eureka Australia Day Medal. Dorothy Wickham on the right.

Historical information

In 2005 Dr Joe Toscano was instrumental in establishing the Eureka Australia Day Medal. Since then over 70 Australians whose life reflects the sentiments outlined in the Eureka oath – “We swear by the Southern Cross to stand truly by each other and fight to defend our rights and liberties”, whose name would NEVER appear in the traditional honours list have been acknowledged for the work they have done to improve the lives of people in our community.

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Pamphlet - Rosslyn Chapel

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folding pamphlet with colour illustrations, plan and history of Rosslyn.

Historical information

Rosslyn Chapel is part of a larger complex. "In 1446 William St Clair founded the Chapel to spread intellectual and spiritual knowledge" ... Oliver Cromwell's troops sacked the Chapel in 1650. "Excavations in the 1800s uncovered foundations stretching a further 30 metres beyond the west end of the Chapel". Conservation work was undertaken in the 1950s. The Chapel was made famous as a source of the Da Vinci Code in the popular Dan Brown novel of the same name.

Significance

Historically significant building with many connections to stonemasonry. The apprentice column is a magnificently carved post inside the Chapel.

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Pamphlet - Adare Church

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Large pamphlet

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Photograph - Colour - Victoria Theatre Sovereign Hill

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Photograph coloured

Historical information

Victoria Theatre at Sovereign Hill ran Music Hall theatre weekly. Players in this group included (left to right) Andrew Dark, --- , Jacqueline Dark, Wendy Holgate and Peter Eyres. The program included songs, melodrama and skits.

Inscriptions & Markings

B'RAT 4302 N N N+1A

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Photograph - Melbourne Zoo

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8 black and white photographs

Historical information

Made on a trip by Clunes State School to Melbourne Zoo. The whole school was transported by buses from Clunes to Melbourne. Dorothy (Dark) was a school teacher at Clunes.

Significance

These photographs show the way animals were housed at Melbourne Zoo before innovations in animal welfare.

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Report - Brown Hill Cultural Review, 2018

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Image - The Princes Visit the Band of Hope and Albion

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Black and white image of H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh and and his brother, in Mining Costume after descending the Band of Hope Gold Mine, Ballarat. R.M. Serjeant stands to the left.

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Image - H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh and Suite, in Mining Costume

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Black and white image of H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh and Suite, in Mining Costume after descending the Band of Hope Gold Mine, Ballarat.

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Image - Band and Albion Gold Mine, Ballarat

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Black and white gold mine in Ballarat.

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Image - Theatre Royal, 1859

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Image of the Theatre Royal in Ballarat by Francoise Cogne.

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Image - Chamber of Commerce, 1859

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Image of the Chamber of Commerce in Ballarat by Francoise Cogne.

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Image - Ballarat Post Office and Township from Government Enclosure

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Coloured engraving by Samuel Thomas Gill showing the Ballaarat Post Office in the Government Camp.

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Photograph - Colour - 'Rebellion Lives Here' Stencil

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Colour photograph on a building in the Federation University Camp Street Campus. The stencil includes the Southern Sross.

Inscriptions & Markings

Rebellon Lives Here

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Artwork - [Figure]

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Unframed etching purchased at an RMIT student show around 1984.

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Caricature - Caricature by Will Dyson

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Historical information

Will DYSON (1880-1938) Born Ballarat, Victoria Dyson's caricatures of Commonwealth personalities published in the Bulletin and the Lone Hand.

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Image - Black and White - Butler refueling his Swift Aeroplane at A.E.H. Carling's Commercial Stores, Tooraweenah

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