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Metal medallion issued by S J Cooper, Mayor of Borough of Clunes to commemorate the 60th year of the reign of Queen Victoria of England
Obverse: 2 images of Queen Victoria one at inauguration in 1837 and one current 1897 with 60th Reign of Queen Victoria 1837-1897 stamped into the medallion
Reverse: Australian Coat of Arms with Borough of Clunes S J Cooper Mayor stamped into the medallion
.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
. 1 TROPHY: WOODEN BLOCK WITH A METAL FIGURINE ON TOP WITH A METTAL PLAGUE : CLUNES TOURIST & DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION, JUDGES AWARD. WIN TFELEVISION, GOLDFIELDS TOURISM AWARDS 200 .2 FRAMED AWARD,FROM GOLDFIELDS OF VICTORIA, WINNER 2000 , PRESENTED TO CLUNES TOURIST AND DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
goldfields of victoria, judges award, clunes tourist and development association
BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS OF UNKNOWN .1 HORSE DRAWN TRAM .2 3 DRAFT HORSES .3 4 DRAFT HORSES .4 3 HORSES WORKING IN THE FIELD .5 2 PARKED CARS AND SOME PEOPLE .6-.8 PHOTOGRAPHS OF BIG STACKS OF HAYBAYLES .9 BEIGE FOLDER FROM SCOTTS PHARMACY, CHEMIST AND KODAK DEALER TO HOLD THE PHOTOGRAPHS.
.9 HANDWRITTEN MISS E N HARRISON, ADDINGTON
draft horses, haybales, hay stacks
FRONT COVER: THE RED HEAP BRASS BAND" DURING THE FILMING OF SATURDEE. THE STORY OF THE CRESWCIK BAND STARTING 1863 TO 2010 WITH PHOTOGRAPHS AND SOME MEMBERS LISTS
non-fiction
THE HISTORY OF THE BRASS BANDS OF CRESWICK
red heap brass band, saturdee, brass bands creswick
A4 FOLDED SHEEET OF PAPER WITH IMAGE OF PEOPLE ON FRONT COVER LISTENING TO A MAN STANDING AT A PODIUM OUTLINES THE EVENTS OF THE SPRING PROGRAMME OF 2023
attitude, aging well in clunes
ONE SEPIA POSTCARD TITLED "CLUNES FROM ROCKS" IN WHITE HAND WRITING ON IMAGE. SIGNIFICANT BUILDINGS SHOWN ARE THE POST OFFICE , BANKS, SOME MATURE TREES AND MT BECKWORTH IN THE BACKGROUND
ON BACK: DEAR ALLIE, AS I PROMISED YOU A VIEW OF CLUNES I AM SENDING YOU THIS ONE. HE IS SOLD OUT OF THE ONES WITH THE CREEK. i HOPE YOU ARE WELL. i REMAIN YOUR AFFECT COUSIN RANDAL STAMPED IWTH "POSTCARD" - CORRESPONDENCE AND KODAK AUSTRALIA
clunes from the rocks, postcard
CLUNES CRICKET TEAM STAYED AT LORD MAYORS CAMP FOR CHILDREN
POSTCARDS . THE ROSE SERIES .1 NO 3172 BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH - HOSPITAL AND CLINIC LORD MAYORS CAMP PORT SEA .2 NO 3213 PLAYING AREA AND DINING HALL LORD MAYORS CAMP .3 NO 224 PORT SEA BEACH AND PIER .4 NO 3211 PLAYING AREA AND PIER .5 NO 3213 PLAYING AREA AND DINING HALL LORD MAYORS CAMP PORT SEA
.3 ON B ACK HANDWRITTEN IN INK: ALL OUT FOR 18 WE WERE 963 AND WE ARE THIRD IN THE LIST. THE GROUP THAT SLEEPS IN THE SAME SHED AS WE DO MADE 143 AND THE CAIPTON MADE 102. MUM HOW ARE MY PIDGEON GETTING ON AND WHO IS FEEDING .4 ON BACK HANDWRITTEN: THEM WHILE I AM AWAY YOURS ERIC .5 DEAR MUM AND DAD. I HAVE TO HAVE EXRAY ON MY TEETH ABOUT THE TWO FRONT ONES. WE ARE IN HUT 10 AND I AM SLEEPING ON THE BOTTOM BUNCK. WE HAD A GAME OF CRICKET AGAINST CRESWICK TO DAY AND WE GOT THEM
lord mayor camp port sea, rose stereograph co, clunes cricket team
CONTENT; visitor comments about the museum from 10/11/2018 to 07/01/2023
HARDCOVER, BOUND, BLACK VINYL COVER WITH GOLDCOLOURED METAL CORNERS
visitors book, clunes museum
A SACRED CONCERT AND RECITAL, HELD IN THE CLUNES METHODISTCHURCH WITH 70 VOICES
BLUE FOLDED PROGRAMME WITH BLACK PRINTING, PRINTED WITH MUSIC ITEMS TO BE PERFROMED BY THE MITCHAM CHORAL SOCIETY
mitcham choral society, clunes methodist church
ON FRONT COVER: IMAGE OF MINING STRUCTURES AND MULLOCK HEAPS IN GREEN WAS COLOUR OVERVIEW OF GOLD MINING AND DEEP LEAD MINING IN PARTICULAR
non-fiction
THE STORY OF THE MINE DISASTER
cardigan mine disaster, jeffrey atkinson
OPENING OF THE WAREHOUSE CLUNES - COUNCIL OFFICE LIBRARY, MUSEUM INFORMATION CENTRE
CHHA NEWS ISSUE 99 JULY-SEPT,2014 STAPLED NEWSLETTER WITH COLOURED IMAGE OF DIGNITARIES CUTTING THE RIBBON AT THE OFFICIEAL OPENING OF THE WAREHOUSE CLUNES
warehouse clunes, opening, official opening
ON FRONT COVER IMAGE OF FRAZER STREET, CLUNES VIC. THE STORY OF JOHN SPARK, ANN SPARK AND THEIR DECENDANTS
non-fiction
THE STORY OF THE SPARK FAMILY
peter spark, scotland to clunes
DINNER GIVEN BY ALFRED LAWRENCE & CO. IN HONOUR OF THE SECOND ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE VICTRIAN COUNTRY AERATED WATERS & CORDIAL MANUFACURERES ASSOCIATION MELBOURNE - AUGUST 1ST 1949
2 X COPIES OF BLACK AND WHITE IMAGE OF COMMERCIAL EVENT ATTENDED BY CORDIAL MAKERS IN 1949
regional manufacturing, eberhard & co. cordial
A CREAM COLOURED CROCHETED MILK JUG COVER WITH YELLOW GLASS BEADS
milk jug cover, jug cover, crochet jug cover
A WHITE MILK JUG WITH GOLD FOUR-LEAF CLOVER ON ONE SIDE OF THE JUG AND GOLD LINE AROUND THE BODYOF THE JUG
STAMPED IN GOLD ON THE BOTTOM OF THE JUG: 259
milk jug, jug
.1 A BROWN METAL TEAPOT .2 THE LID TO THE TEAPOT
teapot, metal teapot
.1 SALT BOTTLE - MOULDED GLASS MADE TO APPEAR AS CUT GLASS, METAL TOP WITH HOLES .2 SALT BOTTLE - MOULDED GLASS MADE TO APPEAR AS CUT GLASS. METAL TOP WITH HOLES .3 VINEGAR BOTTLE - MOULDED GLASS MADE TO APPEAR AS CUT GLASS, GLASS STOPPER
vinegar bottle, salt bottle
A WHITE CERAMIC TRIVETT WITH FLORAL TRANSFER PATTERN WITH WAVY EDGE
trivett, ceramic trivett
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.
