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Soft Cover book , depicts a young Aboriginal women wrapped in a possum skin cloak standing in front of an early topographical map of Port Phillip. 348 pages.
Autographed by Fred Cahir in blue biro on the inside first page.
INDIGENOUS HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA WRITTEN BY FRED CAHIR
CERTIFICATE FOR FIRST PRIZE
AUSTRALIAN NATIVES ASSOCIATION SMEATON. FIRST PRIZE AWARDED TO CLUNES JUVENILE CHOIR. MISS F.M. PERRY CONDUCTOR. 1905
clunes juvenile choir, miss f.m. perry, australian natives association
PICTURESQUE AUSTRALIA MAGAZINE, 28 PAGES BLACK/WHITE (SEPIA). STAPLED. PUBLISHED BY AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TRAVEL ASSOCIATION WITH THE OBJECT OF MAKING KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE WORLD THE BEAUTIES AND ATTRACTIONS OF THE COMMONWEALTH. WHOLLY SET UP AND PRINTED IN AUSTRALIA.
australians, photographs, scenic locations
COLLINS PLACE, CLUNES. PUBLIC AMENITIES AND ROTUNDA PLANS
ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS. PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS OF PUBLIC AMENITIES AND ROTUNDA, COLLINS PLACE CLUNES. 7 PAGES STAPLED. MAY 2009
buildings, clunes, collins place
THE WEEKLY TIMES PICTORIAL MAGAZINE - SECTION 5. FEBRUARY 15, 1936. ONE LARGE SHEET FOLDER INTO 4. FEATURING PHOTOS OF: PORTUGAL, THE HOBART CUP RACE MEETING, FRANKSTON, NEW GUINEA, LEONGATHA SHOW. ALSO THE COUNTRY FIRE BRIGADE COMPETITION KYNETON WHERE CLUNES IS MENTIONED.
clunes fire brigage, pictorial magazine
PIECE OF WALLPAPER ATTACHED TO NEWSPAPER BACKING FOR SUPPORT. MAY BE HAND PAINTED. DEPICTING FLOWERS AND LEAVES IN GREEN AND YELLOW
artwork, wallpaper, hand painted
ANNOUNCEMENT OF PEACE WITH GERMANY PRIOR TO WW11
THE DAILY HERALD, DATED 1ST OCTOBER 1938. PICTURE OF BRITISH PRIME MINISTER CHAMBERLAIN DECLARING PEACE FOR OUR TIME. 20 PAGES INCLUDING 4 PAGE WRAPAROUND
british p.m. chamberlain, peace
CLUNES WOOL SPINNING MILLS PROSPECTUS
0.1 PHOTOCOPY OF PROSPECTUS OF CLUNES WOOL SPINNING MILLS LTD. 0.2 PROSPECTUS OF THE CLUNES WOOL SPINNING MILLS
prospectus, interknit, clunes spinning mills
STAFF OF THE CLUNES KNITTING MILL 1923. INTERKNIT SPINNING MACHINE
.1 B/W PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING STAFF IN FRONT OF THE CLUNES KNITTING & MFG CO. LTD. (INCLUDES SOME CHILDEN) 1923. RECEIPT ATTACHED 1992. .2 B/W PHOTOGRAPH OF SPINNING MACHINE IN THE FACTORY
clunes knitting mill staff, machinery, spinning
SUN SHOTS. A SUN NEWS-PICTORIAL PUBLICATION. CONTAINS 63 PAGES WITH PHOTOS AND DESCRIPTIONS
photographs, australiana, sun news-pictorial
CARDBOARD BOX TOP. GEO LUCAS & CO. MARYBOROUGH. MILLINERY SPECIALISTS. DRESSMEN AND OUTFITTERS.
geo lucas & co., millinery, box lid
THE WEEKLY TIMES ANNUAL 1932. PICTORIAL (COLOURED). SPECIAL NUMBER OF THE WEEKLY TIMES, OCTOBER 10, 1932. 22ND YEAR. PRICE 1/6.
australia, pictorial, stories and poems, local history
TABLE TALK DATED JUNE 15,1922. PINK COVER. PRINTED NEWSPAPER WITH DETAILS. A SOCIAL WHO'S WHO.
social history, who's who
LONG PHOTOGRAPH OF REUNION IN FLAGSTAFF GARDENS, MELBOURNE OF FORMER CLUNES RESIDENTS. MURIEL (WOOLCOCK) FORREST AND KATH WOOLCOCK (MARKED WITH CROSS?)
NOTE ON BACK. GRANDMA AND MUM LOVED THESE MEETINGS
clunes, residents, reunion, woolcock
TIMBER FRAMED, SEPIA STUDIO PORTRAINT OF FOUR MALES, SEATED AND STANDING
ON MATTE BOARD, PRINTED: HORNBY CLUNES
spark family, early citizens of clunes
WOODEN FRAMED, BLACK AND WIHTE IMAGE OF HUGH BELL SPARK
ON REVERSE, HANDWRITTEN IN BLUE BIRO: GRANDFATHER SPARK, AGE UNKNOWN C.H. SPARK, BELONGS TO E. H. MCKENZIE (OTHER WRITINGS NOWTSHOWN DUE TO PRIVACY)
spark family, early clunes citizens
LITHOGRAPH PRINT COPIED ONTO BUFF PAPER OF CLUNES LANDSCCAPE FIEW LOOKING SOUTH EST MOUNTED AND FRAMED IN BLACK WOOD
BELOW PRINTON BOTTOME IN BLACK INK: CLUNES
clunes landscape, lithograph
PRINT OF LITHOGRAPH COPIED TO BUFF COLURED PAPER AND MOUNTED ON PAPER
BLACK PRINTING BELOW THE IMAGE: PORT PHILLIP
port phillip mine, crushing works
TWO PRINTS, COPIED TO BUFF COLOURED PAPER, MOUNTED IN GOLD COLOURED TIMBER FRAME. PRINTS TAKEN FROM LITHOGRAPHS
TOP IMAGE PRINTED IN BLACK: TOWN OF CLUNES - POPULATION 4874 NUMBER OF BUILDINGS 1100 GOLD FIRST DISCOVERED HER IN JUL 1851 BOTTOM IMAGE PRINTED IN BLACK: PORT PHILLIP AND COLONIAL GOLD MINING COMPANY CLUNES
port phillip mine, township of clunes
WWI LARGE PHOTOGRAPH. OBVIOUSLY TAKEN OUT OF FRAME. SHOWS 4 ROWS OF MEN. GENERALS ETC. NO IDENTIFICATION
wwi, soldiers and generals, photograph
BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTE IN BLACK WOODEN FRAME OF CHILDREN ON A ROAD WITH TOWN BUILDINGS OF CLUNES IN THE BACKGROUND. GOLD COLOURED METAL PLAQUE AFFIXED TO BOTTOM OF FRAME ON THE FRONT
ON PLAQUE: EARLY CLUNES
clunes streetscape, southwest from cameron street
CLUNES COUNCIL, GOVERNMENT ACT 1871
LARGE BANNER WITH REGULATIONS AND PROCEEDINGS OF COUNCIL OFFICERS. GOVERNMENT ACT 1871. PRINTED ON FABRIC, COVERED WITH PLASTIC AND MOUNTED ON A WOODEN BATTEN WITH THUMB TACKS
clunes council, regulation and proceedings, 13th schedule
MINING, CLUNES GOLD MINES, MAPS, SECTIONS
.1 AERIAL VIEW OF CLUNES AND DISTRICT. COLOUR PHOTOGRAPH LAMINATED. .2 MAP OF MINING AREAS SHOWING EXCISED AREA. No. 9104. MINING DISTRICT OF BALLARAT. PARISH OF CLUNES. COUNTY OF TALBOT. SCALE 4 CHAINS TO AN INCH. .3 MAP OF GOLD MINING LEASE BLOCKS AT CLUNES .4 DRAWINGS OF SECTIONS, CLUNES GOLD MINES. SCALE 400 FEET TO AN NCH. ALL MOUNTED WITH PLASTIC HANGING STRIPS.
.1 ON BACK. CLUNES 1:25000 .2 ASSORTED HANDWITTEN NOTATIONS. .3 ASSORTED HANDWITTEN NOTATIONS. REPLACE IN DEPT. OF MINING REGISTRARS QUARTER ENDED 30TH JUNE 1887. P. 12.
clunes, gold mining, leases, aerial photograph, mine sections
LAMINATED MANAGEMENT REVIEW FOR QUEENS PARK CLUNES. SHOWING MASTER PLAN. COMPLETED 2006. JEANETTE SPITTLE
queens park, clunes, management review, regional botanic gardens
MINING IN CLUNES
.1 THE PORT PHILLIP & COLONIAL GOLD MINING CO. CLUNES. NORTH CROSS SECTION AND SOUTH CROSS SECTION. SCALE 1:100 .2 NEW NORTH CLUNES SHEET 2. TRANSVERSE SECTIONS AND LONGITUDINAL SECTIONS. 656. LOOKING SOUTH. LOOKING NORTH .3 TRANSVERSE SECTIONS, SOUTH CLUNES UNITED G.M. CO. No.1 SHAFT, No.2 SHAFT, No.3 SHAFT, No.4 SHAFT.
.1 ON BACK OF MAP: NORTH PORT PHILLIP X-SECTION 22325N .2 HANDWRITTEN NOTES ON MAP .3 HANDWRITTEN NOTES ON MAP
port phillip & colonial gold mining, new north clunes, south clunes united
SMALL BOOK - COLOURED IMAGE ON FRONT COVER IS OF STONE RUINS AND A GUM TREE
non-fiction
AS IN THE UNITED STAES, GHOST TOWNS ARE ONE OF THE SELDOM VISITED, YET ENDURING FEATURES OF OUR LANDSCAPE...
clunes victoria, ghost town
GROUP OF 9 MEN, A SMALL GIRL AND A TODDLER AGAINST A BLUESTONE BUILDING WALL. MEN OBVIOUSLY WORKING BEE AS FOREGROUND IS OVERGROWN. UNKNOWN AREA. MOUNTED ON BOARD.
local history, workers
FLOOR PLAN AND ELEVATIONS OF CLUNES MUSEUM PRIOR TO RENOVATION. MEASURED DRAWING SCALE 1:100. R. ANDREW BROWNELL, ARCHITECT DAYLESFORD. LAMINATED.
clunes museum, floor plans, william barkell mem. arts & historic centre
FACTORY COMPLEX DEMOLISHED IN APPROX. 1968
PLAN DRAWN AND PAINTED WITH WATERCOLOURS OF EBERHARD & CO. CLUNES & TALBOT CORDIAL FACTORY IN FRASER STREET CLUNES. SKETCHED FROM THE MEMORY OF:-
eberhard & co. cordial, clunes & talbot, plans of former buildings
LARGE BOOK DATED 1875. DRAWINGS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF CLUNES WATERWORKS. CONTAINS 12 PAGES
local history, clunes, water works, drawings
FORMERLY USED FOR DISPLAY IN CLUNES MUSEUM BEFORE RENOVATION
WOOD LOOK FRAMED MAP OF CLUNES, UNDER GLASS. COMPILED BY CHARLES FENTON 1987. CLUNES SHOWING HOUSES, MINES, STREETS AND SURROUNDING ESTATES. LEGEND BOTTOM LEFT.
clunes, map
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