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Polocrosse was a popular equestrian sport played at Prince of Wales Park Ballarat in the 1950s. This is a small family snapshot of William (Bill) Burke, brother of Mrs Mary Taffe of "Hymettus" Ballarat, with three of his polocrosse ponies taken at his home on Burrumbeet Rd Ballarat.
Small snapshot
On reverse "Bill Burke"
Always kept in front bedroom and used on bedside table and dining table, also for accompanying priest from front door to sick bed.
2 x glass candlestick holders, with a broad square base and a square column leading to the top square area which holds the candles. There are diamond and star-shaped patterns in the base and the column.
glass, candlesticks, light
secretaire, bookcaser, fintona
non-fiction
music, musical instruments, brass bands,
In 1920 Michael Taffe was awarded Junior Cornet Solo Champion at Ballarat's South St competitions, The Grand National Eisteddfod of Australasia. This competition was the premier band contest in Australia with musicians from every state and New Zealand taking part. This Boosey & Co cornet was on display in the window of Allan's Music store Melbourne when the building was severely damaged by fire but these items were saved.
Part of a large family collection of local & family history items at Hymettus Cottage, home to the same Ballarat family for the past 125. This cornet has a well documented provenance and a known owner and has been at Hymettus for over a century. Boosey & Co joined with Hawkes in 1930 to become Boosey & Hawkes. This cornet forms part of a significant and representative historical collection that reflects Ballarat's local history from a family perspective. It contributes to our understanding of social and family life in Ballarat from the 19th to the 21st century and provides interpretative capacity for family, local, and social history themes.
Heavily decorated and inscribed.
cornet, music, michael taffe, south street competitions, ballarat, boosey & co
villers bretonneux, great war, sketch, art
A small book of 47 pages printed at The Specialty Press Melbourne. Covers in poor condition due to wear and water but content pages fair although cover now detached.
fiction
edna walling, gardeners, poetry
stamped underneath.
candle, chamber
donald, candle holders, crystal, wedding present
Scandinavian design in furniture and accessories was very popular in the 1960s - 70s as represented by these two minor decorative candle holders of the period.
A small example of the very popular designs reflecting Scandinavian influences of the period.
In the modern Danish style of 1970s.
etched underneath each holder 'Stelton stainless 18/Denmark.'
denmark, stainless, ballarat, 1970s, wedding present
combination bottle and can opener with corkscrew.
"Buckle proof blue blade" and "Made by Henry Squire and Sons" etched into opposite sides of the handle.
can opener,
john pascoe fawkner, melbourne, belgium
non-fiction
nursery catalogue, ballarat, horticulture
ireland, austria, taaffe, vienna
horseshoe, ornament, luck, tradition, ballarat
Handmade fan for social evenings made by and for Theresa (Tess) Taafe c. 1930s.
Small fan made of bakelite, lacework with sequins all hand sewn to netting backing.
Nil
fan, lady's fan, evening wear, tess lazarus, patrick taafe, redesdale.
This medallion was issued to all competitors at the 1996 Australian Rowing Championships to commemorate the official opening of the Sydney International Regatta Centre at Penrith , March 1996 in which Marion Taffe was rowing.
The Sydney International Regatta Centre at Penrith was opened in March 1996 as the new venue for the Sydney Olympic Games 2000. The national regatta 1996 was the first regatta held at the centre and used as a trial for its suitability for the Olympic rowing and canoeing events and the regatta was sponsored by ABN Amro.
rowing, regatta, sydney
The Catholic Church held an International Congress at Sydney in 1928. This was the first such gathering in the Southern Hemisphere and special trains were run from other states to convey visitors to the event. A range of souvenir items were purchased by Catholic families and a collection of these souvenirs including Congress rail tickets were collected and remain in the Taffe family Hymettus collection.
This, the 29th Congress was the first ever held outside Europe or the USA. It was first great public demonstration of faith celebrated by Catholics in Australia this event attracted a crowd of half a million, the largest religious spectacle ever seen in Australia to that time.
sydney, eucharistic congress, pope pius xi, medal,
australian bi-centenary, , ballarat community bi-centenary committee, ballarat
medal, horticulture, royal horticultural society victoria, ballarat horticultural society, michael taffe
arawata, holmes family, centenary, bookmark, souvenir, family history
wedding, donald
fiction
construction of floral motifs with symbolic shoes, clasped hands and other symbols of marriage and Australia all under glass dome.
burke, mckew, donald, starnaud, wedding, cake decoration, wedding ephemera
non-fiction
avenues of honour, war, war memorials
fiction
fiction
book, juvenilia
non-fiction
rowing, ballarat
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