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Burnt out ruins of “Vinelea” Homestead after 1984 fire.
Colour Photograph of the remains of a house fire, Four standing chimneys and steel tanks, also a couple of wooden buildings still standing
On Rear: Vinelea House Fire 1984
Use to measure frequency of electrical alternating current. Used at Stawell Technical School.
Large Black Cast Metal case with white Dial
Cycles Per Second Frequency Meter A.G.E. 230V
science, education
Use to measure radiation at Stawell Technical School
Grey box with handle on top and four electronic counters on front used with Geiger Muller detector.
Kemp Model 4DS10 Designed and made by E A Kemp Pty Ltd Sydney
science, education
Spiral Bound Yellow A4 booklet with B/W photo of bags in mill
Phil Waring Author
Use to measure angle of total internal reflection of light. Used at Stawell Technical School
Grey box for liquid with glass slide on rotating scale
Made in Australia for H.B. Selby & Co Pty Ltd Analite Pty Ltd
science, education
Stawell had a significant Cycling history.
Fawn Covered lined book with red cloth Spine
Stawell Amateur Cycle Club
sport
Small engraved clear glass jug with handle
Bricklayer's Arm's Hotel Stawell
Postal Information in LSD. Phases of the moon, Full Month, Day Date,, Same for new moon. Borough and shire of Stawell, Councilors, Wards, Area, Population, Dwellings, Valuation Rates, etc. Public holidays for 1947
Two colour Red and Black print on A2 Newsprint. Has 5 Squares X 3 Months, Days of week, and dates
Dane Bros. Grocers Advertisement. Est 1865. main Street Stawell Phone 39. Wholesale and Retail wine and spirit merchants. Sole Agents. Grasmere Butter. Farmer's Bacon, Hams, Small Goods. The absolute best always.
Flour Bag for Flour with Red & Blue Print
Sunlight Flour (faded) Wimmera Flour Mill Pty Ltd Stawell
manufacturing
Family History of Hoffmann Compiled by Heinrich Hoffmann, Otto Hoffmann and Lila Lockwood
Blue Booklet with Blue Print on front with map of Australia
Stamped in front cover Bruce Dudon
family history
Eleanor Pugsley & Joy Roy are from the Genealogical Society Inc
2 Colour photographs of 2 women, inside Stawell Library
Eleanor Pugsley is from the Genealogical Society Inc
2 Colour photographs of a woman, inside wearing a blue dress and pearls with glasses.
Colour photograph of a yellow caravan with white roof, with Apex Logos on the side and rear. Windows and doors are open, and it is attached to a car.
Colour photograph of cylindrical vase decorated with raised gumnuts and branch. Vase is mainly green fading to yellow/Gold towards the top.
Small line drawing in gilded frame
Old mechanics Institute Stawell J Bosher
buildings
Instrument which demonstrates waveform of any electrical current. The waveform shows the amplitude of a signal on a Y axis and time is shown on the X Axis.
Grey case with black front containing dials and small round cathode screen
Cloud Chamber Spray Style Supplied By Townson and Mercer (dist) Pty Ltd
science, education
Used to display particle paths. When the radioactive sample decays a few tracks will be visible and their random nature demonstrated. Used in Physis Class.
Round Grey Instrument of Metal with glass covered chamber at top holding radioactive sample. Cover can be removed.
Cloud Chamber Spray Style Supplied By Townson and Mercer (dist) Pty Ltd
science, education
Town Hall Stawell, Gold Reef Mall, Central Park Gates, Big Hill Memorial
Postcard showing four views of Stawell
Stawell
stawell
Used to generate audio signal for scientific experimentation and testing. Used with students to test hearing frequency range.
Grey Boxed Instrument with dials on front
Model 190 bdw Instruments Pty Ltd Melbourne Australia
science, education
Coloured Oil on Canvass painting in Frame
P O'Dare
art
Woollen Mill post cards by NucolorVue productions.
Colour postcards of the Woolen Mill
Stawell, Victoria Woollen Mills, inspections 10:30 a.m. daily. A Nu-Color-Vue of Australia ST8- Nucolorvue Productions Pty. Ltd. Copyright
stawell, manufacturer
Group Portrait of Stawell Fire Brigade Members in Uniform Reg Chapman Harry Chapman Albert Oliver Ray Maddocks Arthur Parson Fred Crouch Peter Fenwick
B/W Photograph of seven senior fire brigade officers in Dress Uniforms: Names on Back of Copy
Chapman's Studio, Stawell
stawell
Street Scene - Wakeham Street and Seaby Street (Provincial Hotel) 1997
stawell
Pleasant Creek. Stawell Hospital Infectious Diseases Ward Syme Ward Opened 1904 Nurses in Front
stawell hospital medical
3 Colour Photographs. showing monument ot Pamala (Fry) Blake.
libray, monuments
Two People inside library, one man holing a certificate and the woman reading from a sheet of paper
Digital Print: View of Part of the New Halls Gap Bridge, near the curve heading toward Stawell
Digital Print: View of Part of the New Halls Gap Bridge, near the curve heading toward Stawell
Digital Print: Joan Tangey standing next to a pipe for the Halls Gap Pipeline
Digital Print: Joan Tangey standing next to a pipe for the Halls Gap Pipeline
Digital Print: A digger with drill bit attached, working on the slipway at Bellfield
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.
