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5563-1a Anthony Anderson
5563-1b King of Birchip
5563-1c Weapons demonstrated by Blind Tommy
5563-1d Carrs Plains Aboriginals 1870's
5563-1e Carrs Plains Aboriginals with Holford W 1870s
5563-1f Carrs Plains photos of Aboriginals from Vic Museum via Steve Wettenhall
Photographs of Aboriginals at Carrs plains on CD
stawell
5563-2a Sheep Carrs Plains 5563-2a1 Carrs Plains on bank of Richardson River 5563-2a2 Carrs Plains Molly with Calf 5563-2b Richardson River in Flood 5563-2b1 Carrs Plains 5563-2b2 Arthur Whettenhall at front door 5563-2c Slush boxes Carrs Plains 5563-2c1 Carrs Plains 5563-2c2 Wettenhall Family1890 Viola on Holford's lap 5563-2d Seven Bros 5563-2d1 Carrs Plains 5563-2d2 Snow at Carrs Plains about 1896 5563-2e Carrs Plains 5563-2e1 Carrs Plains 5563-2e2 Carrs Plains Quarters 5563-2f Sheep 5563-2f1 Carrs Plains 5563-2f2 Sheep & Fleece 5563-2g Sheep 5563-2g1 Carrs Plains 5563-2g2 Carrs Plains Staff 5563-2h Alan Wettenhall 5563-2h1 Carrs Plains 5563-2h2 Portrait of 5563-2i Carrs Plains Grp 5563-2i1 Mr Tom Thumb the pony at Carrs Plains 5563-2i2 CP Top Sheep 5563-2j Roland Viola Alexander 5563-2j1 H H Wettenhall 5563-2j2 Carrs Plains Riding 5563-2k Sheep 5563-2k1 H H Wettenhall 5563-2k2 Carrs Plains sheep 5563-2l Carrs Plains front door on R 5563-2l1 H H Wettenhall false left arm 5563-2l2 Carrs Plains slush box 5563-2m Carrs Plains Rams 5563-2m1 H H Wettenhall 5563-2m2 Carrs Plains wool away 5563-2n Carrs Plains 5563-2n1 Carrs Plains 5563-2n2 Snow at Carrs Plains 5563-2o Carrs Plains Shearing 5563-2o1 Shoot 5563-2p Carrs Plains Shearing 5563-2p1 Party At Dam possibly Lake Lonsdale 5563-2q Carrs Plains Sheep 5563-2q1 Carrs PLains 5563-2r Carrs Plains Sheep 5563-2r1 Carrs Plains 5563-2s Carrs Plains Flood 5563-2s1 Carrs Plains 5563-2t Carrs Plains Flood 5563-2t1 Carrs Plains Duck 5563-2u Carrs Plains Flood 5563-2u1 Carrs Plains Sheep 5563-2v Veranda Carrs Plains 5563-2v1 Mrs Tom Thumbs Foal Tempus 5563-2w Carrs Plains Flood 5563-2w1 Molly and her Kemp family ,her mother Euphemia and Gd Mother Kemp 5563-2x Carrs Plains Flood 5563-2x1 Jean Kemp Molly's oldest sister 1909 5563-2y Carrs Plains Barns 5563-2y1 G G Mother Kemp 94yrs Herbert on R 5563-2z Carrs Plains Playing 5563-2z1 Carrs Plains Buggy
Photographs of Carrs Plain on CD
stawell
5563-3a Glen Holford 5563-3a1 Floie William 5563-3a2 Glen Holford Door 5563-3b Viola 5563-3b1 Florence 5563-3b2 Glen Holford Pomonal pre 1939 5563-3c Glen Holford Group 5563-3c1 Florence 5563-3d Glen Holford 5563-3d1 Glen Holford 5563-3e Glen Holford 5563-3e1 Glen Holford 5563-3f Glen Holford View 5563-3f1 Glen Holford 5563-3g Glen Holford Apples 5563-3g1 Florence Wedding 5563-3h Glen Holford View2 5563-3h1 Wedding Croquet 5563-3i Glen Holford 5563-3i1 Wedding 5563-3j Glen Holford 5563-3j1 Wedding 5563-3k Glen Holford View3 5563-3k1 Wedding 5563-3l Glen Holford 5563-3l1 Wedding 5563-3m Social Day 5563-3m1 Wedding 5563-3n Florence Viola 5563-3n1 Wedding 5563-3o Glen Holford Tennis 5563-3o1 Glen Holford 5563-3p Glen Holford Tennis 5563-3p1 Holford 5563-3q Halls Gap Party 5563-3q1 Holford W W Lempriere 5563-3r Glen Holford Party 5563-3r1 Glen Holford Picnic 5563-3s Glen Holford Party 5563-3s1 Glen Holford 5563-3t Viola 5563-3t1 Horses Foals 5563-3u Viola Granny Mary Wettenhall 5563-3u1 Holford Viola 1896 5563-3v Viola Roland 5563-3v1 Glen Holford Grp 5563-3w Glen Holford 5563-3w1 Glen Holford Mounted Grp 5563-3x Glen Holford Summer House 5563-3x1 Milton Arthur + 5563-3y1 Wettenhall Family C1900 5563-3z1 Wettenhall Family C1889
Photographs of Glen Holford near Pomonal on CD
stawell
5563-4a Gold Digging Mafeking 5563-4b Gold Digging Mafeking 5563-4c Going Down For What Mafeking 5563-4d Going Down Sequel Mafeking
Photographs of Mafeking on Wettenhall CD
stawell
5563-5a Swinton1907 5563-5b Swinton Party at Carrs Plains 1907
Photographs of Swinton on CD
stawell
5563-6a Wallaloo Park 5563-6b Wallaloo Park 5563-6c Wallaloo Park
Photographs of Wallaloo Park on CD
stawell
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.
