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GS-EM-60; St James' Training School, William Street, Melbourne, c. 1858 ; T.W. Cameron (Firm); Photograph of a drawing of a large single-storey building behind a picket fence. Two pointed roofed wings are either side of a front porch which has a bell suspended above it. Children are playing in the street in front of the school. To the left of this building in the background are the parsonage and St James' Cathedral. An article in The Argus of May 1857 reports on a discussion about converting St James' School into a Model and Training School for the use of teachers belonging to the Anglican Church. A Model Training School under the control of the National Board was already in operation in Spring Street. One of the many glass slides purchased from retailers or specifically made for illustrated lectures given by Isaac Selby between c. 1930 and c. 1955 to raise money for the Old Pioneers Memorial Fund.; Glass slide; Images collection; #13083 Donated Sept 1944 by A. W. GreigPhotography
GS-EM-63; Surveyor's Camp, Sandridge [ Port Melbourne ] c. 1839; T.W. Cameron (Firm); A coloured drawing of a beach setting with two men and a large dog sitting around a fire, a wooden hut on wheels with a horse grazing nearby, and a person standing by surveying equipment. In the background, through a gap in the trees, can be seen what looks like a wooden barrel on a pole. The artist, Liardet, landed at William Darke's camp in 1839. He drew the encampment including Darke, one of three surveyors sent by Governor Bourke to survey the shore of Port Philip Bay, taking readings in front of his caravan. A red flag was replaced by a more durable barrel at the top of the pole. [Liardet's water-colours of early Melbourne, MUP, 1973, p. 78] One of the many glass slides purchased from retailers or specifically made for illustrated lectures given by Isaac Selby between c. 1930 and c. 1955 to raise money for the Old Pioneers Memorial Fund.; Glass slide; Images collectionPhotography
Residence of Sir J Palmer, Burwood Road, Hawthorn, 1870; Gunn's Slides (Firm); GS-EV-30
GS-EV-30; Residence of Sir J Palmer, Burwood Road, Hawthorn, 1870; Gunn's Slides (Firm); Glass slide that depicts a house owned by Sir James Frederick Palmer on a residential dirt road. The driveway leads to the stone house. There is greenery that surrounds the house. There is cloudy sky is in the background. Palmer was a medical practitioner, cordial manufacturer, wine merchant and politician. He made his home at Richmond near the Yarra and soon established Palmer's Punt (near Hawthorn Bridge). He built a house, Burwood, in Hawthorn near the bridge. The property was later bought by George Coppin and later still by Sir William McPherson; it became the Invergowrie Homecraft Hostel. [source : ADB] One of many glass slides purchased from retailers or specifically made for illustrated lectures given by Isaac Selby between c. 1930 and c. 1955 to raise money for the Old Pioneers Memorial Fund. Permission to be obtained for reproduction and publication. <a href="https://www.historyvictoria.org.au" target="_blank">For a high resolution copy of this image, contact Royal Historical Society of Victoria</a> ; Glass slide; Images collectionPhotography
Swinton Station, Ledcourt; Gunn's Slides (Firm); GS-EV-31
GS-EV-31; Swinton Station, Ledcourt; Gunn's Slides (Firm); Glass slide that depicts a farming homestead in a bushland setting at Glenorchy, Victoria. There are a group of aboriginals and two horses in front of the timber buildings. A man is astride on each horse. There is a fence line that joins with one of the buildings. Ledcourt Homestead [125 Ledcourt Road, Ledcourt, North Grampians Shire] is historically significant as the oldest established pastoral residence in the Stawell region. Marcus Clarke was employed on the property for a short period [c. 1866 ] and lived in a two-roomed cottage near the homestead (no longer evident). [Souvce: HDV Statement of Significance] One of many glass slides purchased from retailers or specifically made for illustrated lectures given by Isaac Selby between c. 1930 and c. 1955 to raise money for the Old Pioneers Memorial Fund. Permission to be obtained for reproduction and publication. <a href="https://www.historyvictoria.org.au" target="_blank">For a high resolution copy of this image, contact Royal Historical Society of Victoria</a> ; Glass slide; Images collectionPhotography
Cover of 'Colonial Comicalities conceived, compiled and constructed by S T G'; refer S T Gill ; Gill, Samuel Thomas, 1818-1880; GS-EV-73
GS-EV-73; Cover of 'Colonial Comicalities conceived, compiled and constructed by S T G'; refer S T Gill ; Gill, Samuel Thomas, 1818-1880; Glass slide of an illustration cover that depicts a building with a large sign on the wall. A man is sitting on the shoulders of another man in the foreground. The man on his shoulders, is carrying a bucket on his right hand. One man is bending down beside the bucket. On the left, a jockey is laughing at the spectacle. Beside the jockey, a woman is sneaking around the corner of the building to take a look. A policeman in uniform is facing the spectacle and pointing a finger at the men. One of many glass slides purchased from retailers or specifically made for illustrated lectures given by Isaac Selby between c. 1930 and c. 1955 to raise money for the Old Pioneers Memorial Fund. This image is provided for research purposes and must not be reproduced without prior permission.<a href="https://www.historyvictoria.org.au" target="_blank">For a high resolution copy of this image, contact Royal Historical Society of Victoria.</a>; Glass slide; Images collectionPhotography
Burnt remains of Glenrowan Inn, 1880; T.W. Cameron (Firm); GS-EV-75
GS-EV-75; Burnt remains of Glenrowan Inn, 1880; T.W. Cameron (Firm); Glass slide that depicts the aftermath of a fire, which destroyed the hotel. The remains of the inn and surrounding trees are in the background. A man is standing at the left side of the ruins. The Glenrowan Inn sign, chimney and a barrel are on the right side of the image. The Inn was built in 1878, the licensee Ann Jones. In June 1880 it became the principal site of the Kelly Gang’s last stand. The fire was deliberately lit by police in to flush out the gang, three of whom died in the fire. The siege precinct and Siege Street have State and National Heritage listing. One of many glass slides purchased from retailers or specifically made for illustrated lectures given by Isaac Selby between c. 1930 and c. 1955 to raise money for the Old Pioneers Memorial Fund. Permission to be obtained for reproduction and publication. <a href="https://www.historyvictoria.org.au" target="_blank">For a high resolution copy of this image, contact Royal Historical Society of Victoria</a> ; Glass slide; Images collectionPhotography
GS-GS-109; Black Rock House gate, Black Rock, Melbourne, c. 1927 ; Photograph of a broken wooden entrance gate flanked by two very tall dark stone gateposts joined to very high dark stone wall. The castellated walls look impregnable but one of the doors, topped with a row of spikes, has been broken off its hinges and lies at the foot of the wall. Black Rock House, or Ebden Castle, was built by Charles Hotson Ebden, pioneer and Victoria's first Auditor-General in 1856. The holiday home was named for his wife's birthplace in Ireland and was planned to resemble a castle, with the ironstone for the walls being quarried from nearby cliffs. After some construction, the ballroom, the building workforce left for the goldfields and the house was eventually built from timber. A massive sandstone wall enclosed a portion of the grounds. In 1927 the house, then a holiday guesthouse, was going to be condemned but it was saved due to its surviving quality workmanship. One of the many glass slides purchased from retailers or specifically made for illustrated lectures given by Isaac Selby between c. 1930 and c. 1955 to raise money for the Old Pioneers Memorial Fund.; Glass slide; Images collectionPhotography
Vickers Vimy aircraft at start of England-Australia Air Race, 1919; Gunn's Slides (Firm); GS-IT-79
GS-IT-79; Vickers Vimy aircraft at start of England-Australia Air Race, 1919; Gunn's Slides (Firm); Vickers Vimy aircraft on the airfield at Hounslow, west of London, at the start of England-Australia Air Race in 1919. The crew of Ross and Keith Smith, W. Spiers and J.M. Bennett (in flying suits) are standing in front of the aircraft with several other men. The Vimy carried the registration letters G-EAOU resulting in its nickname 'God 'Elp All Of Us' and it won the Race, landing in Darwin after a flight lasting 27 days and 20 hours. One of the many slides purchased from retailers or specifically made for illustrated lectures given by Isaac Selby between c. 1930 and c. 1955 to raise money for the Old Pioneers Memorial Fund. This image is provided for research purposes and must not be reproduced without prior permission.<a href="https://www.historyvictoria.org.au" target="_blank">For a high resolution copy of this image, contact Royal Historical Society of Victoria</a>; Glass slide; Images collectionPhotography
Montage of images of "Southern Cross" and crew following 1928 trans-Pacific flight; 1928; GS-IT-81
GS-IT-81; Montage of images of "Southern Cross" and crew following 1928 trans-Pacific flight; This montage combines an image of the aircraft "Southern Cross" flying over Sydney, and an image of its crew, following their successful flight across the Pacific from the USA to Australia in 1928. "Southern Cross" was a Fokker FVIIB aircraft used by Charles Kingford Smith for a number of record-breaking flights. On the first trans-Pacific flight in 1928 Kingsford Smith had as a crew fellow Australian pilot Charles Ulm, and Americans Harry Lyon as navigator and Jim Warner as radio operator. The image here shows the crew after arrival in Sydney. From left to right they are Lyon, with Warner in front of him, Ulm and Kingsford Smith. One of the many slides purchased from retailers or specifically made for illustrated lectures given by Isaac Selby between c. 1930 and c. 1955 to raise money for the Old Pioneers Memorial Fund. This image is provided for research purposes and must not be reproduced without prior permission.<a href="https://www.historyvictoria.org.au" target="_blank">For a high resolution copy of this image, contact Royal Historical Society of Victoria</a>; 1928; Glass slide; Images collectionPhotography
Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS 'Ark Royal'; c. 1939 (original image); GS-SH-02
GS-SH-02; Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS 'Ark Royal'; There have been five Royal Navy ships called 'Ark Royal'. The ship in this image is the third of the line and was an aircraft carrier. The keel was laid in 1935 and the ship was launched in 1937. During World War 2 the ship served in the Atlantic, in Norwegian waters, and in the Mediterranean. Finally, in November 1941, while returning from Malta to Gibraltar 'Ark Royal' was torpedoed by a U-boat. Despite frantic efforts to save the ship it finally capsized and sank, fortunately with only one fatality, a seaman killed in the initial torpedo strike. One of the many slides purchased from retailers or specifically made for illustrated lectures given by Isaac Selby between c. 1930 and c. 1955 to raise money for the Old Pioneers Memorial Fund. This image is provided for research purposes and must not be reproduced without prior permission.<a href="https://www.historyvictoria.org.au" target="_blank">For a high resolution copy of this image, contact Royal Historical Society of Victoria</a>; c. 1939 (original image); Glass slide; Images collectionPhotography
First balloon flight across the English Channel in 1785; c. 1785 (original image); GS-USM-04
GS-USM-04; First balloon flight across the English Channel in 1785; On 7th January 1785, Frenchman Jean Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries set off from Dover in an attempt to fly across the English Channel in a hydrogen-filled balloon. They crossed the French coast after a flight of two hours during which they had to throw overboard everything movable in the balloon basket (including much of their clothing) to stay aloft. They landed in trees in the Foret de Felmores, near Guines, about 10 km inland from Calais. Thus ended the first manned oversea flight. One of the many slides purchased from retailers or specifically made for illustrated lectures given by Isaac Selby between c. 1930 and c. 1955 to raise money for the Old Pioneers Memorial Fund. This image is provided for research purposes and must not be reproduced without prior permission.<a href="https://www.historyvictoria.org.au" target="_blank">For a high resolution copy of this image, contact Royal Historical Society of Victoria</a>; c. 1785 (original image); Glass slide; Images collectionPhotography
LIB 013117; Personal recollections of early Melbourne & Victoria; Westgarth, William, 1815-1889.; LIB 013117 LIB 016106 LIB 16106a Contents include: Early Port Phillip My first night ashore Indigenous features around Melbourne The aboriginal natives in and about town Early civililizing difficulties "The beach" (now Port Melbourne) Early Melbourne, its ups and downs - 1840-51 The Melbourne Corporation, 1842 Early suburban Melbourne [South Yarra, Toorak, Prahran] The early squatting times Early Western Victoria ("Australian Felix") Some names of mark in the early years The Henty family, and the foundation of Melbourne Some interjecta in re Batman, Pioneer of the Port Phillip Settlement John Pascoe Fawker, Father of Melbourne James Simpson, First magistrate of the "The Settlement" David Charteris M'Arthur, Father of Victorian Banking Charles Joseph La Trobe, C.B. William Kerr, founder of the Argus William Nicholson Charles Hotson Ebden, Esquire Edward Wilson, Chief Proprietor of The Argus, "The Times" of the South Early society : ways means and manners "Government House" Cheap living Religious interests The German immigration The German Prince [Prince of Schleswig-Holstein] Early Victoria from 1851 Early Ballarat Mount Alexander and Bendigo Early Victorian legislation Illustrations and portraits. Errata included.; Book; Library - Rare booksLibrary