GS-BCS-4; 'Stanford House', house and garden of Dr Stanford, 180 Clarendon Street, East Melbourne, c. 1900; T.W. Cameron (Company); Glass slide showing the house and garden of Dr Stanford. The house is in the background with statuary and walled garden beds in the foreground. The house was located at 180 Clarendon St, East Melbourne.
From the Australian Dictionary of Biography: Thomas Welton Stanford (1832-1918), businessman, spiritualist and philanthropist, was born at Albany, New York State, USA... Drawn to the Australian colonies by rumours of a strong demand for kerosene, in December 1859 Thomas Welton and his brother De Witt sailed for Melbourne... He moved to Clarendon Street, East Melbourne, where he became known for his garden of rare plants, his aviaries of exotic birds, his fine collection of Australian paintings, and, most of all, for his interest in spiritualism.
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.
Selby gave a lecture showing "A 100 beautiful nature-coloured views" of 'Old Melbourne and East Melbourne' at the Unitarian Church, Grey St, East Melbourne, on January 29th 1930.
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GS-BCS-78; Collage of photographs of buildings in Melbourne, showing architectural styles from 1890s to 1930s, undated, possibly 1930s; T.W. Cameron (Firm); Images of many different business premises collaged together with Stonnington buildings in the foreground (as written by Selby on the border of the slide).
Some of the buildings can be identified by the business name shown on the building, for example, the Nicholas Building on Swanston Street, third from the right, top row. To the left of this building is the T&G Building, located on Collins Street. The building on the top left with the short square tower is The Argus Building, built in 1924 and located on the corner of Lonsdale and Elizabeth streets.
The church at bottom left is St Joseph's, Stanhope Street, Malvern, opened in 1908. It is not known who the architect was but it has the "Blood and Bandage" style same as the City Baths.
The long, light-coloured building with the central tower on the bottom right could be a college, school, barracks or mansion.
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.
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GS-EV-51; Queen's Wharf, Melbourne, West End, 1853 ; Gunn's Slides (Firm); Glass slide of a that depicts Queen's Wharf located between Spencer and King Streets on the Yarra River in Melbourne. There are crowds of people and horse-drawn carts in the forefront. Buildings, ships and a paddle steamer are in the background.
Queens Wharf was cut off by the construction of the Spencer St Bridge in 1927. Other names associated with the location : Coles Wharf, Coltherds Shipsmiths, Coltherds Wharf, Hughes Wharf, La Trobe Wharf, Raleighs Wharf.
[Source : Victorian Heritage Database Report]
The current address is Batman Park, Melbourne. Heritage Inventory Number, H7822-0597.
A coloured copy of a steel engraving by James Tingle after the sketch by S.T.Gill for Victoria Illustrated published Melbourne circa 1857.
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.
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GS-EV-59; Ellerslie, Gordon Street, Toorak with ship's figure-head in foreground, c. 1898 ; Gunn's Slides (Firm); Glass slide that depicts a residential dwelling in the Melbourne suburb of Toorak. There is a maritime sculptural figure in the foreground. A leafy plant has entwined around the figure. The building has a large lawn area and is in the background. There are pot plants outside the house in the adjoining veranda.
George Gordon (1829–1907) was a Scottish born engineer who worked with irrigation systems and water conservation. He died on 25 February 1907 at his home, Ellerslie in Gordon Street Toorak,
The property located on Gordon street and Mathoura Road consisted of three reception rooms, six bedrooms, conveniences, &o., stabling, land five acres. Fruit and flower garden and asphalt tennis court. It was subdivided into twenty allotments in the mid 1930s.
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.
Selby gave a lecture entitled 'Old Melbourne, Old Prahran and Toorak', at St John's Parish Hall, Jackson Street, Toorak, on 17th October 1929.
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GS-IT-72; Montage of images related to the crash of the 'Southern Cloud' in 1931; On Saturday 21st March 1931 the Avro-Fokker airliner ‘Southern Cloud’ of Australian National Airways (ANA) left Sydney on a flight to Melbourne. Aboard were six passengers and two pilots. The weather was poor with strong winds and heavy cloud cover. The aircraft never arrived in Melbourne and with no radio there was no indication of its fate. A widespread search was carried out by other ANA aircraft, the RAAF, and several private aircraft but no sign of wreckage was found.
It was not until 1958 that a young carpenter working for the Snowy Mountains Authority went for a walk on his day off and found the crash site in the Snowy Mountains, not far from Cabramurra.
This slide shows an image of an aircraft similar to the missing airliner, images of the pilot and some of the passengers, and images of the air and ground search parties.
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.
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GS-IT-82; The "Southern Cross", Charles Kingsford Smith's aircraft; Gunn's Slides (Firm); in 1927 Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm decided to attempt the first flight across the Pacific. They went to the USA to find a suitable aircraft and finally were able to buy a suitable machine from fellow Australian aviator, Hubert Wilkins. Wilkins had used the Fokker FVIIB-3m tri-motor for Arctic exploration. Kingsford Smith and Ulm christened it "Southern Cross".
Preparation of the aircraft for the trans-Pacific flight took some time and it was not until 31 May 1928 that Smithy and Ulm, together with two American crew members, navigator Harry Lyon and wireless operator Jim Warner, flew out of San Francisco, heading for Honolulu. The flight continued via Fiji and finally finished in Brisbane on 9 June 1928. Smithy and Ulm became instant heroes.
Kingsford Smith went on to make a number of notable flights in "Southern Cross" and also toured Australia in the aircraft.
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.
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GS-M-51; Map of search area for wreckage of ANA airliner 'Southern Cloud' in 1931; On Saturday 21st March 1931 the Avro-Fokker airliner ‘Southern Cloud’ of Australian National Airways left Sydney on a flight to Melbourne. Aboard were six passengers and two pilots. The weather was poor with strong winds and heavy cloud cover. The aircraft never arrived in Melbourne and with no radio there was no indication of its fate. A widespread search was carried out by other ANA aircraft, the RAAF, and several private aircraft but no sign of wreckage was found. This map indicates the extent of the search area.
It was not until 1958 that a young carpenter working for the Snowy Mountains Authority went for a walk on his day off and found the crash site in the Snowy Mountains, not far from Cabramurra. The site lies approximately halfway along the line from Bright to Canberra.
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.
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GS-OS-367; Balloon used by Andre in attempt to reach North Pole; Balloon used by Dr August Salomon Andrée in an attempt to reach the North Pole in 1897.
On 11 July 1897 Andrée took off in his balloon, the Ornen (Eagle) from Spitzbergen in an attempt to fly to the North Pole. He was accompanied by two companions. All were Swedish. They disappeared into the Arctic wastes and were never seen alive again. Some thirty years later their bodies were discovered on White Island, about 300 miles east of their starting point. Their diaries revealed that they had flown over 300 miles north east before their balloon was forced down by the weight of ice accumulated on its surface. They then set out to return on foot but exhausted and out of food they died on White Island after a trek of 200 miles.
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.
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