Warragul and District Historical Society

Items

• Thomas Henderson & Company Agricultural Machinery Booklet, 1885
  Booklet Thos. Henderson & Company Illustrations with information: Combined Harvester. Improved Stripper. Winnowing Machines. Four wheeled Mowing and reaping machine . Reaper and Mower. Reaper and Binder. Buckeye Mower. Buckeye table-Rake. Hay Rake. Adjustable Corn Screens. Cahoonn's Broadcast Seed Sower. Improved Two-horse Works. One horse Power. Three-knife chaff-cutter. Bentall's Chaff-cutters. Hunt and Tawell's chaff-cutter. Combined chaff-cutter and Oat Crusher. Bentall's Corn Crushers. Oat and Maize Mills. Single Furrow Ploughs. Heavy ploughs, Vineyard ploughs Eureka Double-furrow ploughs. Windmill. Zig-zag Harrows. Steel Disc Harrow. Five-tined cultivator. Wrought iron scarifier. Wrought iron roller. Forest Devil or stump extractor.
• Edwards Lehman's Metal Barrel Hand Washing Machine, 1919
  Edwards Lehman, Zurich, Switzerland. He patented a metal barrel shaped hand washing machine with a hand crank and it stands of three legs. To operte a metal plunger is pumped up and down to make the agitator flush the water through the clothes, this would be sone for abount 5 minutes for each load of clothes. The early settlers could have used these, it was patented in 1919.
• Spirits in the Bush by Simon Gregg 2019
  Spirits in the Bush - The art of Gippsland
• Baby's Oval Tin Bath from an Unidentified Era
  Baby's tin bath - oval in shape with handles on either end.
• Centenary Reunion Photographs: Warragul Secondary College, 1911-2011
  Group photograph in centenary folder. Warragul Secondary College 1911 - 2011 dated august 11th - 14th 2011. Those attending the runion being students between the years of 1950 to 1955. Students all named.
• 1968 Warragul Youth Club Centre Construction Announcement
  Gazette dated 23rd april 1968. Contractors have begun building Warragul's Youth Club Centre and the Municipal Band Headquarters. Projected cost to be $57.000. Building on Smith Street, about 100 yards north of Albert Street intersection.
• Devereaux Family Tree: A Genealogical Legacy from 1864 to 1944
  Family tree of Devereaux Family. Edward John Devereaux birth 7 September 1864 Kirkstall Victoria death 29 October 1944 Warragul Victoria. Great Grandfather of Ann Devereaux who gifted the Souvenir of Egypt dated 1916.
• Souvenir Silk Square from Egypt - Devereaux Family Remembrance
  Silk embroidered square of material: Souvenir of Egypt 1916. To Mother from your loving son Jim. James Christopher Devereaux born Warragul 1896 - died Warragul 1989 See Ancestry Chart of Devereaux family - filing cabinet 3 His war record - No 2621. 24th Battalion, enlisted 17th July 1915 aged 19. Embarked HMAT Ulysses. Returned to Australia 28th March 1919.
• Brass Legacy: A Musical Family's Story, 1885-1997
  Book: Warragul Brass - the History of a Musical Family 1885 - 1997
• Family History: Donating Photographs to Warragul Society, February 2021
  Letter to Warragul and District Historical society containing two photographs and donating them to the society. Some information about family history.
• Robin Bowman's 1941-1950 McNeil's Central Emporium: A Store's Evolution
  Article written by Robin Bowman. My 9 Years at McNeil's Central Emporium 75 Queen Street, Warragul 1941 to 1950 Names mentioned: Charles McNeil - Office Reginald McNeil - Drapery Department Harold McNeil - Grocery Department. Mrs McConville - Show Room. Staff names: Dadda Fraser, Ethel Kevan, Betty Gough, Alec Allen, Bill Ferguson, Eileen Bennett. Also Robin's sister Mrs Janet Cropley. Description of lay-out of the store , a Lamson Paragon Cash Carrier with lines to each department then to the office. How the business worked - warehouses, deliveries, sales, changes during World War 2, Banking: ES&A, Bank of NSW. Book -keeping sysem. Albert Mildren - cattle drover through the town. Some in-store trickery.
• Hugh Copeland's Scrap Book, 1903-1937
  leather bound, brown paper scrap book. Has newspaper cuttings dated from 1903 to 1937. this was the property of Mr Hugh Copeland who wrote The path of progress, published 1934. The scrap book had been gifted to Mr Vincent Gannon in recognition for his help in publishing the book as at that time he was the proprietor of The Warragul Gazette.
• Warragul Cordial Syphon from the 1890s
  Glass bottle with silver top which acted as a pump action syphon. this has engraved " Warragul cordial Co " Etched into the glass bottle " Warragul Cordial Company Soda Water " " The syphon is the property of the Warragul Cordial Co. and its use by others is illegal."
• Warragul Town Centre in 1889 Composite Picture
  A composite picture showing a view of the centre of town of Warragul in 1889. This was produced by the Warragul Guardian newspaper on the 3rd September 1889 and sponsored by the cordial manufacturer Margaret Robinson as free to all Guardian subscribers. A better copy is on display in Room 1 above the fireplace.
• Samsung 3-in-1 Printer from an Unidentified Era
  Samsung 3 in 1 printer
• Smoke Night and Pioneer's Reunion Card, December 6th 1911
  Card program: Smoke Night and Pioneer's Reunion, unveiling of photographic board of Early Settlers. Dated December 6th 1911. President: J Cromie - Warragul Progress Association. Card was the property of Mr Hugh Copeland.
• Photocopy Appointment Certificate, 1929
  Photocopy of certificate to E Hanley, appointed Annual Governor of the West Gippsland Hospital dated 21.07.1929. President R Buckley. Secretary: HughCopeland.
• Encyclopedia of Gippsland Football Vol 1 1877 - 1920 by Laurie Williams.
  Book titled: Encyclopedia of Gippsland Football Vol 1. 1877 - 1920 Compiled and written by Laurie Williams. West Gippsland Football Association WGFA and Warragul Juniors
• Gone.....But not Forgotten
  Book titled: Gone.....But not Forgotten. author Laurie Williams. A look at Gippsland's forgotten football teams.
• Ray Johns' Warragul Memories: An Early Guest Speaker's Rail History Reflections
  Article written from interview of Ray Johns by Malcolm Dickson. Memories of Early Warragul and an earlier article taken from Bulletin No 318 when ray was a guest speaker at the society. Particular emphasis on local rail history.
• Bessie Lawrence's Memoirs: A 90-Year-Old's Life Story
  Tales by Bessie Lawrence who recorded her memories at the age of 90. She lived to 100.
• Warragul Gazette Newspaper Cuttings from 2020
  Warragul Gazette, dated 05.01.2021, 12.01.2021, News of 2020
• Overhead Bridge at Warragul Station c. 1915 Photograph
  Copy of photograph of the Overhead bridge at the Warragul Station dated c. 1915 The first bridge constructed prior to the Island platform and the northern bridge being built. In this photograph in the far distance can be seen the railway signal. The bridge fully constructed of timber. The rail line to the left was only a shunting line. The next line had points to change the train to the main line to Melbourne, so the other side of the bridge had only 2 lines.
• Vintage Railway Platform Photograph from 1917
  Copy of photograph of the Warragul railway Station platform on the southern side, dated 1917. To the left is the ticket box for entry onto the platform and way out. Platform has sign - Melbourne Train.
• Vintage Warragul Railway Station Photograph, 1920s Signal Box and Wagons
  Copy of photograph of the Warragul Railway Station in the 1920's Note the signal box at the end of the platform which were manually operated. On the left side can be seen the brick wall for the ramp and the water tower for filling the boilers of the steam locomotives. The various wagons are stored in the marshalling yard to be shunted together to be made up into a train.