Ok - below is the database information for all of the objects that you gave registration numbers for. some objects have alot of information and others have very little. You will need to really get stuck into your research over the next week and start writing / drafting your case studies.
Remember that good writing take time - like good design. So give yourselves a chance and dedicate some solid hours /days to it.
Paddy
Hoover Vacuum Cleaner SH 880089
Manufactured: Hoover Ltd. - Perivale, England, United Kingdom – 1952
Text on dust bag: The Hoover reg'd trade mark Cleaner/It beats/As it sweeps/As it cleans. Empty each time used. Label at front of cleaner: The Hoover Model 262 Cleaner/By appointment to the Late King George V/Universal Motor DC or AC/225-250 volts 0-60 cycles/325 watts Rating 9./Made by Hoover Ltd. Perivale, Middlesex, England
Materials: Metal, Rubber, Plastic, Synthetic Fibre, Cotton
Electronic Calculator HT 3126 (no photo)
This is an early electronic calculator that was used from 1969 to 1979 at the Kiwi (Polish) Australia factory in South Clayton. This is a four function calculator. It is relatively large for such a limited use compared to the smaller four function calculators developed from 1975 onwards and ones that can be found in watches from the 1990s onwards
IThe Friden EC - 130 is one of the earliest all-electronic calculators, and is generally regarded as the first transistorized electronic calculator. A few other calculator manufacturers in Europe and Japan claim that they were the first to develop an all-transistor calculator, but apparently Friden announced the Friden 130 nearly six months before these other manufacturers even displayed prototypes of their transistorized calculators. Earlier electronic calculators used relays or vacuum tubes, such as the Casio 14-A relay calculator (1956), or the tube-based Sumlock Comptometer/Bell Punch Anita C/VIII (1961). The Museum does not have any item like the Friden EC 130. Furthermore it has links with CSIRAC - in the use of CRT display and also in the fact that it uses delay lines, albeit in a more modern, transistorised implementation See also http://www.vintagecalculators.com/html/friden_ec-132.html which describes the later 132 model.
Scales ST 044496
BALANCED MECHANICAL FAN SCALES, MARKED "TOLEDO SCALE COMPANY, OHIO, U.S.A., STYLE No 621AUST No.174229". PATENTED 1914. 0 - 2 LBS SCALE. BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN MADE AROUND THE EARLY 1930s
Bryce
Caravan 1957 Skyline:
Made: 1957
Used: circa 1957
Richard and Jean Hayes purchased the caravan on 5th August, 1957 from Skyline Caravans. The purchase price was 183 pounds. An annexe provides a second room which was very necessary to accomodate the family's two adults and four children.
Metal label: SkylineCaravans/207-209 HAWTHORN RD/CAULFIELD/VIC. Numberplate: VIC/G63 959
Ben
Penny Farthing Bicycle- Child’s SH 900403
Alternative Name(s): Pennyfarthing Bicycle
Used: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1913 - 1960
Mr Mathew Matheou, the owner of Country Life Antiques, purchased the bicycle from the owner. The pennyfarthing was made for the owner by his father, a blacksmith who was working in Fitzroy. No dates are now available.
Rainer
Gun- Boffers Anti-Aircraft ST 025888 (no photo)
BOFORS ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN MK 2, MOBILE. CALIBRE 40 MM, SERIAL NUMBER 5465, V. S. PATTERN. ONE OF THE PROTOTYPES BROUGHT TO AUSTRALIA EARLY IN WORLD WAR 2 TO ASSIST IN TOOLING UP FOR MANUFACTURE IN AUSTRALIA.
Meagan
Lawn Mower- Victa ST 033224
VICTA MARK 1 MOTOR MOWER. SINGLE CYLINDER 125 CU. CM. TWO STROKE REAR FACING HORIZONTAL ENGINE, WITH ROPE- PULL STARTING MECHANISM. INCLUDES A TWO BLADE DISC TYPE CUTTING BLADE, CUTTING DIAMETER 460 MM. PAINTED GREEN WITH CYLINDRICAL FUEL TANK MOUNTED ON THE HANDLE. ENGINE MARKED "13351" ON LEFT HAND SIDE OF CRANKCASE. MADE BY VICTA CONSOLIDATED INDUSTRIES PTY. LTD., MILPERRA, N. S. W. 1950’s
Georgie
Motor Car- Axcess Low Emmission Vehicle HT 3128 (no photo)
Nb. Info below may repeat at times
Four-wheeled front-wheel-drive series hybrid-electric low emission passenger vehicle (LEV) with rear-mounted 1.4 litre CMC Sytech 4-cylinder horizontally-opposed petrol engine, direct-coupled electric generator, computerised intelligent power management system, 60-volt lead-acid gel storage batteries, peak load super capacitors and switch-reluctance electric traction motor with regenerative braking. Designed and assembled by Radial Pacific, Huntingdale, Victoria, in collaboration with CSIRO Automotive Division for Axcess Australia during 1999-2000.
Body Style: Five-door Hatchback
Colour: Aqua-Green
Four-wheeled front-wheel-drive four-door hatchback series hybrid-electric low emission vehicle (LEV) with rear-mounted 1.4 litre 3,000 r.p.m. CMC Sytech Scotch-Yoke 4-cylinder horizontally-opposed fuel-injected petrol engine driving a direct-coupled electric generator operated by a CSIRO-developed 100 kW peak power output computerised intelligent power management system controlling power flow between the electric generator, 60-volt lead-acid gel storage batteries, peak loading super capacitors and the switch-reluctance water-cooled electric traction motor with regenerative braking. Other advanced features included global positioning system (GPS0 navigation, automatic lights and windscreen wiper functions and state-or-the-art entertainment equipment.
The aXcess concept cars represent one of the most significant developments of the Australian automotive industry in the late 20th century and a highly successful government and industry collaboration intended to showcase innovative Australian automotive design and generate export income for Australia's diverse automotive components industry.
Co-ordinated by the Melbourne-based company, Axcess Australia, the project was a joint initiative of the Australian Federal Department of Industry, Science & Tourism, Market Australia, the Energy Research & Development Corporation, CSIRO and the State Governments of Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia together with in-kind support from 130 independent Australian automotive component manufacturers and designers.
Designed and built in Melbourne by Millard Design International, the first Axcess Concept car was launched on 9 February 1998 at Parliament House, Canberra and subsequently embarked on an extensive overseas promotional tour visiting motor shows, trade shows and manufacturers throughout North America, Europe and South East Asia. The initiative was credited with helping to generate Aus$1.25 billion in export orders for Australian automotive component manufacturers.
The second Axcess concept car was designed and built by Radial Pacific, of Huntingdale, Victoria, with a major input of state-of-the art hybrid petrol-electric low emission technology developed by CSIRO's Automotive Division. After its launch on 1 June 2000, the innovative vehicle toured countries in Asia and Europe with an additional Aus$500 million in export income being attributed to the publicity it generated of partner companies.
The Australian Axcess Concept Cars originated from an idea developed by the Melbourne-based automotive designer Gary Millard in the early 1990s, to produce a one-of custom made motor car that would showcase the skills and innovative designs of Australia's automotive components industry to the world's major automotive manufacturers. Development of the two cars represents a significant innovation story incorporating both dozens of examples of state-of-the-art Australian automotive technology and a world-first in automotive marketing in which one-off cars were developed neither as prototypes for possible future production cars or concept cars designed to developed ideas of a single manufacturer. Instead both vehicles were intended specifically to showcase the products of over 100 independent Australian component manufacturers to best advantage in the highly competitive international automotive manufacturing industry.
Development of the first Axcess Concept Car cost approximately $20 million with contributions from the Australian Federal Department of Industry, Science & Tourism, Market Australia, the Energy Research & Development Corporation, the State Governments of Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia and the in-kind support of some 130 independent Australian automotive component manufacturers and designers. The vehicle was designed and built by Millard Design International of Melbourne independently from the four major Australian car manufacturers, over little over a 12 month period.
Following its launch at Parliament House, Canberra, on 9 February 1998, the car was taken direct to the Society of Automotive Engineer's International Congress and Exposition in Detroit, where is created an overnight international sensation. Following this the car returned to Melbourne for the International Motor Show and Australian Grand Prix in March 1998, before embarking on an extensive overseas promotional tour that saw it visit 28 destinations in 11 countries, including the United States, Germany, France, Italy, United Kingdom, Japan, Korea, Malaysia & Singapore. Over a five year period, publicity generated by the Axcess Car was claimed to have generated Aus$1.25 billion in export orders for Australian automotive component manufacturers involved in the project.
The futuristic looking car with its distinctive metallic red colour, curved lines and bubble-shaped roof created enormous interest, particularly amongst young motorists and in the process became something of an Australian design icon. The car was featured in the exhibition Innovative Australians and was displayed at Scienceworks for six months during 2001 as part of this exhibition. Amongst the innovative Australian technologies featured in the car are an advanced 2.0 litre super-charged V-6 two-stroke Orbital engine, sequentially interlocking electrically-operated clam-shell passenger doors with electronic & optical controls, a lightweight Henrod riveted steel chassis, carbon-fibre frame and body panels, inbuilt solar roof panels, magnesium frame airbag Autoliv bucket seats for improved passenger comfort, a programmable "intelligent" four-speed automatic transmission, fluid-coupled limited slip differential, a unique VDO slimline steering column mounted instrument console and advanced voice-activated electronics including automated road hazard warning & satellite navigation systems.
The second Axcess concept car was designed and assembled by Radial Pacific, of Huntingdale, Victoria, with a major input from the CSIRO's Automotive Division, which developed and built the state-of-the-art hybrid petrol-electric low emission power train. The low emission vehicle was developed in just 12 months with $12 million funding from the CSIRO, Federal Department of Industry, Science & Resources and the Victorian Department of State & Regional Development together with inkind support from 102 Australian component suppliers, in a similar collaboration to the first Axcess car. The innovative vehicle was launched in Melbourne to the international media on 1 June 2000, under the slogan "a cool change", and subsequently toured countries in Asia and Europe over the next 18 months. Although originally scheduled to visit 58 destinations in 11 countries with an expectation that it would generate Aus$ 1 billion in export income, the withdrawal promotional funding saw the North American leg of the tour cancelled. Despite this disappointment, the second Axcess vehicle was still attributed with helping to secure an additional Aus$500 million in export income for participating Australian component suppliers.
The Axcess Low Emission Vehicle was based on a conventional car chassis with a distinctive custom-designed aqua-green hatch back body. Whilst more conventional in its appearance than the first Axcess Concept Car, it was actually far more technologically ambitious in its internal power system. The CSIRO developed hybrid petrol-electric drive with its "intelligent" power management system, represents an advanced version of one of the key design trends predicted for international motor car market over the first two decades of the 21st century. Interest in hybrid petrol-electric vehicles is currently being driven largely by U.S. manufacturers, where the technology is seen as a possible answer to tough new vehicle emission standards that will be introduced over the next few years in an attempt to curtail pollution and reduce dependence on oil imports. Whilst most hybrid-electric vehicles used expensive metal-hydride storage batteries, the CSIRO system uses conventional lead-acid battery technology coupled to a new type of "super capacitors" that handle all the peak power surges reducing the cyclic loading on the batteries. An advanced water-cooled electric traction motor coupled through a front-wheel-drive, delivers up to 100kW of power, giving the car very respectable acceleration, whilst in breaking mode the motor switches to a regenerative generator delivering energy that would be wasted in a conventional car back to the storage batteries. Whilst the car can be charged by mains power, allowing up to 20 minutes of driving time as a fully electric vehicle, it also has onboard a compact 1.4 litre fuel-injected petrol motor mounted in the rear of the car. The motor is direct-coupled to an electric generator and is entirely controlled by a CSIRO developed computerised "intelligent" power management system, which determines when to switch on the engine and whether the electricity generated should be directed to the traction motor or the super capacitor and battery storage systems.
The Axcess Low Emission Vehicle won an Australian Design Award in 2001 for Engineering Excellence, with the judges' citation highlighting "the unique Australian approach …. reflected in the innovative solutions to some of the technical and economic problems encountered in hybrids, including the use of low cost, conventional batteries in conjunction with a capacitor array in place of expensive metal hydride batteries, the extended range available for electric operation and the novel low profile engine design."
Angelo
Ultralight Aircraft ST 038311 (no photo)
Ultralight Flying Machines - Sunbury Airport, Sunbury, Victoria, 3429, Australia
PTERODACTYL ULTRALIGHT AIRCRAFT. NINE PIECES. INCLUDES DOCUMENTATION ORIGINAL OWNER AND BUILDER OF ULTRALIGHT WAS NICHOLAS LORD, TABLETOP, NEW SOUTH WALES, 1984. SECOND OWNER WAS PHIL VABRE, NORTH BALWYN, VICTORIA. FURTHER DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED. MODEL: ASCENDER II+
Alanah
Iron Lung Machine ST 044464
Fairfield Hospital - Victoria, Australia
THIS RESPIRATOR, COMMONLY KNOWN AS AN 'IRON LUNG' CONSISTS BASICALLY OF A WOODEN BOX, WHICH RESTS ON A MOBILE METAL FRAME. IT IS DESIGNED TO BE ATTACHED VIA A STEEL REINFORCED INLETHOSE, TO A BELLOWS & ENGINE UNIT WHICH DELIVERS INTERMITTENT NEGATIVE PRESSURE TO THE BOX.TWO CONNTERWEIGHTS EXTEND BEYOND THE REAR OF THE BOX, WHICH PIVOT AND ALLOW FOR EASE OF MOVEMENT WHEN RAISING THE LID FOR BRIEF ACCESS TO PATIENT, THUS CAUSING MINIMAL LOSS OF PRESSURE. TO MAINTAIN CORRECT AIR PRESSURE,THE UPPER & LOWER HALF OF THE BOX IS SEALED WITH A RUBBER SEAL & 2 METAL CLAMPS.WITHIN THE BOX THERE IS A SLIDING WOODEN BASE FOR A MATTRESS. a METAL FRAME SUPPORTS A CANVAS HEAD SUPPORT.A RUBBER & METAL SEAL WHICH FITS AROUND THE NECK COMPLETES THE AIR- TIGHT CONTAINMENTS OF THE PATIENT.A WOOD & PERSPEX FRAME FOLDS FORWARD FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX ALLOWING THE PATIENT TO READ FROM BELOW. AN ANGLED MIRROR IS ATTACHED HERE TOO,FOR THE PATIENT TO VIEW THEIR SURROUNDINGS. ABOVE THE BOX ALSO IS A PRESSURE GAUGE FROM WHICH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AIR PRESSURE WITHIN THE BOX, CAN BE READ BY AN ATTENDANT. BENEATH THE BOX IS AN ADJUSTABLE METAL WHEEL FOR TILTING THE BOX, AND THUS THE ANGLE OF THE PATIENT'S CHEST. THE BOX IS MADE OF WOOD, PAINTED RED & BLACK - THE COLOURS OF ESSENDON FOOTBALL CLUB - REFLECTING THE THE INTERESTS OF THE PATIENT WHOSE HOME THE RESPIRATOR WAS FOR MANY YEARS. IN A SIMILAR VEIN, NUMEROUS ADHESIVE STICKERS HAVE BEEN APPLIED TO THE BOX, ALTHOUGH UNFORTUNATELY THE PINUPS WITHIN THE BOX HAVE BEEN REMOVED.
THIS IRON LUNG MACHINE IS ONE OF APPROXIMATELY 8 MACHINES SURVIVING IN MELBOURNE FROM THE LAST MAJOR POLIO OUTBREAK IN VICTORIA. ALTHOUGH THIS MACHINE WAS USED BY A POLYNEURITIS PATIENT WHOSE RESPIRATORY MUSCLES WERE SIMILARLY AFFECTED AS WERE POLIO PATIENTS,IT HAS AN IMPORTANT STORY TO TELL ABOUT THE HISTORY OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE IN VICTORIA. THE FACT THAT IT WAS USED BY A MELBOURNE PERSON, A PATIENT AT fAIRFIELD HOSPITAL, MEANS THAT IT ALSO HAS A LOCAL & PERSONAL STORY TO TELL - A STORY OF A PERSONAL BATTLE TO OVERCOME AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND THE RESIDUAL DISABILITIES THIS LEFT.THE IRON LUNG DRAWS ATTENTION TO THE MECHANICAL ASPECTS OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM, THE LIFE DEPENDING DELIVERY OD AIR TO THE LUNGS, AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN, THROUGH DISEAS, THIS SYSTEM IS IMPAIRED.THE VERY IMMEDIACY & PRESENCE OF THE MACHINE, WITH ITS CONFRONTING COFFIN-LIKE APPEARANCE SHEDS LIGHT ON AN AUTOMATIC BODY SYSTEM WHICH WE TAKE FOR GRANTED. THE VIEWER, PUTTING THEMSELVES IN THE PATIENT'S SITUATION, MAY WELL REFLECT HOW THEY MIGHT COPE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED FROM LIVING WITHIN THE CONFINES OF A BOX, DEPENDENT ON THE CARE OF OTHERS AND THE CONTINUOUS FUNCTIONING OF A MACHINE TO MAINTAIN LIFE.THE MACHINE DRAWS ATTENTION TO THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH & DISCOVERIES SUCH AS THE SALK VACCINE WHICH HAS ALMOST ERADICATED POLIOMYELITIS, AND THUS THE NECESSITY OF THE IRON LUNG IN AUSTRALIA. AN ADDED REASON FOR ACQUIRING THIS MACHINE IS THAT IT WAS ALSO MANUFACTURED AND MAINTAINED LOCALLY IN THE FAIRFIELD HOSPITAL WORKSHOP, MODELLED ON THE BRITISH NUFFIELD DESIGN OF NEGATIVE PRESSURE RESPIRATORS. SUPPORT MATERIAL, THAT WILL PROVIDE A WIDER SOCIAL, MEDICAL & HISTORICAL CONTEXT FOR THIS IRON LUNG MACHINE WILL SHORTLY BE AVAILABLE IN THE FORMS OF A FORTHCOMING THESIS ON THE HISTORY OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE IN AUSTRALIA, AND A BOOOK ON THE HISTORY OF FAIRFIELD HOSPITAL BY A DR ANDERSON, TO APPEAR SHORTLY.
Brittany
Bush Mechanic’s Car
N/A suggest a web search
Wheel Chair- Mont Park ST 850061
Mont Park Mental Hospital (Asylum) - Plenty Road, Bundoora, Victoria, 3083, Australia
Used: circa 1917
In use at Mont Park Hospital for the Insane circa 1917.
Wheelchair is a fairly broad, upright wooden armchair with 2 wheels between legs and a 3rd behind. Running between legs on each side are 2 convex-bowed wooden struts. At widest point a short axle runs between them, supporting a 32cm diameter, wire-spoked wheel with narrow, hard rubber rim. Metal pipe running down back of chair is attached to backward curving metal fork which supports axle of 3rd wheel. Pipe swivels, allowing wheel to turn sideways. Metal pipe-handle with flattened, angled ends runs across back of chair at top. Broad, flat, wooden footrest is hinged to strut between bottom of 2 front legs. Footrest supported on each side by a brass chain
Elvin
Glider ST 037703 (no photo)
OTTO LILIENTHAL GLIDER REPLICA. German aviation pioneer
Suggest Web search
Reo
Laser Printer ST 043550 (no photo)
Acquired from: Melbourne School of Printing - Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia
HELL TYPE C286 LASER PRINTER. SERIAL NUMBER 07874114. LARGE COMMERCIAL UNIT FOR PROFESSIONAL LEVEL PRINTING. WITH SPARE DRUM AND WITH PLASTIC SLIP COVER. INCLUDES 5 INCH CATHODE RAY OSCILLOSCOPE ON CONTROL PANEL. INCORPORATES SCANNING MECHANISM. SUPPLIED BY GOLLIN AND COMPANY, MELBOURNE AND SYDNEY. MADE BY HELL IN WEST GERMANY, ABOUT 1970.
Michelle
Vacuum Cleaner – Vorwerk Kobold SH 880090
Vorwerk Kobold vacuum cleaner. Resembles a small broom with a small motor attached to it. A small dust bag connects behind the motor. Wooden handle, originally painted brown, has a metal hoop at top. LABEL reads: "D.R.P/Aust.Pat./Vorwerk Kobold/mit Storschutz/Modell "S"/Volt 220 Aufn 120 watt/Nr C536705." Power switch at the base adjacent to the motor.
Sha
Wheel Chair- ST 921893
Alternative Name(s): invalid chair
Used: Albert Park, Victoria, Australia & Oakleigh South, Victoria, Australia, circa 1943 - 1982
Purchased by the donor's grandmother in 1943. The donor had caught polio in December 1937, aged 7, and had spent several years in hospital. She attended the last two years of primary school and 3 years of high school in the chair, and used it until 1982, when she obtained an electric chair. She rode in the chair 3 miles to High School along suburban roads - her sister used to ride on her bike with her hand on the back of the chair. It was much adapted to use.
The wheelchair has been much altered. It was made by an invalid who was making invalid chairs out of bicycle parts. The handle originally had a black wooden handle; the bar has been replaced. Original tyres have been re- placed many times, and the chain is probably not original. The seat was originally sprung with coil springs and canvas. The back has been shortened.
A wooden and metal wheelchair with rubber tyres, propelled by the movement of a handle rotated by the passenger's right hand. The wooden chair with a wooden back has been upholstered with brown vinyl, tacked on the edges. The stuffing is of foam. The right hand handle is linked with a bicycle chain to the wheel, to provide the motive power. There is a handle operated by the passenger's left hand which provides steering direction and braking power? A smaller wheel with a rubber tyre is at the back; it assists in steering. There is a wooden rectangular "shelf" behind the seat to allow the cartage of small items. The chair is well-worn - the padding on the right arm-rest is especially worn, while the wood is polished from long use.
The wheelchair was given to Lorraine Simpson in 1943. She had contracted polio in December 1937, when she had just turned seven years old. She lived in the Mallee, and was sent to Bendigo Base Hospital for treatment, where she stayed for two and a half years. The family moved to Melbourne, c.1940, and she was in Frankston Orthopaedic Hospital. About 1941, when the Children's Hospital was evacuated, Lorraine's mother decided that she wanted her daughter at home.
The chair was made in 1943 by an invalid in Burnley who made invalid chairs out of old parts, for example from bicycles. Lorraine's grandmother purchased it for her. Lorraine went to school in the chair: Middle Park Central for Grades 5 and 6, and to the J.H.Boyd Domestic School for three and a half years. Lorraine went three miles along the roads to High School every day; her sister often rode along on a bike with her hand on the back of the wheelchair.
The wheelchair tipped over sometimes. It was driven with a circular movement by Lorraine's right hand. The handle originally had a black wooden cover; the bar has been replaced, as have the tyres and possibly the chain. The original seat was sprung with coil springs and canvas; the seat has been replaced with a wooden back and re-upholstered. A wooden bar across was replaced, c.1950. There is a wooden footboard, now supported by chains from plugs. Lorraine's father maintained the chair and mended it for many years. Holes drilled in the top allow Lorraine to tie with string anything that needed carrying. Lorraine used this chair until 1982, when she obtained an electric chair.
Ingrid
Electric Heater SH 890780
Large, ornate metal heater, with wire grille, porcelain cone heating coil. Decorated with bows on top of metal dish. Black rubbery flex has been disconnected from heater. Used in office. Found in small downstairs storeroom
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Stacey
Water Cart St 030967
J. Furphy & Sons - Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
FURPHY WATER CART WITH 180 GAL. (820 L.) TANK, BY J. FURPHY & SONS, SHEPPARTON, VICTORIA, ABOUT 1930
. THE RESTORED CART WAS PREPARED AND PRESENTED BY J. FURPHY & SONS TO COMMEMORATE ITS CENTENARY. FURPHY WATER CARTS WERE FIRST MANUFACTURED BETWEEN 1878 AND 1880 AFTER THEIR INVENTION BY JOHN FURPHY. THEY BECAME FAMOUS DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR DUE TO THEIR USE IN AUSTRALIAN MILITARY CAMPS HERE AND OVERSEAS. FOR A DETAILED HISTORY SEE " J. FURPHY AND SONS, LOOKING BACK, THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS 1873-1973".
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