Victoria

# 15834

Photographer unknown.

[MELBOURNE] Brighton Beach on Boxing Day, circa 1880.

Albumen print photograph, 130 x 183 mm, laid down on section of a nineteenth century album leaf; the print is in fine condition with rich, dark tones. A splendid image capturing Melburnians at leisure on the foreshore at Brighton. The National Library of Australia holds a copy of the same photograph, which is captioned ‘Brighton …

# 15821

FAWTHROP, James

Ephemera relating to the rescue of the survivors from the wreck of the Admella near Portland, Victoria, in 1859

One of the worst maritime disasters in Australia’s history, which saw the loss of 89 lives, the wreck of the Admella in 1859 on Carpenter’s Reef off the coast of far southeast South Australia was a headline event at the time, and it quickly entered into Australian folklore. Survivors clung to the wreck in mountainous seas …

# 15815

[Possibly Frederick FRITH, 1819-1871]

Ivorytype portrait of Laura Lilias Scratchley, wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Scratchley, Melbourne, January 1863.

This masterful portrait of the beautiful Laura Lilias Scratchley, sister of Thomas Alexander Browne (the author ‘Rolf Boldrewood’), was created when she was 19 years and 4 months old, soon after her marriage to Lieutenant-Colonel Scratchley of the Victorian Artillery (later Sir Peter Scratchley, colonial administrator). It is an extremely rare Australian example – the earliest known – of a …

# 15804

O'GRADY, Frederick Standish, 6th Viscount Guillamore (1847-1927)

[NEW ZEALAND] Commonplace album of Frederick Standish O’Grady, 6th Viscount Guillamore, 1860s – circa 1900.

A fascinating treasure trove that constitutes a time capsule of four decades –  one of them spent in New Zealand – in the life of an Irish aristocrat of the late nineteenth century. Nineteenth century commonplace album. Folio, original marbled papered boards (heavily worn, lacking most of the leather backstrip), containing 160 pages completely filled with original manuscript material, ink …

# 15795

FORREST, Charles, Lieutenant (1809-1874)

Pencil drawing depicting a scene on the Yarra, Melbourne, circa 1870

Leaf from an artist’s sketchbook, 230 x 285 mm, unsigned; in fine condition, in an archival mat; verso of leaf with an unfinished pencil sketch by the same artist, depicting early settlers and wooden dwellings in the Australian bush; affixed to the back of the mat is the following typed declaration by a descendant of the artist, …

# 15370

Tulloch & Brown’s map of the Colony of Victoria :

comprising part of New South Wales, the boundaries, counties, also seaport & inland townships, the gold fields with the latest discoveries, roads, tracks, &c. &c. Compiled from drawings in the Survey Office and correctly revised till 1857. Melbourne : Tulloch & Brown, 1857. Engraved map with original hand colouring (foxed), 550 x 860 mm, laid …

# 15746

CAIRE, Nicholas James (1837-1918)

[ABORIGINES] Group of natives, Victoria

Circa 1895. Photographic glass magic lantern slide with hand colouring, 82 x 82 mm, original printed label affixed to one of the paper borders, ‘Group of Natives, Victoria’; in good condition. An exterior portrait of an Aboriginal group in European clothing at Lake Tyers Mission, in far eastern Victoria. The image was taken by the photographer …

# 15792

Artist Sigismondo Zacutti’s ticket for the inauguration ceremony of Governor Sir George Clarke, Exhibition Building, Melbourne, 10 December 1901.

[Melbourne : Govt. Printer?, 1901]. Lithographed card, 95 x 117 mm, recto endorsed with name of ticket holder in manuscript ‘Mr. S. Zacutti’; verso with plan of seating for the Exhibition Building; some edge wear and toning, but overall in good condition. The ticket holder was none other than Signor Sigismondo Zacutti, an esteemed Italian artist from Venice who had settled in Melbourne in 1889, …

# 15780

OGDEN, Denis

Original collage design for an advertisement for Carlton & United Breweries Ltd, Melbourne

Original collage of carefully cut-out coloured papers, 595 x 397 mm, titled lower centre ‘Carlton & United Breweries Ltd / Melbourne Victoria Australia’, signed in pencil lower right ‘Dennis Ogden 83’. A stunning modernist design, of two young men enjoying a beverage on St Kilda Pier, Melbourne, with the historic kiosk (sadly now burnt down …

# 15793

[FEDERATION] Admission ticket to the Royal Review at Flemington Racecourse, 10 May 1901

[Melbourne : Govt. Printer?, 1901]. Lithographed card, 95 x 117 mm, printed recto only, aqua design featuring the Australian coat of arms, with lettering in black, headed ‘Commonwealth Celebrations, Victoria’; stamped in red ‘PRESS’; lightly foxed, but overall in good condition. A scarce ephemeral item from one of the most major of the many events staged around …

# 15823

JOHNSTONE, O'SHANNESSY & CO.

Photographic portrait of Margaret Lorigan, teacher at the Victorian Deaf and Dumb Institute, Melbourne, 1871.

Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 104 x 63 mm, with the imprint of the Melbourne studio of Johnstone, O’Shannessy & Co.; verso inscribed in pencil in a contemporary hand: ‘M. Lorigan. April 5th 1871’; both the albumen print and mount are in fine condition. A lovely vignette portrait of Miss Margaret Lorigan, who was appointed assistant to the …

# 15358

LITTLE, William

The Thunder Storm.

Thoughts suggested at the performance of the 4th Movement of L. van Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony Op. 68. Ballarat: James Curtis [1896]. Octavo, illustrated wrappers, pp. 8, paper browned as usual, else very good.

# 15338

E.P.N.G. Murray River Annual 1948

Mildura : Elliott Provincial Newspaper Group, 1948. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, (a little worn), pp. 60, illustrated.

# 15000

[THOMAS ADAMS HILL]; GLENNY, Henry (1835-1910)

Photographic portrait of the explorer Robert O’Hara Burke

Mid-1860 [but probably published early 1863]. Albumen print photograph with hand colouring, carte de visite format, amount 105 x 63 mm, vignetted image 50 x 50 mm, recto of mount inscribed in contemporary hand ‘Bourke’ (sic), and verso inscribed in the same hand (with the correct spelling) ‘Burke’; no studio imprint; albumen print with faint …

# 14953

HANNAFORD, Samuel (1827-1874)

Jottings in Australia: or, Notes on the flora and fauna of Victoria

:  with a catalogue of the more common plants, their habitats and dates of flowering. Melbourne : James J. Blundell Co., 1856. Small octavo, original limp roan with title in gilt to front, spine with contemporary paper label in manuscript (some loss at head and tail), pp [iv], [1], 100 (interleaved with blank pages); the …

# 14902

[TABUTEAU, Basil Manly, 1898-1982]

[MELBOURNE] Farewell menu for Basil Manly Tabuteau, of the Brighton District Football Club

[Melbourne : s.n.], 1926. Lithographed card, 375 x 210 mm, printed recto only, with vignette illustrations including a view of Tabuteau's house, “Warrain”, in Sandown Street, Middle Brighton; pale foxing and staining, a few edge tears. Basil Manly Tabuteau (1898-1982) was the only child of Joseph August Tabuteau and Louisa Tabuteau. He married Thelma Soutter …

# 14871

FELTON, Philip E.

A history of Aboriginal lands and reserves in Victoria, 1835-1975

Melbourne : [The author], 1980. “Not for publication or quotation” (head of text). Folio, roneo typescript, stapled, 13 pp; bibliography pp 12-13; the first page is endorsed “Session 2”, suggesting that this was a conference paper; tiny section of silverfishing at top of first page, otherwise in good condition. “Overview of the history of Victorian …

# 14904

PARKER, R.S. (Robert Stewart) et al.

New states for Australia : The Australian Institute of Polictical Science ;

Spring Forum ; 1955 ; Proceedings. Sydney : Australian Institute of Polictical Science, 1955. Quarto, original card covers, roneo printed, 90 pp, 1 folding table, 3 folding maps; a very good copy. Contains four papers delivered at the Armidale forum by R.S. Parker (New states for Australia : why new states?), J. MacDonald Holmes (The proposed …

# 15617

REDPATH, R. G.

Melbourne in pen and ink

Melbourne : printed by Norman Bros., c. 1933. Octavo, printed wrappers, pp. 24, 21 full page reproductions of Redpath’s pen drawings of Melbourne.

# 15414

HEALINGS PTY LTD.

[TRADE CATALOGUE] All aboard for Healing’s Swanston St. Store. 261 Swanston St., Melbourne. Special Price List.

Melbourne : Healings Pty. Ltd. [1935]. Quarto, illustrated wrappers (foxed, faint horizontal fold), [8] pp, illustrated. Trade catalogue for radio parts and small electrical products including irons, clocks and jugs.

# 14719

[VIENNA CAFE]

[MELBOURNE] Besses Banquet, Vienna Café, 20 July 1911.

Pen and ink illustration and calligraphy with onlaid silver gelatin photograph, on thin card, 420 x 200 mm (sheet); a few light marks around the upper edges, otherwise fine condition. A significant piece of ephemera from one of Melbourne's most famous dining establishments of the 1890s and early 1900s, the Vienna Café, which occupied the …

# 14671

WINBORN, W.G.T.

[MELBOURNE] Original pencil drawings of Hampton and Middle Brighton, 1910

Pencil on paper, recto of a leaf removed from a sketchbook, 200 x 250 mm; captioned by the artist, 'View of Hampton' and 'Off Mdl. Brighton', respectively; signed and dated at lower margin 'W.G.T. Winborn 26/12/10'; verso blank; mild foxing at lower left and a few small toning spots, otherwise in very good condition.  A pair …

# 14733

Photographer unknown.

Rio Vista. Residence of Mr. Chaffey, Mildura.

[Circa 1914]. Gelatin silver print photograph with hand tinting, printed on postcard stock, 88 x 140 mm; postally used from Williamstown (Melbourne) to South Africa; the message verso is dated June 14 1914 and reads: 'This picture represents the residence of one of the founders of the Mildura settlement (founded in 1887 by two brothers …