Explore – National Trust

Bow Drill

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This drill has been identified by members of the Hand Tool Preservation Association of Australia Inc. as being one of the most important tools in the Caine Tool Collection, which was bequested by Thomas Caine. Caine was a skilled carpenter and joiner, whose collection represented ‘3 or 4 generations

Hand Vice

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This hand vice has been identified by members of the Hand Tool Preservation Association of Australia Inc. as being one of the most important tools in the collection bequested by Thomas Caine. Caine was a skilled carpenter and joiner, whose collection represented ‘3 or 4 generations of craftsman’s work.’ * He spent

Clockmaker’s Lathe

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An important example of a nineteenth century hand tool, this horological lathe was used to turn metal when crafting the inside workings of a clock. This lathe has been identified by members of the Hand Tool Preservation Association of Australia Inc. as being one of the most important tools

Portrait – In Memoriam Ethel Armytage

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The Caroline and Charles Armytage lost one child during their married life together at Como. Ethel Maude Armytage, 1856-1872 died at the age of seven from diphtheria. The image taken of Ethel in this mourning frame shows her as a healthy child posed in a chair at the Johnstone O’Shannessy and

Spectacles worn during Black Thursday February 6 1851

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“We have received Port Phillip papers to the 11th February. The whole province had suffered from fearfully destructive bush fires, which raged worst on Thursday, the 6th, assisted by a furious hot wind… Vast numbers of sheep, cattle, and horses had been destroyed, and the loss in grain of

Fabienne Archive: Design Illustrations & Embroidery Samples

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Nelly embroidered exquisite beaded patterns for Dior as cows were herded past her front door

Medals Awarded to Bertram Armytage

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After a life of adventure and adrenaline seeking, Bertram Armytage ended his life in his room at the Melbourne Club wearing the medals he was awarded for bravery and exploration. These included the Queen’s medal with three clasps from the South African campaign of the Boer War, the King’s Medal

Wax Sculpture “New Hollander & Kangaroo”

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Thomas Tyrwhitt Balcombe was born at St Helena, 1810, where the Balcombe family lived and befriended the island’s most famous resident Napoleon Bonaparte. He was the second son of William Balcombe and Jane Balcombe (née Cranston), and a brother of Alexander Balcombe who settled in Port Phillip at The Briars in

Georgiana McCrae’s Sewing Box

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In June 2015, a beautiful sewing box once owned by Georgiana McCrae of McCrae Homestead, was generously donated to the National Trust by Georgiana’s great, great, great granddaughter. Born in London in 1804, Georgiana was the illegitimate daughter of George Gordon, 5th Duke of Huntley and Jane Graham. From a

Alice Creswick’s Day Dress

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Alice Creswick Alice Creswick lived in The Hawthorns, the oldest house in the eponymous Melbourne suburb, and whose garden once swept down to the scrub along the Yarra River. A vibrant, active, and well-travelled woman, Alice was immortalised by writer Martin Boyd in his 1937 book The Picnic. Just like ‘Aunt Albania’