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Melbourne Athenaeum Archives

Digitised Documents

 

Annual Reports

Melbourne Mechanics' Institution: 1839-1871

Melbourne Athenaeum: 1872-1939

 

Minutes of the General Committee of Management

Melbourne Mechanics' Institution: 1839-1871

Melbourne Athenaeum: 1872-1939

Archives photos courtesy of Peter Ittak:

A decorative bookweight placed in the centre of an open book to hold the pages during the cataloguing process.

Document box of the Melbourne Mechanics' Institution with droplets of red sealing wax on the top.

An Exactus calculator from the 1950s, a mechanical pocket calculator for the addition and subtraction of pounds, shillings and pence.

A time capsule originally buried in 1872, located during the 1924 renovations. The contents were added to a new capsule and buried under the foundation stone.

A variety of coloured inks were kept by the institution, red was mainly used by the bookkeeper.

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  • Home
    • About this Website
    • Office Bearers since 1839
  • Early Years
    • First Meeting
    • First Committee
  • The Building
    • Land Purchase
    • Building 1842
    • Building 1853
    • Building 1872
    • Building 1886
    • Building Today
    • The Lift
  • The Library
    • Membership
    • Early Developments
    • 1939 Centenary
    • Forest Hill Branch
    • Record Library
    • Library Today
  • The Theatre
    • Theatre 1842-1923
    • Intimate Theatre 1924
    • Frank Van Straten's Reflections
    • Alan Winn, Film Projectionist
  • The Gallery
    • First Twenty Years
    • The Depression and a World War
    • 1950s to 1970s
  • The Museum
    • Aboriginal Artefacts
    • Finding a Home
    • Closure
  • Publications
  • Digitised Documents