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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:

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

Simple inkwells used at the main counter with pens and spare nibs.

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

An old chocolate box discovered in the theatre, from a time when sweets were sold during movie intervals.

Beer bottle left under the floor at the balcony entrance during the 1924 theatre renovations and rediscovered during the installation of sprinklers throughout the building in the early 1980s.

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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