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The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph, 1910
This photograph dating to 1910 depicts an open cut sluicing site located in El Dorado captured looking east up the open cut from the number 3 Barge site. Sluicing was undertaken in the area from 1900 to 1942 with some short breaks between these periods. The image depicts a location mined by Cocks Pioneer Gold and Tin Sluicing Company (as recorded on the annotation on the card mount). It portrays open cut rocks with a crevice in the center of the image where the sluicing was being undertaken. There is a small timber structure on the right of the image which could be an entrance to a mine or supports made of wood to prevent a cave in at the open cut site and above the cut rock there is bush. The timber structure has rail tracks on top of the bridge which could suggest the identification of this structure as a mine entrance. The rail tracks were used for little carts which hauled soil from the mine. The Cocks Pioneer Gold and Tin Mines N.L was one of El Dorado's two largest open cut sluicing mines of the 20th Century. The other was named the Cocks El Dorado Gold Dredging Company. The Cocks Pioneer Mines operated from 1901 until 1941 and found a total of 117,378 ounces of Gold and 1,673 tones of tin concentrates over these years. The Cocks company was formed in 1898 and operated until 1941. Open cut sluicing involved the use of high-powered hoses which used the centrifugal sand pump system (known as hydraulic sluicing) which broke down the soil which was then processed for gold and other precious metals. From 1914 , four years after this image was captured, the company reformed to Cocks Pioneer Gold and Tin Mines NL (previously it was known as Cocks Pioneer Sluicing Co) and undertook large scale sluicing operations until 1929 and then 1934-1941. El Dorado is located on Reedy Creek and is surrounded by forested country to the north and east. It is 20 km east of Wangaratta in Victoria's regional north-east. John Cock was the son of a Cornish minor who arrived in El Dorado in 1858. Cock founded his gold and tin mining company which ran successfully for many years in the El Dorado region. It was an open cut sluicing company because of the abandonment of underground mining after this was deemed too dangerous. In 1935 Cock's El Dorado Company commissioned the floating dredge which is still visible in El Dorado today. The dredge was built by the Thompson engineering works, Castlemaine, and weighed over 2,000 tones and today has a place on the Victorian Registers of historic buildings. Interestingly, the name El Dorado does not derive from the gold in the region, but from the Barambogie pastoral run completed by William Baker in 1840-1841. Gold was discovered in El Dorado 1854 but the gold was too deep for individual prospectors to find, it required the use of heavy machinery.The search for gold is ingrained into the history of Victoria and therefore, images like this one which portray an open cut sluicing site can reveal important information for society and technology for the date when the photograph was taken. This image is of important historical significance for its ability to convey information about sluicing and the methods used to find gold in 1910. It also shows a location where sluicing was undertook which provides insight into the impact of sluicing on the environment at a time when it was done. This image is important for current research into the history of El Dorado, a small regional location near Wangaratta in Victoria's North East. Therefore, this image has the capacity to be beneficial for research into society and the motivations of those living and working in this region during this period and therefore, has social significance. The Beechworth Burke Museum has additional images relating to gold sluicing and El Dorado which can be analysed and studied alongside images like this one.Sepia coloured rectangular photograph printed on gloss photographic paper mounted on board.Obverse: COCKS PIONEER Q + T SL CO, N.L. / 1910 / LOOKING EAST UP OPEN CUT / FROM NO3 BARGE SITE / Reverse: 1997 . 2611 / A02611el dorado, north east gold, sluicing, gold sluicing, hydraulic sluicing, 1910, gold and tin mine, open cut mining, mining, gold mining, north-east victoria, beechworth, burke museum -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MESSIAH
The Benola Choristers present 'Messiah' by George Frederick Handel (1685-1759). Bendigo City Hall at 8 p m. Saturday, 7th December, 1974. Soloists: Valerie McCracken Soprano, Glenis Granger Alto, Ian Lee Tenor, John Stephens Bass, Barbara Hyett Piano, Hedley Jones, Organ. Conducted by Mavis Webster.event, entertainment, music, messiah, the benola choristers, george frederick handel, valerie mccracken, glenis granger, ian lee, john stephen, barbara hyett, hedley jones, mavis webster -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (item) - Bristol Jupiter Aero Engines Service Instructions
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Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Illustrated Melbourne Post, Aboriginal Station, Upper Yarra near Melbourne, 1860s
Reproduced from "Illustrated Melbourne Post" - 1860s.This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as the 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital image Print 16.5 x 22 cm (Held at Eltham Library)sepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, other areas, aboriginal reserve, upper yarra -
Malmsbury Historical Society
Photograph (Item), Doris Finnane C1920, Malmsbury c1920
People - "Finnane, Doris" Buildings - "House, Verandah?" -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, East Ringwood Football Club (ERFC) 1953 Triple Premiership ERFC (not wall photo)
Originally framed and shown up the stairs at the former Maroondah Sporting Club, the home of the East Ringwood Football Cluball teams with player's and official's names -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Staff Nott Street Primary School 1990, 1990
All teachers named below photograph. Colour photograph with 2 rows of teachers. The sign in front reads Nott Street Primary School Staff, 1990.education - primary schools, shirley heller, nott street primary school, nola jones, helen pruis, marilyn tulloch, pam park, sue gladman, nancy johnstone, lucia oukliez, debra stripeikis, ruth burgess-smith, carolyn withers, ron bowles, bart hopkins, diane moseley, jan snowden, sandy bassoukos -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Livermore's Orchard
Coloured photo of Livermore's Orchard, Morack Road, Vermont looking southlivermore, douglas, clem, orchards -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - Special Aero Type - Zenith Carburetters
Description: 24 pages. Published by Zenith Carburetter Co. Published 1924. Zenith Carburetter Standard Type - Fitting and Adjusting Level of Importance: World. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - SANDHURST DRUMMERS COLLECTION: CERTIFICATE, 1993
Document. Certificate of Encouragement awarded to Sandhurst Drummers for Bendigo Easter Fair Gala Procession, Monday 12 April 1993.document, memo, certificate of encouragement -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Photograph - 119 Broughton Road, Surrey Hills, The Street Where You Live Project
Photos documenting this address as part of a photographic series undertaken by volunteer photographers during 2013 and 2014 for The Street Where You Live Project. This was organised through the Surrey Hills Neighbourhood Centre and covered the postcode 3127 in the cities of Boroondara and Whitehorse.These photos provide a snapshot of real estate in the suburbs of Mont Albert and Surrey Hills during a period of rapid change with many properties on large blocks demolished to create higher density residential development or renewal of single dwellings. At particular risk were properties not covered by heritage overlays, especially interwar housing and post 1950's housing. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MARKS COLLECTION: ALTERATIONS TO FORTUNA VILLA FOR G. LANSELL
Copy of plan: Proposed alterations to Fortuna House (not Villa) for G. Lansell Esq. Plan shows stairway, building. Scale 1/4 inch - 1 foot.buildings, house, fortuna villa -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Fifty two colour photographs of Girl Guides and Brownies
Girl Guides and Brownies photographs 7120 -1 Baston Park 1988 -2 Regional Commissioner Irene Beckley farewell at Bastin Park -3 State Commissioner Mrs Wooley Nov 19, 1980 Church Parade -4 Evening to Farwell Iris Bickley Bastin Park 1988. Regional Comm -5 June Radford at rear in White Jumper -7 Katrina Sweeney, Kylie Whelan, Kerrie Rosenow, Church Parade Nov 19th, 1988 -8 Anzac Day 1988 -9 Susan Hart, Joy Gilsenan, Katrina Sweeney, Marti Osborne, Kylie Whelan, Water Activities 1988 -10 Water Activities 1988 -11 Megan Croft, Viv Neville, Bastin Park 1988 -12 Farwell to Iris Bickley, Bastin Park 1988, Region Comm -13 Bastin Park 1988 -14 Bastin Park 1988 -15 Camping at Jamboree 1988, Kaye Osborne -16 Water Activities 1988 -19 Leader Heather Duxon -20 On Right Leader Francis Croft -21 Lake Bolac 1981. Water activities day. -22 16th June 1983, Junior Leader Julie Nunn -23 23rd to 25th March 1984 Bastin Park, Linda Grellet, Rhonda Bullock, Anne McPherson -24 23rd to 25th March 1984 Bastin Park, Heather Duxon, Helen O’Shea -25 23rd to 25th March 1984 Bastin Park, Bernadette Moloney, Tania Cumming -26 23rd to 25th March 1984 Bastin Park test camp, Bernadette Moloney, Tania Cumming, Chris Collins -27 Taree, Francis Croft, Anne Maree -28 23rd to 25th March 1984 Bastin Park, Heather Duxson, Helen O’Shea -29 Neville & Beth Nunn and 2 daughters -30 23rd to 25th March 1984 Bastin Park, Tania Cumming, Chris Collens Test Camp -31 50 years of guiding Stawell, 1978 -32 Camp Bunjil 1981, Bastin Park -33 Taken at Kenga when Camper Van came up, Trainers Mrs Pert, Mrs Croft, Stawell April 1979 -34 50 years of Guiding -35 Camp Bunjil 1981 Bastin Park, Jacquelin Smith, Sarah Moreton -36 Striking Camp Region Camp Bastin Park 1983 -38 Camp Bunjil 1981 Bastin Park, 2nd from left Sharon Rhodes 1st Stawell, 4th Kathy Healy 2nd Stawell -39 Anzac Day 1983 -40 Megan Croft and Taree Francis Croft, 7th July 1983 -41 Dallas Campbell & Taree Francis Croft, 7th July 1983 -42 Anne Maree Waterhouse & Taree Francis Croft, 17th July 1983 -43 Mrs Pert Taken at Kenya April 1979 -44 Thank you Card 19-7-1984 Mrs Croft Taree -46 Thank you Card from E Raggatt -48 Activities at Camp Bunjil Bastin Park 1981 -49 Camp Bunjil Bastin Park 1981 -50 Jacquilin Smith & Catheryn van Leeiogh (Pack Guides 1978) Brownie Levels -51 Camp Bunjil Bastin Park 1981, Brenda Donovan -52 Kanya Camp 1977 Circa 1980's colour photographs in plastic pocketsVarious inscriptions on back of photographs -
St Patrick's Old Collegians Association (SPOCA)
Photograph - SPOCA, Class Reunions, May 2022, Glenferrie Hotel
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Malmsbury Historical Society
Photograph (Item), Malmsbury Town Hall, Malmsbury ca1995
Buildings - Town Hall People - "Morgan, B; Bates, A; Patten,E; Slimmon, Barb" -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BENDIGO ADVERTISER COLLECTION: MONUMENT IN AXEDALE'S HISTORIC CEMETERY MCNAMARA FAMILY
Monument in Axedale's historic cemetery. Names on the monument are of McNamara family and include Denis and Bridget. Photo is part of "Small Towns With Big Hearts" series.Bill Hawkingregion, small towns, axedale -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Manuscript, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Bendigo Tramways Early History", 1969
Consists of formation history, track and route dates, operator, SEC takeover and route lengths. One page of statistics - 1935 to 1969, only completed to 1968 and last year filled in by hand. Gives Income, Expenditure, Loss, passengers and car miles. Car miles have been handwritten and pasted over the typed sheet. Probably prepared late 1960's by Les Denmead (assumption here - See Reg item 3289 and 3478 for Geelong Bendigo version), given the hand written notes etc.Yields historical notes and statistics on the Bendigo Tramway system - the statistical information being the most important. Four sets - original and three copies - foolscap typed documents, three pages each, titled "Bendigo Tramways Early History". 'BTPS 407" in top right hand corner.trams, tramways, bendigo, sec, esco, history, statistics -
Bendigo Military Museum
Document - TRAINING NOTES - EXERCISE EASY CHAIR
Training notes for 3 Division Officers Training Course - Exercise "Easy Chair". Exercise was conducted on Sunday 4 March 1973 from 0800 to 1700 hrs at Yarra Glen, Victoria. Part of the Kevin John Herdman. No. 397661 collection. See catalogue No. 5942P for details of his service.Thirty three (33) page document with pages secured with a staple in top LHC. Pages are of varying sizes from Quarto to A4 to foolscap. Text in black type. Handwritten notes in red and blue ink.Handwritten notes on various pages.exercise easy chair, training notes, kevin john herdman, officer training -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BERT GRAHAM COLLECTION: SIX SWIMMERS
Black & white photograph, Bert Graham Collection, at the Bendigo East Swimming Pool, six swimmers from the Bendigo East Swimming Club are posing at the side on the lawn, from left to right are:Back; Julie Dole; Cheryl Forbes, ? , ? Carter. And front ? , Cheryl Mc Lelland, as mentioned on the back. There are some people in the background and on the left is a young person.bendigo, clubs, bendigo east swimming club -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Document (Item) - Lockheed Hudson - Pilot's Notes & Lockheed Loadstar Technical info
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Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, M Holding, 2010 c
Colour photograph of cottages and jetties at New Works precinct Lakes Entrance Victoriajetties, topography, ships and shipping -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1920 c
Also a second black and white photograph taken at same time viewed from end of wall 05302.11.5 x 7 cmBlack and white photograph of Glenmaggie wier wall under construction showing water backed up behind wall, Glenmaggie Victoriabridges -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MISS G ALICE JONES COLLECTION: ACCOUNT
Hercules Gold Mining Company No Liability to Miss G. Alice Jones. Pink paper dated Dec 21 1923 to Aug. 28 1925. Pink paper detailing work for transfer of lease. Total cost £43.1.0.miss g. alice jones collection - account, hercules gold mining co n l, mr rogers, mr stanfield, ironbark co, lansells -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Document, Horticultural Notes, 1891
Article in The Leader re Horticulture students, etc.horticulture, burnley, students -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: WATER RIGHT LICENCE NORTH DEBORAH MINING COMPANY NO LIABILITY, 19th August, 1941
4 page document plus map, Water Right Licence No. 1172, between King George VI ( the Crown ) and North Deborah Mining Company No Liability, Parish of Sandhurst., dated 19th August 1941. "to take and divert water at the points marked 'source of supply' on the said plan the quantity thereof not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred thousand gallons per diem' Plan: 'Mining District of Bendigo No. 1172 W.R., County of Bendigo, Parish of Sandhurst. Plan has dam area coloured in red, with pipe line drawn in red, leading from Battery marked on lease 11145 across lease 9988 to dam. Streets marked: Adams Road, Honeybone Street, Griston Street. (Golden Square area)bendigo, mining, north deborah mining company, north deborah mining company, adams, honeybone, and griston streets. (golden square) -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MINES ACT 1890 - GENERAL RULES, 1891
Mines Act 1890 - general rules.Vic. Govt.government, state, mines act, mines act, mining, gold mining -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Geriatric Centre ready in early '85, 1984
Construction of the Eastern Suburbs Geriatric Centre is expected to be completed in early 1985. The Minister of Health, Mr Roper said today.Construction of the Eastern Suburbs Geriatric Centre is expected to be completed in early 1985. The Minister of Health, Mr Roper said today.Construction of the Eastern Suburbs Geriatric Centre is expected to be completed in early 1985. The Minister of Health, Mr Roper said today.aged people, nursing homes, eastern suburbs geriatric centre, peter james centre, harrowfield, john, newton, doug, ray, margaret, mahaffey, don, james, peter -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Photograph - Photograph of people looking over shoreline
Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large collection of photographs dating from the nineteenth century. Photograph of a group of people looking and pointing across the water at Pinnacle Lookout, Woolamaicatalogue number written on reverse in pencilchurchill island, photograph, woolamai, pinnacle lookout -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph, Clare Gervasoni, Willsmere Village Supermarket, 2022, 16/07/2022
The North Kew Village Supermarket survived the Covid19 lockdowns, but according to locals the rent was put up and the supermarket became unviable and was foced to close. In the 1960s the supermarket was owned by Tainsshes. The North Kew Village Supermarket during a closing down sale.supermarket, north kew village supermarket, tainshes -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF GREYHOUND
Black and white photograph of greyhound. Keith "Joe" Connell, Super Impact.clubs and associations, sport, greyhound racing