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Stawell Historical Society Inc
Map, Gold Mines of Australia, Geological Plan Wonga Mine Area Stawell Investigation, 1950
Plans Showing Stawell Investment 1950Gold Mines of Australia Ltd mining, gold, map -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Map, Gold Mines of Australia, Stawell Investment Geological Plan. Mine Area showing Mineshafts
The Reefs Mine shaft locationsGold Mines of Australia Ltd mining, gold, map -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Newspaper - Guinea Gold Newspaper dated 4/12/1942, Newspaper Guinea Gold Dated 4/12/1942 - Hammering of Nazis Continuing in Russia - News In Brief From The Mainland
Guinea Gold Newspaper was produced for Australian & American Armed Forces Armed Forces Newspaper containing Local and Homeland News for the troopsGuinea Gold Newspaper Dated 4/12/`1942 - Hammering of Nazis Continuing in Russia - News In Brief From The Mainland.newspaper distributed to troops in the field., guinea gold, world war 2 -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book - Paperback book, Happy-Go-Lucky-A Gippsland Gold Town 1863-1917, 1987
A history of a gold mining town in the Gippsland area of Victoria Paperback. Gold cover. Cover has a pencil sketch of a gold mining town as well as a large gum tree on the back cover. Cover illustration runs across the whole cover.Stamp of the Marysville & District Historical Society Inc / P.O. Box 22 / Marysville 3779. Sticker - DISTRIBUTED BY: / Paoletti's (Adventurer) Maps P/L / 15 Nirvana Close, / Langwarrin. 3910 / Tel: 03 9789 6985 / Fax: 03 9776 6798 / Email: [email protected] / Other products & information Website: http://users.netlink.com.au/~maptrapgold, gold mining, gold town, gippsland, victoria, australia, history, gold miner, morgan, dorothy, morgan, marjorie -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Document (item) - Research Document, Judith Vimpani, Gold Mining at the Cumberland Goldfields, 03-2022
A research document covering gold mining at the Cumberland goldfields in Victoria.A research document covering gold mining at the Cumberland goldfields in Victoria.gold mining, cumberland goldfields, cambarville, donovan's creek, bear's creek, walsh's creek, cumberland creek, golden bower gold-mining company, a1 gold-mining company, yarra track, jw curtis, kohler, william edward chester, golden secret gold vein, golden bower mine, chesterville, andrew kirwan, walker's hotel, george locke, marysville, james fahie, alma kathleen barry, john edward weatherland, william forbes wilson -
Pyrenees Shire Council
Commemorative Plaque, Centenerary of Government of Victoria and Centenary of Discovery of Gold, 1951
The Centenerary of Government of Victoria and Centenary of Discovery of Gold was in 1951significant to the Pyrenees Shire and Lexton communitybronze plaque from the Centenerary of Government of Victoria and Centenary of Discovery of Gold EQUALITY, JUSTICE, FREEDOM -
Clunes Museum
Photograph, C. NETTLETON. MELBOURNE, PORT PHILLIP AND COLONIAL GOLD MINING COMPANY, CLUNES, CIRCA 1865
CLUNES QUARTZ MINING COMPANY'S. SOUTH SHAFT. PERIOD 1865. SMALL SEGMENTS OF PHOTOGRAPH INCLUDED.PHOTOGRAPH .1 SEPIA PHOTOGRAPH OF PORT PHILLIP AND COLONIAL GOLD MINING COMPANY CLUNES. - POPPET HEAD AND BUILDINGS. .2 & .3 BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO PRINT OF PHOTOGRAPHPORT PHILLIP GOLD MINING CO. CLUNES. SOUTH SHAFT.local history, photography, photographs, mining -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph, Dorothy Wickham, Gold Monument, Ballarat, c2010
Gold was discovered in Ballarat in 1851 when many people rushed to the diggings. A monument commemorates the centenary of the finding of gold at Poverty Point and is dedicated to the memory of pioneer miners of Ballarat. It records gold yields, nuggets and the richest recorded yields of both alluvial and quartz mines. The replica gold nugget on the monument is the `Welcome Nugget`, found in Ballarat in 1858, weighed 2,217 ounces and was sold for £10,500. The memorial, known as the Pioneer Miners’ Monument, was made to commemorate Ballarat's gold centenary. It was proposed that part of the Pioneers' Memorial Fund might be used. This fund was started with £1300 profit from the 1938 centenary celebrations. (Age (Melbourne), The monument was created by John Edward Skilbeck, a toolmaker with Ronaldson and Tippett. John Skilbeck had a deep interest in Ballarat History, and undertook much research with Bert Strange and Keith Stacpoole. Councilllor William Ernest Roff provided the copper for the memorial from scrap copper obtained during his plumbing business. The copper was reworked by John Skilbeck, and was soldered in the kitchen of his home at 14 Frank Street. Colour photograph of the gold monument on the corner of Sturt Street and Albert Street, Ballarat. It commemorates the discovery of gold at Poverty Point in August 1851, and was The monument was unveiled in 1951 and is mainly constructed of large piecesof quartz, with a miniature popper head on the top made of copper. Mounted on the side is a replica of the Welcome Nugget, which was unearthed on the corner of Humffray and Mair Streets, Ballarat on 09 June 1858.FRONT This monument was erected by the Ballarat Historical Society to commemorate the finding of gold at Poverty Point 21st August 1851 and is dedicated to the memory of/ pioneer miners of Ballarat LEFT SIDE Richest recorded yields alluvial mines Band of Hope 303269 Ozs Prince of Wales 168929 Koh I Noor 164157 Great Redan Ex 110111 Albion 107125 Bonshaw Fr 96520 Park 94699 St George 86702 Sir Wm Don 76830 Hand in Hand 76830 Sir Henry Loch 43562 Quartz Mines Star of the East 256758 Ozs Band of Hope 158299 Victoria United 152013 N Woah Hawp 129562 New Normanby 127562 Britannia 103225 Llanberris No 1 100533 Black Hill 91665 Last Chance U 83766 Llanberris 71364 Speedwell 66000 South Star 64444 Sulieman Pasha Companies 62666 RIGHT Recorded gold yield 20606000 ozs Nuggets Alluvial Welcome 2217 ozs Saraha Snads 1619 Lady Hotham 1177 Canadian 1 1117 Canadian 2 1011 Koh 1 Noor 834 Eureka 625 Lady Loch 617 Prince of Wales 606 Bakery Hill 571 Native Youth 540 Faboulous yields of earliest diggings not offically recorded Quartz Nuggets N Woah Hawp 5-- 300 200 Ozs White Horse 500 Woah Hawp 444 266 262 Canton 257 200 Q Victoria lease 410 U Black Hill Coy 315 Tinworths 250 Parade Coy 245gold monument, ballarat, skilbeck, poppet head, j.e. skilbeck, john skilbeck -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Map, Stawell Gold Mines, Stawell Township 1995, 1995
Map shows details of mining activity Stockpiles, Tracks, Plant, Dams,, Waste, Tailing Dams, IronbarksPlain Printed Map in Black & White with details of MiningStawell Gold Mines Pty Ltdmining -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book, Lorna L. Banfield, Green Pastures & Gold - A History of Ararat, 1874
Paper dust cover over Green heavy cardboard with gold print. Dust cover and b/w/ photo of a town with a range of mountains in the background. has black and white print Green Pastures and Gold. A History of Ararat. Lorna L. Banfieldstawell -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Shepherd’s Gold Book launching with Gold Pan and Gold Washing Cradle
Shepherd’s Gold Book Launched 1966 with gold mining equipment. Gold Pan and Gold Washing Cradle.stawell -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, Community Connections - 30 years Gold Museum
The Gold museum has links to miners that attended the School of Mines which is a predecessor of Federation UniversityMustard coloured flyer with brown squares and images and gold writing gold museum, community connections, tim sullivan, roger trudgeon, sovereign hill -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Demolition of the Gold Reef Mall 2003, 6/10/2003
Norther Grampians Shire removed Gold Reef Mall arguing that it would revitalise the Shopping PrecinctTwo Colour Photographs of works demolishing Gold Reef Mall -
Federation University Historical Collection
Letter, Letters from Bethanga Gold Fields Limited to School of Mines Ballarat
Ballarat School of Mines is a predecessor of Federation University.Two handwritten letters from Bethanga Gold Fields Limited to School of Mines Ballarat. signed Harris and Field General Managers. Dated 11th October and 13th October 1898bethanga gold fields limited, harris and field general managers, school of mines ballarat, f.j. martell, letters, harris and field, frederick martell, bethanga -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Badge - Fundraising Button, Heart of Gold: Homeopathic Hospital Appeal 1921, 1921
Frances Rigg was a local business identity in Kew, at one stage managing the local branch of the English, Scottish and Australian (ES&A) Bank at 175 High Street from c. 1920 until the 1940s. After Francis Rigg’s death, the collection of buttons and medallions was inherited by his son, Ken Rigg (1922-2014). The collection was subsequently donated to the Kew Historical Society in 2015 by Francis' grandson, Adrian Rigg, at the time of the Gallipoli & Beyond Commemoration in 2015. The collection covers a period of almost 40 years. The majority of the buttons are patriotic buttons, issued and sold during and immediately after the First World World War (1914-1918) to raise funds for national and overseas causes. The collection also includes a number of locally significant sporting event buttons and sporting club medallions, issued in the 1920s and 1930s.Patriotic and other pressed tin buttons and badges were produced in large numbers in the first decades of the twentieth century. By nature, insubstantial and ephemeral, they have not always survived. The collections of badges, buttons and medallions in the Kew Historical Society collection is homogenous and yet diverse, ranging from buttons sold to raise funds for the war efforts in 1914-18 and 1939-45, to those used at festivals and sporting events. Because of the manufacturing process, many surviving buttons and badges have been affected by inadequate storage, suffering from oxidisation and physical damage. These survivors are now historically and socially significant artefacts, revealing much about the attitudes and values of the period in which they were produced. Their widespread distribution means that they are frequently significant at a local, state, national and international level.‘Heart of Gold’ buttons were produced for the Homeopathic (Prince Henry’s) Hospital’s Button Day Appeal in 1921. Contemporary newspaper accounts noted that the slogan was of American origin. A variety of buttons were produced costing from 1/ to £1. In the campaign, button selling in Kew raised £77."Heart of Gold: Homeopathic Hospital Appeal 1921"homeopathic hospital, badges, fundraising buttons, prince henry's hospital - st kilda road - melbourne (vic.) -
Buninyong & District Historical Society
Photograph - Original Colour Photograph, Buninyong Gold King Festival, 1991, Feb. 1991
Buninyong Gold King Festival 1991Colour Photo recreation of crowning of Gold King Simon de Soza , group in de Soza Park.buninyong, gold king, simon de soza, crown -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stawell Technical School showing the Gold Reef Campus 1967 similar to 1121-3 no cars
Stawell Technical School Gold Reef Campus 1967Stawell Technical School showing the Gold Reef Campus 1967 similar to 1121-3 no cars stawell education -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Slide, Ian McCann, Gold Memorial Pleasant Creek 1971
Monument to commemorate where gold was first found in StawellOn Insert near base of Monument. Erected by the Stawell Progress Association Near the spot in Pleasant Creek where the first Gold was found By William McLachlan May 1853monuments, gold -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Document (item) - Gold Mine Prospectus, H.D. McKie, Prospectus of the New Golden Bower & Star Gold M.Co, 1896
A copy of the Prospectus of the New Golden Bower & Star Gold M.Co. near Marysville in Victoria.A copy of the Prospectus of the New Golden Bower & Star Gold M.Co. near Marysville in Victoria. The Golden Bower gold mine was a quartz reef mine. William Edward Chester discovered the Golden Secret gold vein which became part of the Golden Bower Mine at Chesterville near Donovans Creek on the Cumberland goldfield which he mined with George Locke until the late 1930s. new golden bower & star gold m.co., donovan's creek, nuggety gully creek, yarra track, marysville, victoria, share prospectus, upper yarra track, wood's point, victoria mount morgan gold mining co., british mount morgan mine, mr white, reefton turnoff, santa claus reef, bear's creek, mr r ely, bear's creek reef, big river, mr feely, new star reef, golden bower reef, a1 mining co, mr r m lee, locke's no.1 extended gold mining company, mr q dick -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Newspaper, Guinea Gold, 21/11/1943
Guinea Gold was the official newspaper of the Australian Military Forces, published daily in Port Moresby, New Guinea, for circulation to the Armed Forces of Australia operating in the region. Publication for Australian troops with news from home.Four page cream paper with black print and photograph Centre page contains "Ginger Meggs" comic strip in colour.Guinea Gold Northern Edition (Australian) Vol.2 No 3 in the field, Sunday November 21, 1943guinea gold, ww2 -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Map, Stawell Gold Mine, Plan Showing Wonga Pit and Underground Development, August 2001
Stawell Gold Mines Victoria Scale 1 : 2500mining, gold -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Map, Stawell Gold Mine, Tenement Boundaries Stawell Township 2001, August 2001
Showing Underground Development Stawell Gold Mines Victoria Scale 1 : 20000mining, gold -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Map, Stawell Gold Mine, Milling Area Site Arrangement 2002, 12/6/2002
Plus Bench Mark Levels Stawell Gold Mines Victoria Scale 1 : 20000mining, gold -
Buninyong Visitor Information Centre
Document - Share Certificates, Bishop's Gold Mining Co., Buninyong Share Certificates
Interesting record of commercial gold mining activity in Buninyong in the 1930s depression era.Three gold mining share certificates, set in a wooden edged frame. Two are for Bishop's Gold (Buninyong) and one for Buninyong Rand Mines. Dated from 1936-1938. Each of the certificates were issued to different investors and signed by A. E. Llewellyn as Manager. Signed by W. Llewellyngold mining, buninyong, share certificates, gold, great depression -
Buninyong & District Historical Society
Photograph - Original Colour Photograph, Buninyong Gold King Festival, 1991, Feb. 1991
Buninyong Gold King Festival 1991Colour Photo Gold King Simon de Soza (Portrayed by Bruce Widdop) about to be crowned by young girl (Lisa Widdop)buninyong, gold king, simon de soza, crown -
Disability Sport & Recreation Victoria
Gold medal, Gold medal from 1963 Victorian Paraplegic Games - shot put - Kevin Coombs, 1963
Kevin Richard Coombs, OAM (born 30 May 1941) is an Australian wheelchair basketballer and athlete who competed at 5 Paralympics including the first Paralympic Games in 1960. He was the first Australian Aboriginal Paralympic competitor for Australia.Gold medal from 1963 Victorian Paraplegic Games.Front - Gold medal from 1963 Australian Paraplegic Games - Shot Putt [sic] - 1st - Kevin Coombs Reverse - engraving of two hands grasping each other, with laurelkevin coombs, victorian paraplegic games -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Document (item) - Letter, Andrew Kirwan mining-Wolfram & Gold at Cumberland River, 09-07-1981
A letter outlining the history of Andrew Kirwan who was a gold miner and road worker in Marysville in Victoria.A letter outlining the history of Andrew Kirwan who was a gold miner and road worker in Marysville in Victoria. Andrew Kirwan, along with his brothers, located and worked the Wolfram Mine at Wilkes Creek where they mined tungsten.andrew kirwan, marysville, victoria, cumberland valley, wolfram mine, wilkes creek, anderson and rowe sawmill, cumberland creek, golden bower gold mine, william chester, maria catherine kirwan, kirwan's reward, tungsten, cumberland river -
Buninyong & District Historical Society
Photograph - Original Colour Photograph, Buninyong Gold King Festival, 1991, Feb. 1992
Buninyong Gold King Festival 1992Colour Photo Gold King Festical parade, Warrenheip St., winner of Fisken Shield, Buninyong and District Historical Society cartload of cabbages.buninyong, gold king, parade, cabbages, cart -
Old Colonists' Association of Ballarat Inc.
Document - Gold License, Gold License issued to John Chisholm
This miner's right was glued onto a page in a large album of photographic images of early Ballarat. Recognising their significance the Council of the Old Colonists’ Association of Ballarat Inc. had them removed and restored. The originals are now framed and on display in the Old Colonists’ Hall.Victorian Gold License made out to John Chisholm.Ballarat Victoria Gold License No. 139 March 1853 The Bearer J. Chisholm having paid to me the Sum of One Pound Ten Shillings, on account of the territorial revenue, I hereby License him to dig, search for, and remove Gold on and from any such Crown lands within the Dist of Ballarat as I shall assign to him for that purpose during the month of march 1853 not within half-a-mile of any Head Station, This License is not transferable, and to be produced whenever demanded by me or any other person acting under the authority of the Government, and to be returned when another License is issued. Chas Wale Sherard Commissioner. Regulations to be observed by the persons digging for Gold or otherwise employed at the Gold fields. 1. Every licensed person must always have his License with him ready to be produced whenever demanded by a Commissioner, or Person acting under instructions, otherwise he is liable to be proceeded against as an unlicensed person. 2. Every person digging to Gold, or occupying Land, without a License is liable by law to be fined, for a first offence, not exceeding five pounds; for a second offence not exceeding 15 pounds; and for subsequent offence, not exceeding 30 pounds. 3. Digging for Gold is not allowed within ten feet of the edge of any Public Road, nor are the roads to be undermined. 4. Tents or Buildings are not to be erected within twenty feet of each other, or within 20 feet of any Creek 5. It is enjoined that all persons on the Gold Fields maintain a due and proper observance of Sundays. Handwritten in top left corner 'Presented by D.M.D. Main. 12 Dundas St. Dunedin N.Z. 30.8.21chisholm, sherard, charles sherard, john chisholm, mining, main, d.m.d. main -
Buninyong & District Historical Society
Functional object - Gold Scales, Gold Scales, owned by the Shire (Borough) of Buninyong, used from 1863,1863
Gold scales used officially by the Borough of Buninyong from 1863.Scales were in official use by the Borough of Buninyong from 1863.Gold scale pans suspended from a brass balance beam, fixed to a polished finish wooden box with a single drawer.Inspection stamps dated 1863, 1864, 1907gold, buninyong, borough of buninyong