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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Map - Geological survey of Bendigo Goldfields
... Three Geological survey maps of the Bendigo Gold Fields...Geological Survey Bendigo Gold Fields Three Geological ...Three Geological survey maps of the Bendigo Gold Fields joined together. The three sections are Eaglehawk, Golden Square and Spring Gully. It shows geological conditions, gold reef lines and mine sights. Three sections are laminated together. The maps were produced by the Victorian Department of Manufacturing and Industry Development geological survey, bendigo gold fields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - PHOTOS - NEW ZEALAND - BENDIGO NZ GOLD FIELDS
... DVD. Photos, New Zealand, Bendigo N Z Gold Fields..... Photos, New Zealand, Bendigo N Z Gold Fields. Photograph PHOTOS ...DVD. Photos, New Zealand, Bendigo N Z Gold Fields. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Container - Steward Bros. Bottle
... in Melbourne 1853 and headed to the Bendigo gold fields. He had a claim... in Melbourne 1853 and headed to the Bendigo gold fields. He had a claim ...James Steward was born St Edmunds Suffolk England in 1830 where he had some brewing experience in his youth. He arrived in Melbourne 1853 and headed to the Bendigo gold fields. He had a claim at Sailors Gully which he worked with varying success until 1856 then purchased a property which became the Albion Brewery. He became one of the largest mining investors in the district and owned a lot of valuable properties in the area. He died on 1 Dec.1898 The excitors of his estate were his sons William A Steward and Henry P Steward. A green bottle with white painted markings STEWARD BROS, a sketch of a person wearing a hat, SAILORS GULLY, THIS BOTTLE IS NOT SOLD. The bottle is eight and a half centimetres diameter at its base and stays at that diameter for 14 centimetres, the next eight centimetres tapers to three and a half centimetres the last eight centimetres to two and a half centimetres with a ring seal. The base has a five centimetre deep frog.bottle, steward bros, a.j.a. steward brewery, james steward -
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Map - GEOLOGICAL MAP: BENDIGO GOLD FIELDS
... GEOLOGICAL MAP - BENDIGO GOLD FIELDS - Donated by JOHN... of the Bendigo Gold fields. The maps display , reef lines, Hills, Dams ...GEOLOGICAL MAP - BENDIGO GOLD FIELDS - Donated by JOHN HORWOOD. Two geological maps of the Bendigo Gold fields. The maps display , reef lines, Hills, Dams and mine locations. Also Anticlines, sinclines, shafts, alluvial deposits, contours and gullys. All items are superimposed on a map of the major roads and streets of Bendigo. The maps were printed by The Victorian Minister for Mines in 1923 and re-issued in 1936. The maps have been specifically framed and donated to The Bendigo Historical Society Inc. in May 2015 for display at Specimen Cottage. John had been a student at The School of Mines- Bendigo and found them useful as a student living in Bendigo. Prior to being framed , the maps have been kept rolled up in his home. Accession Number 309/15 Were on Display at Specimen Cottage 2015 - 2020. After all items removed from SC to the BRAC in 2021 the framed maps could not be located. Search ongoing. BP 2.3.2023Victorian Minister of Minesgoldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - STRUCTURE OF BENDIGO GOLDFIELD BULLETIN NO. 47
... to accompany Bulletin No 47, Structure of Bendigo Gold-Field, by H... Bulletin No 47, Structure of Bendigo Gold-Field, by H Herman, B.C.E ...Booklet, 36 pages, that describes the structure of the Bendigo Goldfield. Booklet is enclosed in an envelope. On front of booklet : 1923 Victoria, Department of Mines, Bulletins of the Geological Survey of Victoria, W. Baragwanath, Director. Structure of Bendigo Goldfield, by H. Herman, late Director of Geological Survey. Maps under catalogue number 3769 accompanied the booklet and are listed as 'plates' on the contents page. Plans and Sections to accompany Bulletin No 47, Structure of Bendigo Gold-Field, by H Herman, B.C.E., M.M.E., F.G.S., late Director of Geological Survey.Geological Survey of Victoriabendigo, gold mining, structure of goldfield, bendigo, goldfield, gold mining, geology -
City of Greater Bendigo - Civic CollectionCeremonial object - City of Bendigo Mayoral Chain, F Prescott Jeweller et al, 1893
... and is inscribed with the following: / Bendigo gold field discovered... and is inscribed with the following: / Bendigo gold field discovered ...The Bendigo mayoral chain or chain of office was donated by George Lansell in 1893 and manufactured from local gold by F Prescott. The design of modern mayoral chains (also known as a livery collar) mimics the ancient gold collar of Esses worn by the Lord Mayor of London which was bequeathed to his successors by Sir John Aleyn (who died in 1545) and which has a large jewelled pendant added in 1607. Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livery_collarDesigned and manufactured by Mr. E. Prescott from 9ct Yellow Gold in 1893 and believed to be made from Bendigo gold, the Bendigo mayoral chain was conceived by Mr J.H. Abbott and created with financial assistance of Mr George Lansell the "Gold King" of Bendigo who contributed the central medallion. The 18 links which made up the original chain represented serving mayors to date and were gifted by ex mayors or their representatives. The main chain consists of 35 links of quatrefoil form with the name of each mayor and the years of their term engraved and filled with black enamel. Overtime, as the chain grew too long to wear, it was separated into two joining chains eventually consisting of another 34 link section, totaling 69 links. The monogram of each mayor in gold is placed in the centre of each link and the links are connected by filigree 9ct gold joining curbs, unique to this period. The engraved central 'drop' or medallion is an eight pointed form with the body being an irregular oval containing four projections and four recesses forming the eight points. The shield section depicts the Australian emblem in miniature above and larger central Bendigo Coat of Arms filled with coloured enamel. The reverse of the medallion bears Lansell's name and is inscribed with the following: / Bendigo gold field discovered in 1851/ proclaimed municipality of Sandhurst /1855 / and city 1871/ Named changed to City of Bendigo 1891, in honor of which event / Cr J. H. Abbott, M.L.C. / inaugurated the mayoral chain / and medallion was presented to the city council / by George Lansell, Esq / to whose implicit belief in the inexhaustible / nature of our gold resources and the idefatigable energy / in developing them Bendigo mainly owns its / present prosperity / June 1893 / W. Honeybone, Town Clerk /sandhurst, bendigo, mayor, mayoral chain, george lansell, prescott, abbott, blashki, council, 1893, city of greater bendigo ceremonial item -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - NEWSPAPER 9/12/1853
... Gold Field; and published by R. R. Haverfield, at his premises... and Wm. Sherbon at their premises, Bendigo Flat, Bendigo Gold ...Photocopy of part of an unknown newspaper printed by Wm. Hy. Cook and Wm. Sherbon at their premises, Bendigo Flat, Bendigo Gold Field; and published by R. R. Haverfield, at his premises, View Point, Sandhurst on Friday, Dec. 9. 1853. Items mentioned include: the Blythe Waterland's Serenaders performing at Burton's Royal Circus, Bendigo; The Bendigo Cricket Club; The Criterion, Three-Horse Coach which left for Melbourne from Gravnor & Kewley's; Advertisement from the Adelaide Observer Office; Advertisement from The Sailors' Home, Commissioners' Flat, Bendigo. Marriage notice 6th Dec. of William Jackson, timber merchant, and Jemima Markwell; New Gold Licences, Prices of groceries; the price of draught horses and hacks, and the Price of Gold.newspaper, bendigo, newspaper 9/12/1853, wm hy cook, wm sherbon, r r haverfield, the sailors' home, william jackson, jemima markwell, w h wright, l macpherson & co, blythe waterland's serenaders, burton's royal circus, bendigo cricket club, h p stark, the criterion three-horse coach, gravnor & kewley's, adelaide observer office -
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Map - BENDIGO GOLDFIELD VERTICAL PROJECTIONS
... Map of Bendigo Gold Field in two sections showing 'vertical... of Victoria Map of Bendigo Gold Field in two sections showing ...Map of Bendigo Gold Field in two sections showing 'vertical projections along several anticlinal axial planes showing pitch, stratigraphical zones, faultlines, shafts and etc.'. Bulletin No 47 written top left hand side. Lines of reef described: Christmas line Lancashire line Nell Gwynne line New Chum line Hustlers line Garden Gully line Sheepshead line Mines along the reef lines are listed. This map forms part of the Geological Survey of Victoria, Structure of Bendigo Goldfield report, No. 47, 1923. H.Herman, late Director of Geological Survey. On bottom of second section : Prepared in the Geological Survey Office, Bendigo, under the direction of H. Herman, late Director of Geological Survey, from surveys by H.S. Whitelaw, Field Geologist, assisted by E.S. Usher, A.J.J. Moore and R.A. Keble.Geological Survey of Victoriabendigo, gold mining, reef lines -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Memorabilia - FRAMED IMAGE OF BENDIGO MAYORAL CHAIN
... the Mayoral chain the words: Bendigo gold fields discovered 1851... gold fields discovered 1851. Proclaimed municipality ...Large framed item. At the centre a photograph of the Bendigo Mayoral Chain designed and manufactured by F. Prescott, jeweller, Bendigo At the right a photo of George Lansell esq. and on the left a photo of J.H. Abbott esq. A list of Mayor is underneath the two photos, starting from the left J.F. Sullivan 1857, J.H. Abbott 1860, J.J. Casey 1861, R. Burrows 1862, G. Aspinall 1869, J. Boyd 1870, G. Aspinall 1873, J.A. Woodward 1874, H.Hattam 1876, E. Neil 1876, A. Bayne 1877, J.A. Woodward 1879, P. Hayes 1880, W.G. Jackson 1881, A. Harkness 1882, S.H. McGowan 1885, P. Hayes 1886, T.J. Connelly 1887, J. Cohn 1888, J.P. Carolin 1889, J,R. Hoskins 1890, J.H. Abbott 1891-92-95. Under the Mayoral chain the words: Bendigo gold fields discovered 1851. Proclaimed municipality of Sandhurst 1855 and city in 1871. Name changed to City of Bendigo in honor of which event cnr. J.H Abbott inaugurated the mayoral chain and the medallion was presented to the City Council by George Lansell esq. To whose implicit belief in the inextinguishable nature of our gold resource and the indefatigable energy in developing them Bendigo manly owes its present prosperity. July 1893, W. Honeybone Town Clerk and signed by F. Prescott.bendigo, council, mayoral chain, from dudley house stored at bendigo art gallery from 2000, returned to bhs 03/02/2023 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - 1853 Bendigo Goldfields Petition, abt 1990-2019
... there was much agitation on the Bendigo gold fields, particularly during... there was much agitation on the Bendigo gold fields, particularly during ...The Red Ribbon Movement of 1853 represented a significant series of events in the history of Bendigo. During that year there was much agitation on the Bendigo gold fields, particularly during July and August of 1853, directed against the payment of what the miners called a tax - a licence fee of thirty shillings ($3) a month for the right to search for gold on what was declared Crown land. They had to pay the licence whether they found gold or not. The miners, or diggers as they were called, also resented the means used by the authorities at the time to collect the gold licence - through so-called 'digger hunts'. The miners were expected to carry their licences with them, and the police, who were often untrained, used harsh methods to check these licences. In Bendigo, the miners took to wearing a red ribbon ‘as a symbol of their protest against the licence. Red was a very common colour in items such as shirts, so was readily available. Shopkeepers too tied red ribbons to their premises as a sign of support for the miners. It should be remembered at that time virtually everyone was a miner. The diggers also had their own banner, designed by William Dexter, a china painter from Devon. This flag showed the pick, shovel and cradle representing labour, the scales representing justice, the Roman bundle of sticks meaning unity and the kangaroo and emu of Australia Many thousands of Bendigo miners signed a petition to La Trobe, the Governor of Victoria, protesting against the licence fee. When the Governor rejected the petition, thousands of diggers marched in peaceful protest. Miners from White Hills, Eaglehawk, Golden Square, Kangaroo Flat as well as from Bendigo Flat, converged on what is now Pall Mall and View Point, surrounding the ~government camp on Camp Hill. The camp had been reinforced with soldiers of the 40 Regiment, as the Government feared bloodshed. The miners then gathered on the hill behind View Point to hear from their leaders - among them George Thomson, Captain Harrison, Captain Brown and W.D.C. Denovan. They resolved to pay a token fee often shillings ($1) for the September licence, whenthey met with Commissioners Panton and Wright on Camp Hill. Although Wright and Panton were sympathetic to the miners, the offer was rejected, but no licence fees were collected for September. Thus a possible bloody conflict was averted by the common sense shown by the miners' leaders and the commissioners. It was a truly democratic protest against arbitrary government and preceded the Eureka Stockade Incident by over a year. Bendigo Historical Society Committee on a Tram, two photos, one of five people standing behind a display cabinet, and the second one a Banner stretched across the tram. On the rear of the photo is "L-R Jim Evans, Terry Davidson, Ron Monro." Second from left is Jim Evans (President) and fourth from the left is Terry Davidson, with extreme right, Ron Munro (Vice President). In the cabinet is the 1853 Bendigo Goldfields Petition (Red Ribbon Rebellion) The society holds the petition in digital form. The diggers had their own banner, designed by William Dexter, a china painter from Devon. This flag showed the pick, shovel and cradle representing labour, the scales representing justice, the Roman bundle of sticks meaning unity and the kangaroo and emu of Australia history, bendigo, tram, 1853 bendigo goldfields petition, red ribbon rebellions -
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Map - SECTIONS ACROSS BENDIGO GOLDFIELD
... Map in three sections showing sections across Bendigo Gold...BENDIGO Gold mining reef line maps Geological Survey ...Map in three sections showing sections across Bendigo Gold Field, showing anticlines, synclines, faults, stratigraphical zones and mines along the reef lines. Key shows rock types Castlemaine, Bendigo B1, B2, B3 and B4, and Lancefieldian. First part of map shows sections A-A, B-B and C-C. Reef lines drawn with mines listed: Fault line shown are the Carshalton, Stafford, New Chum, Virginia and Clarence. A datum line shows 600 ft above sea level. On bottom of plan: ' Prepared in the Geological Survey Office, Bendigo, under the direction of H. Herman, late Director of Geological Survey, from surveys by H.S. Whitelaw, Field Geologist, assisted by E.S. Usher, A.J.J. Moore and R.A. Keble.' Second section of map shows sections D-D, and E-E. Fault lines listed are the Tambour Major fault, Carshalton fault, Stafford fault, Nell Gwynne fault, New Chum fault, Deborah fault. Third section shows sections F-F and G-G. Fault lines listed are the Bird Reef fault, Kangaroo Gully fault, Langdon fault, Carshalton fault, Nell Gwynne fault, Spring Gully fault, Hustlers fault, Gravel Hill fault, Ordes fault, Thanet fault. This map forms part of the Geological Survey of Victoria, Structure of Bendigo Goldfield report, No. 47, 1923. H.Herman, late Director of Geological Survey.Geological Survey of Victoriabendigo, gold mining, reef line maps -
The Beechworth Burke MuseumPhotograph - Photograph - Reproduction, Unknown
... spent time in the Bendigo Gold Fields before settling... spent time in the Bendigo Gold Fields before settling ...This image is a reproduction of an 1899 original depicting the 'Williams Good Luck Mine' on the Mopoke Reef (also called 'Morepork Gully') in the Dingle Ranges, approximately three miles from Beechworth. The foreground of the image is littered with piles of smashed rock and detritus, known as ‘mullock’, beside a reinforced mine shaft, a vertical access passageway allowing miners to enter the mine and haul ore out using lifting technology such as a poppet heads, whims or windlasses. A group of miners and a dog appear close to an open-sided miner’s hut. Following the discovery of gold at Beechworth in 1852, rushes quickly followed at surrounding creeks and gullies in the district. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, small syndicates of miners continued to work old or abandoned quartz reefs, often persisting without the assistance of heavy machinery to remove the large amounts of rock, in order to obtain yields at ever greater depths. The group of miners in this photograph are Mr. Roger Williams and Sons, who revived operations at the ‘Old Good Luck’ mine on the Mopoke Reef in the Dingle Range near Beechworth around 1892, working the site for more than two decades. An emigrant from Cornwall with experience in the tin mining industry, 19 year old Roger Williams senior sailed to New Zealand in 1840, then to Australia where he spent time in the Bendigo Gold Fields before settling in Beechworth in the early 1860s. Mr Williams senior worked on various mining activities in the district, including the Rocky Mountain Tunnel project. Conversant with the character of gold-bearing reefs in the area, the syndicate dug an eight hundred foot tunnel, digging down as far down as two hundred feet with little capital save their labour, to connect and provide better working access to the mass of reefs and veins in the vicinity. Progress was hampered by poor air quality charged with fumes from dynamite and large quantities of rock had to be crushed to obtain payable yields. The Victorian Goldfields are filled with ruins and remnants of the area's rich mining history, ranging from small alluvial diggings to the remains of huge mining companies. Site names often changed several times throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Some sites were abandoned and forgotten, others were worked continuously over many decades. The names of mines were often repeated at different locations throughout the Victorian Goldfields. For example, there is a Mopoke Gully heritage mine near Fryers Creek, Victoria. 'Mopoke' is a common onomatopoeic name for Morepork and Australian Boobook owls. This image has historical, social and research significance for patterns of emigration during of the Victorian Gold Rush, and the historical, social and environmental impacts of mining at Beechworth at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. As gold became scarce and government support and large company investment waned, poor hard-working miners laboured intensively to make a living through periods of high unemployment. This image can be compared and studied alongside other historical mining photographs and objects in the Burke Museum Collection. It has potential to improve our understanding of miners working conditions and the shifting character of mining in the Beechworth district. Black and white rectangular reproduction photograph printed on matte photographic paper.Obverse: Williams Good Luck Mine Beechworth / Roger! / Reverse: 6858 / burke museum, beechworth museum, beechworth, gold fields, gold rush, victorian gold rush, gold ming history, colonial australia, australian gold rushes, mining technology, beechworth historic district, indigo gold trail, migration, indigo shire, good luck gold mine, victorian goldfields, mining syndicates, gold fever, quartz-mining, small-scale mining, old good luck mine, mopoke gully, quartz reefs beechworth -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)Functional object - Gold Mining, prospector's "rocker", c1870
... and Bendigo and surrounding gold fields. This large wooden rocking... to seek their fortune at Ballarat and Bendigo and surrounding gold ...Gold was discovered in Victoria c1850 and people came from all over the world to seek their fortune at Ballarat and Bendigo and surrounding gold fields. This large wooden rocking- box or cradle was used by gold prospectors. A handle on the rocker is pushed back and forth, as the miner put gravel into the top part and finer and heavier particles dropped through a screen, helped along by buckets of water. The bottom part of the device had slats, that caught the heavier metals. After many shovel loads of gravel were pushed through the rocker, the miner would then use his gold pan to sort out the heavy minerals to find gold. Most of the pioneer settlers in Moorabbin Shire left the area to try their luck at gold mining and there was a desperate shortage of workers to maintain the market gardens and supply food to the ever increasing population of Melbourne.This gold prospector's 'cradle' is hand made and typical of those used by many hopeful Moorabbin Shire pioneers as they abandoned their market gardens to try their luck at finding gold in the Ballarat and Bendigo minefields c1850This gold miner's rocker is very old, and very well-used. It is a large wooden rocking- box or cradle used by gold prospectors. A handle on the rocker is pushed back and forth, as gravel is put in the top part of the box so that finer and heavier particles drop through a screen.. The bottom part of the device had slats, that caught the heavier metals. i.e gold particles. The water passed through the shute at the base back into the creek or river.moorabbin, brighton, market gardens, pioneers, early settlers, fruit, vegetable, ballarat, bendigo, gold mining, gold prospedtors, gold rush, were j. b., irish immigrants, chinese immigrants, gold panning, gold digger -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - MISS G ALICE JONES COLLECTION: ACCOUNT
... Bendigo Amalgamated Gold Fields Ltd. To Miss G. Alice Jones... NL G M Lease NO 9789 Bendigo Bendigo Amalgamated Gold Fields ...Bendigo Amalgamated Gold Fields Ltd. To Miss G. Alice Jones. Re You V Geo Lakey - County court Summons £59.18.3. Scale C, Sale to Ennor. To Osgood, Land Tax, You V Brauman C. C. S. No. 27 (Special) Scale D £137.1.7, You V Brauman C.C.S. No. 38 (Ordinary), You V Brauman C.C.S. 1924 No. 43 (Special) £137.1.7., Clarence Freeholds-Sale to Bowden, Sea Co. Machinery & Freehold land, Land transferred from New Vic. Catherine Co., re Koch's Pioneer G.M. Co. N.L. transfer of G.M. Lease No 9791 Bendigo, re North Ulster G.M. Co. N.L. transfer of G.M Lease No. 9789 Bendigo. Details of costs and dates varying from June 28, 1923, to March 30, 1925.Also dated 3/6/25 and Pd 30/7/25.the miss g. alice jones collection - account, bendigo amalgamated goldfields ltd, geo lakey, mr stanfield, mr jn smalley, mr thomson, mr crow, mr ennor, osgood, mylon, mrs murdock, constable thomson, brauman, mr miller, melbourne sun, clarence freeholds, j h curnow & son, gazette, sea co, mr legge, mr skews, h m legge & co, new vic catherine co, koch's pioneer g m co nl, north ulster g m co nl, g m lease no 9789 bendigo -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - DRAFT ARTICLES FOR RHSV (BENDIGO) NEWSLETTER, MAY 1972
... ) ''Australian Aboriginals on the Bendigo Gold Field’’ reference...) ''Australian Aboriginals on the Bendigo Gold Field’’ reference ...Draft articles for RHSV (Bendigo) Newsletter, May 1972. 1. ''Golden Square Methodist Church'' by Lydia Chancellor - memories of church services, Sunday School and Bible classes. Mention of (Minister?) Mr Robert Saunders. Also - Rev B W Heath; Mr Crump, Rev Henry Worrall; reference to Jubilee of church in 1923. 2. Article submitted by Mrs E M Checcucci re the 'White Works' (clothing factory making underwear at the top of Wattle Street) - visited by Prince of Wales in 1920; 3. Handwritten and typewritten version of ''Extracts from the 'Sandhurst Library Almanac 1858', published by P M Sparkes, Bookseller and Stationer (four doors from Shamrock Hotel). Names listed of officers of the 40th Foot (Captain's detachment); Location of two cemeteries; Municipal Council of 1858 - Chairman and councillors and meeting times and place; Police Department - names listed of officers of department, Sandhurst Municipality, 'The District' and Eaglehawk Township (names for the last being only on the handwritten copy); 4. Article (w Perry) ''Australian Aboriginals on the Bendigo Gold Field’’ reference to ''King Charlie'' and finding of gold by him (reference to this in the Bendigo Advertiser 1856 & 1857). The gold purchased by a Mr Bannerman; 5. Article on introduction of gas in Bendigo (by I Hendry). Ref to ''Spotlight'' article in Advertiser of Oct 13, 1950. Mention of Mr Dondy (first user of gas in Bendigo); early use and price of gar; poor gas pressure in Eaglehawk; 6. Handwritten article submitted by John O'C Hattam re 'Indian Hawkers in Bendigo': with request to members to join him in further researching this interesting project; mention of accommodation in Hopetoun Street in terrace houses of the same design as Specimen Cottage (''now occupied by ' Glover??? Mills - but referred to in printed Newsletter of April/May 1972 as ''a site occupied by a clothing factory''); mention of hawkers by name - Rajah Singh, Mahonett Betth, Mahonett Shang, Rajah Bouth, Mahoety Bux, Abdul Rahman (last hawker)document, names of bendigo pioneers, bendigo advertiser -
Stawell Historical Society IncPhotograph, Four Posts Inn in Glenorchy -- Building no longer exists
... from Mount Alexander gold fields (Bendigo) to Adelaide South... from Mount Alexander gold fields (Bendigo) to Adelaide South ...Four Posts Inn. Glenorchy. Building no longer exists. Located on the site now known as Glenorchy (Victoria). Glenorchy is approximately 20Km from the former Ashen's pastoral run occupied by Dugald McPherson. The Four post Inn was a "Staging Camp" for the police escort route during the transportation of gold by road from Mount Alexander gold fields (Bendigo) to Adelaide South Australia in 1852-53. The police escort is known to have called in at Ashens homestead to visit Dugald McPherson. The Four Post Inn was the scene on the occasion of and encounter between the police escort and bushrangers. At a later date The Four Post Inn was a staging camp for the horse drawn coach service between Stawell and Horsham.stawell -
Federation University Historical Collection
Document, Zelda Martin, Central Victorian Goldmining towns - Boom Towns or Ghost Towns?, c1996
... Gold Fields; Bendigo Gold District General Hospital...; Members of the Wesleyan Church on the Bendigo Gold Fields; Bendigo ...Zelda Martin was a PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne.[.1] 4th item in light blue display book titled Research Approach/Overview of Chapters/Confirmation of Canditure/Chapters1,2,3&4 of proposed thesis. *Twenty-seven page article on Victorian goldfields towns titled: Central Victorian Goldmining Towns - Boom Towns or Ghost Towns. The article was written during the author's PhD study. It outlines the context methodology, and resources and the chapters of the proposed thesis: (1) Central Victorian Goldmining Towns - The Context (2) Contemporary Views of the Factors Necessary for Town Growth (3) Outward Manifestations of Town Growth (4) The Trappings of Government (5-9) The Main Towns and Their Hinterland. [.2] 5th item in Light Blue display book as above item. *Chapter 1 of proposed thesis titled 'Pick, Shovel and Tin Dish Mining.' Covers in Section A: Central Victoria - Pre 1851: Aborigines in Central Victoria, Squatters, and Government. Section B: The years 1851-1854: The Early Gold Rushes, Government Reaction, Township Surveys, Legislation, Town Development, Local Government and Early Settlement. [.3] 6th item in Light Blue display book as above item. *2A of proposed thesis titled 'Contemporary Views of the Factors Necessary for Town Growth'. Similar information to Chapter 1 plus extra re towns and maps. Sections: Introduction, Context of Place - Geographical Towns Listed, The Context of Time - Pre1851 Aborigines, Governance of Port Phillip, The Squatters, The Villages of Central Victorian Highlands, Conclusion, Condensed Version of Chapter2B. [.4] 7th item in Light Blue display book as above item. *Chapter2B of proposed thesis. Sections: Area of Research, Schools, Banks, Newspapers, Progress Association, Town Development - Sandhurst (Bendigo), Ballarat, Castlemaine,, Maryborough, Ararat and Stawell. [.5] 8th item in Light Blue display book as above item. *Chapter 3 of proposed thesis titled 'Outward Manifestations of Town Growth'. Sections: Introduction, Contemporary Writing, Educationalists, The Bankers, The Townsfolk, Current Theory, General Theories of Urban Development, and Conclusion. [.6] 9th item in Light Blue display book as above item. *Chapter 4 of proposed thesis titled 'Trappings of Government' Sections: Introduction, Early Government Attitudes to Mining and Town Development, Law and Order, Township Surveys, Legislation, Local Government, Transport and Communication, The People and Lobbyists. [.7] 10th item in Light Blue display book as above item. *'The Rise and Fall of Central Victorian Goldmining Towns'. Includes a map showing main Goldfields, a table showing towns and villages at two points in time - 1857 and 1871; a Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Sources. [.8] Resource No1. Black display book titled Local Towns 1 : Alma: *Brief history *Directory *Maps Amphitheatre / Mountain Hut: *Brief History Post Office Directory Ararat: *Brief History *Post Office Directory 1869 - Alphabetical Listing by Occupation *Ararat - Prominent Citizens of 1858 *Langi-Morgala Museum Avoca: *Brief History *Excerpts from 'Avoca The Early Years', Margery and Betty Beavis; pg1 - Beginnings; pg11 - The Midas Touch; pg25 - Local Gold Escorts; pg27 - A Town is Born; pg51- The Administration of Justice; pg53 - The Ways of the Law; pg61 - News of the Day; pg65 - A Time to Play; pg72 - Land Ownership *Post Office Directory (Bailliere's) 1869 *Tourism Map and Information of area *Historic Avoca - A 5.5km Tour *Avoca & the Pyrenees Region - information pamphlet Ballarat: *Early History of Ballarat - Ballarat Historical Society, Publication No.1: origin of the name; Ballaarat - the Beginning; Fabulous Yields from the Ballaarat Goldfield; *Streetscape Lydiard Street. *Hand drawn map showing Leigh River, Old Portland Bay Road, plaque on road to Colac; etc. *Newspaper article re 'The Theatre Royal' ( which stood in the vicinity of the current Owen Williams store) - 'The News'15/04/1998 *Article - 'Ballarat's Mechanics' Institute Lives On' Ballarat Courier, 14/09/1985 *Article - Standing the Test of Time' The News 17/11/1993 re The Mechanics Institute & picture of the Reading Room *'Ballarat a Study of a City, Phyllis Reichl, pub. Nelson, 1968; no.3 place, time and people field studies series *Investigator Vol.33 No.2, 1998 Geelong Historical Society. Article on pg75 describes Ballarat in 1861 *Folded poster - 'Ballarat 100' a history of telegraph communication, pub. Telecom. Beaufort (Fiery Creek): *Brief history *Post Office Directory [.9] Resource No.2 Black Folder Titled Towns cont.No2 Bendigo (Sandhurst): *'Family & Local History at the Bendigo Library - 1851-2001 150 years of gold'. *Bendigo Government Camp in 1853 illustration; key to sketch and names of Government officers stationed there *Excerpts from 'Bendigo and Vicinity' Adolph Haman *The Bendigo Goldfield Registry - pgs 1-7 Introduction *Excerpt: 'Breaking the Grip' *Excerpt: The Most Go-Ahead Place *Excerpts from 'History of Bendigo' - anti license agitation; laying out of town; proposed railway; gold calls and dividends; the Sandhurst Municipality; journalism *Bibliography Blackwood: *Excerpts from 'Aspects of Early Blackwood - The Goldfield, the Landmarks, the Pioneers' Alan J Buckingham and Margaret F Hitchcock, JG Publishing,1980 Buninyong: *A Brief History *Investigator Vol1 No.2 Feb 1966 Geelong Historical Society. Pg3 - Article re gold escort route - Mt Alexander to Adelaide - (see a simple monument on the Western Highway a few miles out of Horsham. Pg 15 - Ballarat Excursion - re the finding of gold. *Three articles published by Buninyong and District Historical Society Inc: (Magpie Exploration; Finding Gold In The Green Hills; Magpie Exploration; Burnt Bridge to Cargarie to Mt Mercer) *Copies of newspaper articles/items *Buninyong Street Directory Carisbrook: *In the Beginning There Was Carisbrook *The History of the Carisbrook Racecourse Carngham / Snake Valley: *Brief History *Directory Castlemaine: *Directory 1865-1866 - Alphabetical and Street *Poster - Castlemaine A Contemporary Guide "The Great Centre" 1866 - A Contemporary Guide to the Fascinating Past *Pamphlet - Castlemaine District Community Hospital *Map - Castlemaine, Maldon & Surrounding Districts *Map and Information - The Dry Diggings Track - a 55kl walk among historic goldfields relics ( Castlemaine Fryerstown Vaughan Mt Franklin Hepburn Daylesford) *Postcard - Former Court House *Directory 1867 - Alphabetical, Trade [.10] Resource No.3 Grey folder Titled Towns 3 Creswick to Maryborough Creswick: *Brief History *Booklet - "Creswick Cemetery Walk" *Booklet - The Buried Rivers of Gold Heritage Trail Creswick *Creswick Historical Museum Information Sheet *Chronological History of Creswick *Alphabetical Directory of the Borough of Creswick *Creswick's Creek Directory 1856 *Historic Creswick Walking Tour *A Brief Account of the Schools of Creswick - Past and Present *100 Years of Railway Travel in Creswick *The Berry Deep Leads *The Spence Home at Jackass Gully in the Creswick State Forest ( William Guthrie Spence - Pioneer) *The New Australian Mine and the 1882 Disaster *Creswick District News, Issue 7, July August 1999 *The Creswick Miners Walk - Information and Map *Maps Chewton: *Brief History *Directory Clunes: *Brief History *Clunes Street Directory Daylesford: *Brief History *Notable Bushfires in Daylesford District Over More Than a Century - "Black Thursday" 1851; 1862; 1899; the Disastrous Hepburn Fire of 1906; 1939; 1944; 1969. *Post Office Directory -Daylesford and Hepburn Dunolly / Inkerman: *Brief History *Directory *Pamphlet - Goldfields Historical Museum *Pamphlet - Historic Dunolly - Victoria's Best Kept Secret *Map of Gold Workings at Dunolly Area - showing where the main gold rushes occurred *Brief History - Inglewood *Directory - Inglewood - Name Occupation, Dwelling Kingower: *Brief History *Directory - Name / Ocupation / Dwelling Linton / Happy Valley / Piggoreet: *Brief History *Directory - Lintons McIvor: *"A History of the Shire and the Township of Heathcote" by J.O. Randell Majorca: *Brief History *Official Post Office Directory 1869 - Name / Occupation/ Address Maldon (Tarrangower): *Brief History Part 1 *Brief History Part 2 *Post Office Directory *List - Alphabetical Order by Names plus Business and Trade (Tarrangower Times Oct/1858) *List - Alphabetical Order by Trade plus Name and Business *Directory - Name / Occupation / Dwelling Maryborough: *Worsley Cottage - built by Arthur Worsley, a contractor in stonework in 1894 [.11] Resource No. 4 Blue Display Book titled Towns 4 Moliagul to Stawell Moliagul: *Brief History *Moligul Legislative Assembly (Voting?) List - Names and Occupations *Moliagul Victorian Post Office Directory 1868 - Name / Ocupation / Address / Comments *"The Welcome Stranger" gold nugget *The Sunday School *The Welcome Stranger Discovery Walk - information and map Moonambel (Mountain Creek) Redbank *Brief History *List of names extracted from advertisments of the Pioneer and Mountain Creek Advertiser 16/02/1861. *Bailliere's Directory 1869 - Alphabetical List of Name / Occupation / Place St Arnaud: *Brief History Sebastapol: *Brief History *Directory 1869 - Alphabetical by Name; plus occupation and address. Browns and Scarsdale: *Brief History *Browns Street Directory - Name and Occupation Smythesdale: *Brief Description *Smythesdale Street Directory -Name and Occupation Stawell (Pleasant Creek) *Brief History *Victorian Official Post Office Directory - Name /Occupation / Dwelling *Chronology - 1841-1920 *Production of gold statistics - 1879 - 1900 *Big Hill *Extracts from "The Golden Years of Stawell". Chapt 1 - Stawell's Coming Out. Capt. 2 - The Gold Rush. Caapt.3 - Cradle of Democracy. Chapt.4 - The Reefs Becomes Stawell. Chapt. 5 - Rushing In. Chapt.6 - The Pioneers. Chapt 7 - The Decade of Optimism. [.12] Resource No. 5: Blue Display Book titled 'Towns Steiglitz to the The Golden Triangle. Steiglitz: Brief History Victorian Post Office Directory 1869 *Map of Steiglitz *List of maps relevant to Steiglitz history *Information 6 tables of data from "Reports of Mining Surveyors Talbot (Back Creek) Brief History Taradale: Post office Directory 1869 - Name/Occupation/Street. Also list in alphabetical order by Occupation Taradale *Chronological Reference to Taradale Mines *Water - The Coliban System of Waterworks *Joseph Brady *The Syphon Tarnagulla (Sandy Creek) *Brief History *Tarnagulla Businessmen Cameos to give depth to advertisments in 'The Tarnagulla Courier' various issues 1864-1871 *Directory - Name/Occupation /Address *List - Name/Business/Trade Wedderburn (Koorong) *Brief History *List - Name/Occupation The Golden Triangle: *The Early Rushes - Wedderburn / Moliagul / Sandy Creek - Tarnagulla / Jones Creek - Waanyarra / Kingower / Dunolly - Goldsborough / Inglweood *Census of 1857 - Population / Occupations *1858-1871 - A Time of Consolidation- Wedderburn / Moliagul / Sandy Creek- Tarnagulla / Arnold *Census 1871 - Population *Information gleaned from the census data - Demographics / Population / Occupations / marital / Birthplace / Religion / Literacy/ Occupation and Housing Cameos *Graphs - Birthplace of settlers /Male-Female Ratio / Married males / Children under 15 as Percentage of Population / Religion *Census 1857 - Statistical data *Maps *Bibliography [.13] Resource No. 6 - Black Display Book Information and Research in Central Victoria including: *Banking - Research from ANZ Bank Archives *Institutions - also includes articles listed from the Ballarat Times Newspaper *Australian mining History Association - A.M.H.A. Bibliography *Australia's Mining History * Bibliography - Land Surveys Victoria - *1853 Administration (Statistics and Other) includes: schools / ministers of religion / police / military / local administration / licences for sale of spirits / distances between various Victorian gold fields. * Victoria Government Gazette (Copy) - N0. 116, 12/12/1854 includes: Gold Felds Commission of Enquiry & No. 85, 15/09/1854 - Addresses presented to the Lieutenant Governor (Sir Charles Hotham) during his tour through the Gold Fields of Victoria,1854. Addresses on behalf of : the people of Bendigo; Members of the Church of England, Bendigo; Members of the Wesleyan Church on the Bendigo Gold Fields; Bendigo Gold District General Hospital; the Bendigo Prospecting Association; Committee of the Bendigo Local Exhibition; Bendigo District Medical Association; Coloured Americans Resident at Bendigo; German Inhabitants of Bendigo; Landowners, Inhabitants, and Miners of Castlemaine; Inhabitants of Forest Creek; Inhabitants of Heathcote and Gold Miners of McIvor; Residents and landholders of the District of Bacchus Marsh; Inhabitants of Kilmore and Vicinity. *Gold Fields Correspondence 1853: letter from Lieutenant Colonel Valiant, (Officer commanding the Troops in Victoria) to the Lieutenant Governor re threatened disturbance at Sandhurst (Bendigo) regarding the Gold License Fee. * Extracts from a book "Victoria" re Gold Fields Commission of Enquiry involving mainly Ballarat and Castlemaine and a chapter titled 'A Tour to the Victorian Gold-Fields' *Lists of central Victorian newspapers - listed by date published 1851to 1874; by first date available to State Library. *A list of cities and towns showing County, population in 1861 &1871, and municipal status. [.14] Resource no.7. Black display book. *Reference: Papers presented to Parliament Victoria - 1859-1860 4 volumes - relevant sections copied. Contains information on Branches of Government. General / Finance / Gold / Gazette / Commission and Warrant / Statistic. *Gold Fields Act. In accordance with the Act the gold fields are divided into six districts - Ballaarat, Castlemaine , Sandhurst, Avoca, Ararat, and Beechworth.. Official staff in each gold district consists of a Resident Warden, Wardens, Wardens' Clerks, Bailiffs, Chinese Protectors, Chinese Interpreters, and Mining Surveyors. *Gold Receiver *Gaols *Police magistrates and Clerks of Petty Sessions, etc. *Field Branch *Immigration and Emigration Overland - Chinese - 1859 *Population on the Goldfields *The Geological Survey - The Government Geologist is assisited by staff from four branches - the office Branch; the Publishing Branch; the Field Branch and the Museum Branch. *Commission to Enquire Into Sludge dated 10/02/1859 (Some sections copied) - Report to the Honorable Chief Commissioner of Public Works, Melbourne re the mode of carrying the sludge from the puddling mills in Sandhurst without interfering with the drainage of the town and the roads in the neighbourhood. [.15] Resource No.8: Camel display book titled Resource No. 8. Aborigines *Lists of book titles - +"Readings in Victorian prehistory" +"The Aborigines of Port Phillip" +Aboriginal languages and clans" +"A History of the Port Phillip District" +"Langi Ghiran 1: Aboriginal Rock...." +"Koorie History: sources for aboriginal studies in the State Library of Victoria", ed. Tom Griffiths, Melb. Friends of the State Library, 1989 +"The Public Lands of Australia Felix"; settlement and land appraisal in Victoria1834-91 with special reference to the Western Plains", J.M.Powell, Melb. Oxford University Press 1970 +*Bibliography of the Victorian Aborigines' from the earliest manuscripts to 31st December 1970, Massoa, Aldo, Melb. Hawthorn Press, 1971 +"Aborigines in Colonial Victoria, 1836-1886", M.F. Christie, Sydney University Press, 1979 +"Urban and Industrial Australia: readings in Human Geography" ed J.M. Powell, Melb. Sorrett Pub. 1974 *Extracts: -Processes of Pioneer Settlement - The Squatting Occupation of Victoria, 1834-60. J.M. Powell -Areal Variations in the Class Structure of the Central-Place Hierarchy. P. Scott - Volume1 and Volume 2: Notes Relating to the Habits of the Natives of Other Parts of Australia and Tasmania. Compiled from various sources for the Government of Victoria by R Brough Smyth. John Curry, O'Neil, Melb. 1st pub. Melb. 1876. p31-45 - Numbers and Distribution of the Aborigines in Victoria -Victorian Aborigines 1835-1901 - A Resource Guide to the Holdings of the Public Record Office, Victoria; published by the Government Information Centre 1984. *History of the Aboriginal Artefacts Displayed in the Daylesford Museum. F. G. Powell (4 page pamphlet) *Letter to Zelda Martin from Peter Lovett, Cultural Officer, Ballarat & District Aboriginal Co- Operative, 05/02/1997 *Map: Ian Clarke Victorian Tribunal Boundary Map - Clans of Central Victoria. *Victorian Rock Art and Mythology - Article about Mount Langhi Ghiran and myths of the Tjapwarong people. *Two Aboriginal myths relating to the Grampians - 'The Monster Emu' / 'The Aquisition of Fire', by the Aborigines in the Grampians Areas *Article titled (chapter 8) Ballarat - information re camping sites in the region. Lake Wendouree / Lake Burrumbeet (includes a myth) / Mt Bunninyong / Lal Lal / Pitfield / Mount Elephant / Mount Egerton / Meredith / Lake Goldsmith / Lake Learmonth / Ercildoune *Notes on the Aborigines of the Wider Ballarat Region plus European names=Aboriginal names. John Morris 26/07/1995 *Role of Aborigines in Town Development in Central Victoria. Mentions Native Police Force est. in Port Phillip 1842 and Central Board for Aborigines est. 1860 *The Grave of King Billy. (Frank Wilson) Pamphlet. *Camping Places in Central and Northern Victoria. Article re Lake Burrumbeet site. *Programme for the Unveiling of Memorial Cairn for Edward Stone Parker 1802-1865. Note portrait not accurate. Accurate portrait is available in the book "A Successful Failure A Trilogy The Aborigines and Early Settlers", Edgar Morrison, Graffiti Publications, 2002. * Large envelope addressed to Mr G Netherway containing newspaper cuttings regarding the life of Edward Stone Parker, the unveiling of the Memorial Cairn as mentioned above, articles titled 'Episodes from Our Early Days' (Edgar Morrison, Yandoit)- The Black's School, A School At Last and The Final years. Also a typed page titled 'Historical Background to E.S.Parker's Career. Includes an interesting tale titled 'When the cat lay doggo' re laying power leads for the unveiling ceremony at the memorial site. [.16] green display folder titled 'Research Aids' *List of references to Commissioners' & W'ardens' Reports (formerly held at La Trobe Library Archives, now at Public Records Office [PRO]). Indicates town referred to / date of report / name of camp if different to town. * Archive information re Anglican Records *Movement around the Goldfields - Miners and Storekeepers - usefulness of newspapers in providing information - areas covered - Castlemaine, Maldon, Ararat, Stawell, Tarnagulla, Dunolly. *Port Phillip /Victoria Directories 1839/1867 - Chronological list of Directories included in this series. *"Notes on the History of Local Government in Victoria" A.W. Greig Melb. University Press 1925 - Photo-copied extract p5-p40. (Source - Deakin University Library) - Introduction by W.Harrison Moore. Section 1 - Development in New South Wales Before Separation. Section 2 - Development in Victoria After Its Separation from New South Wales. Hand written notations: 'roads, markets, and local government 1855 on' ;'opportunity of squatters in parliament' and 'opportunities of matters in parliament p33' * Notes on the Establishment of Surveyor General's Department 1851and Commissioner of Crown Lands and Survey. * Newspaper articles from The Argus, 1849, re the discovery of gold in the Pyrenees region. * Excerpt - a report on schools - A.B.Orlebar, Inspector; re the need for permanent school buildings rather than tents. *Excerpt from - 'Approaches to Urban History', Sean Glynn: The Case for Caution * Except from - 'The Urban Sprinkle', Weston Bate: Country Towns and Australian Regional History *Reference- 'The History of Land Tenure in the Colony of Victoria', John Quick. References the Haines Land Bill, land tenure and Land Leagues. [.17] Light blue envelope folder titled 'Birtchnell's Ballarat, etc. Directory 1862 *Contains various directories for Smythesdale, Buninyong, Clunes, Brown's and Creswick. [.18] Red envelope folder no.2 titled Victorian Gazetteer *Selected pages from 1869 Victorian Gazetteer on A4 paper (with a handwritten note questioning if some pages are from 1868 Victorian Gazetteer as appears to be different sizes - A3 pages.) Information includes locations and descriptions of towns, hotels, banks, communications and populations. (Does not include names, residences and occupations) [.19] Red Envelope folder titled Bailliere's Official Post Office Directory 1868 (or1869 or a mixture of both?) *Preface *Contains a selection of pages of towns highlighted in yellow in the the index *Work on this directory was commenced in 1867. *Information includes: Municipalities - mayors and councilors; lists of towns naming male inhabitants and their occupations. [.20]Yellow manila folder titled Post Grad Seminar Presentation 1996 *Gives some background to Zelda Martin's proposed thesis and why she chose the topic Gold Mining Towns Boom or Bust [.21] A3 display book - No. 1A * A list of 'Relevant Newspapers collected: The Tarrangower Times and Maldon Advertiser (first published 1858) Includes dates 1858-1867. The Mount Alexander Mail. Includes dates 1854-1866 The Tarnagulla Courier. Includes dates from1864-1871 Dunolly and Burnt Creek Express. Includes dates from 1862-1871 * Selection of newspaper pages from The Mount Alexander Mail 1854 to 1856, mostly showing advertisements for businesses and services provided to that community. [.22] A3 display book - No. 1B * Selection of newspaper pages from The Mount Alexander Mail 1857 to 1866, mostly showing advertisements for businesses and services provided to that community. [.23] A3 display book -No. 2 * Selection of newspaper pages from The Tarnagulla Courier 1864 to 1871, mostly showing advertisements for businesses and services provided to that community. [.24] A3 display book - No. 3 *Selection of newspaper pages from The Tarrangower Times (and Maldon and Newstead) Advertiser 1858 to1867, mostly showing advertisements for businesses and services provided to that community. [.25] A3 display book - No.4 * Selection of newspaper pages from The Dunolly and Burnt Creek Express; and The Dunolly and Betbetshire Express 1862 to 1871, mostly showing advertisements for businesses and services provided for that community. [.26] A3 display book - No.5 Includes: * Bryce Ross's Diggings Directory. Includes instructions for using this directory. This directory was used by "all persons having connexion or desiring to communicate with 'working parties, private friends, or Stores at the Diggings." As a directory for each area wwas completed it was published in each month's issue of Bonwick's "Digger's Magazine." Years c1852/1853. This Directory commences first at the head of Forest Creek. Includes a directory for Bendigo and Ballarat. Of interest at the end of the Bendigo and Ballarat directory is a list of the number of storekeepers, butchers, doctors, smiths, eating houses, lemonade sellers and chapels. * The Castlemaine Directory and Book of General Information Comprehending Glass's Model Calendar for the Two Years 1862 and1863. "zelda martin, victorian goldfield towns, bendigo, castlemaine, ballarat, maldon, stawell, ararat, maryborough, creswick, avoca, heathcote, banks, bank of australasia, union bank of australia, government camp, sandhurst, water supply, tarnagulla, talbot, back creek, mountain creek, police court, carisbrook, dunolly, thompson's foundry, charles clacy, anthony trollope, robert cecil, mount alexander, urbanisation, national schools, education, govenrment, industry, railway, transport, settlement, land settlement in central victoria, steiglitz, joseph brady, the new australian mine, berry deep leads, william guthrie spence, creswick state forest, arthur worsley, worsley cottage, the welcome stranger, moliagul, moonambel, redbank, st arnaud, sebastapol, brown's, scarsdale, clunes, chewton, daylesford, bushfires, inkerman, inglewood, kingower, lintons, happy valley, piggoreet, mcivor, majorca, tarrangower, taradale, the coliban system, the syphon, sandy creek, wedderburn, koorong, arnold, jones creek, waanyarra, the golden triangle, census 1857, blackwood, buninyong, durham lead, magpie, carngham, snake valley, alma, amherst, daisy hill, amphitheatre, mountain hut, beaufort, fiery creek, counties, population, gold fields commission of enquiry1854, william westgarth, gold license fee, lieutenant colonel valiant, administration of the victorian gold fields, commission to enquire into sludge 1859, e.s. parker, edward stone parker, edgar morrison, mount franklin protectorate, dja dja wurrung, memorial cairn, franklinford, mt franklin memorial cairn, jajowurrong, dja dja wurung, tjaowarong, wothowurong, assistant protectors, daylesford museum, buluk, rock art - grampians, aboriginal mythology - grampians, aborigines, first nations people, mount franklin, aboriginal artifacts, lake burrumbeet, native police force, central board of aborigines, yandoit, commissioners' reports, wardens' reports, port phillip/victoria directories 1839-1867, local government - victoria 1853/1854, surveyor general's department - 1850's, victorian schools 1850's, a.b.orlebar, haines land bill, william charles haines, wilson gray, land tenure, land leagues, victorian gazetteer, the tarrangower times and maldon advertiser - 1858-1867, the mount alexander mail 1854-1866, the tarnagulla courier 1864, dunolly and burnt creek express 1862-1871, bryce rose's diggings directory, the castlemaine directory 1862-1863 -
The Beechworth Burke MuseumPhotograph - Photograph - Reproduction, Unknown c1852-1940
Depicted in the photograph are ten miners standing at a cliff face using a high pressure hose, in Beechworth, Victoria. The miners are located in the Three Mile Creek division, in the Beechworth Mining District established January 4th 1858 under An Act for Amending the Laws Relating to the Goldfields by the Governor-in-Council. The Ovens Gold Rush began at Beechworth in February 1852 and was followed by Yackandandah and the 'Indigo Goldfield'. The strategies applied to mining in Beechworth were distinct in comparison to other goldfields in Victoria such as Bendigo and Ballarat. The miners in Beechworth utlised 'hydraulic sluicing' to remove washdirt, the long water races and deep tailraces constructed through solid rock with an estimated 900 miles of water races cut through the Beechworth fields by 1880, demonstrating great engineering feats. The photograph taken is significant as it is a visual representation of the mining strategy, 'hydraulic sluicing' that was particularly unique to the Beechworth mines, particularly in Victoria and an engineering feat.Black and white rectangular photograph printed on matte photographic paper, unmounted print.beechworth mining district, mining, three mile creek division, three mile creek -
Bendigo Military MuseumManual - ENGINEERS POCKET BOOK, British M.O.D, 1967
British Army Manual Army code 70427.This is a vinyl covered book. Dark blue colour, the printing is in gold ink. Inside are instructions for field engineers with drawings and charts. At the rear are several lined square blank pages, 1" square. They are a different shade. The binding is metal and pages can be removed.military engineering, manual, royal engineers -
Bendigo Military MuseumUniform - JACKET AND TROUSERS, BATTLE DRESS, ARMY, Australian Defence Industries, 1981-82
1. Jacket - Khaki colour wool serge fabric, battle dress style, belted at the waist with metal buckle. Green colour plastic buttons. Collar, shoulder epaulettes, two front pockets with button down flap. Shoulder sleeve insignia, navy blue colour with gold embroidered lettering "ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS". Rank Insignia - lower sleeve - Warrant Officer, Class 1. Manufacturers white cotton fabric label, inside left pocket. 2. Trousers - Khaki colour wool serge fabric. green plastic button, metal zipper fly, Fob pocket, two side pockets, one back pocket with button down flap. Manufacturers white cotton fabric label, back inside waistband.1. & 2. Manufacturers information - black ink print "BERENSEN PTY LTD/VICTORIA 1961/62/ NAME/ SERVICE NO./ DRY CLEAN ONLY/ PRESS IN ORIGINAL/ CREASE LINE/ USE DAMP CLOTH OR/ STEAM IRON/ MEDIUM TO HOT RANGE/ CREASE SET BY SIRO SET. Black ink stamp "DM FIELD/ WO2/ 313679".uniform, army, battle dress -
Eltham District Historical Society IncPhotograph, Fay Bridge, EDHS Heritage Excursion, Culla Hill, Sweeneys Lane, Eltham, 7 September 2019
... and other supplies to the various gold fields such as Bendigo... of carting potatoes and other supplies to the various gold fields ...September Excursion - Culla Hill Walk Pioneer Eltham farmer Thomas Sweeney (1803 - 1867) named his house, “Culla Hill” after the area in Ireland that he came from. His house, now called “Sweeneys”, remains on a ridge line overlooking the Yarra River. It is recorded that Thomas Sweeney did well out of carting potatoes and other supplies to the various gold fields such as Bendigo, McIvor (Heathcote), Mount Alexander and Beechworth. Culla Hill is now the name of the road providing access to subdivided lots of the former Sweeney property. The Culla Hill walk will start at the corner of Kent Hughes and Lavender Park Roads, Eltham (Melway ref. 22 A9) at 2.00pm on Saturday 7th September. - EDHS Newsletter No. 247 August 20192019-09-07, activities, culla hill, eltham, eltham district historical society, fay bridge collection, heritage excursion, sweeneys lane -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book - Book - Scrapbook, Ballarat College of Advanced Education: Scrapbook of newspaper cutting, Book 10; September 1981 to May 1982
Newspaper cuttings relating to Ballarat College of Advanced Education. These are from various newspapers and include The Age, Ballarat Courier, The Australian, The Herald. The cuttings cover the period from 2 September 1981 to 6 May 1982. . Book with grey cover, front. Image of image of two trotters. Spiral bound.employment advertisements, application for enrolment, outline of courses, more students less money, bcae staff cuts, fewer graduates in engineering, half marathon, need for more maths and science students, energy resources control warning, bcae spring festival, companies woo bcae engineering graduates, engineering students and 'the iron horse', recreation survey, p e degree course, energy saving project, student winemakers, tom nestor wins award, nigerian students studies ground movement, sir arthur nicholson, golden taste of success, ivan durrant on art students, critical time for ballarat's economy, first group to complete arts degree, francis brown, john mcmahon, award in metallurgy, award in mechanical engineering, pottery group's first show, rich clays of ballarat, colleges to retrench staff, retirement of frank ryan, growing computer industry, new job in northern territory, break-in brumbies, ballarat's young jobless, librarians enter computer age, tertiary chief sacked, dr jim watson, hsc seminar at bcae, students eat too much fast food, chemistry graduate to work in canberra, stephen wilson, dianne budge to work in alice springs, physical fitness director of ymca, revamp for key tertiary commission, lake weed problem, businessmen wooed, move to promote health fitness, scholarships for students, robert allan artist, move to save bendigo course, hobby course for gold prospectors, john crump ceramics, day of firsts at bcae, track and field titles win, tamara beckier artist, abstract art, talks on future of regional colleges, government funding -
Bendigo Military MuseumBook - BOOK, AUTOBIOGRAPHY WW2, JOHN NORTH, "The Alexander Memoirs /1940-1945", First Edition 1962
"THE ALEXANDER MEMOIRS" FIELD MARSHAL EARL ALEXANDER OF TUNIS K.G., P.C., G.C.B., O.M., G.C.M., C.S.I., D.S.O., M.C.Hard Cover book. Cover - cardboard, brown colour buckram, with gold print on the spine. 210 pages - cut, plain, off white. Illustrated - black and white photographs, maps and line drawings. front end papers - owner's stamp.Front end papers - owner's stamp - purple ink "T. MITCHELL/ 91 Roslyn St/ BURWOOD, 3125, VIC"books, military history, ww2, autobiographies -
Bendigo Military MuseumPhotograph - PHOTOGRAPH, FRAMED WW1, 1914 - 1919
Photograph of wounded soldiers in the field First WW.Photograph - Gold coloured frame, green cardboard border around photo. depicting wounded soldiers on battlefield in WW1.passchendaele barracks trust, ww1, photograph, wounded soldiers -
Bendigo Military MuseumBook - BOOK, WW2, Peter Fitzsimons, "Tobruk", 2006
Owner and donor details - see Cat No. 5836.3.Hard cover book with dust cover. Hard cover - cardboard, pale blue colour linen look buckram paper. Gold print on spine. Dust cover - paper, gold, black and white print on front, spine and back with pale blue background. Illustrated - front (top) 2 Tobruk soldiers (bottom) patrol moving through barbed wire entanglements. Back - wounded soldier. 580 pages - cut, plain, white paper. Black and white photographs and maps. End papers - front and back - illustrated sepia tones - half portraits of "General Field Marshal Rommel and Corporal John Edmondson AIF".books, military history, ww2, campaigns, tobruk -
Bendigo Military MuseumUniform - SERVICE DRESS, ARMY, E.W PTY LTD, 1967
Uniform related to Peter Umina No 3792233 106 Field Workshops Vietnam, refer Cat No 2446 for more details.1) Jacket wool/polyester khaki colour, gold colour buttons, lapel unit insignia badges and 1 x Vietnam service ribbon, blue unit colour lanyard. .2) Trousers, polyester/wool Kahki colour. .3) Tie Kahki colour wool.uniforms, service dress, army -
Bendigo Military MuseumBanner - BCOF BANNERS, FRAMED, Banners c 1946 - Frames 2022
1. "AACS" - Australian Army catering Service. 2. "RAE" - Royal Australian Engineers. 3. "A FLD BTY RAA" - Royal Australian Artillery B.C.O.F. Japan 1946-1948.1. BANNER FRAMED, COTTON FABRIC, BLUE BACKGROUND, PALE GOLD COLOURED TASSLE FRINGE, WHITE EMBROIDERED INSCRIPTION, COLOUR PATCH CENTRE, GREY, PALE BLUE AND WHITE. 2. BANNER FRAMED, COTTON FABRIC, MID BLUE BACKGROUND, GOLD COLOURED TASSLE FRINGE, WHITE EMBROIDERED INSCRIPTION, COLOUR PATCH CENTRE, FUSCHIA WITH GREY SURROUND. 3. BANNER FRAMED, COTTON FABRIC, NAVY BLUE BACKGROUND, WHITE COLOURED TASSLE FRINGE, WHITE FABRIC INSCRIPTIONS, COLOUR PATCH CENTRE, RED AND BLUE WITH GREY SURROUND. 1,2,3, Frames - timber, block colour print, glass front, cardboard backing.1. White embroidered inscription. AACS. 2. White embroidered inscription, "RAE/6 Welding PLT/10 Bomb disposal/13th Army Troops/14th WKs PKs/1st AWT/17th CRE/42 & 43 Port Operating/28th FIELD COY" 3. White fabric inscription. "A FLD BTY RAA"/ "345 Aust LAD".military, ww2, japan, banners -
Bendigo Military MuseumNewspaper - NEWSPAPER 1944, Guinea Gold, 26th February 1944
Newspaper with general information of the Second World War including stories of various campaigns and political articles. There is a racing guide for the Flemington races.Yellowing newspaper, four pages, small photo on front page"Special New Britain Edition" "Guinea Gold" "Vol.2. No. 100 In The Field, Saturday, Febuary 26, 1944" "NOT FOR SALE"newspaper, headlines, photo -
Bendigo Military MuseumNewspaper - NEWSPAPERS, 1944, Guinea Gold, 1944
.1) General information of WW2, various campaigns, political and sports. pg.3 3 photos of well known young film actresses. Pg.4 Ginger Meggs cartoon comic strip. .2) Newspaper with general information of WW2 campaigns and political items.1) Yellowing newspaper of 8 pages, small photo on front page. .2) Yellowing newspaper of 4 pages, 2 small photos on front page..1) Guinea Gold Northern Edition (America) Vol.2 No136 In the Field, Sunday April 2, 1944. .2) Guinea Gold Special New Britain Edition Vol.2 No.127. In the Field, Friday March 24, 1944.guinea gold, newspaper, 1944, sports news, politics, ww2 -
Bendigo Military MuseumPrint - PRINT, FRAMED, "Publishers to Her Majesty the Queen and to Their Royal Highnesses the Prince & Princess of Wales"
Representation of all the Commonwealth Forces that served in the Boer War.Framed print with the title of "SONS OF THE EMPIRE". Frame: timber with decorative edge, brown stain colour, glass front. Mount: Cream coloured cardboard with outer mount timber with gold coloured paint. Print: Black and white grouping of men in uniforms of various countries with flag, horses and some soldiers holding rifles. Artist signature at base of print. Title and information printed below illustration.Artist signature on print "Harry Payne/Dec/99" Printed title below illustration - "SONS OF THE EMPIRE" Printed information below title - "Dedicated by Special Permission to / Field Marshall the Right Hon. Viscount Wolseley. K.P., G.C.B/, G.C.M.G./Commander in Chief of the British Army"" with signature in black ink "Wolseley F.M."framed print, commonwealth, boer war
