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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE CHINESE ON THE GOLD FIELDS, c1880
... DIGGERS & MINING. THE CHINESE ON THE GOLD FIELDS...Diggers & Mining. The Chinese on the Gold Fields. Slide.... The Chinese on the Gold Fields. Slide: The Chinese quarter in Little ...Diggers & Mining. The Chinese on the Gold Fields. Slide: The Chinese quarter in Little Bourke Street, Melbourne, dates from the gold era. Here is a scene in Little Bourke Street c1880. Shows a footbridge over creek many shoppers male and female including Chinese out shopping. Includes buildings and a large carriage in background. Markings: 11. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Federation University Historical Collection
Map, Clunes, Mt Greenock, and Talbot Gold Fields, 1883
... Clunes, Mt Greenock, and Talbot Gold Fields, 1883... Gold Fields in two parts. .1) This section of the map includes... Clunes, Mt Greenock, and Talbot Gold Fields, 1883 A geological ...A geological plan of the Clunes, Mt Greenock, and Talbot Gold Fields in two parts. .1) This section of the map includes Talbot, Talbot water supply race, Mt Glasgow, Little Green Hill, Middle Hill, Mt Cameron, Ballarat Hill, Bakery Hill, Goodwoman Hill, Scandanavian Lead, Eglinton Swamp, McCallum's Creek, Tullaroop Creek, Dunach, Maryborough Railway, Middle Creek and includes many mines such as Rip Van Winkel, Union Extended, South Greenock, Nicholl's Freehold. .2) This section of the map includes McCallums, Clunes, Green Hill, Mt Beckworth, Mt Gap, Maryborough Reservoir, and includes mines such as Lothair, Bute, Clyde, Clunes Consols, London and Australian, Oriental,clunes, talbot, water supply, railway, geology -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE CHINESE ON THE GOLD FIELDS, c1850s
... DIGGERS & MINING. THE CHINESE ON THE GOLD FIELDS...Diggers & Mining. The Chinese on the Gold Fields. Slide.... The Chinese on the Gold Fields. Slide reads: This act limited ...Diggers & Mining. The Chinese on the Gold Fields. Slide reads: This act limited the number of Chinese that a ship could carry by any Victorian port; it imposed an entrance tax of 10 pound to be paid by the master of the ship on every Chinese he landed in Victoria; it established a fund for the maintenance and relief of Chinese immigrants; and it provided for the appointment of ''protector'' to look after the interests of the Chinese. Markings: 27. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE CHINESE ON THE GOLD FIELDS
... DIGGERS & MINING. THE CHINESE ON THE GOLD FIELDS...Diggers & Mining. The Chinese on the Gold Fields. Slide.... The Chinese on the Gold Fields. Slide: Many Chinese took up other ...Diggers & Mining. The Chinese on the Gold Fields. Slide: Many Chinese took up other occupations; some became successful market gardeners, fishermen, laundrymen, cooks, and sellers of tea and sugar (till near the end of the 19th century, both these commodities came from China). In Melbourne, they made fine cabinet makers; the first successful tobacco growers in Victoria were Chinese in the Ovens Valley. Markings: 12. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING: CHINESE ON THE GOLD FIELDS, c1800s
... DIGGERS & MINING: CHINESE ON THE GOLD FIELDS...Diggers & Mining. The Chinese on the Gold Fields. Slide.... The Chinese on the Gold Fields. Slide reads: Thus, well before the end ...Diggers & Mining. The Chinese on the Gold Fields. Slide reads: Thus, well before the end of the nineteenth century, the Australian colonies were united in a policy of restricting Chinese and all coloured immigration. This question was discussed at many intercolonial conferences, and was one of the arguments of the advocates of Federation. When the federation was established (1901) - and by this time the rise of Japan was a factor in the situation - ''White Australia'' was adopted as a basis of the immigration policy of the Commonwealth. Markings: 1. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Map - GEOLOGICAL MAP: BENDIGO GOLD FIELDS
... 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.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE CHINESE ON THE GOLD FIELDS, c1850s
... DIGGERS & MINING. THE CHINESE ON THE GOLD FIELDS...Diggers & Mining. The Chinese on the Gold Fields. Slide.... The Chinese on the Gold Fields. Slide: Shows map of Victoria and part ...Diggers & Mining. The Chinese on the Gold Fields. Slide: Shows map of Victoria and part of South Australia and New South Wales. South Australia Act. Of 1857 repealed I 1861. New South Wales Act. Of 1861 repealed I 1867. Victoria Residence tax abolished in 1862. Act. Of 1855 repealed in 1865. The declining numbers of Chinese in the three colonies allowed all restrictions to be lifted in the 1860's. Markings: 2 2. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE CHINESE ON THE GOLD FIELDS, c1850s
... DIGGERS & MINING. THE CHINESE ON THE GOLD FIELDS...Diggers & Mining. The Chinese on the Gold Fields. Slide.... The Chinese on the Gold Fields. Slide: Map of New South Wales. Chinese ...Diggers & Mining. The Chinese on the Gold Fields. Slide: Map of New South Wales. Chinese immigration by sea - N.S.W. 1856 - 896, 1857 - 327, 1858 - 12,096. Total number of Chinese in N.S.W. 1861 - 21,000. Riots of Lambing Flat, 1861. Act of 1861 the working out of alluvial fields solved the problem in N.S.W. Faced with a similar problem to that of Victoria, New South Wales passed, in 1861, a Chinese Immigration Restriction Act (like the Victorian Act of 1855). Markings: 10 994:LIF I. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE CHINESE ON THE GOLD FIELDS, c1857
... DIGGERS & MINING. THE CHINESE ON THE GOLD FIELDS...Diggers & Mining. The Chinese on the Gold Fields. Slide.... The Chinese on the Gold Fields. Slide: The practical failure ...Diggers & Mining. The Chinese on the Gold Fields. Slide: The practical failure of the Act of 1856, and the fresh outburst of anti-Chinese feeling in the Buckland riots of 1857, led to Victorian Government to take further action in the latter year. (1) A residence fee was imposed on all Chinese in the colony (one pound per month - ultimately reduced, after Chinese protests, to four pound per year). (2) The co-operation of South Australia was sought, and , in 1857, the government of that colony passed a restriction act similar to the Victorian Act of 1855. Markings: 21. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Federation University Historical Collection
Document, Gold Fields Act Order in Council for the Divisions of the Mning District of Castlemaine, 1860-1, 1860-1861
... Gold Fields Act Order in Council for the Divisions of the... Document Gold Fields Act Order in Council for the Divisions ...Blue Foolscap printed Government document for the mining district of Castlemaine.castlemaine, castlemaine mining district, goldfields act, j.h. kay, john basson humffray, fryer's creek, tarrangower, hepburn, st andrew's -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, Rewards to Discoverers of Gold fields, 1867
... Rewards to Discoverers of Gold fields, 1867... Rewards to Discoverers of Gold fields, 1867 White Foolscap printed ...White Foolscap printed Government document relating discoverers of Victorian goldfields. It lists each discover, the location of their discovert, amount recommended, amount paid, date of payment, who paid. gold discoverers, gold discovery -
Federation University Historical Collection
Document, Robert S. Brain, Report on Rapid Surveys of the Gold-fields, Report on Parish of Mannibadar
... Report on Rapid Surveys of the Gold-fields, Report on... Document Report on Rapid Surveys of the Gold-fields, Report ...One printed page.mannibadar, ernest lidget, geology, j. travis -
Clunes Museum
Document - REPORT, APPLICATIONS FOR REWARDS - DISCOVERY OF NEW GOLD FIELDS, 1864
... APPLICATIONS FOR REWARDS - DISCOVERY OF NEW GOLD FIELDS... Document APPLICATIONS FOR REWARDS - DISCOVERY OF NEW GOLD FIELDS ...DOCUMENT PERTAINING TO THE APPLICATION FOR REWARDS FOR THE DISCOVERY OF NEW GOLDFIELDS DATED 1864local history, document, report, mining -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book, Dorothy Brumby, Great Western & District Gold Fields, 2016
... Great Western & District Gold Fields ... grampians Book Great Western & District Gold Fields stawell mining ...stawell mining -
Federation University Historical Collection
Report, James Stirling, Assistant Geological Surveyor, Report on Rapid Surveys of the Gold-Fields, 1898
... Report on Rapid Surveys of the Gold-Fields, 1898... Report on Rapid Surveys of the Gold-Fields, 1898 Foolscap report ...Foolscap report by Ferdinand Krause, issued by James Travis, Acting Secretary for Mines. department of mines, james stirling, a.w. howitt, warrandyte, nillumbik, greensborough, queenstown, a.o.e. whitelaw -
Federation University Historical Collection
Report, James Stirling, Assistant Geological Surveyor, Report on Rapid Surveys of the Gold-Fields, 1895
... Report on Rapid Surveys of the Gold-Fields, 1895... Report on Rapid Surveys of the Gold-Fields, 1895 Foolscap report ...Foolscap report by Ernest Lidget, issued by James Travis, Acting Secretary for Mines. department of mines, j. travis, ernest lidgey, mannidar -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, The Australasian, Poppet-Head of the Caledonian Mine, the Warrandyte Gold Fields, 1906
... Poppet-Head of the Caledonian Mine, the Warrandyte Gold..., the Warrandyte Gold Fields. Digital image 35 mm Black and White negative ...Reproduced from "The Australasian" 12th May 1906, page 1115.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 35 mm Black and White negativesepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, warrandyte, gold mining -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, The Australasian, The Caledonia Battery, the Warrandyte Gold Fields, 1906
... The Caledonia Battery, the Warrandyte Gold Fields...., the Warrandyte Gold Fields. Digital image 35 mm Black and White negative ...Reproduced from "The Australasian" 12th May 1906, page 1115.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 35 mm Black and White negativesepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, warrandyte, gold mining, caledonia battery, warrandyte battery -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, The Leader, The "Black Swan" Mine and "The Old Dam", Warrandyte Gold Fields, 1897
... The "Black Swan" Mine and "The Old Dam", Warrandyte Gold... Dam", Warrandyte Gold Fields. Digital image Reproduced from ...Reproduced from "The Leader" 14th Aug. 1897, page 7 The "Black Swan" mine - on Captain Selby's property of 200 acres. Discovered by Captain Selby 8 years ago. He is working it himself. 'The shaft is down 70 feet and with deeper sinking the reef is found to increase in width. Nearly £2,000 has been obtained from this mine, the gold being of high quality, fetching £4-1-6 per oz.' Warrandyte photo "The Old Dam" - erected accross the river by Mr John Wallace, M.L.C., who attempted to turn the river and to work the river bed.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 imagesepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, warrandyte, gold mining, black swan mine, old dam -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, The Warrandyte Gold Fields. "On the road to the Fields", c.1906 (reproduced from "The Australasian" 12th May 1906, page 1115)
... The Warrandyte Gold Fields. "On the road to the Fields", c... melbourne Photograph The Warrandyte Gold Fields. "On the road ...Source: La Trobe LibraryThis 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 imagesepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, warrandyte, gold mining -
Clunes Museum
Book, BLACK GOLD - ABORIGINAL PEOPLE ON THE GOLD FIELDS OF VICTORIA 1850-1870
... BLACK GOLD - ABORIGINAL PEOPLE ON THE GOLD FIELDS OF... BLACK GOLD - ABORIGINAL PEOPLE ON THE GOLD FIELDS OF VICTORIA ...BOUND FOLDER, BLACK CARDBOARD COVER 152 PAGESblack gold, aboriginal people on the goldfields -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, Gold Fields Statistics, 1863, 1864
... Gold Fields Statistics, 1863...Booklet Booklet Gold Fields Statistics, 1863 Blue foolscap ...Blue foolscap printed report foron the Parliament of Victoriamining, statistics, goldfields, alluvial mining, quartz mining, gold price, tools -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book - Gold discoverers, John Ferres, Government Printer, Report from the Board Appointed to Consider Application for Rewards for the Discovery of New Gold Fields Together with the Minutes of Evidence and Appendices, 1864
... Rewards for the Discovery of New Gold Fields Together with the...Gold discoverers Book Report from the Board Appointed ...31 paged, stitched report relating to rewards for the discovery of new goldfields in Victoria. Copy of the report with handwritten annotations by Keith Rash. .2) Duplicate copy. gold, mining, rewards, goldfield discovery, minutes, evidence, robert brough smyth, j.f. sullivan, james esmond, john dunlop, t.l. madgett, w. brownbill, daniel brophy, alexander wilson, peter paterson, edward hill, mary kerr, henry dowling, charlotte edwards, r. reynolds, a.s. wilson, t.l. williams, wombat flat, jim crow, keith rash, gold discovery, gold discoverers, peter wright, daylesford, creswick's creek, fiery creek, st arnaud, brown hill, ballarat, hepburn, mcivor, avoca, steiglitz, dolly's creek, taradale, woad yaloak, f.a. powlett, f. kawerau, david armstrong, john jones, h. swindells, w. lonsdale -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - THE CENTRAL GOLD FIELDS, c1969
... THE CENTRAL GOLD FIELDS.... With Index Book THE CENTRAL GOLD FIELDS ...The Central Goldfields, Historical Backgrounds Bendigo, Castlemaine and neighbourhood. Publisher Cypress Books, printed by Cambridge Press, Melbourne. 80 pages. Photographs, illustrations and maps. Inscriptions: $1.20, Bendigo Historical Society. With IndexHarley W Forsterhistory, mining, central goldfields, harley w forster -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Map - MAP: VICTORIA MINING DISTRICTS, MINING DIVISIONS AND THE GOLD FIELDS, 1866
... GOLD FIELDS..., MINING DIVISIONS AND THE GOLD FIELDS ...Map: printed map stuck on backing paper ( waxed ? ) to support material. Shows mining districts, divisions and goldfields of Victoria. Printed in blue ink on bottom ' this map compiled in 1866. Printed in 1869.' Printed on bottom ' engraved by William Slight under the direction of R. Brough Smyth FGS Lon., the Hon John Macgregor MLA Minister of Mines, published 24th. October, 1866. Revised and corrected by Arthur Everitt, January 25th. 1869. On back of map ' this mapp was compiled by the Mines Department of Victoria 24th. October 1866, corrected by Arthur Everett 15th. January 1869. Presented to the Bendigo Historical Society by E. Hayward 1st. December, 1950.map, victoria, victoria, bendigo, goldfields, gold reefs, mining divisions, map -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING, c1850s
... Diggers & Mining. The Chinese on the Gold Fields. Slide...Diggers & Mining. The Chinese on the Gold Fields. Slide... on the Gold Fields. Slide: Subsequent Anti - Chinese Legislation ...Diggers & Mining. The Chinese on the Gold Fields. Slide: Subsequent Anti - Chinese Legislation In Australia Markings: 18hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields, diggers & mining. the chinese on the gold fields. slide: subsequent anti - chinese legislation in australia -
Orbost & District Historical Society
black and white photograph, C1900
... temple-george-orbost gold-fields-bendoc... the gold fields. The men with their pack horses are on their way... supplying the gold fields. The men with their pack horses ...This photograph shows George Temple's store which began operating C1888 opposite the post office in the main street of Orbost. The store stocked other stores at Bendoc supplying the gold fields. The men with their pack horses are on their way to the survey camp. George Temple, born in Yorkshire on 26/2/1832 was one of the earliest Orbost storekeepers. Temple's Store was on the corner of Ruskin and Nicholson Streets opposite the post office. He packed stores to the Bendoc area goldfields. The store building eventually became part of Herbert's store when he died in 1917.This item is associated with the very early history of Orbost. George and Mary Temple were early shopkeepers who operated a store opposite the Post Office for many years. Their daughters were very talented women.A faded black / white photograph of men with pack horses standing outside George Temple's store, The Orbost Equitable, in the main street. It is on a cream coloured buff card.temple-george-orbost gold-fields-bendoc -
Clunes Museum
Document - CLUNES DOCUMENT
... GOLD FIELDS COMMON... IT WITH A NEW BILL 1856-7 .7 PROCLAMATION OF GOLD FIELDS COMMON 1860-1... AND REPLACE IT WITH A NEW BILL 1856-7 .7 PROCLAMATION OF GOLD FIELDS ....1 CLUNES TOWN COMMON, 1861, REGULATION FOR THE TOWN COMMON .2 PETITION CLUNES MINERS - 1856 - 7 - PETETION OFMINERS, STOREKEEPERS AND OTHERS RESIDING IN CLUNES .3 BEER BILL, PETITION TO BE ABLE TO SELL ALVOHOL IN CLUNES 1860-1861 .4 PORT PHILIP AND COLONIAL GOLD MINING CAMP - COPY OF CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE SOLICITOR GENERAL AND CLUNES MINING CAMP 1858 .5 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY - EIGHTS REPORT OF THE PRINTING COMMITTEE 17/12/1861 .6 CROWN LAND BILL. PETITION TO WITHDRAW THE BILL AND REPLACE IT WITH A NEW BILL 1856-7 .7 PROCLAMATION OF GOLD FIELDS COMMON 1860-1clunes town common, minerspetition, beer bill, legislative assembly, crown land bill, gold fields common, john ferres -
Chiltern Athenaeum Trust
Domestic object - Spoon
... gold fields... on the Gold Fields in the 1850s. It became a best-seller. Busse also... history research regarding life on the Gold Fields in the 1850s ...This teaspoon is believed to belong to the household of Chiltern writer and historian, W.C. Busse. The teaspoon displays a level of tarnish indicating it may be comprised of silver or silver plate. It has no evident hallmark to determine its maker or date of manufacture, but may pre-date World War Two as mass production methods and the growing popularity of stainless steel in cutlery and other tablewares saw a reduced reliance on silver in such goods after this period. Wilfred Clarence Busse was born in Chiltern in 1898. He went to school at Wesley College in Melbourne, studied law at the University of Melbourne and became a barrister. Additionally, after spending time on a Victorian station in his early twenties, he wrote two historical novels about bush life. His first novel was 'The Blue Beyond: a Romance of the Early Days in South Eastern Australia', written in 1928 and published in 1930. Busse's second novel was titled 'The Golden Plague: A Romance of the Early Fifties'. The judges of the Henry Lawson Society's T.E. Rofe competition to advance Australian literature unanimously awarded it the Gold Medal in 1931 for the best historical novel of 1930. Newspaper articles about the award mention the writer's meticulous documentary and oral history research regarding life on the Gold Fields in the 1850s. It became a best-seller. Busse also wrote a series of articles about local history for "The Federal Standard" newspaper in Chiltern. He was a member of the Chiltern Athenaeum. He died in 1960. This spoon is significant for the detail it conveys of ordinary domestic life in the household of a significant Victorian writer with special reference to Chiltern and the surrounding region. Teaspoon with decorative pattern on handle and tarnished patina. w.c. busse, chiltern, wilfred clarence busse, chiltern athenaeum, gold fields, gold rush, gold mining, mining history, historical fiction, cutlery, tableware, silverware, spoons, henry lawson society, t.e. rofe, t.e. rofe gold medal, federal standard newspaper, 1930s, 1850s, barrister, north-east victoria, indigo shire -
Chiltern Athenaeum Trust
Domestic object - Knife, T. Turner & Co, 1907
... gold fields... it the Gold Medal in 1931 for the best historical novel of 1930... and the surrounding region. w.c. busse chiltern gold fields gold mining gold ...This knife is believed to belong to the household of Chiltern writer and historian, W.C. Busse. It displays a level of tarnish indicating it may be comprised of silver or silver plate. The blade contains the mark 'EP' which may indicate silverplate over steel. The blade also contains the maker's mark 'Wingfield', which was the trademark of T. Turner & Co but could also refer to the company Wingfield Rowbotham. Both factories are located in Sheffield, United Kingdom. The trademark is ascribed to goods produced in approximately 1907. The handle of the knife displays the initials 'WB', potentially indicating it was made to order. Wilfred Clarence Busse was born in Chiltern in 1898. He went to school at Wesley College in Melbourne, studied law at the University of Melbourne and became a barrister. Additionally, after spending time on a Victorian station in his early twenties, he wrote two historical novels about bush life. His first novel was 'The Blue Beyond: a Romance of the Early Days in South Eastern Australia', written in 1928 and published in 1930. Busse's second novel was titled 'The Golden Plague: A Romance of the Early Fifties'. The judges of the Henry Lawson Society's T.E. Rofe competition to advance Australian literature unanimously awarded it the Gold Medal in 1931 for the best historical novel of 1930. Newspaper articles about the award mention the writer's meticulous documentary and oral history research regarding life on the Gold Fields in the 1850s. It became a best-seller. Busse also wrote a series of articles about local history for "The Federal Standard" newspaper in Chiltern. He was a member of the Chiltern Athenaeum. He died in 1960.This knife is significant for the detail it conveys of ordinary domestic life in the household of a significant Victorian writer with special reference to Chiltern and the surrounding region. Knife with tarnished patina and cream-coloured handle with owner's initials engraved or stamped.WBw.c. busse, chiltern, gold fields, gold mining, gold rush, north-east victoria, indigo shire, wingfield, t.turner & co, wingfield rowbotham, silver, silverplate, knife, cutlery, silverware, tableware, barrister, wesley college, melbourne, historical fiction, golden plague, blue beyond, henry lawson society, t.e. rofe, 1930s, 1850s