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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. DIGGERS AND MINERS, c1850s
Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. Walhalla - Gold Town. The township took it's name from one of the mining leases which was called Walhalla. In Scandinavian mythology, Valhalla was the last resting place of the heroes slain in battle. How suitable the name was for this beautiful remote valley! Markings: 14 995 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
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Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. DIGGERS AND MINING, c1852
Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. - - - moving alone, or in small parties - - - Slide: STG Wayfaring Diggers 1852. Two diggers resting by a creek. Markings: 40 994:LIF I. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
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Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE GOLD LICENCE, c1855
Diggers & Mining. The gold licence. The Government Camp. (As a result of the widespread dissatisfaction with the licence system which culminated at Eureka, the licence system and the system of goldfields administration by Goldfields Commissioners were abolished in 1855. For the rest of the gold decade, the digger was required to take out a miner's right - which cost 1 pound per year. The various systems of goldfields administration adopted after 1855 are set out in Unit 8 of this series.) Markings: 41 994.LIF. 4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
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Newspaper - The Bendigo Miner 17 January 2008 - Streets of Silence
The article references several of Bendigo's famous names including: Anne Caudle, founder of the Anne Caudle Centre (previously the Benevolent Asylum) which was established in March 1860. Sir John Quick, politician known as the Father of the Federation. James Northcott, musician who received a silver cornet. William and Richard Francis, who founded the Beehive Store. Peter Hoey Finn, who carved the bowl of the Alexandra fountain. Elizabeth Watson, the only woman to have died in a mining accident in 1863.A3 colour photocopies of newspaper articles from the Bendigo Miner, Thursday January 17, 2008. Date of photocopy unknown. Location of original paper unknown. The article was spread across two pages and has been cut from the larger paper. The article is torn, discoloured and folded. "Streets of Silence" is an article where "Rosanna Bonaccurso takes a walk through the final resting place of some of the region's most famous citizens at Bendigo Cemetary." newspaper, bendigo cemetery, anne caudle, sir john quick, james northcott, william francis, richard francis, peter hoey finn, elizabeth watson, bendigo, the bendigo miner -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BRITISH QUEEN HOTEL: BENDIGO, late 1800's
The "British Queen Hotel", in Bridge street, Bendigo was first licensed to Squire Barlow (1817-1882), a Lancashire man who came to Australia in 1853 with his two eldest sons, travelling on the "Goldfinder". His wife Mary (nee Taylor, 1814-1891) soon followed with the rest of their children. One more child was born in Sandhurst in 1856. Squire and Mary had married in 1838, "The British Queen" was taken over by John Crowe (1825-1882) some time after 1876. John had previously been the licesee of the Globe Hotel, also in Bridge Street. When John died in 1881, his son Robert Phillip Crowe (Phillip) transferred the licence to John Hope in 1882.Black and white photograph. Buiilding Crowe's British Queen Hotel, 4 people, 2 boys at left, man with hat at centre, lady with long dress centre right. Large hotel light above door, laneway beside building at left with creeper above. On windows of building ' Crowe's British Queen Hotel' On parapet, partially visible ' British Queen..'cottage, miners