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Federation University Historical CollectionBook, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Victoria No 11. The Maryborough Goldfield, 1913, 1913
Pink soft covered book of 76 pages and 7 plates. Includes two loose newsclips .2) The Larkinville Nugget (The Age 21 Jan 1931) .3) Discovery of the Welcome Nuggetmaryborough, memoirs of the geological survey of victoria, d.j. mahony, maryborough goldfield, geology, faults, welcome nugget, richard oates, mrs deason, moliagul, larkinville nugget, m. larcombe, john deason, eucalypts -
Tarnagulla History ArchivePhotograph: Three Big Poseidon Nuggets, 1906
David Gordon Collection. The nugget in the middle is the Poseidon Nugget. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Accessory - HARRIS COLLECTION: GOLD STICK PIN WITH NUGGET ATTACHED
Gold stick pin, gold nugget attached to top. Possibly used as tie/cravat or lapel pin. Gold nugget has black section - black mineral unknown. Donated by Harris family estate, Axedale.costume accessories, jewellery, gold tie pin, jonathan harris was the founder of gold on the hustler's hill. he sold his claim to thomas hustler in 1853. -
Coal Creek Community Park & MuseumAdvertisement
Black metal frame with writing on it enclosing a brown and cream advertisement.Nugget Boot Polish. Black . Tan . Dark . Tan . "Nig..." Brown. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - 'GOLD' POSTER WITH DESCRIPTION OF NUGGETS
Poster heading - 'Gold' - 'In the whole world, only 47 nuggets weighing over 30lbs Troy have been recorded. Of these 40 are from Australia. The region from Ballarat around to Bendigo yielded 32 of these large nuggets. This monument erected in 1897 by the Mines Department, is the only one ever erected to honour the discovery of a gold nugget. The 'Welcome Stranger' nugget was unearthed on 5th February, 1869, weighing 2316 ounces and it was sold for 9.553 pounds'. Poster includes a map of Victoria depicting the main gold mining areas, also mention of gypsum, and tin in northern Victoria. A photo of the monument to the discovery of the 'Welcome Stranger' nugget found 1 1/4 miles from Moliagul in the bottom corner.document, gold -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - SANDHURST SCHOOL OF MINES COLLECTION LIST OF NUGGETS
SANDHURST (Bendigo) SCHOOL OF MINES list of Nuggets -written in ink on very fine paper - damageddocument -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Book - NUGGETS GOLDEN AND HUMAN
Nuggets Golden and Human Characters and Icons of Central Victoria, 193 pages with black and white photographs.John Gascoignebendigo, history, bendigo & district -
Bendigo Military MuseumEquipment - BAYONET FROG, Post 1960
The frog was black coated for ceremonial use otherwise it was a green colour to suit all equipment.Bayonet frog, webbing, black nugget coated for SLR Bayonet Scabbard with 3 loops to fit scabbardbayonet, frog, webbing -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Article - News article: Gold fever returns to gold centre, 19th September 1985
Williams Family Collection. Newspaper clipping from Bendigo Advertiser about the display in Bendigo of a replica (cast) of the Hand of Faith nugget. tarnagulla -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: GOLD MINING
Copy of page 52 from a book. Mentioned are nuggets of gold. Some large Bendigo nuggets and their weight in ounces are mentioned, but no names of the nuggets. Some yields from shaft mining are also mentioned. The Pearl Mine and the Victoria Quartz did a lot of work without sighting any gold, while nearby at the Wittschiebe shaft there was a good find. There is also a short piece about the Pearl Mine Battery. It belongs to photo that was on the next page.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - gold mining, hustlers hill, victoria hill, st laurence court, anglo-german, pearl mine, victoria quartz, wittschiebe shaft, new chum reef, danger hill, belltopper hill -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.Photograph, Jones Flower Farm, 1948
Jones Family Collection - NP2565 to NP2606. See also ND3831.Black and white photograph of farm horse Nugget on Jones' Flower Farm in Mt Pleasant Road, Nunawading, in 1948.jones, bette, walter, rolf, geoffrey, arthur, keith, lionel, muriel, jones flower farm, mount pleasant road nunawading -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: GOLD NUGGET gold mine
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2000. Gold Nugget: the old union mine at Maldon. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - MINING IN BENDIGO COLLECTION: BOOK - GOLD NUGGETS OF AUSTRALIA
Yellow covered booklet titled 'Gold Nuggets of Australia'. Information obtained from every Mines Department in the Commonwealth of Australia. Information includes the name of the nugget, who found it and where. Also included is the weight of the nugget in ounces. Book compiled and written by Harry Ware and printed by Williams Boardley Print Kalgoorlie. The names of the large nuggets are: Welcome Stranger, Welcome, Bullock's Tongue, Curtis, Lady Bowen, Kerr's Hundredweight, Brennan, King of Water Worn, Blanch Barklay, Precious, Canadian, Lady Hotham, Sarah Sands, Viscount Canterbury, Little Hero, Big Ben, Joker, Monarch, Bobby Dazzler, General Gordon, Coolgardie, Friendly Creek, Daisy and Golden Eagle.book, book, gold nuggets of australia, harry ware, williams boardley print kalgoorlie, hargreaves, lister, tom, hotermann, byers, star of hope gold mine, mcginty & party, griffen & party, mcintyre, johnson, ah loy, geo curtis, dr kerr, guiness book of records, richard oates, john deason, red hill mining co., hall, slattery, yilgarn goldfield, arthur bayley, william ford, a villars, doyle & party, peterkin, mcpherson, perriman, pearce, dawson, john dunne, williams & party, anderson, p martin, summons, hart, millar, byrne, dawson, rampling, cole & party, woodall, dawkin, grant, roche, corry, sheehan, thompson, d mcintosh, hurstj, muir, a clive, w mcphee, h mcphee, j simmonds, w eddy, moran, s dighton, w abbott, sam wood, hogan, o'connor, c woods, s willcocks, gessner, huffa, w j murphy, jack legge, micky larkin, jack hehir, paddy hehir, joe matheson, dan browne, jim browne, mcwhinney & party, james larcombe jnr, james larcombe, zuegg & party, f h leach, newman bros -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Memorabilia - GOLD NUGGET COLLECTION: 'THE SANDHURST'
Plaster model of 'The 'Sandhurst' Nugget. Possibly October 1873 20 ozs from Patchy Flat Whipstick. More research required.mining, models, plaster model of victorian gold nugget -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Accessory - HARRIS COLLECTION: GOLD RING WITH NUGGET
Gold ring, self patterned with rose images, Gold nugget attached on top. Ring donated by Harris family (estate) Axedale.costume accessories, jewellery, gold ring -
Bendigo Military MuseumUniform - GAITERS, C. WW2 onwards
British pattern webbing gaitor, light green colour, x 2 leather straps have been nuggeted black, buckles are brass.Written in ink: “PTE J DUMBAR”uniforms - military - army, costume - male uniform, passchendaele barracks trust -
Federation University Historical CollectionPlan, Ballarat Goldfield - Geological Survey of Victoria, 1981, 1981
Coloured geological plan showing the Ballarat goldfields. It includes coloured scales and nuggets from the Ballarat Goldfield. It also shows leads and mines.ballarat, geology, geological, gold nuggets, mining, mining companies, gold leads -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Book - MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF VICTORIA NO.12. LIST OF NUGGETS FOUND IN VICTORIA
Memoirs Of The Geological Survey Of Victoria No.12. List Of Nuggets Found In Victoria. Issued by Department of Mines, 69 pages in yellow soft cover.Department of Minesvictoria, history, mining -
NMIT (Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE)Timber trophy: CCOT 1986, Timber trophy: Sebastapol v Collingwood College of TAFE 1986
Timber trophy with sports figures and inscription. 1986 'SEBASTOPAL V’S COLLINGWOOD / TECHNICAL SCHOOL / GOLD NUGGET CHALLENGE’ with smaller plaque 'October / 1986 / COLLINGWOOD / TECH.’ collingwood college of technical and further education, trophies, student records, nmit, -
Bendigo Military MuseumBadge - BADGE BALLARAT, Pre WW1
70th Infantry - Pre WWI Militia unit based in Ballarat. Item in the collection re E.J Jones No 3511 and T.R Jones No 1982 AIF. refer 1377 and 1367.5.Badge, pressed brass. Scroll top and bottom, each side boomerang, centre is eagle over depiction of gold nuggets? with " Welcome 2195 025""70th infantry, Ballarat Regiment, swift and Bold”numismatics - badges, metalcraft - brassware, military history - army, 70th, jones -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Book - LIST OF NUGGETS FOUND IN VICTORIA
Department of Mines, Memoirs of the Geological Survey Of Victoria No 12 List of Nuggets found in Victoria. 67 pages in spiral binder with clear plastic cover.victoria, history, gold mining, geology, and gold pros, victoria- gold mining-gold nuggetts -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Book - STRAUCH COLLECTION: SCATTERED NUGGETS
The Fellowship of Australian Writers was initially founded in Sydney in 1928 and a separate Victorian Branch was established in 1938.Scattered Nuggets Bendigo Fellowship Of Australian Writers, an anthology of poetry & prose by members of the Fellowship of Australian Writers (Vic) Inc Bendigo Regional Branch.books, collections, poetry -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - IAN DYETT COLLECTION: AUCTION CATALOGUE - CURNOW'S NINTH GOLD NUGGET PRECIOUS METALS
Yellow catalogue with black printing for Curnow's Ninth Gold Nugget Precious Metals & Rare Coins Auction held in the George Lansell Auction Room, Cahill Chambers, View Point, Bendigo on 16th October 1982. On the front is a black sketch of Bendigo Historic Post Office. The inside contains a list of Nuggets with Lot No., Approx. Weight in Grams, Area of Find, Code, Why Buy Gold? And Note to Buyers. The left front has the Conditions of Sale and the centre front has Curnows name and a Reproduction of Curnows original Letterhead circa 1900. Sale includes nuggets from Victoria and Interstate.business, auctioneers, j h curnow & son pty ltd, ian dyett collection - auction catalogue - curnow's ninth gold nugget precious metals & rare coins auction, bolton bros pty ltd, j h curnow, j h curnow & son pty ltd, ian dyett, fred dyett -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - MOUNTED PHOTOGRAPH OF THE DISCOVERY OF FAMOUS GOLD NUGGET 'WELCOME STRANGER' AT MOLIAGUL IN 1869
Mounted black and white photograph of the discovery of gold, the "The Welcome Stranger" nugget at Moliagul in 1869 Nugget weighed 210 lbs, and realised £9,437. Photograph shows the finders John Deason, his wife Mrs. Deason & Richard Oates Photo stamped "Royal Historical society of Victoria" Rear has a newspaper cutting of the event, with photograph, fro the Argus September 9th 1926 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - CHRISTMAS REEF GOLD MINING CO. COLLECTION: LETTER OF INCORPORATION
Document certifying that the Christmas Reef Gold Mining Company No Liability was on the 25th day of July 1894, by virtue of the companies Act 1890, incorporated. Copies of notice in Gazette. Signed Deputy Registrar General Edward Daniel ? Also, handwritten note Principal nuggets (sic ) found on Bendigo G. Mackay's History of Bendigo - lists nuggets found in the early 1850's.bendigo, mining, christmas reef gold mining -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Memorabilia - GOLD NUGGET COLLECTION: 'THE BEAUTY'
Plaster model of The 'Beauty' Nugget found at Kangaroo Gully Bendigo in 1858 nine feet below the surface. Weight 242 ozs. (See additional Research)mining, models, plaster model of victorian gold nugget -
Ballarat Heritage ServicesDigital photograph, Federation University Seminar
Bonnie Chew and Clare Gervasoni looking at replica of gold nugget at Federation University Seminar, SMB.federation university, bonnie chew, clare gervasoni -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - WELCOME STRANGER CENTENARY, MOLIAGUL, VICTORIA, 5 Feb, 1969
Welcome Stranger Centenary, Moliagul, Victoria, Australia 1869 1969. Replica of 'Welcome Stranger' Nugget, discovered at Bulldog Gully, Moligaul, on February 5, 1869, by John Deason and Richard Oates. History of gold nuggets in Australia in particular the 'Welcome Stranger.' 7 black and white photos. 1st photo is a group taken on site where the 'Welcome Stranger' nugget was discovered at Bulldog Gully, Moliagul, in February, 1869. John Deason is shown holding the shovel, and Richard Oates has the pick. Mrs Deason is seated on the ground. The gross weight of the nugget was 2,520 ounces. The nugget sold for 9,553 pounds and was 98.66 per cent pure gold. Henry Lawson's description of a goldfield would have been typical of Moliagul during the hectic goldrush days a century ago:- ''The yellow mounds of bullock With the spots of red and white, The scattered quartz that glistened Like diamonds in light; The azure line of ridges, The bush of darkest green, The little homes of calico That dotted all the scene.'' This booklet was prepared by Ronald L Carless, of Moliagul, Via Dunolly, and is dedicated to the gold miners who pioneered the Mount Moliagul goldfield.event, back to, welcome stranger centenary, welcome stranger centenary, victoria, australia 1869 1969. discovered at bulldog gully, moligaul, 5, 1869, john deason richard oates. gold nuggets in australia' black and white photos. mrs deason. gross weight of the nugget was 2, 520 ounces. the nugget sold for 9, 553 pounds 98.66 per cent pure gold. henry lawson's:- ''the yellow mounds of bullock with the spots of red and white -
Bendigo Military MuseumUniform - BELTS, c.1940 - 1960's
Webbing belts were coloured for different purposes & different times in years. For example the black one is polished nugget..1) Webbing belt, adjustable, black with brass keepers & buckles. .2) Webbing belt, adjustable, green with brass keepers & buckles. Has 2 webbing & brass keepers on the rear. .3) Webbing belt, adjustable, white with brass keepers & buckles. Has 2 webbing & brass keepers on the rear..1) “J R Wright”uniforms - army, costume accessories - male, metal craft- brassware -
Ballarat Heritage ServicesPhotograph - Earrings, Gold Earrings made from Ballarat Gold, 1850s
Reportedly these earrings were made from gold found on the Eureka Lead. They were made by a Ballarat jeweller.Photograph of earrings made from gold nuggets, hand made by Ballarat gold fields jeweller the earrrings comprise grapevines and grapes with handmade posts to go through ears.none.gold, earrings, jewellery, goldfields, eureka, jeweller, ballarat
