Digitised video (2.07GB) Duration: 50 minutes. Recorded July, 2023 (Video is available for viewing at Ringwood & District Historical Society Archives by appointment)Ken James is a prolific historical writer and is a regular to our Society's meetings. In this presentation, Ken talks about another book he is writing, involving the Chinese community in the small town of Lyal, between Castlemaine and Heathcote. In 1861, there were more than 24,000 Chinese immigrants on the goldfields of Ararat, Ballarat, Beechworth, Bendigo, Castlemaine and Maryborough. The Chinese were particularly industrious, with techniques that differed widely from the Europeans. This and their physical appearance and fear of the unknown led them to being persecuted in a racist way that would be regarded as untenable today.

Horwood Collection. North Nell Gwyne Mine with platform of to left to the mullock heap. Markings: North Nell Gwyne OCT 65MKodakmine, gold, north nell gwyne, horwood collection. north nell gwyne mine platform mullock heap

Yellow tone photo of the North Old Chum Claim, showing surface Excavations. Photo by N. J. Caire, Sandhurst. Views of Bendigo No. 10 above the photo. Photo shows some surface excavations , some fences, a heap of rubble and on the right a stack of wood. In the background are poppet legs, chimneys and some buildings. The photo is surrounded by a printed decorative frame. Printed underneath is J. W. Forbes, Agent, Lansell's No. 180 Claim and New Chum and Victoria Company's. There is another name but it is unreadable. Photo is mounted on yellow card which is mounted on dark tan card and laminated.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - view of north old chum claim showing surface excavations, n j caire, j w forbes, lansell's no 180 claim, new chum and victoria company's

12 photocopied pages. Page four has acknowledgements, Page five mentions Pen-Portraist by Raly Wallace and Kevin Vallence, Page 14 mentions some rich areas: White Hills, Red Hill (now Virginia Hill), Eaglehawk, Golden Gully, New Chum Gully, Long Gully, Spring Gully, Derwent Gully, California Gully, Sailors Gully and Peg Leg Gully. There are two sketches on the page: Windless, by W. Ralston, Australasian Sketcher 20/12/1879 (D O'Hoy Collection) and a sketch of some miners in a tent with some mining equipment in front of it. There are two men in front of a fire at the front of the tent. Page 16 has a sketch of an old brick house with iron lace on the veranda and a picket fence at the front. Page 17 mentions the school and some Friendly Societies and Church. Page 22 mentions Quartz Mining. There is a Lithograph of a Quartz outcrop, New Chum Gully 1852 by George Rowe and a View of Surface Workings 1861, a Batchelder Photo. Page 23 mentions Edward Nucella Emmett, a pioneer gold digger who became involved in many important public issues. Page 25 mentions Company Mining and Crushing. It has a sketch of a Primitive Quart Crusher. Page 37 Mentions Richard Pope, a Miner who tramped from job to job in Bendigo and eventually followed the rush to Broken Hill. Page 38 mentions the Eaglehawk Brass Band and Friendly Societies in Eaglehawk. Page 39 is headed Miner's Cottage. It mentions stone miners' cottages. Page 40 has a sketch of a Georgian Style Sandstone Cottage Harvey Town. Page 41 mentions men sweeping the road to get gold, Bull Family grocery shop and a blacksmith. Page 42 is headed St. Augustine's. Page 43 has a sketch of St. Augustine's Church. Page 59 is headed Bendigo Amalgamated Goldfields (B.A.G.) Edward Clarence Dyason was largely behind a new company set up in 1917 to work the Bendigo field in an entirely new way. (B.A.G.) wished to take over all existing mining companies, and place them under a single management structure.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - some historical information, mr l hooley, mr l bennetts, mr w watson, mr w heraud, mr d m davies, mr w perry, mr h harvey, mr a llewellyn, mr e oates, chook temple by mr alan llewellyn, mr f cusack, tracey ipsen, ray wallace, bendigo field naturalists' club, eaglehawk tree lovers' society, bendigo historical society, university of melbourne, kevin vallence, monash university, bendigo technical college, south australian writer's fellowship, windlass, w ralston, australasian sketcher 20.12.1879, d o'hoy, mechanics institute, california gully school, bell topper hill, i.o.r. (rechabites), cobden tent, refuge tent, sutton tent, m.u.i.o.o.f.'s loyal darling, bible christian church, california hill wesleyan methodist church, saint jude's anglican church, quartz mining, e n emmett, jonathan harris, haris' claim, j hustler, george rowe, batchelder, la trobe library, cave, amos, new chum line of reef, edward nucella emmett, bendigo city council, all saints, william westgarth, latham and watson, hustler's line of reef, bell and irons, ballerstedt and son, young and company, nicholas and bassit, ensor, thomas carpenter, quartz crusher, goldfields and mineral districts of victoria, richard pope, daniel webster mine, isaac dyason, old chum mine, north old chum mine, young chum mine, george lansell, lazarus, silicosis of the lungs, eaglehawk brass band, victoria hotel, mr williams, eaglehawk branch of the australian natives association, loyal catherine lodge, mr james, odd fellows in the loyal catherine lodge branch no 4935, richard harvey, thomas harvey, moonta copper mines, harvey town, national trust of australia, eaglehawk tree lovers society, saint mungo's methodist church, clark's beehive battery, world war 1, kee-young, lady barkly hotel, prankhurst, bull family, cousin jack, st augustine's, myers, nicholls, john o'brien, around the boree log, the rev dean hayes, st kilian's, bendigo amalgamated goldfields (b.a.g.), edward clarence dyason, r h s abbott, hercules and energetic, south new moon, new chum goldfields, central red white and blue consolidated, brown john, the life and times of long gully, bendigo press, val white, megan snoop

Diggers & mining. The gold era. In 1860, Burke and Wills set out from Melbourne to cross the continent from south to north. Writing on slide hard to read: Burke? ? From Royal? Park? Melbourne. ? ? ? ? Taken on the spot 1860. Markings 54 994.031 GOL:5. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Photocopy of a newspaper article titled Old battery to charge-up tunnel tourism. There is a photo of a Thompson's Foundry battery which is being re-erected at the site of the North British mine on Parkin's Reef, near Carman's tunnel. The battery was recovered from a deep gully at Bola Creek. Other works include restoration of quartz roasting kilns and cyanide vats. Written at the top of the article is a date 11/1/85.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - old battery to charge-up tunnel tourism, thompson's foundry, parkin's reef reserve, conservation forests and lands department, carman's tunnel, north british mine, carman's tunnel committee, dr doug kemsley, the prospectors' and miners' association of victoria, mr ken garden

Contract of sale of land dated 27th November, 1956 between Sandhurst and Northern District Trustees Executors and Agency Company Limited of View Street, Bendigo as executor of the will of Alice Maud Mary Harris deceased (seller) and Elizabeth Jane Rosewall (buyer) for land held under right to occupy residence area no. 7333 situated on the North Western side of Robshaw Street about 137 links South Westerly from Wattle Street with a frontage to Robshaw Street of 117 Links by a depth of 64 links, together with all buildings thereon. Price 900 pounds.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate

Contract of sale of land dated 23rd April, 1953 between Mrs. L.M. Manning (seller) and Mr. L.A. Pitson (buyer) for land situate 134 Bannister Street, Bendigo being north-east of and about 195 links from allotment 503 section K described in right to occupy residence area right No. 4612, together with 5-roomed weatherboard dwelling and all sundry. Price 1,350 pounds.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate

Conditions of sale by private contract dated 19th April, 1937 between Mr. T. Wilson (seller) and Miss E.E. Rogerson (buyer) for land situate 118 Violet Street, Bendigo, having a frontage of 100 links by a depth of 121.8 links on the South side and 132.4 links on the North side, being part of Crown allotment 14 section 12B described in Crown grant volume 2560 folio 515867, together with 5-roomed weatherboard dwelling and all sundry. Price 290 pounds.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate

Conditions of sale by private contract dated 1st May, 1942 Fairfield Baptist Church Trustees (William Alfred Newnham, Harry Marsh, Joseph Butters Hughes, James Arthur Dobson as trustees and sellers) and L.L. Rigby (buyer) for land having a frontage of 41 feet to the west of Arthur Street by a depth of 130 feet along the north side of Duncan Street being part of lot 81 on plan of subdivision No. 568 lodged in the office of titles and being part of Crown Portion 114 Parish of Jika-Jika County of Bourke described in certificate of title volume 3540 folio 707982 together with all buildings thereon and known as 98 Arthur Street Fairfield. Price 660 pounds.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and Miners. Some other mines in the Walhalla area were the North Long Tunnel, . . . The slide shows the North Long Tunnel in a gully. Markings: 35 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2000. Diggings: the North Old Chum mine workings, circa 1875. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2000. Expansive: the view north-east across Camp Reserve in 1870. Buildings on the left include a high school, police office and Supreme Court. The path in the foreground is now part of Camp Hill Primary School. Picture courtesy Bendigo Historical Society. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2000. Regal: another view of the Queens Gardens, looking north towards the old post office clock. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Photocopy of Pall Mall looking north. To the right can be seen a small portion of the Beehive building, further along on the right can be seen the Shamrock Hotel at the corner of Williamson Street and Pall mall. There are three dark figures to the right. A street gas light on the left side. There appears to be buildings of some sort further along on the left side, although not very clear.bendigo, streetscape, pall mall

Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2000. The city: views over Bendigo looking north up Pall Mall towards McCrae Street. The RSL Memorial Hall is on the left with the old post office clock behind. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2000. Picturesque: the view from St'Paul's church tower looking north east over Bendigo. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2000. Vista: View from Camp Hill, looking north-east. 1875. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2000. Historic: The view over Bendigo in the early 1900s. The photo was taken looking north-west from St. Paul's Church tower. Visible is the Shamrock hotel, the fire brigade depot and bell tower, the County Court House and district jail. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2000. Lucrative: Robert Oswald's North British extended mines at Maldon towards the end of the 1800s. The clip is in a foldernewspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Voters roll for the North-East Riding of the Shire of Marong for the year ending 31st october 1870.government, state, marong

Shops on Pall Mall near corner of Bull Street the RACV shop, HBA Gas Centre and a Milk bar, Johnnies diner can be seen on Pall Mall. The North West Country Credit building on Bull Street.bendigo, streetscape, pall mall and bull street

2 page document, photocopied. Document details Geo Mackay's development of Annals of Bendigo, referring to Bendigo as part of Ravenswood Run. Mentions, Captain Charles Hutton who occupied Wild Duck and the McIvor Creeks and the Campaspe as far as Barnadown. Charles Sherrard ( Mt. Alexander North) Coliban system, Hallas' band later Northcote band and gold seeking and production. First Easter Fair in 1871 is discussed. Unknown author and no date. On top of first page late 1940's in pencil.bendigo, bendigo easter fair, easter fair society

A history of Westgarthtown, German and Wendish immigrants first settled at Westgarthtown in March 1850, situated 16 Kilometres north of Melbourne this land now forms part of the suburbs of Thomastown and Lalor. Soft cover 36 pages with black & white and coloured photographs,maps & illustrations. Published by the Heritage Council Victoria and the City of Whittlesea.victoria, history, german, victoria-history-german-westgarthtown

North Bendigo Cricket Badge: Circular badge of black, yellow, red and gold. The centre is a bat, ball and wickets surrounded by 'North Bendigo *C* 1923*24. The badge is imprinted with 61 on the back, it has a ring at the top for wearing. Box 625numismatics, medals-civil, north bendigo cricket club badge.

Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2001. Busy bees: members of a North Bendigo Progress Association working bee, circa 1929. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Envelope containing two negatives. On outside of envelope in biro: looking north to Victoria Hill, North Old Chum, Big 180 etc, in 1870's'. Negative shows poppet head, mining sheds. Negatives not scanned.bendigo, mining, victoria hill

Soft covered book written in German title translates to European University, Emigration policy and social issue in the 19th century, state mandated emigration from the mountain rescue team Clausthal to South Australia, North and South America 1848 - 1854. White cover with black print & picture of a sailing ship, 318 pages. Notation inside front cover, Donated to the German Heritage Society Bendigo in May 1995 by the Author Dr.Renate Vollmer Osnabruck Germany.Renate Vollmerbooks, catalogues, shipping, germany-emigration-shipping

A pink book titled 'The Life of Gustavus Adolphus the Heroic King of Sweden. The greatest character of the Thirty Years' War. The champion of an oppressed people; called by his contemporaries The Lion of the North, and the Bulwark of the Protestant Faith.' London : Ward, Lock & Co., Salisbury Square, E.C. 641 - 656 pgs.This booklet is one of a series of 53 ' Ward & Lock's Penny Books for the People.' 'Biographical Series.' Price one penny. There are also advertisements of notes.books, biography, gustavus adolphus, lydia chancellor, collection, sweden, swedish history, scandinavia, gustavus adolphus, ward & lock's penny biographies, ward & lock's penny books for the people, biographical series, biographies, male, individual, person, penny books, advertisements

Victorian Railways book of signals 1.11.1949, Victorian railways printing works, Laurens St North Melbourne. The book has a brown paper cover with blue binding on the spine and at the back.document, memo, railway, victorian railways book of signals 1.11.1949. victorian railways printing works, laurens st north melbourne