Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: Deep sinking was dangerous work; the shaft was, of course, timbered, nevertheless shafts sometimes caved in, and in this way diggers were often injured, and sometimes killed. Markings: 47 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. Walhalla - Gold Town. - - - and rivers and streams which provided few safe crossing places. Three women and one man on the right bank which is very steep. Markings: 17 995 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. Walhalla - Gold Town. In about the year 1860, prospectors discovered rich gold was at Gaffney's Creek and a little later gold-bearing rock was found at Wood's Point. Markings: 7 995 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. The gold licence. The Government Camp. (Hughen) and, in December, 1854, the unrest came to a head in an armed clash between the Government and the diggers at Ballarat. Slide depicts the battle that took place. Markings: 40 994.LIF. 4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining: The Digging - The Diggers. Slide reads: The following sketch maps of the Ballarat field show only some of the principal locations on which diggings were established between 1851 and 1854. Markings: 9 994.LIF:6. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

A black and whitie photograph of Engineers and Diggers from the 1st Australian Civil Affairs Unit make repairs and refurbish the dispensary and hospital at Hoa Long. The diggers were assisted by a great many of the village people to provide a much needed and upgraded medical facility.photograph, 1st australian civil affairs unit, hospitals - vietnam, gibbons collection catalogue, hoa long, diggers, engineers

A black and white photograph at the 1st Australian Field Hospital, Vung Tau, South Vietnam, Dentist works on a Digger patient while a dental assistant mixed filling material. Full dental services were available to the Digger under normal and battle circumstances.photograph, 1st australian field hospital, vung tau, dentists, digger, gibbons collection catalogue

Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection.A black and white photograph of a Royal Australian Air Force, 9 Squadron 'slick' Huey helicopter delivering a cargo of sandbagged, freshly filled water bottles to a Fire Support Base for distribution to the infantry Diggers in the field. Water was always a major problem for the Diggers.photograph, raaf, 9 squadron, huey helicopter, digger, fire support base, gibbons collection catalogue, denis gibbons, photographer, vietnam war, diggers, infantry diggers, fresh water

Peter Lalor was the leader of the diggers at the Eureka Stockade.Reproducation of a photograph of Peter Lalor, showing beard and 'hat-hair'.peter lalor, eureka stockade, legislative assembly, politician

Peter Lalor was the diggers leader at the Eureka Stockade.White poster with blue representation of the Eureka Flag and black and white line representation of Peter Lalor.VR Lalor Campus Ballarat "What is in a name?" Integrity Identity Inspiration Independanceuniversity of ballarat, lalor, lalor campus, mount helen campus, poster

Diggers & Mining. Gold. The Chinese soon became very unpopular with the white diggers on the goldfields. (1) Much of the hostility to them was the result of sheer prejudice directed against people who were alien in race, religion, and language; whose standard of living, by European criteria, was low; and who did not mix with other diggers, but lived - preforce - in separate camps in the diggings. Markings: 22 994.GOL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining: The Digging - The Diggers. Slide reads; One of the noisiest features of the nights on the diggings was the continual poping of firearms by the diggers to let it be known that they were well armed. The nest frame contains a quaintly written account of a night at the Ballarat diggings, taken from Samuel Sidney's book, ''The Three Colonies of Australia'', published in 1853. Black and white side. Markings: 35 994.LIF:6. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining: The Digging - The Diggers. Slide reads: We must remember that each of the important goldfields on the 'fifties' consisted of several diggings. Along many creeks, gullies, flats and - later- shallow leads in the area, men found gold. Between the many diggings established on the sites of these discoveries, the diggers, acting on reports of the latest ''lucky strike'', were constantly moving. Markings: 8 994.LIF:6. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. All of the important diggings of the gold era passed through certain distinct stages. First there was a rich find by prospectors. Photo show prospectors checking their panning. ''Prospectors''. Markings: 17 994:LIF I. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & mining. The gold era. IN 1855, the government, realizing that the diggers had a grievance, substituted the miner's right for the licence. Slide shows a copy of a Miner's Right 26 March, 1856, William Lunn. Markings 29 994.031 GOL:5. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and Miners. Most of the entertainments were locally arranged. Sports meetings, debating and choral societies, a 'Mountaineer Band', and a Carneigie library formed some of the means of relieving the monotony of this secluded township. Markings: 50 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

A coloured photograhp of Johhny O'Keefe and his rock and roll band belt out a tune for the Diggers at 1st Australina Task Force Bases', Nui Dat, Luscombe Bowl. the O'Keefe show presented rock and roll that was the top of the pops at the time and was a great hit with the diggers.photograph, 1 atf, nui dat, luscombe bowl, entertainers, johnny o'keefe, digger, gibbons collection catalogue, digger

Diggers & Mining: The Digging - The Diggers. Slide depicts miners relaxing back at the camp site. Puddling machine, gold pan, shovel and other items needed by miners, there is also a tent. Not many trees. Markings: 31 994.LIF:6. Used as a teaching aid.Hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: This very old photograph - it was taken in the 1850s shows diggers at Mount Alexander working deep shafts. Photo shows how close the mining sites were. Markings: 41 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. The gold licence. . The Government Camp.. From September, 1851, till June, 1855, the digger, to ''dig, search for, and remove''' gold on or from Crown lands, had to obtain a licence to the purpose. Markings:2 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining: The Digging - The Diggers. Slide depicts: The White Hills Diggings, Bendigo, 1853. Shows aborigines sitting on near side of hill. Over the hill in the back ground is a small township forming. Markings: 22 994.LIF:6. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Peter Lalor was the leader of the diggers at the Eureka Stockade in 1854Reproducation of a image of Peter Lalor.peter lalor, eureka stockade, politician

Diggers & Mining: The Digging - The Diggers. Slide depicts a township of tents a butchers stall. Families sitting around camp fires, it appears that families with children are now on the goldfields not just the men. Caption reads; Then, till they went to their tents to sleep, the diggers spent the night relaxing, as himdreds of campfires twinkled across the field. Black and white side, picture is of higher quality than others. Markings: 34 994.LIF:6. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, mining

Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: The evils of shepherding soon became obvious; shepherds often prospered by the ruin of parties who really worked their claims. The Ballarat diggers, through their local Court, abolished shepherding in 1855, and instituted a complicated 'frontage' system which, in effect, guaranteed the diggers who went to the expense and hardship of sinking a shaft the right to work a section of the lead. Markings: 58 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. We could illustrate the migratory nature of the diggings population if we could compile graphs showing the numbers of diggers on each diggings at regular intervals during the gold rush. But this is impossible because of the incompleteness and inconsistencies of the official records. The numbers of licences (September, 1851 - March, 1855) and (there-after) of miner's rights issued are of little use. Why? Markings: 47 994:LIF I. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. The following four pictures illustrate hw one digger moved from one diggings to another between 1852 and 1855. At each diggings he tried, he put up a tent up hut; and before he left, he made a drawing of his quarters. These drawings are now kept in the Faulder - Watson collection at Castlemaine. Markings: 41 994:LIF I. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Author Len Fox was an early chronicler of the history of the Eureka Flag.A soft covered booklet of 25 pages with the blue and white cover depicting the Eureka Flag and two digger.eureka, eureka stockade, eureka flag, len fox, flags, john king, raffaello carboni, withers, peter lalor

Colour photo of redevelopment of Excelsior Hall ("Diggers Hall"). Taken from corner of Bridge and Station Streets.built environment - civic, built environment, public housing, excelsior hall, rsl, returned services league

A coloured image of Miss E. Cullinan with four calves in her garden at Bayview Farm, Diggers Rest.on back in ink: EILEEN CULLINANcullinan, uraina, eileen, chris, bayview farm, diggers rest, farm, clothing and dress, george evans collection

A black and white photograph of the unusual rock formation known as the Organ Pipes National Park in Diggers Rest.organ pipes national park, diggers rest, parks and reserves, national parks, evans, kevan, photographers, george evans collection