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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Container - Steward Bros. Bottle
James Steward was born St Edmunds Suffolk England in 1830 where he had some brewing experience in his youth. He arrived in Melbourne 1853 and headed to the Bendigo gold fields. He had a claim at Sailors Gully which he worked with varying success until 1856 then purchased a property which became the Albion Brewery. He became one of the largest mining investors in the district and owned a lot of valuable properties in the area. He died on 1 Dec.1898 The excitors of his estate were his sons William A Steward and Henry P Steward. A green bottle with white painted markings STEWARD BROS, a sketch of a person wearing a hat, SAILORS GULLY, THIS BOTTLE IS NOT SOLD. The bottle is eight and a half centimetres diameter at its base and stays at that diameter for 14 centimetres, the next eight centimetres tapers to three and a half centimetres the last eight centimetres to two and a half centimetres with a ring seal. The base has a five centimetre deep frog.bottle, steward bros, a.j.a. steward brewery, james steward -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Seal Embossing Press
The Corona Paint Company Pty. Ltd. Bendigo was formed in November 1920 with £10,000 capital, in £1 shares. By July 1921, the Company had completed its factory and plant at Bendigo East, ready to begin the manufacture of paints. The Corona Paint works were opened on Saturday 28 January by the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) during a visit to Bendigo. Many new manufacturing industries were opened during this time after calls to address the decline of mining in the region. The factory of the CORONA PAINT COMPANY, BENDIGO, was advertised for sale in The Argus on 5 October 1923. It consisted of a “building on a railway siding, plant and machinery, including dry grinding plant, kalsomine mixer, paint mill, furnace, electric motor, etc., large stores of raw and finished material, kalsomine with range of 21 colours, oil paints, &c.”A cast iron embossing press. It's painted black with gold coulered floral decorations. The base is 18 centimetres long, nine centimetres wide and one and a half centimetres thick. A curved protrusion rises from the base that is eight centimetres by four centimetres which narrows to four centimetres by two and a half centimetres with a three-quarter centimetre wide slot. Inside the slot is a lever action with a ten centimetre by two and a half centimetre wooden handle. There is a removeable die on the end of the lever and an opposite removeable die the base. A small oval metal disc with paten no 3965 on is attached. The seal is The Corona Paint Company proprietary Limited seal embossing press, corona paint company -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - BOOK - THE VICTORIA GOLD VALUER'S READY RECKONER
A fairly well aged copy of the Victoria Gold Valuer's Ready Reckoner which details gold prices, chemistry, and fossils of extinct animals. Has detailed writing of its previous owner on the first few pages.book, bendigo, mining -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - BOOK - VICTORIA: GOLD AND . . MINERALS
A copy of the 1935 guide book Victoria: GOLD and MINERALS . This book gives in great detail about promising mining areas in Victoria along with detailed maps of them.book, bendigo, mining -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - FOSTERVILLE GOLD MINE COLLECTION: ARTICLE 'GOLD WIN FOR MINE'
... BENDIGO Mining Fosterville Gold Mine Newspaper article, Friday 3 ...Newspaper article, Friday 3, 2017, Bendigo Weekly. titled 'Gold win for mine' by Sharon Kemp. Fosterville Gold Mine has hit the jackpot intercepting some of the richest gold mineralisation in the world. Article describes richness of Fosterville deposit. Fosterville started operating in 2005 and has been mining underground for 10 years. 'At the current Australian dollar gold price, the three month haul is worth $70 million'bendigo, mining, fosterville gold mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - FOSTERVILLE GOLD MINE COLLECTION: OPEN DAY 2018
... BENDIGO Mining Fosterville Gold Mine 2 page document, coloured ...2 page document, coloured, titled 'Kirkland Lake Gold' and 'Welcome to the Fosterville Gold Mine Open Day 2018'. Document describes activities available to visitors on the 2018 Open Day, and a map of the mine site showing location of various displays.bendigo, mining, fosterville gold mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - FOSTERVILLE GOLD MINE COLLECTION: FOSTERVILLE GOLD PROJECT UPGRADE EXECUTIVE SUMMARUY
... BENDIGO Mining Fosterville Gold Mine Black cover book, wire ...Black cover book, wire binding, 13 pages of text and maps. On front: Fosterville Gold Project' Map of ore body on cover - Central North, Central Ellesmere, Harringtons Hill. Contents include: open pits, heap leaching, waste dumps, estimated project life, changes from previously approved project, estimated project life, main project components, expanded open pits and underground mines, processing sulphide ore, tailings storages, waste rock dumps. Principles of rehabilitation, site preparation, rehabilitation activities during operation and decommissioning activities. Environmental issues, and summary of proposed new operating conditions.bendigo, mining, fosterville gold mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - FOSTERVILLE GOLD MINE COLLECTION: PROJECT UPGRADE TECHNICAL APPENDICES
... BENDIGO Mining Fosterville Gold Mine Black cover book, wire ...Black cover book, wire binding. Pages in reports numbered individually, overall approx 250 page report. On front: "Fosterville Gold Project' Project upgrade, EES Technical Appendix B. Central North, Central Ellesmere, Harringtons Hill." Page 1 'Perseverance Exploration Pty Limited' Book contains technical appendices. Topics: hydro geological assessment; surface drainage study, noise emission to residential properties, flora survey, tailings dam site; flora survey Wellesford Forest; Daley's Hill Plant List; diurnal Avifauna Survey - Wellesford Forest; survey of vertebrate fauna - Wellesford Forest; brief summary of fauna - Daley's Hill, Axedale, Aboriginal Archaeological survey; archaeological investigation Fosterville; traffic survey - Fosterville Sulphide Project; traffic report.bendigo, mining, fosterville gold mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - FOSTERVILLE GOLD MINE COLLECTION: OPEN DAY 2019
... BENDIGO Mining Fosterville Gold Mine Two page document ...Two page document for Kirkland Lake Gold Open day 2019. Open Day activities include: bus tours, technical services display, geology, exploration, processing, community and environment display, minerals council of Australia, Swick drilling, Central Deborah Gold Mine, Face painting, Goldfields Re-vegetation, Delecca's hire equipment, MacMahon underground mining services, Sandvik, and ISH24 safety specialists. Map of 'Fosterville Gold Mine Site Map' with activities highlighted. Fosterville is Victoria's larges gold producer and in 2918 a records 356,230 ounces at an average grade of 24.9 g per tonne. The mine has over 600 full time employees in 2019. Entry for '9 levels of darkness' tour at Central Deborah Mine attached.bendigo, mining, fosterville gold mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - AUSTIN COLLECTION :TWO MEN IN LIFT
... MINING Business Central Deborah Gold Mine Black and white ...Black and white photograph featuring two men in lift ready to descend,both wearing hard hats and mining lights at Central Deborah Goldmine, Bendigo.Man in Front Clive McNamara Jnr,man behind unknown.mining, business, central deborah gold mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - AUSTIN COLLECTION: DIGGING ELEVATOR SHAFT
... MINING Business Central Deborah Gold Mine Black and white photo ...Black and white photo featuring man in hard hat and wearing mining light supervising digging mining shaft at Central Deborah Goldmine,Bendigo.Man thought to be Ian Clarke.mining, business, central deborah gold mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - AUSTIN COLLECTION:MINE SHAFT
... MINING Business Central Deborah Gold Mine Black and white photo ...Black and white photo taken looking up the mining cage shaft at Central Deborah Goldmine Bendigo. Timbering and shaft support visible.mining, business, central deborah gold mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - AUSTIN COLLECTION:MAN PUSHING TROLLEY
... MINING Business Central Deborah Gold Mine B & W Photo of man ...B & W Photo of man wearing hard hat pushing skip along the railway heading away from the poppet head at Central Deborah Central Goldmine,Bendigomining, business, central deborah gold mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - AUSTIN COLLECTION: MINER HEADSHOT
... MINING Business Central Deborah Gold Mine Black and white photo ...Black and white photo of Ray Beer at at Central Deborah Goldmine,Bendigo. Ray is wearing a hard hat and head lamp, appears to be above ground in image.mining, business, central deborah gold mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - AUSTIN COLLECTION: MINER AT COALFACE
... MINING Business Central Deborah Gold Mine Black and white photo ...Black and white photo of miner wearing hard hat and miners light crawling along a narrow drive at ,Central Deborah Goldmine,Bendigo.mining, business, central deborah gold mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - AUSTIN COLLECTION:TWO MEN IN MINE
... MINING Business Central Deborah Gold Mine Black and white photo ...Black and white photo of two men talking in mine,father and son both named,Clive McNamara . Men are wearing mining gear, hard hats and lights, standing in front of a skip. Pictured at Central Deborah Goldmine,Bendigo.mining, business, central deborah gold mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - AUSTIN COLLECTION:TWO MEN IN MINE TUNNEL
... MINING Business Central Deborah Gold Mine Photo Black and white ...Photo Black and white of Clive McNamara,miner (RHS) and Colin Campbell,mine engineer (LHS) in mine tunnel at Central Deborah Goldmine ,Bendigomining, business, central deborah gold mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - AUSTIN COLLECTION:TWO MEN IN TUNNEL
... MINING Business Central Deborah Gold Mine Black and white photo ...Black and white photo: Colin Campbell,mine engineer and Clive McNamara,miner, in mine tunnel at Central Deborah Goldmine,Bendigo.mining, business, central deborah gold mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - AUSTIN COLLECTION:MAN OPERATING POWER PLANT
... MINING Business Central Deborah Gold Mine Black and white photo ...Black and white photo of Michael Armato,engineer, operating power plant at Central Deborah Goldmine,Bendigo.mining, business, central deborah gold mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - AUSTIN COLLECTION: MINER STANDING AT SUB STATION
... MINING Business Central Deborah Gold Mine Black and White ...Black and White photograph of man dressed in waterproof overalls, standing next to power sub station, underground at Central Deborah Mine, Bendigo.mining, business, central deborah gold mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - AUSTIN COLLECTION: POPPET HEAD AND LIFT
... MINING Business Central Deborah Gold Mine Black and white ...Black and white photograph Central Deborah Mine new lift being installed. Structure is sitting beside the poppet head.mining, business, central deborah gold mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - AUSTIN COLLECTION: MINER WORKING ON NEW LIFT
... MINING Business Central Deborah Gold Mine Black and white ...Black and white photograph of Paul Maher working on a section of the lift mast.mining, business, central deborah gold mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - AUSTIN COLLECTION: CENTRAL DEBORHA LIFT
... MINING Business Central Deborah Gold Mine Black and white ...Black and white photograph of Central Deborah Mine lift.mining, business, central deborah gold mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - AUSTIN COLLECTION: MINER
... MINING Business Central Deborah Gold Mine Black and white ...Black and white photograph of a miner, wearing overalls, hard hat and lamp. Holding a rock bolt.mining, business, central deborah gold mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - AUSTIN COLLECTION: MINER
... MINING Business Central Deborah Gold Mine Black and white ...Black and white photograph of a miner wearing hard hat and lamp. Appears to be operating small equipment underground. Mesh support behind miner.mining, business, central deborah gold mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - AUSTIN COLLECTION: ELEVATOR SHAFT
... MINING Business Central Deborah Gold Mine Black and white ...Black and white photograph of Central Deborah gold mine elevator shaft.mining, business, central deborah gold mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - AUSTIN COLLECTION: LIFT SHAFT
... MINING Business Central Deborah Gold Mine Black and white ...Black and white photograph of lift shaft, Central Deborah Mine, being built. Concrete framework of shaft above ground. Shed in background The date 1985 is on the back.mining, business, central deborah gold mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - NEWSPAPER COLLECTION: BENDIGO ADVERTISER VARIOUS ARTICLES
1) Bendigo the Golden Heart of Victoria 2) News from Bendigo May, 1973 3) Some Scenes of Bendigo Yesteryear 4) Cover Bendigo Advertiser Souvenir of the Shamrock Hotel 5) Saving the Shamrock - Doug McClure 6) Farewell Bendigo's Trams April, 1972 7) 100 Years of Trams 8) Gold Mine a Popular Attraction 9) Tomorrow the end (Trams) April 1972 10) Trams 1890-1903-1972/ Photo New Chum 11) Vintage Talking Trams 12) In Search of a Home for Sun Loong 13) Bendigo Dragon City 14) History Indicates that Dragons is not as Silly 15) Bendigo's Dragon is Something to be Proud of 16) Unravelling the Dragon's Mysteries 17) Reputation Precede it 18) Tourism 19) Haunted by the Ghosts of the Gold Rush 20) Bendigo Undertaking Firm Installs Complete Motor Funeral Equipment 21) Built on the Foundations of Gold 22) Photos: Bridge Street - Oakley's Establishment 23) A City Built on reefs of Fabulous Wealth 24) Bendigo Company Has High Hopes for Old Mine 25) The Central Deborah 26) Central Deborah Reaches New Depths 27) WMC Prepares the Way for Bendigo Mining Revival 28) Historical Background of Fortuna 29) Opening of TAFE College 30) 60 Protesting Nurses Greet the Premier 31) A History Written in Bricks 32) The Golden Age of Bendigo Theatre Part 1 33) The Golden Age of Bendigo Theatre Part 2 34) J.H. Curnow is Back Home 35) Fortuna Historical Background 36) Photos of Fortuna. Folder 110 now in Box 417. AV 03/11/2022 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - AUSTIN COLLECTION: CENTRAL DEBORAH MINE LIFT SHAFT
... BENDIGO Mining central deborah gold mine Black and white ...Black and white photograph: image shows man, wearing white coat and hard hat with lamp, inspecting water on bottom of shaft.bendigo, mining, central deborah gold mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BENDIGO GOLD MINE POPPET HEAD
Black and white photo ( possibly copy). Image shows three men standing at base of wooden poppet legs. Written on back in green pen:' Bendigo Gold Mine, D (?) Corroning manager, myself. My grandfather Dr Ray Hill on the right, the manager in the centre and the local Bendigo Dr on the left. His name I couldn't read. It might be Cameron'bendigo, mining