Document. 8 page typed document titled 'Romance of the Goldfields'. (2 copies). 'Copy' is typed at the top of document. Mentions the gold rushes of Bendigo and Forest Creek. Mentions, Messrs. Gibson & Fenton, Mr Robert Ross Haverfield, Kennedy and Farrell, Asquith, Ben Hall, William and Walter Sandbach, Ron O'Donnell, Johnson, Bypass, Latham, Watson, Bell, Mr J B Watson, Mr George Lansell. Also mentions Gold Yields. Mentions Mines - Advance, Great Extended Hustlers, Garden Gully, New Chum, Victoria, Kent Mine, Golden Fleece, Richard Heales, Cornish United, Great Extended Hustlers, Tribute Company, Williams United, South New Moon, New Moon, Carlisle Group, Johnson's Reef, North Johnson's, Hercules and '180'. Envelope that this document was in is marked 'Notes re - Romance of Goldfields, Premier Companies, Sebastian Mining Leases, Resources of Bgo Goldfields, Sheepshead Line of Reef'.cottage, miners, romance of the goldfields, bendigo, forest creek

Print of an oil painting by Eugene von Guerard called 'I have got it ', painted in 1854. It depicts a mining camp in the bush, there are several tents in the background and two men using windlasses, in front of these there is a digger posing with a gold dish with gold visible at the base of the dish. Behind him there is a wooden tub and bucket, with a spade resting in the tub. This painting is from a collection at the State Library of Victoria.Eugene von Guerardpainting, oil, mining, oil painting, i have got it, eugene von guerard

Photograph of a montage of nine drawings depicting life during the first gold rush to Peg Leg Gully (Eaglehawk) during 1852. On the reverse in pencil is written ' Gold rush in Peg Leg Gully, The lightning rise and fall of an old gold town. A concise history of Australia, By Clive Turnbull.topic, mining, fist gold rush, gold rush, peg leg gully, eaglehawk

Rectangular brass weight, one side has the words ' One 3J Drachm ' embossed, and the reverse ' 'W & T Avery, Limited, Birmingham '. This weight would have been used with a set of gold scales.mining, marketing, brass weight, gold scales, brass weight, one drachm

Photocopy mock up of original booklet of The Bendigo Historical Society Inc. 'City of Bendigo Historical Walk' containing photographs of historic buildings to be seen on the walk. Front cover Queen Victorian Gardens, Town hall, Mechanics Institute/School Of Mines and Industry, H. M. Prison Bendigo, Camp Hill Police Barracks, Sandhurst Corporate High School, Central State School No. 1976, The Cascades, District Lands Office (Dudley House), Masonic Temple and Hall, Sandhurst Volunteer Rifle Brigade Orderly Room, Bank of Victoria, Henry Jackson's Store View Point,Alexandra Fountain, Beehive Store/Mining Exchange, Colonial Bank. Hustlers Royal Reserve NO. 2/R.S.L. Memorial Hall, Post Office 3rd 4th and final, Bendigo Law Courts, Shamrock Hotel 2nd and another view. Important Bendigo Dates; 1851, April gold discovered at Golden Square by Margaret Kennedy,1851 Approx. 200,000Troy oz. of gold found in Bendigo, 1852 475,857 Troy oz. Gold for the year, 1853 November 31st Bendigo Hospital admits first patient,1853 December 9th Bendigo Advertiser first issue printed, 1854 First Land Sales and streets are surveyed and named for the first time, 1854 Census of Bendigo showed 15,480 residents plus 4,000 Chinese, 1855 Sandhurst Municipal District formed, 1861 Sandhurst Proclaimed a Town. 1862 Railway to Melbourne opened, 1867 Visit by His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, 1871 July 21st Sandhurst proclaimed a City, 1881 Population of Sandhurst 14,577 residents, 1882 First telephone communications introduced, 1890 Electric trams (battery) commenced running, 1891 May 18th City of Sandhurst changes its name to City of Bendigo.book, bendigo, buildings, historic

Photograph with a wooden Poppet head centre of frame, there is a trestle way out to a tailings dump on the left hand side. A square brick chimney is between the head frame and a wooden? Building on the right of the photo. In the foreground there is a roadway and a thick line of trees in the background. There are four copiesorganization, mining, head frame, poppet head, gold mine

Document: MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET, gold production book. Green covered book. Written inside front cover 'North Deborah Mining Co. NL' Ruled pages with values of fortnightly gold production. From 14 December 1944 to 3 May 1957.organization, mining, mccoll, rankin and stanistreet, mccoll, rankin and stanistreet, north deborah gold mine nl, goldmining, gold production

Book: North Deborah Gold Mine gold book. Brown covered book written in black ink on front cover ' North Deborah GM NL No 1, from 3rd. May 1939 to 30 November 1944. Book contains ruled pages with values of fortnightly gold production.organization, mining, mccoll, rankin and stanistreet, mccoll, rankin and stanistreet, north deborah gold mine nl, goldmining, gold production

Document: Brown folder containing correspondence with various shareholders of North Deborah Mining Company re lost dividend cheques. On front' dividend authority file and correspondence re unpresented and lost dividend cheques' Stamped 'North Deborah Mining Company NL' stamp.organization, mining, mccoll, rankin and stanistreet, mccoll, rankin and stanistreet, north deborah mine nl, goldmining, gold

Document: MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET - brown card folder containing correspondence and legal opinions regarding the purchase of shares in the Whippet Mine at Tennant Creek by the board of the North Deborah Mining NL. Written on cover ' re Rubinstein indemnity Whippet shares' stamped ' North Deborah Gold Mine NL'.organization, mining, mccoll, rankin and stanistreet, mccoll, rankin and stanistreet, goldmining, north deborah mine , whippet mine

Slide. Image of page from book titled ' Gold Discoverers' and 'Early Days'.Bendigo printed across bottom of page. Image shows different mining techniques used in the early days on the field.mine, gold, bendigo, - early days., bendigo mines-jack hattam collection.

Slide. Central Nell Gwynne Gold Mine, West Bendigo. Large mining buildings on RH side of image, poppet head in centre. Buildings have elevated tramways and ore chutes. Mullock heaps on LH side.No. 33 printed on bottom of slidecottage, miners

Slide. BENDIGO MINES-JACK HATTAM COLLECTION. A horse and dray on railway track in foreground, whim to the right ,with poppet heads, chimney stacks and mining buildings .No,14 on bottom of slidemine, gold, snobs hill/california gully., bendigo mines-jack hattam collection

Slide: Looking north to Victoria Hill from New Chum and Victoria Quartz, image taken in early 1870's. poppet heads, wood stacks, chimney stacks, mining excavation in foreground, mullock heaps. Possibly a stamper in background against crest of hill.No.6 on bottom of slidemine, gold, north to victoria hill., bendigo mines-jack hattam collection

Black and white image: horse and jinker on RH side, man on horse on LH side, people standing on and in front of verandah of bank building. Two men standing either side of gold cakes ( 4 thereof ) stacked on top of a box. On back of photo in grey lead ' cake of gold. Sth. Moon, taken to bank 1906 ?'bendigo, mining, goldcake at bank, bendigo, mining, goldcake

Photocopy of The Bendigo Mining Registry or True Investors guide to all the Bendigo Mines in 1851 and up to 1883. Contains an original poem, Index, names and addresses of Legal Managers, names of Companies and Mining Managers, and reference page to a description of every mine in Bendigo, with length, size, depth, machinery, dividends, capital, number of shares, paid-up, and historical and scientific sketches - past and present - of the main situations. Twelve Lines of Reefs. The Gold Problem Scare Solved. Success of Deep Sinking. E - W & N. S. Parallelograms.document, gold, bendigo mines 1851 - 1883, the bendigo mining registry, r a murray, hay kirkwood, wm welch, district survey office, geological survey of victoria

Book: red covered book, written on front in gold 'Wannan's Engine-Drivers' Guide'. Written in pencil inside front cover : H.R. Attwood, Alice St., Sunshine and in blue pen 'Hrm Grauz' On further page, Hilliaue Grauz, Gibson Street, Warrnambool. Book contains chapters relating to boilers, operation and accidents.A.C. Wannan, Consulting Engineermachinery, engines- steam, wannan's engine-drivers' guide, richardson, wannan, boilers, mining, mines, engine driver, engineman

Document. McColl Rankin & Stanistreet Street: Deborah Gold Mines, Statements of Accounts. Cardboard sheets tied with string containing accounts of Deborah Gold Mines NL and share scrip. Markings/Inscriptions: Deborah Accounts hand printed on front cover.organization, mining, deborah gold mines nl

Documents. McColl Rankin & Stanistreet, South Deborah Goldmines NL, statements of accounts. Hardcover folder containing typed statements of accounts of the South Deborah Gold Mines with the National Bank of Australasia & the National Bank. Markings/Inscriptions: South Deborah Goldmines NL Bendigo a/c (on front cover).organization, mining, south deborah gold mines nl, statement of accounts, mccoll rankin & stanistreet, south deborah gold mines nl, national bank of australasia

Document: Deborah Gold Mines NL , leasehold transfer 11097 Bendigo. On front : Dated 12th. April 1946. Alice Peel to Deborah Gold Mines NL. Leasehold Transfer 111097 Bendigo. Duplicate written in red ink. Transfer from will of Edward Peel.organization, mining, deborah gold mines nl, mccoll, rankin and stanistreet: deborah gold mines nl, goldmining, lease

Document: McColl, Rankin and Stanistreet: Deborah Gold Mines NL - agreement with James and Ian Mackay.Haden Smith & Fitchettorganization, mining, deborah gold mines nl, mccoll, rankin and stanistreet: deborah gold mines nl, lease agreement, goldmining

Document: V , South Deborah Gold Mines No Liability lease agreement with Eric Raymond Grelis.Arthur Phillips & Just, 472 Bourke St., Melbourneorganization, mining, south deborah gold mines nl, mccoll, rankin and stanistreet: south deborah gold mines no liability, e. grelis, goldmining

Document. McColl Rankin & Stanistreet: Deborah Gold Mine NL. Hard cover folder containing handwritten statements of accounts of Deborah Gold Mines NL with the Bank of Australasia. Markings, inscriptions: Deborah Gold Mines NL on front cover.organization, mining, deborah gold mine nl, statement of accounts, deborah gold mine nl, mccoll rankin & stanistreet, bank of australasia

Document: McColl, Rankin and Stanistreet: Deborah Gold Mine NL agreement with Monument Hill Consolidated ( Bendigo ) NL. Legal document between two parties, prepared by Haden Smith & Fitchett, Solicitors, 405 Collins Street, Melbourne.Haden Smith & Fitchettorganization, mining, deborah gold mine nl, mccoll, rankin and stanistreet: deborah gold mine nl, goldmining, monument hill consolidated ( bendigo ) agreement

McColl, Rankin and Stanistreet: Deborah Gold Mine NL Insurance policies. 3 copies, dated 1939, 1940 and 1942. Sun Insurance Office Ltd, Burglary, 239838. Sun Insurance Office Limited, policy 17316842. State Accident Insurance Office, Mines Policy 46289.Sun insurance, State Accident Insurance.organization, mining, deborah gold mine nl insurance, mccoll, rankin and stanistreet: deborah gold mine nl, goldmining, mining, insurance

Document: McColl, Rankin and Stanistreet: Deborah Gold Mine NL - Licence for magazine for explosives 600 lbs. of gunpowder or nitro compounds and 1000 detonators. Licence appended to front of regulations with pin on top LH corner.Mines Departmentorganization, mining, deborah gold mines nl, mccoll, rankin and stanistreet: deborah gold mine nl, goldmining, explosives, gunpowder, detonators

Document: McColl, Rankin and Stanistreet: Deborah Gold Mine NL 4 copies of tribute agreements Foolscap document, agreements made between Deborah Gold Mines NL and P. Flanagan, 6 Bancroft Street, Bendigo, D. McMahon 109 Olinda Street, Bendigo, L. Balle and L. Castle, Adams Road. A. Randall, Bellevue Road, L. Watt, Allingham Street, Joseph Hocking, Bellevue Road, Golden Square, Allan Randall, Bellevue Road, Golden Square.organization, mining, deborah gold mine nl tribute mining, mccoll, rankin and stanistreet: deborah gold mine nl, goldmining, mining, tribute mining

Document: letters from Arthur Robinson & Co., to the Manager, Deborah Gold Mines NL. Re phone conversation with Mr. J.J. Stanistreet.organization, mining, deborah gold mines nl, mccoll, rankin and stanistreet:, arthur robinson & co., goldmining, mining

Documents: sheaf of documents pinned in top right hand corner from The Bank of Australasia and Hiskens and Leonard regarding bonds sold. Letter from bank is first document, with accompanying receipts.organization, mining, deborah gold mines nl, mccoll, rankin and stanistreet: deborah gold mines nl, bonds, leonard and hiskens