Sepia image mounted on board: image shows large procession of horse drawn vehicles, line of jinkers, carriages, etc. disappears into background, with bicycle riders alongside. Men are mostly wearing three piece suits, hats, and women wearing long dresses, seated in carriage. Procession is lined up outside buildings. Timber buildings with iron roof. Written on sign ' Roberts & Sons. Indistinct, behind trees' Roberts & Sons operated a foundry in Wills Street, Bendigo. Roberts & Sons, picnic, 1896. (Source: Bendigo Trust Collection)'Robevent, recreation, picnic, bendigo, procession, roberts & sons, foundry, wills street.

post card Elizabeth street Melbourne , from Flinders Street . GPO in the distance - early 1900s ? / black and white photo on paper / picture shows R W LAWRENCE DRY CLEANER , HORSES AND CARTS AND EARLY TRAM . / back of card R B LAWRENCE , DRY CLEANER , Dry Cleaner , Ostrich Feather Dresser etc, / card addressed to Branch , 209 Mitchell St Bendigo / no stamp included .postcard, photograph, post card elizabeth street melbourne , from flinders street . gpo in the distance - early 1900s / r w lawrence dry cleaner /

Handwritten and typed copies of a Business License Petition. Petition is about storekeepers, etc. who have built their businesses on Crown Land. The petitioners hoped that the land upon which they have erected their premises may be surveyed and put up for public auction and that the premises on the land are valued and allowed for.document, names of bendigo pioneers, business license petition, business license petition, i hendry, major general macarthur

The Norman Oliver collection. Norman Oliver was three times Mayor of Bendigo - 1950-51, 1964-65, 1970-71. Twenty - four pages of typed notes for a speech titled 'Trends in modern retailing - an address to Castlemaine Rotary Club, Wednesday March 19 1958'. A front, unattached page has 'Business - Marketing, etc including 3 lectures from 'Marketing and Promotion for the smaller business'. Appears to be only one speech.bendigo, industry, traders, norman joseph oliver , councillor norman oliver. mayor of bendigo. retail industry.

Picturesque Victoria and how to get there, a handbook for tourists containing information regarding railways, coaches, steamboats, fares, etc. Issued by the Victorian Railways December 1907. Printed by D W Paterson Co Melbourne, contains 246 pages with maps and black and white illustrations.books, natural history, victoria

Bendigo/Eaglehawk Urban Heritage Study - Study Launch 11th April 1991. Three page document with attachments and appendices. Details of Purpose of the Study; Management of the Study (including names of consultants); budget area, strategy, timing etc. Three pages (illustrated of places to visit (46 numbered localities); map of Eaglehawk with 24 numbered locations; Appendices.City of Bendigo, Borough of Eaglehawk, The Historic Buildings Council, Victoria National Estate Committeebendigo, council, heritage study, heritage study, bendigo, eaglehawk. historic building council, victoria national building committee.

Enquiry from Miss E D Service, St. Kilda re Hugh McColl and reply from BHS (1974). Enquiry is re his death in St Kilda and reason for death etc. - reply is an extract from the Annals re Mc Coll date 1885 (with no personal details).person, individual, hugh mccoll

Newspaper article (Bendigo Advertiser May 9th, 1970) ''McKay of Drummartin'' - Hugh Victor McKay and family. Family history of McKay family, their farming at Drummartin, the development of the Sunshine Harvester etc. Mention of Pickles firm in Bendigo being one of the contractors used in the early days of production of the harvester (office in Ballarat in 1886). Property in 1970 being in the hands of Ron McKay. Photos of property and early harvester and restoration.Bendigo Advertiserperson, individual, mckay family

Booklet. ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION. 48 page soft cover book of poems by Charles Harpur (Australia's First Great Poet) Edited with an introduction by Kenneth H Gifford (author of 'The Reluctant Lover etc) and Donald F Hall. Published in 1944 by Arura Writers, a publishing organisation founded for the purpose of forwarding Australian culture by publishing works by Australian writers past and present. Printed by J.C Stephens Pty Ltd, Melbourne. Catalogue sticker '2091 HAR' on front cover.Charles Harpurbooks, collections, poetry, alec h chisholm collection, charles harpur, kenneth h gifford, donal f hall, arura writers, poetry

Two page document: ''It slowly fades away - information re Michelsen family /Thunders Brewery/Lucan Street Brewery (two copies - one with pencilled-in additions/corrections. Information re the property at 46 Lucan Street and description of structure and gardens etc. Author? Date mentioned is 1973.person, individual, michelsen family, thunders brewery, lucan street brewery, bendigo cognac distillery

The Norman Oliver collection. Norman Oliver was three times Mayor of Bendigo - 1950-51, 1964-65, 1970-71. 1. Two covering pages, with handwriting in blue pen. Mayor's Notes 1964, and Contents of File - Mayor's Notes 1964, Bendigo, Local Government, Town Planning, Water - Coliban Area, Business - marketing, etc., Speech for Graduation of Nurses. 2. Four typed pages of undated Mayor's Notes which make reference to the first week as Mayor, and learning of his appointment on 29 August. Topics include : a council business meeting dealing with the use of the Garden Gully sports facilities, the Housing Commission garden competition, Royal Commission on supply and consumption of liquor, neighbourhood disputes regarding drainage issues and owner responsibility, Rotary Club slide presentation on Bendigo past and present, tenders to Council for supply of a range of materials, Art Gallery Committee meeting (noting the need for careful selection policy re. donations and borrowings).bendigo, council, speech notes, norman joseph oliver , councillor norman oliver. mayor of bendigo. bendigo art gallery. rotary clubs - bendigo. royal commission on supply and consumption of liquor.

Foolscap pages x6, stapled, signed A.L. Clearson Sup't of loco running ref DRD .Jm 16.8.1961. Victorian railways memo bulldozers, cranes etc. Available to department for hire. List attached to memo showing location, address, telephone, type of machine available.document, memo, railway, a.l. clearson sup't of loco running (x ref 1325.31)

Victorian Railways memo 26.11.1937. Reference 'SLS 70/37. AM.DC / Sup't of Loco. Supplies Office, Melbourne. Subject of Method of handling etc. The spare cylinder oil bottle and the containers for the trip allowances of cylinder bearing oils and Kerosene. Signed by E. Dillon on foolscap page.document, memo, railway, e. dillon

Advertisement (photocopy) for W Wotherspoon, Bendigo. Furniture dealer, cnr Barnard and Wattle Sts. Some prices provided of various furniture items and details of terms etc.Bolton & Sons, Printers, & C., Bendigobusiness, retail, w. wotherspoon, barnard & wattle street.

Information re James ''Hungry'' Tyson, born in New South Wales 1819, (no date,no source for re-printed document).- brief biography and mention of his commercial interests, especially in Bendigo (beef/cattle yards/slaughterhouse etc). His father William Tyson Came to Sydney in 1809 and became a policeman in the Appin district. James Tyson worked for stations before going to the Barwidgee run in Victoria with his brother William. Yards for the cattle were established at Goornong and at Back Creek, where a Slaughterhouse and butchery were also established. There is also mention of the Tysons reef being named after James Tyson. He died in 1898 on one of his properties inland from Brisbane. Banjo Patterson wrote a poem titled 'T.Y.S.O.N.'person, individual, james tyson, back creek, bendigo creek, tyson's reef hotel, irishtown, tysons reef, tyson's old, tyson's new, alliance, england and davis, oriental flors and new mint

Metal tool for crimping or pinking, leather, felt, etc, with enclosed note reading, this is Grandma Junipers pinking iron, you put the edge of flannel or felt on a piece of lead & tap with the hammer, makes a nice scallop edge for rugs or anything like edge for mats etc, Grandma used to use it quite a lot.K R Timmins & Sonscottage, miners

Collection of Merle Bush Ephemera. Advertising sheet for ''Traxo'' - the Great Cleanser for kitchen, laundry and lavatory. Details of how to use for washing clothes etc. plus guarantee details. Proprietors: The Taraxale Brewing Co., Depot: 4 City Market, Bendigo.person, individual, bush collection - personal

Booklet. ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION. 12 page booklet on the habits, life etc of the lyrebird as witnessed by the author at Sherbrooke Forest, Dandenong Ranges, Victoria, between 1932 and 1935. List of contents on front cover. Printed in 1936 by W. D. Vaughan, Kew, Victoria. Catalogue sticker ''2202 MOR'' on front cover. Handwritten in ink on front cover ''With the author's compliments''.D. J. Morganbooks, collections, ornithology, alec h chisholm collection, d.j.morgan, lyrebirds, sherbrooke forest, ornithology

Bendigo Butter Factory. Three pages of an account book, pinned together. The front page is headed 'Inventory Working Plant Bendigo Butter Factory', dated May 31st 1908. Following is a list of equipment in various sections of the factory. A valuation is given. The third page is headed 'Inventory of Machinery, horses, carts, etc. with no valuation.bendigo, industry, bendigo butter factory.

Maurice Moran & Co, Auctioneers Account of Sales of stock in trade, re itemized Tinsmiths tools, Fittings, Sundries etc sold at Mundy St on a/c of Messrs Eldridge & Burnet. Five pages of listed sale items with prices obtained; Includes cost of advertising in Bendigo papers and commission. Dated 21st December 1911.business, auctioneers, bendigo, maurice moran & co

Invoice from Sue Payne to Golden Square Primary School Laurel Street, for cost of typing school registers for 125 Anniversary. Invoice is presented in humorous way, with costs for back ache, loss of memory, new glasses etc. incurred in the laborious task of typing the registers.bendigo, education, golden square primary school, golden square primary school laurel street, sue payne, humour

Music and words to ''Song of Bendigo'' (Centenary Song - 1951) Three verses and Chorus. Music by Miss Winifred Batterham; words by Mrs Lucy Hill, winners of the Centenary Song Competition. Copy of pages 12 & 13 of Annals of Bendigo - 1951. b. Extract from Sydney Morning Herald 30 Oct 1950 announcing ''Jubilee Theme Song Wanted'' by Bendigo (Vic.) Centenary Festival Committee - entry details etc.Sydnery Morning Heraldentertainment, music, songs, miss winifred batterham, miss lucy hill, centenary song competition. miss e. a. goetze. commonwealth jubilee celebrations.

Six buff coloured Australia National Fur & Skin Co. Rabbit, Fox, Hare, Water Rats, Horse Hair, Etc. Tags. Each tag has space for: From, of, Rabbit Skins, Sheep Skins, Horse Hair, Furred Skins, Calf Skins and Water Rats. Pink re-enforcement around hole in the tag with Union Tag printed on it.document, w. babidge collection - australia national fur & skin co tags, union tag

Hardcover titled 'The Comprehensive Johnson's Dictionary'. Publisher - W. Innes, 31 S. Hanover Street, Edinburgh. C1854. Book has black hard cover. 1) Various signatures of George D Guthrie, Sydney 1853. Victoria April 27 1854, Melbourne 1854 in black. 2) Miss Jane McColl (in pencil) Her Dictionary 13th July 1868 - The fairest and best of her set . . . Etc. 3) 'The word facetiously comprises all of the vowels' - in pencil. C1854. Note from Ella D Servill saying the book was formerly owned by George Duncan Guthrie and given to her Grandmother (a daughter of Hugh McColl). Written on white paper. Typed note on yellow card of inscriptions in the book.Dr Johnsonbook, book, the comprehensive johnson's dictionary, w. innes, george d guthrie, miss jane mccoll, thomas nelson and sons

Committee Meeting documents (minutes etc); a. Minutes of Meeting 23/6/1986; b. Minutes of meeting 22/9/1986; c. Committee Meeting of 11/11/1986 incl. agenda, correspondence, committee members of 1986-87, replies regarding offered sponsorship for Youth Arts Australia Camp Jan 1987; d. Correspondence for committee meeting 9/9/1996; Correspondence and Agenda for meeting of 15/10/2001.