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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: SLAUGHTER HOUSE
Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from 1999. Slaughter house: this photo taken in 1900 shows the slaughter house owned by William Bromley Griffiths at Grassy Flat. W.B. Griffiths established his butchering business during 1858, with just a small cash outlay, a canvas tent and a lot of courage. the business slowly grew and he opened a shop in Williamson Street in 1865. The slaughter house was on the site which is now the Bendigo Regional Institute of TAFE in Charleston Road.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: INSTITUTION
Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from 1999. Institution: The Bendigo Base Hospital, circa 1900. The first hospital in Bendigo, built of slabs and weatherboards, opened in November, 1853. The foundation stone for the Bendigo Gold District General Hospital in Lucan Street was laid in September, 1858, and the large sandstone building opened in January, 1859. In 1864, the two sandstone wings were added followed by the clock tower in 1866. In November, 1873, the Bowen Wing was opened. The hospital was incorporated in 1883. Further additions to the Bendigo and Northern District Base Hospital have included Kurmala, Stanisteet House, the George and Edith Lansell laboratory, and pathology.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: BENDIGO POST OFFICE
Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from 1999. Bendigo Post Office: taken in 1900 this photograph also includes the law courts. The first Bendigo Post Office operated out of two tents on the creek bank in 1852. Inward mail was written on a list and nailed to a nearby tree. With the introduction of the telegraph in 1857 a new building was constructed. This sufficed until the impressive building in the photograph was opened in 1887. The largest outside Melbourne.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: BUSINESS
Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from 1999. Business: City Cash Store, circa 1875. John McClelland was first registered as a brewer at Kangaroo Flat in 1861. In 1862, McClelland moved to the Australasian Store in Bridge Street, Sandhurst. He then established a business and opened a branch store in Pall Mall, between Bull and Mundy streets. He was advertising for assistant grocers for his Mitchell Street branch in January, 1874. On January 30, he offered the Pall Mall store for auction and invested money into the City Cash Store at No. 5 Bath Corner, next to Browne & Heale chemists. This shop had closed by September 1877. By 1880 McClelland was listed only at Bridge Street where he traded until 1885. John McClelland died in March, 1897.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Newspaper - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: CENTENARY MEMORIES - CORNISH EMIGRANTS IN BENDIGO
Copy of a newspaper article titled Centenary Memories, Cornish Emigrants in Bendigo, More Cornish spoken than at St. Just. Written on the side is - This was published in a West Cornwell Newspaper & sent back to Aust in a clipping George Ellis has original. Approx circa 1951. Items mentioned are: More Cornish spoken than at St Just, Best Cornsih Style, Singing Gullies particularly where Cornishmen and Welshmen were as they were fond of singing, Royal visits, St Just point and Open House for Cornish.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - centenary memories - cornsih emigrants in bendigo, bendigo advertiser, mrs kennedy, duke of edinburgh 1867, prince albert victor of wales, prince george (later king george v), edward prince of wales, the duke and duchess of york, french's corner long gully, old cornwall society, mr john ellis, bendigo hospital, mr harry perak malaya, mr and mrs charles harry, mrs boyns, hon mrs j keppel, lord st levan, mr keppel, victorian railways, bendigo railway station, mr herbert thomas -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Tool - DOLLY POT
Iron dolly pot. Cylindrical shape, open at top. Used with a pestle for hand crushing gold bearing ore. No pestle with dolly pot. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - HAMILTON COLLECTION: MARYBOROUGH AND MUSIC COMPETITION PRI, 1901
HAMILTON COLLECTION: Certificate awarded to Alexander John Hamilton by the Maryborough Branch of A.N.A. for second prize in Recitation Gents Open, at their 1901 Musical and Elocutionary Competitions. Printed on card in gold lettering with depiction of cherubs, flowers, maidens with bugle & Maryborough Civic Buildings. Markings - H. Thacker Lith. Geelong.person, individual, alexander john hamilton -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Tool - MINING 'SPIDER' CANDLE HOLDER
Metal candle holder, cylindrical, open top and bottom, with metal spike attached. Used by underground miners. Candle holder was stuck into timbers or rock to provide light. Small stub of candle in holder. Wick fraying.gold mines, mining equipment, candle holder -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Clothing - FAVALORO COLLECTION: FLOOR LENGTH SILK COSTUME, 1950's
Clothing. Floor length silk costume. Purple silk bodice front and back with 16 cm slit at centre back from neckline. Round neckline edged with pink satin binding. Unshaped bodice dips to dropped waistline. Bright green silk skirt gathered slightly onto bodice. Triangular pieces of green silk gathered onto arm holes to form sleeves. The sleeve is open along the top edge and point of triangle ends underneath the wrist. No fastenings. No shaping.costume, female, floor length green silk costume -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Clothing - FAVALORO COLLECTION: FLOOR LENGTH SILK COSTUME, 1950's
Clothing. Floor length silk costume. Purple silk bodice front and back with 16 cm slit at centre back from neckline. Round neckline edged with pink satin binding. External tucks (3cm) extend over shoulders to half way down bodice on front and back. Bodice extends to a dropped waistline. Bright green silk skirt gathered slightly onto bodice. Triangular pieces of green silk fabric gathered onto arm holes to form sleeves. The sleeve is of the triangle open along the top edge and the point of the triangle ends underneath the wrist. No fastenings.costume, female, floor length silk costume -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Clothing - RED POLYESTER TIE - PART OF MARONG MUNICIPAL BAND UNIFORM, 1980's >
Clothing. Red polyester fabric, lined with white silky polyester lining, and hand-stitched, open weave fabric, possibly cotton to help hold shape and body. Symetrical shaping to a point on broad and narrow ends of tie. Cut on the cross to give stretch when tying the tie.RODNEY by John Webster, MADE IN AUSTRALIA.costume accessories, male, marong municipal band uniform tie -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: NEW HISTORY GROUP IN LONG GULLY - OPEN INVITATION TO ATTEND
A newly formed History Group in Long Gully had been formed to promote the history of Long Gully. It contributed to the City of Bendigo with it's thriving mining centre. Mentioned is the School and origin of street names. The aims of the group are to document the history of Long Gully and to make people aware of Long Gully's interesting past.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - new history group in long gully - open invitation to attend, city of bendigo, first teachers college, long gully primary school, energetic mine, sir john quick, humboldt mine, pearl mine, hercules mine, edward dyason, manchester arms hotel, george ellis, alan crossley -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Book - AILEEN AND JOHN ELLISON COLLECTION: NOVELTY BOOK
Novelty needle book - 50 needles. Made in Japan. A picture of a young girl and boy in a field, it looks like the young boy has slipped and dropped a bucket of water. On the back a young girl in farm clothes tending to a sheep. When opened the booklet has a pop out figure of the same picture on the front and at the bottom holders for needles, originally there were fours, now only three are left with 7 needles still in.handcrafts, needlework containers, needle book -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Clothing - CHILD'S CROCHET APRON, Early to mid 1900's
Filet crochet, bib front, waistband extends to tie at the wearer's back. Gathered skirt, edged at the hemline with a 3.5 cms crocheted frill. Bib has a floral design, and shell shaped edging around three sides. Neck strap and waistband/tie are treble crochet. Skirt has the floral design repeated and a border of block and open crochet. The lower frill is edged with a floral shell shaped design. neckband is shaped and curved.costume, children's, child's crochet apron -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Clothing - AILEEN AND JOHN ELLISON COLLECTION: CREAM COLOURED CROCHETED COLLAR, 1960's
Cream coloured crocheted collar with scalloped edge. Open pattern.Full circle. Stored inside box 11400.650. Hand made in 1960's by Lillian may Ellison (Nee Rogers) Natimuk.Labelled; Grandma Ellison made these.costume accessories, female, ladies cream crocheted collar -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Clothing - AILEEN AND JOHN ELLISON COLLECTION: SET OF WHITE COTTON CROCHET COLLAR & ONE PAIR OF WHITE COTTON CROCHETED CUFFS, 1960's
Thick white cotton crocheted collar. Half circle scallop pattern and scallop edges. Open pattern. Two matching full circle cuffs of crocheted cotton. Hand made in 1960's by Lillian May Ellison (nee Rogers) Natimuk. Stored inside box 11400 650.Labelled ; Grandma Ellison made these.costume accessories, female, crocheted collar and cuffs. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Clothing - AILEEN AND JOHN ELLISON COLLECTION: NAVY BLUE CROCHETED COLLAR, 1950's
Navy blue crocheted cotton collar. Full circle. Open pattern.costume accessories, female, navy blue crocheted collar -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - BENDIGO ADVERTISER COLLECTION: ATHLETICS
Black and white photograph, athletics, close-up photograph of Anne Cross who is a 5 Time winner of the Dragon 12 Mile Open Bendigo Advertiser description: 4/4 AH Dragon Mile Open Womens winner Anne Cross 5 time winnerrecreations, sports, athletics, anne cross. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: LONG GULLY AREA
Copy of a black and white photo of the Long Gully Area before the Long Gully Estate was built. On the right is a small and a larger buildings. Beside the buildings are two large open vats. One has a pipe with liquid flowing into the vat. The centre of the photo is mostly sand dump and tussocks. In the background is bush and houses.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - long gully area -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Clothing - FINE WHITE COTTON, SPLIT DRAWERS, 1850's-1900's
Fine white cotton, with a drawstring in a 1.5xcm deep casing around the waistline. Completely opened at centre front, through crotch, and up the centre back to within 14cm of the waistline. One dart on either side of front, and two darts on either side of back. Machine stitched. A 2.5cm wide cotton lace is inset into a zig zag pattern around each leg. In each V shape a 1.5cm lace insert in a fan,under the V shapes are inserted needle woven bows, shape is inserted. Seven extremely fine pin tucks border the edge of the legs, which have a three cm wide lace edging. Split drawers were worn in the era when women wore corsets. The split front and back allowed women to go to the toilet, as the corsets could not be removed to allow for an act of nature.Accompanying note - No date. The bloomers belonged to Miss Antoinette Catling of Bendigo and were part of her trousseaux. They would be 80+ years old. The linen bed jacket (11400.930) would be about the same age.costume, female, fine white cotton split drawers -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - JAMES LERK COLLECTION: PYRAMID HILL BOTTLE SHOW
Card for Pyramid Hill lions Ladies committee. Bottle show, open section, First Prize. The Awarded to and For section are blank.event, exhibition, bottle collectors exhibition -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Newspaper - GRAPEVINE CUTTINGS 2
DVD. Grapevine cuttings by Rob Upson. PDF. Word perfect. Full transcripts. Index at the end. Have to open individually. -
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Photograph - RAILWAY TOURS, 1985
DVD. Railways Tours (a) Tour of Bendigo railway Rounghouse 18.8.2012, 104 images. (b) Open Day at Bendigo Railway Workshop 1985, 7 images. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - GOLDEN SQUARE HIGH SCHOOL COLLECTION: DOCUMENT, 1960-2008
Document. Golden Square Secondary College 1960 - 2008.Spirit of the Square. In 2008 Golden Square Secondary College closes its doors forever. Since it opened in 1960, the college has become a dearly loved part of the social fabric of the Golden Square community. More than 10,000 students have passed through its doors and more than 550 teachers and support staff have invested their time and efforts into creating a future for the young people who walked its corridors. -
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Plan - MARKS COLLECTION: PLAN FOR NEW ENTRANCE VESTIBULE TO FORTUNA VILLA FOR GEO. LANSELL ESQ
plan for new entrance vestibule to Fortuna Villa for George Lansell Esq. coloured plan detailing new entrance vestibule and open recess across the verandah, and entry steps RHS of page damaged/ torn -
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Plan - MARKS COLLECTION: PLAN FOR TWO STOREY OPEN VERANDAH ADDITION TO FRONT AND SIDE ELEVATIONS TO FOTUNA VILLA FOR GEO. LANSELL ESQ
Plan shows front and side elevations only for the addition of a two storey lacework verandah to Fortuna Villa for George Lansell Esq. Black ink hand drawn plan for verandah elevations Plan badly damaged with water damage, flocking, tears and a hole in the paper plan -
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Document - LIMERICK CASTLE HOTEL-MENU
Limerick Castle Hotel-Menu. E L Mann Licensee. 259 Williamson Street, Bendigo. Limerick Castle Hotel opened 1862, closed 27-12-1986. Menu Card with blue print, decorative borders.buildings, hotel, limerick castle hotel -
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Document - VICTORIA HILL - BENDIGO BRANCH HISTORICAL SOCIETY - MINE TOUR
Typed notes for a tour of the area. Areas mentioned are: Hospital Hill, The Central Deborah Mine, New Chum Railway Mine, The Rocks, New Chum Hill, Victoria Hill, Central Nell Gwynne, Rae's Open Cut, Housing Commission Homes and Latham and Watson's. Description of machinery at the Central Deborah Mine, yields, dividends, depth of shafts and directions to get ot the various places is included.document, gold, victoria hill, victoria hill, bendigo branch historical society mine tour, all saints church, joseph la trobe, bendigo's first hospital, sacred heart cathedral, the central deborah mine, city council, londonderry west shaft, new red, white and blue consolidated (big blue), a roberts & sons, big deborah, the new golden fleece, new chum goldfields, central wattle gully mine chewton, virginia consols, black's quarries coldstream, thompson's engineering and pipe co ltd castlemaine, new chum railway mine, golden square methodist church, the rocks, e j dunn, gold monument, shamrock mine, mt alvernia hospital, j b lazarus, john brown knitwear factory, gold fmines hotel, david sterry, new chum hill, fortuna villa, geo lansell, theodore ballerstedt, a h q survey regiment headquarters, old chum mine, central nell gwynne, rae's open cut, theodore ballerstedt, new chum syncline, little 180 mine, victoria quartz, wittcheibe's 'jeweller's shop', adventure, advance, cinderella, j n macartney, bendigo goldfields registry 1870, wm rae, johnson's devonshire mine, snobs hill mine, ellenborough mullock heap, belmont mullock heap, sadowa, st mungo, united devonshire, mechanic's institute, log lock-up, court house, j b watson, housing commission homes, hustlers hill, latham and watsons', the great extended hustlers, a richardson -
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Document - VICTORIA HILL - VICTORIA HILL AREA MAP
Photocopied map on cream paper. Map is the Victoria Hill area showing the locations of the Gold Mines Hotel, John Brown Factory and W Rae's Home. Map also shows mine shafts and open cuts.map, bendigo, victoria hill, victoria hill, victoria hill map, gold mines hotel, john brown factory, w rae's home, victoria consols, adventure and advance open cut, great central victoria, rae's open cut, victoria qiartz, ballerstedt's open cut, lansell's '180', north old chum, central nell gwynne -
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Book - VICTORIA HILL - VICTORIA HILL BENDIGO
Booklet titled: 'Victoria Hill Bendigo A Publication of the Bendigo Trust'. Booklet has photos of the Central Nell Gwynne Mine, Victoria Hill in the 1860's, with Rae's Battery in the foreground, geographical features, Rae's Open Cut, Victoria Hill from the New Chum Hill in the 1870's, compressor beds, The victoria Quartz Mine, burnt ground from quartz roasting, the remains of a twenty head crushing battery, a view from Ballerstedt's Open Cut showing the historic Gold Mines Hotel built in 1857 and the engine beds of Lansell's '180' mine. There are also two maps, History of Victoria Hill and geographical notes on the area.book, bendigo, victoria hill, victoria hill, victoria hill bendigo
