Frances Rigg was a local business identity in Kew, at one stage managing the local branch of the English, Scottish and Australian (ES&A) Bank at 175 High Street from c. 1920 until the 1940s. After Francis Rigg’s death, the collection of buttons and medallions was inherited by his son, Ken Rigg (1922-2014). The collection was subsequently donated to the Kew Historical Society in 2015 by Francis' grandson, Adrian Rigg, at the time of the Gallipoli & Beyond Commemoration in 2015. The collection covers a period of almost 40 years. The majority of the buttons are patriotic buttons, issued and sold during and immediately after the First World World War (1914-1918) to raise funds for national and overseas causes. The collection also includes a number of locally significant sporting event buttons and sporting club medallions, issued in the 1920s and 1930s.Patriotic and other pressed tin buttons and badges were produced in large numbers in the first decades of the twentieth century. By nature, insubstantial and ephemeral, they have not always survived. The collections of badges, buttons and medallions in the Kew Historical Society collection is homogenous and yet diverse, ranging from buttons sold to raise funds for the war efforts in 1914-18 and 1939-45, to those used at festivals and sporting events. Because of the manufacturing process, many surviving buttons and badges have been affected by inadequate storage, suffering from oxidisation and physical damage. These survivors are now historically and socially significant artefacts, revealing much about the attitudes and values of the period in which they were produced. Their widespread distribution means that they are frequently significant at a local, state, national and international level.A ‘Wattle Day’ button made of pressed metal. The design is of branches of wattle on a dark green background. The first ‘national’ Wattle Day was celebrated in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide in 1910. Public support for Wattle Day peaked during the First World War, when it was a potent symbol of Australia."Our Own For / Our Own"wattle day, first world war (1914-18), badges, fundraising buttons

Set of 20 35mm Agfa colour blue and white plastic mount slide - featuring photos taken during an Association of Railway Enthusiasts Tour by Eldon Hogan. Folder had the date "22/5/1971" on it. Scanned on the Canon scanner at the depot 15/12/2005 at the time of the installation of the scanner. .1 - No. 25 in Nolan St with Lake Weeroona in the background. .2 - Three Birneys at the Depot junction, 30 and 29 with Conoles Hotel, McCrae St in the background. .3 - No. 5 in front of the Shamrock Hotel, Pall Mall .4 - No. 29 in front of the Shamrock Hotel with Stonemasons sign in the background. .5 - No. 18 ditto .6 - No. 30 and another Birney at the Quarry Hill terminus .7 - No. 24 southbound High St at the Violet St intersection with a "Mine Open" sign in the foreground and the Cathedral in the background. .8 - No. 19 at the Golden Square terminus, with the Golden Square Hotel in the background. .9 - No. 29 - side on view, North Bendigo line? Thunder St? .10 - No. 30 crossing the railway overbridge, inbound from Eaglehawk with a number of photographers in the foreground. .11 - No. 29? ditto .12 - No. 5 outbound - side on view, Thunder St, North Bendigo line? .13 - No. 29 and 30 at the intersection of High St and Brazier St with Church or School hall in the background. .14 - ditto .15 - ditto .16 - No. 25 and the two Birneys at the Eaglehawk terminus. .17 - No. 29 and two other trams at ditto .18 - No. 30 and 19 adjacent to the Lake View Hotel, McCrae St .19 - No. 5 and 25 crossing on the Eaglehawk Line, Ironbark? .20 - No. 29 at Quarry Hilltramways, trams, bendigo, lake weeroona, pall mall, golden square, eaglehawk, quarry hill, tram 25, tram 30, tram 29, tram 5, tram 18, tram 19, tram 24, tram 25

Timetables - provide information on ticketing, fares, and timing points, with a description of the route and a map. Not all services had been allocated a route number at the time. 1 - West Maribyrnong - City - routes 57, 54, 60, 58 and 50 - Oct. 1979 2 - West Maribyrnong - City - routes 57, 54, 60, 58 and 50 - Feb. 1977 3 - East Malvern (Darling Rd) City - route 3 - Feb. 1977 4 - Glen Iris - City and via William St - routes 6, 36 and 7 - Jan. 1977 5 - Wattle Park - City - routes 70, 71 and 76 - Nov. 1979Yields information about MMTB tram services during the 1970s. Set of 5 MMTB tram timetables - multifolded printed on yellow paper.timetable, mmtb, west maribyrnong, east malvern, glen iris, route 57, route 54, route 60, route 58, route 50, route 3, route 6, route 36, route 7, wattle park, route 70, route 71, route 76

Photographs collected by Earnest Albert Simmons W/2129 Royal Australian Navy. Enlisted 30 June 1941 and discharged 14 October 1946 with the rank of Leading Stoker. Posting at discharge was HMAS Lonsdale..1) Ship .2) Submarine conning tower .3) Ship .4) Hospital ship .5) Ship at anchor .6) Launch at ships side .7) Ships at anchor .8) Sunken ship .9) Ship .10) Group on launch .11) Ship firing a broadside .12) Wooden sailing vessel .13) Ship .14) Ship .15) Pilot station .16) Ship .17) Ship .18) Ship.s deck and biplane .19) Partially sunken ship .20) Two ships .21) Ship .22) Ship - damaged .23) Ship .24) Statue and colonade .25) Searchlights .26) Ships deck at sea .27) Aircraft .28) Ship .29) Ship .30) Troop ship .31) Swimmers at ships side .32) Ship .33) Ship .34) Ship deck at sea .35) Ship .36) Submarine .37) Ship .38) Ship .39) Ship .40) Two ships at sea .41) Ship .42) Aircraft carrier .43) Ships symbol .44) Sketch of Berbera .45) Sketch of biplanes .46) Boat at pier .47) Tug boat .48) Ship .49) Ship at wharf .50) Ships at wharf .51) Aircraft carrier .52) Ship .53) Ship at wharf .54) Ships at wharf .55) Ship .56) Two ships .57) Tug boat .58) Diagram comparing the size of two ships .59) Ship sailing past lighthouse .60) Postcard HMAS "Stuart". .1) Hobart and Glascow at Colombo .2) British submarine returning to Alexandria after claiming a victory - note Skull and X Bones .3) HMS Glascow at Colombo .4) Ex Italian hospital ship taken over by British. RAMB II .5) HMS Exeter .6) The landing party returning .7) Part fleet at Colombo .8) British ammunition ship sunk by sabotage in Alex Harbour .9) HMS Exeter .10) On the approach of the island. Note twin Lewis guns .11) HMS Ajax bombarding Bardia .12) A native boat used along coasts and Indian Ocean .13) RMS Georgie refoated at Pt? 1941 .14) HMS Carthage .15) Pilot station at Colombo .16) Aquitania .17) Ajax on patrol with Hobart and battle fleet .18) Hobart rolling in the Bight .19) HMS Gnat (river gun boat) hit by torpedo at Tobruk .20) - .21) Mauritania .22) Italian cruiser sunk by HMAS Sydney .23) Greek destroyer .24) Memorial of Mohomed Pasha Alexandria. Presented by Musso .25) Searchlight at Alexandria .26) Hobart pile driving in heavy weather .27) Lockheed Hudson dive bombing .28) - .29) HMS Galatea? x 1 turret at stern .30) Troops on Aquitania .31) Boys swimming in the middle lakes at Ismalia in the centre of Sues Canal .32) A water NG ? .33) - .34) Hobart striking heavy weather .35) HMS Jupiter .36) British submarine entering Alex .37) Queen Mary .38) Queen Elizabeth .39) Nieuw Amsterdam .40) - .41) Achilles .42) HMS Aircraft carrier - Illustrious .43) Symbol of Hobart's Pom-Pom .44) - .45) - .46) - .47) - .48) Mohoja and Oronties .49) Mohoja .50) - .51) - .52) HMAS Murchison 1954 .53) Strathmore .54) - .55) - .56 - .57 - .58) HMAS Vendetta .59) HMAS Cowra .60) - photographs, ran, hmas

Confidential report dated 11th November 1970 by Forecasting Sub-Committee chaired by A.V. Dore. Itemises occupancy from 1961-71, annual cost of the residences, auxiliary accommodation costs and Legacy manpower needed, as well as the philosophy behind providing residential care. Consideration is given to the need for accommodation, equivalent care available elsewhere, and the projected decline in the number of children needing accommodation. The Forecasting Sub-Committee recommended that a further sub-committee be appointed by the Board to enquire further along the lines suggested in this report, and this became the Residences Review Sub-Committee in 1971. (See Cat.No. 01671) The table (01670(5)) compares statistics from 1961, 1971 and 1980 for Legatees, children, and gross spending, all of which showed an increase.Part of the history of Melbourne Legacy's involvement with residential care for children.5 photocopied foolscap sheets, black on discoloured white. Two holes punched for filing. Adhesive tape has deteriorated and come off 01670(5), leaving it in two pieces. Page 1: Handwritten 'Arrange meeting', and annotations to the figures in the occupancy table. Page 4: 'L/tee J.E. Chancellor' handwritten at top Table: '£35 per week for 1 child in residences' under 1971, other handwritten annotations.residences, review

Set of six Agfa Colour slide, cardboard mount, by Keith Caldwell - all dated 11 March 1960 .1 - W5 720 inbound Dandenong Road, route 64, City, with advertisements for Tek toothbrushes, Bridge and Webster, auto electrical and Band aids. .2 - W2 573, showing St Kilda Junction, no route number. Tram has adverts but not easily read. .3 - SW6 947, showing route 62, city. Has adverts for Qantas and ? soap. .4 - W5 816, showing route 5, city, with adverts for Ducklings, Champion Spark plugs and Ferris car radios. .5 - W2 398, as for .4, with adverts for Remy Martin Brandy and 3AW. .6 - SW6 958, as for .1, followed by 833?. The first tram has adverts for Persil soap powder? and 3AWhand stamped "11 Mar '60". .5 has "W2" in ink.trams, tramways, dandenong rd, w5 class, route 64, w2 class, st kilda junction, sw6 class, route 62, route 5, tram 720, tram 573, tram 947, tram 816, tram 398, tram 958

Set of 13 colour slides, 7 on Kodak cardboard mounts and 6 on Agfa colour plastic mounts. .1 - Bendigo Trust, Birney trams 28 and 30 at Central Deborah Mine terminus. No. 30 has a 3BO Roof advertisement. .2 - ditto .3 - ditto with the Central Deborah mine and buildings in the background. .4 - No. 30 inbound in High St. with Sacred Heart Cathedral in the background (spire under construction) .5 - Nos. 30 and 28 crossing at Charing Cross with the Fountain Plaza building and the fountain in the background. .6 - No. 28 north bound in Pall Mall, after leaving Charing Cross with the Shamrock Hotel in the background. .7 - Photo showing track and centre poles in View St. looking west - no overhead. Has AMOCO service station near McKenzie St. .8 - No. 28 taken from cab of No. 30, in McCrae St, at end of double track. .9 - No. 28 turning from McCrae St. into Nolan St. .10 - No. 28 in Nolan St. with Lake Weeroona rowing sheds in the background. .11 - No. 19 in now Tramway Ave (then Arnold St.) running into depot .12 - No. 19 outside Bendigo depot .13 - ditto Slides taken by Peter Moses, during the winter of 1974 (no leaves on the trees).On the rear of all the slides "P. Moses" in black ink. .1 - "1974 Bendigo Central Deborah Mine" in blue ink and in red ink “16”. .2 - "1974 Bendigo two Birney cars / Central Deborah Mine" in blue ink and in red ink “18”. .3 - "1974 Bendigo trams at Central Deborah Mine" in blue ink and in red ink “17”. .4 - "1974 Bendigo High St / tram near Sacred Hearth Cathedral" in blue ink and in red ink “15”. .5 - "1974 Bendigo two Birney cars / Charing Cross" in blue ink and in red ink “20”. .6 - "1974 Bendigo No. 28 Pall Mall" in blue ink and in red ink “8”. .7 - "1974 Bendigo / Old Tramline View St." in black ink and in red ink “5”. .8 - "1974 Bendigo, McRae St. (Pall Mall)" and in red ink "9". .9 - "1974 Bendigo, Lake Weeroona, / tram " and in red ink "10". .10 - "1974 Bendigo, Lake Weeroona" and in red ink “11”. .11 - "1974 Bendigo / Outside depot" and in red ink “24”. .12 - "1974 Bendigo / Outside depot" and in red ink “25”. .13 - "1974 Bendigo / Depot" and in red ink “26”.tramways, trams, bendigo, central deborah, bendigo trust, sacred hearth cathedral, north bendigo, depot, tram 19, tram 28, tram 30

Newspaper clipping from The Courier, Ballarat, 27/5/1972 about the visit of tram enthusiast Ken Springforth visiting the BTPS. Photographed with Traffic Manager, Richard Gilbert the previous day. Quotes Mr Springforth about his interest in trams, international trends, his book on "North American Trolleys". Mr Springforth was a quality control engineer with a locomotive manufacturer, in Erie Pennsylvania. Second copy added 25/10/2005.In pencil in central top of the item - '27/5/72'trams, tramways, visitors, btps, ken springforth

War photography, 5 women including Ethel Forsyth, Agnes Jackson and [possibly Maude Carlisle]Unframed, black and white printed photograph on photo paper of 1 AGH, Ethel Forsyth on camel with Agnes Jackson [and possibly Maude Carlisle]."Embarked on Kyana 5-11-1914 from Melbourne. 1 AGH, Ethel Forsyth on camel, Agnes Jackson and Maude Carlisle?" [Handwritten in pencil on the back of the photo]ww1, world war one, world war i, world war 1, ethel forsyth, agnes jackson, maude carlisle, egypt

Mick Howes was a Squadron quarter Master Sergeant. Cambrai Day is celebrated annually by Armoured Corps regiments of the British Commonwealth. It marks the anniversary of the Battle of Cambrai in November 1917 when a force of more than 400 British Mark IV Tanks broke the defences of the German Hindenburg Line, It was the first large-scale, effective use of tanks in warfare. Cambrai turned from a battle of great success to failure, but it heralded a new type of warfare and changed the nature of the battlefield forever. The gathering at Buna Barracks Albury, Beersheba Barracks Wangaratta, Bapaume Barracks Benalla and Salamaua Barracks Cobram on 30 November 1986 was the inaugural meeting of the 8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Association.Colour photograph of Staff Sergeant Mick Howes taken at Buna Barracks Albury at a Cambrai Day gathering of former members of 8/13 Victorian Mounted Rifles, 30 November, 1986.

A collection of photographs of the third battle of the Somme 1918 put out by the General Staff (Intelligence) Australian Corps..1) Album hard cover, brown coloured with library fabric on spine, black print on cover, 26 pages, sepia tone glossy photos bound into album, within album where 4 loose pages as below. .2) photograph and map sepia colour folded. .3)photograph, colour of “General Sir William Riddell Birdwood”. .4 ) .5) Monochrome prints of buildings on paper..4) .5) Handwritten in grey lead pencil, “ VG Sladden”albums, military history, the somme photography

items in collection relating to the JACKSON Family..1) - .3) Three buttons, two silver one brown all Australian. .4) One Officers rank badge pressed metal. .5) Button gold coloured with American Eagle on..1) - .3) Brown button on rear, "P.J.King PTY LTD". Silver button, "Stokes and Son Melbourne" .5) On rear, "VAM"badges, buttons

A set of 5 cloth badges from American forces collected by Barry McKillop (RAN Retired)A set of 5 cloth badges from American forces U.S. Navy,(oblong) Fourteenth Air Force Shield shaped), Tomcat(Round with banner at bottom), Flying Tigers (round), U.S. Air force (Oblong). All cloth with woven designs.U.S. Navy, Fourteenth Air Force, Tomcat, Flying Tigers, U.S.Airforceflying tigers, tomcat, fourteenth air force

Samuel Poulter (died 1910 on headstone) in Plot# C9 Greensborough Cemetery. Greensborough Cemetery was created when land was given for the cemetery by Mr William Poulter, a local settler, about 1864. The cemetery holds the graves of many early settlers in the district. Digital copy of colour photograph of grave/headstone.samuel poulter, greensborough cemetery

C 1910 The Warren family in foreground of buildings of Myrtlebank in early stageEarly stages of building Residents in Halls Gap with out buildingscopy Agfa H/GAP 0007 NNNBAbuildings, myrtlebank, people, warren

1998 -01/10: chartered to the UK "Maritime & Coastguard Agency" as 'Emergency Towing Vessel' (EVT), based at Stornoway Inclinometer from the ship The Brisbane Trader, the sister ship to the Sydney Trader. Called a "roll on- roll off" vessel, the radical design for the time carried vehicles and containers on deck. The shallow draught allowed the ship access to smaller Australian coastal ports. The officers and crew enjoyed improved accommodation. Built and completed December 1969 by Evans Deakin and co. pty ltd. of Brisbane, they were also the owner. Twin Screw. Diesel Engine. Speed 17.5 knots. 6,236 gross tons, 2,961 net. 4,422 dwt. lbd: 448'5"x70'"7x2-'"3 Broken up at Kaohsiung November 1984. The Engineering business of Evans Deakin and Co. was established in 1910 by Daniel Evans and Arthur Deakin. A shipyard was built at Kangaroo Point where 81 ships were constructed between 1940 and 1971. THe Business was taken over by Downer Holdings Pty Ltd in 2001. From the MV Sydney TraderA period brass inclinometer From the M V Sydney Trader, "MV SYDNEY TRADER 1969 ANL/ 25 20 15 10 5 0 5 10 15 20 25"

Present day St Margaret's Anglican Church, Pitt Street, Eltham Photo: Tom Prior (maternal uncle to Ivy Reynolds) using his home-made cameraThis photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as the 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years. The Reynolds family were early settlers in Research. The Reynolds/ Prior collection of photographs were taken by Tom Prior, the maternal uncle of Ivy Reynolds, around 1900 and the 60 photos in the album give a fine overview of many of the landmarks of Research and Eltham over 100 years ago. lvy lived in the family home for many years at 106 Thompson Cres Research. Ivy's father, Ernst Richard Reynolds and grandfather, Richard Reynolds, lived at the same address. Ivy's father Richard worked for Mr. Trail on his property in Research. Reynolds Road is named after the family. Mr Tom Prior (wife Eva) worked at the Melbourne zoo. He was very innovative and made his own camera, using the black cloth hood to exclude the light. The photographs are a reminder of the rural nature of Research and Eltham and its rich heritage.Digital image 4 x 5 inch B&W Negchurch of england, eltham, pitt street, reynolds prior collection, sepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, st margarets anglican church

Main Road looking north from Pitt Street. On the far left is Mrs Mary Ann Morris' house and shop and Hill's House. William Morris was the publican for the Eveyn Hotel which was on the opposite corner of Pitt Street and Main Road. Also believed to be the Scarce house at some stage, Mrs Emily Scarce was President of the Australian Women's National League. On the right is Webster's then the Commercial Bank of Australia branch, the Methodist Church just behind it on John Street. To the immediate right out of visibility is Watson's Eltham Hotel.This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as the 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital image 4 x 5 inch B&W Negshire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, eltham, main road, scarce house, cba bank, gas lamp, hill's house, hostelry, john street, methodist church, pitt street, websters house, mrs morris shop

Friars Falls is near Griffith Park, Eltham on the Yarra RiverThis photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as the 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years. The Reynolds family were early settlers in Research. The Reynolds/ Prior collection of photographs were taken by Tom Prior, the maternal uncle of Ivy Reynolds, around 1900 and the 60 photos in the album give a fine overview of many of the landmarks of Research and Eltham over 100 years ago. lvy lived in the family home for many years at 106 Thompson Cres Research. Ivy's father, Ernst Richard Reynolds and grandfather, Richard Reynolds, lived at the same address. Ivy's father Richard worked for Mr. Trail on his property in Research. Reynolds Road is named after the family. Mr Tom Prior (wife Eva) worked at the Melbourne zoo. He was very innovative and made his own camera, using the black cloth hood to exclude the light. The photographs are a reminder of the rural nature of Research and Eltham and its rich heritage.Digital image 4 x 5 inch B&W Negshire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, eltham, friars falls, griffith park, yarra river, reynolds prior collection

Eltham - Main Road. Looking south near Railway Station. Diamond Street on right. This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as the 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital image 4 x 5 inch B&W Negsepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, eltham, main road, railway station, eltham railway station

Chinese Cemeteries in Australia Volume 5, White Hills Cemetery Bendigo, Victoria. Publisher: Golden Dragon Museum, Bendigo. ISBN: 09578013 7 8. 191 PAGES. Black and white illustrations & maps. Published post 12 July 2003. Inscriptions $30.Dr Kok Hu Jinaustralia, history, chinese, white hills cemetery, chinese graves, genealogy

Typed page outlining the history of the Long Gully Fire Brigade. A meeting was called on the 28/5/1873 for the purpose of forming a fire brigade. Mr J Grenfell was elected Captain and Mr J Neal Lieutenant. The brigade was closed down on 30/6/1932.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - long gully fire brigade, long gully mechanics institute, mr j grenfell, mr j neal, sandhurst city brigade, st matthews church, american gully, easter fair, buffalo lodge hall, rose of australia hotel, bendigo council, g a ellis

This photograph was taken in approximately 1870 and depicts four male miners standing in mining sluice at the Three Mile Goldfields. These men are wearing typical attire for 1870s gold miners. They wear white shirts, tan coloured pants with water proof shoes and most of the men are wearing an apron to prevent their clothing from becoming too dirty from the mud. Each man is wearing a wide brim hat and hold large wooden tools used for sorting through the sluice. Three of the four men have full beards. The photograph was donated to the Burke Museum by R. Ziegenbein before 2001 but the photographer and the individuals captured in the photo are unknown. The image depicts the landscape of the Three Mile Goldfields during a period when open cut sluicing was undertaken to reach gold. Open cut sluicing is a method used to extract gold and other precious metals from beneath the surface of the earth. This technique involved the use of high-powered hoses which broke down the soil enabling miners to come along and search this soil for gold. After the gold rush of the early 1850s, diggers had to enlist the assistance of heavy machinery and techniques like hydraulic sluicing in order to reach gold because the surface alluvial gold had already been discovered and removed. This heavy machinery was not used until after 1853. The Three Mile Goldfields was a site of rich alluvial gold deposits located about 5 km south of Beechworth in Victoria. Today, the location of this gold deposit is called Baarmutha. It was a popular area for gold mining in the 1850s but became largely abandoned by the following decade. In 1865, a man named John Pund recognized that the area could be potentially rich if a better water supply could be obtained. He secured a 15 year license with three other miners. Within the next five years, these men had constructed 19 km of water race going from Upper Nine Mile Creek to Three Mile Creek. By 1881, these four men had delivered 950,000 gallons to the Three Mile Sluicing area which is depicted in this photograph. Pund was later go into partnership with John Alston Wallace who would become owner of the Star Hotel in Beechworth. The Three Mile sluicing location continued to be operational until 1950. Sluice box workers were a vital part of gold mining regardless of how inefficient they were in the recovery of gold. After using hydraulic sluicing to cut away the earth, miners would use the big wooden boxes depicted in the image to catch the earth which would then be sifted for gold. However, accidents would occur often which would result in the gold washing away and unable to be recovered. It was not a very efficient system because the gold, which was alluvial and thus very fine, would often pass through the sluice box undetected.The search for gold is ingrained into the history of Victoria and therefore, images like this one which portray an open cut sluicing site can reveal important information for society and technology for the date when the photograph was taken. This image is of important historical significance for its ability to convey information about sluicing and the methods used to find gold in the late 1800s and early 1900s. It also shows a location where sluicing was undertook which provides insight into the impact of sluicing on the environment at a time when it was done. Images, like this one, of Australian gold rush history can reveal important information about the social and environmental impact of this period. This image depicts diggers standing in a mining location and therefore, this image has the capacity to reveal or support significant information for researchers studying the fashion and social status of diggers in Australia in approximately 1870. It can also provide information on the landscape of Australia in this period and the impact of mining for gold on both society and the Australian landscape. The Burke Museum is home to a substantial collection of Australian mining photographs which can be used to gain a deeper understanding into life on the gold fields, technology used in mining, the miners themselves and the impact of the gold digging on the environment.Sepia toned rectangular photograph printed on matte photographic paper and mounted on board.[illegible] about 1870 / 97 2514.1 / 2594 30three mile goldfields, goldfields, 1870, 1870 gold, australia, australian landscape, miners, gold miners, diggers, gold diggers, beechworth, victoria, sluice box workers, sluicing, sluice, mining

June 2012 represented 50 years since the Colac to Beech Forest to Weeaproinah narrow guage railway was closed. The last goods train ran on 27 June 1962, and the last passenger excursion train on 30 June 1962. The railway was the lifeblood of the West Otways for several decades, enabling farmers and saw millers to bring into economic production the natural wealth of the region. Timber, butter, wool, livestock, potatoes, fodder and minerals flowed out for the benefit of Victorian consumers.Closed 50 years ago. The Colac to Beech Forest narrow guage railway. Commemorative booklet - 30 June 2012. Norman Houghton. Norman Houghton; Geelong (Vic); 2012. iv, 52 p.; illus., maps. Soft cover.colac; beech forest; weeaproinah; railway;

Photographs as numbered: 1) Mary NICHOLAS on Port Melbourne beach holding Elizabeth NICHOLAS in 1935. 2) Edward &^ Elizabeth NICHOLAS with friend in backyard 89 Bay Street, port Melbourne. 3) Oriana about to depart Station Pier possibly November 1964. 4) August 1948 photograph taken in back yard of 89 Bay Street. L - R Back row: Allan & Mary NICHOLAS; Henry HAWKINS (Mary's stepfather). L - R Middle row: Edward, Elizabeth & Maxwell HAWKINS, Charlotte HAWKINS. Front row - unknown. 5) Elizabeth NICHOLAS in back yard 89 Bay Street. The ELMS family, the father was a grocer & his two sons, Ron & Norman, lived at number 87.. An A4 size page with five B&W photographs relating to the Nicholas family.Each photograph identified with a number 1 - 5.built environment - domestic, mary nicholas, elizabeth nicholas, transport - shipping, oriana, allan nicholas, henry hawkins, maxwell nicholas, charlotte hawkins (bennett), elms family, david thornton, edward nicholas, piers and wharves - station pier, graham street, bay street