This undated photograph depicts two people standing in the vestibule entrance at the Burke Museum, Beechworth. The museum site dates to the 1857 founding of the Beechworth Public Library and Athenaeum by a newly formed Young Men's Association (YMA). In 1863 the museum was dedicated as a memorial to former Beechworth police superintendent (1854-1858) and explorer Robert O’Hara Burke, following Burke’s death from malnutrition on the Burke and Wills expedition in 1861. Funded by the Victorian Government and the Royal Society of Victoria, the officially titled 'Victorian Exploring Expedition' was tasked with being the first European party to traverse Australia from south to north. The Burke Museum holds objects from the famous expedition and explores the multi-layered history of Beechworth and surrounds from the gold rush era to the present.This photograph is historically significant for its depiction of the Burke Museum and Loch Street streetscape. The Burke Museum is Australia’s oldest regional museum and part of Beechworth's Historic and Cultural Precinct, one of Australia’s best preserved historic-town sites and a popular tourist destination. Once the government centre for a vast gold fields region, this collection of nationally significant buildings tells the story of how Australia grew and prospered. The frequent use of honey-coloured local granite as a building material, which can be seen in the museum's fabric, gives Beechworth’s historic buildings a distinct and cohesive local character. This photograph may be compared and studied alongside other images of historic buildings in the Burke Museum Photographic Collection.Rectangular colour photograph printed on photographic paper.Reverse: 3440burke museum, beechworth athenaeum, beechworth library, beechworth historic precinct, robert o'hara burke, australia's oldest regional museum, indigo shire, beechworth athanaeum, beechworth historic building, historic precinct, honey-coloured local granite, victorian gold fields, historic towns in victoria, victoria's high country, colonial australia, beechworth tourism, things to see in beechworth, beechworth historic trail, historic victorian architecture, burke and wills expedition, first europeans to cross australia, young men's associations

Taken in the 1990's, this photograph depicts a row of shop fronts in the 'Street of Shops' exhibition in the Burke Museum in Beechworth. This exhibition was created and opened in 1979 and was intended to reflect and imitate a historic peirod in the town's past. The time period decpicted is that of the Gold Rush which swept through many Victorian towns from the 1850's onwards. For the town of Beechworth, the gold rush began in 1852, when gold was discovered in Spring Creek, drawing in many new residents seeking to make a fortune and transforming a once remote town into a bustling centre brimming with hope and opportunity. By 1857, the town contained over 200,000 residents and with this, the need for more amenities and intsitutions arose. Multiple churches, banks, schools, shops, hospitals and other essential buildings appearing over the years. The wealth acquired through the gold rush is largely responsible for the vast development of the town and many of its significant buildings which still remain to this day. This photograph also highlights the significance of this type of exhibition, providing a new mode of experiencing and learning about the past. The street depicts the many supporting trades and industries that arose from the mass migration during the gold rush. The creation of the Street of Shops in 1979 was envisioned by Roy Harvey who was the curator at the time, with the intention of recreating an authentic feel to the environment while collecting from the community to accurately portray the multiculturalism that is ingrainded in many towns and communities of Victoria. This photograph contains historical significance as it relates to and portrays an especially important period of time within Beechworth and Victoria's history. The gold rush phenomena ushered in a wave of hope and prosperity for citizens and immigrants alike. It provided many with the opportunity to strike it rich, while the town prospered and grew in many ways. This widespread development that accompanied the gold rush occured throughout Victoria and holds great historical importance when recording the social, economic and communal developments that occured throughout the time period which gave way to the beloved towns and communities we know today. Beechworth itself is acknowledged as Victoria's best-preserved gold mining town and deserves recognition of its significance. it also showcases the great significance of social develpment and globalization that occured throughout the state during this period. Coloured rectangular photograph printed on matte photographic paper and unmounted. Obverse: Dancing every night 8pm-6am [mirror] / Gold Diggers Arms Hotel façade / Star / Beechworth Gold / J. Davidson / Saloon Reverse: 3306 beechworth, burke museum, street of shops, gold rush, indigo shire gold rush, 1850s beechworth, burke museum exhibitions, saloon, gold buyer, hotel, historical streetscape, gold rush immigration

This image shows a semi-aerial view of commercial and official properties lining Ford Street, Beechworth, in approximately 1900. The tower of Christ Church of St Peter and St Paul can be seen in the middle section of the photograph, on the left-hand side of the street. The Church was constructed in 1858 with the tower added to the structure in 1864. Lantern slides, sometimes called 'magic lantern' slides, are glass plates on which an image has been secured for the purpose of projection. Glass slides were etched or hand-painted for this purpose from the Eighteenth Century but the process became more popular and accessible to the public with the development of photographic-emulsion slides used with a 'Magic Lantern' device in the mid-Nineteenth Century. Photographic lantern slides comprise a double-negative emulsion layer (forming a positive image) between thin glass plates that are bound together. A number of processes existed to form and bind the emulsion layer to the base plate, including the albumen, wet plate collodion, gelatine dry plate and woodburytype techniques. Lantern slides and magic lantern technologies are seen as foundational precursors to the development of modern photography and film-making techniques.This glass slide is significant because it provides insight into Beechworth's built environment and commercial and official infrastructure in the early Twentieth Century, around the time of Australia's Federation into one nation. It is also an example of an early photographic and film-making technology in use in regional Victoria in the time period.Thin translucent sheet of glass with a square image printed on the front and framed in a black backing. It is held together by metals strips to secure the edges of the slide.burke museum, beechworth, lantern slide, slide, glass slide, plate, burke museum collection, photograph, monochrome, ford street, christ church of st peter and st paul, church tower, landmarks, 1900, shopping facilities, public buildings, 1900s, built environment, streetscape

This Carte-de-visite (CdV) taken by renowned Wangaratta based photographer William Edward Barnes previously belonged to the donor's grandfather, Daniel Mullins who was a Police Officer stationed at Glenrowan soon after the Kelly gang siege. Today, the siege has become an important part of Australian culture and Ned Kelly and the Kelly Gang (comprising of Ned Kelly, Dan Kelly, Steve Hart and Joe Byrne) has become ingrained in Australian history and mythology. A CdV is a sepia toned photograph mounted on card and is generally of a small size. This particular style was first patented by Andre Adolphe Eugene Disdéri (1819-1889) in 1854. In 1857, the CdV was introduced to England and after photographs of Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and their family were taken using CdV in 1860 the popularity of this method reached a peak. In this photograph, eight men stand along the railway line near Glenrowan. The photo dates to shortly after 1880 and references the attempt by the Kelly gang to derail a police train in June 1880 on those very tracks. Ultimately, this plan failed and the police train was never derailed. Ned Kelly and the Kelly gang took their final stand at Glenrowan which has been immortalised through Australian popular culture.This photograph is part of the Burke Museum "Kelly album" which includes a significant collection of photographs and artefacts connected to Ned Kelly and the Kelly Gang. Ned Kelly and his gang have become ingrained in Australian popular culture and thus many museums, art galleries and private collections house material connected to the Kelly story which allows the events and people to be researched and interpreted. Artefacts and photographs pertaining to the Kelly gang are particularly valuable for Australian museums. This particular photograph is significant for its connection to Wangaratta based photographer William Edward Barnes and to the Glenrowan Siege of June 1880. Taken at an unknown time, after the siege at Glenrowan, this image depicts eight gentlemen standing about the railway line near Glenrowan. This is a reference to the Kelly gang's plan to derail a train which would barrel up to Glenrowan after news reached Melbourne that Aaron Sherritt had been shot by Joe Byrne in the Woolshed Valley. This image is important for its artistic information that it can provide about the Kelly story and the fashion and streetscape of Glenrowan.This sepia coloured Carte de Visite is attached to yellow cardboard. The obverse of the photo depicts the railway line near Glenrowan around 1880s. The rails are positioned in the centre of the image and are made on an incline of earth. In the foreground are three men, two standing next to the rails and one slightly off to the right of the image. In the background are trees which line the side of the rails and slightly in front of these trees is a group of five men standing on the rails. The reverse of the image is yellow card and contains printed and pencil writing. The printed writing is in the centre of the card. It reveals that the photographer was William E Barnes from Wangaratta. The pencil writing provides the inscription stating that the photo was taken near Glenrowan around the time of Ned Kelly.Pencil: Railway line near / Glen Rowan / Kelly's time / Printed: W. E. Barnes / Photographer / Wangaratta / BMM 8089 /kelly album, glenrowan, glenrowan siege, carte-de-visite, glenrowan railway, ned kelly, kelly gang, last stand, colonial australia, kelly siege, train, railway line, railway, sepia, photography, william e barnes, william barnes

This album contains a number of local coastal and seascapes including Thunder Point, views of local streets such as Liebig and Fairy streets, panorama views of the town from Manse Hill and Booval Hill and the Botanic Gardens. Buildings included are Cramond and Dickson, St Joseph’s Church, the saleyards. The book itself would have been used by patrons of the Western Hotel when J Fox was licensee, from 1880 until 1887. The hotel had been operating since 1870 when William O’Brien applied for a publican’s license for the house on the corner of Timor and Kepler Streets with five sitting rooms and eight bedrooms. The stone building was designed by Andrew Kerr and built by Williams & Co. The Western Hotel was also the booking office for Cobb and Co Coaches which operated until the railway came to town in 1890. This album has historical significance on different levels. Firstly the photographs provide a view of Warrnambool in the late 19th century. The photos are aesthetically and artistically significant. Many of the buildings in the streetscapes are still recognizable. Secondly the Western Hotel has occupied a prominent site within the CBD for nearly 150 years. It has links to Cobb & Co, an important part of early Australian transport. Large hard covered album. Dark green cover with title in red rectangle on front cover. Text in gold lettering. A variety of photographs mounted on card.Chuck Photo Ballarat on front cover. Small cutting pasted inside front cover, reads as follows,” Will and Estates. Joseph Fox, late of Grosvenor Street, Balaclava who died on 29th July by his will of 11th August 1915 left 3737pounds real estate and 2342 pounds personality to relatives. warrnambool, warrnambool history, warrnambool photographs of the past, western hotel photographs

The township of Mt. Beauty was built to provide family accommodation for personnel working on the construction of the Kiewa Scheme. construction commenced in 1946. Photo 1 is looking towards the corner of Lakeside Ave. and Kiewa Crescent. The Post Office is on the corner and the original building housing the Co op store was in Kiewa Crescent. Photo 2 is taken at a later date as the garden in front of the Post Office is well established. The Community Centre is centre left of the photo and the back buildings are the staff accommodation called "The Chalet". Photo 3. Farming country taken from Wallacedale. The Wallaces were one of he early farming families in the Kiewa Valley. Photo 4. This photo is of Junction Camp at Bogong Village and was commenced late in 1939 and by 1940 accommodated 96 men who were engaged in work on Junction Dam. Sleeping accommodation was provided in hutments, each of four rooms, each room being approx. 12 feet by 10 feet and provided for the accommodation of 2 men. This camp remained in use until November 1962.These photos have both historical and social significance. They show the type of accommodation available for workers during the construction of the SEC Kiewa Hydro Scheme as well as early streetscape views of Mt. Beauty. The Junction Camp photo also shows the state of the forest following the 1939 fires in the area.4 Black and white photographs of various sizes.Photo 1. On back, hand written in pencil: top left hand corner: "Sept 1950". Centre of photo: "Return to Gibson Envelope". Right hand side: "Cooper". Bottom left corner: "Mt. Beauty Camp SEC Kiewa Scheme". Photo 2. No inscriptions or markings. Photo 3. Back of photo handwritten in pencil: "In W>T> June 14. 1961 page31. Some of the farming country in the Kiewa Valley. This taken from the home of Mr. Geoff Wallace Wallacedale, Kergunyah where some of his 600 cattle were rounded up." Bottom right corner "Return to Gibson Envelope". There is a copyright stamp belonging to "the Herald & Weekly Times Ltd. also on the back. Photo 4. Typed on a sticker on the back of the photo "Stable attendants Cottage and Camp Sept. 1940".camp, sec kiewa scheme, kiewa, cattle, mt. beauty

35mm colour positive transparency Mount - Black and Whiteunidentified, infrastructure, streets, roads, footpaths and gutters, residential, streetscape

35mm colour positive transparency Mount - Black and Whiteinfrastructure, streets, roads, eltham north, houses, residential, streetscape, unidentified

Other frame was view of similar road conditions at Haldane and Metery Roads, Eltham. Council officers reviewing road surface breakdown due to weather conditions and road traffic causing potholes and dips.Roll of 35mm colour positive film, 2 separated framesKodak 5005 EPPeltham, houses, infrastructure, potholes, streets, streetscape

One of a series of images on roll of film shot by Eltham Shire Council officers focussing on road and street infrastructure maintenance and upgrades and new rollover kerb and channel profilesRoll of 35mm colour negative film, 4 stripsKodak CP100 5094infrastructure, road construction, road drainage, road sealing, roadworks, shire of eltham, streets, streetscape

One of a series of images on roll of film shot by Eltham Shire Council officers focussing on road and street infrastructure maintenance and upgrades and new rollover kerb and channel profilesRoll of 35mm colour negative film, 4 stripsKodak CP100 5094infrastructure, road construction, road drainage, road sealing, roadworks, shire of eltham, streets, streetscape

One of a series of images on roll of film shot by Eltham Shire Council officers focussing on road and street infrastructure maintenance and upgrades and new rollover kerb and channel profilesRoll of 35mm colour negative film, 4 strips and associated colour printKodak CP100 5094infrastructure, road construction, road drainage, road sealing, roadworks, shire of eltham, streets, streetscape

One of a series of images on roll of film shot by Eltham Shire Council officers focussing on road and street infrastructure maintenance and upgrades and new rollover kerb and channel profilesRoll of 35mm colour negative film, 4 strips and associated colour printKodak CP100 5094infrastructure, road construction, road drainage, road sealing, roadworks, shire of eltham, streets, streetscape

One of a series of images on roll of film shot by Eltham Shire Council officers focussing on road and street infrastructure maintenance and upgrades and new rollover kerb and channel profilesRoll of 35mm colour negative film, 4 stripsKodak CP100 5094infrastructure, road construction, road drainage, road sealing, roadworks, shire of eltham, streets, streetscape

One of a series of images on roll of film shot by Eltham Shire Council officers focussing on road and street infrastructure maintenance and upgrades and new rollover kerb and channel profilesRoll of 35mm colour negative film, 4 stripsKodak CP100 5094infrastructure, road construction, road drainage, road sealing, roadworks, shire of eltham, streets, streetscape

One of a series of images on roll of film shot by Eltham Shire Council officers focussing on road and street infrastructure maintenance and upgrades and new rollover kerb and channel profilesRoll of 35mm colour negative film, 4 stripsKodak CP100 5094infrastructure, road construction, road drainage, road sealing, roadworks, shire of eltham, streets, streetscape

One of a series of images on roll of film shot by Eltham Shire Council officers focussing on road and street infrastructure maintenance and upgrades and new rollover kerb and channel profilesRoll of 35mm colour negative film, 4 stripsKodak CP100 5094infrastructure, road construction, road drainage, road sealing, roadworks, shire of eltham, streets, streetscape

One of a series of images on roll of film shot by Eltham Shire Council officers focussing on road and street infrastructure maintenance and upgrades and new rollover kerb and channel profilesRoll of 35mm colour negative film, 4 stripsKodak CP100 5094infrastructure, road construction, road drainage, road sealing, roadworks, shire of eltham, streets, streetscape

One of a series of images on roll of film shot by Eltham Shire Council officers focussing on road and street infrastructure maintenance and upgrades and new rollover kerb and channel profilesRoll of 35mm colour negative film, 4 stripsKodak CP100 5094infrastructure, road construction, road drainage, road sealing, roadworks, shire of eltham, streets, streetscape

One of a series of images on roll of film shot by Eltham Shire Council officers focussing on road and street infrastructure maintenance and upgrades and new rollover kerb and channel profilesRoll of 35mm colour negative film, 5 stripsKodak CP100 5094infrastructure, road construction, road drainage, road sealing, roadworks, shire of eltham, streets, streetscape

One of a series of images on roll of film shot by Eltham Shire Council officers focussing on road and street infrastructure maintenance and upgrades and new rollover kerb and channel profilesRoll of 35mm colour negative film, 5 stripsKodak CP100 5094infrastructure, road construction, road drainage, road sealing, roadworks, shire of eltham, streets, streetscape

One of a series of images on roll of film shot by Eltham Shire Council officers focussing on road and street infrastructure maintenance and upgrades and new rollover kerb and channel profilesRoll of 35mm colour negative film, 5 stripsKodak CP100 5094infrastructure, road construction, road drainage, road sealing, roadworks, shire of eltham, streets, streetscape

One of a series of images on roll of film shot by Eltham Shire Council officers focussing on road and street infrastructure maintenance and upgrades and new rollover kerb and channel profilesRoll of 35mm colour negative film, 5 stripsKodak CP100 5094infrastructure, road construction, road drainage, road sealing, roadworks, shire of eltham, streets, streetscape

One of a series of images on roll of film shot by Eltham Shire Council officers focussing on road and street infrastructure maintenance and upgrades and new rollover kerb and channel profilesRoll of 35mm colour negative film, 5 stripsKodak CP100 5094infrastructure, road construction, road drainage, road sealing, roadworks, shire of eltham, streets, streetscape

One of a series of images on roll of film shot by Eltham Shire Council officers focussing on road and street infrastructure maintenance and upgrades and new rollover kerb and channel profilesRoll of 35mm colour negative film, 5 stripsKodak CP100 5094infrastructure, road construction, road drainage, road sealing, roadworks, shire of eltham, streets, streetscape

One of a series of images on roll of film shot by Eltham Shire Council officers focussing on road and street infrastructure maintenance and upgrades and new rollover kerb and channel profilesRoll of 35mm colour negative film, 5 stripsKodak CP100 5094infrastructure, road construction, road drainage, road sealing, roadworks, shire of eltham, streets, streetscape

One of a series of images on roll of film shot by Eltham Shire Council officers focussing on road and street infrastructure maintenance and upgrades and new rollover kerb and channel profilesRoll of 35mm colour negative film, 5 stripsKodak CP100 5094infrastructure, road construction, road drainage, road sealing, roadworks, shire of eltham, streets, streetscape

One of a series of images on roll of film shot by Eltham Shire Council officers focussing on road and street infrastructure maintenance and upgrades and new rollover kerb and channel profilesRoll of 35mm colour negative film, 5 stripsKodak CP100 5094infrastructure, road construction, road drainage, road sealing, roadworks, shire of eltham, streets, streetscape

One of a series of images on roll of film shot by Eltham Shire Council officers focussing on road and street infrastructure maintenance and upgrades and new rollover kerb and channel profilesRoll of 35mm colour negative film, 5 stripsKodak CP100 5094infrastructure, road construction, road drainage, road sealing, roadworks, shire of eltham, streets, streetscape

One of a series of images on roll of film shot by Eltham Shire Council officers focussing on road and street infrastructure maintenance and upgrades and new rollover kerb and channel profilesRoll of 35mm colour negative film, 5 stripsKodak CP100 5094infrastructure, road construction, road drainage, road sealing, roadworks, shire of eltham, streets, streetscape