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Document - FOSTER AND WILSON COLLECTION: LETTER, 27/12/15
Letter from Joseph Sternberg MLC 1891 - 1928 Bendigo Province To Mr Henry Wilson, Victorian Railways, Rochester. Letter has Legislative Council Victoria emblem on the top and State Parliament House, Melbourne printed in red. (b) Envelope also has emblem printed on back flap.document, foster & wilson collection, mr henry wilson, joseph sternberg mlc, legislative council victoria -
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Document - FOSTER AND WILSON COLLECTION: SYMPATHY CARD, Sept. 1933
White card with narrow black edges. Addressed to Mr H Wilson, Railway Station, South Yarra, Victoria from Mr and Misses Clifford 'Killologue' Gladstone Street, Bendigo and dated Sept. 1933 thanking him for kind expressions of sympathy in their recent sad bereavement. Envelope also has black edges.person, individual, foster & wilson collection, foster & wilson collection, mr h. wilson, mr and misses clifford, 'killologue' -
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Photograph - FOSTER AND WILSON COLLECTION: PHOTOGRAPH
Sepia photograph of Mincha Railway Station showing platform and tracks. A man is standing on the platform. Photo roughly mounted on a piece of brown cardboard. MINCHA printed in black on orange paper pasted under the photo. On the back Stamped in red is: H Wilson. Tram conductor. Bendigo.photograph, railway station, foster & wilson collection, photograph, mincha railway station -
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Photograph - FOSTER AND WILSON COLLECTION: PHOTOGRAPH
Black & white photograph of Bendigo Railway Station. A group of men are standing along the edge of the platform, one is holding a bike. A steam train - R 309 - with a man standing in the cabin doorway, is on the right of the picture. The photo is mounted on grey cardboard. It has indented lines around the photo. No 2 is written on the back. *** this photo is missing from its enclosure. A copy of the photo is in the enclosure.place, bendigo, railway station, foster & wilson collection, photograph, bendigo railway station -
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Photograph - RAILWAY STATION BENDIGO
Photograph - laminated landscape photo of Bendigo Railway Station.place, bendigo, railway station -
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Document - CONNELLY, TATCHELL, DUNLOP COLLECTION: LEGAL PAPERS, 1886
Documents. Connelly, Tatchell & Dunlop - Legal Papers. 1 - 1886 - Letter from Arnoldt D W, Wedderburn. 2 - 1886 - Letter from Cuthbert & Co, Law & General Stationers, Lithographers & Printers, 55 Chancery Lane. 3 - 1886 - Letter from Pickles Thos P, Railway Workshops, Newport. Letter has letterhead - G F Pickles & Sons, Carriage Manufacturing Company Limited. Manufacturers of Carriages, Buggies, Pleasure & Business Wagons. Importers of American and English Carriage Materials. Sandhurst. Repository & Show Rooms, Latrobe Street West, Melbourne. 4 - 1886 - Letter to Spence James, Gannawarra, Cohuna from Bennett, Attenborough, Wilks & Connelly, Solicitors, Albion Chambers, Sandhurst. Also contains returned reply from Spence James. Mentions Geugnagel Charles, Baker, Sandhurst. 5 - 1886 - Post Office Telegraph from Kilbride Peter, Rochester to Wilkinson, Albion Chambers re Brown & Ellison case. 6 - 1886 - Post Office Telegraph from Bennett & Co, Market St re Sterry & Trestrail.cottage, miners, connelly, tatchell & dunlop, arnoldt d w, cuthbert & co, pickles thos p, g f pickles & sons, spence james, bennett attenborough wilks & connelly, geugnagel charles, kilbride peter, wilkinson, brown, ellison, bennett & co, sterry, trestrail -
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Document - CONNELLY, TATCHELL, DUNLOP COLLECTION: LEGAL PAPERS, 1886
Documents. Connelly, Tatchell & Dunlop - Legal Papers. 1 - 1886 - Letter from J W? Stranger?, Kerang re Cormack Alexr v Bush David. 2 - 1886 - Letter from Bennett, Attenborough, Wilks & Nunn, Melbourne re Webb, re Holmes White & Coy. 3 - 1886 - Letter from Nicholl, Gray & Tamlyn, Railway Contractors. Echuca & Tatura. 4 - 1886 - Letter from Hornbuckle A B. Sandhurst re McNeil v McNeil. 5 - 1886 - Letter from De Gares E C. 6 - 1886 - Letter from Bennett, Attenborough, Wilks & Nunn, Melbourne. 7 - 1886 - Letter from Horrell R F & Meudell C D, 10 Market Buildings, William Street, Melbourne re Holloway's loan. 8 - 1886 - Letter from Thomas S Harrison & Co, 24 Little Collins St East, Melbourne re McClean.cottage, miners, connelly, tatchell & dunlop, stranger? j w?, cormack a, bush d, bennett, attenborough, wilks & nunn, webb, holmes white & coy, nicholl gray & tamlyn, hornbuckle a b, mcneil, de gares e c, horrell r f, meudell c d, holloway, t s harrison & co, mcclean -
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Book - ABBOTT COLLECTION: BOOK OF POETRY, 1884
Leather bound album with metal clasps filled with poems, some are hand written but most have been cut out of books or magazines. On the inside front cover are details of a wedding at the residence of Mr. James Smart, Castlemaine, between Mr. Lewellin and Eliza Beaumont, also article 'token of esteem' a poem written by William Pascoe to Mr. H. Lewis, loco foreman, Railway employee of Sandhurst on the occasion of his removal from Sandhurst to Ballarat. One article dated 1871.poetry, poetry, poems, james smart, castlemaine, rev, jesse carey, llewelyn, william lewellin, bridge, glamorgan, william beaumont, picola, sutton grange -
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Negative - TOM PATULLO COLLECTION: SEBASTIAN GOLDFIELD
Negative,/Hand drawn of the goldfield featuring gold mine sites,cyanide vats,heaps,railway station,sports ground. A small map of the Whipstick area, and legend. Tom Patullo was formerly of Clear-Ads Bendigo.cottage, miners, sebastian goldfield, sebastian goldfield -
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Map - FORTUNA HUSTLER'S MINE - PLAN OF FORTUNA HUSTLER'S MINE
Map and plan of the Fortuna Hustler's Mine on the Hustler's Line of Reefs. Bulletin No 33, Plate No 1. Plan gives depth of the different levels. Bendigo Railway Station is on the map and also a number of the streets. Carpenter Street is called Cemetery Road. Also on the Hustler's Line of Reef is the Summer Hill Shaft. Shown is the Hustler's Royal Reserve No 2 Lease. Map has the Geological Survey of Victoria crest. It is signed by H Whit ?an Underground Survey Office Bendigo, September 1913. This item has not been scanned or photographed.map, fortuna hustler's mine, plan of fortuna hustler's mine, hustler's royal reserve no 2 lease, summer hill shaft, hustler's line of reef -
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Document - FORTUNA COLLECTION: FORTUNA HUSTLERS - NOTES ON THE FORTUNA HUSTLERS
Four copies, 1 hand written and 3 typed copies of notes on the Fortuna Hustlers Mine. Notes include depth of shaft, size of lease, locality, plant, other mines where the winding engine worked, prominence, best reefs, total production. References: Mines Dept Special Edition 'Australian Mining Standard' 1/6/1899; Mines Dept Booklet 'Bendigo Goldfield' Geo Brown 1936; Mines Dept Booklet No 33 H. Herman 1914; 'Annals of Bendigo' (Mining Sections, From 1888 - 1913): A. Richardson.mine, gold, fortuna hustlers, fortuna hustlers, hustlers line of reef, railway goods sheds, buckell & jeffrey's, roberts & sons, tambour major, birds reef, hercules no 1, north virginia mine, gold production & dividends, australian mining standard (special edition) 1/6/1899, mines dept booklet 'bendigo goldfields' 1936, mines dept bulletin no 33, h herman 1914, annals of bendigo mining section 1888 - 1913, a richardson -
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Document - ''THE TRUE LIFE STORY OF THIS OLD BENDIGO MINER'' W (BILL) A LANGLEY, 21st April, 1967
''The true life story of this old Bendigo miner'' W (Bill) A Langley. Seven typewritten pages of reminiscences of various types of (labouring) work. As provided by author,21/4/1967, aged 82 years. Mention of breweries in Bendigo (Bruce; Pritchard; Chamberlin; Cohn Bros; Hunter Bros; Stewards (Eaglehawk); Italian contractor - G. Vanosio (Back Creek); George Edwards (skin buyer, Market Square); Hercules and Energetic mine; Hustlers Reef mine; Prices of various things purchased in late 1890s; costs of various entertainments at that time.W.A. Langleyperson, individual, w. a. langley, new chum railway mine, mr charles rowe, chinese camp at ironbark and bridge street, bob lewis, jim scobie, bob lewis, bruce brewery, pritchard and chamblin, cohn bros, hunter bros, illingsworth and stewards brewery, white hills cemetary, george edwards, harry hoy, g. svanosio, back creek, hercules mine, energetic mine, sea company mine, hustlers reef mine, jim mcdonald, bendigo pottery, beehive exchange. -
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Document - NORMAN OLIVER COLLECTION: SPEECH NOTES 21 MARCH 1951
The Norman Oliver collection. Norman Oliver was three times Mayor of Bendigo - 1950-51, 1964-65, 1970-71. Seventeen pages of typed notes, not in numbered sequence. The date, 21st March, top of front page, and corrections, are in blue ink. Stapled in left bottom corner. In the format for his weekly talk on 3BO 'The Mayor Speaks'. Topics include : Public Works, Strathfieldsaye Council, drainage, housing for staff, building regulations, the Aerodrome, the Mrytle St railway bridge, civic and social engagements.bendigo, council, speech notes, norman joseph oliver , councillor norman oliver. mayor. 3bo 'the mayor speaks'. -
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Document - NEW CHUM RAILWAY MINE - GOLD MINES OF BENDIGO & EAGLEHAWK
Handwritten notes on the New Chum Railway Mine and other mines and connections between various mines underground. Descriptions of mines and their equipment. Mines mentioned are: New Chum Railway Mine, Eureka Extended, Shenandoah, Shamrock Mine, Young Chum, Old Chum, Little Chum, New Chum Tribute, Cravens, Garibaldi, New Chum Consolidated, Menzies, Ellesmere, Consolidated, Denis, Lansell's 222, New Chum United, Kochs & Hildebrandt Mine, Lazarus, Central Blue, Lazarus No 1 Coy, Hudson's, Burrows & Sterry, Victoria Tribute, North Old Chum, Lansell's Big 180, Sandhurst, Victoria Quartz, The Great Central Victoria (known as the 'Midway'), Victoria Consols, Advance, Adventure, Ironbark, Victoria Gold Mines Company, No 83 claim, The Hercules & Energetic, North Energetic, Victoria Pilot, Bendigo Amalgamated Goldfields Company, Pearl, Hercules No 1, Hercules New Chum, Great Extended Victoria, New Victoria Catherine, Mystery (later the Duke of Edinburgh), New St Mungo, Duchess Tribute, Extended South Devonshire, South Devonshirte, Duchess of Edinburgh, Princess Alexandia (later United Devonshire), Danes, United Devonshire, South Devonshire, Hopewell, Phoenix, Unicorn, Lady Barkly, Sadowa, Eastwood Lease, Ellenborough, Belmont & Saxby, York & Durham, Acadia, Williams United, Ulster, North Red White & Blue, North Deborah, Catherine Reef United, Central Catherine, Princess Alice, Catherine Reef United, Murchison, North Catherine (or Franklin), Catherine Reef Extended,document, gold, gold mines of bendigo & eaglehawk, new chum railway mine, gold mines of bendigo & eaglehawk, eureka extended, shenandoah, shamrock mine, young chum, old chum, little chum, new chum tribute, cravens, garibaldi, new chum consolidated, menzies, ellesmere, consolidated, denis, lansell's 222, new chum united, kochs & hildebrandt mine, lazarus, central blue, lazarus no 1 coy, hudson's, burrows & sterry, victoria tribute, north old chum, lansell's big 180, sandhurst, victoria quartz, the great central victoria (known as the 'midway'), victoria consols, advance, adventure, ironbark, victoria gold mines company, no 83 claim, the hercules & energetic, north energetic, victoria pilot, bendigo amalgamated goldfields company, pearl, hercules no 1, hercules new chum, great extended victoria, new victoria catherine, mystery (later the duke of edinburgh), new st mungo, duchess tribute, extended south devonshire, south devonshirte, duchess of edinburgh, princess alexandia (later united devonshire), danes, united devonshire, south devonshire, hopewell, phoenix, unicorn, lady barkly, sadowa, eastwood lease, ellenborough, belmont & saxby, york & durham, acadia, williams united, ulster, north red white & blue, north deborah, catherine reef united, central catherine, princess alice, catherine reef united, murchison, north catherine (or franklin), catherine reef extended, mr clark magee, john delbridge - engineers, a harkness & sons, mr lansell, b c v 8 studios, mr gibbs, mr barnet lazarus, mt alvernia hospital, p m g repeater station, john brown knitwear, mr burrows, mr sterry, john wybrants, mr wittschiebe, theodore ballerstadt, mr wm rae, california hill state school, freeman & coy -
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Document - NEW CHUM RAILWAY MINE - NOTES ON THE NEW CHUM RAILWAY MINE
Handwritten notes on the New Chum Railway Mine on the New Chum Line of Reef. Notes include depth of shaft, (At the time, the New Chum Railway Mine and the Victoria Quartz were the deepest in the world), size of lease, locality, plant, engine houses, crushing battery, early history, where the best gold was found, prominence, total gold production and dividends.document, gold, new chum railway mine, new chum railway mine, notes on the new chum railway mine, victoria quartz, great extended hustler's coy, w d c denovan, mr piper, rourke & henderson's claim, young chum reef, thorpe's reef, shenandoah reef, mines dept. special edition australian mining standard 1/6/1899, mines dept booklet bendigo goldfield geo brown 1936, annals of bendigo mining sections 1880 to 1910, a richardson -
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Document - NEW CHUM RAILWAY MINE - DEPTH OF LEVELS OF THE NEW CHUM RAILWAY MINE
Handwritten notes of the New Chum Railway Mine (shaft No 145) showing the depth of each plat, production of gold, and with the influx of water making operations costly, work ceased in 1910.document, gold, new chum railway mine, new chum railway mine, depth of levels of the new chum railway mine, m d folders etc page 1 -
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Document - NEW CHUM RAILWAY MINE - NOTES ON THE NEW CHUM RAILWAY MINE
Three type d copies of notes on the New Chum Railway Mine on the New Chum Line of Reef. Notes include depth of shaft (4,318 feet), Size of lease, locality, plant - includes poppet legs,winding engine, two engine houses, crushing battery, early history, where the best gold was found, prominence, total gold production and dividends.document, gold, new chum railway mine, new chum railway mine, notes on the new chum railway mine, w d c denovan, mr piper, rourke & henderson's claim, mines dept special edition australian mining standard 1/6/1899, mines dept booklet 'bendigo goldfield' g brown 1936, 'annals of bendigo' mining sections 1890 to 1910, a richardson -
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Photograph - BILL ASHMAN COLLECTION: SCALEBUOY SET-UP
Photo of Scalebuoy set-up with the driving mechanism in factory. Also shown is the pipe work. On the back are two articles from Transport and Engineering in Australia December 16, 1937. One is about how the Scalebuoy came to be and the other is about Scalebuoy in the Victorian Railways locomotives. The name COCHRANE is embossed on two covers near the top of the large container.sciences, instruments - general, scalebuoy, bill ashman collection - correspondence, photograph of scalebuoy apparatus , victorian railways, kew gardens, mr abbott -
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Document - BILL ASHMAN COLLECTION: CORRESPONDENCE
Typed carbon copies of two letters stapled together. The first letter is from W. H. Noe to R. H. A. Abbott and dated 25 July, 1938 discussing Scalebuoys and who was using them. The second letter is from W. H. McCorkingdale to Mr. Hough, Works Manager, Lever Bros. (N.Z.) Ltd., dated 25 July, 1938. Letter mentions the use of Scalebuoys, application, companies using them, and he asks if considering Scalebuoys at the works to send him some information.sciences, instruments - general, scalebuoy, bill ashman collection - correspondence, scalebuoys new zealand limited, r h a abbott, scott's hotel melbourne, hardley's works, lever bros of australia, mr hough, w h noe, hawke's bay farmers' freezing company, mater misericordiae hospital auckland, st joseph's, whangarei dairy company, maungatapere dairy company, n z railways, the union oil soap & candle company, knox's home, moody's dye works, ellis & burnand (sawmillers), walter buchanan ltd, findlay's gold krust bakeries, kaiticke dairy company, pennsylvania rubber company, page-hersey tube company, w h mccorkingdale -
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Document - BILL ASHMAN COLLECTION: CORRESPONDENCE
Carbon copy of a letter dated 27 June, 1938. Letter is to A. S. Bloomfield, Esq. No name of who it is from. Items mentioned are: What the Scalebuoy Process is, Fields of Application, Installations operating in the State of Victoria, Patents, Gross Margin of Profits, Promotion and Finance, Manufacture and Working Capital.sciences, instruments - general, scalebuoy, bill ashman collection - correspondence, scotts hotel, a s bloomfield esq, nell gwynne gold mine bendigo, crown hotel bendigo, hunters cordial factory, ice works bendigo, victorian railways, bendigo electronic company of (australia) pty ltd, r h s abbott, h a abbott -
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Document - STRUGNELL COLLECTION: UNDERGROUND SURVEY OF MINES: BENDIGO GOLD-FIELD, 1901
Document, Underground Survey of Mines, Bendigo Gold-Field, Department of Mines, Special Reports on the Shamrock, Shenandoah, New Chum Railway, Eureka Extended, and South Belle Vue United Mines, New Chum Line of Reef, by H.S.Whitelaw.dated 1901.Issued by J.Travis , Secretary for Minesdocument, underground survey of mines, h.s.whitelaw -herbert staney whitelaw -
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Document - BILL ASHMAN COLLECTION: CORRESPONDENCE
Cut off portion page 2. Top part glued on. List of installations, including the Victorian Railways, the Nell Gwynne and the 180 Gold Mine, Bendigo. The Crystal Ice Works, Bendigo, T. O. Hunter's Cordial Factory, The Crown Hotel,Bendigo City Council Road Rollers, car installations and domestic installations. Also mentioned when the right firm appears all the necessary credentials showing thousands of installations in many countries are ready.sciences, instruments - general, scalebuoy, bill ashman collection - correspondence, victorian railways, nell gwynne, 180 gold mine bendigo, crystal ice works, t o hunter's cordial factory, the crown hotel, city council -
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Map - STRUGNELL COLLECTION: UNDERGROUND SURVEY OF MINES BENDIGO
Map, Underground Survey of Mines, Bendigo, New Chum Railway Reef, Shenandoah Co's Shaft, Shamrock Co's Shaft.Young Chum Reef, Thorpe's Reef, Shenandoah Reef, Consolidated Reef, Sheet 3.Survey under the Supervision of H.Herman. Drawing shows mine shafts to over 3100 feet deepmap, bendigo, shamrock & shenandoah co's -
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Document - BILL ASHMAN COLLECTION: CORRESPONDENCE
Copy of a typed list for Mr. R.H.S. Abbott. List mentions where Scalebuoys were installed in boilers of Locomotives, Hospitals, Public Institutions, Dairy Factories, Freezing Works, Soap Works, Bakeries and Dye Works. Also listed at the end are Tanneries, Laundries, Household installations and Swimming Baths.sciences, instruments - general, scalebuoy, bill ashman collection - correspondence, mr r h s abbott, nz railways, mater misericordiae hospital, knox home, hawke's bay farmers' meat co, buchanan's bakeries, findlay's gold-krust bakery, moody's dye works -
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Map - STRUGNELL COLLECTION: UNDERGROUND SURVEY OF MINES, BENDIGO, 25-5-01
Map, Underground Survey of Mines, Bendigo, New Chum Railway Co, New Chum Line.A.S.Whitelawmap, bendigo, new chum railway co. -
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Map - STRUGNELL COLLECTION: UNDERGROUND SURVEY OF MINES, BENDIGO, 29-3-01
Map, Underground Survey of Mines, New Chum Railway Co., New Chum Line, Transverse Section.A.S.Whitelawmap, bendigo, new chum railway co. -
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Map - STRUGNELL COLLECTION: UNDERGROUND SURVEY OF MINES BENDIGO, 27-3-01
Map, Underground Survey of Mines, Shamrock Co., New Chum Line, Bendigo. Transverse Section, Garibaldi Reef, Young Chum Reef, Thorpe's Reef, Mundic Reef, Shenandoah Reef, New Chum Railway Reef, Surveyed under the Supervision of H.Herman.H.S.Whitelaw.map, bendigo, shamrock co. -
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Map - STRUGNELL COLLECTION: NEW CHUM LINE OF REEF, 5/4/01
Map, Along portion of the New Chum Line, Underground Survey of Mines, Bendigo, Longitudinal Section through the Saddle Reefs and Centre Country. Eureka Extended Co's shaft, New Chum Railway Co's shaft. Surveyed under the supervision of H.Herman, B.C.E., F.G.S., Acting Government Geologist.H.S.Whitelowmap, bendigo, new chum line -
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Document - RAILWAYS COLLECTION: RETIREMENT DINNER MENU FOR EDGAR H. BROWNBILL
RAILWAYS COLLECTION - glassy white card with blue ink printed Menu for the-Retirement Dinner for Edgar H. Brownbill - retiring as Chairman of Commissioners Victorian Railways 24.4.56- 23.4.67 at Venetian Court Hotel on 20.4.67 the card has been signed by those attending.document -
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Book - RAILWAYS COLLECTION: CELEBRATING 150 YEARS OF RAIL IN BENDIGO AND THE BENDIGO BRASS BAND
RAILWAYS COLLECTION paper - Booklet - Celebrating 150 years of Rail in Bendigo and the Bendigo Brass band RAILWAYS COLLECTION - Booklet - Celebrating 150 years of Rail in Bendigo 6.7.2012 A4 paper folded in 3 .Front shows an early photo of Bendigo rail station and a stem train -1860's - number 35 one page has a photo of the Bendigo city Band early 1900's.book, bendigo