A meeting was held in Gardner's Hall, Beech Forest, for the purposes of considering the advisability of having butter factory established in the Beech Forest district. It was eventually agreed that a butter factory should be established, that provisional directors should be appointed, and upwards of 400 shares were taken up immediately. A second meeting was held on 20 May 1902 of about 40 dairymen. The meeting became a meeting of shareholders resolving to expedite the registration of the company and other preliminary matters. The election of directors then took place. Another meeting of shareholders held on the 15 July 1902 resolved to purchase a property and have the by-laws accepted. An Extraordinary General Meeting was held on 6 August 1902 to confirm all the resolutions passed by the Board.A ledger containing the records of the Beech Forest Butter Factory Minute Book from 18 March, 1902, the date the Butter Factory starts, until 6 February, 1905.Beech Forest Butter Factory Minutes Book Donated to the Otway District Historical Society Inc. by the Colac & District Family History Group Inc. 1st May 2013beech forest; butter, factory, 1902, 1905, minute book,

Handwritten notes on the New Chum Reefs (White & Black Leads) and South Victoria. Ref. Dicker's 23/11/1861 Pages 7 to 9. Notes include geography, Claims, Owners, Area & Title, Workings, Reef and Yield, Drainage and Remarks. Dates are 13/8/1861, 16/10/1861 and 11/9/1861.document, gold, new chum & victoria lines of reef, new chum & victoria lines of reef, the new chum reefs and south victoria, dicker's 23/11/1861 pages 7 to 9, new chum company, bonatti's claim, gibbs & lazarus claim, phoenix company, south victoria, the black lead, messrs ballerstedt, garibaldi's company's claim, new chum company, m'dougall & co, m'dougall, inglis, menzies, dehan, the white lead, new chum quartz mining company, bonati and company, phillip bonati, woolcrow, albrecht, pragleman, mortinson, plumbreck, emmerling, sievis, denis's claim, messrs thompson and powell, geo denis, begelhole and company, mr begelhole, brown, begelhole, blackwell, hildebrand & co, begelhole & co, w begelhole, thomas brown, henry begelhole, john blackwell, watson & co, j b watson, gibbs, lazarus, local court grant, gibbs & lazarus claim, mr gibbs, mr lazarus, phoenix company's claim, pioneer company, henry jackson, sullivan, burrows, chambers, marshall, william gunther, klemin, fulton, brown, brown, anderson, first quartz mining company, burrow's & co's claim, hudson's, thomas burrows, w philips, george husdon's claim, george hudson, wybrant's claim, john wybrant

Handwritten notes on Messrs. Ballerstedt & Co. Claim. Notes mention the owners, Messrs Ballerstedt & Son, area and title, workings, reefs and remarks.document, gold, mining reports, mining reports, ballerstedt & co claim, messrs ballerstedt & son, dicker's mining record 23rd nov. 1861, lansell's 180, weymouth (dido)

Shaft originally sunk in 1863. David Gordon Collection. Colour photograph depicting winder gear for the Victoria Shaft on Poverty Reef, Tarnagulla in 1999 after the shaft was rehabilitated by Western Mining Corp. mining

Shaft originally sunk in 1863. David Gordon Collection. Colour photograph depicting winder gear for the Victoria Shaft on Poverty Reef, Tarnagulla in 1999 after the shaft was rehabilitated by Western Mining Corp. mining

Transverse Section of the Hustler's Reef Mine on the Hustler's Line of Reefs. Bulletin No 33, Plate No XVIII. Shows cross-cuts and their depth, different types of stone and geological features encountered. Drawing of poppet legs at the surface and Sill of Shaft 756.39 ft above Sea Level. Reference Table shows key to the different stone and geographical features encountered. Geographical Survey of Victoria. Signed by H A Whitelaw, Underground Survey Office, Bendigo, September 1913. Thompson's Reef is also mentioned on the map. This item has not been scanned or photographed.mining, parish map, hustler's reef mine, transverse section of the hustler's reef mine, geological survey of victoria, h a whitelaw, underground survey office bendigo, thompson's reef.

Longitudinal Section of the Hustler's Reef & Hustler's Reef No 1 Mines on the Hustler's Line of Reef. Bulletin No 33, Plate No XX. Note - Plates 4, 8, 13, 20, 26 & 31 form a Longitudinal Section from Fortuna Hustler's to Hustler's Consols Mine. Geological Survey of Victoria emblem. Signed by H A Whitelaw, Underground Survey Office Bendigo, September 1913. Shows the two shafts with their levels and depths. Also shows geographical features and yields of gold and amalgam per ton. This item has not been scanned or photographed.mining, parish map, hustler's reef & hustler's reef no 1 mines, longitudinal section of the hustler's reef & hustler's reef no 1 mines, geographical survey of victoria, underground survey office bendigo, h a whitelaw

Historical records originally from the Mining Warden's Office, Mines Department, Bendigo. Information collated from 1870's to 1980's. A summary document lists the BEN# from 3026 to 3150 and describes the mine name; the BEN#, the line of reef located on, the start and end year. Individual mine data is enclosed in a manilla folder within the box. Reef lines listed are: Sheepshead New Chum New Chum/Thistle Sample entry: Polkinhorne and Palk, #3069, New chum line of reef, start date 1870, end date 1875.bendigo, mining, mining warden records, sheepshead reef, new chum reef, thistle reef