Short, handwritten letter authorising A. Allsop to sell shares in Bruhns Consolidated and Hustlers Reef. A separate note has been written and signed for each lot of shares. Signed by B. H. L. Allsop. Letter written from Pingelly, W. A. and dated 9.9.08.B. H. L. Allsopbusiness, stockbroker, kelly & allsop, kelly and allsop collection - letter to a allsop, bruhns consolidated, hustlers reef, b h l allsop

Black and white photo, faded, laminated. Image shows Ken Bice operating a scraper. On back of image ' Ken Bice operating a scraper in intermediate level 6 metres agove No. 1 level (60m) Wattle Gully Mine 1980 working on Gibbers Reef.'mining, underground equipment, wattle gully gold mine

Map, Hustler's Line of Reefs, Comet Mine, Transverse Section, Plate No.XXV (25). Bulletin No 33 Signed H.A.Whitelaw. Drawing shows the vertical shaft descending to over 1692 feet and appears to show samples of connecting horizontal shafts with their respective mineral contentsUnderground Survey Office, Bendigo.map, bendigo, comet mine

Document: conveyance between Mrs. Charlotte M.E. Meager to Mrs. Frances O. Lacey of land, Allotment 49, Sec. C. 'Sheephead Gully' to Deborah Reef Gold Mining Company No Liability. Dated 21st. March , 1912. Handwritten conveyancing document on parchment.McColl, Rankin and Stanistreet:organization, mining, mccoll, rankin and stanistreet, mccoll, rankin and stanistreet: deborah gold mines nl. bendigo, mining

Black and White photo of Miss Ada Farmer as a young woman wearing an Edwardian style dress, sitting in a large carved chair with a lute resting on a table, Miss Farmer was the daughter of Mr William Joseph Farmer formerly manager of the Hustlers Reef No 1 mineperson, individual, personal portrait, miss ada farmer, miss farmer, ada farmer

Document: Napoleon Reef Pass Book for the English Scottish & Australian Bank, Hardback cover with loose leaf entry sheets (38 pages), opening balance £61-14-0 on the 30 June 1944, closing balance £410-16-0 June 1956.organization, business, industrial - mining, mccoll rankin & stanistreet, mining, gold mining, napoleon reef

Colour photograph: Two storey building, with single storey section on RH side, plain façade, white painted, unpainted brick verandah supports to edge of footpath. Tysons Reef Hotel in brown paint in two places on front of building. Early 1980's ?bendigo, hotel, tysons reef

Charles Robert Thatcher (1831-1878) trained in England as a flautist before travelling to the Bendigo goldfields in 1853. He was unsuited and unsuccessful as a miner so decided to rely on his music to make his fortune. He was considered a 'comic vocalist' who wrote many songs about the observations he made on the goldfields. These songs were often satirical and were published in newspapers as poems. He travelled extensively around the Victorian goldfields and also toured New Zealand. In 1861 he married widowed singer Anna Vitellie who performed with him, singing sentimental ballads. In 1870 the family returned to England where Charles became an importer of curios, following in his father's footsteps. He travelled to China, Japan and India sourcing stock for his business and on one such trip he contracted cholera and died in Shanghai. His wife returned to Australia and taught singing in Moonee Ponds.Copy of song written by Charles Thatcher, 'Bryant's Ranges' 'New original song, written and sung by Mr Thatcher at the Bendigo Theatre, tune Bow-wow-wow. Song mentions Bendigo reefs and the gold seekers success or otherwise, then they were off to 'Bryant's Ranges'.bendigo, mining, song by charles thatcher

Book, Department of Mines, Bulletins of the Geological Survey of Victoria, No.33, Hustler's Line Of Reef, Bendigo, with plans,sections, and photographs, by H.S.Whitelaw. 13833, Price 2s.6d.`Back cover shows J.A. and J.A Strugnell , 12 Mulbar St Swan Hill 3585 .Albert J. Mullett, Government Printer, Melbourne.book, bendigo, hustler's line of reef

Main Street looking East from Wimmera Street up Gold Reef Mall Shows children's playground and Rotunda. C1984stawell businesses, streetscape

Comet Hill School existed 1965-2010 when it amalgamated with North Bendigo primary school and became Lightening Reef School.Bendigo advertiser ''The way we were'' from Monday, January 27,2003. Grinners: the Comet Hill primary school prep and grade 1 class in 1974. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

The photograph represents the original complete landscape (southerly) view of the FALLS OF HALLADALE shipwreck which occurred at 3 am on the 14th of November 1908. This image includes three groups of well-dressed Edwardian sightseers on the clifftop and a rocky headland. Subsequent reproductions of this well-known image have been cropped to a striking portrait view, emphasising the vertical line of the masts and sails of the sailing ship, and excluding the groups of sightseers on the adjoining headland. The small girl in the foreground and the loose topsail on the foremast are common to both the landscape and the cropped portrait images of this memorable scene. The photograph was taken at an early stage of the ship’s final days, somewhere between the date of her grounding in mid-November 1908 and early January 1909, when salvagers began dynamiting her masts to get to the cargo in her holds. The heavily laden FALLS OF HALLADALE was 102 days out of New York when the swell of the Southern Ocean lifted her onto the rocks near Peterborough. At the time she was sailing at six knots in a light breeze, her sails fully set and on an ENE tack. Mist over the land created an optical illusion of a distant horizon and the crew believed they were at least ten miles off the coast. When high cliffs loomed up out of the darkness it was too late in the light conditions to change tack or let go the anchors. Within minutes of running aground, her decks were awash and the holds filling with water. Captain Thomson and his 29 crew took to the boats, leaving the vessel stranded on the reef, looking awkwardly graceful in her predicament, firmly wedged between two parts of the reef and with all her square-rigged sails still set, FALLS OF HALLADALE provided a landmark visible for miles. Over the following two months, she attracted hundreds of sightseers, including contemporary photographers. A Court of Marine Inquiry at Melbourne on 30 November 1908 found Captain Thomson guilty of a gross act of misconduct ― in that he carelessly navigated the ship, neglecting to take proper soundings and failing to place the ship on the port tack before it was too late to do so. His Master’s Certificate of Competency was suspended for six months and he was ordered to pay £15/15/- toward the costs of the inquiry. It was an expensive outcome for the captain but his error provided many weeks of inexpensive entertainment for coastal residents and visitors to Peterborough. To judge from the standard of formal dress in this photograph, visiting the wreck was considered a special occasion as well as a popular one. Falls of Halladale: - The iron-hulled, four-masted barque, the Falls of Halladale, was a bulk carrier of general cargo. She left New York in August 1908 on her way to Melbourne and Sydney. In her hold, along with 56,763 tiles of unusual beautiful green American slates (roofing tiles), 5,673 coils of barbed wire, 600 stoves, 500 sewing machines, 6500 gallons of oil, 14400 gallons of benzene, and many other manufactured items, were 117 cases of crockery and glassware. Three months later and close to her destination, a navigational error caused the Falls of Halladale to be wrecked on a reef off the Peterborough headland at 3 am on the morning of the 15th of November, 1908. The captain and 29 crew members all survived, but her valuable cargo was largely lost, despite two salvage attempts in 1908-09 and 1910. ABOUT THE ‘FALLS OF HALLADALE’ (1886 - 1908) Built: in1886 by Russell & Co., Greenock shipyards, River Clyde, Scotland, UK. The company was founded in 1870 (or 1873) as a partnership between Joseph Russell (1834-1917), Anderson Rodger and William Todd Lithgow. During the period 1882-92 Russell & Co. they standardised designs, which sped up their building process so much that they were able to build 271 ships over that time. In 1886 they introduced a 3000 ton class of sailing vessel with auxiliary engines and brace halyard winches. In 1890 they broke the world output record. Owner: Falls Line, Wright, Breakenridge & Co, 111 Union Street, Glasgow, Scotland. Configuration: Four masted sailing ship; iron-hulled barque; iron masts, wire rigging, fore & aft lifting bridges. Size: Length 83.87m x Breadth 12.6m x Depth 7.23m, Gross tonnage 2085 ton Wrecked: the night of 14th November 1908, Curdies Inlet, Peterborough south west Victoria Crew: 29The shipwreck of the FALLS OF HALLADALE is of state significance: Victorian Heritage Register No. S255. The Falls of Halladale shipwreck is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register (No. S255). She was one of the last ships to sail the Trade Routes. She is one of the first vessels to have fore and aft lifting bridges. She is an example of the remains of an International Cargo Ship and also represents aspects of Victoria’s shipping industry. The wreck is protected as a Historic Shipwreck under the Commonwealth Historic Shipwrecks Act (1976).Black and white photograph on cream-coloured backing card and in good condition. Description of Image: Quadrant 01, vessel with full set of sails perched on reef with stern submerged; Quadrant 02, predominantly clear sky over flat calm sea; Quadrant 03, two groups of standing sightseers on rocky promontory with three individuals approaching from far left foreground; Quadrant 04, fifteen well dressed sightseers seated on grassed cliff top including one child and six women. There is a deliberately obscured inscription in white ink along lower border or foreground of photograph.Letters in upper case and white contrast stretching across the grassed foreground of photograph have been smudged over by development process and are largely indecipherable. However rear of backing board of identical but reduced image Reg. No. 3207 bears pencilled words “Mrs Francis” and “Wreck of ‘Falls of Halladale’ Peterborough 1908”, which accords with what remains of the initial inscription.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, falls of halladale, shipwreck spectacle, shipwreck photograph, peterborough reef, edwardian sightseers, russell & co.

Typed copy of the Bendigo Gold Fields , collected and arranged by V. R. Dwyer, 1968. On front cover: Australian Gold Production Bendigo Gold Field. Image of tin dish washing. Cover has an image of two people tin dish washing. Notes include a brief history of gold in Australia, Bendigo Goldfield yields, Bendigo Gold Nuggets, Victorian Nuggets, gold prices, yield for the years 1851 to 1890, lines of reef, mine shafts and depth, location, public buildings and organisations and mines listed for each reef. Typed copy of this document is held in Folder 130, number 3621.18.cottage, miners, mining in bendigo, bendigo gold fields index, v r dwyer, strzelecki, edward hargreaves, thomas hancock, henry frenchman, wittscheibe, ballerstedt, fortuna villa, george lansell, the rocks, victoria nugget, dascombe nugget, welcome stranger, welcome nugget, canadian nugget, sarah sands, lady hotham, maryborough, heron nugget, blanche barkley, vicount canterbury, precious nugget, poseidon, gold prices, gold yield 1851 - 1890, location of shafts, mechanics institute, old masonic hall, court, st killians, forrest st methodist church, hospital, baptist church, bendigo gas company, st andrews presbyterian church, bendigo benevolent home, railway, st marys church of england, bendigo m p building society, st pausl church of england, high school, city family hotel, fire brigade, b u f s dispensary, synagogue, beehive store, school of mines, bendigo miners association, st marys convent, dr backhaus, st mathews long gully, salvation army, post office, art gallery, sacred heart cathedral, eaglehawk town hall

Three books titled ' The Royal Historical Society of Victoria Bendigo Branch Historic Guide to Bendigo with map of goldfields showing streets, lines of reef, principal shafts. Recommended for tourists, students, prospectors and historicans.' Sixth Edition. Cambridge Press, Bendigo. Maps, photos, diagrams.bendigo, history, gold mining, book, books, bendigo, bendigo history, victoria, victorian history, australian history, gold, gold fields, the royal historical society of victoria, gold discoveries

Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from Monday, October 15, 2001. Ready to roll: George Childs, Len Childs, Bill Childs, Ken Childs and Tom Scott ready to cart sheaves of hay at May Reef in Elmore; circa 1940. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Black and white photograph of sketch of workmen at mine site. Air ventilators on top of mine shafts to R. Wheelbarrow at R foreground. Wind socks or sails were used to ventilate the holes. History: 'Victoria Reef 1857, Frank Cusack after a photograph by Alex Fox.Alex Foxmine, gold, victoria hill, book 'bendigo, the german chapter' by frank cusack. p52., mines and mining, mine, place, workers, miners, mining equipment, equipment, frank cusack, history

Historic Guide to Bendigo. Fifth Edition. Contains a map of the area at the back, showing Streets, Lines of Reef, and Principal Shafts. Produced by the Bendigo Branch of The Royal Historical Society of Victoria, which was compiled from material supplied by members, and edited by H. J. G. Biggs.The Royal Historical Society of Victoriabendigo, history, city history. the goldfields., produced by the bendigo branch of the royal historical society of victoria, which was compiled from material supplied by members, and edited by h. j. g. biggs.

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

Map, Hustler's Line of Reefs, Hustler's Consols Mine, Transverse Section, Bendigo.Plate no. XXX111 (33).Bulletin No 33 Signed H.A.Whitelaw. Drawing shows the vertical shaft descending to over 1326 feet and appears to show samples of connecting horizontal shafts with their respective mineral contentsUnderground Survey Office, Bendigo.map, bendigo, hustler's consols mine

Blue paper dated Jan 2nd 1868. I hereby certify that Conrad Heiser of Victoria Reef is unable to follow his usual employment. Signed H. L. Atkinson. M.D. Also signed by C. Heiser, declaring himself off the Sick Funds of the Court.societies, aof, correspondence, ancient order of foresters no 3770 collection - medical certificate, court king of the forest, conrad heiser, h l atkinson

Blue paper dated Decr 31st 1867. I hereby certify that Henry Volkmann of Victoria Reef is unable to follow his usual employment. Signed H. L. Atkinson. M.D. Also signed at the end by H. Volkmann declaring himself on the Sick Funds of the Court.societies, aof, correspondence, ancient order of foresters no 3770 collection - medical certificate, court king of the forest, henry volkmann, h l atkinson

Blue paper dated Dec 20th 1867. I hereby certify that Chas Smith of Victoria Reef is unable to follow his usual employment. Signed H. L. Atkinson. M.D. Also signed at the end by Charles Smith declaring himself on the Sick Funds of the Court.societies, aof, correspondence, ancient order of foresters no 3770 collection - medical certificate, court king of the forest, charles smith, h l atkinson

On left is Pleasant Creek Cross Reef Mine No1 Shaft, (1300 feet deep) and on right is No2 Shaft (1200 feet deep)Holtermann Black and White photographs of Stawell. April 1874. Poppet Head and winding house of Mine with town in background. Workers can be seen in centre of photo and standing on poppet head and handling ore trolleys on tramway.mining

Three men inspecting Quartz reef in Amalgamated Scotchmans Underground Mine 1895. Showing the face of the 1.100ft level. Illustrated the Magdala Lode appearance.Three men underground inspecting mine face. Obviously not miners.stawell mining