In 1792 John Manners had set up a workshop making woodworking planes at 14 Saracens Lane Glasgow. He also had employed an apprentice Alexander Mathieson (1773-1851). But in the following year at Saracen's Lane, the 1841 census describes Alexander Mathieson as a master plane-maker now at 38 Saracen Lane with his son Thomas Adam working with him as a journeyman plane-maker. Presumably, Alexander must have taken over the premises and business of John Manners. Now that the business had Thomas Adam Mathieson working with his father it gradually grew and became more diversified, and it is recorded at the time by the Post-Office Glasgow Annual Directory that by 1847-1848 Alexander Mathieson was a “plane, brace, bit, auger & edge tool maker” In 1849 the firm of James & William Stewart at 65 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh was taken over and Thomas was put in charge of the business, trading under the name Thomas A. Mathieson & Co. as plane and edge-tool makers. Thomas's company went on to acquire the Edinburgh edge-tool makers “Charles & Hugh McPherson” and took over their premises in Gilmore Street. In the Edinburgh directory of 1856/7, the business is recorded as being Alexander Mathieson & Son, plane and edge-tool makers at 48 Nicolson Street and Paul's Work, Gilmore Street Edinburgh. The 1851 census Alexander is recorded as working as a tool and plane-maker employing eight men. Later that year Alexander died and his son Thomas took over the business. Under the heading of an edge-tool maker in the 1852/3 Post-Office Glasgow Annual Directory the firm is now listed as Alexander Mathieson & Son, with further entries as "turning-lathe and vice manufacturers". By the early 1850s, the business had moved to 24 Saracen Lane. The directory for 1857/8 records that the firm had moved again only a few years later to East Campbell Street, off the Gallowgate area, and that through further diversification was also manufacturing coopers' and tinmen's tools. The ten-yearly censuses report the firm's growth in 1861 stating that Thomas was a tool manufacturer employing 95 men and 30 boys; in 1871 he had 200 men working for him and in 1881 300 men. By 1899 the firm had been incorporated as Alexander Mathieson & Sons Ltd, even though only Alexander's son Thomas appears ever to have joined the firm so the company was still in his fathers' name. In September 1868 Thomas Mathieson put a notice in the newspapers of the Sheffield & Rotherham Independent and the Sheffield Daily Telegraph stating that his firm had used the trade-mark of a crescent and star "for some time" and that "using or imitating the Mark would be proceeded against for infringement". The firm had acquired its interest in the crescent-and-star mark from the heirs of Charles Pickslay, the Sheffield cutler who had registered it with the Cutlers' Company in 1833 and had died in 1852. The year 1868 seems also to be the one in which the name Saracen Tool Works was first adopted; not only does it figure at the foot of the notice in the Sheffield press, it also makes its first appearance in the firm's entry in the Post-Office Glasgow Annual Directory in the 1868/9 edition. As Thomas Mathieson's business grew, so too did his involvement in local public life and philanthropy. One of the representatives of the third ward on the town council of Glasgow, he became a river bailie in 1868, a magistrate in 1870 and a preceptor of Hutcheson's Hospital in 1878. He had a passion for books and was an "ardent Ruskinian". He served on the committee handling the bequest for the setting up of the Mitchell Library in Glasgow. When he died at Coulter Maynes near Biggar in 1899, he left an estate worth £142,764.  Company's later years: Both Thomas's sons, James Harper and Thomas Ogilvie were involved in the continuing life of the firm. James followed in his father's footsteps in becoming a local public figure. He was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of the County of the City of Glasgow and was made a deacon of the Incorporation of the Hammermen of Glasgow in 1919. His brother Thomas Ogilvie was recorded as tool manufacturer and employer in the 1911 census. Thomas Ogilvie's son Thomas Alastair Sutherland Ogilvie Mathieson was born in 1908 took a rather different approach to engineering, however, by becoming a racing driver. In 1947 he wed the French film actress Mila Parély. The firm had won many awards at world fairs for their goods. At the Great Exhibition, London, 1851. Prize medal for joiners' tools in the class of Cutlery & Edge Tools, Great London Exposition, 1862. Prize medal honoris causa. International Exhibition, Melbourne, 1880. Gold medal International Exhibition of Industry, Science and Art, Edinburgh, 1886. Prize medal The firm of Alexander Mathieson & Sons was one of the leading makers of hand tools in Scotland. Its success went hand in hand with the growth of the shipbuilding industries on the Firth of Clyde in the nineteenth century and the emergence of Glasgow as the "second city of the Empire". It also reflected the firm's skill in responding to an unprecedented demand for quality tools by shipyards, cooperages and other industries, both locally and far and wide.Scotch Eye Auger, Double Twist with Lead Screw 2 inch bit with round shaft leading to handle socketStamped A Mathiesonflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, auger, ring auger, ship building

Ships Auger with Ring, no Lead Screw, round shaft with Ring welded onto shank. 1700mm long, Bit 35mmflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village

Copy of map of Diamond Hill area, with the Trig Station mid centre on map. Shafts, mines and geological features are marked.bendigo, mining, diamond hill

Hand written notes on cream paper. Years from 1935 to1942. Lists the Sill of Shaft depth, Production and Calls.mine, gold, central napoleon mine, central napoleon mine, napoleon line

Map, Geological Survey of Victoria, Bendigo Gold Field - Eaglehawk.Campaspe10 000/2.3; Victoria 1:10,000. Index of Shafts.Dept. of Manufacturing & Industry Developmentmap, bendigo, eaglehawk gold field

An agricultural tool used by loggers, or farmers, the log splitting wedge has been used for thousands of years and was originally made from stone. They were either driven straight into the wood or into a previously made incision with the blade parallel to the grain. Using a sledgehammer or other tool hammered onto the flat end, the wedge is forced deeper into the log until the force splits the timber.well used, slight surface rust. Octagonal shaft to collar then wedge. Top badly burred over from use.splitting, wedge, log, lumber, tool, tools, churchill island, farm

Colour Photgraph showing a large group of people looking at Magdala Mine Shaft, which is surrounded by a tall wire fence.heritage week, magdala mine

Depicts the woollen spinning room from one of the Godfrey Hirst mills in 1966. In 1966 McKendrick Consolidated Industries Ltd purchased Godfrey Hirst Ltd to operate a carpet manufacturing company and this photo was taken at the time of the takeover.Photograph, black and white. Depicts a room filled with horizontal spinning machinery, powered by drive shafts. There are cases and skips in the foreground.Proof IAN HAWTHORNE / PHOTOGRAPHER / Commercial, Portrait, Wedding, Colour Processor / Upstairs, 140 Moorabool St., Geelong Ph. 98096godfrey hirst and co. pty ltd, spinning, spinning machinery

Large wooden round shaft with two round rings at either end. Centre ring has a metal hook attached.transport, animal, rural industry, livestock

Wooden shoes insert with long metal handled shaft for stretching. Wooden insert is in two parts with metal hinge at back.costume accessories, footwear accessories

Metal wire strainer. Round cylinder with hole in centre attached to a long shaft. Three sided metal piece attached.rural industry, fencing

Long slightly curved metal shaft with round metal step attached. Metal piece at right angles to attached to buggy.transport, animal

Char-A-Banc belonging to Withers Bus Tours later Pioneer Tours and group of people in front of Sloane's & Scotchman Mining Co Poppet Head upper Main Street Stawell. Withers Tours, later named Pioneer Tours ran regular tourist buses from Melbourne to Stawell and Halls Gap area in a successful business. They later expanded to Sydney and other interstate destinations. Founder was W.A. Withers born at Moyston and became a successful businessman in Melbourne.Early 1920's open bus with a group or people (tourists) in front of Poppet Head and shaft of Sloane & Scotchmans Mine.mining, transport, tourism

Used by riders for the control of horses, and by cart drivers Ca1900 As manufactured and sold by Holden and Frost Ca 1900Tapered shaft, cotton wrapped 400mm with leather wrapped hand grip and 60mm long leathern loop at other endequine, crop

Used as stampers on crushing machine, possibly discarded because of wear or damage.Three circular objects. Very heavy weights with protruding cylinder shafts, one is bigger than other 2. With inscription..2- "br22, .3- br22", .1- "indecipherable"

57 small unused rusted nails with rectangular heads. The square shaft narrows to a blunt tip. One nail is bent. archaeology, historic building, former royal mint

Corroded nail with a rounded shaft consistent in diameter to pointed tip. Head seems to be comprised of three different types of metal. archaeology, historic building, former royal mint

Newspaper article, Bendigo Advertiser, Thursday October 13, 1988, page 1. It was said in the 'heyday of Bendigo's gold mining it was possible to walk underground from Spring Gully to Eaglehawk' Article describes a walk done in 1988 from the 8th level of the Central Deborah Gold Mine shaft (270 m) through a series of tortuous and at times hazardous drives, stopes, shafts and cross overs to the 8th level of the North Deborah Gold Mine. Steven Hinde, Bendigo Mining's Chief Geologist lead the trek, which proved it was still possible to go down one shaft and emerge up another. When Bendigo Mining dewatered the Central Deborah shaft it uncovered the old connecting passages.bendigo, mining, central deborah gold mine

Handwritten copy of items for the Newsletter. Included is Machinery Contractor Called to Task. He took a lot longer to do the work than he should have. Boys Will Be Boys tells of a boy who was supposed to driving the whim horse, but in the absence of the braceman, he amused himself by taking a truck out of the cage and putting it back again. Then he started stepping backwards and forwards by holding onto a rope across the shaft, then fell down the shaft. He got a severe shaking. Cheers and Groans are about the long hours the miners worked and the introduction of the 8 hour day. Primitive Shafts is about the Victoria Reef Shafts. It tells of the underground working and raising the ore, crushing and yield.document, for historical society bendigo branch newsletter, federal australian, st mungo crushing battery, a richardson, royal hotel, bendigo advertiser, angus mackay, regulation of mines 1874, victoria reef quartz co, victoria quartz, grant and co, dicker's mining record 23/11/1861 pages 9 and 10

This wooden spear has separate tip, barb and tail extensions bound by sinew and resin. The spear head is flattened on the barb side and sharpened to a fine point. The side opposite the barb is convex. The shaft has a tail extension which is 25cm long and bound with resin and sinew to the shaft at an angle of 20 degrees.The head has a subtle cross hatch design between the barb and the neck.

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

Map, Hustler's Line of Reef, Hustler's Royal Reserves No. 2 Co, Longitudinal Section.Plate No.V111 (8). Bulletin No 33 Signed H.A.Whitelaw Underground survey Office Bendigo September 1913 Drawing shows mine shaft to over 1746 feet deep and appears to show samples of connecting horizontal shaftsUnderground Survey Office, Bendigo.map, bendigo, hustler's royal reserve no. 2 mine*

Map, Hustler's Line of Reefs, Great Extended Hustler's Mine, Longitudinal Section Plate No X111 (13). Bulletin No 33 Signed H.A.Whitelaw Underground survey Office Bendigo September 1913 Drawing shows mine shaft to over 3454 feet deep and appears to show samples of connecting horizontal shaftsUnderground Survey Office, Bendigo.map, bendigo, great extended hustler's mine

A Masterbuilt Challenger 440 tennis racquet, painted from shoulder to shaft, with whipping on shoulders, and featuring leather handle grip with arrow-like perforations. Throat features model name. Masterbuilt logo features along shaft. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Plastic, Paint, Ink, Leather, Glue, Lacquer, Metaltennis

A metal Chemold 'Tony Roche' tennis racquet with double shaft and metal bridge. Black plastic shaft casing and butt cap. Adhesive label on butt features Chemold logo. Handle wrapped with black & maroon leather grip tape. Materials: Metal, Adhesive tape, Plastic, Adhesive label, Leathertennis

A metal 'ProAm' tennis racquet. Has double shaft with two metal bridges. White plastic shaft casing and butt cap. 'W' logo printed onto net in red. Handle wrapped with perforated brown leather grip tape. Materials: Metal, Plastic, Leather, Nylon, Adhesive tape, Painttennis