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Ballarat Heritage Services
Digital photograph, Clunes Book Festival, Ballarat Heritage Services
Clunes Book Festival has been established for some years. In 2016 Ballarat Heritage showed some of their interesting and innovative publications. Dorothy Wickham was a contributor to Goldfields and the Gothic, launched at the festival.ballarat heritage services, books, clunes festival, goldfields and the gothic: a hidden heritage & folklore, clunes book festival, clunes, book, nicholas moll, dorothy wickham, david waldron, nathaniel buchanan, paul michael donovan, keir reeves. -
Victorian Interpretive Projects Inc.
Photograph - Black and White, Ballarat, c1854
The town you see had over 50,000 people. Bridge Street on the left is well established. The crude pans and cradles of the early “diggers’ were already giving way to steam power and the deep shafts of the “miners”. Money and machinery were needed to get to the deeper leads, and the smoke stacks of the great company mines can be seen across the photo.Four black and white photographs placed together to make a panorama of Ballarat looking towards Mt Warrenheip. On the left the chimney and gasometer indicate the corner of Dana Street and Albert Street. This is now the Ballarat Law Courts. The photograph is behind glass in a black frame. These four photographs were taken from the slope of the Ballarat School of Mines where the Uniting Church now stands. When joined they give a panoramic view of one of the world’s richest alluvial goldfields. The Waterloo Mine was one of the first deep shafts and was sunk at the foot of the Dana Street hill. Its tailings are seen in the second photo from left. The following was typed and placed with the framed image. Ballarat Circa 1858 This is the most significant of the photographs of early Ballarat. The photographer stood on the slope near S.M.B. where the Wesley Church now stands and took four pictures. When joined them have this panoramic view of one of the world's richest alluvial goldfields. Seven years earlier this landscape was empty. The town you see had over 50,000 people. Bridge Street on the left is well established the Ballarat gas Company stands on the same place as today. The crude pans and cradles of the early "diggers" were already giving way to steam power and the deep shafts of the :"miners". Money and machinery were needed to get to the deeper leads, and the smoke stacks of the great company mines can be seen across the photo. The Waterloo mines was one of the first deep shafts and was sunk at the foot of the Dana Street hill. Its tailings are seen in the second photo from the left. ballarat, ballarat townscape, panorama, waterloo mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - INDEX TO THE VARIOUS CLAUSES OF THE NEW REGULATIONS - SANDHURST GOLDFIELDS
INDEX TO THE VARIOUS CLAUSES OF THE NEW REGULATIONS - SANDHURST GOLDFIELDS / small brown , string bound , stained paper booklet / page 1 shows SANDHURST GOLDFIELDS General Regulations - Chief Secretary's Office , Melbourne , 22nd August , 1856. 'His excellency the Officer administering the government , with the advice of the Executive Council , has approved and authorised the promulgation of the following General Regulations dated the 3rd of October , 1855 ) under the Act of Council 18 Victoria No. 37. By His Excellency's Command ,W.5044, William C Haines' - back page shows Argus Stationery Depot , Pike's Buildings , Pall Mall, Sandhurst.book, bendigo, argus stationery depot , pike's buildings , pall mall, sandhurst , /1871, english, book edition: rules and regulations of the bendigo mining exchange, 1871. bendigo mining exchange.///index to the various clauses of the new regulations - sandhurst goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - HISTORIC GUIDE TO BENDIGO
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 Historical Society Inc.
Document - JOSEPH DAVIES COLLECTION: LETTER FORM CHAMBER OF MINES VICTORIA, 29/07/1909
Letter from the Chamber Mines Victoria to Joseph Davies, Diamond Hill. Letter outlines a resolution congratulating Joseph Davies on his act of bravery in rescuing John Allan at the Goldfields Consolidated Mine. Letter typed on buff paper, red seal on bottom LH side.Chamber of Mines, Victoriaperson, mining, joseph davies, joseph davies, mining, chamber of mines, victoria -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - Women on the goldfields
... Goldfields ..."Marunari" is the newsletter of the Bendigo Historical Society.Articles mainly published in Marunari on women on the goldfields. Women mentioned are: Charlotte Jackson, Mary McCarthy, Elizabeth Chin Que, Mardi Spencer, Rose Nigan, Catherine Lamsey, Ellen Clacy, Anastasia Maher, Vera Cook, Mollie Lazarus, Gloria Fry, Mrs. Gollmick, goldfields, women -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA COLLECTION: GERMAN MASKED COSTUME BALL
Advertising card. Dean Henry Centenary Celebrations ''German Masked Costume Ball'' 4th September, 1982 City Hall - Bendigo. A drawing by Dorothy Dempsey Carroll of the Mass Tent used by Dean Backhaus on the Bendigo Goldfield. Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Bendigo Branch.entertainment, dance, rhsv bendigo victorian ball -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - CORRESPONDENCE: A WILLIAM FERNIE (OF BENDIGO)
Correspondence re a William Fernie (of Bendigo) between Harold Curnow and the enquirer, , Ian Turner of Calgary, Canada. William Fernie reputed to be in ''goldfields of Bendigo and Perdue'' for 4 years following 1850/51. No positive information in reply. Copies of newspaper articles published in relation to this enquiry.Bendigo Advertiserperson, individual, william fernie -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Map - DEBORAH MINE - MAP OF LINES OF REEF AND MINES (BENDIGO)
Two adjoining photocopies of part of map of Bendigo Goldfield showing lines of reef, mines, streets, locations and contour lines. Map is a beige colour with darker lines and letters. Some of the mines have their depths printed beside them. This item is stored in Map drawer 7mine, gold, deborah mine, deborah mine, map of lines of reef and mines (bendigo). -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE GOLD LICENCE, c1850s
... goldfields ...Diggers & Mining. The gold licence. The Government Camp. Depicts diggers on the goldfield with one on the run. Some diggers avoided payment - and ''digger hunts'' were a feature of many fields. 'Joe! Joe!' marked on picture. Markings: 32 994.LIF. 4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BERT GRAHAM COLLECTION: BENDIGO EAST PROGRESS ASSOCIATION, 3/11/1989 - 22/2/1994
Documents, Bert Graham Collection, Bendigo East Progress Association, correspondence from Sandhurst Trustees, Vic Roads, Bendigo City Council, Corporate Affairs Victoria, Michael John, M.P. John Brumby, M.P.- Central Goldfields- World Heritage Recognition, in town of Maldon.bendigo, clubs, bendigo east progress association -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Gold Fields Map Presentation to the Stawell Historical Society, 2001
Gold Fields Map Presentation to SHS.Three (3) Colour Photographs 1: SHS President Betty Jackson presented with goldfields map. by goldfoelds manager, Richard Carlton. 2: Mayor Karen Douglas, with Betty Jackson and Richard Carlton 3: Mayor Karen Douglas presenting colouring competition to School childrenstawell -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Clothing - Boots
... goldfields ...General Tom Thumbs (Charles Stratton) Boots that he left in Beechworth during a visit to the Goldfields in 1870. Tom Thumb was a performer with the American Phineas Taylor Barnum's circus troupe that toured the world. Pair brown leather knee-high boots, leather lining and sole. Stacked leather heel and decorative embossing on front.tom thumb, boots, burke museum, circus, phineas taylor barnum, beechworth, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - RESEARCH PAPERS: THE INIMITABLE CHARLES THATCHER, 2002
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.A talk written by Jim Evans for the Bendigo Historical Society in September 2002 regarding the gold field entertainer Charles Robert Thatcher and his many chaotic adventures and performances across Bendigo and Australia. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - AUSTIN COLLECTION: 'BRYANT'S RANGES' WORDS OF SONG
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 -
Federation University Historical Collection
Document, Samuel Huyghue, How 'The Camp' saw 'The Riot': The hitherto unpublished story of a Camp Official - Samuel Douglas Smyth Huyghue, 1884, 1884
Samuel Huyghue was a Camp official at Ballarat during the Eureka Stockade. He was Canadian by birth. The manuscript was written some years after the Eureka Stockade and gives person views of what happened on the goldfields at that time. Typed transcript of a manuscript held in the Mitchell Library, Sydney, and transcribed from the original by Paul O'Brien.samuel huyghue, eureka stockade, ballarat government camp, ballarat riots, james bentley, military, riot act, digger hunt, gilbert amos, robert nickle, 12th regiment, 40th regiment, john king, eureka flag, michael roney, joseph wall, william webb, felix boyle, george webster, timothy hayes, henry wise, peter lalor, john basson humffray, j.b. humffray -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Book, Dorothy Wickham, "Women of he Diggings: Ballarat 1854" by Dorothy Wickham
... Goldfields ...Women of the Diggings was published by BHS Publishing and written by Dorothy Wickham. The chapters in the front of the book give an account of women's life on the goldfields, while the back section is the biography of around 1500 women in Ballarat in 1854.women, goldfields, dorothy wickham, eureka stockade -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - HISTORIC GUIDE TO BENDIGO
A book titled ' The Royal Historical Society of Victoria Bendigo Branch, Historic Guide to Bendigo with map(Loose), of goldfields showing streets, lines of reef, principal shafts. Recommended for tourists, students, prospectors and historians. 1980.' Cambridge Press, Bendigo. Eighth Edition. Maps, photos, illustrations.bendigo, history, gold mining, book, books, bendigo history, history, victoria, victorian history, australian history, gold, gold fields, gold discoveries, place, the royal historical society of victoria bendigo branch -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - HISTORIC GUIDE TO BENDIGO
... goldfields ...A copy of a book 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 historians.' Sandhurst Municipal Centenary Edition. 4th edition. Maps, photos, illustrations.bendigo, history, gold mining, book, books, bendigo, bendigo history, history, australian history, victoria, victorian history, goldfields, gold, the royal historical society of victoria -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - NEW BENDIGO GOLD PROJECT: REPORT ON BENDIGO HISTORICAL GOLD PRODUCTION
New Bendigo Gold Project -Bendigo Mining NL - Report on Bendigo Historical Gold Production from the Bendigo Goldfield -Exploration Office - dated March 2001 . Paper presented by Rowland Hill, Bendigo Mining NL, at BHS meeting, 2 November, 2001. 30 pages.document, gold, gold mines of bendigo & eaglehawk -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - JOSEPH DAVIES COLLECTION: LETTER FROM THE TOWN CLERK, 30/07/1909
Typed letter from the Town Clerk of the Borough of Eaglehawk, referring to a resolution which was passed by the Eaglehawk Borough Council on the 30th July 1909. That the council appreciates the efforts of Mr. Joseph Davies in saving the life of his mate at the Goldfields Consolidated Mine. Signed by? Andrews, Town Clerk.document, joseph davies collection, eaglehawk borough council, mr joseph davies, goldfields consolidated mine, ? andrew town clerk -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - A DIFFICULT CASE
A Difficult Case by Jong Ah Siug, an autobiography of a Chinese miner on the Central Victorian Goldfields, 148 pages with black & white plus some coloured photographs and maps, translated, annotated and historical introduction by Ruth Moore and John Tully, published and printed by Jim Crow Press Daylesford.Jong Ah Siugbooks, biography, jong ah siug -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - GOLDEN GULLY ALLUVIAL WORKINGS
Golden Gully alluvial workings, Diamond Hill area, site number 1.1. Document has map/grid references, parcel number and location - runs along Woodward Road. History from 1851 to 186 detailed. . Information from David Bannear's Bendigo goldfields survey. -
Clunes Museum
Album - CATALOGUE, 1999
CATALOGUE PROGRAMME OF COURT HOUSE PAINTINGS AT EXHIBITION IN THE HIGHWAY GALLERY 14 HIGHWAY MOUNT WAVERLY 6-30 JUNE 1999..1 A SMALL WHITE BOOKLET FROM THE HIGHWAY GALLERY OF OUR GOLDEN HERITAGE. PRIVATE COLLECTION OF COURT HOUSES OF VICTORIAN GOLDFIELDS TOWNS. .2 INVITATION - PRINTED ON GREEN CARD TO EXHIBITION AT MT. WAVERLY 30 - 6 - 1999. .3 LECTURE PROGRAMME FOR OUR GOLDEN HERITAGElocal history, document, catalogue, paintings, paintings of courthouses -
Unions Ballarat
The forgotten rebels of Eureka, Wright, Clare, 2013
... goldfields ...Clare Wright writes about the multitude of women who were at the Ballarat goldfields and the critical roles that they played in the goldfields and the Eureka Stockade. Contents Introduction : dust and rattling bones Part 1. Transitions 1. A virgin country 2. Deliverance 3. Crossing the line 4. The road Part 2. Transformations 5. The gold diggers on '54 6. Winners and losers 7. The winter of their discontent 8. Parting with my sex Part 3 : Transgressions 9. Burning down the house 10. High camp 11. Crossing the line (reprise) 12. Bloody Sunday. Relevant to Australian and Ballarat history and especially facts around the story of the Eureka Stockade.Paper; hardcover book. Front cover: blue and white Eureka flag background; white, fawn and blue lettering; sticker (The Stella Prize 2014 Shortlist).Front cover includes title and author's name; quotations from reviewers. Back cover: quotes from reviewers.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, eureka stockade, women in history, goldfields, gold miners, gold mining - ballarat, history -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - CAROL HOLSWORTH COLLECTION: GEOLOGICAL REPORT BENDIGO
Four page document, not sequential. Front page: structural trends, major faults and folds in the Bendigo area are depicted in a diagram. Fault lines and folds include the Leichardt Fault, the Break O'Day Fault, Sebastian Fault, Whitelaw Fault, the Yankee Creek Fault and the Fosterville Fault. Aecond page shows the typical reef forms on the Bendigo goldfield (Willman 1988) in a diagram. The Sebastian goldfield is described, with its four lines of reef, the Eureka, Gaskill's, Frederick the Great and Gamboni. Third page describes the White Hills gravels. Fourth page is a table showing thel biostratigraphic zonation of the Ordovician bedrock based on key graptolite forms and assemblages.bendigo, mining, geological bulletin -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - DIAMOND HILL HISTORIC AREA PARKS VICTORIA
Document, two pages, prepared by Parks Victoria in relation to the Diamond Hill Historic Area. Contains information regarding the history of the area; German Miners; Plants and animals. On second page is a map of the area showing historic features: Deborah Consolidated Gold workings Red, White and Blue Extended gold workings Goldfields Extended gold workings Dead Dog Gully, alluvial gold workings Glasgow & Golconda Gold workings and tramway Surface gold mining site Hansel Mundy gold workings Bendigo Goldfields Pty gold workings Stafford gold workings Langdon gold workings Great Opossum Gully alluvial gold workingsbendigo, mining, diamond hill -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - HISTORY OF THE WEDDERBURN GOLDFIELDS, 1888
... Goldfields ...Hardcover book with printed dust jacket and plastic cover. 92 pages with black and white illustrations, fold out map and index. Covers the history of the Wedderburn Goldfields and the discovery of gold generally in Australia from the 1850s until c1880s. Written by Joshua R Gray and edited by Frank Cusack.Joshua R Gray and Frank Cusack.gold, goldfields, goldfield -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - GERMAN MASKED COSTUME BALL, 1982, 4th September
German Masked Costume Ball, 4th Sept. 1982, City Hall, Bendigo - Poster/advertisement? - (supported/organized by?) Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Bendigo Branch. Dean Henry Backhaus Centenary Celebrations.. With sketch of Mass Tent used by Dean Backhaus on the Bendigo goldfield (by Dorothy Carroll).entertainment, dance, german masked ball, dean henry backhaus centenary celebrations, city hall, royal historical society of victoria bendigo. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - JOURNAL OF AUSTRALASIAN MINING HISTORY, VOLUME 7, SEPTEMBER 2009, 2009
Journal of Australasian Mining History, Volume 7, September 2009. Suicide on the Bendigo Goldfields 1860-1880 by James Lerk and Sandra Kippen Published by the Australian Mining History Association Booklet format Volume 7 includes pages 60- 73, with one black and white photograph on cover.James Lerk & Sandra Kippenbendigo, history, city history. the goldfields., bendigo-history-goldfields-suicide