COLOURED PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN DURING 150TH CELEBRATION OF FIRST GOLD DISCOVERY IN VICTORIA, JULY 2001. LOOKING WEST ALONG FRASER STREET, WELCOME BANNER ACROSS FRASER STREET.local history, photography, photographs, events and celebrations

COLOUR PHOTOGRAPH ENTERTAINMENT AT COLLINS PLACE, FRASER STREET, CLUNESlocal history, photography, photographs, events and celebrations

COLOUR PHOTOGRAPH VINTAGE OR VETERAN CARS IN FRASER STREET, CLUNESlocal history, photography, photographs, events and celebrations

BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH STREET PARADE, FRASER STREET, CLUNESlocal history, photography, photographs, events and celebrations

Printed poster by Clunes Guardian General Printing Office, Fraser Streetposter, rules and signals for winding, gold mining, clunes guardian general printing office, clunes, mining, mining rules

PHOTOGRAPH REMOVED FROM ALBUM DONATED BY MRS. TATNALL. THE SHOP LATER BECAME THE PROPERTY OF W.J. CHAMPION, THEN RUSSEL HORNER THEN MRS. LOTTE COLES. NOW OWNERS LIVE PRIVATELY IN BUILDING.PHOTOGRAPH OF G. TUFF DRAPER CLOTHIER SHOP. FRASER STREET, CLUNESphotographs, shops, tuff, c. draper, clothier

PHOTOGRAPH OF FRASER STREET SHOWING ARCHWAY ERECTED TO CELEBRATE VICTORY OF WW1local history, photography, photographs,

CELEBRATIONS IN CLUNESCOLOURED PHOTOGRAPH OF CLUNES MAIN STREET WITH FLAGS ACROSS FRASER STREET.local history, photography, photographs, clunes township

SUSPENSION BRIDGE CONNECTING CREEK PARADE AND UPPER FRASER STREET, CLUNES.OLD FOOTBRIDGE CONNECTING CREEK PARADE AND UPPER FRASER ST. CLUNES.local history, photography, photographs, bridges

BACK TO CLUNES CELEBRATIONS. 1933.1 BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOCOPY OF STREET PARADE OF PEOPLE. BANDS AND CARS IN FRASER STREET CLUNES PASSING LOCAL SHOPS. .2 BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF STREET PARADE WITH PEOPLE AND CARS IN FRASER STREETlocal history, photography, photographs, events and celebrations, back to clunes

.BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF LARGE GROUP OF MEN WITH BICYCLES IN FRASER STREET, CLUNES.COCKING AND COLONIAL MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCElocal history, photography, photographs, events and celebrations

PART OF CLUNES TOWNSHIP FROM CAMP PARADE.TOWNSHIP VIEW OF CLUNES, FROM LOWER FRASER STREET, TWO BRIDGES IN PICTURE.CLUNES FROM CAMP PARADE. CIRCA 1897local history, photography, photographs, clunes township

200 ROLLS ROYCE CARS CAME TO CLUNES ON 20TH SEPTEMBER, 1992.ROLLS ROYCE CLUB OF AUSTRALIA - 200 ROLLS & BENTLEY AT FRASER STREET CLUNES.local history, photography, photographs, events and celebrations, rolls royce1992

COLOUR PHOTOGRAPH VISITING VETERAN/VINTAGE CARS AND CROWDS IN FRASER STREET, CLUNESlocal history, photography, photographs, events and celebrations

ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OWNED BY MR. MICHAEL KIRCE BACK TO CLUNES, 1925..REPRODUCTION SEPIA PHOTOGRAPH OF STREET PARADE IN FRASER STREET, CLUNES. BACK TO CLUNES 1927.On Front; Stamped Hornby's Studio Ballarat. Handwritten in black ink 18/11/27local history, photography, photographs, shops, l.cook, tea rooms, downes boot warehouse, g. mangles, central garage., events and celebrations, back to clunes

COLOURED PHOTOGRAPHS OF VINTAGE CARS LINING FRASER STREET, CLUNES. CROWDS ENJOYING THE EVENTlocal history, photography, photographs, events and celebrations, vintage cars.

REAR VIEW OF "KEEBLES" CORNER OF BAILEY AND FRASER STREET. THE BUILDING WAS ORIGINALLY THE TELEGRAPH HOTEL.local history, photography, photographs, buildings

FINE WORK ON RSL BUILDING, FRASER STREET, CLUNES. THE BUILDING WAS FORMERLY THE E.S.& A. BANKlocal history, photography, photographs, rsl, club rooms

The largest gold mine in the area originated from a find in 1862. The mine was closed January 20, 1915 when a fire destroyed nearly all the above ground plant. Published: Nillumbik Now and Then /​ Marguerite Marshall 2008; photographs Alan King with Marguerite Marshall.; p75 Beneath Mine Hill, as locals call it, runs a network of tunnels once of central importance to the fledgling township of Diamond Creek. These are relics of gold mines, which transformed early Diamond Creek.1 The tiny settlement of about 20 families soared to more than 200 because of gold. For around 50 years, from 1862, gold mining was Diamond Creek’s major source of employment. On September 7, 1854 The Argus newspaper reported a find of a four pound (1.8kg) gold nugget in Nillumbik (an early name for Diamond Creek). Exactly where, is not known.2 The largest mine in the district, the Diamond Creek Gold Mine, apparently originated from a find in 1862. It is said Joe and Dave Wilson were visiting former tailor then cook, Charles Orme, at the southern end of Fraser Street. Sitting on a stump outside the front gate on land belonging to Dr A. E. Phipps the Wilsons found a vein of gold-bearing quartz, which led to the discovery of four quartz reefs varying in width to eight inches (20cm), running north and south. A reef found at the foot of the hill opposite Challenger Street became the Union Mine. This reef was traced south to Allendale Road where a small mine began operations.3 Other smaller mines later operated as well. Dr Phipps immediately began to mine and also built the Diamond Reef Hotel as a boarding house for miners. But Charles Orme, who owned the land alongside, leased his mine to Dr Phipps probably because of insufficient funds and business skills. By mid 1865 the mine had produced 2530 ounces of gold – a 100% profit on the original outlay. Of course there were problems. When the local dam dried up a Blake pump was installed to draw water from the creek. The Union Mine operated under the Diamond Creek Gold Mine management except when disputes sometimes resulted in separate management. However disagreements had to be resolved as the Union Mine depended on Diamond Creek Gold Mine pumps to remove underground water from common reefs. In 1912 the main shaft of about 380 yards (350m) employed 200 men recovering an average of 5000 ounces (141.7kg) of gold a year. But not everyone did well out of gold. Records of failed mining companies in the Victorian Public Record Office, reveal that owner Dr Phipps leased his Right to others. Companies came and went over the next 40 years, most sponsored by Melbourne businessmen who sold shares to gullible locals and then became insolvent. Although there were some good profits, financial returns were haphazard until 1905. Some local residents, who were share holders in short- term companies, became well-known names in modern Diamond Creek such as Scott, Haley, Butler, Alder, Ryan, Wadeson, Reeves, Alston, Paul and Edwards. Gold mining was brought to a disastrous end on January 20, 1915 at 3 pm, when fire destroyed nearly all the above-ground plant. Fortunately no lives were lost. But reopening the mine was almost impossible because of the increasing depth of water in the main shaft. The closed mine destroyed the livelihood of 200 families and the debris took many years to clear.4 In 1946 the Diamond Creek Gold Mine was reopened by the Golden Hind Mining Company, but money ran out before the 600 feet (182.8m) or so of water could be removed. Gold remains in the mine but enormous capital would be needed to buy the land, equipment and to remove the water. Today 12 known sealed shafts along the ridge of the hills on private property extend west for around one kilometre from the corner of Fraser and Haley Streets, crossing Norma and Fyffe to Dering Streets. As recently as 1987, heavy rains revealed a former Union Mine shaft in the Georgiadis family Fyffe Street back yard.5 Allendale Mine, south of Allendale Road, is still open and one of the Union Mine’s main drives (horizontal excavation) remains unsealed, on the Creek Reserve.This collection of almost 130 photos about places and people within the Shire of Nillumbik, an urban and rural municipality in Melbourne's north, contributes to an understanding of the history of the Shire. Published in 2008 immediately prior to the Black Saturday bushfires of February 7, 2009, it documents sites that were impacted, and in some cases destroyed by the fires. It includes photographs taken especially for the publication, creating a unique time capsule representing the Shire in the early 21st century. It remains the most recent comprehenesive publication devoted to the Shire's history connecting local residents to the past. nillumbik now and then (marshall-king) collection, diamond creek, diamond creek mine, fraser street, gold mining, james cook drive, mine hill

BERYL FENTON, HERBERT & ANNE MIELKE WORKING IN CLUNES MUSEUM FRASER STREET, RECEPTION AREA.local history, photography, photographs, museum, clunes

WEICKHARDT'S TANK AND PLUMBING FACTORY.1 .2 COPY OF PROMOTIONAL COLLAGE OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF WEICKHARDT'S TANK FACTORY FRASER STREET, CLUNES.WEICKHARDT'S TANKS ARE BESTlocal history, photography, photographs, shops, weickhardt's tank factory, buildings, tanks, iron workers and cycles.

R.S.L. BUILDING WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT AS THE LONDON CHARTERED BANK AND THEN THE E.S.& A. BANK, WHICH WAS THEN SOLD TO MR. HARRY PICKFORD, WHO THEN SOLD THE BUILDING TO THE R.S.L..1 .2 BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF RETURNED SOLDIERS LEAGUE BUILDING IN FRASER STREET, CLUNES.local history, photography, photographs, buildings

COLOUR PHOTOGRAPH VINTAGE/VETERAN CARS PARKED NEAR COLLINS PLACE, FRASER STREET, CLUNESlocal history, photography, events and celebrations