FRASER STREET 1869PHOTOCOPY OF LITHOGRAPH OF THE PORT PHILLIP GOLD MINING COMPANY'S CLAIM AND THE TOWNSHIP OF CLUNES TAKEN FROM THE ILLUSTRATED AUSTRALIAN NEWS. JUNE 19 1869. THIS PHOTOGRAPH WOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN PRIOR TO THE FIRES WHICH DESTROYED THE ORIGINAL SHOPS IN FRASER STREET. ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN FROM HILL BEHIND OLD LIBRARY IN TEMPLETON STREET, CLUNES. .1 BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH MOUNTED ON CARDBOARD .2 BLACK AND WHITE PRINT WITH 'LAYING THE VICTORIAN END OF THE TASMANIAN CABLE ON REVERSE .3 PHOTOCOPY BACKED WITH NEWSPAPER AND PRINT FOR SUPPORT .4 PHOTOCOPY .5 PHOTOCOPY MOUNTED ON CARDBOARD .6 DOCUMENT GIVEN BY HENRY BASSETT, APPEARS TO BE PART OF BROWN ENVELOPE .7 PHOTOCOPY OF PRINT.4 COLAC, VIC AUGUST 8TH 1941. "THIS LITTLE PICTURE PRESENTED TO CLUNES F(REE) L(IBRARY) BY HENRY BASSETT WHO WAS BORN ON CLUNES IN THE SAME YEAR THAT THE ABOVE INSTITUTION WAS ESTABLISHED, AND IS A SON OF THE LATE AZARIAH BASSETT AND NEPHEW OF THE LATE CHRISTOPHER BASSETT WHO WERE BOTH OLD RESIDENTS" HANDED TO SHIRE BY MRS V MCACRAE 22/5/73shops- symons tsymons&co, b.cass maher grocer, pitcher bros., port phillip bakery, bristol mart, and coach office j.h. dalton.

Ochre cover with sketches depicting a church, train, general store and post office with a man and boy. Title at top of cover. Bottom of cover: To celebrate the Menzies Creek Primary School Centenary 1882-1982 64 p. : ill., facsims., maps, ports. ; 27 cm.non-fictionPublished in 1982 to celebrate the centenary of Menzies Creek Primary School (1882–1982). The book provides a detailed account of the history of Menzies Creek with illustrations, maps, and photographs, capturing the development of the area, including its gold mining origins, timber industry, and community milestones.menzies creek (vic.), menzies creek primary school (vic.)

A cut glass and embossed sterling silver serving dish (known as an epergne) presented to Mrs. Mary Williams at a banquet held at Knuckey's California Gully Hotel in October 1889. The banquet was held to honour Mr. Richard Williams, who had been the Mine Manager of the Johnson's Reef Gold Mines for the past 24 years. Mrs. Mary Williams (nee Thomas) was born in St. Austell, Cornwall in 1830. She migrated to Australia with her husband in two children in 1857, arriving on the 21st December on the 'Shakespeare'. The family lived in California Gully. Richard Williams was a mine manager, firstly for George Lansell and then for thirty seven years at the Johnson's Reef Gold Mines. Mary received the epergne at a presentation banquet for her husband in October 1889. She received the accolade as 'she was a kind and charitable lady, a genuine wife and a good mother'. Transcript of address presented to Mr. R. Williams, Mine Manager, Johnson’s Reef Gold Mines, Bendigo at a banquet held at Knuckey’s California Gully Hotel, California Gully, Bendigo. Description of presentation of epergne to Mrs. Mary Williams at the same function. “To Richard Williams, Esq., J.P., Fenton Gove, California Gully. Dear Sir, We, the undersigned, on behalf of the employees of the Johnson's Reef Gold Mines Company, California Gully, Bendigo, desire to place on record the very high esteem which we have always entertained for you in your responsible position of General Manager of the above company for the past 24 years. During the whole of that time the relations which have existed between you and those under your supervision have been of the harmonious kind. You were ever ready to appreciate and acknowledge our efforts in carrying out your orders, thus making it a pleasure for us to possess your confidence and to give satisfaction to our employers. We trust that you may long continue to maintain the position which you now occupy, feeling assured that in the future, as in the past, you will render faithful service to the company whom your instructions represent, and that we, by our efforts in following your instructions may succeed in retaining the good feeling which has hitherto existed between us. In presenting you with this small token of our esteem, we sincerely trust that Mrs. Willliams and yourself may be long spared amongst us to continue in the good works in which you are so thoroughly appreciated by those with whom you are intimately connected. With every feeling of respect to yourself and family, we subscribe ourselves, George Roberts, Andrew Leahy, Robt. Thomas, Geo. Smith, John Holt, Henry Tonkin, and 220 others. The chairman then presented Mr. Williams with a very handsome diamond locket, manufactured at the establishment of Mr. J. Moody. The large gathering of employees that night showed a genuine feeling of gratitude for past kindness, and was a means of keeping up the kindly feelings which always ought to exist between employers and employees. Much what is said with regard to there being no gratitude among workmen was false, as gratitude will be shown where fair play is given, which could always be relied on from a large-hearted man like Mr. Williams, was received with loud applause”. ‘Banquet to a Mining Manager’ Bendigo Advertiser (Vic. : 1855 - 1918), Tuesday 29 October 1889, page 3 The epergne comprises of a silver and mirrored glass base, a decorative silver centrepiece, a cut glass bowl with a conical base, and a small silver plaque. The silver centrepiece features two twining palm trees with a stag deer at the base. Epergne is from the Tui Mitchell Collection. Separate shield shaped silver coloured plaque.Presented to Mrs. R Williams By Her Friends As a slight token of esteem California Gully. October 28/89epergne, tui mitchell collection, richard williams, mary williams, california gully, knuckey's california gully hotel, johnson's reef gold mines