B&w photographslocal history, geelong history

IT IS ON PERMAMENT LOAN FROM HEPBURN SHIRE THE CANNON WAS ORIGINALLY ON THE BRITISH NAVAL SHIP "NELSON" IN FEBRUARY 1867. "NELSON" WAS HANDED OVER TO THE VICTORIAN NAVAL FORCES, ON LOAN FROM THE ROYAL NAVY. "NELSON" WAS SOLD 1898, IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE GUNS WERE THEN OFFERED FOR SALE TO COUNCILS. IT WAS DISPLAYED ON A SITE NEAR THE SCENIC ROAD, CLUNES, UNTIL THE WOODEN UNDERCARRIAGE WAS DESTROYED BY THE BUSHFIRES IN 1944. IT WAS LATER RETRIEVED AND KEPT IN THE CLUNES BOROUGH COUNCIL YARD UNTIL IT WAS RESTORED BY THE APPRENTICES AT THE BENDIGO ORDNANCE WORKSHOPS IN 1895. THE TIMBER USED FOR THE RESTORATION WAS TAKEN FROM AN ELM TREE NEAR THE CREEK IN CLUNES..1 NAVAL CANNON MOUNTED ON A WOODEN UNDERCARRIAGE. .2 CANNON BALLlocal history, military history, navy, military

THE CLUNES CHINESE RIOT 1873A PAPER PRESENTED TO THE MUSEUM PER BETTY DUNCAN BY JEROME SMALL, BEING HIS HONOURS THESIS AT LA TROBE UNIVERSITY ABOUT THE CLUNES RIOT OF 1873UNIONS AND ANTI-CHINESE AGITATION ON THE VICTORIAN GOLDFIELDS. THE CLUNES RIOT OF 1873 JEROME SMALLlocal history, history, chinese riot, mining

BIOGRAPHY OF McRAES AT CLUNESlocal history, book, history (5 p52), books - history

BOOKLET WITH NAIVE DRAWING OF CLUNES PRIMARY SCHOOL ON THE FRONT COVER DRAWN IN YELLOW AND BROWN 16 PAGESnon-fictionSINCE THE INCEPTION OF SCHOOL COMMITEES THEY HAVE PLAYED AN IMPORTANT PART IN THE FUNCTIONING, AND, IN SOME CASE EVEN THE VERY FOUNDATION, OF SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE STATE...local history, book, history, schools 1552

OLD TOWNS OF VICTORIAnon-fictionCONTENT IS OLD GOLD TOWNS OF VICTORIAlocal history, history, mining

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE VICTORIA EXHIBITIONS ADVERT JUNE 2006 -JUNE 2007 ADVERTISEMENTS FOR EXHIBITIONS,local history, pamphlet, history - victorian archives centre, document

ADVERTISEMENT FOR CLUNES ART GROUP AT THE WEAVERY 63 FRASER STREET CLUNES.CLUNES ART GROUP MILESTONES EXHIBITIONS...2011 LOCAL ARTISTS WORD IN WINTER EVENT KATE EDWARDS INAUGURAL AWARDlocal history, documents, pamphlet, local history - art exhibition

.1 FAMILY HISTORIES .2 MARRIAGE WEICKHARDTSHIP LIST OF THE SHIP BY WHICH CONRAD WEICKHARDT CAME FROM GERMANY TO AUSTRALIA IN 1854local history, document, history, weickhardt family

BLUE BOUND BOOK WITH THE SHIRE OF LEXTON SEAL IMPRINTED IN GOLD LETTERING ON THE FRONT COVER, COMPLETE WITH DUST JACKET DEPICTING AN IMAGE OF A HORSE TEAM ENTERING THE TOWNSHIP OF LEXTON WITH THE PYRENEES HOTEL AND THE LEXTON COURT HOUSE, DERIVED FROM A PAINTING BY ANN MCGREGORD OF BURNBANK. 360 PAGESnon-fictionA SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF LEXTON SHIRE.local history, book, history, lexton

TWO PAPERBACK, BOUND COPIES OF THIS BOOK. WHITE COVER WITH A COLOURED PHOTOGRAPH OF CLUNES TAKEN BY REV. I W LITTLER. BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS THROUGHOUT TAKEN BY F.C. WEICKHARDTnon-fictionCLUNES HISTORY AND IT'S ORGANISATIONS FROM 1839-1972local history, document, history

COLLECTION OF CENTRAL HIGHLANDS HISTORICAL JOURNALS .1 .2 .3 SOFTCOVER BOOK WITH IMAGE OF GOLD PUDDLERS WORKING A CREEK, ORANGE BACKGROUND VOLUME 2 1994 60 PAGES .4 SOFTCOVER BOOK WITH IMAGE OF AIR WOMAN ON FRONT COVER, GREEN BACKGROUND VOLUME 3 1995 71 PAGES 2 X COPIES .5 SOFTCOVER BOOK WITH IMAGES OF CENTRAL HIGHLANDS HISTORICAL JOURNAL LOGO AND TRAVELLERS LEAVING ENGLAND PEN AND INK DRAWING ON FRONT COVER, BLUE BACKGROUND 60 PAGESnon-fictionCOLLECTION OF ARTICLES PUBLISHED BY THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION INC.local history, journal, history, central highlands historical journal

SMALL BOOK WITH AN IMAGE OF A CARRIAGE AND FOUR HORSEDS FRAMED ON THE FRONT COVER DETAILS THE HISTORY OF THE POSTAL SERVICE IN VICTORIA FROM 1837, 125 PAGESnon-fictionMELBURNE'S EARLY POSTMASTERS DID NOT STAY LONG. POOR REMUNERATION AND WORKING CONDITIONS PERHAPS HAD A LOT TO DO WITH THEIR HASTY RESIGNATIONSlocal history, book, history, australia post

DOCUMENT / LEAFLET EXPLAINING"WHO WAS JAMES ESMOND",HIS PLACE IN THE HISTORY OF CLUNES AND GOLD DISCOVERY (7xCopies)local history, document, history, mining, james esmond

Found by Mr Frank Pevitt on East Beach Port Fairy in 2003White coloured bone shaped like heart with wings and small egg shaped bonelocal history, natural history specimens, mammalogy, eardrum

v, 75. : ill. ; Includes further reading non-fictionWritten for historical society members who lack confidence in their ability to produce a work that is acceptable to publishers and to their potential readership. Provides advice and information on all aspects of printed and electronic publication embracing such topics as planning and financing a project, self-publishing, the structure and elements of a history book, use of illustrations, editing and design, identification and access requirements and selling the finished product. There is also a section for those societies that can afford to pay for the services of a historian to write a local history. publishing, local history, history publishing

BOOKLET ISSUED EASTER 1939. FOR THE CENTENARY OF CLUNES (3 COPIES)local history, books, history

FEDERATION OF AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETIES 2002local history, book, history, historical societies