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Ararat & District Historical Society (operating the Langi Morgala Museum)
Photograph, 1920s
... Black and white photograph mounted on cardboard... Morgala Museum) 48 Queen Street Ararat grampians Photograph Black ...This appears to be a photo of all or most of the Pupils and Staff of Ararat Church of England School, ca1920s. The names of all or most are written on the back of the photo.This is an early photo of the Ararat Church of England School. The date, and the names attached to or written on the back of the photo add to the signficance of the photo, making it of local significance.Black and white photograph mounted on cardboard. The photograph shows a group of 39 students in four rows and a man and woman standing to their left. They are in front of a brick building.Inscription: on back, both written in ink, and repeated on an affixed cardboard label. Church of England Grammar School 1920's./ Back row left to right L. Wright, H. Banfield, T. Butt, N. Gamson, R. Hodgetts,/ T. Webb, Mr T. C. Cochrane, Miss K. Webb, First row M. Webb, L. Robertson,/ J. McKay, T. Brown, E. Brown, B. Edwards, D. Hayman, I. Edwards/ Second Row - G. Foster, J.H. Webb, B. Hayman, E. Noltenius, Temple/ B. Richardson, I. Gibletr/ Front Row: F. Ramage, W. Owen, J. Dunn, J. Foster/ M. Hayman, L. Ford, B. Nolteniuseducation, 1920, school, teacher, church-of-england, pupil, ararat-church-of-england-school, ararat-school, ararat-education -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH, FRAMED
... frame mid brown colour. Black and white photograph of eight... goldfields PHOTOGRAPH, FRAMED. Photograph Photograph, framed. Re Lt ...Benjamin Thomas Roy Chadd No's 10594, VX20311, 1st and 2nd AIF. Refer 2039 for complete service history also 2034P. Photo taken possibly between WW1 and WW2. Photograph, framed. Re Lt. Col. B. T. R. CHADD. Timber frame mid brown colour. Black and white photograph of eight lighthorse officers, some have medal ribbons on left of chest. One vehicle and row of trees in background. Group full length portrait. Dark green cardboard surround to photograph.On white label with frame "Lt Col B.T.R. CHADD/donated by Mrs B. CAHILL"photography- photographs, frame accessories, military history- army -
Bendigo Military Museum
Memorabilia - COLLAGE, FRAMED, c.1942 - 1945
... front. Collage. LS black & white photograph, soldiers... with dark green mount & glass front. Collage. LS black & white ...Certificate of Discharge of Sapper Reginald T Rosewall. Frame. Grey painted metal frame with dark green mount & glass front. Collage. LS black & white photograph, soldiers in uniform, informal group from the Mouth Organ Band, an Australian Military Force Demobilization Procedure Book & Members Personal Equipment Card & page of book showing Soldier's Name and Description on Enlistment. RS certificate black print on cream paper: Certificate of Discharge.Certificate of Discharge of Sapper Reginald T Rosewall. Handwritten in black ink & typed in black on 2 documents, enlistment & discharge information.documents - certificates, frame accessories, r.t.rosewall -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH B.J. RULER, C1939
... Black and white photograph, three men at the bar drinking... goldfields PHOTOGRAPH B.J. RULER Photograph Black and white ...Item/s in collection re B.J.Ruler VX40780, refer cat 5790 for his service details"Black and white photograph, three men at the bar drinking. Bottles on shelves in background, advertisements of beer etc. on the front of the bar.Back of photo. “Frank T, Bern R, Howard M" ww2, postcard, photograph -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Photograph, Australian Lighthorseman, abt 1915
... Large black & white photograph of mounted Australian... Australian Lighthorseman Large black & white photograph of mounted ...Large black & white photograph of mounted Australian Lighthorseman. Soldier is wearing WW1 uniform, with 4 Light Horse colour patch. He is holding aq .303" rifle. Photo is in wooden frame with glass front On brass plate: "No 1008 Tpr E H T Cross C Squadron 4th L H Regt" Nothing written on backtrooper cross, 4th light horse -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Photograph, Light Horse Men at the Sphinx, 1914
Black & white photo of six mounted Light Horse men with the Sphinx behind them.On back is written: 'AT GIZA EGYPT EGYPT LATE 1914" and ' LEFT TO RIGHT Private M N Turner No 192 KIA Gallipoli 7/8/15. Private John (Jack) MERAE 72 1 LHR. DOW 15/8/15. No 518 Private later Lt B P George Meredith KIA Charge at Beersheba 31/10/17. Cpl C Murrell 144 RT Aust 15/11/15. Pte T G Inglis 122 4LH KIA Gallipoli 3/8/15. Pte W Smith 188 4 LH KIA Gallipoli 6/8/15light horse, egypt, ww1 -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Photograph - Local CWA members at CWA conference, Circa Sept 1949
... Black and white photograph of local Kiewa Valley CWA... - Local CWA members at CWA conference Black and white photograph ...Local ladies representing the Kiewa Valley at conference for Upper Murray group of Country Women's Association (CWA) in September 1949History of involvement in community activities by local women of the Kiewa Valley, Mrs Larkin remains an active member of several local community groups (as of July 2017)Black and white photograph of local Kiewa Valley CWA members attending Upper Murray CWA group conference in 1949. Photograph appeared in the ?Weekly Times newspaper September 14, 1949Handwritten on back of photograph - In WT-CWA conference Upper Murray. Mesdames T. Eveston & W. Eveston (Kiewa) and H.E. Larkin & R.H. Coad (Tawonga) Sept 14, 1949. Page 75 in WT (Weekly Times) Handwritten on back of photograph along the bottom, Return to Gibson envelopecwa, kiewa valley group of cwa -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Photographs - Townships of Mt Beauty and Bogong and the Kiewa Valley, c 1940, 1950, 1960
... 4 Black and white photographs of various sizes.... Black and white photographs of various sizes. Photo 1. On back ...The township of Mt. Beauty was built to provide family accommodation for personnel working on the construction of the Kiewa Scheme. construction commenced in 1946. Photo 1 is looking towards the corner of Lakeside Ave. and Kiewa Crescent. The Post Office is on the corner and the original building housing the Co op store was in Kiewa Crescent. Photo 2 is taken at a later date as the garden in front of the Post Office is well established. The Community Centre is centre left of the photo and the back buildings are the staff accommodation called "The Chalet". Photo 3. Farming country taken from Wallacedale. The Wallaces were one of he early farming families in the Kiewa Valley. Photo 4. This photo is of Junction Camp at Bogong Village and was commenced late in 1939 and by 1940 accommodated 96 men who were engaged in work on Junction Dam. Sleeping accommodation was provided in hutments, each of four rooms, each room being approx. 12 feet by 10 feet and provided for the accommodation of 2 men. This camp remained in use until November 1962.These photos have both historical and social significance. They show the type of accommodation available for workers during the construction of the SEC Kiewa Hydro Scheme as well as early streetscape views of Mt. Beauty. The Junction Camp photo also shows the state of the forest following the 1939 fires in the area.4 Black and white photographs of various sizes.Photo 1. On back, hand written in pencil: top left hand corner: "Sept 1950". Centre of photo: "Return to Gibson Envelope". Right hand side: "Cooper". Bottom left corner: "Mt. Beauty Camp SEC Kiewa Scheme". Photo 2. No inscriptions or markings. Photo 3. Back of photo handwritten in pencil: "In W>T> June 14. 1961 page31. Some of the farming country in the Kiewa Valley. This taken from the home of Mr. Geoff Wallace Wallacedale, Kergunyah where some of his 600 cattle were rounded up." Bottom right corner "Return to Gibson Envelope". There is a copyright stamp belonging to "the Herald & Weekly Times Ltd. also on the back. Photo 4. Typed on a sticker on the back of the photo "Stable attendants Cottage and Camp Sept. 1940".camp, sec kiewa scheme, kiewa, cattle, mt. beauty -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Present Trustees of the Church
... Black and white photograph of group of men. Appears... of the Church Black and white photograph of group of men. Appears ...Black and white photograph of group of men. Appears to be reproduced from a newspaper photograph.Printed below photograph, "Present Trustees of the Church - Messrs. T. Grant, S. J. Kennedy, T. S. Falconer, R. P. Somerville, A. O. Clark, Treasurer, A. J. Lang, A. J. Henman, Secretary, J. A. Williams, R. L. Lane, J. Paull, A. F. B. Long, and H. E. Watson." Written on backing sheet, "From the Jubilee History of the Ringwood Methodist Church 1929." -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Catholic Church Picnic - Ringwood families in early 1900s
... Black and white photograph of group of young people. (3... - Ringwood families in early 1900s Black and white photograph ...Black and white photograph of group of young people. (3 copies)Typed beneath photograph, "Catholic Church Picnic (undated ?) Back row. Mrs. Lawlor, Mrs. Pratt, M. Cunningham, T. Hunt - ,N. Lawlor, L. Hunt, H. Pratt. Front - L. Pratt, H. Hunt, - , K. Pratt, A. Pratt, M. Pratt" -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, T. Mathieson - Ringwood Service Station at Railway Station Entrance circa 1940s
... Black and white photograph of Mathieson business over... Black and white photograph of Mathieson business over the years ...Black and white photograph of Mathieson business over the years. Later sold bicycle parts and became a cycle shop. Tom's son, Stan took over the business and later moved down Maroondah Highway. Showing other businesses such as C.E. Carter & Son, Auctioneer & Estate Agents, Ward's Newsagency and Wadeson's Garage. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Main Street, Ringwood
... Black and white photograph of street scene. Shops on right... Black and white photograph of street scene. Shops on right side ...Black and white photograph of street scene. Shops on right side of photograph. Mendian strip up centre of road. Both cars and horse-drawn vehicles in street. Names on shops read, "Williams, Chemist", "T. Reid, Baker & Pastrycook", "P. Bamford, Timber Merchant"Typed below photograph, "Published by C. V. Ward. Main Street, Ringwood". -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Kerbside pumps at station entrance
... Black and white photograph of petrol pumps outside building... at station entrance Black and white photograph of petrol pumps ...Black and white photograph of petrol pumps outside building. Sign on building reads, "T. Mathieson, Sales, Service". (2 copies) T Mathieson Service Station, copy + cutout originalTyped below photograph, "Kerbside pumps at station entrance". Written on backing sheet, "Bike repair shop and petrol. Sold to CBC for their Ringwood Bank westside of entrance to railway station". -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Demolition of Ringwood Coffee Palace - Main St. 1966
... Black and white photograph demolition of building... Coffee Palace - Main St. 1966 Black and white photograph ...Black and white photograph demolition of building in progress.Typed below photograph, "Demolition of Coffee Palace - Main St. 1966". Written on back of smaller duplicate photograph,"Demolishing Coffee Palace & shops cnr. Maroondah Hwy. & Adelaide St. (west cnr.) 1966. Portion of house on right - This was home of T. Grant, Blacksmith, 1883". -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Maroondah Highway Ringwood - 1926
... Black and white photograph of unmake street lined... Ringwood - 1926. Black and white photograph of unmake street lined ...Black and white photograph of unmake street lined with shops. Names on shops are, "Red Shop Tea Rooms - T. Reid", "Ringwood Fruit Palace - N. Gray", "Geo. Newman, Butcher", "R.C. Stoney, Electrician", ".....Furniture Store", "Tortice & Porter, Norfold Fruit Palace" and "P. Bamford Pty. Ltd. Timber Merchants".Typed below photograph, "Maroondah Hwy. 1926. Shops now Safeway and Eastland carparks". Written on backing sheet, "Main St. 1926". -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Main Street showing Municipal Chambers, Ringwood
... Black and white photograph of Maroondah Highway and Council... Municipal Chambers, Ringwood Black and white photograph of Maroondah ...Black and white photograph of Maroondah Highway and Council Chambers. Original copy is a postcard. There are 4 enlargements.Printed below photograph, "Published by C.V. Ward. Main Street Showing Municipal Chambers, Ringwood". The backing sheet of one of the enlargements reads, "1 - Town Hall - Front only 1930. 2 - Bank of Victoria, 3 - T & G Williams Hardware, 4 - SSB of Victoria, 5 - O. Gilpin Store, later Foy & Gibson, then Coles". -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Two stalwarts of the Ringwood Methodist Church
... Black and white photograph of two men. Oval shaped... of the Ringwood Methodist Church Black and white photograph of two men ...Black and white photograph of two men. Oval shaped mountings. Appear to be reproduced from newspaper photographs. Caption beneath portrait on left reads, "Mr. J. Hill" and caption below portrait on right reads, "Mr. T. Grant". (3 copies) -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Quambee, 1972
... Black and white photograph of house and trees.... Road Ringwood North melbourne Photograph Quambee, 1972 Black ...Black and white photograph of house and trees.Written on backing sheet, " 'Quambee', North Ringwood. Formerly the home of A. T. Miles, 8 times Mayor of Ringwood, 1972". -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Harvesting at Quamby, North Ringwood on farm of A.T. Miles 1915
... Black and white photograph of men working in paddock... Road Ringwood North melbourne Photograph Harvesting at Quamby ...Black and white photograph of men working in paddock. There are two smaller sepia original photographs slipped into protective sheet. On the back of each of these photographs the following is stated, "Harvesting at 'Quamby', Quamby Rd. North Ringwood 1910. L to R Miles, Herman Johansen & Henry James".Backing sheet states, "Harvesting at Quamby, North Ringwood on farm of A. T. Miles (on left) 1915. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, View from Civic Centre, Braeside Avenue, overlooking Maroondah Highway towards Loughnan's Hill - 1973
... Black and white photograph looking towards T-intersection... Hill - 1973 Black and white photograph looking towards T ...Black and white photograph looking towards T-intersection towards housing and trees on hill. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Home of Tommy Grant before the Coffee Palace was built in front of it
... Written beneath black and white photograph, "Home of Tommy... Road Ringwood North melbourne Photograph Home of Tommy Grant ...The house became part of the Coffee Palace. Demolished for Eastland c1968." Written on the back of the sepia photograph, "The centre section of the Coffee Palace was built in front of house, rooms becoming dining rooms. (T. Grant). 1908".Written beneath black and white photograph, "Home of Tommy Grant before the Coffee Palace was built in front of it. The house became part of the Coffee Palace. Demolished for Eastland c1968." Written on the back of the sepia photograph, "The centre section of the Coffee Palace was built in front of house, rooms becoming dining rooms. (T. Grant). 1908". -
Orbost & District Historical Society
black and white photograph, January 1901
... black and white photograph...A black / white photograph showing people on a beach... gippsland black and white photograph A black / white photograph ...This photograph was taken at the "old station" at Corringle near Orbost. It was a popular picnic spot. Late in 1857 Mr Thomas T. Stirling took over Corringle Run ("Corringle" means "shallow water"). Mr Stirling and his family came from the wester district - Winchelsea. He settled at the Old Station. A few people were employed at the Orbost Stationb and there was settlement on the Orbost flats, Mr T. T. Stirling held the land from Lake Tyrers to Bemm River as a cattle run. About 1888 he became Secretary of the new Tambo Shire.This is a contemporary pictorial record of rural family life in Orbost in the early 20th century.A black / white photograph showing people on a beach with some in the water. those on the sand are dressed formally - men wearing suits and hats, the ladies in long dresses and hats.on back - "Picnic at OLD STATION Jan 1901"orbost-station orbost-family-life recreation -
Orbost & District Historical Society
black and white photograph, 1923
... black and white photograph...A black / white photograph of a group of young women... gippsland black and white photograph A black / white photograph ...This photograph was taken at the "old station" at Corringle near Orbost. It was a popular picnic spot. Late in 1857 Mr Thomas T. Stirling took over Corringle Run ("Corringle" means "shallow water"). Mr Stirling and his family came from the wester district - Winchelsea. He settled at the Old Station. A few people were employed at the Orbost Stationb and there was settlement on the Orbost flats, Mr T. T. Stirling held the land from Lake Tyrers to Bemm River as a cattle run. About 1888 he became Secretary of the new Tambo Shire. In the photograph L-R are; Hilda Kerr; Myra Malcolm; Marion Nixon; Bess Goudie (teacher); Mary Gilbert; Gwen Hobson (teacher); Pen GilbertOrbost High School / Orbost Secondary College has played a significant part in the education of senior students in the Orbost district . It is the sole senior educational institution. This item is representative of its history. It is a useful reference tool.A black / white photograph of a group of young women sitting on a log in a clearing in a bush setting. Five are in school uniform. On the left is a horseeducation-orbost orbost-higher-elementary-school recreation old-station-corringle -
Orbost & District Historical Society
black and white photographs, C 1981
... Seven black / white photographs related to the closure... gippsland black and white photographs Seven black / white ...The Bairnsdale-Orbost railway was opened in 1916 to serve the agricultural and timber industry. Because of the decline in traffic and heavy operating costs, the line was finally closed in August, 1987. The closure of this railway was a controversial issue at the time with many public protests in the district. Protesters stood in front of a VR locomotive holding up signs with " SAVE FUEL JOBS ROADS LIVES ORBOST MR HAMER DON"T LET THIS HAPPEN SAVE RAIL" Others held placards with "DON"T CUT OFF ORBOST" and "We the Children demand our ????secure railway"This item is associated with the history of the Orbost-Bairnsdale railway line and therefore reflects the role that the rail line played in the social and economic history of Orbost. The closure of the line was a significant event in Orbost's history.Seven black / white photographs related to the closure of the Orbost Railway Line.orbost-railway east-gippsland-railway protests-rail-closure -
Orbost & District Historical Society
black and white photograph, 1994
... black and white photograph...A black / white photograph of a family group of mother... gippsland black and white photograph A black / white photograph ...The Roadknight family settled on Ewing's Marsh on what is now known as the Old Station In 1850. The Lakes Entrance run was occupied by the late Thomas Roadknight. In 1852 his brother William took charge. Soon after this Corringle Station was occupied by the late T. T. Stirling. William was born at Collingwood, the son of William Roadknight and Jane Stirling. The Roadknight family came from Colac on board the Enterprise to their new home at Cunninghame. The house on the hill, now Pine Hill was named Merrangbaur (home of the lyrebird). William held the Lake Tyers and Snowy River run in partnership with Thomas Telfer Stirling who took up the eastern end of the run on the west bank of the Snowy River. The run included Ewing‟s Marsh — the Ewing brothers were earlier landowners but had no formal run in this area. William served four terms on the Tambo Shire Council as a representative of the Bendoc Riding despite not being a resident of the Riding. He was then elected to the Orbost Shire as a West Riding councillor in 1896-97, 1897-98 and was Shire President in his final year 1898-99 This item is associated with Roadknight family who were early settlers in the Orbost district.A black / white photograph of a family group of mother, father and six children standing outdoor. There is a dog lying in front .roadknight-william ewing's-marsh old-station-orbost -
Orbost & District Historical Society
black and white photograph, October 1931
... black and white photograph...A small black / white photograph of a group of men wearing... gippsland black and white photograph A small black / white ...This is a photograph of the first committee and members of the Orbost Bowling Club in 1931. L-R: Rev. Montgomerie, Ab Trewin, Dave & Dick Pardew, Jack Cameron, Harry Cameron, Carl Dreverman, Lance Herbert, Rupert Mosley, J. McKeown, Sam Lynn, T. Bartold - Geo. Haymes. The first meeting was held on 23/3/1922, then the Orbost bowling Club was formed in 1929 when the funds for the construction of the green were issued by debentures of five pounds each. These were all taken up and a six rink green was laid down. Inaugural President, Sam Lynn and Secretary T. Bartold, the first Club Champion was M. Rothberg. It was not until 1951 that women were admitted as associates albeit restrictions.Associate members were not to exceed 25 and ladieswere to be of good character with preference to be given to wives of male members. Ladies had tot be off premises by 4pm. It was not until 1935/1936 that Orbost became a member of the Central Gippsland Bowling Association. Bowling clubs play a significant role in community recreation needs. The Orbost Bowling Club plays an important role in the Orbost community.A small black / white photograph of a group of men wearing lawn bowling uniforms. In front of them are two balls.on back - handwritten - "Opening Orbost BC Committee Oct 1931" -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Last Ringwood Council meeting in old Town Hall chambers - 1969
... Black and white photograph... Road Ringwood North melbourne Photograph Last Ringwood Council ...Black and white photograph"Written on back of photograph" Last Council meeting - Old Town Hall Chambers. 8/12/69 L to R Cr McCrae, Vergers, Morris, Palmer, Aus, Smart, McCubbin,(Standing), Martin, C/E Mr Robertson, Mayor Cr BJ Hubbard, T/C Mr Webster -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph, 1910 - 1911
... -country Photograph Photograph A black and white copy of a sepia ...This photograph depicts Cock's Pioneer G & T Sluicing site No. 4 in El Dorado. Looking eastwards, the photo captures a wooden and tin building with various mining equipment strewn in the foreground. Underneath the verandah, figures can be seen. These are believed to be a Mr. Hollister (left), Mrs. Breustedt (4th from left), children Min and Chris Breustedt, and Kate Timmons holding a girl's hand. The Cocks Pioneer Gold and Tin Mines N.L was one of El Dorado's two largest open-cut sluicing mines of the 20th Century. The other was named the Cocks El Dorado Gold Dredging Company. The Cocks Pioneer Mines operated from 1901 until 1941 and found a total of 117,378 ounces of Gold and 1,673 tones of tin concentrates over these years. The Cocks company was formed in 1898 and operated until 1941. Open cut sluicing involved the use of high-powered hoses which used the centrifugal sand pump system (known as hydraulic sluicing) which broke down the soil which was then processed for gold and other precious metals. From 1914, four years after this image was captured, the company reformed to Cocks Pioneer Gold and Tin Mines NL (previously it was known as Cocks Pioneer Sluicing Co) and undertook large-scale sluicing operations until 1929 and then 1934-1941. The Cocks Pioneer was an extremely successful mining company during the 20th century. In the Annual Report of the Secretary for Mines for the year 1915, the Cocks Pioneer was the largest producer of gold and tin collecting 5,535 ozs. of gold and £7,500 of tin. Twenty years later in 1935, Cocks Pioneer was still one of the most profitable mines in Victoria, ranking as the second-highest dividend paying mine. The company produced a total of 3,650 kg of gold. El Dorado is located on Reedy Creek and is surrounded by forested country to the north and east. It is 20 km east of Wangaratta in Victoria's regional northeast. John Cock was the son of a Cornish miner who arrived in El Dorado in 1858. Cock founded his gold and tin mining company which ran successfully for many years in the El Dorado region. It was an open-cut sluicing company because of the abandonment of underground mining after this was deemed too dangerous. In 1935 Cock's El Dorado Company commissioned the floating dredge which is still visible in El Dorado today. The dredge was built by the Thompson engineering works, Castlemaine, and weighed over 2,000 tones and today has a place on the Victorian Registers of historic buildings. Interestingly, the name El Dorado does not derive from the gold in the region, but from the Barambogie pastoral run completed by William Baker in 1840-1841. Gold was discovered in El Dorado in 1854 but the gold was too deep for individual prospectors to find, it required the use of heavy machinery.The search for gold is ingrained into the history of Victoria and therefore, images like this one which portray an open cut sluicing site can reveal important information for society and technology for the date when the photograph was taken. This image is of important historical significance for its ability to convey information about sluicing and the methods used to find gold in 1910. It also shows a location where sluicing was undertook which provides insight into the impact of sluicing on the environment at a time when it was done. This image is important for current research into the history of El Dorado, a small regional location near Wangaratta in Victoria's North East. Therefore, this image has the capacity to be beneficial for research into society and the motivations of those living and working in this region during this period and therefore, has social significance. The Beechworth Burke Museum has additional images relating to gold sluicing and El Dorado which can be analysed and studied alongside images like this one.A black and white copy of a sepia coloured rectangular photograph printed on matte photographic paper mounted on boardObverse: COCKS PIONEER G + T SL CO, N.L. / 1910 - 11 / NO 4 SITE LOOKING EAST / 4 Reverse: 1997.2508 / AUG 29 1909cocks pioneer gold and tin sluicing company, el dorado, mining, sluicing, hydraulic mining, hollister, breustedt, timmons, gold, tin, gold rush, victoria -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph - Postcard
... -country Postcard Photograph Black and white rectangular postcard ...The photograph is of the Powder Magazine and gorge in Beechworth. The Magazine was built for six hundred and ninety-seven pounds in 1859 by "T Dawson and company." However, the walls were constructed later in 1860 by "Atchison and Lumsden," a different building firm. The Beechworth Magazine was one of many made by the government for the storage of gunpowder. However, the building eventually stopped being used as the mining decreased in the area, finally becoming unsused with the invention of nitro-glycerine compounds. The magazine was created to hold large quantities of gunpowder and much of its design was to hinder the prospective of damage. These safety features included double arched foundations and an arched inner roof, which would move a possible explosion upwards. Also, a process of lighting conductors, ventilation and heavy granite walls were incorporated in the designThe photograph shows historic significance due to its association with the mining era in Beechworth in the late 1800s. The photo shows the Powder Magazine after construction in 1960, most likely when it was storing gunpowder during a signifiant time period for the region.Black and white rectangular postcard printed on cardObverse: No 2 POWDER MAGAZINE BEECHWORTH. BUILT OF LOCAL GRANITE IN 1859-60. Reverse: KODAK / POST CARD / CORRESPONDANCE. ADDRESS ONLYbeechworth, powder magazine, gunpowder, mining, beechworth powder magazine, explosives, atchison and lumsden, t dawson and company, gorge, granite, granite building, 1860 -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph, Circa 1858
... Black and white rectangular photograph printed...-country Photograph Photograph Black and white rectangular ...Taken around 1858, depicting a row of five business buildings on a rocky, sloping hillside at New Town, with a view across to residences and open land. Businesses included, Joseph E. Bishop, Coach Builders; Straughair Duncan, Engineers, Blacksmiths & Farriers; Straughair Duncan, Beechworth Foundry; Wholesale & Retail Est. 1855, Mackenzie Family Store ; and T. Pratten, Grocer. Eleven men may be seen outside the Foundry building. The Mental Hospital can be seen in the background. Mark Straughair and John Duncan, established the Beechworth Foundry, Newtown in 1858 and went on to build an important industry, employing around sixteen men, after acquiring Alexander Roger's New Ford Street Foundry in the late 1860s. Making and repairing mostly mining and agricultural machinery for the Ovens District and a Beechworth brewery, the business continued to function after Straughair's death in 1882, up until the death of Duncan in 1896, when the business folded. This photograph is historically significant because it shows the development of the businesses in Beechworth from the early establishment of the town.Black and white rectangular photograph printed on photographic paperReverse: [Agfa wordmarks: diamond-shaped watermarks for Agfa photographic paper] 1997.2642/ refer to/ 1997 2650/ 3056joseph e. bishop, mark straughair, john duncan, mackenzie family store, beechworth foundry, coach, coach builder, engineer, blacksmith, farrier, t. pratten, beechworth grocers, grocer, new town, newtown beechworth, newtown, foundry, 1858, local business, new ford street foundry, alexander rogers, victorian agricultural history, mining machinery, beechworth brewery, ovens district, mayday hills mental asylum, beechworth mental hospital, beechworth mental asylum, mental hospital, mental