The Old Curiosity Shop was q house was built by bricklayer James Warwick, and his wife Caroline, with construction beginning around 1863. It was opened to the public in 1895. What is significant? Construction of the house later known as the Old Curiosity Shop commenced about 1863, the year bricklayer, James Warwick obtained a miner's right for a residential block on the edge of the exhausted Eureka diggings in the newly proclaimed municipality of Ballarat East. James built a modest 4-roomed timber and brick house for his expanding family and continued in the bricklaying trade until retiring around the early 1880s. By then he was pursuing his gardening interests in the local Horticultural Society and was supervising the gardens of many East Ballarat residents. It was during these years that his gardening and building interests converged to find expression in the marvellous permutations of decoration that extend over the house and garden. Using cast-off crockery, glass, ceramic figurine and mirror shards, shells, wallpaper samples, architectural ornament and slag, a place was found for all manner of things, large and small. Children would bring broken china dolls and bits of crockery, and the patient mosaic work preoccupied James and his wife Caroline for the rest of their lives. The work has its origins in the grottoes and shellhouses that ornamented the gardens of large English estates from the 1730s. In the few years before James' death in 1898, the house had become known as the 'Old Curiosity Shop', inspiring associations with the Charles Dickens novel of the same name. By then professional photographs had also been taken and thousands of tourists were visiting it yearly. Caroline obtained copyright for 2 of the photos and began issuing her own postcards before she died in 1903. The Shop passed to their son Charles and then to a succession of owners who added their own mythology to the story of the Warwicks and their work. After attracting tourists for more than 100 years, the Shop closed to the public in 1999. (Vitorian Heritage Database)Brochures on the Old Curiosity Shopold curiosity shop, warwick, ballarat east, james warwick, caroline warwick

DVD. Bendigo Historical Society, Project DVD- Data files. Collection Management Strategy Oct 2007. ( Lauretta Zilles Project Consultant).

The texts were set in Fairfield and Century Expanded by Jeff Zilles and printed using the Letterpress process by Berry Anderson, Ballarat, Victoria. The binding is by Ristori Bookbindery, Allendale, Victoria This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 2000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007. Black hardcovered artist's book. The images in the book were first created in pastel then canned and computer manipulated before being laser copie and Intron transferred onto Indian Khadi Hot Press Natural Off-white 210 gsm paper. ISBN 0 646 20268 46/24 Signed on last page "A. Mann"art, artwork, allan mann, printmaking, artist's book

HENRY SMERDON (Harry) HOLMES was born in 1897 at the family property, ’Sauchieburn’, 17 km north of Ballarat, in the Ascot district. He was the youngest of four children. After finishing his education at St Patrick’s College, Ballarat, Henry joined the Holmes family farming interests. At the age of 18 he enlisted and served with AIF in Egypt, France and Belgium 1915-1918. Henry served at the famous battlegrounds of Ypes and Somme in the Australian Army 8th Battalion. He was a Driver with the 4th D.A.C. According to his Soldier's Pay Books (Cat. No. 20112) Holmes Registration number was 7983. He was Catholic and enlisted in the Third Military District on 17 September 1915, and embarked on 8 November 1915. Holmes was in the 18th AASC Unit with the rank of Driver at that time. On 15 November 1918 Holmes was promoted to Lance Corporal. He received leave on: * 3 August 1917 - London (10 days) * 19 February 1918 - Paris (10 days) * 27 August 1918 - London (14 days) In 1922 Harry married Edith Pickford of 'Yeovil', Clunes, and they lived at 'Sauchieburn' with Henry's brother Willie. In 1933 Harry and Edith built a new timber home 'Launchley' (Ascot) on the rise east of 'Sauchieburn' on the Ballarat - Maryborough Road. The home was built by Con Zilles to the designs of Clegg and morrow. In 1938 Harry and Edith purchased a property at Derrinallum, Victoria and called it 'Launchley Park' on their first son's return from World War 2. In 1953 Harry purchased William and Charlotte's portion of 'Sauchieburn' for his son, Bill, and daughter-in-law Margaret. (Unpublished notes by Jane Dyer)Black and white photograph of an Australian World War One in uniform and standing in front of a tent in a studio. The soldier is Henry S. Holmes.Verso in pen "The boys say this isn't to (sic) bad so it will show you any changes. Heaps of love to all. Harrychatham, chatham family collection, holmes, harry holmes, henry holmes, smerdon, world war, world war 1, world war i, world war one., tent, recruitment camp, studion photograph

The Lamplight, newsletter of the Ballarat Historical Society, devoted to the history of printing and printers in Ballarat.ballarat historical society, printers, printing, rod macarthur, herny seekamp, xylography, charles boyd, bob inglis, baxter and stubbs, ben clark, graham bulluss, f.w. niven, francis wilson niven, herman deutsch, ballarat amateur photographic society, henry crisp, robert clark, chris cullen, berry anderson and co, henry berry, john l. anderson, andrew burgess berry, henry burton berry, zilles collection

Born in Scotland, Allan Mann studied at the Glasgow School of Art, and worked in many tertiary institutions in Great Britain and Australia. Allan Mann arrived in Australia in 1987, lecturing at the Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education, Queensland, then the Riverina-Murray Institute of Higher Education Wagga Wagga, NSW, in 1981. He returned to the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee, Scotland between 1984 and 1985. Allan Mann was appointed to the University of Ballarat (then Ballarat College of Advanced Education) in 1987. He retired as an Associate Professor of the University of Ballarat Arts Academy in 2010.Black, hard-covered artist's book produced in a limited edition of 22 (of which this one is number number 6). The images contained in the book were first created in pastel then scanned and computer manipulated before being Laser copied and Intron transferred onto Indian Khadi Hot Press Natural Off-white 210 gsm paper, in an edition of 22.Signed an numbered by the artist on the ISBN page.allan mann, jeff zilles, artist's book, cpfvs

Hard bound ledger, quarter leather bound and 279 pages containing the handwritten minutes of the Ballarat School of Mines Council ballarat school of mines, ballarat school of mines council, dr pinnock, alfred mica smith, university affiliation, university of melbourne, andrew anderson, james bickett, howrwood resignation, frederick martell, ferdinand krause, r.j. vale, samual r. figgis, david ham, w.e. clare, theo williams, george williams, dawbarn, john rowe resignation, george zilles, wanliss, h.a. nevett, r.g. middleton, regulation, discipline, thomas bath bequest, colonel williams, kerr grant, richard hosking, millinery classes, r. maddern, clegg, building construction, state school science classes, j.j. bothroyd, g. buchanen, f. herman, j. lonie

List of Full Course Students' 1940, Editorial, News, Obituary, Farewell, Old Boys. Old Boys' Association, The Literary Society, Rationing, Fumes from the Lab, Arts & Crafts Gossip, Sport, Commercial Notes, The Junior Techs. Blue, green and gold soft covered magazine of 70 pages including advertisements.ballarat school of mines, magazine, s. moss, b. martin, a. gordon, g. sutherland, g. myers, a. kersey, j. hassell, e. boustead, a. janetski, g. mounter, e. scott, g. downing, m. dark, a. ward, a. helm, l. griffin, a. henderson, j. wilkinson, j. martin, dr pound, m. coward, m. mein, g. g. procter, g. yorke, j. evans, b. sargeant, w. h. middleton, jack burt, arch. collins, v. leigh, ken mathes, g. berriman, j. elsworth, h. maddern, a. mcphee, m. wilson, eric rumpff, t. jones, j. sutherland, a. day, f. whitworth, r. young, a. c. hannah, a. leviston, m. mccallum, w. m. lonie, r. costello, james h. pound, j. r. woolcock, w. g. coates, i. boustead, p. martin, lorna mccartney, j. fisher, mr hillman, a. scott, k. gingell, m. lawrence, l. diamond, mr cornell, d. menhennett, j. coad, c. plumb, g. angwin, e. eltringham, j. mcclure, g. crouch, p. richards, f. jelbart, r. monteith, a. gilpin, d. gilmore, d. jelbart, i. mclachlan, mr evans, f. badenhope, j. gibbs, j. menhennett, w. kearney, a. daff, l. george, h. patterson, u. chisholm, b. robertson, a. howard, l. mcpherson, j. mccarthy, m. kerr, l. stephens, l. halliday, j. daniel, j. horsey, l. morish, c. clogan, m. cartledge, e. bell, w. hender, max coward, c. w. rowe, l. smythe, t. davies, b. saunders, j. cox, j. medwell, i. grigg, g. lehman, j. fletcher, r. stoneman, k. bridges, k. sperber, m. hetherington, v. browning, b. neale, g. harrison, n. pitts, k. silvey, mr hosie, l. sutherland, w. rowe, i. mclaughlan, linocuts, isibel boustead, betty delima, audrey janetski, joan zilles, wattle tea rooms, glad proctor, joe wilkinson, sheila moss, fifi malseed, bessie sargeant, adeline helm, maureen mcrae, bettina george, ernest gribble, william rowe, jessie daniel, pat martin, jean fisher, gladys wakeling, hester darby, world war two, d.i. johnstone, w.h. middleton obituary, port pirrie, modern art, goodfellows cordial

Ballarat School of Mines Annual Report 1888. President's Annual Report, Constitution and Statute of Affiliation, Monetary prize by R. M. Serjeant for Treatment of Ores, Balance Sheet: Liabilities and Assets, Certificates Granted by the Council, Fees, Honorary Correspondents, Life Governors, Number of Students attending the School of Mines, Office Bearers, Report of the Curator of the Museum and Library, Report of the Superintendent of Laboratories, Report of the Lecturer on Machine Drawing, Report of the Lecturer on Mechanical Engineering, Report of the Lecturer on Telegraphy, Report of the Lecturer on Botany, Report of the Lecturer on Freehand and Model Drawing, Report of the Lecturer on Materia, Medica and Physiology, Report of the Hon. Secretary St John Ambulance Association, Examinations Held, Scale of Charges for Assays and Analyses, Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the year 1888 and Special Trust Funds, Statistics - Students Attending Lectures, Subjects and Lecturers, Subscriptions and Donations from 1st January to 31st December 1888, Time Table. Ballarat School of Mines annual Report. Cover attached by tape on booklet, spine missing, 108 pages. ballarat school of mines, annual report, the hon sir william foster stawell, president, andrew anderson, vice president, alf. mica smith - professor of chemistry and metallurgy, f. m. krause - professor of geology and minealogy, j. h. horwood - mechanical engineering, machine drawing and design, mining, mathematics, henry j. hall - freehand and model drawing, daniel walker - chemistry and physics, w. e. burbridge - demonstrator of chemistry and metallurgy, w. d. campbell - telegraphy, george day - botany, j. f. usher - materia, medica, pharmacy and physiology, gilbert j. dawbarn, e. thornton, charles kent - auditor, andrew berry - registrar, t. h. thompson jp - mayor of the city of ballarat, james russell jp - mayor of the town of ballarat, daniel brophy jp - chairman of the band and albion consols, walter gude, elizabeth phillips, thomas commons, kate porritt, emily mary wheeler, grace shrigley, george clendinning, rose ditchburn, cecelia h. murphy, eliza a. turpie, rebecca walton, george g. zilles, william menzies, john waters sutherland, h.w. sutherland, alfred kerr, william coltman, alfred j. dunstan, arthur bregazzi, maggie miller, serna davey, william thomas grownow, sarah davies, anna bella cravno, william corbould, thomas copeland, robert john gribble, henry lipson hancock, leigh george hancock, harry m. martell, ivan rosenblum, john la gerche, samuel barrell, walter reed bechercaise, william treloar, adolf gode, arthur e. lilburne, carl werner, isaac bernstein, george kidd, arthur lynch, henry coltman, josiah wasley, david curtain, martha maud berry, mary ann cameron, harriet mary mitchell, anna s. schloo, ellen fussell, lavinia treloar, mary drury, annie winifred eastwood, annie louisa gatliff, mary gatliff, james edward gribble, frank uren, alfred curthoys, william edwin kernot, j. ditchburn, john bradshaw, david michael curtain, alfred ernest campbell kerr, walter nettleton, william henry keast, george ja,es, donald mcgregor, john king, john bailey bullen, john trevan, patrick murray, josiah curnow, tobert taplin, samuel earnest figgis, w.h. keast

The Ballarat Technical School was a division of the Ballarat School of Mines. Black and white soft covered magazine with numerous small portraits. ballarat school of mines, ballarat junior technical school, ballarat technical school, kevin murray, b. bogicevic, k. scull, j. hennessy, f. sordello, c. plumb, r. lawless, heather durant, b. scott, k. barry, r. mcfarlane, g. pike, a. pesart, r. hazlett, g. reeve, a. peart, f. bishop, g. campbell, t. mccue, g. snibson, s. bessan, g. lewis, e. quillam, e. raker, m. palmer, b. knipe, bob sabo, g. petrie, f. reus, charles brown, j. llewellyn, g. hulston, g. murphy, h. niesler, s. wilson, i. eustice, m. mcgeary, d. falla, t. edwards, theodolite, david godwin, john laverick, ian grace, g. dewer, p. foster, alf jeremiah, martin owen, anthony zillies, anthony zilles, michael walsh, barry heywood, robert young, g. herrod, ross middleton, david ward, ronald fairall, billy rowe, bruce graham, k. nimmo, ron geurts, daryl falla, ron cairns, john bainbridge, graeme trevani, fred reus, glen hulston, kevin atkinson, john stewart, daylesford bath push, g. dewar, p. whyte, g. wilson, ian harriage, peter gross, alan polak, n. sandlant, d. whykes, hepburn springs, the grande, hepburn srings, ron guerts, wayne flecknoe, brendan mcgeary, sabin vacine, e. craig, polio