Black & white photo of a lady in evening wear. She is wearing a floral dress with a wide scooped neckline. She has short, dark hair. She is also wearing an ornate necklace, ear-rings and watch. On the back is written: 'To little Eileen Love From Dot'.photograph, portrait, female, foster & wilson collection, photograph

Sepia photograph of a young girl outside a house. She has short hair and is wearing dress, long socks and black shoes.photograph, portrait, female, foster & wilson collection, photograph

Black & white photo of three women. Two are wearing long coats and one a short, striped jacket and skirt. All are wearing hats. The older lady in the centre has a fur around her neck.Progress Studio, Midway Arcade, 256 Collins St., Melbourne. C.3516.photograph, portrait, female group, foster & wilson collection, photograph of 3 ladies

Robert Sarjeant Balmer, Robert and his wife Sophia started the first National school at Golden Gully Sandhurst. A short history of his family.Patricia A Degensgenealogy, family, balmer, genealogy-balmer-bendigo

Photocopy. Of page 15 of the 1865/66 Bendigo Business Directory. Businesses and names listed are Short St. From High St (left hand), View Point from High St. (right hand), View Point from High St. (left hand). Some of the names listed include Lachlan McLachlan, Police Magistrate and Geo. Lansell, Soap & Candle manufacturer.organization, business, bendigo businesses, bendigo business directory, 1865, short st., high st., view point, geo lansell, lachlan mclachlan

Short paper re 'The Bendigo Engineers' by unknown author, no date. Three typed pages mentioning; Joel Horwood (ca. 1856);, brother of John William Horwood (Castlemaine); Irving, Espie, Braddish and Arundel (of Victoria Foundry, 1858 and then bought by Abraham Harkness.; A Roberts of Roberts & Sons (1861) with sons William Roberts, Abraham Roberts and Robert Roberts.; George Grip (City Foundry (1862) - managed by James Watt- owned by Watt in partnership with Joseph Watt and S Osborne (1872) - then by W Ruddock, then by Dunn and Redpath. T Horsfield (works in Long Gully).bendigo, industry, bendigo engineers, joel horwood (ca. 1856); brother of john william horwood (castlemaine); irving, espie, braddish and arundel (of victoria foundry, 1858 and then bought by abraham harkness.; a roberts of roberts & sons (1861) with sons william roberts, abraham roberts and robert roberts.; george grip (city foundry (1862) - managed by james watt- owned by watt in partnership with joseph watt and s osborne (1872) - w ruddock, dunn and redpath. t horsfield (works in long gully).

Page from Historical Magazine. Part of article about the naming of Bendigo (ref to Abednego Thompson, William (Bendigo) Thompson. Further short article (in full) by Wes Harry about Electric Power in Bendigo. Reference to Bendigo Electric Power Company and State Electricity Company.person, individual, william thompson, bendigo electric power company, wes harry, state electricity commission.

Amy Huxtable (short address re AH - to RHSV (Bendigo), 17/1/1982 by unknown author? Author may be the handwritten name in the margin of the second page - Sylvia Hampson?? (TD)). Two pages typewritten.person, individual, amy huxtable, bendigo and northern district hospital, mirridong home for the aged blind, bendigo home and hospital for the aged, smile club, 3bo. bendigo high school, bendigo business college.

Charles George Darvall (letter re him from Mrs Margaret Stevens, great grand-daughter). Reference to painting of Darvall being at Dudley House, Bendigo and that author stated that she would supply a 'short history' on GDV. Reference in letter to the Society having in its collection 'two examples of C G Darvall's illumination work'. This painting was evidently presented in November 1976 (newpaper article re this evidently - Advertiser??).Margaret Stevensperson, individual, george darvall, charles george darvall mrs margaret stevens, dudley house.

Book - ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION. 31 page soft cover book of poems by Christina Mawdesley about the Corroboree Tree and twelve shorter poems of Melbourne's early days of settlement. Foreward by Mary Gilmore in 1944. A Bread and Cheese Club Publication. Printed by J.Roy Stevens, Melbourne. Handwritten in ink on title page 'To A.H.C, who said ''Take this round to the Bread and Cheese Club''. Gratefully from Christina Mawdesley' Library catalogue sticker '2062 MAW' on front cover. B & W image of the Corroboree Tree, in Melbourne, at the front.Christina Mawdesleybooks, collections, poetry, alec h chisholm collection, christina mawdesley, poetry, mary gilmore

Photograph: b lack and white photograph mounted on dark brown board, no frame, of 10 men and women standing, 6 men seated playing cards. Appears to be a theatre group. Men are dressed in suits, peaked cloth caps, women dressed in almost identical costumes, dark short sleeved dresses with scarves around V necks. On floor - rug with fox skin. One man has card inserted in cuff of trousers.W. Vincent Kelly, Mitchell St., Bendigo.entertainment, theatre, group portrait card players, w. vincent kelly, theatre, group portrait

Document. Bendigo Agricultural Show Certificate. 1931 Certificate awarded to Gertrude Perry by the Bendigo Agricultural & Horticultural Society for Second Prize for Short Bread School Girl any Age No 800. Printed by Bolton Bros. in red on buff card.organization, club/society, community, gertrude perry collection, bendigo agricultural show certificate, bendigo agricultural & horticultural society, bolton bros.

Clothing: Women's pyjamas. Pink silk like material, short sleeved top trimmed at square neckline ,sleeves and bottom with lace. Pants are long legged with lace trim at bottom. No identifying label on garment. Possibly Hanro ? Item 11004 transferred to Box 41 Clothing Box and renumbered 11400.223.nonefemale, pyjamas, women's clothing, nightwear, pyjamas

Vacuum Road Map of New South Wales with Interstate Routes with the Compliments of the Vacuum Oil Company Pty. Ltd. Coloured map of NSW with car, trucks, aeroplane and petrol bowsers around the margin. Has a list of principal Towns and Distances from Sydney. On the back is Beauty Spots around Sydney, Traffic Hints, Sydney-Melbourne Routes, Short Tours Around Sydney, Outlets of Sydney, Canberra and Newcastle, What to See in Sydney, Vacuum Products, Making Sure of a Trouble-Free Trip, Super Plume or Plume and the front picture of the folded map which has a car with a lady, child and a man at the petrol bowser. Map folds up and has a brown card pocket to keep it in.map, bill ashman collection - correspondence, vacuum road map of new south wales, vacuum oil company pty ltd, clive barass

A covered folder containing short stories relating to dogs. Sources are 'Woman's Journal,' 'Woman's Realm,' Woman's Pictorial,' 'Woman,' 'The New Idea,' 'The Australian Journal,' 'Wife and Home,' 'Shell House Journal,' 'The Sun Weekend Magazine,' 'Australian House and Garden' and 'New Zealand Home Journal.' 1928-1959.lydia chancellor, collection, ephemera, animals, dogs

Pethard collection, hard cover book of short stories titled The Sunday at Home, published by the Religious Tract Society London, printed by William Clowes & Sons London, green cover with gold plate & black writing, contains black & white plus some colour illustrations. Inscription inside front cover reads, to Mr G.A.Pethard from the children of the Kyneton Wes Sunday School ? Blencowe Superintendent H.H.Reeves Secretary Nov 15th 98Religious Tract Society London, printed buy William Clowes & Sons London.books, albums

Cassells's Family Magazine published by Cassell & Company Ltd, book of short stories with black and white illustrations. Hard cover in red & black with gold lettering. Written in pencil inside front Mr J Bryant H Road.Cassell & Company Ltd, London, Paris & New York, 1884books, albums, cassells

Presentation by James Lerk to BHS 7th July 2000: ''Camp Reserve -Rosalind Park, used and abused''. First line: ''This short paper has no pretension in giving a complete synopsis regarding a slice of land which cradles a great deal of the history of Bendigo''. References to Commissioner Gilbert; Bank of Victoria; Bendigo Bank; powder magazine; post office; Survey Office; Court of Petty Sessions; Police Barracks; Supreme Court; Gaol; Temperance Society; Robert Strickland residence; tenements on Reserve; Mac's Track; Orderly Room; Cascades; Corporate High School; Temperance Fire Brigade; Masonic Hall; Central School Camp Hill; Fernery; ''The Willows''; Conservatory; Parade Ground; Sandhurst Club; Police Station; Grandstand in Upper Reserve; High School; Soldiers Memorial Insitutute; Lookout (poppet head - Garden Gully United); Advance Bendigo and North League crèche; Sound Shell; Olympic Swimming Pool. Two printed copies.James Lerk.bendigo, streetscape, camp reserve, rosalind park, bendigo creek

Paper by M Densley: ''A short History of the Bendigo Benevolent Asylum 1857 - 1872'' (no date and no further details of paper's submission). Sixteen pages ; 5 pages of Appendices; 1 page Bibliography. Text mentions formation of asylum (Provisional Committee); initial grant on lower side of Commissioners Gully; Dr Adolphus Barnett; Outdoor-Relief; Industrial School; Smallpox; Scarlatina; Scarlet Fever; Dr Atkinson, Dr Betham.M. Densleyorganization, institution, bendigo benevolent asylum

Grey and black with gild lettering Hard covered Victorian Railways Magazine collection Vol. 1 1924. Medium sized glossy paper magazines inside a hard bound cover. Some damage to the magazines. Issued under the auspices of the Victorian Railways Institute. Price 6d. Inside front cover of each issue shows a painting of a 'red Rattler 'electric train running over a bridge with a steam train running underneath by F. Hedley Saunders (19)23.Page 1 states '' Articles and reports on matters of interest to (Victorian Railways ) employes, short stories, verse, etc., photographs and pen and ink sketches ,suitable for reproduction, are invited from employes and others willing to help.book

Eight unclaimed letters, four from Connelly & Tatchell, Solicitors, Sandhurst and four from Connelly, Tatchell & Dunlop, Barristers & Solicitors, Bendigo. Addressed to Mr. Allen, Cab Driver, Eaglehawk; Mr. O'Dea, c/. Mrs. Tangye, High Street, Sandhurst; Mr. Bacon, Woodcarter, Eaglehawk; Mr. J. F. Thompson, Hargreaves St, Sandhurst;Mr. Gecr? Piccacci, Echuca; Mr. Jas. Short, Havelock St, Bendigo; Mr. Novaglia, Post Office, Huntly crossed out and try Epsom, written in red; Mr Davies Contractor Bendigo; Letters have red Victoria One Penny postage stamp, Two Penny mauve Stamp Duty Victoria stamps and one has two orange Victoria One Penny Stamp Duty stamps. One letter has the person's name obliterated by a Return to Sender ink stamp. Postage marks date the letters between Aug 88 and June 94.business, legal, connelly & tatchell, connelly & tatchell collection - document, connelly & tatchell, connelly tatchell & dunlop, j f thompson, mr bacon, mr o'dea, mrs tangye, mr allen, mr novaglia, jas short, gec?? piccacci

Bendigo Central Bottle Club Newsletter - James Lerk Collection, Vol Vii, No. 2 ca. Nov 1981. Short article on ''History of D Danson & Sons'' Kangaroo Flat 1934- 1948, tomato products. (''Bendigo Valley Products'' and ''Bendigo Best'')Included is a page showing documents from Albion Brewery signed Miss K Sullivan - Bot .of J Steward dated 1.10.1896 and Kent Brewery 18.6.1907.

Copy of a letter, dated 12/12/41, to Mr. Bacon of the Mines Department, Treasury Gardens, Melbourne from G. Whalley. Letter mentions a boiler at Cohuna which had a scale problem. After the installation of Scalebuoys the scale fell off the interior of the boiler in a short time.sciences, instruments - general, scalebuoy, bill ashman collection - correspondence, bendigo electronic company of australia pty ltd, amalgamated freezing coy, mr bacon, mines department melbourne, gunbower butter factory, cherrokee, mr f stevenson, g whalley

Bendigo Central Bottle Club Newsletter - James Lerk Collection (Probably Vol 4 No 5 ca. May 1979 - not referred to on cover). Short article on business of Paulsen & Stanton (Castlemaine/Campbells Creek), manufacturers of aerated waters, ginger beer and cordial ca, 1850s - early 1870s.; small article as a ''Book Preview'' on planned publication - July 1979 - of book on the Bendigo Pottery (written after 9 years of research) - no title for book given. Said to be published by Jim Lowden (Kilmore); short article on extract from future book on Castlemaine and district bottles refers to some details of Fitzgeralds Brewery & Distillery (also known as Fitzgerald & Newman) with some detail of house built on hill looking down on the brewery. There are pictures of Dutch Tiles another page shows unusual bottles and figurines including one inscribed -William Ivth's Reform cordial.

Bendigo Central Bottle Club Newsletter - James Lerk Collection April/May??/ 1977. Article on ''Highlights on Breweries and Beer in Bendigo Area'' - spirits, sly grog and names of some of the early breweries in the area; article on Graytown with first para re history of the area; article on the life and work of George Duncan Guthrie - founder of the Bendigo Pottery (some details of contemporary situation of the Pottery); short article on the Ramage family and their business as tailors and mercers in Bendigo. One page has a copy of an advert which appeared in the 1862 Bendigo Mining Register -Mining Versus health offering Doctor consultation via mail for the price of one pound.

Formal wedding photograph of Bride and two Bridesmaids by Bartlett Bros Bendigo. Short dresses indicates early 1920's date. Biro caption left to right below subjects read 'Auntie Vera', Mum, Auntie Elsie' . Possibly members of the Dahl family, see research on W.G. Dahl and W.H. Dahl.bendigo, history, dahl family

Bendigo Central Bottle Club Newsletter - James Lerk Collection (Feb/March 1977 by deduction). Reference to 'Rex' bacon and smallgoods products/factory in Golden Square 1870 - 1960s. - various owners with Foggitt Jones buying business in 1913 (one of largest operating businesses in Bendigo); short article on ''A brief history of the Bendigo Preserving Co'' (originally known as the Bendigo Fruit Growers Cooperative Society), in Garsed St from 1902.

Bendigo Central Bottle Club Newsletter - James Lerk Collection (late 1975/early 1976 by deduction). Reference to F G Beard 'torp' bottle soda-lemonade. Beard only operated in Bendigo for a short while 1852- 1860. Reference to Saunders Healing Ointment - Saunders was a local of Bendigo.

A yellow magazine titled, 'Cassell's Magazine.' Edited by Max Pemberton. June, 1904. Published by Cassell & Company : London, Paris, New York and Melbourne. Published monthly. Price 6d.recreations, amusements, short stories, lydia chancellor, collection, magazine, cassell's magazine, short stories, advertisements, recreations, amusements, reading

A cardboard folder covered with gift paper with pictures of dogs. Inside are cuttings from magazines which are all dog stories. Magazines include 'The Australian Journal,' 'Mother and Home,' 'Housewife,' 'Homes and Gardens' and 'Modern Woman. 1948-1959.recreations, amusements, short stories, lydia chancellor, collection, short stories, animals, dogs, magazines, literature, recreations, writing, ephemera, entertainment, amusements