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Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Eltham Woods Childcare Co-operative, Frank Street, Eltham, c. Oct 1987, 1987
Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 5 of 7 stripsKodak GA 100 5095shire of eltham, eltham east, eltham woods childcare co-operative, frank street -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Cobb and Co Bus tour, 22 Oct 1996, 22/10/1996
Colour photograph1996, activities, cobb and co -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Poster, Briar Hill Timber & Trading Co. Pty. Ltd, c.1956
Advertisement insert in The Age newspaper around the opening of the 1956 Olympic Games promoting Briar Hill Timber's association with the Olympic Village Project being suppliers of all building materials including Flush Panel Doors, Mouldings and Joinery. Briar Hill Timber owned by F. Squire and the Squire family owned a lot of land around Briar Hill and land for forest at Flowerdale. Operations ranged from logging of trees, to milling to manufacture of joinery and housing frames.Poster approximately A2 in sizebriar hill timber, f. squire, olympic village, 1956 olympic games, timber mill, flowerdale, briar hill, h.v. plowman, logging, advertisement -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Document, Lease of Land by Victorian Railways to Warrnambool Woollen Mill Co Ltd, 1952
The Warrnambool Woollen Mill was established in 1910 in South Warrnambool by a local company, with the building erected on a site that formerly housed another woollen mill destroyed by fire in 1882. The Warrnambool Woollen Company operated successfully for many years with over 700 employees in the 1940s and a good national reputation for quality goods. It made blankets and other woollen goods and was the first company in Australia to manufacture electric blankets. In the 1960s the mill was sold to the Dunlop Company and for the next thirty years it was bought and sold several times, finally closing in 2000 after 90 years of operation. The woollen Mill was built on a site which was in easy access to the railway line which operated along the original tramway line from the town to the jetty. It is possible that this land would have been used for parking during the period of 1950's to 1970's which was a successful period of manufacturing and trade for the Woollen Mill. A link between an important infrastructure and one of Warrnambool's most important industries.Four page folded document cream in colour . Printed form with diagram of the land in question coloured in pink . Seals of both Victorian railways and Warrnambool Woollen mill are stamped beside signatories on page 3. Dated 30th April 1952. Signed R Naylor for the Warrnambool Woollen Mill and two unreadable signatures for Victorian Railways.warrnambool, warrnambool woollen mill, warrnambool railways, lease victorian railways and warrnambool woollen mill -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Ringwood Co-operative Cool Stores. 1924
Black and white photograph (2 copies)Typed below photograph, "Ringwood Cool Stores. Packed with thousands of cases of Rosy Apples - that make the Rosy Cheeks.".. Date 1924 handwritten on back. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Local carrier - "All Red Motor Carrying Co." 179-183 Queen Street Melbourne, Tel. Cent. 6163, 6164. (Local rep was Arthur Knee, Arlington Street, Ringwood, Tel. Ringwood 243.) c.1926
Typed below photograph, "The local carrier in the early days". -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, "Back To" celebrations at Ringwood Civic Centre - 19.10.1974. Mayor Cr. Stan Morris arriving by Cobb & Co coach
Typed below photograph, '1974 - Back to Ringwood. Mayor and party arrive at Civic Centre.' -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Timber mill - Ringwood Timber & Trading Co., cnr Maroondah Hwy and New Street, Ringwood - 1948
Black and white photograph of logs at timber mill. Gantry above. (2 copies, 1 large, 1 small)Written on back of photograph: "Ringwood Timber & Trading". -
Cheese World Museum
Photograph, Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory Co Ltd site 2000 -aerial view, 2000
Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory Company was formed by a group of Warrnambool business men. The company was registered in May 1888 and commenced commercial production in November 1888. The company retained its independence for more than 125 years until acquired by Canadian firm Saputo. It has operated from the same site since its inception and also has an office in Japan. Milk processing is undertaken by Sungold. Milk powder for export is also produced on-site. Cheese World is a retail arm of the company operates on a connected site selling company products, local food products, wine and cheese tasting. Cheese World Museum operates under the Cheese World umbrella.Aerial colour photograph of Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory in wooden frame. Shows buildings and surrounds. Lines indicate factory boundaries, dotted lines indicate property extension. Date is recorded on the image.17.10.2000allansford, warrnambool cheese and butter factory company, saputo, dairyiing, dairy manufacturing, diary manufacturers, cheese, butter -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Cobb and Co Bus tour, Heritage Excursion, 22 Oct 1996, 22/10/1996
Colour photographactivities, 1996, cobb and co -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Eltham Woods Childcare Co-operative, Frank Street, Eltham, c. Oct 1987, 1987
Date based on other similar display panels visible in images of the Shire of Eltham display at the Eltham Community Festival, 7 November 1987. Colour photographshire of eltham, infrastructure, display panel, eltham festival, eltham east, eltham woods childcare co-operative, frank street -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Eltham Woods Childcare Co-operative, Frank Street, Eltham, c. Oct 1987, 1987
Date based on other similar display panels visible in images of the Shire of Eltham display at the Eltham Community Festival, 7 November 1987. Colour photographshire of eltham, infrastructure, display panel, eltham festival, eltham east, eltham woods childcare co-operative, frank street -
Federation University Historical Collection
Plan, Underground Workings, Working Miners United Co. Homebush
Printed map on paper various measurements and locationsunderground workings, plan, working miners united co, homebush -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Agreement & Rules & Regulations of the Band of Loch United Co. N.L., 1898, 1898
Handwritten on parchment or vellum and stitched into a book. Six loose pages are held within the pages. band and loch, coglan, mcvitty, ellis, acheson, mtichell, arthur, james coglan, alexander mcvitty, william ellis, william acheson, mathew mitchell, arthur robb, band and loch united company, w.m. acheson, john champion, edward barrett, willliam morris acheson, y.y. mcdonald, t. byrne, rules and regulations, arthur thomas robb, thomas mann -
Federation University Historical Collection
Plan, Plan of Alluvial Claim of A.E. Timms and Co, 1894, 02/04/1894
This item was removed from Catalogue Number 3601Plan of a lease located near Cresick Road. Scale: 4 chains to 1 inch (1:3168) WGS 84 37 32 35 South 143 50 50 Easttimms, a.e. timms & co., howitt st, ballarat north, creswick road, alluvial claim, mining -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Image, Phoenix Foundry Co., Ltd. : Locomotive Works
Images of the Phoenix Foundry in Ballaratphoenix foundry, ballarat, locomotive, railway -
Federation University Historical Collection
Plan, Underground Survey of Mines Ballarat Dalzell-Cum-Prince Regent Co
Transverse sectionmining, cgt, dalzell-cum-prince, plans -
Federation University Historical Collection
Plan, Sulieman Pasha Co Plan Transverse Section
The Sulieman Pasha is possibly named after the most important Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Suleiman One, or Suleiman the Magnificent, when the Ottoman Empire was at its peak. Or potentially a number of Ottoman governors, statesmen and military commanders with the same name after, however the spelling is slightly different to the mine name. No Turkish connection was found relating to the formation of the company, and remains unconfirmed. The mine operated from two shafts; No. 1 near the corner of Humffray and Mair streets, and also near where the Welcome Nugget (2217 ounces) was found years earlier; and the controversial No. 2 shaft several blocks south bordering the northern side of the main highway through Ballarat. The company produced 62 666 ounces of gold, the twelfth highest quartz reef gold production for any mine on the Ballarat goldfield. Some crushing figure examples are January-June 1881: 3674 tonnes 1085 ounces; January-June 1885: 2949 tonnes 1281 ounces; July-December 1885: 4459 tonnes 1119 ounces; January-June 1887: 1869 tonnes 730 ounces; July-December 1892: 1450 tonnes 771 ounces; July-December 1896: 4365 tonnes 1372 ounces. Like many mines in the area, gold grades were low. John Watson was noted as mine manager in the 1880s, and John Williams 1890s. The company was re-organised twice increasing the number of shares from 4000 to 24 000, and increasing the capital available. The Sulieman Pasha Company was formed in 1878. David Fitzpatrick was given the honour of turning the first sod of both the No.1 and later No. 2 shafts. The first dividend was given to shareholders in July 1881. The company obtained a prospecting vote (government grant) to start, and was very proud to be the first Victorian gold mining company to pay the funds back to the government. The event was marked by a lavish banquet laid out for ministers and government officials by the company. Leases were purchased to the south in 1885 to the Llanberris Mine boundary, after poor results began accumulating from the small No. 1 shaft. To take advantage of this new land the company planned to sink a second shaft. Initially this was to take place on government land, but the uproar from nearby residents caused the company to purchase land along the Main Road (now Western Highway), and the old Yarrowee Hotel which had occupied the site since the alluvial digger days of the 1850's was demolished. The area had since those days become heavily occupied with a number of shops, houses, a post office, church and two schools in the immediate area. The thought of an underground mine next door drew considerable opposition. The company (before the days of public relations departments) wrote 'most people would have thought that progress as vital as mining would be supported by tradesmen whose business rely on the mining industry. It seems when it comes to mining they are bereft of their senses, and considering the low ebb of mining in Ballarat East, the action of our opponents are unaccountable. (Sarcastically) There are certain engineering difficulties in moving the quartz reefs to a new location, but if we could to appease our opponents we would'. The company also wanted to take over 4 acres of the St Paul's school oval for machinery, but accused the St Paul's Church of wanting extortionate amounts of money upfront, and on a yearly basis for the privilege. It stated the church could not be opposed to mining when several years earlier it had formed its own company to mine the land, only for shareholders to lose their money. In 1886, the company approached the Minister for Mines, and attended heated public meetings on the matter. The local residents, shop owners, and church submitted a 60 person petition to the local council and government authorities. They stated the shaft contravened the mining statutes, which stating no mining could take place within 150 yards of a public building or church. A speech by a resident stated 'mining always comes with glorious pictures of the great benefits which would accrue all parties concerned if their request is granted, but if property is destroyed or depreciated in value, no-one then comes forward and compensates them'. The No. 2 shaft was approved including taking over part of the school oval. In 1888, workers at the company's No. 2 shaft went on strike to try and bring their wages in line with other mines in the district (the No. 1 shaft was operated by tributers). William Madden (26) was killed from a fall of earth underground the same year, while a year later his father John Madden (70) was similarly killed in the Madame Berry Mine elsewhere in the district. In 1897 as the amount of gold being found fell away, it came to light part of the deal to purchase the Yarrowee Hotel site was a 5% royalty on gold found. Shareholders could not understand why they were paying a royalty to the former owners of the property. The mine closed in 1898 due to a lack of gold. In 1902 a boy (age unknown) called Charles Lee was killed from a fractured skull while working to dismantle the Sulieman Pasha plant. The fuss over the No. 2 shaft had a sequel. On the company winding up, the land was purchased by J.S. Trethowan who built a house next to the shaft. In 1907, the shaft caved-in creating a sinkhole immediately at the back of the house. A Mr Chamberlain heard a deep rumbling sound at 5am, and looked out the window to see his fowl house and thirteen chickens disappear down an expanding hole. He then went back to bed, and called the police later in the day. The shaft was 1050 feet deep, and the hole at the surface that developed was 20 feet by 17 feet across, and 20 feet depth. In 1930 it is reported a syndicate had been formed to clean out the old shaft, and re-open the mine. It is assumed this was the No. 1 shaft but no more was found. (https://www.mindat.org/loc-304239.html, accessed 07/08/2019) A transverse section plan of the Sulieman Pasha Mine.sulieman pasha company, plan, mining, united black hill mine, victoria united mine, victoria street, britannia united mine, last chance mine, llanberris mine, ottoman empire, john watson, john williams, david fitzpatrick -
Federation University Historical Collection
Correspondence, Letter to the Ballarat School of Mines from W.H. Pickering and Co, Advertising Specialist, 1914, 29/04/1914
w.h. pickering & co, ballarat school of mines, harry lauder, advertising, letterhead -
Federation University Historical Collection
Poster, Mt Lyell Mining and Railway Co Ltd Centennial Celebration, 1993
Laminated poster advertising the Mt Lyell Mining and Railway Company Limited Centennial Celebrations taking place in Queenstown 26th to 29th March 1993 'Mt Lyell A Century in Copper'.mt lyell, mining, centennial, copper 100 year -
Federation University Historical Collection
Plan, Sovereign Quartz Mining Co
Transverse section of the Sovereign Quartz Mining Company's works hand drawn onto paper on waxed linen. The scale is 80- feet to 1 inch or 1:960mining, sovereign quartz mining co., cgt -
Federation University Historical Collection
Plan, Prince Regent Co. Transverse Section
Transverse section of the Prince Regent Company.prince regent co, foster allan, ernest lidgy, cgt -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, Manufacture of Modern Machinery in Australia Illustrated: Thompson and Co., (Castlemaine) Pty Ltd
Brown soft covered booklet with numerous photographic plates.thomson's foundry, thompson & co, machinery, castlemaine tools, foundry, foundries, boiler shop, air compressor -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Photographs - Colour, University of Ballarat Co-operation Signing Ceremony, 1994, 1994
Signing ceremony was held in Ballarat but the nature of the agreement not identified. Representatives were from Hong Kong and Ballarat.Various groupings or persons at a "signing ceremony" .1 Connie L.Y. Leung; Professor David James; Edward Lee; Geoffrey Walsh .2 Connie L.Y. Leung; Professor David James; Edward Lee; Geoffrey Walsh .3 Includes other members from China and Ballarat -
Federation University Historical Collection
Correspondence, Letters from A. Gallenkamp & Co to the Ballarat School of Mines, 1898, 1898
Two hand written letters relating to orders from the Ballarat School of Mines .1) 31 March 1898 Dear Sir, In reply to your favor of 23 February we have nearly all the apparatus now ready you were good enough to order. I've [illegible] here 12 cases [illegible] fomr Robinson's goods we likely had to wait about 5 months for supply from works, the demand having been quite extraordinary this year. Ou people [illegible] are so busy with Rontgen ray tubes that we cannot get crokes ad Uranium tubes as quickly as we should like. Yours are not yet to hand, have however a promise of delivery very shortly when all goods will be ready for dispatch. Now we have [illegible] in our very large new warehouses in Sun Street, we are importing [illegible] and other glass goods in four or five times the quantity, we could store in our old place, so that we shall hold presently the August stock of glass apparatus in London, enabling us to fill orders of every size in much shorter issue. We shall not loose a day or a book so soon as we are ready with the order early in April. We beg to call your attention to fene glass listed by the [illegible] book post. Your esteemed further orders will oblige. Yours truly [Illegible] .2) 09 September 1898 Dear Sir We thank you for the favor of your order of August just received and give [illegible] attention. arriving to our ... For Reagent bottle 1757 you state no size, we will give you 250cm as the size usually order here. ... We beg to confirm our letter of 2nd inst and enclose two circulars of interest. Yours Faithfully [illegible]a. gallenkamp and co., letterhead, ballarat school of mines, frederick martell, x-ray, xray, rontgen tubes, crooks tubes, uranium tubes -
Federation University Historical Collection
Plan, Blueprint B.B.H.P. Co Ltd Longitudinal Section of Concentrating Plant, 1895
Blueprint plan by H.L. Hancock blueprint, h. l. hancock, longitudinal section, concentrating plant, bhp -
Federation University Historical Collection
Plan, Llanberris Co. Transverse Section, not dated
Printed transverse section of the Llanberris Companyunderground survey, llanberris mine, llanberris co, ballarat -
Federation University Historical Collection
Plan, Plan of the Claim of the St John G.M. Co adjoining the Miner's Race Course Ballaarat, not dated
Hand drawn and coloured plan, with large support loss bottom leftplan, st john gold mining company, miner's race course ballaarat, koh i noor shaft, band of hope shaft no 2, hand and band no 2 shaft -
Federation University Historical Collection
Plan, Chiltern Valley Gold Mines Co Ltd, Poppet Head drawings, not dated
Ink on paper drawings of Poppet Head.chiltern valley, chiltern valley gold mines co ltd, poppet head, drawing, mining -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Document, Ringwood Co-operative Trading Ass'n. Ltd. invoice to J.G. Aird, 1920
Hand written invoice made out to Mr J.G. Aird for Gargoyle prepared red oil, 24 gallons for £6.4.0. Dated 22nd July 1920.