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Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Geoff Hocking, Castlemaine : from camp to city 1835-1900, a pictorial history of Forest Creek & the Mount Alexander goldfields, 1994
230 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims, maps, ports. ; 22 x 25 cm.non-fictiongold mines and mining -- victoria -- castlemaine -- history, castlemaine (vic.) -- history -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Document, Riot at Ballaarat : report of the Board of Enquiry appointed to enquire into circumstances connected with the late disturbance at Ballaarat ; together with The evidence taken by the Board, 1854
Parliamentary paper (Victoria. Parliament) ; 1854, A. no. 27. "Laid upon the Council table by the Colonial Secretary...and ordered to be printed 21st November, 1854." At head of title: 1854 Victoria. Chairman: Sturt, E.P.S. Cover title. No. 1 of 15 entitled : [Eureka Stockade : a series of 15 reports on the riot at Ballaarat.Melbourne : John Ferres, Govt. Printer, 1854 xv, 22 p. ; 35 cm.non-fictionParliamentary paper (Victoria. Parliament) ; 1854, A. no. 27. "Laid upon the Council table by the Colonial Secretary...and ordered to be printed 21st November, 1854." At head of title: 1854 Victoria. Chairman: Sturt, E.P.S. Cover title. No. 1 of 15 entitled : [Eureka Stockade : a series of 15 reports on the riot at Ballaarat. eureka stockade, ballarat, vic., 1854 -- history -- sources, gold mines and mining -- victoria -- ballarat -- history -- sources, ballarat (vic.) -- history -- sources, victoria -- history -- 1851-1891 -- sources -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Anglo-Australasian Photographic Company, View of Sailor’s Creek Bridge, c.1876
Nicholas Caire was born on Guernsey in the Channel Islands in 1837. He arrived in Adelaide with his parents in about 1860. In 1867, following photographic journeys in Gippsland, he opened a studio in Adelaide. From 1870 to 1876 he lived and worked in Talbot in Central Victoria. In 1876 he purchased T. F. Chuck's studios in the Royal Arcade Melbourne. In 1885, following the introduction of dry plate photography, he began a series of landscape series, which were commercially successful. As a photographer, he travelled extensively through Victoria, photographing places few of his contemporaries had previously seen. He died in 1918. Reference: Jack Cato, 'Caire, Nicholas John (1837–1918)', Australian Dictionary of Biography.An original, rare photograph from the series 'Views of Victoria: General Series' by the photographer, Nicholas Caire (1837-1918). The series of 60 photographs that comprise the series was issued c. 1876 and reinforced a neo-Romantic view of the Australian landscape to which a growing nationalist movement would respond. Nicholas Caire was active as a photographer in Australia from 1858 until his death in 1918. His vision of the Australian bush and pioneer life had a counterpart in the works of Henry Lawson and other nationalist poets, authors and painters.Views of Victoria (General Series) No.31 / ‘View of Sailor’s Creek Bridge’ / Albumen silver photograph mounted on boardOn Reverse" ‘Sailor’s Creek as situated in the Jim Crow Ranges, which Range forms a portion of the Great Dividing Range of Mountains in Victoria. These hills contain many romantic spots. The one which forms the subject of the present illustration is a view of the Bridge which spans the Creek. Gold has been found throughout the course of the bed of this Creek in payable quantities. The diggers, as may be seen in the photograph, have constructed sluices in the side of the embankment for the purpose of washing the fine gold contained in the wash-dirt.’nicholas caire (1837-1918), sailor's creek (vic), gold mining (vic) -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Anglo-Australasian Photographic Company, View of the township of Golden Square, c. 1876
Nicholas Caire was born on Guernsey in the Channel Islands in 1837. He arrived in Adelaide with his parents in about 1860. In 1867, following photographic journeys in Gippsland, he opened a studio in Adelaide. From 1870 to 1876 he lived and worked in Talbot in Central Victoria. In 1876 he purchased T. F. Chuck's studios in the Royal Arcade Melbourne. In 1885, following the introduction of dry plate photography, he began a series of landscape series, which were commercially successful. As a photographer, he travelled extensively through Victoria, photographing places few of his contemporaries had previously seen. He died in 1918. Reference: Jack Cato, 'Caire, Nicholas John (1837–1918)', Australian Dictionary of Biography.An original, rare photograph from the series 'Views of Victoria: General Series' by the photographer, Nicholas Caire (1837-1918). The 60 photographs that comprise the series were issued c. 1876 and reinforced a neo-Romantic view of the Australian landscape to which a growing nationalist movement would respond. Nicholas Caire was active as a photographer in Australia from 1858 until his death in 1918. His vision of the Australian bush and pioneer life had a counterpart in the works of Henry Lawson and other nationalist poets, authors and painters.‘View of the township of Golden Square’ : Views of Victoria (General Series) No.57 : Albumen silver photograph | Photo on card with Title and Description on reverse | Mounted 24 x 30 cm; Photo 12 x 17 cm.On Reverse: ‘This Township is situated in the Bendigo district, on the road to Castlemaine, and although it is of little importance as a business town, is nevertheless of large importance in consequence of the great number of Quartz Reefs it contains. Almost every house is undermined, and large fortunes have been made by the proprietors. The Church in the distance is that of the Wesleyan body. It was in this township that gold was first discovered in the district of Bendigo.’nicholas caire (1837-1918), golden square (vic), bendigo (vic), gold mining, landscape photography - victoria -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Accessory - Silk, Metal & Cane Parasol, c. 1899-1902
An item forming part of a collection of costumes, photographs and documents relating to the Weir family who owned and lived in the mansion originally named Illapa, 84 Princess Street, Kew, from 1918 to 1950. [The house is now incorporated by ‘Rylands’.] This historically significant collection includes items relating to both George Weir (1866-1937) and his wife Edith Mary Weir (1867-1948). George Weir, a person of national significance, was general manager of North Broken Hill Mine between 1903 and 1926. The collection includes a number of his patents. He married his wife, Edith Butteridge, in Broken Hill in 1891. The collection includes a number of costumes owned and worn by Edith, including her wedding dress. These costumes date from the 1880s to the 1940s and include items of outstanding aesthetic value.This parasol is significant as it is part of 26-piece collection of women’s clothing owned by Edith Mary Weir (nee Betteridge), who was born in Clare, South Australia in 1867 and who died in Kew at the age of 81 in 1948. The costumes in the donation date from the 1880s to the 1940s and constitute outstanding examples of dressmaker’s skills from each of these decades. The collection includes day dresses, evening dresses, evening coats, capes, a parasol, and undergarments. As the wife of a mining engineer, and later mine manager, Edith Weir’s clothing has historic significance as examples of clothing worn by upper middle class Australian women in domestic circumstances and at social and civic events. The costumes in the collection represent the periods when Edith Weir lived in Broken Hill, New South Wales, and in Kew, Melbourne. The garments in the Weir Collection were donated to the Kew Historical Society by the granddaughter of Edith Weir.Parasol - brown silk, pink lined with straight cane handle, owned by Edith Mary Weir (nee Betteridge) of Broken Hill, and later Princess Street, Kew. The style of the parasol, with overlapping outer 'scales' of heavy brown silk, would indicate that it was made in the late Victorian era.parasols, umbrellas, victorian fashion, weir collection -
Bendigo Tramways (managed by the Bendigo Heritage Attractions)
Reference Book, Albert J. Mullett, Government Printer, Melbourne, Handbook to Victoria- British Association for the Advancement of Science, CIRCA 1914
1914 Handbook prepared for the members of the "British Association for the advancement of science" on the occasion of their visit to Victoria, under the direction of the Victorian Executive Committee. Hard covered green handbook, gold leaf lettering. Printed text with Illustrations, Maps, Plans and Diagrams.Stamped: "WITH THE COMPLEMENTS OF THE GOVERNMENT STATIST." victoria, 1914, education, population, immigration, mining, geology, land, law, government, forestry, maps, public works. -
Clunes Museum
tool - PICK HEAD
METAL PICK HEAD FOR INDUSTRIAL USENilpick, mining equipment -
Clunes Museum
NEWSPAPER CUTTING, 1 Overlanders Settle at Clunes .2 Clunes - Where the Old and the New Mingle, 18/10/1990
.1 Page from "The News"Thursday Oct 18 1990 containing several articles on Clunes .2 Page from "The News"Thursday Oct 18 1990 containing several articles on ClunesNilclub hotel, pastoralists, clunes township and mining -
Clunes Museum
Article - TANKARD
COAT OF ARMS ENGRAVED. REFERENCE TO MINING ON SHIELDPewter tankard with a glass bottomHand engraved "Thos. Mark 1861" (With decorative surround) and the image of the Australian Coat of Armsdrinking vessel, tankard -
Clunes Museum
Tool - PULLEY
This wooden pulley was used in mineshafts. The pulley is a wheel with a grooved rim inside a wooden frame for carrying a rope, turning in the frame and serving to change the direction of, or transmit power, as in pulling at one end of the line to raise a weight or object at the other end.USED IN UNDERGROWN MINING ON THE GOLD FIELDSWooden Pulley with ropes attached. Pulley has rope bound round outside to form a metal lined loop to attach to hook above and one lead reinforced loop to attach load to be lowered. The grooved wheel in centre of pulley houses the rope or to attach the load for transport.underground mining, mining tool, wooden pulley -
Clunes Museum
Functional object - MERCURY HOLDER
Iron canister for storing mercury with screw in iron cork with holeN.T.W. Cogold mining, gold mining equipment -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Open Cut Big Hill overlooking Stawell towards Grampians
Open Cut Big Hill overlooking Stawell towards Grampiansstawell mining -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Drawing, North Cross Reef mine in Stawell -- Sketches
Photograph of Sketches of North Cross Reef Stawellstawell mining -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Drawing, Early Stawell c1880's -- Sketches
Sketches of Early Stawell possibly 1880's. Poppet Head. Sister Rocks. St Matthews Church. Town Hall and Post Officestawell mining -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Mr Robert Gray at Kays Foundry in Wimmera Street
Robert Gray at Kays Foundry Wimmera Street Stawell standing beside Crusher built for Bulola Goldfields New Guinea. stawell industry mining -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Federal Mine with Poppet Head and Winch House 1890's
Poppet Head and Winch House of Federal Mine. Group of 14 men and boys standing in front of mine. George Charles Cox (Sen) fifth from right.Base of Poppet Head and Engine shed with row of 14 men and boys posing in foreground. Chimney stack is behind Poppet Head in photo.stawell gold mining -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Archive, Grand United Quartz Mine Journal, 1872 - 1874
Brown Cover - Gold Lettering on Red Square - "Journal"stawell, gold mining -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Powder Magazine in Church Street Stawell
B/W Photo of Powder Magazine Church Street Stawell. Built at rear of shop belonging to Wright Pawsey Mitchell Hardware.stawell mining -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Large Boiler being transported by Horses from the Magdala Mine Site in Stawell to the Heatherlie Quarry
Large Boiler being transported by Horses probably in location of Fyans Creek. Boiler being transported from the Magdala Mine Site in Stawell to the Heatherlie Quarry to replace unserviceable Boiler.stawell industry mining -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Native Youth Mine at Great Western showing buildings & Poppet Head on Poppet Head Road c1930's
Several photographs of Native Youth Mine at Great Western showing buildings and Poppet Head. 1930's. Located on Poppet Head Road South of Great Western.mining gold -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Panorama of Stawell Township with Poppet heads & Government Dam, later No2 Reservoir at centre of photo1878
Poppet heads and Government Dam later No2 Reservoir at centre of photo with Black Ranges in background. Stawell East State School on left, Wimmera Battery (also known as Cobb's Battery) on right of photo. 1878. Mr Chaponnel was an Engine Driver on the Battery. No2 West Scotchmans mine on left started in 1873No2 Reservoir in centre of photograph behind two prominent poppet heads. Black Range in right rear of photo. Victorian Views. C. Herbert, Photo. Stawell. 1878stawell mining -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stawell Joint Venture, Magdala Gold Mining's Jumbo Drilling Machine in the decline entrance
Stawell Joint Venture. Jumbo Drill. Drilling Machine in decline entrance.stawell mining -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stawell Joint Venture, Magdala Gold Mining's Jumbo Drilling Machine in the decline entrance
Stawell Joint Venture. Drilling Machine in decline entrance.stawell mining -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, New Open Cut mine venture 1981
Open Cut new mine venture June 1981stawell mining -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Davis Open Cut Mine on Big Hill 1969
Photograph of Davis Open Cut and tunnel Big Hill 1969Safety guard railing and tunnel enterancestawell mining -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Davis Open Cut Mine on Big Hill 1984
Photograph of Davis Open Cut Big Hill 1984stawell mining -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Tunnel No 3 & the Davis Open Cut Mine 1987 -- 3 Photos -- Coloured
Three colour photographs. Tunnel No 3 and two of Davis Open Cut taken 1987stawell mining -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stawell Historical Society Members & others visiting the Davis Open Cut mine in 1987
Visit to Davis Open Cut Working 1987 Historical Society members and othersstawell mining -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Magdala Mine with woodstacks c1895
Magdala cum Moonlight Mine c1895. Showing wooden tanks and woodheap. Directors on left. The fifth from left tall man is Thomas Kinsella. A horse and dray would go up this ramp and take the crushed sand to the cyanide vats. To load drays with sand a horse would walk under a chute that was at the end of the conveyor belt and when sand was shoveled onto the conveyor, a dray could be loaded in 12 seconds.B/W Mr. Thomas Kinsella and gentlemen with young child leaning on rails overlooking wood stacks with three workers seated. Wooden vats, buildings. Three people by two horse buggy. labourer standing behind buggy.stawell gold mining -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Magdala cum Moonlight Mine Workers with Mr Thomas Kinsella standing fourth from right c1895
Magdala cum Moonlight Mine. Large group of mine workers. Mr Thomas Kinsella standing fourth from right. Mine worker holding his dog.B/W Photo of two rows of miners and mine managers posing in front of wooden buildings.stawell gold mining