Typed notes on the description of the Central Nell Gwynne Mine Area and the Victoria Hill Area. Also mentioned are the Victoria Quartz Mine, Lansell's 'big' 180, Ballerstadt, George Lansell, Adventure and the Cinderalla. Also recommendations for tourist purposes. (2 pages)mine, gold, central nell gwynne mine, central nell gwynne mine, victoria hill, victoria quartz mine, new chum line, lansell's 'big' 180, ballerstadt, george lansell, fortuna, a. h.q. survey regiment, adventure, rae, wittscheibe & co., luffsman & sons, lazarus mine, latham & watson's mine, great extended hustlers

Handwritten notes on mining in Bendigo. Notes mention the size of the Bendigo Goldfield, the number of lines of reef and a brief history of goldmining in Bendigo.document, gold, mining in bendigo, mining in bendigo, notes on mining in bendigo, ravenswood sheep run, survey regiment, california hill state school, lansell's 222, mr lansell, camp hill school, high school, park mine (royal hustler's reserve no 1), memorial hall, city mine ( royal hustlers reserve no 2), mining stock exchange, beehive buildings, allan's walk, buckell & jeffrey, fortuna hustlers, great extended huatlers, garden gully united, mining exchange, garden gully united, wattle gully mine, ironbark mine, manchester arms hotel, extended hustlers mine, south belle vue, new chum railway, eureka extended, shenandoah, victoria quartz, the big 180, old chum, gt extended hustlers

The Heliograph MkV is a fascinating piece of historical surveying and communications equipment. It was primarily used for visual signaling by reflecting sunlight with a mirror to send coded messages over long distances. This method was primarily useful in remote areas where other forms of communication were not available. The MkV model, specifically, was widely used by the British Army and other military forces from around 1906 until the mid 1960s. It remained in use with the Australian Army Survey Corps until the mid 1980s. The device typically included a 5 - inch mirror and was often mounted on a tripod for stability. Initially the instrument was used to communicate between survey stations using Morse code to coordinate their activities. Later when better forms of communication were available, they were used for precise angle alignment where the sunlight reflection from the mirror was targeted between the survey stations to give very accurate results. The MkV was relatively light weight and portable, making it ideal for use in the field. It could be setup and adjusted quickly. The heliograph had an adjustable mirror that could be tilted to reflect sunlight towards a distant receiver. Surveyors could align the mirror using a sighting device. Whilst it was primarily used by the Military it was also used in civil surveying particularly in the remote areas of Australia. The British Army Mark V version uses a flat round mirror with a small unsilvered spot in the centre. The sender aligned the heliograph to the target by looking at the reflected target in the mirror and moving their head until the target was hidden by the unsilvered spot. Keeping their head still, they then adjusted the aiming rod so its cross wires bisected the target, they then turned up the sighting vane, which covered the cross wires with a diagram of a cross, and aligned the mirror with the tangent and elevation screws, so the small shadow that was a reflection of the unsilvered spot hole was on the cross target. This indicated that the sunbeam was pointing at the target. If the sun was in front of the sender, its rays were reflected directly from this mirror to the receiving station. If the sun was behind the sender, the sighting rod was replaced by a second mirror, to capture the sunlight and direct it onto the main mirror to reflect it to the receiving station.. 1 Brish Army "Mance" Mk V A253 Heliograph has two 125mm diameter mirrors on a brass arm with targeting attachments. The Instrument is mounted on a three-legged tripod of brass and mahogany with spiked feet, approximately 1.2 metres high. The instrument was made by LUCO Art Metal Co Ltd, London in 1940. .2 A military green metal carrying safety storage case with khaki shoulder strap.A253 stamped on instrumentroyal australian survey corps, rasvy, fortuna, army survey regiment, army svy regt, asr

This table was made by Italian POW's at the Land HQ Cartographic Company for the Officers Mess, Fortuna, Bendigo in 1943-44.Coffee table made from timber & masonite, has bottom shelf, all sections held together by wedge & groove, timber section has been varnished.Plaque etched & attached to table: This Table Was Hand Made By The Italian Prisoners Of War Attached To The Land Headquarters Cartographic Company For The Officers Mess 1943 - 1944army survey regiment, royal australian survey corps, rasvy, army svy regt, fortuna, asr

The Universal Stereoscope was used to view overlapping stereo aerial photography in three dimensions (3D). It consists of magnifying lenses, an optical train including glass prisms and mirrors that are protected by sliding metal covers all suspended on a pair of fold out adjustable legs. The stereoscope is coloured military olive drab green. This Universal Stereoscope was produced in Australia in 1940 for Military use. It was originally produced with a timber protecting carry box that is missing. It was used extensively by members of the Australian Survey Corps during WWII in many theatres of War for viewing and annotating aerial photography. Item 6205.6P, photograph 6205.1P shows the Universal Stereoscope in use by the Australian Survey Corps annotating aerial photography.The Universal Stereoscope was used to view overlapping stereo aerial photography in three dimensions (3D). It consists of magnifying lenses, an optical train including glass prisms and mirrors that are protected by sliding metal covers all suspended on a pair of fold out adjustable legs. The stereoscope is coloured military olive drab green."DC-1940 Serial No 550", "D V D", "Made in Australia" Plate on the underside reads " This stereoscope was donated to the Ex Fortuna Survey Association by the Eaglehawk Recycle Shop February 2015"royal australian survey corps, rasvy, fortuna, army survey regiment, army svy regt, asr

This set of map prints was assembled as a training aid. The collection is a complete set of individual color prints of each colour used on the final printed maps for each map Joint Operations Graphic (JOG) JOG Ground and JOG Air versions. This map series was produced in two versions to help coordinate military Ground Operations and Air Operations. The ground users required that heights and measurements were in Metres, whilst air users required height information in Feet for altimeters. The Air Version also contained more Aeronautical information including safe flying height information called Maximum Elevation Figures (MEF). Later printing of JOG incorporated printing in just four colours Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black (CMYK). Item 6421.1 is an example of a JOG Ground and item 6421.2 is an example of its matching JOG Air version.1:250,000 SB55-10 Markham JOG A and G colour separations bound together in a manilla card covered folder bound with a timber edge. royal australian survey corps, rasvy, fortuna, army survey regiment, army svy regt, asr

The Plane Table Alidade was used as the sighting Instrument in the production of historical manual hand drawn maps. A Plane Table Board mounted on a tripod is levelled and the Alidade is placed on the table with the vanes perpendicular to the it. Each sighting vane has a central thread lined up on the target and the angle to that target point is then drawn on the map sheet using the beveled fiducial edge. Plane Table Surveying is used as a quick method where less accuracy is required or needed. Plane table Surveying is a relatively portable and inexpensive method and was used extensively before the advent of sophisticated surveying instruments. The photo at 6489.2 is an Australian Army Survey Corps Party using a Plane Table Alidade in Syria during WWII. See also item 6580 which is the Plane Table with tripod legs that was used with the Alidade.Two Plane Table sighting instruments (Alidade) used for historical manual map making housed in wooden transit boxes. A brass instrument with folding sights at each end and a beveled fiducial edge in one edge. The front sight is the object vane and the rear sight is the sight vane. There is a sliding arm attached to the base to draw parallel lines to the fiducial edge. Very slight differences in model between these two instruments.First Instrument, "ER Watts and Son, London, 1938, MkII, Box Label 423. Second Instrument - R. E-Co, Mk.II, stamped E686, Box Label 686.royal australian survey corps, rasvy, fortuna, army survey regiment, army svy regt, asr

Silk maps were produced as "Escape Maps" as they were easily folded and compressed to carry. They were often sewn into the jackets of aircraft pilots..1P Photograph of a Silk map of Indo China Map No 44K covering Siam (Thailand) and part of Vietnam and Cambodia at a scale of 1:1million. The map has contours (heights) and legend panel information. .2P Photograph of the reverse side of a Silk map of Indo China Map No 44J covering Siam (Thailand) at a scale of 1:1million. The map has contours (heights) and legend panel information. royal australian survey corps, rasvy, fortuna, army survey regiment, army svy regt

Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II approved the appointment of HRH The Princess of Wales "Lady Diana" as the Colonel in Chief of the Royal Australian Survey Corps (RASvy) on 1 July 1988. A copy of this image was presented to RASvy for official use.Framed photograph of HRH The Princess of Wales "Lady Diana" - Colonel in Chief of the Royal Australian Survey Corps in a black dress, white border and black frame.royal australian survey corps, rasvy, fortuna, army survey regiment, army svy regt, asr

The Royal Australian Survey had Field Survey Units located in most States of Australia. Northern Command Field Survey Unit was located in Brisbane. This folder contains technical Instructions for tasks carried out by the Unit from Survey control and data capture through to Field completion. The folder is held together by Chicago screws so that Instructions could be updated when necessary. Instruction No1 Production Data Records Aug 1966 23x pages, Instruction No2 Standard Operating Procedure for B8 Stereoplotting Oct 1967 4 x pages, Instruction No3 Provisional Compilation Specifications 1:100 mapping contouring Oct 1967 (Missing), Instruction No4 Horizontal Control Station Summaries Aug 1972 13 x pages, Instruction No5 Airphotography Mar 1972 8 x pages, Instruction No6 Reconnaisance Station marking and Station Notes Aerodist Operations Mar 1972, 13 x pages, Instruction No7 Field Completion Feb 1973, 7 x pages.A hard green plastic covered manual of 68 x paper pages of typed text diagrams and tables, some fold out Annexes. The pages are held together with two Chicago screwsWhite # "5 " inside front and back coversroyal australian survey corps, rasvy, fortuna, army survey regiment, army svy regt, asr, norther command field survey unit

A Plane Table consists of a smooth wooden table surface (with metal strengthening supports) mounted on a sturdy base. The base, a three-legged Tripod, is designed to support the table over a specific point on land. The connection between the tabletop and the adjustable Tripod legs permits the user to level the table precisely, using bubble levels in a horizontal plane regardless of the roughness of the terrain. The Plane Table is a surveying device used in surveying and mapping to provide a level surface on which to make drawings, charts or maps. An alidade, with or without a telescope located on the tabletop is used to sight features and draw angles to that feature. Using these lines to the same feature from different setup locations it is possible to locate that feature on the map. Plane Tabeling was widely used by the early members of the Australian Survey Corps and in both World Wars. It remains a simple and effective tool to teach the fundamentals of mapping and surveying. It was simple to use and was reasonably robust and portable. See also item 6489.2 for the Plane Table Alidade.A wooden Plane Table with alloy fittings to strengthen and support the table top. The table is fixed to a three-legged wooden Tripod with cast alloy fittings and metal pointed tips.royal australian survey corps, rasvy, fortuna, army survey regiment, army svy regt, asr, 4 fd svy sqn, school of military survey

Black Leather Gloves formed part of the WRAAC Uniform. When WRAAC disbanded on 1 September 1983, the gloves continued to form part of the women's uniform. This was the case for those serving in the Royal Australian Survey Corps.A pair of black kid leather women's military uniform gloves with a metal stud clipDated 1976royal australian survey corps, rasvy, fortuna, army survey regiment, army svy regt, gloves

Handwritten notes and carbon copy titled Question 5. Notes refer to Victoria Hill being opened up by Theodore Ballerstedt and his son early in 1854. Theodore Ballerstedt left for Germany having sold his home, crushing battery and mine to Mr. Geo Lansell. He called the mine the '180'. Next mine north to the '180' was the Victoria Quartz. Also contains notes on machinery, geological formations and earning from the mines.document, gold, victoria hill, victoria hill, question 5 on victoria hill, theodore ballerstedt, mr geo lansell, fortuna villa, commonwealth survey regiment, the 180, ballerstedt's original open cut, bendigo south rotary club, john wybrandt, north old chum coy, victoria quartz, victoria reef quartz company, mr william rae, a roberts & sons united ironworks, australian mining standard special edition 1899, bendigo advertiser 10/2/1897, a harkness & coy, bendigo advertiser 30/6/1910 page 5, rae's open cut, e j dunn, bendigo saddle reefs, wittscheibe's 'jeweller's shop', roberts & frost, ashley noy & coy, grant & co, woodward & son, couth allen and co, taylor gould and co, crawshaw & co, roberts & co

Typed notes for a tour of the area. Areas mentioned are: Hospital Hill, The Central Deborah Mine, New Chum Railway Mine, The Rocks, New Chum Hill, Victoria Hill, Central Nell Gwynne, Rae's Open Cut, Housing Commission Homes and Latham and Watson's. Description of machinery at the Central Deborah Mine, yields, dividends, depth of shafts and directions to get ot the various places is included.document, gold, victoria hill, bendigo branch historical society mine tour, all saints church, joseph la trobe, bendigo's first hospital, sacred heart cathedral, the central deborah mine, city council, londonderry west shaft, new red, white and blue consolidated (big blue), a roberts & sons, big deborah, the new golden fleece, new chum goldfields, central wattle gully mine chewton, virginia consols, black's quarries coldstream, thompson's engineering and pipe co ltd castlemaine, new chum railway mine, golden square methodist church, the rocks, e j dunn, gold monument, shamrock mine, mt alvernia hospital, j b lazarus, john brown knitwear factory, gold fmines hotel, david sterry, new chum hill, fortuna villa, geo lansell, theodore ballerstedt, a h q survey regiment headquarters, old chum mine, central nell gwynne, rae's open cut, theodore ballerstedt, new chum syncline, little 180 mine, victoria quartz, wittcheibe's 'jeweller's shop', adventure, advance, cinderella, j n macartney, bendigo goldfields registry 1870, wm rae, johnson's devonshire mine, snobs hill mine, ellenborough mullock heap, belmont mullock heap, sadowa, st mungo, united devonshire, mechanic's institute, log lock-up, court house, j b watson, housing commission homes, hustlers hill, latham and watsons', the great extended hustlers, a richardson

Typed notes on Victoria Hill and New Chum Hill. Notes give location, value of gold and plans for a mining museum.document, gold, victoria hill, victoria hill and new chum hill, john neil macartney, the age, the australasian, bendigo goldfields registry 1871, victoria reef quartz mine, north old chum, victoria consols, new chum and victoria, pioneer, lansell 222 mine, lazarus, barnet lazarus, mt. alvernia hospital, fortuna villa, george lansell, a. h. q. survey regiment, central red white and blue, hudsons, burrowes & sterry, b c v channel 8, bendigo and district tourist association, section 14 of the lands act 1958, mr a r richardson, cr t r flood, tourist association

Typed copy of notes on Victoria Hill, Ironbark and New Chum Hill - An Historic Landmark. Notes include locality, some of the early mines, their depth, gold produced, dividends paid, vertical winding engine and crushing battery. Mines mentioned are: Rae's, Wittscheibe and Company 'Jeweler's Shop', the Advance, Cinderella Mine, Lansell's 180, North Old Chum, Victoria Quartz, Burrowes and Sterry's, Lazarus' Claim, Gibbs and Lazarus, Bonatti's, Menzies, Hildebrandt and Kock's, Ellesmere, Old Chum, New Chum and Victoria, New Chum United, New Chum Consolidated and the Garibaldi.document, gold, victoria hill, victoria hill ironbark, rae's, wittscheibe and company 'jeweller's shop', hopetoun band room, advance, cinderella mine, geo lansell, lansell's 180, new chum hill, fortuna mansion, new chum drainage association, north old chum, b c v 8 television studio, royal survey regiment, burrowes and sterry, lazarus claim, gibbs and lazarus, bonatti's, menzies, hildebrandt and kock's, ellesmere, old chum, p m g repeater station, ballerstedt, mr geo lansell, new chum and victoria, phoenix, mt alvernia hospital, new chum united, new chum consolidated, garibaldi, mr clarke magee

This document is a draft proposal by the School of Military Survey (SMS) for the Manual of Land Warfare Volume 1, Phamphlet No1 - Employment of RASvy - Part 2, Survey Training 1984. The pamphlet describes the responsibilities and principles of employment of RASvy units and elements in the area of operations and in the support area. It outlines the roles, characteristics and tasks of RASvy units and elements, but no attempt has been made to detail staff or technical procedures. The document being a draft, contains many blank pages for additional information to be added prior to publication. RASvy was disbanded in 1996.45 x page A4 paper pamphlet containing text and diagrams. Buff coloured light card covers with a plastic comb binding.On the front cover: "A 7610 -14 - 1332" "As proposed by SMS April 1985"royal australian survey corps, rasvy, fortuna, army survey regiment, army svy regt, asr, school of military survey

This is the second Edition of the "Chrology of the Royal Australian Survey Corps" produced in 1985 by the officers at the School of Military Survey (SMS). The First Edition produced in 1979 was also produced at the SMS. Since the first edition was produced, a definitive history of the Corps has been published by Brigadier Fitzgerald in his book "Lebanon to Labuan" in 1980 and is the story of the Corps during WWII. This new edition has been completely revised and updated. In order that amendments for future editions may easily be made, this document has compiled on computer. Signed LTCOL JG Corless Commanding Officer SMS. Future and final editions of the History of the Royal Australian Survey Corps have used this document as part of their research.A5 paper booklet, 56 x pages and stapled. Cover is a printed map with title and printed versions of the initial Australian Survey Corps Badge, the "King's and Queen's Crown" versions of the Royal Australian Survey Corps badges. The booklet contains computer text and poor quality B/W photographs.Compiled and printed by the School of Military Surveyroyal australian survey corps, rasvy, fortuna, army survey regiment, army svy regt, school of military survey

Newspaper article post war about production during the war years at Fortuna. A photograph of FortunaNewspaper article cut out from a Bendigo Newspaper, yellowed paper Two articles, 1. A Bendigo War Establishment 2. Carto Men do great war job at Fortuna Mansion No credits to authors, No date of publication or page number, No identification of Newspaper. Believed to be from the Bendigo Advertiser c. 1945army survey regiment, army svy regt, fortuna, royal australian survey corps, rasvy, asr

Wild Heerbrugg B8 Aviograph Stereoplotters were a very accurate piece of equipment for the extraction of topographical information from stereo air photography. This is an operating manual covering all aspects of the Wild B8 Stereoplotter. Chapters include, construction, descriptions of the optical train, electrical equipment, technical data, assembly (adjustment, instructions for use and maintenance). They were widely used throughout the Royal Australian Survey Corps from 1965 onwards. They were later upgraded with tri axis locators for capturing digital topographical data.Green hard covered operating manual covering all aspects of the Wild B8 Stereoplotter. Chapters include, construction, descriptions of the optical train, electrical equipment, technical data, assembly (adjustment, instructions for use and maintenance). There are 70 x pages of text and plans and diagrams. There are 33 x unnumbered pages of photographs, diagrams and tables. Additional photocopied pages added "P2 Relative Orientation - Semi Numerical Method." "1927" (Presumed to be the Serial Number of the B8 Stereoplotter that the manual was used with).royal australian survey corps, rasvy, fortuna, army survey regiment, army svy regt, asr

The Universal Stereoscope was used to view overlapping stereo aerial photography in three dimensions (3D). It consists of magnifying lenses, an optical train including glass prisms and mirrors that are protected by sliding metal covers, all suspended on a pair of fold out adjustable legs. The Universal Stereoscope was produced in Australia in 1940 for military use and has its protective wooden box. It was used extensively by members of the Australian Army Survey Corps during WWII in many theatres of war for viewing and annotating aerial photography. See also photograph at 6205.6P. 6205.1P shows the Universal Stereoscope in use by Royal Australian Survey Corps annotating Aerial Photography.6599.1 Wooden Box that contains a Universal Stereoscope. 6599.2 Open Wooden Box showing a folded Universal Stereoscope. A dark green wooden box containing a Universal Stereoscope with spare mirrors. The Universal Stereoscope was used to view overlapping stereo aerial photography in three dimensions (3D). It consists of magnifying lenses, an optical train including glass prisms and mirrors that are protected by sliding metal covers, all suspended on a pair of fold out adjustable legs. The stereoscope is painted a dark green colour."DC 1940" "Serial (Number) - 239 D>D"royal australian survey corps, rasvy, fortuna, army survey regiment, army svy regt

Front side shows a map of australia with red lines of Magnetic Declination and blue lines depicting contours of the projected rate of declination change 2005 - 2010. The reverse side shows a world map with lines of magnetic declination at five-degree intervals. There are also three smaller Australian maps showing contours of "Total Field", "Horizontal Field (H)" and "Vertical Field (V)." Magnetic information was used extensively on the majority of maps produced by the Royal Australian Survey Corps, both topographic and aeronautical.Single A4 size sheet printed in colour on both sidesroyal australian survey corps, rasvy, fortuna, army survey regiment, army svy regt, geoscience australia

Fortuna Villa was initially commenced as a modest single storey home in 1861 next to the 180 Mine by Theodore Ballerstedt, who sold the mine and house to George Lansell in 1869. Lansell already owned the adjacent Fortuna Mine, and through deeper mining techniques greatly expanded the mine's operation, his personal wealth, and the house and grounds. Lansell was soon known as the 'Quartz King', Australia's first gold mining millionaire and credited as the driving force behind much of Bendigo's prosperity. He continuously added to and expanded the villa, decorating it extravagantly with the finest of artworks and materials, into a sprawling mansion with extensive landscaped grounds, to create a house and grounds of a size and grandeur with few rivals in Australia. After his death in 1907, his second wife Edith carried on with improvements, creating a house and grounds developed over 50 years. The attached mine also contributes to its significance, being one of the richest mines in Bendigo, and at one stage probably the deepest gold mine in the world at 3176 feet. The 1875 crushing works are attached directly to the mansion, and the mine's tailings and settling ponds (turned into ornamental lakes) represent a direct link between George Lansell's wealth and its source. Fortuna was compulsorily acquired by the Commonwealth in 1942 as the Cartographic Headquarters of the Australian Survey Corps during World War II, and many ancillary structures were added while preserving the main house and ornamental grounds. Victorian Heritage Database Report https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/68334/download-reportTicket for Fortuna Villa Tour conducted by the Army Survey Regiment and the National Trust. 31/12/1985. Black printing on yellow card.fortuna villa, tour

Slide. Freedom of the City of Bendigo.19 Slides of the Army Survey Regiment from Fortuna, Bendigo exercising their right to the Freedom of the City of Bendigo.slide, bendigo, freedom of the city of bendigo.

Black and white photograph showing the City Marshall halting the Australian Survey Regiment near the fountain as part of the ceremony of giving the freedom of the city in October 1977.organization, government, services, freedom of the city, halting the regiment, mounted police, fountain

Faded Bendigo Advertiser Newspaper article dated 4.5.1991 re: the search for William Patton's grave by a group of Fortuna Army Survey Regiment members. William Patton was a member of the Bourke and Wills expedition.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, social history of bendigo, william patton's grave

Slide. Bendigo Street Views & Fortuna. Front gate consisting of two brick pillars,wrought-iron arch,with Army Survey Regiment Icon on top,two w/iron gates & Sign to the right of the gates.slide, bendigo, bendigo street views & fortuna., bendigo street views & fortuna.

Map: Bendigo Historical Society feature plan. There are 3 of these plans, one is without feature names and one has several places highlighted in pencil. Compiled by AHQ Survey Regiment, CMF Increment ( number 181 in Map Cupboard 1)map, bendigo, mining plan, victoria hill, bendigo historical society, conrad heinze butchers

Negative of view of Old Chum mine, taken from rear of Fortuna. Garden in foreground. Poppet head and chimneys in background. Inscriptions: 'Negative', 'Old Chum Mine from rear of Fortuna, probably early 1900's', 'per survey regiment'.topic, mining, old chum mine

Jack Smethurst enlisted in the AIF on 2.7.40 in the 2/1st Australian Survey Regiment. The 2/1st Australian Survey Regiment was a Royal Australian Artillery Regiment. On discharge from the AIF 13.5.46 his rank was Staff Sergeant. (Artillery Surveyor) Refer 549.4, 550.2, an older brother who died in WW1. 558.6.Medals, court mounted, set of (4) re J Smethurst. 1. 1939-1945 Star 2. Defence Medal 3. War Medal 1939-1945 4. Australian Service Medal 1939 - 45"VX28896 J Smethurst"numismatics-medals-military, metalcraft, royal australian artillery