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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: BUX TIN/BADAK JUNGLE MINE, 1920/38
1. Regulations relating to Mining lease. 2. Agreement between Bux Tin mine\Badak Jungle & Tengku Ambong Mahamood Bin Al mmrhon Tenku Muda & heirs. 3. Bux Tin Mining\Badak Jungle & Thomas West Orton. Original copy. 4. In J. A Batan aha Tingi (Govt. of Terenggann). 5. Correspondence. Re Badak Jungle (8)MCCOLL RANKIN & STANISTREETorganization, business, gold mining contracts, mccoll rankin & stanistreet -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Map - COMET MINE - TRANSVERSE SECTION COMET MINE
Transverse section of the Comet Mine on the Hustler's Line of Reef Bulletin No 33, Plate No XXV signed by H. A. Whitdon, Underground Survey Office Bendigo September,1913. Map shows depth of the different levels, the type of stone and shaft about 2020 deep. A number of smaller drawings on the side.Reference explaining ther different types of stone, etc. This item has not been scanned or photographed.Geological Survey of Victoriamining, parish map, hustler's line of reefs, transverse section of comet mine bulletin no 33 plate no xxv, lightning hill line of reef -
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Map - COMET MINE - PLAN OF COMET MINE
Plan of the Comet Mine on the Hustler's Line of Reefs Bulletin No 33, Plate No XXIII. Map shows depths, Lightning Hill Anticline, Hustler's Anticline and approximate Lease Boundary. Signed by H. S. Whitelaw, Underground Survey Office Bendigo, September 1913. United Hustler's & Redan Co and Hustler's Reef Co also named on map. This item has not been scanned or photographed.Geological Survey of Victoriamining, parish map, hustler's line of reefs, comet line plan belletin no 33 plate no xxiii, lightning hill anticline, hustler's anticline, united hustler's & redan co, hustler's reef co, h s whitelaw, underground survey office bendigo september 1913 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - CENTRAL DEBORAH GOLD MINE - HISTORICAL RECORD
Hand written notes on the Historical Record of the Central Deborah Gold Mine written various size paper. It mentions the machinery, Miners' Wages, Price of Gold, Predictions of Victor Pabst, mining correspondent of the 'Bendigo Independent'.Other mining machinery. Written by A Richardson, dated 21/10/1971. Written in black pen - Written for Jim Sullivan - Central Deborah. Handed in on 20/10/1971.mine, gold, central deborah gold mine, central deborah gold mine, mining machinery, history of the central deborah gold mine, victor pabst, bendigo independent, the bendigo goldfield - resources of the central area, new monument battery, golden carshalton battery, north deborah, state battery, victoria hill, price of gold -
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Document - NEW CHUM & VICTORIA LINES OF REEF - NEW CHUM & VICTORIA MINE MANAGER'S REPORTS
Handwritten copies of four Mine Manager's reports for the New Chum & Victoria dated 13/12/1879, Manager Wm H Grainger, 13/3/1884, Manager W. H. G., 15/3/1886, and 21 /6/1886. Reports mention equipment, costs, and a new Winding Plant where they hauled water before allowing the men to descend. Notes on testing boilers.document, gold, new chum & victoria lines of reef, new chum & victoria lines of reef, new chum & victoria mine manager's reports, wm h grainger -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JACK PERRY COLLECTION: NEWSPAPERFIREWOOD INDUSTRY
Newspaper article, Bendigo Weekly, re firewood industry and use of wood in mines. Mentions Emu and Axe Creek, Kimbolton, Whipstick areas. Charcoal burners. Kurting, Inglewood and Argyle areas , Heathcote and railway sidings. Koefeds and Bendigo Preserving Company are companies mentioned . Image shows Koefeds motorised truck bringing in wood - also horse and cart loaded with wood. ( poor quality )person, individual, jack perry, heathcote, california gully, axe and emu creeks, kimbolton, whipstick, charcoal, kurtging, inglewood, argyle. -
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Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: SCHOOL'S IN
Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from Friday, April 30, 2004. School's in: these smiling faces were captured at the Bendigo School of Mines, McCrae Street, Bendigo, in 1943. Back row: Alma McCabe, Thelma Thompson, Jack McCormick, Margaret Salter and Beryl Moon. Front row: Mavis Pearson, Shirley McLean, Mamie Allen, Gladys McCormick and Irene Harrower.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
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Photograph - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: LOOKING TOWARD BENDIGO FROM ROSE OF AUSTRALIA HOTEL, CIRCA 1950
Copy of a black and white photo taken from the Rose of Australia Hotel, circa 1950. The road is curved and there is a tram on the street with a motor car beside it. A power pole has a sign pointing to the Methodist Church. Buildings line the street and further up the road is the poppet legs of a mine. Label pasted on the photo - Looking toward Bendigo from Rose of Australia Hotel. Circa 1950.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - looking toward bendigo from rose of australia hotel, circa 1950 -
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Newspaper - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: REDVERS EDDY OBITUARY
Newspaper clipping (Bendigo Advertiser, 5th August 1968) on backing cardboard, telling story of Redvers James Eddy, an expert of wildlife and minerals. Redvers lived near the Spring Gully Reservoir and taught chemistry at the School of Mines, Bendigo. One of his 'better known works is a record of bird sounds, calls and songs'. Also attached alongside the article are his death and funeral notice.person, bendigo, redvers james eddy -
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Document - VICTORIA HILL - THE RICH VICTORIA HILL AND ITS HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS
Two typed copies of notes titled 'The Rich Victoria Hill and its Historical Associations'. Notes include notes on travel to Victoria Hill, picture from Rae's Open Cut, sign post for items of interest at Victoria Hill, picture Looking North from Old Chum Hill to the Victoria Hill, picture of the Victoria Quartz Mine and Rae's 35 Hd. Crushing Battery.document, gold, victoria hill, victoria hill, the rich victoria hill and its historical associations, j n macartney, quartz miners' arms hotel, ironbark methodist church, john brown knitwear factory, little 180 mine, conrad heinz, british and american hotel, victoria reef gold mining company, manchester arms hotel, housing commission homes, bendigo and vicinity 1895, bendigo advertiser, victoria hill from rae's open cut, nell gwynne poppet legs, robert wallace studios, ironbark 9victoria reef gold mines) hercules and energetic, midway, wittscheibe, great central victoria, william rae's home, mr and mrs conroy, william rae junior, moorhead's shop, gill family, gold mines hotel, david chaplin sterry, john brown knitwear factory, mr rae anderson, annals of bendigo, new chum and victoria, old chum, pioneer, burrowes and sterry's, new chum and victoria tribute, rotary club of bendigo south, big 180, victoria quartz mines, north old chum mine, ballerstedt's first open-cut, j n macartney bendigo goldfields registry 1871, b m l records mines department, john wybrandt, j c t christopher ballerstedt, theodore ballerstedt, from old chum to the victoria hill, george lansell, lansell's 'cleopatra needle' type chimney, 222 mine, sandhurst mine, a roberts & sons, australian mining standard special edition 1/6/1899, dickers mining record 23/11/1861, mr e j dunn, h harkness & sons, new chum drainage scheme, eureka extd, new chum railway, pearl, shamrock, shenandoah, new chum railway, floyd's small 5 head crushing battery, midway no 2, midway north, ballerstedt's small 24 yard claim, the humboldt, the adventure, luffsman and sterry's claim, chinese joss house, lansell's fortuna, p m g repeater station, a richardson, the bendigo goldfield 1851 to 1954, the victoria hill 1854 to 1949 -
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Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: INDENTURE NO. 1137, 1936/51
Document: Monument Hill Consolidated (Bendigo) N/L 1137 water right licence 10/3/1936. Plan included. Re New Monument lease WR 1137 expires 10th March 1951. Not to be renewed.Pinned to document. Licence transferred to New Monument Gold Mining Co N.L. George Brown Secretary of Mines 10/10/1939. Transfer written in reds signature …MCCOLL RANKIN & STANISTREETorganization, business, gold mine licence., mccoll rankin & stanistreet -
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Document - MINER'S RIGHT, 1894
Document. Miner's Right. Miner's Right issued to John W Faul of Bendigo dated 3 August 1894, under provisions of the Mines Act 1890. No 104 of Book 52, Series M. Cost 5 shillings. 1 year licence. Printed - Robt. S Brain, Government Printer. Pale colour with black ink, and purple stamp. Signature unreadable. B. B?cottage, miners, miner's right, john w faul, robt. s brain government printer. -
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Document - MINING LEASE REPORT BY JOHN B GOULDEN, 1903
Document. Handwritten mining lease report by John B Goulden, dated 1903, for mining lease No. 6828 situated at Wilsons Hill, Marong. It mentions details on the past workings of this reef approx. 1872 - 1876 and mentions that this lease would be quite profitable to whatever company took it on. Document mentions on the bottom that it is a copy of original. It is signed by John Goulden, Manager of South St Marys? Mine, Eaglehawk.cottage, miners, mining lease report, lease no. 6828 wilsons hill marong, john goulden -
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Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS, EAST CLARENCE GOLD MINE CO NL, 1944
McColl Rankin & Stanistreet, Statement of Accounts, East Clarence Gold Mine Company No Liability. Hard cover folder containing typed pages of accounts of the East Clarence Gold Mining Co NL with The English Scottish & Australian Bank Ltd. Markings/Inscriptions: passbook - East Clarence English Scottish & Australian Bank. Hand printed on front cover. Date: July 1944 - June 1956.organization, mining, east clarence gold mining comp nl, mccoll rankin & stanistreet east clarence gold mingling company nl statement of accounts -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - CARWARDINE COLLECTION: PALL MALL BENDIGO
Coloured postcard, embellished with wattle left hand side, and kangaroo bottom Rh corner. Image shows Pall Mall, looking northwards. Post Office, Hustler's mine with brick chimney visible on left. Alexandra Fountain in centre bottom, horse drawn vehicles and two trams at Charing Cross. Henderson and Goode Beehive building and Shamrock Hotel on right. Receipt number 355/16bendigo, business, carwardine soap and candle -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Pamphlet, "Bendigo Tramways", c1972
Printed DL size pamphlet for the Bendigo Tramways, c1975 prepared by The Bendigo Trust to advertise the tourist tramway operation. Has notes on the Talking Tram, the Company, SEC, Destinations, Museum and philosophy. Has a photo of 19 at the Central Deborah mine site. Printed in sepia colours on off white paper. Notes that trams have been operating in Bendigo for 82 years from 1890.trams, tramways, bendigo, bendigo trust, central deborah -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. DIGGERS AND MINERS, c1850s
Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. From the middle 1850's on, there was a gradual development of gold mining in Victoria. (Remember that while the first stage of this, development was going on, tens of thousands of diggers were still working on old diggings, or rushing new fields. See earlier maps.) The first ''mines'' were small affairs, - - - Markings: 25 994:LIF I. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
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Document - CONSTABLE RYAN COLLECTION: TELEGRAM RE DISAPPEARANCE OF CONSTABLE RYAN, 6th January, 1886
Post Office Telegram January 8 1886 Re: Disappearance of Constable Thomas Ryan of White Hills Police Service No. 1098. It is feared that Constable Ryan fell down a mine shaft in White Hills on his way back from making an inspection of the Chinese Camp in Kennington in inclement weather on Wednesday night January 6, 1886 some time between 9 and 10 pm.bendigo, history, police history -
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Newspaper - BENDIGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY TOURS AND MUSEUM, 16th June 1967
Two pages, advertisements from Bendigo Advertiser, 26.8.1967 and 10.6.67, glued on. Articles detail open days of Historical & Mining Museum, next Eaglehawk Town Hall, bus tour ' Bendigo Mining' (Houlden's Bus Tours) and a Bendigo gold mining areas tour. Mr. R.W. Birrell is mentioned as a speaker at the monthly meeting in July 1967, speaking on the history of the Bendigo School of Mines.Bendigo Advertiserbendigo, mining, bendigo historical society -
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Document - IAN DYETT COLLECTION: AUCTION CATALOGUE - WILKES CREEK WOLFRAM MINE
Greyish blue auction catalogue for a sale held at the Wilkes Creek Wolfram Mine, Marysville on 12th April, 1944 By Order of Commonwealth of Aust. Department of Supply and Shipping. Lots sold include Mining Machinery, Building, Log Huts,Tools, Plant and Extensive Equipment. Sale conducted by permission of the Director of Machine Tools and Gauges under Regulation 59 of the National Security (General) Regulations.business, auctioneers, j h curnow & son pty ltd, ian dyett collection - auction catalogue - wilkes creek wolfram mine - marysville, commonwealth of aust, department of supply and shipping, j h curnow & son, director of machine tools and gauges, the prahran telegraph printing co, c j curnow, h j lowe, f c dyett, j l jamieson, w g wedd -
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Letter - KANGAROO FLAT GOLD MINE COLLECTION: LETTER SOUTHERN CROSS MACHINERY TO BENDIGO MINING, 1st February 1984
Letter 2 page with attachments, 1 February 1984 ,Southern Cross Machinery Ltd.,to Bendigo Mining, re pumping equipment for Central Deborah Mine. The 'offer for the supply and delivery of pumping equipment' is detailed in the letter. The Southern Cross submersible pump is costed at $7785.00, and the electrical control cubicvle at $1510, PVC insulated cable at $4.40 m. A brochure for the pump and the pump characteristic curves are appended.bendigo, gold mining, central deborah gold mine, bendigo, mining, gold mining, dewatering, pumping equipment, southern cross machinery, c. willman, bendigo mining nl. -
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Booklet - BENDIGO ARTISTS' EXHIBITION
Ten pages booklet. Bendigo Artists' Exhibition, sponsored by Bendigo Special School. On the cover a drawing of the Central Deborah Mine. Artists exhibiting: John Bourke, James Bowman, Neil Bruce, Jenny Carrington, Peter Cheyne, William Delecca, John Foster, Jan Neil, Peter Oliver, Norman Penrose, Paul Shapcott, Wesley Shapcott, Stan Thomas, Don Watson, Peter Webster.event, exhibition, bendigo artists -
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Photograph - MINING GROUP, late 1880's ?
BHS Collectionsepia photograph on cream board - 52 workmen in front of base of poppet legs and mullock heap, weatherboard shed on left. Mine cage at back right. All the men are wearing a hat, some with moustache. Printed at bottom 'Cyril White, photo, Mundy Street. In ball point pen at bottom 'Cyril White, photo, Mundy Street, Bendigo Open lattice poppet head visible.Cyril Whiteorganization, business, commercial, james lerk 17.12.1999 ' could be great central victoria or ….. not many of the open lattice poppet heads in bendigo. -
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Ephemera - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: CORRESPONDENCE
An assortment of articles -(1) 2 Christmas gift cards to Mrs Chancellor, (2) 1 letter card to Mrs Chancellor from Carmel Dillon dated 19th February and, (3) A copy of a letter from Lydia Chancellor dated 22/01/1970 to ' Your views' and 'To the Editor.' The opinion piece is in relation to a Bendigo City Council plan to procure The Central Deborah Mine as a tourist attraction.communication, letters, lydia chancellor collection, correspondence, place, central deborah mine, gold mines, ephemera -
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Document - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: WM RAE CRUSHING WORKS
William Rae (1823-1887) was born into a farming family in Scotland and came to Australia in i852. After coming to the Bendigo area, he established a puddling machine in American Gully. He then bought a claim on the Victoria reef and was quite successful. Subsequently he bought a steam engine and three batteries to begin crushing quartz. This was such a boon that he moved to a more convenient location in Happy Valley, where he set up a crushing battery with 35 heads.Sketch of a crushing works. Printed underneath is: Wm. Rae's Crushing Works, Happy Valley, Bendigo. Written on the back is: Happy Valley Rd. South side below Wells St. Picture shows a crushing works building with a tall chimney and some smaller outbuildings. On the hill in the background are poppet legs, other mine structures and some trees. There are heaps of mullock and in the foreground are a number of people.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - wm rae crushing works, george ellis -
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Photograph - PURDY COLLECTION: PALL MALL PHOTO
Sepia image of Pall mall, taken from just south of the Alexandra Fountain. Shows horse drawn vehicles, people walking. Women dressed in long dresses, tramline on road, tram heading up towards View Street. Poppet head and mining chimney of Royal Reserve mine on LH side of Pall Mall. Post Office and Shamrock buildings on either side in mid-ground. On back of image in biro 'Royal Reserve G.M., Hustlers line of reef, Pall Mall, Bendigo.'bendigo, streetscape, pall mall -
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Document - NEW CHUM UNITED MINE - NOTES ON THE NEW CHUM UNITED MINE
Handwritten notes on the New Chum United Mine. Notes include: history, production, dividends, size of lease and depth of shaft. Names include: New Chum Co(Nth Claim), Old Chum Co, Ellesmere Co, Ellesmere Trib Co, Ellesmere Black Lead No 1 Trib Co,Thompson & Powell, Bonati & Co, New Chum United. Albert Richardson Collection.document, gold, new chum united mine, new chum united mine, nothes on the new chum united mine, new chum co(nth claim), old chum co, ellesmere co, ellesmere trib co, ellesmere black lead no 1 trib co, thompson & powell, bonati & co, new chum united, bendigo goldfield history and production page 105, mr clarke magee, mr h y north, mr harvey, lansell's 222, a m s 1/6/1899 page 39, lansell's big 180, wittscheibe, ballerstadt, ernst mueller, geo lansell, lansell's fortuna, a h q survey regiment's headquarters -
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Document - NORTH OLD CHUM MINE - NOTES ON THE NORTH OLD CHUM MINE
Handwritten notes in table format, on the North Old Chum Mine. Notes include depth of shaft Years, Dividends, tons, ounces of gold, authority and remarks.Note: Lansell's 180 Co absorbed this lease in 1900. Names include: Early Workings, Wybrant (John), Wybrant's Trib, North Old Chum, Jackson's Claim, Jackson's Trib, South Victoria Co?, Albert Richardson Collection. document, gold, north old chum mine, north old chum mine, notes on the north old chum mine, wybrant (john), wybrant's trib, north old chum, jackson's claim, jackson's trib, south victoria co?, lansell's 180 co, production statistics bendigo m l page 110, mines dept. -
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Newspaper - NORTH DEBORAH MINE - NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ON PRICE RISE ON SHARES AT NORTH DEBORAH MINE
BHS CollectionNewspaper article from The Sun, Thursday 8/1/70. Article mentions rise in the price of shares. Attached is a letter to the shareholders them newly-created shares of a nominal value of 25 cents each. The funds raised would liquidate temporary loans of $12,500 which was the money owing in regard to ;\'Mobile Prospecting Plant' and 'North Hustlers Mine' purchases. Albert Richardson Collection.newspaper, the north deborah gold mine co, north deborah mine, newspaper article on price rise on shares at north deborah mine, mr c maskiel, the sun 8/1/70, melbourne age 31/10/68, the stock exchange of melbourne, tingha tin project, mobile prospecting plant, north hustlers mine, j stanistreet jnr, mccoll rankin & stanistreet -
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Document - NORTH DEBORAH MINE - LETTER FROM THOMPSONS (CASTLEMAINE) LTD TO NORTH DEBORAH MINE
BHS CollectionFour handwritten pages. Copy of correspondence from Thompsons (Castlemaine) Limited to Mr McCann, Manager, North Deborah Mine, Bendigo re the setting of the valves in the Roberts Winding Engine. As they have not got any records of the design of the machine, they suggest dismantling part of the machine so that a reasonable setting can be determined and a chart made to which the fitters will have to adjust the Valves. Albert Richardson Collection.document, gold, the north deborah gold mine co, north deborah mine, letter from thompsons (castlemaine) ltd, mr mccann, john g burnell, roberts steam winding engine, north deborah mining company no liability, mr j g browne, j j stanistreet