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Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - BIG WHEELS LITTLE WHEELS, 1964
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Ballarat Tramway Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s, For SEC tram 36 in Melbourne 1971, Sep. 1971
Ticket or Pass printed in green ink on light card for travel on Ballarat Tram 36 while in Melbourne during Tourist Development week 1971. Titled "Hawthorn Tramways Trust", and issued by Sovereign Hill Ballarat. See image for layout etc. Not numbered. Filed with item 923 on the back of a church newsletter, with cuts for the corners of the piece of paper to fit into.trams, tramways, sovereign hill, tourism, tickets, melbourne, hawthorn -
Clunes Museum
Document - DOCUMENTS
SHIRE OF TALBOT AND CLUNES DOCUMENTS REGARDING PORT PHILLIP MINE AND THE QUARTZ MINING COMPANIES..1 .2 .3 PHOTOCOPIED PAGES MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT PORT PHILLIP AND CLUNES QUARTZ MINING COMPANIES.UNDATED AND UNSIGNED .4 .5 PHOTOCOPIED PAGES OF PORT PHILLIP AND COLONIAL GOLD MINING COMPANY PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED local history, document, memorandum of agreement, mining -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book - Maritime Novel, The Arrow Of Gold, 1919
This book was written by the renowned maritime author Joseph Conrad. Joseph Conrad, author, (1857-1927): - Joseph Conrad was Polish-born and became a British subject in 1886. He was a renowned marine fiction writer and also, for a short time, a mariner and Captain. As a boy of 13 years old, Joseph Conrad’s desire was to be a sailor. At 19, he joined the British merchant marine, working in several roles. He eventually qualified as a captain but only served in this role once, from 1888-89, when he commanded the barque Otago sailing from Sydney to Mauritius. In 1889 he also began writing his first novel, Almayer’s Folly. He retired from life as a mariner in 1894, aged 36. Conrad’s visits to Australia from 1878 to 1982, and his affection for Australia, were later commemorated by a plaque in Circular Quay, Sydney. Conrad continued as an author. It is said that many of the characters in his books were inspired by his maritime experiences and the people he had met. By the end of his life, he had completed many stories and essays, and 19 novels, plus one incomplete novel titled ‘Suspense’ that was finished and published posthumously. Shortly before he passed away, in 1924, Conrad was offered a Knighthood by Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald for his work but declined. About the Pattison Collection: - The Pattison Collection is a group of books and records that was originally owned by the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute, (WMI) which was founded in Warrnambool in 1853. In 1935 Ralph Pattison was appointed as City Librarian to establish and organise the Warrnambool Library as it was then called. When the WMI building was pulled down in 1963 a new civic building was erected on the site and the new Warrnambool Library, on behalf of the City Council, took over all the holdings of the WMI. At this time some of the items were separated and identified as the ‘Pattison Collection’, named after Ralph Pattison. Eventually, the components of the WMI were distributed from the Warrnambool Library to various places, including the Art Gallery, Historical Society and Flagstaff Hill. Later some were even distributed to other regional branches of Corangamite Regional Library and passed to and fro. It is difficult now to trace just where all of the items have ended up. The books at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village generally display stamps and markings from Pattison as well as a variety of other institutions including the Mechanics’ Institute itself. The book is significant for its connection with the renowned maritime author Joseph Conrad. It is also important for being part of the historic group of books called the Pattison Collection, along with other items at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, which was originally part of the Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s collection. The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute Collection is primarily significant in its totality, rather than for the individual objects it contains. Its contents are highly representative of the development of Mechanics' Institute libraries across Australia, particularly in Victoria. A diversity of publications and themes has been amassed, and these provide clues to our understanding of the nature of and changes in the reading habits of Victorians from the 1850s to the middle of the 20th century. The collection also highlights the Warrnambool community’s commitment to the Mechanics’ Institute, reading, literacy and learning in the regions, and proves that access to knowledge was not impeded by distance. These items help to provide a more complete picture of our community’s ideals and aspirations. The Warrnambool Mechanics Institute book collection has historical and social significance for its strong association with the Mechanics Institute movement and the important role it played in the intellectual, cultural and social development of people throughout the latter part of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. The collection of books is a rare example of an early lending library and its significance is enhanced by the survival of an original collection of many volumes. The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s publication collection is of both local and state significance.The Arrow Of Gold: A Story Between Two Notes Author: Joseph Conrad Publisher: T Fisher Unwin Date: 1919 Blue hardcover book with title and call numbers on spine, and handwritten pencil inscription on ply page. Also stockers on the front endpaper have inscriptions and a stamp. The book is part of the Pattison Collection. Spine label, typed text: "PAT 823.9 CON" Sticker on Pastedown front endpaper; "Warrnambool Public Library" covered by a sticker; "Corangamite Regional Library Service" Front loose endpaper is stamped; "Corangamite Regional Library Service"flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, joseph conrad, captain joseph conrad, maritime author, marine author, nautical author, sailor, seafarer, georg stage, 1882 ship, danish ship, training ship, boys killed, alan villiers, ship joseph conrad, mystic seaport, museum ship, warrnambool mechanics institute, pattison collection, warrnambool library, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, the arrow of gold -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book, Audrey N. Steele, Freeland Family History Stawell Victoria, Clipperships, Gold & Clydesdales, 1991
History of the Freeland Family in AustraliaGrey Card with Black order Black Typed title underlined below a sailing ship and three harnessed hoses in a plowed field, Sub Title and AuthorFreeland Family History Stawell, Victoria (Underlined) Clipperships, Gold & Clydesdales. written & Researched by Audrey N.Steele. The Title Page Has a Different title Pioneering Freelands 1852 Henry & Sarah Ann On Inside Cover on white label To Stawell Historical Scy. With Compliments. From Audrey Steele 28/10/1991stawell, middleton, deep lead, freeland -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, The Gold Ring, 1962
This book is part of a collection of books, photos and memorabilia donated from the Chatham-Holmes family collection. It is about Catholic marriage.This hard backed book has a blue, white and gold cover with a photograph of a family (mum, dad and three children) on the front cover, as well as the title, the author and the foreword. On the spine is printed the surname of the author, the title and the initials of the publisher. On the back cover is printed the title, price, information about the book and the publisher. The book contains 134 pages.Written in pencil on the fly page - 12/-chatham-holmes family collection, the gold ring, t w burke -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, Northern Territory ... The Tanami Gold Country with Plans, 1909, 1909
Pink foolscap report of 12 pages, includes geological map from Pine Creel to Sturt's Creek by H.Y. L. brown; geological map between Mucka and Gordon Downs Station and Tanami by W.R. Murray; geological map of Tanami and surrounding country by W.R. Murray, and Plan of Lawne's Gold Prospecting Claim at Tanami by W.R. Murray pine creek, sturt's creek, tanami, northern territory, tanami gold country -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Hand coloured photograph of man in Gold Frame and domed glass
Gray FamilyHand Coloured photograph in gold frame and domed glass. Man with brown hair and moustache blue eyes and European complexion. White buttoned collar shirt, black three piece suite and tie. Grey button hole flower. Studio portrait background. Young mans flower is identical to woman's collar attachment in accompanying photo.Frame has gilded floral painted red and blue at top, bottom and two sides -
Circa Vintage Archive
Gold lame' 1920s jacket, Gold and bronze silk lame' evening jacket 1920s, 1920s
Sourced from the private collection of fashion designer Lisa Ho, purchased at Moss Green auctions.A good example of the silk and metallic lame' fabrics available in the 1920s.Evening jacket of rich lame' in burnished autumn tones of gold, bronze and olive. Ruched square collar, long sleeves with turned back ruched cuffs. No openings, is worn open. Fully lined in chinoise style rayon jacquard in a cafe au lait colour - lining dates to the 1940s and probably replaced a delicate silk original lining.None -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Negative - Copy and print, No. 23 painted as the Gold Tram in 1951, at the corner of Sturt and Lydiard St
Yields information about Ballarat 's No. 23 operating as the Gold Tram in 1951.Copy negative of a black and white photograph from Ray Pearson Collection, taken by Dave Macartney in 1975c of a No. 23 painted as the Gold Tram in 1951, at the corner of Sturt and Lydiard St, looking south east. See also Reg item 4185 Image updated from a scan from the Ray Pearson Album 30/5/2020.trams, tramways, sturt st, gold tram, gold, centenary of gold, decorated trams -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Book, Weston Bate, "Life after Gold - Twenthieth-Century Ballarat", 1993
Details the history of Ballarat following the 19th century gold discoveries and how Ballarat changed its industry and social life in particular after the 1st and 2nd world wars and the change of Government policies in respect of trade and social welfare.Book - 240 pages + end papers + hard covers + dust jacket titled "Life after Gold - Twenthieth-Century Ballarat" Dust jacket printed in colour, sewn sections, end papers glued to cover. Has table contents, list of illustrations, list of maps, acknowledgements, table of conversions, an index, appendices, abbreviations, notes, bibliography. non-fictionDetails the history of Ballarat following the 19th century gold discoveries and how Ballarat changed its industry and social life in particular after the 1st and 2nd world wars and the change of Government policies in respect of trade and social welfare.ballarat, local history, 20th century social history, social history -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Series of photos from Wantirna Rd Bridge over Dandenong Creek and Gold Course. Ringwood 1981
Written on back of photographs - all prefixed "Jan '79. :Standing on top of concrete pole at end of handrail - Wantirna Rd. bridge over Dandenong Creek -" SS0357a: "looking east along creek." SS0357b: "looking north-east." SS0357c: "looking north." (along Wantirna Road) SS0357d: "looking west over gold club." -
Clunes Museum
Administrative record - MINER'S RIGHT TRANSFER, 1901
MRS. ELIZABETH MILNE OF CLUNES TRANSFERRED HER MINING LICENCE TO DANIEL MC VICAR, GRAND FATHER OF MICHAEL KIERCE FOR HIS PARENTS. JOHN AND CELEILA MCVICAR TEPLETON STREET, CLUNES.PHOTOCOPY OF MINES RIGHT TRANSFER. 1901 TO DANIEL MC VICAR OF CLUNES848 IN BOOKS OF MINING REGISTRARlocal history, document, miners right, transfer [copy], mining -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, The Leader, The "Black Swan" Mine and "The Old Dam", Warrandyte Gold Fields, 1897
Reproduced from "The Leader" 14th Aug. 1897, page 7 The "Black Swan" mine - on Captain Selby's property of 200 acres. Discovered by Captain Selby 8 years ago. He is working it himself. 'The shaft is down 70 feet and with deeper sinking the reef is found to increase in width. Nearly £2,000 has been obtained from this mine, the gold being of high quality, fetching £4-1-6 per oz.' Warrandyte photo "The Old Dam" - erected accross the river by Mr John Wallace, M.L.C., who attempted to turn the river and to work the river bed.This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as the 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital imagesepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, warrandyte, gold mining, black swan mine, old dam -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Black and White, Frank Wright at the Ballarat Gold Links, 1921, 29/4/21
Frank Wright was a renown resident of Smeaton, where he was born. He lived at Laura Villa, and attended Smeaton State School. His father William was a gold miner and his mother's name was Sarah. Their family won many singing and instrumental awards. Frank was tutored by Percy Code and was awarded a gold medal for the highest marks in the ALCM examinations in the British Colonies at the age of seventeen years. He became the Australian Open Cornet Champion by the age of eighteen. A year later, Frank conducted the City of Ballarat Band, and later the Ballarat Soldiers’ Memorial Band. He formed the Frank Wright Frisco Band and Frank Wright and his Coliseum Orchestra. These bands won many South Street awards, and Frank as conductor won many awards in the Australian Band Championship contest. In 1933 Frank Wright sailed to England to conduct the famous St Hilda’s Band and was later appointed Musical Director of the London County Council, where he organized many amazing concerts in parks, in and around the London district. He was made Professor of Brass and Military Band Scoring and conducted at the Guildhall of Music and Drama. Frank was often invited to adjudicate Brass Band Championships around Europe, in Australia, including South Street and in New Zealand. The Frank Wright Medal at the Royal South Street competition is awarded to an individual recognized as making an outstanding contribution to brass music in Australia.Black and white photograph of a man in a dark polo neck jumper and trousers wearing a cap and holding a set of golf clubs in a golf bag. The man is standing on patchy grass with a fence, paddock and trees in the background. The place is the Ballarat Golf Links.Witten in pen on the back - Frank Wright, Ballarat Golf Links, 29/4/21, Oliver Peacockfrank wright, ballarat, ballarat golf links, cornet, conductor -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Book, David Mitchell at Anderson's Creek Goldfield, 1870-1887 - Who Dug the Pound Bend Tunnel?, 2004
Suggested reading - David Mitchell, A Forfar Man - Pamela Vestey. (National Library of Australia ISBN No. 0646104977 Second edition - 1996.A discussion paper by Murray Houghton, Warrandyte Historical Society, on the excavation of Pound Bend tunnel and examination of information sources suggesting David Mitchell's association with gold mining at Warrandyte." ... Just what then was Mitchell's actual association with mining in the Anderson's Creek goldfield? As an initial means to determining this, a number of biographies devoted to the man's lifetime achievements have been consulted. Some two of these were found to contain rather brief references to his involvement at Warrandyte. In the 1992 booklet entitled "David Mitchell a Forfar Man" written by a Mitchell family member, viz., Pamela, Lady Vestey, of Coombe Cottage, there is included a passge which commences "Another of David Mitchell's early interests was gold mining". This is appended by the bald statement "In 1870 he formed the Evelyn Tunnel Gold-Mining Company with a capital of £16,000." The other account of a Mitchell involvement with an unnamed Warrandyte company is contained in Joan Campbell's 1974 biographical article entitled, "Mitchell, David (1829- 1916) builder, contractor and businessman, etc.", in Volume 5 of the "Australian Dictionary of Biogaraphy". Campbell mentions that "In 1890 (sic) Mitchell formed a company to mine a channel and tunnel on the Yarra River at Pound Bend, Warrandyte," i.e., at a period some 18 or so years after it is known that the Evelyn Tunnel Gold-Mining Company had actually ceased operations. She then continues with the bizarre statement that "he employed gangs of Chinese to work three miles of river bed for gold". Neither of these respective excerpts indicate evidence of having been directly referenced from a legitimate original source, from which either author's contained comments might be authenticated. For any historian with an enquiring mind these statements demand further clarification. ..." - Murray Houghton -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Fraser & Chalmers LD. Erith England No 110 Stamp Mill for processing gold ore, possibly used at Diamond Creek Gold mine
Black and white copy of photo printed on glossy photographic paper 30.5 x 40.5 cm (12 x 16 inch); image size approx. 18.5 x 28 cmengland, erith, fraser and chalmers, gold mining, machinery, stamp mill -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Fraser & Chalmers LD. Erith England No 110 Stamp Mill for processing gold ore, possibly used at Diamond Creek Gold mine
Black and white copy of photo printed on glossy photographic paper 30.5 x 40.5 cm (12 x 16 inch); image size approx. 18.5 x 28 cmengland, erith, fraser and chalmers, gold mining, machinery, stamp mill -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, The Gold Seekers - The story of the Australian Gold Rush, 1965
This book tells the story of the Victorian goldrush and the Eureka Stockade. 249 Pages with story and black and white photos with coloured jacketgold rush, victoria, eureka stockade -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Book, Then came gold : a history of the Diamond Creek Gold Mine / Jock Ryan, 2001
Paperback; 9 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.diamond creek gold mine, gold mining, gold miners -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book, Chas G. Gibson, The Great Boulder Proprietary Gold Mines Limited Magdala-Cum-Moonlight Gold Mine Stawell 1916, 1916
stawell gold mining -
Tramways/East Melbourne RSL Sub Branch - RSL Victoria Listing id: 27511
Book, STALIN'S GOLD ( How 40 Million in Gold was Recovered from the Sunken H.M.S.EDINBUGH), 1982
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Clunes Museum
Book, BLACK GOLD - ABORIGINAL PEOPLE ON THE GOLD FIELDS OF VICTORIA 1850-1870, 2012
Fred Cahir tells the story about the magnitude of Aboriginal involvement on the Victorian goldfields in the middle of the nineteenth century. The first history of Aboriginal–white interaction on the Victorian goldfields, Black Gold offers new insights on one of the great epochs in Australian and world history—the gold story. In vivid detail it describes how Aboriginal people often figured significantly in the search for gold and documents the devastating social impact of gold mining on Victorian Aboriginal communities. It reveals the complexity of their involvement from passive presence, to active discovery, to shunning the goldfields. This detailed examination of Aboriginal people on the goldfields of Victoria provides striking evidence which demonstrates that Aboriginal people participated in gold mining and interacted with non-Aboriginal people in a range of hitherto neglected ways. Running through this book are themes of Aboriginal empowerment, identity, integration, resistance, social disruption and communication. For more information on Aboriginal History Inc. please visit aboriginalhistory.org.au.BOUND FOLDER, BLACK CARDBOARD COVER 152 PAGESnon-fictionFred Cahir tells the story about the magnitude of Aboriginal involvement on the Victorian goldfields in the middle of the nineteenth century. The first history of Aboriginal–white interaction on the Victorian goldfields, Black Gold offers new insights on one of the great epochs in Australian and world history—the gold story. In vivid detail it describes how Aboriginal people often figured significantly in the search for gold and documents the devastating social impact of gold mining on Victorian Aboriginal communities. It reveals the complexity of their involvement from passive presence, to active discovery, to shunning the goldfields. This detailed examination of Aboriginal people on the goldfields of Victoria provides striking evidence which demonstrates that Aboriginal people participated in gold mining and interacted with non-Aboriginal people in a range of hitherto neglected ways. Running through this book are themes of Aboriginal empowerment, identity, integration, resistance, social disruption and communication. For more information on Aboriginal History Inc. please visit aboriginalhistory.org.au.first nations history, australia's victorian goldfields -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Hand coloured photograph of woman in Gold Frame and domed glass
Gray FamilyHand Coloured photograph in gold frame and domed glass. Woman with short curled brown hair parted to right and European complexion. Pale blue eyes. White blouse has collar with floral attachment. Blue jacket with white pattern. Collar attachment. Studio portrait background. Flower is identical to young mans collar attachment in accompanying photo. Related to Deep Lead and Cray family.Frame has gilded floral painted red and blue at top, bottom and two sides. Glass is convex. Has gilded boss between florals. -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Letter/s, The Courier Ballarat, "From Gold to Federation - Ballarat & District hosts the State Finale of the Centenary of Federation", Nov. 2001
Newspaper - supplement - Souvenir Program - 32 pages, titled "From Gold to Federation - Ballarat & District hosts the State Finale of the Centenary of Federation" published by the Courier, November 2001. Provides a detail program of events in Ballarat. Includes on page 2 a photo of trams in Sturt St, federation identifies including Deakin, Barton, Sir Henry Cuthbert (p8), Has many local advertisements.trams, tramways, celebrations, ballarat -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Shepherd's Gold: The Story of Stawell, 1966 (exact)
One of the 6 University of Ballarat campuses is at Stawell.Grey hard covered book of 194 pages covering the history of Stawell, Victoria. Contents include Gold, squatters, Ayreys of Warranooke, Diggings, Reefs, Local Government, Road District, Shire, Borough, Town, Hospital, schools, Churches, Growth of Settlement, Claim Jumps, Sheep, Farming, Water, Grampians, Magdala, Callawadda, Deap Lead, Glenorchi, Great Western, Green's Creek, Marnoo, Wal Wal.education, religion, stawell victoria, stawell -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph (black & white), Ballarat School of Mines Students visit the New Normanby Mine, 1899, 1899
In 1875 John Rowe enrolled at the Ballarat School of Mines (SMB) where he studied Metallurgy and Assaying. In 1880 the Britannia Mine closed and John Rowe moved to Launceston working as Manager of the Royal Tasman Gold Mining Company. He returned to Ballarat two years later to manage the Long Gully United Gold Mining Company. In 1885 John Rowe sought work in New Caledonia followed by South Africa. While in South Africa he received an offer from SMB to lecture in Practical Mining, an instructional innovation which involved weekly visits to some of the principle mines in the district. John Rowe took up this position in 1994, but it appears to have been a short lived innovation ending in 1996, possibly due to John Rowe's failing health. (http://guerin.ballarat.edu.au/curator/honour-roll/honourroll_Rowe,John.shtml)Nineteen men, some Ballarat School of Mines students, pose outside Ballarat's New Normanby Mine. Some hold picks and candles. The man in the centre wearing a waistcoat is John Rowe, experienced miner and lecturer in Practical Mining at the Ballarat School of Mines. The June 1899 Ballarat School of Mines Magazine records: "The mining class visited the Britannia Gold Mine, and were kindly shown over the surface and underground workings by Mr. Harvey."candle, ballarat school of mines, safety cage, john rowe, new normanby gold mine, mining alumni, pick -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: SHARE CERTIFICATE WILLIAM J. BLACKHALL, 29th May, 1970
North Deborah Mining Company N.L. 2 Share certificates issued to Mr. William J. Blackhall, 30 Redgum Drive, Lugarno, NSW, dated 29 May 1970. and 9 December 1970.North Deborah Mining Company N.L.gold, mining, north deborah mining company -
City of Greater Bendigo - Civic Collection
Financial record - Annual report, Bendigo Gold District General Hospital, 1898
The Bendigo Base Hospital was established in 1853 as the Bendigo Gold District General Hospital. This forty second Annual Report provides a detailed account of finances, building and maintenance works. The report also provided information on the number of people admitted, their occupation, residence area, operations undertaken. The largest number of patients were listed as those doing domestic duties (522), with labourers (333), miners (264) and school children (220) making up the top four from a total of 1886. James Buick was the Resident Surgeon during this year and his report states that the number of in-patients by far exceeded any previous years with the Hospital at full capacity most of the time. A typhoid and a measles epidemic added to the strain on resources. Printed annual report with brown paper cover. city of greater bendigo health services, councillor mcgowen, councillor h m marks, councillor j h abbott, james buick -
Orbost & District Historical Society
black and white photograph, 1897
The photo shows miners looking for gold at Dead Horse Creek at Club Terrace. The subjects are unknown.This is a pictorial record of gold mining in East Gippsland in the late 19th century.A yellowed black / white photograph on grey buff card. It is of seven men in the bush mining for gold.on back - "Dead Horse Creek - Club Terrace, 1897"gold-mining gold-panning-club-terrace dead-horse-creek-gold