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

THE CLUNES CHINESE RIOT 1873A PAPER PRESENTED TO THE MUSEUM PER BETTY DUNCAN BY JEROME SMALL, BEING HIS HONOURS THESIS AT LA TROBE UNIVERSITY ABOUT THE CLUNES RIOT OF 1873UNIONS AND ANTI-CHINESE AGITATION ON THE VICTORIAN GOLDFIELDS. THE CLUNES RIOT OF 1873 JEROME SMALLlocal history, history, chinese riot, mining

REVEREND FRANK GIRDLER APPOINTED TO THE PARISH OF CLUNES, APPOINTED TO REPLACE PREVIOUS INCUMBENT BY RESIGNATION, WILLIAM AUGUSTE WILSON 15/8/1928A CERTIFICATE APPOINTING THE REV. FRANK GIRDLER TO THE PARISH OF CLUNES, DATED 15TH AUGUST, 1928, WITH SEAL FROM THE BISHOP OF BALLARAT ,PHILIP CHARLES THURLOWVICAR OF CLUNES REVEREND F. GIRDLER, AUGUST 15TH 1928 - 33local history, certificates, st-pauls anglican

FOLDER OF OLD SHIRE MAPS AND DOCUMENTS TALBOT AND CLUNES SHIRE, ETC, ETC.local history, folder, shire of talbot and clunes

A FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH OF THE RETURNED SOLDIER MEMORIAL IN CLUNESCLUNESlocal history, photography, photographs, weickhardt family

Photograph was a winning entry in Clunes Show submitted by Duncan McHarg 2011Colour photograph of Clunes in autumn, an entry in Clunes show 2011Clunes Show 2011 - Duncan McHarg clunes show, mcharg

COPIES OF DISPLAY PANELS DONATED TO THE PEOPLE OF CLUNES BY THE HUGH WILLIAMSON FOUNDATION.INTERPRETIVE DISPLAY PANEL DEPICTING HISTORY OF SCHOOL DAYS IN CLUNES. WOODEN DISPLAY PANEL AND LAMINATED COPY.SCHOOL DAYS CHILDREN OF EARLY GOLDFIELD TOWNS WERE TAUGHT IN TENT SCHOOLS.THESE SCHOOLS WERE EASILY MOVED TO THE SITE OF THE LATEST GOLDRUSH. WITH GREATER COMMUNITY STABILITY PERMANENT SCHOOLS WERE ESTABLISHED. CLUNES STATE SCHOOL NO. 1552 WAS OPENED IN JULY 1875 ON LAND DONATED BY RIVETT H. BLAND, MANAGER OF THE PORT PHILIP GOLD MINING CO. SHORTLY BEFORE WORLD WAR ONE, THIS SCHOOL BECAME VICTORIA,S THIRD HIGHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. TODAY IT IS STILL USED TO EDUCATE THE CHILDREN OF CLUNES STATE SCHOOL NO. 136 WAS BUILT IN 1881 ON THE SITE OF AN EARLIER TEMPORARY SCHOOL THAT WAS BUILT IN 1857. THE DESIGN WAS FIRST USED AT HORSHAM. AND INCLUDES AN EARLY EXAMPLE OF A LARGE SCHOOL VERANDAH. IN 1892 THIS SCHOOL AMALGAMATED WITH STATE SCHOOL NO. 1552 AND WAS USED AS THE INFANT SCHOOL. IT CLOSED ITS DOORS IN 1922 AND WAS LATER USED AS A MILL FOR THE CLUNES KNITTING AND MAUFACTURING CO. LTD. IT NOW HOUSES THE CLUNES BOTTLE MUSEUM THE CLUNES CATHOLIC SCHOOL OPENED IN 1875 AND CLOSED IN 1926 THE LATEST EDUCATIONAL ASSET AT CLUNES IS A CAMPUS OF WESLEY COLLEGE. BLENDINGHISTORIC BUILDINGS AND MODERN ARCHITECTURE THE CAMPUS IS SITUATED IN SERVICE STREETlocal history, civic momentoes, presentations, williamson, hugh foundation

FACTORY COMPLEX DEMOLISHED IN APPROX. 1968PLAN DRAWN AND PAINTED WITH WATERCOLOURS OF EBERHARD & CO. CLUNES & TALBOT CORDIAL FACTORY IN FRASER STREET CLUNES. SKETCHED FROM THE MEMORY OF:-eberhard & co. cordial, clunes & talbot, plans of former buildings

ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN THE BALLARAT NEWS ON 19TH JUNE 1985.PHOTOCOPY OF A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REGARDING A GRANT TO RESTORE TWO SHOPS IN CLUNES, MADE TO THE SHIRE OF TALBOT & CLUNES BY THE AUSTRALIAN BICENTENNIAL AUTHORITY.local history, document, newspaper cutting, buildings, restoration

ATTENDANCE ROLLS - ST. THOMAS AQUINAS, CLUNES. 1911 - 1920COLLECTION OF ATTENDANCE ROLLS ST. THOMAS AQUINAS SCHOOL, CLUNES 1915 - 20 .1 JULY 1ST. 1916 - 31ST DECEMBER, 1915 .2 JULY 1ST. 1915 - 31ST DECEMBER, 1916 .3 JAN. 1ST. 1916 - 30TH JUNE, 1916 .4 JAN. 1ST. 1917 - 30TH JUNE, 1917 .5 JULY 1ST. 1920 - 31ST DECEMBER, 1920 .6 DEC. 1911 -local history, school roll, equipment, schools, st. thomas aquinas

.1 The Messenger was the Journal of Social and Religious Progress - The official organ of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria and Tasmania. Volume XII (New Series) - No.38, March 17 1939 cost 3d Page 608, Letter to the Editor - "Correspondence Clunes" .2 Publication dated February 1948, Headline "Back to Committee in Action" .3 Publication dated Wednesday Dec 27 1967, Headline "Tourello Run - historic home of the McLennans, page 11 .4 Publication Headline "Clunes - Where I was Born" .5 Background information on the donation of the above cuttings and publication.1 "The Messenger" publication of the Presbyterian Church .2 Newspaper cutting from "Clunes Guardian & Gazette" .3 Newspaper cutting from "The Courier" .4 Newspaper cutting from "The Clunes - Talbot Guardian" .5 Card with photo of gum trees with a handwritten personal note to "Reg" from "M & M"samuel harris, oz harris, marshallsea, mclennan, back to clunes commitee1948

COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS (COPIES OF10 MAPS AND DIAGRAMS OF TOURAAL PURCHASED UNDER PREEMPTIVE RIGHT BY DONALD CAMEROM 17TH FEBRUARY, 1857. COUNTY OF TALBOT - GOLDFIELD'S SURVEY PLAN NO.1 CLUNES COUNTY OF TALBOT. GLENDONALD - CRESWICK/CLUNES.local history, mining