Correspondence (copies, 9 pages) describing the funds raised and dispersed for the widows of the miners killed in the explosion at the Great Extended Hustlers Mine in 1914. Names of miners' families: Mrs. Campbell, 3 children Mrs. Blair, 2 children Mrs. Thomas, 3 children Mrs. Martin Mrs. Chinn Mrs. Forster, 2 children Mrs. Walkley Letter addressed to His Worship The Mayor, Town Hall dated 20 July 1914 describes the participants names and the terms of payment. Letter from Mrs. Margaret Campell authorising bearer to pick up cheque Sandhurst and Northern District Trustees managed the fund.bendigo, mining, great extended hustlers

Document contains two separate items: 1 - "Notes on the genesis and development of the electric light and tramways of the cities of Ballarat and Bendigo" by W J K Dunstan of Ballarat. Read to the Ballarat Historical Society. Item dated on page 5 as 12/3/1963. Paper looks at the history of tramways in both Ballarat and Bendigo, ESCo, development, history, wages, the SECV, personalities, staff, electricity, power generation and horse tramways. 2 - Handwritten extracts from the Mayor's report to the Town of Malvern / Prahran about the formation and early operation of the PMTT. Compiled by Bob Prentice. Names listed on page 5: P E S Cooper - Bendigo Manager George Smith Morrison - ditto Benjamin Deakin - ESCo E J Cochrane - Bendigo E C Gurr Geelong W J Home - Co. Solicitor P J Pringle Tom Pringle A E Ford - Depot Foreman Bendigo W Knox Accountant L W West Foreman Bendigo J H Nesbit Bendigo Accountant C Coxgrove, - depot foreman Ballarat Harry Foy - ditto Chris Hodgson - ditto H C Evans Bendigo Traffic Supt H P James Ballarat Supt A V Mawby - ditto D Maxwell - Engineer Ballarat C F Cole - Engineer R F Dixon - Manager Ballarat Geo Laurens - Mains Foreman C J Callister - apprentice to Power Station Supt.Yields information about the history of Ballarat and Bendigo tramways prepared by W J K Dunstan.Manila folder containing a typed report and handwritten notes, stapled on the left hand side.tramways, bendigo, ballarat, local history, esco, secv, operations, staff

Typed notes on the Bendigo Valley. Notes include early Bendigo, gold discovery, The 'Dascombe' nugget of 332 ozs, proclamation of the Municipality of Sandhurst, First Mayor, Formation of the Bendigo and District Branch of the Royal Historical Society and their museum at Mechanic's Institute, Eaglehawk.document, memo, victoria hill, the bendigo valley, the 'dascombe' nugget, municipality of sandhurst 1855, city of sandhurst 1871, city of bendigo 1891, cr j h abbott, mr george lansell, the bendigo and district branch of the royal historical society of victoria, mechanic's institute eaglehawk

Newspaper article under the heading 'Mayor Speaks' in the Bendigo Advertiser dated 17th April 1971. ''The Victoria Hill Project, the credit for which is attributable to the South Bendigo Rotary Club, the Central Deborah Mine with an extensive committee under the aegis of the Bendigo Trust.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, victoria hill, victoria hill project, bendigo advertiser 17/4/1971, south bendigo rotary club, central deborah mine, bendigo trust