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Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Eureka - Historical Studies Eureka Supplement, 1965
This book was withdrawn from the Ballarat High School Library.Green soft covered book of 158 pages. Contents include Agitations of the Victorian Goldfields (Bruce Kent), Eureka Documents, Causes of Eureka (Geoffrey Serle), Americans and other Foreigners at Eureka (L.G. Churchward), Eureka and the Creative Writer (Hume Dow), Significance of Eureka in Australian History (R.D. Walshe), Bibliography of Eureka (R.D. Walshe).ballarat, bendigo, eureka, ovens, charles hotham, forest creek, australian democracy -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - LIFE DEATH & GOLD IN THE WHIPSTICK
Life Death & Gold in the Whipstick, a story of Raywood and surrounds - retold in 2015, some short descriptions, obituaries and stories written in the 1860s and later by the correspondents of the day describing life in the goldfields of Bendigo's Whipstick, centred on Raywood, Neilborough, Sebastian and Myers Creek. 117 pages, spring bound with plastic cover, contains maps, illustrations and photographs.Ian Belmonthistory, australian, raywood -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: BANK OF VICTORIA
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2000. Bank of Victoria: this was the first trading bank on the goldfield. The strong-room still contains an enormous steel safe which was installed as an extra precaution against theft. The Bank of Victoria merged with the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney in 1927 and now is known as the National Australia Bank. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MINING IN BENDIGO COLLECTION: NOTES ON MINES
Handwritten notes on Bendigo Mines. Notes include the number of ounces of gold obtained up to 1954 when the mines closed, total dividends paid, average production per ton, number of shafts The Mines Dept, made safe, notes on the South New Moon, Garden Gully United, New Chum Goldfields and the Catherine Reef United.document, gold, mining in bendigo, mining in bendigo, notes on mines, carlisle, central blue, central nell gwynne, fortuna hustlers, garden gully united, lady barkly, new argus, new red white & blue consol, south new moon, mines dep't, garden gully united, healthy golden bendigo, south new moon, roberts & sons, new chum goldfields, catherine reef united -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - LORD ROBERT CECIL'S GOLDFIELDS DIARY, 1945
32 page soft cover booklet 'Lord Robert Cecil's Gold Fields Diary', with introduction and notes by Ernest Scott. Published 1945 by Melbourne University Press. Robert Cecil arrived in Melbourne in 1852 and journeyed to the Victorian Goldfields. Illustrated with 20 B&W pictures, mostly by ST Gill. Portrait sketch of Robert Cecil on flyleaf.Ernest Scott -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - HERCULES AND CENTRAL NELL GWYNNE GOLD MINE SHEEPSHEAD REEF
Handwritten one page document. Details about the Hercules Gold Mine, Long Gully which operated from 1911 - 1917 as the Hercules and Energetic Gold Mine. 1917 - 1922 by Bendigo Amalgamated Goldfields Company and 1922 - 1950 as an entirely new company. The Central Nell Gwynne on the Nell Gwynne (central area only) 1932 - 1949.Albert Richardsonbendigo, mining, hercules, energetic, nell gwynne -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LANSELL'S 222 MINE - PRODUCTION OF MINES
Hand written page with list of mines, depth, year and ounces of gold. Mines listed are:- Geo Denis Claim, Begelhole & Co (South), Koch's & Hildebrandt, Koch & Hildebrandt Trib Co., Lansell & Hunt's Black & White Lead Co, Lansell's 222, Golden Outlook (Vale). Reference - Bendigo Goldfield, History and Production, Page 106.gold mining, miners' safety cage, lansell's 222 mine, lansell's 222 mine, production of mines, geo denis claim, begelhole & co (south), koch & hildebrandt, koch & hildebrandt trib co, lansell & hunt's black & white lead co, golden outlook, bendigo goldfield history and production -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MELBOURNE HOTELS - 14 ARTICLES BY R. K. COLE, 1952 to 1962
Magazine articles. Photocopies of 14 historical articles by R K Cole on Melbourne hotels. Photocopied from the publication 'What's Brewing ?' by the Carlton Brewery. List of articles include. Dates of publication are handwritten in biro at the bottom of the first page of each article. Article (g) entitled 'Some Early Goldfields Inns' is mainly about Ballarat hotels.Publication dates written in biro on each article.organization, business, hotel, melbourne hotels, r.k.cole, what's brewing?, ballarat -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BENDIGO GOLDEN CITY TOURIST BOOKLET
1970's Bendigo 'The Golden City' 24 coloured page tourist brochure. Cardboard cover featuring coloured Alexandra Fountain , with red Bendigo printed. The Golden City scroll printed below. Numerous coloured bendigo views inside and reproduction of C A Ross & Co Derwent Store on 1850's bendigo goldfield on reverse.Nucolorvue Productions Mentonebendigo, tourism, guide, bendigo city -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - CORRESPONDENCE RE: BENDIGO GOLDFIELDS REGISTRY 1872 AND BUTCHER, JOHN, 25/07/1971
Letter from F A Butcher, Wangaratta (25/7/1971) re offer of a copy of The Bendigo Goldfields Registry 1872 and information about late grandfather John Butcher, miller (Webbs Flour Mill, , Runnymede Flour Mills - Elmore and father A J Butcher (also miller). Reply from Sec BHS accepting 'loan' of the Registry.F.A. Butcherperson, individual, john butcher, john butcher, webbs flour mill, bendigo goldfield registry -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE DIGGING - THE DIGGERS, c1800s
... goldfields ...Diggers & Mining. The Digging - The Diggers. Slide; There was sometimes very fought justice, especially if a digger were caught red-handed stealing gold. Never the-less, contemporary reports stress the general orderliness of the goldfields communities; there was nothing of the lynch-law that disgraced the Californian diggings. Markings: 63 994.LIF:6. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE CHINESE ON THE GOLD FIELDS, c1855
... goldfields ...Diggers & Mining. The Chinese on the Gold Fields. Slide reads: But these under-estimate the actual numbers considerably. Other official estimates were: January, 1855 - 10,000. July, 1855 - 17,000. End of 1857 - 40,000. End of 1859 - 42,000. Practically all of those who came were to be found on the goldfields. Markings: 29. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE GOLD LICENCE, c1850s
... goldfields ...Diggers & Mining. The gold licence. The Government Camp. The goldfields police were stimulated to this sort of activity by an absurd regulation which allotted them half of the fines paid by prisoners they arrested. Many Commissioners, too, antagonized their diggers by their overbearing conduct. (See Unit 8) Markings: 36 994.LIF. 4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE GOLD LICENCE, c1854
... goldfields ...Diggers & Mining. The gold licence. The Government Camp. Slide depicts map of Victoria with the 5 gold rush regions marked on it. Beechworth, Sandhurst Avoca, Castlemaine and Ballarat. By the end of 1854, the Heathcote goldfields district had disappeared, but a district had been created on the Avoca. Why? Markings: 31 994.LIF. 4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Map - BENDIGO GOLD FIELD GEOLOGICAL MAP
Geological map of the Bendigo Gold Field showing stratigraphical zones. Map in two sections, colour coded showing anticlines, synclines, shafts, fault lines, fossils. Signed by H. Herman. This map forms part of the Geological Survey of Victoria, Structure of Bendigo Goldfield report, No. 47, 1923. H.Herman, late Director of Geological Survey.Geological Survey Victoriabendigo, gold mining, geological map -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - BOOK: DISCOVERING THE MOUNT ALEXANDER DIGGINGS - MOUNT ALEXANDER DIGGINGS COMMITTEE, 1999
... GOLDFIELDS ...BHS CollectionSoftcover book with purple cover and a detail from a sepia photograph of miners in Forest Creek in 1858. The book is a guide to the Mount Alexander goldfields with historical notes, sites to visit, suggested tours, drives and walks. The areas covered include Chewton, Castlemaine, Campbells Creek, Vaughan, Fryerstown Newstead and Maldon. Indigenous stories are also included.Mount Alexander Diggins Committeegoldfields, gold mining, mount alexander, castlemaine, campbells creek, maldon, indigenous stories -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - Sergeant Henry William Frood
Henry William Frood was born in England in 1830 and came to the Victorian Goldfields in 1856. As a sergeant of Police, he served for a total of 32 years in Castlemaine, Sandhurst, Daylesford, Horsham and Stawell until his retirement in 1889. HE died in Melbourne 7/6/1894.A series of articles and copies of photographs on Sergeant Henry William Frood compiled by Carol Holsworth, Jim Evans and others. Also, a research paper titled " In memory of Henry William Frood 1830-1894" by Lynne Cooper.henry william frood, castlemaine, bendigo, chinese museum -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Portrait, Sarah -Ann Course
Sarah Ann Course nee Bullen was born in 1834. Married in 1852 at the age of 18. Emigrated in 1856. Husband drove coaches to the goldfields prior to farming at Forest hill. She had a total of 12 children, not all survived. Passed away in 1897 at the age of 62.Portrait photograph of Sarah-Ann Course. Gold frame.sarah ann course, sarah bullen, farm, forest hill -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Book, 'Eureka's Women' by Dorothy Wickham
Eureka's Women was published by BHS Publishing and written by Dorothy Wickham. The book tells wonderful stories about the women who were at Eureka. Wickham wrote a PhD on the Women at Ballarat Goldfields, and a book Women of the Diggings: Ballarat 1854, published by Ballarat Heritage Services in 2004.An illustrated booklet on women associated with Eureka.eureka stockade, women, dorothy wickham, eureka's women -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BALLOT PAPERS TARNAGULLA, 19th May, 1973
Blue Voting paper with Borough of Tarnagulla printed at the top. Candidates' Names are George Barlow, Thomas Bayliss, John Beynon, Thomas Henderson, William Herd Voting directions at the end of page. White paper titled Ballot Paper School District of the Borough of Tarnagulla. Candidates' Names are Henry Charles Bristol, Robert Harrison Burstall, Edward Buckley, Thomas Comrie, James Clouston, George Minto, and Thomas Scorer. Voting Directions printed at the bottom of page. Printed by John Ferres, Government Printer, Melbourne. Another piece of paper has Mr Cra? Goldfield's Historical Society written on it. Typed on another piece of paper is: These two ballot papers were found in the Tarnagulla Town Hall before its reconstruction this year. Apart from a few records in possession of the Goldfields Historical Society the Tarnagulla Borough Records were pulped during the war. The ballot paper for the School District is an election for a School Board of Advice in 1873 (the first election under the Act). The Voting paper is for the Borough Council, date unknown but it was not (underlined) the first election. With compliments of the Goldfields Historical Society per their Curator John J. Alderson. 11/4/61By Authority John Ferres, Government Printer, Melbourneevent, official, civic, ballot papers tarnagulla, tarnagulla town hall, goldfields historical society, tarnagulla borough records, school board of advice, john j alderson, henry charles bristol, robert harrison burstall, edward buckley, thomas comrie, james clouston, george minto, thomas scorer, george barlow, thomas bayliss, john beynin, thomas henderson, william herd, john ferres -
Ballarat Clarendon College
DVD, Coming to Australia, 1989
Florence (Smith) Kerr (1913) boarded at Clarendon PLC c1910-1913. The DVD interview was recorded in 1989 and covers Florence's grandparents experiences o the goldfields and at Italian Valley, near Scarsdale. The accompany notes document Florence's years as a teacher around Victoria before her marriage. DVD and accompanying A4 bound notesflorence smith, florence kerr, clarendon-presbyterian-ladies-college, halley's comet, gold rush -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BASIL MILLER COLLECTION: TRAMS - JOURNAL 'ELECTRIC TRACTION, December 1963
Journal of Australian Electric Traction Association. Volume XVII No. 12, December 1962. 16 pages. Cover picture of a bogie car 24 and two single truck trailers of the Eastern Goldfield Transport Board on a miner's special running between Kalgoorlie and Boulder, W.A. shortly before the system closed in 1952. History of document:Part of 'Basil Miller Collection'.Pub: Australian Electric Traction Asscn. Printer: O'Loughlin Bros. Pty Ltd., Sydney NSW.document -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - DUDLEY HOUSE COLLECTION: FLYER, 1982
Document. Flyer Information flyer about the event to mark the Centenary of the death of Dr Henry Backhaus. Yellow card with black printing and a sketch of the mass Tent used by Dean Backhaus on the Bendigo Goldfield,. Sketck drawn by Dorothy Dempsey Carroll. The RHSV (Bendigo Branch) advertised a German Masked Costume Ball to be held in the City Hall on 4 September 1982.document, invitations, masked ball -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Letter - Photocopy, Letters regarding Captain John Venebles, 1700 - 2000
From red binder of family history of Caroline and Willbraham Liardet consisting of photocopies of various photos and documents, family trees, etc.donated by Philippa Gamlin, granddaughter of Leonora. .21 - Letters regarding Captain John Venables . His ship the "Salsette" was berthed at Sandridge following crew desertion to the goldfields and was wrecked during a storm and broken up on Sandridge beachEach leaf is numberedliardet family, phillippa gamlin, ynys grecian -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Booklet - Bendigo Goldfield, Geological Survey Report No 93
Soft cover booklet of 50 pages. Geological Survey Report No 93. Bendigo Goldfield. Spring Gully, Golden Square, Eaglehawk By C.E. Willman and H.E.Wilkinson. Colour photo of the North Deborah mine poppet-head on a pale-yellow front cover. Illustrated with B&W photos, maps and sketches. Published 1992 by the Department of Manufacturing and Industry Development , Victoria Errata page pasted inside front cover. M & J Qualtrough sticker on title page. bendigo goldfield, geological survey -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. GOLD, c1855
... goldfields ...Diggers & Mining. Gold. The report of Commission of Inquiry into the Condition of the Goldfields (1855) recommended the restriction of the Chinese immigration. Report reads; REPORT from the COMMISSION APPIONTED TO ENQUIRE into the condition of the GOLD-FIELDS OF VICTORIA. To his Excellency SIR CHARLES HOTHAM, K.C.B. Lieutenant-Governor of the Colony of Victoria, ETC. MELBOURNE Markings: 16 994.GOL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE GOLD LICENCE, c1851
... goldfields ...Diggers & Mining. The gold licence. The Government Camp.. Slide: At first, Goldfields Commissioners and their staffs were quartered in tents. Here the Commissioner in Ballarat in 1851 (Armstrong) is seen at the door of his tent. [Strutt] Commissioner's Tent, Ballarat, 1851. Slide shows Commissioners tent, a horse and staff. Markings: 6 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE DIGGINGS THE DIGGERS, c1853
... goldfields ...Diggers & Mining. The Diggings The Diggers. Slide: or in chapels that church-loving diggers built on many of the goldfields. (von Guerard) Chapel at Ballarat (1853). The church of wooden structure with a wooden cross on one end of the gable roof and a flag pole at the other end of the building flying a flag with a cross. Markings: 73 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Mont De Lancey
Magazine, The Historical Society of Victoria, The Victorian Historical Magazine
The Victorian Historical magazine was first published in 1911 This is issue Vol III March 1914, No.3. The Contents lists: Extracts from the diary of The Rev. William Waterfield, first congregational minister at Port Phillip, 1838 - 1843, Recent publications, Index to periodical literature, Samuel Thomas Gill, the artist of the goldfields and notes and queries - Murray pioneers - Lillydale - Jacka Jacka.Dark green paperback Victorian Historical Magazine with the title printed in black lettering with further details including the Contents, Publisher details, price ONE SHILLING and Printer noted. Stapled on the left side. It has a few photos of Samuel Thomas Gill's pencil drawings throughout as well as an article about him. He was renowned as an artist of the goldfields. p.144non-fictionThe Victorian Historical magazine was first published in 1911 This is issue Vol III March 1914, No.3. The Contents lists: Extracts from the diary of The Rev. William Waterfield, first congregational minister at Port Phillip, 1838 - 1843, Recent publications, Index to periodical literature, Samuel Thomas Gill, the artist of the goldfields and notes and queries - Murray pioneers - Lillydale - Jacka Jacka.history magazine, victorian history, magazines, s.t. gill -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MISS G ALICE JONES COLLECTION: ACCOUNT
The Liquidator Bendigo Amalgamated Goldfields Ltd. To Miss G. Alice Jones. Re Kruger's account. Pink paper dated July 16 to Aug. 27, 1926, and June 1929. Instructions to prepare proof of debt in Mr. Kruger's estate, work done to receive dividend and Statement re Kruger's estate. R492 Posted 29/6/1929 by B.F.the miss g. alice jones collection - account, bendigo amalgamated goldfields ltd, mr kruger, mr stanfield