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Postcard - BASIL WATSON COLLECTION: POSTCARD, ROYAL FLYING CORPS BASE, MONTROSE, ca. 1914
Postcard - Royal Flying Corps Base, Montrose titled 'An early morning flight. Royal Flying Corps Base, Montrose' Numbered 326 at bottom LH corner. Showing six hangars in distance across fields with bi-plane landing .Davidson's Real Photographic Seriesaviation, military, royal flying corps -
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Postcard - BASIL WATSON COLLECTION: POSTCARD - ROYAL FLYING CORPS BASE, MONTROSE, UK, ca. 1914
Postcard - Royal Flying Corps Base, Montrose titled 'At the sheds, Royal Flying Corps Base, Montrose' Numbered 23 at bottom LH corner. Shows biplane with personnel parked in front of hangers (sheds) and one plane in air above.Davidson's Real Photographic Seriesmilitary, aviation, royal flying corps -
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Postcard - BASIL WATSON COLLECTION: POSTCARD - ROYAL FLYING CORPS BASE, MONTROSE, ca. 1914
Postcard - Royal Flying Corps Base, Montrose titled 'A busy morning - Royal Flying Corps Base, Montrose' Numbered 322 in bottom LH corner. Showing five/six planes on field in front of five hangers, some with open doors. Two bi-planes shown in air above.Davidson's Real Photographic Seriesmilitary, aviation, royal flying corps -
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Postcard - BASIL WATSON COLLECTION: POSTCARD - ROYAL FLYING CORPS, MONTROSE STEEPLE, ca. 1914
Postcard - Royal Flying Corps, Montrose. Titled 'Royal Flying Corps biplane circling Montrose steeple'. Image shows biplane directly above Montrose church, people on sidewalk looking up. Statue of male on extreme RH side.Excelsior Seriesmilitary, aviation, royal flying corps -
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Postcard - BASIL WATSON COLLECTION: POSTCARD - PLANES AT MONTROSE BASE, ca. 1914
Postcard, written on bottom in white: 'Early morning at the Royal Flying Corps Base, Montrose'. Numbered 325 in bottom LH corner. Bi-planes on wide open area, in front of hangers with one bi-plane in air above.Excelsior Seriesaviation, military, royal flying corps -
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Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: NORTH DEBORAH GMC N L - GOLD BOOK, 1936 - 1942
Document. Dark cream & cream mottled book with brown binding containing entries of weight of gold, amount of advance, fineness, & value. Gold book for the North Virginia GMC N L. 2 pages used. 9 loose documents (1938 - 1943).McColl, Rankin & Stanistreetorganization, business, north deborah gmc n l, mccoll, rankin& stanistreet, north deborah gmc n l, north virginia gmc n l, e s & a bank, royal mint, gold mining, gold book -
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Document - VICTORIA HILL - THE BENDIGO DIGGINGS, PRELIMINARY DRAFT FOR BROCHURE
... Bendigo Branch of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria... of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria Professor Brian Lewis ...Nine typed pages of notes on a preliminary draft for a brochure on the Bendigo Diggings. First part is the objective which is to preserve the mining history and to have exhibits in the places they were used, e.g. quartz mining machinery exhibited in a quartz mining area, not on an alluvial field. Part B is historical notes on the area. Part C is the Site - Victoria Hill area. Part D is Stage One which consists of carpark area, technological museum, restaurant, mineral haulage line, picnic ground, earthworks and planting over the area. Part E is Stage Two which will consist of the open-air exhibits, in the area surrounded by the mineral haulage line, and the Central Nell Gwynne mine on the west side of the site. Part F is Stage Three which will consist of the winery, the steam tram track, the lake, the wildlife sanctuary and various buildings associated with gold mining. Part G is Costing with the prices to be filled in. Parts H and I are the Appeal and the Committee. Details to be filled in.mining, marketing, victoria hill, victoria hill, the bendigo diggings - preliminary draft for brochure, aust national travel association, tullamarine jetport, emu bottom homestead, kyneton historical museum, chinese joss house, eaglehawk museum, whipstick scrub, cairn curran reservoir, castelmaine historical museum and market hall, national trust, ballarat hiatorical park, echuca's hopwood gardens, swan hill folk museum, gibson's mount alexander no 2 squatting run, captain brown, chief commissioner wright, hustler's reef, thomas hustler, mining board, drainage of reefs act 1862, first world war, bendigo amalgamated goldfields, second world war, sandhurst, w c vahland, battery trams, horse trams, steam trams, electric trams, central nell gwynne mine, theodore ballerstadt, george lansell, new chum hill, ballerstadt's open cut, 180 mine, new chum syncline battery, william rae, victoria quartz, wittscheibe's 'jeweller's shop', luffsman and sterry, gold mines hotel, adventure, bendigo and district tourist association, bendigo city council, bendigo branch of the royal historical society of victoria, professor brian lewis, school of architecture and building at the university of melbourne, taylor horsfield, lord robert cecil, south australian gold commissioner -
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Document - NORMAN OLIVER COLLECTION: MAYOR'S NOTES 1964
The Norman Oliver collection. Norman Oliver was three times Mayor of Bendigo - 1950-51, 1964-65, 1970-71. 1. Two covering pages, with handwriting in blue pen. Mayor's Notes 1964, and Contents of File - Mayor's Notes 1964, Bendigo, Local Government, Town Planning, Water - Coliban Area, Business - marketing, etc., Speech for Graduation of Nurses. 2. Four typed pages of undated Mayor's Notes which make reference to the first week as Mayor, and learning of his appointment on 29 August. Topics include : a council business meeting dealing with the use of the Garden Gully sports facilities, the Housing Commission garden competition, Royal Commission on supply and consumption of liquor, neighbourhood disputes regarding drainage issues and owner responsibility, Rotary Club slide presentation on Bendigo past and present, tenders to Council for supply of a range of materials, Art Gallery Committee meeting (noting the need for careful selection policy re. donations and borrowings).bendigo, council, speech notes, norman joseph oliver , councillor norman oliver. mayor of bendigo. bendigo art gallery. rotary clubs - bendigo. royal commission on supply and consumption of liquor. -
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Document - INFORMATION ON JEANETTE MATHEWS AND MATHEWS FAMILY
Information on Jeanette Mathews and Mathews Family. Jeanette Mathews married Michale Barnett in 1873 and lived at Sandhurst. Details of other members of the Mathews family.person, individual, mathews family, solmon mathews, priscilla mathews, julius mathews, annie mathews, royal stewart. -
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Document - ROYAL PRINCESS THEATRE COLLECTION: PLAN OF ALTERATIONS TO PRINCESS THEATRE, No date on Plan
Plan: Alterations to the Princess Theatre. Architects drawing by Cowper, Murphy and Appleford, Architects, 440 Little Collins St melbourneCowper, Murphy and Appleford, Architects, 440 Little Collins St melbournebuildings, commercial, princess theatre, princess theatre, alterations, cowper murphy and appleford -
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Document - BASIL WATSON COLLECTION: AGREEMENT BETWEEN HALL AVIATION SCHOOL AND B WATSON, 1915
Agreement between Hall Aviation School, London Aerodrome,Hendon and Basil Watson for flying instruction for ordinary Pilot's certificate of the Royal Aero Club. Includes tuition fee and details of agreement relating to liabilities and damage etc. Signed by B Watson, 2nd September 1915 and witnessed by B? Francis, Manager, Hall Aviation Co. (Flying School).Hall Aviation School,Hendon, N.W. London Aerodrome.person, individual, basil watson -
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Photograph - DECORATED TRAM - ROYAL VISIT - MARCH 1954, March 1954
Black and White Photo, Night time photo of a decorated tram, Union Jack Flag hangs from top of tram, light bulbs are decorating many parts of the tram, a Crown is highlighted in the centre of the tram, 'ER' Royal symbol is to the left, right and centre of the picture. Markings on the back of the photo say 'Decorated Tram', 'Royal Visit March 54'photograph, tram, decorated tram, bendigo trams, bendigo tramways, bendigo tramways co.ltd, trams, royal visit -
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Photograph - S.E.C. VICTORIA, 1954
Black and White Photo of the S.E.C. Victoria Building, Decorated for the Royal Visit in March 1954, Opening of the S.E.C. Building in 1941. Car parked to left in photo, and another angle parked to right of photo. Flag on roof flying a half mast.organization, public utility, electricity company, s.e.c. victoria, sec victoria -
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Book - GRASS ROOTS HISTORY, 1991
Grass Roots History, proceedings of the joint conference of the Federation of Australian Historical Societies and the Royal Historical Society of Victoria in Melbourne 1989.Alan Robertsbook, historical societies, historical societies. -
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Photograph - MAYPOLE DANCING, 1954
Black and White Photo of maypole dancing on the QEO during the 1954 Royal Visitentertainment, dance, maypole dancers, maypole dancing, royal visit -
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Photograph - MAYPOLE DANCING, 1954
Black and White photo of maypole dancing on the QEO during the royal visit of 1954entertainment, dance, maypole dancers, maypole dancing, royal visit -
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Photograph - MAYPOLE DANCING, 1954
Black and White Photograph of maypole dancing on the QEO during the royal visit of 1954.photograph, group, maypole dancing, royal visit -
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Photograph - MAYPOLE DANCING, 1954
Black and White pohot of maypole dancing on the QEO during the royal visit of 1954entertainment, maypole dancing, maypole dancing, qeo -
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Photograph - ROYAL VISIT 1954, 1954
Black and White Photo of many people on the QEO spelling out ;For Empire" during the royal visit of 1954photograph, royal visit, royal visit -
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Photograph - ROYAL VISIT, 1954
Black and White photo of a many people, ( school children?) on the Queen Elizabeth Oval, Bendigo, spelling out 'For Empire' during the Royal visit on 1954.photograph, royal visit, royal visit -
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Photograph - S.E.C. VICTORIA, 1940
Photograph - black and white. The new SEC building under construction, steel girders and framework being erected. 'Johns and Waywood Ltd' is the name painted on the streel girders. Building in the middle background of photo has the sign 'Royal Mail Hotel' - Beer. Building in the left side background of picture has the word 'Myer', Markings on rear of photo read ''1st floor SEC 1940''organization, public utility, electricity company, s.e.c. victoria. 1940. bendigo. -
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Document - BENDIGO COUNCIL - AFFIRMATION OF ALLEGIANCE TO KING AND THRONE
Document with Bendigo Seal - It reads - May it please your Royal Highness. We, The Mayor,Councillors and Citizens of Bendigo desire to express our continued and devoted loyalty to the Throne and Person of His Majesty King George V., your Royal Sire and her Her Majesty Queen Mary. The visit of your Royal Highness to the Southern portions of His Majesty's Dominions is hailed with delight in as much as it evinces the length and continuance of the recognition of Australia's Royalty to the British Throne. In the year 1881 your Royal Father visited our shores as Prince George of Wales and again in 1901 as the Duke of Cornwall and York, two most memorable occasions in Australia's History. We now desire to assure Your Royal Highness that your visit will also remain in our minds as one of the most pleasant of all memories. Given under the Seal of the Corporation of Bendigo. Written on the bottom in own hand writing. 'To my friend Mr. Maher, with compliments From the illuminator.'civic mementoes, royal souvenirs, king and throne., bendigo council. affirmation of allegiance to king and throne. -
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Document - VARIOUS DOCUMENTS FROM 'BOX 511'
Various documents from 'Box 511': a. 'Royal Family' - re filmed portrait of Queen Elizabeth II (1959); b. 'Scientific American', issue of April 1934; c. 'Band of Hope Review, 1867 - published in England (Baptist); d. 'Beautiful Britain' - Art Series No 6 - Scenery of the United Kingdom, m1894; e. as for d. but Series 10; f. as for d. but Series 11; g. as for d. but Series unknown (no cover); h. 'Hobart and Suburbs' = Aerial Survey Maps (street directory), 1954 - ex libris A. Richardson, 1959; I. 'Weekly Times Annual, Dec 10, 1931 - cover and pages missing; j. 'Table Talk Christmas Annual, Dec 3, 1923 (cover and pages missing)document -
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Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: CENTRAL NAPOLEON GOLD MINING CO. N.L, 23rd July 1934
Document: Manilla folder, print on front typed, green ribbon holding document together and in folder, first page with documents name and also has an embossed logo stamped on right side of page 3/4 way down 'Legislative Council Victoria' with royal crest in centre, Embossed stamp on each page, Rules of Central Napoleon GM before incorporation, 26 pages plus cover Certificate second last page, last page schedule of share holders, markings on front cover read 'Central Napoleon Gold Mining Company No Liability', 'Incorporated in Victoria under part 11 of ''The Companies Act 1928'' RULES of the Company Made before Incorporation'.organization, business, industry - mining, mccoll rankin & stanistreet, mining, gold mining, central napoleon -
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Photograph - CASLEY COLLECTION: EASTER FAIR FLOAT, BENDIGO, Circa 1900
Photograph - black and white. Photo of an Easter Fair Float, 15 men/boys, 2 girls. Shops in background Tailors Outfitters. Wilkins & Jones. Information received from Casley Family. In 1889 William Berryman CASLEY(1863-1909) went down a mine to retrieve body of mine manager Mr Richards. The mine was Great Southern Lease (info.from Ralph Birrell - site of Bendigo Railway Station). He was awarded the Valour Medal and Royal Humane Society Certificate.E. Bond, King Street, West Bendigo.place, bendigo, easter, william berryman casley, easter fair bendigo. circa 1900. -
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Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH: QUEEN ELIZABETH 2ND, 1950
Coloured photograph of Queen Elizabeth with bouquet of flowers under curved glass in thin white metal frame with floral corner pieces, Donated by Mr Atkinson related to Mary Reibyperson, individual, personal portrait, queen elizabeth, queen, royals, royal -
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Book - 1890 ROYAL COMMISSION GOLD DISCOVERY BENDIGO, 1890
( x ref 5673 , 8235 , Box 83 , 9077 ) Photocopy of original documents from the 1890 Royal Commission into who discovered the first gold in Bendigo with a report from the Select Committee upon the claims of Henry Frencham and evidence from other claimants plus a map.bendigo, history, early digging days, bendigo- history- gold- pioneers -
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Document - BASIL WATSON COLLECTION: AVIATOR'S CERTIFICATE, 1915
Aviator's Certificate issued to Basil Watson. Blue leather cover with Basil Watson's photo on inside leaf. 'Federation Aeronautique Internationale' British Empire Aviator's Certificate No. 1910 issued by the Royal Aero Club of United Kingdom 18 Oct 1915. Reference to Basil Watson's birthplace Bendigo 12th Oct 1894.person, individual, basil watson -
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Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: CENTRAL NAPOLEON GOLD MINING CO. N.L, 20 Sep 1939 - 27 Feb 1942
Documents: Brown wrapping paper held closed with string, Documents from the Royal Mint: Melbourne Branch, Deposit buts: The English Scottish & Australian Bank Limited, The School of Mines and Industries, Bendigo J.R.V. Anderson, B.M.E. Licensed Gold Smelter.organization, business, industrial - mining, mccoll rankin & stanistreet, mining, gold mining, central napoleon -
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Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: NELL GWYNNE REEF GMC - BANK SLIPS, 1941 - 1949
Document. 47 paper bank slips, stored in 1989 Footrot Flats envelope. Royal Mint.McColl, Rankin & Stanistreetorganization, business, nell gwynne reef mine, mccoll, rankin & stanistreet, nell gwynne reef gmc, gold mining, bank slips, royal mint