This photograph is a copy displayed in the Australian Dictionary of Biography. The original photograph is in the La Trobe Collection in the State Library of Victoria. William Henry Gaunt (1830-1905), judge, was born on 27 July 1830 at Leek, Staffordshire, England, son of John Gaunt, banker, and his wife Mary, née Bakewell. Educated at Leek Grammar School and Whitchurch, Salop, he migrated to Melbourne, and entered the Victorian public service and was rapidly promoted. By March 1854 he was chief clerk at Beechworth, the administrative centre of the Ovens goldfield. In July 1855 the resident warden commended Gaunt as 'a highly valuable public servant' with an intimate knowledge of the district and the 'temper and disposition of the miners'. Appointed sub-warden in the Beechworth district in January 1856 and a Chinese protector in August, he was given control of the extensive Woolshed district. When European miners attacked a party of Chinese at the Buckland River diggings in May 1857 Gaunt was sent to restore order. One of his proclamations, issued in Chinese characters, concluded 'W. H. Gaunt, your protector—tremble and obey!' In June he was appointed a police magistrate and next month was sent to take charge at the Buckland where the Chinese had been expelled from the diggings; the police force assisting him was led by Robert O'Hara Burke. In January 1858 Gaunt was appointed a warden, in November was transferred to Chiltern, north of Beechworth, and in August 1859 was made a commissioner of crown lands. In February 1860 Gaunt was appointed a coroner of Victoria, acting at Indigo, near Chiltern. In April 1865 he was transferred to Beechworth, became visiting justice of the gaol and later moved to Sandhurst. In January 1869 he was appointed returning officer for the mining district of Ballarat and visiting justice of the gaol. He was associated with this area for the rest of his life and won high repute for his integrity. In 1874 he chaired the inaugural meeting of the first Australian competitive swimming club. For years he studied law and was called to the Bar in December 1873. He was one of the many public servants dismissed by Graham Berry on 9 January 1878 (Black Wednesday). After petitioning the Queen in vain over his dismissal he began practice in Ballarat as a barrister. He soon became a leading authority on mining laws; one of the cases in which he was involved was the lengthy inquest on the bodies of the twenty-two miners drowned in the New Australasian mine disaster at Creswick in 1882. He was appointed a temporary judge of the Insolvency Court in 1889 and a County Court judge in 1891. In 1900 he was chairman of the royal commission which considered Metropolitan Board of Works matters, and in 1902 was president of the inquiry into the unification of municipalities in Victoria. In 1860 Gaunt married Elizabeth Mary, the youngest daughter of Frederick Palmer; they had nine children. Of the surviving five sons and two daughters, Ernest Frederick Augustus and Guy Reginald Archer both became admirals and were knighted; Cecil Robert became a lieutenant-colonel, Clive Herbert a government advocate in Rangoon and Mary (Mrs H. L. Miller) one of the first women students to enrol at the University of Melbourne (1881), although she did not complete her degree; she became a successful novelist. Gaunt died on 5 October 1905. An anonymous colleague said: 'I don't think he was ever excelled as a police magistrate, and during the many years he was on the County Court bench he earned the highest regard. His capacities were as unquestioned as his integrity, and more could not be said of any judge'. Select Bibliography Votes and Proceedings (Legislative Assembly, Victoria), 1878, 3, (58) Government Gazette (Victoria), 22 Feb, 15 Aug 1856, 30 June 1857, 5 Jan 1858, 16 Aug 1859, 3 Feb 1860, 7 Mar, 11 Oct 1862, 28 Mar, 4 Apr 1865, 17 May 1867, 9 June 1868, 22, 29 Jan 1869 Ovens and Murray Advertiser, 21 May 1857, 11 Mar 1865 Colonial Secretary's in-letters, goldfields, 25 Mar 1854, 21 July, 18 Nov 1855, 22 Aug 1857 (Public Record Office Victoria) scrapbook and newsclippings (privately held). Related Entries in NCB Sitesview family tree Gaunt, Mary Eliza (daughter)go to ADB entryPhotograph of Judge W. H. Gaunt standing beside chair holding top hat and cane, under glass, in cream frame with cream matte.Printed name underneath: JUDGE W. H. GAUNT

1952 - 53 CLUNES CRICKET CLUB PREMIERS .1 MOUNTED PHOTOGRAPH BLACK AND WHITE, NAMES LISTED UNDERNEATH .2 MOUNTED PHOTOGRAPH BLACK AND WHITE, NAMES LISTED UNDERNEATH .3 PHOTOCOPY OF.2 .4 & .5 PHOTOCOPIES OF .1 .6 PHOTOGRAPH OF .2 .7 SMALL PHOTOGRAPH OF .1photographs, cricket, cricket club premiers 1952/1953

THE OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF ;PRESIDENT F. PHILLIPS Esq, [MAYOR] VICE PRES. F. BRYANT ,Esq. A.B.SHERIDAN, A.E. KEMPSON, H.E.SANDO, W. BLACKBAND, SECRETARY F.S.MULCAHY Esq., TREASURER F.J.MILES Esq., W.RICHARDS, P. ROVE, W. BARKELL, H. NOLAN,T. GILBERT,J.K. HAWKEY, F.S.DIVEY, F. JAMES, W.COZEN, E. HOTCHIN, W.ROWE, F. ROBINS, T.HICKEY, R. HENDRA, F. HERON, J. SHRIGLY..1 ORIGINAL SEPIA PHOTOGRAPH OF CLUNES BOWLING CLUB MEMBERS, TAKEN AT CLUNES BOWLING CLUB. .2 COPY OF ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH CLUNES BOWLING CLUB. MEMBERS NAMES ABOVE. MEZZOTINT BY THE HELIO......COMPANY. BALLARATphotographs, sport, bowling club clunes

PRESENTATION PHOTOGRAPH TO ( BREHAUT ESQ. HON SEC )BY THE YOUNG MENS CLUBS CRICKET ASSOCIATION 1928-29local history, photography, photographs, sport, cricket

SEPIA PHOTOGRAPH OF CLUNES TOWNSHIP, TAKEN FROM ANGUS STREET HILL, LOOKING SOUTH; BUILDINGS INCLUDE WESLEY CHURCH, TOWN HALL, CATHOLIC CHURCH, C. OF E. CHURCH; CLUB HOTEL AND BANKS IN FRASER STREET; LIBRARY, FIRE BRIGADE BELL TOWER -FAR RIGHT.photographs, clunes township

PHOTOGRAPH KEPT IN CLUNES FOOTBALL CLUB.1 Sepia photograph mounted on cardboard of Clunes Australian Rules Football team, Premiers 1899 .2 & .3 .4 .5 .6 Black and white copies of the original photograph .7 & .8 SMALL PHOTOGRAPHS OF ORIGINAL AND .2 On Front: Hand written in black ink E.M. - Hand written in black ink Charlie Farr, Photographer, Maryborough On Reverse: Hand written in black "Premiers Clunes United Football Club, Premiers 1899", hand written in blue biro MADDREN FAMILY, hand written in blue biro "Eric Butler 1123 Eyre Street Ballarat.local history, photographs, football, cluns football club 1899

PHOTOGRAPH KEPT AT CLUNES FOOTBALL CLUBPHOTOGRAPH OF CLUNES FOOTBALL CLUB 1930 - MOUNTED ON GREY CARD WITH DARK GREY BORDER .1 ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH MOUNTED .2 MOUNTED PHOTOGRAPH WITH NAMES AND 'CLUNES FOOTBALL CLUN 1930' .3 PHOTOCOPY OF .2.2 LIST OF NAMES : BACK: BRIT JONES, (PRES).L EXELBY, L THOMAS,M ROGERS, M MITCHELL, R MCKENZIE, N SPARK, A CLARKE, MINTY ROBERTS, (TRAINER), CENTRE: M O'DONNELL, R DUNN, R ADAM, L CARTER (V.C)., D WRIGHT( CAPT), G LEISHMAN, G DUNN, J LEISHMAN. FRONT: S DUNN, H PETTIT, J PASCOE(BOUNDARY), E BROWN, G RICKARD.photographs, football, football club 1930

GOLF CLUB ASSOCIATES DRESSED AS SEVEN DWARFS IN BACK TO CLUNES PROCESSION TRAVELING ON TRAY OF TRUCK.BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPH CLUNES GOLF CLUB ASSOCIATES ON TRAY OF FARM TRUCK REPRESENTING SEVEN DWARFS.local history, photography, photographs, events and celebrations, back to clunes.

Digital images of (L-R) Clare Gervasoni, Joan McEwen and Lisa Gervasoni, three of many knitters at the Savoia Hotel, Hepburn Springs. The knitting club made squares for blankets and donated them to charity. savoia hotel, hepburn springs, victoria, knitting, winter, blankets, club, charity, lisa gervasoni, joan mcewen

Due to the number of Swiss/Italians playing in this team, and their love of Bulboar sausage they were known as the garlic munchers.A number of men dressed in the uniform of the Hepburn Football Club. Standing 9th from left is Tom Gervasoni. Standing 5th from right is Jack Sullivan Seated 5th from left is Aquilino (Lino) Tinetti.hepburn football club, tom gervasoni, lino tinetti, jack sullivan

Colour photograph of the Hepburn Football Club members after winning the Central Highlands Football League Grand Final.hepburn springs, hepburn burras, decorations, grand final, footy, supporters, pride, central highlands football league, hepburn football club

Footballers from the Hepburn Football Club play football in the snow during the Grand Final of the Central Highlands Football Leaguem in Ballarat.hepburn springs, hepburn burras, decorations, grand final, footy, supporters, pride, snow, cold, weather, afl, central highlands football league, heburn football club

Photograph of cricketers wearing whites. hepburn, cricket, match, final, wicket, bowled, hepburn cricket club

Photographs of a group of people, many wearing the Hepburn Football Team colours, on th eLauire Sullivan Oval.hepburn, laurie sullivan, laurie sullivan reserve, hepburn burras, commemoration, guard of honour, footy, local legend, hepburn football club

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Laurie Sullivan lived in Hepburn Springs, except for service during World War Two. He was captured in Crete and aa prisoner of war under the German Army. A Stalwart of the Hepburn Football Club, the football ground was named in his honour. Colour photograph of a Wollemi Pine planted for Laurie Sullivan at the Laurie Sullivan Reserve, Hepburn. hepburn, laurie sullivan, memorial, wollemi pine, hepburn football ground, laurie sullivan reserve

Hepburn Football Club are victors in a Australian Football League grandfinal which was played in the snow at North Ballarat. hepburn burras, footy, football, grand final, snow, weather, chfl, hepburn fooball club

The grand final was played at the North Ballarat Football Ground.Colour photograph of Premiers of the CHFL for 2004, Hepburn Football Club.hepburn burras, footy, football, grand final, chfl, reserves, captains

There are many reports of early swimming holes in 19th Century Victoria. Between the period 1895 - 1920, most rural Councils were under pressure to provide more formalised bathing arrangements. Often this occurred through the building of wooden enclosures in rivers, the damming of creeks, the construction of lakes, or the utilisation of old pits for the purpose.Colour photograph of the site of the former Kilmore Pool, now a reservoir on the Kilmore Golf Club. swimming pool, sport, swimming, pre olympic, natural, lake, kilmore, pre-olympic

Each new year's day there is a duck race at Port Fairy on the Moyne River. Colour photograph of rubber ducks in the Moyne River on new year's day. landscape, river, moyneyana, duck race, fundraiser, slsc, surf life saving club, port fairy, rubber ducks, moyne river

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