Pearce Collection - Eldridge & Burnet: Day Book of Accounts Nov 1899 - Sep 1900. 'Day Book' is a running record of work/purchases for customers, presumably used to make up regular (monthly?) Accounts for payment. Entries give the customer’s name and the relevant amount.business, retail, plumber, eldridge & burnet

Loose page book contains photos and descriptions of cast iron verandah's deemed worthy of preservation in the City of Bendigo. Buildings include: shamrock Hotel, Dr. Long's surgery, Cnr. Mundy and McCrae Sts., Batchelder, 346 McCrae St., Bendigo, Favaloro's, 139 Pall mall, Bendigo Jockey Club, pall Mall, View Point Hotel, Johnson, 274 High St.,Hopetoun Hotel, 147 Mitchell St., Cumberland Hotel, 279 Williamson St., Limerick Castle Hotel, Williamson St., BUFS Dispensary, 75 View St., Rifle Brigade Hotel, 137 View St., Goldmines Hotel, Marong Road, Manchester Arms Hotel, 302 Eaglehawk Rd., Victoria Hotel, 48 High St., Eaglehawk.cottage, miners, bendigo, heritage, verandahs, cast iron work, wrought iron

Book. ALEC H. CHISHOLM COLLECTION. 128 page cardboard cover book of verse subtitled 'Memories o' the Homeland Australian Fancies and Friendly Epistles'. A selection of poems of Allan McNeilage with a forward by Thos. L. Work. Illustrated with four B & W Scottish scenes and two Australian scenes. Published in 1917 by the Victorian Scottish Union, Melbourne and printed by J. T. Picken & Son, Melbourne. Catalogue sticker '2027 MCN' on spine. Handwritten in ink on the flyleaf ''With compliments from Cr. J. S. Yorston Caulfield Sept 7. 43''Allan McNeilagebooks, collections, poetry, alec h. chisholm collection, allan mcneilage, victorian scottish union, j.s.yorston, poetry

Book. ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION. 141 page red hardcover account of army life in England during WW2. Published in 1943 by Arthur H Stockwell Ltd, London and printed by John Drew Ltd, Aldershot. Catalogue sticker ''2145 RAW'' on spine. Handwritten in ink on flyleaf ''This work was sent me in 1943 by Mrs Edelsten who now reports - August '44 that the author has been killed in action in Normandy. Sad ! A.H.C.'' also ''The Rawlins were family friends of the Edelstein's, who of course were descendants of John Gould.'' Inside the front cover is a copy of a typed letter (by A. H. Chisholm??) on a 'Herald' letterhead to Mrs Edelsten, dated 25 Jan,1944, acknowledging receipt of this book.Anthony Rawlinsbooks, collections, military, alec h chisholm collection, anthony rawlins, army, world war 2

A green soft covered booklet titled, '32nd Annual Report State Relief Committee Victoria.' Established 1930. Incorporated 1940. Cnr. King & Bourke Street's, Melbourne, C.1. Academy Press Pty. Ltd., 41-49 Smith St., Fitzroy, 41 5505. 28 pages. Photos.1962.Academy Press Pty Ltd, Fitzroy.organization, society, state relief committee, lydia chancellor, collection, disasters, bushfire relief, flood rellief, australia, victoria, state relief committee, international relief, charity, donations, community service, humanitarian work

Practical Mining arithmetic applied to mine work (with miners business directory) by Wm.Wilson. Printed by Mason,Firth & McCutcheon, 516 Little Collins Street Melbourne, name written inside Geo.Fooke Bendigo. pockat formatted book with tan cloth hard cover 165 pages.Wm.Wilsonbooks, technical, mining

2006 Painted Words, an anthology of work by professional writing and editing students at Bendigo Regional Institute of TAFE, soft cover book of 126 pages with black and white illustrations, printed by Griffin Press.books, collections, art & literature

More than Bombs and Bandages, Australian army nurses at work in WW1, hard cover with dustjacket, 344 pages published by Big Sky publishing with black and white photographs, with inscription and signature of author Kirsty Harris.Kirsty Harrisaustralia, military, nurses, australian army, ww1, nursing.

WOMEN ON THE GOLDFIELDS. 34 pages with illustrations and maps. Some aspects of the lives of women on the Victorian Goldfields in the early eighteen fifties. Research paper for BA by Marie Hancock.Marie Hancockgoldfields, women on the goldfields, goldfields, women, work, health, caroline chisholm

Assignment by Carol Milne for Deakin University Grad. Dip. Prof. Writing Editing: Hot Metal and Hard Work - Cyril Michelsen and The Bendigo Advertiser 3,400 words paper by Carol Milne, freelance writer. Paper prepared for grad. Dip. Inscribed on front page ' To 'Mr. Mick' with best wishes from Carol Milne 9/10/93'Carol Milnebiography, cyril michelsen, bendigo, bendigo advertiser, newspaper, cyril michelsen.

Centenary of St. John's Presbyterian Church Forest Street, Bendigo 1872-1972. List of former Ministers of St. John's Church. A brief account of the history of the church is given. Extracts from minutes of Presbytery Church of Castlemaine 2/7/1872 states that they had not yet held any Sabbath Services in Sandhurst a grant not exceeding Twenty Pounds to meet the expenses of such Services necessary to establish a Second Charge in Sandhurst. Services were conducted in the Albion Hall, collections were obtained were liberal, Memorial signed by 104 members and adherents who expressed their desire to be recognized as a Congregation. St. John's first met at the Orderly Room (site of the Art Gallery), then at the Albion Hall (site of the Royal Princess Theatre), they then moved to St. James Hall (now Myer Store). In 1874 a weatherboard church in Forest St. was erected seating 550 persons, and named St. John's Presbyterian Church. It then became known as St John's Free Church and in 1880 it was admitted into the Presbyterian Church of Victoria and named Chalmer's Church. History accounts goes on to explain the further changes which happened within the church to 1972. Many other details have been included in the book such as the costs of the pews the 'Ladies Work Committee', a monthly church paper, Anniversary platform, securing a Manse, the year of the 'black-out', food parcels, the purchase of a building, the pioneering of religious films in church services, renovations, Sunday School, Stewardship Campaign, electronic organ. The history goes on detailing the growth of the organisations in the church; Choir, Sunday School Sunday School Ladies Auxiliary, PWMU, Afernoon Fellowship, Ladies Guild, PGF, Men's Club and Brotherhood, Bible Class, Sporting Clubs, PFA, Mission Band, Creche, Cradle Roll, Board of Management. A list of 'Memorials and Other Gifts Through the Years' from 1904 to 1972. Present 'Office Bearers of the Church'. Photo of present church on front cover, on rear cover is the church erected in 1897. With Indexchurch, centenary, st john's bendigo, st john's presbyterian church forest street bendigo centenary

The Little Flower at work 1958 - 1983. A History of St. Therese's Parish Kennington. 128 pages with photographs, illustrations. Prepared for Monsignor Francis Owens, Parish Priest.Keith Housecottage, miners, bendigo, churches, st. therese's, catholic. keith house, monsignor f. owens. priest, parish.

Life's Work, a brief history of Flora Hill Secondary College 1916 - 2006. Published by Flora Hill Secondary College, 23 pages with photographs, illustrations, some colour.Jaan Butlerschool, history, flora hill secondary college, flora hill secondary college, education, bendigo - history.

Photographs, Illustrations and descriptions. Cultural Development and events.City of Greater Bendigo.bendigo, council, future direction & strategies.

Miss Tanner - Pied Piper of Bendigo A Memoir partly to record the history of the Bendigo Children's Library but primarily to relate the pioneering and lasting work of one of Australia's leading children's Librarians. Other connections are, Children's Book Council, and known as Pheme Tanner.Jeffrey Prentice.autobiography, bendigo children's library

'Monier Arch Bridges of Bendigo'. The Early Engineering Work of Sir John Monash, Prior to World War One.bendigo, history, city history

'Hell Below'. The romance of gold - fictional story of mining at Bendigo, told from the viewpoint of a man who worked below. Reference to known mines and locations in Bendigo.W Snowdenbendigo, mining, conditions at the time.

BHS Collection Joan Filbey Collection: Scout Patrol Leader's Record Book - The book is inscribed by the owner Kangaroo Patrol, 12th Bendigo Troop - kept by R Cumming (P/L) Attendance and Subscriptions Pages Records of Badges Report by the Patrol Leader on Work, etc. of the scouts, Statement of the Patrol Cash Account, Good turns of special merit, etc., hikes, patrol camps, etc. and the dates thereof, Patrol Equipment report, e.g. First Aid Kit, Signalling Flags, Frying pan, Correct uniform wearing and items.history, bendigo, boy scout patrol leader's book, scouts, joan filbey collection

Victorian State School's Horticultural Society was established in 1911 with the aims of distributing seed and bulbs to all member schools, to provided communication between interested teachers and to encourage seed and bulb collection and swapping between member schools.The book has a brown cover and red spine. Title: School Horticulture - a three-year course issued by the Victorian State Schools' Horticultural Society, first edition 1952, by E. F. Murnane supervisor of School gardening. The book is divided in three parts for each of the three years of the course. At the beginning of each section there is an index of the monthly work to be done in the garden. Aileen and John Ellison Collection.On the cover in blue pen there is an unreadable inscriptiongardening, horticulture school

Black exercise book, on inside cover the name Norman Warne age 12 years. The book contains the home work from September 20th, 1904 to April 26th, 1906. Subjects: arithmetic, geography, grammar, writing, sums, questions, history, spelling, analysis.person, individual, norman warne

Brown paper covered book. On front cover on a label: Mr. T. Chafer, Foreman Boiler maker, Workshop Manager, Bendigo Nth. Inside front cover on an attached flimsy copy is a list of rules for the workshop drill implementation. e.g leader to make a note of nature of work performed at each drill, signed H.L. Wignall, Ambulance Officer. Book contains names of each person who attended a particular drill session, e.g 13.4.56, J. Smith, H. Latimer, N. Henderson, R. Walls, L. Smart, Dave Brown attended a 'poisons' drill session. Dates from 13.4.1956 to 23.5.1978. Also, at intervals in the book, is a summary of sessions attended for each employee.bendigo, railways, bendigo railways

Buff coloured note book, red spine. Victorian Railways Note Book printed on front cover. Contains diary type entries detailing, locations worked, items bought.J. Badhamcottage, miners, j. badham, railways

A cream programme with red lines and black printing on the front cover and the words, ' Programme. E. J. Gravestock presents Alexander Watson The Distinguished English Elocutionist fifth and final Australian tour.' Price 3d. Inside the programme is a list of the works that Watson used to obtain his selections from . These include works of J. M. Barrie, John Buchan, Shakespeare, Dickens and Kippling among others. On the back cover of the programme are the words 'Alexander Watson an Appreciation by David Williamson Editor of the 'Daily Mail Year Book, London.' It follows with an outline of Watson's work history and is dated February 25, 1927.event, entertainment, elocutionist, lydia chancellor, collection, entertainment, elocution, elocutionist, people, performing arts, event, programme, program

Book; Hard cover containing pages listing times worked by employees.MCCOLL RANKIN & STANISTREETorganisation, industry, mines & mining, mccoll rankin & stanistreet

Book: Register of employees, 1941/42. List of employees names, address and No. of dependents presumed to be Red White and Blue Extended. Cardboard cover - patterned, Red spine, loose pages inserted giving names, trade or occupation, days worked, remarks.MCCOLL RANKIN & STANISTREETorganisation, industry, personal records., mccoll rankin & stanistreet

Book; hard cover exercise book with hard cover, containing entries for fortnightly workers hours and workers names. Mostly empty. East Clarence Time Book.MCCOLL RANKIN & STANISTREETgold mines, names of miners and hours worked, mccoll rankin & stanistreet

A damaged hard covered book titled, ''The History of England, from The Revolution in 1688, to The Death of George the Second. Designed as a continuation of Hume. By T. Smollett, M.D. Stereotype Edition. In one volume. Edinburgh: Published by Thomas Nelson. MDCCCXXXVII.'' On the inside cover are the words, ''Smollett had been a whip, but he was a Tory when he wrote his 'History of England,'' of which this volume is a part. Humes was more able but not ? Pleasing work.'' 'Smolletts Life.' On the front page of the book is the name of the owner, 'B.Fleming 1838.' 948pgs. (ill.)B. Flemingbook, books, england, history

Pethard collection,Hard cover book Canadian Pictures by the Marquis of Lorne K.T. A book of history & life in Canada. Brown cover with gold lettering & scenes, published by the Religious Tract Society London. Black and white illustrations drawn with pen and pencil printed by R.Clay sons and Taylor printers London. Contains fold out map in colour. Presentation certificate inside front cover reads, presented to Mr.G.A.Pethard by the members of the Mount Pleasant Glee class on his leaving Ballarat for Warragul, as a small token of esteem. Ballarat 20th May 1887. Some of the items in the Pethard Collection were donated by Barbara Bessley. The donor worked for the trustee for the Pethard Estate and to prevent the material being disposed of, she retained it. George Pethard, in his role as Mayor of Bendigo, was active in community organisations and was a member of a contingent which travelled overseas to promote Victoria. The items in this collection help to illustrate some oof Pethard's work for Bendigo and the State of Victoria.Marquis of Lorne K.T.books, albums, canada

NORM HARRIS COLLECTION Practical Mining ( Arithmetic Applied To Mine Work - with Miners' Business Directory ) Book - - small hard - covered brown (pocket companion ) book by W Wilsons and published by Mason , Firth & McCutcheon , Printers Melbourne. In 1894.Binding is damaged .The inside page has an advert for Mining Ropes .Page A ,title- Practical Mining comprising easy notes , various formulae , rules and tables for Mining managers , Students etc.W Wilsonsbook, bendigo