Envelope containing 2 negatives. On outside of envelope 'Devonshire Group' Negatives show mine site. Negatives not scanned.bendigo, buildings, fortuna ?

Sepia image ( copy of original ) showing employees outside Horwood Foundry building. Large amount of men sitting and standing, dressed in shirtsleeves and trousers, some in coats and hats. Two storey brick building behind, on side 'Horwood's Foundry' printed in large letters. Trees in front of building.bendigo, industry, horwood foundry

Black and white photograph (copy of original). Image shows winding gear in mine, appears to be non-operational site.bendigo, mining, winding engine

a. Envelope containing 1 negative. Negative shows landscape view of Bendigo, with Knipe's Castle in background on RH side. B. Black and white print of negative showing Knipe's Castle.bendigo, buildings, knipe's castle

Envelope containing two negatives: on outside of envelope 'H. Biggs, Town Hall, Eaglehawk, Vict' on back 2 negatives, 1 township of Eaglehawk, 2. View from behind Eaglehawk Town Hall. Negatives not scanned.bendigo, streetscape, eaglehawk

Envelope containing two negatives. Negatives show winding engine Deborah Mine, and image of mine site. On outside of envelope: Winding Engine, Deborah, later at Central Deborah. Negatives not scanned.bendigo, mining, deborah mine

Envelope containing one negative. On envelope' looking west to New Chum Hill' Negative shows a landscape image of Bendigo's goldfield, looking west to New Chum Hill. Negative not scanned.bendigo, mining, new chum hill

Envelope containing two negatives. On outside of envelope in biro: looking north to Victoria Hill, North Old Chum, Big 180 etc, in 1870's'. Negative shows poppet head, mining sheds. Negatives not scanned.bendigo, mining, victoria hill

Envelope containing 2 negatives. On outside of envelope 'United Devonshire' Negatives show mine site. Negatives not scanned.bendigo, mining, devonshire group

The Bendigo Women's Literary Society Session 1923 Syllabus. Boltons Print, Bendigo. Small folded card.organisation, union, the bendigo women's literary society, mrs morris, mrs griffen, mrs jones, miss e hodge, miss l pethard, mesdames morrison, harper, slack, halliday, misses bankin, eadie, mcilroy, grimley, richardson, boltons print

A soft covered blue and grey booklet titled 'Eaglehawk Dahlia & Arts Festival Victoria, Australia March 17th to 27th Literary Competition. Winning and Commended Short Stories and Poems.' An Endorsed Bicentennial Activity. 1988. 18pgs. (ill.)book, bendigo, eaglehawk dahlia & arts festival, la trobe university bendigo collection, collection, eaglehawk, eaglehawk dahlia & arts festival, literature, australian literature, short stories, poetry, history, australian history, frank cusack, gordon mckern, llew llewellyn, peter richardson, dawn langford, doris leadbetter, j.s. searle, eric harries-harris, frank mcmahon, competitions, literary competition, book

Slide: railway track running alongside New Chum Mine, Breen Street, Golden Square, Bendigo. Mine buildings on right hand side of track, chimneys, poppet head, horse and dray and large stacks of timber in foreground of image. Boy standing on rail way line.number 1 in blackmine, gold, new chum railway, poppet heads, chimney stacks, timber stacks, 3 mine bridges, horse and dray, mining, bendigo, gold mining, railway line, new chum mine

Card (copy) of signals used in the Central Deborah Gold Mine operations using the cage and winder. Bells, and what they mean, is set out in a table. Levels 1 to 15 bells are described. On back of card the mine, internal and extgernal phone system is described.bendigo, mining, central deborah gold mine

Newspaper article 'The Mayor Speaks' dated 12th August 1967, Bendigo Advertiser. Article by J.R. Flood. Mayor of Bendigo, detailing the location of mines including the Duchess of Edinburgh on the New Chum line, the mines on the Christmas line of reef, the Deborah reef mines, and the Sheepshead reef. Mine reclamation schemes are also addressed in the articlebendigo, mining, reef lines and mines

Five page handwritten document (copy) on the history of Victoria Hill, Ironbark, Bendigo. 'Gold first found in 1853 by two colored men, one named Weymouth or 'Dido' and sold to Theodore Ballerstedt Senior, who in December 1853, was known as the 'Father of the Hill'.'bendigo, mining, victoria hill

Eight page handwritten document with details of the Carlisle United Gold Mine at Long Gully. The lease was 76 acres, 660 yards on line of reef. The Kent shaft was the next mine north Havilah Road, Boldt Street's corner. 'The Carlisle United was formed by the amalgamation of ttte companies, the Old Carlisle, the North Garden and the Passby. These mines were situated on the west side of Bennett Street in about a length of a few hundred feet, with the Passby on the Casley Street corner. And the old Carlisle and North Garden only recently being unearthed beneath the Unity, 'Carlisle' sand heap.' Details about the mining plant, the main shaft, the winding engine air compressor, stone crusher, and engine house are given. The Kent shaft and steel poppet legs are described. Four early claims on the Carlisle United ground are listed: Morgan, Kirshner and Co., Boyd and Co. Claim, Shanks and Co's claim and Day and Co's claim.bendigo, mining, carlisle united

One page handwritten document titled Victoria Hill, it's historical connections. Extract from document: Gold first found in 1853 by two colored men, one named Weymouth or 'Dido'. Sold out to Theodore Ballerstedt senior, who in Deember 1853 was known as the 'Father of the Hill'. In the first six years, this Hill produced more than $1,200,000 worth of gold and this in a period when crushing with crude appliances cost $13 a ton instead of $0.50c to 80 cents per ton, and unskilled men were receiving $2.00 per day instead of 75 cents a day for practical miners some years later.bendigo, mining, victoria hill

Three page handwritten document outlining the history of the Victoria Hill area. The open cuts on Victoria Hill; Lansell's Big 180 Mine, Victoria Quartz Mine; Wittscheibe's 'Jewellers Shop', Luffman and Sterry, Central Nell Gwynne and New Chum Hill are mentioned in the article. A description of the suitability of the Victoria Hill site as a potential mining museum is discussed as 'it is centrla to both the northern and southern ends of the main portion of the Bendigo and Eaglehawk mines'. William Rae built two fine residences on Happy Valley Road, and also set up a 30 head battery out of his gains from Victoria Hill.bendigo, mining, victoria hill