At the time of sale, the last of the Hirst family to work in the mill located in Geelong gave Donald (donor Bruce's father) Doherty a set of scales that had been used by several generations of Hirsts and adapted by them over time for specific use in their mill. These Scales were saved from waste and being thrown away at the time of sale to remain in use in the industry in the hands of someone who knew how to use them. The scales were used in calculating the weight of cloth and simultaneously calculating the amount of yarn required to weave it following the instructions printed within the box. The box bears the signatures of two Hirst family members, one being Lewis Hirst dated at 1898. The original brass pole has been replaced with a replica metal somewhere throughout the years after the brass pole broke through use. Hirst was brought by McKendrick in the 1960s and these scales sat for 12 months as part of the 12 month "cooling off" period. The scales were then handed to Donald rather than being disposed of.Scales used for weighing and calculating weight and thread count of textile samples. Originated from Godfrey Hirst Mills in Geelong. Writing describes how to utilise scales. Scales are made from brass, pole for holding scales once brass now replaced with metal pole. Scales held inside wooden box with black text in ink depicting use of scales on paper located inside and outside of box.Outside of box. Wording: APPARTUS for TESTING the WEIGHT per YARD of CLOTHS & COUNT of YARN from a small SAMPLE. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Indispensable to Manufactures, Merchants & handling Woollen, Worsted, Cotton, Linen, Jute, Hemp, Flannel, Felt, Army, Navy, Police, Railway, Sail & other Cloths -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- USED IN GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The apparatus consists of Scales, Weights, 1, 2 & 4 sq. inch Cutting Templates & Book of Tables --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------By weighing a small Sample the accurate Weight in Ounces of a yard of Cloth any width from 18 to 64 inches, the Weight per Square Metre in Grams, the Counts* of Warp and Weft, and the approximate length of full & short ends of pieces of fabrics, [without unrolling and measuring for stocktaking & other purposes] can be ascertained without any Calculation --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Price in United Kingdom, 25s., Carriage Paid. Price to Canada & U.S.A. $6.75 do. H. Lord. 10, And Place, Bradford, England. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*When ordering, state on what system you base your YARN COUNTS. Inside of box. Wording: DIRECTIONS FOR USE --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------TESTING WEIGHT OF CLOTHS. Place sample to be tested on a piece of cardboard, put a Cutting Template on it, cut card and cloth round template with scissors and weigh it according to instructions given in Book of Tables. TESTING FOR YARN COUNTS. Cut out 1 square inch of cloth, draw out wrap or weft threads, according to which is being tested, and the number of inches so drawn, that balance respective weight is the approximate Count. The same rule holds good when number of inches are drawn from a bobbin. In testing from the cloth, allowance has to be made for loss or gain in the process of manufacture. Weight marked C is for Cotton Counts " " W " " Worsted " " " WS " " Woollen Skeins " " L " " Linen Counts. The weights for testing samples of cloth are 20, 10, 10, 5, 3, 2, 1, grains in brass & '5, '3, '2, '1 [tenths of a grain] in aluminium. Inside of box. Signtures, handwritten: Bottom right: Lewis Hirst !898 Top Left (Smudge ?) W Hirst !935godfrey hirst, hirst family, textile design, textile creation

Fawns's Brewery, near Oak Street, Golden Square. ( James Lerk, Nov. 1999). As early as 1858 George Mackay recorded in the Annals that James Fawns aged 35 years was in the brewery business in Golden Square. James Fawns (1824-21/9/1891) was born in Kincardshire, Scotland and came to Australia in February 1853 on the "South Seas". In 1858 he came to Bendigo and entered into a partnership with George Elliott as brewers in Golden Square. After this partnership was dissolved in 1862, James continued the business alone. James married Helen McFarlane McAllen in 1860. Following his death, James' 3rd son Benjamin Ellison Fawns carried on the business before becoming a pastoralist in Deniliquin by 1893.Sepia coloured photo. Outdoor group of workers with two horse drawn delivery carts at Fawn's Brewery. Brewery in background. Shingle roofing on roof of building at back.R. Dermer Smith, Landscape and architectural photographer, Bull Street, Sandhurstorganization, business, fawn's brewery, golden square.

David Medhurst (1855-1939) who moved to Greensborough around 1898 and ran a store in Grimshaw Street. He also wrote for the local paper. Digital copy of black and white studio photograph.david medhurst

David Medhurst (1855-1939) who moved to Greensborough around 1898 and ran a store in Grimshaw Street. He also wrote for the local paper. Digital copy of black and white studio photograph.david medhurst

Australia 1891 - 1977Colour linocut

Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2000. Undertakers: Fizell and Mulqueen hearse, circa 1926. A partnership between Peter Fizell and Michael Mulqueen, who were both born in Ireland, operated from 1898 until the death of Fizelle in 1901, when Mulqueen became the sole proprietor of the parlour. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Document. Newspaper article (Bendigo Advertiser) re ''Bendigo's link with Cornwall renewed'' -not dated. Reproduction of photograph of the William Hocking family (1898); others named under photo are Richard, John, William Jnr, Ellen, Mrs Grace Hocking, Albert, Anne, David and Edward. Brief history of family and the work history of William.person, family, william hocking, new chum railway. golden square.

A news article titled 'Bendigo's link with Cornwall renewed' by Maurie McDonald on the history of Cornish settlers in the Bendigo District. The article was published in the Bendigo Advertiser on 27/9/1986 and outlines the contributions made to Bendigo by Cornish miners and their descendants including Sir John Quick. The article is accompanied by a photograph of the Hocking Family taken in 1898. bendigo and district cornish association, sir john quick, william hocking, ted hocking, maurie mcdonald

Grave of Victor Bonsak (died 11/04/1891) and Mary Bonsak (b1878 died 24/03/1938) in Plot# N3 Greensborough Cemetery. Johann George Bonzak arrived at Port Phillip on December 19th 1849, from Germany. Mary Bonzak, of German birth, applied for a Certificate of Naturalization in Eltham on 13th April 1905. She had 10 children (4 boys and 6 daughters) . Her sister (maybe) Sarah Jane Bonsak (1881-1978) married George Arthur Iredale in 1908. A Bonzak Family lived near the Partington Family of Willis Vale.Greensborough Cemetery was created when land was given for the cemetery by Mr William Poulter, a local settler, about 1864. The cemetery holds the graves of many early settlers in the district. Digital copy of colour photograph of Greensborough Cemeteryvictor bonsak, mary bonsak

Account of the digital transcription of the 30,000 signature Victorian Women's Suffrage Petition 1891, tabled in Parliament in September 1891 it sought that "Women should vote on equal terms with Men."1 p. photocopy of article published in Ancestor, Vol.28, No. 1, March 2006women's suffrage petition, women's petition 1891, women's suffrage, monster petition

The Warrnambool Battery on Flagstaff Hill has embankments for 3 guns. Those on the left and right still have cannon in place but in the centre is an empty embankment, apart from this concrete ring with metal threaded studs. In 1898 a 5 inch breech loading gun (BL) was installed here. The gun had a hydro-pneumatic disappearing carriage (hence the sign on the concrete wall "5" BL HP").. This type of gun was faster to load and fire that the 80 pound RML’s installed on either side of it. Its arrival spelt the end of the 80 pound RML guns’ useful life, although they continued to be used for practice sessions. The 5 inch BL was the main defensive weapon of the Warrnambool Battery until the Battery was downgraded in importance. It was removed in 1904 and recalled to Melbourne in 1910. The gun emplacement ring is all that remains of the mounting for a 5 inch Armstrong rifled breech loading gun. HISTOR of the WARRNAMBOOL GUNS & CANNON In the years following the Crimean War (1854-1857J) there was a great concern in the Colony that Imperial Russia would attempt an invasion. Coastal defences in the colony of Victoria were greatly strengthened by the Government as a result. Warrnambool was originally protected by cannons at Cannon Hill, approximately 1 kilometer west of the Flagstaff Hill Fortifications. The cannons included two 1866 guns, both 80 Pound Rifled Muzzle Loaders (RML) purchased by Victoria’s Colonial Government. They were part of a shipment of 26 such guns sent from England in December 1866. They are registered as No. 23 (80cwt-2qr-0lbs) - Gun 1, and No.13 (81cwt-1qr-12lbs) - Gun 2. They were cast at the Royal Gun Factory, Woolwich Arsenal, in 1866 and have a 6.3 inch bore. Both barrels carry the Royal Cypher of Queen Victoria, Insignia of the Royal Engineers, within the Garter and Motto surmounted by the Crown, with the Royal Cypher of Queen Victoria within the Garter (letters in centre “VR”, motto “HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE”, "Shame be to him who thinks evil of it."). The guns were originally supplied with wooden carriages. (The Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, England, was established eleven years after the Restoration of King Charles II. It was the principal supplier of armaments to the British and Empire Governments. At the height of its operations during World War One the factory covered 1300 acres and employed very nearly 80,000 workers. Woolwich was the Headquarters of the Royal Artillery since the raising of that Regiment in 1716. The Arsenal was closed in the late 1960’s.) These two 80pdr cannons were transferred to the Warrnambool Garrison Artillery Battery Fortifications erected at Flagstaff Hill in 1887 as part of Victoria’s Coastal Defences. The original wooden carriages were subsequently replaced with the present iron garrison carriages in 1888. They are a “C” pivot. The ‘racers’ or curved track set into the floor of the gun emplacement (which enabled the guns to be traversed more quickly) are as specified for guns up to 10 inch, being of wrought iron 2.78 inches wide. A temporary third gun, now no longer on Flagstaff Hill’s site, was the 5 inch Rifled Breech Loading (BL) Armstrong gun mounted on an Elswick hydro pneumatic disappearing carriage and installed in this very concrete base or pad. The State of Victoria took over the ownership of the guns at the time of Australian Federation in 1901. In about 1901/1902 the Garrison Battery was converted to the Warrnambool Battery of the Australian Field Artillery (No 4 Field Battery). It was equipped with 4.7 inch naval guns mounted on field carriages. They were now a mobile unit but continued to use the Warrnambool Garrison area at Flagstaff Hill for practice. When the Fortifications were declared obsolete the two 80 Pounder RML were relocated to Cannon Hill in 1910. On the outbreak of World War One the 4.7 inch guns were recalled to Melbourne, and the Battery was disbanded. Most of the personnel probably re-enlisted in the local 4th Australian Light Horse Regiment. The two 80 Pounder RML were moved back to the Fortifications in 1973. They were both fully restored by Army First Year Apprentices at the Ordinance Factory in Bendigo in time for the centenary year of the fortifications in 1987. The guns are capable of firing 80 pound (32.3kg) armour piercing exploding shells 3.65kms out to sea. They were originally manned by volunteers before a paid Garrison was established. Now the Guns are again fired by volunteers on Special Event days. Since restoration the Gun Number 1 had been fired on a regular basis but Gun Number 2 hadn’t been fired since the mid 1990’s. In April 2015 Gun Number 2 was serviced in preparation for the firing of both cannons on the ANZAC Centenary commemorations on April 25th 2015. Other guns from the original Cannon Hill location were obsolete by the time the 1887 Warrnambool Garrison Artillery Battery was built. These guns are (1) a 32 Pounder Muzzle Loading Smooth Bore (SB) cast in 1813 at the famous Carron Foundry, number 80837 and now located in the Warrnambool Botanic Gardens. It is now mounted on a replica carriage due to the original carriage being in a fragile condition (the original carriage stored under cover at Flagstaff Hill). (2) a 68 Pounder Muzzle Loading Smooth Bore cast in 1861 at the equally august Low Moor Foundry, number 10310 and now located on the lawn area at the entrance to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village. It is still mounted on its original wooden garrison carriage. Its wooden slide compressor mechanism is fragile and now kept in Flagstaff Hill’s storage. There are only seven 32 Pounder SB made by Carron and fifteen 68 Pounder SB made at Low Moor known to exist in the State of Victoria [references; Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village interpretation boards, information sheets and other documents; South Western Victoria Guns and Cannon report, May 2008, ref W/F/08] The Gun embankment is contained within the heritage listed Lady Bay Lighthouse Comples, on the Victorian Heritage Register VHR H1520. The gun emplacement base is evidence of the last defences installed on this stretch of coastline. The Warrnambool Garrison has been added to the Victorian Heritage Register H1250 “for its intact battery and guns, a strong reminder of Victoria’s wealth and determination to protect itself from the perceived threat of invasion in the 1880’s.” The City of Warrnambool is one of several custodians of a collection of artillery pieces of heritage significance at a state, national and international level. These pieces are directly related to the defence of south-west Victoria in the 19th century. The care and preservation come under the Heritage Act 1995. Gun emplacement; the remains of the mounting platform of a temporary third gun installed in 1898 in the centre of the battery. This consists of a circular concrete well or sump surrounded by two rings of mounting bolts, the inner of 10 and the outer of 20. The base once held a 5 inch Armstrong rifled breech loading gun with hydro-pneumatic disappearing. In the centre of the ring on the ground is a keyhole shaped space. The gun was removed in 1904. flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, colonial defences, victoria’s coastal defences, warrnambool fortification, warrnambool garrison battery, warrnambool volunteer corps, ordinance, armaments, cannon hill fortifications, flagstaff hill fortifications, 4th australian light horse regiment, garrison gun, 5 inch breech loading gun, emplacement for hydro-pneumatic disappearing carriage, gun emplacement

A bronze plaque was presented by the Past Students Association to mark the 75th anniversary. Picture of Pavilion and Administration Building - the plaque includes one of the keys to the old pavillion. (T.H.Kneen). "The glass slide B98.968 was the basis for the bronze casting." E.B. Littlejohn. Associated inscribed bronze plaque detailing the presentation.(1) Bronze relief plaque picturing the old pavilion and the newer administration building. Mounted on timber with key. Inscribed. (2) Bronze engraved plaque with 4 screw holes (1) BURNLEY COLLEGE OF HORTICULTURE * 1891 - 1966 * (2) PRESENTED BY THE BURNLEY HORTICULTURAL PAST STUDENTS ASSOCIATION AND UNVEILED BY MR. T.H.KNEEN- PRINCIPAL - 1946-1967 ON OCTOBER 26 TH 1969past students association, 75th anniversary, t.h. kneen, e.b. littlejohn

Councilor H.W.Symons was elected as a member of council in 1893 and served until 1914.He was Shire President for three terms,1898-99,1904-05 and 1910-11. Original Historic Photo. Sepia photo,rectangular with mount,(light brown),curved at top,is of Councilor H.W.Symons.It is set right side of third row and forms part of a collection of photos of all councilors for 1906. Presented by the President to the Ballarat Shire Council.1906ballarat shire council, symons h w, 1893 1914, president 1898 1904 1910

At the beginning of the 1890s, the Kew businessman and Town Councillor, Henry Kellett, commissioned J.F.C. Farquhar to photograph scenes of Kew. These scenes included panoramas as well as pastoral scenes. The resulting set of twelve photographs was assembled in an album, Kew Where We Live, from which customers could select images for purchase.The preamble to the album describes that the photographs used the ‘argentic bromide’ process, now more commonly known as the gelatine silver process. This form of dry plate photography allowed for the negatives to be kept for weeks before processing, hence its value in landscape photography. The resulting images were considered to be finely grained and everlasting. Evidence of the success of Henry Kellett’s venture can be seen today, in that some of the photographs are held in national collections.It is believed that the Kew Historical Society’s copy of the Kellett album is unique and that the photographs in the book were the first copies taken from the original plates. It is the first and most important series of images produced about Kew. The individual images have proved essential in identifying buildings and places of heritage value in the district.When the Kew Lunatic Asylum was opened in 1871, its extensive 340 acres of grounds were intended for farming, agriculture and recreation for the inmates. The point-of-view chosen by Farquhar for this panoramic photograph focuses on the ordered open fields, haystacks and remnant trees that extended from the foreground to the rear of the Asylum. The inmates are the absent players in this pastoral idyll. In 1891, The Argus reported on the Annual Asylum Picnic: “Wednesday saw the Kew picnic, the yearly festival of the mad folks and their keepers. Once a year the public subscribes for cakes and ale for all these mad folks, and their keepers, from superintendent to lowest wardsman, turn out, and use their best endeavours to make one day in the year sanely merry.” Regardless of such merriment, the Asylum’s development and ongoing status were frequently a source of disquiet to the residents of Kew, who regularly petitioned the State Government for its removal. Despite these views, the Asylum was to remain a functioning institution from 1871 to 1988. Kew Asylum & Groundskew illustrated, kew where we live, photographic books, henry kellett, kew lunatic asylum

Mr. W. A. Hotchin (?-1891).Gloss, sepia, head and shoulders, studio portrait of Mr. W. A. Hotchin on card.hotchin, w. a.

Bendigo Central Bottle Club Newsletter - James Lerk Collection Vol 3, No. 2 1977. Article on the Maldon Brewery & Mr C J Bryant 1856-1898.The Newsletter also contains an article and examples of China's Mystical Motifs - which were used on pottery etc; together with a photo of a list of Essences, Drugs, etc.

A cream invitation with the words, ' The Hon. J.& Mrs. Sternberg request the pleasure of the company of Mr. & Mrs. Curnow At a Theatre Party at the Royal Princess Theatre Bendigo on Tuesday Evening, the 28th June, 1898, at a quarter to eight o'clock.' On the bottom left is written 'Kalimina,' Bendigo.' On the right 'The favor of an early answer is requested, when an entrée card will be forwarded.'event, entertainment, theatre, lydia chancellor, collection, invitation, theatre, princess theatre, person, individual, event

Handwritten notes on the Victoria Quartz Mine. Notes mention length of claim along the reef, amalgamation of claims, depths the gold was found, value of gold, dividends paid and calls, where the gold was found on the reef and the type of stone encountered. Also mentions the returns of the reef for the years 1896 to 1898, not including pyrites And amount of gold from loads.document, gold, victoria quartz, victoria quartz, notes on the victoria quartz mine, mr william rae, mr lansell, 180 mine, victoria reef, great central victoria, new chum united, j h craig, a m s special edition

James Bickett, the author of the letter, moved the motion to establish a School of Mines at Ballarat in 1869. Further information on James Bickett at http://guerin.ballarat.edu.au/curator/honour-roll/honourroll_Bickett,%20James.shtml The text of the letter is as follows: "98/152 Mining Board Office Ballaarat 28th April 1899 Sir I have the honor by direction to inform you that the Ballarat Mining Board has resolved to pay an official visit to the School of Mines on Monday next at 2nd [pro??] at 11.30 a.m. and to request that you will be pleased to receive the members at the date and hour named. I have the honor to be Sir Your most obedient Servant J.M. Bickett Clerk to the Board. The President School of Mines BallaratHandwritten letter on lined foolscap paper. James Bickett, Clerk of the Ballarat Mining Board, requests to visit the Ballarat School of Mines.1) Written and circled in red ink "248" .2) Written and circled in red ink "319" "Mining Board Office Ballarat 31st May 1898 Dear Sir, I am directed to convey to you and to Mr Martell the best thanks of the Board for the very great kindness shown on the occasion of the officials visit of its members to the School of Mines on the 2nd instant and to assure you how highly gratified they were to observe the facilities provided for the students to acquire scientific and practical knowledge under the admirable administration of the School. I am dear sir yours very obediently J.M. Bickett Clear to the Board A. Anderson Esqre President School of Mines Ballaaratballarat school of mines, ballarat mining board, james bickett, jm bickett, bickett, anderson, andrew anderson

(Seven paged) Notice Paper for Special Meeting (Bendigo City Council) 21/7/1971 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the proclamation of the City of Sandhurst. Three copies (7702.a - 7702.c) Includes 'Council Summons'; list of Members of Council; Agenda for Special Meeting; photographic copy of extract from the Victoria Government Gazette (21/7/1871); reproduction photos of Town Hall, 1871, Cr J Boyd first Mayor and Cr. N Oliver , current Mayor; list of Chairmen of the Municipality (1855-1863), Mayors of the Borough (1863-1870-, Mayors of the City of Sandhurst (1871-1891), Mayors of the City of Bendigo (1891- 1971), List of Town Clerks (1856- 1971); (formal) Notice of Motion.Combridge Pressbendigo, council, council meeting, list of council members, mayor cr. j. boyd, cr. norman joseph. oliver, lyttleton terrace, mayor's of city of sandhurst. mayor's of city of bendigo.

Members of the Medhurst family, descendants of David Medhurst who moved to Greensborough around 1898 and ran a store in Grimshaw Street. He also wrote for the local paper.Digital copy of colour photograph.medhurst family

Members of the Medhurst family, descendants of David Medhurst who moved to Greensborough around 1898 and ran a store in Grimshaw Street. He also wrote for the local paper.Digital copy of colour photograph.medhurst family

Members of the Medhurst family, descendants of David Medhurst who moved to Greensborough around 1898 and ran a store in Grimshaw Street. He also wrote for the local paper.Digital copy of colour photograph.medhurst family

Members of the Medhurst family, descendants of David Medhurst who moved to Greensborough around 1898 and ran a store in Grimshaw Street. He also wrote for the local paper.Digital copy of colour photograph.medhurst family

Photograph of Martha Ruston Medhurst (1860-1943) wife of David Medhurst (1855-1939) who moved to Greensborough around 1898 and ran a store in Grimshaw Street. Digital copy of black and white studio photograph.martha medhurst

Card printed for the centenary celebration of Ringwood Primary School 1889-1989. Original site in 1898 Ringwood Street. The school moved to Greenwood Avenue site in 1921.Four buff coloured cards and envelopes with etching in red ink of 1921 Ringwood School no. 2997.Graphic by Nerrelle Williamson

Councilor J.Mitchell J.P. was elected to council in 1871-75 and again in 1898-1915. He served two terms as Shire President, in 1903-04 and1909-10.Original Historic Photo.Sepia photo, rectangular in shape,set in pinkish/tan mount,of Councilor J.Mitchell,J.P.It is in the top right hand corner of collection of photos of all councilors for 1911-12. Presented to the Ballarat Shire Council,J.Dickie Esq.J.P.1911-12.ballarat shire council, 1871 1875, 1898 1915, mitchell j j p

This snuff horn belonged to the Rev. Thomas Hastie, pioneering Presbyterian minister at Buninyong from 1847 to 1898. It was presented to the Society by his great grand-daughter in 2010.This item is historically significant for its connection with an important figure in the history of Buninyong, who was also a notable figure in the Free Presbyterian Church in Victoria in the 19th Century.A brown snuff horn, made of ivory, with a silver band and inlaid silver decoration on the lid. The lid opens to reveal a cavity, where snuff was stored.Lid has a silver disc with the inscription 'T H'.buninyong, hastie, snuff, free presbyterian church, presbyterian church, victoria