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Document - VICTORIA HILL - VICTORIA HILL HISTORY
Hand written notes on the history of Victoria Hill area. Some of the mines from South to North: North Old Chum, Lansell's 'Big 180', Ballerstedt's Open - Cut, 20 Head Battery Stampers, The Victoria Quartz, Rae's Open - Cut, which has some colourful geographical features, Central Victoria (also known as the 'Midway'), Wittshiebe's 'Jeweller's Shop', Boldt's 5 Head Crushing Battery (site only), Advance Shaft, Hercules & Energetic.mine, gold, victoria hill, victoria hill, victoria hill history, north old chum, john wybrandt, lansell's 'bit 180', t ballerstedt, wittschiebe, fortuna villa, geo lansell, a h q survey regiment, ballerstedt's open cut, victoria quartz (victoria reef quartz), rae's open cut, wm rae, gt central victoria (midway), adventure, wittshiebe's 'jeweller's shop', boldt's 5 head crushing battery, advance, cinderella, hercules & energetic, john brown knitwear factory, a richardson -
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Document - VICTORIA HILL - KEY TO SIGN POSTS ON AREA MAP
Three page hand written carbon copy of Sign numbers at Victoria Hill. No 1 North Old Chum Shaft, No 2 Ballerstedt's First Open - Cut. Special Sign Post, No 2 C Rock Formations Pitching North, No 2 B Rich shallow shafts, No 2 A Quartz veins, No 4 A Concrete Dams, No 3 Engine Beds - Lansell's 'Big 180' Mine, No 3 B Lansell's 'Big 180' Shaft, No 4 Twenty Stampers Crushing Battery, No 3 C Foundations - 'Cleopatra Needle' type Chimney for Lansell's 'big 180' Mine, No 5 Victoria Quartz Mine, No 5 A Fou;ndations Victoria Quartz Poppet Legs, No 5 C Foundations Victoria Quartz Winding Plant, No 5 B Victoria Quartz Dams, No 6 Rae's Open - Cut, No 9 Quartz Once Roasted Here, No 12 Anticlinal Arch, No 15 primitive Tunnels, No 14 Beautifully Coloured Rock Formations, No 16 Adit, Graded Bedding, Oblique Fault, Spurry Quartz Veins, No 17 Prospecting Tunnels, No 18 Floyd's Small Crushing Battery, No 19 Gt Central Victoria (Midway) Shaft, No 20 Great Central Victoria (Midway) Engine Bed, No 21 ballerstedt's Small 24 Yard Claim, No 22 Humboldt Shaft, No 23 Wittscheibe's 'Jeweller's Shop', No 24 The 'Adventure' ground, Large Open - Cut, No 26 Luffsman and Sterry's Ground, NO 27 A Round Shaft,mine, gold, victoria hill, victoria hill, victoria hill key to sign posts on area map, north old chum shaft, ballerstedt's first open cut, lansell's big 180 shaft, 'cleopatra needle' type chimney, victoria quartz mine, rae's open cut, prospecting tunnels, floyd's small crushing battery, gt central victoria (midway) shaft, ballerstedt's small 245 yard claim, humboldt shaft, wittscheibe's 'jeweller's shop', adventure, luffsman and sterry's ground, david sterry, sterry's 'gold mines' hotel, round shaft -
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Document - VICTORIA HILL - THE RICH VICTORIA HILL AND IT'S HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
Two copies of document : ineteen handwritten pages of notes on 'The Rich Victoria Hill and Its Historical Association' Signed by A Richardson and dated 30 - 8 - 1971. and a typed copy of same. Notes include: Introduction, Hotels, Mines, Mining History and descriptions of features where the signposts are. Mines mentioned in the text are: North Old Chum. Ballerstedt's first open cut, Lansell's Big 180. 20 head stamper, Lansell's Cleopatra Needle, Victoria Quartz Mine. Cleopatra's Needle was a square sectioned brick chimney with this four sided pyramidal chimney top with four vents to allow the smoke to escape whatever the direction of the wind. It was demolished in the 1950's as it had a bend in it and it was considered unsafe. Lansell had two other mines with similar chimneys, the '222' in Chum Street and his 'Sandhurst' or 'Needle' mine near the Bendigo, Eaglehawk boundary.lmine, gold, victoria hill, victoria hill, the rich victoria hill and it's historical association, j. n. macartney, quartz miner's arms hotel, ironbark methodist church, greek orthodox church, john brown knitwear factory, little 180 mine, geo lansell, conrad heinz, british & american hotel, victoria reef gold mining coy, manchester arms hotel, housing commission homes, ironbark (victoria reef gold mines, hercules and energetic, midway, wittscheibe, gt central victoria, wm rae, mr & mrs conroy, wm rae jr, central nell gwynne, moorhead's shop, gill family, gold mines hotel, david chaplin sterry, pioneer, new chum and victoria, burrowes and sterry, new chum and victoria tribute, rotary club of bendigo south, big 180, victoria quartz mines, jeweller's shop, bendigo and district tourist association, north old chum mine, john wybrandt, ballerstedt's first open-cut, j c t christopher ballerstedt, ballerstedt's mine, bendigo cemetry, lansell's 'cleopatra nedle' type chimney, 222 mine, sandhurst or 'needle' mine, victoria quartz mine, victoria reef quartz company, mr e j dunn, eureka ext'd, new chum railway, pearl, bendigo advertiser 16 june 1910, victoria consols, shamrock, shenandoah, victoria quartz dams, rae's open cut, prospecting tunnels, floyd's small 5 head crushing battery, gt central victoria (midway) shaft, midway no 2, midway north, ballerstedt's small 24 yard claim, the humboldt, the tribute coy, advance, luffsman and sterry's claim, a round shaft, chinese joss house, lansell's fortuna, p m g repeater station, a richardson -
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Document - VICTORIA HILL - CLASSIFICATION REQUEST
Handwritten, 3 page carbon copy of a classification request for victoria Hill. Notes give locality, housing program in the area, immediate surrounds of the area, prominent citizens, buildings, mines, geographical formations and gold production.mining, parish map, victoria hill, classification request for victoria hill, gold mines hotel, john brown knitwear factory, lansell's fortuna villa, army survey corp, housing commission, hercules, energetic, ironbark, manchester arms hotel, bendigo goldfield, old miners homes, george lansell, sir george lansell, bendigo advertiser, theodore ballerstedt junior, mr c t c johann ballerstedt, mr wm rae, david sterry, adventure, wittscheibe's 'jewellers shop', luffsman & sterry's rich claim, ballerstedt open cut and mine, lansells 180, victoria quartz, rotary club of bendigo south, bendigo cemetry -
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Document - RAE'S CRUSHING BATTERY - THE RICH VICTORIA HILL
Eleven pages including four pages of photocopied photos, They are:- Wm Rae's Crushing Works, The Victoria Quartz Mine, Looking North from Old Chum Hill to the Victoria Hill early 1870's, Victoria Hill from Rae's Open Cut. Notes begin at page 4, there are two page 6 and no page 7, otherwise same notes as 3573.1. Small note with 'Notes on Victoria Hill - incomplete.document, gold, rae's crushing battery, rae's crushing battery, wm rae's crushing works, victoria quartz mine, view from old chum hill to the victoria hill, victoria hill from rae's open cut, ballerstedt, lansell's bit 180, dickers mining record 23/11/1861, j n macartney bendigo goldfields registry 1871, new chum syncline, cleopatra needle type chimney, victoria quartz coy, annals of bendigo, australian mining standard special edition 1/6/1899, bendigo advertiser, bendigo & vicinity 1895, h harkness & sons, new chum drainage scheme, eureka extd, new chum railway, pearl, inrush of water at victoria quartz mine, floyd's small 5 head crushing battery, great central victoria (midway), midway, midway no 2, midway north, ballerstedt's small 24 yard claim, the humboldt, wittscheibe, the adventure, bendigo mines ltd, luffsman & sterry's claim, round shaft, chinese joss house, fortuna -
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Document - RAE'S CRUSHING BATTERY - THE RICH VICTORIA HILL & ITS HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS
The first five pages are photocopies of photos:- 2 of Rae's Crushing Works; Victoria Quartz on Victoria Hill, Ironbark; Looking North from Old Chum Hill to the Victoria Hill; Victoria Hill - from Rae's Open Cut. Introduction covers location of buildings and mines. Mentioned are:- North Old Chum Mine, Ballerstedt's First Open-cut, Quartz Veins (Spurs), rock formations pitching North, Prospecting shafts 1929, Concrete dam, Engine beds of Lansells Big 180 Mine, Lansells Big 180 Shaft, twenty stampers crushing battery, Lansell's Cleopatra Needle type chimney, Victoria Quartz Mine, Victoria Quartz dams, Rae's Open-cut, Quartz once roasted here to an intense heat, Anticlinal Arch New Chum Line, small primitive tunnels, Prospecting tunnels, Floyd's small 5 head crushing battery, Great Central Victoria (Midway) Shaft, Great Central Victoria engine-bed, Ballerstedt's small 24 yard claim, The Humboldt, Adventure ground, The Advance, Luffsman & Sterry's Claim, A round shaft. Small piece of paper with 'Notes on Victoria Hill complete.document, gold, rae's crushing battery, rae's crushing battery, rae's crushing works, victoria quartz mine, from old chum hill, victoria hill from rae's open cut, ironbark, hercules & energetic, midway, wittscheibe, great central victoria, mr & mrs conroy, central nell gwynne, gold mines hotel, john brown knitwear factory, new chum & victoria, rotary club of bendigo south, north old chum, ballerstedt's first open-cut, lansell's big 180 shaft, cleopatra needle type chimney, a roberts & sons, mr e j dunn, h harkness & sons, eureka extd, new chum railway, pearl, inrush of water at victoria quartz, floyd's small 5 head crushing battery, great central victoria (midway), ballertedt's small 24 yard claim, humboldt, humboldt, great central victoria, victoria hill, bendigo & vicinity 1895 p51, j n macartney 1st edition 1871, bendigo goldfield registry 1871, plan of new chum line, mr rae anderson, annals of bendigo obituary 1904, bendigo advertiser, b m l records mines dept, patterson's goldfields of victoria, dickers mining record 23/11/1861, australian mining standard special edition 1/6/1899 p40, bendigo mines ltd, chinese joss house, fortuna, the victoria goldfield 1851 to 1954, the victoria hill 1854 to 1949 -
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Photograph - ST PAUL'S CHURCH SANDHURST / ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP'S PALACE
Black and White Photos taken from the 'Album of Sandhurst Views' Published by Messrs Schutz & Co, Melbourne, Pictured are the St Paul's Church Sandhurst & Roman Catholic Bishop's Palace. St Pauls photo has street scene showing a horse drawn cabs, one to the left, and one to the right. The Bishop's Palace has open ground in the foreground and a highpicket fence in front of the building.organization, church, bendigo churches, bendigo churches, sandhurst churches, churches -
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Photograph - S.E.C. VICTORIA, 1941
Black and White Photo of Official Plaque, Opening of the new S.E.C. Victoria Administration Buildings March 14 1941, Plaque reads 'This Building was offically opened by the Hon. F.E. Old. MLA. Minister in Charge of Electrical Undertakings 14 March 1941'. Flag wrapped around a bar at the top of the display, and fan. Another flag at the front bottom of the display. Rear of photo Sec. opening 14 March 1941 written in biro and number 30 written in pencil.organization, public utility, electricity company, s.e.c. victoria, sec victoria, sec victoria offical opening, sec victoria offical plaque -
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Book - END OF AN ERA, 2007
End of an Era, Anecdotal Stories of Flora Hill Primary School No. 4667 1952-2007. Edited By G. W. Pryor. ISBN: 978-0-975187-3-5 Inscription: For Bendigo Historical Social, Geoff W Pryor 18/11/2007. Photographs: color & black and white. Photos of paintings, copy of cover of 'the School Paper, grades V and VI, No 514 Melbourne Sept 1, 1952.Geoff W Pryorschool, history, flora hill primary school, flora hill primary school, opened 1952 closed 2007, 150th anniversary of victoria time capsule, bi-centenary tree 1988 -
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Document - LANSELL COLLECTION: FORTUNA VILLA INFORMATION HANDOUT
document: Description of Fortuna Villa prepared for open day. Historic information based on 'Lansell's Fortuna' tour guide booklet ( no date ) printed on bottom of document.place, fortuna, history, fortuna, bendigo, lansell's, lansell, heritage -
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Document - BUSH COLLECTION: PROGRAMME, OFFICIAL RECEPTION - BENDIGO, 1935
Programme, 'Official Reception and At Home' - Bendigo,Oct 17th 1935. Tendered to Lady Huntingfield by the Mayoress (Mrs H A Michelsen) on the occasion of the visit of His Excellency the Governor and Lady Huntingfield, Town Hall. Issued to Miss M Bush??. Card opens to give programme of entertainment and entertainers.person, individual, bush collection - personal, bendigo, bush collection, collection, programme, program, reception, organisation, organization, civic momentoes, event -
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Photograph - PALL MALL EARLY 1900'S, 1900
Four Black and white photos in 2 different sizes, streetscape with horse and buggies - D Whyte & Co Grocers written on side, One car with open top and male driver, also included is a photocopied sheet with information on D Whyte and Co.photograph, streetscape, d whyte, d whyte and co, d whyte & co, pall mall, horse and buggies, horse & buggies, abbot, white, sutton -
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Slide - ST.PATS PROCESSION MELBOURNE 1961, 1961
Slide, ST.PATS PROCESSION MELBOURNE 1961, Church leader in open vehiclein procession.slide, st.pats procession melbourne 1961, st.pats procession melbourne 1961 -
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Photograph - Historical Society Field Trip to Coliban Water Assets, Dec 2009
The original Coliban Water Works were designed in 1863 by the Irish engineer Joseph Brady. The system included 70 kilometres of open water channels, aqueducts, syphons and tunnels to carry water (by gravity) from the Coliban River at Malmsbury, north to Castlemaine and Bendigo.One hundred and nineteen photos taken on a field trip by the Bendigo Historical Society to Coliban Water Supply assets.history, bendigo, coliban water, joseph brady, irrigation -
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Photograph - RAILWAY TOURS, 1985
DVD. Railways Tours (a) Tour of Bendigo railway Rounghouse 18.8.2012, 104 images. (b) Open Day at Bendigo Railway Workshop 1985, 7 images. -
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Document - GOLDEN SQUARE HIGH SCHOOL COLLECTION: DOCUMENT, 1960-2008
Document. Golden Square Secondary College 1960 - 2008.Spirit of the Square. In 2008 Golden Square Secondary College closes its doors forever. Since it opened in 1960, the college has become a dearly loved part of the social fabric of the Golden Square community. More than 10,000 students have passed through its doors and more than 550 teachers and support staff have invested their time and efforts into creating a future for the young people who walked its corridors. -
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Plan - MARKS COLLECTION: PLAN FOR NEW ENTRANCE VESTIBULE TO FORTUNA VILLA FOR GEO. LANSELL ESQ
plan for new entrance vestibule to Fortuna Villa for George Lansell Esq. coloured plan detailing new entrance vestibule and open recess across the verandah, and entry steps RHS of page damaged/ torn -
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Plan - MARKS COLLECTION: PLAN FOR TWO STOREY OPEN VERANDAH ADDITION TO FRONT AND SIDE ELEVATIONS TO FOTUNA VILLA FOR GEO. LANSELL ESQ
Plan shows front and side elevations only for the addition of a two storey lacework verandah to Fortuna Villa for George Lansell Esq. Black ink hand drawn plan for verandah elevations Plan badly damaged with water damage, flocking, tears and a hole in the paper plan