BHS CollectionSeven page document with diagrams of the remnant footings of the North Deborah Gold Mine, the South Deborah Gold Mine, Deborah Extended, Deborah Consolidated, Deborah United Deborah Associated. Measurements of footings recorded but sites are not to scale. Researched and drawn by Philip Wilkin and Kay MacGregor, 2014.bendigo, mining, central deborah gold mine

BHS Collection4 page document. Record of sub-committee appointed to investigate status of Central Deborah Mine and possibility of opening the mine to the public by Easter 1971. Present at meeting: J. Watts, A. Richardson, H. Biggs, C. Schumack, J. Bright, Cr. A. Roy and J. Cohn.bendigo, mining, central deborah gold mine

BHS CollectionEight foolscap handwritten pages of Central Deborah Gold Mine history. Written by Albert Richardson, the history also includes information on the Londonderry West shaft (1881).bendigo, mining, central deborah gold mine, central deborah gold mine

BHS CollectionSoftcover book with photograph on front cover of the Bendigo Citizens Band and photograph on back cover of the 50th anniversary Red Cross Meeting held in Bendigo c1900. Contains 83 pages which record 15 oral histories of residents of the Anne Caudle Centre Bendigo in 1992. Also contains black and white photographs of people relative to the oral histories.Julie Marshallhistory, oral history, kevin weeks. ted drayton, doris ross, mary fittis, ella o'halloran, reg collis, bill chapple, john newman, john wilson, margaret landers, alf swift, arthur pearce, sulvia harvey, edith ryan, sylvia lovell

BHS CollectionSoftcover book with purple cover and a detail from a sepia photograph of miners in Forest Creek in 1858. The book is a guide to the Mount Alexander goldfields with historical notes, sites to visit, suggested tours, drives and walks. The areas covered include Chewton, Castlemaine, Campbells Creek, Vaughan, Fryerstown Newstead and Maldon. Indigenous stories are also included.Mount Alexander Diggins Committeegoldfields, gold mining, mount alexander, castlemaine, campbells creek, maldon, indigenous stories

BHS CollectionSoftcover book with coloured photograph of a large domestic fireplace with various cooking implements. Contains 32 pages of black and white photographs and diagrams of items used in the home from the Middle Ages to the Victorian Era.Jacqueline Fearndomestic equipment, cooking utensils, cooking methods, home appliances, laundry, lighting, eating utensils

BHS CollectionHard cover book containing a directory of street, alphabetical trade and professional people of Melbourne and suburbs. Also contains Government, ecclesiastical, legal official, municipal and miscellaneous information. Also contains a country section with street, trade and professional directories and the names of leading professional men, persons in trade and storekeepers in the principal towns in the State of Victoria.Sands and McDougallbook, directory, melbourne, victoria

BHS CollectionHard cover book with a woven green coloured cover, with black printing on front and spine. Contains 1071 pages of information concerning Federal, State and Local Government and their departments and Water Supply Authorities for 1955. Includes a section on City of Bendigo and surrounding local shires.Published by Arnall and Jacksongovernment

BHS CollectionSoftcover book cream cover with red line drawing of a tram and a boy on front. Contains 72 pages covering the history of tram travel in Eaglehawk between 1890 and 1972. Also contains black and white photographs. Published by Eaglehawk Heritage Society.Noelene Wildtramways, history, bendigotramway, trams, eaglehawk, bendigo

BHS CollectionSoftcover book with beige coloured cover and photograph of stained glass window on front and sketch of St Andrew's on the back. Contains a history and description of the stained glass windows in the church. Contains 24 pages with coloured photographs of the stained glass windows throughout the church.St Andrew's Uniting Church Bendigochurch, history, st. andrew's bendigo, st andrew's uniting church, stained glass windows, churches

BHS CollectionHardcover book with cream coloured dustjacket and clear plastic cover. On the front of the dustjacket are the words The Goldfields Commission Report Introduced and edited by Hugh Anderson printed in brown lettering. Contains 122 pages with an introduction and the report itself.Edited by Hugh Andersongoldfields

BHS CollectionDark/black glass bottle. No label or inscription on the bottle. The bottle is empty and has no cork.

BHS CollectionBendigo Historical Society Minutes and Correpondence 2021. Stored in black A4 lever arch folder.

BHS CollectionWhite hard plastic cups (2) With the red Cohns emblem ''Quick to Quench since 1857''bendigo, business, cohn bros

BHS CollectionWater colour painting of Great Extended Hustlers mine by C G Robertson 1901 showing mine, poppet head, chimney stack and Boundary Hotel in foreground. Donated by Ian & Katinka Napier 53 Heron Place Tunderup WA 6208 previously owned by Katinkas Grandparents Charles & Grace Strue. Deframed 2022.C G Robertsonartwork, oil painting, gold mines, bendigo-history-gold mines

BHS CollectionMen's black leather shoes with pointed toes. Six eyelets. Black laces. 4 cm heel. Punched hole pattern on either side of tongue. Stitch pattern from tongue to tip of toe. Label on inner lining of sole 'Fractional fittings Thomas Dixon Sanitized.' Metal heel caps on both heels. Owned by Phillip Ellison

BHS CollectionMap of the Bendigo and Kangaroo Flat Goldfields with key to diggings, structures, locations of nuggets previously found and topographical features. Enclosed in a coloured cardboard cover with photograph of gold detector.Douglas M Stone, Outdoor Pressmap, bendigo, goldfields

BHS CollectionNewspaper clipping titled 'Treasure ..... It's A Puzzle' dated 18 December, 1959. Article discusses the search for buried treasure on the Axedale property of the Harris family, following the death of George Harris in August 1959. George willed the proceeds from the sale of the 200 acre property to the Bendigo Benevolent Home. The home 'will not accept money for the sale of the brothers; 200 acres property because it could jeopardise the home's chances of sharing the treasure'

BHS CollectionBendigo Labor - The Maintanance of Traditions in a Regional City by Colin Cleary. From the 1890s the labor Party has found a receptive audience in the City of Bendigo, in this history Colin Cleary tells the proud story of the Labor Party in Bendigo. Signed by the author on front page.

BHS CollectionCornwall and its people. By A. K. Hamilton Jenkins

BHS CollectionWatercolour by John Hall, in gold timber frame, cream mount board. Painting shows the New Chum Mine site. In foreground, open shaft with timber supports, in background mining chimneys and poppet head.John Hall, Eaglehawkbendigo, mining, new chum mine

BHS CollectionDark green glass bottle half full. Small part of label left but unreadable. Cork in. Keep upright.

BHS CollectionSoftcover book outlining the history of the military companies and battalions in Bendigo from 1858 - 1988. Gold coloured cover with black and white photograph of military parade in 1958 along Williamson St on front and a black and white photograph of the author, his father and brother in 1945 in military uniforms. Contains 194 pages with photographs, diagrams, sketches and tables. Lists of medal recipients and Honour Rolls.William E Thomason

BHS CollectionBMTA Music Lover Club Scholarship 2005 sample documents Green Hard plastic cover Plastic Sleeves White paper A4 Handful A5 programmes for scholarship event Typed and hand written Nelle Thompson String Award History from minutes 2003-3006 Stuart Anderson Scholarship History from minutes 2001-2006 Various correnspondance and flyers regarding 2005 scholarship event Registration sample for 2003 Scholarship

BHS CollectionSoftcover booklet produced for the 1997 Worner Research Lecture 9 October 1997. Cover contains black and white photograph of a poppet head, with gold coloured inserts bearing the title, authors and date. 29 pages with the contents of the lecture together with illustrations and photographs. Lecture covered the history and geology and the refractory gold ores.Published by Lat Trobe University Authors Howard K Worner and R F Johnston.bendigo, gold mining

BHS CollectionWesleyan City Mission Sandhurst Minute Book 1883-1891 Brown cover with marbled pattern. Handwritten minutes.church, history, uniting church forest street