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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - VICTORIA QUARTZ - NOTES ON THE VICTORIA QUARTZ 1910
Handwritten notes on the Victoria Reef Quartz Half Yearly Meeting, Cost of Shaft Sinking and striking water at the Victoria Quartz Mine. Includes detailed expenditure of wages, Firewood, explosives, etc.document, gold, victoria quartz, victoria quartz, notes on the victoria quartz 1910, victoria reef quartz, j h craig, h harkness & co, bendigo advertiser 1/2/1910 - 2/2/1910 - 30/6/1910, mr h mcgowan -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Geological specimen - North Queensland Agates, Unknown
Agate occurs when amygdales (gas pockets) form in the upper levels of basaltic lava flows. If these pockets or bubbles are iniltrated by water bearing silica in solution, the fluid dries and hardens in layers, forming round or egg shaped nodules or geodes within the rocky matrix. Agate is formed of a silica mineral chalcedony similar to quartz. Although relatively common and semi-precious, agate has been prized since at least 1450 BC - an intricately carved agate seal was found in the 2015 excavation of a grave belonging to a Mycenaeum priest or warrior near Pylos in Greece. Agate is also used in jewellery and other decorative or ritual purposes due to its often striking appearance. These specimens originated in North Queensland, which contains noted agate-fossicking regions such as in the area surrounding Forsayth. They were collected in approximately 1852 as an adjunct to the Geological Survey of Victoria. It was donated to the Museum in 1868. Victoria and other regions of Australia were surveyed for sites of potential mineral wealth throughout the 19th Century. The identification of sites containing valuable commodities such as gold, iron ore and gemstones in a locality had the potential to shape the development and history of communities and industries in the area. The discovery of gold in Victoria, for instance, had a significant influence on the development of the area now known as 'the goldfields', including Beechworth; the city of Melbourne and Victoria as a whole. The specimens are significant as examples of surveying activity undertaken to assess and direct the development of the mineral resource industries in Victoria and Australia, as well as the movement to expand human knowledge of earth sciences such as mineralogy and geology in the nineteenth century. Two solid egg-sized pieces of peach/orange toned agate (a common semi-precious chalcedony, similar to quartz) with a striped pattern, embedded in a light and dark brown matrix. geological specimen, geology, geology collection, burke museum, beechworth, agate, north queensland agate, 1852 geological survey of victoria, l. hufer - donor, mineralogy, agate specimen, indigo shire -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - KOCK'S PIONEER QUARTZ CRUSHING PLANT
Black and white photograph. View of large mining plant and associated chimneys. Open (waste) area in foreground. Low hill in background. Inscriptions: on front 'Kock's Pioneer Quartz Crushing Plant, Long Gully', Perserverance United Windmill Hill in background'. On back - 'A Richardson, 29 Harrison St, Bendigo'.mining, crushing & milling, kock's pioneer quartz crushing plant, bendigo, mines and mining, mines, mine, mining, crushing plant, landscape, mining landscape, quartz, perserverance united windmill -
Clunes Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH QUARTZ MINING COMPANY
BLACK AND WHITE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPH. BATTERY AT CLUNES QUARTZ MINING COMPANY.local history, photographs, mining, clunes quartz mining companny, battery clunes quartz mining -
University of Melbourne, School of Chemistry
Quartz Fibres
Quartz fibres,(in a box),brass jigs,fine Pt and Ta wires. -
University of Melbourne, School of Chemistry
Spectogragh
Hilger Medium Quartz Spectrograph. Bought for use in early Raman Spectroscopy -
Clunes Museum
Document
.1 EXTRACT REPORTS COMPILED BY C.A.C. CRESWELL, MINING REGISTRAR OF CLUNES SUB-DIVISION OF QUARTZ MINES 1883 .2 EXTRACT REPORTS COMPILED BY C.A.C. CRESWELL, MINING REGISTRAR OF CLUNES SUB-DIVISION OF QUARTZ MINES 1884 .3 EXTRACT REPORTS COMPILED BY C.A.C. CRESWELL, MINING REGISTRAR OF CLUNES SUB-DIVISION OF QUARTZ MINES 1886 Handwritten; .1 1883 .2 1884 .3 1886local history, document, mining, quartz mines, cac creswell -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. DIGGERS AND MINERS, c1850s
Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. A diagram; - - - or in quartz reefs extending perhaps thousands of feet under the surface. (a) Quartz (b) Worked portion of reef. Markings: 24 994:LIF I. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - VICTORIA HILL - NOTES ON SIGNS FOR VICTORIA HILL
Three page typed copy of notes for signs on Victoria Hill. Mentions items to be seen at Victoria Hill. Sign posts listed are for: Ballerstedt's First open Cut, Quartz Veins (Spurs), Prospecting Shafts 1929, Engine beds for Lansell's big 180 Mine, 20 Head Crushing Battery Stampers, concrete dam, Victoria Quartz Mine, Foundations of steel poppet legs of the Victoria Quartz Mine, Victoria Quartz Dams, Rae's Open Cut, Site where the quartz was roasted, Anticlinal Arch , coloured rock formations, primitive tunnels, Adit, Engine bed for Great Central Victoria, Prospecting Tunnels, Great Central Victoria (Midway).document, victoria hill, notes on signs for victoria hill, gold mines hotel, ballerstedt's first open cut, quartz veins (spurs), prospecting shafts 1929, engine beds for lansell's big 180 mine, 20 head crushing battery stampers, concrete dam, victoria quartz mine, foundations of steel poppet legs of the victoria quartz mine, victoria quartz dams, rae's open cut, site where the quartz was roasted, anticlinal arch , coloured rock formations, primitive tunnels, adit, engine bed for great central victoria, prospecting tunnels, great central victoria (midway), a richardson -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Large white conglomorate
8310.1 - Quartz-rich conglomerate, irregular in shape, white, browned on weathered surfaces. -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Fraser Park Mining Equipment, 15/03/2000
7079: Fraser Park Sign. 7079a Steam Winding Engine and Bucket. 7079b Showing three items from a distance. 7079c Same as 7079b but from a differnt angle. 7079d Bailing Tank, Cage and Truck. 7079e Same as 7079a but from the other side. 7079f Gig and Rake 7079g Same as 7079f but from a different angle8 Colour Photographs showing equipment used in mining the Quartz Reef minesgold mining -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Map - PLAN SHOWING SURFACE EXTENSIONS OF QUARTZ REEFS
Plan shewing surface extensions of quartz reefs northward from Eaglehawk, Sandhurst. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: MR. GEORGE LANSELL, QUARTZ KING
Slide. Mr. George Lansell. The Quartz King, taken from 'Bendigo and Vicinity' .mine, gold, mr. george lansell., bendigo mines-jack hattam collection. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Accessory - LANSELL COLLECTION: BROOCH: SUSAN BUDDS ( NEE LANSELL )
Brooch: Enclosed in envelope : circular brooch made of different types of marble ? Written on envelope: great, great, great grandmother. Susan Budds ( nee Lansell ) believed to be quartz stones as George ( Susan's brother ) was the quartz king.personal effects, fortuna, family history, fortuna, lansell, bendigo -
Clunes Museum
Photograph
PORT PHILLIP GOLD MINE CLUNES. GOLD WAS DISCOVERED IN 1851 - CLAIMED TO BE FIRST DISCOVERY IN VICTORIA.COPY OF PHOTOGRAPH OF OLD PORT PHILLIP GOLD MINE TAKEN FROM MR. BLANDS PROPERTY - OAK AND ELM TREES IN THE FOREGROUND.OLD PORT PHILLIP GOLD MINE WHERE GOLD FIRST DISCOVERED IN QUARTZ IN AUSTRALIAlocal history, document, postcard, mining -
Federation University Historical Collection
Plan, Ballarat East Longitudinal Section, not dated
Printed plan of Ballarat East showing pitch of quartz veins and crosscourses Sheet No 2plan, ballarat east, longitudinal section, mining -
Old Colonists' Association of Ballarat Inc.
Book - Register, Names of Ships by Which Old Colonists Arrived, c1890
Hand written book which starts with minutes from the Kitty's Quartz Mining Company.old colonists association ballarat, ships, immigration, kittys quartz mining company, h. feild, g. whykes, d.g. dalzell, b. betts, john laurie, david gilchrist dalzell -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Slide, Ian McCann, Monuments
Monument Marking where the First Quartz Gold was found in stawell similar to 6939-1monuments, quartz gold -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - VICTORIA QUARTZ - NOTES ON THE VICTORIA QUARTZ & RAE'S OPEN CUT
Handwritten page and carbon copy of notes on the Victoria Quartz Mine and Rae's Open Cut.document, gold, victoria quartz, victoria quartz, notes on the victoria quartz & rae's open cut, victoria reef company, wm rae, eastern victoria reef -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, John Ferres, Government Printer, Victorian Government Prize Essays 1860, 1861
Royal Society of Victoria Government prize essays Brown soft covered book with the following contents: Preface Collection and Storage of Water in Victoria by Frederick Acheson (gold washing, irrigation, motive-power, general water supply, artesian wells) Agriculture of Victoria by William Story (geological and chemical character of s oils, rotation of crops, sources and application of manures.) Origin and Distribution of Gold in Quartz Veins by Henry Rosales Development of Resources in the Colonyroyal sociey of victoria, gervernment prize essays, soils, water, agriculture, gold, quartz, henry rosales, frederick acheson, william story, charles mayes, quartz mining -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: VICTORIA QUARTZ
Copy of a black and white photo of the Victoria Quartz Mine showing the poppet head, chimney and two buildings. Printed underneath is: Victoria Quartz. The head frame here is the third erected. It was needed to cope with increased haulage as the shaft went deeper.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - victoria quartz -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Geological specimen - Slice Dendrites on Sandstone, Unknown
Dendrites are deposits of black minerals, typically manganese oxides that precipitated from water seeping through fractures in fine-grain rocks like a sandstone or limestone. Dendrites are much less regular than plant fossils and lacks vein structures. The manganese cryztallizes through the process called 'supercooling'. Some samples of dendrites occur in volcanic rocks in the Lilydale district, east of Melbourne. Sandstones are made of tiny sand grains that may have been deposited in the sea and later formed together. Most sandstones are made of quartz which are chemically-resistant minerals. This particular specimen was donated by Alfred Selwyn in 1868 as part of the Geological Survey of Victoria. It is connected to the original 1875 catalogue on Geological Specimen with number 189 'Quartz Crystals_Quartz Crystals (two are polished)'Dendrites on sandstones This specimen is an important contribution to the geological history of Victoria, as well as its links to the 1868 Geological Survey of Victoria. This specimen is part of larger collection of significant geological specimens in the Burke Museum that was collected from around the world between 1868-1880. A large percentage of these specimens were collection as part of the Geological Survey of Victoria 1852-1974. The Geological Survey of Victoria was an organisation founded in response to the Victorian gold rush to explore the geological and mineral resources and to record a detailed map of the state. It was headed by British geologist, Alfred Richard Cecil Selwyn (1824-1902), who was responsible for issuing over 60 geological maps during his 17 years as director. These maps were all hand-drawn and coloured and became the benchmark for accuracy for geological mapping. Collecting geological specimens was an important part of mapping and understanding the scientific makeup of the earth. Many of these specimens were sent to research and collecting organisations across Australia, including the Burke Museum, to educate and encourage further study. A hand-sized slice of light brown sandstone with dendrites formed from crystallized manganese oxide.Existing label: Not sure what / 'Slica dondrites' / means. / Sample is sandstone and original label / identifies it as from / the Grampians near Stawell. / C. Willman / 15/4/21 Other label: [illegible] / stone [ illegible] / from Grampians Stawell / 1894 /geological specimen, geology, geology collection, burke museum, beechworth, dendrites, sandstones, quartz, lilydale district, geological survey of victoria, grampians, victoria rocks, minerals, rocks, manganese oxides, alfred selwyn -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Knife, Stone, 1800 - 1900 (Estimated)
"Cleverly worked to produce sharp & jagged edges" From the old display label.Stone Knife, roundish in shape, irregular edges. Creamy white coloured stone, possibly quartz.local aboriginal history, aboriginal artifact, stone tool, stone knife, phillip island -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Knife, stone, 1800 - 1900 (Estimated)
"Cleverly worked to produce sharp & jagged edges" From the old display label.Stone Knife, elongated in shape, irregular edges. Light beige coloured stone, possibly quartz.local aboriginal history, aboriginal artifact, stone tool, stone knife, phillip island -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Knife, stone, 1800 - 1900 (Estimated)
"Cleverly worked to produce sharp & jagged edges". From the old display label.Stone knife, elongated in shape, irregular edges. Light beige coloured stone, possibly quartz.local aboriginal history, aboriginal artifact, stone tool, stone knife, phillip island -
Federation University Historical Collection
Map - Geological survey, Parish of Cardigan, County of Grenville, c1889
Geological map of the Parish of Cardigan on a cadastral base showing quartz reefs, shafts, alluvial deposits.cardigan, winter's creek, ballarat cattle yards railway, prince of wales park, ballarat, friendly societies reserve, ballarat industrial school reserve, green hill, bunker's hill, sago hill, diamond drill bores, cardigan propriety, half way house, ti tree creek, albion consols, prince imperial, winter's freehold company -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Notice, postponement of sale, Lady Hopetoun Quartz Mining Co, 1890s
Found at 246 Stokes Street during renovationLady Hopetoun Quartz Mining Co. Notice of Postponement of Sale, 1890s. Unused and partially destroyed.industry - mining, lady hopetoun quartz mining company -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Equipment - Camera
The camera was owned by the donor and her father. They were bushwalkers and took many photos on their walks.Minolta Camera AF-DL Quartz date. Automatic date camera. Made in Japan. No. 1523631.photography, cameras -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Image
Copied photograph of Garibaldi Quartz Mine. Original believed to have been taken about 1894.On back of photo: "1894"mining, gold mining, garibaldi mine -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Quartz rock
2 rocks similar to those crushed for gold extraction. To be displayed with bucket 115.11 of 2 quartz rocks with painted gold lines to simulate seams - Kept in bucket 115.1