The City of Moorabbin Historical Society was formed c 1960 by a group of Moorabbin residents who were concerned that the history of the area should be preserved. A good response to a call for items related to the historical area of Moorabbin Shire brought donations of a wide variety of artefacts which are now preserved by the current members of CMHS at Box Cottage Museum . Helen Stanley, Secretary of CMHS, began producing a Newsletter for members in April 2007 to provide current information and well researched items of historical interestHelen Stanley has produced a bi-monthly Newsletter, 2007 - 2013, for the members of the City of Moorabbin Historical Society that contains well researched interesting historical items, notification of upcoming events, current advice from Royal Australian Historical Society , Museums Australia Victoria and activities of Local Historical Societies. The Newsletter is an important record of the activities of the CMHS5 x A4 paper printed on 1 side Issue 15 of the bi-monthly, City of Moorabbin Historical Society Newsletter produced by Society member and Secretary, Mrs Helen Stanley in February 2010. Notices for the meeting February 28th , subscriptions due, and this is 50th Anniversary of CMHS. Water flooded Joyce Park, the grounds of the Cottage and a little seeped into Grace Lewis Room in December 2009 when a water main at the neighbouring Bowling Club burst, but little damage occurred and the Glen Eira Council will install drainage pipes between Box Cottage and the Bowling Club. In January, 2 brush tailed possums had taken up residence in the Barn and after failed attempts by Helen and Dennis to move them, Glen Eira Council relocated them. A description of the establishment of Cobb & Co Coaches by Freeman Cobb in 1853, for cartage between Melbourne and the Ports but they soon began transporting people and mail to the gold fields around Victoria. 3 photocopied photographs of Cobb & Co Coaches and 1 photo of the 2 Possums CITY of MOORABBIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY / February 2010 NEWSLETTER city of moorabbin historical society, stanley helen, maynard dennis, melbourne, moorabbin, cheltenham, ormond, bentleigh, market gardeners, pioneers, early settlers, moorabbin shire, box cottage museum, lewis grace, cobb freeman, cobb and co coaches, ballarat, goldfields, gold miners, bendigo, castlemaine, governor latrobe, victoria, sydney road, sutherland alexander, chinese gold miners

This gold miner's pick from the Ballarat Goldfields c 1920 was donated by Mr David Hopcraft, a dealer at the Arkuna Market Berwick, Victoria in December 2010. When Gold was discovered in Victoria c1853 most of the labourers and some landowners left the market gardens and farms to try their luck on the goldfields. Local Blacksmiths made picks similar to this one for them. There was a great shortage of labour in Melbourne and at the same time, due to the huge influx of people lured by the Gold, there was an increased demand for food. The market gardeners were getting very good prices for their produce and many increased their wealth considerably and many of these tenant farmers were able to purchase their blocks of land and live a profitable life. There was such a shortage of labour that J.B.Were applied for Irish immigrants to work the farms. This pick is an example of the hand made tools many pioneers took with them when they abandoned their farms and market gardens in the District of Brighton to try their luck at prospecting when gold was discovered in Ballarat and Bendigo c1853. Some were successful , most were not and retuned again to the hard life of farming. A forged steel pick with a wooden handle. The steel pick-head was hand-forged by a blacksmith. This miner's pick was used on the Ballarat gold-fields c1920gold mining, ballarat, bendigo, early settlers, market gardeners, moorabbin, bentleigh, mining equipment, gold rush, immigrants, blacksmiths, forges, tools

Gold was discovered in Victoria c1850 and people came from all over the world to seek their fortune at Ballarat and Bendigo and surrounding gold fields. This large wooden rocking- box or cradle was used by gold prospectors. A handle on the rocker is pushed back and forth, as the miner put gravel into the top part and finer and heavier particles dropped through a screen, helped along by buckets of water. The bottom part of the device had slats, that caught the heavier metals. After many shovel loads of gravel were pushed through the rocker, the miner would then use his gold pan to sort out the heavy minerals to find gold. Most of the pioneer settlers in Moorabbin Shire left the area to try their luck at gold mining and there was a desperate shortage of workers to maintain the market gardens and supply food to the ever increasing population of Melbourne.This gold prospector's 'cradle' is hand made and typical of those used by many hopeful Moorabbin Shire pioneers as they abandoned their market gardens to try their luck at finding gold in the Ballarat and Bendigo minefields c1850This gold miner's rocker is very old, and very well-used. It is a large wooden rocking- box or cradle used by gold prospectors. A handle on the rocker is pushed back and forth, as gravel is put in the top part of the box so that finer and heavier particles drop through a screen.. The bottom part of the device had slats, that caught the heavier metals. i.e gold particles. The water passed through the shute at the base back into the creek or river.moorabbin, brighton, market gardens, pioneers, early settlers, fruit, vegetable, ballarat, bendigo, gold mining, gold prospedtors, gold rush, were j. b., irish immigrants, chinese immigrants, gold panning, gold digger

Black and white photocopy of a photo titled Garden Gully, Photo taken in the 1880's. There are a number of miners cottages in the photo. Knipes Castle is on the skyline. The Victory Mine and the chimney stack of the Victory and Pandora Mine can be seen.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - garden gully, victory mine, victory and pandora mine, knipes castle, view hill

Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2002. Hard yakka: miners in front of the Central Nell Gwyne Mine in Bendigo. The man second from left is Delty Arthur Robins, who was the underground manager of the mine. He brought the first gold to the surface. Date unknown. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Photocopy of a newspaper article titled In the Viewfinder by Jack Perry titled Mining Accidents. Article mentions the number of men killed in the mines in Bendigo. Victorian Minister for Mines Angus McKay introduced a Bill, which forbade the employment of children in the mines, introduced the eight hour day, called for the licensing of engine drivers and instructed mine owners to install safety devices on mine cages. There is a photo of miners coming off their shift. There are two other articles on the page - a piece about a 'Bendigo Pottery' Milk Jug by Ken Arnold.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - mining accidents, jack perry, ken arnold, leighton rawlings, leanne lloyd, cornish association of bendigo, cornish newsletter, angus mckay

Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from Thursday, April 18, 2002. First prize: William Palmer, the captain of Sandhurst number one fire brigade, stands with a horse and dray (other man unknown). They were selling raffles in aid of the Worn Out Miners Art Union. Date unknown. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

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

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. In some localities, diggers formed co-operative parties to mine for gold in a small way. But, in general, the exploration of deeper deposits was outside the capacity of the diggers, who lacked both the capacity of the diggers, who lacked both the capital and the technical knowledge required. So wealthy men formed gold mining companies, which established gold mines to exploit the deeper deposits. Markings: 23 994:LIF I. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. On many fields, even the surface alluvial deposits had been worked out, there was still much gold to be got, but it lay in the deeper strata - - - Markings: 21 994:LIF I. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. . . . In the deep leads, or buried valleys of ancient streams . . . (a) Existing water course (b) Buried river valley (c) Washdirt Markings: 22 994:LIF I. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. The rush might be small or big; it might last for a couple of months, of for years. Eventually, as the yields from near-the-surface deposits declined, diggers would leave the field. Generally a field declined in importance gradually; but, if reports of another rich diggings began to circulate, thousands might leave a field in a few days - as they left Fiery Creek (Beaufort) for Ararat in 1857. Markings: 20 994:LIF I. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. Near Golden Point, Mount Alexander - ten years after the rush began. Photo shows many tents and some timber buildings at least one two story building up on the hill. Markings: 19 994:LIF I. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. News of rich finds spread quickly amongst the diggers, and soon the area would be rushed. Photo (Tulloch) Golden Point, Mt. Alexander, 1851. Shows many men erecting tents on the goldfield at Mt. Alexander. Markings: 18 994:LIF I. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. All of the important diggings of the gold era passed through certain distinct stages. First there was a rich find by prospectors. Photo show prospectors checking their panning. ''Prospectors''. Markings: 17 994:LIF I. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Bendigo Advertiser '' The way we were'' from 2002. home sweet home: an old miners hut near Bendigo. Date unknown. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Bendigo Advertiser '' The way we were'' from 2002. Camping out: miner Ben Densley in Rome Mine, Western Australia. Date unknown. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

12 photocopied pages. Page four has acknowledgements, Page five mentions Pen-Portraist by Raly Wallace and Kevin Vallence, Page 14 mentions some rich areas: White Hills, Red Hill (now Virginia Hill), Eaglehawk, Golden Gully, New Chum Gully, Long Gully, Spring Gully, Derwent Gully, California Gully, Sailors Gully and Peg Leg Gully. There are two sketches on the page: Windless, by W. Ralston, Australasian Sketcher 20/12/1879 (D O'Hoy Collection) and a sketch of some miners in a tent with some mining equipment in front of it. There are two men in front of a fire at the front of the tent. Page 16 has a sketch of an old brick house with iron lace on the veranda and a picket fence at the front. Page 17 mentions the school and some Friendly Societies and Church. Page 22 mentions Quartz Mining. There is a Lithograph of a Quartz outcrop, New Chum Gully 1852 by George Rowe and a View of Surface Workings 1861, a Batchelder Photo. Page 23 mentions Edward Nucella Emmett, a pioneer gold digger who became involved in many important public issues. Page 25 mentions Company Mining and Crushing. It has a sketch of a Primitive Quart Crusher. Page 37 Mentions Richard Pope, a Miner who tramped from job to job in Bendigo and eventually followed the rush to Broken Hill. Page 38 mentions the Eaglehawk Brass Band and Friendly Societies in Eaglehawk. Page 39 is headed Miner's Cottage. It mentions stone miners' cottages. Page 40 has a sketch of a Georgian Style Sandstone Cottage Harvey Town. Page 41 mentions men sweeping the road to get gold, Bull Family grocery shop and a blacksmith. Page 42 is headed St. Augustine's. Page 43 has a sketch of St. Augustine's Church. Page 59 is headed Bendigo Amalgamated Goldfields (B.A.G.) Edward Clarence Dyason was largely behind a new company set up in 1917 to work the Bendigo field in an entirely new way. (B.A.G.) wished to take over all existing mining companies, and place them under a single management structure.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - some historical information, mr l hooley, mr l bennetts, mr w watson, mr w heraud, mr d m davies, mr w perry, mr h harvey, mr a llewellyn, mr e oates, chook temple by mr alan llewellyn, mr f cusack, tracey ipsen, ray wallace, bendigo field naturalists' club, eaglehawk tree lovers' society, bendigo historical society, university of melbourne, kevin vallence, monash university, bendigo technical college, south australian writer's fellowship, windlass, w ralston, australasian sketcher 20.12.1879, d o'hoy, mechanics institute, california gully school, bell topper hill, i.o.r. (rechabites), cobden tent, refuge tent, sutton tent, m.u.i.o.o.f.'s loyal darling, bible christian church, california hill wesleyan methodist church, saint jude's anglican church, quartz mining, e n emmett, jonathan harris, haris' claim, j hustler, george rowe, batchelder, la trobe library, cave, amos, new chum line of reef, edward nucella emmett, bendigo city council, all saints, william westgarth, latham and watson, hustler's line of reef, bell and irons, ballerstedt and son, young and company, nicholas and bassit, ensor, thomas carpenter, quartz crusher, goldfields and mineral districts of victoria, richard pope, daniel webster mine, isaac dyason, old chum mine, north old chum mine, young chum mine, george lansell, lazarus, silicosis of the lungs, eaglehawk brass band, victoria hotel, mr williams, eaglehawk branch of the australian natives association, loyal catherine lodge, mr james, odd fellows in the loyal catherine lodge branch no 4935, richard harvey, thomas harvey, moonta copper mines, harvey town, national trust of australia, eaglehawk tree lovers society, saint mungo's methodist church, clark's beehive battery, world war 1, kee-young, lady barkly hotel, prankhurst, bull family, cousin jack, st augustine's, myers, nicholls, john o'brien, around the boree log, the rev dean hayes, st kilian's, bendigo amalgamated goldfields (b.a.g.), edward clarence dyason, r h s abbott, hercules and energetic, south new moon, new chum goldfields, central red white and blue consolidated, brown john, the life and times of long gully, bendigo press, val white, megan snoop

Photocopy of a newspaper article titled Old battery to charge-up tunnel tourism. There is a photo of a Thompson's Foundry battery which is being re-erected at the site of the North British mine on Parkin's Reef, near Carman's tunnel. The battery was recovered from a deep gully at Bola Creek. Other works include restoration of quartz roasting kilns and cyanide vats. Written at the top of the article is a date 11/1/85.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - old battery to charge-up tunnel tourism, thompson's foundry, parkin's reef reserve, conservation forests and lands department, carman's tunnel, north british mine, carman's tunnel committee, dr doug kemsley, the prospectors' and miners' association of victoria, mr ken garden

Conditions of sale by private contract dated 19th July, 1937 between Mrs. M. Ebbott (seller) and Trustees of the loyal Gold Miner's Pride Lodge M.U.I.O.O.F. (buyers) for land situate No.430 High Street, Bendigo being part of Crown allotments 1 & 2A section 38A described in certificate of title volume 3645 folio 728944. Also all the vendor's right, title and interest in that piece of permissive occupancy land described in permit to occupy No. W.54098, together with all buildings on the above mentioned land.. Price 306 pounds and 5 shillings.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate

Conditions of sale by private contract dated 25th November, 1929 between H.A. Wilkinson (seller) and R. Rigby (buyer) for land situate corner Bray and Brown Streets, Long Gully, being the land described in miners right as residence area No. 31072, together with 5-roomed weatherboard dwelling and all sundry. Price 95 pounds.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate

Diggers & mining. The gold era. IN 1855, the government, realizing that the diggers had a grievance, substituted the miner's right for the licence. Slide shows a copy of a Miner's Right 26 March, 1856, William Lunn. Markings 29 994.031 GOL:5. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Condition of sale by private contract dated 23rd . March, 1929 between H. A. Wilkinson and W. H. Moyle for property located at 52 Nolan Street, Bendigo described in certificate of registration, Miner's right number 30830. Together with 5-roomed weatherboard dwelling for the price of 525 pounds.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate

Copy of certificate of Marriage (reg 23) on January 1902 at Bendigo, by licence and according to the rites of the Bible Christian Church, by Francis Rankin and between Mathew John Rodda, age 24, miner and bachelor (whose parents are listed as Harry Rodda (dec) and Mary Jane Sarah), and Sarah Bawden, age 22 domestic spinster whose parents are listed as William Bawden and Elizabeth Lawry. Witnessed by Henry Casley and May Boyd

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and Miners. The tram-lines which carried firewood to the mines were made of wood. Markings: 39 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and Miners. . . . And McGregor's Mine, Aberfeldy River. Markings: 38 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and Miners. . . . The World's Fair, Happy go Lucky, . . . Depicts 8 miners outside the mine. Markings: 37 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and Miners. . . . The Long Tunnel Extended, . . . Markings: 36 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and Miners. Some other mines in the Walhalla area were the North Long Tunnel, . . . The slide shows the North Long Tunnel in a gully. Markings: 35 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and Miners. This shows a section of quartz reef about 3.500 feet down in the Long Tunnel Mine. Markings: 34 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields