Document. Thomas & Evans Income Tax Return 1911. Income Tas return ledger sheet for Thomas and Evans. Dated 1911. Showing receipts and expenditure costs associated with gold mining. Expenditure for such things as lime, cyanide and zinc, benzine, blacksmith, smelting and assaying.cottage, miners, income tax return 1911, thomas & evans

Document. Gold Sale notes for Nicholas Bolle. Papers pinned together covering the years 1868 - 1887 being statement of gold melted and assayed for Nicholas Bolle from the Eaglehawk branch of the Bank of Victoria. A few of the papers are from the Bank of New South Wales - Eaglehawk Branch, Bank of Australasia, Bank of Australasia Gold Office. The earliest statement dated 3 Jul 1868 is for Messrs Harrison & Bashton. Other early ones are for Derbyshire Reef. The Bank of Victoria cards mention R. H. Andrews, Agent on the back. The Bank of Australasia Gold Office statement contains an ink picture of the building on the back.cottage, miners, gold sale notes for nicholas bolle, bank of victoria - eaglehawk branch, bank of new south wales, bank of australasia, bank of australasia gold office, messrs harrison & bashton, derbyshire reef, r. h. andrews

Document. Handwritten sheet of Bendigo Advertiser report of 26 Aug. 1856 and a photocopy of same. On Saturday last Messrs Bruce & Co. of the Metropolitan Crushing Works crushed two tons of quartz - from the claim of Messrs Faul & Co in Iron Bark, which yielded the large quantity of 180 oz. of gold. This claim is said to be remarkably rich, and to be inferior to few now in work in Bendigo. Vide Bendigo Advertiser Gold Report of August 26th 1856. Reverse side 'Gold Report 180 oz.from 2 tons 1856'.cottage, miners, bendigo advertiser gold report, messrs bruce & co., metropolitan crushing works, messrs faul & co.

Document. 2 copies plus 4 loose sheets. 14 page typed document on the buildings and mines of Victoria Hill in the Gold Era. (10 pages document and 4 pages pictures). Document mentions 'Quartz Miners Arms' Hotel, Conrad Heinz - Bendigo Mayor 1894 and owned a butcher shop in Victoria Hill, British and American Hotel, Manchester Arms Hotel, Victoria Reef Gold Mining Company, Ironbark Mining Company, Hercules and Energetic Mining Company, William Rae, Gold Mines Hotel, David Chaplin Sterry, North Old Chum Mine, Ballerstedt's First Open-cut (J. C. T. Christopher Ballerstedt and Theodore Ballerstedt), Lansell's Big 180 Shaft (George Lansell), Victoria Quartz Mine, Mr E. J. Dunn (Chief Government Geologist). Pictures are- Victoria Hill from Rae's Open Cut, Looking North from Old Chum Hill to the Victoria Hill, Victoria Quartz on Victoria Hill, W. M. Rae's Crushing Works.cottage, miners, the rich victoria hill and its historical associations

Document. A Few Facts (7 copies). Two page typed, timelined document on the Goldfield area of Bendigo 1851 1954 by the Bendigo Branch of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. Mentions Ravenswood sheep run, German Gully, Derwent Gully, Peg Leg Gully, 'The Dascombe' & 'The Victoria' gold nuggets. Watson's Kentish mine in Long Gully, Garden Gully United in Ironbark, The Great Extended Hustlers Tribute on Hustlers Hill, The New Chum United in Golden Square, The Victoria Quartz in Victoria Hill Ironbark, The United Devonshire Mine in Eaglehawk, The Famous Devonshire Valley, Portion of the New Chum Group in Golden Square, The New Moon, The South New Moon, The 'Flying Fox' which conveyed the quartz from the Central Red, White and Blue mine to New Chum Hill, Lansell's'222' Mine, The Mine in the Heart of the City, The Fortuna Hustlers Mine; Snob's Hill, Sailors Gully & Devonshire Gully at Eaglehawk, California Gully, Long Gully, Victoria Hill at Ironbark, New Chum Hill & New Chum Valley at Golden Square, Hustlers Hill & Comet & Redan Hills at North Bendigo.cottage, miners, the bendigo goldfields, a few facts

Document. 3 page typed document titled 'Resources of Bendigo Goldfields'. An address to the citizens of Bendigo Goldfield. Mentions gold figures from the period 1898 - 1908. Document mentions the engine drivers strike and Mr. A. J. Moore, consulting mining engineer who had a paper on the Bendigo Goldfield appear in the Chemical Engineering and Mining Review. Mentions number of companies on the dividend list from 1870 - 1920. Also mentions in March 1891, 19 companies were over 2000 feet. Lansell's 180 was 2640 feet. Also large brown envelope, McColl, Rankin & Stanistreet with notes re - Romance of Goldfields, Premier Companies, Sebastian Mining Leases, Resources of Bgo Goldfield, and Sheepshead Line of Reef.cottage, miners, resources of bendigo goldfield

Document. 8 page typed document titled 'Romance of the Goldfields'. (2 copies). 'Copy' is typed at the top of document. Mentions the gold rushes of Bendigo and Forest Creek. Mentions, Messrs. Gibson & Fenton, Mr Robert Ross Haverfield, Kennedy and Farrell, Asquith, Ben Hall, William and Walter Sandbach, Ron O'Donnell, Johnson, Bypass, Latham, Watson, Bell, Mr J B Watson, Mr George Lansell. Also mentions Gold Yields. Mentions Mines - Advance, Great Extended Hustlers, Garden Gully, New Chum, Victoria, Kent Mine, Golden Fleece, Richard Heales, Cornish United, Great Extended Hustlers, Tribute Company, Williams United, South New Moon, New Moon, Carlisle Group, Johnson's Reef, North Johnson's, Hercules and '180'. Envelope that this document was in is marked 'Notes re - Romance of Goldfields, Premier Companies, Sebastian Mining Leases, Resources of Bgo Goldfields, Sheepshead Line of Reef'.cottage, miners, romance of the goldfields, bendigo, forest creek

Book. Harry Biggs Collection. The Story of the Marong Shire from its Inception 1834 - 35 -- 1934 - 35. A blue cover with gold writing. Includes photos & lists of staff and students at the schools in the shire - Marong, Bridgewater, Kangaroo Flat, Raywood.cottage, miners, harry biggs collection, the victorian centenary book 1834-35 -- 1934-35, marong, bridgewater, kangaroo flat, raywood

A booklet published by the Mines Department Melbourne, Victoria in October 1965 on the history of the discovery of gold in Victoria. It has been stapled together, and the cover depicts a miner panning for gold on the edge of a creek, his tent and some trees are visible in the backgroundMines Departmenttopic, mining, gold discovery, mines department, gold discovery, history of gold in victoria

Tears of Gold, fatalities on the Bendigo Goldfields 1852-1950. Signed by the author, John R. Kelly, 6 July 2010, dedication thanks to the Bendigo Historical Society Soft covered spiral bound book of 91 pages with black and white photographs, maps and illustrations.John Kellybendigo, gold mining, fatalities, bendigo history, goldmining, miners, mine accidents, family history.

Slide. . A gold pan tilted in water, showing large amount of gold derived from panning.cottage, miners

Slide. Two miners drilling, possibly charging up explosives.mine, gold, two miners drilling., bendigo mines-jack hattam collection.

Four men working underground. Possibly manager inspecting workings, dressed in suit jacket and hat. Miners wearing hard hats.mine, gold, mine manager/3 workers, bendigo mines-jack hattam collection.

Slide. .Two miners working underground.mine, gold, miners underground., bendigo mines-jack hattam collection.

Slide. Two workers drilling underground, standing on a platform.mine, gold, two drillers, underground., bendigo mines-jack hattam collection.

Slide. Miners at 1000ft level at the Deborah Mine. Three men operating a drill rig.No. 45 printed on bottom of slidemine, gold, 1000ft. underground.central deborah, bendigo mines-jack hattam collection.

Slide. Central Nell Gwynne Gold Mine, West Bendigo. Large mining buildings on RH side of image, poppet head in centre. Buildings have elevated tramways and ore chutes. Mullock heaps on LH side.No. 33 printed on bottom of slidecottage, miners

Document. Councillor J. R. Hoskins. Two pages biography from Bendigo and Vicinity.bendigo, gold mining, miners, j. r. hoskins.

Cornish Collection - Mr Thomas Johns re retirement of Bendigo's oldest miner (published in the Bendigo Advertiser in 1945 (no exact date). Biographical details with reference to Lansells 180 mine, Lady Barkly; East Clarence mines.bendigo, gold mining, miners

Document. Cornish Collection - Lansell's first mine manager, Richard Williams. Copy of page 78 from Bendigo and Vicinity. Biography of Williams and easily read to time of coming to Bendigo - copy is incomplete on RHS of page regarding details of Lansell involvement. (Refer to above book for full details). Attached typewritten note with quote re Lansell by Professor Geoffrey Blainey.bendigo, gold mining, miners

Photograph. Cornish Collection - visit of Bendigo mine managers to Thompson's Engineering Works, Castlemaine. Article (undated) from Bendigo Advertiser (?) re visit one hundred years ago - with photos of 14 men with part of Thompson & Co brick building in background: : Mr Hicks (Red, White and Blue); Mr Glanville (Hustlers Royal Reserve); Mr Kidd (Shamrock Co.0; Mr Hollow (South Bellevue); Mr Rowe (new Chum Rail); Mr Jas Northcote (Lansell's general manager); Mr Edward (Fortuna-Hustlers); Mr Prior (Garden Gully); Mr J Lonsdale (Shenandoah); Mr Whitford (Lazarus Co,); Mr Harvey (New Chum United); Mr Bradshaw (electrical engineering); Mr Lonsdale (Lazarus Co.); Mr L B McGrath (Thompson's representative).bendigo, gold mining, miners

Address presented to Miss J (?) Parry by the members of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Bendigo Branch for her many years of devoted service to the Society. Containing 16 signatures of members of the Society. Address held in a leather folder. It has gold printing and a gold and floral border.cottage, miners, miss j parry, royal historical society of victoria bendigo branch

Articles for RHSV Bendigo Branch Newsletter March 1972; 1. Article in ''Federal Australian'' (Jan 1882) re undue delays erecting the St Mungo crushing battery; 2. ''Moans and Groans'' re wages for miners and meeting at Royal Hotel of May 31st, 1873; reference to a Regulation of Mines law of Jan 1st 1874 (Angus McKay), margin note on handwritten copy states that ''Further information on (the) Act and the lot of the miners and engine drivers will be given in future issues of the Newsletter''; 3. Article with return and costs information about working on a claim - details of shaft and sinking - (Grant and??Co), adjacent to private Victoria Reef Quartz Co., later the Victoria Quartz.document, gold, mining in bendigo

McColl Rankin & Stanistreet, Deborah Extended Gold Mining Company. Miller & Co. Machinery Pty Ltd, Bendigo Branch, 10 Forest Street. a/ Letter attached to b/ Test Certificate For Wire Ropes tested by A Boote of Bullivant's Australian Co Pty Ltd Sydney, 13 July 1940.cottage, miners, mccoll rankin & stanistreet, deborah extended gold mining company. miller & co. machinery pty ltd, bendigo branch steel wire rope test

Newspaper clipping: The Fortuna Saga, the house that gold built. Saturday Jan 13th. 1979, and Sat. Jan 27th. 1979.cottage, miners

McColl Rankin & Stanistreet, North Virginia Gold Mining Co NL. a/ Agreement dated 13/1/1933 Claim No. 115, mining right transfer from Harold John Veale to J J Hall, J A Michelson, J J Stanistreet & H J Leed owners of lease No. 10027. b/ Consent To Grant Of Lease, Quartz Prospecting Claim or otherwise 13/1/1933. Lease No. 10027 Signed by H J Veale in the presence of ?? Leed (p1). Leslie Veale partner of Harold John Veale Claim No. 115 authorizes H J Veale to act on his behalf to transfer the claim to New Virginia Syndicate. Signed by Leslie Veale (p2). Transfer Of Claim etc. to New Virginia Syndicate all right title and interest in Quartz Prospecting Claim numbered 115 known as Paddys Gully line of reef West of Neanger Mine at Sailors Gully Eaglehawk. Signed H J Veale Miner's No. 70059 dated 3/8/1933 (p3). c/ Agreement, North Virginia Mining Company NL application for mining leases from the Crown Numbers 10027 & 10150 Bendigo about 30 acres in Sailors Gully Eaglehawk and Bendigo and a company is intended to be formed and incorporated called North Virginia Gold Mining Company No Liability. Signatures: J J Hall, E D Doyle, J J Stanistreet, E R Grelis, Albert Beischer, J B Young. 3 sheets. d/ Duplicate of 2205.156corganization, business, gold mine, mccoll rankin & stanistreet, north virginia gold mining co nl claim no. 115, mining right transfer quartz prospecting claim transfer new virginia syndicate mining right transfer 1933 lease no. 10027 claim no 115 paddys gully neanger mine e/h bendigo

Document: McColl, Rankin & Stanistreet Collection: Central Deborah Gold Mine NL - brown cover, spirax No. 578 sketch book. Written on front cover 'Central Deborah Gold Mining Coy. Violet Street, Bendigo.' List of mining contractors and miners with categories 'shifts by others', 'wages shifts by others' 'tons', 'feet', 'expenses', 'remarks'. Written on back cover 'Central Deborah Time Books'.organization, business, central deborah gold mine, mccoll, rankin & stanistreet collection: central deborah gold mine nl, goldmining, wages, contractors, miners, time books

McColl Rankin & Stanistreet, North Virginia Gold Mining Company NL, a/ Indenture operating on operations in the Parishes of Nerring and Sandhurst. Hold crown land for the tern of 13 years and 53 days expiring on July 27, 1949. Map glued to page 5 runs from Hodgson Street to Orlando St and covers Newton, Reef, Fry & Leslie Street and Sailors Gully Road I the Parish of Sandhurst. Dated: 4/6/1936. Signatures: W Daly and ? Mining lease number 10859 Bendigo, b/ Indenture, North Virginia Gold Mining Company NL. Signed: J B ?, A Mackay & ? Dated: 8/1/1940. c/ Indenture, North Virginia Gold Mining Company NL. 960 still owing by the company, the company has applied to the minister to advance the company the further sum of 500 pounds which the minister consented to. Signed: J ?, A Mackay & Stanistreet?cottage, miners, mccoll rankin & stanistreet north virginia gold mining company nl indenture 1949 lease 10859

Bendigo's Lost Miners 1852 - 2001, a collection of over 850 biographies and accident reports with copies of some inquest reports, mine managers reports, applications for graves and other documents with regard to the deaths of men, boys and one woman who were killed in Bendigo's mines from 1852 to 2006. Published by Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies Bendigo area, 381 pages with photographs, illustrations and maps.John Kellybendigo, mining, deaths, bendigo - history - gold mines - bendigo gold miners, mine accidents.

A BEREAVED CITY, BENDIGO 1914 - EXPLOSION AT GREAT EXTENDED HUSTLER'S MINE. 66 pages with photos.John Kellygold mining, miners' safety cage, great extended hustler's accident, bendigo, gold mining, mining accidents, great extended hustler's mine