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Greensborough Historical Society
Newspaper Clipping, Built with a heart of gold, 05/04/2017
Travellers bound for Victoria’s goldfields would stop at Farmers Arms Hotel, now known as the Greensborough Hotel, to put their feet up and enjoy a well-earned break. In this article, several Greensborough historical sites are discussed. Businesses occupying these sites today are identified.News article 2 page, black text, black and white images.farmers arms hotel, greensborough hotel, greensborough historical society -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Looking for gold, No. 1 Creek, Kinglake District
Source: Mrs. McMinn, KinglakeThis photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as the 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital imagesepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, kinglake, gold mining, no. 1 creek -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Jeo Christman and father, Gold Miners, Kinglake
Source: Mrs. McMinn, KinglakeThis photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as the 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital imagesepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, kinglake, gold miners, jeo christman -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, The Warrandyte Gold Fields. "On the road to the Fields", c.1906 (reproduced from "The Australasian" 12th May 1906, page 1115)
Source: La Trobe LibraryThis photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as the 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital imagesepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, warrandyte, gold mining -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Jock Ryan speaking on Gold and Charles Mapleston, 2001 Conference of the Association of Eastern Historical Societies hosted by Eltham District Historical Society, Eltham Senior Citizen's Hall, 28 April 2001, 28/04/2001
Colour photographsenior citizen's hall, library place, eltham, association of eastern historical societies conference, activities, jock ryan -
Emerald Museum & Nobelius Heritage Park
Album, Photograph album bound in dark brown faux leather embossed with image of a sailing ship and various nautical flags, highlighted with gold and silver leaf, with metal clasp, not known
The album was used by the Worrell family early 20th centurythe Worrell's are a locally renowned family Worrellalbum, photograph, worrell -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, The Australasian, Poppet-Head of the Caledonian Mine, the Warrandyte Gold Fields, 1906
Reproduced from "The Australasian" 12th May 1906, page 1115.This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as the 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital image 35 mm Black and White negativesepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, warrandyte, gold mining -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, The Australasian, The Caledonia Battery, the Warrandyte Gold Fields, 1906
Reproduced from "The Australasian" 12th May 1906, page 1115.This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as the 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital image 35 mm Black and White negativesepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, warrandyte, gold mining, caledonia battery, warrandyte battery -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Booklet - Newsletter, Warrandyte Historical Society Inc. - Louis John Michel, Discoverer of the First Payable Gold Field in Victoria, 1979
Letter and article entitled "MICHEL" by Mrs. Evelyn J. Cooke - Article written by his great granddaughter, addressed to Mrs Jo Laurence of the Warrandyte Historical Society. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Booklet - Newsletter, Warrandyte Historical Society Inc. - The First Gold Field in Victoria - How l discovered it, by Louis John Michel, 1896
Personal recollections of Louis John Michel after the events which he described in The Argus on Saturday 28 December 1895 -
Learmonth and District Historical Society Inc.
Medal - Centenary of Government 1951, Centenary of Government & Discovery of Gold. 1951
The medal was designed by Andor Meszaros and made by K. G. Luke(Medal Makers) of Melbourne, Victoria. This medal was presented to the Shire of Ballarat in 1951 and is now house in the Old Ballarat SHire Building at Learmonth, Victoria.This medal represents the 100 years of "Government in Victoria", also the "Discovery of Gold".A large round bronze medal with a horse bounding left, broken shackles on foreleg, carrying woman holding sword (Justice) and man holding torch (Equality).The front features a man holding a torch and a woman on a horse holding a sword. The horse has a shackle on its front left leg, surrounded by the words "EQUALITY AND JUSTICE THROUGH FREEDOM". On the back at the bottom is flowers and leaves with the words "CENTENARY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF VICTORIA 1851 - 1951.shire ballarat government victoria gold discovery 100 years -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book - Hardcover book, Peter Evans, Wooden Rails & Green Gold-A century of timber and transport along the Yarra Track, 2022
A history of the timber mills along the Yarra Track from Narbethong to Matlock.Hardcover. Shows Mick Taylor making last-minute adjustments to the rigging of a large log about to commence its journey down the incline to the Marysville Timber and Seasoning Company No.1 mill. Back cover has a photograph of a rail tractor towing a timber trolley along a timber tramway.non-fictionA history of the timber mills along the Yarra Track from Narbethong to Matlock.timber, timber mills, yarra track, narbethong, matlock, marysville, wood's point, wilks creek, great divide, cathedral range, cumberland, foresters, sawmillers, peter evans -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book - Hardcover book, Peter Evans, Wooden Rails & Green Gold-A century of timber and transport along the Yarra Track, 2022
A history of the timber mills along the Yarra Track from Narbethong to Matlock.Hardcover. Shows Mick Taylor making last-minute adjustments to the rigging of a large log about to commence its journey down the incline to the Marysville Timber and Seasoning Company No.1 mill. Back cover has a photograph of a rail tractor towing a timber trolley along a timber tramway.non-fictionA history of the timber mills along the Yarra Track from Narbethong to Matlock.timber, timber mills, yarra track, narbethong, matlock, marysville, wood's point, wilks creek, great divide, cathedral range, cumberland, foresters, sawmillers, peter evans -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Document (item) - Report, Clement Wilks, Track to the River Jordan Gold Fields, 1864-1865
A report by Mr Road Engineer Wilks on the construction of the Yarra Track in Victoria.A report by Mr Road Engineer Wilks on the construction of the Yarra Track in Victoria. The Yarra Track is the former name of the gold fields road from Healesville to the Woods Point and Jordan Goldfields, in Victoria, Australia. By Authority: JOHN FERRES, Government Printer, Melbourneclement wilks, yarra track, marysville, victoria, wood's point, healesville, jordan gold fields -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Blue flower with gold stamens, Eucalyptus Road, Eltham, 1991, 1991
Digital copy of colour photographfred mitchell collection, 1991, eltham, flora, plants -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Cyaniding for Gold, 1939, 1939
500 of these books were printed, and many were used in the field, making good copies very rare. A simple but detailed account of the process written especially for the working miner and the small syndicate, the Quintessential Australian gold Mining book.Orange, hard, cloth covered b270 page book with brown dust jacket. Chapters include sampling sand and slime dumps; treating sand; aeration; treatment of slime; smelting; solution testing; cyanide solution; air- slaked lime; cyanding in Queensland; copper troubles; treatment of concentrates; amalgamations; assaying; floatation; chemistry; testing for minerals. Includes photographic reproductions of a cyanide plant for sand; aeration tower; mixer tank; Eleanora cyaniding plant; mining, gold, cyanide, cyaniding, leaching, smelting, slimes -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book - Booklet, Dredging for Gold and Tin, c1935
Thompson and Co. were a large foundry and engineering works in Castlemaine, Victoria.Fifty six page, soft brown covered booklet including methods of dredging and a catalogue of various pumps. Illustrations include: Thompson's Head Office: Natual Head Method; Pontoon Plant method; floating pontoon suction cutter method and pontoon plant method.thompson's foundry, dredging, gold, tin, thompson and co, castlemaine, engineering, foundry, pontoon, pump -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, The Cyanide Process of Gold Extraction, 1906, 1906
Maroon hard covered book of 239 pages. Along with technical information the book looks at cyanide processing around the world including South Africa, New Zealand, Kalgoorlie, Golden Horseshoe Mine, Great Boulder Main Reef, New South Wales, United States of America, Mexico, India, Canada.cyanide, mining, mcarthur-forrest process, laboratory, slimes, leaching, zinc precipitation, siemens-halske process, cyanide plantbutters' distributer, cyanide poisoning antidotes, south africa, new zealand, waihi mine, waikino, south kalgoorlie, united states, mexico, india -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Report on the Pitfield Plans Gold-Field, 1901, 1901
Blue soft covered foolscap report with 15 plans and sections.pitfield, gold, mining, geology, pitfield plains, british banner, pitfield plateau, pitfield quartz and cement, woady-yalloak, queen of the plans, glenfine -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, Ballarat Victoria Australia: Gold Centenary, 1951
The book includes a brief History of Ballarat by Nathan Spielvogel.Soft covered book with many black and white images of Ballarat. It was the programme for the Ballaarat Centenary Celebrations in 1951.ballarat, centenary, ballarat state offices, ballarat art gallery, ballarat library, state electricty commission, water supply, myer woollen mill, wallace butter company -
Federation University Historical Collection
Plan, G. Buchanan's Plan of the Berringa Gold Mines, 1866?
This plan is associated with former Ballarat School of Mines student Richard Squire (1875-1876) Gift of the Squire FamilyColoured plan of the Berringa Goldmines.squire, richard squire, berringa, g. buchanan, buchanan, stockbroker, birthday freehold, f. holst, holst, staffordshire reef, williams fancy, kangaroo, moonlight, cgt, staffordshire reef township, w. prie, northern birthday, a clinton, birthday star, a. lamb -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph, Gold Dredge
Black and white mounted photograph of a dedge floating on a body of water which has a creek flowing into it, and rolling hills in the background. The buildings associated with a mine or factory are shown on the top left hand side. Signed "Martin ?ish Victoria St" verso "R.H. Brooke, "Callantina Villa", Glenferrie Rd Sthdredge, dredging, mining, river, callantina villa, gold mining -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book - Gold discoverers, John Ferres, Government Printer, Report from the Board Appointed to Consider Application for Rewards for the Discovery of New Gold Fields Together with the Minutes of Evidence and Appendices, 1864, 1864
31 paged, stitched report relating to rewards for the discovery of new goldfields in Victoria. Copy of the report with handwritten annotations by Keith Rash. .2) Duplicate copy. gold, mining, rewards, goldfield discovery, minutes, evidence, robert brough smyth, j.f. sullivan, james esmond, john dunlop, t.l. madgett, w. brownbill, daniel brophy, alexander wilson, peter paterson, edward hill, mary kerr, henry dowling, charlotte edwards, r. reynolds, a.s. wilson, t.l. williams, wombat flat, jim crow, keith rash, gold discovery, gold discoverers, peter wright, daylesford, creswick's creek, fiery creek, st arnaud, brown hill, ballarat, hepburn, mcivor, avoca, steiglitz, dolly's creek, taradale, woad yaloak, f.a. powlett, f. kawerau, david armstrong, john jones, h. swindells, w. lonsdale -
Federation University Historical Collection
Plan, Plan of the Ballarat and Sebastopol Gold Mines
Coloured plan of the Ballarat and Sebastopol mines. Includes streets. Scale is 1:23,760robert allan, plans, cgt, ballarat, sebastopol, leviathan gold mining company, gold mines, gold companies, gold mining company -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, Export Duty on Gold Petition, 1806-1861
James Baker is the ChairmanBlue foolscap printed document james baker, export duty on gold, mining -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, Gold Fields Statistics, 1863, 1864
Blue foolscap printed report foron the Parliament of Victoriamining, statistics, goldfields, alluvial mining, quartz mining, gold price, tools -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, An Act to consolidate the Law relating to the Purchase, Smelting and Treatment of Gold, 1958
Victorian Government Act No. 6264Victorian Government emblem Front cover "Mr Brady"gold, smelting, purchase, victorian government, treatment, queen elizabeth, majesty -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, An Act to consolidate and amend the Law relating to the Purchase Smelting and Treatment of Gold and for other purposes, 1938, 1938
Printed booklet of 32 pagesStamped with the Ballarat School of Mines stampvictoria, government, king george vi, act of government, law, purchase, smelting, treatment, gold, treatment of gold, gold buyers, gold smelters -
Federation University Historical Collection
Document - Documents, Special Gold Smelters' Regulations and Licences
A copy of printed pages gold license, gold smelters, mining -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Black and White, Ballarat Technical School Form 1 Gold - 1970, 24/03/1970