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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: INVITATION TO BOOK LAUNCH
Two invitations to the Launch of the Book 'A Brief History & Reminiscence of Long Gully' by George Ellis to be Launched by Laurie Whelan, Mayor of the City of Greater Bendigo. A photo of the Ironbark Mine with the Manchester Arms Hotel in the background is in the bottom corner. One page has a small photo of a street and bridge railing.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - invitation to book launch, st matthews church hall, a brief history & reminiscence of long gully, george ellis, laurie whelan, city fo greater bendigo, ironbark mine, manchester arms hotel -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - PROGRAMME FOR LONG GULLY METHODIST CHURCH CENTENARY, 1957
Programme for Long Gully Methodist Church Centenary, 1857 -1957. For the period 28.9/57 to 6/10/57. Includes program of activities, historical review and Ministers of the church 1857 -1957. J. C. Adamthwaite, Pastor; W. J. Werry, Trust Secretary. Printer: Hocking & Sloanorganization, church, bendigo churches -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - MECHANICS INSTITUTE, CALIFORNIA GULLY, c1890
Sepia photo. California Gully Mechanics Institute Committee, 1890. Front row: 2 men sitting on floor. Second row 5 men sitting on chairs. Back row: 5 men standing. All men dressed in suits. Markings/Inscriptions: A. G. Levy, Photographer, Eaglehawk.A G Levyorganization, education, mechanics institute, a g levy, photographer eaglehawk -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Memorabilia - GOLD NUGGET COLLECTION: 'THE SCHLEMM'
A plaster model of the Sclemm nugget found on 11.7.1872 at the Shoots Gully between Dunolly and James Creek, three feet below the surface. Associated with quartz and ironstone. Weight 538 ozs. Estimated yield 478 ozs. Finder Henry Davey. Value 2016 $849,760. (See additional research)mining, models, plaster model of victorian gold nugget -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - CENTRAL GARDEN GULLY GOLD MINING COMPANY - POPPET HEADS
Hand written description of poppet heads by E. R. Meekison, Senior Inspector of Mines. Description and measurements of poppet heads which were manufactured by A. Roberts and Sons, Engineers, Bendigo. Also a note on a Winding Engine at Garden Gully United. Reference T. M. Hooper, Mine Manager.mine, gold, central garden gully gold mining co, central garden gully gold mining company, e. r. meekison, a. roberts and sons, garden gully united, t. m. hooper -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - GERTRUDE PERRY COLLECTION: GERTRUDE PERRY'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK, 1930's - 1940's
Book. Gertrude Perry's Autograph Book. Faux red leather cover with brown paper wrapping. Autographs 7 drawings dating 1930's & 40's. Name inside front cover Gertrude Eva Perry, Brown Street, California Gully, Bendigo 19/8/31.person, individual, autographs, gertrude perry collection, gertrude perry's autograph book -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - HANDWRITTEN PAPER: OSTERFIELD FAMILY
Handwritten paper re Osterfield family by Verna Doak '' the Depression 1929-35; The Osterfield Family and Remembering of a Depression Prospector''' Frederick Osterfield; Roderick Roy Osterfield> Mention of Dukes Flat and Burnt Gully (photographs) and details of primitive mining techniques. Mention of successful clay pit at Axedale.Verna Doakperson, individual, osterfield family, depression protector, dukes flat, burnt gully, clay pit axedale. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - SOUTH NEW MOON MINE - NOTES ON THE SOUTH NEW MOON MINE
Four typed copies of notes on the South New Moon Mine on the Garden Gully Line of Reef. Notes include:- Years of operations, size of lease, locality, depth of shaft, plant, Original Company, New Company Note, Prominent & Leading and Gold Production. One copy signed by A Richardson.document, gold, south new moon mine, south new moon mine, notes on the south new moon mine, south virginia company, great southern mine, mines dept booklet 'bendigo goldfield' 1936, mines dept annual and quarterly reports, annals of bendigo mining section 1890 - 1935, a richardson, booklet 'healthy golden bendigo' 1906 - public library bendigo -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: SOUTH WATTLE GULLY CO. N/L - MINUTE BOOK, 1936 - 1950
Document. Dark green cardboard cover with red binding. 275 pages. List of shareholders. Minutes 31.8.1936 to 6.10.1950. 134 handwritten pages. Typed Bank Authority on p124. Typed copy of letter to shareholders on p134. Label: Minute Book. Stamped South Wattle Gully Company No Liability.McColl, Rankin & Stanistreetorganization, business, south wattle gully co. n/l, mccoll, rankin & stanistreet, south wattle gully co. n/l, gold mining, minutes, list of shareholders -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BURNT GULLY PHOTOS, 1924
Burnt Gully - possibly near Woodvale. a. Black and white photo: men standing behind, alongside bagged grain. Steam farm engine on RH side. Written on rear of photo: threshing team at lunch engine Ruston Procter steam. 8 horse power, single cylinder, working pressure 75 lbs per square inch. 80 revs per minte. Fly wheel 6 feet in diameter. b. Pilcher's thresher on Robert Riley's farm, Burnt Gully. Bullock drivers Bill Pilcher, Paddy Mulcair. Bullock drawn threshing machine, large group of men standing alongside and to rear of machine. Two men standing on top of thresher. Steam traction engine on far left of photo. c. Pioneer log cabin Burnt Gully, the home of the Grafton family, demolished about 1930. Hut of slab construction, with corruated iron roof over timber slats. Chimney of logs and slabs topped with bricks on LH side of house. Steam farm machine in background on LH side.unknownagriculture, farm, grafton familyh, robert riley, bill pilcher, paddy mulcair, burnt gully. -
Creswick Campus Historical Collection - University of Melbourne
Ephemera, 1931
Model of the Gold Nugget found by VSF Students, H.H. Beer and J.C. Westcott at the Forestry School, Creswick in 1931. The Nugget, 99% pure gold, weighed 73 ounces, 6 pennyweight and was found in Grub Gully, between the School and the State Nursery. It sold for 388 Pounds, 16 Shillings & 7 Pence ($93,264.80 in 2017). The model was presented to the School by Mr. H.H. Beer in December 1985.Model of a Gold Nugget -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Postcard, Bulmer H D, 1940c
Black and white postcard of a bend in the Prince's Highway as it winds around Jemmys Point. Steep road cutting on upper side of gravel road, post and rail fence on lower side, schoolboy sitting on fence in foreground, dense vegetation on top of cutting and gully beneath road. Lakes Entrance VictoriaA bend in the Princes Highway, Lakes Entrancefences, transport, roads and streets, islands -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - St Just's Point
Author George Ellis is a descendant of the James Family who arrived in St Just's Point in the 1870s. Forward by James Lerk December 2010. Yellow soft cover book. 55 pages. Front cover with black and white photo of house fence and yard in the center. Author George A.Ellis. Contains information, photos, factory drawings, labels relating to the St Just's Point area of Long Gully. Back cover plain yellow. 2010long gully, st justs point, cornish, mining -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: FAREWELL TO LONG GULLY PRIMARY SCHOOL
Photocopy of a newspaper article titled Emotional farewell. Date written on page is 18/12/92. Article written by Lisa Prince and contains three photos, One of Aileen Ewart, some school children and one of Kylie Sheahan, 6, sitting on the kerb outside the Long Gully Primary School.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - farewell to long gully primary school, lisa prince, max turner, david kennedy, russell jack, rod kemp, paul davis, aileen ewart, golden dragon museum, don heywood, kylie sheahan -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - PETER ELLIS COLLECTION: BUSH DANCE AND MUSIC CLUB
Green poster advertising the Bush Dance and Music Club of Bendigo at the Spring Gully Hall. Music by the Emu Creek Bush Band. The programme consisted of Set Dances, Couples Dances and Novelties. Stamped at the bottom of the page is Bush Dance & Music Club of Bendigo & District Inc. Sec. Mary Smith.entertainment, dance, bush dance, peter ellis collection, bush dance and music club of bendigo, emu creek bush band, mary smith -
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Photograph - PETER ELLIS COLLECTION: LONG GULLY BAND JUNIOR BRIGADE
Black and white photograph showing Long Gully Band Junior Brigade. Big drum in centre front. All members in uniform 2 rows standing 1 row seated 2 members standing right side of photo holding banner. Some people leaning over fence at rear.organisation, band, long gully junior band -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS NO. 3770 COLLECTION: CORRESPONDENCE
A.O.F., Court King of the Forest, No. 3770, B.U.D. Notice of Intention and Proposition. I hereby give notice of Intention to Propose Mr. John Riggs, age 38 years, Occupation Miner, Place of Birth England, residence Long Gully, Single. The Proposition - Mr John Riggs as a Candidate for admission.societies, aof, correspondence, ancient order of foresters no. 3770 collection - correspondence, court king of the forest, john riggs -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS NO 3770 COLLECTION: MEDICAL CERTIFICATE
Blue paper dated Novr 24th 1867. I hereby certify that Jeremiah Dillon of New Zealand Gully Is unable to follow his usual employment. Signed H. L. Atkinson. M.D. Also signed Jeremiah Dillon, his mark X declaring himself on the Sick Funds of the Court.societies, aof, correspondence, ancient order of foresters no 3770 collection - medical certificate, court king of the forest, jeremiah dillon, h l atkinson -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS NO 3770 COLLECTION: MEDICAL CERTIFICATE
Blue paper dated Decr 18th 1867. I hereby certify that W. H. Howard of California Gully is able to follow his usual employment. Signed H. L. Atkinson. M.D. Also signed at the end by W. H. Howard declaring himself off the Sick Funds of the Court.societies, aof, correspondence, ancient order of foresters no 3770 collection - medical certificate, court king of the forest, w h howard, h l atkinson -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS NO. 3770 COLLECTION: MEDICAL CERTIFICATE
Blue paper dated March 23rd 1868. I hereby certify that I. B. Wilcock of Derwent Gully is able to follow his usual employment. Signed H. L. Atkinson. M.D. Also signed at the end by J. B. Wilcock, declaring himself off the Sick Funds of the Court.societies, aof, correspondence, ancient order of foresters no. 3770 collection - medical certificate, court king of the forest, i b wilcock, h l atkinson -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS NO. 3770 COLLECTION: MEDICAL CERTIFICATE
Blue paper dated March 29th 1868. I hereby certify that ?mond Ruff of Long Gully is unable to follow his usual employment. Signed H. L. Atkinson. M.D. Also signed at the end - ?mond Ruff and X, his mark, declaring himself on the Sick Funds of the Court.societies, aof, correspondence, ancient order of foresters no. 3770 collection - medical certificate, court king of the forest, ?mond ruff, h l atkinson -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - COOK COLLECTION: TENNIS MATCH
Photograph: black and white photograph, postcard format, two and two women on tennis court. Men are wearing long trousers with white shorts, sleeves rolled up. Women are wearing white dresses, knee length. On back of card: E.A. Cook, 231 Carpenter Street, Spring Gully, Bendigo.photograph, person, two males/two females, spring gully, tennis, sport, cook -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BENDIGO HOTEL COLLECTION: MANCHESTER ARMS HOTEL, EAGLEHAWK ROAD, LONG GULLY
Colour photograph: Manchester Arms Hotel, Eaglehawk Road,Long Gully. Single storey building, white painted with 5 posts brown verandah at the front. On side wall "Des and Dave Manchester Arms Hotel" and underneath Carlton Draught. A blue car is parked at the front and there is a man working on the roof.bendigo, hotel, manchester arms -
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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 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BASIL MILLER COLLECTION: TRAMS
Black and white photograph of 'Birney Car' Number 29 indicating 'Depot' in destination indicator. Heading uphill towards the poppet head of the 'Iron Bark Mine' in Long Gully. Inscription on reverse: Photo by A. Doney Bendigo stamped in blue. Birney car climbs the hill past the the Iron Bark Mine.person, individual, basil miller -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: INVITATION TO THE UNVEILING OF PLAQUE
Two copies of an invitation from the Long Gully History Group to the Unveiling of Plaque by The Honourable Andre' Haermeyer MP to Commemorate the Site of the First Fire Brigade to be established in Suburban Bendigo on May 28th 1873. page contains a photo of five men holding various items and a photo of a hose cart.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - invitation to the unveiling of plaque, st matthews church hall, the honorable andre' haermeyer mp, fire brigade -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ADDRESSES TO H.R.H. THE DUKE OF CORNWALL, 1901
A hard cover book containing copies of addresses to H.R.H. The Duke of Cornwall & York and to his Excellency The Governor General in 1901 from the municipalities of Victoria, published by the Municipal Association of Victoria. Red cover with gold lettering. Marked McCarron Bird & Co printers Melbourne & Long Gully Mechanics Institute.document, certificate, municipal addresses -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - GOLDEN GULLY CRICKET CLUB, PREMIERS 1915-16, c.1916
Black and white photograph, mounted on cream board of Cricket Club. Eleven men in cricket attire, with bats and trophy on ground. Nine men in suits taken in front of palms, wooden structure visible on right. Inscriptions: on board at front - hand written at top 'Golden Gully, Premiers 1915-16'.WH Robinson Bendigoperson, group, sports team -
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Photograph - HARRY BIGGS COLLECTION: CALIFORNIA GULLY STATE SCHOOL, 1905
Photograph of a large group of children posed in front of a brick building. There is some decorative brickwork visible in the façade. On a small blackboard in front of the children is what appears to be the Roman Numeral for 2 (II) followed by two dots. On the reverse is written: California Gully State School about 1905, Neg. A102'person, group, school, california gully state school -
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Slide - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: NEW ARGUS GOLD MINE, EAGLEHAWK
Slide. New Argus Gold Mine, Eaglehawk, west of Sailor's Gully Road. Image taken about 1906. Poppet head with elevated tramway, with ore cart on tracks. Engine room and boiler on LH side, brick chimney at rear. Large group of men standing at base of poppet head.No. 23 on bottom of slide.mine, gold, new argus., bendigo mines-jack hattam collection