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Document - BADHAM COLLECTION: CARBON COPY BOOK OF EXAMINATIONS
Light brown cover carbon copy book, stapled at top. Contains entries detailing examinations undertaken by J. Badham of Victorian Railways employees. Dated from 20.9.49 through to 21.10.49'.J. Badhamcottage, miners, badham, victorian railways, employees -
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Document - BADHAM COLLECTION: VICTORIAN RAILWAYS RULES AND BYE-LAWS 1864
Black cover book, rules and regulations. Victorian Railways. Written in pencil inside front two pages, ' Jean Bright' in childlike hand. Victorian Railways, rules, regulations and byelaws of the Board of Land and Works for the guidance of officers and servants and the conduct of traffic on the Victorian Railways, in accordance with the provisions of the Railways Act, 1863'.Fergusson & Moore, Printers, Flinders Lane East, 1864cottage, miners, victorian railways, rules, bye-laws -
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Document - BADHAM COLLECTION: VICTORIAN RAILWAYS INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE GUIDANCE OF ENGINEMEN
Brown hard cover book. On front cover ' Victorian Railways, instructions for the guidance of enginemen in connexion with the uniform methods of dealing with breakdown, engine trouble & c. In front cover written in blue ink ' J. Badham, Castlemaine, 13/11/35, Picnic Day'.H.J,. Green, Govt. Printercottage, miners, badham, victorian railways -
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Document - BADHAM COLLECTION: WESTINGHOUSE BRAKE COMPANY INSTRUCTION PAMPHLET NO. C2
Buff cover, maroon spine booklet. On front cover: Instruction Pamphlet No. C 2, January 1930, Cross compound steam driver air compressors, Westinghouse Brake Company of Australasia, Ltd., Concord West, N.S.W.Westinghouse Brake companycottage, miners, badham, victorian railways, westinghouse -
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Document - BADHAM COLLECTION: VICTORIAN RAILWAYS, ROLLING STOCK BRANCH, INSTRUCTION BOOK ON THE LOCOMOTIVE
Blue covered booklet, dark blue spine. On front cover: Victorian Railways rolling stock branch, instruction book on the locomotive booster. Written in blue ink on cover, 'J.H. Badham, Bendigo Loco. Paper 13' Paper 13.Victorian Railwayscottage, miners, badham, victorian railways -
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Document - BADHAM COLLECTION: VICTORIAN RAILWAYS INSTRUCTION BOOK LOCOMOTIVE AND THE WESTINGHOUSE BRAKE
Buff coloured booklet. Front cover ' Victorian Railways Instruction Book, concerning the Locomotive and the Westinghouse Brake for engine cleaners, Melbourne, August 1935' Inside front cover in blue ink ' J. Badham, Maryborough 27/10/48. Seymour 11/10/48'.Victorian Railwayscottage, miners, badham, victorian railways, locomotive -
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Document - MINING IN BENDIGO COLLECTION: LIST OF LEADING MINES
Handwritten list of leading mines and dividend paying mines from the Annals 1889, 1890, 1891 and 1909 includes companies over 2000 feet on 31st March 1891.document, gold, mining in bendigo, mining in bendigo, list of leading mines, annals, great extended hustlers, catherine united, garden gully united, hercules & energetic, johnsons reef, lazarus no 1, new chum consolidated, north johnsons, north argus united, rose of denmark, shamrock, st mungo, specimen hill united hustlers & redan, united devonshire, watson's kentish, johnsons reef no 1, dixon's tribute, fortuna hustlers, lady barkly, lazarus, new chum railway, new red white & blue, north old chum, confidence, golden age, hustlers reef, new hopeful, new argus, new chum united, virginia, carlisle, catherine reef united tribs, collman & tacchi, goldfields consolidated, hercules & energetic tribs, horwood & burrowes, koch's pioneer, koch's pioneer tribs, new chum goldfields, new red white & blue tribs, new prince of wales, new prince of wales tribs, new moon, n bendigo, suffolk united, suffolk united tribs, south new moon, the langdon, victoria propty, victoria consols, victoria consols tribs, windmill hill, windmill hill tribs, lansells 180, north old chum, victoria quartz, victory & pandora, new chum & victoria, old chum, ironbark, shenandoah, lansell's 222, garibaldi, eureka, great central -
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Document - MINING IN BENDIGO COLLECTION: THE BENDIGO GOLDFIELD
Handwritten notes on the Deborah Mine, the North Deborah, The Central Deborah, the New Chum Railway, Eueka Extended and the South Belle Vue. Mentioned in the noes are: Depth of shaft, Formed, Closed, Best Gold, production and plant.document, gold, mining in bendigo, mining in bendigo, the bendigo goldfield, deborah mine, north deborah, central deborah, new chum railway, eureka extended, south belle vue, shenandoah, shamrock, rourke and henderson's claim -
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Document - MINING IN BENDIGO COLLECTION: NOTES ON MINING IN BENDIGO
Handwritten notes on mining in Bendigo. Notes mention the size of the Bendigo Goldfield, the number of lines of reef and a brief history of goldmining in Bendigo.document, gold, mining in bendigo, mining in bendigo, notes on mining in bendigo, ravenswood sheep run, survey regiment, california hill state school, lansell's 222, mr lansell, camp hill school, high school, park mine (royal hustler's reserve no 1), memorial hall, city mine ( royal hustlers reserve no 2), mining stock exchange, beehive buildings, allan's walk, buckell & jeffrey, fortuna hustlers, great extended huatlers, garden gully united, mining exchange, garden gully united, wattle gully mine, ironbark mine, manchester arms hotel, extended hustlers mine, south belle vue, new chum railway, eureka extended, shenandoah, victoria quartz, the big 180, old chum, gt extended hustlers -
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Postcard - POSTCARD BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO RAILWAY STATION MARYBOROUGH
POSTCARD BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO RAILWAY STATION MARYBOROUGH/ old buildings /reverse side ' H. Harstedt , Maryborough . Printed in Germanypostcard, photograph, various themes, railway station maryborough/ ' h. harstedt , maryborough . printed in germany -
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Document - MINER'S RIGHT - SHOW YOUR LICENCE
Handwritten notes Titled 'Show Your License'. License introduced in 1851 at 30 shillings a month. All had to pay gold license. In 1855, the fee was abolished and was replaced by the Miner's Right. Also some newspaper reports: Duke of Edinburgh's visit, Engineers & Drivers Meeting, accidents, inrush of water at the Victoria Quartz.document, gold, miner's right, miner's right, show your license, royal hotel, young chum, comet, robin hood, extended hustlers, lazarus, sth belle vue, true blue, unity, garden gully united, victoria queen, david clapperton, thomas clapperton, new chum consolidated, gt ext'd hustlers, victoria quartz, new chum railway, new chum united, lansell's 222, lazarus, old chum, new chum & victoria, devonshire mines, belmont & saxby -
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Document - PICNICS BY EDITH M. LUNN
Typed account of Bendigo's Picnics - the Railway Picnic and the Sunday School Picnics.document, picnics by edith m lunn, railway picnic, sunday schools' picnic, railways band, abraham harkness, bendigo branch of the royal historical society -
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Document - RAILWAY MAP: VICTORIAN LINES 1973
Railway map - Victorian lines 1973 with list of stations and grid reference for location of stations. Inset for detail of Ballarat and Melbourne lines and stations. Shows distance from Melbourne (Spencer Street station).railways, bendigo to melbourne, stations -
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Document - PEARCE COLLECTION: ACCOUNTS TO ELDRIDGE & BURNET.(VARIOUS PRINTED)
Pearce Collection: Accounts to Eldridge & Burnet.(various printed); 1. State Rivers and Water Supply Commission ,1912 to premises at Specimen Hill (x2); 2. Victorian Railways Commissioners, Kangaroo (Flat?) 1912 - to 'J Stevenson'; 3. Bendigo Water Supply1901 - to C Osmond, premises Olinda St.business, retail, plumber, state rivers and water supply commission. victorian railway commissioners kangaroo flat. bendigo water supply. c. osmond. olinda street. -
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Postcard - BENDIGO RAILWAY STATION FROM ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL
Sepia post card, printed on back 'Post Card, printed in Australia, R.E.M. Series' Image shows railway station, from St. Paul's Cathedral, Bendigo. In foreground, Mitchell St., running up to station, on Rh side mine buildings, poppet head.R.E.M. Series, Melbourne.place, streetscape, mitchell street, /railway station, mitchell street, railway station, mine. -
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Photograph - HUGH ENNES COLLECTION: EPPALOCK WEIR WATER OVERFLOW - JAN 2011
The Hugh Ennes collection. Colour photograph. Water overflows from Eppalock Weir, January 2011.railways, bendigo to melbourne, trains. railways. puffing billy. wirths circus. -
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Document - DRAINAGE PROBLEMS - NEW CHUM DRAINAGE SCHEME
Handwritten notes from the Bendigo Advertiser 6/12/1901 detailing the amount of water the Companies had bailed for the past month.document, gold, drainage problems, new chum drainage association, new chum drainage scheme, bendigo advertiser 6/12/1901 under 'mining intelligence', eureka extended, new chum railway, shenandoah, shamrock, young chum, garibaldi, lazarus, old chum, new chum & victoria, lansell's 180 -
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Document - DRAINAGE PROBLEMS - DRAINAGE 1905 - 1908
Two handwritten pages naming the mine, the lowest connection and connection to the next mine for the proposed drainage scheme. The second page lists the mines, from South to North, the projected distances in feet and to the nearest yard.document, gold, drainage problems, new chum drainage scheme, drainage 1905 - 1908, mines dept sheet 796/a/6 proposed drainage scheme, south belle vue, eureka ext'd, new chum railway, new shenandoah, shamrock, garibaldi, new chum consol'd, new chum united, lansell's 222, lazarus, old chum ?, new chum & vic, lansell's 180, victoria quartz -
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Document - DRAINAGE PROBLEMS - DRAINAGE 1905 - 1908
Handwritten notes from the Bendigo Advertiser 22/6/1910, listing the mine, Gallons baled, Deepest depth baled from, Total amount Rec'd, ? ? Coy for Financial Year ended 30/6/1908. Mines mentioned are: New Chum Railway, Eureka Ext'd, New Chum Con'd, Lazarus, Garibaldi, Lansells 180, Victoria Quartz, Lansell's 222, New Chum & Vic., Shamrock and New Shenandoah. Note along the side: re - Vict Quartz Inrush Water. Adv. Wed. 22/6/1910. (b) Handwritten notes on the New Chum Drainage Ass'n 1905 - 1908 from the Bendigo Advertiser 22/6/1910. Listed is the Year, Water Raised (Gallons), Total Amount Re?ed and Amount Re? Coys. The New Chum Drainage Ass'n was formed in 1901 and practically ceased to exist in 1908. Victoria Quartz at time of inrush of water on Tuesday night, the shaft had reached a depth of 4,614 feet. Water has since risen in the shaft to above 4,154 ft plat & the large workings at 4,254 feet, and 4,154 feet have also been t filled. As there are no reef workings from 4,154 to 3,424 feet the water will no doubt rise rapidly until that level is reached.document, gold, drainage problems, new chum drainage association, drainage 1905 - 1908, bendigo advertiser 22/6/1910, victoria quartz, new chum railway, eureka ext'd, new chum con'd, lazarus, garibaldi, lansell's 180, lansell's 222. mew chum & vic, shamrock, new shenandoah -
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Document - NOTES ON BENDIGO MINES
Handwritten notes on Bendigo Mines. Notes include area of lease, yards along the reef, depth, dividends, main shafts within one mile of Bendigo Station and shafts made safe by the Mines Dept. Mines mentioned are: South New Moon, Carlisle, Nth Garden Gully, Passby, Old Carlisle,Kentish, Central Garden Gully, Golden Fleece, Garden Gully United, Big Blue, Union Co, Red, White & Blue, New Chum Railway, Unity, Cornish, Catherine Reef United, Garden Gully United, Gt Extended Hustlers, Gt Northern, Lady Barkly, New Moon, South St Mungo, Virginia and Victoria Quartz,document, gold, notes on bendigo mines, notes on bendigo mines, south new moon, carlisle, nth garden gully, passby, old carlisle, kentish, central garden gully, golden fleece, garden gully united, big blue, union co, red, white & blue, new chum railway, unity, cornish, catherine reef united, garden gully united, gt extended hustlers, gt northern, lady barkly, new moon, south st mungo, virginia, victoria quartz, graham, tenby and ashman, mr j b watson, geo lansell, mines dept, d e thomas -
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Document - BENDIGO MINES 1906
Handwritten notes mentioning Bendigo Mines. Four mines, Garden Gully United, South New Moon, Hustlers Reef and Catherine Reef United have some information about them. Others listed are: Catherine Reef United, Carlisle, Clarence United, Central Ellesmere, Collman & Tacchi, Confidence Extended Cornish United, Ellenborough, Extd South Devonshire, Eureka, Fortuna Hustlers, Garden Gully United, G G Consolidated, Geribaldi, Great Southern, Gt Northern, Gt Extended Hustlers, Gt Central Victoria, Golden Age, Golden Pyke, Goldfields North, Goldfields Consolidated, North Johnsons, Pearl, Princess Dagmar, Phoenix, Railway Prince of Wales, Shamrock, St Mungo, Sadowa, Sea, Specimen Hill Sth St Mungo, South New Moon, South Devonshire, Suffolk United, United Devonshire, Unity, United Hustlers & Redan, United Ulster, Victoria Consols, Victoria Quartz, Pansora, Virginia, Victoria Proprietory, Williams United, Hustlers Reef, Hustlers Royal Reserve, Hercules & Energetic, Ironbark, Johnsons Reef No 1, Hustlers Royal Reserve, Ironbark, Johnsons Reef, Johnsons Extended, Kochs Pioneer, Lazarus New Chum, Lady Barkly - Lightning Hill, McDuff Amalgamated, Morning Star, New Chum Consolidated, New Chum Railway, New Chum & Victoria, New Blue Consolidated, New Hopefu, New St Mungo, New Argus, New Moon, New Victoria Catherine, New Chum Goldfields, North New Moon and North Argus.document, gold, bendigo mines 1906, bendigo mines 1906, catherine reef united, carlisle, clarence united, central ellesmere, collman & tacchi, confidence extended cornish united, ellenborough, extd south devonshire, eureka, fortuna hustlers, garden gully united, g g consolidated, geribaldi, great southern, gt northern, gt extended hustlers, gt central victoria, golden age, golden pyke, goldfields north, goldfields consolidated, north johnsons, pearl, princess dagmar, phoenix, railway prince of wales, shamrock, st mungo, sadowa, sea, specimen hill sth st mungo, south new moon, south devonshire, suffolk united, united devonshire, unity, united hustlers & redan, united ulster, victoria consols, victoria quartz, pansora, virginia, victoria proprietory, williams united, hustlers reef, hustlers royal reserve, hercules & energetic, ironbark, johnsons reef no 1, hustlers royal reserve, ironbark, johnsons reef, johnsons extended, kochs pioneer, lazarus new chum, lady barkly - lightning hill, mcduff amalgamated, morning star, new chum consolidated, new chum railway, new chum & victoria, new blue consolidated, new hopefu, new st mungo, new argus, new moon, new victoria catherine, new chum goldfields, north new moon, north argus, bgo library 'healthy golden bendigo' - 1906 -
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Document - PRINTED REMINISCENCE: LOOKING BACK WITH TOM ROWE
Printed reminiscence ''Looking Back with Tom Rowe'' with Appendices. 27 stapled pages and 28 - 42 loose sheets of Appendix. Loose sheets (7) of Select Bibliography and (poor quality) copies of photos including portraits of un-name male and un-named female; also picnic gathering of approx 20 hatted/suited men in rural setting. No author, no date of authorship.bendigo, history, autobiography tom rowe, the great depression, mr t rowe, world war 2, central deborah gold mine. mr charles robert searle rowe, new chum railway company, north old chum syndicate, list of mine managers, golden square school, big hills gold mine, henry gibs, new chum synline, school of mines, cr. g d garvin, central deborah mine, golden square fire station, the fife shire hotel, the rose of australia hotel, hicks spurs, red white and blue mine -
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Document - NEWSPAPER CUTTING: GEORGE ALBERT ROBINSON, 21st January, 2005
Newspaper cutting Bendigo Advertiser 21/01/2005- re George Albert Robinson, died 1890, Bendigo Railways in shunting accident. Also - reference to wife - Jessie Ann Robinson.The Advertiserperson, individual, george albert robinson, george albert robinson, bendigo station guards. -
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Document - VICTORIA QUARTZ - NOTES ON THE VICTORIA QUARTZ MINE
Three typed and one handwritten copies of notes on the Victoria Quartz Mine. Notes include Size of Lease, Depth of Shaft, Locality, P;lant, Early History, Leading & Prominent, Best Gold and Gold Yield.document, gold, victoria quartz, victoria quartz, notes on the victoria quartz mine, goldmines hotel, mr william rae, lansell's 180, mr e j dunn, geological branch of the mines department, new chum railway mine, new chum drainage association, mines dept special edition australian mining standard 1/6/1899, mines dept booklet 'bendigo goldfield' 1936, mines dept annual and quarterly reports, annals of bendigo, a richardson -
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Document - ULSTER GOLD MINING COMPANY NO LIABILITY - UNITY MINE FIRE 8/10/1907 & FAMOUS GOLD MINES
Handwritten copy of a fire at Unity Mine on Tuesday 8-10-1907. Report from the Bendigo Advertiser Wednesday October 9th 1907. Notes mention Fire Brigade, miners, how the fire started and how the men down the shaft escaped when the rope crash down the shaft. On the back is a handwritten carbon copy of notes titled Famous Gold Mines of Bendigo and Eaglehawk. Notes give yields of gold for alluvial and quartz mining. Deep Shafts in 1904 of which there were eleven with a depth of more than 3000 feet and 53 over 2000 feet and two which were more than 4000 feet. Wages for 1911 for Engine Drivers and Firemen and Boiler Attendants. Note on winding plants and air compressors.document, gold, ulster gold mining coy no liability, ulster gold mining company no liability, unity mine fire 8/10/1907, bendigo advertiser 9/10/1907, garden gully reef hotel, wm addicoat, louis pabst, edward morris, conrad inglefinger, edward fuller, frederick allen, wm whitford, mr jewell, carlisle mine, famous gold mines of bendigo and eaglehawk, new chum line, garden gully line, hustlers line, victoria quartz mine, new chum railway, mines report 1911 p15 -
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Document - UNITED HUSTLERS AND REDAN - NOTES ON THE UNITED HUSTLERS AND REDAN
Part of a page of notes on the United Hustlers and Redan. Notes include K. K. Shaft Plant, Size of Shaft,Poppet Heads, Quartz bins, Mullock Heap, Winding Engine Air Compressor and Boilers. On the back some questions are written, distances of shafts from streets and last crushing.document, united hustlers and redan, notes on the united hustlers and redan, k k shaft, tom rowe, new chum railway -
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Document - VICTORIA HILL - BENDIGO BRANCH HISTORICAL SOCIETY - MINE TOUR
Typed copy of notes for Mine Tour. Notes mention varios mining and historical areas of Bendigo which are on the tour.document, victoria hill, bendigo branch historical society - mine tour, hospital hill, all saints church, lieutenant-governor joseph la-trobe, bendigo's first hospital, sacred heart cathedral, central deborah mine, new red white & blue consolidated or big blue, a roberts & sons, the new golden fleece, new chum goldfields, central wattle gully mine, virginia consols mine, black's quarries coldstream, thompson's engineering and pipe co ltd castlemaine, north deborah, big deborah, new chum railway mine, golden square methodist church, the rocks, e j dunn, gold monument, shamrock mine, mr alvernia hospital, abe lincoln sandheap, j b lazarus, john brown knitwear factory, gold mines hotel, david sterry, fortuna villa, george lansell, theodore ballerstedt, a h q survey regiment, old chum mine, central nell gwynne, bendigo and district tourist association, little 180 mine, victoria quartz, rae's open cut, wittcheibe's 'jeweller's shop' adventure, advance, cinderella, j n macartney, bendigo goldfields registry for 1871, wm rae, johnson's devonshire, snobs hill mine, sadowa, st mungo, united devonshire, historical society, historical and mining museum, mechanic's institute, log lock-up, court house, j b watson, housing commission homes, latham and watson, the great extended hustlers, city of sandhurst, a richardson -
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Document - VICTORIA HILL - NOTES ON VICTORIA HILL (SIGNS)
Twelve handwritten copied pages (a & b) of notes regarding the signs for Victoria Hill. Signs indicate the feature and a description including Prospecting Shafts, dams, engine beds, Lansell's Big 180 Shaft, stampers, Victoria Quartz Mine, Victoria Quartz Dams, Rae's Open Cut, Anticlinal Arch, small primitive tunnels, Engine-bed for Great Central Victoria known as 'Midway' mine, prospecting tunnels, floyd's small 5 Head Crushing Battery, Ballerstedt's Small 24 Yard Claim, The Humboldt 1856 to 1861, Luffsman and Sterry's Claim, and A Round Shaft.document, memo, victoria hill, victoria hill, notes on victoria hill (signs), lansell's big 180, ballerstedt senior, george lansell, victoria quartz mine, victoria reef quartz coy, wm rae, a roberts & sons, mr e j dunn, new chum drainage scheme, eureka extended, new chum railway, pearl, bendigo advertiser, inrush of water at the victoria quartz, victoria consols, shamrock, shenandoah, victoria quartz dams, rae's open cut. prospecting tunnel, floyd's small 5 head crushing battery, great central victoria (midway), midway no 2, midway north, ballerstedt's small 24 yard claim, the humboldt, wittscheibe, the adventure, advance, george lansell, luffsman & sterry's claim, david sterry, gold mines hotel, city of sandhurst, lansell's fortuna, a richardson -
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Book - PICTURESQUE VICTORIA
Picturesque Victoria and how to get there, a handbook for tourists containing information regarding railways, coaches, steamboats, fares, etc. Issued by the Victorian Railways December 1907. Printed by D W Paterson Co Melbourne, contains 246 pages with maps and black and white illustrations.books, natural history, victoria -
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Document - RAILWAYS COLLECTION: ARTICLE 'THE TRUE STORY OF THE DESIGN OF THE BENDIGO RAILWAY'
Railways collection -A4 Article 'The True Story of the design of the Bendigo Railway' from Engineering Heritage Australia (Victoria ) Institution of Engineers, Australia -advertising a speech by Brian Harper on 4.9.2003 which shows that the background of the engineers who brought their skills to the Colony following the collapse of the railway mania that gripped Britain from 1844-1850, when they sought opportunities for employment outside of Britain. Also an A4 photo of a Bendigo Railway sign.document