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Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Doll's leg, Bisque dolls were being made from the 1860’s
This doll’s leg was part of the cargo from the Fiji and was part of the articles salvaged from the wreck. The three-masted iron barque Fiji had been built in Belfast, Ireland, in 1875 by Harland and Wolfe for a Liverpool based shipping company. The ship departed Hamburg on 22nd May 1891 bound for Melbourne, under the command of Captain William Vickers with a crew of 25. The ship’s manifest shows that she was loaded with a cargo of 260 cases of dynamite, pig iron, steel goods, spirits (whisky, schnapps, gin, brandy), sailcloth, tobacco, coiled fencing wire, concrete, 400 German pianos (Sweet Hapsburg), concertinas and other musical instruments, artists supplies including brushes, porcelain, furniture, china, and general cargo including candles. There were also toys in anticipation for Christmas, including wooden rocking horses, miniature ships, dolls with china limbs and rubber balls. On September 5th, one hundred days out from Hamburg in squally and boisterous south west winds the Cape Otway light was sighted on a bearing differing from Captain Vickers’ calculation of his position. At about 2:30am, Sunday 6th September 1891 land was reported 4-5 miles off the port bow. The captain tried to put the ship on the other tack, but she would not respond. He then tried to turn her the other way but just as the manoeuvre was being completed the Fiji struck rock only 300 yards (274 metres) from shore. The place is known as Wreck Bay, Moonlight Head. Blue lights were burned and rockets fired whilst an effort was made to lower boats but all capsized or swamped and smashed to pieces. Two of the younger crewmen volunteered to swim for the shore, taking a line. One, a Russian named Daniel Carkland, drowned after he was swept away when the line broke. The other, 17 year old able seaman Julius Gebauhr, a German, reached shore safely on his second attempt but without the line, which he had cut lose with his sheath-knife when it become tangled in kelp. He rested on the beach a while then climbed the steep cliffs in search of help. At about 10am on the Sunday morning a party of land selectors - including F. J. Stansmore, Leslie Dickson (or Dixon) and Mott - found Gebauhr. They were near Ryans Den, on their travels on horseback from Princetown towards Moonlight Head, and about 5km from the wreck. Gebauhr was lying in the scrub in a poor state, bleeding and dressed only in singlet, socks and a belt with his sheath-knife, ready for all emergencies. At first they were concerned about his wild and shaggy looking state and what seemed to be gibberish speech, taking him to be an escaped lunatic. They were reassured after he threw his knife away and realised that he was speaking half-English, half-German. They gave him food and brandy and some clothing and were then able to gain information about the wreck. Some of the men took him to Rivernook, a nearby guest house owned by John Evans, where he was cared for. Stansmore and Dickson rode off to try and summon help. Others went down to the site of the wreck. Messages for rescuing the rest of the crew were sent both to Port Campbell for the rocket rescue crew and to Warrnambool for the lifeboat. The S.S. Casino sailed from Portland towards the scene. After travelling the 25 miles to the scene, half of the Port Campbell rocket crew and equipment arrived and set up the rocket tripod on the beach below the cliffs. By this time the crew of the Fiji had been clinging to the jib-boom for almost 15 hours, calling frantically for help. Mr Tregear from the Rocket Crew fired the line. The light line broke and the rocket was carried away. A second line was successfully fired across the ship and made fast. The anxious sailors then attempted to come ashore along the line but, with as many as five at a time, the line sagged considerably and some were washed off. Others, nearly exhausted, had to then make their way through masses of seaweed and were often smothered by waves. Only 14 of the 24 who had remained on the ship made it to shore. Many onlookers on the beach took it in turns to go into the surf and drag half-drowned seamen to safety. These rescuers included Bill (William James) Robe, Edwin Vinge, Hugh Cameron, Fenelon Mott, Arthur Wilkinson and Peter Carmody. (Peter Carmody was also involved in the rescue of men from the Newfield.) Arthur Wilkinson, a 29 year old land selector, swam out to the aid of one of the ship’s crewmen, a carpenter named John Plunken. Plunken was attempting to swim from the Fiji to the shore. Two or three times both men almost reached the shore but were washed back to the wreck. A line was thrown to them and they were both hauled aboard. It was thought that Wilkinson struck his head on the anchor before s they were brought up. He remained unconscious. The carpenter survived this ordeal but Wilkinson later died and his body was washed up the next day. It was 26 year old Bill Robe who hauled out the last man, the captain, who had become tangled in the kelp. The wreck of the Fiji was smashed apart within 20 minutes of the captain being brought ashore, and it settled in about 6m of water. Of the 26 men on the Fiji, 11 in total lost their lives. The remains of 7 bodies were washed onto the beach and their coffins were made from timbers from the wrecked Fiji. They were buried on the cliff top above the wreck. The survivors were warmed by fires on the beach then taken to Rivernook and cared for over the next few days. Funds were raised by local communities soon after the wreck in aid of the sufferers of the Fiji disaster. Captain Vickers was severely reprimanded for his mishandling of the ship. His Masters Certificate was suspended for 12 months. At the time there was also a great deal of public criticism at the slow and disorganised rescue attempt to save those on board. The important canvas ‘breech buoy’ or ‘bucket chair’ and the heavy line from the Rocket Rescue was in the half of the rocket outfit that didn’t make it in time for the rescue: they had been delayed at the Gellibrand River ferry. Communications to Warrnambool were down so the call for help didn’t get through on time and the two or three boats that had been notified of the wreck failed to reach it in time. Much looting occurred of the cargo that washed up on the shore, with nearly every visitor leaving the beach with bulky pockets. One looter was caught with a small load of red and white rubber balls, which were duly confiscated and he was ‘detained’ for 14 days. Essence of peppermint mysteriously turned up in many settlers homes. Sailcloth was salvaged and used for horse rugs and tent flies. Soon after the wreck “Fiji tobacco” was being advertised around Victoria. A Customs officer, trying to prevent some of the looting, was assaulted by looters and thrown over a steep cliff. He managed to cling to a bush lower down until rescued. In 1894 some coiled fencing wire was salvaged from the wreck. Hundreds of coils are still strewn over the site of the wreck, encrusted and solidified. The hull is broken but the vessel’s iron ribs can be seen along with some of the cargo of concrete and pig iron. Captain Vickers presented Bill Robe with his silver-cased pocket watch, the only possession that he still had, as a token for having saved his life and the lives of some of the crew. (The pocket watch came with 2 winding keys, one to wind it and one to change the hands.) Years later Bill passed the watch to his brother-in-law Gib (Gilbert) Hulands as payment of a debt and it has been passed down the family to Gilbert Hulands’ grandson, John Hulands. Seaman Julius Gebauhr later gave his knife, in its hand crafted leather sheath, to F. J. Stansmore for caring for him when he came ashore. The knife handle had a personal inscription on it. A marble headstone on the 200m high cliffs overlooking Wreck Beach, west of Moonlight Head, paying tribute to the men who lost their lives when Fiji ran aground. The scene of the wreck is marked by the anchor from the Fiji, erected by Warrnambool skin divers in 1967. Amongst the artefacts salvaged from the Fiji are bisque (or china) toys, (including miniature animals, limbs from small bisque dolls), rubber balls, a slate pencil, a glass bottle, sample of rope from the distress rocket and a candlestick holder. These items are now part of the Fiji collection at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum, along with Captain Vickers’ pocket watch and Julius Gebauhr’s sheath knife. Flagstaff Hill’s Fiji collection is of historical significance at a State level because of its association with the wreck Fiji, which is on the Victorian Heritage Register VHR S259. The Fiji is archaeologically significant as the wreck of a typical 19th century international sailing ship with cargo. It is educationally and recreationally significant as one of Victoria's most spectacular historic shipwreck dive sites with structural features and remains of the cargo evident. It also represents aspects of Victoria’s shipping history and its potential to interpret sub-theme 1.5 of Victoria’s Framework of Historical Themes (living with natural processes). The Fiji collection meets the following criteria for assessment: Criterion A: Importance to the course, or pattern, of Victoria’s cultural history. Criterion B: Possession of uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of Victoria’s cultural history Criterion C: Potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of Victoria’s cultural history. Doll’s leg salvaged from the wreck of the Fiji. This moulded, shapely leg, made of bisque (sometimes described as china or porcelain) and tan in colour, is for a small doll. It has a shoe shaped foot complete with heel. The leg would have probably been finished with paint and the shoe would also be painted on. However this leg has no paint remaining. The leg is solid rather than jointed and goes from foot to lower thigh. Around the top edge of the thigh is a groove, which would enable the leg to be attached to the cloth body of a doll.1891, china, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwrecked artefact, flagstaff hill maritime village, shipwreck coast, warrnambool, porcelain, doll, moonlight head, wreck bay, cargo, bisque, dolls limb, dolls leg, toys, doll's limb, doll's leg -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Functional object - Music stand, Early 19th Century before 1860
Thomas Sheraton (1751-1806) appears to have been the first to record the written term “Canterbury” music or magazine stand. In his Cabinet Dictionary of 1803 he refers to “a small music stand” with divisions for holding loose sheet or bound volumes of music. The music stand designed to hold sheet music came into fashion in the late 18th Century in England and was often crafted from mahogany, rosewood or walnut. They were seen as status symbols since music was practiced exclusively by the upper classes of society. In a period when printed music was more widely available and disseminated due to more affordable printing techniques, modern sheet music was very popular and therefore storage for such favoured tunes became a luxury and an opportunity for innovative design by cabinet makers. The Classical period of music, from about 1750 to 1820 and the Romantic Period from around 1815-1910 was the golden age of classical music. And it was at this time that The Canterbury often accompanied the piano in the parlour with styles ranging from Georgian simplicity to Victorian exuberance. Social activities of colonial Victoria would have included evening gatherings of family and friends around the piano to enjoy performances or sing along together with from old and up-to-date music sheets. The Canterbury would also be an elegant and practical place to also store newspapers, magazines, posters and drawings from overseas. The news from ‘home’ would be enjoyed by all. THE INSCRIPTION “Jack Morse” Morse. In 2010 Mr Jack Morse was recognised as one of the “people who have contributed to the long term development of Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village”. He was a member of the Flagstaff hill Planning board and a Current Life Member and had been awarded a Certificate of Service and the provision of an Annual Family Membership for life by Flagstaff Hill. The Morse’s family business, Morse’s Engineering, closed in 2010. It was considered “One of Warrnambool’s longest operating businesses with roots dating to 1883 with the design and manufacture of coaches and buggies, progressing to automotive repairs and later specialising in under-vehicle work” The Canterbury appears to have been handmade prior to 1860 as the dovetails are handmade and there are no saw marks on the drawer sides or back as well the sides. Also the back has small nicks indicating a hand plane or drawer knife was used rather than a saw blade to size the material. Additional indications are that the spindles are slightly different in size meaning they were handmade individually not mass produced. From these indicators the writer believes that the item was made before 1860 as machinery was only used after this date to produce furniture. As yet no individual maker can be attributed to this item, however it is a significant piece historically and is quite valuable if a known maker can be associated with the Canterbury. The item highlights a time in our social history when music played an everyday part in people’s lives as the only entertainment families could enjoy together in their own homes. A Canterbury music stand, having three compartments consisting of twenty turned spindles supporting the slat dividers. A drawer, with two turned wooden handles, is fitted below. The music stand has turnip style turned feet. The drawer front and carcass of the stand are veneered rosewood over a mahogany carcass. The underlined words "Jack Morse" are handwritten underneath the drawer bottom.Hand written inscription on underneath the drawer bottom "Jack Morse".flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, canterbury, music rack, magazine rack, music stand, magazine stand, 19th century furniture, occasional furniture, frederick cornwallis, jack morse, morse’s undercar, music, thomas sheraton, regency furniture, music canterbury -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Old England: a pictorial museum of Regal, Ecclesiastical, Baronial, Municipal and Popular Antiquities, 1860 (exact)
Charles Knight is an English publisher and author. He was born at Windsor in 1791, and died in 1873 at Addlestone, Surrey. This book covers the period of English history from pre Roman times to the Industrial age. It shows how life was like in old England in regards to people, places, architecture and fashions, etc. The book contains 1000's of wonderful engravings, hand coloured plates beside 100's of pages of text contained in one volume. A large leather brown/gilt cover book with black leather bound and corners. 392 p. with coloured and b/w illustrations. It includes a table of contents of volume 1, 18 illuminated engraved (colour) plates, indexes to the engravings at the end of the book. 'Old England' gilt decoration on spine. The book shows how life was like in old England in regards to people, places, architecture and fashions, etc. from Roman times through to Industrial age. The book is published in two volumes, the book in hand contains volume 1 only.A plate inside front cover titled "Ballarat Technical Art School Library No. R/170"travel, customs, and, great britain antiquities, old england history, great britain description, the british period, the roman period, the anglosaxon period, regal baronial antiquities, ecclesiastical antiquities, great, britain social, life, charles knight, tomb of mary queen of scots, rochester castle -
Bright & District Historical Society operating the Bright Museum
Axe, Stone, prior to 1860
Donated by Charles Willoughby who found the axe and two others on his farm on the site of the present Lake Buffalo.Aboriginal atrtefacts are relatively rare in the North Eastern Region. This is a well made axe. The location of the quartzite may be significant in showing regional affinities.Quartzite ground edge stone axe with use polish on working edge and flaking on opposite edgeaxe, aboriginal artefact, buffalo river, north east region -
Federation University Historical Collection
Plans, Ballarat Gaol Plans, 1860, 1907, 1960
Copies of ground floor and first floor plans of Ballarat Gaol ballarat gaol, ballarat school of mines, watchtower, gaol gates, governor's residence, warden's residence -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Tool - Spokeshave, Mathieson and Son, 1860 to 1910
A spokeshave is a hand tool used to shape and smooth woods in woodworking jobs such as making cart wheel spokes, chair legs, paddles, bows, and arrows. The tool consists of a blade fixed into the body of the tool, which has a handle for each hand. Historically, a spokeshave was made with a wooden body and metal cutting blade. With industrialization metal bodies displaced wood in mass-produced tools. Being a small tool, spokeshaves are not suited to working large surfaces. The name spokeshave dates back to at least the 16th century, though the early history of the tool is not well documented. The name spokeshave reflects the early use of the tool by wheel wrights. The first spokeshaves were made of wood usually beech with steel blades, before being largely superseded by the development of metal-bodied spokeshaves in the latter half of the 19th century, though many woodworkers still use wooden spokeshaves. Due to their widespread use and versatility vintage wooden spokeshaves remain commonly available and relatively low in price. Spokeshaves consist of a blade or iron secured to the body or stock of the tool, which has two handles – one for each hand. The bottom surface of the tool is called the sole. The blade can be removed for sharpening, and adjusted to vary the depth of the cut. An early design consisted of a metal blade with a pair of tangs to which the wooden handles were attached, as with a draw knife. Unlike a draw knife, but like a plane, spokeshaves typically have a sole plate that fixes the angle of the blade relative to the surface being worked. There are a wide variety of different types of spokeshave, suited to different trades and applications. Company History: The firm of Alexander Mathieson & Sons was one of the leading makers of hand tools in Scotland. Its success went hand in hand with the growth of the shipbuilding industries on the Firth of Clyde in the nineteenth century and the emergence of Glasgow regarded as the "second city of the Empire". It also reflected the firm's skill in responding to an unprecedented demand for quality tools by shipyards, cooperage's and other industries, both locally and far and wide. The year 1792 was deemed by the firm to be that of its foundation it was in all likelihood the year in which John Manners had set up his plane-making workshop on Saracen Lane off the Gallowgate in the heart of Glasgow, not far from the Saracen's Head Inn, where Dr Johnson and James Boswell had stayed on their tour of Scotland in 1773. Alexander Mathieson (1797–1851) is recorded in 1822 as a plane-maker at 25 Gallowgate, but in the following year at 14 Saracen's Lane, presumably having taken over the premises of John Manners. The 1841 national census described Alexander Mathieson as a master plane-maker at 38 Saracen Lane with his son Thomas Adam working as a journeyman plane-maker. In 1849 the firm of James & William Stewart at 65 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh was taken over and Thomas was put in charge of the business, trading under the name Thomas A. Mathieson & Co. as plane and edge-tool makers. Thomas's company acquired the Edinburgh edge-tool makers Charles & Hugh McPherson and took over their premises in Gilmore Street. The Edinburgh directory of 1856/7 the business is recorded as being Alexander Mathieson & Son, plane and edge-tool makers at 48 Nicolson Street and Paul's Work, Gilmore Street. The 1851 census records indicate that Alexander was working as a tool and plane-maker employing eight men. Later that year Alexander died and his son Thomas took over the business. Under the heading of an edge-tool maker in the 1852/3 (Post-Office Glasgow Annual Directory) the firm is now listed as Alexander Mathieson & Son. By the early 1850s, the business had moved to 24 Saracen Lane. The directory for 1857/8 records that the firm had moved again only a few years later to East Campbell Street, also off the Gallowgate, and that through further diversification was also manufacturing coopers' and tin men's tools. The ten-yearly censuses log the firm's growth and in 1861 Thomas was a tool manufacturer employing 95 men and 30 boys; in 1871 he had 200 men working for him and in 1881 300 men. By 1899 the firm had been incorporated as Alexander Mathieson & Sons Ltd, even though only Alexander's son Thomas appears ever to have joined the firm.A vintage tool made by a well-known firm made for other firms and individuals that worked in wood. The tool was used to shape various items mainly in use by wheel wrights. A significant vintage item from the mid to late 19th century that today is quite sought after by collectors. It gives us a snapshot of how trade people predominately worked materials such as wood by hand and with tools that were themselves hand made shows the craftsman's art of the time. Spokeshave with blade 4 inches wide.Mathieson and Son Glasgow. flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, spokeshave, mathieson and son, carpentry tools, wheel wright tools -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Tool - Wood Moulding Plane, 1844-1860
A moulding plane is a specialised plane used for making the complex shapes found in wooden mouldings that are used to decorate furniture or other wooden object. Traditionally, moulding planes were blocks of wear resistant hardwood, often beech or maple, which were worked to the shape of the intended moulding. The blade, or iron was likewise formed to the intended moulding profile and secured in the body of the plane with a wooden wedge. A traditional cabinetmakers shop might have many, perhaps hundreds, of moulding planes for the full range of work to be performed. Large crown mouldings required planes of six or more inches in width, which demanded great strength to push and often had additional peg handles on the sides, allowing the craftsman's apprentice or other worker to pull the plane ahead of the master who guided it. All we known about John Ames is that he was a tool maker and retailer that operated a business in London early to mid 18th century. There are many of his tools including decorative moulding planes of all sizes and designs for sale around the world and that his tools in particular moulding planes are well sought after by collectors of vintage tools.A vintage tool made by a known maker, this item was made commercially for firms and individuals that worked in wood and needed a tool that could produce a ornamental finish to timber. The tool was used before routers and spindle moulders came into use after World War ll, a time when to produce a decorative moulding for a piece of furniture, door trims etc or other items had to be accomplished using hand tools and in particular one of these types of planes. These profiled planes came in various shapes and sizes to achieve a decorative finish. A significant tool from the early to mid 18th century that today is quite rare and sought after by collectors. It gives us a snapshot of how furniture and other decorative finishes were created on timber by the use of hand tools. Tools that were themselves hand made shows the craftsmanship used during this time not only to make a tool such as the subject item but also the craftsmanship needed to produce a decorative finish that was needed to be made for any timber item.Complex Moulding Plane J Heath (owner) stamped. No 6 opposite endflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, plane moulding, moulding plane, plane, j heath, ames -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Black and white photograph, William Stawell, 1835-1860
William Foster Stawell was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria from March 1857 until September 1886. He was president of the Ballarat School of Mines Council from 1876 until 1889.Photographic portrait of a man named William Stawellwilliam stawell, legal, supreme court of victoria, ballarat school of mines, ballarat school of mines council, sir william foster stawell -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, C F Rammelsberg, Handbuch der Mineralchemie, 1860
Brown half leather bound (leather spine) with marbled cover of 1038 pages. Written in German.Signed A Mica Smithminerals, mineralogy, chemicals, mineral analysis, chemical constitution of minerals -
Federation University Historical Collection
Plans, Ballarat Gaol, 1860, 1907, 1960
Copies of ground floor and first floor plans of Ballarat Gaol ballarat gaol, ballarat school of mines, watchtower, gaol gates, governor's residence, warden's residence -
Federation University Historical Collection
Plans, Ballarat Gaol Plans, Watchtowers, Soil Tank, Elevations of walls, Ground Plans, etc, 1860, 1907, 1960
Seven copies of of ground floor and first floor plans of Ballarat Gaol, including aerial vierballarat gaol, ballarat school of mines, watchtower, gaol gates, governor's residence, warden's residence -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BASIL MILLER COLLECTION: MINING LANDSCAPE - NEW CHUM GULLY, BENDIGO, 1860-70's
Black and white copy of landscape showing many poppet heads, mining activity in New Chum Gully, Bendigo. Fortuna Villa visible on ridge line, rear of photo. Horse and covered cart in foreground.unknownperson, individual, basil miller -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - GOLD MINE BENDIGO, LAZARUS' CLAIM, C 1860's
Black and white photo: dam in foreground, building and whims on hill in background and tall chimney on rh side. Isolated ( residential ) building on hill at the rear. On front ' Batchelder/Sandhurst' ( not clear ) On back ' Gold mines, Bendigo - probably looking nw along New Chum Hill, with Lazarus' claim in foreground. Phoenix - later Old Chum Mine background'Batchelderorganization, business, lazarus' mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - PALL MALL, 1860 approx
Black and white photo. Streetscape, Pall Mall. Shop fronts from left to right include Macords Commercial Hotel, Thomas Rogers & Co., J. Barwick, H. Hoad & Co, Criterion Store, Batchelder Portrait Rooms, Parker & Macord, tobacconist shop, S. Alexander, Theatre Royal ( including Cobb & Co., booking office ) Original in State Library. On Front 'Batchelder/Sandhurst' Buggies and other vehicles at left and along road. Trees with guards planted along Pall Mall. Shows Pall Mall from corner of Bull St., ( Macords Commercial Hotel ) to Threatre Royal at Shamrock Hotel, near Williamson Street.Batchelderplace, streetscape, pall mall -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BANK OF AUSTRALASIA, 1860's
black and white copy: Bank of Australasia building, corner of Pall Mall and Williamson St., Photographer's handcart in picture. Two storey brick building, arched windows to ground floor, rectangular windows above. Above corner doorway is a coat of arms, similar in shape to present City of Melbourne coats of arms. In image on verandah ' J. Holdsworth./Chemist ' Bank of Australasia/ House, Assay office. On back in grey lead '10'Batchelderbuildings, bank, bank of australasia -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BENDIGO GOLDFIELDS HOSPITAL, 1860's
Black and white photograph :2 storey and basement stone building with gable roof, 4 chimneys projecting . Second storey has a central windows with three windows to right and leftr. Ground floor has central porch, door with glass, fanlight above and glass panels on each side. Basement with 3 small windows on each side of door. Post and rail fence on left. 5 males near door.Batchelderbuildings, hospital, bendigo goldfields hospital -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - H & C. HOLMES: IRONMONGERS, 1860's
Black and white photo, reprint of Batchelder photo. Two storey brick building ' Holmes' cast in concrete parapet. Iron lace trim on balcony. Holmes Ironmonger, Agricultural Implements, oils, paints and paper hangings painted on side. Building in McCrae Sreet. Small weatherboard building with ' Bendigo Rifle Gallery - W. Callaghan. Brooms, pans, pans in front of shop boardwalk, Ploughs to right of photo. 4 male figures present.Batchelderbuildings, commercial, h & c. holmes, ironmongers -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - COLONIAL BANK OF AUSTRALASIA, 1860's
Black and white copy of photo taken by Batchelder. Colonial Bank of Australasia. 2 storey rendered building, with parapet and orbs. 1st floor 3 rectangular windows, ground floor 2 arched windows and central arched doorway. 6 adult males on footpath at front. Single storey shop with verandah at left. Batchelder photographic cart at left front , at right, laneway with gas lamp above. At far right, double storey building. In image ' Manufacturing/Goldsmiths' On back in pencil '41'Batchelderbuildings, bank, colonial bank of australia -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - TOWN HALL: SANDHURST, 1860's
Black and white copy of Batchelder photo of Bendigo Town hall, taken from Pall Mall and Bull Street corner ( Noelene Wild 7/2000 ) Bare brickwork ? Large crowsd assembled in front. Horse and carts in front loaded drays at rear.Batchelderbuildings, government, town hall, sandhurst -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - CHARING CROSS/FOREST STREET: BENDIGO, 1860's
Black and white photo: copy. Streetscape at Charing Cross - side street is Forest Street, roadway to left of Forest St. is High St. Roadway to right of Forest Street is View Place. . On back 'Batchelder, Sandhurst, lower RH of image, in grey lead top RH on back No. 7 ' Busineses include J.B.Loridan steam chaff mills Hay & Corn Store The Benndigo Tin Shop Forest Street R.Bentley & Co Britannia House Royal Hotel Batchelder PhotoBatchelder Sandhurstplace, streetscape -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - VICTORIA HILL, 1860's ?
Black and white photo - mines and mining. At centre front - deep trench. At centre shed, poppet legs, wood pile, building with chimney at right. Wood pile, Building with chimney at back. At back, poppet legs on horizon, trees, building ( house ) buildings with chimney, trees, behind trees large 2 storey building ( Gold Mines Hotel ? ) other large buildings on horizon to right. ' Mining - Bendigo Vic. View of Victoria Hill taken from Old Chum Hill' written on back of photo.place, landscape view, victoria hill -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - ORIENTAL BANK: EAGLEHAWK, 1860's ?
black and white photo mounted on same size board. Group of 30 men and boys outside double storey building with verandah with iron lace. At left man mounted on horse. At rigfht, horse and 4 wheeled vehicle. At centre 2 men, 1 each side of box with '1311' 4 pieces of smooth material piled on box ( smelted gold ? ) At far left, 2 girls, 1 bending down. On left hand window of building 'old' On RH window ' …. Mercial bank'? Above doorway at far left ' private entrance'organization, business, oriental bank, eaglehawk -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - GROUP OF EMPLOYEES CONSTRUCTING BENDIGO RAILWAY, c.1860
Sepia photograph of workers employed ' on making the Bendigo Railway'. Workmen seated on rails with small girl. Group of men standing and seated in front of corrugated iron shed with Union Jack flag on pole. Adult females back left of photo. Hills with trees in background. Inscriptions: on back - handwritten in pen 'Employees in the making of the Bendigo Railway'. Top front R corner 'GP85'. On back - handwritten in ball point pen 'Presented to the Bendigo Historical Society by Stevenson McGilchrist, great grandson of the late William Robertson of 'Woding' Estate near Gisborne'. History: Prev. Acc. No. GP85person, group, male group of workers -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - PORTRAIT - MINERS, Circ. 1860
Photocopy of a photograph - Portrait of a group of working men - miners?organization, business, mine, portrait - miners. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - CURNOW COLLECTION: SCRIP CERTIFICATE FOR DERBYSHIRE GOLD MINING CO, 1860's
Scrip certificate for Derbyshire Gold Mining Co. OLD TOM AND SANDFLY GULLIES, BENDIGO. Blank single sheet No. 251. (Capital L15,000 in Fifteen Thousand shares of L1 each).person, individual, curnow collection -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - JACKSON'S GOLD OFFICE, VIEW POINT, BENDIGO - 1861?, 1860's ?
black and white ( copy ) H. Jackson's Gold Office, View Point, Bendigo. Men standing otuside office under verandah. Batchelder, Photographer, Pall Mall. Also Finlay & Co. See also Mosaic items 2400.160 and 2400.101. All details in Mike Butcher and Yolande Collis's book, An American on the Goldfields : the Bendigo Photographs of Benjamin Pierce Batchelder.' Also details of Henry Jackson's store in Bendigo Historic Buildings by Mike Butcher and Gill Flanders. National Trust of Australia (Vic). Central Victorian Branch. 1987. See Research Field for further information.Batchelder, Photographer, Pall Mallorganization, business, h. jackson's gold office, jackson, henry. finlay & co. view point, bendigo. jackson's corner. jackson's gold office. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - LARRITT'S SURVEY, 1854-1860
Larritt's Survey Enlarged maps -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - GUINEY COLLECTION: CARTE DE VISITE, 1860-1880
Carte de Visite Photographed by Chevalier, Pall Mall Sandhurst. Two B & W Photographs of an industrial building with a chimney in the background. Both have several men standing in front of the building.Chevalier -
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Photograph - GUINEY COLLECTION: CARTE DE VISITE, 1860-1880
Carte de Visite Photographed by Chevalier, Pall Mall Sandhurst. B & W Photograph of a woman with her hand resting on th eback of a chair. She is wearing a full length dark coloured dress with long sleeves.Chevalier -
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Photograph - GUINEY COLLECTION: CARTE DE VISITE, 1860-1880
Carte de Visite Photographed by Bent at Batchelder's Centre of Pall Mall Sandhurst. B & W Photograph of a young girl standing beside a table. Name written on the back of the card - HannahBent