John Christopher Ruschmeyer arrived in Melbourne aged 26 aboard the 'Essex' from Hanover, Germany via London in 1864. Shortly after his arrival in Australia he travelled to the Bendigo diggings. He became one of many thousands of German diggers on the Central Victorian Goldfields. He married Elizabeth Little Shepherd (Morrison) in 1874, a widow who had travelled down from Brisbane after the death of her first husband (John Shepherd). He became a naturalized citizen in 1893. Shortly after his marriage and having mined Golden Gully for some years he turned to hotel keeping and was the licensee of the Town and Country Hotel in Woodward Road, Golden Gully up until his death in 1911. The family of 4 daughters and 3 sons survived him. The family of Ernest, Maude, Christopher, Ethel and Edith (twins), Charles and Dolly Ruschmeyer all lived in the Bendigo area. His sons continued working in the mining tradition. He is buried with his wife in the Bendigo Cemetery. After his death Elizabeth moved to Thistle St until her death in 1922. Christopher Ruschmeyer and his family lived in a small house (now part of a poultry farm) in Woodwood road opposite the TOWN AND COUNTRY HOTEL. A brother Ernest Walter Ruschmeyer lived in a house next to the hotel. Ernest built the house. After Ernest's death in 1927 another brother Charles Hex Ruschmeyer married Ernest's wife Gertrude. The hotel was first licensed in 1898 and closed in 1916. John Ruschmeyer was the licensee until his death in 1911. Elizabeth took over the license until 1912 when it was sold to a Catherine E Hoffaer. This information is provided by Neil Graham of Strathfieldsaye whose Grandfather on his Mother's side was John Ruschmeyer and John Christopher Ruschmeyer was his Great Grandfather.Digital image: image shows Town and Country Hotel, Diamond Hill. Ruschmeyer's were the publicans. Standing outside hotel, were from left, Ethel, Dolly, Maude, Edith, Elizabeth.person, family, ruschmeyer, john christopher ruschmeyer, town and country hotel, ruschmeyer, diamond hill bendigo

Manuscript re ''Turand'' - Property at Maiden Gully - subtitled ''Historically - Ancient and in the Dream Times''. Author (owner) is B S Andrew. Undated. Property is at the commencement of Myers Creek. Description of aboriginal background to area, modern history (the hotel and associated home), nearby forest, dams and water. Of particular interest on p.2 is description of the 'museum' in the Stables building (description on contents of museum) Description of the Cellars and the House itself. Article concludes: '' This has been more lengthy than I would have liked but I find that visitors have different interests and in fully covering questions that are usually asked each can browse through and view their own particular interest''. Included here (March 2013) is relevant citation from CoGB Heritage Policy Citations Project, Lovell Chen 2010)document, names of bendigo pioneers

Handwritten copy of items for the Newsletter. Included is Machinery Contractor Called to Task. He took a lot longer to do the work than he should have. Boys Will Be Boys tells of a boy who was supposed to driving the whim horse, but in the absence of the braceman, he amused himself by taking a truck out of the cage and putting it back again. Then he started stepping backwards and forwards by holding onto a rope across the shaft, then fell down the shaft. He got a severe shaking. Cheers and Groans are about the long hours the miners worked and the introduction of the 8 hour day. Primitive Shafts is about the Victoria Reef Shafts. It tells of the underground working and raising the ore, crushing and yield.document, for historical society bendigo branch newsletter, federal australian, st mungo crushing battery, a richardson, royal hotel, bendigo advertiser, angus mackay, regulation of mines 1874, victoria reef quartz co, victoria quartz, grant and co, dicker's mining record 23/11/1861 pages 9 and 10

Typed notes titled 'Bendigo and its Historical Associations. Mentioned are the buildings that were erected between the 1870's and the turn of the century, the buildings and churches, the meeting of diggers and the formation of the Red Ribbon League,the early gold miners, the purchase of the Central Deborah Mine, the Bendigo Easter Fair , the Chinese, and Eaglehawk.document, bendigo and its historical associations, lake eppalock, the beehive, beehive chambers, post office, law courts, shamrock hotel, town hall, home and hospital for the aged, bendigo base hospital, hospital hill, forest street wesley, congregational, st johns presbyterian, all saints pro-cathedral, red ribbon league, sacred heart cathedral, a n z bank, atkinson's building, holland bros, a h q survey regiment headquarters, george lansell, fortuna, pioneer, j b lazarus, theodore ballerstedt, victoria quartz mine, wm rae, witscheibes 'jewellers shop', gold mines hotel, david sterry, the bendigo and district tourist association, city council, central deborah gold mine, victoria hill, sun loong, loong, bendigo easter fair, chinese joss house, white hills cemetery, st killian's church, log lock-up, whipstick forest, a richardson, bendigo branch royal historical society of victoria

Typed notes titled 'The Era of the Cab' by Edith M. Lunn. Notes mention the cabs in Bendigo, where the cab ranks were, hansom cabs and their drivers, travel from Eaglehawk to Sandhurst and from Epsom to Kangaroo Flat. Also mentions the coming of the motor car and the effect it had on the cabs and the horses.document, the era of the cab, edith m lunn, mr bruby, camp hotel, mr edmondson, shamrock hotel

Handwritten notes mentioning some Bendigo businesses. Mentions the formation of the Bendigo Arcade, where the Bendigo Omnibus Coy was, newsagencies, and where some businesses were in Hargreaves Street.document, names of bendigo pioneers, business, g h hobson, bendigo and vicinity 1895, issaac lloyd, j andrews, g lovell, hobson & pengelly, g hobson & co, bendigo arcade coy limited, bensons arcade, bendigo arcade, myers, the bendigo omnibus coy, arthur m armstrong, g w wicking, argus agency, beehive exchange hotel, isaac lloyd coach factory, arcade hotel, j h curnow, a raisbeck, dudley house, mr d collier

Black and white fold - out Panoramic Composite photograph of Pall mall Bendigo in 1857 on cream, aged paper showing the Shamrock hotel, Williamson St, Bank of Australasia, site of Arcade, Colonial Bank, Victoria Hotel (now National bank), Hall of Commerce (now Mining Exchange), the Beehive - Francis Brothers Beehive Stores, Pikes Corner, B Morey Saddler, Blythe & Inglis Family Grocer Provisions dealer, Horse Bazaar Cattle sale Yard, Jones & Shiress Chemists, horses and carts- enclosed in envelope addressed to 'Mrs Reube P Lumbe C/- Bethlehem Home for Aged Taylor St Specimen Hillbendigo, streetscape, pall mall, pall mall bendigo in 1857 / shamrock hotel / , colonial bank / victoria hotel /, hall of commerce / mining exchange / the beehive - francis brothers beehive stores/ pikes corner / b morey saddler / , blythe & inglis family grocer provisions dealer / jones & shiress chemists /, horse bazaar cattle sale yard

Two typed copies of notes titled 'Theatre on the Goldfields' by Mr. Frank Cusack. Notes mention the early theatres on the Goldfields, the actors, actresses and singers, owners and places where the theatres were. Also mentioned are some of the plays that were performed.entertainment, theatre, bendigo, theatre on the goldfields, mr frank cusack, john hawkins, bulwer lytton, 'lady of lyons', the theatre royal, gregg, yates, stark, carncross's royal exchange restaurant, the argus, the casion, charles thatcher, burton's theatre, c h rignold, george rignold, royal victoria theatre, the princess, the criterion, walsh and fawcett, george fawcett rowe, fawcett rowe, lola montez, henry coleman, madame carilly, the advertiser, victoria reef, william kelly, g v brooke, burralls assembly rooms, nicholls assembly rooms, royal hotel, shamrock concert hall, bendigo hotel, billy heffernan, john crowely, mrs hancock, miss urie, m langlaise, sarah flower, madame caradine, thatcher the inimitable, greville, joe small, fanny young, frank varley, hugh anderson, porter's stars of the australian stage and screen, abbott, lyceum theatre, mr & mrs robe, robert heir, g w daniels, bendigo histrionic club, carrick club, 'the old curiosity shop', benjamin farjeon or b l farjeon, louis quatorze, robert younge, woolridge's eagle saloon, fry's troupe, coleman's rotunda theatre, old house, rainer's ethipian serenaders, jacobs, mrs macgowan, the golden age, foos & fitzgerald, madame arnati, gibson, pearsons harmonic hall, london hotel, little joe and the comical wonder, pick and shovel, united states hotel, john hunter kerr, marsh troupe, lyster opera co, miss avonia jones, cobb & co, billy heffernan, shamrock hotel, st james hall, crowley, royal princess theatre, offenbach's duchess of gerolstein, james cassius williamson, maggie moore, hal porter, grattan riggs co, garner, musgrove, george rignold, bland holt, harry rickards, london gaiety co, alfred dampier, dan barry co, harold stephen, coghill brothers, paine, waterman & balfe, the australian bijou opera co, williamson & musgrove's royal opera co, nellie stewart, the alfred dampier co, ward lyons dramatic co, george darrell, william elton, charles arnold's co, masonic theatre, the capital), the bendigo dramatic society, the bendigo glee club, the bendigo amateur dramatic club, bendigo orchestra, bendigo liedertafel, alice crawford, wilson barrett co, ernest toy, emily dyason, gertrude alger, william murdoch, a c bartleman, madame benda, amy and eileen castles, erna mueller, madame bertha rossow, e a bindley, kate samuels, jan kubelik

Type written account of a walk around some of the old mining areas of Bendigo. Areas mentioned are: Rose St, New Chum Gully, Barnard St, New Chum Hill, Sterry's Open Cut, Gold Mines Hotel, Inglewood St, Chum St, Maple St, Philip's Hill, Puddling Machine,document, names of bendigo pioneers, bendigo goldfields, rambling around, len bennetts, joch, garibaldi mine and battery, menzies, ellesmere, south old chum, new chum con, nth ellesmere, new chum united, lansells 222, fortuna, lazarus, nell gwynne (bml), fortuna, mr geo lansell, old chum, bcv 8, sterry's open cut, gold mines hotel, gill's grocer shop, mr gill, moorshead's, foggitt and jones hill

Stone of which wall is constructed is believed to have been used in the construction of Jamieson's Buninyong Inn, built for Margaret Jamieson starting about 1853. She owned the earlier Buninyong Inn which impinged on they surveyed Learmonth St. and was demolished. Margaret died in 1854 before the building was completed by her son, who built the third Buninyong Inn on the corner of Learmonth and Warrenheip. The two story hotel was tenented for a while, then bought by Dr. Sparling who demolished it.Colour photo, Section of sandstone wall, 405 Learmonth St. Buninyong.buninyong, jamieson, sparling, buninyong inn, wall, sandstone

Stone of which wall is constructed is believed to have been used in the construction of Jamieson's Buninyong Inn, built for Margaret Jamieson starting about 1853. She owned the earlier Buninyong Inn which impinged on they surveyed Learmonth St. and was demolished. Margaret died in 1854 before the building was completed by her son, who built the third Buninyong Inn on the corner of Learmonth and Warrenheip. The two story hotel was tenented for a while, then bought by Dr. Sparling who demolished it.Colour photo, Sandstone blocks awaiting incorporation into reconstruction of wall, 405 Learmonth St. Buninyongbuninyong, jamieson, sparling, buninyong inn, wall, sandstone

Stone of which wall is constructed is believed to have been used in the construction of Jamieson's Buninyong Inn, built for Margaret Jamieson starting about 1853. She owned the earlier Buninyong Inn which impinged on they surveyed Learmonth St. and was demolished. Margaret died in 1854 before the building was completed by her son, who built the third Buninyong Inn on the corner of Learmonth and Warrenheip. The two story hotel was tenented for a while, then bought by Dr. Sparling who demolished it.Colour photo, Individual Sandstone block, awaiting incorporation into reconstruction of wall, for Mr. H & Mrs. D Westbrooke, 1995, at 405 Learmonth St. Buninyongbuninyong, jamieson, sparling, buninyong inn, wall, sandstone

Stone of which wall is constructed is believed to have been used in the construction of Jamieson's Buninyong Inn, built for Margaret Jamieson starting about 1853. She owned the earlier Buninyong Inn which impinged on they surveyed Learmonth St. and was demolished. Margaret died in 1854 before the building was completed by her son, who built the third Buninyong Inn on the corner of Learmonth and Warrenheip. The two story hotel was tenented for a while, then bought by Dr. Sparling who demolished it.Colour photo, bottom section of wall, showing individual Sandstone block with hole to support wooden strut, in reconstruction of wall, at 405 Learmonth St. Buninyongbuninyong, jamieson, sparling, buninyong inn, wall, sandstone

Stone of which wall is constructed is believed to have been used in the construction of Jamieson's Buninyong Inn, built for Margaret Jamieson starting about 1853. She owned the earlier Buninyong Inn which impinged on they surveyed Learmonth St. and was demolished. Margaret died in 1854 before the building was completed by her son, who built the third Buninyong Inn on the corner of Learmonth and Warrenheip. The two story hotel was tenented for a while, then bought by Dr. Sparling who demolished it.Colour photo, Sandstone wall after rebuilding at 405 Learmonth St. Buninyongbuninyong, jamieson, sparling, buninyong inn, wall, sandstone

historic building, built by Richard RennieSepia photo, Royal Exchange Hotel, (originally Royal Mail Hotel), SE cnr. Learmonth and Cornish Sts, Buninyong, in 1860's. W.S.Smith. licensee. Attached hall on left built as Adelphi Theatre, became known as Oddfellow's Hall.buninyong, hotel, royal mail, royal exchange, adelphit theatre, oddfellows hall

gold rush era historic building, social historyB/W photo, Crown Hotel, Buninyong, from Learmonth St. around 1905, shows some adjoining buildings inc. Caffrey's Shoeing Forge. Clearly shows original polychrome brickwork, full width iron lace veranda and tall flagpole.buninyong, crown hotel, learmonth st., warrenheip st, caffrey's shoeing forge

Historic BuildingsB/W Photo of original photo, Learmonth St. Town Hall precinct, c 1890, from left Fire Station with bell tower, Town Hall with clock tower, brick Butchers shop, Adams Store, National Bank, Buninyong Hotel. Weighbrodge far right.buninyong, fire station, town hall, whyke's butchers, adams store, national bank, buninyong hotel

Historic BuildingsB/W Photo of original photo, NE Corner Warrenheip and Learmonth Sts. 1890's Wyatt;s Eagle Hotel centre, and surrounding single story shops.buninyong, wyatt's eagle hotel

Historic BuildingsB/W Photo of original photograph, Facade Wyatt's Eagle Hotel, Warrenheip St, around 1880s, group of boys in front.buninyong, wyatt's eagle hotel, warrenheip st.

Historic Buildings, demolished 1930'sB/W Photo of original photograph, Buninyong Hotel around 1890's, corner Warrenheip and Learmonth Streets, men and boys and horse and cart in front, small section of Masonic Hall visible on left.buninyong, corner warrenheip and learmonth, buninyong hotel, jamieson, masonic lodge

Historic BuildingsB/W original photo, NE Corner Warrenheip and Learmonth Sts. 1970's Corner shop centre, and surrounding single story shops and two story former Eagle Hotel, then Service station to left.buninyong, wyatt's eagle hotel, intersection, corner shop, service station

Historic BuildingsColour Photo Old Eagle Hotel, Warrenheip St in 1995, as "Garden Delights" store, new veranda/balcony.buninyong, warrenheip st, eagle hotel, garden delights

historic Replacement building, earlier hotel lost in bushfire.Colour photo, Egan's Hotel, Enfield 1986egan's hotel, enfield

record of township 1920'sB/W photo, Buninyong, from crossroads, 1924buninyong, crown hotel, learmonth st., warrenheip st, caffrey's shoeing forge, buninyong hotel

historic, buildingBelieved to be built using stone from Margaret Jamieson's demolished Buninyong HotelColour photo, Stone wall, 405 Learmonth Street, before reconstruction.stone wall, learmonth st., buninyong hotel, ma jamieson

historic, buildingBelieved to be built using stone from Margaret Jamieson's demolished Buninyong HotelColour photo, Sandstone blocks, remnants from earlier wall, 405 Learmonth Street, during reconstruction.stone wall, learmonth st., buninyong hotel, ma jamieson

historic, buildingBelieved to be built using stone from Margaret Jamieson's demolished Buninyong HotelColour photo, laying sandstone blocks, remnants from earlier wall, 405 Learmonth Street, during reconstruction.stone wall, learmonth st., buninyong hotel, ma jamieson

A copy of a photograph of the well known builder Richard Rennie 1816-1906 of prominent public buildings in BuninyongRichard Hutchinson Rennie was a well known builder of public buildings including the Buninyong Town Hall/Court House 1886/7, Crown Hotel 1883 and the original Shire Hall 1869Black and white copy of an image of Richard Rennierichard rennie, buninyong town hall, public buildings