Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the mid-nineteenth century to the last decade. This series of photographs show candid pictures taken by previous residents of the Island.Black and white photograph of Amess House, the Norfolk Pine, and the cannon. Taken from downhill on the main path looking up to the house.Catalogue number written in pencil on reverse. Hand written in pen: 'Amess (crossed out) Jenkins Era/ Source - Historic Places 1999' 'Churchill Island/Main patch leading up to the house' Stamped on paper diagonally repeating on reverse: 'Kodak Professional Paper - Papier - Paper'churchill island, harry jenkins, cannon, amess house

In 1875, the Rocky Mountain Extended Gold Sluicing Company Ltd was created, utilising the previous Rocky Mountain claim for the area near Lake Sambell. The company employed A.L Martin to survey an area for a tunnel underneath Beechworth and Johnson Stephens to dig it. The tunnel was built at a rate of 40 feet a month and eventually measured 800 metres. The tunnel was a true accomplishment both in the present and during the 19th century. It was considered to be a marvelous engineering feat. Beechworth is renowned for its hydraulic sluice method of mining. This involved soil being exposed to torrents of water from high-pressure hoses. From 1876 until its closure in 1921, the mine produced an astounding 47,926 ozs of gold. Companies like this were the source of income for many Chinese gold-diggers who sought to make their fortune on the goldfields of Beechworth. During the height of the rush, the town had around 7,000 Chinese inhabitants living on the outskirts of town as they were not permitted to live within Beechworth itself.The search for gold is ingrained into the history of Victoria and therefore, images like this one which portrays an open-cut sluicing site can reveal important information for society and technology for the date when the photograph was taken. This image is of important historical significance for its ability to convey information about sluicing and the methods used to find gold in 1910. It also shows a location where sluicing was undertaken which provides insight into the impact of sluicing on the environment at a time when it was done. This image of the Rocky Mountain mine is historically significant as the mining complex is now non-existent, with the only remains being the tunnel built in 1880 by the company, which was considered one of the greatest engineering feats of the time. The image also provides a first-hand look into the social and cultural networks at play during the 19th century with racial segregation of the Chinese at the 'Chinese Camp', as well as an insight into Beechworth's origins during the Gold Rush.A sepia rectangular photograph printed on matte photographic paper as a postcardReverse: Historic Beechworth / 7792.1 / ROCKY MOUNTAIN MINE / Viewed from the “Chinese Camp”, shown partly in the foreground, we see the central plant of the famous Rocky Mountain Mining Company. This extensive complex, of which nothing remains, was situated between Silver Creek and the present Lake Sambell area. The company was responsible for a tunnel cut through solid bedrock underneath the town of Beechworth and surfacing near the keystone bridge on the Wangaratta side. Completed in 1880 it was declared to be one of the greatest engineering feats in Australia. The tunnel is still basically intact today. / Series by Wooragee Graphics: Historic Beechworth. / COPYRIGHT BURKE MUSEUM / No.72 beechworth, rocky mountain mine, sluicing, gold rush, mining, gold

Bendigo Urban Heritage Study, Study Brief. A joint project funded by the City of Bendigo, Borough of Eaglehawk, the Historic Buildings Register and the Victoria National Estate Committee. Inside front cover are:1 loose sheet (17 Dec 1990) and a 3 page document stapled together (18 Dec. 1990) scoping the study to be carried out Mar 1991 to May 1992.bendigo, history, urban heritage study

Letter of request from a School in Oakland, California, USA. Wanting information and photos of different Bendigo Trams with historic buildings or scenes as backgrounds.attached is the original letter of request from the School Headmaster of Laurel School, Oakland California, USA. Original blue aerogramme has numerous inscriptions beside the typed request written in pencil. Includes a letter from the Foreign Service.person, individual, basil miller

Sports Clubs in Kew in the final decades of the 19th century and in the early 20th century were often umbrella organisations with facilities for a number of sports. Typically in Kew, this included teams in lawn bowls, tennis and croquet. The Kew Bowling Club was formed in 1880 while the privately owned Auburn Heights Recreation Club was opened in 1904. By 1998, the two Clubs decided to amalgamate at the Auburn Heights site in Barkers Road, forming the Kew Heights Sports Club. The combined club was itself taken over by the Melbourne Cricket Club in 2012 becoming MCC Kew Sports Club. In 2017 MCC Kew closed and its landholding was subsequently sold to Carey Baptist Grammar School. Both the Kew and Auburn Heights Clubs assembled important collections. These historically significant and large collections were donated to the Society in 2020. The collections include manuscripts, pictures, trophies, plans, honour boards etc. References Barnard FGA 1910, 'Sports and Pastimes' in Jubilee History of Kew Victoria: Its origin & progress 1803-1910. Chapman J & C 1999, The history of the Auburn Heights Recreation Club, 1904 to 1908. Reeve S 2012, City of Boroondara: Thematic Environmental History, p.216.The combined collections of the four sporting clubs making up the collection number hundreds of items that are historically significant locally. They are also significant to the sporting history of the greater Melbourne area and to the sports of lawn bowls and tennis in Australia in the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection illuminates two of the Victorian historic themes - 'Building community life' through forming community organisations and 'Shaping cultural and creative life' by participating in sport and recreation.Black cloth pennant with appliquéd red lettering identifying the Auburn Heights Tennis Club as winners of the ESTA (Eastern Suburbs Tennis Association) Premiers Section 1 1948-49. [The item forms part of the large historic Auburn Heights Recreation Club collection, with items relating to the sports of lawn bowls, tennis and croquet, gifted to the Kew Historical Society in 2020].E.S.T.A. / PREMIERS 1948-49 / SECTION 1auburn heights recreation club - barkers road - kew (vic), auburn heights tennis club - pennants, e.s.t.a

This church is located in the historic town of Heydon, a village still in private family possession.Colour photograph of Wall paintings at Heydon Church, United Kingdomwall paintings, heydon church, united kingdom

This church is located in the historic town of Heydon, a village still in private family possession.Colour photograph of a wall plaque at Heydon Church, United Kingdomwall paintings, heydon church, united kingdom

This church is located in the historic town of Heydon, a village still in private family possession.Colour photograph at Heydon Church, United Kingdomwall paintings, heydon church, united kingdom

This church is located in the historic town of Heydon, a village still in private family possession.Colour photograph at Heydon Church, United Kingdomwall paintings, heydon church, united kingdom

This church is located in the historic town of Heydon, a village still in private family possession.Colour photograph at Heydon Church, United Kingdomwall paintings, heydon church, united kingdom, mural

This church is located in the historic town of Heydon, a village still in private family possession.Colour photograph at Heydon Church, United Kingdomwall paintings, heydon church, united kingdom

This church is located in the historic town of Heydon, a village still in private family possession.Colour photograph at Heydon Church, United Kingdomwall paintings, heydon church, united kingdom

This church is located in the historic town of Heydon, a village still in private family possession.Colour photograph at Heydon Church, United Kingdomwall paintings, heydon church, united kingdom

This church is located in the historic town of Heydon, a village still in private family possession.Colour photograph at Heydon Church, United Kingdomwall paintings, heydon church, united kingdom

This church is located in the historic town of Heydon, a village still in private family possession.Colour photograph at Heydon Church, United Kingdomwall paintings, heydon church, united kingdom

This church is located in the historic town of Heydon, a village still in private family possession.Colour photograph at Heydon Church, United Kingdomwall paintings, heydon church, united kingdom

This church is located in the historic town of Heydon, a village still in private family possession.Colour photograph at Heydon Church, United Kingdomwall paintings, heydon church, united kingdom

This church is located in the historic town of Heydon, a village still in private family possession.Colour photograph at Heydon Church, United Kingdomwall paintings, heydon church, united kingdom

This church is located in the historic town of Heydon, a village still in private family possession.Colour photograph at Heydon Church, United Kingdomwall paintings, heydon church, united kingdom

This church is located in the historic town of Heydon, a village still in private family possession.Colour photograph at Heydon Church, United Kingdomwall paintings, heydon church, united kingdom

This church is located in the historic town of Heydon, a village still in private family possession.Colour photograph at Heydon Church, United Kingdomwall paintings, heydon church, united kingdom

This church is located in the historic town of Heydon, a village still in private family possession.Colour photograph at Heydon Church, United Kingdomwall paintings, heydon church, united kingdom

This church is located in the historic town of Heydon, a village still in private family possession.Colour photograph at Heydon Church, United Kingdomwall paintings, heydon church, united kingdom

This church is located in the historic town of Heydon, a village still in private family possession.Colour photograph at Heydon Church, United Kingdomwall paintings, heydon church, united kingdom

This church is located in the historic town of Heydon, a village still in private family possession.Colour photograph at Heydon Church, United Kingdomwall paintings, heydon church, united kingdom