Two copies (a & b) of a Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Bendigo Branch Self Tour of Goldfields No 1. The guide is to enable the tourist to locate and see for himself some of the gold mining area of Bendigo. Mines mentioned are: Deborah, North Deborah, Central Deborah, The Fortuna Hustlers, Hustlers Royal Reserve (City Mine), Great Extended Hustlers, The Hustlers Reef, Lansell's Comet, The United Hustlers and Redan, Garden Gully United, Central Nell Gwynne, The Old Chum, The New Chum and Victoria, The Lazarus, The New Chum United, The New Chum Consolidated, The Garibaldi, Advance, Lansell's 180, The Victoria Quartz, North Old Chum, The Ironbark, The Hercules, The Carlisle United, The Mungo Group, The Ellenborough, The St. Mungo, The Lady Barkly, South St. Mungo. Notes also include wages at the Fortuna Hustlers in 1906 and 1907, gold yield, depth of shaft, Dividends and Calls. Notes compiled by Mr. A. Richardson.document, gold, victoria hill, victoria hill, self tour of goldfields no 1, deborah (big deborah), north deborah, central deborah, the fortuna hustlers, hustlers royal reserve (city mine), great extended hustlers, the hustlers reef, lansell's comet, the united hustlers and redan, garden gully united, central nell gwynne, the old chum, the new chum and victoria, the lazarus, the new chum united, the new chum consolidated, the garibaldi, advance, lansell's 180, the victoria quartz, north old chum, the ironbark, the hercules, the carlisle united, the mungo group, the ellenborough, the st. mungo, the lady barkly, south st. mungo, hustlers hill, new chum hill, jonathan harris, j hustler, messrs latham and watson, buckell & jeffrey, camp hill school, mechanics institute eaglehawk, duke of edinborough, geo lansell, the k k shaft, williamsons, little's claim, rosalind park, mr pryor, gold mines hotel, burrowes and sterry, bonatti, menzies, hildebrant and koch's, ellesmere, p m g repeater station, mr lazarus, mt alvernia hospital, mr clarke magee, rae's, jeweller's shop, hopetoun band room, manchester arms hotel, wattle gully mine chewton, long gully post office, 'pope pius' roman catholic church, kentish, mr j b watson, california gully state school, duke of edinborough, new st mungo, duchess tribute, south devonshire, duchess of edinborough, west united devonshire, united devonshire, princess alexandra, hopewell, miners' phthisis, bendigo goldfields, mr a richardson

Printed notes on some mines. Mines mentioned are: Little '180', South Ironbark, Ironbark, Hercules, Central Nell Gwynne and the New Chum Syncline. Notes include depth of shafts, machinery, poppet legs, gold yields and Dividends. Written in ink at the bottom: Albert - a sample of your work - H Biggs.document, gold, victoria hill, victoria hill, notes on mines, little '180', john brown knitwear factory, roberts & sons, south ironbark, victoria consols east shaft, rae's hill, ironbark, manchester arms, unity mine, wattle gully mine chewton, hercules, hercules and energetic, bendigo amalgamated goldfields coy, long gully post office, wheal-owl, central nell gwynne, bendigo city council, goldmines hotel, mr jack barker, bendigo and district tourist association, the new chum syncline, h biggs

Two typed copies of notes titled 'The Rich Victoria Hill and its Historical Associations'. Notes include notes on travel to Victoria Hill, picture from Rae's Open Cut, sign post for items of interest at Victoria Hill, picture Looking North from Old Chum Hill to the Victoria Hill, picture of the Victoria Quartz Mine and Rae's 35 Hd. Crushing Battery.document, gold, victoria hill, victoria hill, the rich victoria hill and its historical associations, j n macartney, quartz miners' arms hotel, ironbark methodist church, john brown knitwear factory, little 180 mine, conrad heinz, british and american hotel, victoria reef gold mining company, manchester arms hotel, housing commission homes, bendigo and vicinity 1895, bendigo advertiser, victoria hill from rae's open cut, nell gwynne poppet legs, robert wallace studios, ironbark 9victoria reef gold mines) hercules and energetic, midway, wittscheibe, great central victoria, william rae's home, mr and mrs conroy, william rae junior, moorhead's shop, gill family, gold mines hotel, david chaplin sterry, john brown knitwear factory, mr rae anderson, annals of bendigo, new chum and victoria, old chum, pioneer, burrowes and sterry's, new chum and victoria tribute, rotary club of bendigo south, big 180, victoria quartz mines, north old chum mine, ballerstedt's first open-cut, j n macartney bendigo goldfields registry 1871, b m l records mines department, john wybrandt, j c t christopher ballerstedt, theodore ballerstedt, from old chum to the victoria hill, george lansell, lansell's 'cleopatra needle' type chimney, 222 mine, sandhurst mine, a roberts & sons, australian mining standard special edition 1/6/1899, dickers mining record 23/11/1861, mr e j dunn, h harkness & sons, new chum drainage scheme, eureka extd, new chum railway, pearl, shamrock, shenandoah, new chum railway, floyd's small 5 head crushing battery, midway no 2, midway north, ballerstedt's small 24 yard claim, the humboldt, the adventure, luffsman and sterry's claim, chinese joss house, lansell's fortuna, p m g repeater station, a richardson, the bendigo goldfield 1851 to 1954, the victoria hill 1854 to 1949

Two copies of newspaper articles titled ''The Past Comes Alive on 'The Hill'' from the Bendigo Advertiser dated 3/7/1971. Some history, a guided tour by two busloads of students and some plans are mentioned in the article. There are also two photos in the article. In one photo three Rotarians of Bendigo South, Mr Vic Wodetski, Mr Jack Bright and Mr A. E. Richardson are inspecting some of the concentric rings of iron oxide and the quartz spur running through the centre of the outcrop on Victoria Hill. In the other photo Mr jack Bright is looking at the natural curves of colour in the stone of Victoria Hill.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, victoria hill, victoria hill, victoria hill newspaper article, central deborah, victoria hill open cut, joss house, bendigo potteries, mr a e richardson, bendigo historical society, mr j hattam, reservoir high school, mr w j derham, rotary club of bendigo south, bendigo and district tourist association, victoria quartz mine, george lansell's big 180, theodore ballerstedt, goldmines hotel

Newspaper article under the heading 'Mayor Speaks' in the Bendigo Advertiser dated 17th April, 1971. ''The Victoria Hill Project, the credit for which is attributable to the South Bendigo Rotary Club, the Central Deborah Mine with an extensive committee under the aegis of the Bendigo Trust.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, victoria hill, victoria hill, victoria hill project, bendigo advertiser 17/4/1971, south bendigo rotary club, central deborah mine, bendigo trust

Newspaper article titled 'Amazing transformation on Victoria Hill project' from the Bendigo Advertiser dated Tues. apr 6, 1971. Article is a letter written to 'Readers' Views' regarding the transformation at Victoria Hill. The writer, John O'C Hattam, congratulates the Bendigo South Rotary Club, the Bendigo City Council and some civic minded citizens on their achievement. He also thanks Mr Albert Richardson for starting this project and keeping up his work on it.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, victoria hill, victoria hill, transformation on victoria hill project, bendig south rotary club, the bendigo city council, mr albert richardson, tourist development association, john o'c hattam

Newspaper cutting with a photo of a working bee at the Victoria Hill site dated Tuesday, April 6, 1971. Members of Rotary, assisted by other service clubs, have cleaned up the whole area and are placing signs which explain the various mining sites on the hill. The photo shows a bulldozer pushing dirt, a group of men and the children holding signs. Article also gives a very brief history of the Hill.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, victoria hill, victoria hill, victoria hill working bee, south bendigo rotary club, victoria quartz mine, theodore ballerstedt

Newspaper article from the Bendigo Advertiser dated 22/3/71. Article mentions the restoration of the Victoria Hill area with working bees by the Bendigo and District Tourist Association, the Bendigo South Rotary Club and the Bendigo Trust. It was proposed to clear the oen cut mines for visitors over the Easter period. It will be called 'The Bendigo Diggings'.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, victoria hill, victoria hill, victoria hill mine open for easter, bendigo and district tourist association, bendigo south rotary club, tourist association, the bendigo diggings, the bendigo trust

Newspaper atricle with photo of the poppet legs of the South Deborah Mine being dismantled. Locals has complained about the safety of the poppet legs. The Mines Department condemmed them and ordered their removal. They were erected in 1938. Article from the Bendigo Advertiser Tuesday Dec 5, 1968.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, south deborah mine, south deborah mine, symbol of gold era passes, bendigo advertiser tuesday dec 5 1968, quarry hill golf links, mines department, mt lyell mines queenstown tasmania, north deborah

Handwritten notes on the New Chum Reefs (White & Black Leads) and South Victoria. Ref. Dicker's 23/11/1861 Pages 7 to 9. Notes include geography, Claims, Owners, Area & Title, Workings, Reef and Yield, Drainage and Remarks. Dates are 13/8/1861, 16/10/1861 and 11/9/1861.document, gold, new chum & victoria lines of reef, new chum & victoria lines of reef, the new chum reefs and south victoria, dicker's 23/11/1861 pages 7 to 9, new chum company, bonatti's claim, gibbs & lazarus claim, phoenix company, south victoria, the black lead, messrs ballerstedt, garibaldi's company's claim, new chum company, m'dougall & co, m'dougall, inglis, menzies, dehan, the white lead, new chum quartz mining company, bonati and company, phillip bonati, woolcrow, albrecht, pragleman, mortinson, plumbreck, emmerling, sievis, denis's claim, messrs thompson and powell, geo denis, begelhole and company, mr begelhole, brown, begelhole, blackwell, hildebrand & co, begelhole & co, w begelhole, thomas brown, henry begelhole, john blackwell, watson & co, j b watson, gibbs, lazarus, local court grant, gibbs & lazarus claim, mr gibbs, mr lazarus, phoenix company's claim, pioneer company, henry jackson, sullivan, burrows, chambers, marshall, william gunther, klemin, fulton, brown, brown, anderson, first quartz mining company, burrow's & co's claim, hudson's, thomas burrows, w philips, george husdon's claim, george hudson, wybrant's claim, john wybrant

Handwritten notes listing Bendigo Mines, their years of operation, ounces of gold taken out, Dividends, Calls, and depth of shaft. Some of the mines oly have the year they ceased operations mentioned. Dated 1/3/67.document, gold, new chum & victoria lines of reef, new chum & victoria lines of reef, bendigo goldfield, mines dept, new chum cons, new chum united, eureka extd, south belle vue, old chum, new chum & victoria, lansell big 180, ellenborough, st mungo, sth st mungo, little 180, mining register 1893 - 1902 m d annual reports 1902 on, mines dept quarterly to 1892, south new moon, hercules, ironbark, ironbark south, central r w & blue, stanfield, hercules no 1, north nell gwynne, new chum syncline, central nell gwynne, carshalton b m l, napoleon bml, nell gwynne bml, nell gwynne reefs, monument hill, central deborah, north deborah, deborah, south deborah, neangar, lightning hill, alliance, shellbach, south virginia, catherine reef united, belmont & saxby, lady barkly, unity, vict quartz, new argus, new chum railway, garden gully united

Handwritten notes mentioning the 9th, 10th and 15th level north and south of the C N Gwynne bdg and distances. Bulk of production from 9 level and intermediate below - ?document, gold, new chum & victoria lines of reef, new chum & victoria lines of reef, new chum syncline, c n gwynne

Handwritten letter to Mr Blake with reference to meeting students and the changes in Bendigo. Mentioned are the Log Lock-Up, the Central Deborah Mine, the ex-manager of the mine, Mr Rowe acting as a guide, Victoria Hill and the Bendigo Pottery. The notes titled ''To replace Around the Goldfields'' mentions the Third Edition, 'Historic Guide to Bendigo', published in 1969 of land reclaimation schemes rapidly removing all traces of several mines. Those affected on the New Chum Line of Reef are; The Victoria Consols, Ironbark and Hercules and Energetic. The Sheepshead Line - the Ironbark and Ironbark South. On the Garden Gully Line - The Cornish United, Koch's Pioneer and Confidence Extended. The Paddy's gully Line - The British American, Lansell's Sandhurst (Needle) and the Collman and Tacchi. On the Derby Line - Johnson's No 3 (Nelson) and on the Hustlers Line are the United Hustlers and Redan and the K. K. Mines. Also a carbon copy of the notes.document, memo, new chum & victoria lines of reef, new chum & victoria letter & notes, mr blake, mr hattam, log lock-up, central deborah mine, mr rowe, victoria hill, bendigo pottery, historic guide to bendigo third edition, new chum line of reef, the victoria consols, ironbark, hercules and energetic, sheepshead line, ironbark, ironbark south, garden gully line, cornish united, koch's pioneer, confidence extended, paddy's gully line, the british american, lansell's sandhurst (needle), collman and tacchi. derby line, johmson's no 3 (nelson), hustlers line, united hustlers and redan, k k mines