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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - DEBORAH EXTENDED GOLD MINE
black and white photo: male figure inspecting disused boiler. On back ' Cornish boiler/ Deborah Extended. Written in pen bottom right. A. Richardson, 29 Harrison St., Bendigo.organization, business, deborah extended mine -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book - Exercise Book, Assaying Lecture Notes, c1890s
Exercise book with marbled cover. Handwritten lecture notes inside including Setting of Boilers, Bursting Pressure of Boilers, The Babcock and Wilcock, Purchasing an Old Cornish Boiler, blow off pressureassaying, steam engines, boilers, cornish boilers -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Negative - TOM PATULLO COLLECTION: CASTLEMAINE MARKET BUILDING
Positive Castlemaine Market Building. Councillors and others standing in front of the building who from left are; Acton, Pearce, Mitchell, Greenhill, McGregor, Dunstan, Holmes, Cooper, Cornish, Finlason, Fitzgerald.cottage, miners, castlemaine market building., castlemaine market building. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - COUSIN JACK MAN FOR THE TIMES, 1994
Cousin Jack, Man for the Times. A history of the Cornish People in Victoria. Between the pages is a short page of notes written by Alex Stone, listing topics and page numbers at which these topics maybe found.Ruth Hopkinsvictoria, history, cornish people, settlement in victoria, industry and manufacture, farming, etc. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Negative - TOM PATULLO COLLECTION: MARKET BUILDING, CASTLEMAINE
Negative print. Castlemaine Market Building. Councillors and others standing in front of building are from left; Acton, Pearce, Mitchell, Greenhill, Yandell, McGregor, Dunstan, Holmes, Cooper, Cornish, Finlason, Fitzgerald.cottage, miners, castlemaine market building., castlemaine market building. -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph, Early 1980's
A coloured photograph of Cornish Street, looking west taken from Horne Street, with an avenue of pine trees on either side of the road. There is a roundabout at the first intersection and Mt. Holden can be seen in the distance.cornish street, horne street, mt. holden, george evans collection -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Newspaper - Clipping, Death Notices - H. O. Thomas of Alexander Road, Ringwood - 15 November 1945
Two death notices for Harry Osbourne Thomas, died 8 November 1945 aged 79 years.Dear father of Grace, Winifred (deceased), Rhys, Horace, Cornish, Rita, Elma and Gwen (Mrs R. Westmore). -
Sunbury Family History and Heritage Society Inc.
Photograph, 2001
The cattle yard was the pound used by the former Shire of Bulla. It is located in Cornish Street, Sunbury. The former pound is one of the few existing constructions seen in Sunbury, which came under the control of the former Shire of Bulla. A coloured photograph of a fenced cattle yard with a ramp in an open area.council pound., shire of bulla, sunbury -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH
BHS CollectionThree pages, the first titled Neighbourhood Watch. The second, dated 2/6/97, mentions a phone call to the City of Greater Bendigo about speaking to Marco in the Planning Department. The third, dated 30/5/97, also mentions Eaglehawk Heritage Society, Cornish Miners, Cornish Association, Long Gully School, Department of Main Roads, St laurence Court, Charles Fay, La Trobe History Department. It has Cheryl Wallis signature at the bottom of page.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - neighbourhood watch, edward clarence dyason, isaac dyason, george lansell, st andrew's college, melbourne university, bendigo amalgamated goldfield company, chamber of mines, gold producers association, bendigo mines limited, league of nations, australian institute for international affairs, melbourne syphony orchestra, world war ii, british commonwealth relations conference, powercor australia, city of greater bendigo, eaglehawk heritage society, cornish association, long gully school, department of main roads, st laurence court, charles fay, la trobe history department, cheryl wallis -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - St Just's Point
Author George Ellis is a descendant of the James Family who arrived in St Just's Point in the 1870s. Forward by James Lerk December 2010. Yellow soft cover book. 55 pages. Front cover with black and white photo of house fence and yard in the center. Author George A.Ellis. Contains information, photos, factory drawings, labels relating to the St Just's Point area of Long Gully. Back cover plain yellow. 2010long gully, st justs point, cornish, mining -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - "Helston" home of Richard Jennings
Richard Jennings was a native of Cambourne, in Cornwall, born c. 1831. He arrived in Victoria in 1851, returned to Cornwall and then came back to Bendigo. He was the manager of several mines in the Bendigo goldfields and retired from these posts in 1891. His home "Helston" is in Backhaus St. Long Gully. Richard died in Feb. 1917 and was buried at the White Hills Cemetery.10563.5 Home of long serving Cornish Mine Manager Richard Jennings, who died at his residence "Helston" at Back Street, Long Gully. He was aged 86 years, and was one of the pioneers of the localityrichard jennings, long gully, "helston" -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: PLAQUE HONOURS MINERS
Newspaper cutting titled Plaque honours miners. A plaque commemorating the contribution Cornish and German miners made to the Bendigo region was unveiled by Member for Bendigo West, Bob Cameron. The ceremony was held in New Chum Reservebendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - plaque honours miners, bob cameron, german heritage society, bendigo cornish association, lorna erwin, the long gully history group, the city of greater bendigo -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Negative - TOM PATULLO COLLECTION: MARKET BUILDINGS
Negative print, Market Buildings. Castlemaine Councillors and others in front of the building, who are from left; Gibson, Tracy, Burnett, Slee, Christopher, Cr.Mitchell, Cr.Cooper, Cr. G.W.Greenhill, Cr.Dunstan, Holmes, Cr.McGregor, Cr.Pierce, Cornish.cottage, miners, market buildings., castlemaine-market buildings.-councillors -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - CORNISH COLLECTION: CORNISH MAYORS 1906-1907
Cornish Mayors 1906-1907 - copy of two photographic portraits of Cr J Semmens, Mayor (Bendigo) 1906-07 and Cr J H Webster, Mayor of Eaglehawk 1907-07. (Poor quality reproductions).person, bendigo, mayor, cr. j. semmens bendigo. cr. j. h. webster eaglehawk. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - CORNISH COLLECTION: ARTICLE LISTING 100 CORNISH NAMES BEGINNING WITH TRE (BENDIGO 1907)
Document. Article listing 100 Cornish names beginning with TRE (Bendigo 1907) - each name on list indicates a household, not just an individual (Prefix of ''Tre'' means ''household''), Location address of each entry is provided.bendigo, mining, early history. miners -
Cornish College
Speech, Principal's Address at Grand Opening Ceremony, 7/2/2012
The Grand Opening Ceremony of Cornish College was held in the college gym at 3 pm on Sunday 12 February 2012Kerry welcomed guests & thanked them for attending this historic occasion. He reflected on the power of prayer and God's plan for our college. He mentioned the inspiration of Richard Cornish & our role in continuing his dream. Kerry concluded by thanking the Our New College project team for the huge task they undertook in 2011.7 A4 pages printed single sidedcornish_college_inaugural_year, kerry bolger, -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - CORNISH COLLECTION: THOMAS EDWARDS AND METALLURGICAL WORKS
Document. Cornish Collection - Thomas Edwards. Two pages from Bendigo and Vicinity's (badly copied with Left Hand side of page not being fully legible in page 247). Biographical details. Reference to his Pyrites Works (in Bendigo and Ballarat) - details of these works. Photo of Thomas Edwards accompanies one page and separate copy of photo shows Edward's Metallurgical Works, West Bendigo (source? / - this photo has typewritten attachment detailing location in Inglewood Road; mention of Spargo's (another Cornish owned operation of this nature).bendigo, gold mining, metallurgical works, thomas edwards. edwards metalurgical works. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Letter - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION:CAMERON SUTHERLAND SEWARD TO STANISTREET ESQ
Letter Cameron Sutherland Seward Pty Ltd., 26 May 1931 to J.J.Stanistreet Esq, Commonwealth Bank Buildings, Charing Cross, Bendigo re quotes from Mr. Bloomfield 'in connection with the Deborah, Monument Hill and Central Nell Gwynne Mines. Deborah Mine: horizontal steam driven air compressor, air receiver - price 45 pounds. Steam mining winches, Cornish boiler, Lancashire Jackass boiler, Cornish Flue Boiler (Roberts) funnels for boilers, exhaust tanks, quartz hoppers, poppet heads.bendigo, gold mining, mccoll rankin and stanistreet, bendigo, monument hill gold mine, deborah gold mine, central nell gwynne gold mine, g. seward, j.j. stanistreet, cameron, sutherland and seward pty ltd. -
Greensborough Historical Society
Newspaper Clipping, High note ; and, Humbled by Queen's birthday fanfare, 14/06/2017
Greensborough’s Howard Cornish has been recognised for his service to music, particularly brass bands, with a Medal of the Order of Australia.News article 2 pages, black text, colour image.howard cornish, medal of order of australia -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: CORNISHMEN FROUGHT THEIR MINING SKILLS TO BENDIGO
Copy of an article from the Bendigo Advertiser 1/9/1990 mentioning the Cornish influence on Victorian gold mining during the 1880's and 1890's. Also mentioned is population growth, rock drills and miner's phthisis.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - cornishmen brought their mining skills to bendigo, bendigo advertiser 1/9/1990, dr charles fahey, cornish association of bendigo and district, bendigo college of advanced education, george lansell, the mining exchange, beehive building, eaglehawk fire station, george ellis -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - CORNISH COLLECTION: MR THOMAS JOHNS
Cornish Collection - Mr Thomas Johns re retirement of Bendigo's oldest miner (published in the Bendigo Advertiser in 1945 (no exact date). Biographical details with reference to Lansells 180 mine, Lady Barkly; East Clarence mines.bendigo, gold mining, miners -
Linton and District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Photographer - G.V. Bolton, Artist, Linton State School Pupils, Grades I-IV, 1923, 1923
A second copy of this photograph, which identifies most of the pupils, is also in the collection - see Registration 2018-27.Linton school photograph grades 1-4, sign in front of students dated 20-6-1923. Brown cardboard surround. Rene Cornish, William Bass and Leila Bass identified by arrows drawn on the front of the photograph.On back: "1923 William Grade 3 / Leila Grade 4".linton state school, rene cornish, leila bass, william bass -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: CORNISH ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER JUNE 2003 - PRESIDENTS REPORT
Cornish Association Newsletter Volume 9, Number 2, June 2003 mentions the unveiling of the Long Gully Mining Monument on May 25th. The unveiling was carried out by John Bolitho Grand Bard of Cornwall in conjunction with Cr Darrel McClure. The ceremony was followed by afternoon tea supplied by the Long Gully History Group and organised by Carol Rasmussen of the Long Gully Community House. Some special guests were Gwen Phillips president of the C.A.V. and Vivian Pryor from Newquay Cornwall. The day was finished by Annual Dinner held at the Kangaroo Sports Club. Plans for other celebrations were underway. A paper, the Cornish in the First World War, was presented by Tom Luke at the Cornish association of South Australia's seminar. Leanne and Robert Lloyd had to come home as their house was considerably damaged by a tornado that swept through Eaglehawkbendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - cornish association newsletter june 2003 - presidents report, cornish association of bendigo & district inc, george a ellis, eaglehawk fire station, long gully mining monument, john bolitho, cr darrel mcclure, long gully history group, carol rasmussen, long gully community fhouse, gwen phillips, vivian pryor, kaangaroo sports club, evelyn butfield, jean shadforth, tom luke, cornish association of south australia, leanne and robert lloyd -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Colour, Chimney, St Just, Cornwall
Many Cornish from St Just came to the Victorian goldfields. They were excellent miners. St Just is a World Heritage Site. st just, cornwall, cornish, mining, industrial heritage -
Linton and District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Murrell's Newsagency and CFA Building, Sussex Street, Linton, 1988, 1988
Site of Grenville Standard newspaper office - printers 1885. Originally Cornish family home and boot shop. Brick faced c1950.Colour photograph showing small single cream brick fronted building with verandah near building with pitched roof and huge garage door at front. Photograph taken in 1988 of Linton CFA building and Murrell's newsagency.murrell's newsagency, linton cfa, buildings -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - GILLIES COLLECTION: THE PIE: AUSTRALIA'S FINEST TRADITION
Two pages document titled: The Pie - Australia's finest tradition. Written by Doris Leadbetter, researched by Garran Wilkinson, October, 1991. Also one page document titled: Cornish pasty story by Garran Wilkinson, Sales division.bendigo, business, gillies bros -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: THE BENDIGO UNDERGROUND MINER MONUMENT
Colour photo of the upper plaque on the Bendigo Underground Miner Monument. The plaque is dark grey with gold edge and printing. It is mounted on a marble base. The plaque reads: The Bendigo Underground Miner To acknowledge the contribution of the many hundreds of miners who lost their lives in the industry through accident and industrial disease. No dividends had they to prize, With sweat and pain they gave their lives. Many were Cornish men and their descendent. There is a shield her with fifteen holes in the shape of a triangle. The Cornish Association of Bendigo & District 2003 George A Ellis President. Robert Lloyd Treasurer. George Ellis Secretary.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - the bendigo underground miner monument, the cornish association of bendigo & district, george a ellis, robert lloyd -
Buninyong & District Historical Society
Photograph - Original sepia photograph, Royal Exchange Hotel, Learmonth St, Buninyong, in 1860's, 1903
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 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Home of Ambrose Dunstan
This home "Crambourne" was designed by architect, Mr William Beebe and built around 1875 for Mr and Mrs Ambrose Dunstan, in Creeth Street, Long Gully.Cambourne, home of Ambrose Dunstan, who was owner of the Long Gully store. The house is named after the Cornish Mining District. Poor photocopy of Mr. Ambrose Dunstan, taken when he was mayor (not dated). Photocopies of originals, undated photographs.home and portrait of ambrose dunstan, ambrose dunstan mayor, cambourne, long gully -
Mont De Lancey
Book - Hymn Book, Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School Department, The Methodist School Hymnal, Early 1900's
Hymnal book, imported by Mr Thomas Sebire in 1911, with Organ, Organ stool and Instruction book from Cornish Company, Washington, New Jersey, USA.A damaged vintage red leather bound Methodist School Hymnal Book. The title is stamped in gold lettering on the front cover with a decorative pattern embossed around it. religious books, hymn books, hymns, hymnals