Brochure with an invitation to visit Historical and Mining Museum in Mechanic's Institute, Eaglehawk. Drawing of poppet legs on the front with The Royal Historical Society of Victoria Bendigo Branch. Historical Guide to Bendigo including Self Tours of Bendigo's Famous Goldfields. Forward by John Hattam. Contributors are: H Biggs, Miss L J Parry, A Richardson, L C Bennetts and Edith Checcucci. Credits - The Bendigo Advertiser, Cambridge Press, Mines Department (Bendigo) and J R W Purves. Items include Bendigo Tramways Compiled by H Biggs, Early Bendigo Hotels Compiled by L C Bennetts, Eaglehawk Compiled by H Biggs, Noted Events Compiled by June Parry, The Bendigo Post Office Compiled by LC Bennetts, The Bendigo Goldfield. Introduction to Field and Guide to Some Famous Mines Compiled by A Richardson. Photos include: Pall Mall Bendigo, Ravenswood Homestead, An Early Battery at Kangaroo Flat, Historic High Street Golden Square, The Lonely Grave, Battery Tram c1888, Steam Tram c1892, Electric Tram c1903, The New Chum Railway Golden Square, United Hustlers and Redan Mine Sandhurst Road, Central Deborah Violet Street, Deborah Mine Quarry Hill, Deborah Mine 1000 ft level, First Motion Winding Engine at Central Deborah, Victoria Hill Area, and Looking south from New Chum Hill in 1890's. Also 11010.254, 255, 268, 288a, 288b, and 289.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - historical guide to bendigo, the royal historical society of victoria bendigo branch, historical and mining museum, mechanic's institute eaglehawk, librarian mechanic's institute, miss j parry, john hattam, h biggs, a richardson, l c bennetts, edith checcucci, bendigo advertiser, cambridge press, mines department (bendigo), j r w purves, mr a o'keefe, shire of marong, the sandhurst and eaglehawk tramway company, mr j taylor, mr j hanson, the bendigo tramway company, electric supply company, coliban water suply, juvenile industrial exhibition, geo lansell, cr a harkness, salvation army, vine and fruitgrowers association, decentralisation league, constable thomas ryan, miners association, art gallery, post office, miss broadfoot, bendigo hospital, opera company, bendigo development league, victorian women's franchise league, ana hall, the bendigonian, law courts, temperance hall, trades hall (old wardens court), roman catholic cathedral, shamrock hotel, bendigo philosophical society, old bendigonian society, bendigo fire brigade, bendigo volunteers to south african war, hawkins, porcupine inn, criterion hotel, royal hotel, bendigo hotel, black swan hotel, gillies bakery, hibernian hotel, sandhurst hotel, freemasons hotel, courthouse hotel, shamrock hotel, governor hotham, heffernan & crowley, new chum railway, victoria quartz, shenandoah, shamrock mine, hercules no 1 (originally pearl east), hercules new chum (late pearl), carlisle mine, mr arblaster, meurer, sandhurst bee, benevolent asylum, bendigo gas company, a lloyd, coliban water supply scheme, cr w v simons, eaglehawk council, j mouat, sir henry barkly, agricultural and horticultural exhibition, sandhurst and eaglehawk boroughs, cr john mcintyre, latham and watson's mine, galatea (model ship), st paul's church of england, rev g p despard, fine arts exhibition and exposition, bendigo rifle association, strathfieldsaye shire hall, corporate high school, bendigonian society, richard andrews, easter fair, g aspinall, j burnsides, sir h manners sutton, beehive stores, mining exchanges, bendigo water works, city family hotel, bendigo united friendly society medical institute and dispensary, benevolent asylum, jewish synagogue, masonic hall, school of mines, mr j h abbott, australian natives association, royal princess theatre, albion hall, central state school, high school, gravel hill state school, electricity commission, james mouat, warring natives, the rocks, joseph crook, gold discovery, marong district roads board, camp hotel, mr charles sherratt, city of bendigo, mt alexander north run, grice and heape, ravenswood, gibson and fenton, mrs john kennedy, mrs patrick farrel, mr j a paton, mr lachlan mclachlan, theatre royal, sir charles and lady hotham, harney's bridge, e j ennor, sandhurst fire brigade, the health of towns act, mr townsend, cornish & co, bendigo pottery, bendigo agricultural society, pike or pyke, baby health centre, sandhurst post office, government survey office, sandhurst trustees company, mr h b briston, savings bank, telegraph office, sir henry brougham lock, hon sir john nimmo, sandhurst public offices, the new prince of wales mine, new prince of wales no 2, the whip and jersey, lansell's big 180, new chum and victoria mine and battery, new chum railway, koch's pioneer, south new moon, catherine reef united, new moon, virginia mine, south belle vue, new chum railway, central nell gwynne, north nell gwynne, ironbark mine, new chum syncline, hercules, herculesl energetic, roberts & sons, harkness & co, horwoods, great southern, ulster, carlisle, cornish, new st mungo, duchess tribute, south devonshire, hopewell mine, saxby mine, mcnair & co, mr king, bourke and wills, sandhurst hotel, the dascombe nugget, victoria nugget, r r haverfield, ballerstedt, rae, wittscheibe, lazarus, cave and amos, bendigo amalgamated goldfields, bendigo mines limited, the deborah, north deborah, central deborah, the new red white and blue consolidated (big blue), union, lansell's new red white and blue 9later no 3 shaft), h harkness & co, thompson & co, central deborah, lansell's bendigo battery, north red white and blue, central red white and blue, roberts and sons, little 180 (originally lansell's 180 no 2 shaft), john brown knitwear factory, south ironbark originally victoria consols east shaft, ironbark (originally ironbark east shaft), manchester arms hotel, wattle gully mine chewton, hercules, old wheal-owl, central nell gwynne, gold mines hotel, bendigo city council, jack barker, the new chum syncline, the courier of the mines, telegraph office, bendigo cemetery, white hills cemetery, eaglehawk cemetery, kangaroo flat cemetery, new moon, suffolk united, north new moon, fortuna hustlers, buckell & jeffrey's, royal hustlers reserve no 2 (city and park shafts), jonathan harris, latham and watson, great hustlers, great extended hustlers, j hustler, latham, watson, tribute or pups shaft, bendigo's worst mining disaster, hustlers reef (old hustlers), hustlers reef no 1, lansell's comet, the old comet (cooper's claim), united hustlers and redan, comet hill state school, k k shaft, north or new hustlers (agnew hustler), johnson's no 3, south johnson's, lansell's sandhurst needle, cleopatra needle top, british american, collman and tacchi, south virginia, saddle reefs and spurs, pall mall bendigo, ravenswood homestead, an early battery at kangaroo flat, historic high street golden square, the lonely grave, battery tram c1888, steam tram c1892, electric tram c1903, teh new chum railway golden square, united hustlers and redan mine sandhurst road, central deborah violet street, deborah mine quarry hill, deborah mine 1000 ft level, first motion winding engine at central deborah, victoria hill area, looking south from new chum hill in 1890's

xviii, 160 p.; 21 cmnon-fictionA history of Berwick and surrounding districts written in 1948.berwick (vic.), beaconsfield (vic.), upper beaconsfield (vic.), harkaway (vic.), narre warren north (vic.), berwick railway station, berwick shire hall

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Transportation Service given through 1919 pneumonic influenza outbreakShire of Cranbourne SealLawson Poole Recommendation Certificate in Frameshire of cranbourne, lawson poole, shire hall cranbourne, d m macgregor, cuomaughan, chauffeur of a motor car for doctor nurses and patients, pneumonic influenza outbreak, certificate of recommendation

The district of Strathfieldsaye was proclaimed in 1861 and named a Shire on the 17th September in 1866. It remained a shire until amalgamation in 1994 when it became part of the City of Greater Bendigo. The shire was located 8 km to the south- east of Bendigo and covered an area of 601 square kilometres and extended from the Calder Highway to the Coliban and Campaspe Rivers. The shire's administration centre was in Strathfieldsaye until 1972 when new offices were opened in Kennington. Group portrait of 13 men / councilors, 5 seated and 8 standing dressed in suits. There are another 2 men further back in front of the hall doors. Photograph is taken outside the Strathfieldsaye Shire Hall.Srathfieldsaye Shire Council. / With the President's (Cr T. Somerville) Compliments. / September, 1910 / W.H. Robinson Photo. Bendigo Verso; William Drechslershire of strathfieldsaye, president of strathfieldsaye shire, strathfieldsaye shire council

Shire of Marong Voters' Roll 1834 - 1934, North-West Riding, at the time of the Centenary of the State. Four typed pages, single sided, with cover sheet showing the Shire Hall and Soldier's Memorial, Marong.shire of marong north-west riding

Cream card with dark blue printed text. Original date crossed out with red ink and alternative date written.Text: ' Linton Warriors' Football Club. / Grand Social / WILL BE HELD IN THE / Shire Hall, Linton, / Friday, May 22, '14 / GOOD MUSIC ENGAGED. EFFICIENT M.C. 'linton warriors' football club, socials, a.c. todd, r. cole, sports, football

Report on The Pound House, 988 Canterbury Road, Box Hill South, by Andrew Ward, architectural historian. The report details the history of the site which was the first Shire Hall of the Shire of Nunawading and then the residence of the pound keeper. The building is described. Photographs. 7 pages.Report on The Pound House, 988 Canterbury Road, Box Hill South, by Andrew Ward, architectural historian. bills, annis, george, fairbanks, g, j, bennett, s, bishop, edward, bayley, leonard sherwin, blood, robert, norman & hayes, kennedy, bob, city of box hill, shire of nunawading

Colour Photograph showing the inside of a book cover. Red page edges. Inside reads: Presented to Mr S.N. Takasuka by the Huntly Shire Council on the occasion of Naturalization Ceremony at the Shire Hall, Huntly on the 13th December 1961 J H Hay President.photo, individual, mr s. n. takasuka

This book belonged to Rolf Crawley who was an engineer in the employ of the Shire of Warrnambool at the time he acquired this book. In 1926 he was the engineer/secretary for the Minhamite Shire, returning in 1935 to the Shire of Warrnambool as the engineer after the death of his father, John William Crawley Junior. Rolf retained this position until 1968. Rolf’s grandfather, father and uncle had all been engineers or shire secretary for the Shire of Warrnambool, with the Crawley family recording a total of 132 years of service to the Shire of Warrnambool which existed from 1863 to 1994. This book is retained as a memento of Rolf Crawley, the engineer with the Shire of Warrnambool from 1935 to 1968. This is a hard cover book of 626 pages. The cover is green with gold lettering on the spine. The edges of the cover are rubbed. The book contains a preface, 18 chapters of text and an appendix. The pages contain many diagrams and plans. The inscriptions on the first page are handwritten in black ink. There is a label from the bookseller attached to the first page. Rolf L. Crawley 1922 Please return to R.L.Crawley ‘Korongah’ Port Fairy or Shire Hall Warrnambool Tait Book Co. 90 William Street St. Melbourne for Technical Books crawley family, warrnambool, shire of warrnambool, history of warrnambool

Colour photos taken by Paul Shire. Excelsior Hall interior images prior to its adaptation as housing Barbuilt environment - civic, excelsior hall, rsl, returned services league

This letter book contains letters, sketch maps and plans and dates from 1923 to 1926. It came from the office of John William Crawley, Junior, an engineer, surveyor and architect in private practice in Warrnambool and also the engineer for the Shire of Warrnambool from 1895 to 1935. His father, brother and son were also engineers, working in that capacity or as the Shire Secretary for the Shire of Warrnambool, with the Crawley family recording a total of 132 years of service to the Shire. The Shire of Warrnambool existed from 1863 to 1994. This letter book was passed on to John Crawley’s son, Rolf, the engineer for the Shire of Warrnambool from 1935 to 1968. It then came into the possession of Michael Hand who took over the private surveying business of Rolf Crawley in Warrnambool. The Warrnambool and District Historical Society acquired the letter book, along with several other Crawley ledgers, from the estate of Michael Hand.This letter book is of considerable significance as it contains letters, maps and plans drawn up by John William Crawley, an engineer and surveyor in private practice in Warrnambool and the engineer for the Shire of Warrnambool for 40 years. It will be useful for researchers. This is a brown hard cover letter book of 1010 pages, with brown binding on the corners of the cover and on the spine. The cover is cuffed and torn. There is gold lettering on the spine. The book contains handwritten letters, maps and plans and an alphabetical index at the front, The pages are water-stained. There is a mauve stamp on the first page.‘Letter Book 1923 to 1926’ ‘J. Wm. Crawley Shire Hall Warrnambool (Private)’ ‘Rolf L. Crawley Civil Engineer, Drainage and Water Supply Engineer, Licensed Surveyor, Registered Architect, Warrnambool’ john william crawley junior, warrnambool, rolf crawley, warrnambool, shire of warrnambool

Colour photos taken by Paul Shire. Excelsior Hall interior images prior to its adaptation as housing Rear roombuilt environment - civic, excelsior hall, rsl, returned services league

Colour photos taken by Paul Shire. Excelsior Hall interior images prior to its adaptation as housing Back of barbuilt environment - civic, excelsior hall, rsl, returned services league

This building replaced the Linton Shire Hall (built in 1860s) in 1939. Photograph taken in 1988.Colour photograph of cream brick building with pitched tile roof and trees behind.shire of grenville, shire offices, buildings

E E Matthews was our donor, Alice Robinson's grandmother. Alice was the debutante - nee Clark.345-01: A Certificate of Registration for E. E. Matthews from the Midwives Board, Victoria on the 11th January, 1917. 345-02: A small cardboard programme with 4 pages inside for dance programme of the Debutante Ball held at the Cowes Shire Hall on the 26th September 1947. Small white pencil attached.midwives certificate, e e matthews, debutante ball programme, alice clark, alice robinson

Blue folder containing a series of original photographs in plastic pockets of events associated with new water supply in Buninyong being turned on by Sir Henry Bolte on 22.08.1959. Includes images of a procession of historical-themed floats and speeches in front of the Buninyong Shire Hall. Photographs taken by Dawn Whykes and David Hedger.

Colour photos taken by Paul Shire. Excelsior Hall interior images prior to its adaptation as housing Ladies sitting roombuilt environment - civic, excelsior hall, rsl, returned services league

Colour photos taken by Paul Shire. Excelsior Hall interior images prior to its adaptation as housing Room at rear of hallbuilt environment - civic, excelsior hall, rsl, returned services league

Colour photos taken by Paul Shire. Excelsior Hall interior images prior to its adaptation as housing Hall stage leftbuilt environment - civic, excelsior hall, rsl, returned services league

Elizabeth Shelby (Hollis) was appointed caretake in connection with Shire Hall Buildings in 1911. The role also included accommodation.Black and white image of a seated woman who is looking to the side. The woman has tightly pulled back hair with a middle part and is wearing a long, dark coloured, dress with a short necklace and pendant over the top.women, employment, moorabbin

No context or information is known about this portrait. It is believed to be of a Strathfieldsaye Shire Councilor because it was hanging in the Strathfieldsaye Shire Hall.Oval black and white head and shoulder portrait of male wearing a shirt, vest and jacket. Flowers pinned to lapel. The portrait has an oval frame and is glazed. Small handwritten card label loose under glass with 'Vincent Kelly Bendigo' written on it.shire of strathfieldsaye

This receipt was issued to R. C. Morgan of Orbost. on May 17, 1956. It was for rent of reserve for six shillings. It was issued by the Orbost Shire Council. The Shire of Orbost was a local government area about 380 kilometres east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 9,347 square kilometres and existed from 1892 until 1994. Originally, Orbost was part of the Bairnsdale Road District which was created on 30 April 1867. Splitting away as part of the Shire of Tambo in 1882, Orbost was first incorporated as a shire in its own right as the Shire of Croajingolong on 30 May 1892. It received its present name on 17 February 1893. On 3 January 1913 part of its western riding was annexed to Tambo as its Cunninghame Riding. Local governments play an important role in the lives of citizens in Australia. Local government authorities exist to provide services and amenities to local communities, and are also responsible for regulating and providing services for land and property in their district. This item is representative of a time when Orbost had its own Shire Council. A widow - faced envelope with a green threepence stamp top right corner. At the top is "Shire of Orbost". Bottom right is "If not claimed within 7 Days please return to SHIRE HALL, ORBOST".There is a receipt to R.C. Morgan for 6/- being for the "rent of reserve" and signed by L.A. Walker. It has the Orbost Shire logo in the top left corner.orbost-shire-council morgan-r.c.

A gathering in front of the Shire hall in Bulla. The group consists of men and women and children dressed up in their going to church fineryA sepia coloured photograph mounted on cardboard of a gathering of residents with adults standing in the background and the children kneeling and seated in the foreground. They are all well dressed.shire of bulla, children, men, women, clothing and dress, shire halls, bulla, george evans collection