Each year The Australian Insitutue of Mining Engineers held a meeting in an important mining district or township. In 1906, via the good offices of David Ham an invitation was extended to the Ballarat students to take part in a trip to Broken Hill, via Wallaroo and Moonta, and Port Pirie. They left the Ballarat station on Saturday May 19, 1906 aboard the Adelaide Express. The Ballarat party consisted of David Ham (Ballarat School of Mines Council Member); staff members Frederick J. Martell, A.D. Gilchrist, John Sutherland, A.E.C. Kerr, A. Garard and E.J. McConnon. The attending students were W.P. Avery, M. Boyer, M.H. Bade, E. Booth, E. Crossly, A. Cooper, G.H. Davenport, W.E. Figgis, R. Galloway, C. Hesselmann, H. Hawkesworth, M. McCallum, H.F. Owen, W. Pearce, W. Sayer, J. Sutherand, Arthur E. Tandy and H.C. Valentine. Students were also present from the Working Men's College (later RMIT), Bairnsdale School of Mines, Melbourne University and the Bendigo School of Mines. Members of Australian Institute of Mining Engineers and students from the Ballarat School of Mines at the Central Mine, Broken Hill. It is assumed the Ballarat School of Mines students are in the boater hats with the striped hat braid. ballarat school of mines, australian institute of mining engineers, central mine, broken hill, broken hill, visits, excursions, david ham, frederick j. martell, a.d. gilchrist, john sutherland, a.e.c. kerr, a. garard, e.j. mcconnon, w.p. avery, m. boyer, m.h. bade, e. booth, e. crossly, a. cooper, g.h. davenport, w.e. figgis, r. galloway, c. hesselmann, h. hawkesworth, m. mccallum, h.f. owen, w. pearce, w. sayer, j. sutherand, arthur e. tandy, h.c. valentine.

Trifold invitation. On front cover is gold coloured image of rock strata. Written underneath: 'The Objective, to bring gold back to Bendigo'. On bottom of front page 'Bendigo Mining' with poppet head logo. Inside on first page: Your invitation- Peter McCarthy, Chairman Bendigo Mining Limited and Doug Buerger, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, request the pleasure of your company for the official opening of Bendigo's Mine at the kangaroo Flat site by Hon Steve Bracks, Premier of Victoria, on Friday 20 October, 2006. Colour photos of a gold pour, underground mining and a miner, on other pages of invitation. environment, kangaroo flat, goldmining, , environmental impact, exploration, mining, bendigo mining, doug buerger, peter mccarthy

Share certificate for twelve syndicate shares (= 1/12th share in Bryants Gully Gold Mining Company ) purchased by Samuel Lewers, 16th August 1899. Signed A.M. Barry and A.J. N. Horan, who were the "Applicants for Lease". According to an undated inscription on the back of the certificate, half of the shares were later transferred by Samuel Lewers to A.C. Cork.Blue paper share certificate, blue typescript, black ink handwriting, perforations on left side suggests certificate was detached from a book of share certificate forms.Text, front: " Bryant's Gully Gold Mining Coy., near Linton / 5 IN Twelve SYNDICATE SHARES. Text, reverse: "I hereby transfer one half (1/2) of the within share to A.C. Cork for value received S. Lewers".samuel lewers, a.c.cork, a.m. barry, a. j. n. horan, bryant's gully gold mining company, share certificates

Hand drawn and coloured paper plan relating to the Endeavour Quartz Mining Co. and tenements 634 and 546. The tenements were along Main Road and Eureka Street in close proximity to the Barkly Street and the Ballarat East Town Hall.ballarat east, endeavour quartz mining co, mining, plan, cgt

The Ballarat School of Mines was established in 1870 after a resolution from the Ballarat Mining Board. It is the first School of Mines in Australia. The first three trustees were Redmond Barry, Rivett Henry Bland, and Somerville Learmonth, with Redmond Barry being the first President. .1) Yellow soft covered booklet of 4 pages. The contents include an outline and rules of the proposed Ballarat School of Mines, Resolutions of the Mining Board at Ballarat, and a draft constitution. .2) Ballarat School of Mines Constitution handwritten rough notes .3) Ballarat School of Mines Constitution handwritten rough notes .4) Ballarat School of Mines handwritten draft Constitutionballarat school of mines, smb, redmond barry, ballarat mining board, ballarat school of mines establishment, legal, constitution, rivett henry bland, somerville learmonth, john alexander mcpherson, james mcculloch, mccoy, harrie wood

Soft brown covered book of 45 pages about East Gippsland mining and development. Includes map of Gippsland East, Lakes Entrance. Includes Lakes Entrance, Metung, Beng Worden, Bairnsdale, Longford, Torquay.gippsland east, gippsland, geology, mining, mines department, geo. brown, e.j. hogan

Kaolin Mining (a fine white clay used for crockery) Stone Street Stawell 1914Group of men and women inspecting horse driven puddling machine.stawell

Kaolin Mining (a fine white clay used for crockery) Stone Street Stawell 1914Group of men and women inspecting horse driven puddling machine.stawell

Black and white image of H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh and Suite, in Mining Costume after descending the Band of Hope Gold Mine, Ballarat. ballarat, band and albion gold mine, mining, duke of edinburgh, royal visit, lord newry, elliott yorke, manners sutton, verdon, baker, haig, rothwell, canpbell, o.w. brierly, paget, redan, royalty

A mining compny in Ballarat.Printed book of rules, regulations and shareholders.edward daniel, t. byrne, register-general's office, w.m. acheson, john heinz, metropolitan gold mining company, henry donald mckee, maxwell bruce, henry stone, wiliam cleverdon, h.p. smith, h. poppeus, f.c.k. lewin, share scrip, little bendigo, ballarat, mining

Char-A-Banc belonging to Withers Bus Tours later Pioneer Tours and group of people in front of Sloane's & Scotchman Mining Co Poppet Head upper Main Street Stawell. Withers Tours, later named Pioneer Tours ran regular tourist buses from Melbourne to Stawell and Halls Gap area in a successful business. They later expanded to Sydney and other interstate destinations. Founder was W.A. Withers born at Moyston and became a successful businessman in Melbourne.Early 1920's open bus with a group or people (tourists) in front of Poppet Head and shaft of Sloane & Scotchmans Mine.mining, transport, tourism

Raywood is in the State of Victoria.Gold mining lease blocks at Raywood. Thought to be from The Gold-Fields of Victoria Reports of The Mining Registrars for the Quarter Ended 30th June 1886raywood, raywood botanical gardens, pound, raywood state school, buxton, new buxton, new perserverance, pioneer, new nil, south pioneer and may reef, london

Photographs taken at the time of the purchase by Western Mining Corporation of the property owned by G.P. Daly of Raywood Road, Woodvale, in 1986. The intent of the purchase was to provide land for the Woodvale ponds. Land size was 16 acres, known as Allotment 13, Section 3, Parish of Nerring. Paper with two colour photographs attached, each of three photos joined to show landscape view, of the property purchased from G.P Daly by Western Mining Corporation. Photographs show rural land, grassy paddocks with tree line in background. Barb wire fence visible in foreground of bottom photo. Top photograph is titled 23. Daly property looking south-east. Bottom photograph is titled 24. Daly property looking north east. woodvale, g.p. daly, western mining corporation, purchase

Invitation for Ballarat School of Mines students to visit.Typed letter on Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers letterhead. australasian institute of mining engineers, d.l. stirling, visits, ausimm

Catalogue card reads, "Article on The Ringwood Antimony Mines (in) The Mining Chronicle, 23rd September 1882".

Blue/black hard covered book of 234 pages including index and photographic reproductions. Contents include Uses of Water in Mining; Geology of Placer Deposits; Gold Recovery; Flumes, ditches, dams, pipes; Giants, valaves, gates, weirs, miner's inch, pressure box, dams; gravel elvators; exploiting. mining, hydraulics, water, dredge, dredging, gold mining

.1 SEPIA PHOTOGRAPH OF YANKEE MINING CO., CLUNES. .2 SMALL BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF YANKEE QUARTZ MINING COYANKEE QUARTZ MINING CO. REGISTERED, CLUNESphotographs, mining, yankee quartz mining

This photo was taken during 'Lock Downs' during the Covid19 Pandemic. Colour photograph of the Mining Exchange in Lydiard Street North, Ballarat.lydiard street north, ballarat mining exchange, stockbrockers, pandemic, covid 19

Receipt issued to Mr. McCork for shares in gold mining company.mccork, east jubilee gold mining coy

Plain white paper with side perforations. Pre-printed note appears to have been detached from a book or a form. Date and share information filled in by hand. Letter is dated 4/8/1899, recipient's name not recorded. Letter accompanies scrip for 200 shares in the Jubilee Consols Gold Mining Coy., No Liability. Shares are numbered 5201-300 and 21501-600. Address of company printed at top: "7 Lydiard St, Ballarat". Name of manager printed at bottom: "R Gilpin, Manager".Text: " JUBILEE CONSOLS GOLD MINING COY., / NO LIABILITY / 7 Lydiard St., / Ballarat / 4/8/1899 / Dear Sir, / Herewith I beg to hand you Scrip / for 200 Shares in the above / Company. Nos. 5201/300 / 21501/600 / R. GILPIN, Manager.jubilee consols gold mining company, r. gilpin

Catalogue card reads, "1883 - Reports of the Mining Surveyors & Registrars. Quarter ended 31st March, 1883".

Black and white image of the Mining Exchange in Lydiard Street North, Ballarat.lydiard street north, ballarat mining exchange, stockbrockers