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The Eureka Stockade (Don Woodward Collection), Carboni, Raffaello, 1855 (originally) 1980 (this edition)
An eyewitness account of the Eureka Stockade as told by Italian patriot, Raffaello Carboni. The book was written one year after the Stockade took place. The Eureka Stockade took place in Ballarat in 1854 and Carboni was a prominent leader of the diggers. He was tried for high treason, but acquitted by a Melbourne jury.History of Ballarat. Autobiographical interest - Carboni.Book; 181 pages. Front cover: white background; artistic impression of Eureka Stockade; black, blue and red lettering; authors' names and title.In green ink: various page numbers and the name "J. Chisholm".btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, carboni, raffaello, lalor, peter, eureka stockade, mining licences - ballarat, hayes, timothy, southern cross flag, gold mining - ballarat, eureka hotel, scobie, james, ballarat reform league, monster meeting - ballarat, humffray, john -
Unions Ballarat
Peter Lalor Lithograph, n/d
Peter Lalor rose to fame for his leading role in the Eureka Rebellion at Ballarat in 1854. He is the only outlaw to make it into parliament. The siege of Eureka culminated in November and December 1854 arising as the result of disagreement between disaffected gold miners (led by Peter Lalor) and colonial forces about compulsory mining licences. This lithograph is rare - the only one we are aware of.Eureka Stockade (Ballarat), politics and government (Victoria, Australia).Lithograph - sepia. Picture of Peter Lalor in Legislative Assembly speaker's regalia."The late Hon Peter Lalor, Ex-Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and leader of the Memorable Eureka Insurrection of 1854. Born - Tennikill, Queen's County, Ireland, 1827. Died - Melbourne, Victoria, 1889. Aged 62 years."btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, eureka stockade, lalor, peter, history - ballarat, politics and government -
Unions Ballarat
Book - Letters from a miner in Australia
An account of Melbourne and the Victorian goldfields during the 1950s gold rush. The book includes experiences as a miner, as a storekeeper in the goldfields and, briefly, as owner of a French cafe in Melbourne.Hardback with dustjacket; yellow background; black lettering; 105 pages. An account of Melbourne and the Victorian goldfields during the 1950s gold rush. The book includes experiences as a miner, as a storekeeper in the goldfields and, briefly, as owner of a French cafe in Melbourne.gold mining, gold rush, fauchery antoine, btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, correspondence, australian history-1950s, ballarat, photography, travel -
Unions Ballarat
Justice for Aboriginal Australians: Report of the World Council of CHurches team visit to the Aborigines June 15 to July 3, 1981 (David Spiers Collection), World Council of Churches
Report of the World Council of Churches team visit to Australia to assess the situation of Australian Aboriginals in 1981.Aboriginal affairs, rights and welfare.Book; 91 pagesbtlc, ballarat trades and labour council, unions ballarat, aboriginal affairs, world council of churches, australian council of churches, mining, land rights, health, housing, education, employment -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE DIGGING - THE DIGGERS, c1800s
Diggers & Mining. The Digging - The Diggers. Slide: Sunday Camp Meeting (1853) The Sabbath was strictly kept on the early field; and church services were held . . . . Slide shows miners around a preacher on a soap box. Markings: 71 994.LIF:6. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. GOLD, c1850s
Diggers & Mining. Gold. The Chinese soon became very unpopular with the white diggers on the goldfields. (1) Much of the hostility to them was the result of sheer prejudice directed against people who were alien in race, religion, and language; whose standard of living, by European criteria, was low; and who did not mix with other diggers, but lived - preforce - in separate camps in the diggings. Markings: 22 994.GOL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. GOLD, c1850s
Diggers & Mining. Gold. Slide si of a 'joss house' with some Chinese people outside and one in the doorway. A 'joss house' or temple was a feature or many Chinese camps. Markings: 14 994.GOL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. GOLD, c1850s
... ''. Slide shows large Chinese camp and Chinese mining. Markings: 12... EDUCATION Tertiary goldfields hanimount Diggers & Mining. Gold ...Diggers & Mining. Gold. (huyghue) The Red Street, Ballarat. . . . . particularly since much of their wealth came from the ''tailings''. Slide shows large Chinese camp and Chinese mining. Markings: 12 994.GOL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING: THE DIGGINGS - THE DIGGERS
Diggers & Mining: The Digging - The Diggers. Slide tells of the white tents pitched closely together against the dark forest trees, and how still the area is as the miners and store keeps are asleep in their beds. Two sentries in the camp are the only movement as they pace back and forward before the Gold Office. Black and white side. Markings: 38 994.LIF:6. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING: THE DIGGINGS - THE DIGGERS
Diggers & Mining: The Digging - The Diggers. Slide depicts a township of tents a butchers stall. Families sitting around camp fires, it appears that families with children are now on the goldfields not just the men. Caption reads; Then, till they went to their tents to sleep, the diggers spent the night relaxing, as himdreds of campfires twinkled across the field. Black and white side, picture is of higher quality than others. Markings: 34 994.LIF:6. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, mining -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING: THE DIGGINGS - THE DIGGERS
Diggers & Mining: The Digging - The Diggers. Slide depicts miners relaxing back at the camp site. Puddling machine, gold pan, shovel and other items needed by miners, there is also a tent. Not many trees. Markings: 31 994.LIF:6. Used as a teaching aid.Hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. STORES AT THE DIGGINGS, c1852
Diggers & Mining. Stores at the diggings. And here is a picture of Dr. Preshaw's camp at Forest Creek. Slide shows camp and other dwellings, wagon people, 2 trees in foreground 1 has been felled both have signs attached to them. Along bottom of slide: Dr Preshaws's Camp. Markings: 27 994.LIF. 5. Used as a teaching aid.hanimount -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. STORES AT THE DIGGINGS, c1852
Diggers & Mining. Stores at the diggings. STG. Fryer's Creek, Castlemaine, 1852. Several doctors established lucrative practices on the diggings. Slide shows Dr BUNCE GOLD BOUGHT along with other timber buildings, tents, oxen pulling a dray and miners. Dr Prshaii's Camp can be seen along the bottom of the slide. Markings: 25 994.LIF. 5. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. STORES AT THE DIGGINGS, 15 July, 1854
Diggers & Mining. Stores at the diggings. And Restaurant, Opposite the Government Camp, Bendigo, And opposite the Camp, Tarrangower or Bryant's Ranges. The proprietors respectfully intimate to the Digging Community and Public in general of TARRANGOWER, thus they have opened the above BRANCH DINING ROOMS, where they trust, by unremitting attention, and supplying Provisions of the best quality, and having the same Bill or Fare as at Bendigo, to merit a share of public patronage. Soups, Chops, and Steaks at all hours of the day, Hot Coffee always ready. Parties visiting these diggings will find the above a first- rate House, possessing every requisite in the way of Cleanliness and Punctuality. Information regarding the diggings will be given to Strangers. Good Beds. Slide reads; By 1854, better accommodation was available on most of the diggings. (Gold Diggers' Advocate, July, 15, 1854.) Markings: 21 994.LIF. 5. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - HERITAGE REPORT: FORMER POLICE STATION AND QUARTERS: CALIFORNIA GULLY
Seventeen page Heritage Place Report on the Former California Gully Police Station at 15 Thorpe Street, California Gully. It is the former police station and quarters, former timber stables and timber cottage residence demolished and horse paddock on separate title. Report includes a Statement of Significance, Place History (History of the Area), Policing California Gully Goldfields, History of the Buildings, Chronology of Ownership, Rate Books 1858, - 1867 - 1868, 1895 Borough of Eaglehawk Rates, 1922 Voters Roll, 1952 & 1962 Sands & McDougall Directory Thorpe St California Gully, Comparable Examples, Secondary Sources, Description Conservation Policy Guidelines (Specific), Physical Conditions, Physical Description 1, Map of Early Photo Location, Bendigo Parish Plan circa 1870, Certificate of Title 1950 & 1960. Pge 14 has plans, maps and an aerial photo of 15 Thorpe Street. Page 15 has an aerial photo of 15 Thorpe Street, California Gully with Allotment Size. Page 16 & 17 has photos.heritage, heritage report - former police station and quarters - california gully, city of greater bendigo, wilson & ass, butler, amanda jean, johnson reef shafts no 1 & 2, rose of denmark, princess dagmar, bendigo amalgamated goldfields company, captain frederick standish, royal irish constabulary, e thorpe, campbell, taylor, watson, brown, hosken, mckowne, mcqualter, parker, hicks, eaglehawk municipal council, victorian police force, d bannear, historic mining sites in the sandhurst eaglehawk and raywood mining divisions, department of conservation and natural resources, joshua thorpe, thorpe & co, johnson & co, william thorn, michael thomas, james murdock, edward c brown, francis youlden, gold escort, water police, mounted police, city police (melbourne), geelong police, gold fields police, rural bench constabulary, the people's force, robert haldane, n wild, streets of the borough of eaglehawk, police registration act, william henry mitchell, camp hotel, j o c nieman, j m catarach, g w hosken, margaret hosken nee mckown, majorie alice mcqualter, kellie anne mcqualter, adam joseph doolan, mr hicks, sands & mcdougall, hill george, meeking howard, mcewan frank a, jinks stanley, mccaig mrs eleanor, gordon john l, mcqualter mrs adeline, maher william l, raynor robert, flack john p, whitehead miss a, sang george t, linddsay john p, dyer henry, jackman george a, tibbetts mrs s a, hosken mrs margaret winifred nee mckowne, chaplin frank w, wilson c e, wright george, miller g a, sheyhill basil hugh, marshall r, miles j h, parker w b, barkla w g, nicholls les, cartledge clifford william, cole charles basil, farmers citizens trustees co, bev hanson -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE CHINESE ON THE GOLD FIELDS, c1877
Diggers & Mining. The Chinese on the Gold Fields. Slide:Chinese in North Queensland . . . . And in 1877 the Queensland government passed a restriction act. Chinese on the long journey to their destination, a camp site on the right, on the left they take shelter under a tree. Markings: 5, blue ink smuge on left of slide in tree. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. STORES AT THE DIGGINGS, c1855111
Diggers & Mining. Stores at the diggings. ''Store Drays Camped on the Road to Ballarat'', 1855. Slide: Store dray resting on side of road with un covered wagon racing past. STG. Store Drays Camped on roadside to Ballaarat. James - Blum----Dell. Melbourne 1885. Markings: 41 994.LIF. 5. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE GOLD LICENCE, c1850s
Diggers & Mining. The gold licence. The Government Camp. Slide: Diggers Licensing at Castlemaine Camp, 1852. Slide shows sketch by STG, has wooden structure for Commissioner, tent in background for miner, and miners. The Commissioner and his men are also in the picture. Markings: 12 994.LIF. 4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING: THE GOLD LICENCE, c1850s
Diggers & Mining: The gold licence. The Government Camp. Slide: or gold. Diggers Licensing, Ballarat. Shows many tents in background, in front are diggers and police, some men in top hats. Markings: 11 994.LIF. 4 Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE GOLD LICENCE, c1850s
Diggers & Mining. The gold licence. The Government Camp. Slide: and was paid in cash. Shows Commissioner handing out Gold Licences. Markings: 10 994.LIF. 4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE GOLD LICENCE, c1850s
Diggers & Mining. The gold licence. The Government Camp. Slide: Pensioners, Forest Creek. The licence was obtained from the licence office at the Commissioner's headquarters. Slide shows Commissioner and an officer outside the Licence Tent. Markings: 9 994.LIF. 4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE GOLD LICENCE, c1850
Diggers & Mining. The gold licence. The Government Camp. Slide: This commissioner is settling a dispute between two parties of diggers. Slide also shows another officer and a number of mining sites, along with almost barren hills in the background. Markings: 8 994.LIF. 4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE GOLD LICENCE, c1851
Diggers & Mining. The gold licence. The Government Camp. Slide: By Tulloch. Commissioner's Tent. Mt. Alexander, 1851. A Union Jack was flown to denote the headquarters of a Commissioner. Slide depicts tents, flag, police, and diggers. Markings: 7 994.LIF. 4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE GOLD LICENCE, c1851
Diggers & Mining. The gold licence. The Government Camp.. Slide: At first, Goldfields Commissioners and their staffs were quartered in tents. Here the Commissioner in Ballarat in 1851 (Armstrong) is seen at the door of his tent. [Strutt] Commissioner's Tent, Ballarat, 1851. Slide shows Commissioners tent, a horse and staff. Markings: 6 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE GOLD LICENCE, c1850s
Diggers & Mining. The gold licence. The Government Camp.. Slide reads: The licence was obtained from the headquarters of a Goldfields Commissioner. Goldfields Commissioners were appointed to the principal diggings to uphold law and order on the field, to settle disputes between diggers and to issue licences. Markings:5 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE GOLD LICENCE, c1864
Diggers & Mining. The gold licence. The Government Camp.. When the fee was reduced to 1 pound for 1 month, 2 pounds for 3 months, 4 pounds for 6 months, and 8 pounds for 12 months. Slide shows a Gold licence for 3 months. Issued 6 April 1864. Markings:4 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE GOLD LICENCE, c1850
Diggers & Mining. The gold licence. The Government Camp.. The licence fee was thirty shillings a month till the end of 1853; Slide shows a copy of a Gold Licence. Markings:3 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE GOLD LICENCE, c1851
Diggers & Mining. The gold licence. . The Government Camp.. From September, 1851, till June, 1855, the digger, to ''dig, search for, and remove''' gold on or from Crown lands, had to obtain a licence to the purpose. Markings:2 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE GOLD LICENCE, c1850s
Diggers & Mining. The gold licence. The Government Camp. Life And Work At The Diggings, Section 3, The Gold Licence . . . The Government Camp Markings:1 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
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Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE DIGGINGS THE DIGGERS, c1850
Diggers & Mining. The Diggings The Diggers. Slide: A fine feeling of comradeship was often shown by the diggers; and, despite the bad relations often existing between the diggers and 'the Camp', they could be very appreciative of a Camp official who treated them fairly. Markings: 73 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields