A property illustration by Margret Picken Commissioned by a real estate agency for the purpose of advertising 6 Lusk Dve., Vermont This property is listed as having sold for $270,000 in 2004 Made by using Rotring ‘Rapidigraph’ drafting pens with Rotring ink on Rapidigraph polyester drafting film, double matte. Trained as a cartographic draftsman within the mining industry, Margaret Picken is an artist who worked producing property illustrations for real estate agencies in eastern suburbs of Victoria from 1983-2005. Retiring from the industry as technological changes favored coloured photography over illustrations, and commissioning companies over sole contractors.This artwork is of Historical Significance as a record of local domestic architecture.A black ink line drawing on drafters film by Margaret Picken, of a single story brick house. On the left is a driveway leading to a gated garage in the background. While in the right foreground is a low stone fence enclosing a front yard with hedging. There are two hole punch holes just below centre of the upper edge6 Lusk Dve., Vermont Margaret Picken © 2002 Realatorwhitehorse historical society, schwerkolt cottage, housing, architecture, margaret picken, house, garden, real estate, vermont, vermont south

Handwritten document (15 pages) with two page blue document appended at back. On front of handwritten document : specifications for machinery and ironwork engineer and ironfounder for building plant for the Hercules & Energetic Goldmining Comp., Sandhurst. The contractor is to supply and deliver on the claim of the above Company the following machinery &c - and to get proper receipts for same from the Contractor for the erection of plant. Areas in specifications include: repairs to engine and boiler set-up & c., safety valve, whistle, cylinder, stop valve, piston, eccentric, crank shaft, feed pump & eccentric, flywheel very extensive descriptions of all areas, some with diagrams. Appended to back of document Ironfounders general conditions of contract work required in the making and delivery on the claim machinery &c for a winding plant for the Hercules & |Energetic Co., Drawings prepared by Wm Middleton, Engineer, Sandhurst. Agreement entered into this twelfth day of October, 1878, by and between Messrs Mitchell & Osborne and Hercules and Energetic GMC. Signed by Mitchell & Osborne, per ? Dobson., Wm Middleton ?.bendigo, mining, hercules & energetic mine

Draftsman's drawing of Central Red, White and Blue Mine. Printed by Troedel & Cooper Pty Ltd, Surveyor Mr. H. Cumby, Bendigo April 1913 Forms part of the Margaret Roberts Collection of mining records.bendigo, margaret roberts, gold, central red white and blue gold mine, map

Certificate cream with brown embellishment and writing. Across top are sketches of mining implements, a mining cage, poppet head and windlass. Certificate reads: "Awarded to James Marshall 'in recognition of his bravery and presence of mind exhibited by him on the seventh day of December 1886 at the mine of the Pearl Company when a fellow miner was gallantly rescued from a fearful death." "D. Gillies, Minister of Mines Entered on roll No. 4" Written on back in pen: 'Kate Marshall/Mildren - Doug Mildren's mother. James Marshall - Kate's brother. Births, Marriages, and Deaths.bendigo, mining, james marshall rescue

A property illustration by Margret Picken Commissioned by a real estate agency for the purpose of advertising 99 Newry St., Fitzroy. This property is listed as having sold for $148,000 in 1991 Made by using Rotring ‘Rapidigraph’ drafting pens with Rotring ink on Rapidigraph polyester drafting film, double matte. Trained as a cartographic draftsman within the mining industry, Margaret Picken is an artist who worked producing property illustrations for real estate agencies in eastern suburbs of Victoria from 1983-2005. Retiring from the industry as technological changes favored coloured photography over illustrations, and commissioning companies over sole contractors.This artwork is of Historical Significance as a record of local domestic architecture.A black ink line drawing on drafters film by Margaret Picken, of a ingle story brick house with veranda across the frontage, on the left it forms a carport in front of the connected garage. In the foreground on the left is the driveway, while on the right is a front garden enclosed by a wrought iron fence.45 Nurlendi Rd., Vermont Marg. Picken '88 Woodards - Boxhillwhitehorse historical society, schwerkolt cottage, housing, architecture, margaret picken, house, garden, real estate, vermont, vermont south

BHS CollectionPhotocopy of a newspaper article titled Water Continues to Rise in the Victoria Quartz by James Lerk. Article mentions the water problem in the Victoria Quartz Mine and where they believed it was coming from. Also mentioned is the mining inspector William Abraham. There is a short history of his working life up to the time of his qualifying as a mine manager after studying part-time for ten years at the Bendigo School of Mines. There is a dark photo of William and his horse.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - water in the victoria quartz, james lerk, victoria quartz, william abraham, new chum reef, matthew stevens, south bellevue, new chum and victoria mine, lazarus, new chum drainage association, william abraham snr, druid, mary kane, lady miltoa, ballarat freehold company, the wallaby, richard grenfell, bendigo advertiser, bendigo school of mines, confidence extended mine, george ellis

The book was used by Charles Bacon who studied at the University of Nevada in the late 1930s/early 1940s. Bacon worked at Bunker Hill Mines and Kellogg Idaho, before arriving in Australian in 1951. He worked for CN Myers, a company involved with paper converting. CN Myers was a family business (on Charles Bacon's maternal line). William Emmons was Professor and head of Geology and Mineralogy at the University of Minnesota; Director of Minnesota geological Survey; and previously Geologist, Section of Metalliferous Deposits, United States Geological Survey.Maroon soft covered book of 529 pages. Chapters include Magmatic Segregations, Pegmatities, Hypothermal Deposits, Sedimentary Depostis, Openings in Rocks, Metasomatic Processes, Mineral Associations and more.Inside front cover "Charles Bacon 1940 Lincoln Hall Ass. University of Nevada Reno, Nevada"charles bacon, mining engineering, metallurgy, university of nevada, mackay school of mines, geology, california

East Clarence Gold Mining Co. N.L. to Miss G. Alice Jones. Pink paper dated "Febry. 21 1940.Re forfeited shares. £10/6." R689 Delivered 29/5/40 written in the top left corner. Pd.the miss g.alice jones collection - account, east clarence gold mining co n l, companies act 1938 sec. 443

Hercules Gold Mining Co. N. L. to Miss G. Alice Jones. Re - proposed sale of portion of Lease to a new company to be formed. Cost 10/6. Dated Sep 13, 1945, and 23 Feb 1946.miss g. alice jones collection - account, hercules gold mining co. n.l. to miss g. alice jones. mr h l stewart

Hercules G. M. Co. N. L. to Miss G. Alice Jones. Pink paper dated Aug. 19, 1932, to 24 1932 and 23/11/1932 containing details for sale of the North end of lease and formation of new company. Total cost £23.4.3. "B567 posted LB 23.11.32" written in top left corner.miss g. alice jones collection - account, hercules gold mining co n l, mr stanfield, hercules no 1 g m co n l, gazette, argus, bendigo advertiser

Carlisle Gold Mining Co. N. L. to Miss G. Alice Jones. Pink paper dated Apr. 1 to Apr. 5, June 2 to 15 1927. Account details work and costs re sale of mining manager's house and the voluntary winding up of the Company. Total cost £5.5.0. "R446 Posted 15/6/1927 by RB?" writtenmiss g. alice jones collection - account, carlisle gold mining co n l, t c watts & son

One handwritten and three typed copies of notes on the United Hustlers and Redan mine. Notes include locality, plant, early history, Prominence, best gold, k. K. Shaft, Total gold production and dividends and Origin of Names.document, gold, united hustlers and redan, united hustlers and redan, notes on the united hustlers and redan, the south or k k shaft, the hustlers, redan, little, white, ragman's, maiden, williamsons, bignall's, the alabama company, k k company, new hustlers and redan, united pioneers, lady darling, hibernia, red white and blue, sophia, redan, north comet, go-a-head, cosmopolitan, johnsons, geo lansell, bendigo amalgamated goldfields company, kocks, kock's koh-i-nor, mines dept booklet bendigo goldfield geo brown 1936, mines dept annual and quarterly reports, mines dept bulletin no 33 h herman 1913, annals of bendigo mining sections 1878 to 1920, a richardson

The original house was built around 1850 was one of Kangaroo Ground's earliest homes, part of which remains today. Built by Scottish farmer Andrew Harkness who acquired the property in 1849 at the top of the hill with magnificent panoramic views as far as Kinglake, the same year he married Sarah Oswin. The property was known as Garden Hill from at least 1865. Andrew and Sarah had four sons and five daughters. Harkness was a founder of the Kangaroo Ground School and one of the first to suggest establishing the Eltham District Road Board (1858-71) of which he was a member, the pre-cursor to the Shire of Eltham (1871-1994). He was also a Trustee of the Kangaroo Ground Cemetery. His daughter Fanny married farmer Alexander White who purchased the property in 1893. Alexander White died in 1906 and ownership transferred to Fanny White. Son, Robert White was a Councillor of the Shire of Eltham at the time the Shire acquired two acres of land on the adjacent property from the Mess brothers for the creation of the Shire of Eltham Memorial Park (1921) in which the Shire of Eltham War Memoirial tower was erected (1926). Fanny White donated a small section of land from the Garden Hill property to facilitate entry access to the park. The White family sold the property to Sir Herbert Gepp in 1925. Covered under Heritage Overlay, Nillumbik Planning Scheme. Published: Nillumbik Now and Then /​ Marguerite Marshall 2008; photographs Alan King with Marguerite Marshall.; p29 Garden Hill, on Yarra Glen Road, Kangaroo Ground, near the War Memorial is well named. The old house and gardens overlook a magnificent panorama extending to Kinglake. The original house, built around 1850, was one of Kangaroo Ground’s earliest, and part of it remains in today’s timber house. The house was built by the early and prominent settler Andrew Harkness. Later it was occupied for a long time by Sir Herbert Gepp, renowned Australia wide.1 Harkness and Gepp are buried in the Kangaroo Ground Cemetery. Scottish farmer Harkness, who was born in 1817, acquired this property in 18492 and he and his family occupied it until the early 1920s. Harkness cleared its 152 acres (61.4 ha), fenced it and grazed sheep and cattle. Harkness proved a valuable community member. When only ten families lived in the district, he and other settlers set up a school in 1852, with Andrew Ross as the first teacher. Harkness was also one of the first to suggest establishing the Eltham District Road Board, of which he was a member for around 15 years. He was also a trustee of the Kangaroo Ground Cemetery. Harkness married in 1854 and had four sons and five daughters. The first part of the timber house he built included a kitchen-living room and a parlor. The living room’s large fireplace was bricked-in and modernised in 1940. Beside it is the old baker’s oven with its original iron door replaced by a wooden one. It is thought two wattle-and-daub huts, used for a bedroom and bathroom, were built to the west. Harkness’ son-in-law, farmer Alexander White, who had seven sons, bought the property in 1893. Harkness’ grand-daughter Flora married Ewen Cameron who became Minister for Health and was later knighted; he was not related to Ewen Hugh Cameron, a Member of the Legislative Assembly. In 1923 the White family sold the property, called Kilby Park, to Sir Herbert Gepp, who renamed it Garden Hill. Gepp used the property, which was still on the original New South Wales title, as a hobby farm. Robert White stayed on to manage the farm for a while, living in a house on the property. Gepp was born in 1877 and at 16 years began working as a junior chemist with the Australian Explosives and Chemical Company at Deer Park near Melbourne. Gepp was a pioneer in applying enlightened labour policies in industry. He initiated the Broken Hill Progress Association, to improve living conditions. It laid the ground work for the welfare schemes pursued by companies after World War One. During the mid 20th century Gepp was the most prominent liberal thinker associated with conservative politics. As a friend of Prime Minister John Curtin, he contributed to post-war reconstruction. Gepp returned to private industry and retired in 1950. Gepp made significant contributions to the solution of the great metallurgical problems of the mining industry. He was an advocate of the role of science in industry, government and the economy and helped to establish several organizations including the CSIR and the Institute of Public Affairs.3 After Sir Herbert died in 1954 his son Orwell continued to farm the property part-time. When Lady Gepp died in 1963, the land was divided among the five children, although Orwell continued to farm it as a hobby. In 1966, a daughter, Mardi Gething, now married, settled in the house. Another daughter, Kathleen, built her house close by on the property. After the Board of Works designated the property as part of a reserve for a possible reservoir, the family sold all, except the minimum 20 acres allowed, to the Board in the 1970s. Orwell then leased what was the family property from the Board to continue grazing. The two sisters and brother continued to live on the property.This collection of almost 130 photos about places and people within the Shire of Nillumbik, an urban and rural municipality in Melbourne's north, contributes to an understanding of the history of the Shire. Published in 2008 immediately prior to the Black Saturday bushfires of February 7, 2009, it documents sites that were impacted, and in some cases destroyed by the fires. It includes photographs taken especially for the publication, creating a unique time capsule representing the Shire in the early 21st century. It remains the most recent comprehenesive publication devoted to the Shire's history connecting local residents to the past. nillumbik now and then (marshall-king) collection, kangaroo ground

Blue hard cover book, maroon binding on spine and corners of cover. 'Minute Book' written in gold on spine. Two hundred and two pages of which sixty nine are used. First entry dated 14th December 1914 for meeting held at the office of the Company at 39 Queen Street, Melbourne. Loose documents held in Minute Book of Oswald Gold Mine: 1. Receipt for monies received from Messrs McColl, Rankin and Stanistreet from F.G. Smith and McEacharn, for 20 pounds 2.Charge for petty cash, stamps for Oswald Gold Mine, Dr. to McColl Rankin and Stanistreet 3. Five proxy forms The Minute Book is part of the Margaret Roberts Collection of mining documents.bendigo, margaret roberts, , goldmining, oswald gold mine n.l., castlemaine

'A communication from Mr. A.T. Balaam asking that the Central Board of Health be communicated with on the subject of arsenical fumes from the furnaces of the Bendigo Tailings Company at Quarry Hill, where pyrites are to be treated, was also referred to the Mayor.' Bendigo Independent, City Council, p9. 31st May 1913. 'Tenders are invited by the Bendigo Tailings Company for the purchase of two complete cyanide plants, first class assay plants, stores and equipment. Full details may be obtained from the Manager, Mr. J.J. Stanistreet.' Bendigo Independent, p4, 3rd March. 1916.Dark green hard dover book, maroon binding on spine. One hundred and sixty six pages of which ninety three are used. On front cover, white label with 'Double Ledger' printed in black. On front page, a purple stamp: ' Bendigo Tailings Company, No Liability' Alphabetical index in front of book detailing names and pages of transactions. Example for 'L' entry: lease rents; Langdon S.J.; Lansell G.V., L.N. and E; land. Entries in book date from 1912 - 1913. Ledger forms part of the Margaret Roberts Collection of Mining records.bendigo, margaret roberts, , goldmining, bendigo tailings co. n.l., mccoll rankin and stanistreet, arsenic

Dark green hard cover book, buff binding on spine and corners of cover. . Two hundred and seventy pages of which thirty five are used. Inside front cover, label affixed to marbled page: ' Sands and McDougall, Manufacturing Stationers, 365 Collins Street, Melbourne' Handwritten on page one' The Southern Garden Gully and Deborah Company N.L.' Handwritten entries of first meeting held on 16th August 1906, to last meeting July 1907. Meetings held at Messrs McColl and Rankin's office, City Chambers, High Street, Bendigo. Minute book forms part of the Margaret Roberts Collection of Mining records.bendigo, margaret roberts, , goldmining, mccoll and rankin, city chambers bendigo, southern garden gully and deborah company, james hiers mccoll

Electro hydraulic dredge Snake Valley 1909. J Mc Bennett, was an engineer back at the main base, at Dawson's dam on the Carngham Road, Between Linton and Snake Valley. These dredges were used for getting gold. The streams of water under high pressure just washed the hills and ground away. This dredge closed down early 1910. 200 H.P. motors were used and 10 in. pumps.Black and white image of three workmen, one beside mining building the other two at dredge pump outlet. Image mounted on dark brown card. Between 1904 and 1911 the Electro Hydraulic Company sought to extract gold in an area north of Linton known as the Hard Hills. By blasting water from high-pressure hoses into the hillsides, soil containing gold was washed out for sluicing. Two gravel pumps in Dawson's Dam pumped the wash through the sluices. Despite considerable investment in expensive equipment, the Company did not have a great deal of success, and the mining operation ceased in 1911.mining, gold, mining equipment, electro hydraulic dredge, dredging, sluicing, dawson's dam, snake valley, miners

Found in the loft of Bank of NSW 1980s.Beige-coloured certificate with decorative border printed on left hand side. Stamped number 8. Serrated left edge of certificate suggests it was detached from a booklet or form. Entitles the holder to one-tenth share in an application for a mining lease at Bristol Hill, Linton ("north of the Oakleigh G.M. Company"). Certificate is not made out to any person, but is signed "Samuel Devy, Applicant for Lease" and dated 26 July 1899.Text: " North Oakleigh Q.M. Syndicate, / BRISTOL HILL, LINTON. "bristol hill, north oakleigh mine, samuel devy, gold mining, mining share certificates, mining leases

Found in loft of Bank of NSW, Linton 1980'sNorth Golden Fleece Syndicate share certificate, bought by A.C. Cork 24th July, 1899. Entitles the holder to one-tenth interest in an application for a mining lease at Illabarook. Signed Samuel Devy, Applicant for Lease, dated 24 July 1899. Blue-coloured certificate with decorative border on left hand side. Stamped with number 3. Serrated left edge of certificate suggests it was detached from a booklet or form. Form of name of company originally printed as "South Golden Fleece Syndicate". The word "South" has been crossed out and replaced with "North", change initialled "S.D.".Text: " North Golden Fleece Syndicate, / ILLABAROOK. / CERTIFICATE. / In 10 SYNDICATE SHARES. "north golden fleece syndicate, gold mining, mining share certificates, mining leases, a. c. cork, samuel devy