The Ballarat School of Mines had a model mine used by students, and to conduct assays for a fee. The Register of Gold Entry Book had to be kept by the Licensed Gold Buyer or Assayer under the Gold Buyers Act.Brown half leather bound register registering receipt of gold. Columns include date, nature of transaction (eg assaying/purchase), age, where employed, business (eg mining, fossicking, assayer, etc), Abode, Signature, Witness, Claim, Mining Division, District, Where Obtained, Character of Gold (eg alluvial, smelted, quartz, etc), Weight, Value, How Gold Treated, To whom delivered after assay or smelting, Date of Assayer's Certificate. ballarat school of mines, model mine, battery, assay, smelting, gold, robinson, frederick martell, r. callister, a. garrard, peter tong, lee sue, ah lung, chinese, f.w. calaby, ah kit, charlie ah lung, ah sung, ah chee, dep choon, charlie ah hing, frederick greaves, peter fong, george ah ki, ah hing, william mong, thomas bell and party, brown hill, dentist, amalgam, albert sydney sergeant, plumber, plumbing, george spence, plumber, commonwealth bank, j. hutton-jones, golden duke mining syndicate, blackwood, d.e.j. grant, eganstown, linton gold mining company, mining, d. bernard, g. peron, john page, david bernard, harry webb, ah fou, w.d. thompson, a.b. tolliday, m. webb

A book titled ' Through Slaughter To a Throne: The story of The Coup d'Etat of Dec. 2nd., 1851. How Napoleon III forced his way to the French Throne and established the Second Empire. London : Ward, Lock & Co., Salisbury Square, E.C. New York : Bond Street. 97 - 112 pgs (ill.). This book is one of a series of 37 Ward & Lock Penny Books for the People.' ' Historical Series.' Price one penny. There are also advertisements of note.books, biography, napoleon emperor of france, lydia chancellor, collection, ward & lock's penny biographies, biographies, ward & lock's penny books for the people, historical series, history, france, french history, napoleon iii, louis napoleon bonaparte, advertisements, male, individual, person, book, books, penny books

Double page - Bendigo Advertiser July 21st, 1971 (Centenary of City). Articles - ''From Shepherd's Hut to Thriving City - How Local Govt. Grew' - Bendigo's Big Year'; ''Congratulations to City''; ''Three Displays Mark Occasion'' (various activities in Bendigo to mark the centenary); First Pioneers Forgotten? - reference to Charles Sherrit, Messrs Heape and Grice. Messrs Gibson and Fenton. An enlarged part of the edition describing the Bendigo Coat Of Arms is also included.Bendigo Advertiserbendigo, history, city history. the goldfields., bendigo coat of arms, charles sherit, messrs heape and grice, messrs gibson and fenton

Sepia photograph of a family. The mother & father are sitting on wooden chairs. The father is wearing a three piece suit and watch chain and has a young boy on his knee. The mother is wearing a dark dress, below knee length, and hat. She is holding a baby. Written on the back: Dear Kath & Harry, How are you all down there. All are well here. Am sending you a photo of the family group. Hoping all are well. Love from Nell.photograph, portrait, family, foster & wilson collection, photograph

Four page carbon copy of a list of shares detailing the shares at £1 each and 5/- each. Mentioned is the countries where the Scalebuoys were used and some of the companies in England, United States, Canada and New Zealand who used them. In Bendigo they could be inspected at the Crown Hotel, Central Nell Gwynne Gold Mine and Hunters Cordial Works. Also mentioned is what Scalebuoys are, What they do, How Scalebuoys Function, Prospects and Sale Purchase Conditions.sciences, instruments-general, scalebuoy, bill ashman collection, victorian scalebuoy company, bendigo electronic process, crown hotel, central nell gwynne gold mine, hunters cordial works, victorian railways, bendigo electronic company

Newspaper Clipping from a Melbourne newspaper dated 28 April 1972 about the MMTB's decorated and illuminated advertising tramcar. Notes lease cost of about $4,000, Frank Mason & Co. as agents, quotes Mr. Wheelan of the company. Also notes about how far the tram travels in a four week period, that there was only one tram, that it was booked up to end of 1973 and that the "SEC set the pattern in 1970". Has a photo of the tram, advertising briquettes.In top right hard part of Clipping, "28/4/72" in blue inktrams, tramways, mmtb, advertisements, frank mason & company, sec

Demonstrates aspects of the two types of trucks or bogies used on Ballarat trams and their design basis. Photocopied from a catalogue.Five pages, each page trimmed to a slightly different width, photocopy of an article titled "Maximum-traction truck: Brill Eureka", reproduced from the 1905 Brill catalogue. Gives details of the truck, its capability, basis, use in New York for example, how it functions, load and speed capacity, motor size, basic dimensions, limitations and drawings. Copy made at time of filing. Scanned copies of all sheets added 25/3/15.trams, tramways, trucks, maximum traction, brill trucks

A4 photocopied sheet titled "Replica Destination Curtain" describing a reproduction or replica destination curtain or blind or roll, used in Ballarat Tramways by the SEC c1960. Provides notes on the curtains, how made, grouping of the routes, horse drawn trams, SEC operations and closure, and inviting people to be members. Gives the BTPS address and phone number. Has the phrase "Ballarat Trams are Ballarat History" on the bottom of the sheet. Has the reproduction of the curtain or roll on the rear of the sheet.trams, tramways, btps, destination roll, destination indicators, sec, routes

Yields information about the Sturt St West Parker St Loop.Colour slide, Kodak white cardboard mount, developed March 1969 of Nos. 34 and 26 crossing at the Parked St loop in Sturt St west loop. No. 34 is heading for Mt Pleasant and has a Trotting at Bray Raceway auxiliary board and No. 26 running a Special. Shows how's the motor vehicle traffic had to veer out past trams. One of a series of tour photos - see Reg item 7667, 7668, 7683 and 7701.Has in red ink "Sturt St Loop"ballarat, tramways, trams, sturt st west, parker st loop, tram 26, tram 34

When the Commonwealth Post and Telegraph Act was passed in June 1902, and a national Postmaster General's Department (the PMG) was established the responsibility for the nation's mail and telephone services fell on Post Offices. The Bendigo Post Office, built in 1887 and situated on Pall Mall was the central distribution centre for receiving and delivering telegrams and continued to deliver communication and postal services until 1997. Now a Visitor Centre, dedicated volunteers at the Post Office continued to demonstrate and educate the public about the daily workings of the Post Office up until 2019 when Covid 19 disrupted every day life and Ted Rankins, the last Post Master and a long term telegraph volunteer at the Post Office, died. Manuals were issued to postmen to guide them in the delivery of letters and parcels and were small enough to be carried with them. This manual was used by the Bendigo Post Office postmen and is part of the postal collection donated by the Rankins family in memory of Ted Rankins,. Small, creamed coloured cloth covered manual. Contains forty four printed pages and two blank end pages covering all aspects of how to correctly deliver the post. Topics include 'Behaviour', 'Deceased Persons' and 'Bicycles' amongst many others. Book is bound and contains many extra additional paragraphs stuck in on appropriate pages noting changes and amendments. Additional amendments in handwritten red pen also occur on pages 28, 29 and 36.Front cover; Postmen's Manual / Australian Post Office Various annotations and updates throughout. ted rankins collection, bendigo post office, bendigo tourism, city of greater bendigo tourism, post office collection

Produced by MMTB to provide procedures for the recovery of tramcars and buses by the Emergency Vehicle Crew known as R10 - their radio call sign. Includes many photographs showing equipment in use. Prepared based on photographs during the 1960s. Provides details on the use of equipment for derailments, damaged equipment including the use of transporter bogies on trams.Shows the preparation of training materials for the Emergency Recovery crews.Folder by "Rexel nyrex" - green covered plastic containing 24 clear plastic sleeves. Each sleeve has two sheets back to back with some black and white photographs, typed foolscap. The folder has a typed tab or document titled "Emergency Procedures". Two photocopied sheets - fault class or number for W and Z class trams and how to install an emergency trolley pole on a pantograph fitted A class tram. Note: Pages are out of order.mmtb, tramways, trams, emergencies, r10, derailments

Set of two Agfa Colour slides, cardboard mounts, by Keith Caldwell dated 13 March 1962 of: .1 - W2 247 southbound in Kingsway (Domain Road, Route 55) with adverts for White Crow sauce. The large Austral Otis facility on the left hand side and a Dunlop advert on the right hand side. .2 - View looking south on Kingsway where the two roads part with a tram outbound. (I won't ask how this photo was done but it was).trams, tramways, w2 class, kingsway, south melbourne, route 55, tram 247

Large plastic sheet, with an adhesive back and cover protective sheet - titled "Melbourne tram network" and "Getting around on Melbourne's trams" with PTV, Metro, Yarra Trams logos, shows fare zones, ticketing, free tram zone and information about Myki and how to use it.. Published 2015. Printed by Orajet, digital printing media. Has rounded corners along the top edge and square corners in both bottom corners. Two copies held.On rear in felt pen "Camira Orange Fine"trams, tramways, yarra trams, ptv, maps, free tram, melbourne, myki

Set of five scratch tickets - black printing on yellow /white printed card and areas where a person could scratch out the month and day of the month areas to validate the ticket. Has the number on the base of the ticket. Gives an example of the five pack cards were sold: 2 hour adult- Concession Zone 1, No. C01088466 to 470, used during August and September. See Reg Item 4682 for a sample of how the five tickets batch was sold.trams, tramways, tickets, scratch tickets, the met

Pamphlet - DL four fold titled "Park & Ride", about parking at Melbourne Museum, Colonial Stadium or Olympic Park and then using trams after purchasing a ticket. Map gave locations of car parks and the travel limitations of the ticket. Pamphlet has instructions on how to use, costs and that it was only available on the tram service. Not dated, c2001 - Colonial stadium known as such between 2000 and 2002 - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docklands_Stadium - accessed 7-12-2015.trams, tramways, yarra trams, park and ride, tickets, melbourne

Folder with tickets - black comb bound, 16 pages in plastic folders, titled "Metcard Catalogue Students & Yearly Tickets", giving details of student concessions, yearly tickets and how they worked with details of encoding etc. See item 6704 for an August 2002 issue. Published Victorian Telephone & Smart Card Collectors Club Inc. formally "Rob O'Reagon" and a website that is no longer, other than on Trove - see https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20090912121642/http://metcard.railpage.org.au/trams, tramways, metcard, students, tickets

See Items 7545 & 7544Dietz Lantern Label: Orange label oval in shape with a pink cotton thread through a small hole for attaching. Red print with red border line around the label. The label reads *The bottom of every Dietz lantern is made of heavily and thoroughly coated steel especially adapted for such use. DIETZ. Trade Mark. Stamped in the metal of each genuine DIETZ lantern. Look for it. On the back DIETZ with a red oval border and how to care for the lantern. Box 625R. E. Dietz Company. Largest makers of Lanterns in the World. Founded 1840 New York. U.S.A.business, retail

Newspaper article: Total care for your pets, Diamond Valley Leader, 26 October 2006, details of Eltham Central Veterinary Hospital, part of Diamond Valley Veterinary Hospitals group. Newspaper article: How Sarah gears up for big run, Diamond Valley Leader, 26 October 2006, Sarah Jamieson training for Olympic Dream Run.main road, eltham, businesses, diamond valley veterinary hospitals, deanna crea, lisa bennett, eltham central veterinary hospital, chris barton, joseph galbally, australian small animal veterinary association, montmorency veterinary hospital, sarah jamieson, olympic dream run

We wanted to see how the construction of a rotunda at the cemetery was progressing and were surprised and pleased to see it finished. A new green plastic water tank was atop a stand not far away. A brief collection of reminiscences by Diana Bassett-Smith of locals who are buried at Kangaroo Ground Cemetery along with 17 photographs following a visit on 1 October 2001.Colour photograph print1983 bushfire, air vice marshall wackett, ambrose erswell, barry roach-pierson, bill pelling, billy roach-pierson, birrarung, bourchiers road, ca 13, crichton, david grant, diamond street, diana bassett-smith, donald grant, donaldson road, dorrie bourchier, duff, early settlers, elizabeth cottee, ewan cameron mp, grey house, helen kohn, isabella grant (nee stevenson), jack bourchier, james balfour, james wilson, jean stewart, jessie bull (nee haughton), jimmy cook, jocelyn, joseph stevenson, judge book village, judith furphy, kangaroo ground cemetery, kay roach-pierson, keith jocelyn, kraft foods, lacey, lloyd stuart, louise grant (nee gordon), mardi crocker, marion erswell, ned haughton, nursery, pam chevallier, passiona, peter bassett-smith, pigeon bank, rath, ricketson, robinson, ruth boyd, steven crawford baes, tintagell, tosch, vera jackson, wackett trainer, watershed jackson, willandra poultry farm, zac crocker

The POW describes how he got home to Austria in Dec 1946 and the conditions there. With the letter was a small hand made model aeroplane, refer Cat No 5786. The letter was to Allan Frederick Goodall DFC, RAAF, refer Cat No 543.2 for his service details. The letter arrived after Allan had been killed in a car crash late 1947.Letter folded yellowed paper written in blue pen, two pages of writing and one with name and address, written by a former German POW in Eygpt in 1945 who worked in an Officers Club, "Lido Seneifa" as a barman."Smunden, 2 - IV - 1947 - Dear Sir"letters, pow, german, dfc

A group of 26 photographs collected by Ralph Andrews, father of Michele Spencer donor. Michele sent the photographs with a covering letter explaining how her father had kept to collection for many years so she felt they should go to a good home for safe keeping. Michele's husband's uncle, Frank Spencer, was the Post Master at Cowes for many years.219-01. Photograph of lady standing on rocks at San Remo 219-02. Photograph of rocks at Back Beach San Remo 219-03. Photograph of rocks at Back Beach San Remo 219-04. Photograph of the San Remo Camping Ground 219-05. Photograph of Merv Horkings in tent at San Remo Camping Ground 219-06. Photograph of Merv Horkings in tent at San Remo Camping Ground 219-07. Photograph of three men on the beach at San Remo 219-08. Photograph of coastal scene San Remo at low tide 219-09. Photograph of rocks at San Remo 219-10. Photograph of shoreline with trees at San Remo 219-11. Photograph of Jetty at San Remo with boats moored 219-12. Photograph of the back view of a man on the beach at San Remo 219-13. Photograph of coastal scene looking towards the eastern entrance to Westernport 219-14. Photograph of Merv Horkings standing outside a tent at the San Remo Camping Ground 219-15. Photograph of people standing and sitting on rocks at San Remo 219-16. Photograph of coastal scene looking towards the eastern entrance to Westernport 219-17. Photograph of foreshore with rocks and lonely tree on land at San Remo 219-18. Photograph taken from San Remo looking towards Newhaven with breakwater. 219-19. Photograph of rock platform at San Remo 219-20. Photograph of coastal scene at San Remo 219-21. Photograph of the breakwater at San Remo 219-22. Photograph of a man sitting on the beach at San Remo with groyns on the foreshore 219-23. Photograph of coastal scene at San Remo 219-24. Photograph of coastal scene at San Remo 219-25. Photograph of the San Remo Punt 219-26. Photograph of a vehicle waiting for the Punt to travel across to Newhavensan remo coastline, san remo punt, newhaven-san remo punt, san remo camping ground, ralph andrews, frank spencer, michele spencer

The photo shows a small weir on the Stoney Creek which used to supply water to a number of early businesses in Halls Gap. The weir's former level can be seen on the large rocks behind but once a town water supply was installed, the wall of the weir was breached. Record 247 was taken at the same time and includes an image of a description of how to get to the weir.Photograph of a woman approaching standingh on a rock near a small weir. There are large boulders behind it which show the former level of the weir.scenery, stoney creek

Piece discussing and defending the construction of the Sydney Opera House and Jorn Utzon. Boyd recounts how the impatience of Sydney and necessity to show the progress of the building have resulted in premature construction and inflation of the cost. Piece ends with questioning whether the Opera House will be worth it. A copy of the published article was in the Sydney Opera House scrapbook in the desk cupboard (item P1378.19).Original manuscript of an article published in The Australian on 18.09.1965. This is the first part of a three part series called 'This Opera House' published 18th, 19th and 21st September 1965 (see D175 and D176).Typewritten, quarto, 10 pagesjorn utzon, sydney opera house, sydney opera house project, international architecture competition, cost of building, robin boyd, manuscript

Third Class tests were set for Pages 10 and 11 years old. Physical required Pages to: Know how to maintain a bicycle; know selected knots; pass 6 physical tests; Know 4 rules regarding personal care and hygene. [Methodist Church of Australasia Methodist Order of Knights Commanders' Handbook pg 22-23]Four round 3rd Class Physical merit badges. Green background with blue embroidery. New.methodist order of knights

One of seven photographs produced by the Portland Cement Association in 1921 showing how concrete kerbs could be created. Portland Cement Association (PCA) was founded in 1916. From 1917, the association actively promoted the benefits of concrete for road works in Australian newspapers. In the nineteenth century in Melbourne (Vic.) 'made roads' typically had gutters and kerbing lined with bluestone.The photographs are important evidence of the availability of instructional models for the use of concrete in street works in Victoria. While the photographs date from the early 1920s, the use of concrete for kerbing did not reach its maturity until after World War 2. The photos demonstrate knowledge about and the use of concrete in street works in a major Melbourne municipality at an early period.Black and white photograph with printed instructions on the reverse showing the production of concrete kerbing on 67th Street, West Allis, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (USA). The photograph was produced by the Portland Cement Association of Chicago in 1921 and used within the Chief Engineer's Department of the City of Kew (Vic.)."1st - Filling forms with Concrete. Construction of Combined Concrete Cerb and Gutter"street works, kerbing, gutters, concrete, portland cement association

One of seven photographs produced by the Portland Cement Association in 1921 showing how concrete kerbs could be created. Portland Cement Association (PCA) was founded in 1916. From 1917, the association actively promoted the benefits of concrete for road works in Australian newspapers. In the nineteenth century in Melbourne (Vic.) 'made roads' typically had gutters and kerbing lined with bluestone.The photographs are important evidence of the availability of instructional models for the use of concrete in street works in Victoria. While the photographs date from the early 1920s, the use of concrete for kerbing did not reach its maturity until after World War 2. The photos demonstrate knowledge about and the use of concrete in street works in a major Melbourne municipality at an early period.Black and white photograph with printed instructions on the reverse showing the production of concrete kerbing on 67th Street, West Allis, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (USA). The photograph was produced by the Portland Cement Association of Chicago in 1921 and used within the Chief Engineer's Department of the City of Kew (Vic.)."2nd - Tamping Concrete into Approximate Contour"street works, kerbing, gutters, concrete, portland cement association

One of seven photographs produced by the Portland Cement Association in 1921 showing how concrete kerbs could be created. Portland Cement Association (PCA) was founded in 1916. From 1917, the association actively promoted the benefits of concrete for road works in Australian newspapers. In the nineteenth century in Melbourne (Vic.) 'made roads' typically had gutters and kerbing lined with bluestone.The photographs are important evidence of the availability of instructional models for the use of concrete in street works in Victoria. While the photographs date from the early 1920s, the use of concrete for kerbing did not reach its maturity until after World War 2. The photos demonstrate knowledge about and the use of concrete in street works in a major Melbourne municipality at an early period.Black and white photograph with printed instructions on the reverse showing the production of concrete kerbing on 67th Street, West Allis, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (USA). The photograph was produced by the Portland Cement Association of Chicago in 1921 and used within the Chief Engineer's Department of the City of Kew (Vic.)."3rd - Metal template for Trimming Concrete 1/2" below Finished Surface ready for Application of Mortar facing." street works, kerbing, gutters, concrete, portland cement association