BHS CollectionCopy of a black and white photo of the Victoria Quartz Mine showing the poppet head, chimney and two buildings. Printed underneath is: Victoria Quartz. The head frame here is the third erected. It was needed to cope with increased haulage as the shaft went deeper.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - victoria quartz

BHS CollectionHandwritten notes and typed copy of same, on the East Boiler and the West Boiler at the North Deborah No 2 Shaft. Mentioned are size of plates, test pressure and work pressure, dates when tested and receiver number and size. Albert Richardson Collection.document, gold, the north deborah gold mine co, north deborah mine, boilers ar the north deborah no 2 shaft

The first five pages are photocopies of photos:- 2 of Rae's Crushing Works; Victoria Quartz on Victoria Hill, Ironbark; Looking North from Old Chum Hill to the Victoria Hill; Victoria Hill - from Rae's Open Cut. Introduction covers location of buildings and mines. Mentioned are:- North Old Chum Mine, Ballerstedt's First Open-cut, Quartz Veins (Spurs), rock formations pitching North, Prospecting shafts 1929, Concrete dam, Engine beds of Lansells Big 180 Mine, Lansells Big 180 Shaft, twenty stampers crushing battery, Lansell's Cleopatra Needle type chimney, Victoria Quartz Mine, Victoria Quartz dams, Rae's Open-cut, Quartz once roasted here to an intense heat, Anticlinal Arch New Chum Line, small primitive tunnels, Prospecting tunnels, Floyd's small 5 head crushing battery, Great Central Victoria (Midway) Shaft, Great Central Victoria engine-bed, Ballerstedt's small 24 yard claim, The Humboldt, Adventure ground, The Advance, Luffsman & Sterry's Claim, A round shaft. Small piece of paper with 'Notes on Victoria Hill complete. Notes prepared by Albert Richardson.document, gold, rae's crushing battery, rae's crushing battery, rae's crushing works, victoria quartz mine, from old chum hill, victoria hill from rae's open cut, ironbark, hercules & energetic, midway, wittscheibe, great central victoria, mr & mrs conroy, central nell gwynne, gold mines hotel, john brown knitwear factory, new chum & victoria, rotary club of bendigo south, north old chum, ballerstedt's first open-cut, lansell's big 180 shaft, cleopatra needle type chimney, a roberts & sons, mr e j dunn, h harkness & sons, eureka extd, new chum railway, pearl, inrush of water at victoria quartz, floyd's small 5 head crushing battery, great central victoria (midway), ballertedt's small 24 yard claim, humboldt, humboldt, great central victoria, victoria hill, bendigo & vicinity 1895 p51, j n macartney 1st edition 1871, bendigo goldfield registry 1871, plan of new chum line, mr rae anderson, annals of bendigo obituary 1904, bendigo advertiser, b m l records mines dept, patterson's goldfields of victoria, dickers mining record 23/11/1861, australian mining standard special edition 1/6/1899 p40, bendigo mines ltd, chinese joss house, fortuna, the victoria goldfield 1851 to 1954, the victoria hill 1854 to 1949

Digitised video (2.73GB). Duration: 58 minutes. Recorded July, 2024. (Video is available for viewing at Ringwood & District Historical Society Archives by appointment)Guest Speaker, Peter Hanson grew up in Warrandyte surrounded by signs of gold mining activities including in his own back yard. In this presentation, Peter talks about the numerous diggings in the area, with images, maps and drawings of the mines, tunnels, shafts and structures above and below ground.

The early settlers of Victoria depended on horse drawn vehicles to farm, make roads and railways, deliver produce and transport people. Horse harnesses were an important requisite for all drivers and could be found wherever there were working horses. Horse Harnesses have played an essential role in different cultures throughout history. Simple, utilitarian horse harnesses made of leather straps and iron rings were being used in early China before AD 500 as well as ancient Greece and Rome allowing horses to pull chariots and ploughs. The Greeks and Romans were the first to use a "horse collar" which distributed the weight of the harness evenly across the horse's chest rather than relying on a "throat harness" that could damage a horse's throat or choke them. During the medieval period, European horse harnesses became more elaborate and decorative. Variations of different horse harnesses were also found in Native American and Middle Eastern cultures. Horse Harnesses usually have four basic components which include - 1. Communication - the bridle, bit and reins allows the driver to communicate instructions and commands to the horse, guiding its movement and direction. 2. Draft - the collar, hame straps, hames, traces and chains enables the horse to draw and pull the load efficiently by distributing the weight and transferring the pulling force to the vehicle. 3. Stopping - the breeching band, pole straps and breast strap helps to control or stabilise the horse and vehicle when moving downhill or stopping. 4. Support - the back pad, backband, belly band and back saddle keep the harness in the correct position and proper alignment. This dray harness is a plain, basic harness and reflects its working class origins. It was used by Mr. Oswald (Jack) Bourke with his horse and dray to firstly deliver drygoods from Sunbury to Melbourne in the 1930's and later (through the 1940's and 1950's up to 1961) when he worked on the garbage round for the Springvale City Council. This horse harness is a significant example of the equipment that was needed wherever horses were being used - particularly in the early years of Victoria's settlement by white settlers. Harnesses such as this example were used with drays, farming equipment, delivery carts and personal transportation.A leather and metal horse harness used with a horse and dray circa 1930's to the early 1960's. It is made up of a number of components. 1. A leather bridle with metal buckles and rings, blinkers and a metal single jointed, snaffle bit that has the initials M B stamped onto the leather. 2. A leather bridle with metal buckles and rings and a metal "straight bar" Eggbut snaffle bit. It has an elongated X design (with 4 dots) stamped onto the leather strap holders near each buckle. 3. A blue and white vinyl halter with one leather patched strap. The nose band and a chin strap are covered with woollen padding. 4. A pair of leather shaft protectors. They have lacing holes along each edge and a repeating design of small shapes (flowers, wings, crosses and arrowheads) which run along the front of each protector. 5. A leather strap with a stainless steel chain and catch and a maker's mark for "Glenn's Leather Goods, Pearcedale Victoria" stamped onto the end. 6. A wide leather strap covered with a webbing sleeve. It has two large metal rings and each end and one ring has a rope attached. 7. A leather strap comprised of three separate sections (two shorter and one longer) joined with two metal rings. The longer section has notches along its length and the shorter section at the other end has a buckle. It also had a maker's mark stamped on it but the mark is very worn and the writing is difficult to read. 8. An adjustable leather horse collar with two buckles and straps at the top opening and two "B's" stamped into the leather. The top of the collar is made from treated leather pieces stitched together and the underneath of the collar is untreated leather. It has a padded indentation running all the way around the collar for the hames to sit in. 9. Two pairs of long leather traces - each having a buckle and notched section at one end and each one is made with three lengths of leather spliced together. 10. A leather strap (with one spliced join) belonging to a horse harness with two shorter straps (each ending with a metal clip) attached to a steel D ring at one end. 11. Three assorted short leather straps - the top one has clips at each end and a buckle (for adjusting the length) in the centre, the middle strap has notches and a buckle and the bottom strap is white with notches and a buckle.Bridle with blinkers - "M B" Bridle - design showing an elongated X with a dot in each section stamped onto strap holder Shaft Protectors - stamped design of flowers, wings, crosses and arrowheads Strap with chain - "Glenn's leather goods / Pearcedale / Victoria" Leather Strap (with two metal rings) - Maker's stamp - "name indecipherable / SADDLER / ...OURNE" Collar - "B / B" Leather strap - flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, great ocean road, sunbury, springvale, dray, delivery dray, harness, horse harness, horse drawn vehicles, working horse, oswald (jack) bourke, bridle, horse collar, hames, shaft protectors

This 10-spoked ship's wheel would have used to steer on a large ship due to its size.Wheel wooden and brass, from a large ship. Brass hub and trim around circumference of wheel. Column-like spokes, with usual rounded handles (10 spokes) around outside of wheel. Heavy wooden centrepiece with metal backing and shaft (broken).flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, ship's wheel, 10 spoke ship's wheel, navigation, ship's steering, marine technology, ship's fitting, navigation equipment

Colour photograph, faded and laminated. Image shows an underground tunnel with air/electricity wiring on LH side of decline. Written on bottom : looking east towards main shaft. No. 1 level (60m) main xcut 1979. Bob Farrell in background'mining, underground equipment, wattle gully gold mine

Book; soft cover - sale by auction - machinery. Auctioneer J. H. Curnow & Son Pty Ltd at New Chum Syncline Gold Mine. 9 Printed Pages of blacksmith shop, at shaft etc - plus conditions of sale. Sale by Auction.MCCOLL RANKIN & STANISTREETorganisation, industry, sale of equipment, mccoll rankin & stanistreet

Photograph. Black and white photo- ''Monument Hill Mine No. 688'' Level north and 40' N of shaft section.Detail picture of upper limit of Upper Roof showing development of quartz spurs and stringers and formation of ss inclusions 1'' approx 1'.photograph, landscape, monument hill mine

Document. Grey/green exercise book with 'North Virginia GMC NL. Book contains hand drawings of shafts and their metalurgical content at every depth. Symbols have been used to indicate different metals and earth. 2 maps loose in the book.McColl, Rankin & Stanistreetorganization, business, north virginia gmc n l, mccoll, rankin & stanistreet, north virginia gmc n l, gold mining, cross section plan of the north virginia

Black and white Photo of 28 Staff members from Derbyshire Mine. Includes miners and some better dressed, presumably managers, mounted on cardboard, markings on rear read 'Derbyshire Mine Shaft' 'N.W. Harrison Gladfield Park Pyramid Hill'organization, business, industrial, mine shaft, mining, miners, derbyshire mine, mines

Document. Minute book. Dark green cover with red binding. Label minute book white black lettering Dated October 1939 - August 1947. Written and typed letters (receipts) in rear. Map of Forbes Carshalton shaft inside cover.McColl, Rankin & Stanistreetorganization, business, forbes carshalton gmc n/ll, mccoll, rankin & stanistreet, forbes carshalton gmc n/l, gold mining, minutes

Ratchet Assembly on a flat surface cast bearing; one side broken off. 10cm dia ratchet wheel held in position by a locating pin. Captive handle 1.2cm round steel 35cm long. A 15cm piece of chain is attached to the shaft.

Long steel shaft half of which is twisted into a corkscrew shape and sharpened to make a hole in wood. The other end has been formed into a round hole so that a handle may be inserted to turn the drill. Used for drilling hole in fence post.rural industry, fencing

A tilt-top real tennis racquet, with solid convex throat, and extra long fine-grooved handle/shaft. Protruding end wrap formed from long piece of leather strip. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Gut, Leathertennis

Bandleader's mace with inscription on head. Silver or silver plate head and tip with polished wood shaft. Blue and gold tassled cords tied to base of head. Korumburra Shire Council logo with a raised wreath border is affixed to top of the mace head.

A Concord tennis racquet, featuring brand name along shaft, and rose device accompanied by motto "A BETTER CHOICE" across red-painted throat. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Vinyl, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Paint, Plastic, Adhesive tapetennis

A Concord tennis racquet, featuring brand name along shaft, and rose device accompanied by motto "A BETTER CHOICE" across green-painted throat. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Vinyl, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Paint, Plastic, Adhesive tapetennis

Four Wright & Ditson Eagle badminton racquets (.1-.4), with adhesive tape whipping around shaft, and soft leather handle grip. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Nylon, Ink, Adhesive tape, Adhesive tape, Metal, Paint, Leather, Gluetennis

A Wright & Ditson International squash racquet, with cloth shoulder reinforcements, string whiping around shoulders and shaft, rubber collar and handle grip. Materials: Paint, Wood, Lacquer, String, Ink, Gut, Rubber, Leather, Adhesive tape, Glue, Metaltennis

A Magnan Rex badminton racquet, with plastic whipping around shoulders and shaft, and leather handle grip with large floral-patterned perforations. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Paint, Cloth, Adhesive tape, Plastic, String, Inktennis

A Champ Tournament Model tennis racquet, with string whipping around shoulders and shaft, and leather handle grip with trapezoidal-patterned perforations. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leather, Adhesive tape, Fibre, Vinyl, String, Hidetennis

Tennis racquet with solid, concave throat, red painted shoulders with string whipping, and fine grooved handle. Surname of a former owner written across shaft on obverse: HERBRANDT. Materials: Wood, Metal, Glue, Lacquer, Gut, Paint, String, Guttennis

This photograph was printed from a glass negative held in the Society's picture collection. The original glass negative is part of a set donated to the Society by Ian McKenzie, a professional photographer in Kew. Stationary engine, After 1920. A print from a glass negative that has been reused to document an early stationary engine. The equipment, designed to be bolted to a larger object such as a floor, is comprised of wheels and shafts. The content of the original photograph is too unclear to be identified. stationery engine, farming technology, farming equipment, glass negatives

The attribution of this item as a thyroid elevator is currently uncertain.This is one of a collection of items associated with Dr Felix Henry Meyer (1858-1937). Meyer was a very prominent early obstetrician and doctor, playing a part in the establishment of the role of the chair of obstetrics at the University of Melbourne in 1929. He was also a foundation member of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons.Surgical tool. Consists of a central shaft, the shape of which bows out in the middle into an elongated oval, with prongs in the shape of double hooks at either end. Inscription on one end of the tool reads 'MAYER & MELTZER', and inscription at the other end reads 'LONDON'.'MAYER & MELTZER' 'LONDON'surgery

One handwritten and three typed copies of notes on the New Chum Syncline Mine on the Nell Gwynne Line of Reef. Mentioned are depth of shaft, years of operating, soze of lease, locality, Best gold, total gold yield. Albert Richardson Collection.document, gold, new chum syncline mine, new chum syncline mine, notes on the new chum syncline mine, walker & coy bundaberg, cameron & sutherland, little 180, central deborah, mines department booklet 'bendigo goldfield' 1936, mines dept annual and quarterly reports, a richardson