1890's Surrey or White Chapel BuggyHistoricHorse drawn wooden buggy. Long wooden shafts. Sometimes known as Piano Box Buggy. 4 large wooden wheels with rubber strip on wheel - 16 spokes. Black leather seats with buttoned upholster. Leather canopy cover. Leather arm rests. Side lamps and small step down

A tilt-top tennis racquet with: solid convex throat; rare double strung net; whipping around uncharacteristically short shaft; and, a fine-grooved, rounded handle. Impressed inscription across throat on obverse: P.T.A.S./+WORTHING+/-1881-/X. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Gut, Leather, Inktennis

A Dayton Junior Pilot tennis racquet, with a wholly steel frame. Racquet strings made from piano wire. Racquet head stringing continues through into the fully opened throat. Decal of model features on left side of shaft. Materials: Metal, Glue, Lacquer, Paint, Leather, Ink, Cord, Stringtennis

An unstrung WGS tennis racquet, with raised lower shoulders, string whipping around shoulders and shaft, and, a leather handle grip with patterned perforations. On throat is a decal comprising of a shield device mounted by crest and helm, featuring initials: WGS. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, String, Leather, Cloth, Inktennis

A light blue metal tennis racquet with double shaft, and metal bridge. Handle wrapped with perforated leather grip tape. Yellow plastic butt cap with adhesive label stating: 'MIDLAND/S.T.R.'. Nylon strings and round head shape. Materials: Metal, Nylon, Adhesive tape, Plastic, Adhesive labeltennis

A wooden Spalding Jack Purcell Tournament/Personal badminton racquet, with plastic ribbon whipping around shoulders, along with string whipping around shaft, and leather handle grip with patterned perforations. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, String, Ink, Adhesive tape, Metal, Paint, Leather, Gut, Glue, Cloth, Plastictennis

A Scott Daniels Signature tennis racquet, with string whipping around shoulders and shaft, and leather handle grip with X-formation perforations. Manufactured to mimic the Wilson models of the late 1960's- early 1970's. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leather, Enamel, Plastic, Stringtennis

A Wilson Famous Player Series, Frank Sedgman Southern Cross tennis racquet. Base of head features Wilson logo. Angular shaft features decal of head and neck photo image of Sedgman. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Adhesive tape, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Cloth, String, Ribbontennis

A Regent Junior Pro tennis racquet. Regent logo features across base of head, and on butt cap. Silhouette image of a male youth playing tennis features on the throat. Model name features along the shaft. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ribbon, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Ink, Paint, Vinyl, Plastictennis

A wooden racquet, with green and white plastic shoulder and shaft reinforcements, and fine-grooved handle. Inscription along throat on obverse: LENOX. Inscription across throat on reverse: DAVEGA/SPORTS, with red white and blue banner device. Materials: Wood, Gut, String, Plastic, Ink, Leather, Glue, Lacquer, Metaltennis

A collection of three identical Spalding 'Viscount' tennis racquets (.1-.3), with: Wilson 'Champioship' nylon netting; black with gold, perforated leather handle grips; and ribbon whipping around shoulders and shafts. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Adhesive tape, Leather, Paint, Ink, Ribbon, Vinyl, Lacquer, Glue, Metaltennis

A Berdan pan was a grinding pan. The circular pan was set at an angle, and as the pan revolved, a heavy iron ball rotated in the lowest point, grinding sand or mineral to a fine powder. It was frequently used to grind impurities out of amalgam (gold in mercury), and to grind batch-lots of heavy mineral. It is also known as a ball mill. Two strong wooden A frames supporting large iron pivotable bowl with a large iron ball inside the bowl. There are cogs underneath bowl which are connected to rotating belts extending from main battery shaft. The chute attached below the bowl is directed into a circular metal container. The frame is painted green.

Transverse section of the Red White & Blue Extended Mine on the Sheepshead Line of Reef showing shafts, depths and geological features. Drawn on tracing film in pencil. Signed by J J Caldwell, District Field Geologist, Mines Department, Bendigo and dated 5/12/1940. Notes prepared by Albert Richardson.document, gold, red white & blue extended, red white & blue extended, plan of red white & blue extended mine transverse section, j j caldwell, mines dept bendigo

BHS CollectionHandwritten note and carbon copy on North Hustlers. Note reads: 18/6/71 For North Hustlers Hill. Please alter if possible for 4th Edition, Historical Guide. Quote: 'North Hustlers, originally known as New Hustlers. Shaft 450 feet deep. No gold production. Worked 1940 - 1942.document, gold, north hustlers, north hustlers, note on north hustlers, 4th edition historical guide, new hustlers

. setting out for a family picnic from their home Inglewood Punt Rd Metung Victoria. Taken by James Howlett at Inglewood Punt Road Metung. James Howlett built a camera and took family photographs Black and white photograph showing the James Howlett family, James, Marion Snr, Eva, Maud, Ethel, Herbert, Mabel, Albert, Alfred, Arthur, Marion Jnr and friend Phyllis Hancock and child Also a black and white photograph of Marion Elizabeth Howlett with a visitor in her jinker Molly the name in shaftsgenealogy, families

BHS CollectionHandwritten pages and typed copy of same, with information about the winding engine, winding drums and measurements of winding engine and drums. Also measurements of the Lancashire and Cornish boilers at the North Deborah Mine No 1 Shaft which were measured by Ian Hendry and Self on 20/9/1970. Albert Richardson Collection.document, gold, north deborah mine, north deborah mine, some statistics on the north deborah mine, williams united, new chum line, ulster mine, garden gully line, north red white & blue, sheepshead line, deborah line, a roberts & sons bendigo, north deborah mine no 1 shaft, ian hendry

Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: But labour - saving devices for raising the dirt were soon being used - the whip (some whips were worked by hand, others by a horse walking towards or away from the shaft. (Picture displays a whip.) Markings: 29 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

A wooden tennis racquet with plastic ribbon whipping around shoulders and shaft, and a short, fine grooved handle. Decal on throat is Cortland Tennis Racquets logo within red triangle device crowned by gold wing device. Materials: Wood, Gut, Plastic, Leather, Cloth, Ink, String, Glue, Lacquer, Metaltennis

A Harry C. Lee 'The Bat' metal tennis racquet with double shaft, and handle wrapped with brown perforated leather grip tape. Nylon strings and round head shape. Plastic butt cap and plastic protective strip covering crown. Materials: Metal, Nylon, Adhesive tape, Adhesive label, Leather, Plastictennis

A black Fansteel 'SuperGraphite' model tennis racquet, with open throat & shaft; handle wrapped in leather, and a plastic butt cap with adhesive label. Manufacturer name on base of head on reverse & model name on base of head on obverse. Materials: Wood, Metal, Adhesive tape, Vinyl, Plastic, Ink, Leather, Adhesive labeltennis

A Vostok tennis racquet with adhesive strip whipping around shoulders and shaft and a leather handle grip with large X-formantion perforations. Company logo features across throat, on obverse - trademark across base of head on reverse. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leather, Enamel, Adhesive tapetennis

A Wilson, Mary Hardwick Flight tennis racquet. Base of head features Wilson logo. Throat features decal of stylised gold crown. Lower shaft and plastic butt cap features 'W' trademark. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Adhesive tape, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Paint, Plastic, Plastictennis

A collection of nine identical Spalding 'Viscount' tennis racquets, with: original gut netting, and black support strings; black with gold, perforated leather handle grips; and ribbon whipping around shoulders and shafts. Materials: Wood, Gut, Adhesive tape, Leather, String, Paint, Ink, Ribbon, Vinyl, Lacquer, Glue, Metaltennis

Handwritten notes on the South New Moon Mine on the Garden Gully Line of Reef. Notes include:- 10 head battery commenced operation January 1936, Mine closed January 1941, depth of shaft, gold production. Dividends and notes on dewatering and pumps. Sale of plant mentioned. Notes prepared by Albert Richardson.document, gold, south new moon mine, south new moon mine, notes on the south new moon mine, great southern, north new moon, carlisle shaft

Handwritten notes from a Bendigo Advertiser report, Thursday June 16th 1910. Management had for some time been apprehensive that the flooding in the deep mines to the south would affect them. Lansell's 180 took the precaution of baling. On the Tuesday night the men at the Victoria Quartz had a sensational experience. The storage dam at 3324 ft level receives the overflow from the flooded mines to the south. The level connects with the 3310 level at the Big 180. The water flows uninterrupted into thestorage dam which has a capacity of about 270 tanks. The dam had been emptied on Tuesday morning and work continued until 10 pm that night. The platman noticed that the water was coming down the shaft in a regular torrent. They didn't take much notice as they thought it was a leakinig outlet valve on the ascending tank. At 11 pm the releiving shift came down the shaft and said that the dam at 3,324 ft must be overflowing. The velocity of the water pouring down the shaft increased and the men made a hurried exit from the bottom of the shaft which is down 310 ft from the 4.254 ft plat (a total depth of 4,564 ft). An inspection of the dam at the 3324 ft level found it to be overflowing. By morning (Wednesday) the shaft had filled, and the water rose to 7 ft in the plat at 4254 feet. Mining inspector hgave orders that men were not to go below the 3324 ft level. Baling continued without cessation at the Big 180 all day and could not lower the water. Drilling machines etc and a powerful air winch at the 4254 ft plat are under water. An inspection made of the 3100 ft level at the 180 mine where the workings are connected with the New Chum & Victoria showed that water was running strongly from that mine proving that the inrush was due to flooded water from the southern deep mines to the south. Document from Albert Richardson Collection of mining history. Document from Albert Richardson Collection of mining history.document, gold, drainage problems, new chum drainage scheme, miners sensational experience at the victoria quartz, bendigo advertiser 16/6/1910 page7, lansell's 180, big 180, new chum & victoria

A Dray is a type of dead axle wagon that was used to transport heavy loads or objects. They had a flat level floor and while some had no sides, others had box bodies and sides. Tip Drays (also known as Tip Carts, Muck Cart, Scotch Cart, Tumbrel or Putt in different parts of England) were smaller than other drays as their loads were heavy and usually only pulled by one horse. Their basic design included two wheels, a tipping body and shafts. The Tip Dray has a unique mechanism that allows the top to tip backwards to tip the load out of the back of the dray. The tipper was activated by a handle at the front allowing the driver to operate it while still having control over the horse. A Tip Dray was an indispensable piece of equipment in the days before tractors and mechanical trucks. They were used by farmers and carters to transport hay, rocks, bricks, gravel and rubbish etc. and because they were useful for dumping loads, they were favoured for use in road and railway construction. A photo in the collection of the Lorne Historical Society shows a tipping dray being used during the construction of the Great Ocean Road. They were part of the daily street traffic in towns and cities around Australia from the early days of settlement. In Australia in the early 1900's, carters began to join unions to protect their jobs and pay. N.S.W. had a "Trolley, Draymen and Carters Union", Queensland had a "Tip Dray Men's Association" and in W. A. the "Top Dray Driver's Union" had a "cessation of work" in 1911 when they were fighting for an increase in their day's wages. In 1910 a meeting of Tip Carters was held in Geelong at the Trades Hall to discuss the formation of a union (The Geelong Tip Dray Carters) which was a success and a schedule of rates for all carting, whether by contract or day labor, was fixed. By 1912 they had "labelled" more than 50 drays and had representatives on the "Trades Hall and Eight Hours Committee". By the mid 1930's and early 1940's, tip drays were being superseded by mechanical trucks and utes. However tip drays continued to be used in some circumstances. They were a practical solution to the problem of petrol rationing during W. W. 2. It was noted in a letter to the editor in the "Sunshine Advocate" in 1938 that a positive argument for continued use of Tip Drays for rubbish collection related to the idea that a horse drawn vehicle involved with lots of stops and starts at different houses (very like a milkman's delivery route) often involved the horse "driving itself" while the driver picked up the rubbish - something a motor truck was unable to do! Another article written in August 1935 and published in the Age in a parliamentary report into the rubber industry noted "tip drays had almost disappeared and in their place, metal was carted in 5 ton motor trucks" but the report went on to say that as a part of the Government relief work (during the Great Depression) the Government had "to some extent reintroduced the tip drays so that a greater number of men would be employed". This particular tip dray was owned by Mr. Oswald (Jack) Bourke. He used it to deliver dry goods from Sunbury to the Queen Victoria Market in Melbourne several times a week in the 1930's and then (between 1945 and 1962) Mr. Bourke used it on the garbage round in Springvale Victoria for the Springvale Council. The Council owned three drays and the "No. 3" painted on this dray is in recognition of its original number. After the death of Mr. Bourke in 1990, one of Mr. Bourke's sons (Andy) found the dray in a shed and restored it. The sign writing on the back and side panels were added during the restoration. This Tipping Dray is a significant example of a horse drawn vehicle that was used by workers from the early days of white settlement through to the 1940's and even into the early 1960's. It was used in a range of "working class" occupations - road construction, railway construction, carting goods, rubbish collection etc. and would have been found in cities, country towns and on farms.A wooden and metal tipping dray with a box body and four sides. It has two iron and wooden wheels (with 14 spokes), two wooden shafts and a metal tipping mechanism. The back panel folds down to allow loads to be dumped out. It is painted in green and cream with sign writing on one of the sides and on the front and back panels. It features decorative painted lines and designs in burgundy, cream and light blue on most of the wooden parts. The tipping mechanism is on the front of the dray's left side and consists of a metal pin secured with a metal ring, and a lever.Front of dray - "No. 3" Side of dray - "A. & M. BOURKE / Contractors / LONGWARRY" Back of dray - "G.T. ANDREWS / QUEEN VICTORIA MARKET - Stand C23 / Phone DANDENONG 225"flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, shipwreck coast, tipping dray, dray, tip dray, tip cart, vehicles, horse drawn vehicle, springvale council, jack bourke, muck cart, scotch cart, tumbrel, putt, box body, oswald bourke, sunbury, queen victoria market, melbourne, no. 3

Sepia photo on cream board. Shows the Great Extended Hustlers Co's. Quartz Mining Claim. In photo, there is an Office, Battery House, Mine Shaft. Three large 'A' frames running a line down to the battery house from the poppet head. Inscription: Above image: 'Views of Bendigo|No.43.'. Below, 'The Great Extended Hustlers Co's. Quartz Mining Claim.', 'N.J.Caire Photo, Sandhurst'. Bottom, 'Casey & Wenborn's Print Forbes & Holmes, Agents',' Office Battery House Main Shaft',' The famous Quartz Claim covers on area of 24 acres, and has six shafts which represent 4000 feet of sinking; there are no less than 13 level and 16 crosscuts, giving a total of 12,000 feet in length. The total amount expended in labour by this Company £228,000. The Quartz raised amounts to 144,500 tons, and it has yielded 188,000 oz's of gold. The amount paid in dividends is £585,600 being nearly £20 per share, employment is given to nearly 200 men. It is stated that this rich mine changed hands in early days for the small sum of £30.'. On Back, RHSV stamp, Bendigo Branch '1959|186'. Nicholas CaireN.J.Caireplace, mining site, great expended hustler quartz mine, see: 'views of bendigo' by n.j.caire