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Map - RAYWOOD GOLD FIELD MAP, 1902
Map. Raywood Gold Field Map. Linen backed map of Raywood and Neilborough Township and surrounds showing the location of varying underground workings. Surveyed by H S Whitelaw 1/6/02. It shows underground workings from The Perseverance Party and moreshed and Party and underground workings on the Old Pioneer Reef. Mentions the Parish of Yallook, Parish of Neilborough, Yarraberb, Mushroom Flat, Murray Valley Plain, Eaglehawk and Kerang Railway, Green Hill, Doughboy, Redmond's Gully, Pickpocket Lead, Raywood Lead, Inglewood Lead, Shaw's Road, Nuggety Shaft, Barkly Shaft, Maori Bendmap, gold field map, raywood gold field map, neilborough, h s whitelaw, geological survey of victoria bulletin no 12 plate 11 -
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Document - GOLD SALE NOTES FOR NICHOLAS BOLLE, 1868 - 1887
Document. Gold Sale notes for Nicholas Bolle. Papers pinned together covering the years 1868 - 1887 being statement of gold melted and assayed for Nicholas Bolle from the Eaglehawk branch of the Bank of Victoria. A few of the papers are from the Bank of New South Wales - Eaglehawk Branch, Bank of Australasia, Bank of Australasia Gold Office. The earliest statement dated 3 Jul 1868 is for Messrs Harrison & Bashton. Other early ones are for Derbyshire Reef. The Bank of Victoria cards mention R. H. Andrews, Agent on the back. The Bank of Australasia Gold Office statement contains an ink picture of the building on the back.cottage, miners, gold sale notes for nicholas bolle, bank of victoria - eaglehawk branch, bank of new south wales, bank of australasia, bank of australasia gold office, messrs harrison & bashton, derbyshire reef, r. h. andrews -
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Document - PREMIER COMPANIES (GOLD MINING)
Document. 2 page typed document titled 'Premier Companies'. Lists various mining companies from 1870 to 1920 and the amount in pounds that each mine yielded. Mentions mines - Great Extended Hustlers, Great Extended Hustlers Tribute, Garden Gully United, Victory, Pandora, United Hustlers, Redan Garden Gully, United Devonshire, Old Chum, Victoria Quartz, North Johnson's, Johnson's Reef, New Red White and Blue, New Chum United, Lady Barkly, New Chum Railway, Great Southern, South New Moon, New Argus, Virginia, Central Red White and Blue, New Chum Goldfields, Victoria Consols, Carlisle, Hercules and Energetic, New Golden Fleece, Bendigo Amalgamated Goldfields.cottage, miners, premier companies (mining), bendigo mines -
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Document - ROMANCE OF THE GOLDFIELDS
Document. 8 page typed document titled 'Romance of the Goldfields'. (2 copies). 'Copy' is typed at the top of document. Mentions the gold rushes of Bendigo and Forest Creek. Mentions, Messrs. Gibson & Fenton, Mr Robert Ross Haverfield, Kennedy and Farrell, Asquith, Ben Hall, William and Walter Sandbach, Ron O'Donnell, Johnson, Bypass, Latham, Watson, Bell, Mr J B Watson, Mr George Lansell. Also mentions Gold Yields. Mentions Mines - Advance, Great Extended Hustlers, Garden Gully, New Chum, Victoria, Kent Mine, Golden Fleece, Richard Heales, Cornish United, Great Extended Hustlers, Tribute Company, Williams United, South New Moon, New Moon, Carlisle Group, Johnson's Reef, North Johnson's, Hercules and '180'. Envelope that this document was in is marked 'Notes re - Romance of Goldfields, Premier Companies, Sebastian Mining Leases, Resources of Bgo Goldfields, Sheepshead Line of Reef'.cottage, miners, romance of the goldfields, bendigo, forest creek -
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Document - THE BENDIGO MINING REGISTRY
Photocopy of The Bendigo Mining Registry or True Investors guide to all the Bendigo Mines in 1851 and up to 1883. Contains an original poem, Index, names and addresses of Legal Managers, names of Companies and Mining Managers, and reference page to a description of every mine in Bendigo, with length, size, depth, machinery, dividends, capital, number of shares, paid-up, and historical and scientific sketches - past and present - of the main situations. Twelve Lines of Reefs. The Gold Problem Scare Solved. Success of Deep Sinking. E - W & N. S. Parallelograms.document, gold, bendigo mines 1851 - 1883, the bendigo mining registry, r a murray, hay kirkwood, wm welch, district survey office, geological survey of victoria -
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Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: PROSPECTUS NORTH HUSTLERS GOLD MINING COMPANY NL, 1939
Document: McColl, Rankin and Stanistreet: buff coloured booklet. On front cover ' prospectus of North Hustlers Gold Mining Company No Liability, Hustlers Reef, Eaglehawk Bendigo. To be incorporated under the Provisions of Part 11 of the Companies Act 1938, Victoria.organization, mining, north hustlers gold mining co nl, mccoll, rankin and stanistreet, north hustlers gold mining company nl, gold mining, gold, prospectus -
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Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: DEBORAH EXTENDED GOLD MINING COMPANY NL, 1940
McColl Rankin & Stanistreet, 12 Copies of Prospectus of Deborah Extended Gold Mining Company No Liability, Deborah Reef, Bendigo. To be incorporated under the Provisions of Part II, of the Companies Act 1938, Victoria. Application form and map of mines included in book form, dated 1940. Profit and Loss Account for Term ended 31st August, 1945 also included on separate sheet (has been folded in half across). Auditors: Wm. R. McKie & W. J. Sparkman.organization, mining, deborah extended gold mining cpy nl, mccoll rankin & stanistreet, deborah extended gold mining company nl, prospectus, profit and loss account for 31 august 1945, map of mine, form application -
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Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: CENTRAL DEBORAH GOLD MINE NL: PROSPECTUS, 1939
Document: McColl, Rankin & Stanistreet Collection: Central Deborah Gold Mine NL - 4 copies of prospectus. Buff covered booklet. Written on front ' Prospectus of Central Deborah Gold Mining Company No Liability Deborah Reef, Bendigo. To be incorporated under the Provisions of Part II of the companies Act 1938. Victoria.' Details capital, proposed directors and manager. Contains map of Central and North Deborah mines and Monument Hill.organization, business, central deborah gold mine, mccoll, rankin & stanistreet collection: central deborah gold mine nl. gold mining -
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Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: NAPOLEON REEF GOLD MINING CO. N.L, 18 Feb 1941
Document: 4 Page legal document with map of lease area issued to William James Moore of Bendigo, Lease No. 11064 Bendigo, Vol. 325 Fol. 35881 County of Bendigo Parish of Sandhurst, 15 year lease from 18th February 1941, in vacinity of Curnow St, Booth St, Maple St and Rowan Sts, Lease by South Napoleon to be allowed to lapse in 1942, signed by Major General Sir Winston Joseph Dugan Governor of Victoria, William James Moore & witnessed by Walsh, Wardens Clerk Bendigo.organization, business, industrial - mining, mccoll rankin & stanistreet, mining, gold mining, napoleon reef -
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Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: NAPOLEON REEF GOLD MINING CO. N.L, 22 August 1950
Document: 5 Page legal document with map of lease area, Lease No. 11273 Bendigo, Vol.331, Fol. 36453, 15 year lease from 12 December 1949, in vicinity of Inglis, Harvey & Curnow Streets, Signed by Dallas Brooks, Gov of Victoria & J.J. Stanistreet, Mine Manager.organization, business, industrial - mining, mccoll rankin & stanistreet, mining, gold mining, napoleon reef -
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Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: DEBORAH UNITED GMC PROSPECTUS, 7 August 1940
Document. McColl, Rankin & Stanistreet Prospectus of Deborah United GMC N/L Deborah Reef Bendigo To be incorporated under the Provisions of Part 11, of the Companies Act 1938, Victoria Stapled folder and paper.organization, business, deborah united gold mine nl, mccoll, rankin & stanistreet. deborah united gmc. prospectus -
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Map - MINING PLAN ,VICTORIA HILL AREA, No date visible
Map: Large scale plan of an area of the Goldfield, Northward from Barnard Street, covering the Victoria Hill area. Black printing on polycarbonate film. Transparent.map, bendigo, mining plan, mining, gold mines, victoria hill, lines of reef -
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Document - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: THE BENDIGO GOLDFIELD … INTRODUCTION TO FIELD
The Bendigo Goldfield ...Introduction to Field. Compiled by A. Richardson. Mentioned are the Deborah Line of Reef, The Sheepshead Line, The Nell Gwynne Line and The Carshalton Line of Reef. Mines mentioned are: The Deborah, The North Deborah, Central Deborah, The New Red White and Blue Consolidated (Big Blue), North Red White and Blue, Central Red white and Blue, Little 180, South Ironbark, Ironbark, Hercules, Central Nell Gwynne and The New Chum Syncline. Lansell's Bendigo Battery is also mentioned. There is a short description of each mine, depth. location, machinery, Gold yield, Dividends and Calls. Closing date of some (some closed as a result of fire). Also mentioned is the postal service and the establishment of cemeteries at Bendigo, White Hills, Eaglehawk and Kangaroo Flat.Albert Richardsonbendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - the bendigo goldfield...introduction to field, a richardson, new chum railway mine, the dascombe nugget, the victoria nugget, r r haverfield, ballerstadt, rae, wittscheibe, lazarus, cave and amos, geo lansell, the old chum, victoria, specimen, hustlers, bendigo amalgamated goldfields, bendigo mines limited, nell gwynne, napoleon, carshalton, the deborah, roberts & sons, the north deborah, williams' united, central deborah, lansell's south red white & blue, the new red white and blue consolidated (big blue), union, h harkness & co, thompson & co, lansell's bendigo battery, showgrounds industrial hall, north red white and blue, central red white and blue, little 180, john brown knitwear factory, south ironbark, victoria consols east shaft, ironbark, manchester arms hotel, unity mine, wattle gully mine chewton, hercules, hercules and energetic, bendigo amalgamated goldfields coy, long gully post office, the old wheal owl, central nell gwynne, gold mines hotel, bendigo city council, mr jack barker, bendigo and district tourist association, the new chum syncline, courier of the mines newspaper, camp hill school, sandhurst east post office, bendigo cemetery, white hills cemetery, eaglehawk cemetery, kangaroo flat cemetery -
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Document - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: TALES OF VICTORIA HILL
Two printed pages titled Tales of Victoria Hill. Mentioned is the gold yield on the New Chum Line of Reef, early gold discovery, Christopher Ballerstedt and his son Theodore, Theodore building Fortuna as well as a crusher or battery in its grounds. He believed he had exhausted the riches from his claims and sold the claim on the hill to George Lansell, deepest gold mine, interconnecting to neighbouring mines to obtain the required up and down drafts for ventilation, rising of the water levels resulting the closure of the Victorian Quartz Mine when a rope broke and the equipment that is still there. An accompanying photo of the Victoria Quartz Mine shows the buildings, chimney and poppet legs and a man standing in front of a building. There is also an accompanying floppy disc.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - tales of victoria hill, j n macarthy, christopher ballerstedt, theodore ballerstedt, fortuna, george lansell, lansell's 180, victoria quartz co, victorian consols, bendigo's deepest known gold bearing reef -
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Document - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: HISTORICAL GUIDE TO BENDIGO
Brochure with an invitation to visit Historical and Mining Museum in Mechanic's Institute, Eaglehawk. Drawing of poppet legs on the front with The Royal Historical Society of Victoria Bendigo Branch. Historical Guide to Bendigo including Self Tours of Bendigo's Famous Goldfields. Forward by John Hattam. Contributors are: H Biggs, Miss L J Parry, A Richardson, L C Bennetts and Edith Checcucci. Credits - The Bendigo Advertiser, Cambridge Press, Mines Department (Bendigo) and J R W Purves. Items include Bendigo Tramways Compiled by H Biggs, Early Bendigo Hotels Compiled by L C Bennetts, Eaglehawk Compiled by H Biggs, Noted Events Compiled by June Parry,The Bendigo Post Office Compiled by LC Bennetts, The Bendigo Goldfield .. Introduction to Field and Guide to Some Famous Mines Compiled by A Richardson. Photos include: Pall Mall Bendigo, Ravenswood Homestead, An Early Battery at Kangaroo Flat,Historic High Street Golden Square, The Lonely Grave, Battery Tram c1888, Steam Tram c1892, Electric Tram c1903, Teh New Chum Railway Golden Square, United Hustlers and Redan Mine Sandhurst Road, Central Deborah Violet Street, Deborah Mine Quarry Hill, Deborah Mine 1000 ft level, First Motion Winding Engine at Central Deborah, Victoria Hill Area, and Looking south from New Chum Hill in 1890's. Also 11010.254, 255, 268, 288a, 288b, and 289.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - historical guide to bendigo, the royal historical society of victoria bendigo branch, historical and mining museum, mechanic's institute eaglehawk, librarian mechanic's institute, miss j parry, john hattam, h biggs, a richardson, l c bennetts, edith checcucci, bendigo advertiser, cambridge press, mines department (bendigo), j r w purves, mr a o'keefe, shire of marong, the sandhurst and eaglehawk tramway company, mr j taylor, mr j hanson, the bendigo tramway company, electric supply company, coliban water suply, juvenile industrial exhibition, geo lansell, cr a harkness, salvation army, vine and fruitgrowers association, decentralisation league, constable thomas ryan, miners association, art gallery, post office, miss broadfoot, bendigo hospital, opera company, bendigo development league, victorian women's franchise league, ana hall, the bendigonian, law courts, temperance hall, trades hall (old wardens court), roman catholic cathedral, shamrock hotel, bendigo philosophical society, old bendigonian society, bendigo fire brigade, bendigo volunteers to south african war, hawkins, porcupine inn, criterion hotel, royal hotel, bendigo hotel, black swan hotel, gillies bakery, hibernian hotel, sandhurst hotel, freemasons hotel, courthouse hotel, shamrock hotel, governor hotham, heffernan & crowley, new chum railway, victoria quartz, shenandoah, shamrock mine, hercules no 1 (originally pearl east), hercules new chum (late pearl), carlisle mine, mr arblaster, meurer, sandhurst bee, benevolent asylum, bendigo gas company, a lloyd, coliban water supply scheme, cr w v simons, eaglehawk council, j mouat, sir henry barkly, agricultural and horticultural exhibition, sandhurst and eaglehawk boroughs, cr john mcintyre, latham and watson's mine, galatea (model ship), st paul's church of england, rev g p despard, fine arts exhibition and exposition, bendigo rifle association, strathfieldsaye shire hall, corporate high school, bendigonian society, richard andrews, easter fair, g aspinall, j burnsides, sir h manners sutton, beehive stores, mining exchanges, bendigo water works, city family hotel, bendigo united friendly society medical institute and dispensary, benevolent asylum, jewish synagogue, masonic hall, school of mines, mr j h abbott, australian natives association, royal princess theatre, albion hall, central state school, high school, gravel hill state school, electricity commission, james mouat, warring natives, the rocks, joseph crook, gold discovery, marong district roads board, camp hotel, mr charles sherratt, city of bendigo, mt alexander north run, grice and heape, ravenswood, gibson and fenton, mrs john kennedy, mrs patrick farrel, mr j a paton, mr lachlan mclachlan, theatre royal, sir charles and lady hotham, harney's bridge, e j ennor, sandhurst fire brigade, the health of towns act, mr townsend, cornish & co, bendigo pottery, bendigo agricultural society, pike or pyke, baby health centre, sandhurst post office, government survey office, sandhurst trustees company, mr h b briston, savings bank, telegraph office, sir henry brougham lock, hon sir john nimmo, sandhurst public offices, the new prince of wales mine, new prince of wales no 2, the whip and jersey, lansell's big 180, new chum and victoria mine and battery, new chum railway, koch's pioneer, south new moon, catherine reef united, new moon, virginia mine, south belle vue, new chum railway, central nell gwynne, north nell gwynne, ironbark mine, new chum syncline, hercules, herculesl energetic, roberts & sons, harkness & co, horwoods, great southern, ulster, carlisle, cornish, new st mungo, duchess tribute, south devonshire, hopewell mine, saxby mine, mcnair & co, mr king, bourke and wills, sandhurst hotel, the dascombe nugget, victoria nugget, r r haverfield, ballerstedt, rae, wittscheibe, lazarus, cave and amos, bendigo amalgamated goldfields, bendigo mines limited, the deborah, north deborah, central deborah, the new red white and blue consolidated (big blue), union, lansell's new red white and blue 9later no 3 shaft), h harkness & co, thompson & co, central deborah, lansell's bendigo battery, north red white and blue, central red white and blue, roberts and sons, little 180 (originally lansell's 180 no 2 shaft), john brown knitwear factory, south ironbark originally victoria consols east shaft, ironbark (originally ironbark east shaft), manchester arms hotel, wattle gully mine chewton, hercules, old wheal-owl, central nell gwynne, gold mines hotel, bendigo city council, jack barker, the new chum syncline, the courier of the mines, telegraph office, bendigo cemetery, white hills cemetery, eaglehawk cemetery, kangaroo flat cemetery, new moon, suffolk united, north new moon, fortuna hustlers, buckell & jeffrey's, royal hustlers reserve no 2 (city and park shafts), jonathan harris, latham and watson, great hustlers, great extended hustlers, j hustler, latham, watson, tribute or pups shaft, bendigo's worst mining disaster, hustlers reef (old hustlers), hustlers reef no 1, lansell's comet, the old comet (cooper's claim), united hustlers and redan, comet hill state school, k k shaft, north or new hustlers (agnew hustler), johnson's no 3, south johnson's, lansell's sandhurst needle, cleopatra needle top, british american, collman and tacchi, south virginia, saddle reefs and spurs, pall mall bendigo, ravenswood homestead, an early battery at kangaroo flat, historic high street golden square, the lonely grave, battery tram c1888, steam tram c1892, electric tram c1903, teh new chum railway golden square, united hustlers and redan mine sandhurst road, central deborah violet street, deborah mine quarry hill, deborah mine 1000 ft level, first motion winding engine at central deborah, victoria hill area, looking south from new chum hill in 1890's -
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Document - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: GUIDE TO SOME FAMOUS MINES
Three pages titled Guide to Some Famous Mines. Compiled by A Richardson. Each mine is listed as on the reef it is situated on. Reefs are The New Chum Line of Reef and the Garden Gully Line of Reefs, and the Devonshire Group. Mentioned is the mine's location, depth of shaft, poppet legs, machinery, location of engine house, gold yield, dividends and owners of mine. The mines are: The New Chum Line of Reef. The New Chum Railway, Kochs Pioneer, Windmill Hill, Confidence Extended, Johnson's No 1, Johnson's No2, Johnson's No 3, North Johnson's, Princess Dagmar, Golden Age, Johnson's Reef Extended, Golden Pyke, Constellation, Great Northern, Virginia, Specimen Hill United, New Argus, Clarence United, North Argus, South New Moon, New Chum Hill, The New Chum and Victoria, Catherine Reef United. Garden Gully Line of Reefs. The Great Southern, Ulster United, Londonderry, South Garden, The Sea Amalgamated, Garden Gully United, Victory and Pandora, Unity Mine, Carlisle United, Cornish United, Eureka Extended, South Belle Vue United, Shenandoah, Shamrock, New Chum Consolidated, New Chum United, Lansell's 222, Rae's Open Cut, Great Central Victoria, Victoria Consols, The Ironbark, Hercules and Energetic, Pearl, The Devonshire Group. North of Staley,The Duke of Edinburgh, New St Mungo, Duchess Tribute, South Devonshire, Duchess of Edinburgh, Princess Alexandra, West United Devonshire, Hopewell, Phoenix. Yhe Mungo Mines. Unicorn, South St Mungo, Lady Barkly, The St Mungo, Sadowa, Eastwood. Snobs Hill Group. The Ellenborough, The Belmont and Saxby, York and Durham, The Acadia, William's United, The Victoria Hill - Ironbark, The North Old Chum, Lansell's Big 180, Ballerstadt's Open-Cut and The Victoria Quartz.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - guide to some famous mines, a richardson, the new chum railway, kochs pioneer, windmill hill, confidence extended, johnson's no 1, johnson's no2, johnson's no 3, north johnson's, princess dagmar, golden age, johnson's reef extended, golden pyke, constellation, great northern, virginia, specimen hill united, new argus, clarence united, north argus, south new moon, new chum hill, the new chum and victoria, catherine reef united, the great southern, ulster united, londonderry, south garden, the sea amalgamated, garden gully united, victory and pandora, unity mine, carlisle united, cornish united, eureka extended, south belle vue united, shenandoah, shamrock, new chum consolidated, new chum united, lansell's 222, rae's open cut, great central victoria, victoria consols, the ironbark, hercules and energetic, pearl, the duke of edinburgh, new st mungo, duchess tribute, south devonshire, duchess of edinburgh, princess alexandra, west united devonshire, hopewell, phoenix, unicorn, south st mungo, lady barkly, the st mungo, sadowa, eastwood, the ellenborough, the belmont and saxby, york and durham, the acadia, william's united, the victoria hill - ironbark, the north old chum, lansell's big 180, ballerstadt's open-cut, the victoria quartz -
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Document - KELLY AND ALLSOP COLLECTION: SHARE CERTIFICATES - DIXON'S GOLD MINING CO, 08/11/1895 to 27/04/1899
... Certificates Dixon's Gold Mining Co. M.Tully W.G.Blackham Victoria Reef ...Document. KELLY & ALLSOP COLLECTION. Two share certificates issued by Dixon's Gold Mining Company, No Liability, Victoria Reef, Bendigo. Both certificates issued to M.Tully of Bendigo. Certificate No. 439 - 100 shares @ 2 shillings each issued on 8 Nov.1895. Certificate No. 804 - 40 shares @ 2 shillings each issued on 27 April 1899. Capital raised was 2,400 Pounds from 24,000 shares. Each certificate signed by W.G.Blackham, Manager.Dixon's Gold Mining Co.business, stockbroker, kelly & allsop, kelly & allsop collection, share certificates, dixon's gold mining co., m.tully, w.g.blackham, victoria reef. -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Gold Reef Mall -- Main Street Stawell 2003
... grampians Gold Reef Mall Main Street 2003 stawell business Colour ...Gold Reef Mall Main Street 2003Colour Photograph: Looking West toward the Grampians from Victoria Place.stawell business -
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Photograph, Gold Reef Mall -- Main Street Stawell 2003
Gold Reef Mall Main Street 2003Colour Photograph: Looking West from near victoria Place, truck in mid distance.stawell business -
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Photograph, Gold Reef Mall -- Main Street Stawell 2003
... grampians Gold Reef Mall Main Street 2003 stawell business Colour ...Gold Reef Mall Main Street 2003Colour Photograph: Looking West showing a Pedestrian crossing near Victoria Place.stawell business -
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Photograph, Lantern Festival Big Hill c 2000-- 7 Photos -- Coloured
Photos of the Lantern Festival workshop held to pull the community together during the battle to save Big Hill from the mining Companies application to have an "Open Pit Mine" in 1998-1999. Master lantern maker Graeme Dunstan coordinated the work shops, with financial support from the "Big Hill Action Group". when the decision from Victoria State Government was given, the group celebrated by carrying lanterns from Gold Reef Hall - near the Post Office up to Big Hill.Seven colour photographs of the Lantern festive workshop at Big Hill in c 2000. Taken by Jim Melbourne stawell -
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Map, Department of Mines Victoria, The Reefs. The Principle Reefs at Quartz Reefs, 1868
c1868 Map showing the position of principal Reefs at Quartz ReefsTracing Shewing the position of the principle reefs at Quartz Reefs. Scale 8 Chains to an inch mining, gold, map -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Legal record - Correspondence, Goldfields and mineral districts of Victoria, 1985
Letter from the State Library of Victoria about location of a gold mime near Koonung Creek in Box Hill North with a reef 2 feet in thickness which yielded 1oz per ton.Letter from the State Library of Victoria about location of a gold mime near Koonung Creek in Box Hill North with a reef 2 feet in thickness which yielded 1oz per ton. Information from R. Brough Smyth 'Goldfields and mineral districts of Victoria'. - 1869Letter from the State Library of Victoria about location of a gold mime near Koonung Creek in Box Hill North with a reef 2 feet in thickness which yielded 1oz per ton. mines and mining, state library of victoria, jackson avenue, box hill north, goldmining -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Map, 1908
This is a map produced as part of a book entitled.. It is also stamped on the back in blue ink with an oval ring and the words North of England Institute. Newcastle. Mining & Meterolgical Faculty. Purchased on 23rd July 2017 by the Society after research by member Simon Killeen. Mining map of one of the first mines in Rutherglen area ( Chiltern West)Cream paper, black printing, rectangle with a drawingGeographical Survey of Victoria, Memoir, No6. Plate XX Plan of Underground Workings CHILTERN VALLEY CONSOLS MINE, RUTHERGLEN, PARISH OF CHILTERN WESTgold, rutherglen, mining, chiltern, underground mine map, geological survey, reef drives -
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Document - MARKS COLLECTION: MAP OF VICTORIA REEF MINING CLAIMS
Copy of map. On bottom LH side of plan Plan of the Victoria Reef Sandhurst January 1867, Compiled by G.W. Hart, Mining Surveyor. Published by John N. Macartney, Argus Agent, Sandhurst. Price 4/- each On bottom Rh side J.W. Pearson & Co. Lith. Melbourne Plan shows mining claims and names of holders, scale ( 4 chains to one inch ) Loddon Road, Mount Korong Road, Ironbark Gully, township of Long Gully, Quartz Miners' Arms and Gold Mines Hotel on Loddon Road.bendigo, mining, victoria reef plan -
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Book - JOAN O'SHEA COLLECTION: BENDIGO GOLDFIELD BOOK, 1936
Joan O'Shea collection. Buff coloured book issued by Mines Department Melbourne. Victoria Australia 1936. Information contained within refers to History, Recent developments and future Prospects, Geology, Lines of Reef for the Bendigo area, information regarding tonnage of gold and values of same at that time. The index at the rear of the book lists all of the mines in the Bendigo area.Geo. Brown, Secretary for Mines, Mines Departmentmining, business, mines department -
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Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: SUNDRY REPORTS, 1930's
Manilla Folder containing reports from various mines in Bendigo and surrounding areas. 1. 4 page typewritten report on the Balaclava Hill Mine at Rushworth and some newspaper clippings about the mine with a plan of the underground workings; 2. Page from the Árgus' dated 2nd August 1900 featuring an article on the survey of the Garden line of Reefs; 3. 5 page report with maps on the Tooleen Gold Field; 4. Single page report about an unnamed mining area claimed to be on the southern end of the Deborah line of reef. (this could be the 'Three Jays' mine in Sedgwick. P. Wilkin); 5. Hand written report on the Coronation Mine, 2 miles east of Walhalla.; 6. Hand written report dated 1935, of the Queen Mary mine, St. Arnaud.; 7. 1932 report on the North Neangar lease.; 8 4 page report on the Kings Prize Gold Mining Syndicate.; 9. Description of the plant of the Marong Alluvial Company? Also a guide for marking out leases.; 10. Crushing details (1 page) from the 'Enterprise' Mine South of and adjacent to Perseverence.; 11. 1 page crushing details from Rowe Brothers, Mosquito Mine, Fryerstown.; 12 hand written report mentions Arthur Hatfield, Scarsdale.; 13. Map with lines of reef showing the position of the New Moon Consolidated and the New Moon United shafts.; 14, Large scale map from Harrison/Victoria street to Havilah Road showing the positions of the Carlisle, North Garden and Unity Shafts.gold mining, miners' safety cage, sundry reports, mining. bendigo, rushworth, balaclava hill, garden line of reef, toolleen, coronation mine, walhalla, queen mary mine, st. arnaud. north neangar, kings prize gold mining syndicate, marong, enterprise mine, perseverence, rowe brothers, mosquito mine, fryerstown, arthur hatfield, scarsdale, new moon consolidate, new moon united, carlisle, north garden, unity. -
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Booklet - Victoria Hill
Victoria Hill, accessed from Marong Road, was one of the richest areas on the Bendigo goldfields and was the beginning of reef mining as opposed to alluvial mining. Between 1853 and 1861 there were 16 claims registered on Victoria Hill. Between 1908 and 1910 it was the site of the world's deepest shaft (1365-1406 meters)Today it provides interpretive walks that include sites such as an open-cut mine (1850's), poppet head, quartz crushing battery (1930's) and the foundations of George Lancell's 180 mine. It is registered as a site of historical significance.Clear plastic cover spiral bound booklet of 25 pages. 'Victoria Hill'. A historical background of Victoria Hill and the surrounding area. A colour photo of a poppet head on front. Original story written by Albert Richardson in 1971. This is a revised edition by Philip Wilkin in 2012. Illustrated with colour and B&W photos. Pages 13 to 25 have been inadvertently inserted upside down. A single page A4 leaflet 'Victoria Hill Self Guided Tour' has been put inside after page 1Handwritten in ink on front page 'Donated to Specimen Cottage'victoria hill, gold mine -
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Document - Phyllis Toy Collection: 'Adventure and Advance Mining Company'
This company was registered in May 1871. It amalgamated the Adventure, Advance and Try-me-well mines to mine below the 300 foot levels of these mines.Collection of Government Gazette and newspaper articles relating to the 'Adventure and Advance Amalgamated Quartz Mining Company' on the Victoria Reef, Sandhurst. . Papers include the registration notice of the Mine in 1871, detailing the shareholders. Half yearly meeting reports 1872 - 1880 are attached. Slip of paper attached to each item describes the content, for example 'Half yearly meeting reports of the Adventure and Advance Company as published in the Bendigo Advertiser from 30.1.1872 - 31.8.1880. Missing February 1873, February 1877. Also included, Victoria Consols Company Reports 31.8.1880.adventure gold mine, sandhurst, goldmining, adventure and advance amalgamated quartz mining company -
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Newspaper - Kangaroo Flat Gold Mine Collection: Article, Facelift for Derelict Mining Sites, 6th November 1985
Newspaper article, (photocopied onto A4 paper) Bendigo Advertiser November 6th, 1985, headed '£100,000 facelift for derelict mining sites?' Article describes how the Bendigo Council were seeking a loan from the Goldfields Revolving Fund for the restoration of the Victoria Hill area and for the restoration of the relics and poppet legs of the Central Nell Gwynne, the Nell Gwynne Reef Mine, the North Deborah and the Big Deborah Mine sites.Written in black pen on right hand side: B'go Adv. Nov. 6th. '85gold mining, nell gwynne mine, north deborah mine, big deborah mine, poppet legs, bendigo, restoration