Before 1851, letters sent through the mail were charged by the number of sheets it contained and the distance it travelled. For example, a letter consisting of one sheet of paper was charged the single rate; a double letter, that is two sheets, was charged double the single rate, a treble letter, was charged three times the single rate, and so on. In other words, each additional sheet of paper increased the charge by one rate. In Great Britain. Sealing a letter in an envelope effectively put an end to postal clerks' ability to count the number of sheets in a letter and an alternative method of determining the postage had to be found. Overweight mailings had previously required the items to be weighed but with the introduction of the Uniform Penny Postage act of 1839, the public could mail a letter not exceeding a half-ounce in weight within the United Kingdom for one penny if prepaid, or two pence if paid on delivery. At about the same time that the adhesive postage stamps and envelopes made their appearance, postal administrations began to experiment with strategically placed street letter boxes, known as pillar boxes because of their round, pillar-like shape, that permitted the public to mail letters from a place other than from a post office. For all these reasons, the use of postal scales became the nucleus of every post office. Scales had been in use since ancient Egyptian times so their use for everyday commerce was not unusual in the 1800s. What was new in 1840 was their ubiquitous use throughout the postal system. No post office could function effectively without one. Although the earliest scales used in post offices did not differ markedly from the ones in general use as time went on they were adapted specifically for postal use. For example, a paper sleeve, also known as a weight sticker, was attached that showed the applicable rate of postage for any given weight. This innovation was quite a time saver as postal clerks no longer needed to weigh the item first and then refer to a separate chart to determine the required postage for that particular weight. Victorian postal scales were used in village Post offices in the late 19th century, of which there are many examples today for sale. No maker can be attributed to the manufacture of the item. Postal scales with weights,. Balance scale has brass fittings and is mounted on a rectangular wooden stand, with depressions for brass weights; which measure 1/2oz, 1oz, 2oz, "Young Aton REL., C.N.0.9."flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, scales and weights, balancing scales, postal scales, letter scale

.1) Overland Centenary Supplement to The Australian. Six pages of information and images including the Roper River Camp, First Telegraph Pole at Port Darwin, Route of the Overland Telegraph, Australian Telecommunications Development Association, Alice Springs, Frew's Ponds. Charles Todd, Alice ToddFrank Kraegen, Pony Express. .2) 'The O.T. Line' - four page coloured news shhet published of by the Australian Post Office for the Overland Telegraph Line Centenary, 22 August 1972. Includes articles and images such as J.A.G. Little (Darwin Poatmaster), Robert Patterson, Charles Todd, A.J. Mitchell (surveyor), Maps of the sections (Begot's contract, Central Sections, Darwent and Dalwood contract, Patterson contract), planting of the first pole at Darwin, Roper River Camp, Charles Todd, Alice Todd, Alice Springs Repeater Station, Grave of Kavenagh, Roper River, Frank Kraegem, Maryvale station.roper river camp, telegraph pole, port darwin, overland telegraph route, australian telecommunications development association, alice springs, frew's ponds, charles todd, alice todd, frank kraegen, pony express

The Ballarat Catholic Young Men's Society was established on 01 August 1892. This is the organisation's first minute book. Rev. Dr Delaney advocated for the formation of the Ballarat Catholic Young Men's Society. Curtin and Scullin became members of this organisation, and it is where they learnt to debate. William White was one of the founders of the Hibernian Society. 09 August 1893 - Richard Sutton provided a piano for recital by Mr Bailey. Brown hard covered minute book with red spine. It is the first book of the Ballarat Catholic Young Men's Society. The minutes are handwritten in ink. This item is held offsite and will require up to a week to retrieve it into the Geoffrey Blainey Research Centre. Use the email link below right to discuss retrieval.Bookplate from M.C. Carey Post Office Stationary Warehouse. ballarat cathoic young men's society, j. murphy, r. hager, e.j. hayden, e. ryan, r.h. sutton, e.f. ryan, john meehan, w. hawley, w. maloney, e. harmer, james slater, patrick walton, j. parker, j. healey, w. moore, w. murphy, delaney, j.b. pearson, e. adams, george rode, j. moran, w. mcnamara, j.p. daly, y. mcmanamny, j. nugent, james shannon, francis clancy, george armstrong, william lamoriniere, john noonan, john hede, m. tierney, james foran, patrick o'donnell, thomas ballinger, thomas carey, h. bradley, j. cullan, j. o'callaghan, p. breheny, john hand, j. nrennan, w. mclennan, st patrick's day, p. russell, p.j. brown, john pratt, michael callinan, william white, richard h. sutton, carey ward, j. gillies, j. sheehan, rudy hager, w. armstrong, c. cusack, patrick o'hallaran, a. hager, j. manning, john o'grady, arthur smith, andrew quinn, john williams, r. wrigley, john murray, d. hanrahan, w. foley, martin tierney, g. o'malley, james bradley, john shelley, e.j. haydan, e. doherty, a.n.a. hall, w.h. davis, donald hayden, debating, fr o'dowd, south street debating society, bookplate, commercial bookplate, j.j. fitzgerald, p. walsh, h. elligott, j. hastings, j. redden, e. higgins, michael murphy, j. maher, h. mclennan, m. o'dwyer, m. kennedy, thomas nolan, thomas egan, edward mcintyre, w. bibby, j. bolger, st patrick's day procession, j.w. curran, reid's coffee palace, p. mcshane, j. lynch, thomas moran, f. mcconville, a. carnegie, father o'farrell, james carroll, john mcelroy, j. o'shannasay, a.c. carnegie, j.j. cardiff, p. nicholas, j. cullen, t. o'loughlin, thomas o'loughlin, w.h. david, thomas loughlin, h. mccauley, j. whiting, f. lynch, d. ryan, c. carey, m.c. carey, cyms

A hand written telegram from the Minister for the Army to Mrs. J. Roddy to inform her of the capture of VX8007 A.J. RoddyCOMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA POSTMASTER GENERAL's DEPARTMENT/ RECIEVED TELEGRAM/ Typed section of Telgram: FUNDS MAYBE QUICKLY, SAFELY AND/ECONOMICLY TRANSFERRED BY/ MONEY ORDER TELEGRAM/ PLEASE TURN OVER./ RECIEVED TELEGRAM./ The first line of this Telegram contains the following/ particulars in the order named/ Office of Origin, Words, Time Lodged, No/ (hand written)Melbourne, 36/1, 9a, 12 , 2./ Top right hand corner: T.G. 42 (not stamped)/Office Date Stamp/sent at...../Ch'nl No..../ By ....(all of which have no markings)/ Mid Document: Remarks. This message has been recieved subject to the/post and telegraph act/ and regulations./ The time received at this office is shown at the end of this message./The date stamp indicates the date both of lodgement and of reception/ inless otherwise shown after the particulars/ of the time lodged.// Beside this is: TO (hand written) Postal acknowledgement/ Personal/ Mrs. J. Roddy 20 Emily St/Merbein 6365.// Under this handwrittten in ink: Distre 1319 To inform you that/ VX8007 A J Roddy Previously/ reported missing is now reported/ Prisoner of War Interned Carinthia/ Minister for the Army/ 9.25 ww11, pow, a j, roddy, vx8007, 1941, carinthia

These specifications were for the Bank of Australasia building on the corner of Timor and Kepler Streets in Warrnambool. The two-storey stone Regency building was built by Roberts & Co. in 1859 and it still stands today, a hundred and sixty years later. Above the doorway, the words "BANK OF AUSTRALASIA" were etched into the stone. In 1856 Roberts & Co. built the Warrnambool Post Office on Timor Street, and in 1858 purchased land on Timor Street. The Bank of Australasia was incorporated by the Royal Charter of England in March 1834. The bank began in Australia on 14th December 1835, opening in Sydney. The Acting Superintendent of the bank at that time was David Charters McArthur. He was Superintendent from 1867-to 1876. The Melbourne branch opened on 28th August 1838 in a two-roomed brick cottage on the north side of Little Collins Street, where two huge mastiff dogs were used at night to guard the bank. The government also provided an armed military sentinel. Due to the bank's rapid growth, a new building for the Melbourne branch was opened in 1840 at 75 Collins Street West. By 1879 the bank had been upgraded to a magnificent two-storey building on the corners of Collins and Queens Streets, with the entry on Collins Street. In 1951 the Bank of Australasia amalgamated with the Union Bank to form Australia and New Zealand Bank, now known as the ANZ. Then in 1970, the ANZ merged with both the ES&A and the London Bank of Australia to form the ANZ Banking Group Limited. The ANZ Banking Group Ltd kindly donated a variety of historic items from the Bank of Australasia. BANK of AUSTRALASIA, WARRNAMBOOL – In 1854 Warrnambool had two banks, the Union Bank and the Bank of Australasia. Later, completely different bank businesses opened; in 1867 the National Bank of Australasia, then in 1875 the Colonial Bank of Australasia. The original Warrnambool branch of the Bank of Australasia was established in July 1854, and operated from a leased cottage on Merri Street, close to Liebig Street. The bank later bought a stone building previously erected by drapers Cramond & Dickson on the corner of Timor and Gibson Streets. Samuel Hannaford was a teller and then Manager at the Warrnambool branch from 1855 to 1856 and the Warrnambool Council chose that bank for its dealings during 1856-57. In 1859 Roberts & Co. was awarded the contract to build the new Bank of Australasia branch for the sum of £3,000. The land was on a sand hill on the northeast corner of Timor and Kepler Streets and had been bought in 1855 from investor James Cust. The new building opened on May 21, 1860. The bank continued to operate there until 1951 when it merged with the Union Bank to form the ANZ Bank, which continued operating from its Liebig Street building. Warrnambool City Council purchased the former Bank of Australasia building in 1971 and renovated it, then on 3rd December 1973 it was officially opened as the Art Gallery by Cr. Harold Stephenson and Gallery Director John Welsh. The Gallery transferred to the purpose-built building in Liebig Street in 1986 and the old bank building is now the Gallery club. Staff at the Bank of Australasia in Warrnambool included the following men but others were also involved: Samuel Hannaford, Teller then Manager from 1855-1856; W H Palmer, Manager from January 1857 until November 1869 when the Teller Basil Spence was promoted to Manager; H B Chomley, Manager from April 1873 and still there in 1886; A Butt, Manager in 1895-1904; J R McCleary Accountant and Acting Manager for 12 months, until 1900; A Kirk, Manager 1904; J Moore, staff until his transfer to Bendigo in December 1908; J S Bath was Manager until 1915; C C Cox, Manager until April 1923; Richard C Stanley, Manager 1923 to April 1928. The document with the building specifications for the Bank of Australasia, Warrnambool has historical significance as it was the basis for the building housing the Bank from early 1860. The document is also a historical record of the specifications and the builders of the mid-1800s in Warrnambool. The document is also significant for its association with Roberts & Co. which also built the Warrnambool Post Office. The document is significant for its association with the Bank of Australasia in Warrnambool, the first bank in Warrnambool, established in 1854. The bank continued to operate until its merger in 1951 when it became the ANZ Bank, which is still in operation today. The Bank was an integral part of the establishment and growth of commerce in Colonial Warrnambool and throughout Australia.Building Specifications; five large cream-coloured pages, folded in half to make a book. Handwritten text in black ink. Rectangular paper sheets were folded in half parallel to the short sides then stapled together near the fold A remnant of green tape suggests it was used to seal the binding. The specifications relate to the Bank of Australasia's Timor Street branch in Warrnambool, 1860.Handwritten in pencil on front cover "Completion date 18th March 1860" "Cost £2,860 sterling" Script handwriting, black ink on cover "Specifications / Bank of Australasia / Warrnambool"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, commerce, banking, bank of australasia, australia & new zealand bank, anz bank, david charters mcarthur, 1860, regency building, specifications, bank building, roberts & co.

The telegraph system of sending and receiving messages was developed in the early 1800s and improved as time went on. It sends electronic signals that represent letters and words along a wire. Those signals are then converted back to words at the other end of the wire. Morse code is a similar system. A fee is charged to send a telegraph, per letter or per word. The telegraph greatly improved communication, particularly in a large country like Australia. It was a fast way to send news and send out calls for help for people during a shipwreck. In Warrnambool, it was even used to set the correct time every day; a signal was sent from the time ball in Melbourne, and along the railway line to the Warrnambool Post Office. This 1896 telegraph tells a big story in very few words, only fourteen! The layout of the paper form includes a table with four columns and five rows, set out for writing just one word into each of the twenty spaces. The happy message is the approval to go ahead with the exchange/sale of the title from landowner Rutledge to Wilson. The Melbourne Legal firm Klingender Dickson and Kiddle sent this message on behalf of its client to the Bank of Australasia in Warrnambool. The Bank of Australasia was incorporated by the Royal Charter of England in March 1834. The bank began in Australia on 14th December 1835, opening in Sydney. The Acting Superintendent of the bank at that time was David Charters McArthur. He was Superintendent from 1867-to 1876. The Melbourne branch opened on 28th August 1838 in a two-roomed brick cottage on the north side of Little Collins Street, where two huge mastiff dogs were used at night to guard the bank. The government also provided an armed military sentinel. Due to the bank's rapid growth, a new building for the Melbourne branch was opened in 1840 at 75 Collins Street West. By 1879 the bank had been upgraded to a magnificent two-storey building on the corners of Collins and Queens Streets, with the entry on Collins Street. In 1951 the Bank of Australasia amalgamated with the Union Bank to form Australia and New Zealand Bank, now known as the ANZ. Then in 1970, the ANZ merged with both the ES&A and the London Bank of Australia to form the ANZ Banking Group Limited. The ANZ Banking Group Ltd kindly donated a variety of historic items from the Bank of Australasia. BANK of AUSTRALASIA, WARRNAMBOOL – In 1854 Warrnambool had two banks, the Union Bank and the Bank of Australasia. Later, completely different bank businesses opened; in 1867 the National Bank of Australasia, then in 1875 the Colonial Bank of Australasia. The original Warrnambool branch of the Bank of Australasia was established in July 1854, and operated from a leased cottage on Merri Street, close to Liebig Street. The bank later bought a stone building previously erected by drapers Cramond & Dickson on the corner of Timor and Gibson Streets. Samuel Hannaford was a teller and then Manager at the Warrnambool branch from 1855 to 1856 and the Warrnambool Council chose that bank for its dealings during 1856-57. In 1859 Roberts & Co. was awarded the contract to build the new Bank of Australasia branch for the sum of £3,000. The land was on a sand hill on the northeast corner of Timor and Kepler Streets and had been bought in 1855 from investor James Cust. The new building opened on May 21, 1860. The bank continued to operate there until 1951 when it merged with the Union Bank to form the ANZ Bank, which continued operating from its Liebig Street building. Warrnambool City Council purchased the former Bank of Australasia building in 1971 and renovated it, then on 3rd December 1973 it was officially opened as the Art Gallery by Cr. Harold Stephenson and Gallery Director John Welsh. The Gallery transferred to the purpose-built building in Liebig Street in 1986 and the old bank building is now the Gallery club. Staff at the Bank of Australasia in Warrnambool included the following men but others were also involved: Samuel Hannaford, Teller then Manager from 1855-1856; W H Palmer, Manager from January 1857 until November 1869 when the Teller Basil Spence was promoted to Manager; H B Chomley, Manager from April 1873 and still there in 1886; A Butt, Manager in 1895-1904; J R McCleary Accountant and Acting Manager for 12 months, until 1900; A Kirk, Manager 1904; J Moore, staff until his transfer to Bendigo in December 1908; J S Bath was Manager until 1915; C C Cox, Manager until April 1923; Richard C Stanley, Manager 1923 to April 1928. This telegraph has historical significance as it was sent to the Bank of Australasia in Warrnambool. The parties involved in the message, Rutledge and Wilson, were involved in a land deal in 1896 when the district was importing and exporting goods into and out of Warrnambool Harbour via sailing ships. It is also a historical record of the nature of financial agreements between similar institutions in Warrnambool and the district. The telegraph is significant for its association with the Bank of Australasia in Warrnambool, the first bank in Warrnambool, established in 1854. The bank continued to operate until its merger in 1951 when it became the ANZ Bank, which is still in operation today. The Bank was an integral part of the establishment and growth of commerce in Colonial Warrnambool and throughout Australia.Telegraph RECEIVED: Warrnambool Post Office, Wednesday 3rd June 1896. FROM: Klingender, Dickson, and Kiddle, solicitors, Bank Place, Melbourne FOR :the Manager, Bank of Australasia, Warrnambool, REGARDING: Rutledge to Wilson titleSTAMP: text inside circle "WARRNAMBOOL VIC", and in centre of the circle "JE 3 96" Telegraph No. "23", FROM :"Melbourne", FOR: "The Mgr, Bank of Australasia" MESSAGE (14 words): "Rutledge to Wilson title accepted by Purchaser's Solicitors settlement may be effected with auctioneers" TIME: "9:24" SIGNED: " Klingender Dickson Kiddle, Solrs, Bank Place"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, commerce, banking, bank of australasia, australia & new zealand bank, anz bank, david charters mcarthur, telegraph, 1896, rutledge, wilson, klengender, dickson, kiddle, warrnambool post office, klengender dickson and kiddle, bank place

Exhibition labels x 15 - cardboards Railway Post Office stamps, 1865, and book 1951 - Courtesy Edna Westhead. Copy of 1887 Map of Railway Post Offices - Courtesy Edna Westhead Taken in 1921, Bendigo railway men celebrating 50 years since first train arrived in Bendigo in 1862 - Courtesy Bendigo Historical Society Book of Signals, 1949 - Courtesy Bernie Kingdon Book of Instruction Rolling Stock 1921, 1943 - Courtesy Bernie Kingdon Lost Property Book, 1886 - Courtesy Ross Rowley View of Bendigo Railway Station taken from St. Paul's tower, 1875 - Courtesy Bendigo Historical Society...document, memo, railway

Invitation to the Anzac exhibition held at Post Office Gallery 11 December 2014 - 21 June 2015, 'Bendigo Enlists' the First World War 1914 - 18. Large Rising Sun badge depicted on front. Sponsors' logos on back ' City of Greater Bendigo' , ' Arts Victoria', ' Bendigo Art Gallery'.bendigo, history, world war 1, bendigo, anzac, first world war, invitation

Two pages of sketches (joined) relating to the 1952 centenary of the Beehive, Bendigo. Each page comprised of eight sketches showing local scenes and people relating to ''Our FIRST 100 years - Thanks to You''. Includes portrait sketches of three Directors - Mr T H Henderson (1886); Mr J R Goodisson (1886); Mr E W Conn (1952)event, official, celebration, the beehive bendigo centenary, the fountain pall mall, post office, mr e. w. conn, mr j. r. goodisson, mr. t.h. henderson

Information on O Class Trams, First introduced, Last Withdrawn, Electrics, Size and Seating, W2 with a small photo, where they can be found, some went to the USA, W5 with a small photo, W6 and the Bendigo Toastrack Tram with Nos, Introduced, Withdrawn, Electrics, Size and Seating/Crush Load. Also listed is where other trams can be seen. Also mentioned some early history of Bendigo, The Heritage Walk, The Central Deborah, Sandhurst Town, the early route from Melbourne to Bendigo, Creswick, Castlemaine and the Old Market. (7 pages).bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - trams information, prahan and malvern tramway trust, hawthorn tramway trust, melbourne and metropolitan tramways board, australian electric transport museum, david hoadley, tramway musuem of victoria, hawthorn tram depot, david bromage, sydney tramway museum, bendigo tramways, museum of transport and technology nz, whiteman park tramway museum, haddon tramway museum, the old canberra tram company, ballarat vintage tramway, bendigo toastrack tram, kilmore cable tramway, railway museum, scienceworks, tasmanian transport museum, launceston tramway museum society, ballarat vintage tramway, central deborah gold mine, chinese joss house, castleton, sandhurst, shamrock hotels, dai gum san wax museum, post office, law courts, alexandra fountain, beehive store, fortuna villa, sandhurst town

Black and white photocopy. Public buildings Pall Mall, Post Office, Law Courts looking NNE. Original taken c1906 by WH Robinson, Tran in foreground. Two horse drawn carriages. Four pedestrians on footpath. South African War Memorial on left hand foreground. Photograph most likely taken on a Sunday afternoon, because of the lack of traffic. Inscriptions: Post Office and public buildings, Bendigo (printed) History of photograph. First appears? In a 1906 publication by Bolton Bros.WH Robinsonbuildings, government, bendigo post office

coloured postcard. 4 separate images showing views of trams in Bendigo streets, Pall Mall, Charing Cross, Alexandra Fountain, Deborah Mine. On back of card 'Post Card, The Rose Series Deluxe. No. 19, in front of Post Office and Civic Buildings, Built Duncan & Fraser, Adelaide, 1920, came to Bendigo 1935. No. 5 at Alexandra Fountain - built 1913 Adelaide. No. 25 at the Gold Monument, one of the first trams to start the Bendigo Tourist Tram Service. No. 30 at the Central Deborah Mine, this Birney is probably the oldest of its type to come to Australia. Built USA.' ' The Bendigo Trust, PO, Box 333, Bendigo, Australia, 3550'Rose Seriesbendigo, tramways, trams in street views, bendigo, alexandra fountain, charing cross, central deborah, post office, duncan and fraser, birney, tourism

1. Mechanics Institute:- this building was built in 1883 and designed by H E Tolhurst. It included a library, reading room, museum, billiard room and mineral collection. 2. Town Hall:- the current building was built in 1901 on the site of an earlier Town Hall. The architects were Williamson& Permewan of Melbourne. 3. Cannons:- were recovered from HMVS Nelson, a wooden steam ship that was one of the first of the colonies warships when it was on permanent loan from Britain from 1867. It ws then broken up in 1929. 4. Symbester Coach House:- this house and the adjacent ginger beer factory (now demolished) were built in 1859 for William Bruce (1834-1916) a publican and manufacturer of aerated drinks.Nine Slides of Scenes around Eaglehawk - Photographer unknown Mechanics Institute Town Hall with the Post Office on the left and mechanics institute on the right Cannon with the post office behind Mine Poppet Head - Eaglehawk - exact location unknown Former Coach house - Symbester Crescent Eaglehawkhistory, bendigo, eaglehawk, symbester house eaglehawk, eagelhawk town hall, eaglehawk mechanics institute, eaglehawk post office, poppet head

Folder of First day covers, envelopes, cancelling stamps. History of the Bendigo Post Office. Name Len Bennetts on a piece of paper. Item found amongst items within the CoGB Civic Collection. Research found that the folder was part of the BHS collection donated by Len Bennetts.person, individual, leonard bennetts

Presentation by James Lerk to BHS 7th July 2000: ''Camp Reserve -Rosalind Park, used and abused''. First line: ''This short paper has no pretension in giving a complete synopsis regarding a slice of land which cradles a great deal of the history of Bendigo''. References to Commissioner Gilbert; Bank of Victoria; Bendigo Bank; powder magazine; post office; Survey Office; Court of Petty Sessions; Police Barracks; Supreme Court; Gaol; Temperance Society; Robert Strickland residence; tenements on Reserve; Mac's Track; Orderly Room; Cascades; Corporate High School; Temperance Fire Brigade; Masonic Hall; Central School Camp Hill; Fernery; ''The Willows''; Conservatory; Parade Ground; Sandhurst Club; Police Station; Grandstand in Upper Reserve; High School; Soldiers Memorial Insitutute; Lookout (poppet head - Garden Gully United); Advance Bendigo and North League crèche; Sound Shell; Olympic Swimming Pool. Two printed copies.James Lerk.bendigo, streetscape, camp reserve, rosalind park, bendigo creek

Notes on Eaglehawk compiled by H Biggs mentions early settlement, discovery of gold, separation of Eaglehawk from the Marong District Roads Board, Nominations for Council and Newspapers. Noted Events compiled by June Parry mention events from 1839 to 1876 and some in 1928. These included early settlement, gold discovery at The Rocks, Churches, hospital, Bendigo Advertiser, Theatre Royal, Police Office, Post Office, Census, First Council Works, Telegraph, Mining Company, Mining Board, Public Market, various buildings built, Rates, Schools, and very early trams.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - eaglehawk & noted events, h biggs, june parry, james mouat, joseph crook, marong district roads board, camp hotel, charles sherratt, mt alexander north run, grice and heape, ravenswood, gibson and fenton, mrs john kennedy, mrs patrick farrel, mr j a paton, mr lachlan mclachlan (bendigo mac), bendigo hospital, bendigo advertiser, theatre royal, lieutenant governor sir charles and lady hotham, harney's bridge, e j ennor, sandhurst fire brigade, mr townsend, bendigo water works, cornish & co, post office, bendigo pottery, bendiog agricultural society, benevolent asylum, bendigo gas company, cattle yards, coliban water supply scheme, cr w v simons, j mouat, sir henry barkly, sandhurst borough, eaglehawk borough, cr john mcintyre, duke of edinburgh, latham and watson's mine, galatea (model ship), st paul's church of england, rev g p despard, bendog rifle association, strathfieldsaye shire hall, corporate high school, bendigonian society, richard andrews, easter fair, g aspinall, j burnsides, viscount canterbury (sir h manners sutton), beehive stores, mining exchanges, annual waverley prize, bendigo water works, city fire brigade, city family hotel, bendigo united friendly society medical institute and dispensary, jewish synagogue, masonic hall, school of mines, j h abbott, australian natives association, temperance hall, royal princess theatre, albion hall, central state school, high school, gravel hill state school, early trams, electricity commission

Photocopy mock up of original booklet of The Bendigo Historical Society Inc. 'City of Bendigo Historical Walk' containing photographs of historic buildings to be seen on the walk. Front cover Queen Victorian Gardens, Town hall, Mechanics Institute/School Of Mines and Industry, H. M. Prison Bendigo, Camp Hill Police Barracks, Sandhurst Corporate High School, Central State School No. 1976, The Cascades, District Lands Office (Dudley House), Masonic Temple and Hall, Sandhurst Volunteer Rifle Brigade Orderly Room, Bank of Victoria, Henry Jackson's Store View Point,Alexandra Fountain, Beehive Store/Mining Exchange, Colonial Bank. Hustlers Royal Reserve NO. 2/R.S.L. Memorial Hall, Post Office 3rd 4th and final, Bendigo Law Courts, Shamrock Hotel 2nd and another view. Important Bendigo Dates; 1851, April gold discovered at Golden Square by Margaret Kennedy,1851 Approx. 200,000Troy oz. of gold found in Bendigo, 1852 475,857 Troy oz. Gold for the year, 1853 November 31st Bendigo Hospital admits first patient,1853 December 9th Bendigo Advertiser first issue printed, 1854 First Land Sales and streets are surveyed and named for the first time, 1854 Census of Bendigo showed 15,480 residents plus 4,000 Chinese, 1855 Sandhurst Municipal District formed, 1861 Sandhurst Proclaimed a Town. 1862 Railway to Melbourne opened, 1867 Visit by His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, 1871 July 21st Sandhurst proclaimed a City, 1881 Population of Sandhurst 14,577 residents, 1882 First telephone communications introduced, 1890 Electric trams (battery) commenced running, 1891 May 18th City of Sandhurst changes its name to City of Bendigo.book, bendigo, buildings, historic

50th Anniversary souvenir pamphlets of First England-Australia flight, 1919. A. Folded pamphlet issued by The Australian Post Office to commemorate the first flight to Australia by Ross and Keith Smith. Includes a brief description of the flight and 6 photos; b. small B&W Greetings card showing illustration of the Vickers-Vimy aircraft used.person, individual, basil watson

The Daylesford Fire Brigade carriage was locally built by White and Oldham, wheelwrights and carriage makers to the design of Captain Henshaw. Their premises was behind the Victoria Hotel, and American by origin.Photograph of the first ladder carriage bought by the Daylesford Volunteer Fire Brigade, built locally, and designed by Captain Henshaw. It is an important record of purchase and some significant buildings circa 1867.Black and white photograph showing the first ladder carriage of the Daylesford Fire Brigade taken from Bridport Street looking towards Wombat Hill. The carriage stands in Victoria Street (now Central Springs Road) and shows the former Daylesford Post Office on the right. The building on the left was the Bank of Victoria, later the Belvedere Hotel, and in 2012 was Kookla. Other buildings include Victoria Building, Church of England (Anglican), Stanbridge Hall.The carriage shows ten canvas water buckets hanging on hooks, a long ladder and two hoses hang from hooks on the lower section of the four wheeled carriage. The roads and footpaths are unsealed.Typed verso: "Copied from on original kindly loaned by J. Ogilthorpe. Shows Daylesford Fire Brigades first Ladder Carriage outside the then Fire Station where Kindergarten now stands 1977. Date about mid 1860s. This ladder carriage was locally built by a wheel and carriage maker with premises behind Victorian Hotel. White and Oldham. Designed by Capt. Henshaw was an American who went to the New Zealand goldfields about 1870. Post Office was built in 1867. On Belvedre (sic) at this time a a Bank, Bank of Victoria." Stamped: "Daylesford and District Historical Society"dayelsford, daylesford fire brigade, henshaw, post office, white and oldham,

Copy of a newspaper cutting titled Modern Building Replaces The Old Post Office at long Gully. Written on the paper is 18/2/47 and Opened 17/2/47. Article mentions the generosity of Mr Thomas Paynting for erecting the new Post Office which the department leased from him. Mrs Paynting opened the new office and was the first customer. A photo shows the window of the old Post Office. It has Post & Telegraph Office and the monogram of Queen Victoria.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - old long gully post office, mr a g porritt, mr thomas paynting, mr s dawson, mr f straub, postal department, mr w s cox, long gully progress association, mrs paynting, the advertiser

Red cloth hard cover book of 1166 pagesSticker on inside front cover ÄDMIRALTY CHART AGENTS / BOOKSELLERS & STATIONERS / J. DONNE & SON / 349 POST OFFICE PLACE / MELBOURNE" Handwritten in pencil on first page "A.C. DUNSMUIR / 98 BRAUND RD / PROSPECT" non-fiction, marine engineering, shipbuilding, electricity, steam engines, turbines, boilers, ships, trade

Printed in 1998 as a record of the exhibition held at Shepparton Art Gallery, July, 1998. Booklet deals with early architecture in Shepparton Region, includes maps, plans, photographic images and catalogue of 100 years of progress. Soft cardboard, light grey background with Shepparton Post Office fascade and first floor plan on front cover, view of the building from Wyndham Street and ground floor plan on back cover. The word "streetscape" printed across front seven times. early buildings, shepparton art gallery exhibitions, shepparton architecture, shepparton photographic images

Hung in Post OfficeWooden red painted background with silver and black painted words. Wire on back for hanging."POST HERE/A.I.F.STAMPS/FIRST DAY COVERS"post offices, george evans collection