SET OF GOLD ASSAY WEIGHTS - (1000 = 1/2 GRAMME) IN ROUND BAKELITE CONTAINER WITH LID. (14 PIECES)local history, mining, assaying, mining, gold

DOCUMENT PERTAINING TO THE APPLICATION FOR REWARDS FOR THE DISCOVERY OF NEW GOLDFIELDS DATED 1864local history, document, report, mining

STATEMENT OF FACTS RELATIVE TO THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD IN VICTORIAlocal history, document, report, mining

PLAN AND MAP OF SOUTH CLUNES GOLDMINEPLAN OF SOUTH CLUNES UNITED G.M.CO.CLUNES PRODUCED OR DRAWN BY F.W.NIVEN & CO LITH BALLARATlocal history, document, mining, plans

OLD TOWNS OF VICTORIAnon-fictionCONTENT IS OLD GOLD TOWNS OF VICTORIAlocal history, history, mining

JAMES ESMOND BORN AT ENNISCORTHY IRELAND1822., HE ARRIVED IN AUSTRALIA FEBRUARY 13TH 1840. HE WORKED FOR DONALDCAMERON ON (CLUNES RUN) AS A SHEPHERD FROM 1842 - 1846. LURED BY GOLD DISCOVERY IN CALIFORNIA, USA. ESMOND LEFT CLUNES 1849 RETURNING TO AUSTRALIA ABOARD THE 'EMMA" IN 1851 ON JUNE 29TH 1851, HE DISCOVERED GOLD IN QUARTZ AND ALLUVIUM. THE GEELONG ADVERTISER REPORTED THE DISCOVERY AND THE GREAT GOLD RUSH STARTED. JAMES ESMOND TOOK PART IN EUREKA UPRISING WITH PETER LALOR.1, PHOTO COPY OF PHOTOGRAPH OF JAMES ESMOND 1822-1890 2, SUMMARY OF THE LIFE OF JAMES ESMONDjames esmond, donald cameron, gold mining, local history

ORIGINAL SHARE HOLDERS CERTIFICATES FOR CLUNES ALLUVIAL GOLD MINING SYNDICATE TO BE REGISTERED AS A NO LIABILITY COMPANY IN FIFTY PROPRIETARY SHARES TO LACHLAN McLENNAN CLUNES. 31/7 1889 .1 No 47 , STAMPED BY JOHN LANGDON, STOCK BROKER, MELBOURNE .2 No 48, STAMPED BY JOHN LANGDON, STOCK BROKER, MELBOURNElocal history, document mining, mining, 1889, share certificate, mclennan, langdon, clunes alluvial gold mining syndicate

FOLDER WITH RED SPINE - HERITAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF A SEWERAGE SYSTEM IN THE STATE'S FIRST GOLD MINING TOWN. REPORT MADE MAY 1998non-fiction SEWERAGE SYSTEM IN CLUNES 1998local history, civil engineering, sewerage, sewerage

COPIES OF DISPLAY PANELS DONATED TO THE PEOPLE OF CLUNES BY THE HUGH WILLIAMSON FOUNDATION.INTERPRETIVE DISPLAY PANEL DEPICTING HISTORY OF SCHOOL DAYS IN CLUNES. WOODEN DISPLAY PANEL AND LAMINATED COPY.SCHOOL DAYS CHILDREN OF EARLY GOLDFIELD TOWNS WERE TAUGHT IN TENT SCHOOLS.THESE SCHOOLS WERE EASILY MOVED TO THE SITE OF THE LATEST GOLDRUSH. WITH GREATER COMMUNITY STABILITY PERMANENT SCHOOLS WERE ESTABLISHED. CLUNES STATE SCHOOL NO. 1552 WAS OPENED IN JULY 1875 ON LAND DONATED BY RIVETT H. BLAND, MANAGER OF THE PORT PHILIP GOLD MINING CO. SHORTLY BEFORE WORLD WAR ONE, THIS SCHOOL BECAME VICTORIA,S THIRD HIGHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. TODAY IT IS STILL USED TO EDUCATE THE CHILDREN OF CLUNES STATE SCHOOL NO. 136 WAS BUILT IN 1881 ON THE SITE OF AN EARLIER TEMPORARY SCHOOL THAT WAS BUILT IN 1857. THE DESIGN WAS FIRST USED AT HORSHAM. AND INCLUDES AN EARLY EXAMPLE OF A LARGE SCHOOL VERANDAH. IN 1892 THIS SCHOOL AMALGAMATED WITH STATE SCHOOL NO. 1552 AND WAS USED AS THE INFANT SCHOOL. IT CLOSED ITS DOORS IN 1922 AND WAS LATER USED AS A MILL FOR THE CLUNES KNITTING AND MAUFACTURING CO. LTD. IT NOW HOUSES THE CLUNES BOTTLE MUSEUM THE CLUNES CATHOLIC SCHOOL OPENED IN 1875 AND CLOSED IN 1926 THE LATEST EDUCATIONAL ASSET AT CLUNES IS A CAMPUS OF WESLEY COLLEGE. BLENDINGHISTORIC BUILDINGS AND MODERN ARCHITECTURE THE CAMPUS IS SITUATED IN SERVICE STREETlocal history, civic momentoes, presentations, williamson, hugh foundation

THE GOUGE WAS USED AS A GOLD MINING TOOLA GOUGE - A CHISEL WHOSE BLADE IS CURVED. LONG SHAFT WITH CURVED BLADE AND T-BAR HANDLE local history, tool, trades, shipwright, laurie dilks

CREAM COVER WIRE BOUND STUDENTS BOOK CONTAINING EXTRACTS HISTORICAL EVENTS 1839 - 1971. HANDWRITTEN BOOK No 1 BOOK No 2 THE PASTORAL ERA 1839 - 51 CRESWICK ADVERTISER THE GOLD ERA 1851 - 1900 CLUNES GUARDIAN AFTER GOLD 1900 - 1972 ARGUSlocal history, document, local goverment, mining, local events

GOLD MINERS OF CLUNES VICTORIA, ROSE AS ONE MAN ON DECEMBER 8, 1873. WHEN THEY FOUND OUT THAT MINE OWNERS WERE BRINGING IN CHINESE LABOURERS TO BREAK THE STRIKE AT LOTHAIR MINE.local history, document, newspaper, mining, chinese riot

GEOLOGICAL SKETCH PLAN AND LETTER FOR TWO RIGHTS CLAIMED BY DONALD CAMERON AT "CLUNES" - 320 ACRES IN THE WEST SIDE OF "CRESWICK CREEK" AND 160 ACRES IN EAST SIDE.1 .2 HANDWRITTEN GEOLOGICAL SKETCH/PLAN COMBINED WITH CORRESPONDENCE DATED 23 SEPTEMBER 1854 - FROM THOMAS BURR, SURVEYOR, 1854 AND PROVIDED TO THE SURVEYOR GENERAL. IT RELATED TO TWO RIGHTS CLAIMS BY PRESCRIPTION OF DONALD CAMERON ESQ.local history, plan, donald cameron, thomas burr, gold mining

SCROLL - SURVEVOR MAP AND PLAN OF NEW CRESWICK GOLD FIELDS SURFACE LEVELSlocal history, document, maps, mining - maps

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN "AUSTRALIAN POST" JUNE 4.1970TWO NEWSPAPER REPORTS (LAMINATED) REGARDING WILLIAM CAMPBELL'S DISCOVERY OF GOLD IN CLUNES IN 1851. THERE IS ALSO A HANDPRINTED FOOTNOTE.local history, document, newspaper cutting, mining

PORT PHILLIP GOLD MINE OF CLUNES EMPLOYED MANY MINERS WHO EVENTUALLY WENT TO WESTERN AUSTRALIA WHEN GOLD WAS DISCOVERED THEREORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OF EMPLOYEES OF THE PORT PHILLIP MINE. IN WOODEN FRAMESOME OF THE EMPLOYEES OF THE PORT PHILLIP GOLD MINING COMPANYlocal history, photograph, photography, mining

COLECTION OF4 COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS OF MODEL OF PORT PHILIP MINE ON DISPLAY AT CLUNES PRIMARY SCHOOL ON JULY 2002. 150 GOLD CELEBRATIONS, BEGONIA CAR RALLY HELD IN CLUNES. 3/9/2002local history, photography, photographs, mining

PHOTOCOPY OF THE MINEA PHOTOGRAPH OF THE PORT PHILLIP MINE TAKEN FROM A NORTHERLY DIRECTION IN 1866 OR 1867.PORT PHILLIP AND COLONIAL GOLD MINING COMPANY, CLUNES. GENERAL VIEW. MINE AND WORKSlocal history, photography, photographs, mining

A CUTTING FROM DAILY TELEGRAPH TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28,1978 WITH A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE MONUMENT IN THE SPOT WHERE GOLD WAS FIRST REPORTED.CLUNES LIVES UP TO ITS TRANQUIL NAME.local history, document, newspaper, mining, monument, gold rush 1850

AN ARTICLE ON THE HISTORY OF CLUNES.NEWSPAPER CUTTING ABOUT CLUNES WITH PHOTOGRAPH OF THE PORT PHILLIP AND COLONIAL GOLD MINING COMPANY."THE DIGGERS" BY BILL MYATT.local history, document, newspaper cutting, mining

Mr. Hugh Neill was one of the first engineers of the Mount Morgan Gold Mining Co. Ltd, he came to Australia from London in the 1860's and was engaged as chief engineer of the Port Phillip Gold Mining Co.1. PHOTO COPY OBITUARY NOTICE MR. N.G. NEILL 2. INTERNMENT NOTICE IN CLUNES CEMETERY OF SIX WEEKS OF AGE OF SARAH NEILL 3. CERTIFICATE HUGH NEILL ISSUED BY LODGE OF ALL NATIONS NO. 425 CLUNES. 4. CERTIFICATE OF RIGHT OF BURIAL IN CLUNES CEMETERY OF HUGH NEILLlocal history, newspaper cutting, receipt, certificate

DOCUMENT / LEAFLET EXPLAINING"WHO WAS JAMES ESMOND",HIS PLACE IN THE HISTORY OF CLUNES AND GOLD DISCOVERY (7xCopies)local history, document, history, mining, james esmond

SHIRE OF TALBOT AND CLUNES DOCUMENTS REGARDING PORT PHILLIP MINE AND THE QUARTZ MINING COMPANIES..1 .2 .3 PHOTOCOPIED PAGES MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT PORT PHILLIP AND CLUNES QUARTZ MINING COMPANIES.UNDATED AND UNSIGNED .4 .5 PHOTOCOPIED PAGES OF PORT PHILLIP AND COLONIAL GOLD MINING COMPANY PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED local history, document, memorandum of agreement, mining

.1 EXTRACT OF A PUBLICATION REPORTING ON THE WORKS OF THE PORT PHILLIP AND COLONIAL GOLD MINING COMPANY p.293 (Publication unknown) .2 EXTRACT FROM A JOURNAL RELATING TO THE MINERALS OF THE CLUNES GOLDFIELD p.47 Australian Mineralogist, volume 3, April-June, 1988local history, document, mining