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Federation University Historical Collection
Book, R. Kirke Rose, The Metallurgy of Gold, 1898, 1898
T. Kirke Rose was an Associate of the Royal School o fMines, an Fellow of the Chemical Society amd ASsistant Assayer of the Royal Mint.Red hard covered, indexed book of 528 pages, with numerous illustrationsInside front :To Alfred John Hill with all good wished for a successful career from Alf Mica Smith Daniel Walker School of Mines Ballarat June 1900alfred mica smith, daniel walker, alfred john hill, mining, metallurgy, alloys, gold, cyanides, shallow deposits, water, quartz crushing, stamp battery, chilian mill, stanford's feeder, mercury, screens, concentration, hartz jigs, percusion tanle, roastin, butters mill, kennel, california, pyritic smelting -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Ballarat School of Mines Stubb Book (relating to payments to staff), 1908, 1908
... Ballarat School of Mines Stubb Book (relating to payments ...Hard covered stubb book with bluecover and red tape spine. Lists Ballarat School of Mines staffmembers, and the amount of wages they were paid. ballarat school of mines, salary, wages, f.j. martell, a.d. gilchrist, frederick j. martell, h.j. hall, a.e. kerr, h.r. murphy, j.b. robinson, j.m. sutherland, b. whitington, a.g. garrard, c.e. campbell, c. deane, e. j. mcconnon, f.w. hawkins, d. cameron, reginald callister, j.w. montgomery, h.h. smith, j. turnbull, john brittain, m. young, f. foster, j. jolly, b.r. isaac, a. lilburne, a. bowman, w. geldand, f. jago, a. cant, m.b. john, r.w. baxter, l. blick, new normanby gold mining compant, j. b. robinson, w. williams, w. cornell, h. troon, j.h. trotman, j.e. white and sons, j. mann, g. nightingale, w. featherstone, j. montgomery -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph Album, Ballarat College of Advanced Education Faculty of Science Photo Album, c1987
Maroon photograph album with photographs thought to be Ballarat College of Advanced Education Science students and staff. Includes a photograph of the Lal Lal Ironworks kiln in the early 1970s.ballarat college of advanced education t-shirt, bbq, ray martin, brian sunter, laboratory, mineral industry laboratory, mount helen, bill vermeend, frank hurley, jim thyer, barry shearer, lyn robert, frank martin, colin kline, alan ballard, roger johnson, david james, ian mckee, robert pyke, bushnell, judy dixon, dennis else, john murray, peter dahlhaus, kim dowling, richard macewan, aziz albazazz, susanne hynes, stafford mcknight, bob smith, paul bennett, athol shelton, peter richards, geoff brooks, computers, snow, snowman, bruce cameron, iron monarch, mining, lal lal iron mine, ginny goff, ausimm scholarship, diane haddon, david martin, glenn kreelman, sunter's, clarendon, anne beggs sunter, foundry, stawell, brian sunter's farewell, jack harvey, microscope, metallurgy -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, K.H. Fraenkel, Manual on Rock Blasting Vol 2, 1953, 1953
School of Mines and Industries is a predecessor of Federation UniversityThe School of Mines and Industry Ballarat was established as a school to teach about mining in 1870, this book would have been a good example of the information taught at the school.Manual in a hard covered ring binder. The manual is written in English and Swedish. Includes illustrations.rock blasting, mining, compressed air supply, compressor plants, rock drills, explosives, electrical firing, short delay blasting, ventilation -
Federation University Historical Collection
Image, Ballarat School of Mines Aerial View with Dates of Buildings, 1976
... Ballarat School of Mines Aerial View with Dates of ...Aerial photograph of the Ballarat School of Mines, with establishment date for each building. ballarat school of mines, aerial, buildings, former ballarat gaol, mining laboratory, hillman hall, former supreme court, administration building, ballarat technical art school, former wesley church, ballarat girls technical school, ballarat junior technical school, albert street, grant street, lydiard street south, armstrong street south, dana street -
Federation University Historical Collection
Letter, Letter from the South Australia Department of Mines to the Ballarat School of Mines, 22/08/1961
... Letter from the South Australia Department of Mines to the ...Professor F.M. Krause acted as consultant for the New Ediacara Silver Mining Co., N.L and the Ediacare Consols Silver Mining Co., N.L, both located at Beltana, South Australia.Foolscap typed letter from L.W. Parkin, Acting Directr of Mines at the South Australia Depatment of Mines to Harry E. Arblaster, Principal of the Ballarat School of Mines. The letter addresses information about former Ballarat School of Mines Professer Ferdinand M. Krause, and the hope his work may address the Ediacara Mine.ferdinand krause, south australia deparment of mines, harold arblaster, new ediacara silver mining co, beltana, greenwood's shaft, rosewarne's shaft, south australian department of mines, new ediacara silver mining co., n.l, ediacare consols silver mining co., south australia -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Jacobs Lewis Vines Architects and Conservation Planners, Historic Sites Survey: Ballarat Study Area, 1980, 1980
This survey was commissioned by the Land Conservation Council, Australian Heritage Commission and the Ministry for Conservation 114 page report on historic sites in the Ballarat region. It includes information on sites, a schexdule of sites, silte selection and designated areas (ie around towns)historic sites, ballarat, wendy jacobs, miles lewis, gary vines, berringa, buninyong, creswick, dunnstown, fiery creek, lal lal, langi logan, cathcart, mount cole, mount egerton, nerrina, gong gong, wombat state forest, railways, explorers routes, early roads, land conservation council, ausralian hertiage commission, department of planning, icomos (burra) charter, nigel lewis, richard aitken, freehold land, public land, langi ghiran, new jubille mine, birthday tunnel mine, pitfield plains, smythesdale, buninyong company, mount clear, mt clear, canadian gully, warrenheip distillery, thomas mitchell, waterloo, trawalla, beaufort, raglan, internment camps, forestry, mining, mining, mt egerton, mary hollick collection, jubilee mine, burra charter, historica areas data form, explorers, egerton company, black horse mine, mt egerton government battery, kaolin mines, anderson brothers, barkstead, anderson's tramway, clarkesdale, berry leads, birthday tunnel mine berringa, warrenheip, australasian company, mount mercer, lanvi-kal-kal, water race -
Federation University Historical Collection
Document, The School of Mines, Ballarat January Examinations for Captains of Shift - Alluvial Mines, 1874, 01/1874
... The School of Mines, Ballarat January Examinations for ...A number of printed, foolscap examinations for the Ballarat School of Mines January Examinations in 1874 for Captain of Shift - Quartz Mines. ballarat school of mines, captains of shift, examination, alluvial mining -
Federation University Historical Collection
Document, The School of Mines, Ballarat January Examinations for Captains of Shift - Alluvial Mines, 1874, 10/1873
... The School of Mines, Ballarat January Examinations for ...A number of printed, foolscap examinations for the Ballarat School of Mines January Examinations in 1874 for Captain of Shift - Quartz Mines. Examiner was Henry Rosales J.P.ballarat school of mines, captains of shift, examination, henry rosales, captain of shift, quartz mining -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, A Bill to Further Amend the Mines Acts, 1908, 28/07/1908
... A Bill to Further Amend the Mines Acts, 1908 ...Brown stappled book with missing cover brought in by Mr McLeod and Mr E.H. Cameron mining, act, mining act -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet - Student information, Ballarat School of Mines General Information for Diploma Students Booklets, 1 & .2 1963, .3 1959/1960
... Ballarat School of Mines General Information for Diploma ....1 , .2 & .3 Beige colour booklets of 4, and 11 pages, .4 & .5 pale green booklets of 11 pages and .6 & .7 red booklets of 16 pages, with information about length of courses, the academic year, class times, credit for subjects of course, examinations, exemptions, the awarding of the diploma, conferring of diplomas, entrance to university, extra curricular activities, school boards, enrolment and re enrolment, and payment of fees. ballarat school of mines and industries, diploma information, the diploma school, applied chemistry, metallurgy, geology, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, civil engineering, mining engineering, applied physics, art -
Federation University Historical Collection
Letter, Henry Harvey of Hokitika New Zealand to Ballarat School of Mines, 1884, 1884
... Mines, 1884 ...Letter regarding analysis of material.henry harvey, hokitika, new zealand, ballarat school of mines, minerals, analysis, mining -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, The Science and Art of Mining: Handbook for Mining Students and Colliery Managers
Fifty page book with the following sections: * Geology * Surveying * Lighting of Mines (safety lamp, Dr Clowes' gas detecting lamp, Mueseler and Marsact Safety Lamp * Coal Miners Regulation Actcoal mining, colliery, mining, safety lamp -
Federation University Historical Collection
Unknown - Model, Roof and Chimney Model
An important part of apprenticeship training involved building detailed models using required techniques. This model was constructed by a Ballarat School of Mines student enrolled in the Plumbing course. This model of a roof and chimney was made by a plumbing student in the early days of the School of Mines Ballarat. The School of Mines was a trade and mining school located in the historic gold rush town of Ballarat. The model is made from 3 Ply timber. The students were often required to build these models to demonstrate their level of knowledge of what they had been taught at trade school. Although they were often made there are not many of these models intact and in this condition. The oldest Technical School in Australia and is celebrating 150 years in 2020Cut away section model made of 3-ply and timber. The roof is blue and the chimney is brown. trades, apprentice, ballarat school of mines, plumbing, model -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, The Institution of Mining and Metallurgy: List of members (with topographical index, etc., 1923, 1923
Ballarat School of Mines graduate, Reginald Brooks, is listed as a member from Melbourne. Also J.V. Lake from Ballarat, J.W. Sutherland from Boulder, John Adam from GwalaBuff soft covered book.j.v. lake, reginald brook, institution of mining and metallurgy, john adam, j.w. sutherland -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Gippsland east: its geology & mining development, 1936
... Mines Department ...Soft brown covered book of 45 pages about East Gippsland mining and development. Includes map of Gippsland East, Lakes Entrance. Includes Lakes Entrance, Metung, Beng Worden, Bairnsdale, Longford, Torquay.gippsland east, gippsland, geology, mining, mines department, geo. brown, e.j. hogan -
Federation University Historical Collection
Document, Albert W. Strange, Ballarat Historical Park Description of Mining Processes & Equipment as a Guide to the Diggings and Quartz Mine, 1970, 02/1970
A guide to teh Sovereign Hill Diggings and Quartz MineSix typed pages including information onf the North Normanby Mine, deep leads at Ballarat, alluvial diggingsbert strange, sovereign hill, ballarat historical park, gold diggings, quartz mine, north normanby mine, cornish boiler, deep leads, ballarat east, windlass, alluvial diggings, wash paddock, windsail, shanty, quartz mining, puddling machine, hand whip, horse drawn whip, horse drawn whim, albert strange -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Geology, Chemical, Physical, and Stratigraphical, 1886
These books were added to the library of the School of Mines Ballaarat in 1889. The author was Joseph Prestwich, who was a Professor of Geology at the University of Oxford.Two brown hard cloth covered books, Vol 1 & vol 2 with gold printing on the front cover and on the spine. .1) has a coloured fold out map of the World opposite the title page .20 has a coloured fold out map of Europe..1) A label is attached to the inside front cover with The School of Mines Ballaarat and the no. 955 and date purchased 14/3/89 (1889) as well as the institutions stamp in several places throughout the book. .2) As above but with no. 956 and on the inside fly is written in pencil 'Stamped in Error' with a Ballarat School of Mines Student Library stamp crossed out.geology, bookplate, library plate, ballarat school of mines library, joseph prestwich, geological map of the world, geological map of europe, hieropolis thermal springs, rockss, ice, volvanoes, earthquakes, metallurgy, shakespeare's cliff dover, wapley, gloucestershire, redruth mining district, fossils, reptilian footprints, chalk, london clay -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, Federation University Geoscience and Mining Group Annual Report, 2018, 2018
Blue and white soft covered report. A pdf of this report is available with this record. federation university australia, school of science and information technology, geoscience and mining group, stephen carey, selwyn medal, stafford mcknight, ausimm, manoj khandelwal, michael tuck, greg you, larissa loroznikova, ander guinea, haydn swan, ausimm central victoria regional symposium\rex berthelsen, timor-leste study tour, nicole cox, alfredo piros scholarship, fred canavan award, national australian mining games ausimm, cody holman, keith whitehouse, aden cross, brendan carlisle, daiel matthews, fosterville, central debosrah gold mining site visit, weekeroo, ballarat east mine, castlemaine goldfields, ballarat, rerilya limited, broken hill, catalyst metals, bendigo, agr geoscience, ballarat, evolution mninig, cowal, ramuelius resources, mt magnet gold mine, wa, downer mining -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Booklet - Mines Department, Victoria, Antimony Mining At Ringwood by H.E. Wilkinson, 1971
Between 1869 and 1892, the Ringwood antimony mines produced more than 3,500 tons of antimony ore, which represented bout 15 per cent of Victoria's antimony production for that period. Much greater amounts were later taken from the mines at Costerfield and the Ringwood mines lapsed into obscurity. Most of the information in this booklet has been obtained from published and unpublished Geological Survey and Mines Department reports and Lease Records. (See full list of references included). -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: DISCOVER BENDIGO
Photocopy of a Bendigo Weekly article titled Discover Bendigo by James Lerk, dated 30 June 2000. Article mentions the inrush of water into the Victoria Quartz Mine and the breakage of the cables which held the water-baling tank. Other mines had been baling as well. It became too expensive to keep on with the baling. The article also has a photo of the Victoria Quartz.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - discover bendigo, james lerk, bendigo weekly, victoria quartz, i e dyason, w hunter, e g mueller, g w lansell, l v lansell, j h craig, new chum railway, mining department, lansell estate, mr a h merrin, victoria quartz company, the bendigo advertiser -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: SOME HISTORICAL INFORMATION
12 photocopied pages. Page four has acknowledgements, Page five mentions Pen-Portraist by Raly Wallace and Kevin Vallence, Page 14 mentions some rich areas: White Hills, Red Hill (now Virginia Hill), Eaglehawk, Golden Gully, New Chum Gully, Long Gully, Spring Gully, Derwent Gully, California Gully, Sailors Gully and Peg Leg Gully. There are two sketches on the page: Windless, by W. Ralston, Australasian Sketcher 20/12/1879 (D O'Hoy Collection) and a sketch of some miners in a tent with some mining equipment in front of it. There are two men in front of a fire at the front of the tent. Page 16 has a sketch of an old brick house with iron lace on the veranda and a picket fence at the front. Page 17 mentions the school and some Friendly Societies and Church. Page 22 mentions Quartz Mining. There is a Lithograph of a Quartz outcrop, New Chum Gully 1852 by George Rowe and a View of Surface Workings 1861, a Batchelder Photo. Page 23 mentions Edward Nucella Emmett, a pioneer gold digger who became involved in many important public issues. Page 25 mentions Company Mining and Crushing. It has a sketch of a Primitive Quart Crusher. Page 37 Mentions Richard Pope, a Miner who tramped from job to job in Bendigo and eventually followed the rush to Broken Hill. Page 38 mentions the Eaglehawk Brass Band and Friendly Societies in Eaglehawk. Page 39 is headed Miner's Cottage. It mentions stone miners' cottages. Page 40 has a sketch of a Georgian Style Sandstone Cottage Harvey Town. Page 41 mentions men sweeping the road to get gold, Bull Family grocery shop and a blacksmith. Page 42 is headed St. Augustine's. Page 43 has a sketch of St. Augustine's Church. Page 59 is headed Bendigo Amalgamated Goldfields (B.A.G.) Edward Clarence Dyason was largely behind a new company set up in 1917 to work the Bendigo field in an entirely new way. (B.A.G.) wished to take over all existing mining companies, and place them under a single management structure.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - some historical information, mr l hooley, mr l bennetts, mr w watson, mr w heraud, mr d m davies, mr w perry, mr h harvey, mr a llewellyn, mr e oates, chook temple by mr alan llewellyn, mr f cusack, tracey ipsen, ray wallace, bendigo field naturalists' club, eaglehawk tree lovers' society, bendigo historical society, university of melbourne, kevin vallence, monash university, bendigo technical college, south australian writer's fellowship, windlass, w ralston, australasian sketcher 20.12.1879, d o'hoy, mechanics institute, california gully school, bell topper hill, i.o.r. (rechabites), cobden tent, refuge tent, sutton tent, m.u.i.o.o.f.'s loyal darling, bible christian church, california hill wesleyan methodist church, saint jude's anglican church, quartz mining, e n emmett, jonathan harris, haris' claim, j hustler, george rowe, batchelder, la trobe library, cave, amos, new chum line of reef, edward nucella emmett, bendigo city council, all saints, william westgarth, latham and watson, hustler's line of reef, bell and irons, ballerstedt and son, young and company, nicholas and bassit, ensor, thomas carpenter, quartz crusher, goldfields and mineral districts of victoria, richard pope, daniel webster mine, isaac dyason, old chum mine, north old chum mine, young chum mine, george lansell, lazarus, silicosis of the lungs, eaglehawk brass band, victoria hotel, mr williams, eaglehawk branch of the australian natives association, loyal catherine lodge, mr james, odd fellows in the loyal catherine lodge branch no 4935, richard harvey, thomas harvey, moonta copper mines, harvey town, national trust of australia, eaglehawk tree lovers society, saint mungo's methodist church, clark's beehive battery, world war 1, kee-young, lady barkly hotel, prankhurst, bull family, cousin jack, st augustine's, myers, nicholls, john o'brien, around the boree log, the rev dean hayes, st kilian's, bendigo amalgamated goldfields (b.a.g.), edward clarence dyason, r h s abbott, hercules and energetic, south new moon, new chum goldfields, central red white and blue consolidated, brown john, the life and times of long gully, bendigo press, val white, megan snoop -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - STRAUCH COLLECTION: BURRA MINE
Small souvenir booklet from Burra Mine, printed by D J Woolman, Director and Government Printer, South Australia February 1987 for Department of Mines and Energy, contains photographs & maps.place, mining site, burra sa, south australia-history-mining-burra -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE SOUTH DEBORAH MINE
Black and white photograph of the South Deborah mine located in Abel Street Bendigo. Note the wooden structure of the Poppet head, surrounding infrastructure and smoke emanating from the chimney. Four wheel cart near the entrance ramp, and further in the background a small two wheeled cart. Centre right is a picket fence of a house, with corner of verandah and post support showing.mining, surface equipment, south deborah mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE DEBORAH EXTENDED MINE
Black and white photograph of the big Deborah Extended mine, note the wooden structure of the poppet. Centre and left foreground is a clothes line of large and small clothing.mining, surface equipment, deborah extended mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE BIG DEBORAH MINE
black and white photograph of the Big Deborah mine, showing infrastructure, chimney, large steel tank. Note the absence of cables from top of the poppet to the engine room.mining, surface equipment, big deborah mine. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: NORTHERN GOLD MINE
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2000. Northern Gold Mining Company. From a souvenir brochure presented to the American Fleet which visited Bendigo circa 1908. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OLF THE DEVONSHIRE GROUP OF MINES
Black and white photograph of the Devonshire Group of mines. One building has the name Cuchess Tribute on the side. There are six poppet heads in the photo, and numerous buildings. There is one tall chimney and a smaller to the right, there are two much smaller chimneys in the background. Numerous mulloch heaps can be seen in different parts of the photo. Left front there appear to be tracks? Along the bottom of the photo the mines directly above those mines are named; Duchess Tribute, south Devonshire, west United Devonshire, Phoenix, Duchess of Edinburgh, and United Devonshire.bendigo, mining, mining leases -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - HISTORICAL GUIDE TO BENDIGO
... mines ...Five copies of ' The Royal Historical Society of Victoria Bendigo Branch Historical Guide to Bendigo. Including Self Tours of Bendigo's Famous Goldfields' .Cambridge Press, Bendigo.' maps, photos, illustrations. Three copies do not contain maps, however, these three copies have number stickers on the bott left front ccover, 0064.2 PAR, 0064.3 PAR, 0064.4 PAR.bendigo, history, gold mining, book, books, bendigo, bendigo history, history, gold mining, mines, the royal historical society of victoria bendigo branch, victoria, goldfields, victorian history, australian history -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - HISTORICAL GUIDE TO BENDIGO
Five copies of 'The Royal Historical Society of Victoria Bendigo Branch Historical Guide to Bendigo. Including Self Tours of Bendigo's Famous Goldfields.' Revised Edition. Printed by Cambridge Press, Bendigo 1968. photos, maps, illustrations. Two copies only have WITH FREE MAP stamped on the front cover.bendigo, history, gold mining, book, books, bendigo, history, royal historical society of victoria bendigo branch, gold, goldfields, victoria, victorian history, gold mines, gold, australian history, gold discoveries, mining. sticker bottom left front cover of two copies only 0064.5 par. 0064.6 par