Donald Clark Collection. A poster with title 'Tarnagulla Boxing Day Sports' advertising the event to be held on 18th December, 1952. Gives programme of events for the day, which was a fundraiser for the Public Hall and Progress Association. Advertisements for local businesses around edge. tarnagulla, sport, recreation, competitions, fundraising

Cream china round vase, gold rim around top and bottom rim. Coloured decal, 'the Pier, Portland'.Front: 'THE PIER, PORTLAND' Back: Makers red stamp 'VICTORIA '56/1' FINE CHINA' IMPRESSED

White fine china Westminster scallop dish with gold rim and coloured decal of Gardens Cottage, Portland.Front: 'GARDENERS COTTAGE EARLY 1800 PORTLAND - VIC' Back: Makers stamp 'Fine china WESTMINSTER AUSTRALIA'

White Westminster china coffee mug. Coloured decal of Whaler's Bluff and Grain Terminal.Front: 'PORTLAND VIC WHALERS BLUFF AND GRAIN TERMINAL BEYOND' Back: Base - Makers stamp 'FINE CHINA WESTMINSTER AUSTRALIA'souvenir of portland, portland harbour, whalers bluff, domestic item, coffee cup

THE CLUNES CHINESE RIOT 1873A PAPER PRESENTED TO THE MUSEUM PER BETTY DUNCAN BY JEROME SMALL, BEING HIS HONOURS THESIS AT LA TROBE UNIVERSITY ABOUT THE CLUNES RIOT OF 1873UNIONS AND ANTI-CHINESE AGITATION ON THE VICTORIAN GOLDFIELDS. THE CLUNES RIOT OF 1873 JEROME SMALLlocal history, history, chinese riot, mining

White, fine china pin dish with coloured transfer of gardener's cottage, wavy edge, gold rim - 'GARDENER'S COTTAGE EARLY 1800' - black print above transfer. 'PORTLAND VIC' - black print beneath transfer.Back: Makers Mark 'Fine china Westminster Australia'decorative dish, ceramic, souvenir of portland

Cylindrical tin, sealed at both ends, with label depicting fruit in orange, light blue and dark blue around sides. Golden Bar Jam Light Plum Jam from the Golden City of Bendigo.

In 2005 Michele Matthews interviewed current and former residents of Bendigo for her thesis on the 1930s Depression as part of her PhD Research, with the University of Melbourne Faculty of Arts, History Department. Michele interviewed fifteen members of prominent Bendigonian families. The thesis was titled: "How Depressing?: The impact of the Great Depression on Bendigo and District 1925-1935". The Michele Matthews Collection contains fourteen audio cassette tape recordings and one written transcript. The tapes are each approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes duration. The questions presented to the interviewees explore everyday experiences they would have lived through at the time of the Depression. The questions covered sixteen relevant subjects: • Introduction and housing • Social activities, swimming, cinemas, school and games played with friends • Organizations such as the RSL, Relief Committees etc. and any effect they had on family life • The life of the single woman • Unemployment and Employment • Government Assistance • Charities Aid • Self-help • People Power, e.g. boycotts or protests • Politics • Trouble or crime • Family Health, Medical and Diet • Education • General memories of, and hardships encountered, during the DepressionAudio tape interview with Vera Goodman (Nee Lakey). Daughter of Calivil Sheep, Cattle and Wheat Farmer George James Lakey and Eleanor Harriet. Vera was born in 1909. She attended school at Dingee and Yalook in 1915-1922. She married Alan Richard Goodman in 1932. The tape has been converted to a sound file. The 90 minute interview can be listened to, and the notes viewed, at the Bendigo Historical Society. By appointment only.history, bendigo, michele matthews collection, the 1930s depression tapes, vera goodman

In 2005 Michele Matthews interviewed current and former residents of Bendigo for her thesis on the 1930s Depression as part of her PhD Research, with the University of Melbourne Faculty of Arts, History Department. Michele interviewed fifteen members of prominent Bendigonian families. The thesis was titled: "How Depressing?: The impact of the Great Depression on Bendigo and District 1925-1935". The Michele Matthews Collection contains fourteen audio cassette tape recordings and one written transcript. The tapes are each approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes duration. The questions presented to the interviewees explore everyday experiences they would have lived through at the time of the Depression. The questions covered sixteen relevant subjects: • Introduction and housing • Social activities, swimming, cinemas, school and games played with friends • Organizations such as the RSL, Relief Committees etc. and any effect they had on family life • The life of the single woman • Unemployment and Employment • Government Assistance • Charities Aid • Self-help • People Power, e.g. boycotts or protests • Politics • Trouble or crime • Family Health, Medical and Diet • Education • General memories of, and hardships encountered, during the DepressionAudio tape interview with William Frederick Hillman. Son of Robert James Hillman (who was a fitter for the Victorian Railways), and Elizabeth Hebden. William was born in 1917. He attended school at Gravel Hill State School, 1922-1931. William married Bernice Alwyn Hillman in 1943. The tape has been converted to a sound file. The 90 minute interview can be listened to, and the notes viewed, at the Bendigo Historical Society. By appointment only.history, bendigo, michele matthews collection, the 1930s depression tapes, william frederick hillman