CONTENT; visitor comments about the museum from 10/11/2018 to 07/01/2023HARDCOVER, BOUND, BLACK VINYL COVER WITH GOLDCOLOURED METAL CORNERSvisitors book, clunes museum

.1 DARK BLUE SOFT COVER, EUREKA 150, A PROGRAM ABOUT THE 150TH ANNIVERSERY OF THE STRUGGLE AT THE EUREKA STOCKADE .2 WEEKLY TIMES NEWSPAPER, SOUVENIR EDITION 125 YEARS- FIRST PUBLISHED 11/09/1869. THIS EDITION PUBLISHED 07/09/1994, PRICE $ 1.1Othe weekly times, 125 years weekly times, eureka 150

Subsequent to the wrecking of the Light of the Age marine concretions and corrosion products formed a cement capping over the cargo, stabilising and protecting it. The site of the Light of the Age was found by divers in late 1960s, and soon became a popular diving site. Huge amounts of intact crockery were removed from the wreck by boatloads of divers, including distinctive brown glazed teapots with legs (one diving author named it 'the Teapot Wreck' (Denmead, 1973: 78-82), 'Greek Key' patterned transferware, Cooper & Wood Portobello black glass three piece bottles, and sauce, preserve and condiment bottles often with contents (gooseberries, raspberries, olives) and seals intact. Larger items including a signal cannon and an anchor were removed from the site, while divers seeking souvenirs commonly used cold chisels to chip objects free of the concretion 'cap' which had stabilised and protected the remaining cargo for so long. In 1982 this situation was drastically changed when someone used explosives to further break concretions. However the charge was too powerful resulting in the site's complete destruction and the remaining items to become scattered and broken. Abraded and worn ceramic objects washed up on the beach are invariably collected by beachgoers, including fragments of crockery, figurines and animal figures used for 19th century household decoration and toys. The Light of the Age is archaeologically significant as the wreck of an international immigrant ship with an inward bound cargo. It is historically significant for its association with both the Black Ball and White Star Lines which carried thousands of immigrants to Australia. Built in 1855 and lost on 16 January 1868 now lies at Point Lonsdale Beach, half a mile west from Point Lonsdale, Port Phillip Heads.01- 1 shallow bowl, 02- 1 sweet bowl, 03- 1 willow pattern service dish, 04- 2 ladle cups [no handles], 05 06- 2 egg cups, 07- 2 bread and butter plates, 08- 1 condiment bowl lidWedgwood deep saucer; Pearl stone china, Ribbon, Wedgewood Willow Pattern service dish, Staffordshire Stone China, Fenton, No10shipwrecks, salvage, crockery, light of the age, clippers

Letter - four duplicated foolscap sheets, dated 1/2/1962 to the Town Clerks of the City of Ballarat and the Borough of Sebastopol advised that the SECV is planning to close the Ballarat system. Details the losses, fares not covering costs, TRB for alternative bus services, the future of the tramway employees. Signed by D H Munro, SECV Secretary Enclosed a number of copies of the letter for Councillors and the Press. Yields information the 1962 move to close both Ballarat and Bendigo and the impact of the loss of employment on the SECV crews and wages employees.Memo - foolscap sheets - typed carbon copy. Two copies held - one stapled in the top left hand corner.secv, closure, bendigo, ballarat, tramways, staff, personnel

Prepared by volunteer Peter LIBBIS in the 1990s, used for reference, particularly in the writing of "Chartered Scoundrels" 2006/07"List of Sandridge/Port Melbourne Hotels" researched by Peter Libbis, lists of licencees and "occupiers" by hotel name, printouts A4, bound with black plastic; white front cover with plastic protection sheet, back cover black, 91 pagesNotations added throughoutpeter libbis, business and traders - hotels

.1 TOURELLO REGISTER, PUPILS REGISTER STATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT TOURELLO NO 740 1914 TO 1976 WITH SOME LOSE ADMISSION AND TRANSFER FORMS IN A FOLDER COVERED WITH BROWN PAPER .2 TEACHERS TIME BOOK, STATE SCHOOL 740 TOURELLO JUNE 1962 TO JUNE 1966 .3 TEACHERS TIME BOOK STATE SCHOOL 740 TOURELLO MAY 1957 TO JUNE 1962 .4 TWO BOOKLETS " CENTENARY CLUNES PRIMARY SCHOOL NO 1552 1875 TO 1975M WUTG PHOTOGRAPHS AND THE HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL.4 50C IN BIRO IN TOP CORNERtourello primary school, tourello register, teachers time book, centenary clunes primary school