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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: CORNISH ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 2001
Cornish Association of Bendigo & District Inc. Newsletter Volume 7: Number 4: December 2001. Titled Early Ethnic Gold Pioneers. Members met at the Chinese Museum before taking a walk down the street to view the Centenary of Federation display which is housed in the Museum, situated in the Old Post Office. Sir John Quick is also mentioned. According to Lorna Erwin, Publicity Officer for the Bendigo Cornish Association, the display covers some of the major aspects of mining, education, communications, health, religion, sporting and social life in Bendigo over the last 100 years and provides an interesting and informative comparison between life in Bendigo in 1901 and life today. Also mentioned is Bendigo can be proud of the Museum which was made possible by a grant from the Federal Government to allow Bendigo to share in the Centenary of Federation Celebrations.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - cornish association newsletter december 2001, cornish association of bendigo & district inc, george a ellis, eaglehawk fire statin, chinese museum, centenary of federation, old post office, sir john quick, bendigo advertiser, bathurst convention of 1896, commonwealth constitution 1897 - 1898, lorna erwin -
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Photograph - CENTRAL DEBORAH MINE, 1960 ?
... purchased by City Council for Mining Museum. '.... Now purchased by City Council for Mining Museum. ' Photograph ...black and white photo : Central Deborah Gold Mining N.L. poppet head with corrugated iron sheds in foreground and right rear. On back Mng 49 ' Central Deborah 1960's ? ' On front op ' Central Deborah Mine, off High St., Golden Square. Now purchased by City Council for Mining Museum. 'Robert Wallace Stucioes, 6 Ruth St., Golden Square.organization, business, central deborah gold mine -
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Photograph - CENTRAL DEBORAH MINE, approx 1967
... ., Golden Square - now purchased by City Council for Mining Museum...., Golden Square - now purchased by City Council for Mining Museum ...black and white photo ( 5 copies ) of Central Deborah poppet head with sheds, ( corrugated ) in foreground and right ( background ) On front printed ' Central Deborah Mine - off High St., Golden Square - now purchased by City Council for Mining Museum. On back : mng 23 5 copies / RHSV, Bendigo Branch.Robert Wallace Studioes, 6 Ruth Street, Golden Square Phone BGO 37565 ( on back )organization, business, central deborah gold mine -
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Book - CHINESE AND THE LAW, THE GOLDEN DRAGON MUSEUM, 2001
Chinese and The Law, the Golden Dragon Museum 35 page bookletBrian Barrow.victoria, history, chinese, gold mines and mining, chinese - history - australia. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - THE WALK FROM ROBE, 2001
The Walk From Robe. Celebrating the determination and suffering of the Chinese entering South Australia and walking from Robe to the Victorian goldfields. 30 page booklet with black and white printsBendigo Chinese Association Museum Inc.bendigo, chinese, history, chinese - australia history, gold mines and mining, chinese on the goldfields. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - CENTRAL DEBORAH GOLD MINE
... by the Bendigo City Council to be retained as a Mining Museum. Markings... to be retained as a Mining Museum. Markings/Inscriptions: Central Deborah ...Black and white photo. Central Deborah Gold Mine, corner Violet and Creek Streets, Bendigo. 1939-1954. Shaft 1347 feet deep. Gold extracted 29,460 ounces. This mine was purchased by the Bendigo City Council to be retained as a Mining Museum. Markings/Inscriptions: Central Deborah Mine. Corner Violet and Creek Streets. 1939-1954. Shaft 1347 feet. Gold 29,460 ozs. This Mine has been purchased by the Bendigo City Council to be retained as a Mining Museum.organization, business, central deborah gold mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - GRAPTOLITE COLLECTION: MINING AND GEOLOGICAL JOURNAL 1938
4 pages from the 'Mining and Geological Journal', July 1938. Front page is an index to figures in the graptolite collection. 'Numbers in brackets are taken from the Fossils Register of the Mines Department Museum, Melbourne, and refer to the specimens in the Museum.' Lancefieldian, Bendigonian, Chewtonian, Castlemainian, Yapeenian, Middle Ordovician, Upper Ordovician, Gisbornian, Estonian and Bolindian categories are described. The numbers on the BHS fossil collection relate to the numbers/names on the page. Two following pages illustrate the fossil types within the major categories. Small sign with pages ' 'Fossils, Bendigo & /surrounding Districts' was with the fossil display in a glass display cabinet, ex Museum of Mines Museum, Bendigo. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - CENTRAL NELL GWYNNE MINE - CENTRAL NELL GWYNNE AREA DEVELOPMENT
... as a mining museum and to compile a directory dealing with all aspects... as a mining museum and to compile a directory dealing with all aspects ...Typed notes on the development of the Central Nell Gwynne Area for tourism. Mentions restoration of poppet legs, extending safety braces, erect mining type buildings in their correct positions, engine-house over engine-beds, etc to act as a mining museum and to compile a directory dealing with all aspects of gold-mining on the Bendigo goldfield.mine, gold, central nell gwynne mine, central nell gwynne mine, central nell gwynne area development -
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Book - MINING IN BENDIGO COLLECTION: BOOK - CAN WE HELP YOU?
Small, faded greenish book titled 'Can We Help You?' issued by Geo. Brown, Secretary for Mines under the authority of The Hon. H. E. Bolte, M. L. A., Minister of Mines. Mines Department Melbourne, Victoria 1949,(Sixth Edition). Printed by J. J. Gourley, Government Printer, Melbourne. In the front of the book is a Plan showing location of Mines Department Head Office, Geological Museum & Laboratory. Book is set out in a question and answer format. Book covers subjects on mininng and petroleum leases and licences.book, book, can we help you?, geo brown, the hon h e bolte, mines department melb, j j gourley, mines department head office geological museum & laboratory, royal mint melbourne -
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Document - NEW CHUM & VICTORIA LINES OF REEF - NOTES ON VICTORIA HILL FOR TOURIST ATTRACTION
... and a mining museum at the Central Nell Gwynne. On the back... to be taken to do the work and a mining museum at the Central Nell ...Handwritten notes outlining a plan for Victoria Hill, Central Nell Gwynne and New Chum Hill to be the focal position for a tourist attraction. Outlines steps to be taken to do the work and a mining museum at the Central Nell Gwynne. On the back of the page is a sketch of Victoria & New Chum Hills. On the plan is the Battery, Rae, Rae's House, Rae's Open Cut, Wittscheibe, Midway, Victoria Quartz, Lansell's 180 Shaft and the Recreation Reserve.document, gold, new chum & victoria lines of reef, new chum & victoria lines of reef, notes on victoria hill for tourist attraction, central nell gwynne, new chum hill, bendigo and district tourist development association, victoria hill, lansell's big 180, victoria quartz, rae, rae's house, rae's open cut -
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Document - VICTORIA HILL - THE BENDIGO DIGGINGS, PRELIMINARY DRAFT FOR BROCHURE
Nine typed pages of notes on a preliminary draft for a brochure on the Bendigo Diggings. First part is the objective which is to preserve the mining history and to have exhibits in the places they were used, e.g. quartz mining machinery exhibited in a quartz mining area, not on an alluvial field. Part B is historical notes on the area. Part C is the Site - Victoria Hill area. Part D is Stage One which consists of carpark area, technological museum, restaurant, mineral haulage line, picnic ground, earthworks and planting over the area. Part E is Stage Two which will consist of the open-air exhibits, in the area surrounded by the mineral haulage line, and the Central Nell Gwynne mine on the west side of the site. Part F is Stage Three which will consist of the winery, the steam tram track, the lake, the wildlife sanctuary and various buildings associated with gold mining. Part G is Costing with the prices to be filled in. Parts H and I are the Appeal and the Committee. Details to be filled in.mining, marketing, victoria hill, victoria hill, the bendigo diggings - preliminary draft for brochure, aust national travel association, tullamarine jetport, emu bottom homestead, kyneton historical museum, chinese joss house, eaglehawk museum, whipstick scrub, cairn curran reservoir, castelmaine historical museum and market hall, national trust, ballarat hiatorical park, echuca's hopwood gardens, swan hill folk museum, gibson's mount alexander no 2 squatting run, captain brown, chief commissioner wright, hustler's reef, thomas hustler, mining board, drainage of reefs act 1862, first world war, bendigo amalgamated goldfields, second world war, sandhurst, w c vahland, battery trams, horse trams, steam trams, electric trams, central nell gwynne mine, theodore ballerstadt, george lansell, new chum hill, ballerstadt's open cut, 180 mine, new chum syncline battery, william rae, victoria quartz, wittscheibe's 'jeweller's shop', luffsman and sterry, gold mines hotel, adventure, bendigo and district tourist association, bendigo city council, bendigo branch of the royal historical society of victoria, professor brian lewis, school of architecture and building at the university of melbourne, taylor horsfield, lord robert cecil, south australian gold commissioner