James Rouhan, 19 years of age, was accused of murdering his sweetheart, Kate Beachley, with an axe, in Lydiard St., Ballarat in October 1904. Sentenced to death, commuted to life imprisonmentPrison record for James Rouhan, prisoner registered number 30737, giving details of the prisoner, his crimes and the dates and places of his trials.james rouhan, english speaking prisoner, murder, kate beachley

Made by Roland Frank and drwan and coloured by Gudrun Frank-Heider-Gollong at Camp 3, compound BIn box of 3 ply - On left Snowwhite and one of the 7 dwarfs shaking hands. No. 2 has a lantern, 3 a shovel, 4 gunny bag, 5 axe and carrying front end of a cross cut saw with 6 and 7 carrying firewoodfrieze, gollong h, frank r, snow white, 7 dwarfs, vollmer h, camp 3, tatura, ww2 camp 3, handcrafts, woodcarving

Site said to be the new Mt. Dandenong Tourist Road a short distance past present Silvandale Store (Kalorama Post Office now). Early model vehicle and passengers delayed by tree across road. Not much progress being made with axe.kalorama, mt. dandenong tourist road, silvandale store

Blue Doctor's Certificate dated Aug 21st, 1877, certifying that Christian Weip of Axe Creek was able to follow his usual employment. Signed by H. L. Atkinson. Signed at the end by Christian Weip declaring himself off the Sick Funds.societies, aof, correspondence, ancient order of foresters no 3770 collection - doctor's certificate, court king of the forest, christian weip, h l atkinson, j brockley

A brief history of the areas of Strathfieldsaye, Junortoun, Longlea, Axedale, Kimbolton, Redesdale, Lyal, Myrtle Creek, Axe Creek, Eppalock, Emu Creek, Sedgwick, Mandurang, Mandurang South and Diamond Hill.399 pages, illus. Hard cover.bendigo

BHS CollectionDiggers & mining. Life Of The Selectors. Minor sitting in front of his makeshift hut smoking a cigarette. Some of the necessities of a miner which are visible in the picture are; wheelbarrow, barrel for a table, buckets, shovels, axe, gold pan, hand saw, tin cup, wash board, axe, frypan horse collar, saw horse/also doubles as a seat, barrel/also used for storage, large pan, fresh fish hanging. Markings; Life Of The Selectors 1860-1890. Set 432 No. 5. Selector's Hut, East Gippsland - photo by N. J. Claire, 1884. Used as a teaching aid.Visual Education Centreeducation, tertiary, goldfields

Belt was owned by Senior Firefighter (S/F) W.G. Jamieson who was stationed at Ballarat Fire Station as part of the permanent staff.Dark brown leather firemans belt with brass buckle. Belt makes up part of a firemans gear belt which carried a small axe (tomahawk), hydrant spanner and personal guideline. Belt has a brass eyelet through it to allow attachment of the guideline. Nilw g jamieson, firemans belt, ballarat fire station

This is a photo of Fred Warren, a timber worker.A photocopy of a photo showing a man standing with his hands on his hips beside a large felled log. A cross-cut saw and axe are lodged in the log and four pieces of cut timber form a pyramid at the left front. A dog sits to the right of the man."Fred Warren, Timber Worker". This seems to have been added to the bottom when the photocopy was made.people, warren, timber industries, logging

The stauroscope is an instrument for studying characteristic properties of anisotropic mineral particles. Later petrografic microscopes incorporate the stauroscope feature. Calderon Stauroscope in a hinged timber box. An optical device resembling a microscope with a vertical axes. The composite tube is made of brass, and is adjustabbly attached to a splayed-leg base equipped with a traingula section pillar. Instrument and accessoried housed in a brown polished timber box stauroscope, scientific instrument, microscope

Blue paper dated July 26 1876. I hereby certify that Christian Wa? Of Axe Creek Is unable to follow his usual employment. Signed by H. L. Atkinson. Signed at the end by Christian Wa? declaring himself on the Sick Funds of the Court.societies, aof, correspondence, ancient order of foresters no 3770 collection - medical certificate, court king of the forest, christian wa?, h l atkinson

Blue paper dated March 9th 1868. I hereby certify that Jno ? Of Axe Creek is unable to follow his usual employment. Signed H. L. Atkinson. M.D. Also signed at the end by Jno ?, declaring himself on the Sick Funds of the Court.societies, aof, correspondence, ancient order of foresters no. 3770 collection - medical certificate, court king of the forest, jno ?, h l atkinson

This set produced by the Victorian Department of Natural Resources and Environ met and Aboriginal Affairs Victoria. Mini poster 1: Aboriginal scarred trees; 2 Aboriginal mounds; [3 missing]; 4 Aboriginal flaked stone tools; 5 Aboriginal burials; 6 Aboriginal surface scatters; [7 missing]; 8 Aboriginal ground-edge axes; 9 Aboriginal grinding stones; 10 Aboriginal stone arrangements; [11 missing]; 12 Aboriginal axe-grinding grooves; 13 Aboriginal coastal shell middens; 14 Aboriginal rock art.11 parts of incomplete set, each two sided, text and photographsaborigines - victoria, aboriginal affairs victoria

Sepia photograph. Wooden bridge over dry creek ( possibly Campaspe or Axe Creek ?) Dead trees lying in creek. Large group of people, men women and children on bridge. Horse and vehicle at CR. Haystack in centre with stock yards. Inscriptions: On back - in pencil 'Mrs Harris Axedale 21/-' Circular stamp and 1/2 circular stamp 'Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Bendigo Branch'. Pencil note front BR - indecipherable. History: Prev. Acc. No. MP211 Research indicates that this is the bridge over Axe Creek, on the Sugarloaf Road, Axedale. The property in the background belonged to Jonathan and Harriet Harris.place, landscape view

This item is representative of grinding stones used throughout Australia to enable people to maintain farm and domestic utensils.A large circular grinding stone with metal handle. It was used on a stand and also with water to shapen blades such as knives, axes and hand shears. The wheel is a large cirle of sandstone. These were common in the late 19th and early 20th Century. It would have been used on a wooden frame.domestic tools, household utensils

Document. Greeting Cards. Black & white photo card of Bush Hut, Morley's Flat. A rough, wooden slab hut in the forest. A man is sitting near the doorway reading a paper. Some equipment is hanging on the side of the hut. In front of the hut is the wood heap with an axe stuck in a log.person, greeting cards, malone collection, malone collection, greeting cards

Photograph of a drawing depicting a survey party in 1854. In the left foreground there are Two men, one is looking through a theodolite and another is blazing a mark on to a tree with an axe. Two other men are dragging a chain measure. In the background there is a boy standing by a horse and cart. The whole group is in a bush land setting.organization, lands and survey, original survey, surveying, theodilite, chain

A mortising tool is a specialist axe designed for hewing sills and cutting notches in timber. It has a long, narrow head, making it easier to work on large logs. The shape enables the user to cut a long way down into the notch, where otherwise a chisel would be used. Example of a common bush woodworking tool used before the advent of chainsaws and power equipmentMortising Tooltimber tools

Axedale is a town in Victoria, Australia. It is located on the McIvor Highway, in the City of Greater Bendigo, east of Bendigo. It was surveyed and proclaimed in 1861. At the 2021 census, Axedale had a population of 984. The town is nestled alongside the Campaspe River which feeds out of Lake Eppalock. It has a golf course, tennis courts, a school, a pub and a convenience store/petrol station. It lies between Heathcote and Bendigo.Forty Photos taken on the walking tour of Axedale by the Bendigo Historical society. Places visited included the Protestant and Catholic Cemeteries, the "Blue Stone House", the 150-year-old bridge over the Axe Creek on the Sugerloaf Road, the old Cobb and Co Stables, St Andrews Church and the Campaspe River Bridge.axedale, bendigo historical society walking tour, st andrews church axedale, axedale cemetery, axe creek bridge, campaspe, cobb and co stables axedale, blue stone house axedale

Also known as a froe (or frow), shake axe or paling knife, this tool is used for cleaving wood by splitting it along the grain. The L-shaped tool is hammered on the top edge of its blade into the end of a piece of wood in the direction of the grain, then twisting the blade in the wood by rotating the haft (handle).Shingle knife or paling splitter Metal knife with short wooden handletimber tools

Commissioned by State Bank to produce 5 copper bas-reliefs for 73 Percy Street, Portland. Spoke with Miss Betty Vivian (Member of the Portland Historical Society) re Portland's history. Commonwealth Bank stored objects in Melbourne (c.1991). Negotiations between Portland Historical Society and Commonwealth Bank of Australia led to gift of works to People of Portland. Stored at Council depot c.1998, retrieved for Maritime Discovery Centre display.Copper relief work. View of a man from behind sawing a tree. He is flanked by two tree trunks, and is leaning to his right while pulling a band saw through the tree on the left. Leaning against tree on right is a large axe. Houses are rudimentarily designated by lines in the background visible between the trees.sculpture, bas-relief, copper, industry, forestry, forest

Object. Silver coloured medal with badge pin. Circular shape with border of eight cut out axe head shapes with engraved pattern. Obverse: Around edge inside raised ring '' Intercolonial Industrial Exhibition 1879''. Reverse: Shield shape engraved in centre. Engraved on raised edge section, ''M Ely''.numismatics, medals-civil, second award medal 1879

Used in the late 19th century.A steel bladed wooden curved handled Shingle Splitter sometimes called a Paling Knife used for splitting or cleaving timber. It has two crossed hammer shape symbols stamped at the beginning and end of the inscription - Wolpin Wedge Mills. It was used in the late 19th century.Wolpin Wedge Millssteel, wood, froes, cleaving axes, axes, cutting tools, hand axes, woodworking tools