Diggers & Mining: The Digging - The Diggers. Slide reads; A correspondent of the Melbourne Morning Herald, surveying the diggings at Castlemaine when the noise had died down and the fires had burnt out, described the seen as follows;. . . Black and white side. Markings: 37 994.LIF:6. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining: The Digging - The Diggers. Slide: Information is continued from slide 1802.72 . Mentions lack of trees, lots of dust road. Erosion on the hills, gravel pits, stone quarries. The article is from the Argus, March 22, 1852. Markings: 26 994.LIF:6. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Cahill Reward Gold Mine Company. Building still under construction c 1896 closed 1901. Thomas Kinsella had photo. In 1907 the Pleasant Creek Alluvial Mining Company reused the shaft digging down to 200 feet to work the ground and sank a second shaft nearby.Group of people standing under Poppet Head in front of partially constructed Engine House

Black and white photographImage shows excavator digging trench for water main on Main Road (Maroondah Highway. Towards the west, near the corner of Warrandyte Road. The Ringwood Stationmaster's house is on the left, Bamford's timber yard, Coffee Palace and other shops on right.

Diggers & Mining. The Digging - The Diggers. Slide: FOREST CREEK (From Our Special Correspondent.) Article speaks of the diggers enjoying the Sabbath eve by playing music, reading, and mending clothes. The writer believes the diggers to be hard working and intelligent people. Markings: 65 994.LIF:6. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining: The Digging - The Diggers. Slide reads; The interior of a theatre at Ballarat in 1855. (There were five theatres in Ballarat at this time.) Picture shows stage in the front with balcony seating along the side and standing on floor level. Black and white slide. Markings: 41 994.LIF:6. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining: The Digging - The Diggers. Slide depicts areas of Castlemaine, Fryer's Creek, Campbell's Creek, Murdering Flat, Golden Point and Mt Alexander. The Castlemaine field consisted of four main creeks, and scores of gullies leading from them. Markings: 13 994.LIF:6. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

The photo shows the construction of the first part of the Geelong tram depot, digging trenches for power cables or drainage, some track, wheel sets delivered possibly mid-1911. The power station chimney can be seen on the left-hand side. Many workers, horse-drawn carts, and materials can be seen.Yields information about Geelong late 1930s and tramway operations.Black and white photograph - plain back.geelong, tramways, mesco, construction, geelong depot, new tramways

Worker on right hand side of trench leaning on shovel, excavator doing some digging and 2 truck on the left, 1 with rear to camera and other front to camera, middle foreground left is an attachment for the trenching machine, right side shows lawned nature strip with small tree and house in background next to excavator.Kodakorganisation, industry, gas and fuel

Diggers & Mining. The Digging - The Diggers. Slide:The despatches of the governors during the gold rush frequently refer to the general orderliness of the diggings communities. The following two frames contain an extract from La Trobe's despatch to the Secretary for the Colonies, March 2, 1852. Markings: 66 994.LIF:6. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. The Digging - The Diggers. Slide reads; Diggers of low degree (1852) - - - while other were violent, spendthrift, and quarrelsome Depicts two miners one holding his fists up ready to fight the other appears to be calling out. Markings: 56 994.LIF:6. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining: The Digging - The Diggers. Slide depicts areas of Bendigo. Golden Point, New Chum Gully, Adelaide Gully, Tiperary Gully, Kangaroo Gully, Bendigo Creek, Pegleg Gully, Sailor's Gully, California Gullly, LongGully, Commissioner's Gully. Markings: 17 994.LIF:6. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

This photograph shows the relaunching of the P.S Adelaide in 1984. The P.S Adelaide had sat in Hopwood Gardens since 1961 when the City of Echuca had bought the boat and returned it to Echuca. The relaunch involved digging a slipway down into the river, which this photograph shows. The paddle steamer was finally returned to the river on the 4th March 1984.This photograph is significant because it shows the P.SAdelaide being returned to the river after sitting in the Hopwood Gardens as a stationary exhibit . The P.S Adelaide is only one of two of the oldest known wooden hulled paddle steamers still operating in the world. The P.S Adelaide was the first paddle steamer bought by the City of Echuca. The P.S Adelaide celebrated her 150th birthday in 2016. This photograph relates to a series of images; P000060.3, P000061.3, P000062.2, P000063.3, P000070.2, P000071.A coloured rectangular photograph of the P.S Adelaide being relaunched from Hopwood Gardens into the Murray River. The P.SAdelaide is being towed along earth ramp with logs beneath her and spectators line the banks on each side of the paddle steamer.Written on the back in pen on P000059.3 are the words 'Belongs in Archives. Refloating Adelaide. On the boat in the photograph the name Adelaide can be seen.p.s adelaide, hopwood gardens, murray river-echuca, paddlesteamers

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Bendigo Advertiser from 02/08/1996. Two articles on the same page on two people involved in preserving our history at Bendigo's cemeteries. The first article ''digging graves for a living'' describe the work of Bendigo Cemeteries trust gravedigger Ron Lobb. The second ''Monuments to history'' describe the work of stonemason Ray Miles.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, bendigo cemeteries

EIG School - Ralph Birrell Collection. - Construction of Latrobe Uni. C1965. Bendigo Institute of Technology, Engineering School, Applied Science. Four temporary buildings and tip truck in back ground, along with pipes and timber. Building equipment and workman in centre of photo. Digging of foundations have been started. Post markers in place.Kodakeducation, tertiary, latrobe university bendigo, eig school - ralph birrell collection. - construction of latrobe uni. c1965. bendigo institute of technology, engineering school, applied science. four temporary buildings and tip truck in back ground, along with pipes and timber. building equipment workman digging foundations post markers

Diggers & Mining: The Digging - The Diggers. Slide; shows the clothing style of the Gold Rush era, for both men and women. 15 images of people. Slide reads; (von Guerard ) Some Ballarat Diggers. As to dress, anything did on the diggings. Black and white slide. Markings: 51 994.LIF:6. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining: The Digging - The Diggers. Slide read: The next frame contains a sketch from the manuscript diary of Edward Snell in the Public Library of Victoria. It depicts Golden Gully, Bendigo, in 1852, and vividly illustrates the crowding and confusion on a rich diggings at the height of a rush. Markings: 6 994.LIF:6. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, bendigo mining

A rare photo of Legacy camp buildings at Stan Savige's property in Balnarring dated as 1945. Plus other photos from camps and beach trips. The source is not known but John Bush is in several photos and was presumably a junior legatee that became part of a leadership group, such as the Intermediate Legacy Club (ILC). They are a group of old sepia photos that have been reproduced.A record of the initial buildings built at Somers/Balnarring and outings provided for Junior Legatees organised by Legacy.Reproductions of sepia photos of John Bush in the 1940s.Labels on the back are handwritten in black pen. 02177.1 School house / Legacy Camps / 1945 02177.2 John Bush - 27 / Leader after WW2 02177.3 John Bush 02177.4 Digging trenches for rubbish / Somers 1947 02177.5 John Bush 1937junior legatee outing, camps, ilc, legacy somers camp

Postcard, WW1, B&W image of damaged buildings on an avenue near the square in Armentieres, after a German offensive. A group of men, some with shovels, walking down the avenue. Two men walking in front of corner building. One man digging in the road. Two men working in front of building down the avenue. Copy Y 5postcard, postcard, ww1, france, armentieres

Diggers & Mining. The Digging - The Diggers. Slide; There was sometimes very fought justice, especially if a digger were caught red-handed stealing gold. Never the-less, contemporary reports stress the general orderliness of the goldfields communities; there was nothing of the lynch-law that disgraced the Californian diggings. Markings: 63 994.LIF:6. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. The Digging - The Diggers. Slide reads; A Bendigo Mill (1852). There was much drunkenness and fighting on the diggings; and there were many crimes of violence. Slide shows a tent store in background, in foreground a man falling over a wheel barrow, and many men in the picture are fighting, with spectators. Markings: -- 994.LIF:6. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Stores at the diggings. A large general store, such as you have just seen, stocked all the diggers' needs - groceries, clothing, bedding, hardware, tents, and all sorts of gold digging equipment. It would always carry large stocks of flour and hay. Markings: 14 994.LIF. 5. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining: The Digging - The Diggers. Slide; They were, of course, all kinds of diggers - but soon a recognizable digger ''type'' emerged. Slide shows a diggers with shovel on shoulder and cigarette in his mouth, cradle in background, tent 2 people and bushland in background. Black and white slide. Markings: 49 994.LIF:6. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining: The Digging - The Diggers. Slide reads; Ballarat Solicitor and Clients. Diggers from the surrounding gullies went into these small towns on business . . . (From the original in the Mitchell Library). Shows three clients with their solicitor. Original sketch is signed by S.T.G Black and white slide. Markings: 45 994.LIF:6. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining: The Digging - The Diggers. Slide; Market Square, Castlemaine, 1855. Sign on side of Shop reads: Earthen Ware and Glass Ware, other buildings are in the Market Square some two stories. People, wagons, dog and two trees. Black and white slide. Markings: 41 994.LIF:6. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Track repairs in Wendouree Parade, June 2014. 6022.1 - Roger Gosney standing on track looking at damaged section 6022.2 - Close up of damaged section of track 6022.3 - Work crew including dog in safety vest 6022.4 - Work crew digging up road watched by the dog 6022.5 - Close up digging up road, Alan Snowball using jackhammer, Greg Robinson with spade, Roger Gosney on the far side with spade, and Barry Richardson with spade. 6022.6 - Greg Robinson in trench watched by Alan Roger, and Barry 6022.7 - Same group looking into the trench 6022.8 - Alan on hands and knees beside trench preparing for welding 6022.9 - preparing for welding, with safety screens in place. 6022.11 - Greg Robinson and Roger Gosney resting beside Wendouree Parade. (no. 10) Photo by Peter Waugh, collected for reference purposestrams, tramways, road works, btm, track repairs, wendouree parade

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. Many diggers not only moved from field to field, but alternated between gold digging and other occupations. Slide; THE STATE OF VICTORIA - - - Gold digging and other sorts of labour have arrived at a sort of equilibrium; and streams of people are now flowing from the one occupation to the others, and visa versa. A few weeks ill luck at Bendigo disgust a man with his auriferous well sinking and he goes into some sort of service. A dispute with his master chiming in with some current takes of mining success sends him back to the diggings again; and so the stream flows backwards and forwards keeping - - - the wages of all kinds of labour at an equilibrium - - - (M.M.H., August 19, 1853) Markings: 46 994:LIF I. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields