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Clunes Museum
Photograph, 1971
BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF ORIGINAL MONUMENT DEPICTING THE EXACT SPOT THE FIRST PAYABLE GOLD WAS DISCOVERED IN CLUNES 1851 BY DONALD CAMERONlocal history, photography, photographs, mining -
Clunes Museum
Document - REPORT, JOHN FERRIS, 10TH MARCH, 1854
REPORT FROM THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON THE CLAIMS FOR THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD IN VICTORIAlocal history, document, report, mining, discovery of gold -
Clunes Museum
Document - REPORT, SEE OVER, CIRCA 1850
STATEMENT OF FACTS RELATIVE TO THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD IN VICTORIAlocal history, document, report, mining -
Clunes Museum
Pamphlet - LEAFLET, CRESWICK ADVERTISER
CLUNES RIOT OCCURED ON SEPTEMBER 15TH 1873 WHEN THE DIRECTORS OF THE LOTHAIR GOLD MINING CO. DECIDED TO ENGAGE CHINESE MINERS TO WORK THE MINE BECAUSE OF A MINERS' STRIKE.2 LEAFLETS OF LETTER TO EDITOR OF THE CRESWICK ADVERTISER ON THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CLUNES RIOTlocal history, document, pamphlet, mining -
Clunes Museum
document
... OF GOLD MINING COMPANIES local history mining company exploration ...INFORMATION ABOUT A STAMP SHOE FROM A CORNISH STYLE SQUARE-HEAD STAMP BATTERY POSSIBLY USED BY PORT PHILLIP MINE, CLUNES, FROM MATTHEW CHURCHWARD, SENIOR CURATOR, ENGINEERING & TRANSPORT, MUSEUM OF VICTORIA LETTER DATED 15 OCTOBER, 1997. THE GOLDFIELDS AND MINERAL DISTRICTS OF VICTORIA. GOLD ITS OCCURRENCE AND EXTRACTION, PLAN OF GOLD MINING COMPANIESINFORMATION RECEIVED REGARDING THE PORT PHILLIP MINE; Including .1 COPY OF ARTICLE 12TH MAY, 1858 FROM "THE ARGUS." MELBOURNE. .2 LETTER FROM "SCIENCEWORKS" TO MR. ALAN KEEBLE DATED 15/10/1997 (3 Pages) .3 SECTION OF MERCURY, TROUGHS, STAKES & STAMPS (Extract taken from publication, The Gold Fields, Mineral Districts of Victoria, by R. Brough Smyth F.G.S, published by Queensberry Hill Press 1979) .4 GOLD. ITS OCCURRENCE AND EXTRACTION (Extract taken from publication, Gold: Its Occurrence and Extraction by Alfred G. Lock F.R.G.S published by E. & F. N. Spon 16 Charing Cross London 1882) .5 PLAN OF GOLD MINING CO'S. CLUNES (Extract taken from Dicker's Mining Record 26/3/1867, page 173. https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/32734386?q&versionId=39944948) local history, mining, company exploration -
Clunes Museum
Functional object - GOLD SCALES, W. & T. AVERY LATE T. BEACH. BIRNINGHAM ENGLAND. METAL BOX FOR WEIGHTS MANF. BY BELL & BLACK LONDON
... WITH THE VIEW TO PRESENT THEM TO THE MUSEUM. local history scales gold ...THESE GOLD SCALES WERE GIVEN TO THE MUSEUM BY MRS. JOAN SANDWITH. HER HUSBAND DON BOUGHT THEM WITH THE VIEW TO PRESENT THEM TO THE MUSEUM.GOLD SCALES ON WOODEN BASE WITH DRAWER. INCLUDING METAL BOX FOR WEIGHTS. ALSO CONTAINING GOLD DUST, DUSTER AND SMALL WEIGHT. 13 ITEMS IN TOTALlocal history, scales, gold, mining -
Clunes Museum
Book, HISTORY OF THE PORT PHILLIP AND COLONIAL GOLD MINING COMPANY, IN CONNECTION WITH THE CLUNES MINE, circa 1890
HISTORY OF THE PORT PHILLIP MINING COMPANY IN CLUNES, VICTORIA, AUSTALIAGREY COVERED BOOK, GOLD PRINTING AND BORDER, CONTAINING 12 PAGES PLUS DRAWINGS INSIDE FRONT AND BACK COVERS. ADDED INSIDE FRONT COVER ARE NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS AND A SHEET DOCUMENTING 'RETURN OF GOLD FROM SEVERAL MINES AT CLUNES TO JULY 1881 non-fictionHISTORY OF THE PORT PHILLIP MINING COMPANY IN CLUNES, VICTORIA, AUSTALIAlocal history, book, history, mining -
Clunes Museum
Map, F.W. NIVEN 34 STURT ST. BALLARAT & EMBOSSER
SCROLL - SURVEVOR MAP AND PLAN OF NEW CRESWICK GOLD FIELDS SURFACE LEVELSlocal history, document, maps, mining - maps -
Clunes Museum
Book, JOHN TAYLOR & SON, "REPORT OF CLUNES GOLD FIELD"
REPORTS BY THE MINING REGISTRARS WITH MAPS OF THE CLUNES GOLD FIELDlocal history, document, book, mining -
Clunes Museum
NEWSPAPER CUTTING, AUSTRALIAN MINERALOGIST
.1 EXTRACT OF A PUBLICATION REPORTING ON THE WORKS OF THE PORT PHILLIP AND COLONIAL GOLD MINING COMPANY p.293 (Publication unknown) .2 EXTRACT FROM A JOURNAL RELATING TO THE MINERALS OF THE CLUNES GOLDFIELD p.47 Australian Mineralogist, volume 3,, April-June, 1988local history, document, mining -
Clunes Museum
Sign - DISPLAY PANEL, 2000
COPIES OF DISPLAY PANELS DONATED TO THE PEOPLE OF CLUNES BY THE HUGH WILLIAMSON FOUNDATION.INTERPRETIVE DISPLAY PANEL DEPICTING HISTORY OF SCHOOL DAYS IN CLUNES. WOODEN DISPLAY PANEL AND LAMINATED COPY.SCHOOL DAYS CHILDREN OF EARLY GOLDFIELD TOWNS WERE TAUGHT IN TENT SCHOOLS.THESE SCHOOLS WERE EASILY MOVED TO THE SITE OF THE LATEST GOLDRUSH. WITH GREATER COMMUNITY STABILITY PERMANENT SCHOOLS WERE ESTABLISHED. CLUNES STATE SCHOOL NO. 1552 WAS OPENED IN JULY 1875 ON LAND DONATED BY RIVETT H. BLAND, MANAGER OF THE PORT PHILIP GOLD MINING CO. SHORTLY BEFORE WORLD WAR ONE, THIS SCHOOL BECAME VICTORIA,S THIRD HIGHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. TODAY IT IS STILL USED TO EDUCATE THE CHILDREN OF CLUNES STATE SCHOOL NO. 136 WAS BUILT IN 1881 ON THE SITE OF AN EARLIER TEMPORARY SCHOOL THAT WAS BUILT IN 1857. THE DESIGN WAS FIRST USED AT HORSHAM. AND INCLUDES AN EARLY EXAMPLE OF A LARGE SCHOOL VERANDAH. IN 1892 THIS SCHOOL AMALGAMATED WITH STATE SCHOOL NO. 1552 AND WAS USED AS THE INFANT SCHOOL. IT CLOSED ITS DOORS IN 1922 AND WAS LATER USED AS A MILL FOR THE CLUNES KNITTING AND MAUFACTURING CO. LTD. IT NOW HOUSES THE CLUNES BOTTLE MUSEUM THE CLUNES CATHOLIC SCHOOL OPENED IN 1875 AND CLOSED IN 1926 THE LATEST EDUCATIONAL ASSET AT CLUNES IS A CAMPUS OF WESLEY COLLEGE. BLENDINGHISTORIC BUILDINGS AND MODERN ARCHITECTURE THE CAMPUS IS SITUATED IN SERVICE STREETlocal history, civic momentoes, presentations, williamson, hugh foundation -
Clunes Museum
Photograph
PORT PHILLIP GOLD MINE OF CLUNES EMPLOYED MANY MINERS WHO EVENTUALLY WENT TO WESTERN AUSTRALIA WHEN GOLD WAS DISCOVERED THEREORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OF EMPLOYEES OF THE PORT PHILLIP MINE. IN WOODEN FRAMESOME OF THE EMPLOYEES OF THE PORT PHILLIP GOLD MINING COMPANYlocal history, photograph, photography, mining -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Pay records for Tappit Hen Tribute Gold Mining Company
David Gordon Collection. Two pages from ledger. -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Letter from Dividend Gold Mining Co, 14th November 1932
David Gordon Collection. -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Share Certificate: Dividend Gold Mining Co, 20th September 1937
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Tarnagulla History Archive
Share Certificate: Golden Star Gold Mining Co
David Gordon Collection. Blank certificate -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Prospectus: Reef Mining NL - Tarnagulla Gold Project
David Gordon Collection. -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Prospectus: Reef Mining NL - Tarnagulla Gold Project
David Gordon Collection. -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Folder with Letter, Western Mining and Prospectus, Central Victorian Gold Mines, 1990
David Gordon Collection. -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Research file: Photocopies relating to United Specimen Hill and Phoenix Extended Gold Mining
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Tarnagulla History Archive
Photocopy of booklet: List of Nuggets Found in Victoria, List of Nuggets Found in Victoria, 1912 (original)
Murray Comrie Collection. Photocopy of the publication 'List of Nuggets Found in Victoria ' being No. 12 in the Memoirs of the Geological Society of Victoria.tarnagulla, nuggets, gold, mining, prospecting -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Box of Murray Comrie's Research Notes (Set 1), Murray Comrie's Research Notes (Set 1), circa 1960s-80s
Murray Comrie Collection. Murray Comrie, born in Tarnagulla in 1912 also became a policeman and later a Chief Superintendent, retiring in 1972 and passing away in 1983 after a long illness. Murray Comrie's son Murray Jnr., to avoid confusion became known by his middle name, Neil. Neil Comrie also joined Victoria Police and rose through the ranks to become Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police from 1993 to 2001. Blue-grey archive box containing research notes of Murray Comrie. Within this set are multiple archival folders with the following subject matter: Banks Lodge Gold & mining War/Military Local people Buildings Businesses Local government Post Offices Policing Recreation Reserve Railway Clubs & Societies Band/Music Hotels Churches Schools Fire Brigade Laanecoorie Early white history General (including many captions that accompanied photographs - which were separated from the photos for preservation storage reasons). The contents of these files were research notes compiled by Murray Comrie during his research for a book about Tarnagulla. tarnagulla, comrie, research, banks, lodge, gold & mining, war/military, local people, buildings, businesses, local government, post offices, policing, recreation reserve, railway, clubs & societies, band/music, hotels, churches, schools, fire brigade, laanecoorie, names -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Booklet: Reports Of The Mining Registrars - Sept 1884, The Goldfields of Victoria, Reports Of The Mining Registrars, for the Quarter ending September 1884, 1884
Murray Comrie Collection. A copy of The Goldfields of Victoria, Reports Of The Mining Registrars, for the Quarter ending September 1884. Dunolly and Tarnagulla report on page 23.In pen on front 'L.Williams;.tarnagulla, mining, gold, government -
Tarnagulla History Archive
News clipping: Off To Alaska For Our Gold, Off To Alaska For Our Gold, March 31, 1976
Murray Comrie Collection. A news article from the Bendigo Advertiser titled 'Off To Alaska For Our Gold'. Relates to the export of a nugget found at Waanyarra called the Robin nugget being sold to a buyer in Alaska. waanyarra, gold, nuggets, prospecting, mining -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Newspaper clipping: Tarnagulla Shimmers In Golden Light, Tarnagulla Shimmers In Golden Light, August 1st, 1996
Donald Clark CollectionA clipping from the Bendigo Advertiser newspaper, article with title 'Tarnagulla Shimmers In Golden Light'. Discusses discovery of a new gold reef in South Poverty Reef by Reef Mining. tarnagulla, gold, mining, poverty reef, reef mining company -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Newspaper clipping: Resurrecting Derelict Gold Mine Riches, Resurrecting Derelict Gold Mine Riches, 4th November, 1983
Donald Clark CollectionA clipping from the Bendigo Advertiser newspaper, article with title 'Resurrecting Derelict Gold Mine Riches'. Discusses activities at Cambrian Goldmine at Llanelly by Central Victorian Gold Mines NL. Mentions Poverty Reef mine. llanelly, cambrian gold mine, tarnagulla, gold, mining, poverty reef, reef mining company -
Tarnagulla History Archive
News clipping: A Heart Of Gold, A Heart Of Gold, September 12, 1985
Don Clark Collection A page from The Sun newspaper, of September 12, 1985 with article titled 'A Heart Of Gold', about gold prospecting in Tarnagulla. Images of Tarnagulla & district residents John and Helen Chapman and Eric Radnell and mining workers Bill McNamara, Peter White and John Cahill. tarnagulla, people, mining, prospecting, gold, radnell, chapman -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Newspaper article- Horsedrawn To The Goldfields, Horsedrawn To The Goldfields, December 29, 1989
Don Clark Collection. An article from The Herald Sun newspaper of December 29, 1989 titled 'Horsedrawn To The Goldfields'. Discusses mining in the Tarnagulla area and ways to explore the area by horse-drawn wagon packaged offered by three tourism businesses. tarnagulla, gold, mining, tourism, travel, gypsy wagons, wagons, horses -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Box of Donald Clark's Research Notes, Donald Clark's Research Notes, circa 1960s-2000s
Donald Clark Collection. Blue-grey archive box containing research notes of Donald Clark. Within this set are multiple archival folders with the following subject matter: Hotels Gold, prospecting & mining Peace Picnic Street lighting Churches Cemetery Poems Shire of Bet Bet Chinese Clubs Police Transport Local businesses/premises Local people Post Offices Previous history work / previous history enquiries Back To Tarnagulla events Victoria Theatre / Entertainment Schools Water and waterways Early town Mapping and geography Photocopies of photos Miscellaneous Rail Link Centenary Newbridge Eddington Waanyarra Bet bet (town) Llanelly Murphy's Creek / Irishtown Laanecoorie Military Service Fire Brigade Tarnagulla Landmarks / Places of Interest Family Histories Births, Deaths, Marriage info Transcript of St. Saviour's Records A plastic pocket containing duplicate copies of local history images held elsewhere in the collection. The contents of these files were research notes compiled by Donald Clark from his local history research about Tarnagulla and district. tarnagulla & district, donald clark, research -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Prospectus: Reef Mining NL - Tarnagulla Gold Project, Reef Mining NL - Tarnagulla Gold Project, circa 1995
Donald Clark Collection. A cardboard folder with colour image of poppethead on cover and title 'Prospectus: Reef Mining NL - Tarnagulla Gold Project'. Contained inside are maps and mining reports and other information about the Tarnagulla Gold Project.tarnagulla, gold, mining, reef mining nl