Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. Walhalla - Gold Town. The township took it's name from one of the mining leases which was called Walhalla. In Scandinavian mythology, Valhalla was the last resting place of the heroes slain in battle. How suitable the name was for this beautiful remote valley! Markings: 14 995 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. Walhalla - Gold Town. This is Walhalla in 1864. On the right is the Long Tunnel Mine, and in the middle foreground is Stringer's Creek. Markings: 13 995 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. Walhalla - Gold Town. A gold rush occurred, and almost immediately a rich reef called Cohen's Reef was discovered. Mining companies were formed to work the reef, and in 1864 the batteries were crushing profitable ore. Markings: 12 995 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. Walhalla - Gold Town. This picture shows some prospectors sinking a shaft at Landy's Dream. Hut on left and mine shaft to the right. In this photo there are still many tall trees around. Markings: 11 995 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. Walhalla - Gold Town. Log cabins such as this one were often built by the prospectors. Photo shows log cabin in bush surroundings. Markings: 10 995 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. Walhalla - Gold Town. IN 1862, a party of prospectors, having worked southwards from Wood's Point for about 40 miles through rugged country such as this, - - - Photo shows rugged country. Markings: 9 995 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. Walhalla - Gold Town. - - - discovered gold in a creeek which was called Stringer's Creek, after Ned Stringer, one of the party. Photo of Stringer's Creek. Markings: 8 995 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. Walhalla - Gold Town. In about the year 1860, prospectors discovered rich gold was at Gaffney's Creek and a little later gold-bearing rock was found at Wood's Point. Markings: 7 995 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. Walhalla - Gold Town. This map shows the position of Walhalla and other places mentioned in this film strip. (Note Wood's Point and Port Albert.) Markings: 6 995 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. Walhalla - Gold Town. This map shows the position of Walhalla and other places mentioned in this film strip. (Note Wood's Point and Port Albert.) Other places on map; Melbourne, Moe, Thomson River, Aberfeldy. Markings: 5 995 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. Walhalla - Gold Town. Walhalla is an example of a town which depended entirely on gold production for its continued prosperity. When gold production ceased in1914. there was no other form of employment for the mining community, and the population rapidly decreased. This busy mining town became a ''ghost town''. Markings: 4 995 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Grey covered auction catalogue with red and black printing for a sale of Mining Machinery, Tools, new Stores, Valuable Buildings, etc of The Lamplough No. 1 Gold Mine, Avoca, Vic. By Order of Lamplough Gold Mining Co. Ltd. (Incorporated in England). J. H. Curnow & Son were the auctioneers. Auction was held on the 2nd December, 1937.business, auctioneers, j h curnow & son pty ltd, ian dyett collection - auction catalogue - the lamplough no.1 gold mine, j h curnow & son, j l jamieson, bolton bros pty ltd

Two green covered auction catalogues with dark blue printing for an auction held on the 25th February 1937 of Mining Machinery, 5 Head Battery, Complete Cyanide Plant and Equipment, Buildings, Lease No. 7480, et. Sale held at the Gisborne Gold Mine No Liability, Bullet-proof Forest, Gisborne. Catalogues have descriptions of lots and sale prices written in the columns at the right side of the page. A Special Notice at the front of the catalogue mentions the plant will be first offered as a whole, with a view to recommencing operations. Yield is also mentioned.business, auctioneers, j h curnow & son pty ltd, ian dyett collection - auction catalogue - gisborne gold mine no liability, j h curnow & son, j l jamieson, bolton bros pty ltd

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. Walhalla - Gold Town. Many Victorian towns owe their origin to the discovery of gold. Several of these towers, such as Ballarat and Bendigo, survived a declining gold production to become prosperous centres of agricultural and industrial areas. Markings: 3 995 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Walhalla - Gold Town. WALHALLA GOLD TOWN. Arial photo of Walhalla Gold Town. Markings: 2 995 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. Walhalla - Gold Town. WALHALLA 404. Markings: 1 995 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Auction for a sale of Mining Machinery, Buildings and Equipment of the Exchequer Extended Gold Mine, Daylesford, under instructions from Mr. H. A. M. Bromfield, Legal Manager, Vincent Street, Daylesford on the 12th August, 1941. J. H. Curnow & Son were the auctioneers.business, auctioneers, j h curnow & son pty ltd, ian dyett collection - auction catalogue - exchequer extended gold mine, mr h a m bromfield, the cambridge press

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. The same difficulties confront us when we try to discover the total number of diggers in Victoria for each year of the gold rush. The most acceptable figures for the total population engaged in all forms of gold-getting, i.e., diggers and miners - - - Markings: 48 994:LIF I. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Catalogue for an auction sale of the Eastern Star Gold Mining Co., Granya (Vic.) on 9th December, 1941. For sale was Machinery, Plant and Equipment. Sale by order of the Secretary for Mines. J. H. Curnow & Son were the auctioneers.business, auctioneers, j h curnow & son pty ltd, ian dyett collection - auction catalogue - eastern star gold mining co, the secretary for mines, j l jamieson & co, the cambridge press

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. We could illustrate the migratory nature of the diggings population if we could compile graphs showing the numbers of diggers on each diggings at regular intervals during the gold rush. But this is impossible because of the incompleteness and inconsistencies of the official records. The numbers of licences (September, 1851 - March, 1855) and (there-after) of miner's rights issued are of little use. Why? Markings: 47 994:LIF I. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

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

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. At the Caledonian Diggings (near Warrandyte), 1855. Slide; Slab hut with gold cradle amongst the trees. Markings: 45 994:LIF I. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Grey covered auction catalogue with dark blue printing for a sale of the Complete Gold Mining Plant, Buildings, &c. of the Midfield Oil Company No Liability (Known as Lane's Reef Gold Mine), situated one mile from the Township of Wedderburn. Sale was held on the 11th March, 1936 under instructions from the Liquidator, Mr. D. R. S. McGregor (McGregor & Court). J. H. Curnow & Son were the auctioneers and the catalogue was printed by Boltons Print, Bendigo.business, auctioneers, j h curnow & son pty ltd, ian dyett collection - auction catalogue - midfield oil company no liability (known as lane's reef gold mine), j h curnow & son, mr d r s mcgregor, mcgregor & court, boltons's print bendigo

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. S.T.G. On the way to a new rush. - - - or, in the case of the bug rushes, in their hundreds and thousands. Slide depicts miners with their horses and belongings of to the next gold rush. Markings: 39 994:LIF I. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Light brown covered auction catalogue for a sale on 25th October, 1939 at the Buninyong Rand Gold Mine, Buninyong of Mining Machinery, Plant, Buildings, Tools and Equipment. The auctioneers were J. H. Curnow & Son and the catalogue was printed by the Cambridge Press, Bendigo.business, auctioneers, j h curnow & son pty ltd, ian dyett collection - auction catalogue - buninyong rand gold mine, j h curnow & son, the cambridge press

Light tan coloured auction catalogue for a sale at the Yackandandah Gold Mine, Yackandandah on 29th November, 1939 of Complete Mining Machinery, Battery, Buildings and Equipment, By Order of Geo. Brown, Esq, Secretary for Mines, Melbourne. The Plant Includes:- Double 8in Winch, Internally Fired Return Tube Boiler, 10 Head Thompson Battery, 5 Head Thompson Battery, 'Broome & Wade' air Compressor, two Air Receivers, 12in Jaw Crusher, Vertical and Horizontal Steam Engines, Poppet Legs, Trucks, 30 H.P. 'Tylor' Truck Engine, Friction Winch, Tools, Tanks, Piping, Corrugated Housing and Valuable Equipment.J.; H. Curnow & Son were the auctioneers. Catalogue printed by The Cambridge Press.business, auctioneers, j h curnow & son pty ltd, ian dyett collection - auction catalogue - yackandandah gold mine, geo brown esq, j h curnow & son, the cambridge press

Diggers & Mining. Gold. Photo of document: Victoria, Victoriae Regine. By His Excellency Sir Charles Hotham, Knight Commander of the most Honourable Military Order of the Bath. Captain-General and Govenor-in-Chief of Victoria, and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c., &c., &c. No. XXXIX. In the Act to make provision for certain immigrants. [Assented to 12 June, 1855.] Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Victoria and Preamble, with the advice and the consent and the Legislative Council there of as Accordingly, the Victorian Government, in 1855, passed an act restricting Chinese immigration. Markings: 4 994.GOL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Two red covered catalogues for an auction of Mining Machinery, Cyanide Plant and Equipment held on the 15th September 1943 at the Gibraltar Gold Mine at Majorca, Vic. Sale by Order of Frank Cooper & Co. Also on 16th September 1943 a sale of Mining Machinery, Buildings and Equipment of the Illabarook Alluvial Mine N. L. By Order of the Mines Department. Catalogue gives the locality of the two mines. Sale conducted by permission of the Director of Machine Tools and Gauges under the Regulation 59 of the National Security (General) Regulations. J. H. Curnow & Son were the auctioneers.business, auctioneers, j h curnow & son pty ltd, ian dyett collection - auction catalogue - gibraltar gold mine, frank cooper & co, mines department, j h curnow & son, j l jamieson, regulation 59 of the national security (general) regulation, illabarook alluvial mine n l, the cambridge press

Two light brown covered auction catalogues for an auction held at the Gordon Gold No Liability mine at Gordon, Vic. On the 9th and 10th July, 1941of mining equipment, milling plant, cyanide plant, sawmill plant, stores, corrugated iron buildings, men's cubicles, residences and costly sundries. Sale by order of the Legal Manager, Mr. G. S. Anderson of Anderson, Hodgson & Lithgow. J. H Curnow & Son were the auctioneers.business, auctioneers, j h curnow & son pty ltd, ian dyett collection - auction catalogue - gordon gold no liability, mr g s anderson, anderson hodgson & lithgow, j h curnow & son, j l jamieson & co, the cambridge press

Three red covered auction catalogues for a sale of electrical mining machinery, 20 head battery, plant, mine building, equipment and stores held on 3rd to 6th February, 1964 at the Morning Star Gold Mine at Woods Point, Victoria. Some descriptions of electrical equipment, plant and buildings. Auctioneers were J. H. Curnow & Son Pty. Ltd.business, auctioneers, j h curnow & son pty ltd, ian dyett collection - auction catalogue - morning star gold mine, j h curnow & son, lane printing pty ltd