John Fletcher (1857-19/10/1903) was a shift boss at the Hustler's Mine. Formerly from Sebastian, he came to Bendigo in 1899. He married Eliz. Hinchcliff in 1881 and they lived in Job's Gully. He was a member of the Bendigo Miner's Association and often subscribed to the Bendigo Independent newspaper, which sent Mrs Fletcher a gift of 25 pounds in appreciation. He was killed in a mining accident at Hustler's Mine.Paper certificate mounted on card presented to Mrs Fletcher and family from Hustlers No. 1 mine, upon the death of John Fletcher in a mine accident. Printed in black with a photograph of deceased inset at top surrounded by angels and all bordered with vine leaves. Markings - J. H. B. Gribble, Long Gully.person, individual, john fletcher, elizabeth hinchcliff, job's gully, mining accident

Document. 2 page typed document titled 'Premier Companies'. Lists various mining companies from 1870 to 1920 and the amount in pounds that each mine yielded. Mentions mines - Great Extended Hustlers, Great Extended Hustlers Tribute, Garden Gully United, Victory, Pandora, United Hustlers, Redan Garden Gully, United Devonshire, Old Chum, Victoria Quartz, North Johnson's, Johnson's Reef, New Red White and Blue, New Chum United, Lady Barkly, New Chum Railway, Great Southern, South New Moon, New Argus, Virginia, Central Red White and Blue, New Chum Goldfields, Victoria Consols, Carlisle, Hercules and Energetic, New Golden Fleece, Bendigo Amalgamated Goldfields.cottage, miners, premier companies (mining), bendigo mines

A collection of nine prints of watercolours by S.T. Gill, depicting life on the goldfields in 1852 - 53. (a) Tin dish washing, (b) Mt. Alexander Gold escort on road to Melbourne, (c) Road from Forest Creek to Bendigo, (d) Diggers Licensing, Castlemaine Camp, (e) Eaglehawk Gully, Bendigo, (f) Cradling, (g) The license inspected, (h) Puddling, (i) Fryers Creek Nr. CastlemaineS. T. Gillpainting, watercolour, gold diggers, s.t. gill, life on the goldfields, diggers, mining

A collection of artists drawings cut from 'Album of Sandhurst Views' 1888. (a) St. Paul's Church, Sandhurst, All saints Church, Sandhurst, (b) Roman Catholic Bishop's Palace, Roman Catholic St. Kilian's Church, (c) The Mining Exchange, (d) Sandhurst Hospital, (e) Alexandra Fountain and Pall Mall from Charing Cross.buildings, vaious, alexandra fountain, charing cross, pall mall, hospital, mining exchange, bishops palace, st. kilian's church, st. paul's, all saints

Certificate presented to Robert Carr , Esq., manager of the Great Extended Hustler's Gold Mining Company from his fellow workmen upon his retirement. Hand written in black script upon card with a hand painted border of flowers, leaves, gold picks & shovels, and initials. Recipients name in blue and pink and topped with a water colour painting of a gold mine. Markings - J Birtwistle Sandhurst. Notation on back re mines output.person, individual, robert carr

Print of an oil painting by Eugene von Guerard called 'I have got it ', painted in 1854. It depicts a mining camp in the bush, there are several tents in the background and two men using windlasses, in front of these there is a digger posing with a gold dish with gold visible at the base of the dish. Behind him there is a wooden tub and bucket, with a spade resting in the tub. This painting is from a collection at the State Library of Victoria.Eugene von Guerardpainting, oil, mining, oil painting, i have got it, eugene von guerard

Photograph of a wood engraving, showing a Large group of men in front of the Victoria Hotel and the Stock Exchange , Pall Mall, Sandhurst. The men are all formally dressed with long coats and top and bowler hats.topic, mining, investment, mining exchange, stock exchange, victoria hotel, pall mall

Photograph of a wood engraving showing a group of people gathered around a bank window, inspecting the gold that has been produced by the mining companies. On the reverse in biro is written Commercial Bank, Sandhurst (View Point ), wood engraving from a Melbourne illustrated weekly.topic, mining, gold production, cakes of gold, commercial bank, view point, bank window

Photograph of an artwork depicting and early mining camp. In the foreground there is a settlement consisting of tents and some wooden buildings, There are numerous people of all ages on the street and a trooper on horseback. The road through the settlement is running down to a broad valley with some low hills in the distance. There are several tents and rough dwellings at the base of these hills. Along the bottom of the picture is written The foundation of Eaglehawk in 1852.topic, mining, eaglehawk, mining settlement, eaglehawk, diggers, early bendigo

Photograph of drawing of Bruce's Crushing Machine , Kangaroo Flat in 1857. On the reverse is written the number 3219.topic, mining, crushing machine, bruce's crushing machine, kangaroo flat, mining, early bendigo

Photograph of a montage of nine drawings depicting life during the first gold rush to Peg Leg Gully (Eaglehawk) during 1852. On the reverse in pencil is written ' Gold rush in Peg Leg Gully, The lightning rise and fall of an old gold town. A concise history of Australia, By Clive Turnbull.topic, mining, fist gold rush, gold rush, peg leg gully, eaglehawk

Rectangular brass weight, one side has the words ' One 3J Drachm ' embossed, and the reverse ' 'W & T Avery, Limited, Birmingham '. This weight would have been used with a set of gold scales.mining, marketing, brass weight, gold scales, brass weight, one drachm

Photocopy mock up of original booklet of The Bendigo Historical Society Inc. 'City of Bendigo Historical Walk' containing photographs of historic buildings to be seen on the walk. Front cover Queen Victorian Gardens, Town hall, Mechanics Institute/School Of Mines and Industry, H. M. Prison Bendigo, Camp Hill Police Barracks, Sandhurst Corporate High School, Central State School No. 1976, The Cascades, District Lands Office (Dudley House), Masonic Temple and Hall, Sandhurst Volunteer Rifle Brigade Orderly Room, Bank of Victoria, Henry Jackson's Store View Point,Alexandra Fountain, Beehive Store/Mining Exchange, Colonial Bank. Hustlers Royal Reserve NO. 2/R.S.L. Memorial Hall, Post Office 3rd 4th and final, Bendigo Law Courts, Shamrock Hotel 2nd and another view. Important Bendigo Dates; 1851, April gold discovered at Golden Square by Margaret Kennedy,1851 Approx. 200,000Troy oz. of gold found in Bendigo, 1852 475,857 Troy oz. Gold for the year, 1853 November 31st Bendigo Hospital admits first patient,1853 December 9th Bendigo Advertiser first issue printed, 1854 First Land Sales and streets are surveyed and named for the first time, 1854 Census of Bendigo showed 15,480 residents plus 4,000 Chinese, 1855 Sandhurst Municipal District formed, 1861 Sandhurst Proclaimed a Town. 1862 Railway to Melbourne opened, 1867 Visit by His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, 1871 July 21st Sandhurst proclaimed a City, 1881 Population of Sandhurst 14,577 residents, 1882 First telephone communications introduced, 1890 Electric trams (battery) commenced running, 1891 May 18th City of Sandhurst changes its name to City of Bendigo.book, bendigo, buildings, historic

Set of Index Cards prepared (white lined) containing information on various mines - North Hustlers, New Don, South Wattle Gully, Golden Age, Deborah United, South Nell Gwynne, Deborah Extended, Central Deborah, Forbes Carshalton, New Monument, Monument Hill Consolidated, North Virginia, North Deborah, Nell Gwynne Reef, Napoleon Reef, Central Napoleon, Central Nell Gwynne. McColl, Rankin & Stanistreet Collection.topic, mining, companies

Hand Drawn map of Old Tom Lease - Parish of Huntly, County of Bendigo, Mining district of Sandhurst.place, land, mining

A booklet published by the Mines Department Melbourne, Victoria in October 1965 on the history of the discovery of gold in Victoria. It has been stapled together, and the cover depicts a miner panning for gold on the edge of a creek, his tent and some trees are visible in the backgroundMines Departmenttopic, mining, gold discovery, mines department, gold discovery, history of gold in victoria

Photocopy of the Booklet 'Historical Guide to Bendigo' , includes one loose photo of a tram, which has been included in the book. The chapters are :- Derivation of the name of Bendigo, Historical facts, Mining Guide, Post Offices, Early Bendigo Hotels, Bendigo tramways, Eaglehawk, The Lonely Grave'Variousplace, bendigo, historical items, historical guide to bendigo

Document: general facts about Bendigo. Research material relating to Bendigoplace, bendigo, historical items, bendigo, eaglehawk, mining

Photograph (proof 74) Thomas' Battery at Wilson's Hill, date unknown. Shows the Battery in the middle distance, there is a very rough timber dwelling with a wide, low, chimney at the end of it and tents to the right of these. A male wearing a white apron is standing in front of the chimney and there is a group of males in front of the Battery building, several bicycles are leaning against the building.topic, mining, battery, thomas battery, wilson's hill, mining

Tears of Gold, fatalities on the Bendigo Goldfields 1852-1950. Signed by the author, John R. Kelly, 6 July 2010, dedication thanks to the Bendigo Historical Society Soft covered spiral bound book of 91 pages with black and white photographs, maps and illustrations.John Kellybendigo, gold mining, fatalities, bendigo history, goldmining, miners, mine accidents, family history.

1, Book with cardboard covered green with red backing, ruled pages inside.,2 Dividends paid - 1 - 5 and 58 - 72nd for North Deborah Mining Co. N.L. 3. Dividends paid 15 to 23rd for the Monument Hill Consolidated (Bendigo) N.L. 4, Dividends paid 1 - 6th for Central Deborah G.M.Co. N.L.topic, mining, deborah reef mine, central deborah, north deborah, monument hill consolidated

Photograph of the Devonshire group of mines with Snobs Hill and Mungo mines in the background. The mines are individually labelled; Duchess Tribute, West United Devonshire, Phoenix, Duchess of Edinburgh, United Devonshire and south Devonshireplace, mining site, devon shire group, devonshire mines, snobs hill, mungo mines, united devonshire, phoenix, duchess of edinburgh, west united devonshire, south devonshire

Coloured photograph of a tailings dump, there is a collapsed wooden structure to the left, a wooden stairway and part of another structure visible behind the mound and several small peppercorn trees growing. On the back is written 'Remains of the Clarence'place, mining site, clarence united mine bendigo, clarence mine

Photograph of the New Moon battery Tramway, Eaglehawk. The tramway extends from the foreground into the far distance, the tramway is in a cutting in the foreground and on a trestle way in the distance. There is a group of men standing around a railing fence looking at the tramway. There is a large round brick chimney in the middle distance and another visible in the background.Robinsonplace, mining site, new moon, new moon, tramway, battery

Photograph with a wooden Poppet head centre of frame, there is a trestle way out to a tailings dump on the left hand side. A square brick chimney is between the head frame and a wooden? Building on the right of the photo. In the foreground there is a roadway and a thick line of trees in the background. There are four copiesorganization, mining, head frame, poppet head, gold mine

Coloured postcard depicting a wooden head frame set in the midst of some pepper trees.. There is a corrugated iron building in the foreground and an iron chimney with guy wires behind the building. On the back is printed: A Poppet head, relic of the gold mining industry Eaglehawk, Vic,postcard, photograph, mine site, poppet head, eaglehawk

Photograph of 'Caradon', Victoria Street Eaglehawk. This was the home of Richard Jones, an Eaglehawk Physician and later by James Deane, another Physician. The property was next acquired by John Hooper, a prominent mining managerbuildings, house, caradon, caradon, richard jones, james deane, john hooper, eaglehawk

Document: MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET, gold production book. Green cover with ruled pages showing fortnightly gold production values from 17 May 1951 to 14 December 1954. Written inside front cover ' North Deborah Mining Co. NL, gold producers association Reg. No. 235. Gold Book No. 3'organization, mining, mccoll, rankin and stanistreet, mccoll, rankin and stanistreet, north deborah gold mine nl, goldmining, mining, gold production