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Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: DIVIDEND INFORMATION, 30th July, 1943
Small Blue folder containg 4 pages held together with brass pins containing names and addresses of shareholders of the North Deborah, Central Nell Gwynne, and the Monument Hill Consolidated Mines. Written on the front is :- Dividend Information.gold, mining, central nell gwynne, gold mines, bendigo, north deborah, central nell gwynne, monument hill consolidated -
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Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: MORROW'S SYNDICATE, 1935
Manilla folder containing correspondence from Robert Irving, Inglewood about his pegging a 3000 acre block for prospecting and mining purposes. Also contains an application for a mining lease known as Morrow's Syndicate, this covers about 50 acres and is a ten year lease. The place of operation is at SalisburyRobert Irvinggold, mining, morrow's syndicate, gold mines, inglewood, robert irving, morrow's syndicate, salisbury -
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Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: REPORT ON CASTLEMAINE, MALDON & OTHER AREAS
Copy of a typewritten report on Castlemaine, Maldon, and other areas of the main Bendigo District by H.W. Gepp Consultant on Development to the Commonwealth Government. W. Baragwanath Director of the Geological Survey of Victoria and F.L. Stillwell D.Sc. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. Mentions Castlemaine, Fryertown, Maldon, South German Mine, Mt. Tarrengower Tunnel, Raywood, Sebastian, Wedderburn, Inglewood, Whipstick, Lightning Hill, Black Forest Mine, Old Tom Mine. Trentham. Dated 17th September 1931. Consists of 19 Foolscap PagesH.W. Gepp, W. Baragwanath, F.L. Stillwell.gold, mining, report, gold mining, bendigo, castlemaine, maldon -
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Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: VICTORIAN GOLD ASSOCIATION, 1931
Prospectus of the Victorian Gold Association N.L. Based on a report by Messrs H. W. Gepp Consultant on Development to the Commonwealth Government and W. Baragwanath, Director of the Geological Survey of Victoria. Dated 1931 This company was formed to investigate the Deborah Mine, The Central Nell Gwynne Mine and the Monument Hill Mine. 12 pages including maps and Transverse Sections of the MinesThe Commonwealth and Victorian State Governments. E. Whitehead & Co., Pty., Ltd Printers 21 Equitale Place, Melbourne, C1.gold, mining, prospectus, bendigo, gold mines, victorian gold associatian, deborah mine, central nell gwynne mine, monument hill mine. -
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Book - JOAN O'SHEA COLLECTION: CENTRAL DEBORAH UNDERGOUND PROJECT, 20th June, 1986
Joan O'Shea Collection. Central Deborah Gold Mine Bendigo Violet Street (off High Street) Bendigo Pamphlet. Buff and Sepia double-sided A4. The Bendigo Trust in conjunction with the City Family Hotel present the opening of the Central Deborah Gold Mine Underground Project, by Premier John Cain, 20th June, 1986 featuring the City Club Dancers. Includes a brief chronological history of the mine and photographs courtesy of Phillip Beer on recto side. The verso side contains a map of the site of the Central Deborah Gold Mine and also various photographs with further detail of areas of interest including: poppet legs and shaft, the change rooms, caretakers or rag pickers room where clothing was searched, the drying room, the first aid room, carbide light room, underground tours, carpenters shed, ore bins and loading bays, stamper battery, wilfley table, berdan plans, laboratory, display room, boiler, stoke hold, winding engine, boiler feed pump, electric driven compressor, steam driven compressor and the blacksmith's shop.Central Deborah Gold Mine Bendigobendigo, gold mining, central deborah gold mine -
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Document - MARKS COLLECTION: PLAN OF CHIMNEY STACK
Unlabelled plan, drawing shows side view of chimney stack, '5 feet' written on base of chimney. Plan could be associated with a mine on New Chum Reef Line, Victoria Hill.bendigo, mining, chimney side section -
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Plan - MARKS COLLECTION: PLAN OF UNDERGROUND SURVEY G. DENNIS MINE
Plan drawn on heavy parchment 'underground survey G. Dennis' printed on top of plan. Plan shows boundary lines and peg site. P. Bonati claim marked on bottom of plan. B. Letter with plan on letterhead 'City of Sandhurst, Town Hall, July 2nd. 1873' Addressed to Mr. George Dennis, Sir, In reply to your letter of the 19th. Ulto I am empowered to state that subject to the formation of the road referred to, your existing rights are conserved, and the council will undertake not to object to the renewal of your least. The only conditions being that you shall not sink a shaft in the street or attempt to obstruct it when formed. I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, Geo Fletcher, Town Clerk.bendigo, mining, g. dennis claim -
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Document - MARKS COLLECTION: PLANS AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR DUPLEX SAFETY BOILER
4 documents. Two plans showing measurements and details of Duplex Safety Boiler. Plans are drawn on dark blue paper, backed with material. A. On bottom of plan 'Sectional elevations of Duplex Safety Boiler New York 1881' B. On bottom of plan 'Plan for 50 hp Duplex Safety Boiler, ten 5ft sections' C. and D. Accompanying plans are two pages of instructions 'Directions for setting a Duplex Safety Boiler'. Written instructions in white pen on dark blue paper ( difficult to read, some faded ) 12 steps are outlined, with remarks at the bottom of the second sheet. This boiler could have been used in a Lansell mine ? (further research required).bendigo, mining, duplex safety boiler -
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Document - MARKS COLLECTION: GROUND AND SURFACE WORKINGS BALLERSTEDT MINE VICTORIA HILL
a. Plan (original in poor condition, torn in centre) Also, plan (copy of original) and report stapled to copy of plan. On top of plan 'Plan showing the position of the ground and surface workings in the claim of Mr. Ballerstedt Victoria Hill' Plan is signed by Thomas Forbes, Mining Surveyor, 22nd. April 1868. Plan shows house outline and open cut. Report is labelled 'Report accompanying plan on the underground working on .? Ballerstedt & Sons Claim, Victoria Hill' Handwritten 2 page report details the state of the timbering and a slip that occurred.bendigo, mining, ballerstedt mine victoria hill -
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Document - MARKS COLLECTION: LANSELL'S 180 PLAN
Plan (copy) of Lansell's 180 mine shaft. Plan LH side is marked with North Old Chum Co. shaft No. 78, in centre detailed plan of Lansell's 180 shaft, and marked on LH side of plan Victoria Quartz Co., (no detailed plan).bendigo, mining, lansell's 180 mine -
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Document - PETER ELLIS COLLECTION: 130TH ANNIVERSARY OF FIRST LUTHERAN SERVICE, 23rd February, 1986
Copy of a three page lecture presented at Bendigo on Sunday, 23rd February, 1986 on the occasion of the 130th anniversary of the first Lutheran service in Bendigo. Titled 'The German Contribution to early Bendigo' by Frank Cusack. Mentioned are the areas where German diggers lived, why they may have left their home country, the gold mining, Germans who contributed to business, wine-growing, farming and other types of work.history, australian, bendigo, peter ellis collection, the german contribution to early bendigo, frank cusack, georg bruhn, menge, jacob brahe, bendigo general cemetery, blucher, johann gottfried tobias christopher ballerstedt, wittscheibe, schlemm, ernst mueller, morris collman, louis samuels, school of mines, gustave adolphus hugo thureau, rev dr george henry backhaus, pastor friedrich leypoldt, dean maccullagh, grieffenhagen, carl pohl, henry meyer, albert bruhn, ernst bruhn, louis bruhn, frederick grosse, the hamburg hotel, the berlin hotel, the european hotel, deutscher verein, paul bucholz, french foreign legion, william craig, herr gollmick, erna mueller, kate samuels, w c vahland, getzschmann, bosselmann, nicolai, emil mauermann, friedrich lehmann, dr barnett, dr landvoigt, dr sandner snr, conrad meyerhoff, benno sluytmann, ludwig becker, burke & wills expedition, gustavus von tempsky, von brusindorff, josef von st nicolai, captain von paleski -
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Map - MARKS COLLECTION: CLAIM MAP SANDHURST
Original hand drawn map showing lease holders along Mt. Korong Road, Sandhurst area. Names include Gold Mines Co., Hercules Co., H. Koch, Prince Alfred Co, Advance Co., J. Steane, Skeals, Abel & Co., Mounts(?) Bay co., Wellington Co., Waterloo Co., Endeavour Co., W.H. Langdon, Bridgman & Co. Written in blue pencil on top RH corner in script Syme Well, Nova Ste (indecipherable) , German Aleno Co., Concord, Rae. Written on back of map in black pen 'Maps'.map, bendigo, mining leases -
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Medal - BMA MEDAL
Gold medal with depictions of a mine poppet head, chimney & buildings with wording Stewards BMA (Bendigo Miners Assoc) oval with shield shape on front and name J Bodilly etched on back, with accompanying donation letter.organization, mining, miners association -
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Document - PETER ELLIS COLLECTION: NOTES FROM BENDIGO ADVERTISER
Notes, some taken from the Bendigo Advertiser 10/71895, 12/7/1895, and 23/12/1885. Items mentioned are: Snakes of the Whipstick, Science Society, Elliott's Reef Company, Sandhurst Museum, Snakes common to Bendigo, Snake Bite, The Whipstick Water Supply - Bendigo Advertiser 23/12/1885, Are Slides guides to Mining, Mr Wilson Froggatt's return from New Guinea, Death and a short obituary of Dr MacGillivray, Some of the work of watercolour and pencil artist, Mr R H Nancarrow, of Neilborough, and a description of Dr Mac's new residence on the lower corner of Rowan and Forest Streets.bendigo, history, early bendigo, peter ellis collection, bendigo advertiser 10/7/95 pg 3 & 12/7/95, snakes of the whipstick, school of mines, r brough smyth, science society, dr macgillivray, eaglehawk prospecting committee, elliott's reef company, sandhurst museum, prof halford, mr r bloomfield rees, professor mccoy, mr vahland, mr robshaw, the whipstick water supply, bendigo advertiser 23/12/1885, mr nancarrow, mr wilson froggatt, sir edmund strickland, geographical society, paul howard, isabella shields, sandhurst mining board, mr r h nancarrow - artist - watercolour & pencil, arnott's patent ventilators -
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Document - MARKS COLLECTION: LANSELL'S 190 MINE PLAN
Plan on heavy parchment paper. Printed on bottom of plan 'Lansell's 180 plan' On top RH corner 'Victoria Quartz Mining Co' On LH side 'North Old Chum Co' Plan shows rock formation e.g. quartz lava slide. Plan found in documents from George Lansell auction, donated by Phillipa Marks.bendigo, mining, lansell's 180 mine -
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Book - CENTRAL DEBORAH MINE CORRESPONDENCE RE PLANT DEVELOPMENT PART 2
Black folder containing photocopied documents pertaining to the setting up and running of the Central Deborah Mine, Bendigo. 1939 - 1948. Original copies held in McColl,Rankin & Stanistreet Collection. Application for Permit. Ministry of Post War Reconstruction. War Organisation of Industry. Quotes, Tenders. Hume & Iser. T.J Jorgensen. Electricity Supply Department. Saunders & Ross. District Telephone Office. R Toma. Stock Exchange. Building Site Plan. Abbott Supply Co. F.W. Milne & Son. The Golden City Agricultural Implements. Department of Labour and National Service.Miller & Co. Thompson Engineering and Pipe Co. Gold Boring and Prospecting. Costs. J.l. Howard. A.J. William Electrical Instruments.bendigo, mining, central deborah gold mine -
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Document - ÓLD TOM' MINE LEASE DESCRIPTION
Handwritten letter consisting of two foolscap pages from Wm. E. Sheehan describing the merits of the 'Old Tom' lease in the Whipstick. Describes the Assets, shafts, equipment and extent of the mining on the lease.Wm. E. Sheehangold, mining, old tom, gold mines, old tom, whipstick, handwritten letter -
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Document - LAZARUS NEW CHUM MINING COMPAN Y SHARE CERTIFICATE
Share Certificate from The Lazarus New Chum Mining Company for 100 shares issued to Mr. M. Kelly and dated 4th April 1903.mine, gold, lazarus new chum, gold mines, gold mining, new chum line lazarus company, share certificates -
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Newspaper - BENDIGO MINES TOUR
Two small newspaper clippings: -1, Bus tour of Bendigo Mining, leaving the Lyric Theatre 9.30 am. This day, Monday, March 27th. 2. The conducted bus tour of the old mining areas around Bendigo yesterday was so successful that it will be repeated today. Leaving the Lyric Theatre Charing Cross. At 9.30am so as to allow patrons to be back in time for the procession. These have been glued on to a page out of an exercise book.bendigo, mining, tours, bendigo advertiser , gold mines, tours -
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Book - WESTERN AUSTRALIA GOLDFIELDS WATER SCHEME
A souvenir of the official opening of the Western Australia Goldfields Water Scheme and visit to the mines of the Golden Mile. Published by The Chamber of Mines of Western Australia Incorporated, Kalgoorlie. 24 - 26th January 1903. Printed by F. W. Niven & Co. 40 - 42 Flinders Street , Melbourne. The cover is maroon colour (now very faded) with gold lettering. The booklet contains Many photos of the Kalgoorlie and Boulder mines.Printed by F.W. Niven & Co. 40-42 Flinders Street, Melbourne.civil engineering, water supply, goldfields, goldfields water scheme, western australia, kalgoorlie, mining, water supply -
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Document - NOTED EVENTS: BENDIGO FROM 1839 TO 1905
'''Noted Events'' (re Bendigo from 1839 to 1905). Three pages (no author stated; no date) providing short notes about 45 dates (i.e. year) in the history of Bendigo. Ends with a few 'facts' about Bendigo - largest city??; widest bridge in world; (had) deepest mines in world; ounces of gold produced.bendigo, history, city history. the goldfields., mr cass sherratt, frice and heape, bendigo mining. -
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Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: NORTH DEBORAH GOLD MINE: WAGES & FOOTAGES BOOK
Brown covered index book, listing wages paid to workers and footages done. Dates listed from 1949 to 1951. Names of workers listed as just surnames on some dates, with initials on others.business, mining, north deborah gold mine, mccoll, rankin & stanistreet, norht deborah, wages, goldmine -
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Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH OF THE LOOKOUT TOWER IN ROSALIND PARK
Black and white photo of the Lookout Tower in Rosalind Park. On the reverse side is a marking MNG57. there is also a notation; 'these legs once belonged to the Garden Gully United Mine, and were presented to the City Council for erection as a memorial by the wives of the directors of that mine'.bendigo, mining, garden gully united mine., lookout tower bendigo. -
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Booklet - Glittering Gullies
1. Dorothy Dempsey was a student of Arthur Thomas Woodward (see No.2). She was considered a "promising artist" who exhibited in Bendigo and Melbourne in the late 1930's - early 1940's. The Bendigo Art Gallery has one of her paintings. 2. Arthur Thomas Woodward (1865, Birmingham, England- 12/2/1943 Bendigo) Studied and taught art in England, Paris and Antwerp before coming to Victoria in 1889. Whilst briefly the Art Director of the Sale School of Art, he married Emma Jane Stokes in 1892. He then became the Head of the Art Department at the Bendigo School of Mines, where he remained until his retirement in 1921. He was responsible for the art division of the Victorian Gold Jubilee Exhibition. and was heavily involved in the establishment of the Bendigo Art Gallery. He lived at "The Roselands", View Street, where he also conducted private art lessons after his retirement.Beige soft cover booklet of 32 pages. Titled 'Glittering Gullies' a compilation of 15 B&W sketches by Dorothy Dempsey of mining scenes and buildings. Inside is a loose card of a handwritten invitation to the announcement of the publication of 'Glittering Gullies.' Dorothy Dempsey was a student of Arthur T Woodward, Bendigo. mining gullies, bendigo -
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Newspaper - JACK PERRY COLLECTION: NEWSPAPER HORWOODS FOUNDRY
Newspaper article regarding Horwood Foundry, situated where the now Girton College buildings are erected. Horwoods also had a gold mine on the property.bendigo, mining, horwoods foundry, horwoods foundry, girton college -
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Newspaper - JACK PERRY COLLECTION: NEWSPAPER JOBS GULLY
Newspaper article re metal detectors and panning. Picture of dam near Jobs Gully railway bridge. Dam used by Alliance Mine.bendigo, mining, alliance mine, alliance mine -
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Document - BILL ASHMAN COLLECTION: CORRESPONDENCE
Dull orange folder containing copies of letters, brochures, information sheets and some newspaper cuttings. Name on the front is Frank A. Stevenson 244 Hargreaves St Bendigo. Letters date from 1937 to 1942. Newspaper titles include: Prevention of Rust- Principle of the Scalebuoy, Scalebuoys in Cars, Tragic Death of Captain Hartley Abbott and the Obituary of Captain R.H.S.Abbott.sciences, instruments - general, scalebuoy, bill ashman collection - correspondence, frank a stevenson, mr bacon, amalgamated freezing co bendigo, g whalley, gunbower co-operative butter factory & trading coy ltd, mr wallace, j charlesworth, d v evershed, bendigo electronic co, walshes crown hotel, hunter bros, wybgones unit, 180 gold mining co, o'hallorans cyanide unit, crystal ice works, stevenson unit, bendigo council, central nell gwynne, nth deborugh g m co, deborugh g m c, deborugh consolidated, cohuna butter factory, geo ross, victorian producers' co-operative coy ltd, h abbott, ernest f o liddell, rothacker bros, motor spares ltd, leggo's buildings, t j jorgensen, mr robinson, stevenson bros, r h s abbott, d c house, the electrical factor in metabolism, w n abbott, the great boulder proprietary gold mines ltd, w o galletly, mr stronell, newport workshops, victorian railways, mr brownbill, mr james, the university of melbourne, j l osborne, n clarkson, sister mary gonzaga, st joseph's hospital, mater misericordiae hospital, mr herzog, sister m monica?, vacuum oil, j johns, h j grigg, w a walsh, market square, crown hotel, g e cole, transport & engineering in australia 16/12/1937, mr menderson, mr ross, sanitary age 8/2/1935, northern kiwanis clubs, harry a baxter, w h cunningham & hill ltd, link-belt co ltd, sir william crooks, royal zoological society, ginna works germany, close brothers, w h taylor, geo taylor hardware co ltd, details of hydraulic spinner unit (scalebuoy), a davidson, john g kelly inc, hannon, myers wishart, kennedy, mr critten, pennsylvania rubber coy, paul a douden & co, w e humphrey, kansas city public service co, smith, tangney hotels, wahkonsa hotel, muscatine hotel, arlington hotel, burke hotel, helen tangney-springer, f w woolworth co, w w edan, ymca, n f alcock, b j ingram, scalebuoys, bendigo electronic company of australia proprietary limited, a s bloomfield, harry ponsonby mackenzie, arthur robinson & co, the commercial banking company of sydney ltd, a t madden, victorian railways, e c eyers, city of bendigo, frank h day, lane's motors pty ltd, h c holland, union oil soap & candle co ltd, knox home, n a duthie, w h mccorkindale, maungatapere co-op dairy co ltd, the whangarei co-op dairy co ltd, w h millingford, kettering cartons limited, j g arlidge, w e humphrey, kansas city public service company, h w smith, prospectus of scale buoy distributors limited, edwin gripper banks, richard hartley smith abbott, frank shaw fitchett, hayden smith & fitchett, the commercial bank of australia limited, william john stanley horsfall, frank cooper, scott's hotel, a j phillips, stringer & phillips proprietary ltd, e g banks, edwin gripper banks, reginald william stringer, frank cooper, claude gordon robinson, s reid -
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Document - JAMES GRENFELL HISTORY
Six photocopy A4 pages with connection to James Grenfell. Items covered include, Grenfell genealogy, Old Chum Mine as manager, accident at Old Chum, death etc. Unknown donor without covering BHS acknowledgement. Jackie van Bergen email [email protected] 2013 has some relevance to contribution.bendigo, gold mining, old chum gold mine -
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Photograph - MINING PHOTOGRAPHS
Black & White photographs of 1960's mining equipment located Bendigo. [a] Deborah Engine room caption. [b] North Deborah Battery caption. [c] Central Deborah caption. [d] Central Deborah approx 1968 caption. [e] North Deborah Battery caption. [f] Deborah Engine Room caption. [g] South Deborah caption.bendigo, gold mining, gold mine -
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Document - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: HISTORICAL POSTERS
2 posters headlined ''NOTICE!!'' urging ' all subjects of the Queen, and all strangers who have received hospitality and protection under Her flag, to assist in preserving SOCIAL ORDER and Maintaining the Supremacy of the Law.' 'All faithful subjects, and all strangers who have had equal rights extended to them, are therefore called upon to 'ENROL THEMSELVES and be prepared to assemble at such places as may be appointed by the Civic Authorities in Melbourne and Geelong, and by the Magistrates in the several towns of the Colony.' This is a response to ' recent events at the Mines at Ballarat.' The call is by Chas Hotham. John Ferres Government Printer.The call is by Chas Hotham. John Ferres Government Printer.history, australian, law, lydia chancellor, collection, history, ballaarat, australian history, gold, goldfields, gold mines, gold mining