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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - VICTORIA HILL - NOTES ON VICTORIA HILL (SIGNS)
Twelve handwritten copied pages (a & b) of notes regarding the signs for Victoria Hill. Signs indicate the feature and a description including Prospecting Shafts, dams, engine beds, Lansell's Big 180 Shaft, stampers, Victoria Quartz Mine, Victoria Quartz Dams, Rae's Open Cut, Anticlinal Arch, small primitive tunnels, Engine-bed for Great Central Victoria known as 'Midway' mine, prospecting tunnels, floyd's small 5 Head Crushing Battery, Ballerstedt's Small 24 Yard Claim, The Humboldt 1856 to 1861, Luffsman and Sterry's Claim, and A Round Shaft.document, memo, victoria hill, victoria hill, notes on victoria hill (signs), lansell's big 180, ballerstedt senior, george lansell, victoria quartz mine, victoria reef quartz coy, wm rae, a roberts & sons, mr e j dunn, new chum drainage scheme, eureka extended, new chum railway, pearl, bendigo advertiser, inrush of water at the victoria quartz, victoria consols, shamrock, shenandoah, victoria quartz dams, rae's open cut. prospecting tunnel, floyd's small 5 head crushing battery, great central victoria (midway), midway no 2, midway north, ballerstedt's small 24 yard claim, the humboldt, wittscheibe, the adventure, advance, george lansell, luffsman & sterry's claim, david sterry, gold mines hotel, city of sandhurst, lansell's fortuna, a richardson -
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Document - VICTORIA HILL - THE CENTRAL DEBORAH AND THE VICTORIA HILL
Handwritten carbon copy of a letter to be published in the paper, dated 16/4 1971. Letter is from A. Richardson thanking the Bendigo Trust, various Service Clubs, The Bendigo Branch of the Royal Historical Society, the City Council and its employees and the Lady members of the Historical Society for their great team effort in completing the first stage of the restoration of the Central Deborah Gold Mine in time for visitors during the Easter Holidays.document, victoria hill, the central deborah and the victoria hill, bendigo trust, the bendigo branch of the royal historical society, bendigo city council, central deborah gold mine, the rotary club of bendigo south, bendigo and district tourist association, bendigo diggings project, john brown knitwear factory, gold mines hotel, big 180 mine, victoria quartz, city of sandhurst, bendigo advertiser, a richardson, mr cyril nichelson -
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Document - VICTORIA HILL - CONDENSED HISTORY OF VICTORIA HILL
Handwritten carbon copy of a short history of Victoria Hill. Date on top of page is 13/10/69. Notes mention claims and who bought them and the value of the gold.mine, gold, victoria hill, victoria hill, condensed history of victoria hill, theodore ballerstedt, george lansell, touzeau and co., wm rae, bon accord, victoria quartz, wittscheibe's jeweller's shop, luffsman and sterry, adventure, advance, cinderella, j n macartney, bendigo goldfield registry, the backbone of sandhurst -
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Document - MINING IN BENDIGO COLLECTION: DISCOVERY & BENDIGO HIGH SCHOOL
Copy of typed notes referring to who was the first to discover gold in Bendigo. Notes describe the area of Camp Hill which was selected as Government Headquarters. The sole remaining relic known as the Police Barracks, a brick stable which was converted into a small hall and the old Supreme Court building. Notes include the history of the Bendigo High School. Only pages 3 & 4.document, gold, mining in bendigo, mining in bendigo, gold discovery, bendigo high school, henry frencham, governor latrobe, gold commissioner horne, captain dane, mr cockburn, mr gilbert, queen elizabeth oval, police barracks building, superintendent mcculloch, high school, teachers' college, supreme court building, town council of sandhurst, corpporate high school, st andrew's college, sandhurst grammar school, bendigo continuation school, camp hill state school, school of mines, domestic arts school, quarry hill state school, congregational church, sir alexander peacock -
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Document - CONNELLY, TATCHELL, DUNLOP COLLECTION: DOCUMENT
Two typed copies of a Notice requiring payment of Mortgage Moneys, dated 8 March 1900. One copy is a carbon copy. Signed by Charlotte Dutton Walker, Edward James Cordner, Walter Alfred Reynell, and the Solicitor, name illegible.business, legal, connelly & tatchell, connelly & tatchell collection - document, henry cullen, david cullen, charlotte dutton walker, edward james cordner, walter alfred reynell, sandhurst and northern district trustees, agency company limited, edward bissell, connelly tatchell & dunlop -
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Book - BOOKLET: BENDIGO IN 74
48 paged booklet - ''Bendigo in 74 - The Tourist Centre of Victoria'' - compiled as a community service by Bendigo Jaycees. Comprehensive information about Bendigo and attractions - Index: Accommodation; Additional information; An introduction to Bendigo; Aquarium; Art Gallery; Bendigo Trust; Caravan parks; Dai Gum San; Directory; Eaglehawk Museum; Entertainment; Emergency services; Joss House; Lake Eppalock; National Trust classified buildings; Natural history; Map of Bendigo; Map of city centre; Pottery; Picnic areas; sporting facilities; 'Talking Trams'; Thanks; Tours; Tourist attractions; Victoria Hill; What's on in Bendigo.Bendigo Jaycees. Espress Printers Bendigo.bendigo, tourism, guide 1974, bendigo jaycees, radio 3bo, city family hotel, don murray's hotel motel, cambrian hotel, charlies craft & lifestyle store, powneys authorised newsagent, the bendigo trust, white hills panel works, bendigo pottery, bendigo racecourse, homestead motor inn, peter wade, the persian room, sandhurst trading co. pty. ltd., bendigo air services, bendigo sec, geo. r. innes & sons, cohns, the copper pot, sandhurst travel service. golden hills motel, welcome stranger motel, brian boru hotel, john lindsay's pharmacy & photographic centre, alf morris motors -
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Book - PICTURES AND ATTRACTIONS OF BENDIGO: BEAUTIFUL BENDIGO
Booklet (18 pages) ''Beautiful Bendigo'' - coloured pictures of Bendigo and attractions with one page foreword. Published in association with the Bendigo and District Tourism Association, 1987. Includes city map at back of booklet.Printed in Singapore by Toppan Printing Company. Published by Robert Brown & Associated (Aust) Pty Ltd.bendigo, tourism, guide, tramways, george lansell, gold mines hotel, specimen cottage, queen elizabeth oval, secred heart cathedral, camp hill primary school, public library, conservatory gardens, school of mines. central deborah mine. dai gum san wax museum, kwan gung joss house, bendigo's sun loong dragon. sandhurst town, map of bendigo. -
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Newspaper - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: JOYCE GREEN AND LONG GULLY FIRE BRIGADE HISTORY
Two copies of a newspaper article titled A gift for fire station. Article mentions Joyce Green, daughter of Captain John Westerson presented the portrait to the Bendigo Fire Brigade on permanent loan. Photo shows Joyce Green standing beside the Long Gully Fire Brigade portrait, It has photos of members.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - joyce green and long gully fire brigade history, captain johyn westerson, bendigo fire station, alan ellis, sandhurst town, green family, e harris -
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Document - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: LONG GULLY FIRE BRIGADE
Short history of the Long Gully Fie Brigade by G A Ellis. The brigade started in 1873 and was disbanded in 1932. The brigades's main appliance was a cart or reel pulled by the men. The men used to practice in Creeth Street and later there were competitions with other brigades. A new station was built in 1905. It was decided to close Long Gully and keep Golden Square Brigade.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - long gully fire brigade, long gully mechanics institute, mr j grenfell, mr j neal, white hills cemetery, sandhurst city brigade, st matthews church, american gully, easter fair, buffalo lodge hall, rose of australia hotel, bendigo council, g a ellis -
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Newspaper - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: NEW PLAYGROUND FOR LONG GULLY
Newspaper cutting titled New Playground for Long Gully. Eaglehawk Times Nov 99 written at the top of the article. The playground was a community project at the New chum Reserve in the Sparrowhawk, Estate. Mentioned is the organisers, who gave funds for the works and the young people who worked on it. Also mentioned is some early problems they had.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - new playground for long gully, eaglehawk times nov 99, eaglehawk secondary college, new chum reserve, long gully community house, central victorian group training (cvgt), city of greater bendigo, the department of human services, the rotary club of bendigo/sandhurst, lt lukes, russell roberts -
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Photograph - BULL STREET: SANDHURST, 1861
Black and white copy of Batchelder photo: taken from Pall Mall opposite Bull Street, showing Town Hall, water hydrant right foreground. Gas lamps on and adjacent to Macords Hotel. Covered wagon to left of Bull Street, J. Parker grocer and Provision merchant and Carmicheals Tannery and Grindery ? Depot on left. On back in pencil '40' In image 'J. Parker, grocer and provision merchant' 'Bendigo Tannery Depot' James Carmichael/Leather Grindery.Batchelderplace, streetscape, bull street -
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Photograph - BRIDGE STREET: SANDHURST, 1861
Copy of black and white photo: Bridge Street streetscape near site of the present Chinese Museum. Showing Bendigo Hotel at left,. 'Crossingham & Goodman, Saddlers ' ' J. Holdsworth', 'Glass and Chines Warehouse'. 'Batchelder, Photographer, Pall Mall' handcart in foreground. 3 storey weatherboard building with 3 males at door, 2 males and photographers cart in front of fence. Row of single storey buildings with verandahs, some with business signs. 2 storey building at back. Deep gutters with foot bridges over. On back in grey lead '12' Note: Batchelder and his assistant are standing at the hardcart' ( James Lerk 22.9.2000 }Batchelder, Pall Mallplace, streetscape, bridge street -
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Photograph - FIRE BRIGADE: SANDHURST, 1861
Black and white photo: No. 2 Fire Brigade Depot No. 2 - brick building with corrugated iron roof with 4 arched windows along side, arched double door at front, bell in tower at rear of building. Building has contrast colour bricks around windows, doors at corners. Horse drawn vehicles at front, 9 adult males, some in uniform. Gas lamp at right.Batchelderbuildings, government, fire station -
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Document - MINING REPORTS - WAGES, PRICES & STAMP HEADS
Handwritten notes detailing the wages per week S'hurst year 1868, from boys to the General Manager. Also prices for tools, rope, chain, powder, candles, oil, tallow, quicksilver, leather, cleaning and packing materials, and iron and steel. Also mentioned is the weight of the stampers, their cost, the height they fall, the number of strokes per minute, the number of holes in the gratings, the horse-power to drive each stamper, the quantity of water used per stamp-head in crushing and the quantity of mercury used in the ripples per stamper and the quantity lost per stamp head per week.document, gold, mining reports, mining reports, wages prices & stamp heads, goldfields & mineral districts of victoria, r brough smyth 1869, sandhurst goldfield 1868 -
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Document - ADVERTISING LEAFLET - CLEARING SALE; JAS MAHAFFY, SANDHURST, 1880s-1890s
Advertising Leaflet - Clearing Sale; Jas Mahaffy, Hargreaves St., Bendigo. 'Clearing Sale of Colonial Work'. Has an (advertsing!) poem as centre-piece to the leaflet - 'The Economist's Soliloquy' based on Hamlet soliloquy. Printer: Bendigo Evening Newsorganization, business, bendigo businesses -
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Document - PAMPHLET - COMPLETION OF RENOVATION OF 18 VIEW ST, 1968
PAMPHLET - COMPLETION OF RENOVATION OF 18 VIEW ST. 4 page pamphlet (last page blank) . First page titled: 'We celebrate the completion of the erection of the Central Section of this Building (18 View Street, Bendigo) as the First Government Built Post Office on the 17th May, 1858 and the Eightieth Anniversay of the Incorporation of the Sandhust Trustees Company (Incorporated 1888)'. Inside - two pages of historical text relevant to above.organization, business, sandhurst trustees -
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Photograph - PALL MALL SANDHURST , 1857, 1857
Sepia photograph of early Bendigo streetscape, Stone building in in forefront LH side, now View Street. In Pall Mall on left is the Shamrock Hotel, then the building that now houses the Bendigo Bank, in the centre is 23 the sign below possibly reads ELVTA, to the right is Edmonds Horse Bazaar, 2 doors to the right is the 2 story building that housed the Colonial Bank, beside that is Victoria Hotel then the stables which became Allan's walk. Markings/Inscriptions: none.place, streetscape, pall mall -
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Book - BENDIGO, THE GOLDEN HEART OF VICTORIA
Bendigo The Golden Heart Of Victoria 22 pages with colour photos and maps.Rosalie Trower, Annette Boylebendigo, tourism, bendigo, sacred heart cathedral, sandhurst town, central deborah gold mine, talking tram. -
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Drawing - Bendigo Coffee Palace, Bill Klemmer
Erected in 1888 by Robert Milburn and family, the coffee palace on the corner of Mollison and Mitchell Streets was opposite the entrance to the railway station and as such provided ready access for travellers. Built at a cost of L4000, it consisted of 40 rooms that provided retail outlets and a ballroom on the ground floor and accommodation on the upper level. In 1945 it was converted to provided hostel accommodation for 43 student teachers. The building was demolished in the 1980's.An ink and pencil drawing of the Bendigo Coffee Palace signed by Bill Klemmer in 1968. The drawing reproduces the building like it would have looked in 1875.bendigo, sandhurst coffee palace, drawing, bill klemmer -
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Newspaper - SANDHURST SCHOOL OF MINES COLLECTION: J.R.V. ANDERSON OBITUARIES
Two obituaries for J.R.V. Anderson who died aged 88. The two newspaper articles are glued to a white sheet of paper.person, individual, jrv anderson -
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Document - SANDHURST SCHOOL OF MINES COLLECTION: LETTER OPENING ANDERSON BUILDING
Letter addressed to Alan and Joan (no surnames) dated 25 November no year. Signed by Mary describing the opening of the JRV Anderson building.education, bendigo, school of mines and industries -
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Photograph - ELMA WINSLADE WELLS COLLECTION: HARRIET ROTHERHAM (GRANDMOTHER )
COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS FROM MISS E.W.WELLS -black and white, faded PHOTO OF HARRIET ROTHERHAM (GRANDMOTHER).Bartlett Brothers photographersphotograph, portrait, female, 'bartlett bros. , view place sandhurst , photographers -
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Book - BANKING ON THE BENDIGO, 1992
Banking on the Bendigo, the story of the Bendigo building society, published by Wright books containing 200 pages with black and white photographs & illustrations.Tim Hewatbendigo, banks, sandhurst building society, banks and banking, victoria, bendigo history. -
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Document - YOUNG JANIE: IN BENDIGO'S GOLDEN DAYS''
Single sheet '' Young Janie - In Bendigo's Golden Days'' published by Bendigo Branch RHSV 1961. Photograph and family/personal details of Janie Houston Cruikshank, (second?) daughter of Dr and Mrs John Cruikshank. Photo by Batchelder's Studios..person, individual, jane cruikshank, batchelder's studios, jane houston cruikshank. sandhurst, reverend james nish. john buston gould -
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Document - TYPESCRIPT RE: WILLIAM DAVIS (BENDIGO ADVERTISER), 1907
Two-page typescript Obituary re William Davis (Bendigo Advertiser, 3/8/1907 )Bendigo Advertiserperson, individual, william davis, william davis j.p. bendigo cemetery, dr gaffney, colonial bank, dr atkinson, dr deravin, sandhurst and northern district trustees executers and agency co., easter fair gatherings, gold jubilee exhibition. -
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Document - BILL ASHMAN COLLECTION: CORRESPONDENCE
Photocopy of a brief outline of the life and interests of Richard Hartley Smith Abbott. Also includes a photo. Also a page with a Bibliography.sciences, instruments - general, scalebuoy, bill ashman collection - correspondence, richard hartley smith abbott, abbott supply co, bendigo gas co, sandhurst building society, sandhurst trustees co, abbott tannery, strathfieldsaye council, bendigo city council, bendigo art gallery, school of mines council, miners' phthisis -
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Document - ''THE BENDIGO TRAMWAYS: A HISTORY''
''The Bendigo Tramways - A History'' (author, not named, but last page indicates that writer was 17 years of age). Eight handwritten pages; 4 pages of photo reproductions; loose sheet - broad description of 'Bendigo''; loose sheet showing ''S.E.C. Bendigo Tramways Track Diagram as at closure of system, April 1972''. Early moves to have tramway system in 1880s; battery trams operation; steam tram motors; Bendigo Tramway Company; Electric Supply Company; Route maps (''in the appendices at the end of this report'' ???); State Electricity Commission of Victoria; list of the major purchases made by the SEC from the MMB to add to the Bendigo fleet (1930 -1960) closure of tramways; Bendigo 'talking' tourist tram (Dec. 1972); Writer's notes - acknowledgementtramways, history, bendigotramway history., bendigo tramways, electric supply company, talking tourist tram. tramsways track diagram. battery trams, ellsen and co., the sandhurst and eaglehawke tramways company. mollison street. arnold street. -
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Document - TENDER DOCUMENT: CULVERTS AND FOOTPATHS, 1882, 21/11/1882
Handwritten tender document - culverts and footpaths, 21st Nov 1882. Work for McCrae St and paving of Pall Mall. Issued by N Denovan, Town Clerk - Notice for the ''Independent''.N. Denovanbendigo, council, city of sandhurst, mccrae street, pall mall. h. d. c. denovan -
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Document - TALK BY GEOFF RUSSELL: 'FIXING BENDIGO'S BIG STINK'
Talk by Geoff Russell: 'Fixing Bendigo's Big Stink' - text of illustrated talk, 28/5/2005. Effluent and drainage problems of Bendigo in early days. Reference to the Bendigo Sewerage Authority (1917) and start of 15 year program to build reticulated sewerage system. Reference to Bendigo's second Royal Commission re investigating the affairs of the Bendigo Sewerage Authority (tendering; pricing; conditions at the works) and outcome of the enquiry. Extension of relevant history to 1992 (Coliban Region Water Authority). Mention of S Gordon Moore; A G Gutteridge; typhoid fever.Geoff Russellbendigo, utilities, bendigo sewage treatment plant, bendigo sewerage, sandhurst municipal council, mayor william beebe, night carts, bendigo mayor giudice, engineer s. gordon moore, cr curnow, bendigo creek. sewage treatment plant epsom. -
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Book - RANDOLPH SPENCER-CHURCHILL, AS A PRODUCT OF HIS AGE. BEING A PERSONAL AND POLITICAL MONOGRAPH
A blue hard covered book titled Randolph Spencer-Churchill, as a Product of his Age. Being a Personal and Political Monograph.'' By T. H. S. Escott, M.A. London, 1895. Hutchinson & Co. 34 Paternoster Row. 408 pgs. (ill.)T.H.S. Escottbooks, biography, randolph spencer-churchill, book, books, person, randolph spencer-churchill, history, biography, politics, england, mechanics institute california gully sandhurst