The Ballarat School of Mines was established in 1870 after a resolution from the Ballarat Mining Board. It is the first School of Mines in Australia. The first three trustees were Redmond Barry, Rivett Henry Bland, and Somerville Learmonth, with Redmond Barry being the first President. .1) Yellow soft covered booklet of 4 pages. The contents include an outline and rules of the proposed Ballarat School of Mines, Resolutions of the Mining Board at Ballarat, and a draft constitution. .2) Ballarat School of Mines Constitution handwritten rough notes .3) Ballarat School of Mines Constitution handwritten rough notes .4) Ballarat School of Mines handwritten draft Constitutionballarat school of mines, smb, redmond barry, ballarat mining board, ballarat school of mines establishment, legal, constitution, rivett henry bland, somerville learmonth, john alexander mcpherson, james mcculloch, mccoy, harrie wood

Thje story of the Gold and RutherglenInformation Booklet detailing the history of the gold found in Rutherglen and districtinformation, gold, booklet, tourism

Mining Scene Flat Reef at 800ft level Underground in Magdala-Cum-Moonlight Gold Mine 1895Underground miner inspecting overhead Quartz reef. stawell mining

Guinea Gold Newspaper was produced for Australian & American Armed Forces Armed Forces Newspaper containing Local and Homeland News for the troopsGuinea Gold Newspaper Dated 4/12/`1942 - Hammering of Nazis Continuing in Russia - News In Brief From The Mainland.newspaper distributed to troops in the field., guinea gold, world war 2

Document. KELLY & ALLSOP COLLECTION. Two share certificates (Nos. 2434 & 2435) issued by the Fortuna Hustler's Gold Mining Company, No Liability, Hustler's Reef Bendigo. Each certificate represents 50 shares @ 30 shillings each and issued to R.McNair of Bendigo on 21 Feb.1906. Capital raised was 42,000 Pounds from 28,000 shares. Certificates signed by G.H.Petrie, Manager. Printed by J.B.Young, Bendigo.Fortuna Hustler's Gold Mining Co.business, stockbroker, kelly & allsop, kelly & allsop collection, share certificates, fortuna hustler's gold mining co., r.mcnair, g.h.petrie, j.b.young.

Document. KELLY & ALLSOP COLLECTION. Share certificate issued by the Unity Gold Mining Company, No Liability, Garden Gully Reef, Bendigo. Certificate represents 50 shares at 25 shillings each. Capital raised 40,000 Pounds from 32,000 shares. Certificate No.1037 issued to Miss E.M.Hogan of Bendigo on 3 Nov.1899 and signed by G.H.Petrie, Manager. Pinned to the certificate is a handwritten receipt with a duty stamp dated 30/2/03, IOU Allsop & Co Twenty even pounds. Signed Elizabeth M Hogan.Unity Gold Mining Co.business, stockbroker, kelly & allsop, kelly & allsop collection, share certificate, unity gold mining co., elizabeth m.hogan, g.h.petrie

Catalogue card reads, "Article on The Ringwood Antimony Mines (in) The Mining Chronicle, 23rd September 1882".

Gold was discovered in Ballarat in 1851 when many people rushed to the diggings. A monument commemorates the centenary of the finding of gold at Poverty Point and is dedicated to the memory of pioneer miners of Ballarat. It records gold yields, nuggets and the richest recorded yields of both alluvial and quartz mines. The replica gold nugget on the monument is the `Welcome Nugget`, found in Ballarat in 1858, weighed 2,217 ounces and was sold for £10,500. The memorial, known as the Pioneer Miners’ Monument, was made to commemorate Ballarat's gold centenary. It was proposed that part of the Pioneers' Memorial Fund might be used. This fund was started with £1300 profit from the 1938 centenary celebrations. (Age (Melbourne), The monument was created by John Edward Skilbeck, a toolmaker with Ronaldson and Tippett. John Skilbeck had a deep interest in Ballarat History, and undertook much research with Bert Strange and Keith Stacpoole. Councilllor William Ernest Roff provided the copper for the memorial from scrap copper obtained during his plumbing business. The copper was reworked by John Skilbeck, and was soldered in the kitchen of his home at 14 Frank Street. Colour photograph of the gold monument on the corner of Sturt Street and Albert Street, Ballarat. It commemorates the discovery of gold at Poverty Point in August 1851, and was The monument was unveiled in 1951 and is mainly constructed of large piecesof quartz, with a miniature popper head on the top made of copper. Mounted on the side is a replica of the Welcome Nugget, which was unearthed on the corner of Humffray and Mair Streets, Ballarat on 09 June 1858.FRONT This monument was erected by the Ballarat Historical Society to commemorate the finding of gold at Poverty Point 21st August 1851 and is dedicated to the memory of/ pioneer miners of Ballarat LEFT SIDE Richest recorded yields alluvial mines Band of Hope 303269 Ozs Prince of Wales 168929 Koh I Noor 164157 Great Redan Ex 110111 Albion 107125 Bonshaw Fr 96520 Park 94699 St George 86702 Sir Wm Don 76830 Hand in Hand 76830 Sir Henry Loch 43562 Quartz Mines Star of the East 256758 Ozs Band of Hope 158299 Victoria United 152013 N Woah Hawp 129562 New Normanby 127562 Britannia 103225 Llanberris No 1 100533 Black Hill 91665 Last Chance U 83766 Llanberris 71364 Speedwell 66000 South Star 64444 Sulieman Pasha Companies 62666 RIGHT Recorded gold yield 20606000 ozs Nuggets Alluvial Welcome 2217 ozs Saraha Snads 1619 Lady Hotham 1177 Canadian 1 1117 Canadian 2 1011 Koh 1 Noor 834 Eureka 625 Lady Loch 617 Prince of Wales 606 Bakery Hill 571 Native Youth 540 Faboulous yields of earliest diggings not offically recorded Quartz Nuggets N Woah Hawp 5-- 300 200 Ozs White Horse 500 Woah Hawp 444 266 262 Canton 257 200 Q Victoria lease 410 U Black Hill Coy 315 Tinworths 250 Parade Coy 245gold monument, ballarat, skilbeck, poppet head, j.e. skilbeck, john skilbeck

The Centenerary of Government of Victoria and Centenary of Discovery of Gold was in 1951significant to the Pyrenees Shire and Lexton communitybronze plaque from the Centenerary of Government of Victoria and Centenary of Discovery of Gold EQUALITY, JUSTICE, FREEDOM

Paper dust cover over Green heavy cardboard with gold print. Dust cover and b/w/ photo of a town with a range of mountains in the background. has black and white print Green Pastures and Gold. A History of Ararat. Lorna L. Banfieldstawell

Document. KELLY & ALLSOP COLLECTION. One Share Certificate issued by Locks New Find Gold Mining Co., Sandy Creek, Maldon, representing 100 shares at 10 shillings each. Capital raised was 18,000 Pounds from 36,000 shares. Certificate No. 910 issued to J.Bright of Bendigo on 23 Jan 1911. Certificate signed by Sidney J.Plain, Manager.Locks New Find Gold Mining Co.business, stockbroker, kelly & allsop, kelly & allsop collection, locks new find gold mining co., maldon, share certificate, j. bright, sidney j.plain

Invitation for Ballarat School of Mines students to visit.Typed letter on Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers letterhead. australasian institute of mining engineers, d.l. stirling, visits, ausimm

Ballarat School of Mines is a predecessor of Federation University.Two handwritten letters from Bethanga Gold Fields Limited to School of Mines Ballarat. signed Harris and Field General Managers. Dated 11th October and 13th October 1898bethanga gold fields limited, harris and field general managers, school of mines ballarat, f.j. martell, letters, harris and field, frederick martell, bethanga

Norther Grampians Shire removed Gold Reef Mall arguing that it would revitalise the Shopping PrecinctTwo Colour Photographs of works demolishing Gold Reef Mall

Photographs taken at the time of the purchase by Western Mining Corporation of the property owned by G.P. Daly of Raywood Road, Woodvale, in 1986. The intent of the purchase was to provide land for the Woodvale ponds. Land size was 16 acres, known as Allotment 13, Section 3, Parish of Nerring. Paper with two colour photographs attached, each of three photos joined to show landscape view, of the property purchased from G.P Daly by Western Mining Corporation. Photographs show rural land, grassy paddocks with tree line in background. Barb wire fence visible in foreground of bottom photo. Top photograph is titled 23. Daly property looking south-east. Bottom photograph is titled 24. Daly property looking north east. woodvale, g.p. daly, western mining corporation, purchase

Catalogue card reads, "1883 - Reports of the Mining Surveyors & Registrars. Quarter ended 31st March, 1883".

Frances Rigg was a local business identity in Kew, at one stage managing the local branch of the English, Scottish and Australian (ES&A) Bank at 175 High Street from c. 1920 until the 1940s. After Francis Rigg’s death, the collection of buttons and medallions was inherited by his son, Ken Rigg (1922-2014). The collection was subsequently donated to the Kew Historical Society in 2015 by Francis' grandson, Adrian Rigg, at the time of the Gallipoli & Beyond Commemoration in 2015. The collection covers a period of almost 40 years. The majority of the buttons are patriotic buttons, issued and sold during and immediately after the First World World War (1914-1918) to raise funds for national and overseas causes. The collection also includes a number of locally significant sporting event buttons and sporting club medallions, issued in the 1920s and 1930s.Patriotic and other pressed tin buttons and badges were produced in large numbers in the first decades of the twentieth century. By nature, insubstantial and ephemeral, they have not always survived. The collections of badges, buttons and medallions in the Kew Historical Society collection is homogenous and yet diverse, ranging from buttons sold to raise funds for the war efforts in 1914-18 and 1939-45, to those used at festivals and sporting events. Because of the manufacturing process, many surviving buttons and badges have been affected by inadequate storage, suffering from oxidisation and physical damage. These survivors are now historically and socially significant artefacts, revealing much about the attitudes and values of the period in which they were produced. Their widespread distribution means that they are frequently significant at a local, state, national and international level.‘Heart of Gold’ buttons were produced for the Homeopathic (Prince Henry’s) Hospital’s Button Day Appeal in 1921. Contemporary newspaper accounts noted that the slogan was of American origin. A variety of buttons were produced costing from 1/ to £1. In the campaign, button selling in Kew raised £77."Heart of Gold: Homeopathic Hospital Appeal 1921"homeopathic hospital, badges, fundraising buttons, prince henry's hospital - st kilda road - melbourne (vic.)

This photo was taken during 'Lock Downs' during the Covid19 Pandemic. Colour photograph of the Mining Exchange in Lydiard Street North, Ballarat.lydiard street north, ballarat mining exchange, stockbrockers, pandemic, covid 19

Murray Comrie Collection. This is a dark copy of an older original. Copy probably made by Murray Comrie in the 1960s.Monochrome photograph depicting men in a mining camp in or near Tarnagulla.mining, miners, gold

Murray Comrie Collection. This is a dark copy of an older original. Copy probably made by Murray Comrie in the 1960s.Monochrome photograph depicting men in a mining area in or near Tarnagulla.mining, miners, gold

Buninyong Gold King Festival 1991Colour Photo recreation of crowning of Gold King Simon de Soza , group in de Soza Park.buninyong, gold king, simon de soza, crown

Postcard Photo of Sturt St looking East from about Dawson St with the shops on the southern side and the Town Hall in the view. Has an ESCo tram in the bottom right hand corner. Card reproduced for Sovereign Hill Gold Mining Township by Rose Stereograph Co. of Glen Waverley c2000. Divided back type with caption, production and the Rose Co. symbol on the rear. See item 9005 for a small used black and white version with more detail of the tram.Yields information about the appearance of Sturt St following the introduction of electric trams in 1905 and has a strong association with the work of Sovereign Hill and Rose Stereograph Co.Postcard reproduction - full colour divided back unused.trams, tramways, sturt st, ballarat, esco, rose postcards