Diggers & Mining. The gold licence. The Government Camp. Asst. Commissioner and Diggers, 1853. This and the following picture - they are really cartoons - illustrate these grievances of the diggers. Markings: 37 994.LIF. 4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. The gold licence. The Government Camp. Slide: The Government Camp at Bendigo, 1853. (From a sketch made on the spot by the Resident Commissioner.) Markings: 16 994.LIF. 4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining: The Digging - The Diggers. Slide reads: Golden Gully, Bendigo, 1852. Picture depicts miners digging with shovels and tents in the background. Markings: 7 994.LIF:6. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining: The Digging - The Diggers. Miners at Golden Point, Mt. Alexander, 1851. They are erecting tents, appear to be many miners and tents in background. Markings: 4 994. LIF:6. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

BHS CollectionDiggers & mining. The gold era. Many Chinese also came, and most of them went to the diggings. Slide shows the Chinese on the way to the diggings. Markings 10 994.031 GOL:5. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

BHS CollectionDiggers & mining. The gold era. In 1851, Hargreaves discovered gold in New South Wales near Bathurst. Picture is of Turon field, NSW. Markings 2 994.031 GOL:5. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

BHS CollectionDiggers & mining. The gold era. Equipment was gathered, and means of transport arranged. Slide shows miners gathering their equipment ready to start off. Markings 12 994.031 GOL:5. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Probably used at the Ballarat School of Mines as a teaching aid to demonstrate surface wave propagation in liquids.A hollow cast iron base contains electrical components which provide upward illumination of variable frequency. Cover is shaped lile a soup plate, with a 6.5cm diameter lens in the centre. An overhead lens transmits light to an adjustable mirror for viewing from the side. Complet with 240 volt AC lead and plug.scientific instrument

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. A diagram; - - - or in quartz reefs extending perhaps thousands of feet under the surface. (a) Quartz (b) Worked portion of reef. Markings: 24 994:LIF I. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & mining. The gold era. In 1851, Victoria was given self government, and La Trobe was appointed as Governor. Governor La Trobe is pictured in the slide. Markings 36 994.031 GOL:5. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and Miners. Some other mines in the Walhalla area were the North Long Tunnel, . . . The slide shows the North Long Tunnel in a gully. Markings: 35 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. Horizontal and vertical shafts were used to reach and follow the roof in the Long Tunnel Mine. Later as inclined shaft was used. Markings: 33 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and Miners. The construction of the railway required many miles of cuttings on the steep slopes of the hills. Photo shows that the hills are approx. 45 degrees. Markings: 24 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and Miners. The Bank of Victoria, which purchased most of the gold from the Walhalla mines, is estimated to have handled £10,000,000 worth of gold. Markings: 56 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and Miners. A copper mine, the only one in Victoria, which operated in 1875 with little success, was reopened in 1910. Picture of the copper mine. Markings: 43 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. Walhalla - Gold Town. Here is a railway bridge over the Thomas River. Picture shows the lush growth along the river. Markings: 26 995 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining: The Diggers. 1st image (top) Diggers dug into hillside. 2nd image (bottom) Digger about to fly model aeroplane. Markings: VISAR COPYRIGHT SET - THE DIGGERS, 17. Used as a teaching aid.Visaireducation, tertiary, war

Diggers & Mining: The Diggers. Wounded soldier standing with seated soldier/older. Original sketch by Alf? Vincent. Calling citizens to join army. Markings: VISAR COPYRIGHT SET - THE DIGGERS, 8. Used as a teaching aid.Visaireducation, tertiary, diggers

Diggers & Mining. The Diggings The Diggers. Slide: This graph shows the approximate average annual earnings of the Victorian diggers during the gold decade. (1851 to 1861). Markings: 82 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: This sketch (from the diary of Edward Snell, in the Public Library of Victoria) shows such a pile of washdirt at Bendigo in 1852. Markings: 67 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. The gold licence. The Government Camp. Slide: From the original in the Mitchell Library. Government Camp, Sandhurst. The Government Camp, Sandhurst, 1854. Markings: 17 994.LIF. 4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Stores at the diggings. Stores were advertised by brightly-coloured flags. (von Guerard) Store at Ballarat. Picture displays a scene with a store. Markings: 4 994.LIF. 5. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

BHS CollectionDiggers & mining. The gold era. In the cradle, the clay was washed away, leaving the gold and sand behind. Slide shows diggers using cradles and pans. Markings 16 994.031 GOL:5. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. . . . In the deep leads, or buried valleys of ancient streams . . . (a) Existing water course (b) Buried river valley (c) Washdirt Markings: 22 994:LIF I. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & mining. The gold era. Later, the line to Castlemaine was constructed. Slide shows rail line going between to valleys. Railway viaduct, Jackson's Creek. Markings 44 994.031 GOL:5. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. The Long tunnel operated almost continually from 1863 to 1914 and produced 301/2 tons of gold worth over £3,000,000. Markings: 31 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers and miners. Diggers and Miners. R. W. I. L. S. R. Ck. Y. D H. W.P. New fields established 1858-1861. Markings: 4 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Gold. Slide si of a 'joss house' with some Chinese people outside and one in the doorway. A 'joss house' or temple was a feature or many Chinese camps. Markings: 14 994.GOL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields