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Buninyong & District Historical Society
Photograph - Photograph of Original Photograph, Hughes family of Lal Lal, 1870's, 1870s
historic, social, familyIn Lal Lal forest, Hughes family in front of primitive bark miner's hut with shingle roof, rough stone chimney on left, parents and youngest daughter standing, two older daughters seated, scrubby grass in foreground, rough picket fence and a cow. incomplete label: "...diggings having been worked out, the inhabitantshave gradually left the locality, and Mr. and Mrs. Hughes only remain. They live in a remote part of the forest." lal lal, hughes family, miner's cottage -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. DIGGERS AND MINERS, c1852
Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. S.T.G. Iron Bark Gully, Bendigo, 1852. Businesses on the diggings, too, were conducted in huts and tents. Slide depicts the huts and tents at the diggings in which business was conducted. This view you can see there are still quiet a number of trees in the surrounding area, there is also a fence. Miners can be seen walking amongst the tents and huts as well as on the hillside. Markings: 36 994:LIF I. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. DIGGERS AND MINERS, c1855
Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. At the Caledonian Diggings (near Warrandyte), 1855. Slide; Slab hut with gold cradle amongst the trees. Markings: 45 994:LIF I. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Harley W. Forster, The Central Goldfields, 1969
Brown covered book of 80 pages. Topics include gold, McIvor diggings, Tarrangower goldfields, Maldon, quartz reefs, Chinese, land selection, Mt Alexander, Castlemaine, gold licence agitation, glossary. gold license, gold licence, castlemaine, goldfield agitation -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Negative - Photograph, Mr. J.L. Grimshaw; the man who found the first gold at Kinglake
J. L. Grimshaw, long time gold miner opened up the Kinglake Diggings in 1860. Reproduced on p95 of 'Pioneers & Painters'This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as the 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital image 4 x 5 inch B&W Neg B&W Print 25 x 20 cm and 12.5 x 9 cmsepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, kinglake, j.l. grimshaw, gold miners, pioneers and painters, j.l grimshaw -
Latrobe Regional Gallery
Print, CHEVALIER, Nicholas, Wentworh River Diggings, Gipps Land
Coloured lithographInscription beneath plate "WENTWORTH RIVER DIGGINGS / GIPPS.LAND / from a Picture by N. Chevalier - Printed and published by Charles Troedel, Melbourne Album Office, 73 Collins ST EAST." -
Andrew Ross Museum
Miner's Bucket
Dates from gold-mining period in Queenstown (St. Andrews) Caledonian Diggings. Used for lift ore to the surface by windlass in small-scale shaft mines.Heavy leather bucket with iron reinforcing and handle. Panels are stitched and joined with thonging Ironwork is hand-forged and rivetted in place. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LETTER
Letter fromCharles Patersonaccompanying donation of two books 5316.1 Letters from Bendigo 5316.2 Letters from the Bendigo Diggings Both books spiral bound and contain coloured prints & maps. Books enclosed in plastic sleeve.John Owensperson, family, john owens, history-bendigo-goldfields-family-owens -
Emerald Museum & Nobelius Heritage Park
Dice
Miners not having much to interest them would make their own entertainment . If they did not have what they needed they made it.This Die was found at the diggings and donated to the museum.This item is significent because this is local quartz and handmade on the diggings.White quartz die drilled holes to indicate numbersgold, mining, 1850s, emerald, diggings, sassafras creek -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Booklet - McKean McGregor advertising brochure for sale of Gold Mines Hotel
The Historically listed Goldmines Hotel is situated opposite the Victoria Diggings site. It was designed by the Bendigo firm of Vahland and Getzchmann for David Chaplin who built the hotel in 1872.Coloured brochure produced by McKean McGregor real estate agency for the sale of the Gold Mines Hotel. The hotel was to be auctioned on Friday 4th may at 11.00am. Also, a pamphlet outlining the history of the hotel. The auction did not take place.gold mines hotel, mckean mcgregor, bendigo hotel -
Halls Gap & Grampians Historical Society
Photograph - B/W, C 1887
Afred D'Alton was the first to discover alluvial good in Stony CreekPhoto shows members of D/Alton family outside lean to at Stoney Creek diggings Left to Right Jim, John and Charles D/Alton, Henrietta and Amy (John's daughters) Galbraith (John's son) Clare (Charlie and Jim's sister)Larger photo taken from original people, d'alton, mining, stoney creek -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Book, Dorothy Wickham, "Women of he Diggings: Ballarat 1854" by Dorothy Wickham
Women of the Diggings was published by BHS Publishing and written by Dorothy Wickham. The chapters in the front of the book give an account of women's life on the goldfields, while the back section is the biography of around 1500 women in Ballarat in 1854.women, goldfields, dorothy wickham, eureka stockade -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD, c1853
Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: (von Guerrard) Deep sinking, Ballarat, 1853. Usually the wasdirt was raised in the shaft by a windlass. Slide shows mining site at the diggings with a windlass and awing. Markings: 28 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Halls Gap & Grampians Historical Society
Photograph - B/W, C 1887
D'Alton's searching for alluvial gold. Photo shows Alfred and Charles D'Alton at Stony Creek Diggings. Charles is on the right and Alfred is on the left. Records 126 and 127 are enlargements from this photo showing each man separately.Photo shows two men working near a sluice. One man is shovelling into a sluice, on a creek and the other is holding an implement. A gold pan rests against a tree.people, d'alton, mining, stoney creek -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. DIGGERS AND MINERS, c1851
Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. All of the important diggings of the gold era passed through certain distinct stages. First there was a rich find by prospectors. Photo show prospectors checking their panning. ''Prospectors''. Markings: 17 994:LIF I. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE CHINESE ON THE GOLD FIELDS, c1870
Diggers & Mining. The Chinese on the Gold Fields. Slide: Shows stage coach overloaded with people and their belongings. Wording: This photograph shows a diggings party on a Cobb & Co. coach near Newstead c. 1870. Note European dress. Markings: 14. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. GOLD, c1850s
Diggers & Mining. Gold. ? Chinese quarter on an Ovens diggings. Slide shows the Chinese quarters which is a different style building to all others. There are also some Chinese caring buckets in the traditional Chinese manner. Markings: 2 994.GOL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group
Work on paper - Our Ballarat Heritage, James Oddie, Ballarat's founding Father. The News, April 20, 1983, 1983
James Oddie is an archetypal example of the young men of British origin who came to the Ballarat diggings hoping to make their fortune during the Gold Rush and stayed on to establish the foundations of the regional centre that became the modern city of today.James Oddie witnessed the Eureka Stockade and played a significant role in the formative years of Ballarat's development.Part of a single newspaper sheet, folded, yellow with age.Nonechartists, eureka stockade, geelong, buninyong, doctor lang, foundry business, storeman, licences, estate agent, benefactor, ballarat benevolent asylum, rachel riding, female refuge, ballarat bank, mount pleasant observatory, electric light, trams, ballarat botanical gardens, railways, ballarat art gallery, john garner collection, gardens, ballarat -
Nillumbik Historical Society Incorporated
Book - Softcover book, T & S Printers, St Andrews A Village Built on Gold - The History to Present Times of St Andrews and District, 1998
Produced by St Andrews Primary School, covering the area's history from early settlement, discovery of gold, the Caledonia Diggings, social and community history, fruitgrowing and development through the latter half of the 1900's into and covering the 20th century.A concise history of the origins of St Andrews, Victoria, Australia from gold mining to the diverse community it is todaySoftcover book with orange brown tones and black and white lettering and highlights, with historic photographs on front and back cover and 149 pages.#gold, #goldmining, #caledoniadiggings -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Photograph - black and white, Gus Gervasoni of Daylesford, c1965
George (Gus) Gervasoni was the son on George Gervasoni of Yandoit Creek and Annie Pedretti of Dry Diggings. Gus married Elizabeth Hogan and worked as a grocer in Daylesford. Gus and Elizabeth Gervasoni had one child, John Hogan Gervasoni.A man in a grocer's apron, and wearing a hat, stands beside a truck. It is Gus Gervasoni, who worked as a grocer in Daylesford.gus gervasoni, grocer, daylesford, grocer's apron -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - AULSEBROOK COLLECTION: BENDIGO AND DISTRICT TOURIST ASSOCIATION MINUTES
Aulsebrook Collection: Bendigo and District Tourist Association Meeting Minutes. -Fools gap size loose notes for Meeting held on June 2nd (no year stated). - (3490.44b) Two pages on minutes -(3490.44a) 9 extensive pages of a draft for Brochure on Bendigo Diggings project (mentioned in minutes) -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Map - INFANCY OF BENDIGO, Original dated 28/10/1890
Map: Photocopy of the First sketch map of the Bendigo Diggings. Has been assembled from several photocopies taped together. Laid before the Frencham Committee by William Sandbach , a witness, 18 September 1890. There are Two of these maps. ( x ref 5673 , 8235 , Box 83 , 9077 )map, bendigo, city streets, infancy of bendigo, gold diggings, henry frencham, william sandbach, where was gold first found -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - GERMAN HERITAGE SOCIETY COLLECTION: ALBERT BOLDT'S DIARY
Albert Boldt's Diary with black and buff cover with black tape spine. Diary starts with his departure from Germany, his sea voyage, his march to the Bendigo Gold Diggings and his experiences of the first 16 months of his Australian life from 1854 - 55.bendigo, clubs, bendigo heritage, german heritage society collection - albert boldt's diary, 'bloomer', grubenan, robert grubmann, rudolph grubmann, luffsman, dihmhad, neumann, ballerstedt's quartz mine, gluckmann, vahland, krohnke, dr waldron, brauns, freitag, wunderlich, kraupe, droze, mr cohn, loeventhel, barth, heinz, barth, brand, kirzeloig, baumbach, lost mates in the whipstick apr 12), miller, buhle, t hommel, miron, heder, buhle, pohl, ohlbrecht, schulz -
Victorian Interpretive Projects Inc.
Photograph - Colour, Clare Gervasoni, Drystone wall at White Flat, Ballarat, 07/10/2012
White Flat was an early gold diggings. As early as 1856 the White Flat Drainage and Mining Co. constructed water races, drained the swampy land, and changed the course of the Yarrowee Creek. This may be remnants of that work. See http://bih.ballarat.edu.au/index.php/White_Flat_Drainage_and_Mining_Co.#cite_note-0 Five colour digital imaged of a bluestone drystone wall at White Flat, Ballarat. The drystone wall is on the steep embankment between Hickman Street and Armstrong Street South. ballarat, white flat, white flat sports ground, hickman street, south street, armstong street, oval, cricket, football, white flat drainage, yarrowee creek drystone, bluestone -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Painting - CAROL HOLSWORTH COLLECTION: 1970 NATIONAL BANK PAINTING 'FITZROY BAR AT THE JUNCTION OF THE CREEKS'
1970 National Bank painting reproduction Fitzroy Bar, at the junction of the creeks by G.F. Angas 1851 Below the picture title the words - Reproduced by the National Bank in 1970 from the lithograph by courtesy of Dr. E. Graeme Robertson , Melbourne .At the foot of the painting are the words Gold Washing and Fitzroy Ophir diggingspainting, watercolour, g.f. angas 1851/ -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE CHINESE ON THE GOLD FIELDS, c1857
Diggers & Mining. The Chinese on the Gold Fields. Slide: This cartoon from Melbourne Punch (April, 1857) is entitled ''A Flood of Celestial Light pouring in upon the Diggings''. Slide shows a large group of Chinese travelling to their destination, most of them are on foot. Some onlookers. Markings: 22. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph, c.1863
Taken in Beechworth, this photograph depicts Albert road bisecting the Spring Creek Diggings. The foreground of the photograph features a small bridge, while in the background, right-hand-side, Benevolent Hospital can be seen. In the centre of the photograph can be seen a horse and cart travelling along the road. This photograph shows historical and research value in its depiction of Beechworth in the late 1800s. It features a key historical site, the Benevolent Hospital, as well providing a historical look at a street that operates in Beechworth in the present day.Black and white, rectangular photograph printed on matt photographic paper, unmountedReverse: PH 238 / 1997.2462 / Albert Road . 1863 . 1800s beechworth, 1860s beechworth, beechworth, spring creek, benevolent asylum, albert road -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Book, 'Eureka's Women' by Dorothy Wickham
Eureka's Women was published by BHS Publishing and written by Dorothy Wickham. The book tells wonderful stories about the women who were at Eureka. Wickham wrote a PhD on the Women at Ballarat Goldfields, and a book Women of the Diggings: Ballarat 1854, published by Ballarat Heritage Services in 2004.An illustrated booklet on women associated with Eureka.eureka stockade, women, dorothy wickham, eureka's women -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Jean Gittins, The Diggers from China: the story of the Chinese on the goldfields, 1981, 1981
Soft covered book called 'the Diggers from Chine: the Story of the Chinese on the goldfields'. The book is 148 pages and contents include the Celestial empire, the journey, Mountains of gold, Off to the Diggings, Toil and Strife, the way they lived. Appendix A is the report submitted to the Victorian Parliament by the Select committee on the Subject of Chinese Immigration in 1857.chinese, goldfield, lambing flat, immigration, mining, gold, geoffrey blainey -
Halls Gap & Grampians Historical Society
Photograph - Sepia, C 1909
Grampians halls Gap at Stoney Creek Dredge. The site of the Stoney Creek diggings was in the upper catchment area of the creek, beside Silverband Road. For further information see: 'Bridging the Gap' by Ida Stanton, p. 49 and 'Victoria's Wonderland' by Halls Gap and Grampians Historical Society, p. 41.Photo shows eight men seated, two standing, 3 tents in background. 2nd right Alfred D'Alton 4th Right James Oliverwater supplies, d'alton, water supplies, channels