Brought to the Ovens Goldfields by Chinese men working in the area in the 19th century. Most likely made in China.Aldo Gios recorded the location of where most of the pieces in this collection were found. Some maps drawn by Aldo Gios also give more detail. This detail is rare, as most pieces of broken crockery were discarded and complete items were usually collected with no thought to recording the location they came from. Part of one of the largest collections of Chinese ware found in the Upper Ovens area and the only one recording the location where found.Earthenware bowl in a terracotta colour. Part of an opium pipe used by the Chinese.Chinese maker's stamp on sidechinese, pipe, goldfields, gios, earthenware, harrietville, terracotta, opium

Diggers & Mining. Gold. The Chinese soon became very unpopular with the white diggers on the goldfields. (1) Much of the hostility to them was the result of sheer prejudice directed against people who were alien in race, religion, and language; whose standard of living, by European criteria, was low; and who did not mix with other diggers, but lived - preforce - in separate camps in the diggings. Markings: 22 994.GOL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. The gold licence. The Government Camp. Slide: Attached to a Commissioner's headquarters was a detachment to the special goldfields police. Besides the prevention of crime and the arrest of wrongdoers, it was their duty to move about the diggings, seeing that every digger was in possession of a current gold licence. A commissioner's staff also included several clerks, who kept the licence and gold escort registers. Markings: 13 994.LIF. 4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining: The Digging - The Diggers. Slide reads: We must remember that each of the important goldfields on the 'fifties' consisted of several diggings. Along many creeks, gullies, flats and - later- shallow leads in the area, men found gold. Between the many diggings established on the sites of these discoveries, the diggers, acting on reports of the latest ''lucky strike'', were constantly moving. Markings: 8 994.LIF:6. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

BHS CollectionDiggers & mining. The gold era. Exercises (1) Draw a map of Victoria, and on it show the towns that grew up on the goldfields. (2) Describe the digger's work in getting gold from the dirt. (3) What advances were made in transportation during the Gold Era? (4) Make a list of what you think were the chief exports and imports of the time. Markings 57 994.031 GOL:5. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Colour photograph of the site of goldfields agitation meetings at Chewton. chewton, agitation hill, goldfields agitation league

David Gordon Collection. 16 issues of 'Tailings', the newsletter of the Goldfields Historical Society.

DVD. Bendigo Goldfields Reefs, Maps 2 & 3.

Miners Phthisis - Report on the Ventilation of the Bendigo Mines by Walter Summons M.B. A report presented to the Committee of the Bendigo Hospital in August 1906 on the conditions of miners in the Bendigo Goldfields. Written on front cover ' A. Richardson, 29 Harrison Street, Bendigo'Walter Summons M.B.gold mines, miners' phthisis, report in mining conditions, bendigo, goldmining, goldfields, ventilation, miners' phthisis.

Brought to the Ovens Goldfields by Chinese men working in the area in the 19th century. Most likely made in China.Aldo Gios recorded the location of where most of the pieces in this collection were found. Some maps drawn by Aldo Gios also give more detail. This detail is rare, as most pieces of broken crockery were discarded and complete items were usually collected with no thought to recording the location they came from. Part of one of the largest collections of Chinese ware found in the Upper Ovens area and the only one recording the location where found.Chinese porcelain wine cup, celadon. Chinese tableware.Blue Chinese writing or maker’s stamp on base.cup, goldfields, gios, tableware, glaze, harrietville, celadon, wine, chinese porcelain

Brought to the Ovens Goldfields by Chinese men working in the area in the 19th century. Most likely made in China.Aldo Gios recorded the location of where most of the pieces in this collection were found. Some maps drawn by Aldo Gios also give more detail. This detail is rare, as most pieces of broken crockery were discarded and complete items were usually collected with no thought to recording the location they came from. Part of one of the largest collections of Chinese ware found in the Upper Ovens area and the only one recording the location where found.Porcelain food bowl, celadon glaze, Chinese. Blue floral design on outer surface, blue lines inside.chinese, bowl, goldfields, gios, tableware, glaze, porcelain, buckland, celadon

Brought to the Ovens Goldfields by Chinese men working in the area in the 19th century. Most likely made in China.Aldo Gios recorded the location of where most of the pieces in this collection were found. Some maps drawn by Aldo Gios also give more detail. This detail is rare, as most pieces of broken crockery were discarded and complete items were usually collected with no thought to recording the location they came from. Part of one of the largest collections of Chinese ware found in the Upper Ovens area and the only one recording the location where found.Porcelain food bowl, glazed, Chinese. Handpainted swirling pattern with Chinese writing on outer surface. Bowl base colour is a milky blue.Blue Chinese writing or maker’s stamp on base.chinese, bowl, goldfields, gios, tableware, glaze, porcelain, buckland, handpainted

Brought to the Ovens Goldfields by Chinese men working in the area in the 19th century. Most likely made in China.Aldo Gios recorded the location of where most of the pieces in this collection were found. Some maps drawn by Aldo Gios also give more detail. This detail is rare, as most pieces of broken crockery were discarded and complete items were usually collected with no thought to recording the location they came from. Part of one of the largest collections of Chinese ware found in the Upper Ovens area and the only one recording the location where found.Porclain food dish, glazed, Chinese. Handpainted blue swirls as decoration.chinese, goldfields, gios, tableware, glaze, porcelain, dish, buckland, handpainted

Brought to the Ovens Goldfields by Chinese men working in the area in the 19th century. Most likely made in China.Aldo Gios recorded the location of where most of the pieces in this collection were found. Some maps drawn by Aldo Gios also give more detail. This detail is rare, as most pieces of broken crockery were discarded and complete items were usually collected with no thought to recording the location they came from. Part of one of the largest collections of Chinese ware found in the Upper Ovens area and the only one recording the location where found.Porcelain food dish, glazed, Chinese. Handpainted blue lines with Chinese writing as decoration.chinese, goldfields, gios, tableware, glaze, porcelain, dish, buckland, handpainted

Brought to the Ovens Goldfields by Chinese men working in the area in the 19th century. Most likely made in China.Aldo Gios recorded the location of where most of the pieces in this collection were found. Some maps drawn by Aldo Gios also give more detail. This detail is rare, as most pieces of broken crockery were discarded and complete items were usually collected with no thought to recording the location they came from. Part of one of the largest collections of Chinese ware found in the Upper Ovens area and the only one recording the location where found.Chinese porcelain food bowl, celadon glaze.Blue Chinese writing or maker’s stamp on base.chinese, bowl, goldfields, gios, tableware, glaze, porcelain, harrietville, celadon

Brought to the Ovens Goldfields by Chinese men working in the area in the 19th century. Most likely made in China.Aldo Gios recorded the location of where most of the pieces in this collection were found. Some maps drawn by Aldo Gios also give more detail. This detail is rare, as most pieces of broken crockery were discarded and complete items were usually collected with no thought to recording the location they came from. Part of one of the largest collections of Chinese ware found in the Upper Ovens area and the only one recording the location where found.Chinese porcelain food bowl, celadon glaze. Decorations in blue colour on outer surface. Blue lines circling the inside, handpainted.Blue Chinese writing or maker’s stamp on base.chinese, goldfields, gios, tableware, glaze, harrietville, celadon, handpainted, porcelain bowl

Brought to the Ovens Goldfields by Chinese men working in the area in the 19th century. Most likely made in China.Aldo Gios recorded the location of where most of the pieces in this collection were found. Some maps drawn by Aldo Gios also give more detail. This detail is rare, as most pieces of broken crockery were discarded and complete items were usually collected with no thought to recording the location they came from. Part of one of the largest collections of Chinese ware found in the Upper Ovens area and the only one recording the location where found.Chinese porcelain food bowl, celadon glaze.Blue Chinese writing or maker’s stamp on base. chinese, bowl, goldfields, gios, tableware, glaze, porcelain, harrietville, celadon

Brought to the Ovens Goldfields by Chinese men working in the area in the 19th century. Most likely made in China.Aldo Gios recorded the location of where most of the pieces in this collection were found. Some maps drawn by Aldo Gios also give more detail. This detail is rare, as most pieces of broken crockery were discarded and complete items were usually collected with no thought to recording the location they came from. Part of one of the largest collections of Chinese ware found in the Upper Ovens area and the only one recording the location where found.Chinese porcelain food bowl, glazed. Chinese design on outer surface in blue colour. Two blue lines circling inside of bowl. One blue line circling top of rim.chinese, bowl, goldfields, gios, tableware, glaze, porcelain, buckland, handpainted

Brought to the Ovens Goldfields by Chinese men working in the area in the 19th century. Most likely made in China.Aldo Gios recorded the location of where most of the pieces in this collection were found. Some maps drawn by Aldo Gios also give more detail. This detail is rare, as most pieces of broken crockery were discarded and complete items were usually collected with no thought to recording the location they came from. Part of one of the largest collections of Chinese ware found in the Upper Ovens area and the only one recording the location where found.Earthenware bowl in a terracotta colour, glazed. Part of an opium pipe used by the Chinese.Chinese characters etched onto outer surface.chinese, pipe, goldfields, gios, glaze, buckland, earthenware, terracotta, opium

Brought to the Ovens Goldfields by Chinese men working in the area in the 19th century. Most likely made in China.Aldo Gios recorded the location of where most of the pieces in this collection were found. Some maps drawn by Aldo Gios also give more detail. This detail is rare, as most pieces of broken crockery were discarded and complete items were usually collected with no thought to recording the location they came from. Part of one of the largest collections of Chinese ware found in the Upper Ovens area and the only one recording the location where found.Chinese stoneware ginger jar (00232.1) with lid (00232.2), Mainly green glaze, base of jar and inside of lid not glazed.chinese, ginger, jar, goldfields, gios, tableware, glaze, stoneware, harrietville

Brought to the Ovens Goldfields by Chinese men working in the area in the 19th century. Most likely made in China.Aldo Gios recorded the location of where most of the pieces in this collection were found. Some maps drawn by Aldo Gios also give more detail. This detail is rare, as most pieces of broken crockery were discarded and complete items were usually collected with no thought to recording the location they came from. Part of one of the largest collections of Chinese ware found in the Upper Ovens area and the only one recording the location where found.Chinese stoneware ginger jar, grey with blue pattern. Glazed.chinese, ginger, jar, goldfields, gios, tableware, glaze, stoneware, buckland

Brought to the Ovens Goldfields by Chinese men working in the area in the 19th century. Most likely made in China.Aldo Gios recorded the location of where most of the pieces in this collection were found. Some maps drawn by Aldo Gios also give more detail. This detail is rare, as most pieces of broken crockery were discarded and complete items were usually collected with no thought to recording the location they came from. Part of one of the largest collections of Chinese ware found in the Upper Ovens area and the only one recording the location where found.Earthenware bowl in a terracotta colour. Part of an opium pipe used by the Chinese, glazed.Chinese characters etched on side of bowl.chinese, pipe, goldfields, gios, glaze, earthenware, harrietville, terracotta, opium

Part of a collection of goldfield artifacts recovered from the Ovens Goldfield, including the Buckland Valley. The collection also included a large amount of Chinese pottery and artifacts also goldfields bottles, jars and mining implements. Collected by Aldo Gios late resident of Myrtleford. The Bright & District Historical Society purchased the collection of Chinese artifacts in 2010, included in the collection were other items of interest including this pipe and others similar.Relevant to the goldmining history of the areaPipe made of clay and embossed on both sides of the bowl. Damaged, attempt to reattach section of stem, a piece of the stem missing. Embossing,one side resembles a wattle branch, other side represents a harp. Lettering on both sides, worn and hard to read. There is some writing on the stem but it is worn and hard to decipher.tobacco, recreation, harp, pipe, clay, embossing, wattle, goldfields, smoking, leisure, ovens goldfield, gios

Diggers & Mining. Gold. Chinese on the goldfeild. Some Chinese came as independent gold seekers; but the emigration of many was due to the enterprise of Chinese merchants, who sent them out under contract to work on the goldfields for a certain time at a fixed wage. Those who came under these conditions were under the supervision of ''head men'', representing the Chinese speculators by whom the funds for the voyage were advanced. Markings: 9 994.GOL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers and miners. Diggers and Miners. All or the gold seekers at the first great rushes to Ballarat and Mount Alexander were diggers. During the succeeding years of the gold rush decade, many goldfields were discovered; each became the focus of a rush, and the scene of a diggings. The following maps show only the principal gold fields rushed between 1851 and 1961. (The dates do not necessarily indicate the first discovery of gold in the areas.) Markings: 10 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.haminounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining: The Digging - The Diggers. Slide; When a Gold field shows signs of permanency, the Government surveyed a site for a township on the field. The story of the rise of these towns is told in Unit II of this series. Smalll businesses - some of them conducted by diggers who had done well on the fields - were established in these towns. The following frames contain pictures of some of these early goldfields towns. Black and white side. Markings: 40 994.LIF:6. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. The gold licence. The Government Camp. Many of the goldfields police were men of poor character, who carried out their duties with blustering arrogance, demanding the production of the licence with threatening language, and sometimes open violence; and hauling off as common criminals men who, by some mischance, did not have their licences on their persons, when, given a few minutes, they could have shown they had complied with the law. Markings: 35 994.LIF. 4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. The gold licence. The Government Camp. Slide: On the more important goldfields, as the number of diggers grew, the Commissioners' establishments were increased, and permanent buildings were erected at their headquarters. The group of tents and buildings forming a Commissioner's headquarters became known as the Government Camp. The Camp included the office of the Commissioner, the licence office, the escort office, the lock-up, staff quarters, and the barracks of the police and any soldiers attached to the Camp. Markings: 14 994.LIF. 4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields