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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE GOLD ERA, c1850s
Diggers & mining. The gold era. During the gold era, the value of gold produced averaged £12 million a year. Markings 34 994.031 GOL:5. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE GOLD ERA, c1850s
Diggers & mining. The gold era. Noteworthy Developments During The Gold Era (1) Government. Markings 33 994.031 GOL:5. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE GOLD ERA, c1880
Diggers & mining. The gold era. - - - and finally quartz mining was begun, chiefly by companies. Machinery was used to develop these deep mines. Slide shows a deep mine layed out on a hillside. Markings 32 994.031 GOL:5. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE GOLD ERA, c1850-1889
Diggers & mining. The gold era. As the surface workings became worked out, deep alluvial mines were developed. - - - Slide depicts different sediment layers above the mine, and the above ground workings. Markings 31 994.031 GOL:5. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE GOLD ERA, c1850-1854
Diggers & mining. The gold era. This table show how the increased demand affected prices. Slide show the change in price between 1850 to 1854 for the following; Bread, Meat, Butter, Potatoes, Milk, Water, Weekly rental of average 2 room cottage. Some typical price rises - Melbourne 1850 -4. Markings 30 994.031 GOL:5. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE GOLD ERA, c1850s
Diggers & mining. The gold era. IN 1855, the government, realizing that the diggers had a grievance, substituted the miner's right for the licence. Slide shows a copy of a Miner's Right 26 March, 1856, William Lunn. Markings 29 994.031 GOL:5. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE GOLD ERA, c1850s
Diggers & mining. The gold era. - - - and in 1854 the famous Eureka rebellion occurred. Slide depicts a view of the rebellion. Markings 28 994.031 GOL:5. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE GOLD ERA, c1850s
Diggers & mining. The gold era. This licence fee, and the method of collection, caused the diggers to organize a protest meeting, - - - Markings 27 994.031 GOL:5. Used as a teaching aid. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE GOLD ERA, c1850
Diggers & mining. The gold era. As field proved less productive the diggers rushed to some new discovery. Slide shows diggers moving to another gold field. Markings 25 994.031 GOL:5. Used as a teaching aid. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE GOLD ERA, c1850s
Diggers & mining. The gold era. Of the foreigners who arrived in Victoria during the gold rush, by far the largest group were the Chinese. There had been a few Chinese in the Port Phillip District prior to the gold rush. Markings 23 994.031 GOL:5. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE GOLD ERA, c1850s
Diggers & mining. The gold era. On Sundays, all work was suspended and divine service was attended. Slide shows a service being held under a tree, tents under the background and a cradle in the foreground. Markings 24 994.031 GOL:5. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE GOLD ERA, c1850s
Diggers & mining. The gold era. This tent interior gives some idea of the living conditions of the diggers. Slide shows fire place, table, stump for seat, bed, cooking pots and kettle. Markings 23 994.031 GOL:5. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: GOLDEN DAYS
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2000. Golden days: the new Red White and Blue gold mining plant. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: NORTHERN GOLD MINE
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2000. Northern Gold Mining Company. From a souvenir brochure presented to the American Fleet which visited Bendigo circa 1908. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. DIGGERS AND MINERS, c1930
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 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. DIGGERS AND MINERS, c1930s
Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. This is the Long Tunnel Gold Mine in 1910. The tram-line roamed the hill was used for carrying timber to the mine. Engine House, Inclined Shaft, Battery, Boiler House and Firewood stacks are marked on the slide. Markings: 30 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. DIGGERS AND MINERS
Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. The Gold Mines. Altogether there were over a dozen mines operating in Walhalla. The Long Tunnel Mine became famous as the richest gold mine in Victoria. Markings: 29 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - GOLDEN DAYS HISTORICAL EXHIBITION COLLECTION: ADVERTISING PROGRAM
... , gold mining, pioneers, postal history, prints and photography..., documents, fashions, firearms, geology, gold mining, pioneers ...Original and copy of original: (10410a) golden coloured A5 program. On top of front page 'Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Bendigo and District Branch presents Golden Days Historical Exhibition, R.S.L. Memorial Hall, Pall Mall,Bendigo, 12 to 17th August 1960. Hours 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Adults 3/- children 6d.' Inside, program lists major displays: antiques, bushranging, coins and tokens, documents, fashions, firearms, geology, gold mining, pioneers, postal history, prints and photography, shipping, sport.bendigo, history, golden days historical exhibition -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: LUCRATIVE
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2000. Lucrative: the extended Hustlers Company's quartz mining claim, featuring the office, battery house and main shaft in 1875. The claim had six shafts with 144,500 tonnes of quartz mined, yielding 188,000 ounces of gold. The shaft included 4,000 feet of sinking and 16 crosscuts, giving a total of 12,000 feet in length. The mine employed nearly 200 men. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: NEW
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2000. New: Gold mining took on a different form at the end of the 1800s in central Victoria with cyanide used at the Sadowa Cyanide Works in Talbot. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Book - ARTISTS OF THE BENDIGO GOLDFIELDS
A book titled ' Artists of the Bendigo Goldfields 1852 - 1864 ' by David Thomas. Bendigo Art Gallery, 9 March - 9 April, 1989. Published by the Bendigo Art Gallery, 1989. 32 pgs. (ill.)David Thomasbendigo, gold mining, artists, books, artists, bendigo artists, person, male, female, person, bendigo goldfields, bendigo, goldfields, bendigo history, history, gold, artworks, place, victorian goldfields, victoria, paintings, book -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. DIGGERS AND MINERS, c1851
Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. After 1861, many new fields were discovered - e.g., Walhalla (1863), Landsborough (1864), Alexandra (1867), Rheola (1868), Turton's Creek (1872; and new diggings were established on some of the older fields - e.g., Cathcart (near Ararat) in 1864, and at Fiddler's Creek (Avoca) in 1868. But these rushes do not belong to the gold era proper. And both before and for many years after 1861, there were scores of small diggings - after 1861, there were scores of small diggings - too numerous to mention - in Victoria. Markings: 16 994:LIF I. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Slide - DIGGERS AND MINERS. DIGGERS AND MINERS, c1850
Diggers and miners. Diggers and Miners. Miners at Bendigo. Gold mining is carried out with elaborate and expensive machinery; . . . Photo shows miners at work drilling. Markings: 4 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. DIGGERS AND MINERS, 1850s
Diggers & Mining. Diggers and Miners. Walhalla grew to such an extent that, with a population of over 4,000 people. It became a borough and the centre of the Shire of Walhalla. After gold mining ceased and the population had dwindled away, the shire was broken up and Walhalla was left with little of its former glory. Markings: 59 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. DIGGERS AND MINERS, 1850s
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 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. DIGGERS AND MINERS, 1850s
Diggers & Mining. Diggers and Miners. Here is a gold escort leaving the Bank of Victoria for Melbourne. Next to the Mechanics' Institute and Free Library. Picture shows 2 mounted escorts alongside a small wagon being hauled by 4 horses. There are approximately 30 members of the public watching on. The Mechanics Institute is weatherboard and the Bank of Victoria appears to be stone. Markings: 55 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - DISC COLLECTION: GOLD, TIN & COPPER: FAVERSHAM & CORNWALL TO MELBOURNE & BENDIGO 1780 TO 1930
... BENDIGO Gold mining randall family history on dvd economy working ...DVD number 800, stored in disc library. Disc cover has image of New Moon Mine workers, Eaglehawk c1905. Thomas Henry Randall very front 2nd from left. Contents of DVD: Frederick and Ann Randall and 10 children arrived Port Phillip on the 'Whitby' 1949. Parents of most the the family came to Bendigo 1850-60 and settled. Frederick & Ann lived at Sheepshead Reef, Golden Square. Family names include Randall, Mason, Drew, Rowe. Describes mining life in Bendigo and Cornwall. Dr Stewart Cowen of Eaglehawk and his work with miners. Miners' phthisis history and causes. Info on family of Benham in Rowe and Jenefer Thomas. Disc compiled by Brian Kenneth Randall and Robin Anne Randall, 2015.Brian and Robin Randall 2015bendigo, gold mining, randall family history on dvd, economy, working conditions of miners, accidens, deaths, miners' phthisis, new moon mine, sheepshead reef, golden square. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: GOLDEN DAYS
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2001. Golden days: Sailors Gully School was established in the boom days of gold mining. Photo circa 1928. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. DIGGERS AND MINERS, 1800s
Diggers & Mining. Diggers and Miners. . . . . To the water-driven wheel, which drove grinding pans. These grinders further crushed the tailings and the remaining gold was extracted. Markings: 43 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. DIGGERS AND MINERS, 1800s
Diggers & Mining. Diggers and Miners. This dam, flume and waterwheel were erected to obtain gold from the tailings. Picture shows the section of the dam, wheel and waterway. Markings: 41 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields
