Handwritten copy of words on J. C. T. Christopher Ballerstedt's Headstone at the Bendigo Cemetry. He is the father of Mr Theodore Ballerstedt. Also are copies of the wording on Theodore Ballerstedt's Sisters, Emma Koehncke and Wilhemine Heiler. Also a rough hand written copy.document, names of bendigo pioneers, victoria hill, victoria hill, copy of words on ballerstedt headstone, j c t christopher ballerstedt, theodore ballerstedt, emma koehncke, wilhemine heiler, mr loy, bendigo cemetry, new chum quartz miner

Ten typed pages of notes and photocopied photos. Notes include Introduction which describes the journey between Bendigo and Eaglehawk. Notes also mention the Sign-posts at the Victoria Hill with their explanation. Dated 30/8/1971. The four photocopied photos are: (1) Victoria Hill - From Rae's Open Cut with the Central Nell Gwynne Popper Legs and the Victoria Hill Victoria Quartz Mullock in the background. (2) Looking North from Old Chum Hill to the Victoria Hill. (3) Victoria Quartz on Victoria Hill, Ironbark. (4) Rae's 35 Hd. Crushing Battery. Victoria Hill in background, Wm. Rae's early home top right.document, gold, victoria hill, victoria hill, the rich victoria hill and its historical associations, j n macartney, quartz miners' arms hotel, ironbark methodist church, john brown knitwear factory, little 180 mine, conrad heinz, british and american hotel, victoria reef gold mining company, manchester arms hotel, victoria hill from rae's open cut, ironbark (victoria reef gold mines), hercules and energetic, midway, wittscheibe, great central victoria, william rae, william rae junior, mr and mrs conroy, central nell gwynne, moorhead's shop, gill family, gold mines hotel, looking north from old chum hill to the victoria hill, new chum and victoria, old chum, pioneer, burrowes & sterry, rotary club of bendigo south, big 180, north old chum mine, ballerstedt's forst open cut, lansells big 180, george lansell, new chum syncline, lansell's 'cleopatra needle' type chimney, 222 mine, sandhurst or 'needle mine', victoria quartz mine, victoria reef quartz company, victoria quartz company, a roberts & sons, e j dunn, h harkness & sons, new chum drainage scheme, eureka extended, new chum railway, pearl, bendigo advertiser june 16 1910, rae's open cut, quartz roasting, anticlinal arch, prospecting tunnels, floyd's small 5 head crushing battery, great central victoria (midway), midway no2, midway north, ballerstedt's small 24 yard claim, the humboldt, wittscheibe, adventure, advance, luffsman & sterry, rae's 35 head crushing battery, a richardson, the bendigo goldfield 1851 to 1954, the victoria hill 1854 to 1949, australian mining standard special edition 1/6/1899, bendigo mines ltd, mines dept, bendigo advertiser, annals of bendigo, dickers mining record 23/11/1861, bendigo goldfields registry 1871, bendigo and vicinity 1895, mr rae anderson, w n macartney 1st edition 1871

Handwritten notes on Mining Items from the BendigoAdvertiser, Page 2. 20th December 1861. Extract: Union Company; reef worked down to depth of 142 feet. The company has erected a crushing plant near the gully. A 9 H. P. table engine works the stamps. Stone raised by whim. Miners go up and down by an upright ladder.document, gold, ulster gold mining coy no liability, ulster gold mining company no liability, mining items - sheepshead gully reef, bendigo advertiser 20/12/1861, union company

Letters from a Miner in Australia by Antoine Fauchery translated from the French by A R Chisholm with drawings by Ron Edwards, published by Georgian House Pty Ltd Middle Park Melbourne, printed by The Griffin Press Adelaide. Hard cover with dust jacket, 105 pages with black and white illustrations & photographs.Antoine Faucheryhistory, australian, victoria.

Handwritten carbon copy of notes on 1st and 2nd stage plans for a tourist area on approx. 20 acres at Victoria Hill. First stage was to clean up the area, locate and sign post shafts, engine beds, etc and prepare a topographical map with these features on it. Second stage was to arrange for the purchase of typical miners homes and shops in the vicinity to be restored for inspection by visitors. Mining equipment to be placed in the area. Prepare brochures for sale. Set up a mining museum.Prepare an area near BCV 8 with direction finder to mining and general features, as this has the best natural ground level view in the City.mine, gold, victoria hill, victoria hill, visitor plans for victoria hill, darrel mcclure, bendigo city council, bendigo historical society, central nell gwynne, caleb thomas, bcv 8, lazarus, old chum, new chum, victoria, repeater station (p. m. g.)

Two copies of document : ineteen handwritten pages of notes on 'The Rich Victoria Hill and Its Historical Association' Signed by A Richardson and dated 30 - 8 - 1971. and a typed copy of same. Notes include: Introduction, Hotels, Mines, Mining History and descriptions of features where the signposts are. Mines mentioned in the text are: North Old Chum. Ballerstedt's first open cut, Lansell's Big 180. 20 head stamper, Lansell's Cleopatra Needle, Victoria Quartz Mine. Cleopatra's Needle was a square sectioned brick chimney with this four sided pyramidal chimney top with four vents to allow the smoke to escape whatever the direction of the wind. It was demolished in the 1950's as it had a bend in it and it was considered unsafe. Lansell had two other mines with similar chimneys, the '222' in Chum Street and his 'Sandhurst' or 'Needle' mine near the Bendigo, Eaglehawk boundary.lmine, gold, victoria hill, victoria hill, the rich victoria hill and it's historical association, j. n. macartney, quartz miner's arms hotel, ironbark methodist church, greek orthodox church, john brown knitwear factory, little 180 mine, geo lansell, conrad heinz, british & american hotel, victoria reef gold mining coy, manchester arms hotel, housing commission homes, ironbark (victoria reef gold mines, hercules and energetic, midway, wittscheibe, gt central victoria, wm rae, mr & mrs conroy, wm rae jr, central nell gwynne, moorhead's shop, gill family, gold mines hotel, david chaplin sterry, pioneer, new chum and victoria, burrowes and sterry, new chum and victoria tribute, rotary club of bendigo south, big 180, victoria quartz mines, jeweller's shop, bendigo and district tourist association, north old chum mine, john wybrandt, ballerstedt's first open-cut, j c t christopher ballerstedt, ballerstedt's mine, bendigo cemetry, lansell's 'cleopatra nedle' type chimney, 222 mine, sandhurst or 'needle' mine, victoria quartz mine, victoria reef quartz company, mr e j dunn, eureka ext'd, new chum railway, pearl, bendigo advertiser 16 june 1910, victoria consols, shamrock, shenandoah, victoria quartz dams, rae's open cut, prospecting tunnels, floyd's small 5 head crushing battery, gt central victoria (midway) shaft, midway no 2, midway north, ballerstedt's small 24 yard claim, the humboldt, the tribute coy, advance, luffsman and sterry's claim, a round shaft, chinese joss house, lansell's fortuna, p m g repeater station, a richardson

Handwritten, 3 page carbon copy of a classification request for victoria Hill. Notes give locality, housing program in the area, immediate surrounds of the area, prominent citizens, buildings, mines, geographical formations and gold production.mining, parish map, victoria hill, classification request for victoria hill, gold mines hotel, john brown knitwear factory, lansell's fortuna villa, army survey corp, housing commission, hercules, energetic, ironbark, manchester arms hotel, bendigo goldfield, old miners homes, george lansell, sir george lansell, bendigo advertiser, theodore ballerstedt junior, mr c t c johann ballerstedt, mr wm rae, david sterry, adventure, wittscheibe's 'jewellers shop', luffsman & sterry's rich claim, ballerstedt open cut and mine, lansells 180, victoria quartz, rotary club of bendigo south, bendigo cemetry

Handwritten copy of a report from the Bendigo Advertiser Wed. August 30th, 1899 of a fatality at the St. Mungo Mine where a miner, Richard Nettle was injured when a large slab of mullock fell on him. He died later in the hospital. On the second page is a handwritten copy from the Bendigo Advertiser Thurs. Aug. 31st 1899 of the Inquest into the St. Mungo fatality. Also a photocopy of the first page.document, gold, st. mungo mine, st. mungo mine, fatality at the st. mungo mine, bendigo advertiser wed aug 30 1899 & thur aug 31 1899, richard nettle, john evans, mr brown, john paul, mrs nettle, mr bennetts, wm j butson, wm abraham, bendigo cemetry

Handwritten page of wages per week and wages per shift of the different mine workers, they were: Miner Learner, Miner, Miner Rise & Winze, Miner Dry Shaft, Miner Wet Shaft, Miner Leader Wet Shaft, Shift Boss, Shovellers Below, Shovellers Wet Shaft, Plat & Brace, Plat Wet, Winch Driver, Timberman, Timberman Shaft, Timberman Wet Shaft. For Surface workers: Shoveller, Blacksmith, Tool Sharpener, Engine Driver (Winding), Fireman 1 Boiler, Fireman 2 Boilers. Battery Workers: Batteryman, Batteryman Special, Battery Feeder, Cracker Attendant, Battery Driver, Battery Driver In Charge of Dynamo and Plant and Battery Driver in Charge of Dynamo. Basic Wage 11 pound 5 shillings Per Week. Wages for North Deborah No 1 Shaft November 1952.document, gold, north deborah gold mining co n. l., north deborah gold mining co n. l., basic wage increase of 4/- week nov 1952, north deborah no 1 shaft, basic wage

Copy of photo: man pushing ore cart. Poor quality image. On back trucking ore in intermediate level below 1270 ft. on Rowe's lode, Central Deborah Gold Mine, Bendigo, 1952. This is a digital only photograph.bendigo, mining, central deborah mine, bendigo, central deborah mine, ore truck, mining, miners

Copy of photo: 6 miners sitting down, underground. On back miners at No. 16 L (1270 ft.) plat Central Deborah Mines, Bendigo, 1952. From left Jackie Lewis, Bob Johnson, Bill Landy, Roger Yates, and Les Johnson. This is a digital only photograph.bendigo, mining, central deborah mine, bendigo, mining, central deborah, lewis, johnson, landy, yates, johnson.

Copy of photo: image shows three men eating their crib underground. On back of photo: miners in a crib buddy ( lunch room ) No. 16 L (1220 ft.) Central Deborah Mine, Bendigo. From left 'Bub' Joyce, Freddie Benbow, 'Pedlar' Palmer and 'Lair' Roberts'. This is a digital only photograph.bendigo, mining, central deborah mine, bendigo, mining, central deborah mine, palmer, doyle, benbow, palmer, roberts, crib

Copy of photo: Two miners and two people dressed in dustcoats, underground. On back in stopes on the cap of the inner reef No. 8 level Central Deborah Mine, Bendigo, 1949. Left Tom Rowe, visiting American geologists with Frank Chambers (Mines Department, geologist). This is a digital only photograph.bendigo, mining, central deborah mine, bendigo, central deborah mine, tom rowe, frank chambers, geologist, mining, miners, american

Copy of photo: image shows line of miners standing on rock ledge underground, holding lamps, one sitting on ladder on RH side of image. On back Central Nell Gwynne Mine, Bendigo. Stopes on cap of Central Nell Gwynne Reef, 870 ft. level, 1938. This is a digital only photograph.bendigo, mining, central nell gwynne, bendigo, central nell gwynne, mining, miners, lamps

Copy of photograph: image shows three men underground, one man pushing ore cart. On back Consolidated mine, Bendigo. Stopes on Hick's spurs, New Red, White and Blue Consolidated Mine, (Big Blue) Bendigo late 1930's. This is a digital only photograph.cottage, miners, big blue, new red, white and blue consolidated mine' bendigo, mining, hick's spurs.

Copy of photograph: on back rock drill on leg, Bendigo, name of mine unknown 1905. Image shows two men working rock drill, man dressed in top hat and suit below left, probably mine manager. This is a digital only photograph.cottage, miners, bendigo, rock drill, mine manager.

Copy of photo: written on back stopes on the Catherine Reef, spurs, Catherine Reef United Mine, Eaglehawk, 1905. Image shows four men underground with picks, working in a stope. This is a digital only photograph.bendigo, mining, catherine reef, catherine reef, bendigo, stopes, miners, mining

Copy of document: receipt for North Bendigo Gold Mining Company, received from R.H.S. Abbott, ten pounds on 5/5/1919. This is a digital only document.cottage, miners, bendigo, north bendigo gold mining company, r.h.s. abbott

Copy of document: proxy form, Princess Dagmar Gold Mining Co. R.H.S. Abbott of Bendigo listed as proxy on behalf of R. Pierce, shareholder of 50 shares.cottage, miners

Printed Report on Observations of Underground Temperature at Bendigo, by James Stirling, Government Geologist. Report mentions temperature increases as the mines get deeper, temperature of air and rocks, Meteorological Observations at 180 Mine, Bendigo, comparison temperature in other parts of the world and Bendigo, Temperature of air at the 180 Mine, Shenandoah Mine, victoria Quartz, Shamrock, Great Extended Hustlers, Princess Dagmar and United Hustlers and Redan, Daily Variation of Temperature and Pressure of the Air, Temperature of Fault Line, Drawing of Lansell's No 180 Mine showing levels, geological features, graph of Curves of Atmosphere Pressure at 180 Mine Bendigo, graph of Curves of Temperature at 180 Mine Bendigo, Lansell's 180 Mine Rate of Aincrease of Rock Temperature, Comparisons with Observations in other Countries, Observations in November and December 1895, Meteorological Observations at New Chum Railway Mine Bendigo, Kiagram of working 'ends' showing temperatures therein at the New Chum Railway Mine Bendigo Vic, Additional Observations at Lansell's 180 Mine, Shamrock, Princess Dagmar, United Hustlers and Redan and Great Extended Hustler's, Humidity with formula which was adopted, Hygrometer Observations, The Ventilating Currents (and formula), Notes on Anemometer Records 180 Mine, Tabulated List showing Velocities of Air Currents at Various Levels in the 180 Mine Bendigo, Pressure of Air (and formula), Composition of the Air at Lansell's 180 Mine, Shamrock, Princess Dagmar, Gt Extended Hustlers and United Hustlers and Redan and Miners' Complaints. A Richardson name written on the top right corner.document, gold, mining reports, mining reports, report on observations of underground temperature at bendigo, department of mines, james travis, the hon henry foster, james stirling, 180 mine, shenandoah mine, victoria quartz, shamrock, great extended hustlers, princess dagmar, united hustlers and redan, new chum railway mine, north old chum, m grehauf, dr boyd, robt s brain

Copy of document: North Lightning Hill Company, near Eaglehawk. Share certificate for S.P. McGowan of Bendigo. This is a digital only document.cottage, miners, bendigo, mining, north lightning hill company, mcgowan, ralph, hunter

Copy of document, Miner's Right issued to Frank Bice of Maiden Gully, on 28/9/1949. This is a digital only document.cottage, miners, miner's right, bendigo, bice, mining

Copy of document, Miner's Right issued to Frank Bice on 4/10/46. This is a digital only document.cottage, miners, bendigo, bice, miner's right, mining

Town Hall, The Bendigo Choral Society. (Season 1920-First Concert) Twelfth Grand Concert. Wednesday, March 31st, 1920. Artists: Miss Dorothy Penfold, A.R.C.M., Miss Winnie Mayberry, Mr E H Collett, Mr E A Miller. Conductor: Mr W C Frazier, A.R.C.O. Pianiste: Miss Eileen Hains, A.T.C.L. Patron: His Worship the Mayor (Cr J H Curnow). President: Mr H M Leggo. Vice President: Sir john Quick, Cr W Beebe, Mr Oscar Flight, Mr E S Cahill, Mr D Berriman, Mr A L Bolton, Dr W J Long, Dr O Penfold, Mr J G Oliphant, Mr Alf E Wallis, Mr A Whitehead, Mr W Watts, Mr Magnus Cohn, Mr R H S Abbott, Mr Geo. Mackay. From the performing Members: Mr E H Collett, Mr A W McGibbony. Conductor: Mr W C Frazier, A.R.C.O. Sub Conductor: Mr E A Miller. Pianiste: Miss Eileen Hains, A.T.C.L. Asst. Sec.: Mr Fred A Wittscheibe. Treasurer: Mr D H Holden. Librarians: Mr R J Duguid. Assistants: Mr H Veale & Mr Mansell. Auditors: Mr H T Bayton, A.A.I.S. & Mr Harold Walker. Committee-Office Bearers: Mesdames T Scott & Chisolm, and Misses Colgan, Gall Field & Lethean, and Messers Sleeman, Jeffrey, McClure, Carwardine, F J Walter & Frank Wittscheibe. Subscribers may book at Flights on and after 25th March, without extra fee. Holders of 2/2 tickets may also book without fee. Holders of 1/1 tickets may book by paying difference, 1/1. J Hudspeth, Hon Secretary, 85 Wills Street, Bendigo. Programme. Soloists: Soprano-Miss Dorothy Penfold. Contralto-Miss Winnie Mayberry. Tenor-Mr E H Collett. Bass-Mr E A Miller. Conductor: Mr W C Frazier. Pianiste: Miss Eileen Hains.In the excerpts for performances there breathes the whole of the Passion of the Messiah. The opening Chorus is in itself an epitome of the sacred event, beginning, as it does, with 'Worthy is the Lamb that was slain' to the triumphant 'Blessing and honor and glory and power be with Him for ever and ever' Commencing with solemn and beautiful chorus 'Behold the Lamb of God,' where the attention of the whole world is called to the supreme sacrifice, we are . . . Passion Music from the 'Messiah.' . . . . . Foreword for 1920. The Committee desire to express their thanks to all our patrons. It is very gratifying that our Conductor, Mr W C Frazier, is more and more being appreciated at its true value. It is absolutely true that 'man connote live by bread alone,' and when the finer instincts are being fostered by the appreciation of good music . . . . J Hudspeth, 85 Wills Street.Bolton Bros., Printerscottage, miners, town hall, the bendigo choral society. (season 1920-first concert) twelfth grand concert. wednesday, march 31st, 1920. artists: miss dorothy penfold, a.r.c.m., miss winnie mayberry, mr e h collett, mr e a miller. conductor: mr w c frazier, a.r.c.o. pianiste: miss eileen hains, a.t.c.l. patron: his worship the mayor (cr j h curnow). president: mr h m leggo. vice president: sir john quick, cr w beebe, mr oscar flight, mr e s cahill, mr d berriman, mr a l bolton, dr w j long, dr o penfold, mr j g oliphant, mr alf e wallis, mr a whitehead, mr w watts, mr magnus cohn, mr r h s abbott, mr geo. mackay. from the performing members: mr e h collett, mr a w mcgibbony. conductor: mr w c frazier, a.r.c.o. sub conductor: mr e a miller. pianiste: miss eileen hains, a.t.c.l. asst. sec.: mr fred a wittscheibe. treasurer: mr d h holden. librarians: mr r j duguid. assistants: mr h veale & mr mansell. auditors: mr h t bayton, a.a.i.s. & mr harold walker. committee-office bearers: mesdames t scott & chisolm, and misses colgan, gall field & lethean, and messers sleeman, jeffrey, mcclure, carwardine, f j walter & frank wittscheibe. subscribers may book at flights on and after 25th march, without extra fee. holders of 2/2 tickets may also book without fee. holders of 1/1 tickets may book by paying difference, 1/1. j hudspeth, hon secretary, 85 wills street, bendigo. programme. soloists: soprano-miss dorothy penfold. contralto-miss winnie mayberry. tenor-mr e h collett. bass-mr e a miller. conductor: mr w c frazier. pianiste: miss eileen hains. 1920. conductor, mr w c frazier, j hudspeth, 85 wills street.