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Clunes Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH PORT PHILLIP MINE, APPROX. 1866 OR 1867
PHOTOGRAPH OF PORT PHILLIP MINE ABOUT 186 OR 1867. NOTE COVERED FLUE TO BRICK CHIMNEY TO RIGHT. IN 1966 THERE WERE A FEW BRICKS AT THE SIGHT OF THE CHIMNEY AND A SHALLOW TRENCH ALONG THE LINE OF THE FLUE. SITE OF PRESENT GOLD MONUMENT IS JUST TO RIGHT OF POPPET HEAD SHOWN ON HILL. WOOD PILE OUTSIDE BUILDING TROLLEY LINES ETC.SEPIA PHOTOGRAPH OF PORT PHILLIP AND COLONIAL GOLD MINING COMPANY, CLUNES. PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN FROM CAMP PARADE, LOOKING NORTH. GENERAL VIEW OF MINE AND WORKS IN 1866 OR 1867.photographs, mining, port phillip and colonial gold mining company -
Clunes Museum
Photograph, APPROX. 1865
THIS MINE WAS SITUATED ABOUT 100 YARDS SOUTH WEST OF ALBERT STREET AND ANGUS STREET CORNER. RED CLAY FROM THIS MINE WAS USED FOR BRICK MAKING..1 SEPIA PHOTOGRAPH OF CLUNES ALLUVIAL GOLD MINING CO. .2 SEPIA PHOTOGRAPH OF POPPET HEAD-MINERS ON PLATFORM-THATCHED ROOF BUILDINGS, SCATTERING OF LARGE LOGS IN FOREGROUND, USED FOR FIRES. .3 COPY OF ABOVE PHOTOGRAPH IN BLACK AND WHITE (POSTCARD SIZE).1 PRINTED: CLUNES ALLUVIAL GOLD MINING COMPANY REGISTERED CLUNES .2 PRINTED ON FRONT : ALLUVIAL GOLD MINING COMPANY REGISTERED CLUNES HANDWRITTEN: PERIOD 1865. SITUATED ABOUT 100 YDS SW OF ALBERT AND ANGUS STREET CORNER. RED CLAY FROM THIS MINE WAS USED FOR BRICK MAKINGphotographs, mining, clunes alluvial mining company -
Clunes Museum
Photograph - GOLD MONUMENT
ORIGINAL MONUMENT ON ACTUAL GOLD DISCOVERY SPOT, PORT PHILLIP MINE, CLUNESPORTION OF METAL CHIMNEY STACK STANDING IN SELECTED QUARTZ ROCKS DEPICTING ACTUAL SPOT WHERE FIRST GOLD WAS DISCOVERED IN CLUNES 1851 AT PORT PHILLIP MINE. HAWTHORN HEDGE PLANT GROWING IN TOP OF MONUMENTACTUAL GOLD DISCOVERY CLUNESphotographs, mining civic momentoes, chimney stack, gold monument -
Clunes Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH MONUMENT
MONUMENT BUILT AND ERECTED ON SITE OF FIRST GOLD DISCOVERY IN VICTORIA 1851. PORT PHILLIP MINE.BLACK AND WHITE POSTCARD OF A BRICK MONUMENT SURROUNDED BY WOOD AND WIRE MESH FENCE WITH CAMP PARADE AND MOUNT BECKWORTH IN BACKGROUND. PLAQUE ON CEMENT BASE OF BRICK PILLAR.MONUMENT AT CLUNES. GOLD WAS FIRST DISCOVERED HERE IN VICTORIA 1851.photography, monuments, memorials& mining -
Clunes Museum
Photograph
COLECTION OF4 COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS OF MODEL OF PORT PHILIP MINE ON DISPLAY AT CLUNES PRIMARY SCHOOL ON JULY 2002. 150 GOLD CELEBRATIONS, BEGONIA CAR RALLY HELD IN CLUNES. 3/9/2002local history, photography, photographs, mining -
Clunes Museum
Photograph, CIRCA 1866
PHOTOCOPY OF THE MINEA PHOTOGRAPH OF THE PORT PHILLIP MINE TAKEN FROM A NORTHERLY DIRECTION IN 1866 OR 1867.PORT PHILLIP AND COLONIAL GOLD MINING COMPANY, CLUNES. GENERAL VIEW. MINE AND WORKSlocal history, photography, photographs, mining -
Clunes Museum
Photograph
PHOTOGRAPH OF THE PORT PHILLIP MINE TAKEN IN THE 1860'SCLUNES IN THE SIXTIES, SHOWING THE WORKS OF THE OLD PORT PHILLIP AND COLONIAL GOLD MINING COMPANY.local history, photography, photographs, mining -
Clunes Museum
Document - DOCUMENTS
SHIRE OF TALBOT AND CLUNES DOCUMENTS REGARDING PORT PHILLIP MINE AND THE QUARTZ MINING COMPANIES..1 .2 .3 PHOTOCOPIED PAGES MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT PORT PHILLIP AND CLUNES QUARTZ MINING COMPANIES.UNDATED AND UNSIGNED .4 .5 PHOTOCOPIED PAGES OF PORT PHILLIP AND COLONIAL GOLD MINING COMPANY PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED local history, document, memorandum of agreement, mining -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stawell Gold Mine Opencut at Big Hill
... Stawell Gold Mine Opencut at Big Hill... grampians Stawell Gold Mine Opencut at Big Hill Photograph ... -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Leviathan Gold MIne, Cynide works 1999, 1999
... Leviathan Gold MIne, Cynide works 1999...Leviathan gold Mine... grampians Mining Leviathan gold Mine 8 Colour Photographs showing ...8 Colour Photographs showing teh remains of Tailings Vats, that were used for leaching .mining, leviathan gold mine -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Magdala Mine Site sign and Shaft, Circa 1999
3 Colour Photgraphs: 2 showing information about the mine , the other showing the shaft covered with protecive mesh.Sthe Sign Reads: The Magdala mine site worked from 1868 -1918. Max Depth 735 M. 2410 ft. Yeild 315,417 Ounces Approx 11 Tonnes On Revese: Gold Miners Stawell. Neg 20 mining, magdala -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Fraser Park Mining Equipment, 15/03/2000
7079: Fraser Park Sign. 7079a Steam Winding Engine and Bucket. 7079b Showing three items from a distance. 7079c Same as 7079b but from a differnt angle. 7079d Bailing Tank, Cage and Truck. 7079e Same as 7079a but from the other side. 7079f Gig and Rake 7079g Same as 7079f but from a different angle8 Colour Photographs showing equipment used in mining the Quartz Reef minesgold mining -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Badge - Cloth Badge, Chris R Martin, 1920's
... grampians Tecnical School Education Stawell School of Mines Fiducia ...Gold Embroidery on Black Background cloth. School Insignia with wreath design Stawell School of Mines Fidcia Et LaboreStawell School of Mines Fiducia Et Laboretecnical school, education -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Map, Underground Survey of the Principal Mines of Stawell 1879, 1879
Pleasant Creek & Newington, Prince Patrick, Prince Alfred, Pioneer and Galatea, Pleasant Creek Cross Reef No. 1&2, Magdala, Old Shaft, Extended Cross Reef, Crown Cross, Great Northern, Sloanes & Scotchmans, South Cross, 10 & 11 United Scotchmans South Cross, Scotchmans Shafts, North Scothmans, West Scotchmans, Emerald Isle & Rose of Denmark, Albion, South Scotchmans, Newington & Pleasant Creek, Pleasant Creek Cross Reef, Moonlight, Extended Cross Reef, Crown cross United, Great Northern ShaftVery large Map on cloth backing, showing cross sections of mines.Surveyed by H.C. Bates. Drawn by Arthur Edwards. October 30th 1879. Scales 120 feet to an inchmining, gold -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Moonlight Extended remains
... grampians Mining Moonlight Extended Mine Gold Mining 1 Colour, 1 B/W ...1 Colour, 1 B/W Photograph: Remnants of brick machinery foundations of Moonlight extended Mine. Located in Wood Street Looking Eastmining, moonlight extended mine, gold mining -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Foundations from the Moonlight Extended Mine
... grampians Gold Mining Moonlight Extended Mine 2 Photographs, 1 ...2 Photographs, 1 Colour, 1 B/W. Brick foundations from the Moonlight Extended Mine in Moonlight Street Looking southgold mining, moonlight extended mine -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Article - Realia, Miners Shovel from Underground Gold Mine, 1880's
... Miners Shovel from Underground Gold Mine... Manufactured by O.A. Day Miners Shovel from Underground Gold Mine ...This old miners shovel was found in the late 1980'8 or early 1990's in one of the underground Horse Stables in the abandoned workings of the old Magdala Mine. It was found covered in mud along with other mining equipment as well as some old clothing.Wooden Handled Mining Shovel Manufactured by O.A. DayO.A. DAYmining, gold mining -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Archive, Stawell Gold Mine Emergency Plan, 1/08/2015
... Stawell Gold Mine Emergency Plan...Stawell Gold Mine... Gold Mine Emergency Plan Archive Stawell Gold Mine ...Plans produced by Mine for Emergency use showing ventilation & Emergency Exits Plans and Conatacts.Ring Bound A3 book with laminated Covers & Black and Yellow Banding for attentionDate of Issue 31/ 08/2015 Uncontrolled Copymining, gold -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Lantern Festival Big Hill c 2000-- 7 Photos -- Coloured
Photos of the Lantern Festival workshop held to pull the community together during the battle to save Big Hill from the mining Companies application to have an "Open Pit Mine" in 1998-1999. Master lantern maker Graeme Dunstan coordinated the work shops, with financial support from the "Big Hill Action Group". when the decision from Victoria State Government was given, the group celebrated by carrying lanterns from Gold Reef Hall - near the Post Office up to Big Hill.Seven colour photographs of the Lantern festive workshop at Big Hill in c 2000. Taken by Jim Melbourne stawell -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Mine Stamper from Newchum Mine Pleasant Creek called "Vivian"
The main photograph of the battery, "Vivian" a 24 Head Stamper is now in Beaconsfield, Tasmania. The battery head stamper was made in 1862 for crushing gold ore for the "Newchum" mine at Pleasant Creek (now Stawell) Victoria. In 1933 the Chintock family used the Head Stamper to cruse tin ore in a mine at Blue Teir in north-eastern Tasmania. It is not know how or when "Vivian" the battery head stamper came to Tasmania. In 1993 the battery was restored as is a working exhibit in the museum at Beaconsfield Tasmania.Two colour photographs, one of the Battery and the other information about the Battery. The main photograph of the battery, "Vivian" a 24 Head Stamper now in Beaconsfield, Tasmania. The battery head stamper was made in 1862 for crushing gold ore for the "Newchum" mine at Pleasant Creek (now Stawell) Victoria. Beaconsfieldstawell, mining -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stawell Technical School in Skene Street Stawell
Stawell Technical School, Skene Street Stawell. The school had its first origins in an inquiry in c 1882 by the inspector of Schools of Design. A meeting was called Sept.1882, the first outcome of this meeting, was to advertised for, Friday 12th October 1882 from 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm in the Mechanic's Institute. The School of Mines was opened in the old market building. A complete new building in Patrick Street "Gold Reef Campus".Black & white photograph of a brick building with two pairs of windows on either side of the main entrance, with a parapet. Stawell Technical Schoolstawell building education -
Inglewood & District Historical Society
Functional object (Item) - Gold Mine Company Seal Embosser - Commerce Label, Seal Embosser Stamp
... Gold Mine Company Seal Embosser - Commerce Label... Gold Mining Company Seal Embosser Stamp Functional object Gold ...The figure 5 appears on the base and also on the bottom of the Seal Anvil. The Seal stamp reads 'Old Inglewood Deep Lead Mining Company No Liability Inglewood' -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Great Northern Cross Reef Gold Mining Company Stawell. Holtermann Photo 1874
Holterman 1874 Photo. Mine commenced 1858. First Mine in Stawell to have a steam driven poppet head. Holtermanns wagon for developing wet plate photographs is partly visible on lower right.Holtermann Black and White photograph of Stawell Mine April 1874. Tramway on left Winch house on right with square chimney. Poppet Head at centre of photo. Two Mullock heaps visible with some men on it as well as men on mine beamsmining -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stawell Gold Mine, Aerial Photomap of Stawell & Mining 1997, 1997
... Stawell Gold Mine... Photograph Stawell Gold Mine ...Evaporation Dams Mining SiteLarge Laminated Aerial Photo Map showing Stawell and Mining activityMining Geology Office 1997mining -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book, West Scotchmans & Ulster Mines, 2019
Newspaper Reports from Pleasant Creek News - 1868-1885gold mining -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book, C.H. Leach, The Magdala-Cum-Moonlight Mine, 1934
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Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book, A.L. Thomas & Harley Wright, Report on the Magdala-Cum-Moonlight Mine Stawell Goldfield Victoria 1931
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Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book, Maynard Ord, Stawell Guide Book To The Stawell Mines - Previously Cat No 3643-1, 1894
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Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Moonlight Extended remains
... grampians Mining Moonlight Extended Mine Gold Mining 1 Colour, 1 B/W ...1 Colour, 1 B/W Photograph: Remnants of brick machinery foundations of Moonlight extended Mine. Located in Wood Street Looking Eastmining, moonlight extended mine, gold mining -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Foundations from the Moonlight Extended Mine
... grampians Gold Mining Moonlight Extended Mine 2 Photographs, 1 ...2 Photographs, 1 Colour, 1 B/W. Brick foundations from the Moonlight Extended Mine in Moonlight Street Looking southgold mining, moonlight extended mine