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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - VICTORIA HILL, approx 1875
Black and white photograph showing 2 poppet heads, 3 chimneys, dam, 2 wood stacks, associated sheds, mine manager's house, few trees. Copy of photograph ' New Chum Reef - looking north N.J. Caire photo 1875 - copy J. Lerk, 11.2.2000'N.J. Caire ?place, landscape view, new chum reef -
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Photograph - BENDIGO LANDSCAPE: LOOKING SOUTHWEST 1856, C 1856 ?
Black and white photograph of mines at Bendigo. 'Bendigo Tin' on side of building, 'Hay and corn store' at rear. Poppet heads and dams visible. In foreground - larger buildings, mostly weatherboard with corrugated iron or zinc rooves. Left centre appears to be stable with loft doors. Middle distance - many buildings with heaps of dirt/rock. Far distance - many small buildings ( houses ) chimneys, trees hills. James Lerk 11.2.2000 ' C 1856 looking southwest , Forest St. ( tin smith ) going to the right.place, landscape view, bendigo mining -
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Photograph - LANSELL'S 180 CLAIM, approx. 1875
Black and white photograph of original. Large excavation in foreground. Weatherboard building at left with wood pile and brick chimney. 3 poppet heads in middle distance. 1 poppet head on horizon. Total of 4 chimneys visible. Im inage on original photo ' …. Reef near Ironbark Hill' In margin at bottom ' Mr. Lansell's No. 180 claim/North Old Chum/Victoria and New Chum/Old Chum Claim'Original photo by N.J. Caire, 1875, looking south New Chum or Victoria Reef'organization, business, lansell's 180 claim -
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Photograph - POLICE BARRACKS: BENDIGO, 1861
black and white photograph, stone building - police barracks, Camp Hill, Bendigo. 8 men, some in uniform, standing outside barracks. One tree in foreground. 'Batchelder photo ( copy ) 1861' written on back. James Lerk 28.2.2000 - Police Barracks Camp Hill in lead pencil on back.Batchelderorganization, government, police barracks -
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Photograph - POLICE BARRACKS, C 1861
black and white photograph. Stone buildings and police barracks, Camp Hill, Bendigo. Barracks, Camp Hill, Bendigo, built in 1858 and completed the following year. Police are drilling outside the stone 'lock-up' Police officers' residence is at the rear. Photographed in 1861 by Batchelder. 134 photographed by Bill Hawking of Bendigo Advertiser 4.7.2000Batchelderorganization, government, police barracks -
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Photograph - STEAM TRAM AT ALEXANDRA FOUNTAIN, approx 1901
black and white photograph of steam trams and trailers at the Alexandra Fountain, Charing Cross C 1900. Beehive store in background. 'Henderson and Goodison, Beehive - furniture and drapery' J.T. Hill Tailor ' 'Confidence - Curls Tobacco' sign visible on top of trams.place, streetscape, alexandra fountain -
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Photograph - BASIL MILLER COLLECTION: THE LAST GHAN
Black and white image of train passing between hills. Labelled 'THE LAST GHAN' JUNE 1954 Heavitree Gap NT'.person, individual, basil miller -
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Photograph - DEVONSHIRE GROUP OF MINES, late 1800's
black and white photograph - landscape with 9 poppet heads, buildings, mullock heaps, 5 chimneys. Written on bottom of photo : Duchess Tribute, West United Devonshire, Phoenix, Duchess of Edinburgh, United Devonshire, South Devonshire.. On top of photo: Devonshire Group of Mines. Snob's Hill and Mungo Mines in background.unknownorganization, business, devonshire group of mines -
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Postcard - MUNICIPAL BATHS, BENDIGO, VICTORIA
black and white photos: Municipal Baths, Bendigo. Large lake with diving tower on RH side. In middle of background is spire of Camp Hill Primary School. Pontoon on lake on RH side. On bottom of card 'The Rose Series P 2831, Municipal Baths, Bendigo, Victoria.'place, bendigo, municipal baths, bendigo, municipal baths, rose series -
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Photograph - GROUP OF WOMEN, EMPIRE DAY DRESS, 1910?
Sepia photograph on grey board. Ten females in long white dresses with long fringed sashes embossed with 'cead mile failte'. All have small Irish harps in hair and carry small black bags. Back row - three young girls with white tops and dark capes. Inscriptions: in image - on sashes 'cead mille failte'. Printed on board at bottom 'H Davidson, Photo, Russell Street, Quarry Hill, Bendigo'. On back - hand written in pencil. 'Empire Fair', 'Ireland', 'Mechanic's Institute'.H Davidson, Russell Street, Quarry Hillperson, group, women -
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Photograph - VI CATTANACH COLLECTION: EARLY HUNTLY TO BENDIGO BUS, c.1925
Black and white (in cardboard) photograph of early Huntly bus. James Lerk 'A Cobb & Co coach body mounted on a motor truck, to serve as the Huntly to Bendigo bus. Photographed by Bartlett Bros'. Male passengers wearing suits, collars and ties, hats. Photocopy of reverse inscription, dated Bendigo Oct 1st 1926, reads - ' This picture represents an old Cobb & Co's coach. It is over sixty years old, and ran from Castlemaine to Swan Hill in the old coaching days, and afterwards ran from Bendigo to Inglewood. It was owned by Mr Shadbolt, and was purchased from him by Mr Bannerman of Huntly near Bendigo, who had the undercarriage taken off and the body placed on a motor chassis. It now runs between Bendigo and Huntly as a daily motor transport. It has never been painted since it was made.' See Research. Portrait (scan of photocopy) of William Bannerman attached.Bartlett Brosplace, transport, early bus, huntly bus; cobb & co.; bannerman, william dougal; shadbolt, alfred; -
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Photograph - COHN BROS FLOAT, EASTER PARADE 1957, c.1957
Black and white photograph, in cream folder, of Easter Parade 1957, featuring Cohn Bros 100 years floats. Truck and tray carrying two females and display of Cohn's produce. Small truck with large model of tomato sauce bottle. Horse drawn wagon with bales of straw and male and remake figures. Inscriptions: in image - 'Cohn's Ltd, Bendigo', 'Cohn's 100 years of Progress', 'Bendigo, Swan Hill', Small advertising hoardings on large truck, something soft drinks. 'Say Cohn's please'. Lemonade, Pine Quench, Kola Beer, Lemon Quench, Ginger Beer, Raspberry Quench, Dry Ginger Ale, Grapefruit, Lime and Soda, Mandarin, 6 o'clock lager, Passionfruit. 'Quick and Quenchy'. On front cover BR cover printed 'Reg Brock of Bendigo'. On frame of image BR hand written 'Reg V Brock'. History: Previous Acc. No. MP200.Reg V Brockperson, group, easter procession? -
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Photograph - HORSE PUDDLING MACHINE VICTORIA HILL?, c.1861
... PLACE Mining site victoria hill ? Black and white panorama ...Black and white panorama with mine workings (puddling machine and two horses and two workers) with scattered (residential?) buildings in open rough background. Inscriptions: on front - 'horse puddling machine 1861' hand printed across top. On back - 'Gold Mines Bendigo 1861, this could be Victoria Hill'.place, mining site, victoria hill ? -
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Photograph - COHN BROS DECORATED SEMI-TRAILER, c.1957
Black and white photograph in cream folder, of semi-trailer decorated with Cohn Bros. products, banners and two females. Celebration of 100 years of progress, Bendigo And Swan Hill. Perhaps prepared for Bendigo Easter Fair. Inscriptions: in image - 'Cohn's 100 Years of Progress, Bendigo, Swan Hill'. On front - BR signed 'Reg V Brock' below image. On front of folder printed BR 'Reg V Brock of Bendigo'. On front TR corner of folder 'MP203'. History: Prev. Acc. No. MP203.person, group, easter procession -
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Photograph - COHN BROS TRAY TRUCK, c1957
Black and white photograph in cream folder with card frame inside. Tray truck with display on back, consisting of large model tomato sauce bottle on box. Brick building in background painted with advertising sign. Inscriptions: in image on wall 'Quick to Quench, Cohn's, est. 1857'. On truck 'Say Cohns Please:, '100 years', 'Cohn Limited, Sw3an Hill', 'Cohn's Tomato Sauce', Truck number plate 'GNA 665'. Hand written BR corner 'Reg V Brock'. Rubber stamp front BR corner, 'Reg V Brock of Bendigo'. History: Prev. Acc. No. MP201topic, transport -
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Photograph - NEW CHUM HILL?
Black and white photograph of mine site. Mullock heap in background with various mine buildings. Chimney stack and corrugated iron buildings on right. Mine shaft holes in foreground. Whims centre back. Hand written on back 'Gold Mines Bendigo. Probably New Chum Hill. Looking North. Phoenix, later Old Chum Mine at summit. JB Lazarus' claims in foreground. RT. 'Johnsons No. 2' on back - Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Bendigo Branch. Circular stamp. History: Prev. ACC. No. MNG 2Batchelderplace, mining site, new chum -
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Photograph - STUDENTS OF CALIFORNIA HILL STATE SCHOOL, 1928
... PERSON Group students of cal. hill state.school Black and white ...Black and white reproduction of photo from 'Back to Eaglehawk' back Oct. 1928. Large group of children, four adults in background. Outside. Banisters in background, brick wall at side. Approximately ninety children, youngest ones seated on ground at front, cross-legged. Inscriptions: on front - 'California Hill State School, 1928', 'JH Biggs, Health Inspector'. RHSV stamp (under photo). California Hill State School. 'The California Gully State School (or the Bell topper Hill, as the old Cornish miners names it) is one of the oldest in the district. Some of the prominent men of Bendigo today who attended that school include Cr. JH Curnow, Mr Jtn Smalley, and Mr EE Heitman. Mr. George Evans, a native of the district, is now in charge of the school. Miss FE Darvall is the head of the infant division. Other teachers are Miss RE Nicholas and Mr WR McClelland. Scholars on the roll at present number 105.person, group, students of cal. hill state.school -
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Photograph - CENTRAL NELL GWYNNE MINE
Black and white photo. Central Nell Gwynne Gold Mine in West Bendigo. Closed December 1949. This mine is part of the Victoria Hill area.organization, business, central nell gwyyne mine -
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Photograph - NEW CHUM LINE OF REEF, FROM OLD CHUM HILL
Black and white photo ( copy ? ) of view of Old Chum Line of Reef from Old Chum Hill. Lansell's '222 Mine' tallest poppet legs on the Bendigo Field. Golden Square in the distance. Corner of 'grounds at right ( Geo. Lansell's mansion )place, landscape view, new chum line of reef -
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Photograph - AERIAL SURVEY BENDIGO BASE MAP - RUN 12
Black and white photograph which is an aerial survey Bendigo base map - run 12. Inscriptions: Vic 1583. State Aerial Survey Bendigo Base Map Project - Run 12. 16/3/1967, 5600ASL on front. The photograph shows areas of Kennington and Flora Hill. Title of map to be held at right hand side. Streets identifiable from 'Five Ways' intersection.place, aerial view of bendigo -
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Photograph - BENDIGO POST OFFICE, c1920
Black and white Photograph: Former Bendigo Post Office currently the Bendigo Visitor Information Centre. View of entrant into Rosalind Park from Williamson Street. Camp Hill Primary School also visable in background. Prior to Public toilets being built in Williamson St and prior to the urns being removed from the Post Office. Physical description: Cardboard mounted. Inscriptions: 'W Vincent kelly, Bendigo' photographic studio.W Vincent Kellybuildings, government, bendigo post office -
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Book - CHINESE CEMETERIES IN AUSTRALIA VOLUME 5, c
Chinese Cemeteries in Australia Volume 5, White Hills Cemetery Bendigo, Victoria. Publisher: Golden Dragon Museum, Bendigo. ISBN: 09578013 7 8. 191 PAGES. Black and white illustrations & maps. Published post 12 July 2003. Inscriptions $30.Dr Kok Hu Jinaustralia, history, chinese, white hills cemetery, chinese graves, genealogy -
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Photograph - WEST BENDIGO (SPECIMEN HILL METHODIST) CRICKET CLUB. 1931-32, 1931-32
Photograph - black and white. Portrait of the West Bendigo (Specimen Hill Methodist) Cricket Club. Premiers Inter-Church League, 1931 -32. Names printed - back row - I.Steel, S.Osborne, H.Woolcock, F.Taylor, D.McQuillan(Vice-Pres.), T.Chisholm, L.Osborne, S.Hilson, R.Osborne. Front Row - J.Knipe, A.Chisholm, A.Kellond (Vice-Capt.), Rev. W.E.Lancaster (Pres.), N.Thirlwell (Capt.), J.Tresidder, R.Chisholm.Bartlett Bros., Bendigo.organization, club/society, cricket club, west bendigo (specimen hill methodist) cricket blub. 1931-32. -
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Photograph - VIEWS OF BENDIGO - QUARTZ REEF
Black and white 'Views of Bendigo' No. 7. Excavation of Quartz Reef, near Ironbark Hill. Panorama of Mullock heaps and four mine sites. Copy of frames photo?. Inscriptions: Mine sites named - 'Lansell's 180 claim', 'Victoria and New Chum Company', 'North Old Chum Claim', 'Old Chum Mine'.NJ Caire, Sandhursttopic, mining -
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Photograph - MRS PIEPER, 1880
Black and white photo of Mrs Pieper. She is wearing a high neck dress and a small ostrich feather hair decoration. On back.. Dorothy Pieper of Piepers Hill. Atho? Pieper. Gilt frame. D1 533. Bartlett Bros. Sandhurst. From W.H.Brown. Practical Picture Frame Maker. Carver and gilder. Plush worker wtc. View street. Bendigo. Opposite Sports Ground. Upper reserve. Tram pass the door.Bartlett Bros, Sandhurstperson, individual, portrait female, pieper, pieper's hill, woman, hat -
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Photograph - VICTORIA QUARTZ - NEW CHUM LINE OF REEF, c.1890
Black and white photograph. Poppet head on LH side, stone building, centre, tall brick chimney, RH side in front of timber building. Inscriptions: on front - 'Victoria Quartz'. On back - typewritten description as follows: 'Situated on the rich Victoria Hill, Ironbark. Steel girders? rams type poppet legs - 60ft high. Vertical winding engines; pair of 24' dia. Winding drums. Made and erected by Roberts & Sons, Bendigo, in 1897. Then one of the best in the state. In 1910 it was the deepest gold mine in the world, having reached a depth of 4,613 ft in the winze. The shaft was then sunk to a depth of 4,588 ft. in an endeavour to reach a depth of 4,870 ft. to effectively work the deepest gold bearing reef in the world. On the night of June 14th, 1910, the mine was flooded out by the rising waters from the deep New Chum mines to the south, all of which had either ceased operations or had returned back to shallow workings. For details of the mine's record, see 'The Historical Guide to Bendigo'. Mine details completed by A Richardson, 29 Harrison Street, Bendigo.place, mining site, victoria quartz -
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Photograph - VIEW OF BENDIGO MINES, c.1905
Black and white postcard photograph of scenic view labelled 'Bendigo Mines' including building, poppet head, chimney, trestle way, hills in background. Small letter on back. Inscriptions: 'Bendigo Mines'. On back - letter to Miss Annie Case.place, mining site -
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Photograph - MONUMENT HILL, c.1900
... PLACE Mining site monument hill Black and white photograph ...Black and white photograph of small brick shed in forground, poppet head, metal chimney stack at rear. Inscriptions: 'Monument Hill'. On back - 'RHSV, Bendigo Branch', ''262', '1960'.place, mining site, monument hill -
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Photograph - GREAT EXTENDED HUSTLERS
Black and white postcards showing Great Extended Hustlers poppet head in foreground. Timber buildings, stacks of timber in background. Three copies of loose postcards. Inscriptions: 'Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Bendigo Branch, Great Extended Hustlers. Locality, Hustlers Hill, Nth. Bendigo. Formed 1865 - last production 1921. Depth of shaft - 3,470 feet. Poppet legs - steel, 70 feet high. Winding Engine: first motion, 8ft. Drums. Gold Very Rich, Total yield - 3000,000 ozs. Dividends L675,000.cottage, miners -
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Photograph - FIRST SINKING, DERBYSHIRE MINE (FORMERLY WHIPSTICK GM CO.)
Black and white photograph, mounted on board, of First sinking of Derbyshire Mine, then Whipstick GM Co. Windlass over shaft. Woman in long dress to left of photo. Six men standing on top of excavated soil and rock - to right of windlass. Inscriptions: 'First sinking Derbyshire Mine then Whipstick GM Co', 'NW Harrison, Gladfield Park, Pyramid Hill.place, mining site, derbyshire mine