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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: MINERS WORKING UNDERGROUND
Four men working underground. Possibly manager inspecting workings, dressed in suit jacket and hat. Miners wearing hard hats.mine, gold, mine manager/3 workers, bendigo mines-jack hattam collection. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: TWO MINERS WORKING UNDERGROUND
Slide. .Two miners working underground.mine, gold, miners underground., bendigo mines-jack hattam collection. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: MUNICIPAL BATHS, BARNARD STREET, BENDIGO
Slide. Municipal Baths, Barnard Street, Bendigo. Image shows large body of water with an island top LH side.mine, gold, municiple baths., bendigo mines-jack hattam collection. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: MR. GEORGE LANSELL, QUARTZ KING
Slide. Mr. George Lansell. The Quartz King, taken from 'Bendigo and Vicinity' .mine, gold, mr. george lansell., bendigo mines-jack hattam collection. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: WILLIAM CLARK
Slide. Image of Mr. William Clark photographed from a page in 'Bendigo and Vicinity'mine, gold, mr. william clark., bendigo mines-jack hattam collection. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: WOOTON LANSELL
Slide. Image of Mr. Wooton Lansell that featured in 'Bendigo and Vicinity'mine, gold, mr. wooton lansell., bendigo mines-jack hattam collection. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: BALLERSTEDT'S OPEN CUT VICTORIA HILL
Slide. Ballerstedt's Open Cut at Victoria Hill.mine, gold, ballerstedt's open cut., bendigo mines-jack hattam collection. -
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Slide - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: HUSTLERS POPPET HEAD AND CHIMNEY STACK
Slide. New Hustlers poppet head, chimney stack and shed. Metal chimney stack supported by guy ropes.mine, gold, new hustlers, bendigo mines-jack hattam collection. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: LANSELL'S 105 HEAD CRUSHING BATTERY
Slide. Lansell's 105 head crushing battery (New Red, White and Blue).No.40 on bottom of slide.mine, gold, lansell's 105 stamper head battery., bendigo mines-jack hattam collection. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: VIRGINIA CRUSHING BATTERY ENGINE ROOM
Slide.Engine at the Virginia Crushing Battery. Large flywheel on LH side, machinery in front. Possibly stampers visible through window at rear of engine room.No. 39 printed on bottom of slide. Photographer's name covered by number.mine, gold, virginia machinery., bendigo mines-jack hattam collection. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: LANCASHIRE BOILER
Slide. .Elevation drawing of a Lancashire Boiler, showing boiler set in a brick surround.No 36 printed on bottom of slidemine, gold, lancashire boiler., bendigo mines-jack hattam collection. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: SPECIMEN HILL, EAGLEHAWK
Slide. Specimen Hill, Eaglehawk, west of Sailor's Gully Road. Image taken about 1906. Poppet head, chimney stack, mullock heaps, ore bins.No. 22 on bottom of slidemine, gold, specimen hill (eaglehawk )., bendigo mines-jack hattam collection -
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Slide - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: KOCH'S PIONEER QUARTZ CRUSHING BATTERY, LONG GULLY
Slide. Koch's Pioneer Quartz Crushing Battery, Long Gully. Large shed with four small chimneys on roof, two chimney stacks on RH side of image, small hill behind sheds.No. 19 on bottom of slidemine, gold, koch pioneer battery., bendigo mines-jack hattam collection -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: VICTORIA HILL
Slide: Looking north to Victoria Hill from New Chum and Victoria Quartz, image taken in early 1870's. poppet heads, wood stacks, chimney stacks, mining excavation in foreground, mullock heaps. Possibly a stamper in background against crest of hill.No.6 on bottom of slidemine, gold, north to victoria hill., bendigo mines-jack hattam collection -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph (Black & White), Spring Hill Near Creswick
Both images are associated with Ellie Campbell. James and Bridget Martin were early settlers at Spring Hill. All their children attended the Ballarat School of Mines..1) A black and white image of Spring Hill near Creswick, glued into a thick card with a gold gilt edge. .2) Martin family house at Subiaco Hill, Western Australia. Brick house built by Corby Statford Cambell, Elly Campbell's father. .1) Written in blue pen on front of photograph 'Spring Hill near Creswick - Victoria' Taped onto back 'Farmland allotted to James George Martin in c1849. He took his bride, Bridget Hyde (19 years old) by bullock dray from St James Church, Elizabeth Street, Melbourne to this new allotment - 10 children born there - William, Robert, Samuel, Elizabeth, Ellen, Emily, Mary (died 2 months old mother also died). J.G.M. moved to Ballarat - attended Dawson Street Baptist Church. Here he married a widow with 2 sons, Mrs ____. Her 2 sons were born, George and Charles (was in USA) . Children all attended School of Mines, Ballarat .2) On yellow sticky label with photo - "Family home Subiace Rd Subiac WA. Builtby Statford Campbell, Elly's fayher. Now Coppin St.ballarat school of mines, william martin, james martin, bridget martin, bridget hyde, samuel martin, elizabeth martin, ellen martin, mary martin, george martin, charles martin -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - CARWARDINE COLLECTION: CENTRAL DEBORAH MINE BENDIGO, 9th April, 1953
Photograph. Carwardine collection, photograph of poppet head and mullock heap. On back reads 10.2.1956, in Sun news, Thursday 9.4.1953, page 12. Central Deborah mine, one of Bendigo's two remaining active mines. It's 102 years since gold was first discovered at Golden Square, but today only two Deborah mines are working where once 3000 mines hummed. The Bendigo field had yielded 22,000,000 ounces valued at 110,000.000 pounds and three times more on today's value but last years output was only 10,000 ounces and the year before 13000 ounces. Two photos.Herald - Sunbendigo, business, carwardine soap and candle -
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Photograph - DEBORAH GOLD MINE, GOLDEN SQUARE
Black and white photograph of Deborah Gold Mine, Abel Street, Golden Square. Image shows large mining sheds (engine house, boiler room) with tramway and poppet head at rear. Two ore bins on RH side. Large mullock hills at RH rear of ore bins. Written on back of photo 'Deborah Reef Gold Mines NL 20.3.37' Paper with photo states:' The Deborah Gold Mine, Abel Street. The poppet head was moved from the Windmill Hill mine Long Gully. This photograph was taken in March 1937 after a further 10 heads had been added to the battery'bendigo, mining, deborah gold mines -
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Document - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: BLACK FOREST COMPANY
Five page handwritten and typed document with information about the Black Forest Gold Mine on the Hustler's line of reef. The Black Forest mine was situated one mile north of the Eaglehawk Post Office. To the west was the South New Moon on the Garden Gully line of reef and to the east was the Lightning Hill line of reef worked by open cutting to a depth of over 100 ft by Pascoe and Simonds. A party of Germans named 'Rothacker and Party', first worked the claim on the Black Forest mine approx 1860. Other mines worked on the Hustler's line north of the Black Forest were: Martha Company. Johns and company and Meaner (unclear) and Co.bendigo, mining, black forest gold mine -
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Newspaper - PURDY COLLECTION: WILFRED WATSON ARTICLE
Newspaper article: 'Years in the Mines". Article details the life of an Eaglehawk man who spent 22 years working in Bendigo mines and who is celebrating his 80th birthday ( no date on article) Wilfred worked at the Unity Mine in Long Guly, when the Prince of Wales, visited it. He also worked at the Red White and Blue, Big Deborah and South Virginia (between 1920 and 1942) He stated worked as a shoveler and then learnt to bore holes and fire with explosives. At the South Virginia, there were three shifts working the shaft. Each shaft shift had two miners and one shoveller and the mine has 20 or 30 workers.bendigo, mining, wilfred watsobn -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - NEWSPAPER ARTICLE 'BENDIGO'S CRADLE OF LEARNING '
Bendigo Advertiser Sat 18.9.1971 Newspaper Article 'Bendigo's Cradle of Learning '-The Mechanics institute in McCrae St. / Prints of the photos used for the article and 3 negatives - 1) 1971 photo of the front school of Mines (+ Negative) / 2) Glass dome & chandelier of octagonal library ceiling (+ neg) / 3) The Mech Institute - late 1800's /4) Another ceiling photo / 5) back of octagonal library neg. 7509a Newspaper Article 7509b Glass Glober and Chandelair 7509c Glass Dome 7509d Front of School of Mines 7509e Another photo of the front of School of Mines 7509f School of Mines Library back viewnewspaper, bendigo advertiser, various articles -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph, Clare Gervasoni, Clunes School of Mines furnaces, 2003
The Clunes School of Mines was a division of the Ballarat School of Mines. Interior views of the furnaces inside the former Clunes School of Mnesclunes school of mines, furnaces, metallurgy -
Federation University Historical Collection
Correspondence, David Melvin, David Melvin to Frederick Martell of the Ballarat School of Mines, 1898, 19/10/1898
The Ballarat School of Mines conducted assays at the Model Mine. handwritten memorandum on David Melvin letterhead relating to treatment of a a parcel for extraction of gold. ballarat school of mines, david melvin, mining, gold, sampson's pulverizer, wynne and tregurtha plates -
Federation University Historical Collection
Document - Documents, SMB Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association 1973, 1973
The Ballarat school of Mines was the first school of mines in Australasia. 18 page document referred to in the notice of an extraordinary meeting of members held on June 6th 1973memorandum of association, ballarat school of mines, incorporation -
Federation University Historical Collection
Correspondence, Letter from C.F. Kurtz Concerning the Ballarat School of Mines Museum, 1949, 06/10/1949
This building is part of the Federation University SMB Campus, and was given an Art Deco Three pages relating for a request to obtain rifles, war trophies amd similar from the Ballarat School of Mines Museum. A response was sent stating that the weapons belonged tot he Local War Museum Committee, and the Ballarat School of Mines had no authority to dispose of them. ballarat school of mines museum, former ballarat wesleyan church, ballarat school of mines -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - CENTRAL DEBORAH GOLD MINE: ADDITIONAL MINES ALONG THE DEBORAH LINE OF REEF
A4 yellow paper. List of additional mines along the Deborah reef. Walter Scott, Tadmor, Rose of England, Herschel and Tait, Vital, Metropolitan, Metropolitan South shaft, Monument Hill Central, Monument Hill old, Violet. Locations of each mine listed with name.bendigo, mining, central deborah gold mine, central deborah gold mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - CENTRAL DEBORAH GOLD MINE: INVESTIGATION INTO STATUS OF OPENING EASTER 1971
4 page document. Record of sub-committee appointed to investigate status of Central Deborah Mine and possibility of opening the mine to the public by Easter 1971. Present at meeting: J. Watts, A. Richardson, H. Biggs, C. Schumack, J. Bright, Cr. A. Roy and J. Cohn.bendigo, mining, central deborah gold mine -
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Map - RED WHITE & BLUE EXTENDED - PLAN OF RED WHITE AND BLUE EXTENDED MINE TRANSVERSE SECTION
Transverse section of the Red White & Blue Extended Mine on the Sheepshead Line of Reef showing shafts, depths and geological features. Drawn on traqcing film in pencil. Signed by J J Caldwell, District Field Geologist, Mines Department, Bendigo and dated 5/12/1940.document, gold, red white & blue extended, red white & blue extended, plan of red white & blue extended mine transverse section, j j caldwell, mines dept bendigo -
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Photograph - WINDING ENGINE AT MONUMENT HILL MINE
Black and white photograph of a winding engine (Roberts & Son) at Monument Hill Mine. Winding gear, large drum with wire cable wound on, sitting on concrete base. Inscriptions: on back - lined paper, glued in centre 'Monument Hill Mine, Winding Engine, Roberts and Sons'.place, mining site, rope winding drum, mines and mining, equipment, mining equipment, bendigo, mines, mining, surface equipment -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - FORTUNA COLLECTION: POPPET HEAD, CHIMNEY AND BUILDINGS
Black and white photograph ( copy) of mine site. Image shows metal poppethead with elevated tramway leading off on right hand side. Buildings in foreground appear to be set down lower then surrounding land. On left hand side is the 'needle' chimney with a mine shed in foreground. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - NEW CHUM LINE OF REEF - PART OF A PLAN OF MINES ALONG THE NEW CHUM LINE OF REEF
Sketch of mines along the New Chum Line Of Reef Sheet No 1 (811) Caleb Thomas Jun 28, 1879. Mines mentioned are the Hercules and the Energetic. The others are shaft numbers. Measurements between each in feet and yards. Probable course of cap of Victoria Reef drawn in.document, gold, new chum line of reef, new chum line of reef, part of a plan of mines along the new chum line of reef, caleb thomas, hercules mine, energetic mine, energetic coy