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Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, Mining Under Wendouree Parade, Ballarat West, 1861, 1861
Blue foolscap printed order in council under the Gold Fields Act.mining, j.h. kay, wendouree parade, goldfields act, j.b. humffray -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, John Vail, The Mining Fields of Moina, Mt Claude, and Lorinna, 1919, 1919
Brown soft covered book mining, moina, lorinna, geology, mt claude -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - black and white, Puddling Machine used in Gold Mining
Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935Photographvictoria, puddling machine, horse, gold mining, mining -
Federation University Historical Collection
Plan, Kong Extended Gold Mining Company Chimney Plans, not dated
Two plans for a brick chimney with hand colouring .1) plan for brick chimney .2) plan for interior of chimneykong extended gold mining company, w. watson, plans for chimney, mining, architectural plans -
City of Ballarat Libraries
Photograph, Band & Albion Consols Gold Mining Co
This sketch appears in the Premier Album of Ballarat Views band & albion consols mining co., commerical, mining, ballarat, premier album of ballarat views -
City of Ballarat Libraries
Photograph - Card Box Photographs, Mining for Pyrite, Black Hill circa 1908
Group of 9 miners catching pyrite in creek run off from the Battery located at the south end of Black Hill.mining, battery, miners, pyrite, black hill -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Negative - Photograph, The Leader, The Departed Glory of the Queenstown Mining Field, 2 Nov. 1929
Queenstown (St. Andrews) District. Originally published in The Leader, Nov. 2nd, 1929, with the title "Relics of the Old Mining days in the Queenstown District," a series of eigth numbered photographs. Captions and publication details missing from image copy. 1. 2. St Andrew's Hotel. 3. St Andrew's Hotel and Post Office. 4. Caledonia Creek Bridge, St Andrews. 5. An Old-Timer and his Old-Time Blower. 6. 7. 8. This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as the 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital image 4 x 5 inch B&W Negsepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, queenstown, st andrews, caledonia creek bridge, st. andrews -
Federation University Historical Collection
Plan, Plan of the Squires Mount Mercer Gold Mining Plant
This plan is associated with former Ballarat School of Mines Student Richard Squire (1875-1876). Gift of the Squire FamilyLarge plan paper on linen, scale of 150 feet to one inch. Handcoloured. mount mercer, squires mine, mining, gold mining, gold, plan -
Federation University Historical Collection
Plan, Plan of the Mount Mercer Extended Gold Mining Company
This plan is associated with former Ballarat School of Mines Student Richard Squire (1875-1876). Gift of the Squire FamilyPaper on linen large plan. Hand coloured.mount mercer, gold mining, squire's, gold, mining, plan -
Federation University Historical Collection
Document, Mining on Police Paddock, Beaufort, 1862-3, 1862-1863
Blue foolscap printed Government document relating to the police paddock at Beaufort,beaufort, beaufort police paddock, mining, t. pratt, j.h. kay, crown land -
Clunes Museum
Map - DOCUMENTS/MAP, 3 1887. .4 1891
MINING, CLUNES GOLD MINES, MAPS, SECTIONS.1 AERIAL VIEW OF CLUNES AND DISTRICT. COLOUR PHOTOGRAPH LAMINATED. .2 MAP OF MINING AREAS SHOWING EXCISED AREA. No. 9104. MINING DISTRICT OF BALLARAT. PARISH OF CLUNES. COUNTY OF TALBOT. SCALE 4 CHAINS TO AN INCH. .3 MAP OF GOLD MINING LEASE BLOCKS AT CLUNES .4 DRAWINGS OF SECTIONS, CLUNES GOLD MINES. SCALE 400 FEET TO AN NCH. ALL MOUNTED WITH PLASTIC HANGING STRIPS..1 ON BACK. CLUNES 1:25000 .2 ASSORTED HANDWITTEN NOTATIONS. .3 ASSORTED HANDWITTEN NOTATIONS. REPLACE IN DEPT. OF MINING REGISTRARS QUARTER ENDED 30TH JUNE 1887. P. 12.clunes, gold mining, leases, aerial photograph, mine sections -
Clunes Museum
Photograph, CIRCA 1865
Notes on reverse of framed photograph; .1 PHOTOGRAPH - ORIGINAL SEPIA - VICTORIA QUARTZ MINING COMPANY, CLUNES .2 BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO PRINT - VICTORIA QUARTZ MINING COMPANY, CLUNES .3 BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO PRINT MOUNTED .4 BLACK AND WHITE PRINT - VICTORIA QUARTZ MINING COMPANY, CLUNES .5 BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO PRINT .6 SMALL BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO PRINT NOTE WATER WHEEL PERIOD;1865 ON HILLSIDE OF PORT PHILLIP MINE. VICTORIA, A QUARTZ MINING COMPANY, REGISTERED CLUNESlocal history, photography, photographs, mining -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - Kangaroo Flat Gold Mine Collection: advertisement for Bendigo Mining Environmental Trust, Bendigo Mining NL, March 2000
Advertisement in 'Public Notices' Bendigo Advertiser, March 2000, seeking applications from schools and community organisations for financial support for environmental projects. Closing date for present round of grants will be March 31st. 2000.In biro on side of advertisement ' Break O' Day' March 2000'environment, kangaroo flat, goldmining, , exploration, mining, bendigo mining, environmental trust -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - DEBORAH REEF PROJECT ENVIRONMENT EFFECTS STATEMENT
Two page document. On top, first page ' Bendigo Mining N.L., Deborah Reef Project, Environment Effects Statement, Summary Brochure'. Poppet head on top LH corner of document. A map of central Bendigo is drawn on page 1 and shows the location of the proposed processing plant near the Airport. Further maps on page 2 and 3 show the North Deborah Mine Site, the pipeline route and the airfield site. The summary brochure provides an outline of the material contained in the Environment Effects Statement and proposed planning scheme amendments upon which, the Deborah Reef Project will be assessed. Page four lists the issues that impact on this submission: planning and land use; socio economic environment; traffic; discharges to air; water management; explosives storage and handling; subsidence; heritage; flora and fauna and landscape and visual assessment. The 16th March, 1989, is the date given for submissions to be lodged in regard to this project.Bendigo Mining N.Lbendigo, mining, deborah reef project -
Federation University Historical Collection
Plan, Parish Of Ballarat Mining Lease applied for by J.H. Dill, 1907, 24/10/1907
Removed from Catalogue No 3601.Lease, plan and field notes showing the survey for the New Kohinoor Comapny Lease No 1205. Scale: 8 chains to 1 inch (1:6336)new kohinoor, survey, robert davidson, j.h. dill, dill, mining, ballarat, new koh-i-nor -
Federation University Historical Collection
Document, Richard B. Squire, The History of the Mount Mercer Gold Mining Company and Its opening by Richard Squire
Eight hand written pagesrichard squire, mount mercer gold mining company, samuel maddison, thomas graham, madame bent company, sebastopol plateau, g. b. hogg, mining -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Practical Mining, 1894, 1894
William Wilson was the librarian at the Mechanics' Institute and Public Library, Long Gully, Bendigo.Small, orange, hardbound book, Includes a Miners' Business directory with many advertisements from Bendigo suppliers.mining, william wilson, decimal arithmetic, measurement of timber, steam boilers, pumps, ventilation, bendigo -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Geological specimen - Mining, Broken Dimond Drill Pieces
Used to drill through the red Iron stone - reefs end of Stawell. Found along Darlington Road after drilling to erect a Power Pole 2X Cylindrical Broken used Dimond Drill - Core Samples, Basalt - granite -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Streetscape of South side of Upper Main Street Reefs Stawell looking East from around Patrick Street corner with Big Hill Mining in background c 1867
Upper Main Street east of Patrick street, looking East c 1867 with Big Hill Mining in Background. J McGee's Shamrock Hotel. Jennings Western Turf Hotel. R Lorimer & Co. Photo c 1867 McGees Shamrock Hotel centre. R. Williams Dining Rooms, Jennings's Western Turf Hotel. Situated in upper Main Street (Opposite Monaghan's Estate Office) Mr. George Jennings was proprietor until the late 1860's when he went to live at "Mayo Park" Lubek. The Hotel had Various owners until it was delicensed in 1909 and became a boarding house. It was demolished in 1921. R. Lorimer & Co general Store near corner of Patrick Street.Streetscape of South Side of Main Street East of Patrick Street. Two wagons in street. Showing J. McGees Shamrock Hotel, R Williams Dining Rooms, Jennings's Western Turf Hotel and R. Lorimer & Co. Mine Engine Chimney is on left of photo. Big Hill in Background with Waterloo Reef Company Whim at centre.stawell streetscape -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Negative - Photograph, The Leader, Relics of the Old Mining days in the Queenstown District, 2 Nov 1929
Queenstown (St. Andrews) District. Originally published in The Leader, Nov. 2nd, 1929, p30, with the title "Relics of the Old Mining days in the Queenstown District," a series of seven numbered photographs with captions : 1. Two Old-Timers, Brothers Tom and Alex McPhee, Camped on Back Creek. 2. Like the Caledonia, Every Yard of Queenstown Creek has been Washed. 3. Poppet Heads of the Caledonia Mine. 4. A Warning to Possible Land Buyers or Encouragement to Prospectors? 5. Mr. A. Harvey has been Prospecting the District, Washing a Loam, for Some Years. 6. John Olsen, of Smith's Gully, an Old-Timer, who is Shortly Going to Norway to Claim an Inheritance. 7. Queenstown Cemetery. - The Hills Form a Splendid Memorial to Many a Digger.This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as the 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital image 4 x 5 inch B&W Negsepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, queenstown, gold mining, a. harvey, alex mcphee, back creek, caledonia mine, john olsen, poppet heads, queenstown cemetery, queenstown creek, smiths gully, st. andrews, tom mcphee -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Folder, Victorian Goldfields Project: Historic gold mining sites in St Andrews mining division, 1999
Heritage site report and gazetteer by David Bannear, head consultant for archealogy for the Department of Natural Resources and Environment. Includes information on the Warrandyte Goldfield and the Caledonia Goldfield, Queenstown (now known as St Andrews), One Tree Hill, Kingston (now known as Panton Hill), Kangaroo Grounds, You You Hill, Kingstown, South Morang, Nillumbik, (now known as Diamond Creek), Steele's Creek, Yarrambet and Kinglake. Photocopy of map headed: Location of mines and reefs from Geological survey of Victoria, Yan Yean with the Diamond Creek prominant on the map. no date35 page report with map and print out of cover letter (email form) from donorcaledonian gold fields, caledonina gold field, david bannear, gold mining, harry gilham collection, queenstown, st andrews, warrandyte goldfield -
Federation University Historical Collection
Document - Folder, Henry J. Armstrong, A Treatise on The Law of Gold Mining and the Procedure and Practice of the Mining Courts, 1891
This copy wa sused by Dianne Campbell during her research on the legal profession on Victoria's goldfieldsCopy of a book by solicitor Henry J. Armstrongdi campbell goldfields lawyers collection, goldmining law, mining courts, henry j. armstrong, mining claims, miner's right, mining board, marking out, abandonment, gold mining leases, wardens on goldfields -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Papers Presented at the "Conveyors in Mining" Inaugural Ballarat C.A.E. Mining Symposium, 1978, 1978
Black soft covered book with conference papers presented at the Ballarat College of Advanced Education.ballarat, j. short, a.j. whittle, b.w. tweedley, d.s. sleight, j. blackwell, d. kramer, m.n.g. macrae, c.l. swindells, k.f. routley, j.a. flanagan, j. dennehy, d.j. watkins, c. stewart, k.j. o'grady, jim r. short, alan whittle, mining symposium, ballarat college of advanced education, library borrowing cards and date stamp -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, L.E.R.H.S, Journal of Australasian Mining History Vol. 10. The Buchan Proprietary Company - A Victorian Mining Swindle
A folder containing documents and newspaper cuttings about local familiesgenealogy -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Perrott Lyon Mathieson Pty. Ltd, Journal of Australasian Mining History Vol. 8 - Mining for Oil in Victoria. The Lakes Entrance Shaft, 1991
A commissioned study of the Lake Tyers Beach and surrounding area prior to future planning with regard to urban development, tourism and conservation of natural beauty. Contains illustrations and a plan of proposed boat ramps.waterfront, township, tourism -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book, Greg Cameron, Amalgamated Moonlight Junction Company 1889-1893, Moonlight Consolidated Quartz Mining Company 1886-1888, Moonlight Extended Quartz Mining Company 1886-1892
stawell gold mining -
Federation University Historical Collection
Certificate, Andrew Anderson, Ballarat School of Mines Mining Management Certificate for Jonathan Rankine, 1896, 20/03/1896
The Ballarat School of Mines is a predecessor institution of Federation University Australia.Certificate with red seal of the Ballarat School of Mines.ballarat school of mines, mining management, quartz mines, andrew anderson, jonathan rankine, certificate, mining, mining alumni, alumni, fred martell -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Mining Heritage Places Assessment Manual, 2000, 2000
Brwon soft covered book of 187 pages. mining, heritage assessments, heritage register, coal, copper, alluvial gold, reef gold, mining terminology, mount shamrock, glossary of terms -
Federation University Art Collection
Painting, Claim of the Waterloo Mining Co, 1909
The painting is thought to be a copy of a similar earlier work. An Australian flag flying on a flagpole is an interesting addition. The puddlers depicted in this painting were the Kneeshaw Brothers. This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 2000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.Framed watercolour of the Waterloo Mine, Ballarat. This site is now known as Lydiard Street South, and the church on the hill is the former Wesleyan Church. After the church was abandoned it was purchased by the Ballarat School of Mines and used as a Museum for many decades. Today the Federation University Hairdressing school uses the building for their classes. art, artwork, waterloo mine, ballarat, mining, wesley church, lydiard street, kneeshaw, kneeshaw brothers, lydiard street south, ballarat school of mines -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, Polling Places for the Mining District of Ballaarat Altered , 1860-1861, 1860-1861
Blue foolscap printed order in council under the Gold Fields Act.mining, j.h. kay, goldfields act, j.b. humffray, polling places, voting, creswick, buninyong, ballarat, smythe's creek, blackwood, steiglitz