FRAMED PHOTOGRAPHS OF MODEL OF PORT PHILLIP & CLUNES MINE AND SIGN USED WHEN ON DISPLAY .1 PHOTO OF FULL MODEL .2 PHOTO OF BACK OF MODEL .3 PHOTO OF CLOSE UP OF BUILDING WHICH HAS NO OUTER WALLS OR ROOF TO ENABLE VIEW OF INSIDE. .4 HAND WRITTEN SIGN, FRAMED MODEL MADE IN 1858 BY CARL NORDSTROM ON SITE . MODEL NOW IN STORAGE AT SCIENCE MUSEUM OF VICTORIAlocal history, photographs, mining

William Barkell of Clunes married Ellen Hollway (Hollie) Harris of ClunesHOLLY BARKELL, WIDOW OF WILLIAM BARKELL, DONATED THE BUILDING TO THE COMMUNITY OF CLUNES FOR USE AS A MUSEUM. WEDDING PHOTO HANGS IN THE HOLLY BARKELL GALLERY AS A REMINDER OF HER GIFT TO CLUNES.FRAMED BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF WILLIAM AND HOLLY BARKELL. STUDIO PHOTO. Written in gold lettering on the bottom right hand side of the mounting board Hornby Clunesholly barkell, william barkell, 1911, wedding

CLUNES TOWNSHIP IN 1886.1 BLACK WOODEN FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH OF CLUNES. HAND TINTED WITH A NARRATIVE WHICH WAS GLUED ONTO THE GLASS. VIEW LOOKING SOUTH NEAR THE PRESENT DAY SCENIC ROAD LOOKOUT. .2 BROWN WOODEN FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH OF THIS SKETCH. WITH MATT BORDER..1 TOWN OF CLUNES - Population 4874 - Number of dwellings 1100. Gold first discovered here 1st July 1851 Printed narrative: A hand-tinted photo-engraving from the Handbook of Victoria, published for the Colonial and Indian Exhibition in London, 1886. Looking south from near the present-day Scenic Road lookout, the illustration projects the image of Clunes as a goldmining town The view shows the headframes of several mine shafts, the Central Clunes Q.M.Co., and the Boundary, No.1 and No.2 shafts of the South Clunes G.M.Co. The headframe on the skyline in the middle distance was probably that of the Bute & Downes Amalgamated G.M.Co., near the railway station. .2 PAPER CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY ON REAR OF FRAME.colonial and indian exhibition in london 1886, bute & downes amalgamated, buildings, mining

CLUNES LIBRARY WAS IN USE IN TEMPLETON STREET UNTIL MIDDLE OF TWENTY CENTURY. LIBRARY BOOK AND LIBRARIAN WERE MOVED TO A SMALL ROOM IN TOWN HALL. LATER AGAIN LIBRARY WAS OPENED IN FRASER STREET IN MR. BOB GALLOWAYS SHOP WHERE IT OPERATES NOW.BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF OLD CLUNES LIBRARY IN TEMPLETON STREET. A SOLID BRICK BUILDING - FRONT AREA CEMENT FINISH. VOLKSWAGEN CAR AT FRONT [LATER KNOWN AS FORMER FREE LENDING LIBRARY]FREE LIBRARY ESTABLISHED 1874local history, photography, photographs, free library

CLUNES HAS HAD A HOSPITAL SINCE LAST CENTURY. RE-MODELLED IN 1937 - BURNT IN BUSHFIRE IN 1944. NEW BUILDING AND SITE BUILT IN 1947. NOW USED AS COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE.BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF "NEW" CLUNES HOSPITAL ON SERVICE STREET, CLUNES. LIGHT POLE IN FOREGROUND - LARGE ELM TREE TO LEFT. SHRUBS IN GARDEN BEHIND FRONT BRICK FENCE.local history, photography, photographs, hospital

BLACK AND WHITE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPH. VICTORIA QUARTZ MINING COMPANY, CLUNES. LARGE POPPET HEAD ON RIGHT OF PHOTOGRAPH, BUILDING WITH TWO CHIMNEYS IN CENTRE, SMALLER POPPET HEAD ON LEFT OF PHOTOGRAPH.VICTORIA QUARTZ MINING COMPANY, CLUNESlocal history, photography, photographs, mining