Envelope containing two negatives. Negatives show winding engine Deborah Mine, and image of mine site. On outside of envelope: Winding Engine, Deborah, later at Central Deborah. Negatives not scanned.bendigo, mining, deborah mine

Envelope containing one negative. On envelope' looking west to New Chum Hill' Negative shows a landscape image of Bendigo's goldfield, looking west to New Chum Hill. Negative not scanned.bendigo, mining, new chum hill

Sepia image mounted on board: image shows two men and two boys in a sailing boat on Lake Weeroona. Boat sheds visible on Rh side rear, willow tree on side.bendigo, parks and gardens, lake weeroona, bendigo, lake weeroona, sailing boat

black and white copy of lithograph ? Mounted on board. : image shows Cobb & Co., coach, four horse team, wintry setting, clouds, rain. On bottom' ' a wintry journey' Used for display.business, transport, cobb & co., cobb & co., transport

Victoria Brewery notepaper dated 7th May 1891 addressed to E P Hastings handwritten re calling meeting with balance sheet to show Mr Smith. Initialled M Cbendigo, industry, cohn bros brewery

Postcard, black and white. Image shows Law Courts, Bendigo. In foreground, wrought iron fence, on extreme RH side, former Police building. On bottom ' The Law Courts, Bendigo. No. 10'Valentine'sbendigo, buildings, law courts, bendigo, law courts, police building, gardens.

The initial partnership in a quartz crushing plant between Henry Koch, Simon Albert and Charles Wallin was dissolved in 1860 with Koch becoming the sole owner. In 1866 the crushing plant consisted of a 50 hp engine and 48 stamping heads capable of crushing 600 tons of quartz per week. By 1902 there were 72 stamps and this was by far the largest crushing plant in the area, serving many quartz mines. Henry Koch (1800-1889) was a German sailor who signed off when his ship reached Melbourne in 1851. Having heard of the gold discovery he proceeded to Bendigo where he was initially employed in puddling in the Myers Flat area. He was soon employed and then made partner in a quartz crushing plant that he became sole owner of in 1860. He was also landlord at the British and American Hotel and the Silver Mines Hotel. HE also started the Perseverance United gold claim. He married Anna Maria Theresia Heinz in 1857. In 1872 he sold the crushing plant for 75,000 pounds and took his family back to Germany. He resumed his trade as a ship builder although he maintained many Bendigo mining interests.Sepia coloured photograph of Koch's Pioneer quartz crushing plant, Long Gully. The phot shows Perseverance United claim, Wind-mill and hill in the distance. N.J. Caire phot Sandhurst.Casey & Wenborn's print. Forbes & Holmes agentsviews of bendigo, n.j. caire, sandhurstr, quartz crushing plant, kock

Laminated colour photograph title: Ravenswood siding. Site of the Sunday school picnic (no longer standing). Photo courtesy of Rob Gould. The photo shows a woman standing near a dilapidated building.ravenswood

Book. Scrapbook of Operatic Shows. Scrapbook containing Bendigo Advertiser clippings of Bendigo Operatic Society Performances collected by Gertrude Perry 1953 - 1958. Queen Elizabeth depicted on front cover.organization, club/society, bendigo operatic society, gertrude perry collection, bendigo operatic society, bendigo advertiser

Black and white photo a stripped Studebaker President 8 Engine from a bus. Photo shows the interior of the engine block, crankshaft and pistons with conrods. Typed on the back is information about the bus.sciences, instruments - general, scalebuoy, bill ashman collection - correspondence, scalebuoy, vincent kelly, studebaker president 8 engine

postcard : HRH Princess Mary's Son, The Hon. G.H.Hubert Lascelles.- Pincess Mary's son Image shows small boy, holding a ball. On rear : Beagles' Post Card 1930's ?royalty, british, hubert lascelles, princess mary, hubert lascelles

RAILWAYS COLLECTION- photo of Railway Postal & Telegraph Map of Victoria 1887- aged map showing the various Country Lines and insets show Melbourne and vicinity, Ballarat and vicinity and Geelong and vicinity.Picturesque Atlas Publishing Companyphotograph, railway postal & telegraph map of victoria 1887-

Colour photo of Williamson street as taken from the Clock tower at the old Bendigo Post Office looking in a southerly direction. The bottom left corner shows the flag pole on the Shamrock Hotel.bendigo, streetscape, williamson street, williamson street bendigo

Black and white image: shows two men, in suits, standing in tunnel, presumably under either the Anne Caudle Centre or the hospital site. Tunnel has concrete walls, arched ceiling.bendigo, buildings, hospital, bendigo, hospital, anne caudle, tunnel

Newspaper article, Bendigo Weekly, regarding unmarried men on the goldfield. Mentions the 'evils of alcohol' that beset the unwary. Concoctions drunk by the men are described. The picture shows a hut, stone, brick chimney.bendigo, history, alcohol, goldrush, excessive drinking., alcohol, goldrush, excessive drinking.

Sepia image of 225 Bay St. Shop opened 1870. Sale rooms. Insurance agent. Shows Ann BRINTON (nee COOK), her 5 year old son and daughter.built environment - commercial, bay street, sale rooms, insurance agent, irwin walter brinton, ann brinton nee cook

Sepia photo approx 1880 of Murdoch's general store (later Faram brothers). Image shows shopkeepers, customers and penny farthing bicycle. Victorian Parcels Express sign is on extreme left.built environment - commercial, business and traders - general store, murdoch, faram brothers hardware, victorian parcels express

The State Savings Bank building was constructed c1891. Remodeled in the 1940sCOPYRIGHT Public records Office Victoria .08 - 1975 building. View along bay St towards the Bay also shows part of ANZ Bank on left, Riall Bros on right. built environment - commercial, business and traders, transport - motor vehicles, state savings bank of victoria, general motors-holden, gmh

Black and white photograph. This small photo shows several carriages on their side, 3 men can be seen looking at the damage. On the back Sea Lake, Mileage 239, Sunday, June 1961place, train, derailment

black and white postcard. On top 'The Hill, Brooklands, Weybridge' Image shows racetrack, two cars - one on track, one outside fence line. Men standing on edge of track in foreground.Valentines's Seriesevent, sports, vehicle race track

black and white postcard, image shows streetscape, buildings with awnings, tramway on side of road. Written on bottom 'Clarence St Kingston 219' . Woman in long dress in distance, man in foreground.place, streetscape, clarence street, kingston, uk

Black and white postcard. On bottom of postcard :'Preparing for a start. Royal Flying Corps Base, Montrose' Image shows 3 bi-planes in front of hangars, one biplane flying overhead.Davidson's Real Photographic Seriesmilitary, aviation, royal flying corps

Two cards. Inglewood kindergarten. Bottle show. The one for first prize has a red ribbon attached, the one for second prize has a blue ribbon attached. The space Awarded to and For is blank.event, exhibition, bottle collectors exhibition

Image shows construction site. Woolworths store and Myer in background. Excavations in foreground. On back ' Monday 1/3/82 a.m. looking towards Woolworths from about Commonwealth Bank'place, bendigo, hargreaves mall, bendigo, hargreaves mall

Poster advertising Bendigo Agricultural & Horticultural Spring Show. Printed on paper in blue and red with photographs of animals, poultry and birds. Printed by Bolton Bros. Markings ' Bolton Bros., Printers, Bendigo.'organization, club/society, community

Photograph - sepia. Photograph of St.Aidens Orphanage, Bendigo. On left hand side of photo - Valentine Series No. 2268. Shows the front entrace to the Orphanage. Young trees in protective guards to the left of the gates.Valentine's, Melbourne.buildings, government, st. aidens orphanage., bendigo - st. aiden's orphanage.

John Christopher Ruschmeyer arrived in Melbourne aged 26 aboard the 'Essex' from Hanover, Germany via London in 1864. Shortly after his arrival in Australia he travelled to the Bendigo diggings. He became one of many thousands of German diggers on the Central Victorian Goldfields. He married Elizabeth Little Shepherd (Morrison) in 1874, a widow who had travelled down from Brisbane after the death of her first husband (John Shepherd). He became a naturalized citizen in 1893. Shortly after his marriage and having mined Golden Gully for some years he turned to hotel keeping and was the licensee of the Town and Country Hotel in Woodward Road, Golden Gully up until his death in 1911. The family of 4 daughters and 3 sons survived him. The family of Ernest, Maude, Christopher, Ethel and Edith (twins), Charles and Dolly Ruschmeyer all lived in the Bendigo area. His sons continued working in the mining tradition. He is buried with his wife in the Bendigo Cemetery. After his death Elizabeth moved to Thistle St until her death in 1922. Christopher Ruschmeyer and his family lived in a small house (now part of a poultry farm) in Woodwood road opposite the TOWN AND COUNTRY HOTEL. A brother Ernest Walter Ruschmeyer lived in a house next to the hotel. Ernest built the house. After Ernest's death in 1927 another brother Charles Hex Ruschmeyer married Ernest's wife Gertrude. The hotel was first licensed in 1898 and closed in 1916. John Ruschmeyer was the licensee until his death in 1911. Elizabeth took over the license until 1912 when it was sold to a Catherine E Hoffaer. This information is provided by Neil Graham of Strathfieldsaye whose Grandfather on his Mother's side was John Ruschmeyer and John Christopher Ruschmeyer was his Great Grandfather.Digital image: image shows Town and Country Hotel, Diamond Hill. Ruschmeyer's were the publicans. Standing outside hotel, were from left, Ethel, Dolly, Maude, Edith, Elizabeth.person, family, ruschmeyer, john christopher ruschmeyer, town and country hotel, ruschmeyer, diamond hill bendigo