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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LUCY HILL COLLECTION: THE BURNING OF THE BEEHIVE
Typed notes describing the burning of the Beehive in 1871 'memories of Miss Lucy Hill' The Beehive contained a store and the Beehive Chambers where about 40 or 50 offices of the legal managers of the mining companies, and stock and sharebrokers had their offices. It also caused chaos with investments. Two copiesdocument, lucy hill collection, the burning of the beehive, beehive chambers, messrs buick & co, messrs moore bros, coliban scheme -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - UNDERGROUND MINING: JUMBO MACHINERY BEING OPERATED
Copy of photo: underground mining scene. Large jumbo machine digging at face of mine. Two men standing alongside machine. Bendigo Mine ? Fosterville Gold Mine ? Photo donated by John Williams in Feb. 2012. Written on rear of photo : John Williams, Feb. 2012'cottage, miners -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - JOSEPH DAVIES COLLECTION: RECEIPT FOR SHARES, 16/08/1909
Printed and handwritten receipt for the sum of two pounds ten shillings for one hundred shares in the Eureka and Vineyard Gold Mining Company (No Liability) in the name of Mr. Joseph Davies. Signed Geo J Keogh Per R Krebs. Has a green 1d Victorian Duty Stamp on it.document, certificate, share certificate, joseph davies collection - receipt for shares, joseph davies, eureka and vineyard gold mining company (no liability), geo j keogh, r krebs -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION:CENTRAL DEBORAH GOLD MINE, 1947-48
'Bank account book for the Central Deborah Gold Mine Co. from McColl,Rankin & Stanistreet-Legal Managers & Accountants Bendigo'. Printed on label 'IN ACCOUNT CURRENT WITH THE UNION BANK OF AUSTRALIA LIMITED'. Hand Writing 'Central Deborah Gold Mining Company N.L Trust 9c.The Union Bank Of Australiadocument, gold, central deborah gold mine, central deborah gold mine, gold, mine, mccoll rankin & stanistreet, the union bank of australia, bendigo, business records -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - KANGAROO FLAT GOLD MINE COLLECTION: AGREEMENT BENDIGO MINING NL AND SEWERAGE AUTHORITY
Two agreements dated 23 May 1983 and 28 June 1984, between Bendigo Mining NL and the Bendigo Sewerage Authority, to discharge water into the system of the Bendigo Sewerage Authority. Megalitres of discharge and technical details and expectations re quality of water from dewatering of mine detailed.bendigo, gold mining, central deborah gold mine, bendigo, gold mining, dewatering, discharge, bendigo sewerage authority, bendigo mining nl -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - JOURNAL OF AUSTRALASIAN MINING HISTORY VOL 3 SEPT 2005, 2005
8 page soft cover booklet, 'Journal of Australasian Mining History, Volume 3 September 2005.(extract) James Lerk writes about Robert Gray Ford an inventor of mine machinery. B&W photo of Robert Gray Ford with his rock drill 1868James A Lerk -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - TOURING SACRED MINE SIGHTS OF BENDIGO, 1994
16 page booklet 'Touring Sacred Mine Sights of Bendigo' Produced by Bendigo Mining and the Victorian Chamber of Mines.1994. Researched and written by David Horsfall and printed by Bendigo Modern Press. Details and suggested walking and driving tours of old mine sites. Includes 3 maps.David G Horsfall -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - CARWARDINE COLLECTION: EAGLEHAWK, HIGH STREET, 1953
Photograph. Carwardine collection Herald Sun black and white photograph of High Street, Eaglehawk, showing shops and Town Hall, written on back in WT Sept 2 1953 page 18 High St., Eaglehawk prosperous mining town 5 miles N.E of Bendigo No1.Herald Sunphotograph, streetscape, eaglehawk, bendigo-eaglehawk-history -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BILL ASHMAN COLLECTION: MAN HOLDING A SCALEBUOY UNIT
Black and white photo by Vincent Kelly. Photo shows a man holding a Scalebuoy unit by some attached pipes. He is standing on a plank behind two large cross beams. It is an 8 Buoy open tank unit installed at the Central Nell Gwynne Gold Mining Coy.sciences, instruments - general, scalebuoy, bill ashman collection - correspondence, scalebuoy, vincent kelly, central nell gwynne gold mining coy -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: DEBORAH UNITED GOLD MINING CO. MACHINERY FILE, 1940 - 1945
Document: McColl, Rankin & Stanistreet Deborah United Gold Mining Co. Machinery File. Buff fooscap folder. Letters enclosed relate to machinery e.g. quotations for machinery repairs and purchases, tenders for dam, erection of winding plant and poppet legs. August 1940 - December 1945.McColl, Rankin & Stanistreetorganization, business, deborah united gold mine nl, mccoll, rankin & stanistreet, deborah united gold mining co., gold mining, machinery, poppet legs -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING: THE DIGGINGS - THE DIGGERS
Diggers & Mining: The Digging - The Diggers. Slide tells of fun and music on the goldfields, native police join the diggers of the goldfields to have some fun and some music along with fun platoon firing. Black and white side. Markings: 36 994.LIF:6. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. DIGGERS AND MINERS, c1852
Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. At Fryer's Creek (Mount Alexander) 1852. Slide; My tent 1852 Fryers St. Shows miners' tent amongst trees some of which have been cut down. Markings: 43 994:LIF I. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - IAN DYETT COLLECTION: AUCTION CATALOGUE - COMMONWEALTH ANTIMONY MINE - COSTERFIELD
Two paper catalogues from an auction of electrically driven mining & treatment plant, buildings, tools, stores and extensive equipment of the Commonwealth Antimony Mine at Costerfield (near Heathcote) Vic. Auction held on the 8th and 9th August, 1945. J. H. Curnow & Son were the auctioneers.business, auctioneers, j h curnow & son pty ltd, ian dyett collection - auction catalogue - commonwealth antimony mine - costerfield, commonwealth of australia, department of supply and shipping (minerals section), j h curnow & son, j l jamieson & co, w g wedd, mr j zoch -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. STORES AT THE DIGGINGS, c1853
Diggers & Mining. Stores at the diggings. After 1853, many hotels were built on the diggings. The diggings hotel was generally a rambling wooden structure with large stables. A billiard room or a bowling alley was often to be found nearby. Markings: 42 994.LIF. 5. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING: THE DIGGINGS - THE DIGGERS
Diggers & Mining. The Digging - The Diggers. Slide depicts: Murrey River, Kiewa River, Ovens River, King River. The Ovens Field consisted of widely separated diggings, discovered and worked at intervals during the gold rush. Markings: 23 994.LIF:6. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING: THE DIGGINGS - THE DIGGERS
Diggers & Mining: The Digging - The Diggers. Slide depicts: Iron Bark Gully, Bendigo, 1852. Shows tents a woman with child, miners and diggings. Most of the land has been cleared, but some trees still remain. Markings: 20 994.LIF:6. Used as a teaching aid.Hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. STORES AT THE DIGGINGS, c1850s
Diggers & Mining. Stores at the diggings. Slide: Businesses were conducted in tents or, more generally, roughly-made huts. Picture displays stores with a small wagon, there are stacks of sacks and shovels which can be easily seen. Markings: 3 994.LIF. 5. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - CHRISTOPHER BALLERSTEDT, 1880
Black and white photo of Christopher Ballerstedt Senior (1786 - 1869) dressed in black suit, with white hair and white beard. Framed in timber with gold trim. Photo set in oval mounting. On back.' Ballerstedt Senior. Christopher Ballerstedt the father of Quartz Mining in Bendigo.' Deframed 2022.ballerstedt, quartz king, fortuna -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, Victorian Minerals Education Centre, c1990
Ballarat University College (Now Federation University) was designated by the State Government as the centre for Mining Engineering Education in Victoria. The Victorian Minerals Education Centre was estabioshed in 1990 with a grant from teh Victorian Education Foundation to provide Victoria with a centre of excellence to support development of mineral resources.Promotional brochure for the Victorian Minerals Education Centrevictorian minerals education centre, vmec, richard croggon, pete dahlhaus, steve carey, stafford mcknight, w.r.h. ramsay, brian sunter, c. swaminathan, s. zang, mining engineering, geology, metallurgy -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, Ballarat School of Mines Student's Magazine, September 1899, 1899
Table of contents: Editorial, News and Notes, Summaries and notes from the mining journals, Some recent steam plants at Bendigo, Professor T. S. hart. Students' Association, Notes on Victorian geology, Centrifugal pumps, A new chum's experience, Original poetry, Correspondence, Editorial notices.Pale green booklet of 12 pagesballarat school of mines, students' magazine, w. huey steele, w. lamb, j. m. bickett, james bickett, alex frazer, j. w. sutherland, a. w. g. mcpherson, w. a. gosman, w. waite, a. selwyn brown, a. babington, c. w. mirill, ottokar hofmann, professor g. j. dawbarn, professor t. s. hart, thomas hart, a. e. c. kerr -
Federation University Historical Collection
Exercise Book, William Baragwanath, William Baragwanath's Exercise Book, 1898
William Baragwanath studied at the Ballarat School of Mines, obtained a Geology certificate in 1911. He was born on 01 August 1878 at Ballarat. He joined the Victorian Department of Mines in 1897 and was Chief Mining Surveyor from 1924 to 1943. Baragwanath died at Prahran on 20 Septemeber 1966.Marbled blue card covered exercise book with yellow tape spine containing handwritten notes by William Baragwanath on dividing land problems, earthworks, refraction, etc; Headings include: Tom Joe Smith ballarat school of mines, earthworks, land problems, refraction, william baragwanath, -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Mr David Scallan & his Wife -- Studio Portrait
Portrait of David Scallan & his Wife. David Scallan was a mining broker. David was also the first Shire President 1864 - 65. In 1864 he was a member of the Roads Board. Also, the first Committee of Management of Central Park. One of the main Stawell inner streets is Scallan St.Photograph of a woman and gentleman standing in a studio setting. Womans frock has a frilled skirt with long sleeves. Gentleman had light coloured trousers with a long dark coat buttoned at the neck. c 1865 - 70'sstawell -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - Pacific Island Natives Welfare Association
The Pacific Island Natives Welfare Association was formed in Geelong in 1940. It's initial goal was to provide trade training to young men from Nauru as a move towards self-determination for the island. It was then very active in the fight against continued phosphate mining on the island and the effects of it on the local people.Three typewritten letters. The first one dated 22nd January 1945 is a report on the native labour conference held in Sydney the 1st of December 1944. The second, dated 16th March 1945 is from the Chairman of the Pacific Island Natives Welfare Association to the Minister of External Territories, the Hon E.J. Ward asking for the minister consideration to the situation of some young people from Nauru living in Geelong. The third dated 24th April 1945 is from the Chairman of the Pacific Island Natives' Welfare Association, replying to Rev. T.H. Indian, Forest Street, Bendigo, thanking him for local rotary support and outlying the aims of the association going forward. Also included a brown envelope addressed to L.J. Ellifson, Esq C/o The International Harvester Co of Australia Ltd, North Shore. Part of the Aileen and John Ellison collection.nauru, pacific island, natives welfare association -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph, c1900
The Beechworth Foundry was vital to the industry of the town and surrounding district in the early years of the town’s development. Originally opened as the New Ford Street Foundry by A. Roger in 1858, J Duncan and M Straughair amalgamated and established the Beechworth Foundry in 1867. The business was extensive and operated out of many buildings, each with their own specialisation. All of the buildings pictured in this image are part of the larger Beechworth Foundry. In the late 1860s it employed 16 men. The foundry was fundamental to the running of the town and surrounding district, as it manufactured all manner of items, including tools and machinery for the mining and agricultural industries. The foundry business collapsed in 1896 after the death of it’s founder, John Duncan, the same year (Straughair had died in 1882). The foundry was reopened by W H Phillips in 1905 and taken over by H Delora in 1906 This image is significant as it shows some of the many buildings of the Beechworth Foundry, which was a fundamental business to the running of the town and surrounding district, and supplied many of the tools and machines required for the mining and agricultural industries, as well as other aspects of life between the 1850s and early 1900sSepia rectangular photograph printed on paper. It has rough, torn-looking edgesReverse 97.2321 / BMM A03115duncan, john duncan, j duncan, m straughair, straughair, foundry, beechworth foundry, industry, factory, newtown, new ford street foundry, a roger, roger, w h phillips, phillips, w phillips, h delora, delora, metalwork, farming and agriculture, tools, mining, workmen -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph
The photograph depicts two young men standing atop a prominent outcrop at Lake Sambell, with buildings visible on the further shore. The present day park and reserve occupies the site of the former Rocky Mountain Mining Company, an open-cut sluice mine that began operations in the mid-Nineteenth Century and operated until the early 1900s, through the peak of Victoria’s Gold Rush. It was converted into a park and leisure area in the 1920s. Lake Sambell was formally opened to the public on Friday 5th October 1928 and was opened by the Victorian Government’s Minister of Lands, Mr Bailey, as part of initiatives to boost the economies and development of country towns. The lake was named after Mr L.H. Sambell, a shire engineer and secretary of the Forward Beechworth Committee who was involved in promoting the transformation of the mining site and promoting plantation forestry and tourism as alternative industries. £300 to begin the process was provided by Mr J. McConvill, a former resident of Beechworth, who is remembered in a street name adjacent to the lake. An article in the Ovens and Murray Advertiser on Saturday, 5th May, 1917, gives some insight into issues in the Rocky Mountain Mining Company’s final years. The writer details the 1917 annual meeting of the Rocky Mountain Mining Company, stating that locals present appeared ‘well pleased this important local industry is in such a prosperous condition and that future prospects are so encouraging’. The author describes plans to give workers a bonus as evidence of profit-sharing that would ‘bridge the gulf between capital and labour’. The article concludes, however, with the statement that ‘there is a little arithmetical puzzle in the report in connection with the dredging operations I have been unable to solve.' The photograph is significant as it contributes to knowledge about how Beechworth reinvented itself after the Gold rush period, and more broadly how country towns repurpose and redevelop infrastructure and facilities to meet the present needs of their population. Sepia rectangular photograph printed on matte photographic paper. Obverse: nil. Reverse: 3471 / Velox (paper mark)beechworth, beechworth lake, lake sambell, l.h. sambell, mcconvill, rocky mountain mining company, rocky mountain mining co, minister of lands, forward beechworth committee, wallace park-lake sambell development scheme, wallace park lake sambell development scheme, lake, sambell, j. mcconvill, recreation, reserve, park, transformation, repurposed, redeveloped -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - JAMES LERK COLLECTION: BENDIGO CENTRAL BOTTLE CLUB NEWSLETTER
Bendigo Central Bottle Club Newsletter - James Lerk Collection April/May??/ 1977. Article on ''Highlights on Breweries and Beer in Bendigo Area'' - spirits, sly grog and names of some of the early breweries in the area; article on Graytown with first para re history of the area; article on the life and work of George Duncan Guthrie - founder of the Bendigo Pottery (some details of contemporary situation of the Pottery); short article on the Ramage family and their business as tailors and mercers in Bendigo. One page has a copy of an advert which appeared in the 1862 Bendigo Mining Register -Mining Versus health offering Doctor consultation via mail for the price of one pound. -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph, 1910
This photograph dating to 1910 depicts an open cut sluicing site located in El Dorado captured looking east up the open cut from the number 3 Barge site. Sluicing was undertaken in the area from 1900 to 1942 with some short breaks between these periods. The image depicts a location mined by Cocks Pioneer Gold and Tin Sluicing Company (as recorded on the annotation on the card mount). It portrays open cut rocks with a crevice in the center of the image where the sluicing was being undertaken. There is a small timber structure on the right of the image which could be an entrance to a mine or supports made of wood to prevent a cave in at the open cut site and above the cut rock there is bush. The timber structure has rail tracks on top of the bridge which could suggest the identification of this structure as a mine entrance. The rail tracks were used for little carts which hauled soil from the mine. The Cocks Pioneer Gold and Tin Mines N.L was one of El Dorado's two largest open cut sluicing mines of the 20th Century. The other was named the Cocks El Dorado Gold Dredging Company. The Cocks Pioneer Mines operated from 1901 until 1941 and found a total of 117,378 ounces of Gold and 1,673 tones of tin concentrates over these years. The Cocks company was formed in 1898 and operated until 1941. Open cut sluicing involved the use of high-powered hoses which used the centrifugal sand pump system (known as hydraulic sluicing) which broke down the soil which was then processed for gold and other precious metals. From 1914 , four years after this image was captured, the company reformed to Cocks Pioneer Gold and Tin Mines NL (previously it was known as Cocks Pioneer Sluicing Co) and undertook large scale sluicing operations until 1929 and then 1934-1941. El Dorado is located on Reedy Creek and is surrounded by forested country to the north and east. It is 20 km east of Wangaratta in Victoria's regional north-east. John Cock was the son of a Cornish minor who arrived in El Dorado in 1858. Cock founded his gold and tin mining company which ran successfully for many years in the El Dorado region. It was an open cut sluicing company because of the abandonment of underground mining after this was deemed too dangerous. In 1935 Cock's El Dorado Company commissioned the floating dredge which is still visible in El Dorado today. The dredge was built by the Thompson engineering works, Castlemaine, and weighed over 2,000 tones and today has a place on the Victorian Registers of historic buildings. Interestingly, the name El Dorado does not derive from the gold in the region, but from the Barambogie pastoral run completed by William Baker in 1840-1841. Gold was discovered in El Dorado 1854 but the gold was too deep for individual prospectors to find, it required the use of heavy machinery.The search for gold is ingrained into the history of Victoria and therefore, images like this one which portray an open cut sluicing site can reveal important information for society and technology for the date when the photograph was taken. This image is of important historical significance for its ability to convey information about sluicing and the methods used to find gold in 1910. It also shows a location where sluicing was undertook which provides insight into the impact of sluicing on the environment at a time when it was done. This image is important for current research into the history of El Dorado, a small regional location near Wangaratta in Victoria's North East. Therefore, this image has the capacity to be beneficial for research into society and the motivations of those living and working in this region during this period and therefore, has social significance. The Beechworth Burke Museum has additional images relating to gold sluicing and El Dorado which can be analysed and studied alongside images like this one.Sepia coloured rectangular photograph printed on gloss photographic paper mounted on board.Obverse: COCKS PIONEER Q + T SL CO, N.L. / 1910 / LOOKING EAST UP OPEN CUT / FROM NO3 BARGE SITE / Reverse: 1997 . 2611 / A02611el dorado, north east gold, sluicing, gold sluicing, hydraulic sluicing, 1910, gold and tin mine, open cut mining, mining, gold mining, north-east victoria, beechworth, burke museum -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, Ballarat School of Mines Student's Magazine, March 1899, 1899
Table of contents: Editorial, News and Notes, History of the School of Mines, Notes on Victorian Geology, Sir William Crookes, Summaries and notes from the mining journals, Students' Association, Sports, The Bush Assayer, Solubility of gold-silver alloys in potassium cyanide, Correspondence, Editorial notices, Publication receivedPale green booklet of 12 pagest. s. hart, sir william crookes, c. woodman, henry watson, james stirling, c. a. mulholland, s. b. j. skertchly, george f. becker, arthur h. thorpe, arthur s. boucher, henry louis, alfred james, john plummer, louis coste, w. terrill, h. g. brickhill, f. j. andrews, adam morton, w. gosman, j. matson, h. schaw, j. h. pratt, henry watson, william mcneil, ballarat school of mines, students' magazine -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, View from Big Hill Looking North to Newington Road
Mining Scene. In foreground is Scotts Open Cut, on the left is the Great Northern mine, behind that is the Oriental Mine and the two shafts of the North Cross mines. On the upper right is the Magdala Mine. The mines on the horizon could be the Prince Alfred, Prince Patrick, Newington and Pleasant Creek or Little Newington Mine.B/W Scene Man sitting above open cut, looking at buildings and poppet headsstawell, gold mining -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Kinsella Family Lubeck, Cahill Mine Stawell c1896, 1896
Cahill Reward Gold Mine Company. Building still under construction c 1896 closed 1901. Thomas Kinsella had photo. In 1907 the Pleasant Creek Alluvial Mining Company reused the shaft digging down to 200 feet to work the ground and sank a second shaft nearby.Group of people standing under Poppet Head in front of partially constructed Engine House