BHS CollectionTyped copy and two handwritten copies of index to mining slides per Bob Aulsbrook, 30.12.69 and Ian Hendry.document, gold, mining in bendigo, mining in bendigo, names of mining slides, bob aulsbrook, ian hendry, new chum railway, healthy golden bendigo, lansells 222, lansell's fortuna, old chum mine, from new chum hill, to victoria hill, plan of leases on victoria hill 1859, lansell's big 180, bendigo & vicinity, victoria quartz, wm rae's crushing machine, hercules & energetic, mungo mines, united devonshire, mungo group & devonshire mines 1888, catherine reef united, garden gully united, knipe;s castle, old carlisle, nth garden & passby, koch's pioneer quartz crushing battery, great northern mine, virginia mine, specimen hill, new argus, south new moon, new moon, big blue mine, eadie's whim & central blue mine, fortuna hustlers, pictorial photos of victorian views, hustler's royal reserve mine - city, extended hustler's freehold - looking south, great extended hustlers, hustlers reef mine, central nell gwynne, cornish boiler, lancashire boiler, wannan's e'drivers guide, winding engine - new moon, 20 drill air compressor - new moon 1904, engine at virginia crushing battery, lansell's 105 head crushing battery, deeble's pyrites works, miner at central deborah, level at 1045 feet at new moon, boring on a reef at catherine reef, deborah mine 1000 ft level, mines dep't melb & bendigo, engine beds lansell's big 180, new hustlers, rae's open cut, ballerstedt's first open cut, 3 of early days of bendigo, geo lansell

Collection re G.A. Jones 3790932, refer Cat No 10053.2P for his service details. The letter to Graeme from Chad Sherrin states that Daryl Deckart gave Chad his details that Graeme might like to join the Association, that there was an active Sub Branch in Melbourne and to contact Ken Rees. With the letter was the No 3 Issue of Eight Ball. The Newsletter had articles re the Association with events, committee's, cartoons,copies of old newspaper articles with several from Malaya. This edition was in the early days of the Associations formation. It states at this point they had names/addresses of 722 Vietnam members, 66 Malaya and 10 who were 8/9 RAR members..1) Letter, white paper, print in black with hand written note in blue pen. .2) Newsletter, "Behind the Eight Ball", 13 print pages all in black, photos, articles, cartoons, held by one staple in top LH corner..1) "22 February 1989 - Dear Graeme - Kind regards Chad Sherrin Secretary" .2) "8 RAR Association - Issue No 3 - January 1989"eight ball, 8 rar, ga jones

Harry Thompson was from Australia. He enlisted in New Zealand No 69437, 2nd Batt Canterbury Infantry Regiment. He was WIA early September 1918 and admitted to hospital United Kingdom on 10th September with a GSW slight to the right leg. He served 1 year 110 days overseas and was discharged from the Army 25.6.19. Refer 1258, 2026.2, 2027..1) Photo, black and white copy of a New Zealand Soldier in uniform re H.Thompson. .2) New Zealand Military Forces Telegram dated 20th September to Mrs J.W Thompson of Sebastion, Bendigo, Victoria re the wounding of H.Thompson. .3) Certificate of Discharge from the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, form No 207, No 53263 re H Thompson. .2) "69437 Harry Thompson" .3) "69437 Pte, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, Harry Thompson, 25th June 1919"documents - certificates, communications - telegraphic, photography - photographs,

Whitcombe's Vivid History Reader. Grade III. Myths, Legends and Stories of World History. Specially written to meet the requirements of the Social Studies (History) Course in Victorian Elementary Schools. Printed in 1944. The stamp of State School No. 1087, Barnedown on the first page top right. Contents: 1: Stories of the Stone Age. 2: Myths and Legends of the Greek World. 3: Hebrew Stories. 4: Stories of the Roman World. 5: Stories of Early Britain and the Days of King Arthur. 6: Stories of the Middle Ages. 7: Legends and Stories of the American Indians. Appendix A: things to do. Appendix B: the making of plays, pronunciation of proper name. The book has 136 pages.books, school, history

Photograph. GSHS, 1960-61. Flagpole of tower. Camp Hill SS at back. Hall originally Police Stable of early days. Rooms 3-4.golden square high school, building site

BHS CollectionDiggers & mining. The gold era. This picture gives some idea of the difficulties of travel in the early days. Shows 10 oxen pulling a large heavy cart through a river, a rider from the top of the cart falls off. Another cart is being pulled by a horse, one man has fallen on the ground another is headfirst of the large cart, 3 men behind the cart may be pushing. A dead horse lay by the river. Crossing a creek at Bacchus Marsh. Markings 40 994.031 GOL:5. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

4-page booklet entitled 'A Pilgrimage to the Past - visiting the early days of Joe and Maisie McMahon'. A tour and description of the Bendigo buildings and sites associated with the McMahon and Gleeson families from 1864. Includes 3 B&W photos.st. killian, bendigo church, catholic church

''Review of Bendigo History'' 8 pages, with three appendices. (Published by the BHS and based on the more detailed 60-page 'Historic Guide to Bendigo'). Sections headed: Earlier Days; Discovery of Gold; Influx of Diggers; Water and Mining; Transport and Development; Building and the City; A Place of Commerce; Heritage of the Past; Further information - references; Appendix 1 - Alluvial Gold Mining in Bendigo; appendix 2 - Architectural and Heritage Features; Appendix 3 - Historical Time Line Summary (1836 - 2003). Limited number of illustrations. Attached is correspondence with Data Metallogenica re the use of this Review (date 2009). Also included are 3 pages of and email, and 2 pages of advertising Data Metallogenical.Bendigo Historical Societybendigo, history, bendigo historical society, water, mining, architectural, influx of diggers, alluvial gold mining. s. t. gill

Eleven photocopies of Plaza Theatre Bendigo images including documentation. 1 Plaza Theatre Bendigo upstairs auditorium, 2 Ground floor entrance Plaza Bendigo 1936 and name of film starring Gary Grant Constance Bennett 'Big Brown Eyes', 3 Plaza Theatre Mitchell Street Bendigo 1953 film 'Warpath' Edmund O' Brien Dean jagger forest tucker Harry Carey 'Thunder in the East' Alan Ladd Deborah Kerr Charles Boger Phyllis Calvert nearby residents Hamptons Newsagency Melody Bar Pearse dentist Quins bluebird fruit shop Norris's Menswear Matchetts grocery, 'Port Hole Paradise' My Days as an Assistant Projectionist by Micheal Purdon 6 pages, copy of a glass advertising slide, cinema glass advertising slide late 40's early 50's, Plaza theatre Auditorium 1935, Plaza Bendigo 1967 Projector 2X Cummings & Wilson Western Electric Sound Bases Peerless Magnarc Carbon Arc Lamps.bendigo, buildings, plaza theatre

Handwritten 3-page extract from'' Weekly Times'' (19/4/1941) re early days of Boort - ''Things were tough in Fifty -one (1851) - drought, fire and flood offset Gold''. By E M Webb. On third page is 1/2 page is description of an incident of early days of Gladfield told by Mrs Clarricoates Snr in 1946 - re bogging of beer cargo in creek;. B. copy of notes re early days of Durham Ox, originally written by Charlotte A Ault, Durham Ox and extract from a letter published in the Australian (sic) Post, written by Mr Wm F Sheridan. Reference to the decay of the town due to the railway line going through Pyramid Hill instead of Durham Ox (due to ''private pressure').document, newspaper, weekly times, broot. mrs clarricoates. charlotte a ault.

Ken Arnold is a Bendigo author and publisher.A series of thirty-three articles written by Ken Arnold and published in the Bendigo Weekly between 1999 and 2001. Each article has a Bendigo topic or theme and includes historical information and details. Each article includes a photograph. The articles are stored in a white vinyl covered two ring A5 folder. Index below. Number Article Name Date 1. Gold and Break o’ Day Aug. 2001 2. Millewa Hall, Bendigo Railway Line Feb. 2001 3. St Mary the Virgin Church Oct. 2001 4. Old Flour Mill Nov. 2000 5. Woodstock on Loddon Dec. 2000 6. Women Find Gold Aug. 2001 7. Local Heroes Nov. 2001 8. Golden Days in the Borough Nov. 2001 9. Fortuna Villa July 2000 10. Marong Shire Councilors Aug. 2000 11. Crusoe Reservoir Sept. 2000 12. Early House Oct. 2000 13. Kangaroo Flat State School ‘Annex’ Nov. 2000 14. No 7 Claims two lives – 1865 Aug. 2000 15. Lockwood School Aug. 2002 16. Happy Jack’s Store July 2002 17. Last Bills Water Trough in Town Feb. 2002 18. Bonhaven & the Petherick’s Apr. 2002 19. Temperance Brewery Oct. 1999 20. Queen’s Head Hotel Nov. 1999 21. Victoria Store Dec. 1999 22. Victoria House Feb. 2000 23. Nankervis Bacon Factory March 2000 24. Ye Olde Grocery Shoppe April 2000 25. Marong Council May 2000 26. City Brewery June 2000 27. New Era for Old Pub 28. Kangaroo Flat Railway Station May 2002 29. Miner’s Charade 30. The Wiegard Bros Part 2 Mar 2002 31. The Wiegard Bros Part 3 32. Kangaroo Flat to Crusoe 33. Local History, California Gully monuments, historical sites, buildings, people

The model of the horse and spring cart was made by Mattaeus (Martin) Schaefer. Martin was awarded a Silver Medal for the model at the Bendigo Juvenile Exhibition in April 1879. At the Melbourne Intercolonial Juvenile Industrial Exhibition, 1880, Martin was awarded a gold medal for the 'woodwork of model spring cart' (Bendigo Advertiser 6 March 1880). In 1882, he was awarded a first prize for the cart at the Grand National Show, Bendigo. 1885: first prize County of Bendigo Agricultural and Horticultural Society Spring Show. In 1883, Schafer (sic) was a member of the Bendigo Coachbuilders' Association ( Bendigo Advertiser, 'Bendigo Coachbuilders Association', Saturday 9 June, page 3 ) Martin died in 1900, at the age of 40, from pneumonia. His obituary reads: 'Death of Mr. M. Schaefer. After an illness of a few days, Mr. Martin Schaefer, coachbuilder and son of the late Mr. Peter Schaefer of Ironbark, died early on Wednesday morning. The cause of death was pneumonia, supervening on a cold which he contracted about Saturday last. He was 40 years of age and unmarried. He leaves three brothers one of whom is the Manager of the Victoria Consols Mine and another is Mr. Peter Schaefer of the Bendigo Post Office. The funeral took place yesterday, the remains being interred at the Bendigo Cemetery. The Rev. Mr. Leypoldt officiated at the graveside and the mortuary arrangements were carried out by Mr. W.H. Oakley' Bendigo Independent, Saturday 17 November, page 4. Parchment coloured certificate. Printed on certificate: ' County of Bendigo, Agricultural & Horticultural Society, Spring Show 1884, Special Prize for ...(handwritten) Model Spring Cart. Awarded to: M. Schaefer' Written on bottom of certificate in small text: ' W. Holmes, Printer, Bookbinder, Lyttleton Terrace'martin schaefer, model, woodwork, bendigo, gold medal, silver medal, spring cart, horse, juvenile industrial exhibition

Yields information about the final day of the Bendigo tramways and some of the tramcars used.Three double sided sheets from "The Walkabout" magazine, October 1964, titled "The Road to Bendigo". Five printed pages featuring photographs of Bendigo, its buildings, its history stories, gold mining days and other information, including three illustrations containing trams. .1 - Charing Cross with bogies and single trucker - taken early 1960's. Photo by A. Doney. Features the intersection, with Ezywalkin store. Note the "Jeffrey's bread" roof advertisement on the single trucker. .2 - Bogie tram on the Eaglehawk route prior to any nearby housing development - reclaimed mining land - has Castrol roof advertisement - photo by Claver P Carroll. .3 - No. 6 outside The Beehive stores - 3BO - photo by Claver P Carroll. bendigo, eaglehawk, charing cross