A collection of Ten letters referring to the Abbott Company including share receipts, bond listings and a letter referring to the scalebuoy. These have been numbered 2402.228.1 - 228.10, Eric Cowling, sharebroker, H.A. Abbott, ,Sandhurst Trustees, RHS Abbott estate, H.A. Abbott, Sloman & Mogg, accountants; Commercial Travellers Club; Charles Sumner Bird, Scotts Hotel. Letters written in approx. 1940, mention of war in Charles Sumner Bird's letter.organization, business, abbotts, r.h.s. abbott, abbott company, scalebuoy

Handwritten and typed report on the Opening of Matthew Flinders Bi-Centenial giving details of the ceremony. Also mentioned is Charcoal Burning, the Tanning Industry, Hitching Posts, Miners' Phthisis and the Wesley Boys.document, to newsletter from ian hendry, matthew flinders bi-centennial celebrations, rhsv, r a n, h m a s cerberus, sir rohan delecombe, premier hamer, dr phillip law, mrs m tipping, miss katrina rumley, brian dixon, don shiel, deehan brothers, messrs goudge and sibley, j h abbott & company, tan bark, bendigo cemetery, mrs lucy hill, joch, annals of bendigo, councillor marks, dr j m eadie, watson sustentation fund, mr p phillips, bendigo branch of the miners' association, dr lanza, bendigo amalgamated goldfields, bendigo benevolent asylum, commonwealth department of health, wesley boy's dramatic society, royal princess theatre, john busst, h s v busst, the monkey's paw, the bishop's candlesticks, dr adamson, mrs t lunn

J.H. Abbott invoices of tanned goods providedAbbott Collection: invoice/delivered goods provided by J.H. Abbott & Co, Edinburgh Tannery, Jan to Jun 1902: for a range of animal goods (receipted companies not specified)abbott company invoices 1902

Telegram with coloured scene of trees,hills and water at the top of page with AWA in a circle at the top centre. Beam Wireless printed underneath. Stamped Telegraphic Office Bendigo Vic, dated 23 De 38. Telegram is from Baillie, 4 Ovington Gardens. London to Abbott, Bendigo Electric Company, Market Square, Bendigo. Message reads Scalebuoys having sold Italian Patent Want your signature to transfer stop May I sign.sciences, instruments - general, scalebuoy, bill ashman collection - correspondence, awa, beam wireless, abbott, bendigo electric company, telegraph office bendigo, baillie

Approximately thirty seven envelopes containing business correspondence of the Abbott Companies and some personal letters, also contains patents for barbed wire granted in several countries by Harold Abbott and his brother in conjunction with ARC engineering.Harold Abbott and othersorganization, business, abbotts, harold abbott, richard abbott, barbed wire, barblok

Application for Reentry Permit, US Department of Labor, for Richard Hartley Smith Abbott. Document gives name, age, description, occupation, Father and mother's name.sciences, instruments - general, scalebuoy, bill ashman collection - correspondence, application for reentry permit to us, richard hartley smith abbott, mariposa, richard hartley smith abbott, hannah gibbs, charles s bird, abbott suypply company

Typed letter from richard Hartley Smith Abbot, dated 21 February, 1939 seeking an extension of his re-entry permit to the United States.sciences, instruments - general, scalebuoy, bill ashman collection - correspondence, scott's hotel melbourne, richard hartley smith abbott, c s bird, scalebuoy, mariposa, abbott supply company

Typed carbon copy of a letter to the Honourable Commissioner General of Immigration from Richard Hartley Smith Abbott asking for an extension of his re-entry permit. Dated 21 February, 1939.sciences, instruments - general, scalebuoy, bill ashman collection - correspondence, richard hartley smith abbott, mariposa, abbott supply company bendigo

Four pages handwritten from Willathorne Co. dated 14th April, 1877 detailing a list of items relating to the stock of the Abbott Company sent to Sandhurst as samples on credit because Mr. Willathorne (?) was unable to get up there. The sender address is stated as Lonsdale Street East.business letter, commercial, abbott family, shoe manufacturing, commercial enterprise.

Abbott Supplies company administration bookAbbott Collection: J. H. Abbott and Co. Magazine order book,5 Nov 1909 to 24 Nov 1910. Abbott's order book for gelignite, dynamite, cheddite, detonators and powder. Hard cardboard cover.abbott, bendigo businesses

Abbott Supplies company administration book for ordering superphosphate - unused.Abbott Collection: unused order book for superphosphate from Commonwealth Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd. Hard cover book for ordering superphosphate from the Commonwealth Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd. Date of production or use of the order book is not known. Includes a carbon copy page for records of ordering. abbott, bendigo businesses

Letter, dated 17 August, 1938 from E. C. Eyers to Mr. H. A. Abbott. He refers to a previous letter, addressed to the Chief Mechanical Engineer, that the Commissioners had approved of a settlement of £270 for 52 scalebuoys supplied for engine No. 875 and that a cheque would be sent in the next few days. Letter has printed letter head with Victorian Railways logo at the top.sciences, instruments - general, scalebuoy, bill ashman collection - correspondence, victorian railways, h a abbott, bendigo electronic company of australia pty ltd, e c eyers

Leather display case holding scalebuoys belonged to Bill Ashman, who was a salesperson for the Abbott company. A Scalebuoy is a handheld water treatment device, invented by Hartley Abbott and patented under the name of the Bendigo Electronic Company, designed to prevent scale buildup in water vessels and boilers by supposedly "softening" the water. Brown leather case with 2 keys containing 4 scalebuoys of various types and sizes held in a blue velvet holder & a pocket in lid holding 9 publications by W.N.Abbott on the uses of Scalebuoys along with 2 letters attesting to the success of Scalebuoys.scalebuoy, w. abbott

Richard Hartley Smith Abbott, company director, was born, probably in Bendigo, Victoria, around 1859, the son of Richard Hartley Abbott, also a company director, and Ann, née Smith. The young Richard was educated at Bendigo High School and then at St Andrews, Scotland. Returning to Australia, he became proprietor of the Abbott Supply Company, a director of the Sandhurst Building Society, the Bendigo Gas Company, and several local mining enterprises. He owned farms at Lyell, Mandurang and Eppalock, and was a pioneer of lucerne cultivation and tanning. In 1887, Abbott became a councillor for Strathfieldsaye Shire, a position he held for fifteen years. He was shire president (1901–02) and a Bendigo City councillor (1904–09; 1913–19), serving as mayor of Bendigo between 1917 and 1918Off-white coloured cardboard with black printing GOLDEN & CORINTHIAN LODGE OF BENDIGO (An image of the Masonic Lodge Symbol - Square, Compass and Eye) Masonic Hall View Street May 2nd, 1904 Dear Sir and Brother I have to request your attendance at a Monthly Meeting of the above Lodge, on Tuesday the 10th, May 1904 at 7.30 o'clock I am, dear Sir and Brother, Yours fraternally W. C. VAHLAND BUSSINESS there is a list of names and addresses for balloting for and if elected, initiation Handwritten R H Abbott bendigo, golden & corinthian lodge of bendigo, w c vahland, r h abbott

Richard Hartley Smith Abbott, company director, was born, probably in Bendigo, Victoria, around 1859, the son of Richard Hartley Abbott, also a company director, and Ann, née Smith. The young Richard was educated at Bendigo High School and then at St Andrews, Scotland. Returning to Australia, he became proprietor of the Abbott Supply Company, a director of the Sandhurst Building Society, the Bendigo Gas Company, and several local mining enterprises. He owned farms at Lyell, Mandurang and Eppalock, and was a pioneer of lucerne cultivation and tanning. In 1887, Abbott became a councillor for Strathfieldsaye Shire, a position he held for fifteen years. He was shire president (1901–02) and a Bendigo City councillor (1904–09; 1913–19), serving as Mayor of Bendigo between 1917 and 1918. Richard died in 1940. https://biography.senate.gov.au/richard-hartley-smith-abbott/ 'Preston Vale' was a property in Sedgewick. A sepia photo taken at Preston Vale of the Abbott family in 1895 including Richard Hartley Smith Abbott (Snr.) Mary Hannah (Gibbs) Abbott and their five oldest children, Richard Hartley Abbott born 1885, Inez Marie Abbott born 1886, William Norman Abbott born 1888, Harold Athelstone Abbott born 1889, and Kenneth Cyril Abbott born 1890. Two of the boys are wearing long sleeved striped collared shirts, one a scouting style coat and the youngest a collared shirt and all boys are in short pants with socks or stockings. Inez, is in a long sleeved dress with white smock with white bonnet. She is wearing boots. All others are wearing hats, Mrs Abbott's hat has a scrunched/folded ribbon on the brim. She is wearing a long sleeved light coloured blouse fastened at the neck The group is seated on an outcrop of granite rocks with parts of a buggy and horse tackle showing behind them. A lidded billy and scattered cups are on the ground in front. Mr Abbott, in shirt and long pants, is carrying a shot gun as is one of the boys. Both photos have 'Preston Vale Dec 26/95' written in ink on the reverse.abbott family, preston vale

See https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/88620242 for information about the development of the Heathcote Junction to Bendigo Railway Richard Hartley Smith Abbott, company director, was born, probably in Bendigo, Victoria, around 1859, the son of Richard Hartley Abbott, also a company director, and Ann, née Smith. The young Richard was educated at Bendigo High School and then at St Andrews, Scotland. Returning to Australia, he became proprietor of the Abbott Supply Company, a director of the Sandhurst Building Society, the Bendigo Gas Company, and several local mining enterprises. He owned farms at Lyell, Mandurang and Eppalock, and was a pioneer of lucerne cultivation and tanning. In 1887, Abbott became a councillor for Strathfieldsaye Shire, a position he held for fifteen years. He was shire president (1901–02) and a Bendigo City councillor (1904–09; 1913–19), serving as mayor of Bendigo between 1917 and 1918.Off- white coloured card with black printing Sandhurst, Heathcote and Seymour RAILWAY LEAGUE A meeting of the Executive Committee will be held at the Town Hall, on...........at 3 p.m., at which your attendance is particularly requested R. H. S. ABBOTT, Hon. Sec. bendigo, sandhurst heathcote and seymour railway, rhs abbott

The Bendigo Mechanics Institute (also known as the Sandhurst Mechanics Institute) operated until 1904 when it was closed, and its library transferred to the Bendigo School of Mines and Industries. Richard Hartley Smith Abbott, company director, was born, probably in Bendigo, Victoria, around 1859, the son of Richard Hartley Abbott, also a company director, and Ann, née Smith. The young Richard was educated at Bendigo High School and then at St Andrews, Scotland. Returning to Australia, he became proprietor of the Abbott Supply Company, a director of the Sandhurst Building Society, the Bendigo Gas Company, and several local mining enterprises. He owned farms at Lyell, Mandurang and Eppalock, and was a pioneer of lucerne cultivation and tanning. In 1887, Abbott became a councillor for Strathfieldsaye Shire, a position he held for fifteen years. He was shire president (1901–02) and a Bendigo City councillor (1904–09; 1913–19), serving as mayor of Bendigo between 1917 and 1918Grey coloured cardboard with black printing and writing. Sandhurst Mechanics' Institute & Free Library 10th April 1884 Sir Your attendance is required at a meeting of the Finance Committee, to be held on the 14 Inst. at 7.30 o'clock Yours respectfully D. T. Rogers, Secretary Mr. R. H. S Abbott Business General Written on the back......... Invoices January 1st to June 30thbendigo, sandhurst mechanics' institute & free library, r.h.s.abbott

Newspaper clipping, Bendigo Advertiser Tuesday June 24 1947. Photo shows a load of 'Barblock' wire being unloaded in Bendigo for distribution by the Abbott Supply Company. Advice has also been received 'Barblock' has been adopted as standard wire for the Australian Military forces and the British Imperial Forces, and efforts are being made to produce it in England.rural industry, fencing, barbed wire, h. a abbott

Newspaper clipping advising the death of H. A. Abbott, the man who invented 'Barblock' Barbed Wire. He would have turned 90 years of age on April 7. Mr Abbott was the son of his pioneer father who opened Abbott's Supply Company in 1852. he will be cremated in Melbourne and a service will be held in All Saints Cathedral, McKenzie Street Bendigo at 2pm Friday.organisation, industry, abbott supply, abbott, ww2

Badak Company NL - Letter to shareholders from J H Abbott (no date). 'important facts' put to shareholders in relation to Abbott's connection with the company and its future.J.H. Abbottmining, business, badak company n.l., badak company n.l.

In 1867 J.H. Abbott established the New Times Boot Market & Factory in Pall Mall, Sandhurst. In 1867, his wife Anne took over running the shop which was located next to the Bendigo Arcade near Williamson Street and was successful in creating a successful business. In 1876, the leather business of T. Baulderstone was purchased, and operations were further expanded later by the acquisition of the Edinburgh Tannery at Sheepwash Creek, and The Edinburgh Leather & Grindery warehouse in Bull Street, Sandhurst. In 1889, Joseph Abbott passed all interests in the business to his son, who shared the same name, in partnership with an adopted son, Richard Hartley Smith Abbott. The business continued trading under the name J. H. Abbott & Co. A number of branches of the business had been established in the early 1900s. In 1959 the Pall Mall business relocated to 291 Hargreaves Street. The whole business was soon after consolidated and conducted from the Market Square branch (Lyttleton Terrace) as the Abbott Supply Company. Harold Abbott, the last of the family to work in the business, died in 1979. In 1980 the business shifted to a new purpose-built store and warehouse on the corner of Abel & Deborah Streets, Bendigo. Sandhurst Trustees administered the business from 1979 until its sale in 1986. He was elected to the Sandhurst Borough Council and in 1860 became chairman of the municipality.Two single colour printed gatefold flyer on green paper advertising J.H. Abbott and Co.'s boot and shoe store on Pall Mall Bendigo. Contains information on products and the fitting services provided in store for customers. chairman of sandhurst borough, anne abbott, city of greater bendigo commerce

Richard Hartley Smith Abbott b 1858 – d 1940 Born in Bendigo, his mother remarried Joseph Henry Abbott in1860 after his father died. He adopted his stepfathers surname in 1884. Abbott attended Bendigo High School and St Andrews Scotland. Returning to Australia in 1879 he became proprietor of the Abbott Supply Company, a had a variety of business interests including Director of the Sandhurst Building Society, the Bendigo Gas Company, and several local mining enterprises. He owned farms at Lyell, Mandurang and Eppalock, and was a pioneer of lucerne cultivation and tanning. In 1887, Abbott became a councillor for Strathfieldsaye Shire, a position he held for fifteen years. He was Shire President (1901–02) and a Bendigo City councillor (1904–09; 1913–19), serving as Mayor of Bendigo between 1917 and 1918. Co-founder and President of Bendigo Art Gallery and originator of the RHS Bequest Fund to support acquisitions. Abbott Court a section of the gallery is named in his honour. In 1884, Abbott married Mary Hannah Gibbs and together they had eight children. Vincent Kelly(1877–1958) was a local photographer and proprietor of a successful commercial photographic studio in Bendigo active from 1904 - 1958. Three quarter studio photographic portrait of Cr R.H.S. Abbott wearing fur collared mayoral robes and chain. Photograph has hand painted details. Inscribed title panel centre under photograph. Window mounted. Gold ornate frame. Cr R.H.S. Abbott / Mayor of Bendigo 1917 - 18 / Recto lr: 'Vincent Kelly Bendigo' cr r.h. s. abbott, mayor abbott, vincent kelly

The Ballarat School of Mines was the first site of technical edducation in Australasia. It is now a predecessor institution of Federation University Australia. It's first president was Redmond Barry.Correspondence and planning documents relating to the setting up of the Ballarat School of Mines. it includes tenders for contractors for the refurbishment of the former Ballarat Circuit Court. .1) Rules for the pupils of the Mining School at Zurickau, 18/11/1870 (not translated by Emanuel Steinfeld, perhaps by W. Henderson) .2) Regulations of the Mining Academy at Frieberg, 18/11/1870 .3) Einrichtungen, Freiberg, 1870 (written in German) .4) Letter from Somerville Learmonth of Ercildoun to Harrie Wood, Clerk of the Board of Mines Ballarat, accepting a position as one of three trustees of the Ballarat School of Mines, along with Redmond Barry and R.H. Bland, 08/01/1870 .5) Printing order with Robert Wreford, 26/01/1870 .6) H. Waymouth to Mr Bickett re the Ballarat School of Mines, 1780 .7) Letter from R.H. Bland of Clunes to Harrie Wood of the Ballarat Mining Board, 27/01/1870 .8) Letter from Somerville Livingstone Learmonth of Ercildoun to Harrie Woods of the Ballarat Mining Board refusing the offer to be a Trustee of the Ballarat School of Mines, 28/01/1870 .9) Minutes of the meeting of the Ballarat School of Mines Executive Council, 05/02/1870 and Correspondence from Harrie Wood to J. Warrington Rogers re the lease of the building for the Ballarat School of Mines, 21/01/1870 .10) Chief Secretary's Office to Ballarat Mining Board re Life Membership of the Ballarat School of Mines, 02/02/1870 .10b) Letter from Redmond Barry, Carlton Gardens, Melbourne re the visit of the Governor of Victoria to the Ballarat School of Mines, 04/02/1870 .12) Letter from Charles Pucke on behalf of Mr McCulloch to H, Ainswood, Secretary of the Ballarat Mining Board, 11/07/1870 .13) Correspondence from Henry Rosales of Walhalla (Chairman of the Gippsland Mining Board) to James Baker of the Ballarat School of Mines, 28/12/1870 .11) Meeting of the Executive Council, Bickett, Eddy Downes, 08/02/1870 .14) Letter from John Phillips, contract surveyor of St Arnaud to Mr Newman, Vice-President of the Ballarat School of Mines, 15/12/1870 .15) Articles ordered and obtained for the Ballarat School of Mines, 03/01/1870 .16) Telegram from John Lewis of Clunes to the Ballarat School of Mines. .16b) Quote from painter Thomas Robson for painting the Ballarat School of Mines, 05/06/1870 .17) Note from Duncan Gillies to Harrie Wood re grant for the Ballarat School of Mines, 05/06/1870 .18) Correspondence re Grant to the Ballarat School of Mines, Duncan Gillies, 04/07/1870 .19) Correspondence concerning the Ballarat School of Mines from F. Valient to Harrie Wood, 14/05/1870 .19b) Correspondence from Somerville Livingstone Learmonth to Harrie Woods - an apology for a meeting with Judge Rogers, 23/05/1870 .20) Letter from R.H. Bland to Harrie Wood, 15/07/1870 .22) Telegraph from J. Warrington Rogers to Harrie Wood of the Ballarat Mining Board concerning tenders for the Ballarat School of Mines, which was established in 1870. .23) Letter from Ballarat Mining Board to Judge Warrington Rogers, 31/05/1870 .24) Telegraph to Harrie Wood of the Ballarat Mining Board from J. Warrington Rogers concerning Sir Redmond Barry. A note at the bottom of the telegraph notes ‘This telegram has been delayed through repairs on line. .25) Letter on Melbourne Public Library Letterhead from librarian Augustus Fulk, 05/08/1870 .26) Letter from R.H. Bland to Harrie Wood, 30/05/1870 .27) Letter from Robert Park re alteration of the former Ballarat Court House for use as the Ballarat School of Mines, 05/05/1870. .28) Letter from G. Whitty re painting of the former Ballarat Court House for use as the Ballarat School of Mines, 04/05/1870 .29) Letter from William Newman re plastering of the former Ballarat Court House for use as the Ballarat School of Mines, 05/05/1870 .30) Letter from Charles A. Abbott re teaching Mechanical Drawing at the Ballarat School of Mines, 04/04/1870 .32) Letter from Redmond Barry to the Ballarat School of Mines, 07/1870 .31) National Insurance Company of Australia insurance for the Ballarat School of Mines (former Ballarat Circuit Court), 01/05/1870 .33) Letter from R.H. Bland to Harrie Wood, 09/1870 .34) Letter from Somerville Livingstone Learmonth to Harrie Wood, 06/09/1870 .35) Letter to the Chief Secretary to the Ballarat School of Mines Library & Museum, 30/11/1870 .36) Parliament house (Kitto) to the Ballarat Mining Board, 15/11/1870 .37) H. de la Poer Wall of Grenville College to R.W. Newman of the Ballarat School of Mines, 27/04/1971 .38) W.H. Odgers to the Ballarat East Town Clerk, 20/05/1870 .39) Correspondence to the Borough of Clunes for the Ballarat Mining Board requesting a grant to set of a school of mines at Ballarat. 25/03/1870 .40) Surveyor to Harrie Wood, Mining Registrar, 27/04/1870 .40) Letter to Judge Warrington Rogers re the contractor's account for satisfactory completion of work on the Ballarat School of Mines, 11/07/1870 .43) Desks for the Ballarat School of Mines by Henry Gough, 1870 .44) Ballarat Star Office to James Baker of the Ballarat School of Mines, 1870ballarat school of mines, frieberg mining academy, learmonth, somerville learmonth, wreford, weymouth, bland, rivet henry bland, barry, redmond barry, mcculloch, phillips, john phillips, robson, gillies, duncan gillies, warrington rogers, melbourne public library, whitty, robert park, newman, william newman, charles abbott, janes baler, de la poer wall, odgers, louis le gould, wood, harrie wood, steinfeld, emanuel steinfeld, ainswood, pucke, thomas robson, telegraph, telegram, state library of victoria, fulks, architecture, reed, j. reed, rosales, abbott, charles a. abbott, mechanical drawing, drawing, ballarat circuit courthouse, ballarat courthouse, national insurance company of australia, grenville college, chief secretary's office, robert sandon, school of mines, schools of mines, establishment, ballarat school of mines establishment, germany, london, ercildoun

various 1893 company letterhead receipts2403.86 (A to G) Abbott Collection: Jan to Jun 1893: records and receipts for purchases by J.H. Abbott & Co. from a wide range of generally Melbourne based companies 2043.86A 40 records held by J.H. Abbott & Co. Jan to Jun 1893: for purchases (or sales) 2403.86B 10 receipts for purchases by J.H. Abbott & Co. from Thomas P. Power, Saddlers, Ironmongers & Manufacturers398-400 Little Bourke St Melbourne 2403.86C 10 receipts for purchases by J.H. Abbott from The India Rubber, Gutta Percha & Telegraph Works Co. 106 Cannon St London 2403.86D 4 receipts for purchases by J.H. Abbott & Co. from Cashel, Baxter & Co., 508 Collins Str Melbourne 2403.86E 7 receipts for purchases by J.H. Abbott from Ullathorne & Co., 269 Lonsdale St Melbourne 2403.86F 5 receipts for purchases by J.H. Abbott from Michaelis, Hallenstein & Co, Tanners, Curriers & Leather Merchants, Importers of Grindery, 382-384 Lonsdale St Melbourne 2403.86G 14 receipts for purchases by J.H. Abbott from a variety of companies: Nobel's Hamburg Dynamite Co. Ltd. - gelignite Thomas Mitchell, Paint & General Brush Manufacturers357 Lonsdale St Melbourne R.M. Watson & Co. 345 Flinders Lane Melbourne; Paper Makers, Agents, Stationers and Importers (two receipts) Wm Dodgshun & Sons, 258 &260 Flinders Lane, East Melbourne; Importers & Warehousemen (two receipts) The New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Company Limited, Collins Street West, Melbourne; Melbourne Wool & Grain Warehouses Walter H. Carwardine, Bendigo Soap, Soda Crystal & candle Works, near the Municipal Cattle Yards J. Kitchen & Sons & Apollo Company; 326 Flinders Lane, Melbourne J. Kennon & Sons, Tanners, Curriers & Leather Merchants; Tannery, River St., near Hawthorn Bridge Innes - Noad V. Halfden (!!!), Tea Merchants & Importers; 201 1to 205 William Street, Melbourne The Indian Company, Lubricating Oil Merchants; Normanby Road, South Melbourne; 375 Flinders Lane, corner Queen Street, Melbourne A. Spooner Manufacturer of Improved Harness Composition, Improved Black Oil, Harness Liquid, Waterproof Harness Blacking, saddle Soap, Boot Top Powder (all colours), Polishing Cream, Breeches Paste, Universal Cream and Embrocations. Australian Asbestos Mfg Co. 266 Flinders St Easttrade company purchases 1893

various 1898 company letterhead receipts which J.H. Abbott used to access supplies2403.86 (A to G) Abbott Collection: Jan to Jun 1893: records and receipts for purchases by J.H. Abbott & Co. from a wide range of generally Melbourne based companies 2403.87A: J.H. Abbott's issued 46 invoices for their Edinburgh Tannery 1 July - 24 December 1898 2403.87B: 18 invoices Thomas P. Power, Saddler Ironmonger & Manufacturer; 5 July - 28 December 1898 2403.87C: 12 (blue) invoices Thomas McPherson & Son, Machinery & Iron Merchants; 9 July - 17 December 1898 2403.87D: 23 invoices The India Rubber Gutta Percha & Telegraph Works Co. 11 August - 29 September 1898 2403.87E: 30 invoices & 5 credit notes Edward Keep & Co, Wholesale Ironmongers & Importers of Carriage Materials; 6 July - 23 December 1898 2403.87F: 16 invoices Ullathorne & Co, materials; 12 July - 28 December 1898 2403.87G: 5 invoices Tuck & Co. Limited, manufacturers of asbestos goods for every description; 28 July - 27 October 1898 2403.87H: 3 invoices Banks & Company, importers and wholesalers; 6 July - 11 November 1898 2403.87I: 2 invoices John Danks & Son, Sheet Lead, Lead, Compo. & Tin Plate; 18 August - 22 August 1898 2403.87J: 6 invoices M. Donahy & Sons, Manufacturers of Steam-Laid flat & Round Ropes. 14 September - 10 November 1898 2403.87K: 17 invoices Reid Brothers & Russel, importers of Mines and Engineering Furnishings, 15 September - 22 December 1898 2403.87L: 2 invoices A. Spooner & Co., manufacturers of a wide range of goods; 30 August - 22 October 1898 2403.87M: 5 invoices Charles Aitkins & Co., manufacturers, refiners and importers of Lubricating Oils, Antifriction Grease, Machine Belting, Engine Packings etc.; 17 August - 31 December 1898 2403.87N: 2 invoices E. L. Yencken & Co. Oil Color and Glass Merchants; 14 August - 23 December 1898 2403.87O: 3 invoices Morris & Meeks, Wholesalers Ironmongers & Machinery Merchants; 24 November - 6 December 1898 2403.87P: 8 invoices Felton Grimwade Co.: 22August - 16 December 1898 2403.87Q: 12 invoices N. Gutheridge & Co., Wholesale Saddlers, Saddlers, Ironmongers & Importers; 6 July - 21 December 1898 2403.87R: 2 invoices John Perry., Timber Merchant, Coach Builders, Ironmongery & Wheelwrights' Materials; 19 & 30 November 1898 2403.87S: 34 invoices Frank Vial & Co., Universal Leather Belt Factory; 7 July - 23 December 1898trade company purchases 1893

This item was in a cabin trunk that belonged to Henry Frencham which also included his Petition to Parliament and the findings from the Parliamentary enquiry into his and other claims to be the first to find gold at Bendigo. Scalebuoy. Invented by Hartley Abbott and patented under the name of the Bendigo Electronic Company, made in various sizes & for different applications, such as to prevent scaling in the boilers at mines. When shaken in water, frictional forces between mercury and were said to activate electronic energy. Invented by Hartley Abbott & patented under the name of the Bendigo Electronic Company, made in various sizes & for different applications, such as to prevent scaling in the boilers at mines. Made up of a sealed glass bulb containing mercury and gasses enclosed within a chromed wire cage & with a chromed handle. The one shown being a hand held shaker model.henry frencham, scalebouy

administrative sales documents under Victorian Explosives Act 1928 for purchase of explosives by Abbotts Supplies.Abbott Collection: sales of explosives records 1953-62, in three packets, under Explosives Act 1928, Sales of Explosives Orders supplied by Abbotts under permit to purchase Nitro-compounds for blasting and detonatorsabbott, bendigo businesses

administrative sales documents, under Victorian Explosives Act 1928, for purchase of explosives from Abbotts Supplies.Abbott Collection: Records of purchases of gelignite and detonators from Abbotts Supplies Co from various local businesses (Sandhurst Brick Company Limited, Bendigo pottery, Bendigo Sewerage Authority, blight's Granite Quarries, Shire of Deakin, E. B. Mawson Cohuna) in various company formats. Circa 1953abbott, bendigo businesses

Dark green hardcover register, buff binding on spine and corners, two hundred and seventy pages. 'Minute Book' written in gold print on spine of book. Written in blue pen on inside front page: ' The Great Columbian Mining Company No Liability' Minutes entered date from 30th March 1904 to 6th September 1911. Minutes signed by James Hedley. Documents inserted in minute book, additional to minute content: 1. List of unpresented cheques (no date on list) 2. Petition by John William Allen, Manager, Bank of Victoria, View Street, Bendigo to 'wind up' the Great Columbian Mining Co. Dated 18th September, 1911. 3. From Great Columbian Mining Co., Inglewood, Butler and Sons account 4. List of Great Columbian Mining Company N.L. shareholders 5. Mine Manager's Report half year ending 6th September 1911 6. Directors' Report, 6th September 1911 7. Two letters from Fred. Douglas Jones, Barrister and Solicitor, Albion Chambers, Bendigo regarding cheques 'being returned unpaid' by Bank 8. Judgement from County Court Bendigo, 19th September, 1911, against the Great Columbian Mining Company, defendant. Plaintiffs, George Victor Lansell; George Wooten Lansell and Richard Hartley Smith Abbott 9. McColl and Rankin, Legal Managers, Accountants, invoice to Great Columbian Mining Co., 31st December 1911. 10. Letter, J. Stagg, Inglewood to McColl and Rankin, re settling up of accounts for the Great Columbian Mining Co., Inglewood 11. Great Columbian liquidation, Ingleoowd, Feb 19th. 1912 to R.A. Rankin Esq., re sale catalogue articles. Enclosed Mr. Butters charge for hire of horse and dray ((not in book) Signed J. Cavanaugh 12. Invoice from McColl and Rankin to the Great Columbian Co., for cash advances, 31st December 1912 13. Great Columbian Mining Co., statement of having received 'one receiver and mountings in good condition' signed McCulloch Carrying co., L. Lee, 5/2/12 14. Account Richard Linton, Manufacturers Agent, Queen Bridge Square, Melbourne to Great Columbian Mining Co., Inglewoodbendigo, mccoll and rankin, margaret roberts, great columbian mining company, inglewood,

Scalebuoy. Invented by Hartley Abbott and patented under the name of the Bendigo Electronic Company, made in various sizes & for different applications, such as to prevent scaling in the boilers at mines. Scalebuoy case is a 57 long cylinder 13 centimetres diameter with two pipe fittings coming from it. Each end of the cylinder is removable. sciences, scalebuoy, bill ashman collection