Brochure with an invitation to visit Historical and Mining Museum in Mechanic's Institute, Eaglehawk. Drawing of poppet legs on the front with The Royal Historical Society of Victoria Bendigo Branch. Historical Guide to Bendigo including Self Tours of Bendigo's Famous Goldfields. Forward by John Hattam. Contributors are: H Biggs, Miss L J Parry, A Richardson, L C Bennetts and Edith Checcucci. Credits - The Bendigo Advertiser, Cambridge Press, Mines Department (Bendigo) and J R W Purves. Items include Bendigo Tramways Compiled by H Biggs, Early Bendigo Hotels Compiled by L C Bennetts, Eaglehawk Compiled by H Biggs, Noted Events Compiled by June Parry,The Bendigo Post Office Compiled by LC Bennetts, The Bendigo Goldfield .. Introduction to Field and Guide to Some Famous Mines Compiled by A Richardson. Photos include: Pall Mall Bendigo, Ravenswood Homestead, An Early Battery at Kangaroo Flat,Historic High Street Golden Square, The Lonely Grave, Battery Tram c1888, Steam Tram c1892, Electric Tram c1903, Teh New Chum Railway Golden Square, United Hustlers and Redan Mine Sandhurst Road, Central Deborah Violet Street, Deborah Mine Quarry Hill, Deborah Mine 1000 ft level, First Motion Winding Engine at Central Deborah, Victoria Hill Area, and Looking south from New Chum Hill in 1890's. Also 11010.254, 255, 268, 288a, 288b, and 289.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - historical guide to bendigo, the royal historical society of victoria bendigo branch, historical and mining museum, mechanic's institute eaglehawk, librarian mechanic's institute, miss j parry, john hattam, h biggs, a richardson, l c bennetts, edith checcucci, bendigo advertiser, cambridge press, mines department (bendigo), j r w purves, mr a o'keefe, shire of marong, the sandhurst and eaglehawk tramway company, mr j taylor, mr j hanson, the bendigo tramway company, electric supply company, coliban water suply, juvenile industrial exhibition, geo lansell, cr a harkness, salvation army, vine and fruitgrowers association, decentralisation league, constable thomas ryan, miners association, art gallery, post office, miss broadfoot, bendigo hospital, opera company, bendigo development league, victorian women's franchise league, ana hall, the bendigonian, law courts, temperance hall, trades hall (old wardens court), roman catholic cathedral, shamrock hotel, bendigo philosophical society, old bendigonian society, bendigo fire brigade, bendigo volunteers to south african war, hawkins, porcupine inn, criterion hotel, royal hotel, bendigo hotel, black swan hotel, gillies bakery, hibernian hotel, sandhurst hotel, freemasons hotel, courthouse hotel, shamrock hotel, governor hotham, heffernan & crowley, new chum railway, victoria quartz, shenandoah, shamrock mine, hercules no 1 (originally pearl east), hercules new chum (late pearl), carlisle mine, mr arblaster, meurer, sandhurst bee, benevolent asylum, bendigo gas company, a lloyd, coliban water supply scheme, cr w v simons, eaglehawk council, j mouat, sir henry barkly, agricultural and horticultural exhibition, sandhurst and eaglehawk boroughs, cr john mcintyre, latham and watson's mine, galatea (model ship), st paul's church of england, rev g p despard, fine arts exhibition and exposition, bendigo rifle association, strathfieldsaye shire hall, corporate high school, bendigonian society, richard andrews, easter fair, g aspinall, j burnsides, sir h manners sutton, beehive stores, mining exchanges, bendigo water works, city family hotel, bendigo united friendly society medical institute and dispensary, benevolent asylum, jewish synagogue, masonic hall, school of mines, mr j h abbott, australian natives association, royal princess theatre, albion hall, central state school, high school, gravel hill state school, electricity commission, james mouat, warring natives, the rocks, joseph crook, gold discovery, marong district roads board, camp hotel, mr charles sherratt, city of bendigo, mt alexander north run, grice and heape, ravenswood, gibson and fenton, mrs john kennedy, mrs patrick farrel, mr j a paton, mr lachlan mclachlan, theatre royal, sir charles and lady hotham, harney's bridge, e j ennor, sandhurst fire brigade, the health of towns act, mr townsend, cornish & co, bendigo pottery, bendigo agricultural society, pike or pyke, baby health centre, sandhurst post office, government survey office, sandhurst trustees company, mr h b briston, savings bank, telegraph office, sir henry brougham lock, hon sir john nimmo, sandhurst public offices, the new prince of wales mine, new prince of wales no 2, the whip and jersey, lansell's big 180, new chum and victoria mine and battery, new chum railway, koch's pioneer, south new moon, catherine reef united, new moon, virginia mine, south belle vue, new chum railway, central nell gwynne, north nell gwynne, ironbark mine, new chum syncline, hercules, herculesl energetic, roberts & sons, harkness & co, horwoods, great southern, ulster, carlisle, cornish, new st mungo, duchess tribute, south devonshire, hopewell mine, saxby mine, mcnair & co, mr king, bourke and wills, sandhurst hotel, the dascombe nugget, victoria nugget, r r haverfield, ballerstedt, rae, wittscheibe, lazarus, cave and amos, bendigo amalgamated goldfields, bendigo mines limited, the deborah, north deborah, central deborah, the new red white and blue consolidated (big blue), union, lansell's new red white and blue 9later no 3 shaft), h harkness & co, thompson & co, central deborah, lansell's bendigo battery, north red white and blue, central red white and blue, roberts and sons, little 180 (originally lansell's 180 no 2 shaft), john brown knitwear factory, south ironbark originally victoria consols east shaft, ironbark (originally ironbark east shaft), manchester arms hotel, wattle gully mine chewton, hercules, old wheal-owl, central nell gwynne, gold mines hotel, bendigo city council, jack barker, the new chum syncline, the courier of the mines, telegraph office, bendigo cemetery, white hills cemetery, eaglehawk cemetery, kangaroo flat cemetery, new moon, suffolk united, north new moon, fortuna hustlers, buckell & jeffrey's, royal hustlers reserve no 2 (city and park shafts), jonathan harris, latham and watson, great hustlers, great extended hustlers, j hustler, latham, watson, tribute or pups shaft, bendigo's worst mining disaster, hustlers reef (old hustlers), hustlers reef no 1, lansell's comet, the old comet (cooper's claim), united hustlers and redan, comet hill state school, k k shaft, north or new hustlers (agnew hustler), johnson's no 3, south johnson's, lansell's sandhurst needle, cleopatra needle top, british american, collman and tacchi, south virginia, saddle reefs and spurs, pall mall bendigo, ravenswood homestead, an early battery at kangaroo flat, historic high street golden square, the lonely grave, battery tram c1888, steam tram c1892, electric tram c1903, teh new chum railway golden square, united hustlers and redan mine sandhurst road, central deborah violet street, deborah mine quarry hill, deborah mine 1000 ft level, first motion winding engine at central deborah, victoria hill area, looking south from new chum hill in 1890's

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

Booklet titled: 'Victoria Hill Bendigo A Publication of the Bendigo Trust'. Booklet has photos of the Central Nell Gwynne Mine, Victoria Hill in the 1860's, with Rae's Battery in the foreground, geographical features, Rae's Open Cut, Victoria Hill from the New Chum Hill in the 1870's, compressor beds, The victoria Quartz Mine, burnt ground from quartz roasting, the remains of a twenty head crushing battery, a view from Ballerstedt's Open Cut showing the historic Gold Mines Hotel built in 1857 and the engine beds of Lansell's '180' mine. There are also two maps, History of Victoria Hill and geographical notes on the area.book, bendigo, victoria hill, victoria hill, victoria hill bendigo

BHS CollectionFolded paper with copies of photos of mines and various mining buildings. On the front is a view from New Chum Hill, looking south in 1890's. Pictured is the Lazarus Crushing Plant and boiler house, Lansell's '222'. Amd the new Chum Mines in the background. On the inside at the top is the New Chum Railway, Golden Square. Pictured is the mine and its buildings, two chimneys, two large wood stacks and other mines in the background. On the left, a man is standing on the side of the railway line beside the mine. The next picture is the United Hustlers and Redan Mine, west of Comet Hill State School, Sandhurst Road. It shows the mine and its buildings, chimney, ore bins, mullock heap and tramway. The middle picture is the Central Deborah, Violet Street, near Bendigo Creek, Golden Square. It shows the poppet legs, buildings and some machinery behind the large building. The large building has eight ventilators in the roof. The buildings are made of corrugated iron. The bottom left picture is the Deborah Mine, Quarry Hill. The picture shows the poppet legs on the hilltop, the buildings beside it, a square chimney behind the poppet legs and some vegetation and a peppercorn tree in the foreground. The far building also has ventilators in the roof. The picture on the right is underground at 1000 feet level in the Deborah Mine. Pictured are three men with a rock drill. On the back, at the top is a picture of a First Motion Winding Engine at Deborah - later at Central Deborah. The picture shows the engine and driver. The middle picture is the South New Moon Mine, Eaglehawk - leading mine in State in 1903. The picture shows the poppet legs, buildings, chimney and a high tramway. In the foreground is a dam. The bottom picture is Victoria Hill looking south to New Chum Hill. In the foreground is Lansell's '180' Mine and Ballerstedt's Open Cut and in the background are the 'New Chum and Victoria', 'Old Chum' and the 'North Old Chum'.photo, mining in bendigo, mining photographs, lazarus crushing plant, lansell's 222, new chum mines, new chum railway, united hustlers and redan mine, comet hill state school, central deborah, deborah mine, first motion winding engine, south new moon mine, lansell's 180, ballerstedt's open cut, new chum and victoria, old chum, north old chum, square chimney

Ten typed pages of notes and photocopied photos. Notes include Introduction which describes the journey between Bendigo and Eaglehawk. Notes also mention the Sign-posts at the Victoria Hill with their explanation. Dated 30/8/1971. The four photocopied photos are: (1) Victoria Hill - From Rae's Open Cut with the Central Nell Gwynne Popper Legs and the Victoria Hill Victoria Quartz Mullock in the background. (2) Looking North from Old Chum Hill to the Victoria Hill. (3) Victoria Quartz on Victoria Hill, Ironbark. (4) Rae's 35 Hd. Crushing Battery. Victoria Hill in background, Wm. Rae's early home top right.document, gold, victoria hill, victoria hill, the rich victoria hill and its historical associations, j n macartney, quartz miners' arms hotel, ironbark methodist church, john brown knitwear factory, little 180 mine, conrad heinz, british and american hotel, victoria reef gold mining company, manchester arms hotel, victoria hill from rae's open cut, ironbark (victoria reef gold mines), hercules and energetic, midway, wittscheibe, great central victoria, william rae, william rae junior, mr and mrs conroy, central nell gwynne, moorhead's shop, gill family, gold mines hotel, looking north from old chum hill to the victoria hill, new chum and victoria, old chum, pioneer, burrowes & sterry, rotary club of bendigo south, big 180, north old chum mine, ballerstedt's forst open cut, lansells big 180, george lansell, new chum syncline, lansell's 'cleopatra needle' type chimney, 222 mine, sandhurst or 'needle mine', victoria quartz mine, victoria reef quartz company, victoria quartz company, a roberts & sons, e j dunn, h harkness & sons, new chum drainage scheme, eureka extended, new chum railway, pearl, bendigo advertiser june 16 1910, rae's open cut, quartz roasting, anticlinal arch, prospecting tunnels, floyd's small 5 head crushing battery, great central victoria (midway), midway no2, midway north, ballerstedt's small 24 yard claim, the humboldt, wittscheibe, adventure, advance, luffsman & sterry, rae's 35 head crushing battery, a richardson, the bendigo goldfield 1851 to 1954, the victoria hill 1854 to 1949, australian mining standard special edition 1/6/1899, bendigo mines ltd, mines dept, bendigo advertiser, annals of bendigo, dickers mining record 23/11/1861, bendigo goldfields registry 1871, bendigo and vicinity 1895, mr rae anderson, w n macartney 1st edition 1871

Handwritten notes on Victoria Hill. Notes mention the completion of the Bendigo and District Tourist Association's Mining project, what can be seen in the area, the views of Bendigo from the top of the 68 feet high poppet legs, geological features and rock colourings in the open cuts, its direct link to Fortuna mansion and the one-time deepest mine workings in the world. On the back is a number of references and page numbers.document, memo, victoria hill, victoria hill, notes on victoria hill, bendigo and district tourist association, new chum line, lansell's fortuna mansion, central nell gwynne

Handwritten carbon copy of a list of further signs for Victoria Hill. Signs include Quartz Veins, Prospecting Shaft, 1929, Concrete Dam, Anticlinal Arch New Chum Line, Engine Beds for Gt Central Victoria (Midway Mine), Prospecting Tunnels, Primitive Tunnel. Notes at the end: Given to Geo & Max Ellis on 31/3/1971 and Prospecting tunnels driven from small Open Cut in 1860's.document, memo, victoria hill, victoria hill, further signs victoria hill, new chum line, gt central victoria (midway mine), victoria quartz, davis, geo ellis, max ellis

Four hand written pages titled The Victoria Hill - Special Features. Notes mention the Victoria Hill, the deepest workings on the field,the first mine on the field to 2,000 and 3,000 feet in depth, Ballerstedt's Open-Cut, Rae;s Open-Cut, Wittscheibe's Jeweller's Shop, the Adventure, the richest cross-section of the whole of the Bendigo Goldfield, the first mine to pay dividends from ore mined below 1,000 feet to 1,500 feet from the surface, the tallest poppet legs on the field, Lazarus Mine, Barnet Lazarus, Mt Alvernia Hospital, Central Red White & Blue.document, gold, victoria hill, victoria hill, victoria hill - special features, john neill macartney, the argus, the australasian, bendigo goldfields registry, victoria reef quartz mine, the deepest workings on the field, the first mine on the field to reach 2, 000 and 3, 000 feet in depth, lansell's 'big 180' mine, hot water, george lansell, theodore ballerstedt, fortuna, ballerstedt's open-cut, rae's open-cut, wittscheibe's jeweller's shop, adventure, advance, cinderella, the private pioneer coy, new chum & victoria mine, a h q survey regiment, tallest poppet legs, lazarus mine, barnet lazarus, mt alvernia hospital, central redwhite and blue, hudson's, burrowes & sterry, b c v 8 television station, swan hill's channel 11

Handwritten copy of a report in the Bendigo Advertiser Mon 11/1/1892 of a fire which totally destroyed the engine-house at Lazarus Coy's mine at New Chum on Sunday 10th January at 2 a. m. Last page has a copy of a letter to the Editor of the Advertiser from William Nolan, Captain, G. S. V. F. B. contradicting Superintendant Daymond's statement that said the City Brigade had first water on the fire and the Golden Square was next. William Nolan says they had water on the fire ten minutes before the City Brigade arrived. He was hoping the Superintendant would rectify his mistake.document, gold, the lazarus mine, the lazarus mine, lazarus coy's old engine-house destroyed, bendigo advertiser mon 11/1/1892, mr henry james, old chum hill, geo lansell, city brigade, temperance brigade, mr whitford, superintendant daymond, golden square brigade, william nolan, g s v f b

Eleven pages including four pages of photocopied photos, They are:- Wm Rae's Crushing Works, The Victoria Quartz Mine, Looking North from Old Chum Hill to the Victoria Hill early 1870's, Victoria Hill from Rae's Open Cut. Notes begin at page 4, there are two page 6 and no page 7, otherwise same notes as 3573.1. Small note with 'Notes on Victoria Hill - incomplete.document, gold, rae's crushing battery, rae's crushing battery, wm rae's crushing works, victoria quartz mine, view from old chum hill to the victoria hill, victoria hill from rae's open cut, ballerstedt, lansell's bit 180, dickers mining record 23/11/1861, j n macartney bendigo goldfields registry 1871, new chum syncline, cleopatra needle type chimney, victoria quartz coy, annals of bendigo, australian mining standard special edition 1/6/1899, bendigo advertiser, bendigo & vicinity 1895, h harkness & sons, new chum drainage scheme, eureka extd, new chum railway, pearl, inrush of water at victoria quartz mine, floyd's small 5 head crushing battery, great central victoria (midway), midway, midway no 2, midway north, ballerstedt's small 24 yard claim, the humboldt, wittscheibe, the adventure, bendigo mines ltd, luffsman & sterry's claim, round shaft, chinese joss house, fortuna

The first five pages are photocopies of photos:- 2 of Rae's Crushing Works; Victoria Quartz on Victoria Hill, Ironbark; Looking North from Old Chum Hill to the Victoria Hill; Victoria Hill - from Rae's Open Cut. Introduction covers location of buildings and mines. Mentioned are:- North Old Chum Mine, Ballerstedt's First Open-cut, Quartz Veins (Spurs), rock formations pitching North, Prospecting shafts 1929, Concrete dam, Engine beds of Lansells Big 180 Mine, Lansells Big 180 Shaft, twenty stampers crushing battery, Lansell's Cleopatra Needle type chimney, Victoria Quartz Mine, Victoria Quartz dams, Rae's Open-cut, Quartz once roasted here to an intense heat, Anticlinal Arch New Chum Line, small primitive tunnels, Prospecting tunnels, Floyd's small 5 head crushing battery, Great Central Victoria (Midway) Shaft, Great Central Victoria engine-bed, Ballerstedt's small 24 yard claim, The Humboldt, Adventure ground, The Advance, Luffsman & Sterry's Claim, A round shaft. Small piece of paper with 'Notes on Victoria Hill complete.document, gold, rae's crushing battery, rae's crushing battery, rae's crushing works, victoria quartz mine, from old chum hill, victoria hill from rae's open cut, ironbark, hercules & energetic, midway, wittscheibe, great central victoria, mr & mrs conroy, central nell gwynne, gold mines hotel, john brown knitwear factory, new chum & victoria, rotary club of bendigo south, north old chum, ballerstedt's first open-cut, lansell's big 180 shaft, cleopatra needle type chimney, a roberts & sons, mr e j dunn, h harkness & sons, eureka extd, new chum railway, pearl, inrush of water at victoria quartz, floyd's small 5 head crushing battery, great central victoria (midway), ballertedt's small 24 yard claim, humboldt, humboldt, great central victoria, victoria hill, bendigo & vicinity 1895 p51, j n macartney 1st edition 1871, bendigo goldfield registry 1871, plan of new chum line, mr rae anderson, annals of bendigo obituary 1904, bendigo advertiser, b m l records mines dept, patterson's goldfields of victoria, dickers mining record 23/11/1861, australian mining standard special edition 1/6/1899 p40, bendigo mines ltd, chinese joss house, fortuna, the victoria goldfield 1851 to 1954, the victoria hill 1854 to 1949