Dark green covered book with gold edging front and back and seven horizontal lines on the spine. On front cover: buff sticker, with Bendigo Water Works, Crusoe Reservoir and others, contracts 1870 - 1874 written in cursive script. Later writing 'from Mrs. H. Strickland, Bungoona, Currie, King Island'. Written inside is: Presented to Bendigo Historical Society by Mrs A Strickland, Bungoona, Currie, King Island. Also the Historical Society Stamp. The next page has three newspaper cuttings. The first is 'The Victorian Waterworks'. It has costings for contracts for water supply, amounts which will supply water from the Coliban to the Castlemaine and Sandhurst districts, and if the Government should purchase the Bendigo Waterworks, and to construct the Upper Coliban reservoir, additional expenditure may be required. (from Daily Telegraph - 1868). The second is some information on The Yan Yean Aqueduct. The third is a letter to the Editor of the Argus from Joseph Brady, dated August 2, 1870, in reference to repairing the leak in the outlet tunnel of the Malmsbury Reservoir. He says the repair of the tunnel was not essential and is unnecessary and 2nd. If the bank was cut through and restored, for years the bank would not be safe, as the earth used in the restoration would require time to subside and unite with the old work. He hopes the embankment would be allowed to stand intact.civil engineering, water supply, coliban, bendigo water works - crusoe reservoir and other contracts 1870 to 1874, mrs a strictland, royal historical society of victoria bendigo branch, coliban scheme, upper coliban reservoir, daily telegraph 1868, yan yean aqueduct, age, argus 2/8/1870, malmsbury reservoir, joseph brady, charles cook, fishburn morton & kennedy, bernard ward & co, the fulton foundry co ltd, james mcewan & co, laylands foundry co, melbourne sewers & water supply, c w gore, crusoe office, john mcilwraith, edward chandler, ia-s miller & co, robison br & co, guthrie/white hills pottery, peter mcpherson, slater & co, john danks, mclean br & rigg, william beebe, t i connelly, i horwoods

Bed pan ceramic white glaze handle at the end, hairline crack also. 'New Slipper' brand made by Guthrie, G D and Co, Bendigo Potteryflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, bed pan, new slipper, guthrie, g d and co, bendigo pottery

In the late nineteenth century, Bendigo Pottery was the largest operating pottery in the Australian colonies. There are regular reports of the volume of pottery they produced and sent by the train-load to the Melbourne distribution warehouse. Bendigo Pottery's founder, George Guthrie, was very proud of his pottery and was an active participant in the popular nineteenth-century international exhibitions. Bendigo Pottery was established in 1857. Bendigo Pottery was often at risk of closure but faced its greatest threat in the late 1960's when Hume's Pipes, then owners of the pottery, instructed that it be closed down. However, this did not happen and it is open to this day. Majolica Ware was introduced into Bendigo Pottery's range in 1879, ultimately with a wide range of products made, ranging from water filters, and garden urns through to common household wares. "Bendigo Pottery Majolica. 1879-1911" by Gregory Hill with contributions from Greg Johansson. Soft cover. Published and distributed by Bundoora Homestead Art Centre. pp 74. Has a separate addendum of 10 pages inside back cover. Spine and front and back covers are brown in color. Title on spine and front cover are in white text. Front cover has colored insert of majolica plates, and back cover has insert of Toby jug. Colored and Black and white images throughout. Notes on authors are on the back page. No index. Signed by author on front page with year of 2011.majolica, bendigo pottery, george guthrie