Article titled The Bendigo Post Office, compiled by L C Bennetts. Mentioned is the history of the Bendigo Post Office and postmarks, some information on mining, Bendigo foundries, Underground connections of mines, expenses and shaft sinking costs. Also mentioned is Bendigo and Eaglehawk - 60 years ago and the role the pubs played in daily living. They were where theatres, concerts and dances were held, and the meeting rooms for clubs and lodges, even church benefits. Listed is a number of Bendigo hotels. Some even had a few names. Names of the pubs are: The Freemasons, The Courthouse, The Commercial Law Courts, The Hamburg, The European, The Prince Bismark, The Lord Kitchener, The Bendigo, The Rosalind Park, The Showgrounds, Atheneum Club, Olivers, Bridge Hotel, Bourkes, The Globe, The Hibernia, Albert, Albion, Abbotts, Australian, Belvidere, Beehive, British Queen, Black Eagle, British and American, Brian Boru, Bakers Arms, Butchers Arms, Brick Layers Arms, Bull and Mouth, Cresent, Clarence, Back Creek Bridge, Cape Clear, Crooked Billet, Cambridgeshire Arms, Camp, Coach and Horses, Cricketers Arms, Diggers Rest, Ellesmere, Five Lions, Franklyn, Golden Square, Golden Gate, Golden Gully, Golden Age, Golden Vine, Gumtree, Glasgow Reef, Great Britain, Haymarket, Daniel O'Connell, Half Way House, Fleece Inn, Ironbark, Johnsons Reef, Lancashire, Live and Let Live, Manchester Arms, Gold Mines, Metropolitan, Crown, National, New Chum, Honeysuckle Street, Pavilion, Napier Arms, Quartz Miners Arms, Retreat Inn, Rainbow, Rose of Australia, Lake View, Robin Hood, Fountain, Southern Cross, Bath, Berlin, Spring Gully, Star, Sir Charles Hotham, Silvermines, Royal Oak, Suburban, Town Hall, Temperance, Ship Inn, View Point, View Bend, Victoria, Exchange, American, Arcade, Belfast, All Nations, Union, United Kingdom, Union Jack, Westend, Washington, Waterloo, Wellington, Whitehorse, Wheat Sheaf, Yorkshire, Niagra and Noahs Ark.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - the bendigo post office, l c bennetts, mt alexander post office, porcupine inn, cenotaph, pike or pyke, baby health centre, sandhurst post office, government survey office, queen elizabeth oval, sandhurst trustees company, mr h b briston, savings bank, telegraph office, the sub-treasury, sir henry brougham lock kcb, sir john nimmo mla, prince of wales group of mines, the new prince of wales, eaglehawk golf links, new prince of wales no 2, the whip and jersey, mines department, 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, the virginia, south bell vue, central nell gwynne, north nell gwynne, miner's phthisis, hercules engine house, ironbark, new chum syncline, hercules energetic, roberts & sons, harkness & co, horwoods, great southern, ulster, carlisle, lansells big 180, victoria quartz, new st mungo, duchess tribute, south devonshire, hopewell mine, saxby mine, mcnair & co, shamrock, mr king, burke and wills expedition, sandhurst hotel, courthouse, hiberian, the freemasons, the courthouse, the commercial law courts, the hamburg, the european, the prince bismark, the lord kitchener, the bendigo, the rosalind park, the showgrounds, atheneum club, olivers, bridge hotel, bourkes, the globe, the hibernia, albert, albion, abbotts, australian, belvidere, beehive, british queen, black eagle, british and american, brian boru, bakers arms, butchers arms, brick layers arms, bull and mouth, cresent, clarence, back creek bridge, cape clear, crooked billet, cambridgeshire arms, camp, coach and horses, cricketers arms, diggers rest, ellesmere, five lions, franklyn, golden square, golden gate, golden gully, golden age, golden vine, gumtree, glasgow reef, great britain, haymarket, daniel o'connell, half way house, fleece inn, ironbark, johnsons reef, lancashire, live and let live, manchester arms, gold mines, metropolitan, crown, national, new chum, honeysuckle street, pavilion, napier arms, quartz miners arms, retreat inn, rainbow, rose of australia, lake view, robin hood, fountain, southern cross, bath, berlin, spring gully, star, sir charles hotham, silvermines, royal oak, suburban, town hall, temperance, ship inn, view point, view bend, victoria, exchange, american, arcade, belfast, all nations, union, united kingdom, union jack, westend, washington, waterloo, wellington, whitehorse, wheat sheaf, yorkshire, niagra, noahs ark

Two-page document with location map. The Fortuna Hustlers Gold mine was located close to the railway goods shed (Discovery Centre location) in an area occupied by Buckell and Jeffrey's office and yards. (now carpark of Marketplace shopping centre). It commenced operation in August 1888 and closed in December 1913.The depth of the shaft was 2,240ft. Features of the plant described are: the winding engine, the air compressor, boilers, baling tanks, poppet legs, engine house. The winding engine later worked at the Tambour Major at Specimen Hill; Birds Reef at Kangaroo Flat, Hercules No. 1 on top of Danger Hill and the North Virginia mine at Eaglehawk.bendigo, mining, fortuna hustlers mine

Black and white photograph of mine site. Metal poppet head in centre, engine room buildings on LH side. Brick chimney extreme left. Large mullock/sand heap on RH side. Mine dam in foreground, three geese floating in water. In front of poppet head, horse drawn wooden cartbendigo, mining, hercules and energetic mine

Handwritten document (15 pages) with two page blue document appended at back. On front of handwritten document : specifications for machinery and ironwork engineer and ironfounder for building plant for the Hercules & Energetic Goldmining Comp., Sandhurst. The contractor is to supply and deliver on the claim of the above Company the following machinery &c - and to get proper receipts for same from the Contractor for the erection of plant. Areas in specifications include: repairs to engine and boiler set-up & c., safety valve, whistle, cylinder, stop valve, piston, eccentric, crank shaft, feed pump & eccentric, flywheel very extensive descriptions of all areas, some with diagrams. Appended to back of document Ironfounders general conditions of contract work required in the making and delivery on the claim machinery &c for a winding plant for the Hercules & |Energetic Co., Drawings prepared by Wm Middleton, Engineer, Sandhurst. Agreement entered into this twelfth day of October, 1878, by and between Messrs Mitchell & Osborne and Hercules and Energetic GMC. Signed by Mitchell & Osborne, per ? Dobson., Wm Middleton ?.bendigo, mining, hercules & energetic mine

Blue A3 document (2 pages) with handwritten specifications attached (15 pages) On front, General Conditions of Contract for 'erection of a steam engine and winding gear for The Hercules & Energetic Co. Prepared by Wm Middleton, Engineer, Sandhurst. Handwritten document is specifications for carpenters work and erection &c of steam engine, boiling fittings and machinery for the Hercules & Energetic Goldmining Company Sandhurst. Specifications include details for boiler setup, engine bed, winding gear bed, soleplates, steam pipes, water elevator and piping, winding gear buildings, windows, rope rollers, flooring poppet heads.bendigo, mining, hercules & energetic mine

Handwritten document, outlining 'specifications to bricklayers and stonemasons work required for the erection of Steam Engine, Boiler and Winding Gear for the Hercules and Energetic Goldmining Company, Sandhurst' Sections consist of details for excavation for engine and foundations, masonry, brickwork chimney, excavations for boiler seating, firing floor, firing boiler brickwork engine bed, winding gear, mortar and cement, seating of boiler. Document is dated Mar 12, 1870. Attached to the document is a blue printed 'General Conditions of Contract' document, handwritten on top 'Bricklayers' Drawings by Wm. Middleton, engineer. See 8300.14.Drawings by, Wm Middleton, Engineer Sandhursts.bendigo, buildings, fortuna villa, william middleton, hercules and energetic gold mine

Handwritten notes mentioning the type of engine in the Comet, Langdon, Victoria Proprietory, Hercules & Energetic, Virginia, Princess Dagmar, Kochs, Johnsons No 2, Shenandoah and the Nell Gwynne Mines.document, mining reports, mining engines, comet, langdon, victoria proprietory, hercules & energetic, virginia, princess dagmar, kochs, johnsons no 2, shenandoah, nell gwynne, geo bryenton

Handwritten notes and drawings of mines in Bendigo. Notes contain measurements of pulley wheels, poppet legs, engine houses, chimney and buildings. Mines mentioned are: True Blue Mine, Little 180, Alliance, East Clarence, North Virginia, Ironbark, Ironbark (Sheepshead), Hercules, Stanfield, Hercules No 1, Central Nell Gwynne, North Nell Gwynne, North Deborah, New Chum Syncline, Deborah, True Blue. Notes written by Albert Richardson. Reference A E Kennedy.gold mines, bendigo mines, notes on bendigo mines, a e kennedy, true blue mine, little 180, alliance mine, east clarence, north virginia, ironbark, ironbark (sheepshead), hercules, stanfield, hercules no 1, central nell gwynne, north nell gwynne, north deborah, new chum syncline, new south red white & blue, deborah mine, r g doble, windmill hill mine, true blue, lansell's little 180, south virginia

Four copies, 1 hand written and 3 typed copies of notes on the Fortuna Hustlers Mine. Notes include depth of shaft, size of lease, locality, plant, other mines where the winding engine worked, prominence, best reefs, total production. References: Mines Dept Special Edition 'Australian Mining Standard' 1/6/1899; Mines Dept Booklet 'Bendigo Goldfield' Geo Brown 1936; Mines Dept Booklet No 33 H. Herman 1914; 'Annals of Bendigo' (Mining Sections, From 1888 - 1913): A. Richardson.mine, gold, fortuna hustlers, fortuna hustlers, hustlers line of reef, railway goods sheds, buckell & jeffrey's, roberts & sons, tambour major, birds reef, hercules no 1, north virginia mine, gold production & dividends, australian mining standard (special edition) 1/6/1899, mines dept booklet 'bendigo goldfields' 1936, mines dept bulletin no 33, h herman 1914, annals of bendigo mining section 1888 - 1913, a richardson

Slide. Hercules and Energetic Mine, Long Gully. Poppet head, chimney stack, mullock heaps, wood stack, engine house and boiler. Large dam in foreground with ducks and geese .No. 11 on bottom of slidemine, gold, unknown mine., bendigo mines-jack hattam collection