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The Beechworth Burke MuseumGeological specimen - Oil shale
This particular specimen is found in Wolgan Valley, New South Wales. It could be linked to the abandoned oil shale mining sites in Wolgan Valley such as Newnes. Newnes was an industrial complex operational in the early 20th century is now partly surrounded by Wollemi National Park. It produced motor spirit, kerosene, and gas oil. Newnes's Torbanite oil shale rock contained around 350 litres of oil shale per tonne. The Torbanite was mined by the Commonwealth Oil Corporation Ltd. Oil shale is a sedimentary rock and also a form of fossil fuel. It is often formed millions of years ago and usually contain fossilised remains of plants and/or animals. Oil shale is rich in kerogen that releases hydrocarbon when heated. These hydrocarbon can be used as an alternative petroleum or natural gas. The oil-shale rock was converted into oil by "destructive distillation"; the rock being heated until it broke down to form an oily vapour and an ash residue. Oil bearing shale is one of Australia's national assets. There are many oil companies established in Australia. It reflects Australia's rich natural resources as well as connection to the Australia's engineering and oil industry. The booming oil shale extraction businesses can be traced as far back as 1920s. This specimen is part of a larger collection of geological and mineral specimens collected from around Australia (and some parts of the world) and donated to the Burke Museum between 1868-1880. A large percentage of these specimens were collected in Victoria as part of the Geological Survey of Victoria that begun in 1852 (in response to the Gold Rush) to study and map the geology of Victoria. Collecting geological specimens was an important part of mapping and understanding the scientific makeup of the earth. Many of these specimens were sent to research and collecting organisations across Australia, including the Burke Museum, to educate and encourage further study.Piece of dark gray oil bearing shale with shades of light brown and fossilised leavesExisting label: OIL BEARING SHALE with / FOSSILISED LEAVES / Locality: Wongan Valley, NSW / Donor: Miss M. Cambell geological specimen, geology, geology collection, burke museum, beechworth, oil shale, shale, fossil fuels, alfred selwyn, wolgen valley, 1868 geological survey of victoria, rocks, sedimentary rocks, newnes, torbanite, commonwealth oil corporation ltd -
The Beechworth Burke MuseumPhotograph, unknown
This reproduced photograph is of Pennyweight Flat near Beechworth, a notable area of the 1850's gold rush in Victoria. Donald Fletcher, migrating to Beechworth from Scotland in 1855, had substantial claims at Pennyweight Flat and was amongst the first in the district to utilise hydraulic sluicing and water diverting methods.The flat is said to have seen a flurry of 200 miners to the area around 1857, and by 1861 when work commenced on extending Fletcher's tail race the census recorded 644 people residing there (European males, females and Chinese). Pennyweight Flat is also significant for the cemetery that resides on the hilltop and which noted approximately 200 burials from the gold rush period 1852-1857, known for a long period as a children's cemetery due to the number of children's graves present.The search for gold is ingrained into the history of Victoria and therefore, images like this one which portray an open cut sluicing site can reveal important information for society and technology for the date when the photograph was taken. This image is of important historical significance for its ability to convey information about sluicing and the methods used to find gold in 1910. It also shows a location where sluicing was undertaken which provides insight into the impact of sluicing on the environment at a time when it was done. This image is important for current research into the history of Beechworth and surrounding area including Victoria's North East. The Rocky Mountain Extended Gold Sluicing Company was a long running and very active mine that was one of the most successful and largest in the district. Therefore, this image has the capacity to be beneficial for research into society and the motivations of those living and working in this region during this period and therefore, has social significance. The Beechworth Burke Museum has additional images relating to gold sluicing which can be analysed and studied alongside images like this one. When the mine closed in 1921, in a liquidation sale, Zwar purchased the tunnel and clear water supply that ran under the town of Beechworth. He directed the water to his tannery and over time built a major industry in leather works that was a major employer in Beechworth. In growing his leather business, Zwar installed crude oil engines for electricity in his factory. He oversaw working with local council to introduce electricity to Beechworth via a sub-station on Albert Street. In 1927 Electric street lamps replaced gas lamps in the streets of Beechworth. Black and white rectangular reproduced photograph printed on glossy photographic paperObverse: Reverse: 84.222.5/ digital print/ rocky mountain extended gold sluicing company, gold, sluicing, gold sluicing, hydraulic sluicing, gold mine, open cut mining, mining, gold mining, north-east victoria, beechworth, burke museum -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageDomestic object - Lamp, Valor Co. Ltd, 1920-1936
This trade mark (V inside a clover) was German. It was used by the lamp makers Veritas Efsca Works in Birmingham, and for a time by Valor Co. Ltd. which took over Veritas. Valor Co. Ltd. was established in Birmingham in 1890 and produced oil containers for the Anglo-American Oil Com. In 1901 the firm advertised themselves as Stampers And Pieces. Later it was named 'The Valor Co. and was associated with the Aston Brass Co., and advertised as makers of oil lamps and stoves. Valor became a maker of oil heaters cookers and many other products that were fueled by oil. Later it sold gas heaters and ovens. In 1936 Valor Co. Ltd. was made a Public Company and operated under the name The Velor Company Ltd. The company changed names over the years and it was still operating under Velor Fires in January 2002.Oil or kerosene lamps were the means of lighting for homes, farms and industry in the late 19th and early-to-mid 20th centuries. Lamps like these were important as Lighthouse Keepers and Assistant Keepers' equipment. They were in common use in until the lighting was powered by gas and electricity. The reflector at the back of the lamp makes it of greater significance as most lamps don't have this feature. The logo is also interesting as it originated in Germany and was used with permission by a British company and the company that brought it out for a short time. Similar lamps are still available today, usually with gas for fuel. Kerosene lamp; blue painted metal fuel can and metal rear reflector support. and a round corrugated reflector at the rear. The mid-section wick is made of brass. The glass cover or chimney is bulbous in shape. Inscriptions include a trademark "V" inside a clover. It is British-made in Birmingham by either Veritas Efsca Works or Veritas Valor.Trademark; "[clover symbol] surrounding a "V" Stamp: "BRITISH MADE" Marked on adjusting device: "English Made 1 in w" Marked on support of deflector shield - "British Made" and symbolwarrnambool, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum, flagstaff hill maritime village, oil lamp, table lamp, kerosene lamp, valor co. ltd, v inside a clover, veritas, british made, lamp reflector, lighting, lamp, the valor company ltd -
Federation University Historical CollectionBook, New York Post, The School of Mine Quarterly: A Journal of Applied Science, 1889-1809
The School of Mines Quarterly was a jpournal of Applied Science from Columbia College, New York City.The Index to the School of Mines Quarterlu Volumes X1-XX (1900) and 32 green covered journals school of mines, new york, columbia college, schools of mines, columbia school of mines, witwatersrand goldfield, inter-continental railway, mine ropes, harbor improvememnts on the pacific coast, glycerine and artificial butter industry, transit factors for teh columbia college observatory, tables for the reducation of transit observations, ancienct methods for dividing and recoording time in japan, assay of tin, john strong newberry, standards of linnear measure, comparison of costs of electric lighting, huanchaca mine bolivia, el callao gold mine venezuela, john magnus adams, ores in saxony, hartz and rhenish prussia, hofmann apparatus, adjustment of trangulation, determination of carbonic acid in white lead, lower coals in western clearfield county pennsylvania, old telegraph mine ningham canon utah, mechanical preparation of ores, modern waterworks construction, curdling of milk, french regenerative gas furnace, irrication canals, peruvian salt mine, collection of metallurgic dust and fume, permeability of iron and steel, assay of silver, explosion in a zinc fume condenser, teaching archtectural history, liquid air, between the mine and the smelter, ballistic galvonometer, assay of telluride ores, analytical chemistry, theory and design of the masonry arch, silver pick mine wilson colorado, telegraphy and telephoney, mineralogy, morse code, michigan mining practices, titaniferous magnetites, paradox of the pantheon, rocks from wyoming, witwatersrand goldfields, gaseous sun, alternating current distribution, engineering tests on direct current electrical machinery, thomas egleston, ore dressing, frederick morgan watson, camp bird gold mine and mills, magnetic properties of iron and steel, morphology of organic compounds, antimony, structure of the starch molecule, cerrillos hills new mexico, geology, rossie lead veins, practical electrochemistry, lines of graphic statics, anistic acid by the ozidation of anniseed oil, bromate method for antimony, john krom rees, trust company of america building, helion lamp, frederick arthur goetze, mine surveying, pine wood oils, malleable cast iron, electrolytic treatment of galena, turpentine and pine oils, bluestone, ashokan dam bluestone, road resistances, oxy-gas blowtorch, mine dumps, segregation of steel ingots, masonry dam formulas, putnam county magnetic belts, gases, continuity of education, hydraulic diagrams, standardistion of potassium permanganate, sewerage discharge into sea water, modern waterworks, true column formula, slags from lead furnaces, missouri river, tempreture of gases, rocks, architectural history, modern dome, oil machine, undulations in railway tracks, irrigation engineering, cleps-tachymeters, electrical engineering, new york shales, fan pump, sucrose, isaac newton, french school of anstronomers, electrolytic polarization, benjamin bowden lawrence, diamond drilling, new york ciy water front, engineering profession ethics -
Offshore & Specialist Ships AustraliaPhotograph - Photos AHTS Vessel Lady Elizabeth building
B&W Photos of Building AHTS vessel Lady Elizabeth at ASI shipbuilders WA.Photo Captions. Australian Offshore Services, part of the Energy Services Division of P&O Australia Ltd. recently placed an order for a new anchor—handling supply vessel to be built by Australian Shipbuilding Industries (WA) Pty. Ltd. at Cockbum Sound, W.A. The 2,650 tonnes displacement ship will be the largest 111' the A.O.S. fleet and the first built for the Company in W.A. Delivery is scheduled for September 1982, after which the ship will join other units of the A.O.S. fleet serving 011 and gas projects in Bass Strait and off the W.A. coast. PRINCIPAL DIMENSIONS: Length, overall 66.30 metres 14.15 " 5.65 H Beam Depth A new oil rig supply vessel for Australian Offshore Services, part of the Energy Services Division of P&O Australia Ltd. is due to be launched on September 9 at the Australian Shipbuilding Industries shipyard at South Coogee (W.A.). The ship will be named Lady Elizabeth by Ms Anne Elizabeth Blanckensee, wife of Mr Alan Blanckensee, a Director of P&O Australia Ltd. A.O.S. operates a large fleet of supply Vessels which support oil and gas exploration projects off the W.A. and Victorian coasts and LADY ELIZABETH will be the 14th ship built in Australia for the Company in the last 14 years. LADY ELIZABETH (2,650 tonnes displacement) is 66.30 metres in length, 14.15 metres beam and 5.65 metres moulded depth. She Will be powered by four Daihatsu engines developlng a combined total of 7,200 b.h.p. After the ceremony, the vessel's fitting out will continue and she is expected to enter service in October, under the Command of Captain G.D. Mellor of Thornlie, W.A. -
Lakes Entrance Historical SocietyPhotograph - Bunga Oil Bore, 1932 c
... Oil and Gas Industry.... Historic Site Oil and Gas Industry Sepia photograph of the site ...Photos taken prior to site being cleared of oil workings.Sepia photograph of the site of an early oil bore, identified as the Bunga Bore, has water tank on wagon with steel wheel. Lakes Entrance Victoriahistoric site, oil and gas industry -
Lakes Entrance Historical SocietyPhotograph - Bunga No.1 Oil Bore
... Oil and Gas Industry... Site Oil and Gas Industry Colour photograph of the sign ...Seven other colour photographs very similar, before and after the bore was decommissioned and plugged 1996.Colour photograph of the sign at the Bunga Oil Bore site, on old Lake Tyers Road, near Lakes Entrance, Victoria.historic site, oil and gas industry -
Lakes Entrance Historical SocietyPhotograph - Bunga No.1 Oil Bore, 1924
... Oil and Gas Industry.... Historic Site Oil and Gas Industry The First Oil Well Lake Bunga ...First show of oil plus gas and water 25th July 1924.Sepia toned photograph of the crowd of people gathered at the Lake Bunga No. 1 oil Bore to observe the spudding-in ceremony. Lakes Entrance VictoriaThe First Oil Well Lake Bunga 1924 - State Library of Victoria, LaTrobe Collectionhistoric site, oil and gas industry -
Lakes Entrance Historical SocietyPhotograph - Oil Rig, 2000 c
... Oil and Gas Industry.... Waterways Oil and Gas Industry Colour photograph of an oil rig ...Second photograph of a trade vessel at the oil rig.Colour photograph of an oil rig in Bass Strait. Port Albert Victoriawaterways, oil and gas industry -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Book, Le Cheminant, Marion and Webb, Gwen, Gippsland and Shipping 1770-1970, 1981
... Oil and Gas Industry...Waterways Fishing Industry Ships and Shipping Oil and Gas ...A concise history of Gippsland, Victoria, listing significant development chronologically, with a short explanation of major events.waterways, fishing industry, ships and shipping, oil and gas industry -
Lakes Entrance Historical SocietyPhotograph, Jack Gunn, 1930c
... Oil and Gas Industry... at Myer Street Lakes Entrance Victoria Genealogy Oil and Gas ...Jack Gunn in front of Syd and Frances Allen's flower garden at Myer Street Lakes Entrance VictoriaBlack and white photograph of four young girls with oil company employee genealogy, oil and gas industry -
Lakes Entrance Historical SocietyPhotograph, Bulmer, Oil rig on a property at Lakes Entrance Victoria, 1940 c
... Oil and Gas Industry... Engineering Oil and Gas Industry An Oil Well Lakes Entrance Black ...thought to be on the Fosters property c1940Black and white photograph of a postcard showing an oil rig on a property Lakes Entrance VictoriaAn Oil Well Lakes Entrancecivil engineering, oil and gas industry -
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Book, Enever, Jim, Journal of Australian Mining History Vol 8, 2010
... Oil and Gas Industry...Oil and Gas Industry World War 1939 - 1945 A comprehensive ...A comprehensive report of the exploration and production of oil in the Lakes Entrance, East Gippsland basin, in particular the Lakes Entrance oil shaft.oil and gas industry, world war 1939 - 1945 -
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Book, Australian Broadcasting Commission, Bass Strait Frontier, 1974
... Oil and Gas Industry...Township Aboriginals Oil and Gas Industry Shipwrecks ...A compilation of eleven talks originally broadcast on ABC Radio, presenting many aspects of the past present and future of Bass Strait.township, aboriginals, oil and gas industry, shipwrecks -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Book, Wilkinson, Rick, Where God Never Trod Australian Oil Exploration, 2000
... Oil and Gas Industry...Oil and Gas Industry Donated to the Lakes Entrance ...Australia's oil explorers across two centuries. A well researched and comprehensive history of the challenges and eventual successes of individuals and companies involved in oil exploration in Australia and Papua New Guinea. Indexed.Donated to the Lakes Entrance Historical Society from Lakes Oiloil and gas industry -
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Book, LERHS, Boole Poole Metung, 2015c
... Oil and Gas Industry...Aboriginals Schools Settlers Oil and Gas Industry ...Information on the history of Metung Rotamah Island and Boole Poole on the Gippsland Lakes Victoriaaboriginals, schools, settlers, oil and gas industry -
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Book, M Holding, Inquest Mining Accidents, 2010
... Oil and Gas Industry...Mines and Mining Oil and Gas Industry Construction A folder ...A folder containing inquests inquiries into accidental deaths associated with various types of mining. James Roadknight taking rocks from Granite Rock for entrance works, Francis William Robinson delivering supplies to oil bure and Thomas Douglas Hollingsmines and mining, oil and gas industry, construction -
Lakes Entrance Historical SocietyPhotograph - Oil industry, H P Bulmer, 1945c
... Oil and Gas Industry... Entrance 150 years display held in October 2008 People Oil and Gas ...Other number 03726.1 This photograph was used in Lakes Entrance 150 years display held in October 2008Black and white photograph of six Oil workers Keith Scarce and Neil Smith identified at the rear of St Rosieres 1930 where they had their meals, Lakes Entrance Victoriapeople, oil and gas industry -
Lakes Entrance Historical SocietyPhotograph - Visit to Bunga Oil Bore, 1995
... Oil and Gas Industry... Association, and worked on beautification of the area. Oil and Gas ...Jack Whelan built replica rig, Lake Tyers Beach Progress Association, and worked on beautification of the area.Black and white photograph of group of people on bus tour, looking at the Bunga Oil Bore, old Lake Tyers Road, near Lakes Entrance ,Victoria.oil and gas industry -
Lakes Entrance Historical SocietyPhotograph - Lady Penelope towing disabled yacht Moga in Bass Strait, East Gippsland Newspaper, 1/11/1990 12:00:00 AM
... Oil and Gas Industry...Boats and Boating Oil and Gas Industry Black and white ...Black and white photograph showing the Esso work boat Lady Penelope towing disabled yacht Moga in Bass Strait. Also a second black and white photograph of vessel 04821.1 7 x 11 cmboats and boating, oil and gas industry -
Lakes Entrance Historical SocietyPhotograph - Kurnai Tide, 1/06/1990 12:00:00 AM
... Oil and Gas Industry...Fishing Industry Oil and Gas Industry Boats and Boating ...Colour photograph of the Esso oil rig supply vessel Kurnai Tide at Eastern Wharf prior to the official launch and unveiling of commemorative plaque by dignitaries from government, Esso and Koorie Elders at Lakes Entrance Victoria. Also one colour photograph taken before unveiling and two taken afterwards 04818.1, .2 and .3 10 x 15 cm fishing industry, oil and gas industry, boats and boating -
Lakes Entrance Historical SocietyPhotograph - Kurnai Tide based, Lakes Entrance Victoria, Lakes Post Newspaper, 1/12/1994 12:00:00 AM
... Oil and Gas Industry...Aboriginals Boats and Boating Oil and Gas Industry Black ...Black and white photograph showing Esso's SE Training Officer Sam Peluso with Kurnai Tide crew Lance Dostine, Bob Sanger, Geoffrey deWarsop, Michael Catania, Karen Loughborough, Chris Finley Superviser after safety award for three years injury free. Esso Oil rig supply boat Kurnai Tide based at Lakes Entrance Victoriaaboriginals, boats and boating, oil and gas industry -
Lakes Entrance Historical SocietyPhotograph - Oil industry, 1945 c
... Oil and Gas Industry...05324.1 and .2 Oil and Gas Industry Three black and white ...05324.1 and .2Three black and white photographs of settling tanks at Lakes Oil Company facility Lakes Entrance Victoriaoil and gas industry -
Lakes Entrance Historical SocietyPhotograph - Oil Industry, H D Bulmer, 1945
... Oil and Gas Industry... 05322.1, .2, .3, .4, .5, .6 All 17 x 17 cm Oil and Gas Industry ...Also six black and white photographs showing activities and machinery in workroom of Lakes Oil Limited deep shaft Lakes Entrance 05322.1, .2, .3, .4, .5, .6 All 17 x 17 cmBlack and white photograph showing Mr Demaine Manager Director of Lakes Oil Limited with his hand in the oil flow with four workmen in the workrooms of the oil shaft. Plus six black and white photographs of operations at same oil well site Lakes Entrance Victoriaoil and gas industry -
Lakes Entrance Historical SocietyPhotograph - Oil industry, H D Bulmer, 1945
... Oil and Gas Industry... 16.5 x 16.5 Machinery Oil and Gas Industry Black and white ...Also black and white photograph showing workmen seated in a small open cabin which appears to be a control centre for working part of the machinery at the deep shaft oil well 05321 .1 16.5 x 16.5Black and white photograph showing two workmen standing in the liftcage prepared to descend to the deep shaft oil well at Lakes Entrance Victoriamachinery, oil and gas industry -
Lakes Entrance Historical SocietyPhotograph - Oil Industry, Bulmer, 1945 c
... Oil and Gas Industry...Oil and Gas Industry Black and white photograph showing ...Black and white photograph showing a workman, believed to be foreman of deep shaft operations, shaking hands with officials of Lakes Oil Limited company at Lakes Entrance Victoriaoil and gas industry -
Lakes Entrance Historical SocietyPhotograph, Jack Donnelly, Esso Supply boat Makaira at Lakes Entrance Victoria, 1980 c
... Oil and Gas Industry...Oil and Gas Industry Boats and Boating Bass Strait Colour ...Colour photograph of Esso Supply boat Makaira at Lakes Entrance Victoriaoil and gas industry, boats and boating, bass strait -
Lakes Entrance Historical SocietyPhotograph, Kevin Patterson, Supply boat Kurnai, Lakes Entrance Victoria, 1993
... Oil and Gas Industry...Oil and Gas Industry Boats and Boating Bass Strait Colour ...Colour photograph of supply boat Kurnai Tide returning to Lakes Entrance Victoriaoil and gas industry, boats and boating, bass strait -
Lakes Entrance Historical SocietyPhotograph, Jack Donnelly, Oil drilling platform, Bass Strait, 1975 c
... Oil and Gas Industry...Oil and Gas Industry Engineering Bass Strait Colour ...Colour photograph on board a drilling platform in Bass Straitoil and gas industry, engineering, bass strait -
Lakes Entrance Historical SocietyPhotograph, Esso Supply boat Pacific Commander, Bass Strait, 1985 c
... Oil and Gas Industry...Oil and Gas Industry Boats and Boating Social History Bass ...Colour photograph of Esso Supply boat Pacific Commander anchored in Bass Strait.oil and gas industry, boats and boating, social history, bass strait
