Seven men were killed at the Great Extended Hustler's mine disaster on 2nd May 1914 by an explosion of dynamite occurring as the men were waiting at the plat to ascend the mine at the end of their shift. No blame was attached to anyone in the findings of the inquisition. It was unknown what caused the dynamite to explode. Two page typed document script for Thomas Hustler role play used in the commemoration of Great Extended Hustler's mine accident, 2014. Two verses from 'The Roaring Days' on end of script. great extended hustlers, goldmining, accident, quartz, mining

Gold stick pin, gold nugget attached to top. Possibly used as tie/cravat or lapel pin. Gold nugget has black section - black mineral unknown. Donated by Harris family estate, Axedale.costume accessories, jewellery, gold tie pin, jonathan harris was the founder of gold on the hustler's hill. he sold his claim to thomas hustler in 1853.

BHS CollectionNine typed pages of notes on a preliminary draft for a brochure on the Bendigo Diggings. First part is the objective which is to preserve the mining history and to have exhibits in the places they were used, e.g. quartz mining machinery exhibited in a quartz mining area, not on an alluvial field. Part B is historical notes on the area. Part C is the Site - Victoria Hill area. Part D is Stage One which consists of carpark area, technological museum, restaurant, mineral haulage line, picnic ground, earthworks and planting over the area. Part E is Stage Two which will consist of the open-air exhibits, in the area surrounded by the mineral haulage line, and the Central Nell Gwynne mine on the west side of the site. Part F is Stage Three which will consist of the winery, the steam tram track, the lake, the wildlife sanctuary and various buildings associated with gold mining. Part G is Costing with the prices to be filled in. Parts H and I are the Appeal and the Committee. Details to be filled in. Notes prepared by Albert Richardson.mining, marketing, victoria hill, victoria hill, the bendigo diggings - preliminary draft for brochure, aust national travel association, tullamarine jetport, emu bottom homestead, kyneton historical museum, chinese joss house, eaglehawk museum, whipstick scrub, cairn curran reservoir, castelmaine historical museum and market hall, national trust, ballarat hiatorical park, echuca's hopwood gardens, swan hill folk museum, gibson's mount alexander no 2 squatting run, captain brown, chief commissioner wright, hustler's reef, thomas hustler, mining board, drainage of reefs act 1862, first world war, bendigo amalgamated goldfields, second world war, sandhurst, w c vahland, battery trams, horse trams, steam trams, electric trams, central nell gwynne mine, theodore ballerstadt, george lansell, new chum hill, ballerstadt's open cut, 180 mine, new chum syncline battery, william rae, victoria quartz, wittscheibe's 'jeweller's shop', luffsman and sterry, gold mines hotel, adventure, bendigo and district tourist association, bendigo city council, bendigo branch of the royal historical society of victoria, professor brian lewis, school of architecture and building at the university of melbourne, taylor horsfield, lord robert cecil, south australian gold commissioner

Named after Thomas Hustler who purchased the lease in 1854. It was an opencut mine at this stage and Hustler patented a quartz crushing machine. HE later sold the mine to the Hustlers Reef Mining and drainage Co. and by 1865 the Great Extended Hustler's was operating 31 levels at a depth of 1053meters. The mine ceased operation in 1921.A4 copy of an original photograph, sepia toned print. View of hustler's Mine facing Barnard Street, Bendigohustler's, barnard street, james brierley

Correspondence to BHS re Crocker family - lived in Bendigo 1869 - 1912. Manager - Hustlers Reef mine. Reply from BHS: ''1891 - Mr Crocker was a member of the Mining Board''. A bracketed comment makes reference that the Mr. Crocker referred to in this letter may not have been the to which you refer. The reply make reference to a Mr. Crocke who attended the opening service of the Wesleyan School-house, situated at View Point Sandhurst.person, individual, crocker family, james thomas croker, king edwards, hustlers reef mine, mining board, wesleyan school-house, view point sandhurst.

One hand written and three typed copies of notes on the Great Extended Hustlers Mine. Notes include locality, plant, early history, Prominent and Leading, Dividends and Yield, Bendigo's Worst Mining Accident, and a note of where the poppet legs were taken. Ref: Mines Dept Booklet 'Bendigo Goldfields 1936, Mines Dept Annual and Quarterly Reports, Mines Dept Bulletin 33 H Herman 1914, Annals of Bendigo Mining Sections 1870 - 1925, A Richardson,mine, gold, great extended hustlers., great extended hustlers mine, notes on the great extended hustlers mine, bendigo's worst mining accident, herbert thomas, walter blair, william ryan, george forster, john campbell, leslie martin, frederick chinn, wattle gully gold mine at chewton

Hand drawn map on beige paper where an explosion occurred in the mine killing seven men. They were Blair, Ryan, Forster, Thomas, Campbell, Martin and Chinn. Map shows where the men were, how far from the point of explosion.mine, gold, great extended hustlers., great extended hustlers mine, map where explosion occurred, blair, ryan, forster, thomas, campbell, martin, chinn

Illuminated address presented to Thomas Weekley mine manager of The Great Extended Hustlers Mine Bendigo 14th November 1895, on his departure from the mine to take up a position in Coolgardie. Brown timber frame with gold borders and decorated with colourful flowers and foliage.person, mining, thomas weekley

Documents: folder contains documents - Lease No. 8769 Castlemaine, No. 8770 Castlemaine, application for lease - Thomas Thomson - Wattle Gully Extended, prospectus - of the South Frederick the Great Company, prospectus - North Hustlers Lease No. 9077 Castlemaine, draft prospectus for Central Wattle Gully Company, shares listing, report on Chewton Goldfield 1937, prospectus - Lansells Concord, Maxwell Consolidated Central Napoleon.MCCOLL RANKIN AND STANSISTREETorganization, business, gold mining - legal, mccoll rankin and stansistreet, central white gully

Handwritten notes on Bendigo Mines. Notes include area of lease, yards along the reef, depth, dividends, main shafts within one mile of Bendigo Station and shafts made safe by the Mines Dept. Mines mentioned are: South New Moon, Carlisle, Nth Garden Gully, Passby, Old Carlisle,Kentish, Central Garden Gully, Golden Fleece, Garden Gully United, Big Blue, Union Co, Red, White & Blue, New Chum Railway, Unity, Cornish, Catherine Reef United, Garden Gully United, Gt Extended Hustlers, Gt Northern, Lady Barkly, New Moon, South St Mungo, Virginia and Victoria Quartz, Document from Albert Richardson Collection of mining history.document, gold, notes on bendigo mines, notes on bendigo mines, south new moon, carlisle, nth garden gully, passby, old carlisle, kentish, central garden gully, golden fleece, garden gully united, big blue, union co, red, white & blue, new chum railway, unity, cornish, catherine reef united, garden gully united, gt extended hustlers, gt northern, lady barkly, new moon, south st mungo, virginia, victoria quartz, graham, tenby and ashman, mr j b watson, geo lansell, mines dept, d e thomas

Handwritten list by Albert Richardson, with typed copy of same, of some Bendigo Mines and their Legal Managers, as at September 30th, 1906. Document is part of the Albert Richardson Collection. document, gold, miner's right, mining reports, list of legal managers, j h craig, j h mccoll, g a petrie, h birch, b crofts, h y north, h kirkwood, s h mcgowan, g j keogh, c moore, w g blackham, w b walker, j humming, g h green, catherine reef united, carlisle, clarence united, central ellesmere, collman & tacchi, confidence extended, cornish united, daly & westons, don, ellenborough, extended southdevonshire, eureka, fortuna hustlers, fosterville, garden gully united, g g consolidated, garibaldi, great southern, great northern, great extended hustlers, great columbian, great central victoria, golden age, golden pyke, goldfields north, goldfields consolidated, hercules & energetic, hustlers reef, hustlers reef no 1, hustler's royal reserve, ironbark, johnson's reef, johnsons extended, koch's pioneer, lancashire, lazarus new chum, lady barkly, lightning hill, mcduff amalgamated, morning star, new chum consolidated, new chum railway, new chum & victoria, new red white & blue consolidated, new hopeful, new st mungo, new argus, new moon, new prince of wales, north lady brassey, new victoria catherine, new chum goldfields north new moon, north argus, north johnsons, pearl, princess dagmar, phoenix, railway prince of wales, shamrock, st mungo, sadowa, sea, stewart's united specimen's hill, south st mungo, south new moon, south devonshire, suffolk united, south prince of wales, spring gully junction, true blue, thomas united, united devonshire, unity, united hustlers & redan, united ulster, victoria consols, victoria reef quartz, victory and pandora, virginia, victoria proprietory, williams united

BHS Collection12 photocopied pages. Page four has acknowledgements, Page five mentions Pen-Portraist by Raly Wallace and Kevin Vallence, Page 14 mentions some rich areas: White Hills, Red Hill (now Virginia Hill), Eaglehawk, Golden Gully, New Chum Gully, Long Gully, Spring Gully, Derwent Gully, California Gully, Sailors Gully and Peg Leg Gully. There are two sketches on the page: Windless, by W. Ralston, Australasian Sketcher 20/12/1879 (D O'Hoy Collection) and a sketch of some miners in a tent with some mining equipment in front of it. There are two men in front of a fire at the front of the tent. Page 16 has a sketch of an old brick house with iron lace on the veranda and a picket fence at the front. Page 17 mentions the school and some Friendly Societies and Church. Page 22 mentions Quartz Mining. There is a Lithograph of a Quartz outcrop, New Chum Gully 1852 by George Rowe and a View of Surface Workings 1861, a Batchelder Photo. Page 23 mentions Edward Nucella Emmett, a pioneer gold digger who became involved in many important public issues. Page 25 mentions Company Mining and Crushing. It has a sketch of a Primitive Quart Crusher. Page 37 Mentions Richard Pope, a Miner who tramped from job to job in Bendigo and eventually followed the rush to Broken Hill. Page 38 mentions the Eaglehawk Brass Band and Friendly Societies in Eaglehawk. Page 39 is headed Miner's Cottage. It mentions stone miners' cottages. Page 40 has a sketch of a Georgian Style Sandstone Cottage Harvey Town. Page 41 mentions men sweeping the road to get gold, Bull Family grocery shop and a blacksmith. Page 42 is headed St. Augustine's. Page 43 has a sketch of St. Augustine's Church. Page 59 is headed Bendigo Amalgamated Goldfields (B.A.G.) Edward Clarence Dyason was largely behind a new company set up in 1917 to work the Bendigo field in an entirely new way. (B.A.G.) wished to take over all existing mining companies, and place them under a single management structure.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - some historical information, mr l hooley, mr l bennetts, mr w watson, mr w heraud, mr d m davies, mr w perry, mr h harvey, mr a llewellyn, mr e oates, chook temple by mr alan llewellyn, mr f cusack, tracey ipsen, ray wallace, bendigo field naturalists' club, eaglehawk tree lovers' society, bendigo historical society, university of melbourne, kevin vallence, monash university, bendigo technical college, south australian writer's fellowship, windlass, w ralston, australasian sketcher 20.12.1879, d o'hoy, mechanics institute, california gully school, bell topper hill, i.o.r. (rechabites), cobden tent, refuge tent, sutton tent, m.u.i.o.o.f.'s loyal darling, bible christian church, california hill wesleyan methodist church, saint jude's anglican church, quartz mining, e n emmett, jonathan harris, haris' claim, j hustler, george rowe, batchelder, la trobe library, cave, amos, new chum line of reef, edward nucella emmett, bendigo city council, all saints, william westgarth, latham and watson, hustler's line of reef, bell and irons, ballerstedt and son, young and company, nicholas and bassit, ensor, thomas carpenter, quartz crusher, goldfields and mineral districts of victoria, richard pope, daniel webster mine, isaac dyason, old chum mine, north old chum mine, young chum mine, george lansell, lazarus, silicosis of the lungs, eaglehawk brass band, victoria hotel, mr williams, eaglehawk branch of the australian natives association, loyal catherine lodge, mr james, odd fellows in the loyal catherine lodge branch no 4935, richard harvey, thomas harvey, moonta copper mines, harvey town, national trust of australia, eaglehawk tree lovers society, saint mungo's methodist church, clark's beehive battery, world war 1, kee-young, lady barkly hotel, prankhurst, bull family, cousin jack, st augustine's, myers, nicholls, john o'brien, around the boree log, the rev dean hayes, st kilian's, bendigo amalgamated goldfields (b.a.g.), edward clarence dyason, r h s abbott, hercules and energetic, south new moon, new chum goldfields, central red white and blue consolidated, brown john, the life and times of long gully, bendigo press, val white, megan snoop

Seven men were killed at the Great Extended Hustler's mine disaster on 2nd May 1914 by an explosion of dynamite occurring as the men were waiting at the plat to ascend the mine at the end of their shift. No blame was attached to anyone in the findings of the inquisition. It was unknown what caused the dynamite to explode. This document formed part of the research done at the time by Bendigo Historical Society, of the 100 years commemoration of the mine disaster, held at Hustler's Hill in 2014. One page plan, computer generated, annotated to show the worksite of the miners prior to when the explosion occurred at the Great Extended Hustlers mine in May 1914. The location of Martin, Ryan, Thomas, Campbell, Blair and Chinn are described. great extended hustlers, goldmining, accident, 1914

Correspondence (copies, 9 pages) describing the funds raised and dispersed for the widows of the miners killed in the explosion at the Great Extended Hustlers Mine in 1914. Names of miners' families: Mrs. Campbell, 3 children Mrs. Blair, 2 children Mrs. Thomas, 3 children Mrs. Martin Mrs. Chinn Mrs. Forster, 2 children Mrs. Walkley Letter addressed to His Worship The Mayor, Town Hall dated 20 July 1914 describes the participants names and the terms of payment. Letter from Mrs. Margaret Campell authorising bearer to pick up cheque Sandhurst and Northern District Trustees managed the fund.bendigo, mining, great extended hustlers