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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Negative - TOM PATULLO COLLECTION: A MINING TOWN
... TOM PATULLO COLLECTION: A MINING TOWN.......a mining town....Negative print. A Mining Town. Windlass,Puddling Machine with horse,4 or 5 huts /houses,a building frame,three adults & two children ....History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields COTTAGE Miners a mining town. A Mining Town. Negative print. A Mining Town. ...Negative print. A Mining Town. Windlass,Puddling Machine with horse,4 or 5 huts /houses,a building frame,three adults & two children .cottage, miners, a mining town., a mining town. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - SANDHURST - VICTORIA, A GOLD MINING TOWN, Earliest c 1885
... SANDHURST - VICTORIA, A GOLD MINING TOWN...Copy of 'Sandhurst - Victoria a Gold-Mining Town'. View from Rosalind Park. Notable BLDOR Shamrock Hotel, St Pauls Church, railway station. ...Photograph SANDHURST - VICTORIA, A GOLD MINING TOWN ...B+W Photograph. Copy of 'Sandhurst - Victoria a Gold-Mining Town'. View from Rosalind Park. Notable BLDOR Shamrock Hotel, St Pauls Church, railway station. Inscription: on RH 'Extract from cement -???'. Photograph shows early Sandhurst with Chimney of Goldmine of R.H.S(R.S.L now occupies this site).place, landscape view, sandhurst from rosalind park -
Marysville & District Historical SocietyBook - Paperback book, Happy-Go-Lucky-A Gippsland Gold Town 1863-1917, 1987
... mining...gold town...A history of a gold mining town in the Gippsland area of Victoria ...Cover has a pencil sketch of a gold mining town as well as a large gum tree on the back cover. ...Cover has a pencil sketch of a gold mining town as well as a large gum tree on the back cover. ...A history of a gold mining town in the Gippsland area of Victoria Paperback. Gold cover. Cover has a pencil sketch of a gold mining town as well as a large gum tree on the back cover. Cover illustration runs across the whole cover.Stamp of the Marysville & District Historical Society Inc / P.O. Box 22 / Marysville 3779. Sticker - DISTRIBUTED BY: / Paoletti's (Adventurer) Maps P/L / 15 Nirvana Close, / Langwarrin. 3910 / Tel: 03 9789 6985 / Fax: 03 9776 6798 / Email: [email protected] / Other products & information Website: http://users.netlink.com.au/~maptrapgold, gold mining, gold town, gippsland, victoria, australia, history, gold miner, morgan, dorothy, morgan, marjorie -
Clunes MuseumDocument - HERITAGE ASSESSMENT, ROGER LUEBBERS et al, HERITAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF A SEWERAGE SYSTEM IN THE STATE'S FIRST GOLD MINING TOWN, 1998
... HERITAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF A SEWERAGE SYSTEM IN THE STATE'S FIRST GOLD MINING TOWN...HERITAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF A SEWERAGE SYSTEM IN THE STATE'S FIRST GOLD MINING TOWN BY ROGER LUEBBERS OF LUGBBERS AND ASSOCIATES AND JULIE STEVENS, CONSULTING HISTORIAN, MAY 1998...FOLDER WITH RED SPINE - HERITAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF A SEWERAGE SYSTEM IN THE STATE'S FIRST GOLD MINING TOWN. REPORT MADE MAY 1998...HERITAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF A SEWERAGE SYSTEM IN THE STATE'S FIRST GOLD MINING TOWN BY ROGER LUEBBERS OF LUGBBERS AND ASSOCIATES AND JULIE STEVENS, CONSULTING HISTORIAN, MAY 1998 LOCAL HISTORY CIVIL ENGINEERING SEWERAGE SEWERAGE SEWERAGE SYSTEM IN CLUNES 1998 FOLDER WITH RED SPINE - HERITAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF A SEWERAGE SYSTEM IN THE STATE'S FIRST GOLD MINING TOWN. ...SEWERAGE SYSTEM IN CLUNES 1998FOLDER WITH RED SPINE - HERITAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF A SEWERAGE SYSTEM IN THE STATE'S FIRST GOLD MINING TOWN. REPORT MADE MAY 1998non-fiction SEWERAGE SYSTEM IN CLUNES 1998local history, civil engineering, sewerage, sewerage -
Ballarat Heritage ServicesImage - Black and White, Walhalla, Victoria, c1950, c1950
... A black and white image of the former mining town in Victoria - Walhalla....Ballarat Heritage Services PO Box 2209 Bakery Hill Post Office goldfields walhalla mining A black and white image of the former mining town in Victoria - Walhalla. Walhalla, Victoria, c1950 Image - Black and White ...A black and white image of the former mining town in Victoria - Walhalla.walhalla, mining -
Lakes Entrance Historical SocietyPhotograph - gold mining at Cassilis Victoria c1914
... Black and white photograph of old gold mining town between Swifts Creek and Omeo, Cassilis Victoria...Lakes Entrance Historical Society 4 Marine Parade Lakes Entrance gippsland Houses Settlement Mines and Mining Black and white photograph of old gold mining town between Swifts Creek and Omeo, Cassilis Victoria Photograph gold mining at Cassilis Victoria c1914 ...Black and white photograph of old gold mining town between Swifts Creek and Omeo, Cassilis Victoriahouses, settlement, mines and mining -
Lakes Entrance Historical SocietyPostcard - Omeo Victoria c1940, H D Bulmer
... Black and white postcard showing an aerial view of the roads and country surrounding the mining town of Omeo Victoria...Lakes Entrance Historical Society 4 Marine Parade Lakes Entrance gippsland Hotels Transport Aerial view of Omeo Black and white postcard showing an aerial view of the roads and country surrounding the mining town of Omeo Victoria Postcard Omeo Victoria c1940 H D Bulmer ...Black and white postcard showing an aerial view of the roads and country surrounding the mining town of Omeo VictoriaAerial view of Omeohotels, transport -
Lakes Entrance Historical SocietyPhotograph - gold mining town of Grant Victoria, 1900 c
... gold mining town of Grant Victoria ...gold mining town of Grant Victoria ...Black and white photograph of a vegetable patch and flower garden beside a rustic dwelling surrounded by split paling fence near the gold mining town of Grant Victoria...Lakes Entrance Historical Society 4 Marine Parade Lakes Entrance gippsland Mines and Mining Settlement Topography Gold Black and white photograph of a vegetable patch and flower garden beside a rustic dwelling surrounded by split paling fence near the gold mining town of Grant Victoria gold mining town of Grant Victoria Photograph gold mining town of Grant Victoria ...Black and white photograph of a vegetable patch and flower garden beside a rustic dwelling surrounded by split paling fence near the gold mining town of Grant Victoriamines and mining, settlement, topography, gold -
Ballarat Heritage ServicesPhotograph - Image - Black and White, Walhalla
... Walhalla is a mining town in Gippsland....Ballarat Heritage Services PO Box 2209 Bakery Hill Post Office goldfields Walhalla is a mining town in Gippsland. walhalla mining Black and white photographic image of Walhalla, Victoria Walhalla Photograph Image - Black and White ...Walhalla is a mining town in Gippsland.Black and white photographic image of Walhalla, Victoriawalhalla, mining -
Victorian Interpretive Projects Inc.Postcard, Junction Walhalla, Victoria
... Walhalla is a gold mining town in Victoria....PO Box 93R, Redan, 3350 goldfields Walhalla is a gold mining town in Victoria. Wallhalla Photograph of a postcard showing the Victorian township of Walhalla. ...Walhalla is a gold mining town in Victoria.Photograph of a postcard showing the Victorian township of Walhalla. wallhalla -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.Functional object - Spigot
... Found at old mining town of Grant, Vic....Whitehorse Historical Society Inc. 2-10 Deep Creek Road Mitcham melbourne Found at old mining town of Grant, Vic. DOMESTIC ITEMS Gardening Smeppard Solid brass spigot with perforations at one end. ...Found at old mining town of Grant, Vic.Solid brass spigot with perforations at one end.Smepparddomestic items, gardening -
Ballarat Heritage ServicesPhotograph - Photograph - Colour, Clare Gervasoni, Hancock's Tailing Heap, Moonta, 2013, 28/05/2013
... Moonta is an historic mining town in South Australia...Ballarat Heritage Services PO Box 2209 Bakery Hill Post Office goldfields Moonta is an historic mining town in South Australia moonta hancock's heap Three colour images of Hancock's Heap, Moonta. ...Moonta is an historic mining town in South AustraliaThree colour images of Hancock's Heap, Moonta.moonta, hancock's heap -
Stawell Historical Society IncBook, Derrick I. Stone & Sue Mackinnon, Life on the Australian Goldfields, 1976
... Early Photographs of mining towns and Sites as well as people, throughout Australia....Stawell Historical Society Inc 46 Longfield St Stawell grampians Early Photographs of mining towns and Sites as well as people, throughout Australia. stawell gold mining Life on the Australian Goldfields. ...Early Photographs of mining towns and Sites as well as people, throughout Australia.Hard Green cover with b/w photo of two miners with pans and hats. Life on the Australian Goldfields. Derrick I. Stone Sue Mackinnonstawell gold mining -
Clunes MuseumBook, JOHN PERCY, Percy's Metallurgy - Iron & Steel, 1894
... Dowlais is a former Iron/steel making and coal mining town in Wales, United Kingdom...Clunes Museum 36 Fraser Street enter building through Collins Place Clunes goldfields Dowlais is a former Iron/steel making and coal mining town in Wales, United Kingdom Metallurgy Mining The art of extracting metals from their ores and adapting them to various purposes of manufacture Gold Lettering on spine: "Percy's Metallurgy Iron & Steel London John Murray Faded Maroon stamp page 2 - Clunes School of Mines No. 24 16 Jun 93 .1 Hardcover book light brown embossed cover, gold lettering on spine, 1864, subject matter, the art of extracting metals from their ores and adapting them to various purposes of manufacture. ...The art of extracting metals from their ores and adapting them to various purposes of manufacture.1 Hardcover book light brown embossed cover, gold lettering on spine, 1864, subject matter, the art of extracting metals from their ores and adapting them to various purposes of manufacture. With illustrations, chiefly from original drawings, carefully laid down to scale. .2 Newspaper Article "Dr. Percy on Iron and Steel" published in The Times Tuesday, May 17, 1864 .3 Plan for Dowlais New Mills non-fictionThe art of extracting metals from their ores and adapting them to various purposes of manufacturemetallurgy, mining -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Slide - ALLAN BUDGE COLLECTION: SLIDE MINER'S COTTAGE, HOUSE, EAGLEHAWK, 1988
... Slide, Allan Budge Collection: Miner's Cottage, House, Eaglehawk.Inverted W roof, not widely used in Bendigo on Miner's Cottages, in contrast with other mining towns. There could be doubt if the decorative work on the verandah was placed there when the cottage was built....History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields HOUSE Public allan budge collection: Allan Budge Collection: Slide, Allan Budge Collection: Miner's Cottage, House, Eaglehawk.Inverted W roof, not widely used in Bendigo on Miner's Cottages, in contrast with other mining towns. There could be doubt if the decorative work on the verandah was placed there when the cottage was built. ...Slide, Allan Budge Collection: Miner's Cottage, House, Eaglehawk.Inverted W roof, not widely used in Bendigo on Miner's Cottages, in contrast with other mining towns. There could be doubt if the decorative work on the verandah was placed there when the cottage was built.house, public, allan budge collection:, allan budge collection: -
Federation University Historical CollectionPhotograph, Happy Valley Post Office, c1905
... Happy Valley (Victoria) was originally called Lucky Woman's. it is a former gold mining town 28 kilometres south-west of Ballarat....Barker Library (top floor) Mount Helen goldfields Happy Valley (Victoria) was originally called Lucky Woman's. it is a former gold mining town 28 kilometres south-west of Ballarat. happy valley happy valley post office On front written in ink "Happy Valley Post Office" Black and white photo of four men and three women outside the Happy Valley Post Office. ...Happy Valley (Victoria) was originally called Lucky Woman's. it is a former gold mining town 28 kilometres south-west of Ballarat.Black and white photo of four men and three women outside the Happy Valley Post Office. One man sits on a horse which stands in front of a carriage. The post office sign includes E.R. - designating Edward VII as the ruling monarch. He sat on the throne from 22 January 1901 to 6 May 1910On front written in ink "Happy Valley Post Office"happy valley, happy valley post office -
Ballarat Heritage ServicesPhotograph - Image - Black and White, Walhalla Looking North, c1903, c1903
... Walhalla is a historic gold mining town nestled in a scenic valley in the Victorian Alps. ...Ballarat Heritage Services PO Box 2209 Bakery Hill Post Office goldfields Walhalla is a historic gold mining town nestled in a scenic valley in the Victorian Alps. ...Walhalla is a historic gold mining town nestled in a scenic valley in the Victorian Alps. It is named for the German hall of fame, the Walhalla temple,Sepia image of the Victorian goldtown Walhalla.walhalla, mining, townscape, gippsland -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - CARWARDINE COLLECTION: EAGLEHAWK, HIGH STREET, 1953
... Carwardine collection Herald Sun black and white photograph of High Street, Eaglehawk, showing shops and Town Hall, written on back in WT Sept 2 1953 page 18 High St., Eaglehawk prosperous mining town 5 miles N.E of Bendigo No1....Carwardine collection Herald Sun black and white photograph of High Street, Eaglehawk, showing shops and Town Hall, written on back in WT Sept 2 1953 page 18 High St., Eaglehawk prosperous mining town 5 miles N.E of Bendigo No1. Photograph CARWARDINE COLLECTION: EAGLEHAWK, HIGH STREET ...Photograph. Carwardine collection Herald Sun black and white photograph of High Street, Eaglehawk, showing shops and Town Hall, written on back in WT Sept 2 1953 page 18 High St., Eaglehawk prosperous mining town 5 miles N.E of Bendigo No1.Herald Sunphotograph, streetscape, eaglehawk, bendigo-eaglehawk-history -
Clunes MuseumNewspaper - NEWSPAPER CUTTING, ARGUS AGE, 1 CLUNES BIRTHDAY .2 FAMOUS MINING TOWNS, 4 - 7 - 1931 27 - 8 - 32
... CLUNES BIRTHDAY. FAMOUS MINING TOWNS .1. 80TH ANNIVERSARY JULY 4, 1931 .2. ...CLUNES BIRTHDAY. FAMOUS MINING TOWNS .1. 80TH ANNIVERSARY JULY 4, 1931 .2. ...NEWSPAPER HEADLINES. CLUNES BIRTHDAY. FAMOUS MINING TOWNS .1. 80TH ANNIVERSARY JULY 4, 1931 .2. THE QUARTZ REEFS OF CLUNES. SOME INTERESTING DOCUMENTS..2 NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS. .1. CLUNES MINING 80TH ANNIVERSARY JULY 4, 1931 .2. THE QUARTZ REEFS OF CLUNES. SOME INTERESTING DOCUMENTS.local history, document, newspaper cutting, mining -
Ballarat and Queen's Anglican Grammar SchoolColoured Photograph of Church, Chapel Ballarat Church of England Grammar School, 2000
... The church was purchased by the Ballarat Church of England Diocese and brought from the old mining town of Jerusalem in 1912 to be used as a School chapel....The church was purchased by the Ballarat Church of England Diocese and brought from the old mining town of Jerusalem in 1912 to be used as a School chapel. ...This photograph of the Wallinduc St Agnes Church was taken in 2000. The church was purchased by the Ballarat Church of England Diocese and brought from the old mining town of Jerusalem in 1912 to be used as a School chapel.Coloured photograph of a white weatherboard church with a red iron roofballarat, ballarat-grammar, cegs, wallinduc, st-agnes-church, church-of-england, ballarat-diocese, chapel -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. DIGGERS AND MINERS, c1850s
... When gold production ceased in1914. there was no other form of employment for the mining community, and the population rapidly decreased. This busy mining town became a ''ghost town''. Markings: 4 995 WAL. ...When gold production ceased in1914. there was no other form of employment for the mining community, and the population rapidly decreased. This busy mining town became a ''ghost town''. Markings: 4 995 WAL. ...Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. Walhalla - Gold Town. Walhalla is an example of a town which depended entirely on gold production for its continued prosperity. When gold production ceased in1914. there was no other form of employment for the mining community, and the population rapidly decreased. This busy mining town became a ''ghost town''. Markings: 4 995 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Slide - DIGGERS & MINING: BENDIGO
... Diggers & Mining: Bendigo. Bendigo Town Hall. Markings: 18, DEC74M10. ...History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields EDUCATION Tertiary bendigo Kodachrome Diggers & Mining: Bendigo. Bendigo Town Hall. Markings: 18, DEC74M10. ...Diggers & Mining: Bendigo. Bendigo Town Hall. Markings: 18, DEC74M10. Used as a teaching aid.Kodachromeeducation, tertiary, bendigo -
Ballarat Heritage ServicesPhotograph - Photograph - Colour, Clare Gervasoni, Tarilta, 2017, 16/07/2017
... Tarilta is a rural locality and former gold-mining town 12 km south of Castlemaine, 4 km north-west of Guildford and 3 km north-east of Vaughan. ...Ballarat Heritage Services PO Box 2209 Bakery Hill Post Office goldfields Tarilta is a rural locality and former gold-mining town 12 km south of Castlemaine, 4 km north-west of Guildford and 3 km north-east of Vaughan. ...Tarilta is a rural locality and former gold-mining town 12 km south of Castlemaine, 4 km north-west of Guildford and 3 km north-east of Vaughan. The last gold mining activity took place around the 1880s. It was originally Kangaroo Flat, being located where the Kangaroo Creek enters the Loddon River. It was surveyed and named in 1864. Gold was discovered at Tarilta in 1853. The Tarilta School was opened in 1860 in a Wesleyan chapel, and closed i n1925. In 1864 a township was surveyed and named Tarilta, the word being derived from an Aboriginal expression thought to mean kangaroo. In 1865 Bailliere’s Victorian gazetteer described Tarilta as being an alluvial and quartz gold-mining town with three quartz-crushing mills, three horse-puddling machines and two hotels. The elevated nature of the land around Tarilta made it accessible only by horse and dray, or on horseback. Colour photograph of Tarilta in Central Victoria. tarilta, central victoria, landcape -
Sunshine and District Historical Society IncorporatedDocument - Barry's Reef Scout Camp Documentation
... The Blackwood Scout Camp in Victoria is a scenic bushland site nestled in the Moorabool Shire, near the historic gold-mining town of Blackwood. It’s a beloved destination for Scouts seeking rugged adventure, pioneering activities, and quiet immersion in nature. ...Brimbank Library, 301 Hampshire Road, Sunshine 3020. melbourne The Blackwood Scout Camp in Victoria is a scenic bushland site nestled in the Moorabool Shire, near the historic gold-mining town of Blackwood. It’s a beloved destination for Scouts seeking rugged adventure, pioneering activities, and quiet immersion in nature. ...The Blackwood Scout Camp in Victoria is a scenic bushland site nestled in the Moorabool Shire, near the historic gold-mining town of Blackwood. It’s a beloved destination for Scouts seeking rugged adventure, pioneering activities, and quiet immersion in nature. It is commonly referred to as the Barrys Reef Scout Camp. It is located at 10 Mechanics Lane, Barrys Reef (Just 5 km from Blackwood and 9 km from Trentham).Sunshine District Blackwood Campbarry's reef, scouting, scouts -
Sunshine and District Historical Society IncorporatedEphemera - Scouting Hoadley Area Presidents Award Blackwood Scout Camp Committee 1990 Trophy
... The Blackwood Scout Camp in Victoria is a scenic bushland site nestled in the Moorabool Shire, near the historic gold-mining town of Blackwood. It’s a beloved destination for Scouts seeking rugged adventure, pioneering activities, and quiet immersion in nature. ...Brimbank Library, 301 Hampshire Road, Sunshine 3020. melbourne The Blackwood Scout Camp in Victoria is a scenic bushland site nestled in the Moorabool Shire, near the historic gold-mining town of Blackwood. It’s a beloved destination for Scouts seeking rugged adventure, pioneering activities, and quiet immersion in nature. ...The Blackwood Scout Camp in Victoria is a scenic bushland site nestled in the Moorabool Shire, near the historic gold-mining town of Blackwood. It’s a beloved destination for Scouts seeking rugged adventure, pioneering activities, and quiet immersion in nature. It is commonly referred to as the Barrys Reef Scout Camp. It is located at 10 Mechanics Lane, Barrys Reef (Just 5 km from Blackwood and 9 km from Trentham). Plastic plaqueScouting Hoadley Area Presidents Award Blackwood Scout Camp Committee 1990scouting, scouts -
Robin Boyd FoundationDocument - Script, Robin Boyd, The Flying Dogtor. Episode 10 Ghost Town, 1963
... A sick voice asked for the Dogtor's help in the main street of Ghostville, the old mining town across Dry Gulch Gully, now a ghost town. ...A sick voice asked for the Dogtor's help in the main street of Ghostville, the old mining town across Dry Gulch Gully, now a ghost town. ...After the fire was distinguished and the flood subsided, on his way flying home, the Dogtor heard voices repeatedly on his radio "Calling Flying Dogtor". A sick voice asked for the Dogtor's help in the main street of Ghostville, the old mining town across Dry Gulch Gully, now a ghost town. He got to the abandoned address, 13 ("unlucky number") Spook Street. The Dogtor is about to open the door...The Flying Dogtor" series was broadcast on Australian Television Network (later becoming the Seven Network) between February and April 1964 (see item D254 for schedule).Typewritten, carbon copy, foolscap, 2 pagesPage 1: Left hand side has been amended and is attached with tape. Written corrections on right hand side.the flying dogtor, robin boyd, crawford productions, manuscript -
Victorian Interpretive Projects Inc.Photograph - colour, Clare Gervasoni, Stawell Town Hall, 13/08/2012
... ...Stawell Town Hall...mining...Stawell was known as a gold mining town. The Stawell Town Hall clock and tower were erected by Mrs Norman Kelly in memory of her late father Cr George Barnes, a councillor of the Borough of Stawell over a period of 47 years, and also her mother, the late Emma Barnes. 10 May 1939. ...Colour photograph of the Stawell Town Hall, and details such as the mining logo and plaques....Stawell Stawell Town Hall mining George Barnes Emma Barnes Emma Kelly Henry Bolte Colour photograph of the Stawell Town Hall, and details such as the mining logo and plaques. ...Stawell was known as a gold mining town. The Stawell Town Hall clock and tower were erected by Mrs Norman Kelly in memory of her late father Cr George Barnes, a councillor of the Borough of Stawell over a period of 47 years, and also her mother, the late Emma Barnes. 10 May 1939. The animated mining scene on the Stawell Town Hall was incorporated into the tower from a bequest by Emma Kelly. It was officially opened by Sir Henry Bolte on 06 October 1969.Colour photograph of the Stawell Town Hall, and details such as the mining logo and plaques.stawell, stawell town hall, mining, george barnes, emma barnes, emma kelly, henry bolte -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. WALHALLA - GOLD TOWN, C1800s
... DIGGERS & MINING. WALHALLA - GOLD TOWN...Diggers & Mining. Walhalla - Gold Town. WALHALLA GOLD TOWN. Arial photo of Walhalla Gold Town. ...Slide DIGGERS & MINING. WALHALLA - GOLD TOWN ...Diggers & Mining. Walhalla - Gold Town. WALHALLA GOLD TOWN. Arial photo of Walhalla Gold Town. Markings: 2 995 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
The Beechworth Burke MuseumAudio - Oral History, Jennifer Williams, Mr Ken Blake and Mrs Doreen Blake, 30th March 2000
... They saw the town develop from a small mining town in rural Victoria, to a bustling, tourist hotspot....They saw the town develop from a small mining town in rural Victoria, to a bustling, tourist hotspot. ...Ken and Doreen came to Beechworth on boxing day in 1959, when they were offered a business at a good price. This business was the Ovens and Murray advertiser, one of the oldest running newspapers in Australia. When they arrived Ken already had a background as a professional linotype operator, however both him and Doreen had no experience running a town newspaper. Ken and Doreen owned the paper till the 1980s, when they formed the Blake press. Throughout the years the Blakes kept up to date with Beechworth news, politics and events happening throughout the community, Ken was even permitted to sit in on the town committee meetings. They saw the town develop from a small mining town in rural Victoria, to a bustling, tourist hotspot.This oral history is significant because it shows how the town of Beechworth developed from a small outpost mining town to a popular tourist destination. It also showcases a different perspective of the towns development, that of the new owners (at the time) of the Ovens and Murrary Advertiser. The advertiser is an integral part of Beechworth's history and has been running since it was proclaimed a town (proclaimed a town in 1856, the advertiser first ran its paper in 1855). Without the advertiser the history of Beechworth would be buried, but with newspapers dating back all the way to 1855, Beechworth is provided with a rich and vibrant retelling of the history of their town and what life was like from 1855 to present day. Ken and Doreen's oral history provides an insight into what it was like revitalising a worn out part of history, of restoring it back to its former glory. They demonstrate the highs and lows of living and running a business in Beechworth through economic lows and the impact of both social and physical isolation.This is a digital copy of a recording that was originally captured on a cassette tape. The cassette tape is black with a horizontal white strip and is currently stored in a clear flat plastic rectangular container. It holds up 40 minutes of recordings on each side.newspaper, blakes, ken and doreen, ovens and murray advertiser, beechworth, development, o&m, 1960s, 1980s, 1970s -
The Beechworth Burke MuseumGeological specimen - Opal Bearing Stone, Unknown
... It is a historic mining town, and is known for its deposits of a rare black opal. ...It is a historic mining town, and is known for its deposits of a rare black opal. ...There are 17 opal fields in Australia. This opal bearing stone was found in Lightning Ridge, NSW over what is known as the Great Australian Basin. This basin was formed and covers an area of 1.7 million square kilometers in eastern Australia in the Cretaceous period. This basin used to contain an inland sea, which provided an environment where silcrete eventually formed when water levels changed. This eventually seeped into other structures, and eventually hardened and formed opal. Lightning Ridge has a population of around 2000 people, with about 80 000 visitors every year. It is a historic mining town, and is known for its deposits of a rare black opal. Mining started in the area in the late 1800s, early 1900s when the black opal was discovered. This opal-bearing stone is of social and historical significance. It is from Lightning Ridge, which is well-known for being a large producer of opal stones, most famously black opal. The history of the period dates back to 140 million years, with the discovery of black opal in the early 1900s causing interest in the area. 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.***A palm-sized solid mineral specimen in shades of beige and light orange*** silica based? burke museum, beechworth, geological, geological specimen, opal, opal fields, australia, lightning ridge, new south wales, great australian basin, cretaceous, silcrete, black opal, mining
