Articles on hotels at Axedale- pages from ''A Pub on Every Corner'' (pages 7-10). Reference to the Axedale Hotel (2 1/2 miles from township, near cemetery); Drake's Campaspe Hotel (''Axedale Tavern''); Raglan Hotel; Acotts Hotel; Quarry Hotel. Documentation re destruction by fire of (the?) Axedale Hotel in 1907.axedale, history, axedale hotel, axedale hotel, mrs lucretia hennessey, john hennessy, mr e. j. ni gan, inspector hannon, preserverance hotel, thomas m. greilis, raglan hotel, acotts hotel, drakes campaspe hotel

Accent on Axedale. Published by the centenary and back to Axedale Committee. Includes articles on early settlement, hotels, churches, industry, sporting clubs, Eppalock weir.foreword by Ian Smith.axedale, history, back to, axedale, hotel, church, school, back to, history

Account book, cream cover, lined pages with debit and credit columns. Written inside front cover in pencil ' Jonathan Harris Axedale' On top of first entry page 'Sandhurst, Cone, Dr. Contra Cr. Axedale' Overwritten in same pencil as on cover, 'Yr Contral' (sic) Entries start in 1860, July 21, and relate to unknown item transactions but with monetary value attached. For example, August 8, 1860 'by H. Harris, £20 '; December 24, 1861 'Drake, £1 '. Patrick Drake was the owner of the Axedale Hotel. Entries in the accounts book continue until 1872.person, individual, jonathan harris

Originally built by Allan Cameron, the Ben Nevis Hotel closed at the end of 1913 after Howard Chadwick briefly held the licence from earlier in the year.. He had previously held the licence for the Raglan Hotel at Axedale and prior to that, the Queens Head Hotel, Lockwood Road, Bendigo (see Item 11519.609)Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2002. The local: Heathcote's Ben Nevis Hotel was a popular meeting and drinking spot for residents from throughout the district in the early 1900s. Many patrons travelled to the hotel on horseback or in a buggy to spend time with publican Howard Chadwick and his family. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2000. Ellesmere hotel, occupied by Charlie Harrington, at the Axedale-Goornong corner at the turn of the century. The clip is in a foldernewspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2001. Gathering: a rifle Brigade Hotel social club meeting at Axedale reserve, early 1940. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Booklet: ''Accent on Axedale'', published by the Centenary and Back to Axedale Committee 1970. 36 pages with photographs. Chapters on: Early Settlement; Churches; Education; Police; Municipal Affairs; Commerce; Cemeteries; Race Course Reserve; The Railway (O'Keefe); Eppalock Weir; The Hall; The Wars; C.W.A; Camp Sites; C.F.A; Axedale Progress Association; Sport;Alfred Ruskin Publications. Freelance Press, 61-63 City South Melbourne. 3205axedale, history, early settlement, axedale sporting club, indoor bowls, axedale progress association, c.w.a., country fire association.eppalock weir, the railway, race course reserve, cemeteries, axedale farmers club, the pitcher dressers poem by w. g. o'neill, bluestone quarries, threshing teams, hotels, general store and post office. education, churches, early settlement.

sepia photo: Alexandra Fountain, looking south towards City Family Hotel. On back 'Alexandra Fountain about 1882. Taken by Harris of Axedale. Taken in summer, note white cover on cab 'Harris of Axedaleplace, building, alexandra fountain

"Marydale", at 2270 McIvor Hwy., Axedale, was part of the original Campaspe Plains and Axe pastoral runs. By 1857 William Heffernan(1803-1891) had purchased the property from the "Axedale Station's" Robert Ross. it's heritage listing includes the outbuildings that remain in their original format and include the summerhouse and the schoolroom. Also included in the listing are the extensive gardens of mature trees. 1. William Heffernan (1803-1891) was born in Tipparary, Ireland and came to Australia in 1853 with Mr J Crowley. Together they first went to the Heathcote goldfields before moving on to Bendigo where they initially opened a tent restaurant. This successful endeavour allowed them to purchase the Pall Mall site of the Shamrock hotel. They built their first hotel and a large hall for entertainment that was later called the Theatre Royal. They continued to grow and expand until they built the current Shamrock building. He went on to several other successful theatres and hotels before retiring to "Marydale" in 1879/80. Before moving to New Zealand in 1884/5 he sold "Marydale" to Jeremiah Heffernan. He went to NZ to manage a hotel for his newly widowed sister and then built the Pier Hotel in Dunedin. By the time of his death in Dunedin he had lost most of his fortune. 2. Jeramiah Heffernan (1831-1897) was also born in Tipparary, Ireland but was no relation to William. He came to Australia in 1854 and to Bendigo in 1855, where he was employed by William and his partner, Mr Crowley at the Shamrock Hotel in Pall Mall. Twelve months later he became the manager of Heffernan and Crowley's Rose Shamrock and Thistle Hotel at Epsom. After twelve months in this position he bought the Albert Hotel in McCrae Street, Bendigo. He was a successful businessman who later purchased the Victoria Hotel in Pall Mall before retiring in 1887,firstly to "Marydale" that he had bought from William Heffernan in the early 1880's and then to his home in St Kilda. On doctors orders he returned to "Marydale" where he died 13/5/1897.Bendigo Advertiser from 18/07/1970. Article titled "Before Bendigo was....Marydale was." by Toora. The article describes the historic homestead of Marydale at Axedale.In red pen "Bendigo Advertiser 18-7-70"marydale, axedale, historic homestead

Norah Gasson in the escavated pub cellar next to her house. The cellar was part of the old Raglan Hotel. This photograph featured in the Small Towns With Big Hearts article.Bill Hawkingregion, small towns, axedale

Six miscellaneous receipts and cards from Bendigo Businesses: Golden twin Cinema stub Thurs 10 Oct 1991 Business card Bob and Vera Caw's Golden Vine Hotel Urgent Household effects train consignment for Butcher - Charlton to Axedale 20/05/???? Invoice for purchase of goods (three books) from Craig, Williamson by Miss J. Hyslop 30/10/1925 Bendigo Fashion House "Gracella" clothing docket - three dollars Plaza theatre stub for seat A 13 Lounge undtaed receipts, business cards, plaza theatre, craig, williamson, golden vine hotel

Axedale Tavern which was formerly the Campaspe Hotel. Photograph appears in Small Towns With Big Hearts article.Bill Hawkinsregion, small towns, axedale

BHS CollectionBendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2003. Closed: the Ellesmere hotel was situated at the intersection of the Axedale-Goornong and Russells Bridge roads. A licence to allow the sale of Victorian beer only was granted to Michael Slattery in 1870. the hotel was de-licensed on December 31, 1914. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Axedale is well known for its Bluestone. Early on the quarries employed a large number of people. In the 1860’s Napthali Ingham selected land in Axedale and opened a bluestone quarry beside the river later known as Ingham Hill. The quarry produced dressed curbing and pitchers for use in Bendigo and Melbourne. This bluestone can be seen throughout Axedale in the churches, the bridge over the Campaspe River and guttering in the township. The quarry also supplied bluestone products further afield, for example road metal. Napthali Ingham, the owner of one of the first quarries in Axedale, arrived in Victoria from Lancashire, England, some time before 1860, and settled in Brunswick, Victoria. He may have been building his home in Ewen[sic] Street in 1860, at approximately 31 years of age, when he placed two advertisements in The Argus, October 10. One called for tenders for carting "upwards of 100 perches of rubbish to Sandridge." The other calls for tenders to supply "800 bushels of Geelong Roche Lime." His address, given for the purpose of the advertisements, is Ewen Street, Brunswick. There were a number of quarries and clay pits in Brunswick at this time and by July 9, 1861, Ingham was operating a quarry and contracting services to local councils and boroughs for road works, including Sydney Road. He also operated the True Briton Hotel in Ewen Street. Ingham continued his quarry works and business dealings in the Brunswick area for a few years and, around 1872, was contracting for the City of Bendigo. He eventually moved to Axedale, between Bendigo and Heathcote, where he took up land and opened a bluestone quarry on the east bank of the Campaspe River. As he had difficulty transporting bluestone to Bendigo, he wrote a letter to The Bendigo Advertiser, suggesting a tramway be laid between Sandhurst (Bendigo) and Axedale. Over the next ten years or so, he modified this suggestion to a rail line connecting Sandhurst, Axedale and Heathcote to the North East line at Seymour. This suggestion did not materialise in its entirety, but it eventually resulted in what became the Wandong, Heathcote and Sandhurst Rail Line, the first sections, Bendigo-Heathcote and Wandong-Kilmore, opening October 1, 1888. In the 1870s, Ingham built the Quarry Hotel which is now the crumbling ruins adjoining Ingham Road on the east side of the Campaspe River.. Its condition is worsening as time passes. Ingham intended to have a tramline constructed from his Axedale bluestone quarry to the new rail line. This also did not happen but he was successful in getting a wood siding provided at the location that is today's Hanson's Quarry. Evidence of the rail siding are still evident at the site in 2025. Ingham's quarry is now owned by Hansen Quarries Ingham died in 1909 and the rail line that grew out of his suggestion lasted until 1958 when it was closed from Bendigo to Heathcote. The Heathcote Junction section was closed in 1968. Another quarry was owned and operated by Brasier, Riley and Nelson. 'This well known firm of contractors have a most extensive plant and all the latest improved machinery required for the supply of kerbstone, pitchers, monumental work and dressed bluestone metal for road making. ('Bendigo & District, 1902') 1. One page typed poem, written by W.G. O'Neill, titled 'The Pitcher Dressers, (Quarrymen). The poem tells the story of three Rowan brothers who came to the Axedale Quarry: 'They came to work on Axedale stone, Big contracts came that way, As pitcher dressers they could earn, Their thirty bob a day.' 2. Three copies of newspaper articles relating to quarry work and employees attached to poem: information regarding Brasier, Riley and Nelson, contractors (Bendigo and District 1902); 'The Stone Quarry Grievance' (Bendigo Advertiser, 15 June, 1959, p2); 'A Restriction Upon Industry' (Bendigo Advertiser, 2 June, 1859). Article 'A Restriction Upon Industry" details the anomalies that exist between working the quartz reefs for gold and quarrying for building stone. The cost of obtaining a license to 'quarry stone is 50 pounds sterling which must be paid down in order to merely prospect the ground. Some people who took out a lease to work a reef were actually 'looking for building stone'. On bottom of poem, W.G. O'Neill, Bendigo. Pupil of Axedale School, 1908-1917.axedale, quarry, napthali ingham, pitchers, pitcher dressers, bluestone, campaspe river, quarry hotel, rowan brothers