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Eltham District Historical Society IncNewspaper - Newspaper articles, Sun News-Pictorial, Fire Kills 3, The Sun News-Pictorial, Thursday, March 4, p1, 1965
... ...Back Gully...Tom Fielding Collection Victorian Bushfires - 1965 Victorian Bushfires – 1965 Glen Park Road Eltham North Sunny Pine Bushfire damage – buildings Back Gully Gippsland Glenmaggie Briagolong George John Crowe John Lawrence Coleman William John Elwers Creek Road Wattle Glen Bill Guy Digital scan of original pages from newspaper Fire Kills 3, The Sun News-Pictorial, Thursday, March 4, p1 Newspaper Newspaper articles Sun News-Pictorial ...Various news articles pertaining to the January 1965 Victorian bushfires specifically with a focus on fires at Eltham North. Specific Eltham Shire districts mentioned include Eltham North on page 1, 2, 3, 28-29 • Fire Kills 3, p1 (Illust.) • Fire on their heel, p2 (Illust.) • Flames catch, kill 3 as they run: 12 house go, p3 (Illust.) • It doubled back, p3 • Helpers highly praised, p3 • Blaze kills 100 puppies, p3 (Illust.) • Scenes from Eltham’s Black Wednesday, pp28-29 (Illust.) tom fielding collection, victorian bushfires - 1965, victorian bushfires – 1965, glen park road, eltham north, sunny pine, bushfire damage – buildings, back gully, gippsland, glenmaggie, briagolong, george john crowe, john lawrence coleman, william john elwers, creek road, wattle glen, bill guy -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - ''THE CHINESE'': HISTORY TUTORIAL PAPER BY WENDY ALLAN
... White Hills. Back Creek. Charcoal gully. Kangaroo Flat. Long Gully. ...Covers - early (pre discovery of gold) use of Chinese ('coolie) labour for farming purposes; gold- era Chinese and 'agents'; overland from Robe; attitudes to Chinese; Chinese camps in Bendigo ( Ironbark; White Hills; Back Creek; Charcole Gully; Kangaroo Flat; Long Gully; Peg Leg); crime; resentment; post-alluvial;developments union exclusion of Chinese. ...White Hills. Back Creek. Charcoal gully. Kangaroo Flat. Long Gully. ...''The Chinese'' - typed 8 paged History tutorial paper by Wendy Allan (no date or other information). Covers - early (pre discovery of gold) use of Chinese ('coolie) labour for farming purposes; gold- era Chinese and 'agents'; overland from Robe; attitudes to Chinese; Chinese camps in Bendigo ( Ironbark; White Hills; Back Creek; Charcole Gully; Kangaroo Flat; Long Gully; Peg Leg); crime; resentment; post-alluvial;developments union exclusion of Chinese. Bibliography.Wendy Allanbendigo, chinese, history, labor shortage. chinese labor. asiatic coolie-labour. captain king. governer gipps. ironbark. white hills. back creek. charcoal gully. kangaroo flat. long gully. peg leg. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - FRANK CUSACK: 'THE GERMAN CONTRIBUTION TO EARLY BENDIGO'
... Back Creek... Ironbark Gully...History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields BENDIGO Mining early German history German Diggers Diamond Hill Mangurang Mexican enclave at Eaglehawke Irish town Back Creek Ironbark Gully White Hills Georg Bruhn Menge Jacob Brahe. ...'The German Contribution to Early Bendigo' ( 23rd Feb) 1986 lecture by Frank Cusack on the occasion of the 130th anniversary of the first Lutheran service in Bendigo). Origins of the large flow of Germans to the goldfields (failure of liberalism at home; conscription threat). Mention of George Bruhn, Menge (opal discoverer), Jacob Brahe; Ballerstedt; Wittscheibe; Schlemm; Ernst Mueller; Morris Collman; Louis Samuels; Gustave Adolphus Hugo Thureau; Backhaus; Pastor Friedrich Leypoldt; various German vignerons; ''The Hamburg'' (hotel); ''The Berlin'' (hotel); ''The European'' (hotel); Deutsche Verein; Paul Bucholz; Herr Gollmick; Early architects - Getzschmann, Bosselmann, Nicolai, Emil Mauermann, Friedrich Lehmann; Medical people - Dr Barnett; , Dr Landvoigt. Dr Sandner Snr.; others - Conrad Meyerhoff (patent gold cradle), Benno Sluytmann (first electricity plant in Bendigo), Gustavus con Tempsky (re Burke & Wills expedition), Ludwig Becker (Burke & Wills expedition); Josef Von St. Nicolai (Freemasonry); Captain Von Paleski.bendigo, mining, early german history, german diggers, diamond hill, mangurang, mexican enclave at eaglehawke, irish town, back creek, ironbark gully, white hills, georg bruhn, menge, jacob brahe. old bendigo cemetery. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - FRANK CUSACK: 'THE GERMAN CONTRIBUTION TO EARLY BENDIGO'
... Back Creek... Ironbark Gully...History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields BENDIGO Mining early German history German Diggers Diamond Hill Mangurang Mexican enclave at Eaglehawke Irish town Back Creek Ironbark Gully White Hills Georg Bruhn Menge Jacob Brahe. ...'The German Contribution to Early Bendigo' ( 23rd Feb) 1986 lecture by Frank Cusack on the occasion of the 130th anniversary of the first Lutheran service in Bendigo). Origins of the large flow of Germans to the goldfields (failure of liberalism at home; conscription threat). Mention of George Bruhn, Menge (opal discoverer), Jacob Brahe; Ballerstedt; Wittscheibe; Schlemm; Ernst Mueller; Morris Collman; Louis Samuels; Gustave Adolphus Hugo Thureau; Backhaus; Pastor Friedrich Leypoldt; various German vignerons; ''The Hamburg'' (hotel); ''The Berlin'' (hotel); ''The European'' (hotel); Deutsche Verein; Paul Bucholz; Herr Gollmick; Early architects - Getzschmann, Bosselmann, Nicolai, Emil Mauermann, Friedrich Lehmann; Medical people - Dr Barnett; , Dr Landvoigt. Dr Sandner Snr.; others - Conrad Meyerhoff (patent gold cradle), Benno Sluytmann (first electricity plant in Bendigo), Gustavus con Tempsky (re Burke & Wills expedition), Ludwig Becker (Burke & Wills expedition); Josef Von St. Nicolai (Freemasonry); Captain Von Paleski.Frank Cusackbendigo, mining, early german history, german diggers, diamond hill, mangurang, mexican enclave at eaglehawke, irish town, back creek, ironbark gully, white hills, georg bruhn, menge, jacob brahe. old bendigo cemetery. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: LOOKING BACK
... Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from Monday, December 10, 2001. Looking back: Long Gully Methodist Ladies Guild. Date unknown. ...History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields NEWSPAPER Bendigo advertiser the way we were Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from Monday, December 10, 2001. Looking back: Long Gully Methodist Ladies Guild. Date unknown. ...Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from Monday, December 10, 2001. Looking back: Long Gully Methodist Ladies Guild. Date unknown. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - ENGINE HOUSE: GARDEN GULLY MINE, Ca 1914
... James Lerk ' Engine house fire at the Garden Gully Mine ' Back, written I ' Garden Gully Mine after fire'...James Lerk ' Engine house fire at the Garden Gully Mine ' Back, written I ' Garden Gully Mine after fire' Photograph ENGINE HOUSE: GARDEN GULLY MINE ...Black and white postcard of engine house, Garden Gully United mine after fire. James Lerk ' Engine house fire at the Garden Gully Mine ' Back, written I ' Garden Gully Mine after fire'organization, business, garden gully mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - IRONBARK MINE: LONG GULLY, 1976
... black and white photo: poppet head, On back Ironbark Mine, Long Gully. 'The legs just as they fired the last shots 1976'....History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields ORGANIZATION Business ironbark mine black and white photo: poppet head, On back Ironbark Mine, Long Gully. 'The legs just as they fired the last shots 1976'. ...black and white photo: poppet head, On back Ironbark Mine, Long Gully. 'The legs just as they fired the last shots 1976'.organization, business, ironbark mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - JOSEPH BRADY COLLECTION: BYRNE'S TUNNEL, COLIBAN SYSTEM
... Comments on back of photo: 1st Gully upstream of Byrne's Tunnel. ...Comments on back of photo: 1st Gully upstream of Byrne's Tunnel. ...Photograph black and white. Comments on back of photo: 1st Gully upstream of Byrne's Tunnel. Constructed 1927/28. Concrete ground fluming.place, water, coliban race, john brady collection. coliban race -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - "Helston" home of Richard Jennings
... back to Bendigo. He was the manager of several mines in the Bendigo goldfields and retired from these posts in 1891. His home "Helston" is in Backhaus St. Long Gully...10563.5 Home of long serving Cornish Mine Manager Richard Jennings, who died at his residence "Helston" at Back Street, Long Gully. He was aged 86 years, and was one of the pioneers of the locality...Richard Jennings Long Gully "Helston" 10563.5 Home of long serving Cornish Mine Manager Richard Jennings, who died at his residence "Helston" at Back Street, Long Gully. ...Richard Jennings was a native of Cambourne, in Cornwall, born c. 1831. He arrived in Victoria in 1851, returned to Cornwall and then came back to Bendigo. He was the manager of several mines in the Bendigo goldfields and retired from these posts in 1891. His home "Helston" is in Backhaus St. Long Gully. Richard died in Feb. 1917 and was buried at the White Hills Cemetery.10563.5 Home of long serving Cornish Mine Manager Richard Jennings, who died at his residence "Helston" at Back Street, Long Gully. He was aged 86 years, and was one of the pioneers of the localityrichard jennings, long gully, "helston" -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - CARLISLE, LONG GULLY, c. 1900
... Gully mine. Mullock heap in foreground, partial view of poppet head, fairly substantial building in background. Inscriptions: hand written on back - Carlisle, Long Gully, 3,340 ft....Gully mine. Mullock heap in foreground, partial view of poppet head, fairly substantial building in background. Inscriptions: hand written on back - Carlisle, Long Gully, 3,340 ft. ...Black and white photograph of Carlisle, Long Gully mine. Mullock heap in foreground, partial view of poppet head, fairly substantial building in background. Inscriptions: hand written on back - Carlisle, Long Gully, 3,340 ft.A W Mc Gibbony, London Pharmacy, 117 Pall Mall, Bendigotopic, mining, carlisle, long gully -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - GOLDEN GULLY CRICKET CLUB - PREMIERS 1902 / 1903, 1902/03
... Inscriptions: on front - 'Golden Gully Premiers 1902 & 3', 'GP 81', On back - 'Golden Gully Cricket Club, 1902/3', circular rubber stamp 'Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Bendigo Branch'....Inscriptions: on front - 'Golden Gully Premiers 1902 & 3', 'GP 81', On back - 'Golden Gully Cricket Club, 1902/3', circular rubber stamp 'Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Bendigo Branch'. ...Sepia photograph of group, inside. Patterned drape to R, stained glass window L. Group consists of fifteen male, four of them formally dressed, eleven in cricketing gear. Two cricket bats in foreground. Inscriptions: on front - 'Golden Gully Premiers 1902 & 3', 'GP 81', On back - 'Golden Gully Cricket Club, 1902/3', circular rubber stamp 'Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Bendigo Branch'.person, group, sports team -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - SEA MINE: GARDEN GULLY LINE BENDIGO, 1960
... Male figure at the base of poppet head. on back Sea Mine Garden Gully Line Bendigo....History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields ORGANIZATION Business sea mine garden gully line black and white photograph : poppet head and chimney stack and boilers of mine site. Male figure at the base of poppet head. on back Sea Mine Garden Gully Line Bendigo. ...black and white photograph : poppet head and chimney stack and boilers of mine site. Male figure at the base of poppet head. on back Sea Mine Garden Gully Line Bendigo.organization, business, sea mine, garden gully line -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Book - St Just's Point
... Contains information, photos, factory drawings, labels relating to the St Just's Point area of Long Gully. Back cover plain yellow. 2010...Contains information, photos, factory drawings, labels relating to the St Just's Point area of Long Gully. Back cover plain yellow. 2010 Book St Just's Point ...Author George Ellis is a descendant of the James Family who arrived in St Just's Point in the 1870s. Forward by James Lerk December 2010. Yellow soft cover book. 55 pages. Front cover with black and white photo of house fence and yard in the center. Author George A.Ellis. Contains information, photos, factory drawings, labels relating to the St Just's Point area of Long Gully. Back cover plain yellow. 2010long gully, st justs point, cornish, mining -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - KEN BICE COLLECTION: WATTLE GULLY GOLD MINE
... Laminated faded black and white photograph of the Wattle Gully Gold Mine, Castlemaine. Image shows poppet head, mining shed. Written on back of photo ' Wattle Gully Mine from Fryers Road, 1979'...History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields MINING Equipment wattle gully gold mine Laminated faded black and white photograph of the Wattle Gully Gold Mine, Castlemaine. Image shows poppet head, mining shed. Written on back of photo ' Wattle Gully Mine from Fryers Road, 1979' Photograph KEN BICE COLLECTION: WATTLE GULLY GOLD MINE ...Laminated faded black and white photograph of the Wattle Gully Gold Mine, Castlemaine. Image shows poppet head, mining shed. Written on back of photo ' Wattle Gully Mine from Fryers Road, 1979'mining, equipment, wattle gully gold mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - CARLISLE MINE LONG GULLY, 1925
... Mng 59 on back. Carlisle Mine, Long Gully 1925 written on back in pencil., stamped on back ' printed by A W McGibbony London Pharmacy, 117 Pall Mall, Bendigo...Mng 59 on back. Carlisle Mine, Long Gully 1925 written on back in pencil., stamped on back ' printed by A W McGibbony London Pharmacy, 117 Pall Mall, Bendigo. ' Photograph CARLISLE MINE LONG GULLY ...black and white photo of poppet head with brick building. Large tank in foreground. Mng 59 on back. Carlisle Mine, Long Gully 1925 written on back in pencil., stamped on back ' printed by A W McGibbony London Pharmacy, 117 Pall Mall, Bendigo. 'organization, business, carlisle mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - SEA MINE: GARDEN GULLY LINE
... ' On Back "Sea ' Mine , Garden Gully Line ' . : A. ...History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields ORGANIZATION Business sea mine garden gully line black and white photo : 18 men ( boys ) in front of mine , dressed in working clothes. 3 rows of males, building at back has 3 stoping chutes with timber boards, structure appears to be off the ground 4 - 5 feet. . ' On Back "Sea ' Mine , Garden Gully Line ' . : A. ...black and white photo : 18 men ( boys ) in front of mine , dressed in working clothes. 3 rows of males, building at back has 3 stoping chutes with timber boards, structure appears to be off the ground 4 - 5 feet. . ' On Back "Sea ' Mine , Garden Gully Line ' . : A. Richardson , 29 Harrison St., Bendigoorganization, business, sea mine, garden gully line -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Postcard - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: LONG GULLY STATE SCHOOL 3 GRADE 1921
... A boy in the centre of the front row is holding a blackboard with Long Gully 2120 3rd Grade 1921 written on it. Written on the back is: 2120 Long Gully State School 3rd Grade 1921. 2nd R. ...A boy in the centre of the front row is holding a blackboard with Long Gully 2120 3rd Grade 1921 written on it. Written on the back is: 2120 Long Gully State School 3rd Grade 1921. 2nd R. ...Copy of a poscard photo of the Long Gully State School 3rd Grade 1921. A boy in the centre of the front row is holding a blackboard with Long Gully 2120 3rd Grade 1921 written on it. Written on the back is: 2120 Long Gully State School 3rd Grade 1921. 2nd R. Bill Rowe 7 Johnnie Rawe. F.R. Far Right Pierce Phillips. Front Row 2120. 13 Girls 19 Boys Long Gully School 3 Grade 1021.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - long gully state school 3 grade 1921, bill rowe, johnnie rawe, pierce phillips -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - VIRGINIA MINE: EAGLEHAWK, 1900 approx
... Virginia Mine Garden Gully (See Back for authority) Mine timbers laying in foreground. ...Virginia Mine Garden Gully (See Back for authority) Mine timbers laying in foreground. ...The Virginia Mine Company was registered at Eaglehawk in 1877. The first manager was Henry von der Heyde.black and white photo mounted on brown board. Shift of miners. Virginia Mine Garden Gully (See Back for authority) Mine timbers laying in foreground. R.H. Sixty Men, Timber and Corrugated Iron Clad Structure in background incorporates jawcrusher on left. Board has embossed surround to image. On back in grey lead 'Mrs G. Lonsdale, 38 Victoria Street, Eaglehawk; (faint) Tikitt? (top R.H. Corner) on front in grey lead 'Virginia Mine Eaglehawk. See also copies numbered 200-167-01. James Lerk 26.11.1999 'Virginia Mine, Garden Gully Reef, Eaglehawk - shift of miners - c.1900-. James Lerk 5.11.1999 Virginia Mine Shaft J Hooper, Manager Jaw Crusher on L.H.S of buildingvirginia gold mine, eaglehawk, 1877, von der heyde -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Map - Sandhurst Goldfield 1873, 1873
... On 14 November 1852 Smyth arrived in Melbourne and went to the gold diggings, where he worked as a carter on the construction of roads at Sawpit Gully. Back in Melbourne, on 7 November 1853 he became a draftsman under the surveyor-general, Andrew Clarke, and soon was acting chief draftsman. ...On 14 November 1852 Smyth arrived in Melbourne and went to the gold diggings, where he worked as a carter on the construction of roads at Sawpit Gully. Back in Melbourne, on 7 November 1853 he became a draftsman under the surveyor-general, Andrew Clarke, and soon was acting chief draftsman. ...Robert Brough Smyth (1830-1889), civil servant and mining engineer, was born on 18 February 1830 near Wallsend, Northumberland, England, son of Edward Smith, mining engineer, and his wife Elizabeth, née Brough. On 14 November 1852 Smyth arrived in Melbourne and went to the gold diggings, where he worked as a carter on the construction of roads at Sawpit Gully. Back in Melbourne, on 7 November 1853 he became a draftsman under the surveyor-general, Andrew Clarke, and soon was acting chief draftsman. Smyth compiled numerous reports and wrote catalogues for exhibitions of minerals and fossils. In November 1869 he superintended the establishment of a museum of economic geology, mineralogy and mining and published in Melbourne The Gold Fields and Mineral Districts of Victoria … Covertly involved in the controversy that led to the disbanding of the Geological Survey in 1869, he became its director on its reinstatement in 1871; he increased its part in the search for and proving of economic mineral and coal deposits. In 1875 he became chief inspector of mines and published the geological reports on John Forrest's Western Australian exploration. On 19 June 1860 Smyth had become honorary secretary to the Board for the Protection of Aborigines and in 1863 became a voting member. Zealous and determined, he assumed the role of chairman, which belonged ex officio to the chief secretary, and wielded great power, including the dubious dismissal of John Green, general inspector of Aborigines in 1861-75 with whom he had earlier collaborated. Smyth's compilation, The Aborigines of Victoria … (1878), arose from his efforts to gather information and artefacts of Victorian Aboriginal cultures at a time when their vestiges were fast disappearing. The work, still valuable though long since superseded, relied heavily upon others such as L. Fison, G. B. Halford, A. Howitt and J. Milligan. Press reports and a petition from officers in the Mining Department accused Smyth of 'tyrannical and overbearing conduct', and in February 1876 a board of inquiry was constituted and heard evidence until April. McCoy defended 'one of the best heads of department he had ever known' but the board found the charges of 'excessive severity … in the main substantiated', and reported that Smyth had been irritable, lacking self-control and over-fastidious, but acknowledged his 'unremitting energy and zealous labours in the public service'. On 4 May Smyth resigned all public offices except his membership of the Aborigines' board. Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/smyth-robert-brough-4621Original map printed on paper on canvas; copy of map with original. Title: Sandhurst gold field [cartographic material] / surveyed and compiled under the direction of R. Brough Smyth and Thos. Couchman, Angus Mackay ; additions made to the survey under the same direction by Regd. A.F. Murray, April 1873. "Lithd. by R. Shepherd" Topographic map of Sandhurst gold field, with relief shown by hachures. Shows roads, railways and public buildings. "Note - blocks held under leasing regulations are outlined and numbered in red" Map is also available on State Library Victoria: https://find.slv.vic.gov.au/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=61SLV_INST:SLV&search_scope=slv_local&tab=searchProfile&context=L&docid=alma994975393607636 sandhurst, goldfield, lease holdings, gullies, brough smyth, state library of victoria -
Eltham District Historical Society IncNewspaper - News Clipping, Herald, He died at Eltham. Herald, March 4, p3, 4 Mar 1965
... Frank was asked to assist with the removal of three bodies from the back gully (now Orchard Avenue). They were badly burnt and one was found stuck under a fence as though trying to escape. ...Frank was asked to assist with the removal of three bodies from the back gully (now Orchard Avenue). They were badly burnt and one was found stuck under a fence as though trying to escape. ...John Lawrence Coleman (1934-1965) born January 10, was the son of Raymond John Coleman and Hanna May (Gillet) Coleman. He married Margaret Frances Dare in 1955 and was the father of two children. He died whilst attempting to rescue an older man trapped in the bushfire at North Eltham on March 3, 1965 He died at Eltham (Herald, 4 March 1965, p3) [Picture of John Lawrence Coleman] Builder Mr John Lawrence Coleman, 31, of Main Rd., Eltham, one of three men burnt to death yesterday in the fire at North Eltham. The other two were XXXXX, 33 who lives opposite the Colemans and Mr William Elwers, 64 of Batman Rd., Eltham. * * * Frank Martin was a volunteer with the Eltham rural fire brigade at the time of the 1965 bushfires which burnt Eltham North and Research. Frank was asked to assist with the removal of three bodies from the back gully (now Orchard Avenue). They were badly burnt and one was found stuck under a fence as though trying to escape. Volunteers John Coleman Jnr, William Elwers and George Crowe were killed trying to protect Eltham from bushfire – they were local heroes. At the time, John Coleman Jnr was survived by his wife Margaret and two young children – John 11 and Vicky 2. Margaret Coleman lived in the family home until 1992 when she sold it and moved to Tasmania to be close to her son. She died in 1997 aged 65 years. 75 yr old Ken Gaston grew up on Edendale farm, which was originally a poultry farm but is now owned and run by the Shire of Nillumbik as an educational farm for schools and visitors. He was Captain of the Eltham rural fire brigade in 1965 when John Coleman Jnr was burnt to death in the Eltham North bushfires serving as an unofficial volunteer. He was able to draw where the original Wattletree Road was and at the time was verified with the location of some remaining bitumen and a post from the original bridge over the Diamond Creek located near the junction of the Diamond Creek and another small creek which is further down from Research or Christmas Creek as locals refer to it. The original Main Road ran behind Colemans before the railway line was built beyond Eltham in 1912. (Information recorded by Harry Gilham, President EDHS c.2011) * * * Bushfires rage in Victoria, Snowy: Three dead (1965, March 4). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), p. 1. Retrieved May 19, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131758981 Includes two photos of the fire in North Eltham “Firemen make for safety as fire rages in Upper Glen Park Road, North Eltham, Victoria. The smoke hides a house.” and “A house explodes into flames at North Eltham, Victoria. Firemen said bottled gas went up.” Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Thursday 4 March 1965, page 1 ________________________________________ Firemen make for safety as fire rages in Upper Glen Park Road. North Eltham. Victoria. The smoke hides a house. A house explodes into flames at North Eltham. Victoria. Firemen said bottled gas went up. Bushfires rage in Victoria, Snowy: Three dead MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Three people died today in a bush» fire which raged through North Eltham, about 15 miles from Melbourne. The victims were three men. A fourth man is feared to be dead. Another bushfire. sparked off by the heatwave sizzling over south-eastern Australia, is burning out of control in the Kosciusko State Park, in the Snowy Mountains. Firefighters fear that if it reaches pine forests up the Yarrangobilly River, they will be powerless to stop it. The three victims of the North Eltbam fire were trapped by flames in a valley. Their bodies were found only a few yards apart. They were named by police tonight as Mr. George Crowe, 78, of North Eltham, William John Ewers, 64, and John Laurence Coleman, 31, both of Eltham. The other two have not been identified. They are believed to be a man aged about 40 and an 18-year-old youth. At least 12 homes were destroyed by the fire, the worst in Victoria since 1962, when eight lives were lost and hundreds of homes burnt down at Warrandyte. At one time the township of Eltham was threatened, but a cool change swept in from the south and held back the wall of flames. More than 100 dogs, worth about £4,000, died when the fire raced through two kennels in Short Street, Eltham. and Upper Glen Park Road, North Eltham. A trickle of water Residents ran into the streets as the blaze raced towards their houses. Others frantically dug firebreaks around their homes. Mrs. Sue Recourt wept when firemen arrived while she was vainly trying to stop the flames with a trickle of water from the garden hose. A stack of firewood was blazing, but the firemen managed to save the house and rescue four goats. Many homes in Eltham were saved after flames had crept to within feet of their fences. Students at North Eltham State School had to be evacuated when the blaze threatened the building. Fire fighters were severely hampered by lack of water and narrow roads. The blaze, which began in above century heat, turned toward Wattle Glen, where two houses were gutted. Then the flames raced towards Hurstbridge to the north. Firemen battling desperately, controlled the fire late this afternoon. Five forest fires were still burning in Victoria tonight. IN VICTORIA THIS WEEK Tragic lack of central fire authority (1965, March 9). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), p. 2. Retrieved May 19, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131759928 Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Tuesday 9 March 1965, page 2 ________________________________________ IN VICTORIA THIS WEEK Tragic lack of central fire authority From Rohan Rivett It was the worst week for Victorian fire fighters since Black Friday 27 years ago. On that day one pilot up in a spotter plane said afterwards: "It seemed at times that half the State was on fire." This time, for three days on end, Gippsland men, women and children had moments of conviction that their towns would have blackened into anonymity before the weekend was out. The week began with horror at Eltham on the North-eastern edge of Melbourne. Eltham today is something of an artists' colony. Oil painters, water colourists, potters and sculptors proliferate. A number of University folk have emulated the example of Professor MacMahon Ball who pioneered the way by moving to Eltham and carving a home out of the bush in the thirties. Innermost Eltham is barely 14 miles from the G.P.O. Farthest Eltham stretches miles beyond. It served to illustrate the tragi-ludicrous truncation of Victoria's fire control. Part of Eltham is under the protection of the Melbourne Fire Brigade. But this responsibility ceases at some invisible and incomprehensible line — apparently determined by the meanderings of the water mains. At this point everybody's property throughout the rest of Eltham is dependent on the Country Fire Authority. Half an hour before midday on Wednesday, a fire suddenly started on the West side of Upper Glen road on the edge of Eltham. Before the fire brigade could arrive, it was burning on a widening front through timber and high grass north of Eltham. Two wind changes in rapid succession saw the fire leaping Diamond Creek. With a freshening wind it struck home after home in three streets. More than one of them exploded suddenly as if hit by an incendiary bomb. There is no piped gas in the Eltham area, hence many housewives use bottle gas. The flames outside caused the bottles to explode. Altogether twelve homes were completely incinerated and four more were badly damaged. Thirty prize dogs perished. About three hours after the fire started it raced suddenly down a gully hillside trapping an elderly man. Two other men apparently raced to the rescue. Flames caught the three men within yards of each other, not 200 yards off the Upper Glen Park Road where safety lay. They were burned to death. Next evening an angry and convincing secretary of the Fire Brigade Union, Mr. W. M. Webber, came on television and appealed to the people of Victoria to end the ridiculous and dangerous dualism in fire-fighting control. The Eltham fire, he said, had precisely illustrated the situation. The Metropolitan Fire Brigade area touched Eltham, but where the fire had gutted and killed, was just outside its area. Mr. Webber said his union had constantly urged one authority for the State with a complete reorganisation of fire protection. On Wednesday the union had repeated its call for an inquiry into fire protection in Victoria to the Chief Secretary, Mr Rylah. "No matter how close the liaison between the two organisations, there are always divided sections of thinking," Mr. Webber told viewers. "I don't know how much tragedy the com-munity can take before it demands that it is properly protected." Rumours that differences in gauge between taps and hose nozzles (as between the two authorities) accentuated the damage were denied by fire chiefs who said that all appliances were now carrying adaptors so that hoses could be linked to mains everywhere. But there is grave concern in the Metropolitan Fire Brigade's higher councils at the action of several Federal authorities with projects in and around Melbourne. They are installing non-standard equipment without reference to the State authorities or any dovetailing of appliances and equipment. Public alarm was not diminished by the publication on Friday and Saturday of a heart tearing letter from the young widow of John Lawrence Coleman, 31 year old father of two, who had died in the flames apparently trying to rescue the old man trapped in the gully. By that time, a Vast area of Gippsland was in flames and the troops had been sent in to back up the overworked and often helpless fire-fighters. By Saturday, the Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Stoneham, who has previously demanded a Royal Commission into fire-fighting arrangements, repeated his demand. To add to the Chief Secretary's worries he was publicly rebuked for allegedly implying on television that lives had been lost at Eltham because people went to the wrong place at the wrong time. In a letter to the Press, Professor MacMahon Ball pointed out that two of the men involved were experienced bushmen who had gone "to help an old man in great danger fully aware of the danger to themselves". As Victoria faced its sixth day of total State-wide fire ban, it looked likely that even official resistance was not going to silence the demand for one central authority to control the fire fiend. At the moment, the 400 square miles where two million Victorians live in Greater Melbourne are divorced from the rest of the State in planning, communications, equipment and control of personnel. No one doubts the whole-hearted co-operation and willingness to back each other up of the M.F.B. and the C.F.A., both at top-level and among the firemen themselves. However, when a city straggles so deeply into the country side, the absence of a single authority, to oversee and analyse the fire threat as a whole, suggests suicidal policy of divide and fuel. Emphasis of the tragic loss of a member of a pioneering family who died whilst helping others in his communitybushfire, cfa, country fire authority, fire brigrade, glen park road, heroes, john lawrence coleman, north eltham, victorian bushfires - 1965, volunteers, william john elwers, fire fighter, frank martin, george john crowe, ken gaston, orchard avenue -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - Robert Green Collection - Photos of Bendigo Tramways - Sheet 1 of 8, 1960s
... Houses in the foreground, on the left is 245 Eaglehawk Road and on the right 241 Eaglehawk Road. 11147.1c Birney Car Tram on its way out of Long Gully along Mt Korong (Eaglehawk) Road towards Eaglehawk, looking back ove the Long Gully township. 11147.1d Birney Car Tram on its way out of Long Gully along Mt Korong (Eaglehawk) Road towards Eaglehawk. ...Houses in the foreground, on the left is 245 Eaglehawk Road and on the right 241 Eaglehawk Road. 11147.1c Birney Car Tram on its way out of Long Gully along Mt Korong (Eaglehawk) Road towards Eaglehawk, looking back ove the Long Gully township. 11147.1d Birney Car Tram on its way out of Long Gully along Mt Korong (Eaglehawk) Road towards Eaglehawk. ...This collection contains eight archive sheets (Sheet 1 to Sheet 8) of strips of original 35mm black and white negatives of photographs taken by Robert green during the 1960s and early 1970s of the Bendigo State Electricty Commission of Victoria Tramways prior to their abandonment. The collection also includes two archive quality sheets (Sheet A and Sheet B) of original 35mm colour slides taken by Robert Green during the same period. Sheet B also contains one slide taken by Robert's friend Keigh S King (1928-2019) who was the author of the book 'The Bendigo Tramways an illustrated history, published by the Australian Railway Historical Society Victorian Division Melbourne in February 1972; BHS Item no. 5052. The collection also includes one USB stick which contains images of all photographs described above, except for one colour slide taken by Keith S Kings. Sixteen black and white prints from the images are also included.Robert Green Collection, this item contains 33 Black and White Negatives of the trams at various locations around Bendigo. Photos: 11147.1a and 11147.1b Tram on its way out of Long Gully along Mt Korong (Eaglehawk) Road towards Eaglehawk. Houses in the foreground, on the left is 245 Eaglehawk Road and on the right 241 Eaglehawk Road. 11147.1c Birney Car Tram on its way out of Long Gully along Mt Korong (Eaglehawk) Road towards Eaglehawk, looking back ove the Long Gully township. 11147.1d Birney Car Tram on its way out of Long Gully along Mt Korong (Eaglehawk) Road towards Eaglehawk. Houses in the foreground, on the left is 245 Eaglehawk Road and on the right 241 Eaglehawk Road. 11147.1e No 28 Birney Car Special 11147.1f No 28 Birney Car Special and No 2 possibly in Eaglehawk 11147.1g No 18 roars up Eaglehawk Road into Iron Bark 11147.1h Tram crossing the railway at Jobs Gully, on its way to Bendigo 11147.1i Tram crossing the railway at Jobs Gully, on its way to Eaglehawk 11147.1j Central Deborah Gold Mine 11147.1k The intersection of Reginald and Houston St, with the Cemetery on the left. 11147.1l Tram Stop on Pall Mall opposite Ezywalkins Conrner of Mitchell St 11147.1m Electrical Cable junction box 11147.1n Electrical Cable junction box 11147.1o No 18 at Canterbury Park Terminus Eaglehawk 11147.1p No 26 at the top of Mitchell St on its way to Quarry Hill 11147.1q Nos 26 and 18 at the Railway Station stop in Mitchell St 11147.1r No 18 coming down Mitchell St 11147.1s No 5 possibly in Carpenter St 11147.1t No 5 at the Cemetery Gates ready to depart the terminus 11147.1u No 5 at the Cemetery Gates ready to depart the terminus 11147.1v No 5 at the Cemetery Gates ready to depart the terminus 11147.1w Nos 18 and 5 crossover at the Fountain 11147.1x Nos 18 and 5 crossover at the Fountain 11147.1y Nos 18 and 5 crossover at the Fountain 11147.1z Heading into Long Gully past the Manchester Arms Hotel 11147.1aa No 5 loading passengers at the Eaglehawk Terminus next to Canterbury Park 11147.1ab Traffic conjestion at the loop on the way back to Bendigo 11147.1ac The Eaglehawk Terminus next to Canterbury Park 11147.1ad The Eaglehawk Terminus next to Canterbury Park 11147.1ae The Eaglehawk Terminus next to Canterbury Park 11147.1af The Eaglehawk Terminus next to Canterbury Parkkeith s king, bendigo, trams, robert green -
Bendigo Military MuseumPostcard - PHOTOGRAPHIC POSTCARD WW1
... Gully, Bendigo, Victoria. Bennetts Collection Postcard 4th Battalion Handwritten on photograph in black ink: “N.C.O.'s 4th Batt Reinfts!” Handwritten on back ...Part of the Bennetts Collection. Postcard sent to Mr. Les Bennett of Knape St, Long Gully, Bendigo, Victoria.Sepia toned photographic postcard featuring five WW1 soldiers in uniform. Photograph taken on the deck of a ship. Three soldiers standing behind two sitting. Sign detailing the deck visible in background. Postcard formal on back with handwritten letter.Handwritten on photograph in black ink: “N.C.O.'s 4th Batt Reinfts!” Handwritten on back in black ink: “Letter to Mr Les Bennet” Stamped in black ink on back: “Postmark - Melbourne - date unclear".bennetts collection, postcard, 4th battalion -
Bendigo Military MuseumCertificate - CITIZENS OF CALIFORNIA GULLY, FRAMED, California Gully Mechanics Institute, 10 June 1946
... Gully Recipients name handwritten in black ink: 'S/Sgt N. P. Herdman". Colour certificate mounted on a grey matt, covered with glass and framed with gold coloured wood. Certificate is headed with the Australian Coat of Arms above words "All Honour to the Brave". Scroll at bottom above Rising Sun. British and Australian flags featured along with insignia of Navy and Airforce. Cord on back ...Certificate awarded to S/Sgt Norman P. Herdman. No.V85844 who enlisted in WW2, 25 Jue 1940 and served with 4 Aust Guard Compound Part of the Kevin John Herdman (No 397661) Collection. See Cat 5942P for details of his service. Colour certificate mounted on a grey matt, covered with glass and framed with gold coloured wood. Certificate is headed with the Australian Coat of Arms above words "All Honour to the Brave". Scroll at bottom above Rising Sun. British and Australian flags featured along with insignia of Navy and Airforce. Cord on back for hanging.Recipients name handwritten in black ink: 'S/Sgt N. P. Herdman".norman p herdman, kevin john herdman, certificate, citizens california gully -
Kiewa Valley Historical SocietyPhotos x2 - Views of Skiing at Falls Creek
... Falls Creek village skiing snow sports Laurie Richards On the back reference to Laurie Richards photographer. 2 Black and white photos of Falls Creek during winter. 1. 5 buildings in Falls Creek Bowl including the Frying Pan Inn, Bogong Ski Club and Cummings Ski Hire and about 20 skiers on the slopes. Photo is taken from the bottom of the Summit T-bar looking towards the Gully ...Falls Creek is a resort town in northeastern Victoria. Its development began during the construction of the Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme by the SECV in the late 1940s. The resort continued to develop becoming a destination all year round for skiing, bush walking and cycling. Falls Creek began to develop during the construction of the KHES.2 Black and white photos of Falls Creek during winter. 1. 5 buildings in Falls Creek Bowl including the Frying Pan Inn, Bogong Ski Club and Cummings Ski Hire and about 20 skiers on the slopes. Photo is taken from the bottom of the Summit T-bar looking towards the Gully chair and part of the Village T-bar. 2. View taken from Falls Creek village looking towards Spion Kop. 1960s cable binding skis in the foreground.On the back reference to Laurie Richards photographer.falls creek village, skiing, snow sports, laurie richards -
Bendigo Military MuseumPhotograph - Hockey Team - Army Survey Regiment, Fortuna, Bendigo, c1988 to 1990
... Gully, Ironbark, a suburb of Bendigo circa 1988 to 1990. The photograph was printed on photographic paper and is part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection. The photograph was scanned at 300 dpi. .1) - Photo, colour, c1988 to 1990. Back...Gully, Ironbark, a suburb of Bendigo circa 1988 to 1990. The photograph was printed on photographic paper and is part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection. The photograph was scanned at 300 dpi. .1) - Photo, colour, c1988 to 1990. Back ...This photograph of Fortuna’s Hockey Team was taken at the Bendigo Regional Hockey Complex, Garden Gully, Ironbark, a suburb of Bendigo circa 1988 to 1990. It is possible this photo was most likely taken at an inter-area Army competition or alternatively, an inter-service or local Bendigo competition.This photograph of Fortuna’s Hockey Team was taken at the Bendigo Regional Hockey Complex, Garden Gully, Ironbark, a suburb of Bendigo circa 1988 to 1990. The photograph was printed on photographic paper and is part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection. The photograph was scanned at 300 dpi. .1) - Photo, colour, c1988 to 1990. Back row L to R: Peter Imeson, Trevor Osborne, Andy Love, Peter Lefel, unidentified, Graeme Spong, Nadine Paul, Stuart Thaxter. Front row L to R: Nick Cowan, unidentified, John Reid, unidentified, Dick Crawford.No personnel are annotated.royal australian survey corps, rasvy, army survey regiment, army svy regt, fortuna, asr -
Bendigo Military MuseumPhotograph - PHOTOGRAPH 38TH BN, C.1918
... Milligan Maiden Gully” Postcard photo sepia tone showing a soldier standing hands behind back, has Sergeants stripes on one arm, studio background, inscription on front. ...Photo is; Robert John Milligan No 1877 enlisted 3.3.1916 age 34 in 2nd reinforcements 38th Bn, embarked for England 16.8.1916, due to getting into trouble he does not embark for France until 3.1.1918, WIA 30.8.1918 GSW to Arm and Thigh, discharged from the AIF 20.3.19120Postcard photo sepia tone showing a soldier standing hands behind back, has Sergeants stripes on one arm, studio background, inscription on front.On front in black, “Yrs sincerely R.J.Milligan”, On rear in pencil, “R.J. Milligan C/- J. Milligan Maiden Gully”photographs, 38th bn, -
Emerald Museum & Nobelius Heritage ParkPhotograph, Emerald Police - Constable Fleming
... back yard contained a lock-up for prisoners. He served as a policeman in Emerald for 19 years. When he retired, around 1928 - 30, Constable Fleming bought the Collis farm in Pinnocks Road, which at the time extended right down to Telopea Road. He died in Ferntree Gully...back yard contained a lock-up for prisoners. He served as a policeman in Emerald for 19 years. When he retired, around 1928 - 30, Constable Fleming bought the Collis farm in Pinnocks Road, which at the time extended right down to Telopea Road. He died in Ferntree Gully ...FLEMING, Lawrence Joseph, (b.1876 - d. 1967) Police Reg. No. 5974 served with the Emerald Police from 08/11/1915 - 06/09/1934 as 1st. Constable. Lawrence Joseph Fleming was a veteran of the Boer War. He came to Emerald after his discharge from the Australian Army. He joined the police force, travelling on horseback to cover an area from Gembrook, Cockatoo and Emerald, through to Monbulk and Belgrave. His house which also served as the police station still exists in Kilvington Drive, Emerald. The back yard contained a lock-up for prisoners. He served as a policeman in Emerald for 19 years. When he retired, around 1928 - 30, Constable Fleming bought the Collis farm in Pinnocks Road, which at the time extended right down to Telopea Road. He died in Ferntree Gully hospital at the age of 91 years on the 12 June 1967. (as researched by C. Britton)A rare photograph of 1st Constable Lawrence Joseph Fleming - Emerald PoliceCopy of photograph depicting Constable Fleming on horseback MonbulkOn back, handwritten: 'Constable Flemming at Bayne's bridge Monbulk (please note incorrect spelling of Fleming. emerald police, lawrence joseph fleming -
Bendigo Military MuseumPhotograph - PHOTOGRAPH WW1, FRAMED, C.1914 - 18
... On front RHS, LHS back & bottom white sticker: "No 59" Rear at bottom in biro: "Henry Bice Maiden Gully"...Bendigo Military Museum 37 - 39 Pall Mall Bendigo goldfields Passchendaele Barracks Trust photographs framed On front RHS, LHS back & bottom white sticker: "No 59" Rear at bottom in biro: "Henry Bice Maiden Gully" Decorative brown wooden frame, glass front, cardboard backing. ...Decorative brown wooden frame, glass front, cardboard backing. Black & white photo of unknown soldier with Union Jack flag in background Soldier dressed in peaked cap, jacket with waist belt trousers, puttees & boots, photo mounted with brown border.On front RHS, LHS back & bottom white sticker: "No 59" Rear at bottom in biro: "Henry Bice Maiden Gully"passchendaele barracks trust, photographs, framed -
Bendigo Military MuseumBook - PERSONAL NARRATIVE, WW2, T. Hamilton, "SOLDIER SURGEON IN MALAYA", 1957
... GULLY 3550". Hardcover book with dust cover. Hardcover - cardboard with green colour buckram. Red colour print on spine. Dustcover - paper, black and red print on yellow and green background. Illustrated front with a drawing of three soldiers assisting three soldiers who are injured. Flaps - with printed information. 218 pages, cut, plain, off white paper. Illustrated - black ink print as chapter ornamentation line drawings and map facing title page. End papers - front and back ...From Book dustcover flap. "Soldier Surgeon in Malaya is a racy/ and realistic record of the work done/ by the 2/4th Casualty Cleaning Station/ of the 8th Division in Malaya and/ Singapore in 1941-42".Hardcover book with dust cover. Hardcover - cardboard with green colour buckram. Red colour print on spine. Dustcover - paper, black and red print on yellow and green background. Illustrated front with a drawing of three soldiers assisting three soldiers who are injured. Flaps - with printed information. 218 pages, cut, plain, off white paper. Illustrated - black ink print as chapter ornamentation line drawings and map facing title page. End papers - front and back green ink print of a "map of Singapore Island". Inscriptions noted front end paper and title page. Handwritten details. Front end paper - blue ink pen - "Clyde Rutherford/ 23 Main St/ Cobram". Title page - black ink pen - "DONATED BY BENDIGO YMCA/ 2009". - Black ink stamp -'BENDIGO DISTRICT RSL SUB BRANCH INC/ BOX 42/ LONG GULLY 3550".publications, books, diary, military history, aif, 2/4th casualty cleaning station, lt.col hamilton -
Bendigo Military MuseumBook - REGIMENT HISTORY, WW2, Max Parsons, "GUNFIRE", 1991
... GULLY 3550". Hardcover book with Dust cover. Hardcover - cardboard with red colour buckram, gold colour print on spine. Dustcover, paper, red and black print on beige, brown, khaki, grey and black stylized art illustration depicting three gunners firing a military gun, full length of the dustcover. Flaps with printed information. 342 pages, cut, plain, white paper. Illustrated - black and white photographs, maps diagrams and artwork. Endpapers front and back ...From Title Page: "GUNFIRE!/ A HISTORY OF THE 2/12 AUSTRALIAN FIELD REGIMENT 1940-1946",Hardcover book with Dust cover. Hardcover - cardboard with red colour buckram, gold colour print on spine. Dustcover, paper, red and black print on beige, brown, khaki, grey and black stylized art illustration depicting three gunners firing a military gun, full length of the dustcover. Flaps with printed information. 342 pages, cut, plain, white paper. Illustrated - black and white photographs, maps diagrams and artwork. Endpapers front and back - sepia tones - map of “TOBRUCK DEFENCES". Inscriptions noted front first page.Handwritten details - black ink pen. "DONATED BY BENDIGO YMCA 2009". Black ink stamp "BENDIGO DISTRICT RSL CLUB SUB BRANCH INC./ BOX 42/ LONG GULLY 3550".publication, book, military history, 2/12 australian field regiment, ww2
