Program for the unveiling of memorial plaque at the location of the former Long Gully Fire Station on the 20th August 2000 at Creeth St Long Gully, rear of St Mathews Anglical Church. List of Dignitaries include Parliamentarians: Hon Andre' Haermeyer MP, Hon Bob Cameron MP and Ron Best MLC. Other Dignitaries: Cr Laurie Whelan, Cr Willi Carney and CFA Bill Davies and Bruce Furnell. Special Guests included Representatives of the Bendigo Fire Brigade, Long Gully Community House, Bendigo and District Cornish Association, Central Victorian Fire Preservation Society and St Mathews Church. Briefing notes include the Plaque, Long Gully and a brief history of the Long Gully Fire Brigade. Also included is a location map of the Long Gully Area.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - long gully community house, the hon andre' haermeyer mp, long gully fire station, st mathews anglical church, george a ellis, long gully history group, bruce furnell, cr laurie whelan, greater city of bendigo, hon bob cameron mp, hon ron best mlc, cr willi carney, bill davies, country fire authority, bendigo and district cornish association, central victorian fire preservation society, mechanics institute, post and telegraph office, cfbb chief officer hennah

Copy of an article from the Bendigo Advertiser 1/9/1990 mentioning the Cornish influence on Victorian gold mining during the 1880's and 1890's. Also mentioned is population growth, rock drills and miner's phthisis.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - cornishmen brought their mining skills to bendigo, bendigo advertiser 1/9/1990, dr charles fahey, cornish association of bendigo and district, bendigo college of advanced education, george lansell, the mining exchange, beehive building, eaglehawk fire station, george ellis

Copy of two photos on the page. The top one is a photo of the plaque with: The Bendigo Underground Miner. To acknowledge the contribution of the many hundreds of miners who lost their lives in the industry through accident and industrial disease. Many were Cornishmen and their descendants. The lower photo shows part of the poppet head with the plaque and another one below it. There are two men standing on one side of the plaques and a lady and a man on the other side.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - the bendigo underground miner, teh cornish association of bendigo & district, george a ellis, robert lloyd

Cornish Association of Bendigo & District Inc. Newsletter Volume 7: Number 4: December 2001. Titled Early Ethnic Gold Pioneers. Members met at the Chinese Museum before taking a walk down the street to view the Centenary of Federation display which is housed in the Museum, situated in the Old Post Office. Sir John Quick is also mentioned. According to Lorna Erwin, Publicity Officer for the Bendigo Cornish Association, the display covers some of the major aspects of mining, education, communications, health, religion, sporting and social life in Bendigo over the last 100 years and provides an interesting and informative comparison between life in Bendigo in 1901 and life today. Also mentioned is Bendigo can be proud of the Museum which was made possible by a grant from the Federal Government to allow Bendigo to share in the Centenary of Federation Celebrations.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - cornish association newsletter december 2001, cornish association of bendigo & district inc, george a ellis, eaglehawk fire statin, chinese museum, centenary of federation, old post office, sir john quick, bendigo advertiser, bathurst convention of 1896, commonwealth constitution 1897 - 1898, lorna erwin

Cornish Association Newsletter Volume 9, Number 2, June 2003 mentions the unveiling of the Long Gully Mining Monument on May 25th. The unveiling was carried out by John Bolitho Grand Bard of Cornwall in conjunction with Cr Darrel McClure. The ceremony was followed by afternoon tea supplied by the Long Gully History Group and organised by Carol Rasmussen of the Long Gully Community House. Some special guests were Gwen Phillips president of the C.A.V. and Vivian Pryor from Newquay Cornwall. The day was finished by Annual Dinner held at the Kangaroo Sports Club. Plans for other celebrations were underway. A paper, the Cornish in the First World War, was presented by Tom Luke at the Cornish association of South Australia's seminar. Leanne and Robert Lloyd had to come home as their house was considerably damaged by a tornado that swept through Eaglehawkbendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - cornish association newsletter june 2003 - presidents report, cornish association of bendigo & district inc, george a ellis, eaglehawk fire station, long gully mining monument, john bolitho, cr darrel mcclure, long gully history group, carol rasmussen, long gully community fhouse, gwen phillips, vivian pryor, kaangaroo sports club, evelyn butfield, jean shadforth, tom luke, cornish association of south australia, leanne and robert lloyd

Copy of a plan for the plaque for the Site of the Former Long Gully Fire Station. Plan has the Country Fire Authority Victoria Logo and three spaces for badges. It also has when the Long Gully Fire brigade was formed and when it was deregistered. Also mentioned is the supporters: Bendigo Fire Brigade, Country Fire Authority, Long Gully History Group, Cornish Association of Bendigo and District and the Central Victorian Fire Service Presentation Society. Unveiled by The Hon Andre Haermeyer MP and Minister for Police and Emergency Services on Sunday 20th August 2000. Plaque to be made by A1 Plaques.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - plan for plaque, bruce furnell, long gully fire station, long gully fire brigade, country fire authority, bendigo fire brigade, long gully history group, cornish association of bendigo and district, central victorian fire service presentation society, the hon andre haermeyer mp, a1 plaques

Newspaper cutting titled George works on, printed in the Bendigo Advertiser Sep 16, '99. Mentioned in the article is George's work with the Cornish Association and his re-election as president. An honour was bestowed on George and his wife, Edna at a ceremony in Cornwall. A photograph shows George and his Wife, Edna wearing a light bluerobe and a horizontal banded hat with two dark blue? bands with a yellow band in the centre.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - george and edna ellis, bendigo advertiser 16 /9/99, cornish association of bendigo and district, peter mundy, leanne lloyd, tanya lea, robert lloyd, trevor rosewarne, david lea, white hilll botanical gardens, forest street uniting church, michael joseph, ballarat cornish association, long gully uniting church, eaglehawk fire station

BHS CollectionCopy of a newspaper article titled Family saga continues at Long Gully George to the fore. A photo of George is included and printed under it it mentions that George Ellis is the new secretary of the Cornish Association of Bendigo and District. George's father, George A., is the associations long-serving president, while his mother Edna served as treasurer for many years. Sir John Quick is also mentioned. He was born in Cornwall.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - george to the fore, the cornish association of bendigo and district, george ellis, george a ellis, leanne lloyd, edna ellis, ted hocking, rob lloyd, peter mundy, cornish association of victoria, eaglehawk fire station, william trahair, st matthew's anglican church, bendigo city masonic lodge, cornish choir, corowa historical society, dr john quick, sir john quick, white hill cemetry, peter and catherine moyle

BHS CollectionThe Australian High Commissioner's Visit to Cornwall. Information supplied by Tom and Libby Luke. Mentioned is the visit by the Australian High Commissioner Mr Michael L'Estrange to Trevessa Farm, Cornwall, the birthplace of Sir John Quick. The Cornish Association placed a plaque on Trevessa Farm in 2002. Margaret Bigg, one of the owners of Trevessa Farm can claim to have relatives of the Ellis Family here in Bendigo. On the back is a copy of a Bendigo Advertiser article titled Cornish to honour their patron saint. It was dated March 4, 1992. Article contains some information on St Piran, the patron saint of miners. Also mentioned is the birthplace of Sir John Quick.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - the australian high commissioner's visit to cornwall, tom and libby luke, michael l'estrange, trevessa farm, sir john quick, camborne pool redruth urban regeneration company, dr tim williams, cr graeme hicks, cornwall county council, adrian and margaret bigg, the cornish association, john bolitho, ellis family, bendigo advertiser 4 mar 1992, st piran's day, tin mining, the cornish association of bendigo and district, eaglehawk town hall, eaglehawk dahlia and arts festival, max goldsworthy

Brochure with an invitation to visit Historical and Mining Museum in Mechanic's Institute, Eaglehawk. Drawing of poppet legs on the front with The Royal Historical Society of Victoria Bendigo Branch. Historical Guide to Bendigo including Self Tours of Bendigo's Famous Goldfields. Forward by John Hattam. Contributors are: H Biggs, Miss L J Parry, A Richardson, L C Bennetts and Edith Checcucci. Credits - The Bendigo Advertiser, Cambridge Press, Mines Department (Bendigo) and J R W Purves. Items include Bendigo Tramways Compiled by H Biggs, Early Bendigo Hotels Compiled by L C Bennetts, Eaglehawk Compiled by H Biggs, Noted Events Compiled by June Parry, The Bendigo Post Office Compiled by LC Bennetts, The Bendigo Goldfield. Introduction to Field and Guide to Some Famous Mines Compiled by A Richardson. Photos include: Pall Mall Bendigo, Ravenswood Homestead, An Early Battery at Kangaroo Flat, Historic High Street Golden Square, The Lonely Grave, Battery Tram c1888, Steam Tram c1892, Electric Tram c1903, The New Chum Railway Golden Square, United Hustlers and Redan Mine Sandhurst Road, Central Deborah Violet Street, Deborah Mine Quarry Hill, Deborah Mine 1000 ft level, First Motion Winding Engine at Central Deborah, Victoria Hill Area, and Looking south from New Chum Hill in 1890's. Also 11010.254, 255, 268, 288a, 288b, and 289.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - historical guide to bendigo, the royal historical society of victoria bendigo branch, historical and mining museum, mechanic's institute eaglehawk, librarian mechanic's institute, miss j parry, john hattam, h biggs, a richardson, l c bennetts, edith checcucci, bendigo advertiser, cambridge press, mines department (bendigo), j r w purves, mr a o'keefe, shire of marong, the sandhurst and eaglehawk tramway company, mr j taylor, mr j hanson, the bendigo tramway company, electric supply company, coliban water suply, juvenile industrial exhibition, geo lansell, cr a harkness, salvation army, vine and fruitgrowers association, decentralisation league, constable thomas ryan, miners association, art gallery, post office, miss broadfoot, bendigo hospital, opera company, bendigo development league, victorian women's franchise league, ana hall, the bendigonian, law courts, temperance hall, trades hall (old wardens court), roman catholic cathedral, shamrock hotel, bendigo philosophical society, old bendigonian society, bendigo fire brigade, bendigo volunteers to south african war, hawkins, porcupine inn, criterion hotel, royal hotel, bendigo hotel, black swan hotel, gillies bakery, hibernian hotel, sandhurst hotel, freemasons hotel, courthouse hotel, shamrock hotel, governor hotham, heffernan & crowley, new chum railway, victoria quartz, shenandoah, shamrock mine, hercules no 1 (originally pearl east), hercules new chum (late pearl), carlisle mine, mr arblaster, meurer, sandhurst bee, benevolent asylum, bendigo gas company, a lloyd, coliban water supply scheme, cr w v simons, eaglehawk council, j mouat, sir henry barkly, agricultural and horticultural exhibition, sandhurst and eaglehawk boroughs, cr john mcintyre, latham and watson's mine, galatea (model ship), st paul's church of england, rev g p despard, fine arts exhibition and exposition, bendigo rifle association, strathfieldsaye shire hall, corporate high school, bendigonian society, richard andrews, easter fair, g aspinall, j burnsides, sir h manners sutton, beehive stores, mining exchanges, bendigo water works, city family hotel, bendigo united friendly society medical institute and dispensary, benevolent asylum, jewish synagogue, masonic hall, school of mines, mr j h abbott, australian natives association, royal princess theatre, albion hall, central state school, high school, gravel hill state school, electricity commission, james mouat, warring natives, the rocks, joseph crook, gold discovery, marong district roads board, camp hotel, mr charles sherratt, city of bendigo, mt alexander north run, grice and heape, ravenswood, gibson and fenton, mrs john kennedy, mrs patrick farrel, mr j a paton, mr lachlan mclachlan, theatre royal, sir charles and lady hotham, harney's bridge, e j ennor, sandhurst fire brigade, the health of towns act, mr townsend, cornish & co, bendigo pottery, bendigo agricultural society, pike or pyke, baby health centre, sandhurst post office, government survey office, sandhurst trustees company, mr h b briston, savings bank, telegraph office, sir henry brougham lock, hon sir john nimmo, sandhurst public offices, the new prince of wales mine, new prince of wales no 2, the whip and jersey, lansell's big 180, new chum and victoria mine and battery, new chum railway, koch's pioneer, south new moon, catherine reef united, new moon, virginia mine, south belle vue, new chum railway, central nell gwynne, north nell gwynne, ironbark mine, new chum syncline, hercules, herculesl energetic, roberts & sons, harkness & co, horwoods, great southern, ulster, carlisle, cornish, new st mungo, duchess tribute, south devonshire, hopewell mine, saxby mine, mcnair & co, mr king, bourke and wills, sandhurst hotel, the dascombe nugget, victoria nugget, r r haverfield, ballerstedt, rae, wittscheibe, lazarus, cave and amos, bendigo amalgamated goldfields, bendigo mines limited, the deborah, north deborah, central deborah, the new red white and blue consolidated (big blue), union, lansell's new red white and blue 9later no 3 shaft), h harkness & co, thompson & co, central deborah, lansell's bendigo battery, north red white and blue, central red white and blue, roberts and sons, little 180 (originally lansell's 180 no 2 shaft), john brown knitwear factory, south ironbark originally victoria consols east shaft, ironbark (originally ironbark east shaft), manchester arms hotel, wattle gully mine chewton, hercules, old wheal-owl, central nell gwynne, gold mines hotel, bendigo city council, jack barker, the new chum syncline, the courier of the mines, telegraph office, bendigo cemetery, white hills cemetery, eaglehawk cemetery, kangaroo flat cemetery, new moon, suffolk united, north new moon, fortuna hustlers, buckell & jeffrey's, royal hustlers reserve no 2 (city and park shafts), jonathan harris, latham and watson, great hustlers, great extended hustlers, j hustler, latham, watson, tribute or pups shaft, bendigo's worst mining disaster, hustlers reef (old hustlers), hustlers reef no 1, lansell's comet, the old comet (cooper's claim), united hustlers and redan, comet hill state school, k k shaft, north or new hustlers (agnew hustler), johnson's no 3, south johnson's, lansell's sandhurst needle, cleopatra needle top, british american, collman and tacchi, south virginia, saddle reefs and spurs, pall mall bendigo, ravenswood homestead, an early battery at kangaroo flat, historic high street golden square, the lonely grave, battery tram c1888, steam tram c1892, electric tram c1903, teh new chum railway golden square, united hustlers and redan mine sandhurst road, central deborah violet street, deborah mine quarry hill, deborah mine 1000 ft level, first motion winding engine at central deborah, victoria hill area, looking south from new chum hill in 1890's

A news article titled 'Bendigo's link with Cornwall renewed' by Maurie McDonald on the history of Cornish settlers in the Bendigo District. The article was published in the Bendigo Advertiser on 27/9/1986 and outlines the contributions made to Bendigo by Cornish miners and their descendants including Sir John Quick. The article is accompanied by a photograph of the Hocking Family taken in 1898. bendigo and district cornish association, sir john quick, william hocking, ted hocking, maurie mcdonald

BHS CollectionColour photo of the upper plaque on the Bendigo Underground Miner Monument. The plaque is dark grey with gold edge and printing. It is mounted on a marble base. The plaque reads: The Bendigo Underground Miner To acknowledge the contribution of the many hundreds of miners who lost their lives in the industry through accident and industrial disease. No dividends had they to prize, With sweat and pain they gave their lives. Many were Cornish men and their descendent. There is a shield her with fifteen holes in the shape of a triangle. The Cornish Association of Bendigo & District 2003 George A Ellis President. Robert Lloyd Treasurer. George Ellis Secretary.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - the bendigo underground miner monument, the cornish association of bendigo & district, george a ellis, robert lloyd