Bank of Victoria Limited (1852 - 1927) From 1852 Melbourne, Victoria To 1927 Registered in Victoria in 1852 by an Act of the Legislative Council, the company commenced operations in January 1853 as the Bank of Victoria. In 1889 the business was registered under the Victorian Companies Act and became known as the Bank of Victoria Limited. 1927 saw the company merge with the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Ltd. https://www.gabr.net.au/biogs/ABE0224b.htm (Guide to Australian Business Records) The Bank of Victoria, Sandhurst, was in View Street on the corner adjoining Rosalind Park. Pay-in slip for gold bullion lodged with the Bank of Victoria Limited to the value of 'twenty pounds', dated 24th May 1926. Written across pay-in slip if 'bullion' on the top left hand corner, and 'duplicate' written broadly across the document. bendigo, margaret roberts, , goldmining, central red white and blue gold mine, bullion, gold, bank of victoria limited

Off white soft cover book, black binding on spine. Front cover of book has been removed. Written on front of book " Central Red White and Blue Co'. Entries in gold book date from June 1919 to May 24, 1926. Affixed to inside of back cover: thirteen forms: 'Particulars of Gold Melted and Assayed on Account of Central Red White and Blue Co' .showing weight before melting, weight after melting, assay, standard, price and amount paid. Gold Book forms part of the Margaret Roberts Mining Collection. Entries include gold entries from the battery, tributors and cyanide. bendigo, margaret roberts, mccoll, gold, gold book, bullion, central red white and blue gold mining co.

The Central Red White and Blue Gold Mine was Bendigo's leading gold mine from 1910 - 1913. During the mine's operation, the main shaft was sunk 670 metres, and retrieved over 2500KG of gold. The Central Red White and Blue Gold Mine was located on the corner of Chum St and Honeysuckle St in Golden Square.black and white photo - poppet legs, corrugated iron buildings, round brick chimney stack, 3 cylindrical metal tanks, picket fence across from left to RH side of building, Electricity pole at centre..bendigo, gold mining, gold, central red white and blue gold mine, chum street, honeysuckle

The Central Red, White and Blue Gold Mine was registered on 30th October, 1891. William Weeks Barker was the Manager. Thirty thousand shares at 2/- each were issued. (Government Gazettes online: https://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/view.cgi?year=1891&class=general&page_num=4465&state=V&classNum=G138&searchCode=8733417) It's place of operation is given as Bendigo. Black and white photograph with sepia toning. Posed group of twenty four males. Mine building in background (Central Red, White and Blue?). Opening of mine. Inscriptions: on back - ink stamp 'W.H Robinson, Photographer, Mundy Street, Bendigo'. Separate paper insert : identified by James Lerk, 6/3/2000. (17/24 gents identified). Heading 'Opening of the Central Red, White and Blue Battery, Wednesday 13th March 1912'. Top Row: A.H. Merrin Chief Inspector of Mines, R.T. Trembath Chairman of the Stock Exchange, J.R. Clark. Second row: A.A. Samuels, P. Jorgensen, G. Kingsley Mine Manager, J.J. Stanistreet Legal Manager, W.H. Cundy Geologist. Third row: T. Jorgensen Engineer (man with moustache), Councillor H.A.Ross Mayor, W.Keck Chairman Of Directors, P. McBride Minister of Mines, W. Casley, A. Gard. Front row: Senator J.H. McColl Legal Manager, R.A. Rankin Legal Manager, E.G. Mueller, G. Lansell?…W.H. Robinson, Mundy Street Bendigo.central red white and blue gold mine, bendigo, gold mining, gold,

Draftsman's drawing of Central Red, White and Blue Mine. Printed by Troedel & Cooper Pty Ltd, Surveyor Mr. H. Cumby, Bendigo April 1913 Forms part of the Margaret Roberts Collection of mining records.bendigo, margaret roberts, gold, central red white and blue gold mine, map

Printed reminiscence ''Looking Back with Tom Rowe'' with Appendices. 27 stapled pages and 28 - 42 loose sheets of Appendix. Loose sheets (7) of Select Bibliography and (poor quality) copies of photos including portraits of un-name male and un-named female; also picnic gathering of approx 20 hatted/suited men in rural setting. No author, no date of authorship.bendigo, history, autobiography tom rowe, the great depression, mr t rowe, world war 2, central deborah gold mine. mr charles robert searle rowe, new chum railway company, north old chum syndicate, list of mine managers, golden square school, big hills gold mine, henry gibs, new chum synline, school of mines, cr. g d garvin, central deborah mine, golden square fire station, the fife shire hotel, the rose of australia hotel, hicks spurs, red white and blue mine

Documents; Document box containes ; Board Minutes for Central Red White & Blue Gold Mining Company - from inception of company 1910 - 03 - 31 to liquidation on 1928 - 06 - 12.MCCOLL RANKIN & STANISTREETorganization, mining, central red white & blue mine, mccoll rankin & stanistreet

Hand written notes and a carbon copy of extracts from Bendigo Advertiser on the opening of New Battery Central Red, White and Blue Co. on Thursd. March 14th 1912. Mentions the machinery, aerial tramway and supports and flying foxes.mine, gold, central red, white and blue mine, central red, white and blue mine, opening of new battery, bendigo advertiser, aerial tramway, flying fox, mining plant

Seven pages of hand written notes on the Central Red, White and Blue Mine. Information on how the mine was obtained and geological information. Initialled AR.mine, gold, central red, white and blue mine, central red, white and blue mine, notes on the central red, white and blue mine, lansell's little 180, eadie's, sheepshead reef, mr g w lansell, central blue, cr t c pryor, delbridge (manning's) shaft, garden gully line, hustlers line, ar

Three typed copies of notes on the Central Red, White and Blue Mine. Notes give locality, plant, gold produced and where the gold was obtained from. One copy has 'Typed at Mines Dept' written at the top and has a correction in the locality area. It is signed by A Richardson.mine, gold, central red, white and blue mine, central red, white and blue mine, locality and plant of the central red, white and blue mine, sheepshead line of reef, flying fox, delbridge or mannings shaft, mines dept. booklet 'bendigo goldfield' 1936, annals of bendigo mining sections 1910 - 1936, a richardson

Documents: paper bag contains - well-worn booklet 21x16cm 'List of Directors & sharebrokers' for goldmines, meeting times, reports to press, company report recipients for Monument Hill Consolidated, Central Nell Gwynne, East Clarence, New Don, South Nell Gwynne, Deborah Gold Mine, South Deborah, North Virginia, Central Deborah, North Deborah Mining, Nell Gwynne Reef, Central Napoleon, New Monument, North Hustlers, Napoleon Reef, Deborah Extended, Deborah United, South Wattle Gully Company, Red, White & Blue Extended, Golden Carshalton, poor condition, also several company change of address notices.MCCOLL RANKIN AND STANSISTREETorganization, business, gold mining - legal, mccoll rankin and stansistreet

Documents: Whitelaw Central Red White and Blue Mine Bendigo. 28 pages summary of gold mining correspondence - mortgage mining leases 943689340, contract of sale to Central Blue Gum GM 1933, leases with mining rights, treatment of pyrites agreement 1917 - J. Edwards & Co, Helen Streader - release of liability after being paid (pounds)125 by mine due to accidental death of husband 1912. Another for Ellen Lane 1916, list of titles held by Co , lease agreements Filcock and Manning, Andrew Harkness 'winding plant at mine' 1923, notice to perform agreement to Manning's 1916, Edwards Metallurgical Works 1917, map for 9777 Bendigo, contract for explosives with Dalgety & Co 1917, new scrip for lost shares 1917, Miner's Right 1911, sale of land Ra. A. Rankin 1910.MCCOLL RANKIN AND STANISTREETorganization, mining, central red white and blue, mccoll rankin and stanistreet.

Document. A Few Facts (7 copies). Two page typed, timelined document on the Goldfield area of Bendigo 1851 1954 by the Bendigo Branch of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. Mentions Ravenswood sheep run, German Gully, Derwent Gully, Peg Leg Gully, 'The Dascombe' & 'The Victoria' gold nuggets. Watson's Kentish mine in Long Gully, Garden Gully United in Ironbark, The Great Extended Hustlers Tribute on Hustlers Hill, The New Chum United in Golden Square, The Victoria Quartz in Victoria Hill Ironbark, The United Devonshire Mine in Eaglehawk, The Famous Devonshire Valley, Portion of the New Chum Group in Golden Square, The New Moon, The South New Moon, The 'Flying Fox' which conveyed the quartz from the Central Red, White and Blue mine to New Chum Hill, Lansell's'222' Mine, The Mine in the Heart of the City, The Fortuna Hustlers Mine; Snob's Hill, Sailors Gully & Devonshire Gully at Eaglehawk, California Gully, Long Gully, Victoria Hill at Ironbark, New Chum Hill & New Chum Valley at Golden Square, Hustlers Hill & Comet & Redan Hills at North Bendigo.cottage, miners, the bendigo goldfields, a few facts

Document. 2 page typed document titled 'Premier Companies'. Lists various mining companies from 1870 to 1920 and the amount in pounds that each mine yielded. Mentions mines - Great Extended Hustlers, Great Extended Hustlers Tribute, Garden Gully United, Victory, Pandora, United Hustlers, Redan Garden Gully, United Devonshire, Old Chum, Victoria Quartz, North Johnson's, Johnson's Reef, New Red White and Blue, New Chum United, Lady Barkly, New Chum Railway, Great Southern, South New Moon, New Argus, Virginia, Central Red White and Blue, New Chum Goldfields, Victoria Consols, Carlisle, Hercules and Energetic, New Golden Fleece, Bendigo Amalgamated Goldfields.cottage, miners, premier companies (mining), bendigo mines

The Bendigo Goldfield ...Introduction to Field. Compiled by A. Richardson. Mentioned are the Deborah Line of Reef, The Sheepshead Line, The Nell Gwynne Line and The Carshalton Line of Reef. Mines mentioned are: The Deborah, The North Deborah, Central Deborah, The New Red White and Blue Consolidated (Big Blue), North Red White and Blue, Central Red white and Blue, Little 180, South Ironbark, Ironbark, Hercules, Central Nell Gwynne and The New Chum Syncline. Lansell's Bendigo Battery is also mentioned. There is a short description of each mine, depth. location, machinery, Gold yield, Dividends and Calls. Closing date of some (some closed as a result of fire). Also mentioned is the postal service and the establishment of cemeteries at Bendigo, White Hills, Eaglehawk and Kangaroo Flat.Albert Richardsonbendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - the bendigo goldfield...introduction to field, a richardson, new chum railway mine, the dascombe nugget, the victoria nugget, r r haverfield, ballerstadt, rae, wittscheibe, lazarus, cave and amos, geo lansell, the old chum, victoria, specimen, hustlers, bendigo amalgamated goldfields, bendigo mines limited, nell gwynne, napoleon, carshalton, the deborah, roberts & sons, the north deborah, williams' united, central deborah, lansell's south red white & blue, the new red white and blue consolidated (big blue), union, h harkness & co, thompson & co, lansell's bendigo battery, showgrounds industrial hall, north red white and blue, central red white and blue, little 180, john brown knitwear factory, south ironbark, victoria consols east shaft, ironbark, manchester arms hotel, unity mine, wattle gully mine chewton, hercules, hercules and energetic, bendigo amalgamated goldfields coy, long gully post office, the old wheal owl, central nell gwynne, gold mines hotel, bendigo city council, mr jack barker, bendigo and district tourist association, the new chum syncline, courier of the mines newspaper, camp hill school, sandhurst east post office, bendigo cemetery, white hills cemetery, eaglehawk cemetery, kangaroo flat cemetery

Pink paper dated Mar 30, Apr 1, 1925, May 14, 1926, and 30/6/26. Central Red White & Blue gold Mining Co. N.L. to Miss G. Alice Jones. Land Tax Return. Mar 30 Attending Mr. Jewell drafting return for 1924-25. Apr 1 Attending Mr. Jewell perusing return as typed and drawing letter to accompany. May 14, 1926, mine Drainage Board. Attending Mr. Stanistreet who stated position and suggesting negotiations. Cost £1 1 0. Pd written on the end. R414 delivered by V B? 1/7/26.the miss g.alice jones collection - account, central red white & blue gold mining co n l, mr jewell, mine drainage board, mr stanistreet

Draftsman's drawing of Central Red, White and Blue Mine Map. Printed by Troedel & Cooper Pty Ltd. Mr. H. Cumby, Surveyor Forms part of the Margaret Roberts Collection of mining records.bendigo, margaret roberts, gold, map, mine, central red white & blue

Draftsman's drawing Boundary Survey Central Red White and Blue Map Forms part of the Margaret Roberts Collection of mining records.bendigo, margaret roberts, gold, map, mine, central red white and blue

Albert Richardson was a mining historian who wrote widely on the mines of the Bendigo Goldfield. The park opposite the Goldmines Hotel in Marong Road, is named in his honour. Five page document, hand written by Albert Richardson on lined foolscap and edited with cross-outs and insertions, . The mines along the Hustlers line of reef and the Sheepshead line of reef are described. Mines listed on Hustlers line of reef: Fortuna Hustlers (1888 - 1913), shaft 2,240 feet at rear of Buckell and Jeffrey's offices; Royal Hustlers Reserve No. 2 - two shafts 'City" 860 feet, now covered by R.S.L. building Pall Mall, steel poppet legs 60 ft high and 'Park Shaft" at rear of Camp Hill School, 1,775 feet, steel poppet legs 60 feet high; Hustlers Hill Group first worked by Jonathan Harris in 1853 and bounded by Valentine, Anderson and Ironbark Creek to the north and Milroy Street to the east, one of first areas worked for quartz reefing. It with Garden Gully line west and Victoria Hill Ironbark, formed by far the richest cross section of the Bendigo Goldfield. Great Extended Hustlers (1865-1921) close to intersection of Anderson Street and Hustlers Road, mullock heap against road and shored up around shaft, steel poppet legs now at Wattle Gully mine, Chewton, large winding machine, air compressor south of shaft and 36 head crushing battery. Hustlers Reef (Old Hustlers) and Hustlers Reef No. 1, two shafts, main 2,210 feet, about 220 yards east of Moran Street and against Fenton Street. , No. 1 shaft 1,140 feet and about 155 yards east of Moran Street. Lansell's Comet, Lightining Hill line, 2.100 feet, on Comet Hill approx 70 yards west of Holmes Road, near Comet Creek, steel poppet legs. United Hustlers and Redan (1876-1918), main Redan, 1,830 feet about 155 yards west of Sandhurst Roead, in line with Comet Hill State School, this hill known as Redan Hill. North, or New Hustlers, once known as Agnew Hustlers, wooden poppet legs, south side, Kneebone Street, Eaglehawk. Derby line, Johnson's No. 3, South Johnson's (east shaft of Collman and Tacchi) 439 feet on west wide of Woods Street, south of Wetherall Street. Paddy's Gully Line, south to north, some shafts - Lansell's 'Sandhurst" ('Needle") Eaglehawk Road shaft 2,425 feet, about 50 yards east of Needle Loops, a brick square sided chimney with Cleopatra Needle top. British American, 789 feet, just south of Holdsworth Road. Collman and Tacchi, main shaft 2,588 feet, 60 yards west of Eaglehawk Road, California Gully. Deborah Line of Reef, The Deborah (1932-1954) shaft 2.017 feet, west of Adams Road and south of Abel Street, Quarry Hill. North Deborah (1937 - 1954) shaft 1,151 feet, Breen Street, Quarry Hill, steel poppet legs. Central Deborah (1939-1954) shaft 1,347 feet Sheepshead line of reef, Lansell's South Red, White and Blue, shaft 2,124 feet, north east of Bellevue Road and 220 yards east of Adams Road. The New Red, White and Blue Consolidated (Big Blue) main shaft 2,416 feet. Lansell's Bendigo Battery 105 head, north of 'Big Blue" on his freehold lease, commenced crushing on 24th February 1895. After closing was erected as the Showground's Industrial Hall, July 1926. North Red, White and Blue, burnt down February 1926, new company 1934, closed 1938. Document is part of the Albert Richardson Collection of Bendigo mining history. bendigo, gold mining, deborah line of reef, sheepshead line of reef, hustlers line of reef, royal hustlers reserve mine, hustlers hill group of mines, great extended hustlers, hustlers reef no. 1, lightning hill line, old comet, collman and tacchi, lansell's comet, north deborah, central deborah, dhrrpdhrsf linr og trrg, new red, white and blue consolidated mine, big blue, lansell's bendigo battery, north red, white and blue mine, albert richardson collection

Documents; Typed document 39 pages foolscap. Summary of Gold Mining in Bendigo from 1851 to 1915. Missing pages 2 - 6. (Special report: Local paper 1//07/1917?). BM 20/07/1917. Found with Central Red White & Blue Mining Board Minutes.MCCOLL RANKIN & STANISTREETorganization, business, central red white and blue mine, mccoll rankin & stanistreet

Documents: Typed document, 11 pages, foolscap abut history and economic factors re gold mining during World War I. Missing pages 7 - 10. Found with board minutes Central Red White & Blue Mining.MCCOLL RANKIN & STANISTREETorganization, business, central red white and blue mine, mccoll rankin & stanistreet

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

Handwritten notes and drawings of mines in Bendigo. Notes contain measurements of pulley wheels, poppet legs, engine houses, chimney and buildings. Mines mentioned are: True Blue Mine, Little 180, Alliance, East Clarence, North Virginia, Ironbark, Ironbark (Sheepshead), Hercules, Stanfield, Hercules No 1, Central Nell Gwynne, North Nell Gwynne, North Deborah, New Chum Syncline, Deborah, True Blue. Notes written by Albert Richardson. Reference A E Kennedy.gold mines, bendigo mines, notes on bendigo mines, a e kennedy, true blue mine, little 180, alliance mine, east clarence, north virginia, ironbark, ironbark (sheepshead), hercules, stanfield, hercules no 1, central nell gwynne, north nell gwynne, north deborah, new chum syncline, new south red white & blue, deborah mine, r g doble, windmill hill mine, true blue, lansell's little 180, south virginia

Draftsman's drawing Central Red, White, and Blue Mine Map. Forms part of the Margaret Roberts Collection of mining records.bendigo, margaret roberts, gold, map, mine, central red white and blue

Draftsman's drawing Central Red, White, and Blue and Sheepshead Mine Map. Forms part of the Margaret Roberts Collection of mining records.Handwritten on plan, Warden's Camp Bendigo Exhibit, Apportion for Forfeiture 8.8.10 (1910) Notes in pencil of measurementsbendigo, margaret roberts, gold, map, mine, north red white blue and sheepshead