Part of Old Lintonian collection ; No. 104. Jimmy was said to be the last Chinese miner to live in the Linton area. He died in 1928 and is buried in the Linton cemetery. Photograph shows Jimmy selling vegetables in Linton, c.1900.Black and white photograph of a man wearing long jacket, trousers and cap, balancing sacks on a pole across his shoulders."Jimmy the Chinaman".jimmy lee ching, "jimmy the chinaman", chinese settlers, old lintonian collection

Black and white postcard showing view of Chinamans creek and Bancroft Bay from hill above the creek Metung VictoriaCGRwaterways, local history

Hard cover book, The Tribulations of A Chinaman. Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, London Date: 1885. Light blue hardcover with the title on the spine having lettering to spine in black hand written text pen. fictionThe novel follows Kin-Fo, an extremely wealthy Chinese man in Shanghai who is bored with life. After hearing false news that his U.S. bank investment has gone bankrupt, he decides to commit suicide but first takes out a $200,000 life insurance policy that covers suicide with his mentor Wang and fiancee as beneficiaries. Since he can't bring himself to kill his own self, he hires Wang to murder him before the insurance expires. However the bank was not bankrupt and Wang has disappeared after receiving the contract, Kin-Fo must now travel across China with two insurance company bodyguards and his lazy servant Soun to escape being killed by Wang. The story ends with the revelation that Wang staged everything to teach Kin-Fo the value of life. Kin-Fo marries his fiancee and lives happily.warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, pattison collection, warrnambool library, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, ralph eric pattison, jules verne, voyages extraordinaire series, l’école des robinson's

Black and white photograph of small boats in Chinamans Creek Metung Victoria. Two other small black and white photographs of small boats moored in Chinamans Creek accommodation

2 Colour Photographs: Remains of stonework walls of a house at Deep Lead (Chinaman's). He was a Market Gardenerdeep lead, chinaman's

2 Colour Photographs: Remains of stonework walls of a house at Deep Lead (Chinaman's). He was a Market Gardenerdeep lead, chinaman's

Black and white enlarged photograph of the mouth of Chinamans Creek with one sailboat anchored in centre, jetty lower right corner Metung Victoriaroads and streets, waterfront, boats and boating

Chinaman’s Hut Ah King - Remains - Deep Leadstawell

Black and white postcard taken from mouth of Chinamans Creek showing large residence overlooking Bancroft Bay in distance village of Metung VictoriaView at Metung Gippsland Lakes (Bulmer Copy)boats and boating, waterways

Murray Comrie Collection. This photograph is an original print.A very small sepia photograph of a Chinese man. Handwritten caption on reverse identifies subject as 'Jimmie' Handwritten on reverse 'Jimmie (Chinaman)' and 'E. Whimpey'. The latter probably indicates the person who took the photo and/or who gave it to Murray Comrie.tarnagulla, people, chinese

Site occupied by Chinese fishermen and gardeners late 1800's and early 1900's.Colour photograph of the jetty at Chinaman's Creek showing yachts and launches moored on lake side of jetty, moored yachts visible in distance under timbered bank. Metung Victoriawaterways, jetties, boats and boating

Colour aerial photograph showing Shaving Point at Metung including Chinamans Creek at the right housing subdivisions of Kingscove Estate Tambo Bluff Estate and Lake King on Gippsland Lakes Victoriaaerial photograph, topography, waterways, metung

Built 1896c. provided guest house accommodation and bed and breakfast since being established.Colour photograph of a substantial weatherboard dwelling at 3 Rosherville Road, hipped and gabled roof of corrugated iron. Located in garden setting above Chinaman's Creek and known as Metung House since establishment. Metung Victoria.houses, heritage study

The photos show the Russell bee-hives at Roses Gap. The tree near the hut is the present site of Chinaman Lodge home. One of the copies is a transparency located at No 243 in the slide box.The photos show a group of bee-hives lined up in front of a timber shed. The hives and shed are in a clearing. There is a large tree near the shed and the clearing is edged with thick bush in the background. The two copies are of two photos taken at slightly different angles and distances from the shed.misc industries, bee-keeping, scenery, cherrypool

Murray Comrie Collection. This photograph is an original print.A small monochrome photograph of a Chinese man with slightly bent posture, outside a slab hut, with a dog and a puppy beside him. Handwritten caption on reverse identifies subject as 'Ah Youk', a resident of Tarnagulla. Handwritten on reverse 'Tarnagulla's Last Chinaman Ah Youk' and 'E. Radnell Tarnagulla'. The latter probably indicates the person who took the photo and/or who gave it to Murray Comrie. Also printed on reverse 'Bock Print'.tarnagulla, people, chinese, radnell, bock print

In 1867 a body belonging to a Chinaman was taken from the White Hills cemetery. Some 10% of the Chinese bodies were removed and many sent home to China.Bones were cleaned and any remaining flesh was preserved in gin.Bendigo Advertiser: Story on bodies unearthed at the White Hills cemetery.white hills cemetery, chinese bodies

Date made 19 October 1996Colour photograph showing restored and reberthed launch Maranui at Metung Hot Pools Jetty in Chinaman's Creek, registered vessel no. ME72, white clinker built sailing boat on left and white trailer sailer at rear of Maranui. Visitors on jetty. Metung Victoria waterways, boats and boating, tourism

Found at Wet Flat ("Chinaman's Flat") near Linton, an area once occupied by many Chinese miners. This object was once thought to have been the lid of a container (possibly one used for storing snuff) and it is sometimes referred to as the "Chinese tin lid".Small, flat, rectangular piece of metal on which Chinese characters have been inscribed. It is understood that the fragment may once have been part of a container used to store tea leaves or spices. Three characters are inscribed, the top one is indecipherable due to wear, the middle one denotes a place (Candong province in China), the third denotes a successful business.containers, chinese miners, wet flat

Black and white postcard of timbered shore of Chinamans Creek looking south towards Bancroft Bay Metung Victoria. Also three small black and white postcards taken from same viewing point Metung. Plus three other colour photos of a more recent view waterways

Bob Kelly paints landscapes of culturally significant sites along the Mornington Peninsula and depicts these locations as he imagines they originally were before colonisation. Using traditional Western painting techniques, Kelly records the underlying spirit of the Peninsula from a Wathaurong perspective. Chinaman’s Creek in Capel Sound (Rosebud West) was an important watercourse that originally ran from Wonga (Arthur’s Seat) down through Tootgarook Swamp into Port Phillip Bay. It was a great fresh water and food source and home for many Boonwurrung people. Since settlement over 170 years ago, the creek has been drained, blocked, reconstructed and damaged. Kelly depicts a lush green landscape in which the clean creek water winds through the surrounding vegetation of spinifex grasses and gum trees, the background hills are abundant with trees, untouched from man's intervention. Using painstaking detail, Kelly records each blade of grass and ripple on the surface of Chinaman’s Creek. His attention to detail serves to powerfully reimagine this important cultural site, returning it to its former pristine state, and reinvigorating its role as a key place of sustenance for the Indigenous populations of the Peninsula. Chinaman's Creek was a finalist in the 2017 Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize.oil and acrylic on canvaslandscape, creek, trees, chinaman's creek, painting, indigenous, robert kelly, bayside acquisitive art prize, bob kelly, wathaurong, rosebud, arthur's seat, tootgarook swamp, port phillip bay, boonwurrung

This map shows geological features, suggests the last basalt flow, and includes alotments and names of Mining Companies. Although this map has no date on it the Ballarat Industrial School is used for dating purposed. The Ballarat Industrial School ran from 1869-1879, but the term Ballarat Industrial School Reserve was still in use in 1898 and possibly beyond.Geological Map of Ballarat with 3 holes in the left hand side. The map indicates the position of Lake Wendouree, Township of Warrenheip, Ballarat East, Industrial School Reserve, Winters Swamp, Police Paddock, Wyndholm Premptive Right (Salton and Waldie), Black Hill, Vale Park Reserve, Pennyweight Hill, Little Bendigo, Black Swamp Lead, monte Christo Reef, Chinaman's Gully, Miners Rest, Pincotts Dam, Northumberland Gully. It also show the following goldmining companies: City of Ballarat, Kohinor, Hand and Band, Great North West, Northern Junction, Kneeshaw, Rossers Freehold, Silurial.ballarat, warrenheip, lake wendouree, ballarat east, winters swamp, winter swamp, wyndholm premptive right, cemetery, vale park reserve, little bendigo, kneeshaw co., industrial school reserve, kirks dam, pincotts dam, black hill, wombat hill, dead horse gully, miners rest, mt rowan, salton and waldie, rose hill co, great north west no 1, rose's freehold co, hand and band co, police reserve, police paddock, mount rowan, ballarat industrial school reserve, market reserve, winter's swamp, kneeshar co, monte cristo line of reef, chinaman's gully or black snake, milkmaid's gully, ballarat gold field, bakery hil lead, old gravel pits lead, golden point lead, eureka lead, miner's rest, yarrowee creek, leigh creek, black swamp lead, yorkshire reef, nil desperandum reef, cockatoo lead, hit or miss gully, herbert werner frederick de nully, pennyweight hill, esmond's lead, ash's lead, nightingale lead, john bull gully, gladstone reef, whitehorse reef, petticoat creek, pincott's dam, frenchman's gully, tim's crushing plant, jenkin's gully, california gully, drake's creek, sulton and waldie, ballarat undustrial school, ballarat & mariborough railway

Two page, handwritten document on lined paper - front page reference to Victorian Government Gazettes and Chinese regulations, where listed in the gazettes and dates. Includes Chinese regulations for management of Chinese on Gold fields (1856) , Chinamans Flat Steam Engine company (1857), two Chinese murdered at Clinkers Hill, Castlemaine (1862) Charles Chromley Dowling appointed Chinese Protector (1857), John Chatfield Tyler Immigration agent, to carry out the Chinese Emigrations Act (1861) Back page dated 1947 lists "stocktake list of plant" On list - Deborah United 1946; North Hustlers; New Monument GMC, North Virginia, South Wattle Gully, Central Napoleon, Red, White and Blue Extended, Deborah Extended, New Don, East Clarence, Napoleon Reef, New Monument Battery, Deborah Extended. Possibly written by Albert Richardson.bendigo, mining, mccoll rankin & stanistreet

Published in "The Sun", Wednesday, August 11, 1976, pp 38-39 [Text of article:] A WINDOW ON THE PAST by Roger Sanders. A fascinating window has been opened on the early life of the Eltham district. It is a rare collection of 3,000 perfectly preserved glass plate photograph negatives. The collection is the work of the late Albert Jones, a Diamond Creek orchardist and amateur photographer. About 500 of the negatives have been printed and 100 are on display at Gallery 4, Eltham, as part of the Eltham Festival, which started on Friday. They capture in fine detail rural and village life around Eltham, Hurstbridge, Kangaroo Ground, Yarra Glen and Diamond Valley from 1900 to 1930. While the natural beauty of the district was painted in this period by Arthur Streeton (later Sir Arthur), Tom Roberts and Charles Conder, among others, photography was relatively new. Yet Albert Jones used the new medium to compile a weighty album of pioneers at work, at home, at sport and on holidays. He was at the first Yarra Glen race meeting, early Diamond Valley football matches and photographed soldiers from the district leaving for war. He photographed early gold mines, men with horses laying the Diamond Creek-Hurstbridge rail track and the arrival of the first steam train at Hurstbridge. He took his cameras on holiday around Victoria and the collection includes scenes from St. Kilda and Portsea and many country towns. The Jones collection of negatives was found by Mr A. J. "Ned" Spark, of Balwyn, under a house he bought from Mr Jones' widow. The plates almost went to the tip with a pile of rubbish before Mr Spark realised their potential value. Mr Spark, who is retired, will continue the identification and recording of the photographs when he returns from holidays. The exhibition of the Jones' photographs is open each afternoon until August 21 at Gallery 4, 1016 Main Rd., Eltham. [Captions of photographs included in article:] • The priceless collection of glass plate negatives were found under this house in Eltham [actually Wattle Glen], home of Albert Jones and his wife. • A quiet country pub - Panton Hills Hotel. • Teams of draught horses were used in the building of the Diamond Creek-Hurstbridge railway in 1910. • Chinaman Jimmy using a gold cradle in Wattle Glen Gully. • The photographer and orchardist Albert Jones. His work is on show as part of the Eltham Festival • St Kilda Pier – several of the houses are still standing, but the waterfront has changed dramatically since this was taken before 1920. • A picnic was a dressy affair at the start of the century – the women in this family group are decked in lace and pearls.Newspaper articlealbert jones, golden glen, wattle glen

Gladys Maissie "Mace" Babb (b28/10/1889 d22/1/1982) married George Napier Myers (b29/10/1879 d23/9/1948) in 1912 in Victoria. Mace was the daughter of James Babb, a pioneer of Braybrook who worked as a caretaker and road contractor. This document is a summary of transcript of an interview between Mrs Mace Myers, aged 87 years old, of her memory of early Braybrook, Braybrook Junction and Sunshine in the early 19th century. Many of the early settlers of the Braybrook District are mentioned throughout the transcript.Interview with Mrs Mace Myers of 32 Monash Street, Footscray on 6th December 1976. Named mentioned during the interview. Lynn Myers Mr Collins (Business at back of home) Hilda Greig Newman's Land Tom Derham Newman (Blacksmith) Dempster Alf Barnett Bob Barnett Donald McLeod (Built stonework of the Braybrook School) Mrs. Holcroft (Fruit and Vegetable Shop) Tom Babb (Boot Repairer) George Costello (Stone Breaker for a Road Construction Gang) James Babb (Boss of a Road Construction Gang) Chinaman (Gardener) Darby Rockett Ted Mackie Mrs. Boyd Tom Cannon Tilly Minns (Braybrook Hotel) Miss Wolley Billy Derham Mary Jane Barnett Jack Derham John Flynn Miss. Harvey "Gabo" Jenkins Eugene Flynn Tribe Jackson Gough Mullenger Rolfe Craddock Dickson Middleton Munro (Cows, milk, etc) Freda Roberts Billy Roberts Cranwell (Grocer & butcher shop) Jack Babb Dr. Webb Gooley's Cracket Factory (Apparently later Phoenix Fireworks) Baker Mrs. Coomber Fred Hill Oscar Hill Lizzie Watson Lizzie Scott Lucy McDonough Rose Barnett Msud Barnett Victor Barnett Jimmy Barnett Alf Barnett Mary Barnett Ivy Steens Blanch Stevens Nurse Kerr Dr. Adamson Locations mentioned during the interview. Braybrook State School Braybrook Hotel Pennells Private School Pickett Street Footscray Sunshine Mechanics Hall Braybrook Public Hall Harrison's Hall (Next to the Deer Park Hotel) Maribyrnong River Fords (Mentions two fords across the river) Glengala Estatemace myers, george napier myrers, gladys maissie babb

This book is devoted to the contact history of a hunting and gathering people where they themselves tell the stories in their own languages. Presented as transcriptions of the original stories in Language in facsimile with introductions, gloss and translations by the transcribers. Contains stories by B. Kerwin, R. Moses, H.P. Kulambunt. B. Roberts, M.M. Irinjili D. Harris, J.S. Karntin, C.G. Wurramarrba, Barrengwa, B. Murray, W. Clegg, S. Day, T. Ejai, A. Baranga, I. Joshua, B. Clarmont and C. Omeenyo, H. Goetz, A. Coulthard, J. Boxer; (Lalarin), B.A. Sommer, J. Jack, E. Kennedy, L.J. Kyngayari, V. Lingiari, J.C. Maliwanga and J. Flinders, separately annotated.maps, b&w photographs, word listsyandruwandha, innamicka, nicholson river, djaru, wawarl, western dialect, murinypata, alawa, mission, wangganguru, ngiyambaa, cobar, cape keerweer, wik-ngatharra, macassar, anindilyakwa, dhirari, afghan, chinaman, wagaya, wemba wemba, bilikin brothers, bardi, ngarinjin, massacres, hodgson downs, warndarang, mindiri, wangganguru, old paddy, umpila, native police, gugu-badhun, boninb, atynyamatana, constable mcleay, bowman, oykangand, kukatj, roper creole, paradise, dhirari, fanny brown, wave hill strike, gurindji, vincent lingiari, mainoru station, rembarrnga, land rights, flinders island

At the right of the photo is an apple orchard over the other side of Watery Gully creek. The house at the far end and middle building in the photo remain as of 2024, located at 205 Kangaroo Ground-Wattle Glen Rd, Kangaroo Ground between Pretty Hill Lane and Millers Road. https://maps.app.goo.gl/riyy56LsfEMz4w5W6 Reproduced in The Diamond Valley Story, Dianne H Edwards, The Shire of Diamond Valley 1979, p138 "Golden Glen, the home at Wattle Glen of photographer and orchardist Albert Jones. It was in one of these outbuildings that the hundreds of glass negatives of the Spark/Jones Collection werer found. Phot: Spark/Jones Collection" See Ref: EDHS_03112 A WINDOW ON THE PAST by Roger Sanders, The Sun, Wednesday, Auguist 11, 1976, pp 38-39 A fascinating window has been opened on the early life of the Eltham district. It is a rare collection of 3,000 perfectly preserved glass plate photograph negatives. The collection is the work of the late Albert Jones, a Diamond Creek orchardist and amateur photographer. About 500 of the negatives have been printed and 100 are on display at Gallery 4, Eltham, as part of the Eltham Festival," which started on Friday. They capture in fine detail rural and village life around Eltham, Hurstbridge, Kangaroo Ground, Yarra Glen and Diamond Valley from 1900 to 1930. While the natural beauty of the district was painted in this period by Arthur Streeton (later Sir Arthur), Tom Roberts and Charles Conder, among others, photography was relatively new. Yet Albert Jones used the new medium to compile a weighty album of pioneers at work, at home, at sport and on holidays. He was at the first Yarra Glen race meeting, early Diamond Valley football matches and photographed soldiers from the district leaving for war. He photographed early gold mines, men with horses laying the Diamond Creek-Hurstbridge rail track and the arrival of the first steam train at Hurstbridge. He took his cameras on holiday around Victoria and the collection includes scenes from St. Kilda and Portsea and many country towns. The Jones collection of negatives was found by Mr A. J. "Ned" Spark, of Balwyn, under a house he bought from Mr Jones' widow. The plates almost went to the tip with a pile of rubbish before Mr Spark realised their potential value. Mr Spark, who is retired, will continue the identification and recording of the photographs when he returns from holidays. The exhibition of the Jones' photographs is open each afternoon until August 21 at Gallery 4, 1016 Main Rd., Eltham. Photographs included in article: • The priceless collection of glass plate negatives were found under this house in Eltham [actually Wattle Glen], home of Albert Jones and his wife. • A quiet country pub - Panton Hills Hotel. • Teams of draught horses were used in the building of the Diamond Creek-Hursbridge railway in 1910. • Chinaman Jimmy using a gold cradle in Wattle Glen Gully. • The photographer and orchardist Albert Jones. His work is on show as part of the Eltham Festival • St Kilda Pier – several of the houses are still standing, but the waterfront has changed dramatically since this was taken before 1920. • A picnic was a dressy affair at the start of the century – the women in this family group are decked in lace and pearls.Stamped in purple ink on reverse within border "A.J. SPARK COLLECTION PHOTOS 1900 - 1930 PHOTOGHRAPHER LATE ALBERT JONES DIAMOND VALLEY. TEL: 83-3561"a.j. spark collection, albert jones, golden glen, shops, wattle glen

Top photo: The property 'Golden Glen', home of photographer, Albert Jones. At the right of the photo is an apple orchard over the other side of Watery Gully creek. The middle building in the photo is still standing, located on Wattle Glen - Kangaroo Ground Road between Pretty Hill Lane and Millers Road (Melway 271 A6) but on the opposite side of the road. Bottom photo: The Wattle Glen General Store in this photo was located at the same intersection as the present Wattle Glen General Store (cnr of Reynolds Road and Kangaroo Ground Road) but on the diagonally opposite corner. [Comment from Valda via Victorian Collections June 11, 2018] "The addition to the store on the left, and the building at the back, were not part of the store/post office owned by the Keenan's. They were added by Mr and Mrs Alan (Janet) Frencham's in the ?mid-1950s." See also EDHS_03112: See Ref: EDHS_03112 A WINDOW ON THE PAST by Roger Sanders, The Sun, Wednesday, Auguist 11, 1976, pp 38-39 A fascinating window has been opened on the early life of the Eltham district. It is a rare collection of 3,000 perfectly preserved glass plate photograph negatives. The collection is the work of the late Albert Jones, a Diamond Creek orchardist and amateur photographer. About 500 of the negatives have been printed and 100 are on display at Gallery 4, Eltham, as part of the Eltham Festival," which started on Friday. They capture in fine detail rural and village life around Eltham, Hurstbridge, Kangaroo Ground, Yarra Glen and Diamond Valley from 1900 to 1930. While the natural beauty of the district was painted in this period by Arthur Streeton (later Sir Arthur), Tom Roberts and Charles Conder, among others, photography was relatively new. Yet Albert Jones used the new medium to compile a weighty album of pioneers at work, at home, at sport and on holidays. He was at the first Yarra Glen race meeting, early Diamond Valley football matches and photographed soldiers from the district leaving for war. He photographed early gold mines, men with horses laying the Diamond Creek-Hurstbridge rail track and the arrival of the first steam train at Hurstbridge. He took his cameras on holiday around Victoria and the collection includes scenes from St. Kilda and Portsea and many country towns. The Jones collection of negatives was found by Mr A. J. "Ned" Spark, of Balwyn, under a house he bought from Mr Jones' widow. The plates almost went to the tip with a pile of rubbish before Mr Spark realised their potential value. Mr Spark, who is retired, will continue the identification and recording of the photographs when he returns from holidays. The exhibition of the Jones' photographs is open each afternoon until August 21 at Gallery 4, 1016 Main Rd., Eltham. Photographs included in article: • The priceless collection of glass plate negatives were found under this house in Eltham [actually Wattle Glen], home of Albert Jones and his wife. • A quiet country pub - Panton Hills Hotel. • Teams of draught horses were used in the building of the Diamond Creek-Hursbridge railway in 1910. • Chinaman Jimmy using a gold cradle in Wattle Glen Gully. • The photographer and orchardist Albert Jones. His work is on show as part of the Eltham Festival • St Kilda Pier – several of the houses are still standing, but the waterfront has changed dramatically since this was taken before 1920. • A picnic was a dressy affair at the start of the century – the women in this family group are decked in lace and pearls.Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 4 stripsKodak Safety 5035albert jones, golden glen, shops, wattle glen

The Nillumbik Cemetery is of historical, architectural, aesthetic and social significance at a Regional level (North-east Melbourne). The memorial arch is of State significance. Nillumbik Cemetery, which was established in 1867, is of historical and social significance for its association with the early history of Diamond Creek and as a record of the pioneering families of the district. Significant graves include those of the famous writer Alan Marshall, author of 'I Can Jump Puddles', footballer Gordon Coventry, and William Ellis, notable early settler and benefactor. The 1897 Tudor/Gothic revival memorial arch, bequeathed by William Ellis, is a rare design in ornamental gateways and is relatively large for the size of the cemetery. It is unique in Victoria as a cemetery gateway arch. The burial ground has associated structures, such as the hexagonal timber sexton's office, post and wire fence and picket hand gate along Main Street, all probably built in the early twentieth century. Covered under Heritage Overlay, Nillumbik Planning Scheme. National Trust of Australia (Victoria) - Regional significance Published: Nillumbik Now and Then /​ Marguerite Marshall 2008; photographs Alan King with Marguerite Marshall.; p83 Entering Nillumbik Cemetery through an ornamental gateway and shaded by the Monterey Cypress hedge helps one leave the busy world outside and contemplate yesterday’s Diamond Creek. The gateway, classified by the National Trust of Australia (Victoria), and inscribed with ‘JANVA VITAE’ (gate of life), was a gift from a distinguished pioneer, William Ellis. Ellis, who was an original trustee of the Nillumbik Cemetery representing the Primitive Methodists and a successful farmer, bequeathed £100 to build the red-brick and carved stone gateway in 1887. In 1867 surveyor Edward Bage had set aside two acres (0.8ha) now 35 Main Street, for this cemetery, in what was then called the village of Nillumbik. Several earlier burials on private lands in the district might have been exhumed and re-interred in the new cemetery. The first burials in the cemetery are thought to be of ‘a Chinaman who hanged himself from a tree behind the Church of England’ and ‘another man who was drowned in a water-hole behind the same church’.1 The 1000 or so graves in the cemetery are grouped into five denominational sections: two Anglican and one each for the Methodist (the largest), Catholic and Presbyterian Churches. It is believed that several unmarked graves are of Aborigines and Chinese miners.2 Perhaps the most famous person buried in the cemetery was author Alan Marshall, who died in 1984 and wrote, among other books, I Can Jump Puddles. Surprisingly his grave is particularly modest consisting of only a grassed plot with a tiny boulder and a simple bronze plaque. It lies about halfway down the main path, at the west and third row back. The first European, interred at the cemetery on July 9, 1869, was Hannah, aged 13 years eight months, daughter of local orchardist John Lawrey and wife Honor.3 Each grave has a story which reflects a rich history. Phillip Cummings, who died in 1884, provided the barn for Diamond Creek’s first school, run by the Primitive Methodist Church. The barn stood at the corner of Phipps Crescent and the main road.4 Former Eltham Shire councillor George Stebbings, who died in 1896, built several prominent buildings in the district, including Shillinglaw Cottage in Eltham.5 The grave of miner James Joseph Whyte, who died in 1908, is a reminder of Diamond Creek’s gold mining history. At age 51, Whyte died from a rock fall in the Diamond Mine, Diamond Creek. Diamond Creek’s first butcher, Patrick Ryan, became President of the Shire of Heidelberg and Chairman of the Eltham Hurstbridge Railway Trust. A former gold miner, he was grandfather of local historian Reverend Jock Ryan. He was buried in an unmarked grave halfway down the central path. His son John Lawrence, who is buried elsewhere, had been a Mayor of the City of Heidelberg. George Martin Pizzey gave a hall, for what was to become The St John’s Anglican Church in Diamond Creek. He was a Crimean War veteran, mason and leather goods manufacturer in Melbourne, who died in 1915. The two world wars took a heavy toll of locals with 54 personnel buried here, two thirds of whom served in World War One. A sporting pioneer was Greensborough District Cricket Club founder, Andrew Webb, who was buried in 1971. Politician Roy Mountford Vale (Monte), who died in 1977, was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Greensborough, and a founding councillor and president of the Diamond Valley Shire. Modern-day residents are also remembered in this cemetery. The tragic Ash Wednesday bushfires took their toll on the district: William Marsden of Panton Hill CFA died, aged 39, fighting bushfires at Upper Beaconsfield in 1983.6 Several graves tell of those who held distinguished positions overseas, including William Constable, who died in 1989. Constable was artistic director of a ballet company, art director of more than 30 films for London-based film productions, and was awarded best Film Art Director at the Moscow Film Festival in 1960.This collection of almost 130 photos about places and people within the Shire of Nillumbik, an urban and rural municipality in Melbourne's north, contributes to an understanding of the history of the Shire. Published in 2008 immediately prior to the Black Saturday bushfires of February 7, 2009, it documents sites that were impacted, and in some cases destroyed by the fires. It includes photographs taken especially for the publication, creating a unique time capsule representing the Shire in the early 21st century. It remains the most recent comprehenesive publication devoted to the Shire's history connecting local residents to the past. nillumbik now and then (marshall-king) collection, diamond creek, memorial arch, gateway, nillumbik cemetery, william ellis

Chinese society on Bendigo Goldfields Bendigo Joss HouseNational Trust Collection: Bendigo Joss House 3218 A - 01 June 1965 letter to Consul of the Republic of China concerning the 19th Century Joss House, seeking assistance to restore of the building 3218 B - 30/06/1968 notes from the NT Victoria to Central Victorian Branch regarding various aspects of the Bendigo Joss House 3218 C - 06/01/1965 five dot points from the NT Central Victorian Branch Exec mtg confirming the Branch does not consider it viable to move the Joss House to a new site involving new fencing and funding of this proposal. 3218 CA - 22/06/1965 letter between NT Victoria from NT Central Victorian Branch, supporting the preservation and restoration of the Bendigo Joss House 3218 D - undated NT Central Victorian Branch Teacher's guide to using the Bendigo Joss House Education Kit 3218 E -- undated, three page extract from Hemisphere - Asian Australian Monthly, August 1970 - The Birth of Sun Loong, by Keith Dunstan 3218 FA - Annals of Bendigo 1859 impost of a £10 tax for every Chinaman coming to the colony, in addition to a residency tax of £4 per annum. The residency tax was later abolished. 3218 FB - undated four page typed document entitled The Chinese on the Goldfields. 3218 FC - undated Building Citation for the Chinese Masonic Hall erected in 1960's, it was worshipped in by the Chinese Masonic Society. The sheet describes the building as The Main Temple is in the centre with a portico entry and is flanked by the Ancestral Temple on the right and a caretaker's residence. 3218 G - Bendigo Advertiser 19 May 1856 - three page document entitled Opening of a Chinese Temple, A Chinese god and The Chinese. 3218 H - Sunday 2 April 1972 at 5:15 PM, an official invitation (to Mr. F J Randell) from the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) and the City of Bendigo to the Opening of the Bendigo Joss House, to be opened the Hon. R. J. Hamer Deputy Premier and Chief Secretary of Victoria. 3218 IA - NT of Victoria cites an extract from the "Macau Gazette" 15 June 1972: of the dozen or so alters, one will be dedicated to A MA, the founder in a spiritual sense of Macau. Known popularly to the boat people as TIEN HOU, this Taoist deity ... and her temple was one of the last sights seen by hundreds of Cantonese who sailed to the new world from the old. 3218 IB - one page incomplete letter dated 4 June 1973, writer unknown; supplies for the Joss House 3218 IC - two page undated list of panels and hangings for the interiors of the Joss House and ten dot points on doing good painted in gold on a pair of large vertical panels. 3218 J - 15/03/1970 a single hand-written foolscap page, written by Albert Richardson; on the Chinese Joss House a description of the furnishing of the Joss House 3218K - a single page typed Building over two paragraphs for the Bendigo Joss House erected in the 1860s. 3218 L - 2/08/1985 four page notes for a talk on the Bendigo Joss House by Dr. Constant Wong 3218 M - four page from the NT of Australia (Victoria) research into the Bendigo Joss House, from the Crown Lands Department records, aerial photographs, local history and oral accounts. Presented by C. Kellaway 1/08/1954. 3218 N - undated three foolscap page typed notes (with comments in blue) from the NT of Australia (Victoria) covering the history of Chinese Religion, Hunan Gung( the god worshipped at the Bendigo Joss House) the Chinese on the Bendigo Gold fields and projected cost of restoration of $3,430.00. 3218 O - undated three page typed notes (with comments in ink) from NT (Victoria) on Chung Jung Cultural Society bendigo joss house, chinese on the bendigo gold fields