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Clunes Museum
Booklet, MAY LAWRENCE TOWNSEND, CLUNES - VICTORIA"S FIRST GOLD TOWN
... CLUNES VICTORIAS FIRST GOLD TOWN...CLUNES VICTORIAS FIRST GOLD TOWN HISTORY OF CLUNES ...THE STORY OF CLUNES WITH SCETCHES AND POEMSYELLOW SOFT COVER COVERED WITH ADHESIVE PROTECTION OF CLEAR PLASTIC. A DRAWING ON FRONT OF CLUNES QUARTZ MINING COMPANY, NORTH SHAFT. 90 PAGES A TYPED PAGE IS GLUED IN THE BACK WITH ENTITLED "A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE LIFE OF JAMES ESMOND" non-fictionTHE STORY OF CLUNES WITH SCETCHES AND POEMSclunes victorias first gold town, history of clunes, -
Clunes Museum
Pamphlet - BROCHURE
... FIRST GOLD TOWN INFORMATION ABOUT THE MUSEUM,FAMILY HISTORY... IN VICTORIA'S FIRST GOLD TOWN INFORMATION ABOUT THE MUSEUM,FAMILY ...YELLOW A4 3FOLDED BROCHURE. CLUNES MUSEUM IN VICTORIA'S FIRST GOLD TOWN INFORMATION ABOUT THE MUSEUM,FAMILY HISTORY, RESEARCH AND DISPLAYSclunes museum, first goldtown -
Clunes Museum
Photograph
COLOURED PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN IN FRONT OF CLUNES TOWN HALL DURING 150TH CELEBRATIONS FIRST DISCOVERY OF PAYABLE GOLD IN VICTORIA. PHOTO TAKEN JULY 2001.local history, photography, photographs, events and celebrations -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - Michele Matthews collection - Advertiser Saturday 23 July 1988 - Research reveals a goldfields pioneer - Dr Georg Hermann Bruhn
gold discovery in VictoriaMichele Matthews collection - Research reveals a goldfields pioneer - Dr Georg Hermann Bruhn - Advertiser Saturday 23 July 1988. Official histories credit one James Esmond as being the first to discover gold in Victoria at Clunes on July 1, 1851. A letter from the Secretary of the Mines Department to the Clunes Town Clerk dated May 26, 1950, said the records showed Bruhn was the first to discover gold and had been offered a small reward.