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Ringwood and District Historical Society
Book, David Mitchell - A Forfar Man, 1992
... Pamela Vestey, Coombe Cottage... daughter. Pamela Vestey, Coombe Cottage Roundabout Publishing Pty ...Story of David Mitchell's life told by his great grand daughter. -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Newspaper - Newspaper Cutting, The Sun News-Pictorial, Eve Ousts Adam - Nymphs Dig at Coombe, 1927
... coombe cottage...: Coombe Cottage."...: Coombe Cottage." sun news-pictorial female students burnley ...Article by C.A. in "The Sun News-Pictorial" 1927 about female Burnley graduate gardeners at Dame Nellie Melba's house: Coombe Cottage."sun news-pictorial, female students, burnley horticultural college, nellie melba, coombe cottage, graduates, careers -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Book, David Mitchell at Anderson's Creek Goldfield, 1870-1887 - Who Dug the Pound Bend Tunnel?, 2004
... , of Coombe Cottage, there is included a passge which commences..., of Coombe Cottage, there is included a passge which commences ...Suggested reading - David Mitchell, A Forfar Man - Pamela Vestey. (National Library of Australia ISBN No. 0646104977 Second edition - 1996.A discussion paper by Murray Houghton, Warrandyte Historical Society, on the excavation of Pound Bend tunnel and examination of information sources suggesting David Mitchell's association with gold mining at Warrandyte." ... Just what then was Mitchell's actual association with mining in the Anderson's Creek goldfield? As an initial means to determining this, a number of biographies devoted to the man's lifetime achievements have been consulted. Some two of these were found to contain rather brief references to his involvement at Warrandyte. In the 1992 booklet entitled "David Mitchell a Forfar Man" written by a Mitchell family member, viz., Pamela, Lady Vestey, of Coombe Cottage, there is included a passge which commences "Another of David Mitchell's early interests was gold mining". This is appended by the bald statement "In 1870 he formed the Evelyn Tunnel Gold-Mining Company with a capital of £16,000." The other account of a Mitchell involvement with an unnamed Warrandyte company is contained in Joan Campbell's 1974 biographical article entitled, "Mitchell, David (1829- 1916) builder, contractor and businessman, etc.", in Volume 5 of the "Australian Dictionary of Biogaraphy". Campbell mentions that "In 1890 (sic) Mitchell formed a company to mine a channel and tunnel on the Yarra River at Pound Bend, Warrandyte," i.e., at a period some 18 or so years after it is known that the Evelyn Tunnel Gold-Mining Company had actually ceased operations. She then continues with the bizarre statement that "he employed gangs of Chinese to work three miles of river bed for gold". Neither of these respective excerpts indicate evidence of having been directly referenced from a legitimate original source, from which either author's contained comments might be authenticated. For any historian with an enquiring mind these statements demand further clarification. ..." - Murray Houghton