Dark green covered book with gold edging front and back and seven horizontal lines on the spine. On front cover: buff sticker, with Bendigo Water Works, Crusoe Reservoir and others, contracts 1870 - 1874 written in cursive script. Later writing 'from Mrs. H. Strickland, Bungoona, Currie, King Island'. Written inside is: Presented to Bendigo Historical Society by Mrs A Strickland, Bungoona, Currie, King Island. Also the Historical Society Stamp. The next page has three newspaper cuttings. The first is 'The Victorian Waterworks'. It has costings for contracts for water supply, amounts which will supply water from the Coliban to the Castlemaine and Sandhurst districts, and if the Government should purchase the Bendigo Waterworks, and to construct the Upper Coliban reservoir, additional expenditure may be required. (from Daily Telegraph - 1868). The second is some information on The Yan Yean Aqueduct. The third is a letter to the Editor of the Argus from Joseph Brady, dated August 2, 1870, in reference to repairing the leak in the outlet tunnel of the Malmsbury Reservoir. He says the repair of the tunnel was not essential and is unnecessary and 2nd. If the bank was cut through and restored, for years the bank would not be safe, as the earth used in the restoration would require time to subside and unite with the old work. He hopes the embankment would be allowed to stand intact.civil engineering, water supply, coliban, bendigo water works - crusoe reservoir and other contracts 1870 to 1874, mrs a strictland, royal historical society of victoria bendigo branch, coliban scheme, upper coliban reservoir, daily telegraph 1868, yan yean aqueduct, age, argus 2/8/1870, malmsbury reservoir, joseph brady, charles cook, fishburn morton & kennedy, bernard ward & co, the fulton foundry co ltd, james mcewan & co, laylands foundry co, melbourne sewers & water supply, c w gore, crusoe office, john mcilwraith, edward chandler, ia-s miller & co, robison br & co, guthrie/white hills pottery, peter mcpherson, slater & co, john danks, mclean br & rigg, william beebe, t i connelly, i horwoods

Edith Perry Collection: Notes prepared covering the business properties in High Street Kangaroo Flat, between Crusoe reservoir and Camp Street. Hand drafted details/notes of businesses on High Street. Notes and plan not drawn to scale.kangaroo flat properties high street

Small wooden stand with metal plaque attached. The plaque reads: Crusoe Reservoir Sandhurst Water Works. The first sod was laid in the foundation with this spade on the 17th August 1872 by Mrs MacDougall wife of the right Worshipful the Mayor of the city of Sandhurst. Contractors: Messrs. Fishburn, Morton and Kennedy. Engineer T. Bradycivil engineering, water supply, crusoe reservoir

Photograph (proof56) of the settling ponds at Crusoe Gully Reservoir. There are two of the ponds visible and two men standing on the left hand side of the photo. In the background there is a post and rail fence bordering a roadway and a timbered hill behind these.place, water, settlinbg ponds, settling ponds , crusoe reservoir

School Exercise Book minus covers. Entries hand written in ink on various topics 1. Nature diary 23 Aug 1929 - 23 Nov; 2. Essays on St George, St Patrick St Andrew; 3. Nature history with flower pressings; 4. the Guide Laws; 5. Health Rules. Teachers name written on some pages s M Hoffmeyer. Note (R Upson, catalog note 2009: ''Would guess that the student was female. Reference made to Crusoe Reservoir on first page is the only link to Bendigo'').bendigo, education, m hoffmeyer. crusoe reservoir

''The history of the Bendigo railway and memoirs of early train travel'' (Bob Carr). Two parts - Part 1 being ''The Railway from Melbourne to the Murray River'' - with note at end: 'Extracted from ''Opening of Railway from Melbourne to Sandhurst-Bendigo'' from the history of Bendigo by Mr G Mackay per Mr Bob Carr, 81 Barkly St, Bendigo'; part 2 is five pages of a memoir being a letter written by Mr Bob Carr to the Station Master, Bendigo, in October 1991(memoir dating from 1910 era). with.Mr G Mackay per Mr Bob Carrbendigo, history, bendigo railway, bendigo rail, bob carr. sir henry buckly, mr higginbotham chief engineer of the government, mr bob carr, tait cars, dog box carriages, corridor carriages, coal stage, newmarket hotel, fleece inn, lake weroona, laker neangar, cherry tree gardens, cherry tree hotel, crusoe reservoir, cattle trucks, mccullock & company, buckle & jeffrey, railway picnic.

EMTEC 80 min/700MB CD-R recordable disc with 'J. M. Brady Bendigo Water Wks Crusoe Res Contract Book 1870 - 75 handwritten on the front. Contained in an orange plastic cover. See also 8137.1 - Joseph Brady's notebook on the construction of the Crusoe Reservoir, Bendigo, stored in Box 690.civil engineering, water supply, cd - j m brady - bendigo water wks crusoe res contract book 1870 - 75, emtec 80 min/700mb cd-r recordable

Edith Perry Collection: History in the development of the Big Hill Tunnel Two typed extracts of articles regarding the history, construction and development of the Big Hill Tunnel, which resulted from the inclusion of Castlemaine on the alignment of the Echuca/Bendigo/Melbourne railway line. Handwritten pages and a hand drawn map of the rail line connection between Ravenswood Estate and Crusoe Reservoirechuca/bendigo/castlemaine/melbourne rail connection, big hill rail tunnel

Map. Two aerial photographs of Kangaroo Flat and Lockwood (part). Crusoe Reservoir bottom right corner on Crusoe Road, shows Merindah Road running between Lockwood and Crusoe Roads. Map Name : Bendigo Mapsheet Run 2. 14-2-71, 13,200 A.S.L.. Map shown with NORTH at bottom of page, VIC 2479 at corner. Map 2 continues to the west. A joined copy of both photographs is also included.map, bendigo, agricultural lands

Photocopied newspaper cutting from Bendigo Advertiser 22nd Dec 1952, pertaining to donation of Joseph Brady bound notebooks. Brady was engineer of the Bendigo Waterworks in 1858 and accepted appointment as engineer to the contractors of the construction of a segment of the Melbourne Sandhurst railway. One book was related to the Bendigo Waterworks containing particulars of Crusoe Reservoir. The other surrounding Cornish & Bruce contracts for the middle section of the Mt Alexander Railway. Books donated to Bendigo by Mrs A Strickland of Currie King Island, Brady's granddaughter. Town Clerk accepted books and said Museum was closed but Historical Society would welcome donation.bendigo, waterworks, coliban water

Ken Arnold is a Bendigo author and publisher.A series of thirty-three articles written by Ken Arnold and published in the Bendigo Weekly between 1999 and 2001. Each article has a Bendigo topic or theme and includes historical information and details. Each article includes a photograph. The articles are stored in a white vinyl covered two ring A5 folder. Index below. Number Article Name Date 1. Gold and Break o’ Day Aug. 2001 2. Millewa Hall, Bendigo Railway Line Feb. 2001 3. St Mary the Virgin Church Oct. 2001 4. Old Flour Mill Nov. 2000 5. Woodstock on Loddon Dec. 2000 6. Women Find Gold Aug. 2001 7. Local Heroes Nov. 2001 8. Golden Days in the Borough Nov. 2001 9. Fortuna Villa July 2000 10. Marong Shire Councilors Aug. 2000 11. Crusoe Reservoir Sept. 2000 12. Early House Oct. 2000 13. Kangaroo Flat State School ‘Annex’ Nov. 2000 14. No 7 Claims two lives – 1865 Aug. 2000 15. Lockwood School Aug. 2002 16. Happy Jack’s Store July 2002 17. Last Bills Water Trough in Town Feb. 2002 18. Bonhaven & the Petherick’s Apr. 2002 19. Temperance Brewery Oct. 1999 20. Queen’s Head Hotel Nov. 1999 21. Victoria Store Dec. 1999 22. Victoria House Feb. 2000 23. Nankervis Bacon Factory March 2000 24. Ye Olde Grocery Shoppe April 2000 25. Marong Council May 2000 26. City Brewery June 2000 27. New Era for Old Pub 28. Kangaroo Flat Railway Station May 2002 29. Miner’s Charade 30. The Wiegard Bros Part 2 Mar 2002 31. The Wiegard Bros Part 3 32. Kangaroo Flat to Crusoe 33. Local History, California Gully monuments, historical sites, buildings, people

Handwritten notes titled 'Bendigo's Water Supply'. Notes mention the early water supply for Bendigo, The construction of the reservoirs, some costs, and the dates they were constructed.document, bendigo's water supply, e h emmett, bendigo water works co, no 7 reservoir, law courts, coliban scheme, j f sullivan, the bendigo council, water works, robinson crusoe gully, angus mackay, state rivers and water supply commission, lauriston reservoir, lake eppalock, dates when reservoirs were built, preston vale, bendigo and vicinity