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Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Derwent House, 163 Station Street, Port Melbourne, Janet and Allen Walsh, 1973
... Derwent House, 163 Station Street, Port Melbourne, ...derwent house...Set of 31 photographs taken in June and July 1973 Derwent... - domestic derwent house station street Identified and dated on back ...Shot in 1973 with particular interest in architectureSet of 31 photographs taken in June and July 1973 Derwent House on Station StIdentified and dated on back in inkbuilt environment - domestic, derwent house, station street -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Station Street, near Raglan Street, David Thompson, 1996
... Colour print, Station Street near Raglan, showing Derwent..., showing Derwent House and others, from David Thompson's 1996 ...Photographed for Then and Now display, to match 1920 photo (see 586 and 214)Colour print, Station Street near Raglan, showing Derwent House and others, from David Thompson's 1996 'Then and Now 'Series: relates to 214, but also 586parks and gardens, built environment - domestic, david thompson, station street -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Horse-drawn lawn-mower, Port Melbourne, 1920
... 'Derwent SC House'. Near Corner Station and Raglan..., one inscribed 'Derwent SC House'. Near Corner Station ...Copy of photo of draught horse harnessed to a lawn-mower with wooden grass-cutter. Horse standing on grass with trees behind, then Station Street with two-storey terrace houses, one inscribed 'Derwent SC House'. Near Corner Station and Raglan"Caption: And this, Sonny Boy, is how they used to turn grass into lawn in the old days: A horse drawn lawn mower used by the old Port Melbourne Town Council". Inscribed in pencil in one corner "Raglan St ?".parks and gardens, local government - town of port melbourne, transport - horse -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, R.F. Miles, Sergeant, AIF (undated)
Written on back of photograph, "R.F. Miles". Two pieces of paper are enclosed with the photographs and read as follows: "R. F. Miles. Raoul Fortescue Miles was one of the seven sons of Captain Edward Thomas Miles and Mrs. Charlotte Eliza Miles. There were also four girls. Names of these in order are: Edward Leslie, Amy Florence, Augustus Temple, Lilian Ethel (Mrs. G.M. Parker), Hilda Clare (Mrs. J.W. Barrett), Arthur Hunter, Thomas Alfred, Sydney Derwent, Raoul Fortescue, Kathleen Mary Edith (Mrs. Howe), Keith Lyttleton. The only survivors are Thomas Alfred and Kathleen Howe. Raoul Miles served in the 12 Bn. in the first AIF and rose to the rank of sergeant. He Married an English girl at the end of 1st World War and brought her as an 18 year old bride to Australia. He worked Hendon which was owned by Captain Miles. In the early twenties he went to Seaford and opened a cafe on Napean Highway. He then opened an estate agency as well in front of his house. He was a councillor in the then Shire of Frankston and Hastings. He was Shire President at some time. Just before the 2nd World War he opened an estate agency in Frankston near the station. He also had a post office agency in the building which he owned. After the war he and his brother Sydney subdivided land and built houses at Seaford. His wife died suddenly and for some years he lived alone in a two storey houses divided into two flats. He died when he was about 72 or 73. During World War 2 he was a recruiting officer for the R.A.A.F. He had five children: - Jean (Mrs. Hayward, Portland?), Barbara (Mrs. Collins, Wattle Park), Laurie (Mrs. Thorpe Woods, Kent, England), Ted, Seaford?, Bill, Seaford?". -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: SOME HISTORICAL INFORMATION
12 photocopied pages. Page four has acknowledgements, Page five mentions Pen-Portraist by Raly Wallace and Kevin Vallence, Page 14 mentions some rich areas: White Hills, Red Hill (now Virginia Hill), Eaglehawk, Golden Gully, New Chum Gully, Long Gully, Spring Gully, Derwent Gully, California Gully, Sailors Gully and Peg Leg Gully. There are two sketches on the page: Windless, by W. Ralston, Australasian Sketcher 20/12/1879 (D O'Hoy Collection) and a sketch of some miners in a tent with some mining equipment in front of it. There are two men in front of a fire at the front of the tent. Page 16 has a sketch of an old brick house with iron lace on the veranda and a picket fence at the front. Page 17 mentions the school and some Friendly Societies and Church. Page 22 mentions Quartz Mining. There is a Lithograph of a Quartz outcrop, New Chum Gully 1852 by George Rowe and a View of Surface Workings 1861, a Batchelder Photo. Page 23 mentions Edward Nucella Emmett, a pioneer gold digger who became involved in many important public issues. Page 25 mentions Company Mining and Crushing. It has a sketch of a Primitive Quart Crusher. Page 37 Mentions Richard Pope, a Miner who tramped from job to job in Bendigo and eventually followed the rush to Broken Hill. Page 38 mentions the Eaglehawk Brass Band and Friendly Societies in Eaglehawk. Page 39 is headed Miner's Cottage. It mentions stone miners' cottages. Page 40 has a sketch of a Georgian Style Sandstone Cottage Harvey Town. Page 41 mentions men sweeping the road to get gold, Bull Family grocery shop and a blacksmith. Page 42 is headed St. Augustine's. Page 43 has a sketch of St. Augustine's Church. Page 59 is headed Bendigo Amalgamated Goldfields (B.A.G.) Edward Clarence Dyason was largely behind a new company set up in 1917 to work the Bendigo field in an entirely new way. (B.A.G.) wished to take over all existing mining companies, and place them under a single management structure.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - some historical information, mr l hooley, mr l bennetts, mr w watson, mr w heraud, mr d m davies, mr w perry, mr h harvey, mr a llewellyn, mr e oates, chook temple by mr alan llewellyn, mr f cusack, tracey ipsen, ray wallace, bendigo field naturalists' club, eaglehawk tree lovers' society, bendigo historical society, university of melbourne, kevin vallence, monash university, bendigo technical college, south australian writer's fellowship, windlass, w ralston, australasian sketcher 20.12.1879, d o'hoy, mechanics institute, california gully school, bell topper hill, i.o.r. (rechabites), cobden tent, refuge tent, sutton tent, m.u.i.o.o.f.'s loyal darling, bible christian church, california hill wesleyan methodist church, saint jude's anglican church, quartz mining, e n emmett, jonathan harris, haris' claim, j hustler, george rowe, batchelder, la trobe library, cave, amos, new chum line of reef, edward nucella emmett, bendigo city council, all saints, william westgarth, latham and watson, hustler's line of reef, bell and irons, ballerstedt and son, young and company, nicholas and bassit, ensor, thomas carpenter, quartz crusher, goldfields and mineral districts of victoria, richard pope, daniel webster mine, isaac dyason, old chum mine, north old chum mine, young chum mine, george lansell, lazarus, silicosis of the lungs, eaglehawk brass band, victoria hotel, mr williams, eaglehawk branch of the australian natives association, loyal catherine lodge, mr james, odd fellows in the loyal catherine lodge branch no 4935, richard harvey, thomas harvey, moonta copper mines, harvey town, national trust of australia, eaglehawk tree lovers society, saint mungo's methodist church, clark's beehive battery, world war 1, kee-young, lady barkly hotel, prankhurst, bull family, cousin jack, st augustine's, myers, nicholls, john o'brien, around the boree log, the rev dean hayes, st kilian's, bendigo amalgamated goldfields (b.a.g.), edward clarence dyason, r h s abbott, hercules and energetic, south new moon, new chum goldfields, central red white and blue consolidated, brown john, the life and times of long gully, bendigo press, val white, megan snoop -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LIDDEL'S PYRITES WORKS & LEGGO'S BURNER
Handwritten notes about Liddel's Pyrite Works which first worked about 100 years as the Derwent Gully Pyrites Works. Notes give description of how Liddel's Pyrite extracted the gold and collected arsenic which was sold to manufacturers as sheep-dip, weed poison, etc. Also mentioned is Leggo's Burner which started operations, 1906 and closed about 1949 or 1950.document, gold, liddel's pyrites works, liddel's pyrites works & leggo's burner, pyrites -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION: BOOK - POETRY OF A.D.HOPE
Book. ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION. A 57page softcover book of poems by Alec Derwent Hope with an introduction by the author. Selected and arranged by Douglas Stewart. Published in 1963 by Angus & Robertson, 'Australian Poets Series' and printed by the Halstead Press. Catalogue sticker ''2108 HOP'' on front cover.A. D. Hopebooks, collections, poetry, alec h chisholm collection, a.d.hope, douglas stewart, poetry -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS NO 3770 COLLECTION: B. WILCOX
Blue slip signed by H. L. Atkinson, Court Surgeon, saying B Wilcox is unable to follow his employment and dated April 7/66. White note from B. Wilcox claiming sick allowance, signed by B. Wilcox, Derwent Gully and dated April 7th 1866. A second white note from B. Wilcox declaring himself off the sick fund, dated 26th april 1866. Signed by B. Wilcox and H. L. Atkinson.Bro. Clarke, Printer, 84 Moor St., Fitzroy, B Wilcox, H L Atkinsonsocieties, aof, correspondence, ancient order of foresters no 3770 collection - b wilcox, court king of the forest, b wilcox, h l atkinson, bro clarke -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - CORRESPONDENCE RE: DERWENT (DERWENT) GULLY, 1974/75
Correspondence between Geelong HS and BHS 1974/1975 re Derwent (Darwent) Gully. 1. Letter from W J Morrow (GHS) dated 2/8/1974 re the name Derwent Gully (or Derwent street or other Bendigo place-name) being originally Darwent - on basis of claim of Joseph Darwent in a letter copied from Sheffield, England (details in GHS letter). Mention of the possibility that township of Eaglehawk be connected with Joseph Darwent/s reference to his finding a nugget ''in the form of an Eagle Hawk'' when working in ''Gowlers Gulley''. 2. Attached tracing of gullies and associated townships; 3. Reply dated 5/5/1975 stating that only references that can be found relate to 'Derwent'.eaglehawk, history, gowlers gully, derwent gully, gowlers gully, josseph darwent, long gully township -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION: BOOK 'SELECT LETTERS OF JAMES GROVE' BY JOHN EARNSHAW
Book . ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION 22 page booklet of letters by James Grove a convict from Port Phillip and the Derwent 1803-4 First published in papers and proceedings of the Tasmanian Historical Research Association. Printed by Foot & Playsted P/L , Launceston, Tasmania in 1959. Cat.No. 2181 EAR on front cover. Handwritten on title page 'To Alex Chisholm with regards John Earnshaw'John Earnshawbooks, collections, letters, alec h chisholm collection, john earnshaw, james grove, convict -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS NO. 3770 COLLECTION: MEDICAL CERTIFICATE
Blue paper dated July 15th 1871. I hereby Certify that Joseph Woolcock of Derwent Gully is unable to follow his usual employment. Signed H. L. Atkinson. Also signed at the end by J. B. Wilcock declaring himself on the Sick Funds of the Court.societies, aof, correspondence, ancient order of foresters no. 3770 collection - medical certificate, court king of the forest, joseph wilcock, h l atkinson -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BENDIGO GOLDEN CITY TOURIST BOOKLET
1970's Bendigo 'The Golden City' 24 coloured page tourist brochure. Cardboard cover featuring coloured Alexandra Fountain , with red Bendigo printed. The Golden City scroll printed below. Numerous coloured bendigo views inside and reproduction of C A Ross & Co Derwent Store on 1850's bendigo goldfield on reverse.Nucolorvue Productions Mentonebendigo, tourism, guide, bendigo city -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS NO. 3770 COLLECTION: MEDICAL CERTIFICATE
Blue paper dated March 16th 1868. I hereby certify that I. B. Wilcock of Derwent Gully is unable to follow his usual employment. Signed H. L. Atkinson. M.D. Also signed at the end by I. B. Wilcock, declaring himself on the Sick Funds of the Court.societies, aof, correspondence, ancient order of foresters no. 3770 collection - medical certificate, court king of the forest, i b wilcock, h l atkinson -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS NO. 3770 COLLECTION: MEDICAL CERTIFICATE
Blue paper dated March 23rd 1868. I hereby certify that I. B. Wilcock of Derwent Gully is able to follow his usual employment. Signed H. L. Atkinson. M.D. Also signed at the end by J. B. Wilcock, declaring himself off the Sick Funds of the Court.societies, aof, correspondence, ancient order of foresters no. 3770 collection - medical certificate, court king of the forest, i b wilcock, h l atkinson -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: LONG GULLY NAMES STREET BY STREET
Five pages of copies of residents of streets in Long Gully including Derwent Gully, Sparrowhawk and St Just Point. Numbers beside names are possibly street numbers. Street names have E Side, W Side, N Side or South Side. These pages have been photocopied from a street directory. Date unknown.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - long gully residents street by street, derwent gully, sparrowhawk, st just point -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: CHUM RESERVE LONG GULLY
Copy of a plan of the Chum Reserve, Long Gully, dated September 1998. The plan between Derwent Drive and Dyason Court show play area, trees, swings, fire pit, tree house and grassy area. There is also a plan of the tree house - South East Elevation. Drawn by Mary Jeavons Landscape Architects.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - chum reserve long gully, shared action long gully community house, city of greater bendigo, mary jeavons landscape architects -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - THE BENDIGO GOLDFIELDS - A FEW FACTS, c1970
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 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - VICTORIA REEF GOLD MINES COMPANY BENDIGO PLAN
Photocopy of a Plan of the Victoria Reef Gold Mines Company, Bendigo. Shaded area is the Victoria Reef Gold Mines Company Lease No. 2 and Lease No. 3. The gullies are named Happy Valley, Long, Derwent, Providence and Ironbark Gullies. The reefs are: Western Victoria, Victoria, Eastern Victoria and Prince Albert Reef. Between the Eastern Victoria Reef and the Prince Albert Reef is the White Lead. Mount Korong Road is at the bottom of the plan. Other Leaseholders are: Burrows, Wybrant, Ballerstedt, Jackson,Roberts & Co, Ashley, Grant, ?rpe, ?eau, Woodward, Coath, Taylor, Cranshaw, Roberts, Gould & Co, Midway, Witscheibe, Endeavour Co, Albert Co, Ballerstedt & Son, Late Iron Bark Quartz Mining Co, McDougall, Specimen Hill Co, Hygrect?, Wheadon, Evans and Bannerman. Signed by H. B. Nicholas. Location of Ballerstedt, Luffsman, Midway Co, Witscheibe and Rae & Co engine locations. Hills are shown as hatch shading. Written at the bottom left ocrner is: Accompanying prospectus issued in Nov. 1859. Signed H.B. Nicholas.plan, bendigo, victoria reef gold mines company, victoria reef gold mines company bendigo - plan, h b nicholas, burrows, wybrant, ballerstedt, jackson, roberts & co, ashley, grant, ?rpe, ?eau, woodward, coath, taylor, cra-shaw, roberts, gou-d & co, midway, witscheibe, endeavour co, albert co, ballerstedt & son, late iron bark quartz mining co, mcdougall, specimen hill co, hyo?, wheadon, evans, bannerman. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - IAN DYETT COLLECTION: AUCTION CATALOGUE - TASMANIAN SURPLUS MACHINERY
Small grey covered auction catalogue for a sale of Surplus Machinery situated at Blue Tier, Lottah and at Derwent Bridge Construction Works by order of Wedd's Machinery Agency. Auctioneers J. H. Curnow & Sons. Machinery offered included mining machinery, electric motors, pumps, tools, spare parts and a tractor. Most of the lots have the sale price written beside them.business, auctioneers, j h curnow & son pty ltd, ian dyett collection - auction catalogue - tasmanian surplus machinery, j h curnow & son, wedd's machinery agnecy hobart, derwent bridge construction works, c j curnow, h j lowe, f c dyett, j l jamieson & co, w g wedd, mercury press -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - The Cobblestone Crossing, 2/11/2023
A cobblestone crossing was established across Long Gully Creek near current Creeth Street. The crossing provided horse-drawn vehicles from Sparrowhawk, Derwent Gully and the original Maiden Gully to Long Gully.A 3 page document on Sparrowhawk Rd, the old Cobblestone crossing and the long lost sights of the surrounding area. john harvey, long gully, sparrowhawk rd, creeth st -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BENDIGO ART GALLERY EXHIBITION A VOICE FROM THE GOLDEN CITY, 1852-1887
Bendigo Art Gallery Mid to Late 19th Century exhibition on display June 3 to July 4 2001, celebrating the transformation of a town into a city. The Bendigo Advertiser is a proud sponsor of exhibition printing a souvenir poster for the occasion depicting a water colour of Kangaroo Flat Sandhurst in 1857 by George Rowe on the cover, a chromolithograph of Sandhurst in 1887 by Francis Niven overleaf and on the back a water colour of the Bendigo Goldfields C.A. Ross & Co. Derwent Store in 1852 by John Cater of Northcote.George Rowebendigo, history, 19th century bendigo