The Sunshine and District Historical Society Pioneers’ Lunch / Dinner is an annual event. It’s a commemorative gathering that honours the early settlers, people, community leaders of Sunshine and the surrounding district. At the Pioneers’ Lunch / Dinner, a toast is a ritual and a dedicated moment to honour the original settlers and their contributions, and a guest speaker talks about an interesting subject. Guest speaker Charles Fahey taught in the History Program at La Trobe University until his retirement in 2018. He has published widely on the history of the labour market, with particular reference to the Sunshine Harvester factory and the Harvester Judgement of 1907.charles fahey, sunshine harvester factory, harvester judgement 1907

Songs of Australian heritage for voice. Melody line only with chord symbols. Includes guitar tablature for chords. Convicts, transportation and sea shanties. Pioneering, goldrush days and bushrangers. Shearers, drovers and bush life. Swagmen, Victorian expansion, sporting life and disasters. Contents: • According to the Act • The Albury ram • Another fall of rain • Australia's on the Wallaby • The bald-headed end of the broom • The ballad of Ben Hall • The ballad of the Kelly Gang • The banks of the Condamine • The big-gun shearer • The black velvet band • The blackboys Waltzing Matilda • Bluey Brink • Bold Jack Donohue • Bound for Botany Bay • Brisbane ladies • Cain killed Abel • The cane-cutter's lament • The carrier's song • The Catalpa • Charlie Mopps • Click go the shears • The cockies of Bungaree • Colonial experience • Coming down the flat • The convict maid • The currency lasses • The death of Alec Robertson • The death of Ben Hall • The death of Willie Stone • Denis O'Reilly • The drover's dream • The dying aviator • The dying stockman • Eight little cylinders • The Eldorado mining disaster • The exile of Erin • Farewell to Greta • Flash Jack from Gundagai • The flash stockman • Frank Gardiner • The freehold on the plain • The gaol song • The girls of the Shamrock Shores • The golden gullies of the Palmer • The gumtree canoe • The Hamfat man • Heenan and Sayers • Henry's downfall • Here's adieu to all judges and juries • I've been to Australia, Oh • Jim Jones at Botany Bay • Jog along til shearing • John Kanaka • The Lachlan Tigers • Leave her, jollies, leave her • Les Darcy • The limejuice tub • Look out below • Maggie May • Maids of Australia • Man of the Earth • The Maryborough miner • Moreton Bay • The morning of the fray • Morrisey and the Russian sailor • Musselman • The mustering song • My name is Edward Kelly • Nails • The new chum Chinaman • Nine miles from Gundagai • The nose on my old man • Oh, give me a hut • The old bark hut • The old bullock dray • One of the has-beens • The overlanders • Pint Pot and Billy • Pity poor labourers • Radcliffe Highway • The rigs of the time • Rolling home • The Ryebuck shearer • Sam Holt • Sign-on day • Sixteen thousand miles from home • South Australia • The springtime it brings on the shearing • The stockman's last bed • The Sunshine Railway disaster • Tambaroora Ted • The tattooed lady • Ten thousand miles away • The tent poles are rotten • Travelling down the Castlereagh • Tumba-bloody-Rumba • The two professional hums • Van Diemen's Land • The wallaby brigade • When we get our tuppence back • The wild colonial boy • Woolloomooloo Australian culture, folklore and history in songs.Paper; paperback book. Front cover: multicoloured background; picture of swaggy with guitar; picture of Eureka flag; black and green lettering. Back cover: red, orange and white background; Eureka flag; picture of a shearer with sheep; picture of a person in Ned Kelly armour playing a guitar on a horse; picture of woman facing the Ned Kelly figure; brand with the message "unsurpassed Australian made".Front cover: author's name and title. Back cover: author bio; praise from Jack Pobar, swagman.songs, btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, convicts, transportation, sea shanties, pioneering, gold, goldrush, bushrangers, shearers, drovers, bush life, sporting life, disasters, music

149 pages, tables ,black and white photos, indexnon-fictionEmphasises finding the most effective and enjoyable ways to enquire into the pastlocal history, research

Murray Comrie Collection. A Watch House Recognizance dated 31st December 1862. . Two persons named as paying 10 pounds each (bail)- James G. Wright and Henry Wright Sinnot or Sinnott (?) both of Tarnagulla. Signed by both. States that Louisa Wright must appear at the Tarnagulla Police Office on 2nd January 1863 to answer a charge of 'Stealing from the dwelling J. Fahey (?) on 31st December 1852'. Signed by Constable Patrick Fahey, Watch House Keeper.tarnagulla, policing, police, crime, justice, courts, fahey, wright

David Gordon Collection. To Sergeant Webb, Dunolly, from Patrick Fahey Const.

Charles Fahey taught history at La Trobe University until his retirement in 2018. He has written on the history of Victorian gold mining, Victorian agriculture and working in Melbourne. This document provides a detailed overview of Edward Isaac Dyason's life, based on his personal diary kept from 1858 to 1915. Dyason was born in Kent and emigrated to Australia in 1851.He settled in Bendigo and lived there for most of his life. Worked as a book-keeper and agent for George Lansell, a prominent figure in Bendigo's gold mining industry.Actively speculated in mining and served as a director for several mining companies, participating in major decisions regarding Bendigo's quartz mines. His diaries provide valuable insights into the business practices and dealings of the gold mining era. He Married Harriet Mason in 1880 after a long and uncertain engagement, largely due to financial concerns. He Became devoted to his wife and their four children after marriage. The diary offers rich details about middle-class family life in late nineteenth-century Bendigo. The Dyason family lived in Fortuna, George Lansell's mansion, until late 1887, after which they moved to a new home. Dyason meticulously recorded daily events, family interactions, and transitions, such as their move from Fortuna. The diary is a significant historical source, capturing both the business environment of Bendigo's gold mining industry and the nuances of family and social life during that period. The document highlights Dyason's dual roles as a business figure and family man,Fortuna - The Dyason Diary - extract from a book by Charles Fahey This item contains the following: 11217.54a Pages 49 to 61 of his book - Contact BHS for detailsnon-fictionbendigo, fortuna, george lansell, charles fahey, the dyason family, edward isaac dyason, harriet mason

Murray Comrie Collection. A Watch House Recognizance dated 11th February 1863. . Two persons named - J. Lemere (Baker) and William Marshall (Miner) both of Tarnagulla. States that William Marshall must appear at the Tarnagulla Police Office on 18th February 1863 to answer a charge of 'Being Drunk & disorderly on the public street at Tarnagulla on the 5th ______ '. Signed by Constable Patrick Fahey, Watch House Keeper.tarnagulla, policing, police, justice, courts, alcohol, fahey, marshall

Murray Comrie Collection. A Watch House Recognizance dated 11th February 1863. . Two persons named as paying 5 pounds each (bail)- J. Lemere (Baker) and William Kennedy (Miner) both of Tarnagulla. Signed by Lemere. States that William Kennedy must appear at the Tarnagulla Police Office on 18th February 1863 to answer a charge of 'Being Drunk & disorderly on the public street at Tarnagulla on the 5th Feb (?) '. Signed by Constable Patrick Fahey, Watch House Keeper.tarnagulla, policing, police, justice, courts, alcohol, fahey, kennedy

Charles Fahey taught history at La Trobe University until his retirement in 2018. He has written on the history of Victorian gold mining, Victorian agriculture and working in Melbourne. This document provides a demographic analysis of Bendigo, a Victorian provincial city, during the late nineteenth century. Historical demographers have studied broad Australian population trends, but local studies like this one have been limited by inadequate records. Recent access to detailed manuscript birth, death, and marriage records allows for a more granular local demographic analysis. The study combines these records with published statistics and traditional sources (e.g., diaries). The paper examines the origins and occupations of Bendigo's late nineteenth-century immigrants.It analyzes population fluctuations and migration patterns, especially out-migration during economic downturns. Marriage patterns, birth and death rates, illegitimacy rates, bridal pregnancies, and de facto relationships are also explored.Population Bendigo experienced significant population growth from 28,577 in 1871 to 35,584 in 1881, driven by a mining boom and economic prosperity. The late 1880s saw a decline in mining yields, leading to economic depression, unemployment, and a population decrease to 34,089 by 1891 as residents left the city. The city's development and demographic changes are closely tied to the fortunes of its mining industry, reflecting broader patterns of boom and bust in Australian provincial towns during this era. These points collectively illustrate how economic cycles and migration shaped Bendigo's demographic landscape in the late nineteenth century.Fortuna - Bendigo 1881-1901 - A Demographic Portrait of A Victorian Provincial Town - extract from a book by Charles Fahey This item contains the following: 11217.55a Pages 88 to 107 of his book - Contact BHS for detailsnon-fictionbendigo, fortuna, george lansell, charles fahey

front row: Richard Trevare, Robin Kelly, John Fahey, back row right: Shirley Robinson20th Anniversary of Canterbury History Group February 2005 meetingColoured photograph

USB - Diary of Isaac Edward Dyason / I. E. Dyason. Business Manager to George Lansell. Copies of original documents Saved on Network in Digital Donations. Research conducted by Dr Charles Fahey Folders on the disc: 1851-1854 Dyason diary 1858 part 1859 Dyason diary 1863 Dyason diary 1868 Dyason diary 1873 Dyason diary 1874 Dyason diary 1878 Dyason diary 1880 Dyason diary 1881 Dyason diary 1888 Dr Charles Fahey BVRC Champion Medal 1873 Diggings Letters English Letters Letter and article to Dutch Courier 2017 Love letters Hellen Cochrane 1860s SanDiskSecureAccess South African Letters

A large lot of papers, including this and other telegrams, were apparently found in the ceiling cavity of the Sandy Creek/Tarnagulla Post and Telegraph Office in the later 20th Century, during building works. Donald Clark Collection. Telegram sent from Tarnagulla, from Patrick Fahey, Seniro Constable to Sergt Acton, Inglewood. Message reads 'Re criminal offence of this date. Man named Jas. Murphy arrested here answers this description except in hight (incorrect spelling). Six small common brooches found in his possession & _____ ______ _______ packet inside ('left breas' crossed out) right breast, and one outside left breast. ________ required. Reply.'