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Federation University Art Collection
Print - Printmaking - Lithograph, Tulloch, David, 'Forest Creek, Mt Alexander' by Thomas Ham, 1852
... 'Forest Creek, Mt Alexander' by Thomas Ham...forest creek...Coloured imaged of Forest Creek Diggings on Mount Alexander...lower centre "Forest Creek, Mt Alexander" lower left side... - Lithograph Print 'Forest Creek, Mt Alexander' by Thomas Ham Coloured ...This work is part of Ham's five views of the gold fields of Mount Alexander and Ballarat in the colony of Victoria , drawn on the spot by David Tulloch , and engraved and engraved and published by Thomas Ham. This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 2000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.Coloured imaged of Forest Creek Diggings on Mount Alexanderlower centre "Forest Creek, Mt Alexander" lower left side "Drawn By D. Tulloch" lower right side "Engraved by Thomas Ham"art, artwork, forest creek, mount alexander, thomas ham, ham, david tulloch, tulloch, gold mining, bark hut, castlemaine -
Federation University Art Collection
Print - Printmaking - Lithograph, Tulloch, David, 'Commissioner's Tent & Officers' Quarters, Forest Creek' by Thomas Ham, 1852
... 'Commissioner's Tent & Officers' Quarters, Forest Creek' by...forest creek...Lithograph showing the Commissioner's tent at Forest Creek ..., Forest Creek" lower left side "Drawn By D. Tulloch" lower right... at Forest Creek lower centre "Commissioner's Tent & Officers ...This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 2000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.Lithograph showing the Commissioner's tent at Forest Creek lower centre "Commissioner's Tent & Officers' Quarters, Forest Creek" lower left side "Drawn By D. Tulloch" lower right side "Engraved by Thomas Ham" art, artwork, ham, thomas ham, david tulloch, forest creek, government camp, goldfield commissioner, tents, gold mining, flag -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - EDITH LUNN COLLECTION: GOLDFIELDS CAIRN AND QUARRY AT FOREST CREEK, 19/08/1989
... FOREST CREEK... (the first ) on the Mount Alexander Goldfields at Forest Creek... Forest Creek, taken 19/08/1989 22A Cairn to mark Gold Discovery ...Quarry in the vicinity of Goldfields Cairn, near Forest Creek, taken 19/08/1989 22A Cairn to mark Gold Discovery (the first ) on the Mount Alexander Goldfields at Forest Creek in 1851 22B At the site of the Cairn to mark gold discovery at Forest Creek in July 1951 22C the quarry near Goldfields Cairn 22D quarry in the vicinity of Goldfields Cairn, near Forest Creek 22E Quarry near Cairn to gold discaovery on Mount Alexander , Forest CreekEdith Lunn -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - FOREST CREEK GOLD MINES CRUSHING BATTERY AT CHEWTON, c.1890
... FOREST CREEK GOLD MINES CRUSHING BATTERY AT CHEWTON...Black and white photograph. Forest Creek (Victoria) gold... Advertiser Black and white photograph. Forest Creek (Victoria) gold ...Black and white photograph. Forest Creek (Victoria) gold reefs crushing works. The Garfield overshot waterwheel which drove the battery at Chewton. Inscriptions on back: 'MNG 31''Garfield Mine, Chewton, J Ebbett, Manager' ( in top LHC), 'Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Bendigo Branch' (in circular rubber stamp). History of object: Previous ACC. No. 'MNG 31', Ralph Birrell 5.11.1999 'Garfield Waterwheel and Crushing Mill, Chewton:' Gardield overshot waterwheel which drove the Forest Creek Gold Mines crushing battery at Chewton. The foundations of this wheel can still be seen today.Bendigo Advertiserbuildings, commercial, garfield waterwheel at chewton -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Booklet - From Forest Creek to Eureka, 2023
... From Forest Creek to Eureka ... Forest Creek to Eureka' How the Diggers of the 1850s Gold Rushes... booklet by Pat Healy June 2023 'From Forest Creek to Eureka' How ...31-page spiral bound booklet by Pat Healy June 2023 'From Forest Creek to Eureka' How the Diggers of the 1850s Gold Rushes drove the developments of Democracy in Victoria. Includes colour images. Chapters include the Monster Meeting, Red Ribbon Movement in Bendigo, Eureka Stockade in Ballarat Published by Chewton Domain Society 2023gold rush, red ribbon agitation, eureka stockade -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Map - PLAN GENERAL SURVEY MALMSBURY PORCUPINE INN, FOREST CREEK TO GOLDEN POINT. ALEXANDRA RANGE 1853
... PLAN GENERAL SURVEY MALMSBURY PORCUPINE INN, FOREST CREEK... of Malmsbury to the Porcupine Inn, from the sources of Forest Creek... the sources of Forest Creek to Golden Point, shewing (sic ...Colour Copy of Plan of the General Survey from the Town of Malmsbury to the Porcupine Inn, from the sources of Forest Creek to Golden Point, shewing (sic) the Alexandrian Range also Sawpit Gully Bendigo and Bullock Creeks. Handwritten note under the title a follows '' Forwarded to the Colonial Secretary with my letter No A 53/105 dated 30th March 1853 for transmission to the Geological Surveyor. R Hoddle Surveyor General. ' Stamped by Department of Mines Victoria with record#123 in Top right Hand corner. Also contains a catalogue number 2053/M/2. Part of the Contents of a DVD entitled 'Mapping Great Change' - Archival Maps, produced to support an exhibition in the Post Office Gallery Bendigo. A description of the Map, its history and implications for both historical and future discussions is contained in an Essay 'Mapping Great Changes' : The landscape of central Victoria by Gerry Gill.R. Hoddlemap, bendigo, country lands -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Gold, 8/12/1971 12:00:00 AM
... Forest Creek Diggings... millions of dollars worth of gold from Forest Creek diggings... worth of gold from Forest Creek diggings to Adelaide. He did 6... conveyed millions of dollars worth of gold from Forest Creek ...Article about Mr L.J. Blake (1971) who is a Nunawading author who has written a book titled 'Gold Escort' .Article about Mr L.J. Blake (1971) who is a Nunawading author who has written a book titled 'Gold Escort' which tells the story of a group of troopers who conveyed millions of dollars worth of gold from Forest Creek diggings to Adelaide. He did 6 years of research on the book. He was a teacher and past president of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria and honorary historian for the Shire of Wimmera.Article about Mr L.J. Blake (1971) who is a Nunawading author who has written a book titled 'Gold Escort' . gold rush, blake, j. l., forest creek diggings, adelaide, shire of wimmera, gold escorts -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Geoff Hocking, Castlemaine : from camp to city 1835-1900, a pictorial history of Forest Creek & the Mount Alexander goldfields, 1994
... history of Forest Creek & the Mount Alexander goldfields... of Forest Creek & the Mount Alexander goldfields 230 p. : ill. (some ...230 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims, maps, ports. ; 22 x 25 cm.non-fictiongold mines and mining -- victoria -- castlemaine -- history, castlemaine (vic.) -- history -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING
... Diggers & Mining. The Digging Forest Creek... Forest Creek, Mount Alexander, 1852. Timber buildings and diggers... EDUCATION Tertiary Diggers & Mining. The Digging Forest Creek Mount ...Diggers & Mining. The Digging - The Diggers. Slide depicts Forest Creek, Mount Alexander, 1852. Timber buildings and diggers. Markings: 14 994.LIF:6hanimounteducation, tertiary, diggers & mining. the digging forest creek, mount alexander, 1852. timber buildings diggers -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, The Pennyweight Kids, 1988
... Forest Creek Victoria... at Forest Creek, Victoria. Stories of their families.... children died at Forest Creek, Victoria. Stories of their families ...Written to try to discover why more than 200 children died at Forest Creek, Victoria. Stories of their families.Yellow cover, sketch of scales 1852-1857. Gold mining scene and grieving mother. On back cover sketch of excavation of old burial site. London 1852. Gentleman's Magazine.forest creek victoria, deaths at forest creek victoria -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE GOLD LICENCE, c1852
... . Slide shows Gaol at Forest Creek. Labelled 'Gaol, Forest Creek... licence. The Government Camp. Slide shows Gaol at Forest Creek ...Diggers & Mining. The gold licence. The Government Camp. Slide shows Gaol at Forest Creek. Labelled 'Gaol, Forest Creek, 1852'. Failure to produce the licence on demand was punishable by fine or imprisonment. Markings: 33 994.LIF. 4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Eureka - Historical Studies Eureka Supplement, 1965
... forest creek... hotham forest creek australian democracy ...This book was withdrawn from the Ballarat High School Library.Green soft covered book of 158 pages. Contents include Agitations of the Victorian Goldfields (Bruce Kent), Eureka Documents, Causes of Eureka (Geoffrey Serle), Americans and other Foreigners at Eureka (L.G. Churchward), Eureka and the Creative Writer (Hume Dow), Significance of Eureka in Australian History (R.D. Walshe), Bibliography of Eureka (R.D. Walshe).ballarat, bendigo, eureka, ovens, charles hotham, forest creek, australian democracy -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book - Scrapbooks, William RObertson, Newsclips written by William Robertson, c1930-c1948
... forest creek...-the wisps forest creek chewton mount alexander jim crow ranges ...Small brown covered scrapbook with newsclipping written by William Robertson, and his handwritten corrections to the articles. Newsclips include poetry and articles on: Piggoreet, Captain Moonlight, Devil's Kitchen, Ballarat East Australian Natives' Association, A Total Eclipse, Ballarat Leads, Joe Mack Cricket, Trade Unionism, Jack Hewitt of Piggoreet, Astronomy, Golden Lake, Scientific Shearers, Eureka, Piggoreet Geological, Piggoreet Mining, Happy Valley, Exchequer Flat, Fairy's Fright, H.V. Mailboy, Shearers, Creswick, Geology of Smythesdale, Shearing in the 1890s, Piggoreet reunion, Scarsdale and Smythesdale, Scarsdale to Golden Lake, Derwent Jacks, Shanties Devil's Kitchen, Berringa Bushmen, Perseus, Kruger at Pitfield, Fires and Pitfield, Football Memories, Cambrian Hill, Theo Gribble, Jack Jones Pitfield, Risks at Pitfield, Superstition, Scarsdale, death notice for William Robertson's mother.On cover: "Wm Robertson 10 Young Street Ballarat East"andrew christie, mrs nimon, william christie, alec christie, grand trunk, cape clear, donald mclean's, alchemist co, john lynch, golden belt lead, paddy webb, annie rooney, kruger hanging, pitfield, boer war, napoleons, cambran hill, hiscocks, john winter, john jenkins, bonshaw, john bird, nintingbool, moppianum station, w.h. bird, david clarke, william hamilton, john clarke, benjamin j. scott, julius kleberger, m.a. weatherston, j.h. vaughan, a. reid, alfred william crow, p. young, george clarkson, a.w. crowe, william henderson, claud pender, a. garside, mount erip, alec crothers, communism, basalt, italian gully, john roberts, john browne, john crossthwaite, patrick mcgrath, newtown, john boyd, john bruce, william irwin, george hatfield, d. croswaite, grand trunk mine, golden horn, jubilee lode, woady yallock, springdallah, fairy glen lead, linton lead, south berry, banshee, wil-o-the wisps, forest creek, chewton, mount alexander, jim crow ranges, trawalla, j.g. roberts, carngham, german lead, scarsdale railway, great western, beaumont mine, north grenville, shearing, piggoreet reunion, scarsdale and smythesdale, scarsdale to golden lake, derwent jacks, shanties, devil's kitchen, berringa bushmen, perseus, kruger at pitfield, fires and pitfield, football memories, cambrian hill, theo gribble, jack jones pitfield, risks at pitfield, superstition, scarsdale, golden point lead outlet, frenchman's lead, trooper o'brogue, peroni, morelli, lucky woman's gully, william robertson, piggoreet, captain moonlight, devil's kitchen, ballarat east australian natives' association, total eclipse, ballarat leads, joe mack cricket, trade unionism, jack hewitt of piggoreet, astronomy, golden lake, scientific shearers, eureka, piggoreet geological, piggoreet mining, happy valley, exchequer flat, fairy's fright, h.v. mailboy, shearers, creswick, geology of smythesdale -
Clunes Museum
Book, CASTLEMAIN MAIL, THE PENNYWEIGHT KIDS 1852 - 1857, 1988
... FOREST CREEK VICTORIA AUSTRALIA...local history book FOREST CREEK VICTORIA AUSTRALIA CHILDREN ...SMALL VOLUME RELATING TO DEATH OF CHILDREN ON THE GOLDFIELDS AT FOREST CREEK, VICTORIA, 1852-1857YELLOW COVER WITH IMAGES DRAWN IN BLACK INK BY THE AUTHOR, OF A SET OF GOLD SCALES, A MAN WASHING GRAVEL THROUGH A CRADLE FOR GOLD AND A WOMENT LOOKING OVER A CHILD'S CRADLEnon-fictionSMALL VOLUME RELATING TO DEATH OF CHILDREN ON THE GOLDFIELDS AT FOREST CREEK, VICTORIA, 1852-1857local history, book, forest creek victoria australia, children on the golddfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING: THE DIGGINGS - THE DIGGERS
... areas of Little Bendigo, Forest Creek Diggings, 1852. Markings..., Forest Creek Diggings, 1852. Markings: 14 994.LIF:6. Used ...Diggers & Mining: The Digging - The Diggers. Slide depicts areas of Little Bendigo, Forest Creek Diggings, 1852. Markings: 14 994.LIF:6. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING: THE DIGGINGS - THE DIGGERS
... : Forest Creek, Mt. Alexander, 1851. Miners on the field...: The Digging - The Diggers. Slide shows: Forest Creek, Mt. Alexander ...Diggers & Mining: The Digging - The Diggers. Slide shows: Forest Creek, Mt. Alexander, 1851. Miners on the field. Markings:5 994.LIF:6. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: OVERSHOT
... water wheel, which drove the Forest Creek Goldmine's crushing... the Forest Creek Goldmine's crushing battery. Courtesy of the Bendigo ...Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2000. Overshot water wheel, which drove the Forest Creek Goldmine's crushing battery. Courtesy of the Bendigo Historical Society.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING: THE DIGGINGS - THE DIGGERS
... areas of Forest Creek, Mount Alexander, 1852. Timber Buildings...: The Digging - The Diggers. Slide depicts areas of Forest Creek, Mount ...Diggers & Mining: The Digging - The Diggers. Slide depicts areas of Forest Creek, Mount Alexander, 1852. Timber Buildings and miners. Markings: 15 994.LIF:6. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. STORES AT THE DIGGINGS, c1852
... Morning Herald. Slide show the busy area of Forest Creek stores... at the diggings. Stores at Forest Creek, Mount Alexander, 1852. Note ...Diggers & Mining. Stores at the diggings. Stores at Forest Creek, Mount Alexander, 1852. Note the office of the Melbourne Morning Herald. Slide show the busy area of Forest Creek stores. From left to right the signs that can be read: ? Argus Office, Gold bought and sold here, Bryce Ross's Newspaper and General Agency Office, STG '52 marked at bottom left corner of picture. Markings: 7 994.LIF. 5. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE GOLD ERA, c1850s
... through Forest Creek, Mt. Alexander. Markings 7 994.031 GOL:5.... resigned. Slide shows men travelling through Forest Creek, Mt ...Diggers & mining. The gold era. - - - shepherds left their flocks, public servants resigned. Slide shows men travelling through Forest Creek, Mt. Alexander. Markings 7 994.031 GOL:5.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS AND MINERS. DIGGERS AND MINERS, 1850s
... Diggers and miners. Diggers and Miners. (Tulloch) Forest... and Miners. (Tulloch) Forest Creek, Mt. Alexander ...Diggers and miners. Diggers and Miners. (Tulloch) Forest Creek, Mt. Alexander . . . But the digger worked at or near the surface. Picture shows lots of diggers at work. Markings: 4 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - STRAUCH COLLECTION: THE PENNYWEIGHT KIDS
... children die at Forest Creek, Victoria and who were they ? 1830... than 200 children die at Forest Creek, Victoria and who were ...The Pennyweight Kids 1852 1857, why did more than 200 children die at Forest Creek, Victoria and who were they ? 1830 The Ancestors - The Descendants 1930, soft cover 116 pages with black and white photographs & illustrations.A R McMillanplace, cemetery, castlemaine, history-victoria-castlemaine-children-cemetery -
Orbost & District Historical Society
photograph album, James, Harry, 1900 - 1910
... Photographs in this album are : forest,creek; Burns Cutting... 1900-10" Photographs in this album are : forest,creek; Burns ...Photographs in this album are : forest,creek; Burns Cutting; river with bridge; Tony in his boat (spare print); Murrungowar and three of Conran.Henry James (1860-1932) was a well-known identity in the Orbost district.He was a stock agent and auctioneer who helped to establish the seed bean industry in Orbost. He was the second secretary of the Snowy River Shipping Co. as well as a shire councillor and prominent member of MUIOOF.a fabric covered book with gold print - "Photographs" on front cover. It contains an assortment of photographs.inside front cover - "Photographs taken by Mr Harry James about 1900-10"james-harry photography-orbost-conran-murrungowar -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. GOLD, c1855
... Diggers & Mining. Gold. Market Square Castlemaine, Forest.... Market Square Castlemaine, Forest Creek. James J Bundell & Co ...Diggers & Mining. Gold. Market Square Castlemaine, Forest Creek. James J Bundell & Co, Melbourne 1855. Shows the small township, people wagons, dogs. Market Square Castlemaine, 1855. Markings: 26 994.GOL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD, c1855
... Machine, Forest Creek, 1855. Thus a horse puddling ''machine... the Gold. Slide:Horse Puddling Machine, Forest Creek, 1855. Thus ...Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide:Horse Puddling Machine, Forest Creek, 1855. Thus a horse puddling ''machine'' replaced the puddling tub. Slide: shows horse puddling machine in action. Markings: 43 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE GOLD LICENCE, c1850s
... . Slide: Pensioners, Forest Creek. The licence was obtained from... licence. The Government Camp. Slide: Pensioners, Forest Creek ...Diggers & Mining. The gold licence. The Government Camp. Slide: Pensioners, Forest Creek. The licence was obtained from the licence office at the Commissioner's headquarters. Slide shows Commissioner and an officer outside the Licence Tent. Markings: 9 994.LIF. 4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - THE MONSTER MEETING BOOK
... Forest Creek monster meeting of diggers, written by Jan'Yarn... Meeting Book, how Eureka began with the 1851 Forest Creek monster ...The Monster Meeting Book, how Eureka began with the 1851 Forest Creek monster meeting of diggers, written by Jan'Yarn' Wositzky edited by Patricia Healy published by Chewton Domain Society 2014, in a spring bound binder with 171 pages containing coloured illustrations, photographs and maps.Jan Wositzkyvictoria, history, monster meeting chewton -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. DIGGERS AND MINERS, c1852
... . Digger's hut, Forest Creek, 1852. - - - or huts. Slide depicts... and miners. Mitchell Library. Digger's hut, Forest Creek, 1852 ...Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. Mitchell Library. Digger's hut, Forest Creek, 1852. - - - or huts. Slide depicts two miners one with a family, a tent, dog with litter, cart and another tent in background. Markings: 35 994:LIF I. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE DIGGING - THE DIGGERS, c1800s
... Diggers & Mining. The Digging - The Diggers. Slide: FOREST.... The Digging - The Diggers. Slide: FOREST CREEK (From Our Special ...Diggers & Mining. The Digging - The Diggers. Slide: FOREST CREEK (From Our Special Correspondent.) Article speaks of the diggers enjoying the Sabbath eve by playing music, reading, and mending clothes. The writer believes the diggers to be hard working and intelligent people. Markings: 65 994.LIF:6. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. STORES AT THE DIGGINGS, c1852
... , Forest Creek, 1852. Sheep and cattle from the neighbouring... at the diggings. Butcher's Shamble, Forest Creek, 1852. Sheep and cattle ...Diggers & Mining. Stores at the diggings. Butcher's Shamble, Forest Creek, 1852. Sheep and cattle from the neighbouring squatters' runs provided meat for the butchers' stores. Slide shows miner checking out the meat for sale other items are also for sale. Markings: 23 994.LIF. 5. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields