Photograph taken by Jack Gittins of W.J. Gittins & Associates who were consulting on the property's trees.Slide - 35mm colour positive transparencybend of islands, neil douglas, artist, houses

Photograph taken by Jack Gittins of W.J. Gittins & Associates who were consulting on the property's trees.Slide - 35mm colour positive transparencybend of islands, neil douglas, artist, houses

Photograph taken by Jack Gittins of W.J. Gittins & Associates who were consulting on the property's trees.Slide - 35mm colour positive transparencybend of islands, neil douglas, artist, houses, abbie heathcote

Photograph taken by Jack Gittins of W.J. Gittins & Associates who were consulting on the property's trees.Slide - 35mm colour positive transparencybend of islands, neil douglas, artist, houses, abbie heathcote

Photograph taken by Jack Gittins of W.J. Gittins & Associates who were consulting on the property's trees.Slide - 35mm colour positive transparencybend of islands, neil douglas, artist, houses

Photograph taken by Jack Gittins of W.J. Gittins & Associates who were consulting on the property's trees.Slide - 35mm colour positive transparencybend of islands, neil douglas, artist, houses

Photograph taken by Jack Gittins of W.J. Gittins & Associates who were consulting on the property's trees.Slide - 35mm colour positive transparencybend of islands, neil douglas, artist, houses

Photograph taken by Jack Gittins of W.J. Gittins & Associates who were consulting on the property's trees.Slide - 35mm colour positive transparencybend of islands, neil douglas, artist, houses

Photograph taken by Jack Gittins of W.J. Gittins & Associates who were consulting on the property's trees.Slide - 35mm colour positive transparencybend of islands, neil douglas, artist, houses

Photograph taken by Jack Gittins of W.J. Gittins & Associates who were consulting on the property's trees.Slide - 35mm colour positive transparencybend of islands, neil douglas, artist, houses

Photograph taken by Jack Gittins of W.J. Gittins & Associates who were consulting on the property's trees.Slide - 35mm colour positive transparencybend of islands, neil douglas, artist, houses

Photograph taken by Jack Gittins of W.J. Gittins & Associates who were consulting on the property's trees.Slide - 35mm colour positive transparencybend of islands, neil douglas, artist, houses

Photograph taken by Jack Gittins of W.J. Gittins & Associates who were consulting on the property's trees.Slide - 35mm colour positive transparencybend of islands, neil douglas, artist, houses

Photograph taken by Jack Gittins of W.J. Gittins & Associates who were consulting on the property's trees.Slide - 35mm colour positive transparencybend of islands, neil douglas, artist, houses

Photograph taken by Jack Gittins of W.J. Gittins & Associates who were consulting on the property's trees.Slide - 35mm colour positive transparencybend of islands, neil douglas, artist, houses

Photograph taken by Jack Gittins of W.J. Gittins & Associates who were consulting on the property's trees.Slide - 35mm colour positive transparencybend of islands, neil douglas, artist, houses

Photograph taken by Jack Gittins of W.J. Gittins & Associates who were consulting on the property's trees.Slide - 35mm colour positive transparencybend of islands, neil douglas, artist, houses

Photograph taken by Jack Gittins of W.J. Gittins & Associates who were consulting on the property's trees.Slide - 35mm colour positive transparencybend of islands, neil douglas, artist, houses

Photograph taken by Jack Gittins of W.J. Gittins & Associates who were consulting on the property's trees.Slide - 35mm colour positive transparencybend of islands, neil douglas, artist, houses

Photograph taken by Jack Gittins of W.J. Gittins & Associates who were consulting on the property's trees.Slide - 35mm colour positive transparencybend of islands, neil douglas, artist, houses

Photograph taken by Jack Gittins of W.J. Gittins & Associates who were consulting on the property's trees.Slide - 35mm colour positive transparencybend of islands, neil douglas, artist, houses

Photograph taken by Jack Gittins of W.J. Gittins & Associates who were consulting on the property's trees.Slide - 35mm colour positive transparencybend of islands, neil douglas, artist, houses

Photograph taken by Jack Gittins of W.J. Gittins & Associates who were consulting on the property's trees.Slide - 35mm colour positive transparencybend of islands, neil douglas, artist, houses

Photograph taken by Jack Gittins of W.J. Gittins & Associates who were consulting on the property's trees.Slide - 35mm colour positive transparencybend of islands, neil douglas, artist, houses

Photograph taken by Jack Gittins of W.J. Gittins & Associates who were consulting on the property's trees.Slide - 35mm colour positive transparencybend of islands, neil douglas

Photograph taken by Jack Gittins of W.J. Gittins & Associates who were consulting on the property's trees.Slide - 35mm colour positive transparencybend of islands, neil douglas

Photographs taken by Jack Gittins of W.J. Gittins & Associates who were consulting on the property's trees. Neil's partner Abbie Heathcote is in first photo.Six black and white photographsbend of islands, neil douglas, artists, houses

Name on label - uniform issued to; 1. "GITTINS" 331103" 2. "J.J. SMITH"1. Jacket - khaki colour wool serge fabric. battle dress style, belted at waist with metal buckle. Dark green plastic buttons. Collar, shoulder epaulettes, two front pockets with concealed button down flap and sleeve cuffs. Shoulder sleeve insignia, red cotton embroidered lettering on yellow colour fabric - "FIRST ARMOURED REGIMENT". Green colour cotton fabric lining to waistband. White cotton manufacturers label inside left pocket. 2. Trousers - Khaki colour wool serge fabric. Battle dress style with fob pocket, two side pockets, one back pocket with button down flap. Green colour polyester fabric lining to pockets, cotton fabric lining to waistband. Metal zipper fly,Manufacturers information on labels - black ink print. 1. "A.G.C.F."/VIC. 1980/^ /8405.66.025.6406/SIZE OF CHEST/ SIZE 89/91R/ AWM 87/ BATCH 15/ DRY CLEAN ONLY/ CREASE UPPER/ HALF OF LAPELS ONLY/ NO./ NAME" Handwritten - black ink pen "331103/GITTINS". 2. A.G.C.F./VIC 1978/^/8405-66--025-6187/ AWM 1969/ BATCH 18/ SIZE WAIST 76s/ DRY CLEAN ONLY/ CREASES SET/ BY SIRO SET/ MENDING PATCH ATTACHED" Handwritten = black ink pen "J.J. SMITH".uniform, army, battle dress, gittins, smith

Soft covered book called 'the Diggers from Chine: the Story of the Chinese on the goldfields'. The book is 148 pages and contents include the Celestial empire, the journey, Mountains of gold, Off to the Diggings, Toil and Strife, the way they lived. Appendix A is the report submitted to the Victorian Parliament by the Select committee on the Subject of Chinese Immigration in 1857.chinese, goldfield, lambing flat, immigration, mining, gold, geoffrey blainey

Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2000. Relaxing: butchers at William Gittins' Slaughterhouse at Grassy Flat take a break in this photograph from 1900. Gittins established a butchering business in a canvas tent near the main Huntly channel in 1858 and it grew until he was able to open a store on Williamson Street in 1865. The slaughterhouse was then at Slaughterhouse Hill, on Biescher Street. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were