Gold was discovered in Ballarat in 1851 when many people rushed to the diggings. A monument commemorates the centenary of the finding of gold at Poverty Point and is dedicated to the memory of pioneer miners of Ballarat. It records gold yields, nuggets and the richest recorded yields of both alluvial and quartz mines. The replica gold nugget on the monument is the `Welcome Nugget`, found in Ballarat in 1858, weighed 2,217 ounces and was sold for £10,500. The memorial, known as the Pioneer Miners’ Monument, was made to commemorate Ballarat's gold centenary. It was proposed that part of the Pioneers' Memorial Fund might be used. This fund was started with £1300 profit from the 1938 centenary celebrations. (Age (Melbourne), The monument was created by John Edward Skilbeck, a toolmaker with Ronaldson and Tippett. John Skilbeck had a deep interest in Ballarat History, and undertook much research with Bert Strange and Keith Stacpoole. Councilllor William Ernest Roff provided the copper for the memorial from scrap copper obtained during his plumbing business. The copper was reworked by John Skilbeck, and was soldered in the kitchen of his home at 14 Frank Street. Colour photograph of the gold monument on the corner of Sturt Street and Albert Street, Ballarat. It commemorates the discovery of gold at Poverty Point in August 1851, and was The monument was unveiled in 1951 and is mainly constructed of large piecesof quartz, with a miniature popper head on the top made of copper. Mounted on the side is a replica of the Welcome Nugget, which was unearthed on the corner of Humffray and Mair Streets, Ballarat on 09 June 1858.FRONT This monument was erected by the Ballarat Historical Society to commemorate the finding of gold at Poverty Point 21st August 1851 and is dedicated to the memory of/ pioneer miners of Ballarat LEFT SIDE Richest recorded yields alluvial mines Band of Hope 303269 Ozs Prince of Wales 168929 Koh I Noor 164157 Great Redan Ex 110111 Albion 107125 Bonshaw Fr 96520 Park 94699 St George 86702 Sir Wm Don 76830 Hand in Hand 76830 Sir Henry Loch 43562 Quartz Mines Star of the East 256758 Ozs Band of Hope 158299 Victoria United 152013 N Woah Hawp 129562 New Normanby 127562 Britannia 103225 Llanberris No 1 100533 Black Hill 91665 Last Chance U 83766 Llanberris 71364 Speedwell 66000 South Star 64444 Sulieman Pasha Companies 62666 RIGHT Recorded gold yield 20606000 ozs Nuggets Alluvial Welcome 2217 ozs Saraha Snads 1619 Lady Hotham 1177 Canadian 1 1117 Canadian 2 1011 Koh 1 Noor 834 Eureka 625 Lady Loch 617 Prince of Wales 606 Bakery Hill 571 Native Youth 540 Faboulous yields of earliest diggings not offically recorded Quartz Nuggets N Woah Hawp 5-- 300 200 Ozs White Horse 500 Woah Hawp 444 266 262 Canton 257 200 Q Victoria lease 410 U Black Hill Coy 315 Tinworths 250 Parade Coy 245gold monument, ballarat, skilbeck, poppet head, j.e. skilbeck, john skilbeck

Photo with a brown tinge of the Gold Monument next to the Black Swan Hotel in McCrae Street. Street surface looks like gravel. There are horse drawn vehicles in the picture and on the right side of the photo is a tram with No. 6 painted on the back. Behind the statue is a poppet leg structure and a row of trees around the Hotel.bendigo, streetscape, general street views, john jones collection - gold monument, black swan hotel

GOLD MONUMENT ERECTED ON SITE OF FIRST GOLD DISCOVERY IN VICTORIA 1851BRICK MONUMENT, SURROUNDED BY MESH FENCE WITH WOODEN POSTS. GRASS GROWING AROUND MONUMENT, MULLOCK HEAPS IN BACKGROUND, HOME ON CAMP PARADE.GOLD MONUMENT CLUNESphotographs, mining civic momentoes, gold monument

Black and white photo title 'Gold Monument' looking up Pall Mall /McCrae St, Bendigo. Gold Monument in Howard Place on left, No 6 Tram on right.person, individual, basil miller

ORIGINAL MONUMENT ON ACTUAL GOLD DISCOVERY SPOT, PORT PHILLIP MINE, CLUNESPORTION OF METAL CHIMNEY STACK STANDING IN SELECTED QUARTZ ROCKS DEPICTING ACTUAL SPOT WHERE FIRST GOLD WAS DISCOVERED IN CLUNES 1851 AT PORT PHILLIP MINE. HAWTHORN HEDGE PLANT GROWING IN TOP OF MONUMENTACTUAL GOLD DISCOVERY CLUNESphotographs, mining civic momentoes, chimney stack, gold monument

1960s, clunes, gold discovery, monument, detail

McColl Rankin & Stanistreet, New Monument Gold Mining Co NL, cheque book. Hard cover containing butts and unused cheques of New Monument Gold Mining Co NL. Unused have been signed by C J Michelsen. Markings/inscriptions: 'New Monument Gold Mining Company NL' stamped on front cover 'Final Distribution' hand written front cover. Item date:1960-1964organization, mining, new monument gold mining company nl, mccoll rankin & stanistreet new monument gold mining co nl cheques

Photo of a man (Wal Jack) standing by the Gold Monument at Poverty Point at the rear of Main Street Ballarat East. Monument looks new or recently cleaned up. Photo taken Sept. 1946.Has a close association with Wal Jack, an avid collector of Ballarat Tramway and other tramway and railway materials.Black and white photographic print.On rear in ink "Gold Monument at rear of Main Street Ballarat East. / First gold discovered in Ballarat 1851 / Sept 1946." In Wal Jack's handwriting.trams, tramways, ballarat, gold monument, poverty point

Stawell Progress Association Members 1953 beside Gold Memorial monument to the discovery of gold at Pleasant Creek.stawell

1960s, clunes, gold discovery, monument

Set of Slides of 1981 Snow fall around Stawellcentral park, grampians gate park, stawell caravan park, children playing, mini world, snowman, methodist church, stawell, bird bath, stawell house, from big hill, fraser park, big hill, big hill gold monumnet

Group of People Stawell Progress Association in front of monument. Gold Memorial Opening 1954stawell

Document. Various legal documents in three envelopes relating to Monument Hill Gold Mining and New Monument Hill Gold Mining Co.McColl, Rankin & Stanistreetorganization, business, gold mining - legal, mccoll, rankin & stanistreet, monument hill gold mining co, new monument hill gmc, gold mining

The Gold Discovery centenary (1851-1951) monument in its original position in Albert St, Ballarat facing Sturt St, with the original public toilets behind. The monument features a replica of the Welcome Nugget, found in 1858 and the world's largest at that time. The monument also lists the weight of gold removed from the large "deep lead" mines, with a model of surface buildings of a mine sitting on top. Mrs Bon Strange and her husband Bert were well known Ballarat residents. When Mrs Strange died some years ago, her extensive slide collection was sorted through and those relevant to Ballarat were gifted to the Ballarat Library. ballarat, vintage bus, gold mining, welcome nugget

The Monument Hill Gold Mine was at the corner of Old Violet Street and Olive Street. It operated until 1947. The shaft was capped, the poppet legs and mullock removed. A house now occupies the site. The Monument Hill Gold mine depth was over 1200 ft. The donor of the photograph is the grandson of Albert Dunstan, and he recalls that 'the mine was fully operational in the 1940's and I was often able to see my Grandfather at work and watched as men stepped into cages to be lowered to their awful occupation'. Donor's great, great grandfather was John Perry Dunstan, a well respected mine manager on the Bendigo goldfield.Two black and white copies of original photograph. Image shows Albert Ernest Dunstan working in the engine room of the Monument Hill Gold Mine, Bendigo. Albert is at the controls of the engine, lowering and raising the mining cage; he is leaning on the support railing around the elevated platform he is standing on. Letter accompanying images describes the donor's family connection to John Perry Dunstan and Albert Ernest Dunstan, he writes that ' the mine was fully operational in the 1940's and I was often able to see my Grandfather at work and watched as men stepped into cages to be lowered to their awful occupation. I was very surprised that today there is a home sitting above what was once a very deep mine'.monument hill gold mine, albert dunstan, old violet street, olive street, engine room, mining cage

Booklet: booklet and foolscap paper. Report to Shareholders from the Monument Hill Gold Mining Co., dated 04/08/1934 outlining its capital, number of shares held, leases held and to be acquired.MCCOLL RANKIN & STANISTREETorganization, business, gold mining, mccoll rankin & stanistreet

A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE GOLD MONUMENT IN CLUNESlocal history, photography, photographs, mining, gold

Geoff Biddington took numerous photos around Ballarat and District. He was an active member of the Ballarat Branch of the National Trust. 48 black and white photographs of Ballarat buildings. 1. National Bank, Buninyong 2. Gas Light Standard, Geelong Road, Mount Clear 3. Water Hydrant 4. Former Police Station, Camp Street 5. Cast Iron Drinking Fountain, Eureka Stockade 6. Buninyong Gold Discovery Monument 7. Ballarat Old Cemetery Gates 8. Ballarat East Post office 9. Carriers Arms, Doveton Street North 10. North Star Hotel, Lydiard Street North 11.Lake View Hotel 12. Former Ballarat Gaol, Gate Two 13. Beaufort House 14. Smythesdale Post Office 15. Ballan Timber Building 16. National Mutual Building, Sturt Street 17. Craig's Hotel Doors 18. Her Majesty's Theatre Stage 19 & 20. Ballarat Botanical Gardens Statuary House 21 & 22. Stonemason at work 23. Methodist Church School (1867) Humffray Street 24 & 25. Methodist Church, Brown Hill 26. Queen St Statue,Sturt Street 27-29. Sturt Street Fountain 30. Moore Statue, Sturt Street 31. Hede Statue, Sturt Street 32. George V Statue (Victor Greenhalgh), Sturt Street 33-35. Peter Lalor Statue, Sturt Street 36. Art Deco Statue, Sturt Street 37. Beaufort Bandstand 38. Ranger Barracks, Curtis Street, Ballarat 39. Smeaton Mill and Bridge 40. Hepburn Graveyard, Smeaton 41-45 - Ballarat Tram Ride (possibly last) 46-48. Taking up the Ballarat Tram Tracks, 1967 .49. Melbourne House, Sebastopolgeoff biddington, biddington, buninyong, mount clear, police, gold, cemetery, hotels, ballarat gaol, beaufort house, smythesdale, ballan, theatre, statue, statues, statuary, peter lalor, ranger barracks, smeaton mill, smeaton bridge, hepburn, tram, sebastopol, craig's, her majesty's theatre, smeaton, hepburn graveyard, gold monument, queen victoria statue, ballarat, foodland, ballarat, ballarat buildings, former eagle hotel, former ballarat police station, gold discovery, craig's hotel, buninyong gold discovery obelisk

CLUNES IN MELBOURNE CLUB ERECTED THIS MONUMENT TO COMMEMORATE THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD IN CLUNES IN 1851.PHOTOCOPY OF PHOTO OF COMMEMORATION OF DISCOVERY OF GOLD - MONUMENT ERECTED BY "CLUNES IN MELBOURNE CLUB"local history, photography, photographs, mining

Handwritten copies of Report 1 and Report 2, signed by A. Richardson and dated 15 Nov. 1971. Report 1 mentions five bus tours and tours of Victoria Hill and a portion of White Hills. Report 2 mentions the amount of water running from the old Shamrock Mine into the Bendigo Creek. Also an estimation of the number of gallons per annum.document, report 1 & 2 history tours, historical society, victoria hill, white hills, the council of adult education, mr wyn williams, bendigo institute of technology, a richardson, jim sullivan, mr jack bright, bendigo trust, shamrock mine, gold monument, golden square fire station

Book: hard cover book. Yellow paper - shares issue.MCCOLL RANKIN & STANISTREETorganization, business, gold mine shares., mccoll rankin & stanistreet

Bendigo Advertiser photo: two men dressed in suits and hats standing in front of a poppet head. Written on back of photo in pencil ' with the compliments of 'The Advertiser'bendigo, business, mccoll, rankin & stanistreet

Brown hard cover book, buff binding on spine and corners of cover. 'Transfer Journal' written in gold on red label on spine. One hundred pages of which twenty nine are used. First entry dated 12th September 1932; last entry 24th October 1934. Name of transferor and transferee and address of same, are given. Six pages at beginning of book are fixed with a paper clip and has been written in, but discarded. The Minute Book is part of the Margaret Roberts Collection of mining documents.bendigo, margaret roberts, , goldmining, monument hill gold mining company