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Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Book, Needlework in Gold-Rush Victoria, 2015
... Gold-rush ...A thesis entitled Needlework and Genteel Identity in Gold-Rush Victoria.A thesis entitled Needlework and Genteel Identity in Gold-Rush Victoria which includes a child's dress & matching cape from the Schwerkolt Cottage & Museum Complex. Figs 13 & 14 and pages 94-95.A thesis entitled Needlework and Genteel Identity in Gold-Rush Victoria. gold-rush, crafts, cramer, lorinda jane -
Clunes Museum
Book, John Woodland, Company mining in the Australian gold rush: "what should have been a great mercantile adventure" - A Thesis by John George Woodland, Latrobe University, Victoria, Australia December 2009
red hard cover x 2 volumesbland, gold mining in clunes, victoria, australia, thesis -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Mr Will Rees' Painting "Gold Rush" poss 1916
Photo of Will Rees Painting Gold Rush 1916?stawell -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Rushworth Businesses and Their Owners, 2016
Information on businesses in Rushworth between the Gold Rush and Great war.Soft cover A4 size book. Faune colour. Cover consists of title on a background of newspaper print and an old photograph of shops. Period : Gold Rush to Great War.Rushworth Businesses and their Owners. Gold Rush to Great Warrushworth victoria, rushworth businesses -
Clunes Museum
Booklet - FIST DRAFT OF RUSH, RUSH
FIRST DRAFT OF "RUSH" BY WILLIAM NICHOLSON, A4 PAGES IN A BLACK DISPLAY FOLDER. A STORY OF THE VOCTORIAN GOLDFIELDS 1851-1901ON FRONT COVER WHITE RECTANGLE STICKER HANDWRITTEN: RUSH FIRST DRAFT WILLIAM NICHOLSONrush, william nicholson -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book - Register, Berry Anderson & Co, Ballarat School of Mines Gold Entry Book. 1908-1976, 01/06/1908-01/12/1976
The Ballarat School of Mines had a model mine used by students, and to conduct assays for a fee. The Register of Gold Entry Book had to be kept by the Licensed Gold Buyer or Assayer under the Gold Buyers Act.Brown half leather bound register registering receipt of gold. Columns include date, nature of transaction (eg assaying/purchase), age, where employed, business (eg mining, fossicking, assayer, etc), Abode, Signature, Witness, Claim, Mining Division, District, Where Obtained, Character of Gold (eg alluvial, smelted, quartz, etc), Weight, Value, How Gold Treated, To whom delivered after assay or smelting, Date of Assayer's Certificate. ballarat school of mines, model mine, battery, assay, smelting, gold, robinson, frederick martell, r. callister, a. garrard, peter tong, lee sue, ah lung, chinese, f.w. calaby, ah kit, charlie ah lung, ah sung, ah chee, dep choon, charlie ah hing, frederick greaves, peter fong, george ah ki, ah hing, william mong, thomas bell and party, brown hill, dentist, amalgam, albert sydney sergeant, plumber, plumbing, george spence, plumber, commonwealth bank, j. hutton-jones, golden duke mining syndicate, blackwood, d.e.j. grant, eganstown, linton gold mining company, mining, d. bernard, g. peron, john page, david bernard, harry webb, ah fou, w.d. thompson, a.b. tolliday, m. webb -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, Norman Bartlett, The Gold Seekers - The story of the Australian Gold Rush, 1965
This book tells the story of the Victorian goldrush and the Eureka Stockade. 249 Pages with story and black and white photos with coloured jacketgold rush, victoria, eureka stockade -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Map, Gold Mines of Australia, Gold Mines of Australia underground workings. Newington Rd Darlington Rd Area 1950, 1950
Plans Showing Surveys & Drilling Stawell InvestmentGold Mines of Australia Stawell Investment 2003 mining, gold, map -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Black and White Photograph, A Concert on a New Rush, or Gold Diggins in Australia, 1865-1869
digger, music, concert -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book, Mt William Gold Rush - Previously Cat No 3650, 1970's
Author Vanda Savillstawell gold mining -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Melbourne After the Gold Rush / [by] Michael Cannon, 1993
473 p. : ill.(some col.); 25 cm. melbourne (vic.) - history - 1851-1901., melbourne (vic.) - social conditions - 1851-1901., melbourne (vic.) - economic conditions - 1851-1901., gold rush -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book, Ararat & District Historical Society, Mafeking and Mount William Gold Rush, 1964
stawell mining -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Photograph of Commercial Road, Tarnagulla looking south from Poverty Street, Commercial Road, Tarnagulla Looking South from Poverty Street, January 1907, at the time of the Poseidon Gold Rush, circa 1890 - 1900
Murray Comrie Collection. This is a reasonable copy of an older original. Copy probably made by Murray Comrie in the 1970s. Monochrome photograph. View of Commercial Road Tarnagulla looking south. A man at centre, walking toward camera. Right of this figure are two carts standing at the road's edge. Far right is Renshaw's Drapery and left of that the Golden Age Hotel. A man is walking along the footpath in front of Renshaw's. Typed caption on original is 'Commercial Road, Tarnagulla, looking south from Poverty Street'.tarnagulla, commerce, stores, shopping, shops, draper, hotels, golden age hotel, buildings, commercial road, main street -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Archive - CD/DVD, Stawell Gold Mine, Stawell Gold Mines, 2000-2010
Historic and current views of Stawell and Goldmine Video Clips of Gold Mininggold mining -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stawell Gold Mine, Stawell Gold Mine Drives Underground 1988
Workers standing in Stawell Gold Mine Underground Drives. One Drive showing rock backfillpanorama, gold, mining -
City of Ballarat
Artwork, other - Public Artwork, Sue Buchanan et al, Gold Fever by Eli Giannini and Sue Buchanan, 2011
Gold Fever illuminates Drury Lane walkway entrance to Bridge Street Mall. The multiple metal forms act like mobiles suspended from the wall line out into the centre of the walkway. The flexing motion of the rolled metal and traffic reflectors wrapped on the ends creates movement and reflections in the laneway. This movement follows a pricing graph for gold from 1851 to 2011. This zigzagging golden graph line tells the tale of the gold rush spreading like lightning across the world. The artwork is of historic and aesthetic significance to the people of Ballarat Gold coloured bended metal, painted metal formed wall fitting and stoppers reflectors installed on wallGOLD FEVER/ Artists: Sue Buchanan and Eli Gianninigold fever, gold rush ballarat -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s, Jim Rush, early 1970's
Colour 35mm slide in white cardboard mount of Bendigo 6, with the destination of Golden Square inbound in Nolan St with the White Hills Bendigo works in the background. Photo from the collection of Lilian Butler.in ink on rear "No. 6 Bendigo fleet was No. 25 Ballarat" and "Jim Rush took this slide in Nolan Street, Bendigo North"tramways, trams, bendigo, north bendigo, nolan st, tram 6 -
Buninyong Visitor Information Centre
Ceremonial object - Sash, Buninyong Gold King Festival 1991
Purple sash with gold writing used in the 1991 Buninyong Gold King Festival. The festival was an annual celebration that included a procession through the centre of the town. Possibly used as a prize. Long strip of purple satin-like fabric with gold printing on it. Gold coloured fringes on each end. Buninyong Gold King Festival 1991festivals, celebrations, prizes -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Archive, Stawell Gold Mine, Stawell Gold Mine Emergency Plan, 1/08/2015
Plans produced by Mine for Emergency use showing ventilation & Emergency Exits Plans and Conatacts.Ring Bound A3 book with laminated Covers & Black and Yellow Banding for attentionDate of Issue 31/ 08/2015 Uncontrolled Copymining, gold -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Map, Stawell Gold Mine, Stawell Gold Mine Photo Map of Stawell Township showing Underground Declines in mining lease, 2007
SGM photo Map 2007 Produced for Public Consultation over Big Hill Open Pit Proposal. Aerial Views Stawellmining, gold, map -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Album - Photograph, J.A. McDonald, Salters Rush Road, Smiths Gully, Aug. 1962
Salters Rush Road, Smiths Gully Bridge over Salters Rush Creek following bush fires 15-16 Jan. 1962Record of various Shire of Eltham infrastructure works undertaken during the period of 1952-1962 involving bridge and road reconstruction projects, sometimes with Eltham Shire Council Project Reference numbers quoted. It was during this period that a number of significant improvements were made to roads and new bridges constructed within the shire that remain in place as of present day (2022). In many situations, the photos provide a tangible visible record of infrastructure that existed throughout the early days of the Shire. The album was put together by or under the direction of the Shire Engineer, J.A. McDonald.H941 stamped on reverse (film processing #)infrastructure, shire of eltham, bridge construction, road construction, 1962-08, bushfires, salters rush road, smiths gully, victorian bushfires - 1962 -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Programme - Theatre Programme, Fools Rush In / by Kenneth Horne, 1957
From the early 1950s, the Kew Repertory Players performed more substantial, if less spectacular fare in the Recreation Hall, and later in the new Kew City Hall, after the former’s demolition in 1960. Their repertoire ranged from plays by Noel Coward to J.B. Priestley. Many of their programmes, the earliest from 1953, and the last from 1965, form part of our collection.Arthur Henry Dear was an employee of the City of Kew, acting as Hall Keeper of the Kew Recreation Hall in Wellington Street, and later the new Kew City Hall in Cotham Road. The Arthur Dear Collection contains memorabilia - tickets, programmes, invitations - as well as his identification badge. Items in the collection dates from the 1940s to the 1970s. The Kew Recreation Hall (Wellington Street) and later the Kew City Hall (Cotham Road) were major locations in suburban Melbourne in the postwar period for civic and private events including theatre productions and exhibitions. The Arthur Dear Collection (in conjunction with the scrapbooks compiled by Marion Tilley) provide a comprehensive snapshot of performing arts in Kew during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. The collection includes valuable data about performances, performers, directors etc., during this period. Programme issued by The Kew Repertory Players for a performance of Fools Rush In by Kenneth Horne. The performances took place in the Kew Recreation Hall in June 1957. The 4-page programme includes a cast list, a synopsis and advertisements for local businesses.fools rush in, kenneth horne, kew repertory players, arthur dear collection, performing arts -- kew -- victoria, kew recreation hall -- wellington street, theatre memorabilia -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Cant house and farm, Salters Rush
Photocopy of image of house and farm of William and Jessie Cant, Salters Rush, Queenstown. The orchard grew cherries, apples, plums, pears, quinces and berries - raspberry, blackberry, gooseberry, red currants and black currants. Also vegetables and flowers. All cultivation done by hand. (Chancellor photograph)houses, farming, orchards, salters rush, queenstown, smiths gully, william cant, jessie cant -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Album - Photograph, J.A. McDonald, Salters Rush Road, Smiths Gully, Aug. 1962
Salters Rush Road, Smiths Gully Burnt out culvert following bush fires 15-16 Jan. 1962Record of various Shire of Eltham infrastructure works undertaken during the period of 1952-1962 involving bridge and road reconstruction projects, sometimes with Eltham Shire Council Project Reference numbers quoted. It was during this period that a number of significant improvements were made to roads and new bridges constructed within the shire that remain in place as of present day (2022). In many situations, the photos provide a tangible visible record of infrastructure that existed throughout the early days of the Shire. The album was put together by or under the direction of the Shire Engineer, J.A. McDonald.H941 stamped on reverse (film processing #)infrastructure, shire of eltham, bridge construction, road construction, 1962-08, bushfires, salters rush road, smiths gully, victorian bushfires - 1962 -
Vision Australia
Photograph, Jess Gallagher on the Triple M Rush Hour show
In October 2011, Dr Jessica Gallagher, Vision Australia ambassador, appeared on the Triple M Rush Hour show. Hosted by James Brayshaw and Billy Brownless, their 'Good on ya' segment highlighted work down in the community.Jess Gallagher with James Brayshaw and Billy Brownlessvision australia, jessica gallagher -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - North-Eastern Gold Days, 1900
Bethanga was established as a result of the discovery of gold. Gold was first reported in the Bethanga area in 1852. Before 1876 gold mining in the Bethanga district occurred to the north of the town and was known as the 'Talgarno diggings'. Reports of alluvial gold date back to 1852. Early gold fields were worked at Ruby Creek, Gold Creek and Jarvis Creek. The opening of the Bethanga goldfields began with the discovery of a gold-bearing quartz reef on New Year’s Day 1876. The 'Gift' mine site is located southeast of Kurrajong Gap lookout to the west of Bethanga township. The Great Eastern Copper Smelting Works was opened in 1878. Due to the nature of the gold-bearing quartz reef, the gold was difficult to extract, and the discovery of copper led to a change in focus. It was not until the early 1890s that an efficient technique for extracting the gold from the ore was discovered, and once again gold became the focus, with copper as a by-product. Bethanga was removed from the official list of goldfields in 1912, however some mining activity has taken place since.This image reflects an important time in the development of Bethanga and Northeast Victoria.A large mounted and framed image of horse teams and their owners hauling a large boiler to the gold mine near Bethanga, Victoria. On label beneath image: "North-eastern "Gold Days"/ Combined teams hauling a boiler to Bethanga Mines, 1900. Teamsters - Mr. G. Pearce, W. Chapple, G, Bannon." Donated by Ron Saunders and Barbara Cadman"bethanga, gold mining northeast victoria, gold mining bethanga, bethanga history -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book - Paperback book, Donnelly's Creek-From rush to ruin of a Gippsland Mountain Goldfield, 1990
A history of the Donnelly's Creek gold mine in VictoriaPaperback. Front cover has a drawing depicting two horses carrying packs followed by a man mounted on a horse. There is also two men on foot following with packs and walking poles. They are walking along a forest track that has some tree stumps alongside it.The back cover has two colour photographs. The top one is of an old wooden building with what appears to be an attached lean to. Both of the buildings have stone chimneys. There is a group of people sitting and standing outside the main building. The bottom photograph appears to be the ruins of a building and a fence. There are three people viewing the ruins.The captions accompanying the photographs are: History revisited - O'Sullivans Old Toombon Hotel Recreated and Remnants of a Bygone Mining Era.Stamp of the Marysville & District Historical Society Inc / P O Box 22 / Marysville 3779gold, gold miner, gold mining, gold field, gippsland, victoria, australia, history, fulton's creek, seaton, walhalla, aberfeldy, jericho, wood's point -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph, Dorothy Wickham, Gold Monument, Ballarat, c2010
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 -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Functional object - Gold Mining, prospector's "rocker", c1870
Gold was discovered in Victoria c1850 and people came from all over the world to seek their fortune at Ballarat and Bendigo and surrounding gold fields. This large wooden rocking- box or cradle was used by gold prospectors. A handle on the rocker is pushed back and forth, as the miner put gravel into the top part and finer and heavier particles dropped through a screen, helped along by buckets of water. The bottom part of the device had slats, that caught the heavier metals. After many shovel loads of gravel were pushed through the rocker, the miner would then use his gold pan to sort out the heavy minerals to find gold. Most of the pioneer settlers in Moorabbin Shire left the area to try their luck at gold mining and there was a desperate shortage of workers to maintain the market gardens and supply food to the ever increasing population of Melbourne.This gold prospector's 'cradle' is hand made and typical of those used by many hopeful Moorabbin Shire pioneers as they abandoned their market gardens to try their luck at finding gold in the Ballarat and Bendigo minefields c1850This gold miner's rocker is very old, and very well-used. It is a large wooden rocking- box or cradle used by gold prospectors. A handle on the rocker is pushed back and forth, as gravel is put in the top part of the box so that finer and heavier particles drop through a screen.. The bottom part of the device had slats, that caught the heavier metals. i.e gold particles. The water passed through the shute at the base back into the creek or river.moorabbin, brighton, market gardens, pioneers, early settlers, fruit, vegetable, ballarat, bendigo, gold mining, gold prospedtors, gold rush, were j. b., irish immigrants, chinese immigrants, gold panning, gold digger -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Gold Quartz Memorial at Big Hill at entrance to Arboretum marking the spot where the First Quartz Gold was found
Gold Quartz Memorial Big Hill at entrance to Arboretum marking the spot where the First Quartz Gold was found.Black & White photograph of Gold Quartz Memorial Big Hill, plus 4 Colour photographs of monument stawell