Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - SPECIMEN COTTAGE COLLECTION: VARIOUS DOCUMENTS
Various documents in plastic folders.
Topics are:
1. Rocky Vale Villa in Maiden Gully built by William Beebe Snr, historical information and significance assessment.
2. The powder magazines of Bendigo and Eaglehawk talk given by Ralph Birrell.
3. Ralph Birrell obituary.
4. Early Surveyors on the Bendigo goldfields 1852-1860 three pages essay by Ralph Birrell.
5. History of Eaglehawk courthouse and log lock up with four photographs.
6. Submission from the National Trust regarding Bendigo Pottery.
7. Fistcuffs, Diamonds and Lace synopsis of a novel by Ann Rayner on the boxer Abednego Thompson after whom the name of the City of Bendigo is said (by same to be derived.
8. Historical facts and dates on Bendigo by the Royal historical society of Victoria, Bendigo branch.
9. Arcades of Bendigo, by Tom Luke.
10. Benedict Branch family history with picture. Benedict invented a Miners Safety cage in 1883 and was awarded a medal, photos of the cage and medal included.
11. Burke & Wills 150 years on pamphlet, Jim Evans newspaper article, notes and photos of the monument at the Bendigo cemetery.
12. Marlborough House document on the history of this house.
13. Codicil to the last will and testament of William Beebe of Inglewood Road, Sandhurst. 18th September 1891.
14. Document outlining the life of Sister Jessie Aitken
15. Document - W. Anderson and Sons business in Mitchell Street 'Fancy goods'' history of the family.
16. Handwritten notes on Florence Anderson.
17. Document family history of Hamlet Smart Appleby.
18. Document - Amy Castles ''The little Bendigonian singer''
19. Quentin Clifford (Cliff Binks words in remembrance, Bendigo Monday 23rd November 2015.
20. Background report on Vahland drinking fountain, list of William Vahland buildings, copies of photos of Vahland descendants and two brochures celebrating Vahland.
21. Blank invoice for the Taraxale Brewing Co. of Golden Square - G. A. Pethard, manager.