The Brisbane Courier (7 Dec 1898) carried an advertisement for greeting cards, of which the horseshoe box is one. It was retailed by T. C. Beirne and Co., Cash Drapers, The Valley, Brisbane. "CHRISTMAS CARDS. Well-assorted Packets and Boxes of beautiful Christmas and New Year Cards at the following startling prices :-Assorted Cards in Packet: The "Snowdrift" Packet, containing 25 cards, 4¾d; postage, 2d. extra. "The Scarlet Berry" Packet, containing 50 cards, 6¾d; postage, 4d. extra. Assorted Cards, in Boxes, with Envelopes : The Horse-shoe Box, containing 10 cards and envelopes, 4¾d;..."Maroon cardboard box with silver decorative cover. The overall design is of a horse shoe surrounded by garlands.HORSESHOE / THE CABINET OF ARTISTIC AUSTOGRAPH AND CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR CARDS AND ENVELOPESephemera, greeting cards

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

Corroded iron horseshoe historic building, archaeology

Corroded iron horseshoe historic building, archaeology

Workers standing in Stawell Gold Mine Underground Drives. One Drive showing rock backfillpanorama, gold, mining

Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection. A black and white photograph of fortifications and a lookout post at the 'Horseshoe Feature' . The Diggers in the lower right-hand corner of the photograph are clearing an area between a large rock crevice to construct their fortified bunker. The 'Horseshoe Feature' was regularly mortared and rocketed by the NVA/VietCong. The feature served as an interdiction site.(Circa early 1967)photograph, digger, horseshoe feature, nva/vc, gibbons collection catalogue, denis gibbons, photographer, vietnam war, diggers

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

No accurate historical information, but possibly used in the Orbost district for some ceremonial or decorative purpose.An iron horseshoe which has been painted over with gold paint.horseshoe-gold

Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection.A colour photograph of Australian Gunners with an Artillery Battery located at the 'Horseshoe Feature' Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, burning off the 'extra charge bags', left over following their day of fire missions in support of Infantry Operations in their Battery area.photograph, horseshoe feature, phuoc tuy province, gibbons collection catalogue, artillery battery, denis gibbons, photographer, vietnam war, gunners, infantry operations

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

Jubilee Consols Gold Mining Company located at Browns, near Scarsdale.Pale blue-grey Jubilee Gold Mining Company Share Certificate, Issue No. 53. Certifies that R. Gilpin is a member of the Company and owns one hundred shares (nos. 5201 to 5300). Dated 22nd July 1899, signed "R. Gilpin, Manager". "R. GILPIN, Manager, 7 Lydiard Street, Ballarat" printed inside decorative border down left side of certificate. "Jubilee Consols Gold Mining Company" stamped in purple ink in top right corner.Text: " Jubilee Consols Gold Mining Company / NO LIABILITY / BROWNS, NEAR SCARSDALE. "jubilee consols gold mining company, r. gilpin, gold mining, mining share certificates, mining leases

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

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

The National Print Awards recognition excellence in the field of printing. In 1989, a gold medal was awarded to the Royal Blind Society in Category 2: Two and three colour printing.1 framed cream coloured page with gold coloured medallion, multi-coloured ribbon and gold brooch and 1 unframed.National Print Awards The Sixth National Print Awards Gold Medal Royal Blind Society Category 2. Two and three colour printing Presented by The Advertising Print Production Association The Printing & Allied Trades Employers' Federation of Australia and The Graphic Arts Service Association of Australia (Signature) Chairman National Print Awards 8th March 1989, Melbourneroyal blind society of nsw, awards

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

Mining Prospectus - Oriental & North Cross Reef Gold Mining Company. Panorama of three photographs the. No 1 Shaft. No 2 Shaft and Battery. No 3 Shaft and Grant Lamont & Co Crushing Battery1st page of prospectus for Oriental and North Cross Reef Gold Minig Company No LiabilityReverse Panorama view of The Oriental and North Cross Reef Gold Mining Company, No Liability No1 shaft, No2 Shaft, No3 Shaft . Grant, Lamont & Co's Crushing Battery. View runs South to North.stawell mining

Reportedly these earrings were made from gold found on the Eureka Lead. They were made by a Ballarat jeweller.Photograph of earrings made from gold nuggets, hand made by Ballarat gold fields jeweller the earrrings comprise grapevines and grapes with handmade posts to go through ears.none.gold, earrings, jewellery, goldfields, eureka, jeweller, ballarat

A history of the Jamieson gold fieldPaperback. Black cover. Front cover has a photograph of a man gold panning with his dog in a river. In the background is an old wooden house.To the memory of my great grandfather Tom Allen,/ my grandfather Jim, Wray, my father Ben Lloyd and/ his uncle, Charlie Lloyd - all seekers of gold at the/ Ten Mile. Stamp of the Marysville & District Historical Society Inc / P.O. Box 22 / Marysville 3779 Stamp of the Marysville & District / Historical Society Inc.gold mines, gold mining, victoria, jamieson district, australia, history

Yields information about the photographic holdings of the Gold Museum, an din particular the preparation of No. 38 decorated for the Royal visit of 1954 and Bridge St Ballarat.Photocopy of two photographs from the Gold Museum Tramways Map Cabinet: 80-020b - No. 38 in Wendouree Parade, at depot junction receiving finishing touches in March 1954, prior to the Royal visit - See Reg Item 412 for a photo in Lydiard St Nth and other items. 80-020c - Bridge St looking West from Stones Comer, shows tram track, parked cars.Along top edge "Gold Museum Tramways Map Cabinet"trams, tramways, ballarat, royal visit, decorated trams, bridge st

Presentation from the Presbyterian Sunday School Campbells Bridge Xmas 1986Orange/Red Cover with drawing of a plant, with flowers. the title has a gold background.Gates of Gold Maggie Fearn To Donald Traskstawell

The three signs were used at Ballarat School of Mines and Industries, possibly during the time Harry Arblaster was the Principal - 1959 - 1964. They would have come from the Science and Engineering Departments.Wooden desktop signs with gold lettering and stands Gold lettering: .1) METALLURGY; .2) PURE SCIENCE; .3) CIVILballarat school of mines and industries, harry arblaster, principal, wooden desktop signs, science, metallurgy, pure science, civil, engineering

A gold pan was used to wash alluvial gold from gravel and dirt.Colour photographs of a large gold pan.gold pan, mining, gold mining tools tools

Collected by Dorothy Brumby in relation to Great Western ResearchB/W photograph of creek with gold cradle1960's Fossicking for gold along Concongella Creek, south of Great Western