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Clunes MuseumTool - GOLD CRADLE & PANNING DISH, JAMES ESMOND, CIRCA 1850
... LOCAL HISTORY MINING EQUIPMENT MINING .1 WOODEN CONSTRUCTION ...USED TO OBTAIN ALLUVIAL GOLD THE DESIGN OF THIS EQUIPMENT IS MOSTLY BASED ON THE PRINCIPLE OF THE WAY HEAVY MINERALS ARE CONCENTRATED IN ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS. THE PROSPECTING DISH IS USED WHEN WORKING WITH SMALL AMOUNTS OF STONES & CLAY WHILE BIGGER JOBS THE CRADLE OR BANJO IS MORE EFFICIENT. THE GAUZE OF MESH IN THE SIEVE IS VARIABLE. THE CRADLE OR BANJO IS USUALLY SET UP AT RIGHT ANGLES TO A SHALLOW CREEK OR WATERHOLE WITH THE OPEN ENDS TOWARDS THE WATER.1 WOODEN CONSTRUCTION MADE BY HAND WITH GAUZE FILTER IN UPPER SECTION TO SEPARATE QUARTZ ROCKS, SAND AND SOIL. A HANDLE ON BOX LIKE CONSTRUCTION IS USED TO ROCK THE CRADLE WHICH IS MOUNTED WITH ITS ROCKERS RESTING ON WOODEN BEARERS. .2 PANlocal history, mining equipment, mining -
Clunes MuseumTool - NAPPING HAMMER, CIRCA 1851
... history mining equipment NAPPING HAMMER- CAST IRON EQUIPMENT USED ...NAPPING HAMMER- CAST IRON EQUIPMENT USED IN MINING.local history, mining, equipment -
Clunes Museum
Certificate - MINER'S RIGHT
... history mining miner's right Ellen Andrews PHOTOCOPY OF MINER'S ...PHOTOCOPY OF MINER'S RIGHT ISSUED TO ELLEN ANDREWS OF CLUNES 14th FEBRUARY 1906 AND 30th JANUARY 1923local history, mining, miner's right, ellen andrews -
Clunes Museum
Tool - MINER'S PICK
... history mining equipment it is the HEAD OF MINER'S PICK Tool ...it is the HEAD OF MINER'S PICKlocal history, mining equipment -
Clunes Museum
document
... OF GOLD MINING COMPANIES local history mining company exploration ...INFORMATION ABOUT A STAMP SHOE FROM A CORNISH STYLE SQUARE-HEAD STAMP BATTERY POSSIBLY USED BY PORT PHILLIP MINE, CLUNES, FROM MATTHEW CHURCHWARD, SENIOR CURATOR, ENGINEERING & TRANSPORT, MUSEUM OF VICTORIA LETTER DATED 15 OCTOBER, 1997. THE GOLDFIELDS AND MINERAL DISTRICTS OF VICTORIA. GOLD ITS OCCURRENCE AND EXTRACTION, PLAN OF GOLD MINING COMPANIESINFORMATION RECEIVED REGARDING THE PORT PHILLIP MINE; Including .1 COPY OF ARTICLE 12TH MAY, 1858 FROM "THE ARGUS." MELBOURNE. .2 LETTER FROM "SCIENCEWORKS" TO MR. ALAN KEEBLE DATED 15/10/1997 (3 Pages) .3 SECTION OF MERCURY, TROUGHS, STAKES & STAMPS (Extract taken from publication, The Gold Fields, Mineral Districts of Victoria, by R. Brough Smyth F.G.S, published by Queensberry Hill Press 1979) .4 GOLD. ITS OCCURRENCE AND EXTRACTION (Extract taken from publication, Gold: Its Occurrence and Extraction by Alfred G. Lock F.R.G.S published by E. & F. N. Spon 16 Charing Cross London 1882) .5 PLAN OF GOLD MINING CO'S. CLUNES (Extract taken from Dicker's Mining Record 26/3/1867, page 173. https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/32734386?q&versionId=39944948) local history, mining, company exploration -
Clunes Museum
Functional object - MINER'S BILLY
... BY A MINER TO CARRY A DRINK TO WORK. local history` mining personal ...USED BY A MINER TO CARRY A DRINK TO WORK..1 GREY ENAMEL WITH WIRE HANDLE, .2 GREY ENAMEL LID WITH HANDLElocal history`, mining, personal gear -
Clunes Museum
Book, ROBERT S. BRAIN, BULLETINS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF VICTORIA, 1903
... OF MINES, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF VICTORIA local history mining ...BULLETINS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA.BOOK - "BULLETINS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF VICTORIA.. NO. 6 THE CLUNES GOLDFIELD BY W M. BRADFORD.non-fictionBULLETINS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA.local history, mining, geological survey -
Clunes Museum
Map - MAPS/ DOCUMENTS, CIRCA 1857
... HISTORY MINING COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS (COPIES OF10 MAPS ...COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS (COPIES OF10 MAPS AND DIAGRAMS OF TOURAAL PURCHASED UNDER PREEMPTIVE RIGHT BY DONALD CAMEROM 17TH FEBRUARY, 1857. COUNTY OF TALBOT - GOLDFIELD'S SURVEY PLAN NO.1 CLUNES COUNTY OF TALBOT. GLENDONALD - CRESWICK/CLUNES.local history, mining -
Clunes Museum
Booklet - BOOK, MINES DEPARTMENT, BENDIGO GOLDFIELD, 1936
... LOCAL HISTORY MINING... OF BENDIGO GOLDFIELDS LOCAL HISTORY BOOK LOCAL HISTORY MINING MINING ...BOOK OF BENDIGO GOLDFIELDSYELLOW COVERED PAPER BACKED BOOKBENDIGO GOLDFIELDS MINES DEPARTMENTlocal history, book, local history mining, mining -
Clunes Museum
Functional object - GOLD ASSAY WEIGHTS, L.OERTLING, LONDON
... HISTORY MINING ASSAYING MINING GOLD SET OF GOLD ASSAY WEIGHTS ...SET OF GOLD ASSAY WEIGHTS - (1000 = 1/2 GRAMME) IN ROUND BAKELITE CONTAINER WITH LID. (14 PIECES)local history, mining, assaying, mining, gold -
Clunes Museum
functional object - MINER'S SPIDER LAMP
... history mining personal gear MINER'S SPIDER LAMP, METAL CANDLE ...MINER'S SPIDER LAMP, METAL CANDLE HOLDER WITH LOOPED HANDLE, HOOK AND SPIKElocal history, mining, personal gear -
Clunes Museum
Map - MAPS/DOCUMENTS
... INFORMATION local history mining PORT PHILLIP MINE DOCUMENTATION ...INFORMATIONDOCUMENTATION AND MAPS DESCRIBING THE WORKINGS OF THE PORT PHILLIP MINE, SHOWING 54 FEET DEEP OF THE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS.local history, mining, port phillip mine -
Clunes MuseumPhotograph, R. W. NIVEN & C0, 1863
... history mining PORT PHILLIP REDUCTION WORKS REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPH ...REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPH PORT PHILLIP REDUCTION WORKS 1863. TWO SMOKING CHIMNEYS. TWO POPPET HEADS AND BUILDINGS.local history, mining, port phillip reduction works -
Clunes Museum
Document - MINER'S RIGHT
... RIGHT ISSUED ON 20TH NOVEMBER, 1901 local history mining miner's ...MINER'S RIGHT ISSUED ON 20TH NOVEMBER, 1901PHOTOCOPY OF A VICTORIAN MINER'S RIGHT FOR CHARLES BARWELL OF AMHURST ISSUED AT MARYBOROUGH - TALBOT 21ST NOV EMBER1900 ISSUED AT A COST OF 2s. 6d.local history, mining, miner's right -
Clunes Museum
Document - REPORT, 13/11/1973
... LOCAL HISTORY DOCUMENT LOCAL HISTORY MINING CHINESE RIOT ...CARBON COPY OF AN ACCOUNT OF "THE CLUNES RIOT"local history, document, local history, mining, chinese riot. -
Clunes MuseumPhotograph, RICHARDS .CO. - BALLARAT
... history mining CHARLES HARVEY C.J. HARVEY MR. C.J. HARVEY. SHIRE ...MR C.J. HARVEY WAS THE FIRST MANAGER OF THE "CLUNES MINE" P.GLU CO.IT COMMENCED OPERATIONS ON HILL ABOVE VICTORIA PARK IN 1913. MR. HARVEY MADE A DONATION OF A BEAUTIFUL MARBLE STATUETTE ENTITLED"TRAGEDY" TO CLUNES TOWN HALL. FEB. 1913PHOTOGRAPH OF MR. CHARLES HARVEY, THE FIRST MINE MANAGER AT CLUNES BLACK SUITED, WHITE BEARDED, WHITE HAIRED GENTLEMAN STANDING - OCCASIONAL TABLES, FRAMED MIRROR AND COLUMNS IN BACK GROUND. 2 COPIES OF THE SAME PHOTOGRAPH: .1 IS MOUNTED ON A BOARD - ON THE BOTTOM: MR. J. HARVEY - FIRST MANAGER OF PORT PHILLIP MINES .2 A SMALLER PHOTOGRAPH MOUNTED ON GREY CARDBOARDMR. C.J. HARVEY. SHIRE OF TALBOT AND CLUNES.local history, mining, charles harvey, c.j. harvey -
Clunes MuseumPhotograph, C. NETTLETON, MELBOURNE, NORTH CLUNES QUARTZ MINE, CIRCA 1865
... local history mining NORTH CLUNES QUARTZ MINE NORTH CLUNES ....1 SEPIA PHOTOGRAPH, OF NORTH CLUNES QUARTZ MINING COMPANY, POPPET HEAD CENTRE RIGHT. .2 BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO PRINT .3 BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO PRINT, CLOSE UP OF POPPET HEAD .4 BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO PRINTNORTH CLUNES QUARTZ MINNG COMPANY, REGISTERED, CLUNES.local history, mining, north clunes quartz mine -
Clunes MuseumPhotograph, BEAUCHAMP, PHOTO. 104 STURT STREET, BALLARAT, CIRCA 1884 - 1885
... LOCAL HISTORY MINING PORT PHILLIP MINE THE PORT PHILIP ...SEPIA PHOTOGRAPH OF PORT PHILLIP COMPANY'S WORKS.THE PORT PHILIP COMPANY'S WORK'S. HANDWRITTEN NOTES: PERIOD 1884 OR 5. TAKEN FROM CAMP PARADE: NOERTH WEST END NOTE SAND ALLOWED TO RUN INTO CREEK NORTH SHAFT, 2ND BATTERY HOUSE, SOUTH SHAFT. BEAUCHAMP PHOTO, 104 STURT STREET, BALLARATlocal history, mining, port phillip mine -
Clunes Museum
Document - SCRAP BOOK, F.C. WEICKHARDT, 1973
... HISTORY MINING DARK GREEN CARDBOARD COVERED FOLDER HOLDING ...THE STORY OF CLUNES DISPUTE COMPILED FROM NEWSPAPER REPORTS BY F.C. WEICKHARDT 1973. CLUNES CHINESE RIOT PRESENTED TO TALBOT AND CLUNES SHIRE COUNCIL. CHINESE RIOT 9-12-1873 REINACTMENT 7-12-1973 REPORTS FROM BALLARAT COURIER, CLUNES GUARDIAN, AUSTRALASIAN SKETCHER, CRESWICK ADVERTISER.DARK GREEN CARDBOARD COVERED FOLDER HOLDING CUTTINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND REPORTS OF CLUNES RIOT REINACTMENT IN CLUNES DECEMBER 7TH, 1973.clunes riot, 1873, local history, mining -
Clunes Museum
Document - EXTRACTS, 1970
... local history local government mining shire CREAM COVER ...CREAM COVER WIRE BOUND STUDENT'S EXERCISE BOOK CONTAINING EXTRACTS FROM VARIOUS NEWSPAPERS 1851 - 1858. THE MELBOURNE DAILY ARGUS, CRESWICK ADVERTISER, CLUNES GUARDIAN.local history, local government, mining, shire -
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Plan - PLAN/MAP, SOUTH CLUNES GOLD MINE
... AND MAP OF SOUTH CLUNES GOLDMINE LOCAL HISTORY DOCUMENT MINING ...PLAN AND MAP OF SOUTH CLUNES GOLDMINEPLAN OF SOUTH CLUNES UNITED G.M.CO.CLUNES PRODUCED OR DRAWN BY F.W.NIVEN & CO LITH BALLARATlocal history, document, mining, plans -
Clunes Museum
Book, WHOLLY DESIGNED AND SET UP IN AUSTRALIA BY RIGBY LTD. et al, OLD GOLD TOWNS OF VICTORIA, 1974
... . local history history mining CONTENT IS OLD GOLD TOWNS ...CONTENT IS OLD GOLD TOWNS OF VICTORIAOLD TOWNS OF VICTORIAnon-fictionCONTENT IS OLD GOLD TOWNS OF VICTORIAlocal history, history, mining -
Clunes Museum
Newspaper - NEWSPAPER CUTTING
... HISTORY CELEBRATIONS MINING CHINESE RIOT 1873 1. NEWSPAPER REPORT ...1. NEWSPAPER REPORT OF RE-ENACTMENT OF CLUNES MINERS AND CHINESE RIOT 1873 2. WEEKLY TIMES CUTTING - GOLDEN WEDDING CELEBRATIONS NORTH CLUNES 22/6/1915local history, celebrations, mining, chinese riot 1873 -
Clunes Museum
Document - MINING CERTIFICATE, 1889
... history document mining mining 1889 SHARE CERTIFICATE MCLENNAN ...ORIGINAL SHARE HOLDERS CERTIFICATES FOR CLUNES ALLUVIAL GOLD MINING SYNDICATE TO BE REGISTERED AS A NO LIABILITY COMPANY IN FIFTY PROPRIETARY SHARES TO LACHLAN McLENNAN CLUNES. 31/7 1889 .1 No 47 , STAMPED BY JOHN LANGDON, STOCK BROKER, MELBOURNE .2 No 48, STAMPED BY JOHN LANGDON, STOCK BROKER, MELBOURNElocal history, document mining, mining, 1889, share certificate, mclennan, langdon, clunes alluvial gold mining syndicate -
Clunes Museum
Photograph, PORT PHILLIP MINE MODEL
... HISTORY PHOTOGRAPHS MINING FRAMED PHOTOGRAPHS OF MODEL OF PORT ...FRAMED PHOTOGRAPHS OF MODEL OF PORT PHILLIP & CLUNES MINE AND SIGN USED WHEN ON DISPLAY .1 PHOTO OF FULL MODEL .2 PHOTO OF BACK OF MODEL .3 PHOTO OF CLOSE UP OF BUILDING WHICH HAS NO OUTER WALLS OR ROOF TO ENABLE VIEW OF INSIDE. .4 HAND WRITTEN SIGN, FRAMED MODEL MADE IN 1858 BY CARL NORDSTROM ON SITE . MODEL NOW IN STORAGE AT SCIENCE MUSEUM OF VICTORIAlocal history, photographs, mining -
Clunes MuseumPhotograph - PHOTOGRAPH QUARTZ MINING COMPANY
... history photographs mining CLUNES QUARTZ MINING COMPANNY BATTERY ...BLACK AND WHITE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPH. BATTERY AT CLUNES QUARTZ MINING COMPANY.local history, photographs, mining, clunes quartz mining companny, battery clunes quartz mining -
Clunes MuseumPhotograph, J.F. CROMB - WALHALLA, PHOTOGRAPH
... MINER'S COTTAGE LOCAL HISTORY PHOTOGRAPHS MINING SEPIA PHOTOGRAPH ...EARLY MINER'S COTTAGESEPIA PHOTOGRAPH OF WOODEN HOUSE IRON ROOF. BRICK CHIMNEY ON LEFT SIDE. SURROUNDED BY PICKET FENCE - STEPS LEADING UP TO GATE. GENTLEMAN STANDING AT BASE OF STEPS. FOREST ON RIGHT HAND SIDE. PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN BY J F COOMB WALHALLAlocal history, photographs, mining -
Clunes Museum
Document - BOOK EXTRACT, IF I'D ONLY LISTENED TO GRANDPA
... HIS LIFE local history document mining PHOTOCOPIED CHAPTER. 11 ...MARTIN POWER WAS BORN IN CLUNES IN 1885 AND WAS A MINER IN CLUNES ALL HIS LIFEPHOTOCOPIED CHAPTER. 11 UNNUMBERED PAGES GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF AN INTERVIEW WITH THE LATE MARTIN POWER OF CLUNESlocal history, document, mining -
Clunes Museum
Document - REPORTS
... and a recommendation for re-commencing mining operations in Clunes 1909 local ...E J Dunn described the geology of the mining in an around Clunes and a recommendation for re-commencing mining operations in Clunes 1909.1 PHOTOCOPY OF A PAGE SHOWING RETURNS MADE BY MINING SURVEYORS AND REGISTERS TAKEN FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 31ST MARCH 1875 .2 & .3 PHOTOCOPY OF TWO PAGES OF A GEOLOGICAL SURVEY COMPLETED FOR THE GOVERNMENT (SENT IN 17/5/1909)NILlocal history, document, mining -
Clunes Museum
Document
... history document mining quartz mines CAC Creswell Handwritten; .1 ....1 EXTRACT REPORTS COMPILED BY C.A.C. CRESWELL, MINING REGISTRAR OF CLUNES SUB-DIVISION OF QUARTZ MINES 1883 .2 EXTRACT REPORTS COMPILED BY C.A.C. CRESWELL, MINING REGISTRAR OF CLUNES SUB-DIVISION OF QUARTZ MINES 1884 .3 EXTRACT REPORTS COMPILED BY C.A.C. CRESWELL, MINING REGISTRAR OF CLUNES SUB-DIVISION OF QUARTZ MINES 1886 Handwritten; .1 1883 .2 1884 .3 1886local history, document, mining, quartz mines, cac creswell
