Mrs. Vanessa McDonald was born in Beechworth in 1917. Christened, Agnes Bertha Collins, Vanessa changed her name in 1960. Mrs. McDonald's family's connection with gold mining in the district reach back to the first of Beechworth's gold rushes, when her great grandfather, a Dutchman who adopted the name Charles Collins, arrived in 1851-1852. Mrs. McDonald spent her childhood in the isolated hamlet of Stanley, in the area known as 'Little Scotland', where she recalls helping her mother to raise younger siblings, picking apples and walnuts on the family farm, and roaming the hills for wildflowers. As a young woman Mrs. McDonald attended religious and social gatherings in the local community. In 1940 she went to Melbourne to work as a mothercraft nurse during the Second World War. She met her husband at a Beechworth football match and was married at the Stanley Methodist Church in 1941. The gold diggings known as the 'Nine Mile' became the hamlet of Stanley, after the British Prime Minister, Lord Stanley, in 1858. By the late 1850s, Stanley boasted schools, an athenaeum, a church, a weekly newspaper and several hotels and other civic infrastructure to cater for a growing population. The area attracted large numbers of Chinese miners, whose presence was frequently resisted. Like other early Victorian mining settlements, Stanley was a hotbed of political and racial tensions during the gold rush. One side of the Nine Mile Creek was known as 'Little Scotland’, the other, 'Little Ireland'. A number of Christian denominations built congregations and churches in Stanley, including the Church of England, Methodist Church, the Catholic Church, and Presbyterian Church. Stanley became part of the United Shire of Beechworth in 1871. By 1880 timber was being cut and two sawmills were established by 1887. River-dredged gold mining consumed vast amounts of timber from the forests in the area, and in 1931 the first of several softwood plantations began. This oral history recording was part of a project conducted by Jennifer Williams in the year 2000 to capture the everyday life and struggles in Beechworth during the twentieth century. This project involved recording seventy oral histories on cassette tapes of local Beechworth residents which were then published in a book titled: 'Listen to what they say: voices of twentieth century Beechworth'. These cassette tapes were digitised in July 2021 with funds made available by the Friends of the Burke.Following the decline in the mining and associated industries during the early-mid-twentieth century, the Beechworth district experienced a period of general economic decline. On the east side of the Dingle Range, Mrs. McDonald's father, William Henry Collins, felled timber and the family were pioneer apple orchardists. The establishment of apple orchards in Stanley reflects changes to how land was used and contributes to our understanding of the historical development of rural communities following the gold rush. Mrs. McDonald's recollections are significant for understanding family and social life in a small rural town in years leading up to the Great Depression and prior to the Second World War. This oral history recording may be compared with other oral histories and items in the Burke Museum's collection. This oral history account is socially and historically significant as it is a part of a broader collection of interviews conducted by Jennifer Williams which were published in the book 'Listen to what they say: voices of twentieth-century Beechworth.' While the township of Beechworth is known for its history as a gold rush town, these accounts provide a unique insight into the day-to-day life of the town's residents during the 20th century, many of which will have now been lost if they had not been preserved.This is a digital copy of a recording that was originally captured on a cassette tape. The cassette tape is black with a horizontal white strip and is currently stored in a clear flat plastic rectangular container. It holds up 40 minutes of recordings on each side.Mrs Vanessa McDonald /listen to what they say, beechworth, oral history, burke museum, emigration, gold rush immigration, victorian gold rush, mining families, apple orchard, forestry, forest plantation, little scotland, stanley, twentieth century history, regional australia, rural australia, farming, harvest festival, great depression, dingle range, the nine mile, australian wildflowers, high country wildflowers, mothercraft nurse, rural and regional women, social history, collins, mrs. vanessa mcdonald, building community life, shaping cultural and creative life, fruit growers, family history, changes to land use in regional victoria

A report on the history of the Yarra Track by John Waghorn, a local amateur historian.A report on the history of the Yarra Track by John Waghorn, a local amateur historian. John Waghorn was an amateur historian, an authority on the history of Victoria's postal services. He could tell you how mail was delivered in the high country in the 1880s, where the town of Gobur was, or when the overland Melbourne-Sydney mail service began. He admitted that his hobby has got a little out of hand. He had 30 filing cabinets, and indexes of more than 70,000 postal workers over the past 160 years crammed into three rooms at his home. If an ancestor was a postmaster in a Victorian town, he may have been able to reveal the person's occupation, income and working conditions.yarra track, john waghorn, victoria's postal services, wood's point, sydney road, longwood, merton, mansfield, postmasters, bonnie doon, melville merton mansfield, eltham, healesville, marysville, walhalla, melbourne-warburton-wood's point line, loose bags, heidelberg post office, eltham post office, kangaroo ground post office, yarra glen post office, marysville post office, healesville post office, mansfield post office, jamieson post office, gaffney's creek post office, wood's point post office, postal department, george rieck, stockman, jones, beecher, stockman's reward, big river, mary mcdonald, upper yarra river, donovan's creek, cornelius donovan, bridget buggy, matlock, alexandra, william farrell, jordan diggings, new chum, watts river, black spur, narbethong, granton, acheron river, mount strickland, paradise plains, mount grant, mount arnold, jordan goldfields, william robley, robley's spur, big river crossing, great dividing range, cumberland valley, james mcguigan, w elliot, christopher harrison, james marsh, cobb and co, box hill, lilydale, fehrings, koehlers, shaws, bear creek, cairnsville, cumberland creek, walkers, golden bower mine, collins' mountain home hotel, walsh's creek post office, rosa mcveigh, frank barton, hitchins, matthew kennedy, william morris, e r nichols, t woods, tom burchell, peter kerr, henry kuyper, william podlech, george koehler, henry brockmann, henry petty, thomas smith, jacob butchart, john perry, slingsby davis, royal mail hotel, walter gray, john summers, travellers rest hotel, lockington, the oaks, the springs, st clair, thomas crawford, springvale hotel, john sinclair, saint clair hotel, gould, mathews, willie we have missed you hotel, germany, johan fehring, adelaide, linton, ballarat, gunbower, murray river, anna katerina fehring, 1890s depression, land boom, fehring place, fred baker, alf sparke, fehring's hotel, mcveigh's hotel, wood's point mountaineer, l cox, victorian country directories, letson cox, coburg, maria hayes, setson, fitzroy, richmond, john cox, jordan river, jericho, e. norris, le poidevin, newell, o'brien, alhambra, sinclair, parker, ellis, tripp, quin, vernon, thompson, charsley, james fahie, george locke, william chester, chesterville, kirwan, cumberland reserve, blue spruce, e.s. and a bank, selby joyce, selby charles joy, selby joseph joyce

Ballarat Junior Technical School was a division of the Ballarat School of MinesGrey soft covered booklet.ballarat school of mines, ballarat junior technical school, prospectus, j.n. dunn, j. kean, d. maxwell, r. maddern, j.y. mcdonald, d.ronaldson, r.stephensen, f. saunders, a.o. stubbs, r.e. tunbridge, j.s. vickery, j.d.woolcott, r.e. williams, f. barrow, w.k. bolton, g. buchanan, j.j brokenshire, geo. fitches, w.h fleay, j.w. gower, f. herman, w.d. hill, w.t. humphreys, t. hurley, w. nixon, d. walker, l.s.g.p. austin, w.h. middleton, james bickett, school councillors, junior school staff, head master, a w steane, w j paterson, h w malin, r v maddison, senior school staff, w h smith, d walker, j m sutherland, e j mcconnon, d e mullens, w h steane

Ballarat Junior Technical School was a division of the Ballarat School of MinesBrown soft covered booklet of 18 pages including photographs of w.h. middleton president, exhibitions of work, modelling class and a drawing of the Ballarat School of Mines and Industries Ballarat. The booklet contains information about office bearers, staff, statistics, aims of the school, text books, hours, accommodation, travelling concessions, fees, rules and letters of appreciation.1915 written on front coverballarat school of mines, ballarat junior technical school, prospectus, j.m. bickett, j.n. dunn, j. kean, d. maxwell, r. maddern, j.y. mcdonald, d.ronaldson, r.stephensen, f. saunders, a.o. stubbs, r.e. tunbridge, j.s. vickery, j.d.woolcott, r.e. williams, f. barrow, w.k. bolton, g. buchanan, j.j brokenshire, geo. fitches, w.h fleay, j.w. gower, f. herman, w.d. hill, w.t. humphreys, t. hurley, w. nixon, d. walker, l.s.g.p. austin, w.h. middleton

Six volumes of the University of Ballarat Information Services Branch.information services branch, computer support, remote connection, electronic copyright, print centre, frank russell, e.j. barker library, computer centre, student residences, email, gerry anderson, bill hitchens, julian callahan, lance duncan, junk email, gary walker, netconnect, cameron mcdonald, innopac, help desk, library catalogue networked, travan greenbank, aaron hill, walter taylor, rupert russell, stuart fraser, benjamin stickland, jacqui macmillan, paul mensch, computer services, digital printer, john stojanovski, electronic newspapers, pam goodfellow, remote access, sovereign hill, virtual museum of gold, heather mays, university of ballarat

The Ballarat School of Mines was the first School of Mines in Australia. It is a predecessor institution of Federation University Australia.Hard covered book with leather spine and corners. The minutes of the Ballarat School of Mines Council are handwrittten on the 25 March 1910 "... It was resolved that in the event of the Department of Forestry offering 250 pounds per annum for the instruction of their students at Creswick in Chemistry, Botany, Physics and Surveying that it be accepted ..." lined pages. 26 November 1909 "..It was decided to accept with thanks an offer of a flagpole and flag made by Mr W. Coltman through the student association. Mr Clegg to be consulted as to its erection. ..." 25 August 1916 "... A very cordial welcome was extended to Colonel Bolton, who was present for the first time since his return from Gallipoli. ... " 25 July 1910 "... A letter was received from the staff in reference to Mr Oddie's system of ventilation which he wishes introduced into the School. It was decided to postpone the matter for consideration when funds are available, ..." "... At Colonel Bolton's suggestion, it was decided to inform the Secretary of the Returned Soldiers Association that applications from returned soldiers for free instruction at this School would be favorably considered, and that it would be in the best interests of the movement if applications for admission were received through the Association. ... that Councillors T. Hurley, R. Stephenson, Colonel Bolton and the Principals be appointed as a sub-committee with power to act, in dealing with application from Returned Soldiers. "ballarat school of mines, james bickett, richard t. vale, j.k. dunn, s.e. figgis, samuel figgis, j. lonie, r. maddern, j.y. mcdonald, w.h. middleton, d. mitchell, dr morrison, h.a. nevett, j. ssxton, dr scott, w.h. sewell, j. vikery, g.h. fitches, andrew anderson, g. buchanan, j. dunn, f. herman, j. mitchell, r. scott, r.e. williams, j.d. woolcott, j. pearse, james oddie, shackleton polarizer, forestry school, creswick, b. whittington, ida johnson, j. barber, j. foster, h. hall, w.j. humphries, s. flohm, signwriting, frank tate, colonel bolton, j.b. robinson, alexander peacock, h.h. smith, charles fenner, c.a. hoadley, a.w. steane, j.n. dunn, w.d. hill, c. fenner, g. fitches, r. pearse, a.o. stubbs, daniel walker, w. nixon, t. hurley, r. stephenson, a.e. cutter, w.h. flaey, j.w. gower, j.n. montgomery, ballarat school of mines museum, a.m. lilburne, d. maxwell, d. ronaldson, r.e. tunbridge, j. jolly, j.m. sutherland, frederick martell, w.j. hoare, j.j. brokenshire, r. cutter, g. remfry, j.e. molloy, .stewart bequest, h.b. herbert, j. kean, f. saunders, george swinburne, w.j. humphreys, j. stevens, william baragwanath, richard g. walker, j.f. wiles, w.j. parry, george vincent, m.hannah, repatriation, returned soldiers, william k. bolton, maurice copland, d.v. allen, r.f. barker, a.f. heseltine, r.w. richards, appointment of dick richards, j.f.w. sporn, p.g. brown, h. daykin

List of Full Course Students' 1936, Editorial, Obituary - L. Hill, Personal Column, Old Boys' Personal, Fumes from the Lab, The Newcastle Trip, War and Women, Arts & Crafts Gossip, Sport, Commercial Notes, The Junior TechsYellow soft covered magazine of 60 pages, including advertisements. Artwork * Mr. C - By Albino Paganetti * Bo'sun - By Albino Paganetti * " So then says I ' you can't ask me to do that, boys - its dishonest," - By Jessie Hopwood * come on "(hic)" be serious - By Albino Paganetti * Bill - By Albino Paganetti * Mac - By Albino Paganetti * "I used the fruit bowl this time fro a change" - By Dorothy Woolcock * Mother & Bobby - By Dorothy Woolcock * Ernie - By Nornie Gude * Gateway to the Garden city - By Albino Paganetti * Tip - By Albino Paganetti * Pat - By Jean Coates * Our Dark Horse - By Jean Coates * Moorish Tower, Perth University - By Jessie Hopwood * Sailing Ship Print - By Verma Lynch * Lemon - By Albino Paganetti * Site for the King George memorial - By Gilda Gude * Gladys - By Dorothy Woolcock? * Our Tall Story - By Dorothy Woolcock * Another one today Sylvia - By Nornie Gude * Haze - By Dorothy Woolcock * Commercial Notes - By Leila McLachlan * Fred - By Albino Paganetti * Gordon - By Betty Brown * Gandhi - By Dorothy Woolcock * Ellie - By Gilda Gude * Betty - By Alan Nye * Lost Ball - By E. Prout * Cleaning Ladies - Betty Brown * Rusty - By Gilda Gude * Blondie - By Gilda Gude * Peggy - By Betty Brown * Hocky - By Gilda Gude * Betty - By Gilda Gude * Joan - By Gilda Gude * General - By Max Coward * Twitter - By Gilda Gude * Banjo - By Max Coward * Georgie - By Max Coward * Skinny - By Max Coward * Sydney Jim - By Max Coward * Tommy - By Max Coward * Max - By Max Coward * SOS - By Max Coward * Nipper - By Max Coward * Dasha - By Max Coward * Wee Macgregor - By Albino Paganetti Signed on front cover by "H. Darby".ballarat school of mines, magazine, allan nye, r. rickey, a. gordon, reg warnock, maxwell bayley, sylvia wyres, m. mcrae, albino paganetti, victor hunt, lila welsh, f. g. procter, mr. cochrane, w. coates, d. shore, jessie skelton, l. hill, k. h. wilkie, j. pound, h. maddern, n. pickering, john elliott, paul f. chaplin, w. usebach, fergy and p. macgregor, j. hammer, k. ellwood, j. w. muir, john menhennett, philip harris, j. anderson, william mcdonald, lawrence egan, archibald sneddon, p. holioake, lyle dimsey, a. horsfall, eoin macdonald, james martin, jack mole, bill walters, david flynn, william williams, dororthy billings, clarice mcintosh, gladys bilney, ida shearer, j. brady, g. lamb, grace gordon, elva brimacombe, r. hutchinson, g. leviston, i. mcdonald, w. callighan, t. jones, s. j. chambers, russell ewins, g. berriman, j. walker, r. t. hocking, f. e. capuano, f. w. hassell, c. m. reynolds, r. davies, r. c. white, h. f. forrest, h. h. evans, a. j. ritchie, j. g. kittelty, w. cornish, l. liebhardt, r. allender, a. pobjoy, a. laing, w. j. paterson, v. e. jukes, h. v. bolt, l. c. henderson, c. f. white, nornie gude, gilda gude, max coward, alan nye, betty brown, leila mclachlan, dorothy woolcock, verma lynch, jessie hopwood, jean coates, e. prout

Typed carbon copies and handwritten notations (51 pages) - 1968 bookkeeping records and correspondence associated with Midway Arcade/Ringwood Investments Pty. Ltd., 517 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, including monthly rental amounts and routine property management expenses for each shop and office tenant.Agents: C.E. Carter & Son MIDWAY ARCADE — 1968 TENANCY LIST (Shop & Office Numbers + Tenant + Remarks) SHOPS Shops 1 & 14/15 – Alexanders Shops 2 & 3 – Maller Shop 4 – Garrett → Hill (Change 9 Aug 1968) Garrett (Glengarree Fabrics) - vacated 9 Aug 1968. New tenants: Roy & Phyllis Hill (Gentlemen’s hairdresser, tobacconist, gifts). Shop 5 & 6 – Bartling (Double Shoe Shop) Shop 7 – McDonald Shop 8 – Oliver (Butcher) Shop 9 – Isbel Shop 10 – Hanlon Shop 11 – Bennett Shop 12 – Hall → Wilson - Mrs Hall retired/vacated 31 Aug 1968. New tenants: Ivan & Joan Wilson (Bulk & Health Food Shop). Shop 13 – Alexanders Kiosk – Brennan OFFICES Office 1 & 15 – Dixon Office 2 – Moran Office 3 – Maller Office 4 – Morris Office 5 & 6 – Johnston Office 7 – Peters & Lush Office 8 – Kohlman Office 9 – James Office 10 – Hughes Offices 11, 12, 13, 14 – Dept. of Interior

Typed carbon copies and handwritten notations (16 pages) - 1969 bookkeeping records associated with Midway Arcade/Ringwood Investments Pty. Ltd., 517 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, including monthly rental amounts and routine property management expenses for each shop and office tenant.Agents: C.E. Carter & Son MIDWAY ARCADE — 1969 TENANCY LIST Shops Shop 1 – Alexanders Shop 2 – Maller Shop 3 – Maller Shop 4 – Hill Shop 5 – Bartling Shop 6 – Bartling Shop 7 – McDonald Shop 8 – Oliver Shop 9 – Isbel Shop 10 – Hanlon Shop 11 – Bennett Shop 12 – Wilson Shop 13 – Alexanders Kiosk – (no named tenant except “Kiosk”) Offices Office 1 – Dixon Office 2 – Moran Office 3 – Maller Office 4 – Morris Office 5 – Johnston Office 6 – Johnston Office 7 – Peters & Lush Office 8 – Kohlman Office 9 – James Office 10 – Hughes Office 11 – Dept. of Interior Office 12 – Dept. of Interior Office 13 – Dept. of Interior Office 14 – Dept. of Interior Office 15 – Dixon

Typed carbon copies and handwritten notations (13 pages) - 1970 bookkeeping records associated with Midway Arcade/Ringwood Investments Pty. Ltd., 517 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, including monthly rental amounts and routine property management expenses for each shop and office tenant.Agents: C.E. Carter & Son MIDWAY ARCADE — 1970 TENANCY LIST SHOPS Shop 1 – Alexanders Shop 2 – Maller Shop 3 – Maller Shop 4 – Hill Shop 5 – Bartling Shop 6 – Bartling Shop 7 – McDonald Shop 8 – Oliver Shop 9 – Isbel Shop 10 – Hanlon Shop 11 – Bennett Shop 12 – Wilson Shop 13 – Alexanders Kiosk – Brennan OFFICES Office 1 – Dixon Office 2 – Moran Office 3 – Maller Office 4 – Morris Office 5 – Johnston Office 6 – Johnston Office 7 – Peters & Lush Office 8 – Kohlman Office 9 – James Office 10 – Hughes Office 11 – Dept. of Interior Office 12 – Dept. of Interior Office 13 – Dept. of Interior Office 14 – Dept. of Interior Office 15 – Dixon

Typed carbon copies and handwritten notations (15 pages) - 1971 bookkeeping records associated with Midway Arcade/Ringwood Investments Pty. Ltd., 517 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, including monthly rental amounts and routine property management expenses for each shop and office tenant.Agents: C.E. Carter & Son MIDWAY ARCADE — 1971 TENANCY LIST SHOPS Shop 1 – Alexanders Shop 2 – Maller Shop 3 – Maller Shop 4 – Hill Shop 5 – Bartling Shop 6 – Bartling Shop 7 – McDonald Shop 8 – Oliver / Oliver Holdings / W.J. Oliver Shop 9 – Isbel Shop 10 – Hanlon Shop 11 – Bennett Shop 12 – Wilson Shop 13 – Alexanders Kiosk – Brennan OFFICES Office 1 – Dixon Office 2 – Moran / E.L. Moran & Co. Office 3 – Maller Office 4 – Morris Office 5 – Marshall Ross & Assoc. / Marshall Bros. Office 6 – Marshall Ross & Assoc. / Marshall Bros. Office 7 – Peters & Lush Office 8 – Kohlman Office 9 – James Office 10 – Hughes Office 11 – Dept. of Interior Office 12 – Dept. of Interior Office 13 – Dept. of Interior Office 14 – Dept. of Interior Office 15 – Dixon

Typed carbon copies and handwritten notations (13 pages) - 1972 bookkeeping records associated with Midway Arcade/Ringwood Investments Pty. Ltd., 517 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, including monthly rental amounts and routine property management expenses for each shop and office tenant.Agents: C.E. Carter & Son MIDWAY ARCADE — 1972 TENANCY LIST SHOPS 1 & 14/15 — Alexanders 2 & 3 — Maller 4 — Hill 5 & 6 — Bartling 7 — McDonald 8 — Oliver 9 — Isbel 10 — Hanlon 11 — Bennett 12 — Wilson 13 — Alexanders Kiosk — Brennan OFFICES 1 & 15 — Dixon 2 — Moran 3 — Maller 4 — Morris 5 & 6 — Marshall Ross & Assoc. 7 — Peters & Lush 8 — Kohlman 9 — James 10 — Hughes 11, 12, 13 & 14 — Dept. of Interior