Eureka is a significant event in Ballarat's History1963 & 1964 Annual Reports of Eureka Improvement and Progress Association. Foolscap typed documentseureka improvement and progress association, eureka, mrs e. parsons, mr f. pearce, orphange christmas tree, arthur jones

a. Book with a mottled blue-grey cover with brown leather spine and extends 5.5 cm to front and back. Corner edges also had the leather, two are missing and the other two are dilapidated. A red stuck on tape near the top of the spine had Ledger printed with some gold edging, most of which is worn off. Inside the front and back covers is a red, blue and white marble pattern. Front and back covers have been reinforced with white tape. 542 page Ledger Book for a general produce merchant. Probably Albert Bush. Alphabetical index at front. Entries in black ink on all pages and date from 1888 to 1920. Loose 4 page foolscap inside front cover listing Rolling Stock and Value. b. A pocket in the back of the book contains 6 pieces of paper relating to business and finance. Items include Discounts and Commission from 1888 to 1899, a note on insurance, a note dated June 2/90 headed Mr A Bush Sandhurst Dr to S A Bush & Co listing monthly amounts of money from Jan 1890 and 1889. Some amounts are with the name G P Reddie.Another one is a Building A/C dated 1889. Another is a balance sheet written on a page with another one written on the back and dated 1893. One written on paper headed Bush's Stores, Main Street, Bairnsdale and printed S.A.Bush & Co. It looks like a list of repayments listed in 8 bills. The other side of the page refers to Bill of Sales for Yeates & Baker and Bill of Sales held by the Bank of New South Wales. There is also a copy of two letters addressed to A Bush, one dated Oct 17.06 from H Hopkins referring to the late Mr Baker's property in Sale. The other is addressed to A Bush Esq and signed Harry Hopkins and also signed by Albert Bush and dated Nov 28 1906 in reference to the sale of a property.business, retail, bushs, bush collection - ledger book 1888 to 1920, abbott & co, allcock ?, australian producers & traders ltd, bush s a, bush albert, broome sp, brealey w h, blogg bros, b'daledistrict farmers co-op coy ltd, bush and hopkins, berry henry, brockhoff & co, bush mrs albert, colonial bank, corden i s & co, crosby h m, cannon j e, dudgeon and arnell, drevermann & coy, fry bros, felton grimwade & coy, fyansford maunfacturing coy, gearing jas, hawthorn rhodes & coy, henebery john, harper r & co, holford's contract, jack a & co, kellie wm, kitchen & co, kronheimer & co, miller d, lewis & whitty, levy bros and coy, melbourne chilled butter coy, mooney i, mitchell & coy, mann mrs, mceacharn & son, macrobertson, mckenzie i & co, parsons bros & coy ltd, peterson & coy, phoenix biscuit coy, reddie g p estate, ross bros, gippsland news, rosella preserving coy, rolfe and coy, robur tea coy, ross, ryan w, russo and santamria, sniders i ? b, swallow and ariell ltd, sutherland john, service & co jas, smallman mrs, thomas w c, sandhurst & n d trustees coy, voght george, victoria soap & candle coy, vogt k, vickers and gardner's contract, west z, west h m, water and kerang roller mill coy, yeates and watson, yeates and baker, yates and c ? arthur, yeates jas

Photo and newspaper clipping from Ringwood Mail, 20/8/1953The Ringwood Mail Newspaper article lists the following names: Back Row :- L. Bryant, F. Walker, J. Carruthers, N. New stead, F. Mark, V. Faudell, M. Homfray, A. Gluth, C. Taylor, P. Cockran . Centre Row:- G. Shultz, A. Hauser, D. Baker, Mr. Stiebel, Mrs. Stiebel, D. Parson, A. Watson, D. Eales, J. Carruthers. Front Row :- E. Sell, P. Newstead, M. Palfreyman, J. Palfreyman. Photo by Ivor Kershaw, Heathmont Written on back of clipping, "'Mail 20/8/53' - Group Winnington to Tasmania".

Yields information about the view of The Courier, and locals about the mooted closure of the tramway system and reporting on the proposal in particular local views.Foolscap sheet of plain paper, with rounded corners, with 8 newspaper cuttings, concerning the mooted closure of the Ballarat Tram system March - March 1962. All from The Courier, unless noted otherwise. Most of the cuttings glued onto the sheet. 1 - 17/3/1962 - "Discussion on trams" - report and photo on the Save the Trams Committee - photo of J Restawick (Trades Hall), Cr. J E Tuppen (Sebastopol), S Miller (Pensioners Association), Cr Tom Evans, Vance Dickie, Cr W. E Roff (Ballarat), Robert Joshua, Murray Byrne, Gordon Scott. Refers to the front page story. 2 - "Unanimity in City (19-3-62), report on meeting and that the City would fight to retain the tramways 3 - "Need for Trams (20-3-62) - Senior Citizens wanted the tramway Mrs N Kierath reported 4 - "Mothers Join Tram Protest (20-3-62), Urquhart St School Mothers re tram 5 - "Trams and Buses" - W J Parsons, use of trolley buses, USA tram lines and extensions and H J Bromley - rather idiosyncratic letter. 6 - "DLP Back Councils" - local DLP support report. 7 - "Save the Trams" - trams help to support aged citizens. 8 - "Tram Deputation" - Bolte asked to receive a deputation from Ballarat and Bendigo Councils.closure, letter to the editor, editorial, sec, councils, city of ballaarat

Principals of Sunshine Technical School: 1913 - 1930 G. Baxter, 1931 - L. G. Leroux, 1944 - 1944 R. G. Perry (6 months relieving), 1945 - 1946 G. F. Bull, 1947 - 1949 J. R. Wilson, 1950 - 1950 E. L. Willison, 1950 - 1950 G. F. Bull, 1951 - 1960 J. V. Shelton, 1958 - 2 months S. M. Veitch Acting (Mr. Shelton ill), 1960 - 1969 C. R. Pittock, 1961 - 1961 E. J. Heard Relieving (Mr. Pittock L.S.L.), 1970 - 1974 O. R. Roberts, 1975 - 1977 J. F. Hennessy, 1977 - 1977 A. E. Edwards Acting, 1977 - D. R. Boyd|Presidents of Sunshine Technical School: 1913 H. V. McKay, - 1946 D. B. Ferguson, 1946 - 1966 J. R. Parsons, 1967 - 1969 A. T. Perry, 1969 - 1970 F. Heaviside, 1971 - 1972 I. K. Cook, 1973 - 1976 L. J. McKay, 1976 - 1978 D. W. Gray, 1978 - C. R. Day|Helen Keller died in Conn. U.S.A June 2nd 1968|Mr. Paterson|R. Merrigan|Western Institute|D. Fischer|School Reunion|Mr. Wheat|G. Gerrard|The Parents Association|B. Miles|Mr. Ludwick|Mrs. P. Atamaniuk|J.T. Fyfe, Deputy Principal|Mrs. K. French|Emily McPherson College|Norma J. Findley, Principal|Sunshine Technical School Prospectus C. Full Time and Part-Time Day and Evening Courses For Girlssunshine technical school, technical school

Trophy ribbons won by the Wettenhall's Stanbury Stud. According to Mr Parsons, (19 Mar 2004) the quilt was almost certainly made by Mrs Janet Wettenhall. It was hung in her sun room.Quilt, composed of felt ribbons stitched together and lined with beige woollen fabric. Most of the ribbons are royal blue, there are two purple ribbons and the quile is edged with green ribbons. All the ribbons have been screen printed in yellow ink. There is a velcro strip attached at upper back edge.The ribbons are prizes from sheep breeding competitions from 1958 to 1961.[various]corriedale sheep sheep breeding agricultural shows, stanbury corriedale stud, wettenhall, mr rupert e. wettenhall, mrs janet, victoria, corriedale sheep, sheep breeding, agricultural shows