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The Beechworth Burke Museum
Geological specimen - Oil shale
This particular specimen is found in Wolgan Valley, New South Wales. It could be linked to the abandoned oil shale mining sites in Wolgan Valley such as Newnes. Newnes was an industrial complex operational in the early 20th century is now partly surrounded by Wollemi National Park. It produced motor spirit, kerosene, and gas oil. Newnes's Torbanite oil shale rock contained around 350 litres of oil shale per tonne. The Torbanite was mined by the Commonwealth Oil Corporation Ltd. Oil shale is a sedimentary rock and also a form of fossil fuel. It is often formed millions of years ago and usually contain fossilised remains of plants and/or animals. Oil shale is rich in kerogen that releases hydrocarbon when heated. These hydrocarbon can be used as an alternative petroleum or natural gas. The oil-shale rock was converted into oil by "destructive distillation"; the rock being heated until it broke down to form an oily vapour and an ash residue. Oil bearing shale is one of Australia's national assets. There are many oil companies established in Australia. It reflects Australia's rich natural resources as well as connection to the Australia's engineering and oil industry. The booming oil shale extraction businesses can be traced as far back as 1920s. This specimen is part of a larger collection of geological and mineral specimens collected from around Australia (and some parts of the world) and donated to the Burke Museum between 1868-1880. A large percentage of these specimens were collected in Victoria as part of the Geological Survey of Victoria that begun in 1852 (in response to the Gold Rush) to study and map the geology of Victoria. Collecting geological specimens was an important part of mapping and understanding the scientific makeup of the earth. Many of these specimens were sent to research and collecting organisations across Australia, including the Burke Museum, to educate and encourage further study.Piece of dark gray oil bearing shale with shades of light brown and fossilised leavesExisting label: OIL BEARING SHALE with / FOSSILISED LEAVES / Locality: Wongan Valley, NSW / Donor: Miss M. Cambell geological specimen, geology, geology collection, burke museum, beechworth, oil shale, shale, fossil fuels, alfred selwyn, wolgen valley, 1868 geological survey of victoria, rocks, sedimentary rocks, newnes, torbanite, commonwealth oil corporation ltd -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph, unknown
This reproduced photograph is of Pennyweight Flat near Beechworth, a notable area of the 1850's gold rush in Victoria. Donald Fletcher, migrating to Beechworth from Scotland in 1855, had substantial claims at Pennyweight Flat and was amongst the first in the district to utilise hydraulic sluicing and water diverting methods.The flat is said to have seen a flurry of 200 miners to the area around 1857, and by 1861 when work commenced on extending Fletcher's tail race the census recorded 644 people residing there (European males, females and Chinese). Pennyweight Flat is also significant for the cemetery that resides on the hilltop and which noted approximately 200 burials from the gold rush period 1852-1857, known for a long period as a children's cemetery due to the number of children's graves present.The search for gold is ingrained into the history of Victoria and therefore, images like this one which portray an open cut sluicing site can reveal important information for society and technology for the date when the photograph was taken. This image is of important historical significance for its ability to convey information about sluicing and the methods used to find gold in 1910. It also shows a location where sluicing was undertaken which provides insight into the impact of sluicing on the environment at a time when it was done. This image is important for current research into the history of Beechworth and surrounding area including Victoria's North East. The Rocky Mountain Extended Gold Sluicing Company was a long running and very active mine that was one of the most successful and largest in the district. Therefore, this image has the capacity to be beneficial for research into society and the motivations of those living and working in this region during this period and therefore, has social significance. The Beechworth Burke Museum has additional images relating to gold sluicing which can be analysed and studied alongside images like this one. When the mine closed in 1921, in a liquidation sale, Zwar purchased the tunnel and clear water supply that ran under the town of Beechworth. He directed the water to his tannery and over time built a major industry in leather works that was a major employer in Beechworth. In growing his leather business, Zwar installed crude oil engines for electricity in his factory. He oversaw working with local council to introduce electricity to Beechworth via a sub-station on Albert Street. In 1927 Electric street lamps replaced gas lamps in the streets of Beechworth. Black and white rectangular reproduced photograph printed on glossy photographic paperObverse: Reverse: 84.222.5/ digital print/ rocky mountain extended gold sluicing company, gold, sluicing, gold sluicing, hydraulic sluicing, gold mine, open cut mining, mining, gold mining, north-east victoria, beechworth, burke museum -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Domestic object - Lamp, Valor Co. Ltd, 1920-1936
This trade mark (V inside a clover) was German. It was used by the lamp makers Veritas Efsca Works in Birmingham, and for a time by Valor Co. Ltd. which took over Veritas. Valor Co. Ltd. was established in Birmingham in 1890 and produced oil containers for the Anglo-American Oil Com. In 1901 the firm advertised themselves as Stampers And Pieces. Later it was named 'The Valor Co. and was associated with the Aston Brass Co., and advertised as makers of oil lamps and stoves. Valor became a maker of oil heaters cookers and many other products that were fueled by oil. Later it sold gas heaters and ovens. In 1936 Valor Co. Ltd. was made a Public Company and operated under the name The Velor Company Ltd. The company changed names over the years and it was still operating under Velor Fires in January 2002.Oil or kerosene lamps were the means of lighting for homes, farms and industry in the late 19th and early-to-mid 20th centuries. Lamps like these were important as Lighthouse Keepers and Assistant Keepers' equipment. They were in common use in until the lighting was powered by gas and electricity. The reflector at the back of the lamp makes it of greater significance as most lamps don't have this feature. The logo is also interesting as it originated in Germany and was used with permission by a British company and the company that brought it out for a short time. Similar lamps are still available today, usually with gas for fuel. Kerosene lamp; blue painted metal fuel can and metal rear reflector support. and a round corrugated reflector at the rear. The mid-section wick is made of brass. The glass cover or chimney is bulbous in shape. Inscriptions include a trademark "V" inside a clover. It is British-made in Birmingham by either Veritas Efsca Works or Veritas Valor.Trademark; "[clover symbol] surrounding a "V" Stamp: "BRITISH MADE" Marked on adjusting device: "English Made 1 in w" Marked on support of deflector shield - "British Made" and symbolwarrnambool, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum, flagstaff hill maritime village, oil lamp, table lamp, kerosene lamp, valor co. ltd, v inside a clover, veritas, british made, lamp reflector, lighting, lamp, the valor company ltd -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, New York Post, The School of Mine Quarterly: A Journal of Applied Science, 1889-1809
The School of Mines Quarterly was a jpournal of Applied Science from Columbia College, New York City.The Index to the School of Mines Quarterlu Volumes X1-XX (1900) and 32 green covered journals school of mines, new york, columbia college, schools of mines, columbia school of mines, witwatersrand goldfield, inter-continental railway, mine ropes, harbor improvememnts on the pacific coast, glycerine and artificial butter industry, transit factors for teh columbia college observatory, tables for the reducation of transit observations, ancienct methods for dividing and recoording time in japan, assay of tin, john strong newberry, standards of linnear measure, comparison of costs of electric lighting, huanchaca mine bolivia, el callao gold mine venezuela, john magnus adams, ores in saxony, hartz and rhenish prussia, hofmann apparatus, adjustment of trangulation, determination of carbonic acid in white lead, lower coals in western clearfield county pennsylvania, old telegraph mine ningham canon utah, mechanical preparation of ores, modern waterworks construction, curdling of milk, french regenerative gas furnace, irrication canals, peruvian salt mine, collection of metallurgic dust and fume, permeability of iron and steel, assay of silver, explosion in a zinc fume condenser, teaching archtectural history, liquid air, between the mine and the smelter, ballistic galvonometer, assay of telluride ores, analytical chemistry, theory and design of the masonry arch, silver pick mine wilson colorado, telegraphy and telephoney, mineralogy, morse code, michigan mining practices, titaniferous magnetites, paradox of the pantheon, rocks from wyoming, witwatersrand goldfields, gaseous sun, alternating current distribution, engineering tests on direct current electrical machinery, thomas egleston, ore dressing, frederick morgan watson, camp bird gold mine and mills, magnetic properties of iron and steel, morphology of organic compounds, antimony, structure of the starch molecule, cerrillos hills new mexico, geology, rossie lead veins, practical electrochemistry, lines of graphic statics, anistic acid by the ozidation of anniseed oil, bromate method for antimony, john krom rees, trust company of america building, helion lamp, frederick arthur goetze, mine surveying, pine wood oils, malleable cast iron, electrolytic treatment of galena, turpentine and pine oils, bluestone, ashokan dam bluestone, road resistances, oxy-gas blowtorch, mine dumps, segregation of steel ingots, masonry dam formulas, putnam county magnetic belts, gases, continuity of education, hydraulic diagrams, standardistion of potassium permanganate, sewerage discharge into sea water, modern waterworks, true column formula, slags from lead furnaces, missouri river, tempreture of gases, rocks, architectural history, modern dome, oil machine, undulations in railway tracks, irrigation engineering, cleps-tachymeters, electrical engineering, new york shales, fan pump, sucrose, isaac newton, french school of anstronomers, electrolytic polarization, benjamin bowden lawrence, diamond drilling, new york ciy water front, engineering profession ethics -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Le Cheminant, Marion and Webb, Gwen, Gippsland and Shipping 1770-1970, 1981
... Oil and Gas Industry... Oil and Gas Industry A concise history of Gippsland, Victoria ...A concise history of Gippsland, Victoria, listing significant development chronologically, with a short explanation of major events.waterways, fishing industry, ships and shipping, oil and gas industry -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, M Holding, Serious Accidents, 2010
... Oil and Gas Industry... Entrance gippsland Mines and Mining Oil and Gas Industry ...A folder containing inquests inquiries into accidental deaths associated with various types of mining. James Roadknight taking rocks from Granite Rock for entrance works, Francis William Robinson delivering supplies to oil bure and Thomas Douglas Hollingsmines and mining, oil and gas industry, construction -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, LERHS, Nyerimerland and Bullockies, 2015c
... Oil and Gas Industry... Entrance gippsland Aboriginals Schools Settlers Oil and Gas ...Information on the history of Metung Rotamah Island and Boole Poole on the Gippsland Lakes Victoriaaboriginals, schools, settlers, oil and gas industry -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Wilkinson, Rick, Crossing the Bar, 2000
... Oil and Gas Industry... Entrance gippsland Oil and Gas Industry Donated to the Lakes ...Australia's oil explorers across two centuries. A well researched and comprehensive history of the challenges and eventual successes of individuals and companies involved in oil exploration in Australia and Papua New Guinea. Indexed.Donated to the Lakes Entrance Historical Society from Lakes Oiloil and gas industry -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Australian Broadcasting Commission, Ben Boyds Ships, 1974
... Oil and Gas Industry... Entrance gippsland Township Aboriginals Oil and Gas Industry ...A compilation of eleven talks originally broadcast on ABC Radio, presenting many aspects of the past present and future of Bass Strait.township, aboriginals, oil and gas industry, shipwrecks -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Album - Photograph, Lorna Mitchelson, 1992 c
... Oil and Gas Industry... Entrance gippsland Oil and Gas Industry Photograph album containing ...Photograph album containing colour prints taken of boats on the North Arm and Cunninghame Arm and some of the businesses on Esplanade Lakes Entrance Victoriaoil and gas industry -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Bulmer, 1945 c
... Oil and Gas Industry... Entrance gippsland Oil and Gas Industry Black and white photograph ...Black and white photograph showing a workman, believed to be foreman of deep shaft operations, shaking hands with officials of Lakes Oil Limited company at Lakes Entrance Victoriaoil and gas industry -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1945 c
... Oil and Gas Industry... Entrance 05324.1 Oil and Gas Industry Black and white photograph ...Also black and white photograph of oil tanks and oil drums at truck loading bay Lakes Oil Company Lakes Entrance 05324.1Black and white photograph of settling tanks at Lakes Oil Company facility Lakes Entrance Victoriaoil and gas industry -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Bulmer, pre 1960
... Oil and Gas Industry... cm Oil and Gas Industry Black and white photograph of Bulmers ...Also a second photograph from front of Bulmers studio along Esplanade showing very thick sea fog 05325.1 12 x 17 cmBlack and white photograph of Bulmers photographic studio, Tourist Bureau and Novelty Gift Shop on Esplanade Lakes Entrance Victoriaoil and gas industry -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Bulmer, 1959 c
... Oil and Gas Industry... windows covered in white 05326.1 and .2 Oil and Gas Industry Black ...Also two other photographs taken at same time from different directions. Bulmer shop appears to be empty windows covered in white 05326.1 and .2Black and white photograph of Bulmers Shop with Tabacconist on left possibly Ray Doringtons shop, F C Holden car parked out front Bairnsdale Victoriaoil and gas industry -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Enever, Jim, Clonmel - Disaster to Discovery, 2010
... Oil and Gas Industry... Entrance gippsland Oil and Gas Industry World War 1939 - 1945 ...A comprehensive report of the exploration and production of oil in the Lakes Entrance, East Gippsland basin, in particular the Lakes Entrance oil shaft.oil and gas industry, world war 1939 - 1945 -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1999
... Oil and Gas Industry... residence (1890c). Oil and Gas Industry Colour photograph ...Built on site of Northrope's original bark residence (1890c).Colour photograph of a property known as Bunga Haven at 127 Lake Bunga Road. A timber dwelling with corrugated iron roof overlooking Lake Bunga and Bass Strait. Set in rustic garden and native bushland. Dropped log boundary fence and brush gate. Lakes Entrance Victoriaoil and gas industry -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1924
... Oil and Gas Industry... 1924. Historic Site Oil and Gas Industry The First Oil Well ...First show of oil plus gas and water 25th July 1924.Sepia toned photograph of the crowd of people gathered at the Lake Bunga No. 1 oil Bore to observe the spudding-in ceremony. Lakes Entrance VictoriaThe First Oil Well Lake Bunga 1924 - State Library of Victoria, LaTrobe Collectionhistoric site, oil and gas industry -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph
... Oil and Gas Industry.... Historic Site Oil and Gas Industry Colour photograph of the sign ...Seven other colour photographs very similar, before and after the bore was decommissioned and plugged 1996.Colour photograph of the sign at the Bunga Oil Bore site, on old Lake Tyers Road, near Lakes Entrance, Victoria.historic site, oil and gas industry -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1995
... Oil and Gas Industry... and Gas Industry Black and white photograph of group of people ...Jack Whelan built replica rig, Lake Tyers Beach Progress Association, and worked on beautification of the area.Black and white photograph of group of people on bus tour, looking at the Bung Oil Bore, old Lake Tyers Road, near Lakes Entrance ,Victoria.oil and gas industry -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1932 c
... Oil and Gas Industry... workings. Historic Site Oil and Gas Industry Sepia photograph ...Photos taken prior to site being cleared of oil workings.Sepia photograph of the site of an early oil bore, identified as the Bunga Bore, has water tank on wagon with steel wheel. Lakes Entrance Victoriahistoric site, oil and gas industry -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Lakes Post Newspaper, 1/12/1994 12:00:00 AM
... Oil and Gas Industry... Entrance gippsland , Aboriginals Boats and Boating Oil and Gas ...,Black and white photograph showing Esso's SE Training Officer Sam Peluso with Kurnai Tide crew Lance Dostine, Bob Sanger, Geoffrey deWarsop, Michael Catania, Karen Loughborough, Chris Finley Superviser after safety award for three years injury free. Esso Oil rig supply boat Kurnai Tide based at Lakes Entrance Victoriaaboriginals, boats and boating, oil and gas industry -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, East Gippsland Newspaper, 1/11/1990 12:00:00 AM
... Oil and Gas Industry... of vessel 04821.1 7 x 11 cm Boats and Boating Oil and Gas Industry ...Also a second black and white photograph of vessel 04821.1 7 x 11 cmBlack and white photograph showing the Esso work boat Lady Penelope towing disabled yacht Moga in Bass Straitboats and boating, oil and gas industry -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1948
... Oil and Gas Industry... x 2.5 cm Boats and Boating Oil and Gas Industry Black ...Also a second black and white photograph of yacht at mooring post near footbridge Lakes Entrance 04822.1 4.5 x 2.5 cmBlack and white photograph showing yacht race in progress on Cunninghame Arm Lakes Entrance Victoriaboats and boating, oil and gas industry -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 2000 c
... Oil and Gas Industry... at the same time Boats and Boating Oil and Gas Industry Colour ...Also three other colour photographs taken at the same timeColour photograph of launch Venus moored at Nautilus jetty in boat harbour at Lakes Entrance Victoriaboats and boating, oil and gas industry -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Rhonda Newberry, 1966
... Oil and Gas Industry... and toilet in main guesthouse Oil and Gas Industry Black and white ...Hut contained water jug and basin, bathroom and toilet in main guesthouseBlack and white photograph showing basic tourist accommodation hut at rear of Gainsborough Guest House Jemmys Point with two door Volkswagon Beetle parked in front, Lakes Entrance Victoriaoil and gas industry -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1920 c
... Oil and Gas Industry... 1940 c Oil and Gas Industry Public Buildings Bairnsdale Sepia ...Second similar photograph on postcard taken many years later, only addition is a park bench taken by Mona McLeod 1940 cSepia toned photograph of Post Office and Court House showing hitching post for horses at corner of footpath round turret, Shire Offices on right Bairnsdale VictoriaPublic Buildings Bairnsdaleoil and gas industry -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1933
... Oil and Gas Industry... developed. Oil and Gas Industry Black and white photograph of Mrs ...Also and enlarged copy 04905.1 25 x 15 cm Mrs Cobden claimed to have discovered oil at Lake Bunga and purchased many shares during original excitment and tried to claim reward money for her supposed discovery. This bore obtained crude oil in 30 ft of oilsand. Total depth 1275 feet, not further developed.Black and white photograph of Mrs Cobden taken at Lake View company well in Butcher's Paddock Lakes Entrance Victoriaoil and gas industry -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1/11/1930 12:00:00 AM
... Oil and Gas Industry... taken in 1930 04906.1 11 x 7 cm Oil and Gas Industry Black ...Also a second photograph of a visitor at rig taken in 1930 04906.1 11 x 7 cmBlack and white photograph of burning off gas at mid-west oil well at night crowd watching identified are Mr K Lyne Geologist in charge in white shirt, Mr H Dod SA Oil supervisor in white helmet Charles Downward, Dave Bilsoin, Don Campbell, Jim Kennedy, Don Ricardo, Bill Hopgood, Gladys Beyer Lakes Entrance Victoriaoil and gas industry -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1931
... Oil and Gas Industry... Entrance gippsland Oil and Gas Industry A sepia toned laminated ...A sepia toned laminated photograph showing Billy Michael drilling for Mac's Oil Wells Lakes Entrance Victoriaoil and gas industry -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1/09/1930 12:00:00 AM
... Oil and Gas Industry... Scarce was a rig hand on this site for short time Oil and Gas ...Also an enlargement 04908.1 25 x 14 cm. Keith Scarce was a rig hand on this site for short timeSepia toned photograph of oil derrick SA Oil Co No 8 Well situated off Myers Street at rear of present Secondary College Lakes Entrance Victoriaoil and gas industry