Queenstown (St. Andrews) District. Originally published in The Leader, Nov. 2nd, 1929, p30, with the title "Relics of the Old Mining days in the Queenstown District," a series of seven numbered photographs with captions : 1. Two Old-Timers, Brothers Tom and Alex McPhee, Camped on Back Creek. 2. Like the Caledonia, Every Yard of Queenstown Creek has been Washed. 3. Poppet Heads of the Caledonia Mine. 4. A Warning to Possible Land Buyers or Encouragement to Prospectors? 5. Mr. A. Harvey has been Prospecting the District, Washing a Loam, for Some Years. 6. John Olsen, of Smith's Gully, an Old-Timer, who is Shortly Going to Norway to Claim an Inheritance. 7. Queenstown Cemetery. - The Hills Form a Splendid Memorial to Many a Digger.This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as the 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital image 4 x 5 inch B&W Negsepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, queenstown, gold mining, a. harvey, alex mcphee, back creek, caledonia mine, john olsen, poppet heads, queenstown cemetery, queenstown creek, smiths gully, st. andrews, tom mcphee

Australian War Museum was located in Melbourne & was a forerunner to the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. This is the guidebook for the collection housed in the museum located in the Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton Gardens, Melbourne.Soft cover with sepia illustration on the front & a map on the rear. Title on front in cream font. 92 pages, cut edges & black & white illustrations.books - military, military history - army, war museum

Ill, p.92.non-fictionA guide to the Australian war memorial when located in the Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne.military museums - australia, australian war museum - melbourne

This photo is a collection of objects that stood on the roads in the past and were collected by the former Bulla Shire and mounted in front of their offices in Macedon Street, Sunbury.A black and white photograph of two lamp posts, two milestones and a hitching poston back: "Relics of the past" "Regional" Frame Sizelamp posts, lights, street lighting, bulla shire, hitching posts, milestones, regional newspaper, george evans collection

relics from ANZAC Covemiscellaneous

Relics from Goldfields in Stawell Areastawell

Relics from Goldfields in Stawell Areastawell

Relics from Goldfields in Stawell Areastawell

An article describing the collection of pioneer relics that have been collected to furnish Schwerkolt Cottagecity of nunawading, pioneer's house, schwerkolt cottage, antiques, field jean

Box of keys - various - see attached list. 1 brass cashbox handle, a Lockwood brass & steel padlock, a small 'ECV300' padlock.see attached.mining, relics, mccoll rankin & stanistreet

Donated to Aquinas College Archives by the Chapel in May 2013. Previously located in a cupboard in the Aquinas chapel.Insribed with a name of Father O'Driscoll, one of the founders of Aquinas College in 1961.Round, silver container with attched lid. Interior is gold in colour.Rev. W. O'Driscoll Catholic Chaplain Cross engraved on lidaquinas, o'driscoll, relics, pyx

The ploughshare cuts grass and soil loosening or turning the soil before sowing seed or planting. Ploughs were drawn by oxen and horses. Now drawn by tractors.Farmers in the Kiewa Valley used ploughs before tractors became available.Formerly KV 060. Made of steel and a component of a plough. It is the cutting or leading edge of a mouldboard which closely follows the coulter wen ploughing. Attached picture shows the ploughshare as part of a plough. Ref. Farmyard Relics by Ken Arnold Page 49ploughshare, agriculture, farming crops

This postcard depicts the set-up of an abandoned gold mine. This includes a water wheel and other mining implements next to a creek. The postcard inscription indicates that this image is of the remains of the Wallaby Reef battery and water wheel. Wallaby Reef was discovered in 1864, and a prospecting claim established a four head battery and water wheel. Quartz was mined there, with gold also discovered at this location at a later date. By 1878 the mine was no longer resulting in rich deposits, this resulted in the miners moving their search for gold closer to the river where they were able to access more gold. This was in approximately 1879. In 1882 a rich deposit was found. In 1908 the battery was closed, and the mine finished. This photo was taken in 1920 and shows the deterioration of the site since its closure. Gold mining was crucial to the development of the Beechworth area. It has strong research and historical value because the clarity of the photo shows all the minute details of the mining equipment. The text on the back also indicates the mine is the Wallaby Mine, which was used for 45 years to find gold and quartz. Therefore, due to the location being quickly abandoned, this site is a rich location for historical study on gold mining during the 1900s. It can provide important information on the types of tools utilised and the impact of the mining on the environment.Black and white postcard photograph on card.8169 Be / Also near Wallaby Reef Workings / Relics of Rechabite Reef (locality) workings. / Shaft in bed of creek. Wheel used to drive sheadd (?) / stamp battery too I believe near B'worth 1920?beechworth, mining, gold mining, quartz mining, wallaby reef mine, mine battery head

Photocopy of a paper titled "COTMA Its Origins, Aims and Operation", by Keith Kings, Executive Officer, presented to the Meeting of the Historical Engineering Relics Committee of the Institute of Engineers Annual Conference, 7 April 1978. Looks at the structure of COTMA, preservation movement in Australia, and formation of COTMA and past conference and that all work is voluntary.trams, tramways, cotma

Rabbits are recognised as a pest in Australia. They were often trapped and eaten especially during the depression years of the 1890s and 1930s but also the 1950s and 1960s. Steel-jaw traps work by snapping shut on the leg of an animal, holding it until a trapper arrives, or until the animal dies or wrings its paw off. They became illegal in Australia during the 1980s on animal cruelty grounds. Some old rabbit traps are valuable.Used by residents in the Kiewa ValleyA steel jaw trap has jaws that are designed to spring together. It is illegal to use them in Australia. 2 of the rabbit traps are 'S. Griffiths 3 stars IXL Ref. "one of the pioneers, well known among long-experienced trappers' Page 21 Farmyard Relics by Ken Arnold. The other trap ha a picture of a bird engrave on it.rabbit traps, steel-jaw traps

MEDIUM: Oil on canvas DESCRIPTION: Blue and white oil painting on canvas, no outer frame. An abstract interpretation of a boat in what appears to be the waters of the coast of Toolum, Mexico. The landscape of Toolum in Central America is dotted with the stark white washed remains of the ruins and temples of the Mayans. This depiction of a Toolum Boat reflects these relics of the land here on its watery gulf. "BB" signature; bottom proper right corneroil, bain, toolum, boat

Letter of acknowledgement from Curator of The Industrial and Technological Museum (re Basil Watson aircraft items), addressed to J. I. Watson, Esq, St Kilda St, Elsternwick, dated 29th October, 1919. Relics of Basil Watson's ill fated bi-plane that crashed into the Bay at Point Cook. Acknowledges receipt of 50 HP Gnome rotary aeroplane engine; spare parts, aeroplane propeller 'and other parts' .person, individual, basil watson

Newspaper article, (photocopied onto A4 paper) Bendigo Advertiser November 6th, 1985, headed '£100,000 facelift for derelict mining sites?' Article describes how the Bendigo Council were seeking a loan from the Goldfields Revolving Fund for the restoration of the Victoria Hill area and for the restoration of the relics and poppet legs of the Central Nell Gwynne, the Nell Gwynne Reef Mine, the North Deborah and the Big Deborah Mine sites.Written in black pen on right hand side: B'go Adv. Nov. 6th. '85gold mining, nell gwynne mine, north deborah mine, big deborah mine, poppet legs, bendigo, restoration