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Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group
Work on paper - Report Book, Ballarat City Council, May, 1890, Ballarat Botanical Gardens and Lake Wendouree, 1890
... Rush Cutting... Gardens Ballarat City Council. Pavilion Lake Wendouree Rush ...This page (3) of the May Report Book, 1890, covers 9 topics of news and matters of concern relating to the Ballarat Botanical Gardens, the Lake and Victoria Park.This Report gives a clear idea of the condition, progress made and plans for the Gardens and the Lake in 1890 and therefore is historically significant.1 sheet of paper, printed closely in font 14, with a photocopy line of the page (3) down the lefthand side of the page. The last line of the page is partially cut off but readable. Written at the top of the page in blue biro, "May Rep. Book, 1890 and beneath Win Little" (?) "Pavilion" is asterisked in black biro halfway down the 2nd paragraph and "Memorial to late Cr. Claxton" is marked in green. john garner, doctor, john garner collection, friends of ballarat botanical gardens, ballarat city council., pavilion, lake wendouree, rush cutting, improvements to foreshore, pisciculture, park and arbor day, swans., new green house, 1890, ballarat city council report books, ballarat botanical gardens, gardens, ballarat -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Audio - Oral History, Jennifer Williams, Alan French, 1st June 2000
Alan French was born in Beechworth in 1918 on Christmas Day, an only child descendent from French, Irish and Scottish family who had moved to and stayed in the area years before, both of his parents were born in Beechworth and were fourth generation Indigo Shire locals. Alan grew up in the depression era working the land with his dad when they could, cutting wood or helping on the local farms in and around Wooragee. Everyone able in those days bartered for goods, little coin and vegetables if there was spare to go around with labour or what little they produced from their efforts. In this interview, Alan discusses how his great grandparents Francois (French) and Catherine (Irish) Bertrand were the first vignerons in Beechworth, even mentioned in Beechworth, a Titans Field; 'Vines were draped across 156 acres of Beechworth shire in 1880, and notable vignerons included Francois Bertrand [...]' (Woods: 162) according to Alan 'you can still see where the old vines used to be, Malakoff Rose Garden' but whether or not the wine they produced was any good for drinking is open to interpretation and lost to the history of Beechworth and those who tasted it. 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.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.listen to what they say, beechworth, oral history, burke museum, vigneron, a titans field, beechworth a titans field, francois bertrand, wooragee, indigo shire, depression era, wood cutting, labour, farming, vines, history, malakoff rose garden -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Postcard, R McGeehan, The Effect of Storm. Train Passing Through Flood Waters, South Yarra, 25-1-07, 1907
SHARP DOWNPOUR. ONE INCH IN 45 MINUTES. SOUTHERN SUBURBS DELUGED. TRAIN STOPPED AT SOUTH YARRA. One of the sudden downpours of rain which occasionally fall in Melbourne occurred yesterday afternoon, when nearly an inch of rain fell in the course of three quarters of an hour, and caused a flood for an hour or two in certain localities. During the early part of the day, the sky had been clouded over, but there was nothing to indicate a storm of such intensity as that which followed. At about half-past 1 o'clock residents of South Yarra, South Melbourne, Prahran, and St. Kilda noticed a few drops of rain. Still, it appeared unlikely that there would be anything exceptional, until with startling suddenness at about 10 minutes to 1 o'clock, one of the heaviest downpours within the memory of residents burst upon those suburbs. A strange feature of the storm was that it was practically confined to an area of about three miles square. The city was but little affected, though at a spot as close as the Observatory 86 points of rain were recorded in three-quarters of an hour. Thunder and lightning accompanied the downpour, which was cyclonic in character, the rain driving heavily from all points of the compass as the cyclone passed. It was in South Yarra and Prahran that the rain fell heaviest. Within a few minutes after it commenced, the low-lying portions of Toorak-road and practically the whole length of Chapel-street were under water. The depression at the intersection of Toorak-road and Darling-street speedily filled to the dimensions of a small lake. Several shops were inundated, while the water from the higher levels rushed down like a mountain torrent, and in several in-stances swept through the rear of houses and shops, carrying furniture in a floating mass against the further walls. In one case a footbridge was carried bodily away and dashed to pieces. Darling-street itself Great Davis-street, and other low-lying and flat thoroughfares in the vicinity became flooded from kerb to kerb, while on the other side of the railway-bridge the valley between Kensington-road and River-street became filled for some minutes to a depth of several feet. Meanwhile the waters from South Yarra hill, seeking a lower level, found it in the railway cutting, and the excavations from South Yarra station to Prahran on the one line, and to the Chapel-street bridge on the other, were converted into a couple of canals. At the platforms at South Yarra the water was two feet deep on the permanent way, and towards Hawksburn, at the sudden depression under Chapel-street bridge, it was at one time deep enough to cover a tall man's head. Into this swirling mass of water the 1:50 p.m. train from Oakleigh plunged on its way to Melbourne. The impact caused a mighty fountain of water to rise to a height of about 20 feet above the level of Chapel-street and send clouds of spray in all directions. Under the belief that a terrible explosion had occurred residents braved the rain and rushed to the spot, only to find that the train had been brought to a stand-still in the middle of what seemed to be a river. The water was so high that it had entered the fire-box from below, extinguishing the fires and cutting off the steam supply. In the meantime the officials at the South Yarra station had been preparing for emergencies. Inspectors were on duty at intervals along the line, and the moment the alarm was given an extra engine was backed carefully down and continued on to connect with the stranded train without losing its own power. There was a delay of about ten minutes in the service for an hour or two, but by 5 o'clock all the trains were running on time again, and the water had run off all but the spot beneath the Chapel-street bridge. Here the water remained about four feet deep until nightfall, and throughout the afternoon several hundreds of people including biograph operators and photographers, were gathered around watching each train pass through. Even with the water two feet lower, this was a work attended with considerable difficulty. Each train had to absolutely force its way through the weight of water, almost enveloped by the spray thrown up, and it was only just able to negotiate the "ford" by using every ounce of steam. ... The Argus, 26 January 1907, p19.The item forms part of the Laurie Bennett collection of thirty-six postcards and photographs of Kew and early Melbourne, donated to the Kew Historical Society in 1980. The postcards in the Bennett collection, like other images in the Society's holdings date from the 1890s to the present and comprehensively indicate points-of-view or scenes considered historically, aesthetically or socially significant in the period in which they were produced.Postcard depicting a flood at South Yarra Station in 1907. The title and photographer's name are identified on the front of the postcard. Donated by L. Bennett, 1980flood - south yarra, trains - melbourne, postcards, r mcgeehan - prahran -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Craft - Model Cerberus, Charles Bonnici, November 2021
Demonstrating cutting edge maritime military technology, the Cerberus patrolled the waters in and around Melbourne, protecting it and its rich gold resources from attack. The Victorian gold rush coincided with growing instability in Europe. Britain and Russia prepared to face each other in battle as the threat of a second Crimean War grew.The HMVS Cerberus was one of only three vessels of its exact type ever built, and is the only surviving example of this type of vessel in the world. It is also the only substantially intact warship of Australia’s pre-Federation colonial navies. This shipwreck rests in shallow waters at Black Rock, Melbourne.HAnd built timber model of the HMVS CerberusCerberushmvs cerberus, model making -
Clunes Museum
NEWSPAPER CUTTING, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER28,1978
A CUTTING FROM DAILY TELEGRAPH TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28,1978 WITH A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE MONUMENT IN THE SPOT WHERE GOLD WAS FIRST REPORTET.CLUNES LIVES UP TO ITS TRANQUIL NAME.local history, document, newspaper, mining, monument, gold rush 1850 -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book - Book - Scrapbook, Ballarat University College: Newspaper Cuttings, January to December 1991 and January to December 1992
Newspaper cuttings collected from various sources. - Ballarat Courier, The Australian, Warrnambool Standard, The Age, The Standard, The News, Ballarat News, East Gippsland News. The items are from 26 January to 20 December 1991 and 11 January to 12 December 1992. Institutions in rush to beat merger date - Victoria's education dilemma. University of the Third Age plan for coming year. Protests over the Government's remarks over Ag Department move. Caution urged by MLC Dick de Fegely. Land rehabilitation program centre at BUC. New university must not be thwarted. $24000 grant provided for specialist lectures. Tertiary education faces crisis as student numbers boom. Lack of student accommodation means some students are living in local hotels. BUC and Melbourne Uni given $500000 grant. It will be used to develop a Masters in Engineering Science (Hydrogeology) course, the first of its kind in Victoria. BUC has opened the F M Krause Broken Hill Mineral collection. Students bring weekend of music to BUC. Nicky Taws and Rob Plowright to represent Australia in the World Orienteering Championships. White A4 two ring folder. Divided into months by coloured dividers. Folder has black marks from previous use.ballarat university college, australia day honor to jack barker, institutions and merger date, university of the third age, protests to government, dick de fegely, buc, land rehabilitation, rmit and merger, student accommodation shortage, masters in engineering science, hydrogeology, krause collection on show, music at buc, nicky taws, rob plowright, orienteering championships, australian women's cricket, development squad camp at buc -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book - Book - Scrapbook, Ballarat School of MInes: Scrapbook of Newspaper Cuttings, Book 38, December 1988 to March 1989
Collection of newspaper articles related to Ballarat School Of Mines.They cover activities and advertisements for staff. The papers concerned are The Courier, Ballarat, The Australian, The Age over the period of 15 December 1988 to 29 March 1989.Book with yellow cover, front, spiral bound. teaching positions advertised, pre-employment courses, courses available, enrolment for smb courses, michael marquet illiteracy problems, paul blizzard sculptor, local shooters score high, julie baulch is moving on, melbourne uni and ballarat cae agree on independence, induction course for apprenticeships, judith mills senior counsellor, introduction of negotiated target system, rush on smb building course, commonwealth employment office, traineeship plan, australian college of education awards, jack barker, paul o'driscoll, smb broadens rural programs, kym walker of inskill, ministry of education selling houses, five ballarat people move towards national finals -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, The Sun, Peter Robinson, "Peak-hour tram crash: 17 rushed to hospital", 14/08/1981 12:00:00 AM
Newspaper cutting from the Melbourne The Sun newspaper, 14/8/1981 titled "Peak-hour tram crash: 17 rushed to hospital", about a rear on collision in Malvern Road Malvern the previous evening written by Peter Robinson. Has a photo of one of the trams with the driver's cabin completely broken away. Cuttings has the Aust. Press Cuttings Agency source sheet pasted to the top right hand corner along with the paper name and date stamp.trams, tramways, accidents, mmtb, malvern rd, collision