Acquired by the then Dept of Conservation Forests & Lands who restored the building & replaced long iron shed with timber veranda.anderson's mill, smeaton, building, manufacturing, vehicle

Geoff Biddington took numerous photos around Ballarat and District. He was an active member of the Ballarat Branch of the National Trust. 48 black and white photographs of Ballarat buildings. 1. National Bank, Buninyong 2. Gas Light Standard, Geelong Road, Mount Clear 3. Water Hydrant 4. Former Police Station, Camp Street 5. Cast Iron Drinking Fountain, Eureka Stockade 6. Buninyong Gold Discovery Monument 7. Ballarat Old Cemetery Gates 8. Ballarat East Post office 9. Carriers Arms, Doveton Street North 10. North Star Hotel, Lydiard Street North 11.Lake View Hotel 12. Former Ballarat Gaol, Gate Two 13. Beaufort House 14. Smythesdale Post Office 15. Ballan Timber Building 16. National Mutual Building, Sturt Street 17. Craig's Hotel Doors 18. Her Majesty's Theatre Stage 19 & 20. Ballarat Botanical Gardens Statuary House 21 & 22. Stonemason at work 23. Methodist Church School (1867) Humffray Street 24 & 25. Methodist Church, Brown Hill 26. Queen St Statue,Sturt Street 27-29. Sturt Street Fountain 30. Moore Statue, Sturt Street 31. Hede Statue, Sturt Street 32. George V Statue (Victor Greenhalgh), Sturt Street 33-35. Peter Lalor Statue, Sturt Street 36. Art Deco Statue, Sturt Street 37. Beaufort Bandstand 38. Ranger Barracks, Curtis Street, Ballarat 39. Smeaton Mill and Bridge 40. Hepburn Graveyard, Smeaton 41-45 - Ballarat Tram Ride (possibly last) 46-48. Taking up the Ballarat Tram Tracks, 1967 .49. Melbourne House, Sebastopolgeoff biddington, biddington, buninyong, mount clear, police, gold, cemetery, hotels, ballarat gaol, beaufort house, smythesdale, ballan, theatre, statue, statues, statuary, peter lalor, ranger barracks, smeaton mill, smeaton bridge, hepburn, tram, sebastopol, craig's, her majesty's theatre, smeaton, hepburn graveyard, gold monument, queen victoria statue, ballarat, foodland, ballarat, ballarat buildings, former eagle hotel, former ballarat police station, gold discovery, craig's hotel, buninyong gold discovery obelisk

A digital photograph of the Smeaton landscape taken from Elizatbeth Street. The view features Anderson's Millsmeaton, anderson's mill

COLOURED PHOTOGRAPH NATIONAL HOTEL. CLUNES HOTELS - NOW AND THEN. THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS ON DISPLAY AT SMEATON MILL OPEN DAY, 2001..1 COLOURED PHOTOGRAPH NATIONAL HOTEL, FRASER STREET, CLUNES. MALE PERSON LEANING AGAINST VERANDAH POST .2 LAMINATED COPY OF THE ABOVE PHOTOGRAPHREVERSE SIDE : ENTERPRISE VISION PTY. LTD. ABN 95 005 604 544. COPYRIGHT 2001 CLUNES, VICTORIA.photography, national hotel

PHOTOGRAPH COPY OF CLUB HOTEL BUILT 1870 AND CLUNES MUSEUM BUILDING 1860. THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS ON DISPLAY AT SMEATON MILL OPEN DAY 2001. CLUNES HOTELS - NOW AND THEN..1 COLOURED PHOTOGRAPH CLUB HOTEL, CLUNES AND CLUNES MUSEUM WITH FOUR MALE PATRONS AND DOG STANDING ON FOOTPATH. .2 LAMINATED COPY OF THE ABOVE PHOTOGRAPHREVERSE SIDE - ENTERPRISE VISION PTY. LTD. ABN. 95 005 604 544. COPYRIGHT CLUNES, VICTORIA.club hotel, clunes museum

PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN IN FRONT OF DUKES BED AND BREAKFAST BUSINESS. FORMERLY DUKE OF EDINBURGH HOTEL. THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS ON DISPLAY AT SMEATON MILL OPEN DAY 2001. "CLUNES HOTRLS - NOW AND THEN".1 COLOURED PHOTOGRAPH OF FIVE PEOPLE SEATED IN FRONT OF DUKES B&B .2 LAMINATED COPY OF THE ABOVE PHOTOGRAPHON REVERSE SIDE : ENTERPRISE VISION PTY. LTD. ABN 95 005 604 544 COPYRIGHT 2001 CLUNES, VICTORIA.photographs, duke of edinburgh, duke b&b, duke of edinburgh hotel

PHOTOGRAPH BY RON DOWNS, CLUNES - KEEBLES OF CLUNES WAS FORMER TELEGRAPH HOTEL, BAILEY STREET, CLUNES. ALSO KNOWN AS MANGLES OR DUNNS HOSTEL DURING WORLD WAR 2, LATER PRIVATE DWELLING. NOW IS A RESTAURANT / BED AND BREAKFAST. THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS ON DISPLAY AT SMEATON MILL, OPEN DAY 2001.LAMINATED COLOURED COPY - PHOTOGRAPH OF KEEBLES [ORIGINALLY TELEGRAPH HOTEL] OF CLUNES WITH OLD HORSE DRAWN DRAY IN FOREGROUND.photographs, telegraph, keebles of clunes, telegraph hotel

Frank Wright was a renown resident of Smeaton, where he was born. He lived at Laura Villa, and attended Smeaton State School. His father William was a gold miner and his mother's name was Sarah. Their family won many singing and instrumental awards. Frank was tutored by Percy Code and was awarded a gold medal for the highest marks in the ALCM examinations in the British Colonies at the age of seventeen years. He became the Australian Open Cornet Champion by the age of eighteen. A year later, Frank conducted the City of Ballarat Band, and later the Ballarat Soldiers’ Memorial Band. He formed the Frank Wright Frisco Band and Frank Wright and his Coliseum Orchestra. These bands won many South Street awards, and Frank as conductor won many awards in the Australian Band Championship contest. In 1933 Frank Wright sailed to England to conduct the famous St Hilda’s Band and was later appointed Musical Director of the London County Council, where he organized many amazing concerts in parks, in and around the London district. He was made Professor of Brass and Military Band Scoring and conducted at the Guildhall of Music and Drama. Frank was often invited to adjudicate Brass Band Championships around Europe, in Australia, including South Street and in New Zealand. The Frank Wright Medal at the Royal South Street competition is awarded to an individual recognized as making an outstanding contribution to brass music in Australia.Black and white photograph of house in the far distance on the top of a hill with some trees behind. In the foreground at the base of the hill is a fence. The property on the left hand side of the photo is "Laura Villa" at Smeaton.frank wright, laura villa, smeaton

A mining safety cage was used in a mine lift. It was fitted with mechanisms to prevent the cage from dropping if the lifting rope broke. In the 1870s in Victoria, deaths and injuries from falling cages in vertical shafts of gold mines were a major problem. The inventor of this safety cage was Robert Allan, a machinery maker of Creswick Rd, Ballarat. He said his cage featured a ‘dissolving’ fulcrum. Others called it an eccentric (off centre) system. Note the pair of clutch levers designed to grab the side guides if tension ceases in the suspending rope from the poppet head pulley. Also, the hinged ‘lids’; designed to protect miners trapped in a braked cage from falling rope, and to enable rescue of the miners. This model was presented to The Ballarat School of Mines Council in November 1876. This model was shown at the Smeaton Show in November 1874, Ballarat School of Mines Museum from 1876, and examined by the 1879 Victorian Board of Inquiry (Pg 15 of FedUni Catalogue 3437) From the Argus of 13 November 1874: At Smeaton Show, Robert Allan of Ballarat won 1st prize for a Model of a Mining Cage, a Butter working machine, a Cheese press and a Curd Mill. By 1878 an Allan Safety-Cage was in operation in the Number 6 shaft of the Band and Albion Consols mine in Ballarat. This cage was judged the best inspected by the Victorian Board of Inquiry by 1879, p. 39.Mining was a big industry in Ballarat in the late 1800s and a lot of deaths were recorded because of mining accidents, the development of the mining safety cage brake limited the deaths and injuries from falling cages in vertical shafts. The model also has links to the Ballarat School of Mines, being presented to the council in 1876. Ballarat School of Mines is the oldest Technical School in Australia and is a predecessor of Federation University. The model is significant to Ballarat's mining history.Model of a mine safety cafe. A grey painted wooden frame with metal model of cage and safety brake system. When tension ceases in rope a pair of crutch levers grab strongly onto the wooden guide strips which run down the sides of a vertical shaft. This safety cage was discussed in "Safety Mining Cages. Report of the Board of Enquiry on Safety Cages 1878-9; together with proceedings of the Board and Appendices".safety cage, mine cage safety brake, robert allan, model, safety cage model, machine maker, millwright, mining, gold mining, tools, equipment, victorian board of inquiry

On the weekend of Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 June the community of Smeaton organised celebratons to commemorate 175 years since the arrival of Captain John Hepburn, Elizabeth Hepburn, and their two children.Fourteen colour photographs of two horse drawn waggons operating during the 175th anniversary of John Hepburn Settling at Smeaton. The Waggons were moving from the Smeaton town centre towards Anderson's Mill.smeaton, 175th anniversary, anniversary, john hepburm, elizabeth hepburn, waggon, horse drawn, hors, waggon wheel, wagon

Ballarat History35mm B&W Kodak Plus X Pan Film.ballarat, ballaraat, smeaton, bridge, bullarook, birch, creek

Ballarat History35mm B&W Kodak Plus X Pan Film.ballarat, ballaraat, smeaton, bridge, bullarook, birch, creek

PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN 1880. THE WINDMILL ON CORNER OF PADDOCK STREET AND SMEATON ROAD OPERATED A FLOUR MILL FROM 1870 TO ABOUT 1883 BY JOSEPH WHYTE.A FADED BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF PORTION OF CLUNES SCHOOL NO. 1552, WINDMILL AND DWELLING ON SCHOOL HILL.local history, photography, photographs, schools -1552, flour mill

This stencil was used on bags and possibly other packaging containing grain processed and packed at Anderson's Mill. The stencil would have indicated the destination of, or origin of the grain.Rectangular copper stencil plate, ribbed edging; Anderson's Mill trademark (circular saw) in centre; some lettering is difficult to read due to corrosion / breaking of this section; some green surface corrosion; red paint around central trademark saw and lettering."FLAKE / ANDERSON'S / OAT MEAL / SMEATON"

This stencil was used on bags and possibly other packaging containing grain processed and packed at Anderson's Mill. The stencil would have indicated the destination of, or origin of the grain.Rectangular, brown, vinyl type material. Lettering: Andersons (blue) Cow Meal (red) Made by D. Anderson & Co Millers, Smeaton Vic, 100lbs, when Pac" (all blue) Some lettering broken bottom right."ANDERSONS / COW MEAL / MADE BY / D. ANDERSON & CO / MILLERS / SMEATON VIC / 100 LBS / WHEN PAC"