R.M. Serjeant was listed as a mining manager and Joseph Flude as a metallurgist. In 1875 they were both living in Ballarat. The patent number is A.D.1875, 4th March. No 2031. According to the patent the hearth of the furnace is in the form of a cone revolving horizontally. The feed is supplied to the apex of the cone by an archimedian screw. The crown of the furnace comprises a double covering or roof with an intermediate chamber for receiving heated air. The inner covering is pierced to admit of the heated air being brought into contact with the pyrites on the face of the revolving hearth. The discharge of the roasted substance is affected by means of a scraper at the base of the cone. It was claimed that this was a new mode of introducing heated air, and the exclusion of flame during the operation of roasting pyrites. The self-acting charge and discharge of the furnace and the peculiar construction of the hot air chambers, and the use of perforated bricks through which the supply of air is affected were also new. (http://patentsvictoria.net/002031.html) From the Goulburn Herald, 14 September 1878 "A feature connected with the school of mines is the yet unfinished pyrites works. The extraction of the gold from pyrites and the utilization for commercial purposes of other substances connected with pyrites are peculiarly important to Ballarat, because were a simple and inexpensive method devised there are millions and millions of tons of quartz that would then be made remunerative. With this thought in their minds two scientific gentlemen invented the school of mines self-acting rotatory furnace. This, for lack of funds, has not been completed as yet, but the amount in hand for the purpose is daily increasing, and it will eventually be an accomplished fact. It is in contemplation also to erect machinery shops in connection with the school, and it is purposed to con struct a steam-engine to do at once the work of the pyrites treatment and the ma chine room. A model shaft and mine too are being prepared for on the reserve, so that practical mining of the most thorough character may be taught on the ground.'Letters Patent for an Invention for Roasting Pyrites to be called 'the Ballarat School of Mines Self-Acting Pyrites Furnace' to Robert Malachy Serjeant and Joseph Flude. The large document is on a vellum type paper complete with stamps and seal. The document is signed by Acting-Governor William Stawell.Written on verso: "Date of Patent 4th March 1875 No 2031 Letters Patent for An invention for roasting pyrities to be called "The Ballarat School of Mines Self-acting Pyrities Furnace" to Robert Malachy Serjeant and Joseph Flude Melbourne, Victoriaballarat school of mines, serjeant, r.m. serjeant, robert m. serjeant, flude, joseph flude, richard gibbs, stawell, william stawell, pyrities furnace, philately, statute stamp, seal (victoria), ballarat school of mines self-acting pyrities furnace, ballarat school of mines self-acting pyrites furnace

.1) Navigator's Log Book, hard cover, blue colour buckram with dark blue paint on front cover. Back end paper includes a pocket for maps & has a Conversion Table & Nautical Miles, Statute Miles, Kilometres, tables in black print on beige paper included. Stiff card divider. .2) Map folded, black printing on beige paper. Gibraltar Scale 1:1,000,000 at 56 degrees N. .3) Map folded, black printing on beige paper. Algeria Scale 1:1,000,000 at 56 degrees N. .4) Pencil grey lead, timber colour. Stamped into pencil: HB Commonwealth of Australia..1) Hand written in black ink on front end paper: Wreck at Cape Juby. In pencil: S2 / MZ / W2 / 1Z . 35N .2) Hand written in blue pencil: Atlantic. Blue & red ink & lead pencil notations over map. .3) Hand written in blue pencil: Mediterranean. Blue & red ink numerous notations over map.documents - maps/records, military history, passchendaele barracks trust

This is a Certificate of Title for an acre of land in 'Tucker's Road' purchased by Jabez Gurr in 1881, in the area that was part of the Crown Block known as Henry Dendy's Special Survey 1841, in the Parish of Moorabbin, County of Bourke, Victoria. Following the 'Transfer of Land Statute' allotments in the area of Henry Dendy's Special Survey of 1841 were sold to early settlers. This Certificate of Title shows the passage of history in Moorabbin Shire . Jabez Gurr, a wheelwright, of East Brighton, now Bentleigh East, purchased an acre of land in 'Tucker's Road' , near Centre Road, in 1881. In 1889 he sold to a produce merchant, Robert Smith, and in April 1916 this block was purchased by William Henry George Box, a market gardener and relative of William and Elizabeth Box, who owned the land until 1926. The land was then purchased by Charles John Greenlaw Coates and remained with this family until 1971. All these Family names appear on Councils and Community Boards during the foundation and development of City of Moorabbin3 photocopied pages of the Certificate of Title for approximately 1 acre of land near the corner of Centre Road and Tucker Road, Parish of Moorabbin, County of Bourke, Victoria that was part of the 5,120 acre Henry Dendy Special Survey in Brighton in 1841 and purchased in 1881 by Jabez Gurr. It records subsequent proprietors up to 1971Stamped CANCELLED 12 OCT 1994 (top Right) / Entered in the Register Book / Vol.1245 Fol. 248877/ signed Henry Crowe / Assistant Registrar of Titles / Coat of Arms / VICTORIA / Certificate of Title / UNDER THE ' TRANSFER OF AND STATUTE' /dated ' eleventh day of April one thousand eight / hundred and eighty one' / signed 'Henry Crowe' / Assistant Registrar of Titles/ ENCUMBRANCES REFERRED TO / circular Stamp 'OFFICE OF TITLES VICTORIA' / Drawn and shaded on the left side is the area of land in "Tucker's" Road 3331/3 links fro Centre Road, 150 links x 6662/3 links / The measurements are in linksdendy henry, dendy's special survey 1841, brighton, moorabbin, bentleigh, market gardeners, early settlers, pioneers, wheelwrights, merchants, fruit gardens, markets, smith robert, box william henry george, gurr jabez, county of bourke, victoria, melbourne, land statutes, tucker road, centre road, box william, box elizabeth, box cottage museum

Printed Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Freehold Land dated 25 October 1888. Richard O'Neill, agent for John Holmes sold land in Baxter Street (Lot 79) to James Murray Aitken for £39. 2 bright green Victoria One Penny Stamp Duty attached.business, legal, connelly & tatchell, connelly & tatchell collection - document, transfer of land statute-particulars and conditions of sale, john holmes, james murray aitken, richard o'neill & co, brockley - printer, geo w hosken

Yields information about the place - Tramway Centre or City Centre - with trams prior to closure and their bus replacement, how they fitted with their streetscape.Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier - published - 28/7/1971 of No. 12 & bus at Sturt & Lydiard St corner, showing the approaching end of the tramway era. Follows the first route conversion. Photo taken from the Town Hall, of the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard Streets, with statute of Robert Burns, Titanic Bandstand, Post Office and other buildings in the photograph. See Reg Item 2182 for the Courier Newspaper clipping - heavily cropped. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos SEC era" (Archive Documents) for source of details.On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited."tramways, trams, sturt st, tramway centre, bus replacement, robert burns, statues, tram 12

Printed black and white postcard of Sturt St at the intersection with Lydiard St, looking east towards Grenville St. with Robbie (Robert) Burns statute on the right hand side. Shows the points of the curve from Lydiard St. North. Photo taken after a snow fall. On rear is places for correspondences stamp, address. Has been addressed to Mr. Dan McLherral ?, Ellingerrin of Inverleigh. Postmarked Ballarat 22-09-1906, Ballarat with a Victorian 1d stamp. Titled "Sturt St Gardens Ballarat Under the snow mantle" along bottom left hand edge of the photo. trams, tramways, sturt st, postcards, robert burns, snowstorm, statues, tram 661, tram 28, tram 671, tram 45

Yields information the Victoria St terminus and the appearance of the Gardens in March 1971.Set of two colour prints: .1 - No. 33 at Victoria St terminus, 5/3/1971 .2 - view of the Botanic gardens with the statute of Wallace and the old hot house in the background. Date 5/3/71. Many colour garden beds in the photograph. Printed on Kodak paper.On the rear of the photograph is a stamp with date, place and subject details.trams, tramways, victoria st, gardens, botanical gardens, tram 33

Digest of Cases, explanatory of the County Court Statute, 1869 to October 1879.Brown cloth-bound hardcover book, loss of cloth bottom front & spine extremities, faded. Discolouration of back & front flyleaves. Binding a little loose. 122 pp. Fair condition.Inside frond cover, sticker, ' J. Powceby/Book Binder/Little Collins St. East/Melbourne'. Front flyleaf, stamp, 'LAW DEPARTMENT/VICTORIA'. county courts, kilmore court house library.