Light green card programme with black printed text for a reunion at Linton.

Text, front: ' LINTON / 6th REUNION / SUNDAY / NOVEMBER 13th, 1994 / All persons connected with Linton / through sport, employment, residency, / etc., are most welcome to attend. '

reunions, social gatherings, linton

Yellow tri-fold card with black printed text. Programme lists days, times and events.

Text, front: ' BACK TO LINTON / November / 1987 / SATURDAY & SUNDAY / NOVEMBER 7th AND 8th / 3rd REUNION / All persons connected with Linton / through sport, employment, / residency, etc., / are most welcome to attend. '

reunions, social gatherings

Small, grey, folded Programme of Matches 1935-36. Programme text printed in dark blue ink. Alternative name: Fixture.

Text: ' Linton-Scarsdale / TENNIS ASSOCIATION / SEASON 1935-36 / Programme of Matches / To be played on court of first-named / Club. '

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Type-written, oblong, white card inviting residents to a Welcome Home Tea & Dance for returned members of the armed services Tuesday, 30th April, 1946.

Text: ' The Residents of Mannibadar / request the pleasure of the company of / Mr. & Mrs. Howell / at a / WELCOME HOME TEA and DANCE / to returned members of the Services / to be held at / MANNIBADAR HALL / on Tuesday, 30th. April, 1946 / at 6 p.m. '

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Cream coloured card with gold embossed text. Invitation to Linton Bachelors' Club Ball held at Linton Parish Hall on June 12th 1929.

Text: ' Linton Bachelors' Club / The Committee of the above request the pleasure of / the company of / Mr. & Mrs. A McDonald / at a Bachelor's Ball to be held in the Parish Hall, Linton; on Wednesday, 12th June, 1929. '

linton bachelors' club, dances, entertainment

Cream coloured, gold embossed invitation to the Linton Maids and Matrons Annual Ball 1930. Invitation sent to Misses O'Beirne - Kathleen and Annie - of Linton to the annual ball of the Linton Maids and Matrons to be held at Parish Hall Linton on 6th August 1930.

Text: " Linton Maids' and Matrons' Annual Ball / The Committee of the above request the pleasure / of the company of / Misses O'Beirne / at a Maids' and Matrons' Ball to be held in the / Parish Hall, Linton; on Wednesday, 6th Aug., 1930. "

linton, maids' and matrons' annual ball, dances, entertainment

Cream, gold embossed invitation card to Linton Maids and Matrons Return Ball 1929. Invitation sent to Misses O'Beirne - Kathleen and Annie, daughters of Francis and Annie O'Beirne of Linton - to the Linton Maids and Matrons Return Ball held in Linton 11th September 1929.

Text: ' Linton Maids' and Matrons' Return Ball / The Committee of the above request the pleasure of / the company of / Misses O'Beirne / at a Maids' and Matrons' Ball to be held in the / Parish Hall, Linton; on Wednesday, 11th Sept., 1929

maids' and matrons' return ball, dances, entertainment

Fare schedule issued by Ansett Roadways for the run Hamilton - Ballarat - Hamilton, early in the history of Reg Ansett's business enterprises. The year this was printed is not known, but fares are in shillings and pence, so it was before 1966.

Rectangular orange-coloured fare schedule and timetable for Ansett Roadways.

Text: ANSETT ROADWAYS / Hamilton - Ballarat - Hamilton / MONDAY TO SATURDAY INCLUSIVE / FARE SCHEDULE.

ansett roadways, sir reginald ansett, road transport

In the aftermath of World War 1, the Australian government aimed to raise 25 million pounds through the Second Peace Loan. Money raised was to be used for the repatriation and resettlement of former servicemen. Targets were set for money to be raised in each of the Australian states. This notice encouraged Victorians to help WWI returned servicemen through the purchase of peace bonds. It details the amount of interest a purchaser of a bond in the Second Peace Loan would receive after ten years. This notice was displayed in various public buildings, and the wording of the notice was also used in newspaper advertisements, for example this advertisement appeared in The Argus on 6 September 1920.

Small cream coloured notice advertising the financial rewards to be gained through investment in peace bonds issued by the Australian government as part of the Second Peace Loan 1920.

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Small red cloth covered folder. Gold embossed initials L.C.C. on front. Inside folder is a printed paper member's ticket for season 1893-1894. This ticket is issued to Dr. Donaldson who was the President of the cricket club at the time.

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Grey paper, black printing, headed North Great West Q.M. Syndicate, dated 24th July 1899, signed Samuel Devy. Decorative design printed in left hand margin. Number "4" on certificate. Serrated left edge of certificate suggests it was detached from a booklet or form. The certificate was issued to A. C. Cork and entitled him to a one-tenth interest in an application for a mining lease at Bryant's Gully, Linton.

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Pink paper, blue printing, dated 24th Feb. 1900. Certificate for 100 shares issued to W.O. Lewers of Linton, by Oakleigh Gold Mining Company. Shares numbered 5401 - 5500. Certificate numbered 337.

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Small, pale pink polygon-shaped invitation card with decorative black printing. Name of invitees handwritten in ink. The dance would have been a way for young singles of the area to meet and socialise with members of the opposite sex.

Text: The Young / Ladies OF Linton and / District / Present their Compliments to the / Misses Kellys / And request the pleasure of their Company at a Return / Social to the Bachelors of Linton to be held at the Shire / Hall on the evening of the 8th February, 1901.

linton shire hall, dances, social gatherings

Card with decoration of blue abstract electric lines on pale blue background. White square in centre of card with dark blue printing. Ticket is printed with details of an official ceremony, street procession, a banquet and a fancy dress ball to celebrate the connection and switching on of electricity to the township of Linton in 1939.

Text: LINTON'S / GRAND SWITCHING-ON CARNIVAL / ON / THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1939 / Official Ceremony 7.30 p.m. Street Procession 8 p.m. / BANQUET IN FIRE BRIGADE HALL 8.30 p.m.

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Thick brown memorial card with extensive gold embossing, Images of an angel and doves.

Text: ' In Loving Remembrance / John Graham / Who died March 23, 1905 / Aged 69 years. '

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Black and white image of a crowd of men, women and children plus a motor vehicle, motorcycle and bicycle outside buildings in Sussex Street, Linton. The car has been decorated with streamers. This photograph was taken during Linton's centenary celebrations in 1939. The double storey building on the left is Criterion House. The upper level of this building was used as a hospital. The Building on the right is Grenville Shire Offices.

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Black and white image of a procession of decorated motor vehicles travelling along Sussex Street, Linton, with people walking behind.

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Black and white image of a man with moustache, wearing working clothes and boots. Bundles of twigs propped against fence post and rail behind him. The clothing appears quite ragged in appearance. His trousers are held up by rope tied at his waist. Jimmy was said to be the last Chinese miner to live in the Linton area. The photograph shows Jimmy in his market garden on Snake Valley Road, Linton, circa1900.

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Mounted black and white image. William (or Richard?) Ching and team with horses and drays, creating water dam at Linton, 1910

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Sepia photograph mounted on grey card shows buildings in Linton's main street. On LHS of photo "J. Shepherd Grocer & Ironmonger", with horse-drawn cart outside. Railway Hotel, James Nelson Undertaker, and library buildings on RHS of photo, people standing outside hotel and children in front of undertaker's. Dating the photo: James Nelson, whose premises are shown next to the hotel, took over his family's carpentery and undertaking business in 1901. The original hotel was a timber structure or structures. It is believed these were removed in about 1903 and a new brick hotel built around 1903-1904.

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Black and white postcard image of children with rods and musical instruments. This photograph mainly shows the girls' rod team, members of the boys' fife and drum band can be seen to the right.

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Sepia image of a group of men with horses and shovels making a dam. There are six men and three horses in the foreground. A building is behind them. Image has been adhered to a backing card.

horses, dams, dam building, working life

Black and white image of people watching a penny farthing cycle race at a sports day. Three penny farthings and a bicycle are at the start line ready to start their event. Image has been attached to a thick white cardboard calendar stand. Pages of calendar are missing.

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Black and white image mounted on light grey card. Image shows a weatherboard house in background, trees and a boundary fence. Two women are standing at the fence. Other side of the fence is a horse drawn cart with a man and a young female seated there.

rural life, horses, horse drawn vehicles, houses

Black and white image of workmen at electro hydraulic dredge Snake Valley mine site. Image has been mounted on dark brown card. Electro hydraulic dredge Snake Valley Victoria 1909. J.M.C. Bennett was an engineer back at the main base, at Dawson's Dam on the Carngham Road, bet Linton and Snake Valley. These dredges were used for getting gold. The streams of water under high pressure just washed the hills and ground away. This dredge closed down early 1910. 200 H.P. Motors were used and 10 in. pumps.

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Electro hydraulic dredge Snake Valley 1909. J Mc Bennett, was an engineer back at the main base, at Dawson's dam on the Carngham Road, Between Linton and Snake Valley. These dredges were used for getting gold. The streams of water under high pressure just washed the hills and ground away. This dredge closed down early 1910. 200 H.P. motors were used and 10 in. pumps.

Black and white image of three workmen, one beside mining building the other two at dredge pump outlet. Image mounted on dark brown card. Between 1904 and 1911 the Electro Hydraulic Company sought to extract gold in an area north of Linton known as the Hard Hills. By blasting water from high-pressure hoses into the hillsides, soil containing gold was washed out for sluicing. Two gravel pumps in Dawson's Dam pumped the wash through the sluices. Despite considerable investment in expensive equipment, the Company did not have a great deal of success, and the mining operation ceased in 1911.

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Sepia image of a group of miners sitting and standing in front of a wooden structure. Some of the men are holding candles, one man is holding a long rod. Image has been mounted on cream backing card with a blue border around the image.

Text, mounting card: " Millist & Webb PHOTO., PITFIELD PLAINS. "

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Black and white image of a small joey on the bar of a hotel. Three men also in image. The photo shows Bill Hart on left, Hugh Ching on right, and Jim McDonald behind the bar of the Railway Hotel, with Ted Shepherd's pet joey standing on the bar. According to the inscription on the back, the photo was taken in 1956.

hotels, kangaroos, fauna

Black and white image of a large crowd of people watching as a foundation stone is laid in the brickwork of a building under construction. The crowd consists of men, women and children with buildings in the background. Bishop Green is next to the two men who are laying the stone. The image has been mounted on dark grey card.

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Black and white image of SEC pole being erected for electricity connection outside Railway Hotel and Nelson Undertakers, Sussex Street, Linton. Linton was connected to the Victorian electricity grid in September 1939.

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