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16-page booklet 'The Wager of Ivy's Rump' or How Bendigo got its Name. A short story by O. Spaniel Murray
Illustrated with B&W photos and sketches.
Hand-aged artifact in limited edition - Copy No. 47
Author's real name is Dr R Blackhurst of Bendigo
Signature 'O. Spaniel Murray' written in ink inside front cover.
Hand-made wooden stool 47 centimeters long, 14 centimeters wide and 19 centimeters high.
wooden stool, miner's item
Plastic bag containing photographs of Golden Square Secondary College students. The year covered is 1996 classes 7A-7B-7C-7D-7E-7F-7G-7H / 8A-8B-8C-8D-8E-8F-8G / 9A-9B-9C-9D-9E-9F-9G-9H / 10A-10B-10C-10D-10E-10F-10G Three photographs of teachers and staff, one photograph of the principal and vice principal.
golden square secondary college, students' photographs
Plastic bag containing photographs of Golden Square Secondary College students. The year covered is 1995 classes 7A-7B-7C-7D-7E-7F-7G / 9A-9B-9C-9D-9E-9F-9G / 10A-10B-10C-10D-10E-10F-10G Three photographs of teachers and staff, one photograph of the principal and vice principal.
golden square secondary college, students' photographs
Plastic bag containing photographs of Golden Square Secondary College students. The year covered is 1994 classes 7C-7D-7F-7G-7H / 8A-8B-8C-8D-8E / 9A-9B-9C-9D-9E-9F-9G / 10B-10C-10D-10E-10F Three photographs of teachers and staff, one photograph of the principal and vice principal.
golden square secondary college, students' photographs
Plastic bag containing photographs of Golden Square Secondary College students. The year covered is 1993 classes 7B-7C-7D-7G-7H-7L-7R-7Y / 8A-8B-8C-8D-8E-8F-8G / 9A-9B-9C-9D-9F-9G Three photographs of teachers and staff, one photograph of the principal and vice principal.
golden square secondary college, students' photographs
Plastic bag containing photographs of Golden Square Secondary College students. The year covered is 1992 classes 7B-7C-7D-7G-7H-7L-7N / 8B-8C-8D-8G-8H-8L-8N / 9B-9G-9M-9R-9S-9V-9W / 10B-10G-10M-10R-10S-10V Four photographs of teachers and staff, one photograph of the principal and vice principal, one photograph of the students' representative council.
golden square secondary college, students' photographs
Plastic bag containing photographs of Golden Square Secondary College students. The year covered is 1991 classes 7B-7C-7D-7G-7H-7L-7N-7R / 8B-8C-8D-8G-8H-8L / 9B-9M-9R-9S-9V / 10B-10G-10M-10R-10S Four photographs of teachers and staff one photograph of the acting principal and acting vice principal, one photograph of the students' representative council.
golden square secondary college, students' photographs
Old metal French coffee, pot a tapering cylinder fourteen centimeters on the bottom and nine centimeters at the top. It is twenty-eight centimeters high. There is a cap on top with a knob to remove it, there was a hinge attached to the pot which is broken. the wooden handle is 100 centimeters long and 25 centimeters diameter it's attached to a 50 centimeter metal protrusion from the pot. The spout is a tapered tube 140 centimeters long, 30 centimeters diameter at the pot and 15 at its end. there has been some re-soldiering repair where the spout is attached to the pot. Thew spout is at right angle to the handle. the pot has a rusted appearance,
coffee pot, miner's item
Plastic bag containing photographs of Golden Square Secondary College students. The year covered is 1990 classes 7B-7C-7D-7G-7H-7L-7N / 8C-8D-8G-8H-8L-8N- / 9B-9G-9M-9R-9S / 10B-10G-10M-10R Four photographs of teachers and staff and a photograph of the Colbourne concert band 1990.
golden square secondary college, students' photographs
Folder containing photographs of Golden Square Secondary College students. The year covered is: 1989 classes 7C-7D-7G-7H-7L-7N / 8C-8D-8H-8L-8N- / 9B-9G-9M-9R-9S / 10B-10G-10M-10R-10S-10V-10Y Three photographs of teachers from 1989 and a photograph of the deputy principal and principal.
golden square secondary college, students' photographs
Folder containing photographs of Golden Square Secondary College students. The years covered are: 1987 classes 7B-7D-7G-7H-7L-7R / 8B-8C-8D-8G-8H-8L-8R-8Y / 9B-9G-9M-9R-9S-9V-9W-9Y / 10B-10G-10M-10R-10S-10V-10Y 1988 classes 7C-7D-7H-7L-7N / 8C-8D-8H-8L-8N / 9B-9G-9M-9R-9S-9V-9Y / 10B-10G-10M-10R-10S-10V-10Y
golden square secondary college, students' photographs
Folder containing photographs of Golden Square Secondary College students. The years covered are: 1985 classes 7B-7C-7D-7G-7L-7H-7R-7Y /8B-8G-8M-8S-8V-8W-8Y / 9B-9G-9M-9R-9S-9V-9W / 10G-10M-10R-10S-10V-10W / 1985 Carlton Shield. 1986 classes 7B-7C-7D-7G-7H-7L-7R-7Y / 8B-8C-8D-8G-8H-8L-8R-8Y / 9B-9C-9M-9R-9S-9V-9W-9Y / 10B=10G-10M-10R-10S-10V-10W-10Y
golden square secondary college, students' photographs
Folder containing photographs of Golden Square Secondary College students. The year covered is: 1983 classes 7B-7G-7M-7O-7R-7V-7W-7Y /8B-8G-8M-8O-8R-8V-8W-8Y / 9B-9M-9O-9R-9V-9W-9Y / 10B-10G-10M-10R-10V-10Y / House Captains-School Captains.
golden square secondary college, students' photographs
Folder containing photographs of Golden Square Secondary College students. The years covered are: 1981 classes 7G-7M-7R-7V-7W-7Y / 8G-8M-8R-8W-8Y / 9B-9G-9M-9R / 10B-10G-10R-10V-10W-10Y. 1982 classes 7B-7G-7M-7R-7V-7W-7Y /8B-8G-8M-8R-8v-8Y / 9B-9G-9M-9R-9W-9Y / 10B-10G-10M-10R-10W
golden square secondary college, students' photographs
4-page booklet (A4 size paper folded in half). Official Opening of the City of Greater Bendigo Indoor Swimming Complex at Eaglehawk. Opened by the Minister for Sport, Recreation and Racing, the Hon. Tom Reynolds M.P. 2.30 pm Wednesday 14th December. Year not given but is in the 1990s Coloured photo of complex on front gage and page 3. Description of facilities, development, programmes and activities.
eaglehawk swimming complex, peter krenz
Souvenir booklet of 8 pages. Celebrating the appearance of Dai Gum Loong the newest Chinese dragon at the 2019 Easter Parade. Illustrated with B&W and colour photos. A timeline from 1870 of the Golden Dragon Museum up to 2019.
dai gum loong, golden dragon museum
Yellow, soft cover souvenir booklet, 16 pages. 'Sebastian Back to & School Centenary' March 1-2, 1975 B&W photo of Frederick the Great Mine on front cover. Illustrated with B&W photos including the Sebastian Township about 1865 Printed by 'Express' Print, Wedderburn
sebastian, centenary
The Bendigo Naturalist (a set of 5). The Journal of the Bendigo Field Naturalist Club. Vol 5 Nos. 1&2, Vol 6 Nos. 1&2, Vo; 7 No. 2 Each booklet illustrated with B&W photos and maps. Featuring articles and reports on flora and fauna subjects of the Bendigo Area.
bendigo naturalist, widlife, flora & fauna
Folder containing photographs of Golden Square Secondary College students. The years covered are: 1978 classes 9B-9M-9V-9W-9Y/ 10B-10G-10R-10V-10Y. 1979 classes 7B-7G-7M-7R-7W7Y /8B-8G-8M-8R-8W-8Y / 9B-9G-9R-9V-9W-9Y / 10B-10G-10M-10R-10V-10W-10Y 1980 classes:7B-7G-7M-7R-7V-7W-7Y / 8B-8G-8M-8W / 9B-9G-9M-9R-9V-9W-9Y / 10B-10G-10M-10R-10V-10W-10Y
golden square secondary college, students' photographs
Bendigo Concert Orchestra played in 1944. Jean Boulton and Myrtle Robbins were early members with Ruth Weldon. Earlier there was a Railway institute Orchestra. The Orchestra met in various venues finally in St Mary's Hall where they began as the Bendigo Symphony Orchestra. Conductors remembered were Oscar Flight(?) Gwen Bowles, Max O'Loughlin. The Orchestra supported the Operatic Society see two books by Merle Welch. Players played concurrently in a string group under Dick (?)
Archive of various documents from 1981 - 2005- List of Conductors and musicians, Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, Flute, Oboe, Cor Anglaise, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Saxophone, Bassoon, Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba, Percussion, Keyboard. Paper Clippings - St Cecilias Day Program has its ups and downs 1987, Competitions Society, 3CCC receive government funding 1986, Tragic decision 1987, Orchestra enthusiasm highlights concert 1987. Correspondence 1981 - 2005. AGM Minutes 1983. Meeting minutes March 1984, March, May, July 1985, May 1990, Aug 1992, April 1995, August 1996, Sept 1996, Nov 1996, Dec 1996, Jan 1997, July 1998, May 1999, Aug 1999.Presidents Report 1982, 1983. Financial records 1989, 1994,1995,1996 Messiah, 2001.
bendigo symphony orchestra, bendigo music teachers association, bendigo music lovers club, bendigo, victorian college of arts, arts victoria bendigo
A history of the Bendigo Pottery by Paul A.Scholes beginning in 1858. 283-page hard cover book, illustrated with many B&W and colour photos of people and products. Dust jacket has a colour photo of a kiln furnace front and back and is covered in plastic sheet. Full page colour portrait of the pottery founder, George Duncan Guthrie on first page. Lowden Publishing Co. 1979
bendigo pottery, george duncan guthrie
Part of the original cardboard box for the Western Electric 242C vacuum tube.
western electric, vacuum tube, 242c
Western Electric 242C vacuum cylindrical tube. four plugs in the base
western electric, 242c, vacuum tube
Bendigo Music Lovers Club commenced in 1934 with Hilda Veale as president, Misses Clarice Cox and Joyce Connell vice presidents, Miss Janet Houston secretary, Miss Winifred Batterham treasurer, and committee members Mrs. M McKinnon, Mrs. L. Darvall, Miss Hazel Holland and Miss Ivy Benson. The Club planned a wide variety of musical activities for its members.
Archive of Bendigo Music Lovers Club - 20th Annual Scholarship 1999- Entry Form, Program - 21st Annual Scholarship 2000 - Program, Entry Form, Lost of Entrants, Completed Entry Forms, Correspondence. 22nd Annual Scholarship 2001 - Entry Form, Program, Flyer, Correspondence, List of Entrants, Event Financial Reconciliation. 23rd Annual Scholarship 2002 Financial Records, List of Entrants - 24th Annual Scholarship 2003 Event Reconciliation. 25th Annual Scholarship 2004 - Entry Form, Program, Event Reconciliation.26th Annual Scholarship 2005 - Entry Form, Hiring Agreement, Event Reconciliation, Correspondence.
bendigo music lovers club, bendigo music teachers association, bendigo music lovers scholarship
Western Electric 4205E tennis ball with nipple on top, vacuum tube. Base Europe 4-Pin B4. filament: Vf 4.5 volts/lf 1.6 Ampere.
western electric, radio valve, 4205e
Western Electric 3A tennis ball vacuum tube. Two wire leads.
radio valve, western electric, vacuum tube, 3a
Bendigo Weekly. November 16 2019. Sporting Hall of Fame established at Bendigo Stadium.
hall of fame, sports' stars
Blue cardboard folder with the words Junior Technical School Bendigo underneath the logo of the school and at the bottom three lines for Name - Form - Subject. Inside a typewritten paper titled: Bendigo Junior Technical School - Elementary science - First Paper. there are eight questions on the paper. Also, glued on the inside a note from K. O'Mahoney teacher of mathematics to the parents of James Lerk asking to set up a night a week for their son to practice mathematics. Signed by Mrs. C. Lerk.
junior technical school, bendigo, science, mathematics
Bendigo Advertiser April 10 2021. Concept designs released for City's new GovHub building.
govhub, concept designs, city offices, cogb
On the front cover: "Premier' diary and appointment book - 1920 with B.B. & Co's compliments. Phone Melbourne Central 2073-2074. On the back cover: "Premier" dental supply house, Bosch's dental depots Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane. All in gold lettering. Yearly diary for J.W. Williams, dentist, Hargreaves Street, Bendigo. Each page is divided in three days and each day divided in time slots at 30 minutes intervals from 9am to 5.30 pm. There are thirty-two pages of dental advertisements and general information on dentistry at the beginning and another fifteen at the back of the book.
inside cover in pencil: J.W. Williams, Hargreaves Street, Bendigo 30/06/20 and the same in pen on page thirty-three with the date 30/06/21
appointment book, dentist, hargreaves street, bendigo, 1920
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