Physical description
Two copies of document : ineteen handwritten pages of notes on 'The Rich Victoria Hill and Its Historical Association' Signed by A Richardson and dated 30 - 8 - 1971. and a typed copy of same. Notes include: Introduction, Hotels, Mines, Mining History and descriptions of features where the signposts are. Mines mentioned in the text are:
North Old Chum. Ballerstedt's first open cut, Lansell's Big 180. 20 head stamper, Lansell's Cleopatra Needle, Victoria Quartz Mine.
Cleopatra's Needle was a square sectioned brick chimney with this four sided pyramidal chimney top with four vents to allow the smoke to escape whatever the direction of the wind. It was demolished in the 1950's as it had a bend in it and it was considered unsafe. Lansell had two other mines with similar chimneys, the '222' in Chum Street and his 'Sandhurst' or 'Needle' mine near the Bendigo, Eaglehawk boundary.l
Subjects
- mine,
- gold,
- victoria hill,
- victoria hill,
- the rich victoria hill and it's historical association,
- j. n. macartney,
- quartz miner's arms hotel,
- ironbark methodist church,
- greek orthodox church,
- john brown knitwear factory,
- little 180 mine,
- geo lansell,
- conrad heinz,
- british & american hotel,
- victoria reef gold mining coy,
- manchester arms hotel,
- housing commission homes,
- ironbark (victoria reef gold mines,
- hercules and energetic,
- midway,
- wittscheibe,
- gt central victoria,
- wm rae,
- mr & mrs conroy,
- wm rae jr,
- central nell gwynne,
- moorhead's shop,
- gill family,
- gold mines hotel,
- david chaplin sterry,
- pioneer,
- new chum and victoria,
- burrowes and sterry,
- new chum and victoria tribute,
- rotary club of bendigo south,
- big 180,
- victoria quartz mines,
- jeweller's shop,
- bendigo and district tourist association,
- north old chum mine,
- john wybrandt,
- ballerstedt's first open-cut,
- j c t christopher ballerstedt,
- ballerstedt's mine,
- bendigo cemetry,
- lansell's 'cleopatra nedle' type chimney,
- 222 mine,
- sandhurst or 'needle' mine,
- victoria quartz mine,
- victoria reef quartz company,
- mr e j dunn,
- eureka ext'd,
- new chum railway,
- pearl,
- bendigo advertiser 16 june 1910,
- victoria consols,
- shamrock,
- shenandoah,
- victoria quartz dams,
- rae's open cut,
- prospecting tunnels,
- floyd's small 5 head crushing battery,
- gt central victoria (midway) shaft,
- midway no 2,
- midway north,
- ballerstedt's small 24 yard claim,
- the humboldt,
- the tribute coy,
- advance,
- luffsman and sterry's claim,
- a round shaft,
- chinese joss house,
- lansell's fortuna,
- p m g repeater station,
- a richardson
