Gold mines and mining - Australia - Victoria

Date: 1864

From: Deutsch, Hermann, 1833-1863 :[Illustrations of Victorian mines] Ballarat ; H Deutsch lithd, [1864?]

Reference: C-063-012

Description: Shows an illustration of the mine buildings in operation at the top, the interior of the quartz crushing and engine house, and the interior of the puddling machine and sluicing house, and two sectional views of the underground workings and tunnelling, below. Other Titles - Company Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph 573 x 440 mm

Date: 10 Nov 1861

Reference: MS-Papers-10252

Description: Folder comprises a partial letter from an unidentified author to his sister. Written at the Waitahuna gold diggings in Otago, the letter describes the fortunes of the author at the gold mines in Victoria, Australia and Waitahuna. Source of title - Provide by Library Gold was discovered in the Waitahuna Gully in 1861. Waitahuna is 7 miles from Lawerence and 53 miles from Dunedin. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms (photocopy) Provenance: The photocopy of this letter was donated by Mr M Valatin of Wiltshire. The original letter is owned by Mr M Lintern. Mr Lintern saved the record from destruction by bonfire. An unidentified old man of Winsley had been disposing of his archives in this manner when Mr Lintern intervened and salvaged it.

Date: 1864

From: Deutsch, Hermann, 1833-1863 :[Illustrations of Victorian mines] Ballarat ; H Deutsch lithd, [1864?]

Reference: C-063-009

Description: Shows an illustration of the mine buildings in operation, the interior of the puddling machine house and of the engine house, sections of the underground workings, and a map of the mine. In a panel at the right is a list of personnel: Andrew John Forbes (Manager), Robert Guthrie (mining manager), James Salkeld (engineer). Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph 575 x 440 mm

Date: 1864

From: Deutsch, Hermann, 1833-1863 :[Illustrations of Victorian mines] Ballarat ; H Deutsch lithd, [1864?]

Reference: C-063-013

Description: Shows a map of the Prince of Wales mine with the large Cobblers Cutter at the right, various roads and tracks, the Quartz Reef and Cap, thwe ridge of the reef, the quartz vein. Other Titles - Company Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph 575 x 440 mm

Date: 1864

By: Deutsch, Hermann, 1833-1863

Reference: C-063-009/014

Description: Subjects; Views, plans and sections of mines, with various legends. Contents [9] United Extended Band of Hope Gold Mining Co. ; Golden Point Lead ; No. 2 shaft Ballarat --[10] Black Hill Quartz Mining Co. Ltd Ballarat --[11] The Buninyong Gold Mining Coy Ltd ; Scotchman's Lead, Buninyong -- [12] Prince of Wales Gold Mining Compy Ltd ; Cobblers, Ballarat --[13] Plan of underground workings of the Prince of Wales Gold Mining Co (Ltd) -- ]14] Koh-i-noor Gold Mining Compy ; Golden Point Lead, Ballarat Quantity: 6 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph ca 580 x 460 mm Provenance: From New Zealand Geological Survey, 1974.

Date: [1864?]

From: Deutsch, Hermann, 1833-1863 :[Illustrations of Victorian mines] Ballarat ; H Deutsch lithd, [1864?]

Reference: C-063-010

Description: Shows an illustration of the mine buildings in operation at the top, a cross section of shafts in the mine (total length of tunnels 1200 yards), and a picture of the interior of the engine room. Below are statistics relating to the battery, water supply, foundry and amalgamation. Other Titles - Company Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph 580 x 468 mm

Date: 1864

From: Deutsch, Hermann, 1833-1863 :[Illustrations of Victorian mines] Ballarat ; H Deutsch lithd, [1864?]

Reference: C-063-014

Description: Shows an illustration of the mine buildings at the top, flanked by the names of working shareholders and sleeping shareholders. Below are three cross-sections of mine tunnels and shafts, with indication of the type of soil (eg clay, gravel) through which they travel. Other Titles - Company Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph 460 x 585 mm

Date: 1857-1865

From: Cooke, I V :Photographs of New Zealand and Australia

By: Daintree, Richard, 1831-1878

Reference: PA1-f-079

Description: Views of goldmining and geology in Victoria, Australia, taken between 1857 and 1865 by Richard Daintree (1831-1878) Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album bound in purple leather, with gold tooling, 46.6 x 42 cm

Date: [1980s]

From: Shearer, Ian Campbell, fl 2010 :Photographs relating to the Electrical Development Association

Reference: PAColl-9644-3

Description: Photographs relating to the centenary of electricity in New Zealand, taken ca mid-1980s. Quantity: 141 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: 1855

By: Victoria. Department of Mines; Andersen, Johannes Carl, 1873-1962

Reference: Eph-B-GOLD-Australia-1855-01

Description: Engraved certificate issued in the Blackwood electoral district, under the provisions of the Act of the Governor and Council, 18 Victoria no 37. Not transferable. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on sheet 208 x 224 mm. Transfers: From Drawings & Prints Collection - 27.1.1986. Processing information: Transferred from Curios in 1986.

Date: 1864

From: Deutsch, Hermann, 1833-1863 :[Illustrations of Victorian mines] Ballarat ; H Deutsch lithd, [1864?]

Reference: C-063-011

Description: Shows views of the mine buildings at the no. 3 shaft, and at the no. 6 shaft. In the centre is a map of the mine area, and below are eight cross-sections of the no 3 and no 6 shafts. The names of the company's officers are shown at left: Alexander Dewar (Manager) and Archibald A Lambert (engineer) Other Titles - Company Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph 453 x 592 mm

Date: [19--]

From: Hogg, Alexander Wilson, 1841-1920 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1618-3

Description: Autobiography covering his childhood in Glasgow, his voyage to Australia and experiences in the gold fields of Victoria. Also notebook containing mainly short stories. One typed reminiscence concerns A W Renall. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph and typescript

Date: 1856-1901

From: Chapman, Eichelbaum and Rosenberg families : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-8670-257

Description: Printed copies of statistics for Victorian gold fields (1855 and 1858); correspondence re will of Henry Chapman 1770-1863 (1863) and other correspondence. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1852-1929

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-1831-1833

Description: Selected records relating to Australia and New Zealand. Includes papers of Stuart Rendel of the armaments firm Sir W G Armstrong & Co, re purchase of arms and gunboats for the Australian colonies 1878-1881; letters of Elizabeth Spence Watson re emigration of industrial girls to Queensland 1881-1884; records of the Newcastle Guardians of the Poor re emigration of paupers 1923-1929; papers of Charles H Merz and William McLellan re electrification of railways in Australia and New Zealand (including photograph albums) 1908-1926; correspondence between William L Harle and Sir William Hutt 1835-1849; records relating to the North British Australasian Company 1855-1860; papers of the Swan family re Edison and Swan United Electric Light Company 1882-1885; letters of John Miller, an emigant to Victoria, 1852-1853. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 3 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, AJCP, 1983 Photograph albums, mainly relating to Australian railways.

Date: 1831-1854

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2503

Description: Autobiography of James Francis Plunket, describing his early life, his emigration to Victoria in 1853, and life on the goldfields at Bendigo. At back of volume, letter from Charles Plunket of Auckland to Rev Fr Sandy re the autobiography, and giving further details of life of James Plunket, his marriage and opening a Catholic school for boys in Auckland in 1871, and work as a reporter for the `Southern Cross' newspaper. Comments on Catholic education in New Zealand. Also, some samples of James Plunket's poetry. Other - Microfilmed by AJCP, 1990 Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.