1854 Victorian Land Grant for Castlemaine Gold Rush
1854 Victorian Land Grant During The Gold Rush: July 1854 land grant by purchase to Allan McDougall and Theodore Clodins, signed and sealed by Sir Charles Hotham, whilst serving as 2nd Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria, (Appointed 1st Governor of Victoria…
1858 Victorian Land Grant During Gold Rush
An 1858 Victorian Land Grant During The Gold Rush, October 1858 land grant by purchase to Joseph Ball of an allotment in Castlemaine, signed and sealed by the Governor, Sir Henry Barkly. (The price of £39/5/- is detailed in manuscript. 35 x 45 cm. The…
1899 Coolgardie Mining & Industrial Exhibition Opening Ceremony Program
International Mining & Industrial Exhibition, Coolgardie, Western Australia, 1899. Silk commemorative Opening Ceremony program with an image of the Exhibition building and the opening date (March 21, 1899) on the front, the internal pages providing…
Gold Mining Share Certificates (1881-1926)
Gold Mining:1881 10/- Share Certificate (#849) for United Ajax Gold Mining Co operating out of Campbell's Creek; also 1926 consecutive run of four share certificates (#5783-86) for the South Lucknow Gold Mining Company, each certificate for 100 shares at…
Victorian Goldfields Mining Documents
A folio containing numerous documents, letters and receipts associated with mining activities in and around the Victorian Goldfields, 1850s to 1890s. MAinly to do with the Coliban Mining Co., but some of the companies noted include Eureka Mining Company,…
Complimentary Benefit for George Darrell's Recovery
George Darrell, Esq. August 23, 1887: an ornate, leather-bound hand-lettered manuscript congratulating Darrell on his 'Recovery from a long and dangerous illness, and your Return to the duties of the Profession of which you have been, so many years, a…
Prince of Wales Gold Mining Company Lithographic Poster
Prince of Wales gold mining Company, Cobblers Ballarat' lithographic poster, circa 1864, by H. Deutsch, Ballarat. With an exterior view of the mine head, interiors of the quartz crushing & engine house, an interior view of the Puddling machine & Sluicing…
Victoria's Ballarat Goldfields Miner's Rights (1894-1896)
Miner's Right: Two for the Colony of Victoria, Ballarat goldfields, circa 1894 and 1896
Gold mining licences of John Hewlett (1851-52) display
A framed display of four 1851-52 gold mining licences; issued to John Hewlett for the District of Boningong and Loddon as licence to dig
Band of Hope Gold Mining Co. £5 Share Certificate (1865)
Band Of Hope Gold Mining Company share certificate for £5 being one of 500 issued in 1865
Victorian Goldfields Lithographic Plates by S.T. Gill (1855)
Victorian Goldfields: A collection of 23 (of 24) lithographic plates from S.T.Gill's series 'The Diggers and Diggings of Victoria as they are in 1855' [James J. Blundell Co., Melbourne, 1855] in a later binding with several ownership notations on the…
Goldminer's Letter to Wife and Children, 1855
A Letter From the Goldfields: 25 February 1855 mss letter (4 sides) written by a gold-miner at Bendigo to his long-suffering wife and children. He refers to letters from her that he has just received - dated October 1853 and April 1854. '....I thought my…
Earl of Hopetoun's Mining Lease Indenture, 1893
Hopetoun, seventh Earl of (John Hope, 1860?1908), Governor of Victoria, signature and seal on a November 1893 indenture granting a mining lease to Edward Kirwan and Patrick Doolan, both of Omeo. For £8/2/6 per annum they were entitled to mine the piece of…
Governor Barkly sells Inglewood land during gold rush
Barkly, Sir Henry (1815-1898) Governor of Victoria, signature and seal on Special Lands Purchase document dated 13th August 1861. The block of land at Inglewood was sold to Joseph Beregi for £2/6/2 (Two Pounds, six shillings & 2 pence). Joseph Beregi had…
1857 Victorian Goldfields Miner's Right Issued to John Niemann
Victorian Goldfields, Colony Of Victoria, £1 Miner's Right Issued At Sandhurst (Bendigo), March 1857 Letterpress in blue, printed on vellum, inscribed and dated in ink, 21 x 23 cm. Inscriptions include '(District) Sandhurst. 16 March 1857. (Issued to)…
The Eureka Flag Fragment: A Symbol of Rebellion
The Eureka Stockade Flag - A Fragment of Australian History, The Eureka Stockade, also known as the Eureka Rebellion, took place at the Eureka Diggings in Ballarat, Victoria, on the 3 December 1854. The rebellion was instigated by goldminers who were fed…
Victoria's Gold Regulations and the Eureka Rebellion
(The Eureka Rebellion) Victorian Parliamentary Paper '1854 Victoria Gold Regulations, Letterpress, two pages, 72.8 x 21 cm (overall). Framed together in a single frame. Gold Regulations. Laid upon the council table by the Colonial Secretary, by command of…
WA Goldfields Miner Rights: 3 Historical Documents
Three Western Australian goldfields miners Rights i) 1906 Kalgoorlie, issued to George J Lambert 10.5 x 19.5 cm ii) 1897 Coolgardie, issued to Fred Harris 11 x 19.5 cm iii) 1895 Coolgardie, issued to Francis Mehrten 11.2 x 18.8 cm
Chinese Gold Rush Memorabilia
A Memorandum of Agreement between Thomas Beckford Simpson & Unnamed Chinese National, dated October 1851 Chinese in the goldfields, and nine unidentified documents on rice paper, mounted and framed. [2]
Eureka Rebellion: A First-Hand Account
Eureka Stockade: First hand account of the events leading up to the 1854 Eureka rebellion by Jon Dow, written on April 1st 1896. This document offers a fascinating insight into the daily events on the Ballarat goldfields from meeting with George Scobie,…
Wollen Creek Gold Mine Archive
Gold Mining Archive: 'Wollen Creek' Mount Egerton Victoria. With hand written historical Account of the mine c1895. Also includes Prospectus of the 'Black Creek Gold Mining Company', news clippings & hand drawn maps. 9 items
1851 NSW Gold Rush Letter from Sydney to Yorkshire
The 1851 New South Wales Gold Rush at Bathurst, 27th May 1851 complete original letter from Sydney to Yorkshire, carried on the 'Thomas Arbuthnot', a fast sailing ship, which was also carrying the first shipment of gold from Australia to England. The…
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