by rdtyler | Aug 12, 2020 | Museum
The State Coal Mine Whistle: Made by John Danks & Son, the whistle was located at the State Coal Mine Power House Station first built in 1912. Powered by super heated steam at 140 psi the whistle became the musical metronome that regulated the industrial and...
by rdtyler | Aug 12, 2020 | Museum
The Whale On July 4th 1923 a dead 74foot 6inch (22.3 metre) Pygmy Blue Whale washed up at Wreck Beach, Harmers Haven. Jack Keighly, an unemployed butcher and Harold Pleydell, an unemployed miner, earned about 450 pounds from chopping up and selling parts of the whale,...
by rdtyler | Aug 12, 2020 | Museum
The Bullock Wagon Owned by the Shandley family the bullock wagon was drawn by up to 18 bullocks. The wagon was used for general cartage. It was also used in road building and timber cartage. It hauled timber from the surrounding hills to the Powlett River Coal mines...
by rdtyler | Aug 10, 2020 | Stories
Construction of the railway line from Nyora to the Powlett River Coal Fields, Wonthaggi 1909 – 1910: When the State Coal Mine (SCM) commenced operations at the Powlett River Coalfields in 1909, coal was transported by bullock wagons to Inverloch then shipped to...
by rdtyler | Aug 10, 2020 | Stories
The Wonthaggi Co-operative Distribution Society Limited and its Bread Tokens: The Wonthaggi Co-operative Store commenced in September or October 1912. It was first located in Watt Street, then from November 1918 on the south side of Graham Street, Wonthaggi. Around...
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