The creation (and continued development) of this website is indebted to the many people, books, websites, articles, private collections, facebook pages etc, whose knowledge, assistance, memories, and personal histories have been invaluable. These include the following …
Organisations:
The staff and research facilities at the Burke Museum, Beechworth
The staff and research facilities at the Beechworth Library
Beechworth History & Heritage Society – Jamie Kronborg & Elizabeth Mason
Beechworth Public Cemetery
Albury & District Historical Society
State Library of Victoria
Publications:
‘A Beechworth Companion: Beechworth’s Hotels’ by Richard Patterson
‘A Beechworth Companion: Beechworth’s Street Layout & Origins’ by Richard Patterson
‘A Beechworth Companion: Forty Notable Beechworth Personalities’ by Richard Patterson
‘Albury Yesterday’ (2004) by Howard C. Jones
‘All Links in the Chain: A Centenary History of the Ovens and King Football League’ (2003) by Neil Barter
‘Background to Beechworth’ by Roy C. Harvey
‘Beechworth Sketchbook’ (1972) by Rodney Davidson, with sketches by Graham Hawley
‘Beechworth and the Powder Magazine’ (1968 booklet) by the National Trust of Australia
‘Castieau’s’ Castle: A Short History of Beechworth Gaol 1853-1900’ (2018) by Bill Wilson
‘Champagne from Six to Six: A Brief Social History of Entertainments and Recreations at Beechworth and the Ovens Goldfields’ (2010) by Peter M. Shea
‘Echoes of History’ (2003) – Bookmen Publishers
‘History of Beechworth’ (1995) by Ian Hyndman
‘History of the London Tavern’ (2007) by Joan Hilderbrand
‘Nobblers & Lushingtons: A History of Hotels and the Ovens District’ (2009) by Richard Patterson
‘On This Day in the North East’ (1989) by Graham Jones
‘Out of the Goldfields: A History of the Ovens and Murray Hospital for the Aged’ (1993) by Ian Hyndman
‘Silver Threads and Golden Needles’ (1985) by M. Rosalyn Shennan
‘The Baarmutha Story’ (2011) by Joan Hildebrand
‘The History of the Parish of Beechworth 1854-1978’ (1978) by Father Leo Lane
‘The Lion of Beechworth: An Account of the History of the Mayday Hills
Hospital’ by Douglas A. Craig
‘There Was A Time: A Wangaratta Shire Bicentennial Celebration’ (1988) by Graham Jones
‘A Building, Untenanted’ (The Mansion) by Walter J. Venn
Facebook Pages:
‘Beechworth Community’
‘Lost Beechworth’
‘Ovens Valley and Myrtleford Historical Photos’
‘Wangaratta 3677’
Websites:
Heritage Council Victoria – Victorian Heritage Database
‘Life on Spring Creek’ Blog by Jacqui Durant
www.findagrave.com
www.wikitree.com
www.victoriancollections.net.au
Individuals:
Alison Williams
Brent and Angela Taylor – Beechworth Mitre 10
Daniel Goonan
Daniel Krause
Darren Sutton – Historian
Dean Anders – Beechworth Ice Creamery
Donna Sherman – Tangambalanga Indigenous Authority
Douglas Brockfield
Douglas Craig
Elizabeth Mason
Dr Jane Collins (daughter of Dr Edmund Bryant ‘EB’ Collins)
Gary Coombes – Photographer
Geoffrey Galbraith
Graeme and Lesley Smart
Harvey Edwards
Heidi Freeman & Jim Didolis – Freeman on Ford
Ian ‘Sinkers’ Sinclair
Ian Downs – Golden Era Service Station
Ian Hyndman – Historian
Ian Threadgold
Jamie Kronborg
Jayme Collins – Coordinator of Capital Works, Indigo Shire Council
Jeanette McCulloch (daughter of Rex Norman – The Golden Pioneer Railway)
John Eldrid
John Harvey
Martin Thomas – Beechworth Provender
Mick & Jo Westra – Plumbing Plus
Nathan Cowan – Billson’s Brewery
Oliver Payne – The Beechworth Conservatory
Owen and Judy Richards
Pat and Kathy Doyle
Rob Breen and Andrew Breen – Breen Brothers Petrol Station
Sam Whitlfield – Billson’s Hospitality Manager
Sue and Roger Thomas
Susan Fox – Buckland Gallery
The Light Railway Research Society of Australia Inc. and Mike McCarthy
Tina Fraser & Gavin Doherty – Out of Town Nursery
Wayne and Kaye Richardson – Beechworth Cycles & Saws
Willow and Andrew – Union Hotel, Tangambalanga
Newspapers:
The Ovens and Murray Advertiser
The Constitution and Ovens Mining Intelligencer
The Border Mail
The Argus
Trove