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Treasure Hunting
Treasure, Coin and Relic
Over 15,000 old bottles and other artifacts found in ballarat
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<blockquote data-quote="just starting" data-source="post: 489686" data-attributes="member: 14279"><p>The Peter Lalor / Highlander hotel is currently and was a very popular watering hole and is less than a stone`s throw from there. Maybe they and other hotels that surround the area used the site as a dump or it may have been a council rubbish site. I`ll keep onto it to find out more. Another interesting thing is there is that 1/2 a mile up the road where bunnings now is, used to be a company called vic claypipe. My late mate used to work there about 40 years` ago. The towering big brick chimney , just like the one at selkirk bricks up the road , still stands at the front of the site in the carpark on creswick road. My question is , did some of the clay artifacts come from there and how long ago was vic claypipe founded ? Another thing for me to ask someone who knows their ballarat history. Last year someone showed me a copy of an artist`s sketch of ballarat when there were barely any buildings in the town. The sketch was done around the mid 1800`s and was done before any real infrastructure was in place. The bloke who showed me used to work in a business who had access to some of these sketches , that was established about 120 years` ago . I can`t remember exactly how long ago, but about the early 1900`s or just before. The business has shut their doors ,now ,but i occasional run into the son of the original owner and then next time i see him , i`ll make some enquiries.</p><p></p><p> Ward69 , you are an old ballarat boy. You might have some answers for us.</p><p></p><p> FOZ</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="just starting, post: 489686, member: 14279"] The Peter Lalor / Highlander hotel is currently and was a very popular watering hole and is less than a stone`s throw from there. Maybe they and other hotels that surround the area used the site as a dump or it may have been a council rubbish site. I`ll keep onto it to find out more. Another interesting thing is there is that 1/2 a mile up the road where bunnings now is, used to be a company called vic claypipe. My late mate used to work there about 40 years` ago. The towering big brick chimney , just like the one at selkirk bricks up the road , still stands at the front of the site in the carpark on creswick road. My question is , did some of the clay artifacts come from there and how long ago was vic claypipe founded ? Another thing for me to ask someone who knows their ballarat history. Last year someone showed me a copy of an artist`s sketch of ballarat when there were barely any buildings in the town. The sketch was done around the mid 1800`s and was done before any real infrastructure was in place. The bloke who showed me used to work in a business who had access to some of these sketches , that was established about 120 years` ago . I can`t remember exactly how long ago, but about the early 1900`s or just before. The business has shut their doors ,now ,but i occasional run into the son of the original owner and then next time i see him , i`ll make some enquiries. Ward69 , you are an old ballarat boy. You might have some answers for us. FOZ [/QUOTE]
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Over 15,000 old bottles and other artifacts found in ballarat
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