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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - GROUP OF MEN IN 3 PIECE SUIT WITH RIBBON
Blackand white photograph of a group of men in front of a stone building (Possibly Bendigo Town Hall). 33 men dressed in 3 piece suits, most wearing a ribbon on their jackets. All expect three men are wearing hats. Possibly members of a Lodge. Inscription: B.R. 'W. Vincent Kelly Mitchell St Bendigo'. On Back: 'To Bendigo Historical Society with compliments of 'The Horsham District Historical Society''.W.Vincent Kelly/Mitchell St/Bendigo -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, William E Thomason, Marching On - The Bendigo Regiments and Companies 1858-1958
Information on author on back cover: "Born in Bendigo", "lived at St Just Point", "educated at the Long Gully State School and the Bendigo Technical College" "trade milk and cream tester", "served with the Royal Australian Naval Sick Berth Service" and joined the then Bendigo District Ambulance Service in January 1951.Softcover cardboard, black and white print on front, spine and back. Black and white photos on front and back on light olive green background. Quarto bound. 194 pages, plain, illustrated, black and white photos.RSL stamp on front end paper.books, local military history -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: FORMATION
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2001. Formation: a public meeting on August 16, 1859, proposed the erection of a church as a place of worship for Presbyterians in Eaglehawk and surrounding districts. This was the result; photo circa 1928. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ILLUMINATED ADDRESS MRS GEORGE LANSELL, 1906
An illuminated address presented to Mrs George Lansell by the Bendigo Gold District General Hospital upon the death of her Husband 20th April 1906. Leather bound with silver embossing, printed in black with an off white silk frontispiece.person, individual, george lansell, lansell, bendigo hospital -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - REPORTS OF THE MINING SURVEYORS AND REGISTRARS 1859 - 1884, 1997
Reports of the Mining Surveyors and Registrars, 1859 - 1884. Covering Sandhurst (Bendigo) district, including Kilmore, Kangaroo Flat, Eaglehawk, Heathcote, and Waranga. 63 various reports from 1859 to December 1884. Facsimile of original reports 1997.goldfields, mining reports -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - EAGLEHAWK & DISTRICT PIONEER REGISTER, VOLUME 2 - D-I, c1998
Eaglehawk & District Pioneer Register, Volume 2 D-I. Publisher: Annette O'Donohue, Bendigo. ISBN: 0 9595380 6 2.. 366 pages. Photographs, illustrations & maps. Books comes with Book Mark with abbreviations and their meaning.Annette O'Donohue & Bev Hansonhistory, australian, pioneers, eaglehawk & district, bendigo history, eaglehawk pioneers, genealogy -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - HISTORY OF BENDIGO DISTRICT GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA DIAMOND JUBILEE, 1982
'History of Bendigo District - Diamond Jubilee 1922 - 1982, Girl Guides Association of Victoria. Researched by Margaret Baker, Bette McLaughlin, Berry Wallace, Agnes Watson, Norma Young. Light blue cover. 33 pages with photos.girl guides association, history, 1922 - 1982, bendigo, girl guides, diamond jubilee. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ENNIS BUCKRABANYULE COLLECTION: MARRIAGE PHOTO, 1938
Advertiser cutting. 1938 marriage photo and description of Mr & Mrs J H Thomas wedding at St Paul's Church of England Bendigo. Both from Sebastian district. Probably friends of Ennis family as the above was included with their collection.genealogy, family, ennis -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - SMOKE FROM THE HILL
Smoke from the hill, a story of the Boort district 1836-1968 by Fae Stevens, hard cover with dust jacket containing 255 pages with black and white photographs, published by the Boort Historical Society, printed by Cambridge Press Bendigo. Name written in ink inside front cover Harold Curnow 14.3.69.book, rural, boort -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - VICTORIAN COUNTRY FOOTBALL LEAGUE - CONSTITUTION & RULES 1972, 1972
Document : 120 page small booklet, orange cover, of the Constitution & Rules of the Victorian Country Football League, founded 1927. Issued 1972. Includes list of Office Bearers and District Councillors. The Bendigo delegate is listed as I. O'Donnell.Printed by Standard Commercial Printers, Cheltenhamorganization, club/society, australian rules football, football, victorian country football league, i. o'donnell -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - VICTORIAN COUNTRY FOOTBALL LEAGUE - CONSTITUTION & RULES, 1946
Documents: 46 page small booklet, grey cover, on the Constitution and Rules of the Victorian Country Football League, founded in 1927. Issued in 1946. Includes list of Office Bearers and District Councillors. The Bendigo delegate is listed E. A. Hains.Printed by Richmond Chronicle Printorganization, club/society, australian rules football, football, victorian country football league, e. a. hains -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BENDIGO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRIES BOOKLET - 7 TOUTES SIGHTESEEING IN AND AROUND BENDIGO
Booklet produced for the Bendigo Chamber of Commerce & Industries 7 ROUTES sightseeing in and around Bendigo Black & white, 32 page booklet, plus extrended cover Two maps on inside front (Bendigo route) and rear (District routes) covers Four half-day routes * 1st Bendigo, * 2nd Eppalock etc. * 3rd Castlemaine & * 7th Whipstick Hill Three day routes * 4th Maryborough etc., * 5th Kyneton, Daylesford, etc., * 6th Wedderburn, etc.Hedges & Bell, Maryborough -
Bendigo Military Museum
Print - FRAMED PRINT, LT SYMONS VC, Unknown
Lieutenant William Symons VC. Refer to photo for his citation. This item is on display in the Bendigo District RSL Havilah Road.Photograph framed, timber frame brown colour, dark background with central photo in an oval shape of a soldier in a side on portrait position, an inset on white is his name and unit, under that the Rising Sun Badge left, centre is the citation re the award of the Victoria Cross, on the right is an image of a VC.“W SYMONS VC 7th Infantry Bn 1st AIF (Eaglehawk)”brsl, smirsl, bdrslinc, symons, vc -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - BENDIGO EASTER FAIR COLLECTION: AUTUMN IN BENDIGO & DISTRICT 1995
Booklet 8 pages, orange cover: tourism booklet, Autumn in Bendigo & District 1995. Front page has image of Bendigo Easter Fair 1995. Woman riding dragon depicted. Contents include attractions, potteries and wineries, arts and antiques, market, dining out, accommodation, annual events etc. Many advertisements of local businesses.bendigo, bendigo easter fair, tourism booklet -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - WORLD WAR 1914 - 1918 - BENDIGO & DISTRICT CASUALTY LIST. KIA - 854
World War 1 1914 - 1918 Bendigo & District Casualty List, KIA, 854. Bendigo Advertiser Wednesday 13.11.1918. the copy attached to this file is a copy of page 3 as shown in the Trove file. The original copy has been scanned as four(4) quarters. The fifth copy has been taken Trove, and shows the full page.cottage, miners -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: SOUTH FREDERICK THE GREAT CO NL, 1934
McColl Rankin & Stanistreet, South Frederick the Great Co NL. a/ Plan of Residence Areas on No. 10287, by J O Charlton, Parish of Yarraberb. Includes land for school, owners names of blocks, crown land. Signed: Garnet G Birch. Dated 27/4/1935, licensed surveyor. b/ Letter from Department of Mines to McColl Rankin & Stanistreet in reference to letter regarding lease No. 10287. On back of letter are notes relating to blocks of land on lease No.10287. c/ Plan Of Area For On Lease No. 10287 Ben. By John O Charlton. Mining District of Bendigo, Parish of Yarraberb, Lease No. 10287 Ben. By John O Charlton. Mining District of Bendigo. Date 21/6/1934. Signed Garnet G Birch. Blocks include name of purchaser. d/ Plan Of Area For On Lease No. 10287 Ben. By John O Charlton. Mining District of Bendigo, Parish of Yarraberb, County of Bendigo. Dated 21/6/1934. e/ envelope inscribed South Fredrick the Great. 51.organization, business, gold mine, plan of area for on lease no. 10287 ben. by john o charlton. mining district of bendigo, parish of yarraberb, county of bendigo j o charlton garnet g birch department of mines lease no. 10287 ben. by john o charlton mining district of bendigo 1934 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - TELEPHONE DIRECTORY FEBRUARY 1961, February 1961
Soft covered Telephone Directory February 1961. Districts covered are Bendigo, Castlemaine, Charlton, Deniliquin, Echuca, Kerang, Kyneton, Maryborough, Swan Hill. Cover has a green background with an outline of the map of Victoria in white. The Victorian Telephone directory boundaries are indicated and the district covered is shaded with black dots. Some handwritten jottings are written in ink on the cover. The directory contains both white and pink pages.book, bendigo, bendigo history & its people -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS NO 3770 COLLECTION: LETTER
Letter written on Bendigo United District paper with emblem in the top left corner and an impression stamp in the bottom left corner. The impression stamp is: Bendigo United District A.O.F. The emblem has a man on each side of a shield with a crown and a deer's head obove it. Below the shield is a sphere with four human forms floating around it. At one side is an archer and at the other side is a dragon. Beneath is Ancient Order of Foresters. Instituted from Time Immemorial. Above is the All Seeing Eye and on each side is some vines and leaves. Holmes, Sandhurst.societies, aof, correspondence, ancient order of foresters no 3770 collection - letter, bendigo united district, court king of the forest, e holton, john waller -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Award - B.B.C Trophy Holmes Trophy Men's Toiletry Set
The Club known today as the Bendigo Bowls Club originated from the Sandhurst Bowling Club in 1870/71 changing its name to Bendigo in 1872. It is located in central Bendigo just a short walk through the picturesque Rosalind Park from Bendigo’s central business district. https://bendigobowlsclub.com.au/history/ William Henry Sunderland was a Bendigo investor, member of the Bendigo Stock Exchange and director of many mining companies. His father, George, had been a mounted trooper assigned as a gold escort between Melbourne and Bendigo. William became the President of the Bendigo Bowling Club in 1916.Leather satchel with gold embossed text. Text reads B.B.C Holmes Trophy. Won by W. H. Sunderland. 1906-7. Inside the satchel are eight items pertaining to a men's toiletry set. These include; a comb, a mirror, a clothing brush, a glass cylinder with metal lid, a small metal tin, a razor strop, a shoe hook and a soap case. Four items appear to be missing from the set. The satchel has a leather carry handle.B.B.C Holmes Trophy Won by W.H.Sunderland 1906-7bendigo bowling club, men's toiletry set -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, THE GREAT WAR, Remember Them, A Generation of Victorians at the Great War, 2010
Soft cardboard cover. Black & white print on front, spine & back. Black background with sepia colour photo of a group portrait of soldiers on front in foreground. Inscription front fly leaf. 192 pages, cut, plain, white. Illustrated black & white photos, maps & illustrations.Handwritten in black ink on title page front fly leaf: "To Bendigo District RSL Museum with best wishes Katrina" On title page on front fly leaf: "RSL stamp"books-military-history, great war, victorians -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Miners Lamp
A Davey Lamp made of brass. and glass. THE PROTECTOR LAMP AND LIGHTING Co Ld No MAKERS ECCLES. MANCHESTERPRESENTED TO THE MAYOR OF BENDIGO BY COUN G HAZELWOOD HOYLAND NETHER URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL YORKSHIRE ENGLAND. ON THE VISIT OF MR. E B MASHEDER (PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER OF TRADE HOYLAND)davey lamp, eccles manchester, mayor of bendigo -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: ALL ABOARD
Bendigo Advertiser ''The Way We Were'' from 2001. All aboard: Inglewood's transport, a horse and lorry, wait for the train to deliver goods, such as ice-cream packed on dry ice, to the shops and hotels in the district: circa 1942. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - BENDIGO DISTRICT BOWLS ASSOCIATION - 1989/1990 BOOKLET
Booklet. 1989/1990 programme fixture for the Bendigo District Bowls Association Inc. Includes list of officials, club officials, umpires, previous winners back to 1967/68 and competition rules. Local businesses advertised in this 68 page booklet.organization, club / society, sport, bendigo district bowls association -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS NO. 3770 COLLECTION: RECEIPT
Blue paper headed A.O.F, Bendigo United District. Sandhurst, July 11th 5 1871. Received from Ct. King of the Forest the Sum of Seventeen Pounds 6/3 for Levies & Goods. Signed by John Wallers, D. S.societies, aof, correspondence, ancient order of foresters no. 3770 collection - receipt, aof bendigo united district, court king of the forest, john wallers -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: CENTRAL NAPOLEON GOLD MINING CO. N.L, 15th August 1950
Document: Gold Mining Lease Crown Land No 11272 Bendigo, entered in the register book Vol 331 Fol 36450, embossed seals of Central Napoleon Gold Mining Co N.L & King George VI, Map: No 11272 Mining District of Bendigo, Parish of Sandhurst, County of Bendigo, shows the minerunning between Harvey & Inglis Streets and crossing Empire and Sparrowhawk Roads and running a good distance beyond Sparrowhawk Rd.organization, business, industrial - mining, mccoll rankin & stanistreet, mining, gold mining, central napoleon -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: MINES INSURANCE POLICY NEW DON NL, 8/3/1940
Document: McColl, Rankin & Stanistreet - foolscap document - 'State Accident Insurance Office Victoria Mines Policy' between New Don NL of Inglewood Road, Bendigo and State Accident Insurance Office. Policy to the value of 265 pounds for employees of New Don No Liability. Pol. No. M. 42564. Top LH corner stamped with red ink McColl, Rankin & Stanistreet, Commonwealth Bank Chambers Bendigo, Bendigo & District Representatives.organization, business, new don no liability, mccoll, rankin & stanistreet, bendigo, mining, gold mining, insurance, employees -
Bendigo Military Museum
Weapon - BARRELLS, CENTURION TANK, Post 1952
These two items are displayed in the gardens of the Bendigo District RSL Sub Branch Havilah Road. Refer Cat No 8157.2 for Centurion details..1) Centurion Barrel half section showing the internal metal and rifling of the barrel, item is on a stand. .2) Centurion barrel metal construction, tapered, item is on a stand. brsl, smirsl, bdrslinc, centurion -
Bendigo Military Museum
Weapon - ANTI AIRCRAFT GUN, TOWED, Unknown
This item is on display in the gardens of the Bendigo District RSL Havilah Road. Refer photo .1) for details re manufacture, history and use..1) Plaque metal black on a stand with white text re details of the item. .2) Bofor 40 mm Anti Aircraft Gun M11 painted light green, mounted on a four wheeled base towed item.brsl, smirsl, bdrslinc, bofor, 40 mm, anti aircraft -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Bendigo United Cricket Club
The Bendigo United Cricket Club was initially called the "District Club" at its inception in 1853. Its name changed to Bendigo United in 1861. The "Upper Reserve was so named 1897-1953 when its name charged to the Queen Elizabeth Oval.Copy of sepia photograph of a cricket match. Bendigo United Cricket Club at play on the Upper Reserve Bendigo.upper reserve, cricket -
Bendigo Military Museum
Accessory - WHEEL CHAIR MOBILITY AID, Webster Brothers, C.Post WW1
This mobility aid was housed under the old stage area of the Soldiers Memorial Institute building in Pall Mall Bendigo. When the renovations to the building began in late 2016 the Aid was removed and restored by the Bendigo District RSL Men in Sheds program and is now on display in the same building now called Bendigo Military Museum. The Soldiers Memorial was the HQ of the Bendigo RSL Sub Branch. It is not known the origin of the Aid but it was most likely used by disabled Bendigo RSL members post WW1.Three wheeled Mobility Aid. Front wheel is 41cm dia pneumatic, 32mm wide, rear wheel 68cm dia, width 52mm wide. The right wheel axle has a sprocket & chain assembly, the left is free wheeling, both have mud guards. Frame is tubular steel painted reddish colour, the seat and back rest are brown leather, seat sides are timber, there are two timber platforms in front, the top one is adjustable the bottom one is fixed. The chair is steered via a long metal handle fixed to the wheel frame. The right hand side has the sprocket and chain assembly and motion is controlled by turning the handle in a circular motion, only one speed.on the front wheel stem is a transfer. “Webster Brothers Cycle Manufacturers Mitchell Street Bendigo”mobility, aid, wheel chair, brsl, smirsl