Letter written on white paper and dated 18 Mch 1873. Letter mentions that they have arranged to send the different Friendly Societies ticket s for admission to the ground on Easter Monday at half price for those who take part in the procession. Reply as early as possible stating how many tickets will be required and they will be forwarded in due course.societies, aof, correspondence, ancient order of foresters no. 3770 collection - correspondence, easter fair, william bowen, court king of the forest, wm potter

The Norman Oliver collection. Norman Oliver was three times Mayor of Bendigo - 1950-51, 1964-65, 1970-71.Three typed pages, undated, but in sequence labelled 1964. Page 1 headed 'The Mayor Speaks'. Reference to Christmas having passed. Topics include: cooperation required from organisations and citizens to improve Bendigo, problems with floats for the Easter Fair and Moomba, holiday road toll, and the funeral of Sir Gilbert Dyett,bendigo, council, report, norman joseph oliver , councillor norman oliver. mayor of bendigo. sir gilbert dyett.

The Norman Oliver collection. Norman Oliver was three times Mayor of Bendigo - 1950-51, 1964-65, 1970-71. Three typed pages, with Dec 11th written in red ink across the top, but in sequence labelled 1964. Topics include: various Christmas functions, Easter Fair Society and financial problems, and the success and economic importance of the Bendigo livestock market.bendigo, council, report, norman joseph oliver , councillor norman oliver. mayor of bendigo.

The Norman Oliver collection. Norman Oliver was three times Mayor of Bendigo - 1950-51, 1964-65, 1970-71. Three typed pages, Nov 28 written in red ink across the top, and in sequence labelled 1964. Topics include: Easter Fair Committee, Post Office careers school, Survey Regiment Fair at Fortuna, 6th Battalion reunion, Victorian Master Bakers banquet, and Marong Centenary and the historic home of Mr Ron Andrews in Maiden Gully.bendigo, council, report, norman joseph oliver , councillor norman oliver. mayor of bendigo. marong centenary.

White shield shaped badge with dark blue ribbon for the Easter Fair Ladies' Committee. Badge was for the year 1918?. A. J. Curran, Secretary.ephemera, mementoes, easter fair, badge, easter fair ladies committee, a j curran

Short history of the Long Gully Fie Brigade by G A Ellis. The brigade started in 1873 and was disbanded in 1932. The brigades's main appliance was a cart or reel pulled by the men. The men used to practice in Creeth Street and later there were competitions with other brigades. A new station was built in 1905. It was decided to close Long Gully and keep Golden Square Brigade.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - long gully fire brigade, long gully mechanics institute, mr j grenfell, mr j neal, white hills cemetery, sandhurst city brigade, st matthews church, american gully, easter fair, buffalo lodge hall, rose of australia hotel, bendigo council, g a ellis

Black and white postcard of Chinese dragon, Loong. Loong is traversing a route around the Alexandra Fountain, Bendigo.Advertiser photoperson, individual, basil miller

Sepia photograph. Horse drawn float with barrels with four males and one child outside Cohn's Brewery. Inscriptions: on front - 'GP30', 'Bros. Limited'. 'Pageant at Easter Fair Procession, 1893'. 'W.H. Robinson Photo Bendigo'. On reverse - RHSV stamp, BHS.W.H. Robinson, Bendigoperson, group, cohn's brewery

Sepia photograph of group of children. Two girls, two boys on hand card. Four shields and banner decoration. Lion statue on right front. One boy in Scottish dress. One with top hat with feather. Girls with coronets. On back - 'Easter Procession Exhibit, 1890's +, probably Juvenile Fire Brigade' . On back - 3cls, p8, A feast', 'Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Bendigo Branch' circular stamp.person, group, easter procession

black and white photograph: parade in Pall Mall, showing shops, hotels,EXCHANGE' Shamrock Hotel, City Family Hotel in distance. Post office tower and Law Courts. Banners, floats and people marching. Large crows watching. Horse drawn vehicles with occupants watching parade. Note ' Union Jack' flag on Law Courts. On back top right corner. ' MP 256'cottage, miners

6 black and white photographs of trams and people taken from different angles around Charing Cross.person, individual, basil miller

sepia photo of float in Easter Fair Procession 1898. Float entered by Cohn Bros. 9 soft drink and cordial manufacturers. Model of sailing boat, flag, Cohn Bros. on cloth banner at front of floar. Males dressed as soldiers, miners, indians. ? At right large model bottle ' Cohn Bros. Pale Ale, Limited, Bendigo Prize 'Behicle appears to be showing ice and polar bears. On back of photo RHS of V. Bendigo Branch. On front printed on board ' Cohn Bros. Limited, Pagaent at Easter Fair Procession, 1989'W.H. Robinsonorganization, business, cohn bros. limited

COHN BROS Limited. GP 27. Soft drink and cordial manufactures. Model of sailing board, flags, Cohn Bros. on cloth banner at front of float. Males dressed as soldiers, miners, indians ? Cohn Bros. Limited.,on top of photo Klondyke left side and right side. Pageant at Easter Fair Procession 1898. in gold embossed print at bottom of photo. Horses on right hand side draped in material.W.H. Robinson photo, Bendigoorganization, business, cohn bros. limited

The Norman Oliver collection. Norman Oliver was three times Mayor of Bendigo - 1950-51, 1964-65, 1970-71. Three typed pages of speech notes. Undated but information suggests 1965. Corrections made in blue and red ink. Mentions that the Easter Fair has recently ended. Topics discussed : the Cancer Campaign success and recent advances in treatment and facilities, a discussion with a Mr Larritt, the grandson of Bendigo's first surveyor, and the work his grandfather performed, especially regarding the reservations chosen for the Hospital and the Home and Hospital for the Aged, the Art Gallery's Dobell exhibition, Commonwealth Youth Sunday on May 2nd, the promotion of Bendigo by the Victorian Promotion Committee, and Anzac Day business. Oliver states that 'in 1914 the citizens of Bendigo presented the 7th Bn AIF with a set of bugles. One of the bugles used by 'Pompey' Simpson in the landing of Gallipoli and in France until he was wounded in 1917, when it was used by Wally Granland until the Armistice. On Anzac Eve at the 9PM ritual to the Fallen, the bugle will be used for the first time since the first war ..by Bugler John Murphy of Southern Command.' The HMAS Bendigo Assoc. reunion and information.bendigo, council, speech notes, norman joseph oliver , councillor norman oliver. mayor of bendigo. anti-cancer appeal. victorian inland meat authority. anzac day.

Black and white photograph, on cream board. Outside view of a weatherboard building with high windows. Group of eleven people in front of four in a horse-drawn float advertising 'MUIOOF over £4,000 (pounds) per day paid in sick pay'. People within float dressed in white with white caps. In front, seven men in three piece suits. Six of these wear decorated shawls. Two horses' hindquarters visible on L.WH Robinson, Bendigoperson, group, easter fair

Black and white copy of photo of Easter Procession in Pall Mall. Bandsmen, marchers, horse drawn vehicles. Group of flags on stand in centre. Town hall and Shamrock Hotel in background. Inscriptions: in image - printed 'Easter Monday Fair, Bendigo'. On back - 'Bendigo Historical Society Inc' typed on adhesive label on back. In image 'Hotel Shamrock'. Date: Between 1900 - 1908place, streetscape, pall mall, bendigo, pall mall, bendigo easter procession, horse drawn carriage, shamrock hotel, bendigo town hall, town hall, streetscape, easter monday fair, history, clubs and associations, buildings, entertainment, event

Black and white photograph on outside. Buildings L and back. At centre, horse-drawn float carrying approximately twelve people, dressed mainly in white, with heads covered. Driver at centre wearing hat. Flat decorated with foliage. Two horses pulling float. At L, horse and rider. Large trees in back, two standing figures at R. Inscriptions: on board written in ink 'Easter Fair, 1919'. On back - 'Druid's Easter Fair, 1919, in pencil.person, group, easter procession

Black and white photograph in cream folder of re-enactment of Cohn Bros. arriving in Bendigo, 1857. Large wagon with three males, one female and three children, two draught horses. Perhaps prepare for Easter Fair Parade. Inscriptions: On BR corner under image signed 'Reg V Brock'. Printed on front cover of folder at BR 'Reg V Brock of Bendigo'. In image 'The Cohn Bros Arrive in Bendigo 1857'. On front of folder TR corner 'MP198'.person, group, bendigo pioneers, see also 2001.260.01, 2001.261.01, 2001.263.01

Black and white photograph in cream folder of re-enactment of Cohn Bros. arriving in Bendigo, 1857. Large wagon with three males, one female and three children, two draught horses. Perhaps prepare for Easter Fair Parade. Inscriptions: On BR corner under image signed 'Reg V Brock'. Printed on front cover of folder at BR 'Reg V Brock of Bendigo'. In image 'The Cohn Bros Arrive in Bendigo 1857'. On front of folder TR corner 'MP198'.person, group, bendigo pioneers

Black and white photograph of horse-drawn float. Approximately 12 men (in street clothes) plus approx 6 in dress for float. Theme of float - ice, polar bears, sled?. Dog in foreground and building, chimney in background. Mounted on fawn card. Inscriptions: on front - 'Cohn Bros Limited, GP 34, 'Pageant at Easter Fair Procession, 1898''WH Robinson Photo, Bendigo', on back - RHSV stamp circular blue 'Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Bendigo Branch'. History: Previous Acc. No. GP34'WH Robinson, Bendigoperson, group, easter procession, bendigo, easter procession, bendigo easter procession, clubs and associations, entertainment, event, organisation, cohn bros. limited, fashion, costume, clothing

Sepia photograph on fawn board. Photograph of pageant at Easter Fair Procession. Cohn Bros Lt float representing the 'Klondike'. Float representing iceberg? With Polar Bears, Eskimos or Indians to right of photo wagon with arch, horses draped with blankets? Male figures in suits and hats. White dog centre front. Inscriptions: Printed in margins of mount board at front 'Cohn Bros Ltd', 'Klondike' pageant at Easter Fair. Procession 1898. WH Robinson Photo, Bendigo. On back - in ball point pen 'Presented by Mr Marc Cohn to the Bendigo Historical Society', 'Royal Historical society of Victoria, Bendigo Branch' circular stamp. '1960' on reverse. 'Bendigo Historical Society, Inc' typewritten. Label bottom left corner. History: Previous Acc. No. GP29WH Robinson Photo, Bendigoperson, group, easter procession

Photograph - postcard- black and white. A photograph of the Easter Monday Fair, Bendigo. In the background Hotel Shamrock and Law Courts. Addressed to Lance Williams.Cole's Sunny Australia Series, 102 Views, E.W.Cole.place, bendigo, easter, shamrock hotel. law court. bendigo.

black and white photo: Easter Fair Procession 1898, showing Cohn Bros. Float in middle foreground. Photo looking south down Pall mall towards City Family Hotel in distance. Crowd lining route, horse and jinkers behind. On bottom ' W.H. Robinson, Photo, Bendigo. Across top ' Bros. Limited' Part of top missing , would be 'Cohn Bros Limited' ? Down both sides ' Klondyke' .W.H. Robinsonorganization, society, easter fair procession

Black and white photo. Cohn Bros. float for the Easter Fair. The dray is decorated with pictures around the base of the dray (using 2 pictures alternately) bottles are lined up on the dray. A number of barrels are used on the float, there are large cut outs of bottles surrounding a stack of barrels with the CB label, which reads 'CB Cohn Bros LTD Made From The Pure Fruit'. There are 4 men in front of the dray and 5 on the dray which is being pulled by 4 horses. Markings/Inscriptions: Front; MP 195 Back; W H Robinson, Photographer, Mundy St., Bendigo. Bendigo Historical Society (INC)W H Robinsonorganization, business, cohn bros. limited

Sepia photo. Photograph of entry for the 1893 Easter Fair Procession. Shows Ice works in the rear of photo, front of photo is men dressed in beer barrels and masks the float is decorated with business name material and plants with a large beer barrel on the top. Some men also standing on float, some boys are also on photo. Markings/Inscriptions: Cohn Bros. Limited. Pageant at Easter Fair Procession, 1893. W H Robinson. Photo Bendigo. GP31. On rear Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Bendigo BranchW H Robinson, Bendigoorganization, business, cohn bros. limited, w h robinson, bendigo

Pamphlet. Five photocopies of an advertising pamphlet for the 1988 Bendigo Easter Gun & Modellers Show held in the Trades Hall, 38 View St. from April 2 to April 4.Golden City Collectors Assoc. & Central Victorian Modellers.organization, club/society, easter fair, golden city collectors association, central victorian modellers, easter gun and modellers show.

A ticket issued by the Easter Fair Bazaar, for a Complimentary Ball for the lady stall holders and their assistants to be held in the Bazaar Buildings on Monday 15th May 1876. Cream coloured ticket with an ornate floral border.Printed by J. Brockleyorganization, club/society, easter fair, easter fair bazaar, complimentary ball, bazaar buildings, j. brockley

Black and white photograph of two young ladies seated on the back of the Hanro Easter fair Float. Names written on the back are ; Joan Ryan, Joyce Bolithoorganization, club/society, easter fair, hanro, easter fair, joan ryan, joyce bolitho

Black and white photograph of three young ladies seated on the back of a decorated float. The sides of the float are decorated with paper flowers, ' Hanro ' is written along the back and ' Queen of Roses ' along the right hand side. Cliff Mollisons used car business in visible in the background. On the back is written ' Annette Hogan (queen), Hogan, left , Lorraine Jobe, rightorganization, club/society, easter fair, easter fair, hanro, queen of roses, annette hogan, lorraine jobe, cliff mollison used cars

Two-page typescript Obituary re William Davis (Bendigo Advertiser, 3/8/1907 )Bendigo Advertiserperson, individual, william davis, william davis j.p. bendigo cemetery, dr gaffney, colonial bank, dr atkinson, dr deravin, sandhurst and northern district trustees executers and agency co., easter fair gatherings, gold jubilee exhibition.