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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - 'GOLDEN DAYS' EXHIBITION - BENDIGO - AUGUST 1960
Document. Two copies of a foolscap page announcing an Historical Exhibition in the Memorial Hall, Pall Mall, with a brief outline of exhibits. Exhibition arranged by the RSL Bendigo sub-branch and the District Branch of the Historical Society of Victoria. Joint Secretaries : Miss J Parry (107 Wills St) and Mr J.G. Harrison (3 Wolstencroft St) The back of each page was used by someone to make pencilled notes.RSL & Hist. Soc. Vic.event, exhibition, historical, rsl bendigo, royal historical society victoria, 'golden days' exhibition, miss j parry, mr j g harrison -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS: C J DENNIS (POET)
1950 Various newspaper cuttings re C J Dennis (poet) 1950s-1960s. A memorial plaque to C. J. Dennis was placed in the plaza of the Southern Cross hotel. This plaque has a verse from the 'Bloke' and was made by Ola Cohn.Australiasion Post, Listener In, TV,person, individual, c.j.dennis -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MERLE BUSH COLLECTION: EPHEMERA
Within collection of Merle Bush Ephemera. Handwritten (Girl Guide?) notes written on back of a flyer relating to the Baden Powell Memorial Concert, Friday Oct 1st, 1943. Held at the Capital Theatre, Bendigo. Details of the concert program and cast members. Price 3d. Printer: Bolton Bros.person, individual, bush collection - personal -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - NORMAN OLIVER COLLECTION: SPEECH NOTES 2 MAY 1951
The Norman Oliver collection. Norman Oliver was three times Mayor of Bendigo - 1950-51, 1964-65, 1970-71. Twenty-one pages of typed notes. On left-hand margin of front page is written in green ink - To be broadcast as Mayors Report on evening of May 2 1951. Corrections in body of speech written in a dark blue ink. Topics included: Rotary, Anzac Day, the Northern District Municipal Conference, the Featherstone Memorial lecture, garbage tips, garbage collector, the Health Report, the Centenary Road Race, building regulations, the Migrants Exhibition, the Recruiting Convoy, the outlet from the city along Hargreaves St.bendigo, council, speech notes, norman joseph oliver , councillor norman oliver. mayor of bendigo. 3bo 'the mayor speaks'. bendigo centenary 1951. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ABBOTT COLLECTION: HAROLD ATHELSTANE ABBOTT, Circa 1915
Photograph from the Australian War Memorial website of Harold Athelstane Abbott in an A.I.F uniform of the 4th Field Artillery Brigade, aged 26Studio Portraitperson, individual, harold athelstane abbott, harold athelstane abbott, 4th field artillery brigade -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - OPENING CEREMONY SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL HALL BENDIGO, 1921
... BUILDINGS Government soldiers memorial hall. Document: Souvenir ...Document: Souvenir Programme of the Opening Ceremony of the Soldiers' Memorial Hall, Bendigo. To be performed by His Exellency, The Earl of Stradbroke, Governor of Victoria. On Tuesday, November 15th, 1921. Cambridge Press, Art Printers.buildings, government, soldiers memorial hall. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - AMY HUXTABLE COLLECTION: LIST OF ARTICLES BY MISS AMY HUXTABLE (1957-1979)
List of 465 articles in Bendigo Advertiser by Miss Amy Huxtable ( in the period 1957-1979) . These are the articles microfilmed as part of the memorial to Amy Huxtable. Details on list include the date of the article published, the page within the day's edition and a title (heading) for the particular published article. 15 foolscap typed pages.Bendigo Advertiserperson, individual, amy huxtable -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - AMY HUXTABLE COLLECTION: COMMITTEE ARCHIVES, 1st April, 1980
''Amy Huxtable Memorial Committee Archives''. Folder comprising approximately 80 items - informative and valuable detailed correspondence,short articles, newspaper items and general background to the various memorial projects designed to commemorate the life of Amy Huxtable. This archive covers the period from 1980 to 1993 when the various projects - a Garden Seat, microfilming of the raft of Huxtable newspaper articles, (Ola Cohn Fountain restoration - not proceeded with), purchase of three Ola Cohn sculptures for Bendigo Art Gallery - were under discussion and action. Financial information included with interesting correspondence and material giving details of life and work of Amy Huxtable.person, individual, amy huxtable, bendigo advertiser, ola cohn, bendigo art gallery, cox business college, view street, bendigo home and hospital for the aged, bendigo and northern district base hospital, mirridong home for the blind, cr. r.l. campbell. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - WWI CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION - WILLIAM D CLIFFORD, 1918
Paper certificate mounted on card presented to Driver William D Clifford from the Kangaroo Flat District Soldiers Memorial and Welcome Home League in grateful appreciation of his services in the first world war. Inset with a photo of recipient surrounded by flowers and topped with Australian and Union Jack Flag.person, individual, william d clifford -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - NORMAN OLIVER COLLECTION: WINSTON CHURCHILL MEMORIAL TRUST LETTER 3 FEB 1965
The Norman Oliver collection. Norman Oliver was three times Mayor of Bendigo - 1950-51, 1964-65, 1970-71. One page letter with the letterhead of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, addressed to Cr N. J. Oliver, Lord Mayor of Bendigo, requesting his assistance with the raising of funds for the setting up of Churchill Fellowships. The letter is signed by Robert Menzies (R.G. Menzies)bendigo, council, norman joseph oliver , councillor norman oliver. mayor of bendigo. churchill fellowships. -
Clunes Museum
Document - REPORT, LESLEY ALVES, 2008
SIGNIFICANT ASSESSMENT FOR CLUNES MUSEUM WILLIAM BARKELL MEMORIAL ARTS & HISTORICAL CENTRE INC.local history, document, report, lesley alves, clunes museum -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Photograph - Holy Trinity Surrey Hills Tennis Queen Carnival, 1940, 11 June 1940
Identification has been given as follows: L to R: front: Derek Manley and (?) Jeff Holland; Queen: Leila Hanslow; young women: Connie Eastwood, Mary Clucas (nee Holborn), Hazel Bodley, Olwyn Powys. Girls: L - unknown; R - Barbara Fair. The Queen Carnival was a fundraiser for the Holy Trinity Tennis Club. The Queen Carnival Coronation was held in the Canterbury Memorial Hall on 11 June 1940. Mrs F Eastwood was the trainer and the Honorary Secretary of the tennis club. The donor Mary Holborn married Geoffrey Stroud Clucas in 1946 in Surrey Hills.The photo documents a social fundraising practice common in the early 20th century. Queen carnivals were also popular in New Zealand. In both countries they were particularly common during World War I and in the years after, when they were used to raise funds for returned soldiers. The first such carnival is believed to have been held in Napier, New Zealand, in 1913. The carnivals were not always annual events, and were held in various locations throughout a year.Black and white group photo of 5 women, 2 girls and 2 boys in formal and / or mock-Elizabethan costume. The Queen is seated in the centre and the 'page boys' are seated in front and on her train. The young girls and young women are standing beside her. The photo appears to have been taken in a hall. REAR: "Holy Trinity Tennis Club Queen Carnival / June 11 / 1940 / M Clucas / 33 Jurang St / Balwyn"sport, tennis, holy trinity anglican church, 1940, clothing and dress, miss mary holborn, mrs mary clucas, miss connie eastwood, miss hazel bodley, miss olwyn powys, miss leila hanslow, mr derek manley, mr geoff holland, miss barbara fair, queen carnivals, mrs f eastwood, canterbury memorial hall -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Photograph - Holy Trinity Surrey Hills Tennis Queen Carnival, Queen and court, 1940, 11 June 1940
Identification has been given as follows: LHS 'page': Jeff Holland (?); RHS 'page': Derek Manley; Queen: Leila Hanslow; young women L to R: Olwyn Powys, Hazel Bodley, Mary Clucas (nee Holborn), Connie Eastwood. Girls: L - Barbara Fair; R - Unknown. Gentlemen not identified. The Queen Carnival was a fundraiser for the Holy Trinity Tennis Club. The Queen Carnival Coronation was held in the Canterbury Memorial Hall on 11 June 1940. Mrs F Eastwood was the trainer and the Honorary Secretary of the tennis club. The donor Mary Holborn married Geoffrey Stroud Clucas in 1946 in Surrey Hills. The photo documents a social fundraising practice common in the early 20th century. Queen carnivals were also popular in New Zealand. In both countries they were particularly common during World War I and in the years after, when they were used to raise funds for returned soldiers. The first such carnival is believed to have been held in Napier, New Zealand, in 1913. The carnivals were not always annual events, and were held in various locations throughout a year.Black and white group photo of 6 men, 5 women, 2 girls and 2 boys in formal and / or mock-Elizabethan costume mounted on cardboard which has been roughly trimmed. The Queen is seated in the centre and the 2 young girls are seated either side and slightly in front of her. The 2 'pages' and the men and other women are standing evenly divided either side of her. The photo appears to have been taken in a hall. REAR: "Holy Trinity Tennis Club Queen Carnival / June 11 / 1940 / M Clucas / 33 Jurang St / Balwyn"sport, tennis, holy trinity anglican church, 1940, clothing and dress, miss connie eastwood, miss hazel bodley, miss leila hanslow, miss olwyn powys, miss barbara fair, jeff holland, derek manley, queen carnival, mrs mary clucas, miss mary holborn, mrs f eastwood -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Photograph - Holy Trinity Surrey Hills Tennis Queen Carnival, 1940, 11 June 1940
Identification has been given as follows: Young women: (?) Elizabeth Cooper, Ilma Bodley, "Queen" Avis Andrews, Marion Fair, Lynette Elliott. Names of girl and boy attendants not known by donor. The Queen Carnival was a fundraiser for the Holy Trinity Tennis Club. The Queen Carnival Coronation was held in the Canterbury Memorial Hall on 11 June 1940. Mrs F Eastwood was the trainer and the Honorary Secretary of the tennis club. The donor Mary Holborn married Geoffrey Stroud Clucas in 1946 in Surrey Hills. The photo documents a social fundraising practice common in the early 20th century. Queen carnivals were also popular in New Zealand. In both countries they were particularly common during World War I and in the years after, when they were used to raise funds for returned soldiers. The first such carnival is believed to have been held in Napier, New Zealand, in 1913. The carnivals were not always annual events, and were held in various locations throughout a year.Black and white group photo of 5 women, 2 girls and 2 boys in formal costume mounted on cardboard which has been roughly trimmed. The 'Queen' is seated in the centre and the 2 young girls and 4 young women are standing beside her. The 2 'pages' seated in front of her on the edge of her train. The photo appears to have been taken in a hall. REAR: "Holy Trinity Tennis Club Queen Carnival / June 11 / 1940 / M Clucas / 33 Jurang St / Balwyn"sport, tennis, holy trinity anglican church, 1940, clothing and dress, queen carnival, mrs mary clucas, miss mary holborn, mrs f eastwood, elizabeth cooper, ilma bodley, avis andrews, marion fair, lynette elliott, canterbury memorial hall