When the SMI was opened in Nov 1921 the Bendigo RSL Sub - Branch had occupancy from that day on. The Building became a Museum opened to the public in 1998 by the RSL. The origins of this project goes back to 2011 with a letter to the City of Greater Bendigo of the possibility of an upgrade to the SMI from the Bendigo District RSL Sub - Branch Inc. Some renovations had already taken place and some structural work. After initial talks a sub - committee of 3 persons from the RSL was elected to work with the Council along with other bodies who would be involved. Plans eventuated by 2015 and were put to the RSL for approval. From there the fund raising began from the State/Federal Govt's, RSL, the Public and Council itself. This was achieved and finally in Sept 2016 the SMI/Museum was packed up completely and the Renovations began in 2017. Souvenir program, card yellow colour folding, front page is in gold and black writing with an image of the Dome on the SMI followed by in gold, "Bendigo Soldiers Memorial Institute Revitalisation Project" then in gold, "Souvenir Program", in the centre has details re time, date, place. At the bottom are the logo's of the Federal & State Governments, RSL and City of Greater Bendigo Page 2 is titled "About the Bendigo Soldiers Memorial Institute" with a photo showing the "Hustlers Royal Reserve Mine No 2" which was on the site where the SMI now stands. Page 3 has details of the program, music, Official welcome, speakers, ribbon cutting, the ODE, Last Post, National Anthem, close of formalities and light refreshments. Page 4 has a photo of the original souvenir pamphlet used at the original opening on November 15th 1921, 97 years to the day. at the bottom, "Thankyou section to all those involved in the project""Official opening of the Bendigo Soldiers Memorial Institute Revitalisation and Military Museum 10am Thursday November 15, 2018, Lansell gardens, Pall, Mall Bendigo"brsl, smirsl, program

William Bailey Jackson enlisted in the AIF No 5813 in the 18th reinforcements 6th Batt on 14.7.1915 age 44 years. Embarked for England 3.7.1916, hospitalised aboard ship (not stated why), embarks for Australia 4.5.1917 classed with Senility and Rhuematism for discharge, discharged from the Army on 11.8.1917. Refer Cat No 3446P for his son George’s service. Black / white photo of WWI soldier, Private William Bailey JACKSON wearing a peaked cap & leather leggings. Standing beside him is Charlotte, wearing dark clothing, a dress below her ankles & shiny leather footwear. The photo is glued to a cardboard back piece.Bottom right: “Kalma 57 & 59 Pall Mall Bendigo” On rear: “William Bailey Jackson, Charlotte. With best love to (? illegible) from mother & father”photography-photographs, military history - army

Foldout postcard containing Bendigo coloured photographs . Alexandra Fountain, Lake Weeroona, Sound Shell Rosalind park, Post Office & Shamrock hotel, Town Hall, Charing Cross & Cenotaph, Post Office & Law Courts, White Hills Botanic Gardens, Conservatory & Law Courts, Scene Queens Gardens Pall Mall, Lookout Tower, View from Lookout, Pall Mall View, Sacred Heart Cathedral.Nucolorvue Productions PTY Ltd, Moorabin Vicbendigo, buildings, heritage buildings

A wax matches' box in the shape of an egg on a mall pedestal. It is made of carved wood and painted red, green and black in a tartan design. It has gold dots down the side and on the base.vestra matchbox smoking personal-effects container

Hand coloured postcard: image shows Post Office building, Pall Mall, Bendigo. Trees visible in Rosalind Park behind, quite immature. Possibly late 1890's ?bendigo, buildings, post office, pall mall, bendigo

Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2001. Double view: the crowd wait for the Easter Parade procession in 1895. View Point from Pall Mall. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2001. On parade: an Easter Fair procession with Old Loong, in Pall Mall. View from the Black Swan Hotel. The clip is in a paradenewspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Sepia portrait: image, mounted on board, shows Bendigo School of Mines, Pall Mall, Bendigo. Three trees on kerbside, no leaves - Autumn/Winter photograph. No people or transport evident.bendigo, buildings, bendigo school of mines, bendigo, sandhurst, pall mall, school of mines, education, mining

Annual Dinner and Installation of President. (Rotarian Alex Fraser). Rotary Club of Bendigo South. Favaloro's Café, Pall Mall, Bendigo. Thursday, 7th July, 1966. 6.30 pm.organisation, union, annual dinner and installation of president, rotarian alex fraser, favaloro's café

Views of Bendigo. No. 18 of a series of sixteen black and white photographs of Bendigo. Nos. 6 and 7 in the series are missing. The label No. 18 is in the bottom right corner, The Mall, Bendigo on the left.bendigo, streetscape, pall mall, the mall, bendigo. pall mall, bendigo. bendigo streetscape. law courts, bendigo.

Buff coloured invoice issued to Mrs. Guiney in 1933 ( barely legible date ) for items bought off Cocking's, ' Bendigo's cheapest drapers' Pall Mall, (right opposite P.O.) .bendigo, business, cocking's drapers

Colour photograph. Mayor of City of Bendigo Cr CD Stoltz, JP addressing crowd at opening of the Hargreaves Mall, 13 May 1982. Blue, yellow and white striped canopy.Shirley Stone (bought from her by Felicity Kingerlee)place, hargreaves mall

Carte de Visite Photographed by Batchelder Pall Mall Sandhurst. B & W Photograph of a young man in a three piece suit. Facing the camera with one hand resting on a pillar.Batchelder

Paper with two gummed circular labels from A. E. Sayer, Chemist, Pall Mall, Bendigo. Printed in black on white paper. Space above the name to write the contents of the container.business, printers, cambridge press, cambridge press collection, a e sayer

Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 1999. Growing city: horses and carts were part of busy Hargreaves Street in the 1800s. In the 1980s the street was converted into Hargreaves Mall.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Phyllograptus nobilis H. and K. Middle Ordovician Reddish brown coloured rock, 'Mo74' on sticker. Fossil collection was formerly held by the School of Mines Museum, Pall Mall, Bendigo.

Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from 1999. Times gone by: a view down Pall Mall and McCrae street when trams and cabs provided transport early this century.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

2 Coloured photos of Britannia Street looking South towards Whitehorse Road.Prior to the redevelopment of Britannia Mall and construction of 3 level carpark. The present Post Office is seen in the background.britannia street mitcham

Yields information about the closure of Bendigo tramway system as reported in Ballarat.Photocopy of an article in The Courier, 13/4/1972, titled "End of Tram Era at Bendigo", reporting on the closure of the Bendigo tramways the following day and the arrangements for the Grand Parade in Pall Mall.trams, tramways, closure, bendigo

Small booklet, green cover with golden writing. Bendigo in large letters, Victoria Australia square ornate around. Photos inside: Charing Cross and Pall Mall. Conservatory grounds. Post office and Law courts. Botanical gardens, White Hills. The fountain Charing cross, Pall Mall. Chinese procession on Easter Monday. School of mines and industries. A group of Bendigo mines. View Point. Boring on a gold bearing reef. New chum railway gold mine. Queen statue, Rosalind park. Soldiers 'statue near post office. Conservatory, Rosalind park. Gold Jubilee statue, Pall Mall. on the back cover in pen: Miss E. Briggs, Locksly P.O N.E. Lina(?)bendigo, tourism, various photos

View looking northeast along the Midland Highway (Pall Mall) from the top of the Post Office tower, present day Post Office Gallery and Visitor Centre.. In the immediate foreground to left is the Bendigo Magistrates' Court.Digital TIFF file Scan of 35mm Ilford FP3 black and white negative transparencybendigo, george coop collection, pall mall, post office tower, bendigo magistrates' court, midland highway

Buff coloured invoices ( 5 thereof) issued by Miss Jalland, General Draper, Britannia House, Pall Mall, Bendigo,(first class dressmaking on the premises) to Mrs Guiney, dated May 1916 to May 1917. Written on top of invoice ; Britannia House, Pall Mall,Bendigo. Items purchased range from '1 flannel, collars, chemise, 2 towels, 2 nights, pillow cases and ribbon. See research in Research tab.bendigo, business, miss jalland, general draper

Set of 2 slides made from the Association of Railway Enthusiast Provincial Tramways film strip, possibly during April 1967. 1192.1 and 1192.3 mounted in Kodak Ready Mounts. The others in plain white mounts. Slides dated Dec. 1968. 1192.1 - No. 21 out bound to Golden Square in High St., between Wattle and Vine Streets. Photo taken after tram has passed photographer. Has a sign for "Reid's Furnituorium" in the background. 1192.2 - Bendigo No. 28 dressed up as Myers Christmas tram, passing the Post Office and Courts in Pall Mall. 1192.3 - Bendigo No. 23 at Needle Loop en route to Eaglehawk. Tram has two SEC roof ads, one "Electric Cooking" and the other "Everything fine in my all electric kitchen". 1192.4 - Bendigo scrubber parked at the end of the main depot lead, alongside the depot office buildings.Details in blue ink, date hand stamped in purple ink. 1192.1 - "No. 21 heads along High St for Golden Square between Wattle and Vine Streets." 1192.2 - "Birney No. 28 in Christmas Garb, traverses Pall Mall en route to North Bendigo". 1192.3 - "No. 23 at Needle Loop on its run to Eaglehawk". 1192.4 - "Scrubber car at Bendigo Depot".tramways, trams, north bendigo, bendigo, bridge st loop, depot, tram 21, tram 23, tram 28, tram scrubber

Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2000. Easter Fair Procession, Pall Mall, Bendigo - Photograph-Painting from a booklet produced by Bush's Stores in 1909. The clip is a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from Friday, June 1, 2001. Memory lane: Pall Mall with Bendigo's historic post office in the background, circa 1962. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Bendigo Advertiser '' The way we were from 2001. Family day out: looking down Pall Mall at the Easter Fair from Mitchell Street. Date unknown. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Black and white composite picture of Pall Mall Bendigo in 1857 from newspaper cuttings , showing buildings then and with written details underneath of what exists at the present time of approx 1970's.buildings, commercial, pall mall

Menu for the BBTC (BENDIGO TRAVELLERS' CHARITY CLUB) ANNUAL BANQUET 29th May 1937. Held at Favaloro's Café, Pall Mall. Menu and Toast List. List of Executive Officers of the BBTC.Cambridge Pressclubs, social, bendigotraveller's charity club, bendigo travellers' charity club, favaloro's cafe, a. munn, j. c. dawber, c. e. bulley, c. rowarth, p. t. graham, t. frost, c. applebee, h. weibgen, t. bracher, p chenu, j. h. allen, a. barningham, f. burgess, w. swift, j. frigerio, r. waddington. bendigo hospital, benevolent asylum.

Hand coloured photograph of Charring Cross looking towards Pall Mall, Bendigo. Baby Health Centre on left, and Alexandra Fountain on right in foreground with numerous cars, people and a tram visible.person, individual, basil miller