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Document - FIRST GOVERNMENT BUILT POST OFFICE
... Post Office. Sandhurst Trustees Company.... BUILDINGS Post office view street Post Office. Sandhurst Trustees ...First Government Built Post Office on 17th May 1858 and the eightieth Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Sandhurst Trustees Company. (Incorporated 1888).Sandhurst Trustees Companybuildings, post office, view street, post office. sandhurst trustees company. -
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Postcard - PETHARD COLLECTION: ALEXANDER WATSON POSTCARD
Black and white image: head and shoulders of Mr. Alexander Watson, dressed in dark jacket, tie and turn down collar. Written on top 'Mr. Alexander Watson's power of expression amounts to genius' - T.P. O'Connor, 5th. Dec. 1913' On bottom 'Mr. Alexander Watson, His work is beyond all praise' - London 'Morning Post 2nd. Dec. 1913' On rear of postcard Two nights only 18th & 19th. May. Masonic Hall, Monday evening, 18th. May. Mr. Alexander Watson, will present a special Kipling night: McAndrew's Hymn; Oonts, The glory of the Garden 'Boots' Fuzzy Wuzzy 'Gunga din'. The Bolivar 'The clampherdown' 'Shamus O'Brien' 'Punch Brothers'. Tuesday, May 19th Part 1, The Merchant of Venice, Part 11 Charles Dickens & J.M. Barrie.person, individual, alexander watson, bendigo, petherd, chancellor, alexander watson, masonic hall, sandhurst -
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Document - BOOKLET, FIRST GOVERNMENT BUILT POST OFFICE, BENDIGO
... Bendigo Post Office. Sandhurst Trustees.... ORGANISATION Government official Bendigo Post Office. Sandhurst ...Folded one page booklet produced by Sandhurst Trustees Company celebrating the erection of the First government Built Post in Bendigo on the 17th May 1858. Also celebrating the eightieth Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Sandhurst Trustees Company. Issued 17th May 1968.organisation, government, official, bendigo post office. sandhurst trustees. -
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Document - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: LONG GULLY SCHOOL HAS A PROUD RECORD
Copy of a Bendigo Advertiser article titled Community Focus with Maurie McDonald. This article is titled Long Gully school (No 2120) has a proud record. The school was having a reunion on April 1. The article mentions history of the school which was opened in 1879. The Advertiser is dated February 14, 1990. Written in the top right corner is 120 years.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - long gully school has a proud record, bendigo advertiser 14/2/1990, maurie mcdonald, long gully primary school no 2120, alan crossley, colin buzza, long gully post office, 1872 education act, california gully no 123, rae's ironbark school no 323, violet st no 877, long gully mechanics' institute, shamrock hotel sandhurst, wesleyan school, german school, mr blaney's school, sandhurst board of advice, the church of england reserve, crawford bros, bath hotel sandhurst, ironbark hill, manchester arms -
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Map - CONTOUR PLAN OF THE GOVERNMENT CAMP SANDHURST 1854, 1994
Contour map (copy) of the Government Camp Sandhurst, 1854. Map is mounted on coreflute and laminated. Written in bottom righthand corner 'Contour Plan of the Government Camp, Sandhurst. Dec 1854. Signed by Richard Larritt, Assistant Surveyor, 11th December 1854.' Shown on map: Pall Mall, Bendigo Creek, Commissioner's Gully, View Place (now View Street), Post Office, Bank of Victoria, District Surgeon, Sandhurst Fire Brigade, Police Hospital, Flagstaff, Gold Office, License Shed, Military Barracks, Stables, Commissioner's Buildings, Police Office. Old Cemetery, Garden. Reference on righthand side: 'Stone or brick buildings are tinted in crimson. Wooden buildings tinted in Indian Ink. Tents and other temporary structures tinted in Burnt Sienna.' Scale of Chains, on bottom of map. Sticker on bottom left hand corner and back of map ' Presented by Survey and Mapping, Victoria, 7th Octber, 1994'.map, bendigo, government camp, pall mall, bendigo creek, commissioner's gully, view place (now view street), post office, bank of victoria, district surgeon, sandhurst fire brigade, police hospital, flagstaff, gold office, license shed, military barracks, stables, commissioner's buildings, police office. old cemetery, garden. , survey and mapping victoria. sandhurst, bendigo. -
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Postcard - ELAINE ROBB COLLECTION: MITCHELL STREET, BENDIGO
Hand coloured postcard: view of Mitchell Street, looking towards Pall Mall. "General View of Mitchell Street, Bendigo printed across top. Image shows tram in foreground, poles and line down centre of road. 'Sandhurst Coffee Palace' on banner outside two storey building with verandas and ornate pediments, on right hand side, 'The Living Centre' printed on the side of a shop on left side. Possibly late 1890's ? On rear of card: Post Card (W.T.P in ornate diamond shape) .W.T. Pater -
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Document - BENDIGO & SANDHURST GOLD MINING COMPANIES FROM 1872, 1872-1950
Typed copy of the Bendigo & Sandhurst Gold Mining Companies From 1872. Vol 1 Victorian Government Gazettes. Eight pages. Includes Mine name, Reef/Gully, Place/Suburb, Mine Managercottage, miners, mechanics institute, old masonic hall, court, st killians, forrest st methodist church, hospital, baptist church, bendigo gas company, st andrews presbyterian church, bendigo benevolent home, railway, st marys church of england, bendigo m p building society, st pausl church of england, high school, city family hotel, fire brigade, b u f s dispensary, synagogue, beehive store, school of mines, bendigo miners association, st marys convent, dr backhaus, st mathews long gully, salvation army, post office, art gallery, sacred heart cathedral, eaglehawk town hall -
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Photograph - DIAMOND HILL 1936, PLAN OF OCCUPATION
Print of 'Application of J. Hattam, plan of occupation parish of Sandhurst, County of Bendigo' Plan shows Post Office site, large dam, 'formerly cultivated site near Post Office'. A un-named gully is marked.bendigo, mining, diamond hill -
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Photograph - GOLDEN SQUARE HIGH SCHOOL COLLECTION: PHOTOGRAPH VIEW STREET SANDHURST
Black and white photograph of an early painting showing View Street Sandhurst in 1859 with Survey and Post Office. Several people walking around , four horse drawn carriages, on the left Henry Jackson store and a row of houses and shops under a portico on the right two double story houses .bendigo, streetscape, view street -
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Postcard - BENDIGO POST OFFICE COLLECTION: POST OFFICE
Coloured postcard of the Bendigo post office. Opened in 1887 as Sandhurst Public Offices, it was occupied by the Colonial Posts, Telegraphs, Police, Water supply, Sub-Treasury and Crown Lands department and Postmaster's quarters.bendigo, buildings, post office -
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Document - A VIEW STREET VIEWING
... The Old Post Office (Now Sandhurst Trustees)... Register of Historic Buildings The Old Post Office (Now Sandhurst ...Five typed, green pages of the history of View Street and its buildings and How Bendigo got Its Name. Some of the buildings are described. Unsigned. Notes forwarded to BHS from Dymocks booksellers, Alice Plaza, Alice Springs.bendigo, history, view street, a view street viewing, how bendigo got its name, ravenswood pastoral run, battling bendigo thompson, messrs heape and grice, richard larritt, rosalind park, the ogg & co of bendigo, a n a hall, princess theatre, art gallery, alexandra fountain, princess alexandra, edward vii, w c vahland, former bank of new south wales, the c b c of sydney (former bank of victoria), state register of historic buildings, the old post office (now sandhurst trustees), former union bank (later a n z view street branch), bendigo branch of the national trust, temperance hall, vahland and getzschmann, james blair, dr harry atkinson, the masonic hall and temple, the bendigo fire station, william beebe, denderah (now called coolock house), convent of mercy, sir george v lansell, the bendigo advertiser, george lansell snr, fortuna, a h q survey, malmo, carl van damme, residence no 10 valentine street, brick residence 282 view street, dudley house, bendigo branch of the royal historical society, wm honeybone, bendigo sports centre -
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Document - LEN BENNETTS COLLECTION: INTERVIEW TRANSRIPT, 1996
INTERVIEW: Five typed pages of an interview with Mr Leonard Charles Bennetts on Monday 22nd of July 1996. Mentioned are his time as a child, his work, life in the Army, his employment after the Army, changes in Bendigo in his time, and a little about family. Interview recorded by Isobel GillIsobel Gillperson, individual, leonard bennetts, mr leonard bennetts, isabel e gill, foggitt's factory, mckenzie street methodist sunday school & church, violet street state school, raes hill school, bendigo high school, mr wickings, allan's walk, abbott's boot shop, matchett's, crofts, gwen norris, jean norris, john bennetts, peter bennetts, army survey corp, 3rd tank transporter company, 2/16th (australian general transport company) a g t, gordon norris, sylva evans, reg ford, hams, jack thomas, sidy waight, shamrock hotel, s e c, post office, dudley house, alexander fountain, the temperance hall, sandhurst trustee building, fire station, the hospital, anne caudle centre -
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Photograph - HUSTLERS ROYAL RESERVE MINE, BENDIGO CREEK
Sepia image mounted on board: image shows Bendigo Creek, sandstone walls on creek. Creek is not yet paved with bluestone pitchers. On RH side Hustlers Royal Reserve Mine, chimney and poppet head visible. Poppet head has lattice girder legs. Post Office clock behind showing 25 to 4. Image is pre-1910, when mine structure was removed.bendigo, mining, hustlers royal reserve/bendigo creek, bendigo, sandhurst, bendigo creek, mining, huslters royal reserve, post office, poppet head, chimney -
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Photograph - ALEXANDRA FOUNTAIN, BENDIGO
Sepia image: image, mounted on board, Alexandra Fountain at Charing Cross, looking north up Pall Mall. On LH side of image, Post Office tower visible, hansom cabs in forefront. Shops along Pall Mall on RH side: Emery & Gibson, Henderson & Goodisson, Beehive, Furniture and Drapery. People in image - women wearing long dresses, hats, men in suits.bendigo, streetscape, alexandra fountain, bendigo, sandhurst, alexandra fountain, hansom cab, post office, henderson & dodisson -
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Photograph - WES HARRY COLLECTION: MARKET SQUARE, BENDIGO
Black and white photo: image shows bullock team in Market square. Town Hall Hotel in background, Town hall building just visible on LH side. Rectangular drainage pit in forefront of image, lamp post beside.Batchelderplace, bendigo, market square, bendigo, sandhurst, market square, town hall hotel, town hall -
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Map - MAPPING GREAT CHANGE DVD1
One of Two DVD's entitled 'Mapping Great Change' - produced to support the exhibition in the Post Office Gallery Bendigo. This DVD contains digital copies of 1. Bendigo Creek Map 2. Hoddle - Urquart - Selwyn- Plan of General Survey 1852 3. An Essay by Gerry Gill, Mapping Great Change 4. Sandhurst Mining District 1861 5. Selwyn Mount Alexander Map 6. Urquart Bendigo Goldfields 1852 Stored in the BHS DVD Collection as DVD 397 acottage, miners -
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Document - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: BENDIGO TRAMWAYS
Bendigo Tramways compiled by H Biggs. A short history of Bendigo's Tramways. Also some events and the year they happened. On the back is Early Bendigo Hotels, Compiled by L C Bennetts. Mentions the supply of liquor in the early days. Some early hotels were: The Criterion, The Royal, The Bendigo, The Black Swan, The Hibernian, The Sandhurst, The Freemasons (now the Courthouse), and The Shamrock. Also mentioned is Hazards of the Field including Mr Arblaster and his powder factory which had a few explosions, illness and accidents with cages.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - bendigo tramways, mr a o'keefe, the sandhurst and eaglehawk tramway company, j taylor, j hanson, electric supply company, coliban water supply, cr a harkness, constable thomas ryan, art gallery, miss broadfoot, victorian women's franchise league, ana hall, the bendigonian, law courts, post office, temperance hall, trades hall (old wardens court), roman catholic cathedral, shamrock hotel, bendigo philosophical society, bendigo fire brigade, mr arblaster, powder factory, meurer, sandhurst bee -
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Newspaper - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: LONG GULLY SCHOOL HAS A PROUD RECORD
Newspaper cutting titled Long Gully school has a proud record. Paper dated Wednesday, February 14, 1990. Article was Community Focus with Maurie McDonald. The school was holding a reunion on Sunday, April 1. Article mentions some history of the school, distances from other schools and the meetings and a petition to get the school. Eventually a tender was accepted from Crawford Brothers, Bath Hotel, Sandhurst, for 2745 pounds, for the erection of the new building with an extra 50 pound for white brick facings. The new school was opened by the Minister of Public Instruction on January 15, 1879. There is a photo of the school in the article. There are also two pink photo copies of the article. One has the last line under the photo not printed.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - long gully school has a proud record, bendigo advertiser 14/2/1990, maurie mcdonald, long gully primary school no 2120, alan crossley, colin buzza, long gully post office, 1872 education act, california gully no 123, rae's ironbark school no 323, violet street no 877, long gully mechanics' institute, shamrock hotel sandhurst, wesleyan school, german school, mr blaney's school, sandhurst board of advice, church of england reserve, crawford brothers, bath hotel sandhurst, minister of public instruction, manchester arms -
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Photograph - 'TRAM TRACK REPAIRS' VIEW STREET
Black and white photo of workmen with road repair machinery. Wheelbarrow, shovel, truck.Business signs on buildings in background, 'Peters Icecream, Sandhurst milk',trudgeons antiques view street unidentifiable signs on verandah posts. On reverse one mark of two lines in pencil.Alan Doney Photo.place, streetscape, view street, 2000 232 01 -
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Photograph - BENDIGO POST OFFICE, 1880 - 1890
... BUILDINGS Government bendigo post office Pall Mall Studio. Sandhurst ...sepia photograph: Bendigo Post Office, from Rosalind Park. Large pine trees in foreground. Trellis type fences in garden immediate foreground.Pall Mall Studio. Sandhurstbuildings, government, bendigo post office -
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Photograph - POST OFFICE: VIEW STREET
... /Sandhurst' Photograph POST OFFICE: VIEW STREET ...Black and white photo: single storey stone building with shingle roof, 3 chimneys, verandah, clock in large gable, notices on board under verandah, picket gate at left, gas lamp at front right. Adult males on at front, 2 boys at front centre left. 3 storey building at back right. 2 females at right on verandah. On back in pencil '48' In image at bottom right. In image at bottom right 'Batchelder/Sandhurst'Batchelderbuildings, post office, view street, bendigo historic buildings p 22 and 90. 'butcher & flanders' -
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Photograph - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: TOWNSHIP OF LONG GULLY
Black & white photocopy of a photo of the Township of Long Gully. Print has a decorative frame around it. Photo taken by N J Caire, Sandhurst, which is printed just inside the frame. A Carey & Wenborn's Print, printed on the left under the frame, then Iron Bark Hill, in the distance. Victoria Hill, in the distance. Main Street Long Gully. Forbes & Holmes, Agents. Photo shows a road and a picket fence in the foreground with houses, mine chimneys, poppet legs and mine buildings in the background. On the left horizon an area has been drawn around. Written on the back is: 1857 Started Methodism on the Site of the Present St Mathews. 1853 Methodism Started services were held open air. St Mathews Church Built 1883. Sunday School 1896 Long Gully Methodist Church 1877 Sunday School 1871 Kindergarten 1905 Long Gully Post Office Built Early Methodist Church Built Creeth St & Eaglehawk Rd was a Wooden Building got burnt down. (Ethel Leggo) Another copy of this photo 11010.44N J Cairebendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - township of long gully, n j caire, carey & wenborn, iron bark hill, victoria hill, main street long gully, forbes & holmes, st mathews, long gully methodist church, long gully sunday school, long gully kindergarten, long gully post office -
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Document - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: TRAMS INFORMATION
Information on O Class Trams, First introduced, Last Withdrawn, Electrics, Size and Seating, W2 with a small photo, where they can be found, some went to the USA, W5 with a small photo, W6 and the Bendigo Toastrack Tram with Nos, Introduced, Withdrawn, Electrics, Size and Seating/Crush Load. Also listed is where other trams can be seen. Also mentioned some early history of Bendigo, The Heritage Walk, The Central Deborah, Sandhurst Town, the early route from Melbourne to Bendigo, Creswick, Castlemaine and the Old Market. (7 pages).bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - trams information, prahan and malvern tramway trust, hawthorn tramway trust, melbourne and metropolitan tramways board, australian electric transport museum, david hoadley, tramway musuem of victoria, hawthorn tram depot, david bromage, sydney tramway museum, bendigo tramways, museum of transport and technology nz, whiteman park tramway museum, haddon tramway museum, the old canberra tram company, ballarat vintage tramway, bendigo toastrack tram, kilmore cable tramway, railway museum, scienceworks, tasmanian transport museum, launceston tramway museum society, ballarat vintage tramway, central deborah gold mine, chinese joss house, castleton, sandhurst, shamrock hotels, dai gum san wax museum, post office, law courts, alexandra fountain, beehive store, fortuna villa, sandhurst town -
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Document - PAMPHLET - COMPLETION OF RENOVATION OF 18 VIEW ST, 1968
PAMPHLET - COMPLETION OF RENOVATION OF 18 VIEW ST. 4 page pamphlet (last page blank) . First page titled: 'We celebrate the completion of the erection of the Central Section of this Building (18 View Street, Bendigo) as the First Government Built Post Office on the 17th May, 1858 and the Eightieth Anniversay of the Incorporation of the Sandhust Trustees Company (Incorporated 1888)'. Inside - two pages of historical text relevant to above.organization, business, sandhurst trustees -
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Document - ADDRESS TO JACOB COHN - ILLUMINATED, 1888-1889
Jacob Cohn. Esq. Mayor of Sandhurst 1889-89. Dear Sir. In accordance with a special resolution of the city council and an old established custom we have much pleasure in presenting you this illuminated address with our photos as a small token of our esteem in which you are held by us. During your year of office as chief magistrate and Mayor of Sandhurst. Signed by all councillors. Photo of Jacob Cohn. Esq. Plus 9 councillors. Photo of Town Hall. Photo of Post Office. Frame gilt embossing. ** Lent to Leo Bruinier to be restored 2015 by Nicholas Truscott. Currently on loan to Bendigo Art Gallery and displayed in Bendigo Town Hallperson, group, employees -
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Photograph - CHARING CROSS
Photographic reproduction of a steel engraving 'Alexandra Fountain and Pall Mall from Charing Cross'. Alexandra Fountain, pedestrians, Post Office, Bee-hive Stores, gas lights. Inscriptions - below photo 'Alexandra Fountain and Pall Mall from Charing Cross', within photo 'Henderson & Goddisson, Bee-hive Stores', 'Melbourne Cash Store', written engraving 1 'Abbott New Times', ' H Burridge'. On rear blue stamp 'RHSV, Bendigo Branch'. History of photograph: From an 'Album of Sandhurst Views, c.1894' (J Lerk 18/02/2004)place, streetscape, charing cross -
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Document - PLAN OF TOWNSHIP OF SANDHURST 1854, July 25. 1854
Coloured- The planned township of Sandhurst is placed over the early Bendigo creek township of 1854. The two main streets of the early township were Camp and Auction streets. The street shown as Dowling street later became Queen & Hopetoun streets. The building near the bridge at View Point is Pykes Building. The Post Office was located here in 1854 - 58. Bernal street is now Chapel street. The creeks were straightened to their present courses. Streets on map are. Pall Mall - Bridge - McCrae - Hargraves - Lyttleton - Myers - Mollison - McLaren - Mitchell - Williamson - Mundy - Bernal - Baxter - Larritt - Bramble - McIvor - Bull. Also shown on map: Bendigo Creek - Government Reserve - Present Cemetery - Proposed diversion of creek. FH 562 Deframed 2022Lithographed at Surveyor Generals Office. Melbourne. July 25. 1854. By R. Meikle.place, bendigo, original 1854 bendigo map -
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Photograph - VIEWS OF BENDIGO: TOWNSHIP OF EAGLEHAWK, c. 1870's
Photograph No. 37. Sepia photograph of township of Eaglehawk, showing main street, Town Hall and Post Office. Also printed below photo, Forbes & Holmes, Agents, Casey & Wenborn's Print. Nicholas CaireN.J. Caire - Sandhurstplace, eaglehawk -
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Document - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: EAGLEHAWK & NOTED EVENTS
Notes on Eaglehawk compiled by H Biggs mentions early settlement, discovery of gold, separation of Eaglehawk from the Marong District Roads Board, Nominations for Council and Newspapers. Noted Events compiled by June Parry mention events from 1839 to 1876 and some in 1928. These included early settlement, gold discovery at The Rocks, Churches, hospital, Bendigo Advertiser, Theatre Royal, Police Office, Post Office, Census, First Council Works, Telegraph, Mining Company, Mining Board, Public Market, various buildings built, Rates, Schools, and very early trams.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - eaglehawk & noted events, h biggs, june parry, james mouat, joseph crook, marong district roads board, camp hotel, charles sherratt, mt alexander north run, grice and heape, ravenswood, gibson and fenton, mrs john kennedy, mrs patrick farrel, mr j a paton, mr lachlan mclachlan (bendigo mac), bendigo hospital, bendigo advertiser, theatre royal, lieutenant governor sir charles and lady hotham, harney's bridge, e j ennor, sandhurst fire brigade, mr townsend, bendigo water works, cornish & co, post office, bendigo pottery, bendiog agricultural society, benevolent asylum, bendigo gas company, cattle yards, coliban water supply scheme, cr w v simons, j mouat, sir henry barkly, sandhurst borough, eaglehawk borough, cr john mcintyre, duke of edinburgh, latham and watson's mine, galatea (model ship), st paul's church of england, rev g p despard, bendog rifle association, strathfieldsaye shire hall, corporate high school, bendigonian society, richard andrews, easter fair, g aspinall, j burnsides, viscount canterbury (sir h manners sutton), beehive stores, mining exchanges, annual waverley prize, bendigo water works, city fire brigade, city family hotel, bendigo united friendly society medical institute and dispensary, jewish synagogue, masonic hall, school of mines, j h abbott, australian natives association, temperance hall, royal princess theatre, albion hall, central state school, high school, gravel hill state school, early trams, electricity commission -
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Document - BENDIGO POST OFFICE COLLECTION: SANDHURST TRUSTEES LTD, 1858
... BENDIGO POST OFFICE COLLECTION: SANDHURST TRUSTEES LTD... on the site. Document BENDIGO POST OFFICE COLLECTION: SANDHURST ...Document. 1858 the central section of the building was completed on 17th May. It was built by contractors Snowball & Co for the sum of 2,996 pounds. Built by the Government of the time as a new Post Office, it replaced the former timber post office located on the site.