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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BENDIGO HOTEL COLLECTION: CITY FAMILY HOTEL
Colour photograph: image shows City Family Hotel, High Street, Bendigo, opposite Alexandra Fountain. Three storey building, portico over front door facing High Street. Awnings over lower level windows. Carlton Draught and GB Pies sign on front Early 1980's ?.bendigo, hotel, city family hotel -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - JORDAN COLLECTION: VEHICLES PEOPLE ON THE ROAD, c1920
Black and white photo of vehicles and people on the road and other people walking along the verges. Circa 1920's. Suggestion that all may have been attending a picnic or church outing. Location unknown. On the reverse is a stamp impression of Oliver's London Pharmacy Tel. 123 117 Pall Mall Bendigo.bendigo, streetscape, general street views -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BENDIGO HOTEL COLLECTION: RIFLE BRIGADE HOTEL
Colour image: two storey hotel, dark green façade, white trim. Two storey verandah, lacework painted white. Arched windows on bottom storey. On top storey on pediment 'Rifle Brigade Hotel' in white paint. Hotel located in View Street, Bendigo. Appears to be late 1970's?bendigo, hotel, rifle brigade hotel -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BENDIGO CITY TAKEN FROM LOOKOUT TOWER
BHS CollectionTimber framed, cream mount, black and white photograph of Bendigo City. Written on bottom of photograph: ' The City from the Lookout Tower'. In foreground of photo - Shamrock Hotel; Law Courts; Post Office building. On extreme right of photo, Williamston Street. In extreme foreground, trees in Rosalind Park and Pall Mall.bendigo, streetscape, pall mall and city -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - VOTERS' ROLLS FOR THE DARLING WARD
Voters' Rolls for the Darling Ward of the City of Bendigo. Years: 1897/8 - 1898/9 - 1899/1900 - 1900/1901 - 1902/1903 - 1903/1904 - 1904/1905 - 1905/1906 - 1906/1907 - 1907/1908 - 1908/1909 - 1910 - 1911 - 1912 - 1914 Folder 117 in Box 209bendigo, council, voters' roll -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - WARNE COLLECTION: BENDIGO HOME FOR ADULT BLIND
Black and white postcard showing a weatherboard house with nine people on the porch. The postcard is labelled: Bendigo home for adult blind, Bennett Street, Long Gully. The first home for adult blind people established in the country in Victoria. (Association for the advancement of the blind). The back few lines to a Maude from H Coad (?)bendigo, buildings, bendigo home for adult blind -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - NEWSPAPER COLLECTION: NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT
The Bendigo Miner from Thursday, August 2, 2007. Article: no time like the present by Jim Evans part of the history lives series. The article describe the Trench Challenge Shield made and engraved by P. Prescott. The only name on the shield is that of William Crowley. The original shield is in the BHS collection as item 2075.bendigo, newspapers, the bendigo miner -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Model - Model of Bendigo tram No. 23
Model of Bendigo bogie, ex Hawthorn Tramways Trust, four centre doorways, tram, No. 23 in a SEC colour scheme with the destination of Quarry Hill. The Modeller has detailed the seats throughout the tram and the controls. Balsa wheels had broken off, repaired with 'O' gauge wheels along with other parts by the Museum's model builder.Demonstrates model tram building. One of a series of Ballarat and Bendigo tram models. Not known who built them.Model tram - made from Balsa wood, cardboard, paint, metal, styrene, wire.models, trams, bendigo, bogie tramcars, tram 23 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: ANTICLINAL AXIAL LINES - BENDIGO GOLD FIELD
plan shewing the Anticlinal Axial lines of a portion of the Bendigo gold Field.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - anticlinal axial lines - bendigo gold field, e j dunn, christmas line, thistle line, carshalton line, napoleon line, nell gwynne line, new chum line, sheepshead line, deborah line, garden gully line, paddy's gully line, derby line, miller's line, hustlers line, lightning line -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Memorabilia - ADVERTISING ARTICLES BENDIGO BUSINESSES
Assortment of advertising articles for Bendigo businesses including, Bendigo Bottle & Glass, Angie's Salon, Borough Haircraft, Bendigo L.P.G. Conversions, Country Feasts, Bendigo Motor co, Pyramid Building Society.commerce, advertising, businesses -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - FLEMING COLLECTION: 1950S BENDIGO SLIDE, 1950s
Bendigo 1950s. Bendigo Easter Fair 22/4/1957.Bendigo 1950s. Bendigo Easter Fair 22/4/1957. Man on stilts wearing a crown holding a pie on a long stick.event, easter fair, bendigo easter fair, bendigo 1950s. bendigo easter fair 22/4/1957.bendigo 1950s. bendigo easter fair 22/4/1957. man on stilts wearing a crown holding a pie on a long stick. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - QUEEN VICTORIA STATUE, BENDIGO, VICTORIA
black and white photo: view of Rosalind Park gardens alongside RSL war museum, showing Queen Victoria statue. On bottom of photo: The Rose Series P. 2867, Queen Victoria Statue , Bendigo, Victoria.place, public gardens, queen victoria statue, queen victoria statue, bendigo -
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Administrative record - Central Red White and Blue Company Mine map
Draftsman's drawing of Central Red, White and Blue Mine. Printed by Troedel & Cooper Pty Ltd, Surveyor Mr. H. Cumby, Bendigo April 1913 Forms part of the Margaret Roberts Collection of mining records.bendigo, margaret roberts, gold, central red white and blue gold mine, map -
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Map - BENDIGO WEEROONA GASWORKS MAP/PLAN COLLECTION: DETAILS FOUR PURIFIERS, 1889
Plan/map: Bendigo Weeroona Gaswork, plan showing details four purifiers. Plan signed by? Thompson engineer, dated 1889. Written on bottom RH: this is one of the drawings referred to in my contract dated ... (undated).plan, bendigo, bendigo weeroona gas works, gasworks, thompson -
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Document - LA TROBE UNIVERSITY BENDIGO COLLECTION: ' WHEN THE GROUND SHOOK'
A Bendigo ' Advertiser ' article titled ' When the ground shook. " It relates to Margaret Yandell a former student at Bendigo Teachers' College who experienced two major earthquakes during her appointment at Gaulim Teachers' College at Malabunga near Rabaul. There are two photos (1) Margaret Yandell (11) The girls toilet block badly damaged after the first earthquake at the college. 11-11-1971.bendigo, education, bendigo teachers' college students, la trobe university bendigo collection, collection, bendigo, education, tertiary education, gaulim teachers' college, rabaul, earthquake, photo, photograph, miss margaret yandell, bendigo teachers' college, bendigo teachers' college students -
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Map - SECTIONS ACROSS BENDIGO GOLDFIELD
Map in three sections showing sections across Bendigo Gold Field, showing anticlines, synclines, faults, stratigraphical zones and mines along the reef lines. Key shows rock types Castlemaine, Bendigo B1, B2, B3 and B4, and Lancefieldian. First part of map shows sections A-A, B-B and C-C. Reef lines drawn with mines listed: Fault line shown are the Carshalton, Stafford, New Chum, Virginia and Clarence. A datum line shows 600 ft above sea level. On bottom of plan: ' Prepared in the Geological Survey Office, Bendigo, under the direction of H. Herman, late Director of Geological Survey, from surveys by H.S. Whitelaw, Field Geologist, assisted by E.S. Usher, A.J.J. Moore and R.A. Keble.' Second section of map shows sections D-D, and E-E. Fault lines listed are the Tambour Major fault, Carshalton fault, Stafford fault, Nell Gwynne fault, New Chum fault, Deborah fault. Third section shows sections F-F and G-G. Fault lines listed are the Bird Reef fault, Kangaroo Gully fault, Langdon fault, Carshalton fault, Nell Gwynne fault, Spring Gully fault, Hustlers fault, Gravel Hill fault, Ordes fault, Thanet fault. This map forms part of the Geological Survey of Victoria, Structure of Bendigo Goldfield report, No. 47, 1923. H.Herman, late Director of Geological Survey.Geological Survey of Victoriabendigo, gold mining, reef line maps -
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Document - LA TROBE UNIVERSITY BENDIGO COLLECTION: THE VALUE OF HISTORY 2
A brown folder titled "The Value of History 2". A teaching plan with which to teach the contribution of history to students. From the files of Mr. L.J. Pryor former Principal of Bendigo Teachers' College. Donated to Education resource Centre for archival use in 1992. Also included is a small booklet titled "Record of Lessons" with the name Fred East Past Lecturer, Bendigo Teachers' College.bendigo, education, bendigo teachers' college, la trobe university bendigo collection, collection, bendigo, bendigo teachers' college, teaching, teachers, history, history - study and teaching, mr. l.j. pryor, male, individual, person, education resource centre, curriculum -
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Document - CORNISH COLLECTION: DOCUMENTS RELATED TO VARIOUS CORNISH ENTERPRISES IN BENDIGO
Documents and copies of photos related to various Cornish enterprises in Bendigo: a. Line drawing (faint) of foundry owned by the Roberts family (Mitchell, Wills and King streets); b. copy of article from unknown source re United Iron Works with details of the firm and Roberts principals - William Roberts, Abraham Roberts and Arthur Roberts - with copies of photographic portraits (Bartlett Bros.) - bad copy with LH side of text partly illegible; c. copy of article titled 'Goyne's Battery Gratings re John Goyne and history of the business (submitted by person living at ''Rosemundy'', Goynes Road, Epsom - Goyne's home then on 20 acres); d. Photograph of old Robinson photo of Bendigo Stamper Grating Factory, Epsom and five men posed in front of large timber building (badly cut photo with LH edge missing. original photo (9 x 13) of ''Former Bendigo Cornish Fuse Factory'' (handwritten inscription on reverse) taken in recent times (hint - car in driveway); f. copy from un-named book of J Nankervis's Ham and Bacon Curing Factory, Golden Square - drawing of the establishment and a photos of winning display of small goods at the Bendigo Show (no date); g. copy from un-named book of photo of premises of A J Williams, Lily and McKenzie Streets - wooden structure with sign indicating Hardware Merchants and ??Mines Furnisher?? , showing three horse-driven small wagons (delivery?); h. copy of photo of Cornish store(1880s) at White Hills - mention of Frederick Stuckenschmidt (married Miss Mary Smith), William Mathews (original owner?) - corner brick building with family posed outside alongside horse and light cart;. reproduction of exhibit in Bendigo Spring Show, 1915 , the ''Made in Bendigo Exhibition'' - first prize awarded to Messrs H M Legg & Co. Progress Jams, preserves, tomato sauce, tomatoes products, candied peels etc. (folded and small tear).bendigo, buildings, early bendigo businesses, bendigo stamper grating factory. epsom. j. nankervic ham and bacon curing establishment. golden square. bendigo cornish fuse factory. cornish stores. messrs h. m. leggo and co. abraham roberts. arthur roberts. william roberts. goyne's battery gratings. -
Victorian Harness Racing Heritage Collection at Lord's Raceway Bendigo
Photograph - Framed photo finish, Greg Matthews Photo, Unique Hanover, 16 January 1973
Unique Hanover won the Bendigo Pacing Cup on the 16 January 1973, followed by Murray Mac and Stanfield Globe. Unique Hanover owned by Mr KJ Muir, was trained by KJ Muir, driven by S Walsh. Unique Hanover raced from 1971 (3yo) through to 1975 (7yo). Career: 17 wins 10 seconds 10 thirds 81 starts.Two colour photographs, one small one large in a white frame. At the top: Bendigo Trotting Club 16-1-73/ Pacing Cup At the bottom: Left corner: Distance 2600 metres/ Mile rate 2.10 / Greg Matthews Photo Centre: Unique Hanover (Smokey Hanover - Unique Ayr) / Murray Mac 2nd / Stanfield Globe 3rd Right corner: Owned by- Mr KJ Muir/ Trained by KJ Muir/ Driven by - S Walshbendigo harness racing club, horses, race, winner, bendigo trotting club, pacing cup, driver, trainer, owner, 1973, unique hanover, kj muir, s walsh, murray mac, stanfield globe, stan walsh, kevin muir -
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Photograph - MATCHETT'S CORNER
John Matchett was born in Corbrackey, Ireland in 1828. His Wholesale and Family Grocers started in 1857. It was on the Corner of Hargreaves and Edward Streets, Bendigo. It was known as the BELFAST STORES, HARGREAVES-STREET WEST SANDHURST. After his death in1903, Robert Matchett carried on the Grocery and Produce Business.Black and white photograph on grey board. Row of brick 2 storey shops with verandas over footpath. Windows on second story have columns each side and curved and painted pediments over. On back of photograph is written: Matchett's Corner at Bath Lane end of City Club Hotel. Block of buildings at Charing Cross. Demolished - replaced by Fountain Plaza block. In image, many advertisements. On F BR 'Frank A Jeffrey Photo - Bendigo'. Circular stamp 'Royal Historical Society of Victoria - Bendigo Branch'. In image 'TC Watts and Son' , 'Property and Furniture Auction Rooms', Australian - Metropolitan Life Assurance Company Ltd', R Matchett and Co - Grocers - Wine and Spirit Merchants', 'Old Court Whisky'. Pin hole in each corner, brown stain (spilled liquid) on image.Frank A Jeffreybendigo matchetts, john mattchett -
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Document - NORMAN OLIVER COLLECTION: LETTER FROM F.C. DYETT, 15th Jan 1965
The Norman Oliver collection. Norman Oliver was three times Mayor of Bendigo - 1950-51, 1964-65, 1970-71. One typed page, headed Personal. Letter from F. C. Dyett, 7 Bignold Avenue Bendigo addressed to the Mayor, Cr N. J. Oliver. Dated 15th January, 1965. Thanks the Mayor for his representation of the City at the funeral of his late uncle, Sir Gilbert Dyett, C.M.G.bendigo, council, sir gilbert dyett, norman joseph oliver , councillor norman oliver. mayor of bendigo. sir gilbert dyett, c.m.g. -
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Photograph - PATRICIA COLES (NEE MCLEAN) COLLECTION: BENDIGO EASTER PARADE QUEEN COMPETITION
Photograph. The Patricia Coles (nee McLean) Collection. Bendigo Easter Parade Queen Competition 1934. Copy of a black & white photograph. One woman in centre with a bouquet. Surrounded by five girls and a small boy. Two are seated. Identified on the reverse as from left to right - Shirley McLean, Patricia McLean (seated), June McLean (all sisters). The two girls standing on the right - Mary Gallagher of Kangaroo Flat, and Kathleen Hart on the far right, daughter of Elsie & Eric Hart, View Point Hotel Bendigo. The sisters are the daughters of Nellie & Tom McLean, United Kingdom Hotel, Golden Square.bendigo, entertainment, easter parade queen competition, bendigo easter fair. bendigo easter parade queen compettion. mclean family of golden square. united kingdom hotel. -
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Book - BENDIGO THE GOLDEN AGE RETRACED, 1973
Bendigo the golden age retraced Front cover is a map of the area using white lines to point out points of interest in Bendigo. These places are then described in brief detail throught the book. There are also illustrations of each place of interest. Part A has a signature inside the front cover dated 1973. b, has a photo of 'Sun Loong' in front of the Shamrock Hotel, at easter time. This is in a plastic folder which is then inside a folded card, with adrawing of the old Town Hall on the front. C, has a library sticker on the lower spine, numbered 0035 nei. With Index. 64 pages.Jan Neilbendigo, buildings, effects of gold in bendigo., . -
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Plan - SANDHURST BOYS CENTRE COLLECTION: PART DETAIL SURVEY
Prepared by the Public Works Department for the Government of Victoria. Client is the Mental Health Department, Municipality is City of Bendigo. Site plan of area bounded by O'Dwyer St and Finn St, North Bendigo. Handwritten note on back - Update of whole centre 10/4/91. Details include: oval, tennis court, grandstand, area is bounded by an un-named watercourse. Also indicated are 14 nissen huts, 2 toilet blocks, 3 weatherboard buildings, 1 galvanised iron building,2 galvanised iron sheds (one new), residence, garage, fowl shed, and a carpark. bendigo, institutions, sandhurst boys centre, sandhurst boys centre site plan; -
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Newspaper - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: ELECTRIC IN 1903
Copy of an article from the Bendigo Advertiser titled Extracts from the Advertiser - April 1903. An article mentioning the progress of the electric trams in Bendigo in 1903 and some disruption it caused to the telephone service and fire alarms. There is a photo of men working on the tram line near the Rose of Australia Hotel and the Post Office. The are also ads on the page for Bake House Bread, Valentine's Furniture and Bendigo Pre-mixed Concrete.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - electric in 1903, bendigo advertiser april 1903, the electric supply company of victoria, mr h w jenvey, rose of australia hotel, co-op store, post office long gully, bowdens butcher shop, bake house bread, valentine's furniture, bendigo pre-mixed concrete -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Magazine, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), SEC Magazine, 31/10/1944
Magazine published by the State Electricity Commission of Victorian reporting the success of the Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong entrants in the Most Popular Conductress Competition with photographs of each of the Conductresses and their fundraising totals. Sylvia Mitchell Ballarat, Miss J McCurdy Geelong, and Mrs. D Rosewarne Bendigo. See item 8825 for part of this magazine collected by Sylvia Mitchell. See also item 247 for another image. Included in this issue are items on casualties on service, briquette factory notes, how street lights affect trees, unique transformer at Newport, Sergeant Staples and Mrs Mitchell, Australia's First Electric tram (Doncaster - Box Hill), Kiewa notes, G A Laurens on Bendigo, American Hospitality, In and around Yallourn, Rabual, How to become Magician C J White, Mozart by Wim Platt, the meaning of Maru, On Active Service, and letters from Servicemen.Demonstrates the SECV news reporting to employees and the general public during the Second World War.Magazine - 48 quarto pages + light card covers, coloured cover centre stapled.tramways, ballarat, bendigo, most popular conductress competition, sylvia mitchell, secv, doncaster, second world war, geelong -
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Document - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: UNVEILING OF MINING MONUMENT AT LONG GULLY
Paper mentions that credit for the project must go to the Long Gully History Group who have been working to install a sense of pride in the locals by highlighting the contribution the former residents made to the city. Long Gully was once known as Bendigo's Little Cornwall - the Cornish Association was asked to help. Also mentioned Long Gully in the 1870's, Gold discovery, Anthony Trollop's visit to Bendigo and his praise for Ballarat and his comments on Bendigo which were not flattering. Also mentioned was the men and their work, the miners complaint, the unrest in the mining industry and a lot of the miners leaving for West Australia.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - unveiling of mining monument at long gully, long gully history group, bendigo's little cornwall, cornish association, anthony trollop -
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Magazine - LA TROBE UNIVERSITY BENDIGO COLLECTION: 'SILVER AND BLUE'
A copy of p. 43 in the Bendigo Teachers' College magazine 'Silver and Blue'. This is the autograph page and it contains 52 autographs. November, 1928. See 3320.100bendigo, education, magazine, la trobe university bendigo collection, collection, bendigo, education, teacher training, tertiary education, teaching, silver and blue, silver & blue, magazine, bendigo teachers' college, miss j.c. burnett, mr. geoff pryor, autograph, autographs -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - MINING WHIP BENDIGO
Black and white photograph. Dilapidated wooden platform with vertical post with wheel at top. Wire attached to bucket and pulled by horse. Two males, one with horse, other emptying bucket. Inscriptions: on back - hand written in ball point pen 'Mining Whip Bendigo', 'A Richardson, 29 Harrison Street, Bendigo', 'Rec'd photo, 21.4.67'.mining, surface equipment, mining whip bendigo, bendigo, mines and mining, mine, mines, miner, male -
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Newspaper - FOSTER AND WILSON COLLECTION: MR S MCKINNON, Nov 16? 1949
Newspaper cutting titled 'Bendigo Personalities' with a caricature Of Mr. S. McKinnon by Dudley Gordon. Under the caricature is printed: Mr. S. McKinnon. A great decentralisation advocate, former secretary of the Tomato Growers' Association, and ex-president Bendigo School of Mines Council, and Miners' Phthisis Sufferers' Association. Nov 16 1949 is written at the top of the cutting.newspaper, bendigo, s mckinnon, foster & wilson collection, mr. s. mckinnon, dudley gordon, tomato growers' association, bendigo school of mines council, miners' phthisis sufferers' association