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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Postcard - VIEWS OF BENDIGO - FOLD OUT PHOTOS IN FOLDER
Sepia coloured folder, enclosing photos of Bendigo. On front 'Beautiful Views in Color of Bendigo Vic.' Photo of Alexandra Fountain on LH side. 3 1/2d stamp on top RH corner. Folder addressed to Miss Diane Gordon 5A Warwick Street, Hobart, Tasmania. Colour photos include : Alexandra Fountain, The City Hall, The Botanic Gardens, Hargreaves Street, The Conservatory Gardens, Rosalind Park, Pall Mall, The Upper Reserve Lake and The Conservatory Gardens. Photos appear to be from the 1940's. Enclosed letter states that the donor's grandfather 'mailed them me during his visit to your city in what appears to be 1953. Diane Palmer'Valentine Publishing Co Pty Ltdbendigo, tourism, post card folder -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Newspaper - NEWSPAPER COLLECTION: BENDIGO ADVERTISER VARIOUS ARTICLES
1) Bendigo the Golden Heart of Victoria 2) News from Bendigo May, 1973 3) Some Scenes of Bendigo Yesteryear 4) Cover Bendigo Advertiser Souvenir of the Shamrock Hotel 5) Saving the Shamrock - Doug McClure 6) Farewell Bendigo's Trams April, 1972 7) 100 Years of Trams 8) Gold Mine a Popular Attraction 9) Tomorrow the end (Trams) April 1972 10) Trams 1890-1903-1972/ Photo New Chum 11) Vintage Talking Trams 12) In Search of a Home for Sun Loong 13) Bendigo Dragon City 14) History Indicates that Dragons is not as Silly 15) Bendigo's Dragon is Something to be Proud of 16) Unravelling the Dragon's Mysteries 17) Reputation Precede it 18) Tourism 19) Haunted by the Ghosts of the Gold Rush 20) Bendigo Undertaking Firm Installs Complete Motor Funeral Equipment 21) Built on the Foundations of Gold 22) Photos: Bridge Street - Oakley's Establishment 23) A City Built on reefs of Fabulous Wealth 24) Bendigo Company Has High Hopes for Old Mine 25) The Central Deborah 26) Central Deborah Reaches New Depths 27) WMC Prepares the Way for Bendigo Mining Revival 28) Historical Background of Fortuna 29) Opening of TAFE College 30) 60 Protesting Nurses Greet the Premier 31) A History Written in Bricks 32) The Golden Age of Bendigo Theatre Part 1 33) The Golden Age of Bendigo Theatre Part 2 34) J.H. Curnow is Back Home 35) Fortuna Historical Background 36) Photos of Fortuna. Folder 110 now in Box 417. AV 03/11/2022 -
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Newspaper - NEWSPAPER COLLECTION: BENDIGO ADVERTISER
Folder 114 1) Bendigo Victoria's Premier Town - September 14, 1983 2) Bendigo Bank - July 1, 1995 3) Birthplace of a Nation - September 23, 1992 4) Capital Theatre Official Opening - April 21, 1991 5) Central Deborah Mine Public Opening - June 20, 1986 6) Golden Futures - August 2, 1995 7) Bendigo Dragon City - September 28, 1988 8) Golden Dragon Museum Grand Opening - March 2, 1991 9) Bendigo Life and Style - October 13, 1993 10) The Mail Bendigo - November 27, 1968 11) Hargreaves Mall 10 Years On - May 13, 1992 12) Hargreaves Mall Opening - May 1982 13) Bendigo Life and Style - October 13, 1993 14) Bendigo Marketplace Opening - October 31, 1995 15) A City Born on Timbered Slopes - September 25, 1985 16) A Glimpse of the 50s and 60s, The Doney Collection 17) Recollections Pictorial Liftout 1990 18) Pictorial Liftout 19) Pictorial Liftout Alan Doney - September 24, 1986 20) Pictorial Liftout 21) Bendigo Victoria's Premier Town - September 14, 1983 22) Bendigo Remembers - August 15, 2005 23) Souvenir of the Shamrock Hotel - April 18 24) Symon's Dairy 75 Years in Bendigo - June 24, 1995 25) Bendigo City on the Move - August 26, 1987 26) Victory 50th Anniversary End of WWII - August 15, 1985newspaper, bendigo advertiser -
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Newspaper - NEWSPAPER COLLECTION: BENDIGO ADVERTISER
Folder 115 1) Bendigo Onward 1971-2000 2) Bendigo 150 Years 1853-2003 3) Bendigo 175 Years 1836-2011 4) Bendigo Remembers 1945-1995 - August 16, 1995 5) Anzac Day 1986 "Lest We Forget" - 24 April, 1986 6) Creating Our Future. Annual Supplement 2000 7) Bendigo A Capital City. September 27, 1989 8) Bendigo A Spirit of Achievement. September 25, 1991 9) Bendigo Back to the Future. June 29, 1998 10) A Greater Bendigo. September 28, 1994 11) Bendigo Booming - Region Shines Brightly. 2001 12) Bendigo Booming. August 7, 1996 13) Beautiful Bendigo "Into the Nineties" - September 26, 1990 14) The Bendigo Miner Final Edition - August 23, 2012 15) Bendigo Review - September 24, 1986 16) Centenary of Telecommunication in Bendigo - August 13 17) Bendigo Unlimited - May 7, 1994 18) Bendigo Unlimited - July 10,1982 19) In Bendigo We've Got The Life - September 25, 1985 20) Bendigo City of Golden Opportunity - September 26, 1986 21) Bendigo 160 Years, december 9, 1853-2013 -
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Book - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: ADAM LINDSAY GORDON COTTAGE FOLK MUSEUM
A small soft covered book with coloured illustrations titled 'Adam Lindsay Gordon Cottage Folk Museum.' Dendy Park, Brighton, Victoria, Australia. Brighton City Council and the Brighton Historical Society, with the support of the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) are co-operating in a project which will honour the poet Adam Lindsay Gordon. One hundred years after his death they will link this project with the early Australian pioneers. This project will feature - the Gordon Cottage, horse drawn vehicle displays, relic displays, early market garden displays, and an old fashioned shop. An Aboriginal midden will be reconstructed and a collection of Aboriginal artefacts will be included. An appeal for the project was officially launched on the 25th May, 1969. This book was donated to Lydia Chancellor by Rosalind Landells for the Brighton Historical Society.australia, history, pioneers, lydia chancellor collection, collection, lydia chancellor, australian literature, adam lindsay gordon, poetry, australian history, history, brighton city council, brighton historical society, pioneers, literature, male, person, individual -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: HOMING
Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from Saturday, November 8, 2003. Homing: Bendigo City Homing Club in 1929. Back row: J. Harrison, N. Rolls, B. Dwyer, F. Roberts, C. Borley, P.Higgins, J. Elderfield, J. Eames, J. Flinn. Front row: B. Bolitho, J. Foster, G. Jones, J. Goddard, A. Horbury, B. Edwards, C. Newson.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: MUSIC
Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from Friday, October 22, 2004. Music: Golden City Banjo Club was in fine tune in 1946 when it won the Australian Amateur Hour. Members paid an entrance fee to join the band, got their musical instruments from Suttons Musical and then paid them off. At one stage the club had almost 150 members.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: POWER BROKERS
Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from Saturday, April 3, 2004. Power brokers: this photo of members of the 1960 Bendigo Junior Chamber of Commerce was taken at the City Club Hotel (now Fountain Court). Pictured are from left back row: John Hulls. Third row: Neville Stllwell, Tim Webb, Wal Gillard, Alan Johnson, Bill Edgar, Ron Angus, Peter Huthnance. Second row: Lindsay Mann, Ken Birch, Frank Sumner, Greg Hunter, Brian Armstrong, Ian Jenkins, Corvan Townsed. Front row (seated): Brian Eskdale, Jack Burns, Ken Lewis, Stan Biggs, Peter Bird (president) Lin Jackman, Graeme Norris, Frank Maher, Dal Martin.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: MANUFACTURING
Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from Wednesday, April 28, 2004. Manufacturing: while unsure of the exact year this photo was taken, it would seem the former Bendigo Butter Factory was a prosperous business, with four sales trucks, complete with signs, ready to take produce around the young city.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Postcard - ACC LOCK COLLECTION: YPRES - LILLE GATE, POSTCARD, 1914-1918
Postcard, WW1, B&W image of the ruined Lille Gate entrance to Ypres. Causeway leading to the gate. Small boat with an indistinct figure on water at left. Part of the city wall on right. Copy Z 1postcard, postcard, ww1, lille gate, ypres, france -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: UP AND AWAY
Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from Wednesday, May 12, 2004. Up and away: former Bendigo mayor Cr T.R. Flood, on right, gets ready to take off with an unnamed Qantas pilot of the first Boeing 707/338C, with a convertible passenger-cargo cabin, in 1967. The jet, named The City of Bendigo, took the mayor, and six other Bendigonians, from Avalon to Sydney, including a cruise over Melbourne. The Bendigo party were also guests of Qantas at the then modern Wentworth Hotel. Before returning to Victoria, they were taken on a tour of the Kingsford Smith aerodrome at Mascot.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: CITY CELEBRATES
Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from Monday, March 14, 2005. City celebrates: residents of the early 1950s attend the awakening of the dragon at Bridge Street as part of Bendigo's annual Easter Fair celebrations.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: PLOUGHING
Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from Saturday, April 9, 2005. Ploughing: a 1928 Detroit model Fordson tractor pulls a four-furrow plough with a cut of exactly one metre. This Plough was made in Bendigo by the Ironbark firm of Golden City Machinery. The old foundry still stands in Ironbark as a tribute to the blacksmiths and workers.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Newspaper - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC LIGHTS EAGLEHAWK RD/CREETH ST
Copy of a newspaper article titled three-year battle to get lights printed on yellow paper. Date written at the top is September 19 - 1984.Photo shows Eaglehawk Rd with a man crossing the street and a car going past. A tractor is on the corner. The accompanying article mentions that residents have been campaigning to get the lights for over three years.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - installation of traffic lights eaglehawk rd/creeth st, long gully primary school, the road construction authority, ted coleman, bendigo city council, rite-way -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Newspaper - AILEEN AND JOHN ELLISON COLLECTION: 1989 PICTORIAL LIFTOUT TURNING BACK THE CLOCK
A 12 pages pictorial liftout published in 1989 by the Bendigo Advertiser as part of Bendigo: a capital city. the liftout as pictures from the early days, the changes in Charing Cross, an article on Pall Mall, Bendigo's beautiful historic landmarks, pictures worth a thousand words and an article on Miss Madge Welsh first lady of the Capital.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, pictorial liftout -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Clothing - JOHN KENNETH MARTIN COLLECTION: COPY OF PHOTOGRAPH, 1940-1946
Clothing, copy of photograph of a group of chaplains (padres) during WW2.Black and white. City buildings in background. Two rows of uniformed men. Front row of ten are seated. Back row of eleven men standing behind them. John Kenneth Martin is standing second from the right in back row. Photograph belonged to John Kenneth Martin, padre in 2nd Australian Corps AIF. Served overseas as a Chaplain from 1940-1945. Old box 314Y.costume, military, copy of photograph -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - L. PROUT COLLECTION: CITY OF BENDIGO RATE NOTICES
Two city of Bendigo Rate Notices. The first is for 1960-1961 and the second for 1961-1962. Land and house at 24 Quick Street in the name of Lilian M. Prout. The amount due on both is 7 pounds, 4 shillings and 6 pence.organization, government, city of bendigo -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - L. PROUT COLLECTION: CITY OF BENDIGO STREET PERMIT
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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: CORRESPONDENCE
A letter sent to Mrs. Lydia Chancellor Golden Square from Mr. V. L. Faravoni Deputy Town Clerk of the City of Brighton. The letter conveys Victor Faravoni's and his father Leo's personal regards following the interest Lydia Chancellor took in earlier members of their family who resided in Bendigo in the early 1900s'. 18/08/1966.communication, postal, faravoni family, lydia chancellor collection, collection, bendigo, history, faravoni family, victor faravoni, leo faravoni, len faravoni, stan faravoni, eric faravoni, charles faravoni -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - HAMILTON COLLECTION: HANDWRITTEN VERSE, Early 1900s
Document. Handwritten sheet with 14 rows of rhyming verse. Titled ''TITS FOR TATS'' signed ''Queenie Burrowes, 25 Dawson St, Ballarat''. Printed address on back of paper ''Salmon's City Family Hotel, Charing Cross, Bendigo 190_performing arts, elocution, handwritten verse -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA COLLECTION: BALL PROGRAM
Pink folded card, printed in dark grey. On front: Royal Historical Society of Victoria Bendigo Branch, Souvenir Programme, Victoriana Ball, City Hall, Bendigo. Friday 24th July, 1970. Inside lists dances to be held, with space to write potential partner's name.entertainment, dance, rhsv bendigo victorian ball -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - FAVALORO'S CAFE DINNER MENU FOR STANLEY BRUCE, PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA
Pale lemon colour dinner menu, gold print (2 copies) On front: City of Bendigo coat or arms, Dinner to Hon Stanley M. Bruce, M.C., Prime Minister of Australia on the occasion of his First Official Visit to the City of Bendigo. Given by His Worship the Mayor of the City of Bendigo, (Cr. M.G. Giudice).. Favaloro's Cafe, Monday April 21st, 1924. Toast list inside: His Worship the Mayor, Hon. S.M. Bruce, Hon F.W. Eggleston, Col. Hurry, Dr. A. Dunstan, Cr. J.H. Curnow., Cr. R.J. Cooke.Cambridge Pressbendigo, council, dinner stanley bruce, favaloro's, bendigo council, prime minister, stanley bruce. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - MENU FOR OFFICIAL DINNER LORD STONEHAVEN 1926
Dinner menu bi-fold: cream colour, gold and red text. On front : 'City of Bendigo, Official Dinner in honor of the visit of His Excellency Lord Stonehaven, Governor General of Australia. Tendered by His Worship the Mayor, Councillor J.A. Michelsen on Thursday November 25th 1926 at 7.30 p.m. H.C. Ingleton, Town Clerk.' Inside: List of menu items and toast list. Favaloro's Caterers.Cambridge Press Printbendigo, council, dinner lord stonehaven -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: OUT AND ABOUT
Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from 1999. Out and about: trams pick up passengers outside Cooper's City Club Hotel at Charing Cross.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: CITY HUB
Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from 1999. City hub: the Bendigo Cenotaph, in Charing Cross next to the fountain, is a replica to scale of the famous Cenotaph in Whitehall, London and was the brainchild of Bendigo's own Sir George Lansell. It was unveiled on Sunday, June 2, 1957, by the then Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria, Sir Edmund Herring.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - MENU SECOND MAYORAL BALL TOWN HALL BENDIGO 1924
Menu, (2 copies) bifold, for the Second Mayoral Ball ' tendered to the Citizens by His Worship the Mayor of the City of Bendigo and the Mayoress (Cr and Mrs. M.G. Giudice) Town Hall Bendigo June 24th 1924' Bendigo City coat of arms on top of document. Inside: "Light Refreshment' menu listed. Dinner menu on opposite page, including wine list including Cohn Bros and United Special Bitter Ale. Aerated waters and cordials from T.O. Hunter. Favaloro's Caterers.Cambridge Press Printbendigo, council, mayoral ball 1924 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: FAWN'S BREWERY
Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from 1999. Fawns Brewery, High Street, circa 1860. James Fawns arrived on the Bendigo diggings in 1853 and soon established a brewery near the Foundry Arms Hotel in Old High Street, Golden Square. He later closed this brewery and erected an establishment in High Street known as the London Brewery. After Fawns death in 1891, the brewery became incorporated with the adjacent City Brewery.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: TRAMWAY
Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from 1999. Tramway: this photo of the New Moon Battery and Tramway was taken in 1900. Daily life in the 'good old days' was far from romantic. Sanitary conditions in the city were appalling, with refuse dumped in the streets or in the water ways. The battery was a rock crushing process which separated gold from ore.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: BUSINESS
Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from 1999. Business: City Cash Store, circa 1875. John McClelland was first registered as a brewer at Kangaroo Flat in 1861. In 1862, McClelland moved to the Australasian Store in Bridge Street, Sandhurst. He then established a business and opened a branch store in Pall Mall, between Bull and Mundy streets. He was advertising for assistant grocers for his Mitchell Street branch in January, 1874. On January 30, he offered the Pall Mall store for auction and invested money into the City Cash Store at No. 5 Bath Corner, next to Browne & Heale chemists. This shop had closed by September 1877. By 1880 McClelland was listed only at Bridge Street where he traded until 1885. John McClelland died in March, 1897.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: TIME GONE BY
Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from 1999. Time gone by: the weighbridge in Lyttleton Terrace opposite City Hall (old Town Hall).newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were
