BHS CollectionBendigo Advertiser from April 24, 2002. Bendigo from the rooftops: Bendigo Advertiser photographer Mark Farrugia took these 4 photo from an helicopter during the Easter long weekend. Top left: a lush Tom Flood sports centre makes a welcome change to the barren ovals of last year. Top right: the cathedral towers over high Street. Bottom left: an overhead view of Charing cross. Right bottom: the rich goldfields architecture of the city centre. The clip in in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser

BHS CollectionBendigo Advertiser '' the way we were'' from 2003. St Nicholas Day parade 1955, Mitchell Street. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

BHS CollectionBendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from Saturday, December 4, 2004. Champs: these four men were not the type to tangle with in 1947. The men, pictured in a street walk, were Bendigo boxing champions. They are: Bob Duguid, Kieran McQueenie, Des Duguid and Brian Cahill.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

BHS CollectionBendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2003. Construction: can anyone identify this building? The work was being carried out by John Dunton a contractor for Bendigo, who is pictured standing right of the two children. A native of Islington, England, he arrived in Australia in 1844 and died in his Wills Street residence in 1897. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

BHS CollectionBendigo Advertiser '' The way we were'' from 2003. Hospitality: the staff and friends of the G.J. Coles store in Mitchell street, Bendigo entertain troops from the army camps around Bendigo at a dance in the Railway Institute Hall; circa 1940. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

BHS CollectionBendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2003. Old timers: float, Easter parade, Bridge Street, Bendigo. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

BHS CollectionBendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from Saturday, November 27, 2004. Wartime work: the Ordnance factory, Bendigo, 1944. The woman working an oxy-acetylene profile cutting machine is believed to be Ellen Cecilia White from Barney Street, East Bendigo.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Martin (1872-1948) and Mary Comer (1883-1972 married in 1907and had the following children; Edward Thomas (1908-1974) Leonard Laurence(1909-1931) Cecilia Mary (1911-1980) Joseph Benedict (1913-1989) Luke Bernard (1914-1931) Kevin Martin (1916-1986) Theresa Agnes (1918-1948) Francis Michael (1919-2000) Anthony John (1922-2011) Leonard and Luke worked with their father at Kimbolten and both drowned on the 28th December 1931, in the Goulbourn River at Arcadia near Murchison. A lad named Madden also drowned at the same time. The family lived in Queen Street, Bendigo.Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2003. Family fun: a Comer family portrait taken at Kimbolton, Lake Eppalock, in the early 1920s pictured is (from left) Ted, Leo, Joe, Cecilia, Luke, Kevin, Teresa, Frank and Tony with their parents Martin and Mary. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

BHS CollectionBendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2003. Little champions: the Violet Street state school football team, circa 1963. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Cyril Lyle Hinton Seymour (1894-1956) was born in Eaglehawk. He married Elsie Unger (1890-1951) in 1932.Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2003. Company: Elsie Seymour has her photo taken with a visiting American serviceman in 1943. Elsie and her husband Lyle took two US servicemen into their Condon Street home. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Violet Street Primary School No. 877, was established in 1866 as the German Common School. It was designed by William Vahland who laid the foundation stone in February of that year. It was built by subscriptions from the local German community. In 1872 it combined with the McKenzie Street German School on the Violet Street site.Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from Monday, December 29, 2003. School days: grade 6 Violet Street State School students; circa 1950. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Violet Street Primary School No. 877, was established in 1866 as the German Common School. It was designed by William Vahland who laid the foundation stone in February of that year. It was built by subscriptions from the local German community. In 1872 it combined with the McKenzie Street German School on the Violet Street site.Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2002. Study: Violet Street school. About 1898. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

The inaugural meeting of the Bendigo Sewerage Authority was held in February 1917. It had government approval to borrow 5000 pounds for the initial setup including the provision of a sewerage treatment plan. Surveys for the provision of a sewerage system were first undertaken in 1916.Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2002. Time for a break: a gang of workers at the Bendigo Sewerage Authority located in Victoria Street, Eaglehawk, in the late 1950s. Pictured are Tom Atherton Sr, Roy Swinnerton, Saqm Angove, Allan Connally, Jack Swinnerton, Jim Kennedy, Charlie Wilson, 'Ganga' Ted Toon and Ernie Hartland. Photo supplied by Ernie Hartland. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

BHS CollectionBendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2002. Smithy: Dan Murdoch blacksmith was located in Napier Street, Eaglehawk, during the early 1950s. Bill Jones stands centre (the other two men are unknown). The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

BHS CollectionBendigo Weekly from Friday November 16,2001. Snippets of Bendigo History - The View Street Story - continued by Edith Lunn. This article look at the Temperance Hall which was built in 1860 for the Bendigo Total Abstinence Society and its neighbour extending up the hill. Temperance Hall was designed by Vahland and Getzschmann. The building next was also built by Vahland and Getzschmann as a residence for Robert Strickland, later it was acquired by Dr. Oliver Penfold who extended the building and set up his medical practice . The building is now the Penfold Gallery of the Arts. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo, bendigo weekly

BHS CollectionBendigo Weekly from Friday November 2, 2001. Snippets of Bendigo History - The View Street Story - continued by Edith Lunn. This article describes two small buildings between the Queens Victoria garden and the entrance to Rosalind Parks and the Baby Health Centre . The article continues with a description of the more architecturally classical building on this side of View Street, The National Australia Bank building, the Sandhurst Club and the Sandhurst Trustees building. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo, bendigo weekly

The original Golden Square State School was built in Laurel Street in 1873. In 2015 the school moved to new premises.Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2002. All smiles: Golden Square Primary School' s grade four class assemble for heir class photo in 1937. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Richard Dermer Smith (1860-19130 was a professional photographer active in Sydney NSW and Melbourne, Sandhurst and Bendigo VIC. In Bendigo he operated from the Royal Duke Hotel, 20 Bull Street, between 1897 and 1908 before returning to Melbourne. Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2002. Portraits: photos taken in Bendigo by photographer R. Dermer Smith who had a studio in Bull Street from about 1897 until 1908. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

BHS CollectionBendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2002. Bonding: Will Robins and Arthur, his 10th son, would travel to a hut in the bush every weekend. On Saturdays, the pair would dig for gold, and on Sundays they would catch rabbits and gather wood to take home to King Street for the fire. Photo taken in 1924.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

BHS CollectionBendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2002. Yummy: the original owner of this ice-cream van sold it to Granny Robins for 20 pounds before returning to India. The Bendigo council gave Ms Robins' son George permission to make and sell ice-cream on the streets of Bendigo between 7pm and 9pm each night. The delicacies were sold for one penny each, or with wafers for two pennies. Otherwise, the customer could trade two empty beer bottles for an ice-cream. The clip I in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

BHS CollectionBendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from Monday, May 6, 2002. Service with a smile: this group of women prepared the dinners and afternoon teas at the Bendigo Show in 1940 during World War 2. The soldiers changed the guard at the Park Street entrance during the day. The caterers were Cornell and Wild, of Coburg. Mr and Mrs Wild are pictured on the right with Violee, who was in charge of the staff, standing fifth from the left. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

See Item 3510.1 for details of the Red, White and Blue MineBendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2002. Days of old: this group of visitors from Sydney was photographed in front of the Red, White and Blue Mine, Thisle Street. The photo was taken in 1920. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

BHS CollectionBendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2002. Memories grade four pupils from Violet Street Primary School in 1936. ''Friends then, friends forever''. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

This church was opened on 15th, September 1872, and was constructed over two years at a cost of 4500 pounds. The bluestone was sourced from Dean. The St Augustine statue is by Mattei Brothers. Mattei Brothers and Co. were modellers and figurine manufacturers at 126-132 Greeves Street, Fitzroy. Ferdinando Mattei, Amedeo Mattei and Amato Mattei were skilled in plaster casting, they migrated from Gromignana to Australia in the early 1920s and in 1926 opened their business.Photographs of the bluestone Catholic church at Creswick, Victoria. The photograph was taken while churches were closed due to the Covid 19 pandemic.creswick, bluestone, catholic church, d. foley