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 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 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

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 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 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 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

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

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

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

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

City of Bendigo Street Permit No. 681government, local, city of bendigo

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

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

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

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.

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 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 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

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 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 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 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 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

Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from 1999. City centre: John Roberts one price Drapery House at the corner of Williamson and Hargreaves streetsnewspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from 1999. In uniform: the City Fire Brigade, near Market Square, whichis now the site of the Bendigo library. Circa 1878.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from 1999. Like a drink?: the City Club Hotel in Mitchell street, Sandhurst.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from 1999. Busy: Bendigo City Market, Williamson Street, 1903 to 1939. Designed by architect William Beebe.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from 1999. Vista: looking across Rosalind Park towards the city from Camp Hill, about where the cascade is now. The old Shamrock building is at the left of photo.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from 1999. City centre: the Town Hall, Market Square, Sandhurst.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were