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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BENDIGO EASTER FAIR COLLECTION: LETTER RE WILLIAM O'CONNOR, 3rd April, 1998
5 page letter to Bendigo Easter Fair Committee from Andrea Phipps, 37 Echuca Road, Rochester, 3 April, 1998, re Andrea's great grandfather, William O'Connor who was attired as the local Chinese Emperor, alias 'the Great Oh Con Ah' who led the procession the the 1880 Fair. A family tree is outlined briefly. Enclosed with letter are 3 pages transcribed from the Bendigo Advertiser, telling the story of the 1880 Easter Fair. William O'Connor came to Sandhurst with the gold rush, first record of him buying land in 1854. A Blacksmith and wheelwright, owned the 'Sydney Forge' with his sister and husband, Ellen and John Brewster.bendigo, bendigo easter fair, william o'connor -
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Newspaper - BENDIGO EASTER FAIR COLLECTION: EASTER IN BENDIGO ARTICLE 1990, 7th April, 1990
Copy of newspaper article, Midland Tourist News, April, 1990. Discusses Sandhurst Trustees Bendigo Easter Fair on April 7 of that year.bendigo, bendigo easter fair, article re fair -
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Document - BENDIGO EASTER FAIR COLLECTION: SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA TICKET
White, black and blue print. Bendigo Easter Fair Bendigo Symphony Orchestra, Palm Sunday Concert, St. Pauls Cathedral, Sunday March 27th., tickets at the door, $12, $6, family $24. -
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Document - BENDIGO EASTER FAIR COLLECTION: RAFFLE TICKET 1945
Three Raffle tickets Hargreaves St Popular Girl, Monster Raffle, in aid Bendigo Hospital and Benevolent Home. Prize £100. Geo Ham Secretary of Easter Saturday Carnival Bazaar. T. Goodisson, President, E. Hains Secretary, A. Wearne, Treasurer.bendigo, bendigo easter fair, raffle ticket 1945 -
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Document - BENDIGO EASTER FAIR COLLECTION: RAFFLE TICKET 1947
Raffle ticket, Bendigo Easter Fair Charity Carnival 1947, Hargreaves St. Popular Girl Section, Monster £100 raffle. Tickets 1/- each. Dark grey card, black print. N. Young Secretary, T. Goodisson President, E. Hains, Secretary, A. Wearne, Treasurer.bendigo, bendigo easter fair, raffle ticket popular girl 1947 -
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Document - BENDIGO EASTER FAIR COLLECTION: INVITATION TO GALA EASTER DEBUTANTE BALL 1989, Saturday 18th March
Invitation, blue card, dark blue print. Bendigo Easter Fair Inc presents the Gala Easter Debutante Ball and Official Opening to 1989 Easter Festival. Saturday 18th. March, City Hall Lyttleton Terrace.bendigo, bendigo easter fair, invitation debutante ball -
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Document - BENDIGO EASTER FAIR COLLECTION: LIFE GOVERNOR CERTIFICATE MARLENE HAZELDENE, 30th June, 1962
Copy of certificate issued to Miss Marlene Hazeldene, by Bendigo & Northern District Base Hospital, 30 June, 1962.person, certificate, marlene hazeldene -
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Document - BENDIGO EASTER FAIR COLLECTION: E. VAINS, HONORARY LIFE GOVERNOR, 13th June, 1945
A. Honorary Life Governor certificate issued to Miss E. Vains, 13.6.1945 from Bendigo Benevolent Home. B. Bendigo & Northern District Base Hospital Life Governor certificate issued to Miss Elaine Vains, 21 May 1945. ( documents are photocopies of originals )person, certificate, e.m. vains -
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Document - BENDIGO EASTER FAIR COLLECTION: ARTICLE, 'DRAGON ITS TAIL? NOT BENDIGO', Jan, 1983
Newspaper article - written on top 'early before Jan 1983' Title: ' Dragon its tail? Not Bendigo by Alan Dearn. Article describes history of Easter Fair. Louey Wat Soon, Neil Roxborough details the history of the imperial dragon, kept by the Chinese Association packed in camphor wood chests with other rare costumes.bendigo, chinese, bendigo easter fair -
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Document - BENDIGO EASTER FAIR COLLECTION: APPLICATION FORM BENDIGO EASTER FAIR 1992, 18th - 20 April
Trifold document, white with red print. ( 2 copies of same ) On front ' 100 years Loong' Sandhurst Trustees Bendigo Easter Fair. Dates 18 - 20 April.bendigo, chinese, bendigo easter fair -
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Medal - BENDIGO EASTER FAIR MEDAL 1918, 1918
Bendigo Easter Fair 1918 Medal: Round with crown shape at top with 1918 printed, underneath printed within the circle is Bendigo Easter Fair. Box 625.numismatics, medals-commemorative, bendigo easter fair 1918. -
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Document - BENDIGO EASTER FAIR COLLECTION: REFLECTION ON BENDIGO EASTER FAIR 1920, BOB CARR
15 hand written pages on lined paper, written by Bob ( Robert) Carr. Heading ' Some of the special events sporting and otherwise in Bendigo 1920 era.'bendigo, hospital, city history -
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Document - BENDIGO EASTER FAIR COLLECTION: BENDIGO CHINESE ASSOCIATION LETTER RE CENTENARY OF DRAGON, 10th October, 1991
Letter from Bendigo Chinese Association Inc. to Dianne Cousins, Executive Officer, Bendigo Easter Fair Inc. PO Box 36, Bendigo, re Centenary of dragons in Bendigo. As far as the Bendigo Chinese Association Inc. is concerned the age of the Dragon in Bendigo is indeterminate. Signed Graeme Lougoon, Secretary. Dated 10th. October, 1991.bendigo, chinese, bendigo chinese association -
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Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: LOCAL PUSH
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2001. Local push: Frad Laa beside the Bendigo Pottery float entered in the Bendigo Easter Fair. Circa 1930. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
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Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: TAILOR MADE
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2001. Tailor-made: Gilbert Jenkins' (standing, far left) tailoring firm at Eaglehawk decorated a float for the Bendigo Easter Fair procession. Circa 1915. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
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Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: EASTER PARADE
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from Monday, April 16, 2001. Easter parade: huge crowds mill about the Easter Fair parade in the late 1920s. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
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Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: EASTER PARADE
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from Saturday, April 14, 2001. Easter parade: crowds gather in Pall Mall for the Easter Fair parade. This photograph was taken from the Bendigo Regional Institute of TAFE tower in McCrae Street. Date unknown. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
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Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: FAMILY DAY OUT
Bendigo Advertiser '' The way we were from 2001. Family day out: looking down Pall Mall at the Easter Fair from Mitchell Street. Date unknown. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
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Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: ON PARADE
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2001. On parade: an Easter Fair procession with Old Loong, in Pall Mall. View from the Black Swan Hotel. The clip is in a paradenewspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
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Slide - ROY MITCHELL COLLECTION: BENDIGO EASTER FAIR 1987
Nine slides by Roy Mitchell. The slides are marked 1987 Inglewood or Bendigo. By looking at the slides Bendigo is more likely.bendigo, bendigo easter fair, 1987 easter fair -
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Document - GUINEY COLLECTION: RAFFLE TICKET, 1922
Raffle tickets from bendigo easter Fair, Bendigo. 1922. Grand Oriental Palace Bazaar. W S Rumble advertising on the ticket. Prizes - One Milch Cow. -
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Ephemera - GUINEY COLLECTION: VARIOUS BADGES
Six badges: Women's Club 3BO,Central Deborah Gold Mine Bendigo, B.U.F.S, Dispensary Mcrae Street Bendigo,Bendigo Band CarnivalRailway Picmic September 12 1918, Bendigo Easter Fair 1930 April 19-22 1930 - For Charity Saturday Carnival 3967, War Fund Organisation.ephemera, mementoes, badges -
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Document - AULSEBROOK COLLECTION: BENDIGO EASTER FAIR CHARITY CARNIVAL 1971 PROGRAM, 1971
Aulsebrook Collection: Bendigo Easter Fair Charity Carnival 1971 Program (a) -12th- 13th April 1971 -brochure size, 29 pages -advertisements, lists of officials (b), lists of programs/events throughout the event -
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Ephemera - BENDIGO EASTER FAIR COLLECTION: LUCKY ENVELOPES
Five envelops, the envelopes are all open. On the front of three in red letters: drinks 6 O'clock lager. 1/ surprise all prizes Easter fair 1935 charity raffle, charity club packet no blanks. Travel in comfort to Ballarat, Daylesford, Maryborough, Charlton in Casamento Motors. The other two in blu letters drink Cohn's C.B. grapefruit. 1/ surprise all prizes Easter fair 1935 charity raffle, charity club packet no blanks. Travel by Blue line bus services daily to Ballarat, Boort, Charlton,Daylesford, Maryborough.event, easter fair, bendigo easter fair -
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Document - BENDIGO EASTER FAIR '86 POSTER
Large poster of the Bendigo Easter Fair '86. There 12 coloured photos and the program.bendigo, bendigo easter fair, poster -
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Document - GOLDEN DRAGON MUSEUM COLLECTION: DAI GUM SAN IN BENDIGO
Brochure with description of arrival in Bendigo ''Dai Gum San'', the goldfields of Bendigo, Settling in -Creating a Presence, Origins, the birth of a dragon, A little of dragons, The Chinese and Bendigo Easter Fair.bendigo, chinese, dragon museum -
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Award - BENDIGO EASTER FAIR CHAMPION RACE CUP, F. GOYNE, 1890
Object.Bendigo Easter Fair champion race 1st prize cup April 1890 won by F Goyne Epsom. Large silver Britannia metal cup, circular base with pedestal stem, decorated with acanthus leaves, floral garlands & stars, with 2 side handles, domed lid with finial. Engraved Bendigo Easter Fair April 8th 1890 Champion Race 1st Prize Won By F Goyne Epsom.Britannia Philip Ashberry & Sons Sheffield 2 11 01 Ktrophies & awards, sports, athletics -
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Document - NORMAN OLIVER COLLECTION: MAYOR SPEAKS, UNDATED
The Norman Oliver collection. Norman Oliver was three times Mayor of Bendigo - 1950-51, 1964-65, 1970-71. Three typed pages of speech notes. Undated but information suggests 1965. Corrections made in blue and red ink. Mentions that the Easter Fair has recently ended. Topics discussed : the Cancer Campaign success and recent advances in treatment and facilities, a discussion with a Mr Larritt, the grandson of Bendigo's first surveyor, and the work his grandfather performed, especially regarding the reservations chosen for the Hospital and the Home and Hospital for the Aged, the Art Gallery's Dobell exhibition, Commonwealth Youth Sunday on May 2nd, the promotion of Bendigo by the Victorian Promotion Committee, and Anzac Day business. Oliver states that 'in 1914 the citizens of Bendigo presented the 7th Bn AIF with a set of bugles. One of the bugles used by 'Pompey' Simpson in the landing of Gallipoli and in France until he was wounded in 1917, when it was used by Wally Granland until the Armistice. On Anzac Eve at the 9PM ritual to the Fallen, the bugle will be used for the first time since the first war ..by Bugler John Murphy of Southern Command.' The HMAS Bendigo Assoc. reunion and information.bendigo, council, speech notes, norman joseph oliver , councillor norman oliver. mayor of bendigo. anti-cancer appeal. victorian inland meat authority. anzac day. -
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Postcard - BENDIGO EASTER FAIR, ALEXANDRA FOUNTAIN
Postcard, color. Bendigo Easter Fair at Alexandra Fountain. Dragon in procession. Ezywalkin building in background. On back ' Bendigo, Victoria, Sun Loong ( New Dragon ) at Charing Cross.Nu Color Vuebendigo, chinese, easter fair, bendigo, charing cross, easter fair, alexandra fountain, dragon -
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Document - ROYAL PRINCESS THEATRE COLLECTION: SPECIAL ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENDIGO EASTER FAIR, 24 April 1914
Royal Princess Theatre - Special Entertainment for the benefit of the Bendigo Easter Fair. Friday, April 24, 1914. Stage Manageress: Miss M Eadie. Mistress of the Ballet: Miss G Mackay. Secretary: Mr H M Marks. Programme written by Miss Calma Boyd. Theatre kindly lent by Wm. Crowley, Esq. PART 1. Selected Pictures including BENDIGO ON EASTER MONDAY: THE PROCESSION AND THE FAIR. PART II. The Pierettes and Pierots Present for the first time their entire Company, introducing Miss Marjorie Eadie, Emperess of Ragtime. Miss Girlie Mackay, Genee's Revival. Miss Francie Moore, Miss Calma Boyd and Miss Jean Mackay, Shining Stars. Miss Winifred Dunstan, Dainty Balladist. Miss Dorothy Dunstan, Madame Butt's Protégé. Miss Claire Connell, Front Stall Favorite. Miss Beryl Leggo, Pianiste of Perfection. Press and other comments-'The Herald'-'Come over here?' Sir Ian Hamilton-'Spare my days!!' Madame Melba-'I never heard anything like it.' Mark Hambourg-'Miss Beryl Leggo's playing is Potslausenlililzenundgeyalikyoptor.' [don't hesitate to talk during the items--disturbing the performers really doesn't matter.] Opening Chorus-The Pierettes and Pierots. 'How do you Do, Miss Ragtime?' The Company. Chesapeake Bay, Sung by miss Eadie, with effects by Company. 'Mandy', Misses D Dunstan and C Connell, augmented by Misses Moore and Boyd. 'Here's to Love!' Miss D Dunstan (a solo of primary interest). Alabam, The Pierettes and Pierots, an effort of alleged humour. The Pierot's Wooing, Misses G Mackay and Meadie. The Dance is a result of an amicable attangement with the Pianist, Miss Beryl Leggo. Piano Solo, Miss Beryl Leggo [See Press Opinions.] 'My Sumurum Maid', The Pierettes and Pierots, [Presented with the idea of breaking up the prevailing gloom.] Interval of Ten Minutes. [If the audience can tolerate any more, they may retain their seats without extra charge.] Diamonds, Motor Cars, Confectionery, Sweets, Flowers: Gentlemen must have their name of donor attached. When you have had enough, don't hesitate to leave - the performers will sing on regardless of aching hearts. Part III. The Pierot Ballet, The Company. [Please do not throw anything harder than a brick.] Duet: 'Pretty Poll', Misses Moore and Boyd will sing to each other. 'Poor wandering One' Claimed by Miss M Eadie, with acquiescing chorus. 'Hush-a-Bye!' Part song, The Company [This item is introduced to soothe the infuriated audience.] 'Blue-eyed Baby', Miss M Eadie is associated with this number. Danse de Pierot, Miss Girlie Mackay. Leap Year!, The Pierittes- A distinctly Personal Chorus. [Gentlemen are warned that all exits will be barred]. Finale by the Pierettes. God Save The King. ___We Did It! - Cambridge Press, Bendigo.Cambridge Press, Bendigo.program, theatre, royal princess theatre, royal princess theatre - special entertainment for the benefit of the bendigo easter fair. friday, april 24, 1914. stage manageress: miss m eadie. mistress of the ballet: miss g mackay. secretary: mr h m marks. programme written by miss calma boyd. theatre lent by wm. crowley, esq. part 1. selected pictures including bendigo on easter monday: the procession and the fair. part ii. the pierettes and pierots present entire company, miss marjorie eadie, emperess of ragtime. miss girlie mackay, genee's revival. miss francie moore, miss calma boyd and miss jean mackay, shining stars. miss winifred dunstan, dainty balladist. miss dorothy dunstan, madame butt's protégé. miss claire connell, front stall favorite. miss beryl leggo, pianiste of perfection. press and other comments-'the herald'-'come over here?' sir ian hamilton-'spare my days!!' madame melba-'i never heard anything like it.' mark hambourg-'miss beryl leggo's playing is potslausenlililzenundgeyalikyoptor.' [don't hesitate to talk during the items--disturbing the performers really doesn't matter.] opening chorus-the pierettes and pierots. 'how do you do, miss ragtime?' the company. chesapeake bay, sung by miss eadie, with effects by company. 'mandy', misses d dunstan and c connell, augmented by misses moore and boyd. 'here's to love!' miss d dunstan (solo of primary interest). alabam, the pierettes and pierots, an effort of alleged humour. the pierot's wooing, misses g mackay and meadie. the dance is a result of an amicable attangement with the pianist, miss beryl leggo. piano solo, miss beryl leggo [see press opinions.] 'my sumurum maid', the pierettes and pierots, [presented with the idea of breaking up the prevailing gloom.] interval of ten minutes. [if the audience can tolerate any more, they may retain their seats without extra charge.] diamonds, motor cars, confectionery, sweets, flowers: gentlemen must have their name of donor attached. when you have had enough, don't hesitate to leave - the performers will sing on regardless of aching hearts. part iii. the pierot ballet, the company. [please do not throw anything harder than a brick.] duet: 'pretty poll', misses moore and boyd will sing to each other. 'poor wandering one' claimed by miss m eadie, with acquiescing chorus. 'hush-a-bye!' part song, the company [this item is introduced to soothe the infuriated audience.] 'blue-eyed baby', miss m eadie is associated with this number. danse de pierot, miss girlie mackay. leap year!, the pierittes- a distinctly personal chorus. [gentlemen are warned that all exits will be barred]. finale by the pierettes. god save the king. _we did it! - cambridge press, bendigo.