Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: BENDIGO FIRE BRIGADE
... ... Bendigo Advertiser Weekender 24/4/1999...History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields BENDIGO History long gully history group The Long Gully History Group - Bendigo Fire Brigade Bendigo Advertiser Weekender 24/4/1999 George Ellis Arthur Swanwick Les Rodda Goninan Railway Workshops Lyric Theatre Campbell & Connolly Bennetts Arcade Myer National Australia Bank Don West Electrical Killians Walk Powneys Newsagency Sacred Heart Cathedral Coles McCalmans The Bendigo Railway Station Vin Lapsley The Advertiser Alan Ellis George Flack Copy of a newspaper article from Weekender 24.4.1999 titled Warm Memories. ...
Copy of a newspaper article from Weekender 24.4.1999 titled Warm Memories. Article is about the Bendigo Fire Brigade. Mentioned is George Ellis who has written a book on the history of the brigade to commemorate its 100th anniversary. They have has a good safety record. Also mentioned are some fires that occurred in Bendigo. They are The disused Lyric Theatre in July 1967 and April 1968; Campbell & Connolly April 1971; Bennetts Arcade 3 October 1974; Don West Electrical 27 April 1978; Killians Walk September 1987, The Bendigo Railway Station 23 December 1965, and The Advertiser Premises,29 July 1962. There is a photo with Les Rodda, Alan Ellis, George Flack and George Ellis with the book - Bendigo Fire Brigades 199 Years. There are two more photos, one of a some men standing outside a building and one of a truck (both are very dark).bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - bendigo fire brigade, bendigo advertiser weekender 24/4/1999, george ellis, arthur swanwick, les rodda, goninan railway workshops, lyric theatre, campbell & connolly, bennetts arcade, myer, national australia bank, don west electrical, killians walk, powneys newsagency, sacred heart cathedral, coles, mccalmans, the bendigo railway station, vin lapsley, the advertiser, alan ellis, george flack