The Bendigo Horticultural and Agricultural Show began in 1859 when a meeting was held at the Shamrock hotel to form a committee. The first competitive event was a ploughing competition held at Lockwood in June 1859.Bendigo Agricultural Show Society Lady's Ticket: Lady's Ticket and Family Ticket included. Yellow card, black print with hole left side for attaching Reads * Lady's Ticket and Family Ticket 1966. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. October 20th, 21st and 22nd. This ticket will admit either a Lady or the Member's Family up to 14 years of age, provided it is produced with either the Member's ticket or the other Lady's Ticket. Admit to Grounds and Grandstands. Cr. K.R. McLennan, President. F.B. Jennings, Secretary. Ticket No. 427. Lady's Ticket retains the portion to be given to the Gatekeeper. Box 625organization, club/society, agricultural and horticultural show, bendigo agricultural show society.

Document. Bendigo Agricultural Show Certificate. Certificate awarded to Gertrude Perry by the Bendigo Agricultural & Horticultural Society for First Prize for Coconut Ice School Girl any Age No 792. Printed by Bolton Bros in blue on buff card.organization, club/society, community, gertrude perry collection, bendigo agricultural show certificate gertrude perry, bendigo agricultural & horticultural society, bolton bros

Document. Bendigo Agricultural Show Certificate. 1931 Certificate awarded to Gertrude Perry by the Bendigo Agricultural & Horticultural Society for Second Prize for Short Bread School Girl any Age No 800. Printed by Bolton Bros. in red on buff card.organization, club/society, community, gertrude perry collection, bendigo agricultural show certificate, bendigo agricultural & horticultural society, bolton bros.

Green cover, booklet, on front 'Bendigo Agricultural Show Society Catalogue' Annual 1964 Show, October 22, 23, & 24. Photo of the Victorian Mounted Police and Band on front cover (not taken in Bendigo). Booklet contains details of Show categories and entries in each area.bendigo agricultural show, 1964

92 page spiral bound booklet (A4 size) Thirty-Nine Plus One An Historical record of the Past Presidents of the Bendigo Agricultural Show Society. Compiled by Edna Westhead From 1859 to 1999 Photo copied pages with B&W images of people and placesEdna Westheadbendigo agricultural show, bendigo agricultural & horticultural society

Donald Clark Collection.A prize certificate for the 1939 Bendigo Agricultural Show, won by Llanelly State School for an educational display.

The Bendigo Agricultural Show Society Annual Report and Financial Statement for year ending 31st March 1963. Eight Pages.

The Bendigo Agricultural Show Society Annual Report and Financial Statement for year ending 31st March 1964. Eight pages.

Portion of postcard. Image shows horse and rider clearing a timber jump , at the Bendigo Agricultural Show, 1918. Written on bottom 'Thumbs? clears.... ft'bendigo, sporting clubs, show jumping

198 page hard cover book. 'Ploughing through 150 years of the Bendigo Agricultural Show Society 1859 - 2009' Author Debra Reade with assistance from Joyce Beaumont, Mollie O'Sullivan and Edna Westhead. Published 2009 Printed by Richard Cambridge Printers, Bendigo Illustrated with many B & W photos of people and places Dust jacket illustrated with two B&W and Colour photos. Donated by James LerkDebra Readebendigo agricultural & horticultural society, debra reade

The Bendigo Horticultural and Agricultural Show began in 1859 when a meeting was held at the Shamrock hotel to form a committee. The first competitive event was a ploughing competition held at Lockwood in June 1859.Photograph - black and white. A group of men, sitting and standing in the Bendigo Showgrounds (now known as Tom Flood Centre) looking South. On the 30th Nov.2001 James Lerk gave his opinion that the above is correct. Bendigo Agricultural and Horticultural Show Society.organization, club/society, agricultural and horticultural show, bendigo agricultural and horticultural show.

Document. Certificate awarded to Gertrude Perry in 1931 by the Bendigo Agricultural & Horticultural Society for Second Prize for Pullover Design Worked In Girl under 14 years No821. Printed by Bolton Bros. in red on buff card.organization, club/society, community, gertrude perry collection, bendigo agricultural & horticultural society, bolton bros

Photo depicts a show entry of woolwork which won first prize and show champion at the Royal Melbourne Show in 1933 and the first prize at the Bendigo Agricultural Show in 1933. According to the donor, the entry was undertaken by the Women's Section of the Country Party to promote the use of wool in furnishings. There are two certificates in the photo, on which the word "Tarnagulla" can be seen. The women who made the items may have been from this town. The items are interesting for the use of modernist, Art Deco style designs.Photograph depicting a show entry of woolwork which won first prize and show champion at the Royal Melbourne Show in 1933 and the first prize at the Bendigo Agricultural Show in 1933."WOOLWORK" / 1st Prize & Champion Melbourne Royal Show 1933. / 1st Prize Bendigo Agricultural Show 1933.handicrafts agricultural shows, country party - women's section, handicrafts, agricultural shows

A brown blue and white certificate with the words, ' Awarded at the Bendigo Agricultural Show Society Bendigo Show Champion For Best Turnout To Stewart, Stockdale & Dudley House.' Bolton Bros. Pty. Ltd. Engravers.civic mementoes, presentations, bendigo agricultural show society, lydia chancellor, collection, bendigo agricultural show society, societies, clubs and associations, organisation, certificate, champion, agriculture, bendigo community

with compliments slip from Bendigo Agricultural pastoral and Horticultural Society & free ticket to Bendigo Agricultural Show Society 25-27.10.1951 / small ticket and compliments slip - paper / ticket for miss E.A. Geotze / envelope from Bendigo Agricultural Show Society National Bank Chambers , Pall Mall , Bendigo dated 24.8.1951/ 3 pence stamporganization, society, community services, bendigo agricultural pastoral and horticultural society /bendigo agricultural show society e.a. geotze / national bank chambers , pall mall , bendigo / 3 pence stamp

Black and white photograph commemorating the opening of the Bendigo Agricultural Society's Jubilee Show in 1912. The photo is attached to a beige cardboard. The show was opened by his Excellency the Governor General Lord Denman. There are three rows of ladies and gentlemen posing for the photo, The names of the people sitting on the front row are recorded and are from left to right: Cr. W. & Mrs. Wilkie; Bishop Langley; Cr. J.H. Curnow Mayor of Bendigo; Lord Denman Governor General; S.H. McGowan President Agricultural Society; Lady Denman; Mrs. McGowan; Mrs. Lansell; Hon.. J. Sternberg. The photo was taken by W.H. Robinson, Bendigo. Donated by A. Wilkie, grandson of William Henry Wilkie, Mayor of Bendigo 1911, 1914-15.organization, society, bendigo agricultural society

Bendigo Show and Agricultural Exhibition prize schedule 1937, 120 pages with black and white photographs and advertisements, printed by Cambridge Press.book, bendigo, bendigo organisations & businesses, bendigo-businesses-agriculture

Bendigo Show and Agricultural Exhibition Prize Schedule. Oct. Thurs 17,Fri18,Sat 19 1935 Day&Night Special Arena Attraction. County of Bendigo Agricultural, Horticultural and Pastoral society Founded 1859. Rules, Regulations and Conditions of Grand Annual Spring Show. Agricultaral & Industrial Exhibition Thursday, Friday,Saturday october 17th,18th,19th 1935, three days - Three Nights. President: cr M.E. O'Brien. Vice-Presidents: W.H.Wallis, Esq., F. Stanistreet, Esq., and Cr E. Buckland. Hon Treasurer E.J. F. Crawford, Esq. Secretary E.G. Ham Esq. Council: Messrs. A.J.Anderson, M.H.Adams, C.T.H.Bailey, Cr.E.Buckland, M.S.Boyle, Cr.W.M.Bolton, M.J.Brown, Cr. W.J.Clement, Cr. R. Collins, T.E.Carey, J.H.Collins, T.Corrie, J.E.Don, D.Danson, L.L.Dungey, J.H.Daly, F.Goyne, T.Gilmore, Cr. H.C.Harry, A.J.Hamilton, Col.W.E. James, H.M.Leggo, A.Lowndes, J.H.Lienhop, W.J.Lansell, Cr.C.H.Ludeman, C.B. McCallum, B. Mitchell, Cr. J.C.Morrrison, J.Mitchell, E.Nuttall, G.A. Pethard, N. Ramsey, F.Stanistreet, W.J.Stephens, J.C.Symons, R.J. Trahair, E.J.Vanston, A.Whitehead, A.E.Wallis, R.E.Warren and F.A. Young. Patron His Worship the Mayor of Bendigo 9Cr. A. Staples). Life Governors: Hon. H.Keck,M.L.C., W.H.Wallis, Esq., A.Johonson, Esq., W.G.McRobert, Esq. Office: Victoria Chambers, Pall Mall, bendigo. Telephones: Office Bendigo 418. Secretary's Private Residence 176. Showgounds 296.event, agriculture

Newspaper supplement titled Bendigo's Century Volume Four: 1930 - 1939. Front page is titled Bendigo's Century and has a photo of some women at the Bendigo Jockey Club, 1930s. Each year has heading of Who's Who, Weather, Sport and Business. First years are 1930 - 1939 titled A look back when. The page has photos of the Eaglehawk Cricket Club's first A Grade cricket premier ship team (1932 - 1933)., The monument to the late Bendigo mining magnate Ernst Mueller in Rosalind Park, The Bendigo Stock Exchange in the early 1930's - pictured are L L Dungey, T Williams, M P Kelly, C Mueller, E Hommoloff, R Kelly, T H Busst, T Hall, R Trembath, E A Woolcock, and C Burridge, the Carshalton mine in 1936 and The Edith and G V Lansell Laboratory at the Bendigo Hospital. 1930 - a photo of St Andrew's Church, the sundial outside the RSL Memorial Hall, The late Monsignor Rooney and The late John Douse Langley. The Ironbark Mine was the top gold producer. 1931 - Radio station goes on air, 1932 - Sir John dies, 1933 Bodyline men come to town, 1934 - Heroic rescues, 1935 - Hospital's new wing opened, 1936 - King mourned, 1937 - Beehive store towers above, 1938 - Mining shows mixed results and 1939 - Outbreak of war sobering.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - bendigo's century - volume four: 1930 - 1939, eaglehawk cricket club, ernst mueller, the bendigo stock exchangel l dungey, t williams, m p kelly, c mueller e hommoloff, r kelly, t h busst, t hall, r tremabath, e a woodcock, c burridge, charshalton mine, edith and g v lansell laboratory, st andrew's church, rsl memorial hall, mr gordon carter, sir john monash, state electricity commission, cr r watson, colonel gt v lansell, empire press congress, bendigo advertiser, mr e j hogan, eppalock weir, lyric theatre, bendigo red cross, mrs george mackay, st andrew's presbyterian church, mrs william hunter, right rev john douse langley, monsignor rooney, bendigo art gallery, the ironbark mine, coliban water, mr w wright, station 3bo, amalgamated wireless of australia ltd, advance bendigo group, the north league, st aidan's orphanage, bendigo freezing works, mr w wright, bendigo advertiser, mr w j stephens, advance bendigo group, north league, garden gully united gold mining company, bendigo football league, sir john quick, john quick snr, ironbark foundry, bendigo evening news, bendigo independent, bendigo advertiser, deakin governmnet, sir charles kingsford smith, southern cross, eppalock weir, bendigo art gallery, the hercules mine, gillies, aids & appliance shop, anne caudle centre, bill woodfull, harold larwood, dr john mccarthy, the hercules, douglas jardine, don bradman, sacred heart cathedral, joseph stapleton, john lynch, bert mcconchie, new red white and blue mine, royal humane society, william james, vernon shaw, south new moon mine, bendigo hospital, bendigo base hospital, duke of gloucester, rsl memorial hall, electricity commission, eaglehawk borough council, the plaza, backhaus estate, amalgamated freezing company, fortuna villa, mrs edith lansell, colonel lansell, the hercules mine, toni riley pharmacy, boardwalk, barkly hyett, the big blue consolidated company, the bendigo hospital, eaglehawk football team, kurmala wing of the bendigo base hospital, sir isaac isaacs, lyric theatre, sir john quick, hanro knitting mills, st luke's toddlers home, st aidan's orphanage, rsl memorial hall, lord and lady huntingfield, cr michelsen, bendigo art gallery, bendigo agricultural show, new blue mine, joseph stapleton, bendigo law association, bendigo hospital committee of management, bendigo rotary club, mr j mcrae, education department, andrew sunstan, sir stanley argyle, bendigo football league, north blue mining company, cr staples, king george v, king edward viii, cr j a michelsen, andrew mclay, bendigo advertiser, cohn bros, mrs wallis simpson, king george vi, capping mine shafts 1936, bendigo art gallery, madge freemen, william john leslie cross, judge wasley, the myer emporium, the baptist church, salvation army, ron masters, the central nell gwyn, sir john quick, leanne mcdonnell, windermere hotel, rev donald baker, john rumbold, central nell gwynne, the beehive building, the beehive store, james buick and co, thomas hope henderson, buick henderson & co, mr goodison, mr r o henderson, lt-col henderson, angus mackay, bendigo sewerage authority, mr s gordon moore, commercial bank of sydney, bendigo advertiser, edward alan morcom, polio, dr gardner kerr, the right rev conald baker, ridley theological college

Newspaper supplement titled Bendigo's Century Volume Five: 1940 - 1949. Each year has heading of Who's Who, Weather, Sport and Business. Front page is titled Bendigo's Century and has a photo of a group of soldiers in uniform and with rifles. They were district servicemen on leave in 1944. Each year has heading of Who's Who, Weather, Sport and Business. First years are 1940 - 1949 titled Bendigo as it was. It has two photos of women wading through the 1949 Pall Mall flood waters and one of Miners in the crib room of the Central Deborah Mine. They are Jackie Lewis, Bob Johnson, W Landy, Ryga Yates and Les Johnson. 1940 - Army moves in to racecourse, 1941 - Devastating fire at pottery, 1942 - Forces expand, 1943 - Nation's eyes on Bendigo, 1944 - News dawns of D-day landing, 1945 - City cheers the end of the war, 1946 - Celebrations begin in city, 1947 - Gallery gets top paintings, 1948 - Water plan looks good and 1949 - Flood takes a toll on city.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - bendigo's century - volume five: 1940 - 1949, bendigo advertiser, central deborah mine, jackie lewis, bob johnson, w landy, ryga yates, les johnson, central nell gwynne, department of defence, bendigo jockey club, 8th division, robert menzies, deborah mine, bendigo decentralisation vigilance committee, cr w h taylor, bendigo war funds organisation, the easter fair society, bendigo agricultural show committee, mr e g ham, mr j v fairbairn, cr a staples, the bendigo chamber of commerce, richard hartley smith abbott, captain harley abbott, bendigo art gallery, bill woodfull, bendigo high school, north deborah mine, boardwalk, toni riley pharmacy, windermere hotel, cr g a pethard, coliban system, north deborah mine, bendigo pottery, bendigo trades hall council, private lawrence burstall, major-general g j rankin mhr, andrew dunstan, ordnance factory, royal australian navy, hmas bendigo, sec offices, muioof, ymca, georger addlem, fred addlem, cr a j anderson, pauline buvhan thompson, leslie thompson, edward joseph leonski, bendigo football league, mr j dedman, william stephens, forest street methodist church, pte charles phillips, pte w e durward, pte t foley, william john stephens, central nell gwynne, air chief marshall sir arthur tedder, cr taylor, united nations, flying officer, r bruce tuff, flight lieutenant owens, royal air force, commonwealth war workers housing trust scheme, mr s mckinnon, bendigo decentralised vigilance committee, ravenswood estate, john lienhop mlc, margaret (peggy) brennan, strathfieldsaye shire council, school of mines, bendigo base hospital, william george ashman, ashman's tailors, bendigo jockey club, victorian football association, bendigo east swimming pool, deborah anticline, specimen hill methodist church, north deborah, adolf hitler, benito mussolini, australian 7th division, cr galvin, bendigo war funds organisation, hmas bendigo, lt-commander jackson, bendigo football league, central deborah mine, victoria day, cr truscott, bendigo gaol, lansellstowe, awas barracks, bendigo citizens committee, john cain snr, ordnance factory, bendigo agricultural society, the duke of gloucester, duchess of gloucester, bendigo tennis association, north deborah, gillies famous pies, aids & appliance shop, mrs georgina scott, dr j a neptune scott, alfred sisley, corot, daubigney, louis sonnenberg, gas employees' union, john lienhop, soldier settlement commission, burnewang estate, king george vi, princess elizabeth, lt philip mountbatten, mr e j w herbert, ansett airways, reg ansett, most rev, dr john mccarthy, dr bernard stewart, michael giudice, bendigo united breweries, bendigo lyric photo plays, bendigo sun newspaper, shamrock hotel, west bendigo progress association, alan mcdonald, south bendigo football club, albert collier, j t webbo, mervyn tresize, state rivers and water supply commission, eppalock reservoir, public works committee, bendigo rotary club, john edgar, bendigo base hospital, albert dunstan, benevolent home, magetti's wine hall, wallace reef wine hall, magetti family, albert magetti, lance galvin, bradford cotton spinnings (victoria) pty otd, arthur syer, stanley crossman, albert arthur dunstan, rev dr henry backhaus, city family hotel, lyric theatre, bank of australasia, city club hotelcolonial mutual building, r matchett & co, lansellstowe, leonard lansell, bendigo bas hospital, australian women's army service, mr hollway, kenworth (aust) ltd, foggitt jones's bacon factory, gordon sayers, sandhurst trustees, dr john drowley, alexander hislop, royal mint, north deborah mine, ironbark south mining company, central nell gwynne company, new chum syncline

Certificate and entry tickets: Certificate awarded to F. T. Kennedy for entry in Photography, for 'landscape or marine' Certificate is pale green, with darker green border. Certificate belongs to item 1175 a. Photo by F.T. Kennedy.document, certificate, f.t. kennedy, bendigo agricultural show

Slide. BENDIGO EASTER PROCESSION. A mining themed float. Building in background 'Bendigo Agricultural Show Society' EST 1859.slide, bendigo, bendigo easter procession., bendigo easter procession.

Booklet. 120 page soft cover booklet giving list of exhibit categories, incl. prize money for the 1973 Bendigo Agricultural Show. Published by the Bendigo Agricultural Show Society and printed by Cambridge Press, Bendigo. Show dates 25,26,27 October 1973. Total prize money $5000. President - J. T. Hamblin, Secretary - F. B. JenningsBendigo Show Societyevent, exhibition, bendigo show, prize money, j. t. hamblin, f. b. jennings

BHS CollectionBendigo Advertiser '' The way we were'' from 2002. A coveted award: a first prize certificate from the 1924 Bendigo Agricultural Show. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Black and white photo: Landscape view of farming land, with large dead tree in centre foreground. Sheep are grazing in paddocks, stand of eucalypts in background of photo. Picture was exhibited in Bendigo Agricultural Show, 1974. Photo is accompanied by First Prize Certificate, Bendigo Show 1974.F. T. Kennedyplace, landscape view, agricultural

BHS CollectionBendigo Advertiser '' The way we were'' from 2002. Showtime: the Bendigo Agricultural Show is a proud part of our city's history, but hasn't always been held at the Princes of Wales Showgrounds. In this undated photo, patrons are enjoying the show at the former showgrounds, now the Tom Flood Sports Centre. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Sepia photo, horse drawn Irish Jaunting Car. John (Jnr) and Thomas Barry are sitting back to back in the car. John and Thomas won a medal (3822.5) at the Bendigo Agricultural Show in 1892. Their address was given as Barry Bros., Coachbuilders, Lyttleton Terrace East, Bendigo. Their residential address was Lucan Street.Unknownperson, bendigo, john and thomas barry

Bendigo Advertiser from Monday, October 25, 1976. On the front page: an article on the Bendigo agricultural show, a photo of Stanhope Apex club members Ron Luker and Kerryn Patten putting the last two European carps into a drum and article - 4 tonnes of fish, Stanhope stabs carp and law. Another article on a total eclipse of the sun and one on a Lady Godiva doing her thing in Echuca. It is the full paper (10 pages).newspaper, bendigo advertiser, stanhope

Poster advertising Bendigo Agricultural & Horticultural Spring Show. Printed on paper in blue and red with photographs of animals, poultry and birds. Printed by Bolton Bros. Markings ' Bolton Bros., Printers, Bendigo.'organization, club/society, community