'Fourteen paged Paper on ''Wesley Church, Forest Street (Uniting Church) Bendigo'' by Eva Wilson, Dated May 1981. Seven pages emphasizing the early years of the church; two pages of ''Agenda'' (references); ''A Sheaf of Stories'' , extracts from Irving Benson's ''A Century of Victorian Methodism'' (2 pages); Memorial Windows and Plaques (detail); copy of 1872 letter re: forthcoming Anniversary Services and call by Trustees for funds to lengthen the church; page with detail of Trustees in various years.Eva Wilsonchurch, history, wesleyan church, eva willson. memorial windows. plaques, wesley church forest street. rev. william butters. jimmy jeffrey. rev thomas raston. the argus. rev. t. raston. rev. joseph dare. james bickford.rev. daniel draper. forest street bendigo. rev. william hill. .

Forty-five paged booklet ''Has a pioneer church a future?'' - A history of the Forest Street Uniting Church buildings, by L D Faulkner. Not dated but probably 1993 (see Ministers, p. 37). A detailed history comprising as per the Table of Contents; Introduction; Wesleyan Beginnings; First Permanent Buildings; Second Permanent Chapel; Vestries & Church Extensions 1877/78; Sunday School Additions; The 1900's; Conclusions; References; Bibliography; Appendices; Additional Papers i. Ministers, ii Trustees, iii Organists & Choir Leaders, Site Plan. Illustrated with (generally poor quality) B&W photographs.L D Faulknerchurch, history, uniting church forest street, l. d. faulkner. wesleyan church. jimmy jeffrey. golden gully, white hills, eaglehawk gully, long gully. thomas raston. edward stone parker. w.h. vahland. fincham pipe organ. j. watson.

Wesleyan Church Forest Street Sandhurst Financial Reports 1876-1919 (Final entry 1920) Dark green cover with light green material spine and corners. Lined pages. Handwritten entries.church, history, uniting church forest street

Sandhurst - Local Preachers Meetings: Bendigo Circuit Minute Book 1853-1871 Light brwon cover with dark brown spine. Handwritten minutes. 5 loose pages secured in book pages.church, history, uniting church forest street

Wesley Methodist Church Bendigo Teachers Meeting Minute Book 1897-1905 Green cover. Lined pages. Handwritten minutes. 194 pages.church, history, uniting church forest street

Wesleyan Church Forest Street Bendigo Minutes of Meetings - Trustees of Church Ladies of Congregation. 1893-1896 Light brown cover with marbled pattern. Handwritten minutes.church, history, uniting church forest street

Wesleyan City Mission Sandhurst Minute Book 1883-1891 Brown cover with marbled pattern. Handwritten minutes.church, history, uniting church forest street

Minute Book Quarry Hill Independent Church Sandhurst Minutes Book - Leaders Meeting December 1864 - December 1872 Includes list of members. Brown cover with marbled pattern. Blue pages. Handwritten minutes.church, history, uniting church forest street

Wesleyan Church, Sandhurst account book and documents 1859 - 1898. light brown/beige book.. On fifth page the title: Sandhurst General Chapel account 1859. copied from various small books by W. Bickford.church, history, uniting church forest street

Hardcover dark brown book with a lighter brown spine. Castlemaine and district Church property reports 1870 - 1880. The book has 382 pages but only filled up to page 64.church, history, uniting church forest street

Large hardcover book. Cover is green with maroon spine. Wesley Church, Forest Street, Sandhurst. Pew rentals. April 1884 -1898.church, history, uniting church forest street

Various documents relating to the Bendigo Methodist Circuit Trusts. The documents include hand written correspondence, receipts, miner rights and lists of trust monies. All these documents were loose inside book 3487.10church, history, uniting church forest street

Alphabetical index book listing the church trusts in the Bendigo circuit from the 1880s to 1906.church, history, uniting church forest street

BENDIGO METHODIST CIRCUIT 25 churches INCOME AND EXPENDATURE 1908-1951 Heavy dark brown card cover with light brown spine Blue pattern internal front page Red lined pages hand written entries through out book Approx 16 pages of typed loose entries secured at back of bookchurch, history, uniting church forest street

Wesleyan Church Forest Street Sandhurst Pew Rentals Record Book 1866-1884 Hard cover book Dark brown outside cover Light blue internal paper pages Hand written entrieschurch, history, uniting church forest street

Sandhurst (Golden Square) Circuit Local Preachers Minute Book 1872-1880 Patterned internal cover Lined pages Handwriten entrieschurch, history, uniting church forest street

black and white image: brick church, single spire. Forest Street Presbyterian Church.buildings, church, forest street presbyterian church, forest street uniting church, church, bendigo

Newspaper cutting titled George works on, printed in the Bendigo Advertiser Sep 16, '99. Mentioned in the article is George's work with the Cornish Association and his re-election as president. An honour was bestowed on George and his wife, Edna at a ceremony in Cornwall. A photograph shows George and his Wife, Edna wearing a light bluerobe and a horizontal banded hat with two dark blue? bands with a yellow band in the centre.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - george and edna ellis, bendigo advertiser 16 /9/99, cornish association of bendigo and district, peter mundy, leanne lloyd, tanya lea, robert lloyd, trevor rosewarne, david lea, white hilll botanical gardens, forest street uniting church, michael joseph, ballarat cornish association, long gully uniting church, eaglehawk fire station

1990 Letter from National Trust to CEO, City of Bendigo - re inclusion of St John's church (Cnr McKenzie & Forest Sts) on National Trust Register. Page 2 is a four line Citation describing the church (ref to W C Vahland).Ian Wightchurch, history, st. johns uniting church, w. c. vahland. mckenzie street, forest street. st johns church. st john's uniting church.

A Church Service programme. The front page has an illustration of a staff and some sheep and the words '....and there shall be one fold, one shepherd.' John 10:16. The two inside pages and the back page contain the outline of the service. It is Pentecost Sunday June 3rd. 1979. The service is to 'celebrate the uniting of the St. John's and Wesley congregations' at Forest Street Bendigo. Item part of Mr. Ken Hesse Collection donated by Mr. James Lerk.church, celebration, presbyterian church forest st bendigo, ken hesse collection, collection, bendigo, religions, christianity, history, st. john's bendigo, prestbyterian church, programme, programece, wesley church

Document. Printed coloured picture of a stained glass window. Accompanying note identifies it as "Local Preachers Window, Uniting Church, Castlemaine". See note 11402.14. Window depicts a local preacher on the Forest Creek Goldfields during the 1950's.print, buildings, stained glass window

Former Congregational minister. Born Ballarat 7/9/1887, died Ascot Vale 18/2/1962. Attended Congregational College Victoria 1916–1919. Ordained Glenhuntly 11/12/1919. Ministry exercised in Busselton WA 1914-1916; Koonung/East Kew 1916-1919; Glenhuntly 1919-22; Elsternwick 1923-25; Forest Street Bendigo 1926-30; Northcote 1931-33; Luhrs Road, Payneham/Medindie S.A. 1934-37; Houghton/Paracombe S.A. 1938-42; Seddon/Yarraville 1943-46; Director, Congregational Young People's Department 1946-51; Hughesdale 1951-57; Maryborough 1958-1960. President Congregational Union of Victoria 1950-51. Married Annie Williams, father of Rev. John Reeves.Reeves is shown as an elderly man holding hands with two little girls. He is dressed in a suit with waistcoat. They are standing near the fence of a public garden."Rev. Duncan E. Reeves"reeves, duncan e., congregational church

Methodist Minister. Placements: Geelong West 1913, Ballarat East 1917, Mildura 1921, Horsham1924, Burwood 1929, Northcote 1932, Elsternwick-St. Kilds 1936, Bendigo Forest Street 1941, Coburg & Moreland 1946, Malvern South 1951, Supernumerary Mitcham 1956. Chairman of District 1928, 1941 - 1945; Naval Reserve Chaplain 1940. Financial Secretary of District 1946 - 1950. Born Frosterley Co. Durham in 1886. Died 1973B & W copy of original photograph. Three quarter length studio portrait of Rev.Thomas Hugh Indian wearing Masonic regalia.Thomas Hugh Indian photo from Mrs Laura Indian (Daughter-in-law)

Rev Henry Clarnette: born 1898 in N.S.W. Ordained into the Methodist Church in 1921. Served in Yackandandah, Wodonga, Longford & Bracknell, Latrobe, Launceston South, Colac, Warracknabeal, Warrnambool, Bendigo (Forest Street). Connexional Editor Tasmania 1933 - 1935. Chairman of District 1946 - 1949. Died in 1954.B & W matte photograph of the Rev Henry Clarnette laying the foundation stone of the Hotham St. Methodist Church Mont Albert. Mounted on buff card.rev henry clarnette, methodist, minister, mont albert