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Newspaper - BEATING THE BOUNDS CEREMONY ENACTMENT
... BEATING THE BOUNDS CEREMONY ENACTMENT...beating the bounds ceremony... BENDIGO Council beating the bounds ceremony Newpaper article ...
Newpaper article, undated but probably 1951, describing the 'enactment of the centenary feature the 'Beating of the Bounds'. Article describes the enactment by the Bendigo Pony Club members ' on horseback, followed by citizens in motor cars and pushbikes.'
Following tradition, a 'small boy being bounced on the turned sod of turf at the municipal boundaires provided an amusing sight'bendigo, council, beating the bounds ceremony