Corporate gift giving plays a large part in national and international diplomacy. Visiting representatives from regions around the world present gifts as a symbol of friendship and cooperation. Often these gifts reflect cultural practices such as arts and crafts as with this woven basket. The donor for this object was not recorded. Large tote style basket woven from natural fibres (possibly straw or palm leaves) with two short handles. 60 cm decorative woven band in lighter colour near top. Slim style not suitable for carrying large objects.Handwritten tag made from brown card attached to basket with twine reads 'Craig Niemann'.craig niemann, city of greater bendigo ceo, city of greater bendigo corporate gift

Letter to Andrew Paul, CEO, City of Greater Bendigo, dated 12 March 2002, requesting their next step to have the site of the Long Gully Pool (now known as the Long Gully Aquatic Centre) put on the Heritage List.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - letters from the long gully history group, andrew paul, city of greater bendigo, long gully pool, long gully aquatic centre, fiona mcmahon, george ellis, carol rasmussen

Book titled 150 Years of Gold delivered by Peter McCarthy, Managing Director Australian Mining Consultants at La Trobe University, Bendigo on 26 September, 2001, the 2001 Sir John Quick Bendigo Lecture. Book cover, inside and out has a beige copy of a wood engraving of Hustlers Reef, Sandhurst with a tan tone photo of Peter McCarthy on the centre front. Mining is mentioned from the late 1840s to the present day. In the back is a career history of Peter McCarthy and a short life story of Sir John Quick. Also in the back is a list of past lectures from 1994 to 2000.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - 150 years of gold, peter mccarthy, australian mining consultants, la trobe university bendigo, robertson hyetts, sir john quick, quick hyett and rymer, quick and hyett, national library of australia, charles joseph la trobe, james gumm, hargreaves, melbourne argus, henry frenchham, the times, gibbons, james esmond, dr barker, thomas hiscock, alfred clarke, geelong advertiser, wat tyler, dunlop and regan, commissioner doveton, sub commissioner armstrong, captain dana, argus, armstrong, stewart gibson, margaret kennedy, convict's prevention act, micky o'halloran, throckmorton, anti-gold-license association, g e thomson, dr jones, 'captain' edward brown, eureka rebellion, sir john quick, mark twain, australian federation, mining exchanges, alfred deakin, the amalgamated miner's association, robert clark, britian's national miners' association, silicosis, tuberculosis, walter summons, bendigo amalgamated mines, great war, gold mines of australia, bendigo mines limited, nell gwynne, carshalton shaft, napoleon shaft, george lansell, fortuna villa, the four deborah mines, world war two, central deborah, north deborah, william kelly, the edwards works, newstead dredge, jim crow dredge, adelong dredge, calder freeway, bendigo mining nl, randolph bedford, cra ltd, sovereign hill, ballarat historical park association, rmit, melbourne university, macquarie university, australasian institute of mining and metallurgy, institution of engineers australia, mineral industry consultants association, joint ore reserves committee, ceo institute, anthea mccarthy, michele matthews, sir john quick committee, city of greater bendigo, the hon justice michael kirby, mr don blackmore, murray darling basin commission, dr janet mccalman, australian research council, dr john white, visy industries, dr al luloff, mrs delys sargeant, the rt hon ninian stephen

Letter (11/7/2005) from E Lunn to John McLean CEO of City of Greater Bendigo re Dudley House as headquarters and rooms for BHS.E. Lunnperson, individual, john mclean, city of greater bendigo, dudley house.

This group portrait was taken at a City of Greater Bendigo function marking the 100,000th visitor entering the Grace Kelly: Style Icon exhibition.Colour photograph taken at the Bendigo Art Gallery of gallery staff and volunteers, Visitor Centre staff and volunteers, Mayor Sandner, CEO Craig Niemann and various other COGB staff.city of greater bendigo tourism, bendigo art gallery, mayor sandner

On the 19th of October, 1999, the Accessible Cities and Shires Forum was held in Bendigo. In this photo, Chris Stewart, City of Greater Dandenong Diversity Officer, and Shirley Caulfield, CEO of the Arthritis Foundation of Victoria, promote the Diversity Action Plan.COL photo of two people standing close to one another. They are each holding some publications, one of which is titled 'Diversity Action Plan'. [on label, in blue ink] Chris Stewart, City of Greater Dandenong Diversity Officer, and Shirley Caulfield, CEO of Arthritis Victoria at the Bendigo Accessible Communnities Forumshirley caulfield, ceo, arthritis foundation of victoria, afv, chris stewart, diversity officer, city of greater dandenong, accessible communities, diversity action plan, rural access project, accessible cities & shires project, forum, bendigo, 1999