The Djaara people's importance to country was impacted by the dramatically imapcted by the development of gold mining in Bendigo. The recently redeveloped Beehive Building played a key role in the development of the Bendigo business sector.Bendigo Advertiser: Two articles, one entitled 'City's history of success', and the other 'Djaara streghten Country'. Also attached is a pdf file of an account of the early Djaara Peoplebendigo, djaara country, beehive building

"Drawing on both oral sources and the objects and spaces of the material culture of religion and belief, the authors provide a fascinating elucidation of past and present meanings of faith, in and around Bendigo, as a lived dimension of experience."Authors: Jennifer Jones, Timothy W Jones, Nadia RhooK and Charles Fahey. With Elizabeth Offer and Natasha Joyce. Published by ANU Press. Softcover book. Front cover has a brown, yellow and green coloured photograph of an Australian bush scene with the title and authors printed in white. The back cover has a description of the contents and biographical details of four authors. 260 pp. Black and white photographs, figures, maps and tables.bendigo, faith on the goldfields, religion on the goldfields, customs, rituals, easter fair, djaara people, traditional owners.