The Bendigo Advertiser building was destroyed by fire on the 29th of July 1962. The Riverina Herald printed the next six additions of the paper in Echuca. The Hearld-Sun then provided printing and staff facilities in Melbourne. Staff also occupied a disused garage in Pall Mall. Rebuilding was completed in February 1963. Bendigo Advertiser remained in this location until 2005.Documents relating to rebuilding the Bendigo Advertiser building after the fire. the documents are sorted by year from 1959 to 1965bendigo advertiser fire, rebuilding bendigo advertiser, newspaper

The Bendigo Advertiser building was destroyed by fire on the 29th of July 1962. The Riverina Herald printed the next six additions of the paper in Echuca. The Hearld-Sun then provided printing and staff facilities in Melbourne. Staff also occupied a disused garage in Pall Mall. Rebuilding was completed in February 1963. Bendigo Advertiser remained in this location until 2005.An eight-page broadsheet supplement in The Bendigo Advertiser dated Saturday, February 16, 1963, commemorating the completion of the re-building of its premises after the fire on July 29, 1962. Included are stories and photographs of the damage to the old building and the inside and outside of the new building. there are advertisements from the numerous local contractors who were involved with the re-construction. bendigo advertiser fire, rebuilding bendigo advertiser, newspaper

At the time this caused great concern amongst tramway museums. The problem was later resolved by the Bendigo Trust rebuilding a former scrapped Bendigo Birney tramcar No. 27, partly paid for by the Government for the Adelaide Museum. This tram, Adelaide MTT 1924 G-Type No. 303 is operational at the St Kilda Tramway Museum, Adelaide. Other museums did not receive their promised tramcars. Published by The Sun, Melbourne, 24-10-1972. See item 9126 for the Bendigo Advertiser report of the same date.Provides information about an event following the closure of the SEC operated Bendigo tram system.Newspaper clipping torn from a newspaper.tramcars, birney, bendigo trust, adelaide, tram 303, tram 27

1) The Advertiser - Red Alert - February 06, 2009 2) The Advertiser - Headline Moments of the Past-July 03, 2009 3) Herald Sun - Black Saturday - February 07, 2009 4) Herald Sun - Fire-storm - February 08, 2009 5) Herald Sun - 84 Dead - February 09, 2009 6) Herald Sun - We'll Help - February 09, 2009 7) The Advertiser - Hellfire Heartache - February 09, 2009 8) The Advertiser - Thumbs Up On Water - February 09, 2009 9) Herald Sun - We Will Rebuild - February 10, 2009 10) Herald Sun - All Lost - February 10, 2009 11) The Advertiser - How We Lost Our Brother - February 10, 2009 12) The Advertiser - Counting the Cost - February 10, 2009 13) Herald Sun - Alive - February 11, 2009 14) Herald Sun - Act of Terror - February 11, 2009 15) Herald Sun - Never Again - February 12, 2009 16) Herald Sun - The Tiniest Victims - February 12, 2009 17) Herald Sun - Heart of a Nation - February 13, 2009 18) Bendigo Weekly - City Unites - February 13, 2009 19) Herald Sun - Love from the Ashes - February 14, 2009 20) The Advertiser - Black Saturday - February 14, 2009 21) The Advertiser - Black Saturday - February 14, 2009 22) Herald Sun - Portraits of Grief - February 14, 2009 23) Herald Sun - Salute Our Heroes - February 15, 2009 24) The Advertiser - One Brick at the Time - February 16, 2009. Folder 111 now in Box 417 AV 03/11/2022newspaper, bendigo advertiser

'Quartz King' George Lansell bought the modes two story Fortuna Villa in 1871 and began rebuilding with the zeal he had used to make himself Australia's richest man.Bendigo Advertiser half page story entitled 'Fortuna Villa Celebrations' with two photos, one of Fortuna and its former owner George Lansell.bendigo, fortuna, george lansell