In 1853, Bendigo Miners protested against the 30 shilling miners licence the had to pay the government. They wore red ribbons to show their protest and shopkeepers hung red ribbons outside their premises in support. Thousands of miners signed a petition to Governor LaTrobe to no avail. A protest gathering in Pall Mall marched to the Government camp on Camp Hill but this was a peaceful event again to no real avail.Various documents. The topics are: 4029.1 Public donations and organised charities in Bendigo (1850's to 1900's by Carol Holsworth. 4029.2 The spirit of Bendigo R711 and the loco driver on the return trip from Bendigo by Rod Giri, also several photographs of the train. 4029.3 Diary of a new chum - Johnny Greenfield Gill. 4029.4 Family history by Pat Hocking. 4029.5 The story of the Gaylards as told by Ella Gaylard. 4029.6 Journalism- History first draft by Wayne Gregson. 4029.7 List of residents of Thistle Street, Bendigo approx. 1950's compiled by Cynthia Stringer. 4029.8 Sandhurst club history by David Cotton. 4029.9 Sandhurst boys centre compiled by Brian Dillon. 4029.10 Lily Street Walk 24/04/2018 notes by Jim Evans. 4029.11 Document - All things Bendigo, wine food and music fest. 4029.12 White Hills Sandhurst copies of maps and two pages of district directory1908. 4029.13 Draft report of interview with Noel Smith of 5 Summit Drive, Kennington. 4029.14 Three brothers from Scotland by Rae Alexander Anderson. Also, seven newspaper articles by James Lerk on William, Alexander Rae and John Rae. 4029.15 St. John Presbyterian church, Bendigo. Historical record. 4029.16 Journal of Thomas Llewellyn Raston. 4029.17 Recollections of Sandhurst in the 1850's - Joseph Anderson Panton, 22 segments from Panton manuscript by Terry Davidson. Also, a photographs of a portrait of Joseph Panton. 4029.18 Photocopy of letter of Chinese storekeepers, miners and residents to Joseph Anderson Panton esquire, resident warden of Bendigo dated August 28th, 1858, with transcription and the reply from Esquire Panton dated 29 August, 1858. 4029.19 View street reborn, tours of inspection ''welcome to View Street'' view Street properties part of stage 1 of the project: National Trust Chambers, Temperance Hall, Art Gallery Annexe, Trades Hall, Bendigo Regional Arts Centre, Bendigo Regional Performing Arts Centre, Dudley House. 4029.20 View Street early 1900's in between and now. From handwritten notes by Mr. Bob Carr written in 1989. The handwriting has been transcribed by Beverly Ellis. 4029.21 Transcription of ''Diary of a voyage to the colony of Victoria and back'' June1856-September 1858 by Charles Groves. 4029.22 Adelaide Vale historic homestead built by Cr. John Harney. Tour notes prepared by the Central Victorian Branch of the National Trust. 4029.23 Four pages essay titled Spanish Tomato Growers. 2440.29. Eight pages of notes compiled by Leonard Henderson title: Trade token issuers of Bendigo district. The issuers mentioned are: Grieve, Hodgson, Stead and Williams. 4029.25 City of Bendigo tourist promotion Committee. Eight pages document describing the formation of committee for the promotion of tourism in the City of Bendigo. 4029.26 Article ''The Birdman of Bendigo'' Bendigo Advertiser 17th January 1968 detailing the life of Mr. Redvers James Eddy. 4029.27 Speech presented by Miss Margaret Brennan on the occasion of the Drechsler family reunion, Sunday 5th April 1987. 4029.28 Robert Gray Ford - A man before his time! Talk by James Lerk to the Bendigo Historical Society 3 February 2006. 4029.29 Copy of an article from The Bendigonian Annual from November 16, 1910. The demand for good music, how a Bendigo firm has met it. The article is about the life of Oscar Flight. 4029.30 Five photocopies of the Bendigonian masthead showing the changes through the years, plus the notice of the final issue on April 8th, 1920. 4029.31 The red ribbon rebellion & the Bendigo petition, a proposal to commemorate a significant event in Bendigo. Also three different sizes poster for the August 26, 2016 re-enactment and two invitations to join the red ribbon agitation memorial. 4029.32 Two handwritten pages of notes on the red ribbon rebellion. 4029.33 Three pages of typewritten notes on the Creeth and Howie families. 4029.34 An Australian Edward Medallist - Joseph Davies honoured by Paul Street. 4029.35 A. H. Chisholm obituary. 4029.36 Catalogue auction sale of the entire collection of antique furniture, objects d'art etc of Mr. and Mrs S. Cragg. 4029.37 Two coloured photographs of Cherry Tree Hotel in Melbourne Road just north of Tuckerman's lane, Big Hill. Photos taken March 2000 by Joan Paynter. bendigo, red ribbon rebellion

Gold was officially discovered in the area in October 1851, just after the other significant goldfields in neighbouring Castlemaine, from where a number of diggers migrated, bringing the total population to 40,000 in less than a year. A number of these diggers were Chinese and their descendants still live in the region. During 1852, under the direction of the Surveyor General of Victoria, Robert Hoddle, William Swan Urquhart was making a general survey of Mount Alexander and the surrounding ranges and the goldfields. He fixed the site of the township as "Sandhurst". On 13 July 1852, Hoddle passed on to Urquhart the request of Lieutenant-Governor La Trobe for a plan of the Mount Alexander gold workings, and his order that he mark out a reserve at the junction of Golden Gully with Bendigo Creek, and the camp on the west side of the creek below the junction. In late August La Trobe wanted him to report urgently on the best reserves for agriculture in the district. By 26 November he had mapped Bendigo Creek and Myers Creek and his survey of the Bendigo Valley and environs marked township reserves at Bullock Creek, Ravenswood and Happy Jack where settlement was already taking place. His plan General Survey of the Bendigo Goldfields showing the proposed reserves for townships. Drawn by W. S. Urquhart, Melbourne, November 1852 recommended sites for national schools, churches, markets and other public purposes reserved from sale. The predominant population of the Victorian goldfields throughout the gold rush era was British (being English, Irish, and Scottish), with the largest non-British population being Chinese. During the early gold rush period, about 4,000 Cornish miners went to Mount Alexander (Castlemaine), and by the late 1850s up to 17% of the mining population in Bendigo were Cornish-alone, with almost a quarter being Chinese in 1856. Such was the influence of the former that many of their mining practicises were respected and adopted. By the 1871 Victorian census, approximately 15,000 residents of the central goldfields were Cornish. In 1853, a large protest called the Red Ribbon Rebellion was held over the cost of the licence fee for prospectors, though it passed peacefully due to good diplomacy by police and miners' leaders. From being a tent city, the boomtown grew rapidly into a major urban centre with grand public buildings. The municipality became a borough in 1863, officially known as Sandhurst until 1891, but always unofficially as Bendigo. During this period, miner Henry Bain was noted in local accounts as a cultural patron who hosted informal gatherings of writers, artists and prospectors, later described as the "Golden Circle." The railway had reached Bendigo by 1862, stimulating rapid growth, with flour mills, woollen mills, tanneries, quarries, foundries, eucalyptus oil production, food production industries and timber cutting. When the alluvial gold ran out, extraction of quartz-based gold continued in deep shafts using industrial systems. During this period of growth and development, photographers were recording the growth of the town and those that lived in it. Four A4 pages. Typed document. All pages contain charts of at least nine columns with headings of: Rate Year, Rate Number, Ratepayer First Name, Rate Payer Occupation, Owner/Surname, Owner/First Name, Owner/Occupation, Address and Net Annual Value. Single sided. One A4 page. Typed document. Titled 'Payments by contractors by Godfrey Eathorne, Architect, Bendigo. Contains chart of 8 columns, with headings of: Surname, First Name, Number of Street, Street Name, Date, Title of Studio. Last column left blank.friends of the bendigo library, photography, bendigo