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32-page booklet issued for the 50th anniversary of the Bendigo Junior Fire Brigade, 1967-2017 by George Flack
Red and white covers. Foreword by Craig Lapsley, Emergency Management Commissioner
Illustrated with colour and B&W photos. Includes profiles of several members.
Rob Upson became a volunteer at the Bendigo Visitor Centre in 1998. The Staff produced a monthly newsletter called ‘The Grapevine’. Being reasonably new to Bendigo, Rob became interested in its history and began writing articles to share with the volunteers. He called them ‘Grapevine Cuttings’ under the pen name of ‘Merlot’. Rob wrote about 90 articles over a period of 12 years until ‘The Grapevine’ was finally pruned and shutdown. Rob is a valuable volunteer for the Bendigo Historical Society.
Article 63 of 65 Newsletters in PDF format from the Grapevine collection.
history, bendigo, grapevine cuttings, the road to the diggings
Rob Upson became a volunteer at the Bendigo Visitor Centre in 1998. The Staff produced a monthly newsletter called ‘The Grapevine’. Being reasonably new to Bendigo, Rob became interested in its history and began writing articles to share with the volunteers. He called them ‘Grapevine Cuttings’ under the pen name of ‘Merlot’. Rob wrote about 90 articles over a period of 12 years until ‘The Grapevine’ was finally pruned and shutdown. Rob is a valuable volunteer for the Bendigo Historical Society.
Article 61 of 65 Newsletters in PDF format from the Grapevine collection.
history, bendigo, grapevine cuttings, the gold rush
Rob Upson became a volunteer at the Bendigo Visitor Centre in 1998. The Staff produced a monthly newsletter called ‘The Grapevine’. Being reasonably new to Bendigo, Rob became interested in its history and began writing articles to share with the volunteers. He called them ‘Grapevine Cuttings’ under the pen name of ‘Merlot’. Rob wrote about 90 articles over a period of 12 years until ‘The Grapevine’ was finally pruned and shutdown. Rob is a valuable volunteer for the Bendigo Historical Society.
Article 58 of 65 Newsletters in PDF format from the Grapevine collection.
history, bendigo, grapevine cuttings, the major mitchell expedition into victoria
Rob Upson became a volunteer at the Bendigo Visitor Centre in 1998. The Staff produced a monthly newsletter called ‘The Grapevine’. Being reasonably new to Bendigo, Rob became interested in its history and began writing articles to share with the volunteers. He called them ‘Grapevine Cuttings’ under the pen name of ‘Merlot’. Rob wrote about 90 articles over a period of 12 years until ‘The Grapevine’ was finally pruned and shutdown. Rob is a valuable volunteer for the Bendigo Historical Society.
Article 56 of 65 Newsletters in PDF format from the Grapevine collection.
history, bendigo, grapevine cuttings, exploration and settlement of victoria
Rob Upson became a volunteer at the Bendigo Visitor Centre in 1998. The Staff produced a monthly newsletter called ‘The Grapevine’. Being reasonably new to Bendigo, Rob became interested in its history and began writing articles to share with the volunteers. He called them ‘Grapevine Cuttings’ under the pen name of ‘Merlot’. Rob wrote about 90 articles over a period of 12 years until ‘The Grapevine’ was finally pruned and shutdown. Rob is a valuable volunteer for the Bendigo Historical Society.
Article 55 of 65 Newsletters in PDF format from the Grapevine collection.
history, bendigo, grapevine cuttings, regional towns of victoria - a quiz
Rob Upson became a volunteer at the Bendigo Visitor Centre in 1998. The Staff produced a monthly newsletter called ‘The Grapevine’. Being reasonably new to Bendigo, Rob became interested in its history and began writing articles to share with the volunteers. He called them ‘Grapevine Cuttings’ under the pen name of ‘Merlot’. Rob wrote about 90 articles over a period of 12 years until ‘The Grapevine’ was finally pruned and shutdown. Rob is a valuable volunteer for the Bendigo Historical Society.
Article 52 of 65 Newsletters in PDF format from the Grapevine collection.
history, bendigo, grapevine cuttings, anthony trollope in australia
Rob Upson became a volunteer at the Bendigo Visitor Centre in 1998. The Staff produced a monthly newsletter called ‘The Grapevine’. Being reasonably new to Bendigo, Rob became interested in its history and began writing articles to share with the volunteers. He called them ‘Grapevine Cuttings’ under the pen name of ‘Merlot’. Rob wrote about 90 articles over a period of 12 years until ‘The Grapevine’ was finally pruned and shutdown. Rob is a valuable volunteer for the Bendigo Historical Society.
Article 50 of 65 Newsletters in PDF format from the Grapevine collection.
history, bendigo, grapevine cuttings, hmvs nelson and victoria's navy
Rob Upson became a volunteer at the Bendigo Visitor Centre in 1998. The Staff produced a monthly newsletter called ‘The Grapevine’. Being reasonably new to Bendigo, Rob became interested in its history and began writing articles to share with the volunteers. He called them ‘Grapevine Cuttings’ under the pen name of ‘Merlot’. Rob wrote about 90 articles over a period of 12 years until ‘The Grapevine’ was finally pruned and shutdown. Rob is a valuable volunteer for the Bendigo Historical Society.
Article 48 of 65 Newsletters in PDF format from the Grapevine collection.
history, bendigo, grapevine cuttings, henry leggo
Rob Upson became a volunteer at the Bendigo Visitor Centre in 1998. The Staff produced a monthly newsletter called ‘The Grapevine’. Being reasonably new to Bendigo, Rob became interested in its history and began writing articles to share with the volunteers. He called them ‘Grapevine Cuttings’ under the pen name of ‘Merlot’. Rob wrote about 90 articles over a period of 12 years until ‘The Grapevine’ was finally pruned and shutdown. Rob is a valuable volunteer for the Bendigo Historical Society.
Article 47 of 65 Newsletters in PDF format from the Grapevine collection.
history, bendigo, grapevine cuttings, the students of arthur woodward
Rob Upson became a volunteer at the Bendigo Visitor Centre in 1998. The Staff produced a monthly newsletter called ‘The Grapevine’. Being reasonably new to Bendigo, Rob became interested in its history and began writing articles to share with the volunteers. He called them ‘Grapevine Cuttings’ under the pen name of ‘Merlot’. Rob wrote about 90 articles over a period of 12 years until ‘The Grapevine’ was finally pruned and shutdown. Rob is a valuable volunteer for the Bendigo Historical Society.
Article 46 of 65 Newsletters in PDF format from the Grapevine collection.
history, bendigo, grapevine cuttings, arthur thomas woodward
Rob Upson became a volunteer at the Bendigo Visitor Centre in 1998. The Staff produced a monthly newsletter called ‘The Grapevine’. Being reasonably new to Bendigo, Rob became interested in its history and began writing articles to share with the volunteers. He called them ‘Grapevine Cuttings’ under the pen name of ‘Merlot’. Rob wrote about 90 articles over a period of 12 years until ‘The Grapevine’ was finally pruned and shutdown. Rob is a valuable volunteer for the Bendigo Historical Society.
Article 45 of 65 Newsletters in PDF format from the Grapevine collection.
history, bendigo, grapevine cuttings, lister house
Rob Upson became a volunteer at the Bendigo Visitor Centre in 1998. The Staff produced a monthly newsletter called ‘The Grapevine’. Being reasonably new to Bendigo, Rob became interested in its history and began writing articles to share with the volunteers. He called them ‘Grapevine Cuttings’ under the pen name of ‘Merlot’. Rob wrote about 90 articles over a period of 12 years until ‘The Grapevine’ was finally pruned and shutdown. Rob is a valuable volunteer for the Bendigo Historical Society.
Article 42 of 65 Newsletters in PDF format from the Grapevine collection.
history, bendigo, grapevine cuttings, lachlan maclachlan
Rob Upson became a volunteer at the Bendigo Visitor Centre in 1998. The Staff produced a monthly newsletter called ‘The Grapevine’. Being reasonably new to Bendigo, Rob became interested in its history and began writing articles to share with the volunteers. He called them ‘Grapevine Cuttings’ under the pen name of ‘Merlot’. Rob wrote about 90 articles over a period of 12 years until ‘The Grapevine’ was finally pruned and shutdown. Rob is a valuable volunteer for the Bendigo Historical Society.
Article 44 of 65 Newsletters in PDF format from the Grapevine collection.
history, bendigo, grapevine cuttings, the origin and naming of sandhurst
Rob Upson became a volunteer at the Bendigo Visitor Centre in 1998. The Staff produced a monthly newsletter called ‘The Grapevine’. Being reasonably new to Bendigo, Rob became interested in its history and began writing articles to share with the volunteers. He called them ‘Grapevine Cuttings’ under the pen name of ‘Merlot’. Rob wrote about 90 articles over a period of 12 years until ‘The Grapevine’ was finally pruned and shutdown. Rob is a valuable volunteer for the Bendigo Historical Society.
Article 43 of 65 Newsletters in PDF format from the Grapevine collection.
history, bendigo, grapevine cuttings, said hanrahan by john o'brien
Rob Upson became a volunteer at the Bendigo Visitor Centre in 1998. The Staff produced a monthly newsletter called ‘The Grapevine’. Being reasonably new to Bendigo, Rob became interested in its history and began writing articles to share with the volunteers. He called them ‘Grapevine Cuttings’ under the pen name of ‘Merlot’. Rob wrote about 90 articles over a period of 12 years until ‘The Grapevine’ was finally pruned and shutdown. Rob is a valuable volunteer for the Bendigo Historical Society.
Article 41 of 65 Newsletters in PDF format from the Grapevine collection.
history, bendigo, grapevine cuttings, william (bendigo) thompson
Rob Upson became a volunteer at the Bendigo Visitor Centre in 1998. The Staff produced a monthly newsletter called ‘The Grapevine’. Being reasonably new to Bendigo, Rob became interested in its history and began writing articles to share with the volunteers. He called them ‘Grapevine Cuttings’ under the pen name of ‘Merlot’. Rob wrote about 90 articles over a period of 12 years until ‘The Grapevine’ was finally pruned and shutdown. Rob is a valuable volunteer for the Bendigo Historical Society.
Article 40 of 65 Newsletters in PDF format from the Grapevine collection.
history, bendigo, grapevine cuttings, langley hall and bishopscourt
Rob Upson became a volunteer at the Bendigo Visitor Centre in 1998. The Staff produced a monthly newsletter called ‘The Grapevine’. Being reasonably new to Bendigo, Rob became interested in its history and began writing articles to share with the volunteers. He called them ‘Grapevine Cuttings’ under the pen name of ‘Merlot’. Rob wrote about 90 articles over a period of 12 years until ‘The Grapevine’ was finally pruned and shutdown. Rob is a valuable volunteer for the Bendigo Historical Society.
Article 39 of 65 Newsletters in PDF format from the Grapevine collection.
history, bendigo, grapevine cuttings, mary mccarthy aged 114
Rob Upson became a volunteer at the Bendigo Visitor Centre in 1998. The Staff produced a monthly newsletter called ‘The Grapevine’. Being reasonably new to Bendigo, Rob became interested in its history and began writing articles to share with the volunteers. He called them ‘Grapevine Cuttings’ under the pen name of ‘Merlot’. Rob wrote about 90 articles over a period of 12 years until ‘The Grapevine’ was finally pruned and shutdown. Rob is a valuable volunteer for the Bendigo Historical Society.
Article 38 of 65 Newsletters in PDF format from the Grapevine collection.
history, bendigo, grapevine cuttings, the cohn brothers in bendigo
Rob Upson became a volunteer at the Bendigo Visitor Centre in 1998. The Staff produced a monthly newsletter called ‘The Grapevine’. Being reasonably new to Bendigo, Rob became interested in its history and began writing articles to share with the volunteers. He called them ‘Grapevine Cuttings’ under the pen name of ‘Merlot’. Rob wrote about 90 articles over a period of 12 years until ‘The Grapevine’ was finally pruned and shutdown. Rob is a valuable volunteer for the Bendigo Historical Society.
Article 37 of 65 Newsletters in PDF format from the Grapevine collection.
history, bendigo, grapevine cuttings, the breweries of bendigo
Rob Upson became a volunteer at the Bendigo Visitor Centre in 1998. The Staff produced a monthly newsletter called ‘The Grapevine’. Being reasonably new to Bendigo, Rob became interested in its history and began writing articles to share with the volunteers. He called them ‘Grapevine Cuttings’ under the pen name of ‘Merlot’. Rob wrote about 90 articles over a period of 12 years until ‘The Grapevine’ was finally pruned and shutdown. Rob is a valuable volunteer for the Bendigo Historical Society.
Article 36 of 65 Newsletters in PDF format from the Grapevine collection.
history, bendigo, grapevine cuttings, a brief history of breweries in australia
Jonathan Harris operated a winery on the banks of the Axe Creek, Axedale in the 1850s
An oval metal wash tub. The base has a four centmetres metal band around it that extends two and a half centimetres below the bottom of the tub. The bottom of the tub is an oval 54 centimetres long and 41 centimeters wide. The wall is 32 centimetres high with rolled rim half a centimetre wide on the top, it's made in two pieces that are folded together at each end. The top of the tub is an oval 70 centimetres long and 51 centimetres wide. There are identical metal handles at the top of the tub at each end, they are made of a one centimetre diameter metal rode, they have a nine centimetres long grip, a four centimetre piece at right angles on each end and a two centimetre long piece at the opposite right angle on the end which is inserted into a two centimetre loop that's attached to the tub. Part of the Harris collection.
wash tub, personal hygiene, harris collection
"Les Miserables" is a musical in two acts with music by Claude Michel Schonberg and lyrics by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel based on the story by Victor Hugo.
Music Programme for "Les Miserables" a musical in two acts performed by the Bendigo Community Theatre and Arts Inc from April 27 to May 13, 2001 at the Bendigo Regional Arts Centre (Capital Theatre)- a 28 page booklet with acknowledgements, advertisements, details of Acts, cast,and story synopsis.
programme, concert
"42nd Street" is a musical in two acts with lyrics by Al Dubin and Johnny Mercer and music by Harry Warren first performed in 1980.
Music Programme for "42nd Street" a musical in two acts performed by the Bendigo Community Theatre and Arts Inc from April 24th to May 2nd 1998.- a 16 page booklet with acknowledgements, advertisements, details of Acts, cast,and story synopsis.
programme, concert
"Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" is a musical in two acts with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Words by Time Rice from a story coming from Genesis in the Bible.
Music Programme for "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" a musical in two acts performed by the Bendigo Theatre Company Inc. June 27, 28, July 3 to 5 and matinee June 29th 1997 at the Capital Theatre - a 24 page booklet with acknowledgements, advertisements, details of Acts, cast,and story synopsis. Included is a list of productions from 1953 to 1997
programme, concert
Jonathan Harris operated a winery on the banks of the Axe Creek, Axedale in the 1850s.
A curved wooden shaft two centimetres diameter at the top, five centimetres diameter at the bottom and 150 centimetres long. Two wooden handles three centimetres diameter and 11 centimetres long are attached to the shaft. At the bottom of the shaft a curved metal blade is attached, it's 75 centimetres long and nine centimetres wide at the shaft and tapers to a point. Part of the Harris Collection.
harris collection, scythe
"Me and My Girl" is the Lambeth Walk musical in two acts with book and lyrics by L.Arthur Rose and Douglas Furber, music by Noel Gay.
Music Programme for "Me and My Girl" a musical in two acts performed by the Bendigo Theatre Company Inc. 17th to 26th October, 1996 - a 20 page booklet with acknowledgements, advertisements, details of Acts, cast,and story synopsis.
programme, concert
Rob Upson became a volunteer at the Bendigo Visitor Centre in 1998. The Staff produced a monthly newsletter called ‘The Grapevine’. Being reasonably new to Bendigo, Rob became interested in its history and began writing articles to share with the volunteers. He called them ‘Grapevine Cuttings’ under the pen name of ‘Merlot’. Rob wrote about 90 articles over a period of 12 years until ‘The Grapevine’ was finally pruned and shutdown. Rob is a valuable volunteer for the Bendigo Historical Society.
Article 35 of 65 Newsletters in PDF format from the Grapevine collection.
history, bendigo, grapevine cuttings, sly grog on the goldfields
Rob Upson became a volunteer at the Bendigo Visitor Centre in 1998. The Staff produced a monthly newsletter called ‘The Grapevine’. Being reasonably new to Bendigo, Rob became interested in its history and began writing articles to share with the volunteers. He called them ‘Grapevine Cuttings’ under the pen name of ‘Merlot’. Rob wrote about 90 articles over a period of 12 years until ‘The Grapevine’ was finally pruned and shutdown. Rob is a valuable volunteer for the Bendigo Historical Society.
Article 34 of 65 Newsletters in PDF format from the Grapevine collection.
history, bendigo, grapevine cuttings, grave in maiden gully, bendigo’s jewish synagogue
Rob Upson became a volunteer at the Bendigo Visitor Centre in 1998. The Staff produced a monthly newsletter called ‘The Grapevine’. Being reasonably new to Bendigo, Rob became interested in its history and began writing articles to share with the volunteers. He called them ‘Grapevine Cuttings’ under the pen name of ‘Merlot’. Rob wrote about 90 articles over a period of 12 years until ‘The Grapevine’ was finally pruned and shutdown. Rob is a valuable volunteer for the Bendigo Historical Society.
Article 33 of 65 Newsletters in PDF format from the Grapevine collection.
history, bendigo, grapevine cuttings, grave in maiden gully, mark twain in australia
"Guys and Dolls" is a musical in two acts with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and Book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows based on story and characters of Damon Runyon first performed in 1950 on Broadway.
Music Programme for "Guys and Dolls" a musical in two acts performed by the Bendigo Theatre Company Inc. in 1995 at the Bendigo Regional Arts Centre (Capitol Theatre) - a 16 page booklet with acknowledgements, advertisements, details of Acts, cast,and story synopsis.
programme, concert
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