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B&W photograph of a "float" for the Myer Store entered in the Bendigo Easter Fair, undated early 1900s photograph.
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Early 1900s streetscape of major intersection in Bendigo
Landscape format. B&W photograph of a "float" for the Myer Store entered in the Bendigo Easter Fair, undated early 1900s photograph. Four people representing Myer on the float
interior of Myer store, drapery section, dated 11905
Photocopy of a business article on the Bendigo Myer Store from the 50 years Local Government Anniversary Book 1905; includes a photograph of the interior of the Myer store taken by W. Vincent Kelly. Article referenced as: Myer's Drapery Establishment, Pall Mall, A Big Bendigo Business. An example of rapid business progression.
social history
Produced in preparation for the visit of the Duchess and Duke of Edinburgh. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth were scheduled to tour Australia along with Princess Margaret. Their tour was cancelled November 1951 due to the King's health and replaced with scheduled tour for the Duchess and Duke of Edinburgh, scheduled for Early 1952. The card was produced to commemorate the visit, but the tour was cancelled after the death of King George VI in February of 1952.
Folded A5 card commemorating the Duchess and Duke of Edinburgh's visit to Australia in 1952. Printed in colour, the card contains the Coat of arms of the United Kingdom on the front cover, images of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on their coronation day in 1937, and a family portrait of then Princess Elizabeth, Prince Philip, Prince Charles and Princess Ann (date unknown). On the back cover are the hand drawn coat of arms of Australia, and that of each of the states and territories.
king geroge vi, australia, royal visit, queen elizabeth ii, duke of edinburgh, royal tour
"The Geisha", a story of a tea house, is an Edwardian musical comedy in two acts.
Bendigo Operatic Socety Music Programme for "The Geisha" a musical comedy in 2 acts, opening for 5 nights, commencing 21st June, 1968 - A5 booklet with 16 pages - booklet consisting of lists of individuals participating and organizing the concert, advertisements, acknowledgments, synopsis of story, cast and musical numbers.
programme, concert, bendigo operatic society, capital theatre
interior of Myer store, haberdashery section, dated 1912
photocopy of a B&W photograph of the interior of the Myer Bendigo Store, haberdashery section, dated 1912, with four male staff attending.
social history
"The Boy Friend" is a musical in three acts by Sandy Wilson 1953
Bendigo Operatic Socety Music Programme for "The Boy Friend" A musical in 3 acts, opening for 5 nights, commencing 24th November, 1967 - A5 booklet with 16 pages - booklet consisting of lists of individuals participating and organizing the concert, advertisements, acknowledgments, synopsis of story, cast, musical numbers and songs.
programme, concert, bendigo operatic society, capital theatre
A booklet commemorating the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II which was held 2 June 1953. The booklet goes through the history of Coronations in England, detailing the church (Westminster Abbey; includes drawn black and white picture), the Coronation Regalia and the meaning of each piece (photographed in colour), the coronation itinerary and the route to and from Westminster Abbey on the back cover. There is also a black and white photo of Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip and their children Prince Charles (now Charles III) and Princess Anne. The front cover shows a printed copy of colour drawing containing Buckingham Palace in the background and the Royal Standard of the United Kingdom in the foreground.
"A Coronation Booklet Presented to Young People Empire Youth Sunday 3rd May 1953, 1953" 16 page booklet printed on glossy paper. Cover printed and select images printed in colour. Internal pages and back cover contain text and some images printed black and white.
Inscription on the first page reading 53. and $4- Original archive number/sticker on back cover - crossed out
queen elizabeth ii, coronation of queen elizabeth ii, buckingham palace, westminster abbey
Handwritten reference from Mr. Sidney Myer for Mrs. Gladys Stevenson dated 19/1/11
photocopy of a reference for Gladys Stevenson leaving the employ of Mr. Sidney Myer dated 19/01/11 reading: The bearer Mrs. Stevenson has been in my employ for the last four years. She has always given me utter satisfaction, as splendid letter writer, intelligent and has always written my huge business correspondence. Honest and straightforward, and leaving ....... to become ....... to the Meteorology. I can consciously recommend her to anybody requiring her services. Sidney Myer Bendigo 19/1/11 includes a small B&W photo of Mrs Stevenson dated 14/6/1910
social history
newspaper article/clipping
10772.19a photocopy of an offer to buy and restore an early model "Myer" delivery tray truck with photos attached (five dark photos of the truck needing restoration); and 10772.19b Myer decline letter dated 26 October 1995.
social history
"Naughty Marietta" is an operetta in two acts by Oscar Hammerstein
Bendigo Operatic Socety Music Programme for "Naughty Marietta" - Naughty Marietta was written as a commission from impresario Oscar Hammerstein in 1914. Aan operetta in 2 acts, opening for 5 nights, commencing Friday 7th July, 1967 - A5 booklet with 14 pages - booklet consisting of lists of individuals participating and organizing the concert, advertisements, acknowledgments, synopsis of story, scenes and songs.
programme, concert, bendigo operatic society, capital theatre
newspaper article/clipping
Undated photocopy of a newspaper article on the expansion of the Bendigo Myer Store; probably from the Bendigo Advertiser. Expansion of "the Myer L-shaped store (frontages to Williamson Street and Pall Mall) includes construction of a third floor.
social history
Staff newsletter for employees of the Myer Stores
Single A3 photocopy of page 2 of the "Myer Store News", undated. Newsletter provides an update to staff on social issues and activities. Undated newsletter.
social history
Sandhurst Dragons: South Bendigo F.N.C:
A small gold coin approximately the size of a 50c piece. One face shows the logo of the Sandhurst Cricket Club aka The Sandhurst Dragons. The second face shows the logo for the South Bendigo F.N.C aka The Bloods. The sides of the coin show that it is made up of 4 stacked layers, each about 0.9 of a millimeter thick. Some layers show signs of separation with debris inside. Both faces are covered in a thin layer of resin which shows signs of bubbles and surface indentations. Internal structure is possibly made of light weight metal. It is possible that the layers were meant to separate but no conclusive information exists to confirm it.
sandhurst dragons, south bendigo f.n.c, the bloods, south bendigo bloods, sandhurst cricket club, token, coin, bfnl, bdca
legal Power of Attorney
Legal Power of Attorney between Mr. Sidney Myer and Messer. Collett & Meagher, dated 18th December 1909. Probably made to enable the business to continue as normal while Sidney Myer took an overseas buying trip. Messer. Collett & Meagher were long term employees of Sidney Myer. Brown envelope and legal Power of Attorney signed and sealed by both parties.
social history
Countess is an operetta in three acts by Emmerich Kalman
Bendigo Operatic Socety Music Programme for "The Countess Maritza" - an operetta in 3 acts, opening for 5 nights, commencing Friday 25th November, 1966 - A5 booklet with 16 pages - booklet consisting of lists of individuals participating and organizing the concert, advertisements, acknowledgments, synopsis of story and scenes. Included also are cast, musical numbers, Orchestra, ballet and chorus mistresses and songs.
programme, concert, bendigo operatic society, capital theatre
sporting team 1945
Photocopy of a B&W photograph of the Myers' Womens Basketball Team 1945, with nine players (L to R): Top row standing: Joan Roberts, Val Grenfell, Nancy Silvester, Lola Nutall & Joan Shippard Bottom row kneeling: Barbar Thompson, Norma Nuttall & Rita Halladay
social history
Early 1900s streetscape of major intersection in Bendigo
Landscape format. B&W photograph of the intersection of Pall Mall, View & Mitchell Streets, Bendigo, early 1900s. Three electric trams, cars and pedestrians
social history
The original Coliban Water Works were designed in 1863 by the Irish engineer Joseph Brady. The system included 70 kilometres of open water channels, aqueducts, syphons and tunnels to carry water (by gravity) from the Coliban River at Malmsbury, north to Castlemaine and Bendigo. Sedgwick is a locality in Central Victoria, Australia. It is located in the City of Greater Bendigo. Facilities include a public hall that opened in 1958 and CFA Rural fire station. It was named Upper Emu Creek until 1901 when it was renamed as Sedgwick after British geologist Adam Sedgwick.
Twenty one photos taken on a field trip by the Bendigo Historical Society to "The Springs" on the main Coliban water channel from Malmsbury to the Sandhurst Reservoir in Bendigo. The water race descends through a concrete chute, and continues sharply around the contour of the hills. Once it descended into a syphon across the gully. The are 182 photos in this series and can be found at 8683.1 to 8683.7. The series also includes photos of the surrounding farming land and the remains of an old house. There are also some notes on the pioneers of the district.
history, bendigo, coliban water, joseph brady, irrigation, the springs, sedgwick
The Corona Paint Company Pty. Ltd. Bendigo was formed in November 1920 with £10,000 capital, in £1 shares. By July 1921, the Company had completed its factory and plant at Bendigo East, ready to begin the manufacture of paints. The Corona Paint works were opened on Saturday 28 January by the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) during a visit to Bendigo. Many new manufacturing industries were opened during this time after calls to address the decline of mining in the region. The factory of the CORONA PAINT COMPANY, BENDIGO, was advertised for sale in The Argus on 5 October 1923. It consisted of a “building on a railway siding, plant and machinery, including dry grinding plant, kalsomine mixer, paint mill, furnace, electric motor, etc., large stores of raw and finished material, kalsomine with range of 21 colours, oil paints, &c.”
A cast iron embossing press. It's painted black with gold coulered floral decorations. The base is 18 centimetres long, nine centimetres wide and one and a half centimetres thick. A curved protrusion rises from the base that is eight centimetres by four centimetres which narrows to four centimetres by two and a half centimetres with a three-quarter centimetre wide slot. Inside the slot is a lever action with a ten centimetre by two and a half centimetre wooden handle. There is a removeable die on the end of the lever and an opposite removeable die the base. A small oval metal disc with paten no 3965 on is attached. The seal is The Corona Paint Company proprietary Limited
seal embossing press, corona paint company
The original Coliban Water Works were designed in 1863 by the Irish engineer Joseph Brady. The system included 70 kilometres of open water channels, aqueducts, syphons and tunnels to carry water (by gravity) from the Coliban River at Malmsbury, north to Castlemaine and Bendigo. Sedgwick is a locality in Central Victoria, Australia. It is located in the City of Greater Bendigo. Facilities include a public hall that opened in 1958 and CFA Rural fire station. It was named Upper Emu Creek until 1901 when it was renamed as Sedgwick after British geologist Adam Sedgwick.
Twenty five photos taken on a field trip by the Bendigo Historical Society to "The Springs" on the main Coliban water channel from Malmsbury to the Sandhurst Reservoir in Bendigo. The water race descends through a concrete chute, and continues sharply around the contour of the hills. Once it descended into a syphon across the gully. The are 182 photos in this series and can be found at 8683.1 to 8683.7. The series also includes photos of the surrounding farming land and the remains of an old house. There are also some notes on the pioneers of the district.
history, bendigo, coliban water, joseph brady, irrigation, the springs, sedgwick
The original Coliban Water Works were designed in 1863 by the Irish engineer Joseph Brady. The system included 70 kilometres of open water channels, aqueducts, syphons and tunnels to carry water (by gravity) from the Coliban River at Malmsbury, north to Castlemaine and Bendigo. Sedgwick is a locality in Central Victoria, Australia. It is located in the City of Greater Bendigo. Facilities include a public hall that opened in 1958 and CFA Rural fire station. It was named Upper Emu Creek until 1901 when it was renamed as Sedgwick after British geologist Adam Sedgwick.
Twenty six photos taken on a field trip by the Bendigo Historical Society to "The Springs" on the main Coliban water channel from Malmsbury to the Sandhurst Reservoir in Bendigo. The water race descends through a concrete chute, and continues sharply around the contour of the hills. Once it descended into a syphon across the gully. The are 182 photos in this series and can be found at 8683.1 to 8683.7. The series also includes photos of the surrounding farming land and the remains of an old house. There are also some notes on the pioneers of the district.
history, bendigo, coliban water, joseph brady, irrigation, the springs, sedgwick
The original Coliban Water Works were designed in 1863 by the Irish engineer Joseph Brady. The system included 70 kilometres of open water channels, aqueducts, syphons and tunnels to carry water (by gravity) from the Coliban River at Malmsbury, north to Castlemaine and Bendigo. Sedgwick is a locality in Central Victoria, Australia. It is located in the City of Greater Bendigo. Facilities include a public hall that opened in 1958 and CFA Rural fire station. It was named Upper Emu Creek until 1901 when it was renamed as Sedgwick after British geologist Adam Sedgwick.
Twenty six photos taken on a field trip by the Bendigo Historical Society to "The Springs" on the main Coliban water channel from Malmsbury to the Sandhurst Reservoir in Bendigo. The water race descends through a concrete chute, and continues sharply around the contour of the hills. Once it descended into a syphon across the gully. The are 182 photos in this series and can be found at 8683.1 to 8683.7. The series also includes photos of the surrounding farming land and the remains of an old house. There are also some notes on the pioneers of the district.
history, bendigo, coliban water, joseph brady, irrigation, the springs, sedgwick
The original Coliban Water Works were designed in 1863 by the Irish engineer Joseph Brady. The system included 70 kilometres of open water channels, aqueducts, syphons and tunnels to carry water (by gravity) from the Coliban River at Malmsbury, north to Castlemaine and Bendigo. Sedgwick is a locality in Central Victoria, Australia. It is located in the City of Greater Bendigo. Facilities include a public hall that opened in 1958 and CFA Rural fire station. It was named Upper Emu Creek until 1901 when it was renamed as Sedgwick after British geologist Adam Sedgwick.
Twenty six photos taken on a field trip by the Bendigo Historical Society to "The Springs" on the main Coliban water channel from Malmsbury to the Sandhurst Reservoir in Bendigo. The water race descends through a concrete chute, and continues sharply around the contour of the hills. Once it descended into a syphon across the gully. The are 182 photos in this series and can be found at 8683.1 to 8683.7. The series also includes photos of the surrounding farming land and the remains of an old house. There are also some notes on the pioneers of the district.
history, bendigo, coliban water, joseph brady, irrigation, the springs, sedgwick
The original Coliban Water Works were designed in 1863 by the Irish engineer Joseph Brady. The system included 70 kilometres of open water channels, aqueducts, syphons and tunnels to carry water (by gravity) from the Coliban River at Malmsbury, north to Castlemaine and Bendigo. Sedgwick is a locality in Central Victoria, Australia. It is located in the City of Greater Bendigo. Facilities include a public hall that opened in 1958 and CFA Rural fire station. It was named Upper Emu Creek until 1901 when it was renamed as Sedgwick after British geologist Adam Sedgwick.
Twenty five photos taken on a field trip by the Bendigo Historical Society to "The Springs" on the main Coliban water channel from Malmsbury to the Sandhurst Reservoir in Bendigo. The water race descends through a concrete chute, and continues sharply around the contour of the hills. Once it descended into a syphon across the gully. The are 182 photos in this series and can be found at 8683.1 to 8683.7. The series also includes photos of the surrounding farming land and the remains of an old house. There are also some notes on the pioneers of the district.
history, bendigo, coliban water, joseph brady, irrigation, the springs, sedgwick
The original Coliban Water Works were designed in 1863 by the Irish engineer Joseph Brady. The system included 70 kilometres of open water channels, aqueducts, syphons and tunnels to carry water (by gravity) from the Coliban River at Malmsbury, north to Castlemaine and Bendigo. Sedgwick is a locality in Central Victoria, Australia. It is located in the City of Greater Bendigo. Facilities include a public hall that opened in 1958 and CFA Rural fire station. It was named Upper Emu Creek until 1901 when it was renamed as Sedgwick after British geologist Adam Sedgwick.
Twenty nine photos taken on a field trip by the Bendigo Historical Society to "The Springs" on the main Coliban water channel from Malmsbury to the Sandhurst Reservoir in Bendigo. The water race descends through a concrete chute, and continues sharply around the contour of the hills. Once it descended into a syphon across the gully. The are 182 photos in this series and can be found at 8683.1 to 8683.7. The series also includes photos of the surrounding farming land and the remains of an old house. There are also some notes on the pioneers of the district.
history, bendigo, coliban water, joseph brady, irrigation, the springs, sedgwick
BHS Collection
Newspaper article "The Circus" by Jack Perry. Published in the Bendigo Weekly. Describes visits to Bendigo by Wirth's and other circuses
circus, wirth's, professor tipper, "blondin"
Newspaper article by Jack Perry. Published in the Bendigo Weekly 6.3.1998. Includes a description of the Gardens.
white hills gardens, sunday school picnic, bendigo creek
BHS Collection
Newspaper article by Jack Perry. Published in the Bendigo Weekly 29.10.1999.
drought, depression
BHS Collection
Soft cover booklet of 88 pages. Coloured sketches on front and back covers. Titled 'Gables, Girders & Glorious Gold' The Illustrated Living History of Clunes, Talbot and Surrounding Districts. Illustrated with colour and B&W sketches of buildings by David Williams.
'M & J Qualtrough' sticker on front cover.
clunes, talbot, ascot
BHS Collection
A pair of shoe stretchers made of shiny metal, both have four adjustable lengths.
shoe stretchers, shoe repairs
Ken Arnold is an author and publisher of books about the history of various facets of Bendigo history. His first book was published in 1978.
Hardcover book. Purple front and back covers with B&W photos. 400 pages Bendigo Its Environs The Way it Was Volume 3 by Ken Arnold A brief history of the areas around Bendigo illustrated with B&W photos and maps. Published in 2013 by Crown Castleton Publishers, Bendigo. Printed by Trojan Press, Port Melbourne, Victoria
'M & J Qualtrough' sticker on front cover. Signed in ink by Ken Arnold, June 2023 on title page.
bendigo environs, history
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