Historical information
John 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.
Physical description
Sixty Five Newsletters in PDF format from the Grapevine collection that cover the following historical items:
Grapevine Newsletters by Rob Upson (Bendigo Historical Society) 10828 Index
10828 Index - Parent Document (This Page)
10828.00 ‘Objection your Honour’
10828.01 Bendigo’s Gold Volume
10828.02 Harry Boyle (Cricketer)
10828.03 Ellen Clacy on the Goldfields
10828.04 Gold Fever and Vandemonians
10828.05 The Railway to Bendigo (Part 1 and 2)
10828.07 The Pioneer’s Grave at Maiden Gully
10828.08 The First Parliamentary Election, Bendigo 1855
10828.09 The Origin of Place Names
10828.10 The Tram (Parts 1 to 4)
10828.13 W.D.C. Denovan
10828.14 Knipe’s Castle
10828.15 John Hanlon Knipe
10828.16 1st January 1900 in Bendigo
10828.17 William Gay – Bendigo Poet
10828.18 St. Aidan’s Orphanage
10828.19 The Year 2000 – a Prediction from 1967
10828.20 Dr. Henry Backhaus
10828.21 St. Kilian’s Catholic Church
10828.22 S.T. Gill – Goldfields Artist
10828.23 Cobb and Co.
10828.24 ‘The Lights of Cobb and Co.’ by Henry Lawson
10828.25 Federation Celebrations – Sydney 1901
10828.26 The Australian Flag of Stars
10828.27 Old Treasury Building – Melbourne
10828.28 Key Dates in Bendigo’s First 50 Years
10828.29 The March from Robe to Bendigo and China’s Long March
10828.30 A Goldfields Quiz
10828.31 Did You Know That ………..?
10828.32 The Weekly Times 1869
10828.33 Mark Twain in Australia
10828.34 Bendigo’s Jewish Synagogue
10828.35 Sly Grog on the Goldfields
10828.36 A Brief History of Breweries in Australia
10828.37 The Breweries of Bendigo
10828.38 The Cohn Brothers of Bendigo
10828.39 Mary McCarthy – aged 114
10828.40 Langley Hall and Bishopscourt
10828.41 William ‘Bendigo’ Thompson
10828.42 Lachlan MacLachlan
10828.43 ‘Said Hanrahan’ by John O’Brien
10828.44 The Origin of Sandhurst
10828.45 Lister House
10828.46 Arthur Thomas Woodward
10828.47 The Students of Arthur Thomas Woodward
10828.48 Henry Leggo
10828.49 Chiko Rolls and Four ‘n Twenty Pies
10828.50 HMVS Nelson and Victoria’s Navy (Parts 1 and 2)
10828.52 Anthony Trollope in Australia (Part 1 to 3)
10828.55 Regional Towns of Victoria – a Quiz
10828.56 Exploration and Settlement of Victoria (Parts 1 and 2)
10828.58 The Major Mitchell Expedition into Victoria (Parts 1 to 3)
10828.61 The Gold Rush (Part 1 and 2)
10828.63 The Road to the Diggings (Part 1 and 2)
10828.65 Harold Desbrowe-Annear (Part 1 and 2)
10828.71 Nom de Plumes
10828.72 The New Zealand Gold Rush
10828.73 Ernst Mueller and Ettore Cadorin
10828.74 Sir John Monash
10828.75 P & O Ships
10828.76 Rosalind Park
10828.82 Bendigo Street Names
10828.83 A Constitutional Proposal and Early Bendigo Vineyards
10828.84 Ferdinand von Mueller
10828.85 John Boyd Watson