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The Bendigo Gas works serviced the city for more than 100 years.
Bendigo Advertiser article: 'New Start' The Australian Centre for the moving Image to operate Bendigo's future Creative Industries Hub - announcement by the State Governement
Bendigo Advertiser. History of Pall Mall In the centre of Bendigo.
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Bendigo Advertiser. Holsworth Biomedical Research initiative. Donation supports research team at Latrobe University Bendigo.
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Reproduction of all issues of the Australasian Sketcher for 1874.
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Bendigo Advertiser. Bendigo Historical Society asked to vacate the Bendigo Regional Archive Centre Bendigo. Search begins for new home for BHS Collection.
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Bendigo Advertiser. Controversy about naming of new Kangaroo Flat swimming pool.
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Mr Wilfred (or William) Warwick's name is listed on a war memorial in Rosendale, in the United Kingdom. He died in a prisoner of war camp in 1918. Why did he list his next of kin as one Mrs A. L. Pankhurst of Wattle Street Bendigo?
Bendigo Advertiser. Search for Relationship between Mr. Warwick and Mrs Pankhurst of Wattle Street, Bendigo. Cover story in Bendigo Advertiser dated Saturday December 16, 2017. Genealogist Judy Pearman.
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The Red Ribbon agitation was held in 1853 in opposition to the licence fee imposed on the diggers during the gold rush in Bendigo.
Bendigo Advertiser. Violet Street Primary School students join members of the Bendigo Historical Society for the re-enactment of the Red Ribbon Agitation.
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Bendigo Open House at Specimen Cottage. Bendigo Advertiser October 6 2018.
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Bendigo Historical Society occupied Specimen Cottage in Hargreaves Street 2013 - 2020 as a front of House.
Members of the Bendigo Historical Society moving into Specimen Cottage. Photo taken 09/04/2013. Barbara Johnson, Kay MacGregor, Phil Wilkin, David Hall.
swimming pool, controversy
Bendigo Advertiser. Three colour photos. Main, Richard Lethlean holding an old piece of mining equipment. Smaller right top Barbara Poustie places box on shelf. Old furniture piling up in a shipping container. container. Critical shortage of space for Bendigo Historical Society Collection.
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Bendigo Advertiser. Bendigo Historical Society asked by Public Records Office Victoria to vacate storage facility at Bendigo Regional Archive Centre at Nolan Street.
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Bendigo Advertiser. Letter to the Editor. Why defer Museum?
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Bendigo Advertiser article: Medal of the Order of Australia awarded to Bendigo historian James Lerk.
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Bendigo Advertiser. a. Coral and Jim Evans standing in front of Specimen Cottage during the Bendigo Open House Weekend. October 28 2019 b. Service of BHS Volunteers recognized. December 10 2022 c. Caroline Kennedy visits Bendigo. March 4 2023
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Bendigo Advertiser and Bendigo Weekly articles reporting the death of local man Norm Quin.
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Bendigo Advertiser April 10 2021. Concept designs released for City's new GovHub building.
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Bendigo Weekly. November 16 2019. Sporting Hall of Fame established at Bendigo Stadium.
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Bendigo Advertiser 13.3.2021 Museum back from the dead? Colour photo of School of Mines building. Article discussing possibility breathing new life into Bendigo's storied past by establishing a Museum in the TAFE building.
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Henry Rickards and Montague Simes were founders of the Retail Motor Dealers' Association, later known as the VACC. VACC House.
Bendigo Advertiser. A Celebration of motoring, 100 Cavalcade Vehicles, cars, motorcycles, commercial and trucks representing each year 1918-2018.
hnery rickards, montague simes, vacc
The expansion of Bendigo's NAIDOC Week art attractions has strengthened calls for a permant space in the city's arts precinct dedicated to the display of indigenous works.
Bendigo Advertiser article: ' Arts Pitch' Push for an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Gallery.
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Bendigo Advertiser: Story on the Rat as an Astrology symbol over the years; and bodies unearthed at the White Hills cemetery.
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Vincent kelly (1877-1958)worked in Bendigo for pretty much half a century.
Bendigo Weekly Story 'Life in Photographs'. The work of a prominent Bendigo photogrpher sheds light on Victorian life in the first half of the 20th Century. Full page article on Vincent Kelly.
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Tom Guilmartin was 94 years old when he recieved a one-off medal for his 75 years service in the Kangaroo Flat Fire Brigade.
Bendigo Advertiser: Story 'Tom hits 75 years in the CFA' Half page article with two photos.
bendigo, kangaroo flat cfa, tom guilmartin
Academics paraded in gowns from the Capital theatre along Pall Pall to celebrate 150 years of learning in Bendigo.
Bendigo Advertiser front and inner page story page story with cover photo of participants on the steps of the Capital Theatre. Bendigo weekly front page story.
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John Henry Rooney made at least 1000 shafts safe in Bendigo and as far away as Ballarat and Stawell during the first half of the 20th century.
Bendigo Advertiser: Story on Hisotrian John Kelly who research John Rooney; article entitled 'Cruel irony in mine death.
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Kay and Jim are two dedicated volunteers and history lovers, They were celebrated atthe society's end of year lunch. They have a combine contribution of more than three decades.
Bendigo Weekly: Front and inner page Story entitled 'History's Online Home with photos of Kay and Jim Evans.
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'Bold Bendigo' was the boxing champion of All-England (1839-40 and 1845-50). It is thought that Bendigo may be named after him and is discussed in this full page article.
Bendigomonthly.net: full page story entitled 'the legend of bold Bendigo, the Nottingham Jester.
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Terry Davidson found the star in plain sight in the Diamond Hill historical area near Kangaroo Flat, Golden Square and Spring Gully.
Bendigo Advertiser: Story entitled 'Help Solve this History Mystery', about a star-shaped metal sign.
bendigo mystery star, terry davidson
Joseph Harrison was born in York in the UK about 1810. At the age of twenty, the farm labourer appeared in the Lancaster Quarters Session and was convicted of stealing nineteen sovereigns. He was sentanced to hard labout in Van Dieman's Land in 1832. The article describes the hard life his family had on the Bendigo Goldfields, and his run-ins with the law.
Bendigo Monthly full page article entitled 'I'm the bloody man the doctor ordered' - A life in the Day (Series).
bendigo goldfields, joseph harrison
When work was being finished on the Back Creek syphon specially designed to push water uphill, metal plates on the pipelines were not strong enough to withstand the pressure. Damaged and loss of water was estimated to be 25,000 pounds. It was one of the biggest disasters in Vicotria's history.
Bendigo Advertiser: Full page article entitled 'High pressure failure'.
bendigo water supply, coliban system
