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So many drunken firefighters arrived at the blazes 150 years ago that teetotalers started up their own fire brigade. Now known for their high standards on fire grounds, Bendigo's first brigades were sometimes found wanting. And that was assuming volunteers could even get their equipment to the scene of the blazes.
Bendigo Weekly: Full page article entitled 'Boozy brigade fiascos - drunken firefighters embarrass city'.
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.
australian sketcher, 1874, woodcuts
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.
controversy, william warwick, mrs pankhurst
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.
norn quin, greengrocer, bluebird, mitchell street
Bendigo Advertiser April 10 2021. Concept designs released for City's new GovHub building.
govhub, concept designs, city offices, cogb
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 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
australian centre for the moving image, bendigo creative industries hub, acmi, bendigo gas works
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.
bendigo, naidoc, indigenous arts
In 1867 a body belonging to a Chinaman was taken from the White Hills cemetery. Some 10% of the Chinese bodies were removed and many sent home to China.Bones were cleaned and any remaining flesh was preserved in gin.
Bendigo Advertiser: Story on bodies unearthed at the White Hills cemetery.
white hills cemetery, chinese bodies
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.
bendigo, vincent kelly, photographer
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.
bendigo, 150 years of learning
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.
bendigo, john kelly, john rooney, mining
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.
bendigo historical society, kaymacgregor, jim evans
'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.
bendigo, william abednego thompson
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'.
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Bendigo once had an amazing natural history collection, then part of it was dumped down mine shafts.
Bendigo Weekly: Full page article entitled 'What Lies Beneath us?'
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Paul Howard MacGillivray was an international scientist who called Bendigo home. Bendigo historians are buiding the case to turn the McCrae Street's heritage listed TAFE building into a museum.
Bendigo Weekly Story entitled 'Lost legacy rekindled' - one page article and four photos on the work of Paul Howard MacGillivray.
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The City of Bendigo asked for a heritage overlay over the site of a private Kennington observatory. It was once used for for the City's official meteorological readings. The observatory was built by architect John Beebe and is on the storm damaged property part of "La Rocca" house. Council approved $2 million for preservation of the site which will be integrated into a contempory complex boasting seven childcare rooms for 144 children.
Bendigo Advertiser and the Herald sun: five articles on the former astronomical observatory at 55 Condon Street in Kennington.
bendigo, observatory, john beebe
In 1907 Cohns Brewary produced the firt collectable cigarette type cards. The die-cuts featured local Bendigo and District football clubs.
Bendigo Monthly: Half page article entitled 'Cohns collectables, Cobber!'
bendigo, cohns soft drinks, cigarette cards
The Djaara people's importance to country was impacted by the dramatically imapcted by the development of gold mining in Bendigo. The recently redeveloped Beehive Building played a key role in the development of the Bendigo business sector.
Bendigo Advertiser: Two articles, one entitled 'City's history of success', and the other 'Djaara streghten Country'. Also attached is a pdf file of an account of the early Djaara People
bendigo, djaara country, beehive building
The City of Sandhurst was a promising up and comer in the 19th century. Images are from the 1870s from the state Library of Victoria.
Bendigo Advertiser Article entitled 'People and Places' - five historical photos of views over Bendigo and an artist's impression of brokers at the Beehive chambers.
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Bendigo might have been one of Victoria's largest towns in 1871 but its population was just 20 percent of what it would grow to 150 years later.
Bendigo Advertiser half page article and one black and white photo of Bendigo in 1875
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Campbell Smith had the passion to share his fascination with 18th century applied mechanic and extol the wonders of the industrial revolution. He set up Confectionary Capers in a shed on the highway at Junertoun in 1994.
Bendigo Advertiser article entitled 'Capers Conundrum' Front page and inner full-page article with colour photos.
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Elisabeth Viklund has been recognised by the Mineral Council of Australia's Women in resources award.
Bendigo Advertiser half page article entitled 'Women lead the way for mines sector' with coloured photo of worker in front of a loader deep below the earth's surface.
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John Murphy died near Bridge Street in 1871, the second death that year. A coronial inquest determined that Murphy would have lived if the council had fenced off the creek.
Bendigo Advertiser full page article entitled 'Creek kills drunk man'. Half page photo of the creek going through Rosalind Park. Smaller photo of the town plan and the course of the creek in the 1800s.
bendigo creek, rosalind park
Mayor Jennifer Aiden acknowledged that Greater Bendigo has become a 'thriving', vibrant regional city. The mayor listed the achievements of the city since the discovery of gold change the landscape from that of pastoral. In the other article along with a photo of the fountain, the story relates the history since 1836 when Major Mitchell passed through the central Vicotorian region as one of the first Europeans to walk upon the Dja Dja Wurrung's land.
Bendigo Advertiser Two page of articles '150 years in the making'. The article acknowledges the region's past, celebrates the present and looks to the future.'
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Although many individuals have played a part over the years, a number of families are synonymous with, and have had a dedication to, the funeral industry in Bendigo, namely the Oakley, Farmer, Fizelle/Mulqueen and Sayer familes.
Bendigo Advertiser: Full page Advert entitled 'Sandhurst - Bendigo celebrating 150 years as a city 1871-2021. Includes nine historcal images of undertakers and their premises.
bendigo history, undertakers
Sandhurst's 1871 population included the second largest number of Chinese nationals in the state, at 734. Some left a lasting mark including at the Joss house temple which celebrated its 150th anniversary. The history includes the mystery of the single Chinese woman recorded on the goldfields in 1871.
Bendigo Advertiser half page article with photo of volunteer Wendy Brotheras, honouring China's links to Bendigo at the Joss House as the temple celebrates 150 years.
bendigo census 1871, joss house
The City Councillors were asked to vote on allocation of money for the removal of the historical collection from Nolan Stret to the Bendigo TAFE campus.
Bendigo Advertiser Article entitled 'Councillors set to vote on history'
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Bendigo born captain James Esdaile ordered sailors to open fire on a sinking ship at the height of World War Two.
Bendigo Advertiser full page article entitled 'Peril on the high seas' with three black and white photos of HMAS Adelaide, a midget submarine, and James Esdaile in 1935.
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'Quartz King' George Lansell bought the modes two story Fortuna Villa in 1871 and began rebuilding with the zeal he had used to make himself Australia's richest man.
Bendigo Advertiser half page story entitled 'Fortuna Villa Celebrations' with two photos, one of Fortuna and its former owner George Lansell.
bendigo, fortuna, george lansell
In May 1941, a Bendigo soldier, Peter Odium, came across dead bodies being whipped by a Sahara sandstorm. The Libyan town of Tobruk became the scene of a desperate siege for control because of its port, which the allies had to hold if it had any chance of disrupting German supply lines across North Africa in 1941.
Bendigo Advertiser two-page story entitled 'Diaries from Hell' - one soldier's diaries from the Siege of Tobruk tell a tale of the horrors of war, as we look ahead to Remembrance Day on November 11.
bendigo, colin odium, siege of tobruk
