Physical description
A series of sixty one articles written by Leighton Rawlings and published in the Bendigo Weekly between 2000 and 2003. Each article details a collectable item and its history. Each article includes a photograph. The articles are stored in a white vinyl covered two ring A5 folder. Index below.
Collectors” Corner
Number Article Name Date
1. Miner’s Food Tins 21/2/2003
2. Bendigo Girls High School Jubilee Magazine 28/03/2003
3. Bendigo’s Juvenile & Industrial Exhibition 28/02/2003
4. Bendigo’s 59TH Grand Spring Show Program 7/03/2003
5. Bendigo’s Mayfair Distributors 9/08/2002
6. Celebration of Bendigo’s 1951 Gold Centenary 31/01/2003
7. Souvenir of American Naval Visit to Bendigo 6/09/2002
8. Back Seat Driver’s Licence 4/04/2003
9. Antique Shearing Documents 19/07/2002
10. Angus Mackay’s Top Hat and Exquisite Hat Case 2/08/2002
11. Early Morse Code Key Set 9/02/2001
12. Antique Produce Weighing Scales 16/02/2001
13. Bendigo Aerated Water Containers
14. Bendigo’s “Poppet Head” Bottle 14/12/2001
15. 1901 Federal Parliament Medallion 18/05/2001
16. Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee Medallion 1/06/2001
17. Prince of Wales Visit to Eaglehawk 8/06/2001
18. The Beehive Store Sales Docket 15/06/2001
19. Australia’s First Newspaper 22/06/2001
20. Australia’s First Newspaper 29/06/2001
21. Bendigo City Jubilee Ball 6/07/2001
22. Bendigo’s Busy Red Emporium 1 3/07/2001
23. “Saintly” Memorabillia (sic) of a Bygone Era 20/07/2002
24. Historical Bendigo Lodge Certificate 28/09/2001
25. Bendigo Agricultural Show 19/10/2001
26. Victorian Railway’s Smoke Social Invitation 5/10/2001
27. Early Award Medallions 6/03/1998
28. Home Delivery Grocer 26/10/2001
29. Swimming Proficiency Medallion 9/11/2001
30. 1950’s Road Travel Ticket Collection 27/07/2001
31. Glover’s Soft Drink Bottle 3/08/2001
32. Antique Leggo’s Bottles 10/08/2001
33. Collectable Documents 17/08/2001
34. Broadcast Listener’s Licence 31/08/2001
35. Antique Board Game 7/09/2001
36. Century Old Memorabilia Returns to Sacred Heart Cathedral 30/11/2001
37. California Hill Methodist Church Memorabilia 21/12/2001
38. Goldfield Wax Matched Tin Box 4/01/2002
39. Memorabilia of a Bendigo Lodge Member Nov 2001
40. Eaglehawk General Store Memorabilia Nov 2001
41. Bendigo’s Rescue Home Memorabilia 18/01/2002
42. Automobile Parts House Memorabilia 11/01/2002
43. Antique Insurance Certificates 1/02/2002
44. The Universal Self Instructor 8/02/2002
45. Automobile Parts House Memorabilia – Part 2 15/02/2002
46. Miner’s Hard Hat 1/03/2002
47. Antique Bendigo Medicine Bottle 8/03/2002
48. British Prime Ministers Visit Memorabilia 22/03/02
49. Bendigo’s Sun Newspaper 28/3/2002
50. Bendigo Grocer’s Memorabilia 5/04/2002
51. The Universal Self Instructor
52. Gold Mining Company Documents 31/05/2002
53. Bendigo Motoring Memorabilia 17/05/2002
54. Bendigo Carriage to Motoring Memorabilia 24/05/2002
55. Bendigo Easter Fair and Grand National Show Medals 13/09/2002
56. Official Trades Union Directory 1949 27/09/2002
57. The 1889 Pickles & Sons Challenge Cup 4/10/2002
58. Chico Roll goes “Gold” 21/12/2001
59. What’s It Worth by Ken Arnold. Money Box 28/09/2001
60. What’s It Worth by Ken Arnold. Bottle 5/10/2001
61. What’s It Worth by Ken Arnold. Jar 10/01/2003