About

The Allan Doney Collection comprises about 13,000 negatives and 3,000 prints produced from the 1950s to the 1970s. It was gifted from the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) to the Bendigo Historical Society in 2025. Doney was a local tailor and a prolific amateur photographer, who created a delightful time-capsule of Bendigo and the surrounding small towns, mine sites and farms.

The thumbnail images were digitised and are presented in low resolution. We realise that here are some errors in information, also, the search capacity in the database has limited information relating to each image – this information will be enhanced over time as BHS is a volunteer organisation.

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Try doing a search for Easter Fair or Pall Mall or View Street, Eaglehawk or Long Gully or Castlemaine or Echuca or Maldon, Castlemaine, Mine, Mullock Heap, Shop, Hotel, Gillies Pies, Joss House etc.