Friday 3 May    2.00 p.m.

La Trobe Art Institute, 121 View Street Bendigo

Elaine Doling, Heritage Consultant.

Reading Bendigo Better is the first of a series of public presentations about aspects of built heritage in Bendigo and how a better understanding of connections to the past can help shape the future. Elaine’s talk will focus on some particular types of built heritage and show connections to work patterns and a changing Bendigo

Free event. All welcome.

Saturday 4 May       2.00 p.m.

The story of one of Bendigo’s steel Poppetheads – the symbol of the City

Join James Lerk and Baden Coakley on a car tour commencing in the Whipstick and finishing
at Happy Valley (near the Gold Mines Hotel) exploring  the great symbol of Bendigo.
Tour approx. 1 ½ hours  $10 BHS members, $15 non-members. 

Bookings essential  –  Message 0472 975 068

Directions to meeting place provided on booking.

Sunday 5 May 2024     10.00 a.m.

Follow in the footsteps of Joseph Brady – The Coliban Water System – Bendigo’s lifeline

Hired by the Bendigo Water Co. in 1858, Irishman Joseph Brady was described by one biographer as “probably the most accomplished civil engineer to have worked in Australia.”

Coliban Water guides will lead us through the bush tracks of Crusoe and No. 7 Reservoirs
Some rough terrain, bring water bottles. Meet at Crusoe Reservoir Carpark (enter from Crusoe Rd). 
We will walk following the main channel, to Reservoir No. 7 not far away. Then there will be the option to either turn back or take a loop track back to Crusoe Reservoir – 11 km.   

$5.00 members, $10.00 non-members. Pay on the day. Credit or debit cards preferred. No bookings required.

Saturday 11 May     10.00 a.m.

Tour of Langley Estate – a goldfields landmark since 1904.
By popular demand  – a return to Langley Estate at 484 Napier St. White Hills.
Thomas and Simone Heywood will guide us through the wonderful history of the estate.

Tour and morning  tea. – $25.        Bookings essential – Message 0472 975 068

Thursday 16 May      2.00 p.m.

History House, 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo

Meet the Curator, Simone Ewenson.

Secrets behind Bendigo’s women cricketers in the 1870s.

CoGB Heritage Collections Officer, Simone Ewenson and BHS Collections Manager Kay MacGregor, will give a short talk to unpack the challenges of writing women back into history, and discuss the research undertaken to bring this story to the final exhibition stage.

Bookings opening soon. $20.00 or BHS members $10.00   secretary@bendigohistory.com 

Saturday 1 June        2.00 p.m.

History House, 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo

Meet the Curator, Simone Ewenson.

CoGB Heritage Collections Officer, Simone Ewenson and cricket-tragic Dennis Johanson, will give a short talk about Bendigo’s rich cricketing history. Discover insights into exhibition objects and hear about the process of loaning objects from private collections.

Bookings opening soon. $20.00 or BHS members $10.00   secretary@bendigohistory.com

Sunday 2 June 2024      10.00 a.m.

Could Eaglehawk have been called Bendigo?

Did it really have 41 hotels in 1888? Join us on a walk of the unique heritage streetscapes and a walk around the Eaglehawk CBD to enjoy some of the fabulous architecture and hear some stories from locals about the history of their
homes.
Meet at the Eaglehawk Town Hall (Star Cinema) 

Members $5.00. Non-members $10.00.

Friday 5 July         2.00 p.m.

La Trobe Art Institute, 121 View Street Bendigo

Bendigo’s thespians and divas.

Keva Lloyd

Sunday 7 July 2024      10.00 a.m.

Radical Bendigo

Unionists, lefties and agitators in Bendigo.
Tour leader: TBC Meet: Trades Hall, View Street.

Members $5.00. Non-members $10.00.

Friday 2 August          2.00 p.m.

La Trobe Art Institute, 121 View Street Bendigo

 Annual General Meeting.

Sunday 4 August 2024      10.00 a.m.

The unique miner’s cottage on the Bendigo
Goldfields – the cheap, rudimentary housing of the working class.

Tour leader: Charles Fahey
Meet: Car park at the Hockey Centre, Ironbark.

Members $5.00. Non-members $10.00.

Sunday 1 September  2024     10.00 a.m.

A spring stroll and drive in Axedale
Learn of the surprising stories of this delightful village

Tour leader: Kay MacGregor
Meet: Axedale Cemetery.

Members $5.00. Non-members $10.00.

Friday 4 October          2.00 p.m.

La Trobe Art Institute, 121 View Street Bendigo

What’s in the box?

Stories from the collection told by BHS Collection volunteers.

Sunday 6 October  2024       10.00 a.m.

Meet the neighbours      Tour to include open House, talk and delicious morning tea at Mackenzie Quarters.

Meet: History House – 11 Mackenzie St.

$30.00 members and $40.00  non members. Bookings essential 0472 975 068

Friday 1 November          2.00 p.m.

La Trobe Art Institute, 121 View Street Bendigo

The gold mines of Bendigo – a treasure trove of documents.

Baden Coakley and Kay Macgregor.

Sunday 3 November 2024      10.00 a.m.

Quirky Pall Mall
All the strange things you didn’t know about Pall Mall!
Tour leader: Pip Johanson Meet: St Kilian’s Church.

Members $5.00. Non-members $10.00.

Sunday 1 December 2024     10.00 a.m.

Long Gully Uniting Church

Discover the story of this Vahland and Getzschmann gem.
Tour leader: TBC
Meet: At the church, 14 Wilson St, Long Gully

Members $5.00. Non-members $10.00.