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Members and Friends Meeting
Walk Into History
Sunday 4 February 2024 10.00 a.m.
“Walks into History” 2024
Sunday 4 February 2024 10.00 a.m.
‘Let’s not get sloshed!’ Pubs, breweries and beer shops.
Join James Lerk on our first Walk into History for 2024. He will lead us as we wander through the neighbourhood between View and Arnold Streets to tell us the stories of pubs and breweries dotted throughout the area in the early days of Bendigo.
Meet at the Anne Caudle Centre gates in Barnard Street.
Members $5.00. Non-members $10.00.
History House open Tuesdays and Thursdays from January 30.
First “Walk into History”
Sunday 4 February 2024, 10.00 a.m.
‘Let’s not get sloshed!’ – pubs, breweries and beer shops.
Join James Lerk on our first Walks into History for 2024. He will lead us as we wander through the neighbourhood between View and Arnold Streets to tell us the stories of pubs and breweries dotted throughout the area in the early days of Bendigo.
Meet at the Anne Caudle Centre gates in Barnard Street.
Members $5.00. Non-members $10.00.
Community museum at History House open to the public Tuesday 2 April 2024
Our first exhibition is: ‘Frisky matrons and forward spinsters’ –
Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the first Australian women’s cricket match, played in Bendigo, 1874.
Museum volunteers needed
We need volunteers to be on duty in customer service roles to welcome visitors to our community museum.
The museum will be open over four days each week: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday from
10.00 a.m. to 3.00 p.m.
Two shifts are available: 10.00 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. and 12.30 p.m. – 3.00 p.m.
All volunteers will receive training in being ‘front of house’ hosts at History House.
Contact secretary@bendigohistory.com
History House Closed Dec. 4 – Feb. 1.
History House at 11 Mackenzie Street will be closed to the Public from Monday December 4 until February 2024. It will reopen to the Public on Tuesday February 1 from 9.00 a.m. – 3.00 p.m.
Building works will be undertaken during this time to construct a Community Museum in preparation for the first exhibition to be opened by Easter 2024.
This exhibition will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the first recorded Australian women’s cricket match that was played in Bendigo in 1874.
Our Research service will be unavailable during this time.
President, Secretary and Treasurer email contacts will still be available.
Walk into History Sacred Heart Cathedral
$5 members, $10 non-members
Don’t miss out on experiencing this wonderful pre-Christmas history tour.
Hope to see you there
Movie Night Ford v Holden
Thursday 9 November 7.00 p.m. Star Cinema, Eaglehawk
A fundraiser for our museum with plenty of great old film footage from the times when car rivalry was king, this film will shine a light on passions of car culture in Australia. From the early days of the automobile industry to the present, Ford v Holden delves into the history, technology, and culture of these rival companies and their impact on the Australian psyche and automotive landscape.
Walks into History Bendigo Chinese Precinct, Bridge Street Bendigo
Sunday 5 November, 10.00 a.m. meet at the Lotus Flower
$5.00 members – $10.00 non-members
In this tour Leigh McKinnon will explore the history and personalities of the old Bridge Street Chinatown, from the first Chinese businesses which were established there in the 1850s, its heyday in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, its decline and near complete demise in the mid 20th century through to its subsequent revitalization with the construction of the Golden Dragon Museum, the Yi Yuan Gardens and Guan Yin Temple, and the completion of the Dai Gum San Precinct.
The tour will also include the rare opportunity to enter the Bendigo Chinese Association Elders’ Room which is part of the only surviving building of the original Chinatown.