Free Event – July 2026
A Curator’s Perspective: Bendigo with Love Friday 3 July * 2pm-3.30pm Latrobe Art Institute – 121 View Street Bendigo Join us for a free history talk in Bendigo. Former senior curator of photography at Museums Victoria Euan McGillivay will highlight the historical value and significance of the Allan Doney Collection of over 13,000 images, now […]
Rosalind Park Fernery
The Fernery in Rosalind Park: A Garden Feature of Nineteenth-Century Bendigo Hidden beneath the shade of towering River Red Gums in Rosalind Park lies one of Bendigo’s most distinctive historic garden features — the fernery. For generations of residents and visitors, this shaded garden has offered a quiet retreat within the city. Its story, however, […]
Stories of Bendigo Women
Women’s History Month: Discover the Stories of Bendigo’s Women Every March, during Women’s History Month, we are reminded that many of the stories that shaped our communities were created by women whose contributions were often overlooked or quietly woven into everyday life. One of the best places to discover these stories is the online collection […]
Exhibition: Bendigo With Love
Bendigo with Love: An exhibition of Photographs of the 50s and 60s by Allan Doney This Easter, the Bendigo Historical Society invites the community to step back in time with a new exhibition celebrating the work of one of Bendigo’s most remarkable photographers. “Bendigo with Love: Photographs of the 50s and 60s by Allan Doney” […]
Elcon Myer Bendigo
Elcon Baevski Myer By Rob Upson Bendigo Historical Society Member Elcon Baevski Myer, Photo supplied by author, Marunari, Vol 50, Issue 5, July 2024 In reading about the life of Sidney Myer (originally Simcha Baevski) I came across one of his brothers named Elcon Baevski who had played no small part in the establishment of […]
Binks Family Bendigo
Frederick (Freddie) Lawrence Binks By Rob Upson Bendigo Historical Society Member Freddie Binks was born in Ballarat in 1856 to the Rev. William Lawrence Binks and Sarah Green Binks (nee Howse). He is well known for being the first student to be enrolled in the newly established Wesley College, St Kilda Road, Melbourne in 1866. […]
Allan Doney Collection welcomed to BHS
Allan Doney Collection Event The National Trust of Australia (Victoria) has gifted the The Allan Doney Collection to Bendigo Historical Society (BHS). We formally welcomed The Allan Doney Collection into the BHS archives on 16 October 2025 with an event at History House. Collette Brennan, CEO, National Trust of Australia (Victoria) and Euan McGillivray, BHS, […]
BHS to co-host regional seminar
Making Ourselves Useful – historical societies in the community presented by Bendigo Historical Society & Royal Historical Society of Victoria Victorian Historical Societies have been invited to the Shamrock Hotel in Bendigo for ‘Making Ourselves Useful – historical societies in the community’. This regional seminar will be held on Sunday 7 September 2025, from 9am-4.30pm […]
Legal Eagles – new exhibition opening soon
Legal Eagles on the Goldfields is the next exhibition to be held at History House Museum The exhibition will provide a glimpse into the social history of Bendigo’s legal and justice system. In the early days of the goldrush, Bendigo was relatively unregulated. The huge influx of diggers from many different backgrounds led to anxieties […]
Bendigo Advertiser rebuilds after devastating fire
Celebrating the new Pall Mall Building Recently David, one of our team of dedicated volunteers, was tasked with cataloguing the ‘Bendigo Advertiser Reconstruction Supplement printed in February 1963. This eight-page supplement complete with colour photos was printed to celebrate the opening of the new Bendigo Advertiser premises in Pall Mall. Following a devasting fire in […]