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Reading Bendigo Better

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Members’ and Friends’ Meeting

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.

Image from State Library Victoria.

Tour of Langley Estate

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National Trust Heritage Festival

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. 00

Bookings essential – Message 0472 975 068

Theatres and Entertainers in years gone by

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Sunday 7 April 2024     10.00 a.m.   

Bendigo’s fascinating history of stunning entertainers and glorious theatres.
Tour leaders: Heather McNeill, Mary Richards and Pip Johanson.
Meet: Steps of Capital Theatre, View St.

Members $5.00. Non-members $10.00.

Image – Plaza Theatre (SLV)

Women’s Cricket 150th Anniversary Match

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Good Friday 29 March 2024 at 2.00 p.m. at the QEO.

T20 Women’s Match between a Bendigo Representative Team and a Ballarat Representative Team.

Free Entry.

The first organized Australian Women’s Cricket Match was held in Bendigo at the Bendigo Easter Fair in 1874.

Walk Into History

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Sunday 3 March 2024

10.00 a.m.

Not Ghosts but Ghost Signs

Discover the history of Bendigo through its faded advertising signs

Tour leader: Felicity Woodward

Meet: steps of the Capital Theatre, View St.

Members $5.00. Non-members $10.00.

Sunday 4 February 2024 10.00 a.m.

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“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.

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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.

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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

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Sacred Heart Cathedral – Bendigo’s English Gothic Revival marvel 
Sunday 3 December at 2.00 p.m. 
NOTE CHANGE OF TIME
Meet: Sacred Heart Cathedral, 66 Short Street, Bendigo

$5 members, $10 non-members

From gargoyles and flying buttresses to marbled floors with angels soaring high above, Sacred Heart Cathedral is not only a sacred space and architectural marvel, but also a gallery of artistry and craftsmanship: stonemasonry, gold and metalcraft, sculpture, painting, woodcarving, tapestry, stained glass, and mosaics, as well as the stupendous pipe organ. Across the pontificates of seven Popes, and eighty years of construction, the Cathedral was finished in 1977 when the main spire was completed to grace and dominate the Bendigo skyline.
Don’t miss out on experiencing this wonderful pre-Christmas history tour.
Hope to see you there

Movie Night Ford v Holden

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Thursday 9 November 7.00 p.m. Star Cinema, Eaglehawk

Book now.

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.

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