Our 2025 events are now on the ‘Events’ page of our website
See – www.bendigohistory.com/events/ for details and links to book via Humanitix
Our 2025 events are now on the ‘Events’ page of our website
See – www.bendigohistory.com/events/ for details and links to book via Humanitix
Quirky Pall Mall, all the strange things you didn’t know about Pall Mall.
Meet at St Kilian’s Church
Join tour leader Pip Johanson as she takes you on a walk along Pall Mall Bendigo. There are lots of strange and quirky stories to discover! Pall Mall, often called ‘the spine’ of the city, it runs in parallel with the Bendigo Creek where gold was discovered. The Mall soon became the hub of commercial and social activity with many stories, some obvious, some hidden.
Bookings essential – all welcome
https://events.humanitix.com/walk-into-history-quirky-pall-mall
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.
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.
The Walk Into History (Coliban Water System) scheduled for Sunday September 3 has been cancelled due to the unavailability of Coliban Water Staff to lead the tour. We are hoping to re schedule this tour in 2024.
3 Diary dates for more BHS events & significant fundraising launch.
Saturday 1 July, 11am -12.00
Fundraising Appeal Launch – all welcome
History House, 11 MacKenzie Street Bendigo
Bendigo is getting a community museum. Join us as The Hon. Maree Edwards, MP and City of Greater Bendigo Mayor Andrea Metcalf, help us launch the Community Museum Fundraising Campaign.
Refreshments provided.
BHS President, Euan McGillivray said, “with financial support, the Bendigo Historical Society can develop and deliver a new attraction for Bendigo that will add to the rich fabric of history and heritage which makes Bendigo a premiere cultural tourism destination and a great place to live. Developing the History House Museum represents a collective commitment to a community in the present and for the future”.
More details will be posted on BHS website closer to the launch.
Sunday 2 July, 2023, 10.00am Note: The tour of the Shamrock Hotel has been cancelled
Walks Into History – all welcome
Bendigo’s City Edge
Meet at the corner of Mundy Street and Mollison Street.
Join us as we explore the area surrounded by Mundy, Mollison, Mitchell and McLaren Streets. Listen to stories about some of the residents of this area, for example, McLaren Street resident Ernst Mueller and family. He came to Bendigo when it was no more than a diggers camp and grew to be one of its wealthiest citizens. Apart from being a successful gold trader and investor, Ernst brokered the sale of Lansell’s holdings to the Ballerstedt’s – the largest mining deal in Bendigo history.
Members $5.00. Non-members $10.00.
Friday 7 July, 2pm. La Trobe Art Institute
Members & Friends Event – all welcome
Topic: Contemporary Art’s Connections to History
Guest speaker: Bala Starr, Director, La Trobe Art Institute
Local history collections reflect on the people, places and events that are important to us. Like local history, contemporary art also strives to be part of a cultural dialogue that concerns larger contextual themes such as identity, family, community, and nationality. Free event, no booking required.