Wooden Butter Pats
Two wooden butter pats from about 1880. Donated by Sister Kerrins of Don Street Bendigo. Sister Kerrins ran a private hospital in Bendigo for many years. In the 19th century butter pats were used to shape butter into bricks ready for sale or use. Excess moisture is pressed out of ...
1827 Wooden Pastry Wheel
Small wooden pastry wheel for making patterns on butter or shortbread pastry. Dated 1827 with initials IY. Donated by Elizabeth Robshaw of Don Street Bendigo. The pastry wheel could have been handed down to Elizabeth either from her mother Elizabeth Young or her aunt Charlotte Young. The mother of Elizabeth ...
Heritage Festival 2019
Two wonderful activities over the weekend organized by the Bendigo Branch of the National Trust. On Saturday a large group of people joined a walking tour of the White Hills Botanic Gardens learning about the history of the Gardens and visiting the only remaining original section of the Bendigo Creek ...
Bendigo Buttonfest
The Bendigo Buttonfest 2019 organized by the Victorian Button Collectors Club will be held on Saturday 18 May from 9.30 am – 3.30 pm at St Andrew’s Uniting Church 26 Myers St Bendigo. Entry is $4.00 per adult. Children under 12 free. The Bendigo Historical Society will be setting up ...
Brass music box
Brass music box with wooden lining, hinged lid with raised flower design, four small bun feet and a winder on the base. Swiss music box movement. There is a partial sticker on the base for Prescott and Dawe Jewellers of Bendigo. Prescott and Dawe were on the corner of Mitchell ...
Bessen Cornet and case
Black wooden case with a brass handle on top of lid, brass hinges and lock, lined with black velvet. The cornet is engraved with leaves and flowers. Engraved on the top of the cornet ‘ F. Besson, Brevetee, 198 Euston Road, London.’ Engraved on the bell ‘Presented by the citizens ...
Melba Accordion
Wooden musical instrument purportedly from Fortuna Villa. The Melba Accordion has black lacquered timber with some red leather covering, metal corner pieces which read made in Germany, buttons of ivory or bone connected to keys, pull knobs on the side, bellows of grey and white paper. The accordion is contained ...
Tyson Brothers
On 25 April 1808, Isabella Tyson was tried at York, West Riding Quarter Sessions and convicted of the theft of linen and sentenced to seven years transportation to Australia. Isabella’s family, husband William (Snr) and their infant son William (Jnr) aged 19 months, came as free emigrants on the same transport. ...
James and Hannah Brierley
James and Hannah Brierley left Manchester as assisted migrants, in 1844 and arrived in Sydney on the Elizabeth three and a half months later with the hope of finding a better life for themselves. They completed their required twelve months’ work agreements in the Hunter Valley before travelling to Adelaide ...
Specimen Cottage – 178 Hargreaves Street, Bendigo
Specimen Cottage is architecturally significant as the oldest original house in Bendigo, built by stonemason James Brierley. The 1856 section of the building has a front façade of local coursed sandstone rubble, with dressed quoins and dressings to openings; the side walls are rubble: the rear and internal walls are ...