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, […]
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, […]
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 […]
The swinging lass clock
Meet you outside the swinging lass! The story of the quote “Until 1939 (in Bendigo) the local constabulary wore helmets like their counterparts in London. There would always be a constable walking the main block and if you stopped to talk he would say ‘Move along please’. You could talk to friends and relatives as […]
Patrick Cooper’s Clock
Black wooden mantle clock with pendulum bob made in the U.S.A by the Sessions Clock Company. Mounted on ornate metal feet and decorated with four columns supporting Gothic arches with torch like ornamentation between them and an ornate handle on each end. Round white enamel dial with black numerals and hands, and a brass bezel […]
Clock presented to Gertrude Perry
Mantle Clock. 1940s 8-day time & strike clock. Veneered case with chrome bezel, silvered hands and numeral and a Cathedral gong. Chimes once on half hour and the number of hours. Complete with pendulum and key. Presentation plaque on front reads “Pres. To Miss Gertrude Perry Mitchell St Popular Girl 1941. Modified key for easy […]
Eye shade
Flesh coloured celluloid eye shade in its original box. “Improved Ventilated Eye Shades. Celluloid. Mace & Haldane. London. No 6694. Right Eye.