Bendigo Church Tour – St Pauls

St Paul’s Cathedral was designed by goldfields architect, Robert A. Love: the nave was dedicated in November 1868; the 30-metre high tower housing a peal of eight bells was completed […]

Australia’s first 1 pound note

During its 97 years of operation, the Victoria Hill mine yielded about $8bn worth of gold in today’s values and was the deepest mine in the world at 4,613 feet. […]

Quirky Bendigo

Blakc and White image of Bendigo Law Courts

A pleasant Sunday morning during the Keys of Gold music Festival. Walk with the Bendigo Historical Society guide through this beautiful precinct to discover some of its hidden history and […]

Legal Bendigo

With our local legal expert, visit some sites and hear about the evolution of the region’s legal system during the 1850s gold rush. The surge in crime, the role of […]

Monumental Days Book Launch

Chapel at Bendigo Cemetery

Monumental Days is a two-volume history of Bendigo Cemetery, a story of human endeavour that is not without drama or scandal. Spanning 165 years, it depicts the struggles planners, sextons […]

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 […]

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 […]

Postwar Bendigo May 2026

009581 MISC Book 1 Stilt Walker Pall Mall

Postwar Bendigo May 2026 Photos by Allan Doney Welcome to our walk into history for May 2026. Step back into Postwar Bendigo, walk in Allan Doney’s footsteps. Allan Doney was […]