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 women whose contributions were often overlooked or quietly woven into everyday life. One of the best places to discover these stories is the online collection […]
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, […]
BHS to co-host regional seminar
Making Ourselves Useful – historical societies in the community presented by Bendigo Historical Society & Royal Historical Society of Victoria Victorian Historical Societies have been invited to the Shamrock Hotel in Bendigo for ‘Making Ourselves Useful – historical societies in the community’. This regional seminar will be held on Sunday 7 September 2025, from 9am-4.30pm […]
Legal Eagles – new exhibition opening soon
Legal Eagles on the Goldfields is the next exhibition to be held at History House Museum The exhibition will provide a glimpse into the social history of Bendigo’s legal and justice system. In the early days of the goldrush, Bendigo was relatively unregulated. The huge influx of diggers from many different backgrounds led to anxieties […]
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 […]
Walk into History Event Wine Bank On View
Wine Bank History Walk Join us for out latest Walk into History at Wine Bank. Wine Bank owner, Mark Coffey will lead a tour into the bank chambers on Sunday 6 July at 10am. Bookings are essential. BHS members $7.50 Non-members $15 For more details or to book go to the events page on our […]