Highlights from the Bendigo Art Prize 1938–1967
Read moreThe 1960s is remembered as a dynamic decade; a time of great social and political change.
Read moreClay is a rich resource readily exploited for its artistic, practical and commercial potential.
Read moreWhen the first Bendigo Easter Fair was held in 1871 there were many who believed it was a success because it was a novelty, and that in time, enthusiasm for its continuation would expire. These gloomy forebodings were clearly unfounded with 2020 boasting what would have been the 150th fair.
The first Easter Fair was held in Bendigo (then Sandhurst) in 1871; two days of fun and frolic in charity’s cause.
Read moreIn literature, a vignette is a short scene that captures an important and defining detail about a character or element of a story.
Read moreThe hardworking staff of Bendigo Art Gallery are putting the final touches on the major exhibition Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits ahead of its unveiling next week. An accompanying exhibition at Post Office Gallery will showcase the eventful visits of the British Royal family to Bendigo.
The first British royal visit to Bendigo was in December 1867, when Queen Victoria’s fourth child, Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, tour
Read moreThe business of death – that is, the protocols for managing human death, as well as its associated rituals and practices – has been a par
Read moreThe first exhibition launched at Post Office Gallery, Naming Bendigo examined the first 55 years of Bendigo’s settlement, throug
Read moreThe City of Greater Bendigo acknowledges the Dja Dja Wurrung and Taungurung Peoples as the traditional custodians of the lands across Bendigo.
We acknowledge and pay respect to their Elders past present and emerging.
