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Modern Revolution: Bendigo and the 1960s Post Office Gallery
02 Apr 2021 - 29 Aug 2021
Modern Revolution: Bendigo and the 1960s Post Office Gallery

The 1960s is remembered as a dynamic decade; a time of great social and political change.

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31 Oct 2020 - 21 Mar 2021
RAW: the endless potential of clay Post Office Gallery
31 Oct 2020 - 21 Mar 2021
RAW: the endless potential of clay Post Office Gallery

Clay is a rich resource readily exploited for its artistic, practical and commercial potential.

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  • Current: In charity’s cause: Bendigo Easter Fair
  • In charity’s cause: Bendigo Easter Fair

    09 Apr 20
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  • Authors:Clare Needham

When 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.

Bendigo Easter Fair: amusement, charity and tradition, installation view, Post Office Gallery. Photograph: Ian Hill
Bendigo Easter Fair: amusement, charity and tradition, installation view, Post Office Gallery. Photograph: Ian Hill
Bendigo Easter Fair: amusement, charity and tradition, installation view, Post Office Gallery. Photograph: Ian Hill
Parade jacket, c1880, silk, sequins, gold couching. Conserved by Betty Luke in 1989  Loan from Golden Dragon Museum, Bendigo Chinese Association Collection. Photograph: Ian Hill
Lo On, Lo On Kee Workshop, Hong Kong, Southern lion, c1970, papier mache, bamboo, silk, cotton, handcut mirrors, brass and horse hair. Hand painted drum, c1950, wood, paint, skin, cane, metal. Loans from Golden Dragon Museum, Bendigo Chinese Association Collection. Photograph: Ian Hill
Bendigo Easter Fair promotional posters, 1945 – 2013, digital reproductions of original prints on paper. Courtesy Bendigo Easter Fair Society and Dennis O’Hoy. Photograph: Ian Hill

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Bendigo Easter Fair: amusement, charity and tradition Post Office Gallery
06 Mar 2020 - 29 Aug 2020
Bendigo Easter Fair: amusement, charity and tradition Post Office Gallery

The first Easter Fair was held in Bendigo (then Sandhurst) in 1871; two days of fun and frolic in charity’s cause.

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11 Oct 2019 - 23 Feb 2020
Pieces of a story: people and places of Bendigo Post Office Gallery
11 Oct 2019 - 23 Feb 2020
Pieces of a story: people and places of Bendigo Post Office Gallery

In literature, a vignette is a short scene that captures an important and defining detail about a character or element of a story.

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  • Current: Rule Britannia, the Golden City: Royal visits to Bendigo
  • Rule Britannia, the Golden City: Royal visits to Bendigo

    13 Mar 19
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  • Authors:Emma Busowsky Cox

The 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.


12 Apr 2019 - 01 Sep 2019
Rule Britannia, the Golden City: royal visits to Bendigo Post Office Gallery
12 Apr 2019 - 01 Sep 2019
Rule Britannia, the Golden City: royal visits to Bendigo Post Office Gallery

The first British royal visit to Bendigo was in December 1867, when Queen Victoria’s fourth child, Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, tour

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13 Dec 2018 - 31 Mar 2019
Vale: mourning, remembrance and Spiritualism in Bendigo 1851 - 1901 Post Office Gallery
13 Dec 2018 - 31 Mar 2019
Vale: mourning, remembrance and Spiritualism in Bendigo 1851 - 1901 Post Office Gallery

The business of death – that is, the protocols for managing human death, as well as its associated rituals and practices – has been a par

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10 Nov 2010 - 14 Mar 2011
Naming Bendigo: evolution of a city's identity 1836-1891 Post Office Gallery
10 Nov 2010 - 14 Mar 2011
Naming Bendigo: evolution of a city's identity 1836-1891 Post Office Gallery

The first exhibition launched at Post Office Gallery, Naming Bendigo examined the first 55 years of Bendigo’s settlement, throug

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01 Apr 2011 - 14 Aug 2011
Beginning in Bendigo: from humble origins to a captured market Post Office Gallery
01 Apr 2011 - 14 Aug 2011
Beginning in Bendigo: from humble origins to a captured market Post Office Gallery

Beginning in Bendigo celebrated the achievements of the city’s innovators, from the Myer department store to the infamous showgr

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