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.
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 moreBeginning in Bendigo celebrated the achievements of the city’s innovators, from the Myer department store to the infamous showgr
Read morePride of Place celebrated the City of Greater Bendigo’s impressive early growth – the commitment of our towns to become self-sus
Read moreHidden Worlds offered a peek into recent archaeological excavations undertaken in Bendigo with a focus on the 2009 dig at 10–16
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