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SPEAKS OUT The following is an excerpt from Senator Sarah Henderson’s speech in parliament.

“In recent days I have also been very pleased to speak up as the patron senator for Bendigo on what appears to be another very shady Labor deal, this time between the City of Greater Bendigo and the state government, led all the way by Minister Jacinta Allan. The proposal to sell the council offices, situated on prime land in Bendigo’s CBD, to make way for a $90 million GovHub to be built and owned by the Victorian government, looks to be a very bad deal for the people of Bendigo.”

“Ratepayers will be forced to lease back office

space in the GovHub and after 40 years will be left with no asset at all.”

“I have no issue at all with the construction of the GovHub but Minister Allan needs to find another location. The people of Bendigo should not pay the price. It is no different from being asked to sell your home at a cut price, leasing it back at full commercial rent and then, when the lease expires, being left with no home at all.”

“This is not happening in Ballarat, where a GovHub is being constructed on a greenfield site at no cost to Ballarat ratepayers. I’ve called for the sale of Bendigo’s council offices to be put on hold and for a full inquiry to be conducted. There must be complete transpar-

ency. PricewaterhouseCoopers assessed the options for council but this report has never been released. That’s because PwC recommended, I suspect, very strongly against this option. Mayor Margaret O’Rourke and her councillors need to understand that they serve the people of Bendigo and not the state government. This relationship with Jacinta Allan and state Labor looks, frankly, all too cosy.

The councillors of the City of Greater Bendigo must safeguard ratepayer assets without fear or favour.”

“Unbelievably, council has done a deal without even receiving a valuation from the Valuer-General.

Mayor O’Rourke told ABC Radio that council had done its due diligence, exploring

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seven options, but they have failed to release any of these details to the community. Many local residents, including local members of the Liberal Party, led by FEC chair Matthew Evans, are deeply concerned. I was very pleased to join with Matthew the other day in a media conference, speaking out about this issue.”

“This is a so-called done deal, but there are no details about the costs to ratepayers, the sale price, the lease costs, the windfall return we expect to the Victorian government or what will happen when the lease expires.

This appears to be a very shabby, underhanded deal, and the people of Bendigo deserve full transparency and the complete truth.”

Less than 3 weeks ago, Senator Sarah Henderson visited Bendigo. Like other media we received the call to interview her on the steps of council. Be you for or against the GovHub development and the demolition of our council building it is intriguing to say the least that a sitting Senator should take the time out of her day to bring this development to the attention of local media and now it seems the Australian public via Federal Parliament. I read in other papers our Mayor’s response in particular that it is only a handful of local residents opposed to the GovHub development. A handful! only, today, I was shown another

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petition stamped received by the Victorian Legislative Assembly from angry rate-payers. It would seem what council deems community consultation and a small band of agitators is anything but. If the community believed they were consulted our newspaper wouldn’t be deluged with the amount of letters to the contrary and we can all get down to promoting the positives in our great city. Council, since the final vote has not been cast can’t you hold a public meeting to alleviate any fears or concerns held by ratepayers. Surely you have a list of positives otherwise you wouldn’t even entertain such a venture.

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NEW YOUTH COUNCILLORS TO BE SWORN IN Nine new Greater Bendigo Youth Councillors have been sworn in by Chief Executive Officer Craig Niemann, last Tuesday.

The new Youth Councillors are Amy Manderson, Grace McIntosh, Jack Smith, Liloma Qurbani, Lucy McNaughton-Perry, Remus Brasier, Shay Murphy and Xavier Rodgers. They will join existing youth councillors Annika Ritchie, Alex Libchard, Billie Taylor, Esmat Kheradyar, Jemille McKenzie, Kathryn Northill, Lilli-Rose Gemmill, Olivia Masters, Ryan Peterson and Victoria Tangey.

The new appointments follow the resignation of eight inaugural Youth

Councillors to focus on their studies or employment opportunities The Youth Council is an initiative of the current Council to engage with local young people aged between 14 and 24 in the decision making process for the future. It’s also a key action in the City’s Youth Strategy launched in 2018.

Greater Bendigo Mayor Cr Margaret O’Rourke said the Youth Council act as an advisory and advocacy body to Council and gives local young people a stronger voice in the community.

“The Youth Council provides a great opportunity for young people to have a stronger voice in our com-

PROPOSED TOWNSHIP PLANS FOR ELMORE AND GOORNONG SEEK COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT The City of Greater Bendigo is developing Township Plans for Elmore and Goornong and residents from both communities are invited to get involved.

The Elmore Township Plan and the Goornong Township Plan will provide a framework for the growth and development of the two towns.

They will build upon the existing strengths of each community by extending the work of the 2015-2020 Elmore Community Plan and the 2012 Goornong Community Plan.

City Director Strategy and Growth Bernie O’Sullivan said the Townships Plans were two separate documents being prepared at the same time with clear goals.

“These plans will help make Elmore and Goornong more cohesive, connected and liveable places,” Mr O’Sullivan said.

“Elmore has an excellent range of services, recreational facilities and cultural experiences for residents and visitors and this plan will help guide its future growth and opportunities.

“As the first rural township to the north of urban Bendigo, Goornong has great potential, particularly with the proposed Goornong Train Station.

The supportive and friendly community will need assistance as it continues to attract more residents.

“We are seeking feedback from both communities, so we are inviting Elmore and Goornong residents to complete an initial community survey for the respective areas.

“We want to know how you feel about your town and what you think can help to improve the town and your community.”

Two community reference groups, one for each town, will also be established and any individual or representative from a community group, club or organisation will be able to join. The groups will meet regularly to provide local knowledge, information and feedback as they monitor the progress of the Township Plans.

If you are interested in being part of the Community Reference Group, you can either phone 5434 6000 or email rsdenquiries@bendigo.vic.gov.au Please note that two separate community surveys are available for Elmore and Goornong: https://www.surveymonkey. com/r/ElmoreCommSurvey https://www.surveymonkey. com/r/GoornongCommSurvey

munity, meet others with similar interests and ideas, build their leadership skills and develop the knowledge and abilities to affect change,” Cr O’Rourke said.

About the new Youth Councillors:Amy Manderson recently completed her VCE at Bendigo Senior Secondary College (BSSC) and will begin a Diploma of Education at La Trobe Bendigo in 2020. Amy is 18 and lives in Strathfieldsaye.

Grace McIntosh attends NetSchool and is an active member of Hip Hopportunities based in Eaglehawk. She is 17and lives in Junortoun.

Jack Smith is 19 and has moved to Bendigo from Mildura to complete a Bachelor of Applied Science/ Master of Occupational Therapy. He brings experience from his time in the YMCA Victorian Youth Parliament.

Liloma Qurbani was born

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in Afghanistan and lived in Pakistan and India before settling in Australia in 2017.

Liloma is 18 and is completing her VCE at Bendigo Senior Secondary College.

Lucy McNaughton–Perry is 19 and lives in Eaglehawk.

She is studying a Bachelor of Business at La Trobe University Bendigo.

Mariah Tayba moved to Bendigo from Lebanon in 2015. She has a strong passion for volunteering.

18 year old Mariah will complete her VCE at BSSC in 2020.

Remus Brasier is 15 years and lives in Quarry Hill. He is currently completing Year 10 at Girton Grammar in 2020.

Shay Murphy is completing a double degree in Business and Law at La Trobe Bendigo. Shay is 21 and lives in Maiden Gully Xavier Rodgers is 14 and lives in Eaglehawk. He currently attends Victory Christian College.

COUNCIL APPOINTS GASTRONOMY ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS Greater Bendigo City Council has appointed 13 community members to a new advisory committee to guide and support the city’s recent designation as a Creative City of Gastronomy.

The community members of the Creative City of Gastronomy Advisory Committee are: Sonia Anthony, Rose Vincent, Wes Vine, Bryley Savage, George Biron, Laura Maywood, Carly Noble, Hayley Tibbett, Neil Clark, Jemily Sweet, Abbie Place, Amelia Byrne and Bernard Glaude.

They will be joined by Rodney Carter, CEO Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation, City staff, Mayor Cr Margaret O’Rourke and Councillors Jennifer Alden and Andrea Metcalf. The Youth Council

will also be asked to nominate a member to join the committee.

Cr O’Rourke said there was a strong field of candidates to consider.

“We are very pleased with the people we have appointed, there is a good variety of skills and experiences in this group and everyone is really passionate about making the most of our designation as a Creative City,” she said.

“We’re excited to get to work to plan events and projects that take advantage of this designation and start to make this designation into something everyone can see and benefit from.”

For more information about the Bendigo’s designation go to www.bendigogastronomy.com.au

Q & A with Robertson Hyetts Kayla Kristensen Litigation & Dispute Resolution Lawyer Q. Who can challenge the distribution of an estate under a Will?

A claim for a share, or a larger share, out of an estate can be made if the deceased had a moral duty to provide for a claimant and they can show that the Will didn’t adequately provide for their proper maintenance and support. A claimant must be closely related to the deceased and generally includes a spouse or former spouse, a child or stepchild, a parent or a grandchild who was dependent on the deceased.

Q. If the deceased did not have a Will, is it possible to challenge the distribution of the estate?

Yes. If the deceased did not have a valid Will then Letters of Administration can be applied for by any person/s entitled to inherit the deceased’s assets. Once Letters of Administration have been granted and an administrator appointed, eligible persons can make a claim.

Q. Is there a time limit for contesting the distribution of an estate?

If a person wishes to make a claim on a deceased estate, they must make an application to the court within six months of the Grant of Probate or Letters of Administration.

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The Dud Gov Hub Every time I have asked my council a question about the Gov hub, I get told council has exhausted all explanations of repeated questions residents have asked. Sorry council you have not given 1 straight answer about the under table dealings of the sale of OUR council building. I was locked out of an ordinary council meeting because I had a placard stating NO Gov Hub, also same wording on my shirt.

To which I was told to turn inside out. I was informed that there was a council local law against placards at council meetings. I knew council Local Law better than the Mayor and the Governance, there was no such Local law.

It took council Governance a month to a verbally apologies to me. Council tried to make an example of me by trying to silence me. It is about time our councillors, yes we employ every one of them, stop listening to the CEO puppeteer and started thinking and speaking up for a change, be open and transparent and do the right thing for the residents of Bendigo. It is not too late to stop these under the table secret dealings.

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To: STUDIO Ben-dingo Bendigo Pop Art Gallery Bull St Bendigo Congratulations for the excellent photoshopping of the Nicholas Caire photos in Bendigo Monthly.

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Sincerely Peter Hamnot picture because the dots ation? What a jumble, are mond on behalf of the Speci- some people paying games? are missing. men Cottage Volunteers Does Mayor O’Rourke Private enterprise would not think we should accept what tolerate such laxity. .................................................. Like so much around this Council says because that’s what Council says? I think project, it smacks of being What is going on within our pre-determined, with over- not and call on Council to Council? consult with us the people, whelmed Councillors and Why the silence and compliant officers toeing the before they spend another delay about a final Council cent or make another deciGovernments line. decision on the sale of its sion.

The lack of open public office and land.

I and many ratepayers question and answer meetAt the 20th February ings tells me council is afraid I know would also like to 2019 Council Meeting the know how much the little of the people of Grater majority of councillors retalked of multi-story car Bendigo who will pay the solved to agree in-principle millions. Wake up Council- park will cost for the Govto the sale of our Council lors!

Hub and who will pay. owned land and offices Clive Bennett, If you want to sell off our located Lyttleton Terrace, Bendigo prime assets and build a car Bendigo opposite the old park, I look forward to seeTown Hall, to enable the .................................................. ing an advertisement in the development of a GovHub Bendigo Advertiser advising subject to the appropriate Joining the Dots the opportunity to object to sale process and consultasuch a hair-brained idea.

Joining the dots should tion with the Valuer General create a picture but with Margie Gallagher, of Victoria.

Huntly the Council Government If you agree to something GovHub proposal there is in principle, it means you’re in favour of it based on what you know, but recognises that you need further information before you make a final decision. That was why the Council resolution included the safety valve work “in-principle”, and the final decision is conditional on receiving advice on the sale process, and valuation information from the Valuer General.

Strange, the Council committed to become a tenant to the GuvHub in the same resolution. How could you commit to the arrangement when the property sale is not a done deal?

One year on and we have heard nothing. Why? You cannot tell me it takes a year to work out details around a Council Government I’M SORRY STEVE, BUT I WANT MORE THAN ‘OUT’. land sale, or to get a valu-

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READERS FORUM Dear Editor I submit the below letter for consideration of publication in your next edition of Bendigo Monthly.

Regards and Best Wishes Max Turner, Bendigo TIME TO RELEASE INFORMATION AND CONSULT The Mayor said on ABC Radio 11th February, “the council had released all the information it had been able to about the GovHub deal”, which sees us sacrifice ownership of our ratepay-

er owned assets without a say. The minutes as part of this decision provide scant details. There must be many other reports, costings and findings on all the options including the extension and renovation of the existing buildings which aren’t commercially sensitive. Did the council do their own independent business case and not rely only on state government advice?

Well respected and long serving past Mayor and councillor of Bendigo and the Borough of Eaglehawk,

the Valuer-General seems odd, as most Government related organisations are required to keep an assets More questions register, so there should albe an estimated value in relation to the ready of the site and building or Bendigo GovHub buildings, recorded in a public register. Any variation As the Bendigo GovHub would require enquiries as looks to be a done deal, oth- to why. erwise, why call for tenders The mention of confito construct, there are still dentiality in these processes many questions that should should not apply where be properly answered, ratepayer and taxpayer funds if Council and the State are being used to develop Government want people to an asset, or dispose of an support the project and trust asset. After all, the ratepayer both levels of Government! and taxpayer are all levels of One major question relates Governments employers, so to why such a huge differshould always be properly ence between what is proinformed of plans, estimatposed for Ballarat, and what ed costs and the proposed is proposed for Bendigo? benefits to the community.

Just on the construction By all means, when the jobs issue, the documentaconsulting periods are over tion for both projects list ex- and a planned project has pected job creation numbers been approved, when the as 500 for Ballarat, and 100 tendering process for supply for Bendigo. Both buildings and/or construction of a are proposed to provide ac- project is called for, that is commodation for 1000 office when the confidentiality workers when completed, so should apply. an explanation for the difGiven the project is ference should be provided. expected to be a $90 million (Per RDV documents) project, with $16 million And the Council awaitsupposed to be from the ing the final valuation of the State, a small contribution Lyttleton Terrace site from

by Council and the balance Concerned Resident Bendigo

Willi Carney, said this about our main Council offices in Lyttleton Terrace, “always designed to take an extra two storey, which was planned, as was extending over the carpark. This would have given council all the space required, and leave a unique building and its site as a place in local government and for the Bendigo region.” Like Willi Carney I see substantial value in the existing buildings, have confidence in our past leaders and prominent Bendigo architect Bill Mitchell who

designed the building to provide for future growth.

Given this so-called state government initiative relies on the sale of our assets to government, unlike any other GovHub, we need a say.

It is not too late. The Local Government Acts provides some protection to the community via section 189 which mandates a minimum 4-week public notice and submission process. Will this occur. Maybe the Minister will not intervene and override section 189? Don’t hold your breath. Time to pause this decision, inform and involve the Bendigo community. So many questions………

to be provided by private investment, the question I would like answered is who will the Council be paying rent to if the project proceeds?

I see community gains from a project such as this, but have not seen any real promotion of the benefits other than a few small comments relating to stimulating the CBD. Tell people what the benefits to the community are likely to be, and why!

My biggest concern is in reading the report that was put to Council, recorded in minutes of the Council meeting held 20th February, 2019, when the recommendation for Council to become a tenant in the Bendigo GovHub was adopted, a notation in that report reads “The Victorian Government has advised Council that if it decides not to be involved in the development, then all options will need to be reviewed, including not continuing with the project.”

Given the information provided thus far is limited, maybe that is not a bad idea!

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READERS SURVEY With all the recent controversy surrounding the sale and redevelopment of the Bendigo City Council offices and the volume of letters this paper is receiving concerning the project, we have decided to run a simple reader survey.

To participate simply visit our facebook site: https://www.facebook.com/Bendigo-Monthly

We are asking readers to answer two questions: 1. Do you know of the proposed sale of our Council Land to the State Government to build GovHub? 2. Do you agree with the sale?

Results will be published next issue.

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Greater Bendigo Ratepayers Association

The Greater Bendigo Ratepayer Association Inc. expresses support, in principal, as far as is practicable, for the concept of co-locating council services onto a single site, while strongly advocating that the ‘concept’ of a single site be fiscally responsible, tangible and of measurable benefit to the Bendigo rate payers.

Notwithstanding the ‘in principal support’, Greater Bendigo Ratepayer Association Inc., as far back as 2018 has reflected and conveyed to council the legitimate concerns and questions on behalf of the residents and rate payers of Bendigo who are concerned over the long term impact and implications for costs on rate payers.

need for rate payers to actually talk face-to-face with council staff is minimal, thus funds from any sales of reducing the actual imporassets and/or property be tance of the building by rate directed to identify needs for payers? the benefit of ratepayers as a priority?

9. Why aren’t the details for all the options being made 5. Does the proposal comply available to rate payers? with Local Government Asset Investment guidelines 10. Why isn’t the analysis and State Government Treaand decision making process sury regulations? as to why City of Greater Bendigo ultimately select6. Councillors, as the ‘ultied a different option than mate’ decision makers on that of the preferred option one of the biggest spendin the Price Waterhouse ing decisions in Bendigo’s study made available to rate history, surely should have payers? considered a ratepayer Rate payers deserve a plebiscite on the matter to full business case clearly ensure proper and extensive identifying the need for such engagement with rate payers. a project, the cost benefit analysis and the proposed 7. Currently rate payers and deliverables. If those delivcouncil incur negligible erables cannot be achieved costs for the council office as performance targets, site currently occupied: then those that supported a. Is it expected that there the plan must concede that will be substantial increases it cannot go ahead in its in costs to ratepayers? current format. Rate payers b. Is it expect that there will are simply asking that the be a substantial increases in benefits and returns are council overheads should a proven before the project lease arrangement be concan commence. templated?

Ultimately this project c. Are there any projections/ must pass the litmus test. Is estimates of the likely costs it needed? Can we afford it? to be borne by ratepayers for this model?

And where is the evidence to support the case? The project will look good on the resumes of councillors. But at what risk exposure level to the rate payers? The possibility of an over ambitious project, delivering little or no benefit to the rate payer?

If the rate payers cannot be satisfied with the project in its current format, surely it needs to be halted immediately. This was the message

delivered by a minister on the floor in Federal Parliament recently. A suspension of the project should remain until all details of the financial cost analysis (short, medium & long-term) are provided to the public, details of costed options are fully provide, and the comprehensive analysis of these options provided to support the option chosen by council.

manage and oversee the construction of the Bendigo GovHub. So, ultimately who will own the constructed project and what does that mean for Rate Payers? e. Development Victoria, at release of the architectural concept plans advised the Victorian government is only contributing $16 Million to the $90 Million project. The remainder of the funds to be sourced from private investment. Does this simply mean that rate payers of Bendigo will be leasing back an asset that they once owned? If privately owned, what protections are in place for the rate payers with regards to lease increases given the land and building can be on sold at any stage to another entity with a possi1. Given that we, the rateble consequence of increased payers of Bendigo, OWN the lease arrangements. Surely current land asset that inthis would unduly burden cludes the existing building:- the rate payers of Bendigo a. Should the ‘GovHub’ con- with unknown lease costs cept make it to the ‘drawing for at least the next 40 years? board?’ How, if at all, would f. Given that the entire site the rate payers of Bendigo is available for construction, benefit from the sale of their was constructing an adjoinproperty? ing building considered in b. Why hasn’t the existing the options phase? council office building been tabled as part of council’s 2. What will be the projected discussion surrounding the effects of the sales on Counintrinsic value of the site? cils balance sheet? And how 8. What are the actual, tangible, measurable c. As we are led to underdoes council envisage this With all the recent controversy surrounding the sale and redevelopment of the Bendigo City Council offices and the volume of letters this substantive benefits for stand, the land will be sold will impact on rate payers? paper is receiving concerning the project, we have decided to run a simple reader survey. ratepayers as distinct from to Development Victoria.

To participate simply visit our facebook site: https://www.facebook.com/Bendigo-Monthly However, rate payers are still 3. Why should ratepayers ac- simply a ‘plush’ new buildconflicted with who is actu- cept diminution of the value ing for council and other We are asking readers to answer two questions: ally paying for the project? of their assets without a cost office workers? Considering that a substantial amount Will it be State Government benefit analysis? of rate payer business and in combination with The City of Greater Bendigo?

4.S hould the ‘Gov Hub’ con- general information is now d. Regional Development cept make it to a preliminary conducted digitally online through websites and social Victoria has appointed stage : media platforms, surely the Development Victoria to a.

How, if at all, would the Results will be published next issue.

Reader Survey

1. Do you know of the proposed sale of our Council Land to the State Government to build GovHub? 2. Do you agree with the sale?

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HERITAGE STUDY FOR FORMER SHIRE OF HUNTLY SEEKS LOCAL KNOWLEDGE A heritage study has begun for the former Shire of Huntly and community members are invited to contribute to the first stage of the study and share their local knowledge.

The City of Greater Bendigo Heritage Gap Analysis review last year identified the former Shire of Huntly had never been the focus of a comprehensive heritage study. As part of the preliminary stages of this heritage study, community members with local knowledge are invited to attend two community drop in sessions.

City Director Strategy and Growth Bernie O’Sullivan said the sessions provided an opportunity to speak to residents who knew the history of the area when it was the former Shire of Huntly.

“We would like to hear from people who have good local knowledge about the former Shire of Huntly and if you have photographs or records please bring them along,” Mr O’Sullivan said.

“We are also interested in discussing any potential places of heritage significance within the area and any information that can be shared to help fill in historical details.”

These include: -Events that can confirm the significance of building periods within the area -The establishment of community and social infrastructure, including health, sporting and social places -The development of different phases of housing including early settlement, early mining and agriculture, including the fortunes of the area

The former Shire of Huntly covered areas including Ascot, Bagshot, Drummartin, Elmore, Epsom, Fosterville, Goornong, Kamarooka and parts of Huntly, East Bendigo and Longlea.

If you think that you can contribute any information that could form part of the former Shire of Huntly’s history, the City is eager to hear from you.

Two community drop-in sessions will be held on Wednesday March 4 at the former Huntly Shire Council Chambers at 620-626 Midland Highway, Huntly from 3pm to 6pm and on Thursday March 5 at the Elmore Community Hub from 3pm to 6pm. If you would like further information, please email psamendments@ bendigo.vic.gov.au or phone 5434 6000.

Relay returns It’s not too late to get on track by entering or supporting a team raising funds towards eradicating a disease that eventually affect one in three Victorians with the Cancer Council’s 2020 Bendigo Relay for Life.

Next month hundreds of cancer survivors, their families and friends including Wendy Aitkenhead and Tanya Tough, will be converging at the La Trobe University Bendigo Athletics Complex in Retreat Road on Friday, April 16 from 6pm.

Countless people of all ages will have fundraised tirelessly leading up to Relay, with many teams circumnavigating the athletics track throughout the night, before the official closing ceremony at noon on Saturday.

A slightly shorter and changed format has been

adopted for this year’s event with a Friday evening concert scheduled to keep crowds entertained well into the night after the Opening and Candlelight ceremony.

Wendy Aitkenhead’s team Bravehearts has been a regular entrant for the past 16 years and has raised more than $57,000.

While VLine’s Tanya Tough aptly named and newly entered team Stopping at all Stations, believes the relay provides an ideal opportunity to give something to back to the community while enjoying the social atmosphere the overnight event brings.

The Bendigo event is one longest running Cancer Council Relays in Victoria - having raised in excess of $3.5m since1999.

Once again, the or-

ganisation committee is hoping Bendigo residents will donate generously to support one of Bendigo’s premier community fundraising events, with more than twenty teams already registered, raising in excess of $30,000 towards their $140,000 target.

For more information, visit www.relayforlife.org.au or phone 1300 65 65 85.

All monies raised go to the Cancer Council in helping find a cure for all cancers and support services for local cancer patients and their families.

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Our yearly GALA CHARITY DANCE will be held on Saturday 4th April, 8pm to midnight. Entry $10. This year we are supporting Wildlife Rescue and the Bushfire Appeal.

A delicious homemade supper will be served. There will be a raffle and prizes for the Lucky Door, Lucky Spot, Progressive and a Jackpot Monte Carlo.

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Rich River Rod Run - Hot Rod and Custom Car Show Moama Recreation Reserve, Sunday 15th March,10:00am - 1:30pm The Rich River Rod Run is a 3 day event in Echuca Moama from Friday 13th to Sunday 15th March 2020.

The main event open to the public is the Hot Rod and Custom Car Show on Sunday 15th March 2020.

The family friendly day features Pre ‘75 Show and Shine, Rock N Roll Band, Trade Stalls, Displays, Kids Rides and Entertainment Entry is $5 for adults with children under 14 years free.

Echuca Moama Artists Exhibition ‘Tree” General Events , Exhibitions At Alton Gallery Friday 13th March - Saturday 14th March Echuca Moama Artists present “Tree”, showing in the Alton gallery from February 8th - March 27th.

Trees have been revered in cultures Ancient and Modern as symbols of birth, death and renewal; of balance and harmony, and enlightenment. What image is evoked for the 21st Century artist by “Tree”?

This exhibition explores the concepts. Alton Gallery,

111 Hare St. Echuca - hours: Friday, 10am- 2.30 pm, Saturday 10am-1pm or by appointment.

Kyabram Engine & Machinery Rally and Mack Truck Muster. Kyabram Show Grounds, Saturday 21st March - Sunday 22nd March, 10:00am - 3:00pm This annual event, supported by our local Campaspe Shire, has lots for the family to see.

There will be a great display of Australia’s mechanical past including vintage engines, machinery displays and demonstrations, vintage and classic tractors, cars, trucks and steam. There

will also be memorabilia displays, hobby demonstrations, and an animal nursery for the kids to enjoy.

The Kyabram Mack Truck Muster is run in conjunction with the vintage machinery rally. There will be a large number of Mack trucks to see, as well as other brand trucks, along with displays of Australia’s mechanical past including vintage engines, blacksmithing, sheep shearing, working machinery displays, vintage tractors, stream, hobby displays and memorabilia.

Entry is $5.00 per adult and children under 16 years are free. (continued on page 13)

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EASTER FAIR SPECIAL EVENTS POST OFFICE GALLERY EXHIBITION Bendigo’s Easter Fair: amusement, charity and tradition, 6 March-29 August, 9 am-5 pm An exhibition of photographs, moving image and memorabilia sharing the fun, fundraising, entertainment and tradition cemented over 150 Easter Fairs.

While attractions and entertainments have come and gone, over time, longstanding community connections have endured, forging iconic traditions through shared endeavour, festivity and cultural exchange.

VIOLET Thursday, 9 April-Monday, 13 April, All day Piazza – View Street Violet was one of the 12 Kewpie Dolls created for the closing ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympics, and one of only 8 still remaining.

Purchased for the Federation Easter Fair Parade of 2001, she has appeared only 3 or 4 time since.

She represents the many Kewpie Dolls won by thousands of carnival goers from side show stalls over the years.

Violet stands about 6 meters tall and wears a replica Golden Sash “MOST POPU1920’s themed Cocktail Ball LAR GIRL – 2001”. A tribute Saturday, 4 April, 7 pm to the Popular Girl Charity -midnight. Fortuna, Chum Quest that ran as part of the Street, Bendigo Easter Fair from 1930 until Why not start off the 1996.

150th Easter by attending a Come see her and have a Cocktail Ball? Come celeselfie taken with her. brate with us at this 1920’s Next year will be her 21st theme Ball. To begin with, Birthday!! you will be entertained by our pianist, Xavier, while WAY OF THE CROSS you enjoy pre-dinner drinks. Good Friday, 10 April, 7 From here, you will move pm. Steps of the Capital into the Crushing Room Theatre, View Street where you will be treated The Christian churches and can dance to the 10 in Bendigo present a live, piece #Big Band and vocaloutdoor theatrical presenists; enjoy delicious contintation; the story of the last uous finger food and have a supper, arrest, trial, death, great choice of alcohol and crucifixion and resurrection refreshments. There will also of Jesus Christ. be a photobooth for you to This story of the Chrishave your photo taken as a tian faith is retold using drakeepsake to remember this ma, music and specialised fantastic night. lighting. This event was traAnd keeping with traditionally always performed dition, the Bendigo Health on Good Friday evening as Foundation will hold an part of the Bendigo Easter auction with fantastic prizes. Fair, and is returning for the Not enough? You will also first time in 15 years. receive a 150th commemoSponsored by The Bendigo rative medallion!

Community in conjunction Don’t miss out! Go to gotix. with Bendigo’s Christian com.au to buy your tickChurches ets. BOOKINGS CLOSE MARCH 18th JAPANESE DRUMMERS Good Friday, 10 April, 1.00 EASTER ON ICE pm-1.30 pm and 3.00 pmSaturday, 4 April to Mon3.30 pm day13 April, 10 am- 8 pm View Street – Arts Precinct (closes 5pm Easter Monday) Two shows – Wadaiko Tom Flood Car Park Rindo are renowned for (Parking off Park Road and their energetic and dynamic Water Street) drumming performances.

Ice skating and tobogTheir performances are ganing fun, 60 minute spectacular visual displays sessions running each hour. of stamina, strength and Skate: Children U/16 $10, humour, with the vibrations Adults $15. Toboggan Run: produced on stage ener5 slides for $5 gising the whole audience.

Bookings essential, visit Over the last 20 years, eventbrite. com.au (tickets Wadaiko Rindo have not on sale 1 March). Limited only entertained Australian tickets on the day. audiences, but they have also represented their unique blend of Australian and

Japanese drumming further afield to countries like Fiji, Tonga, Singapore, China, Japan and New Caledonia.

Along with hundreds of local and interstate festival appearances, corporate events and public performances, Wadaiko Rindo have been supporting the Richmond Football Club at every home game over the last four seasons. They passionately share their love of Japanese drumming and hope that you, too, will be touched by the energy of these traditional instruments.

150 YEARS UP IN LIGHTS Friday to Monday, 10-13 April, from 7 pm. The Conservatory, Rosalind Park Journey back through 150 years of the Bendigo Easter Fair. Historical stories and highlights will be recounted through lighting projection and sound on the Conservatory building.

Sponsored by Bendigo Bank

pm-8.15 pm. Rosalind Park Main Stage MAMAMIA: ABBA TRIBUTE BAND - A WORLDWIDE SENSATION! Mamamia is Australia’s premier all ABBA tribute band. Time travel back to the 70’s and remember ABBA with an authentic tribute band like no other!

TEDDY BEAR’S PICNIC Mamamia combines all the Sunday, 12 April, 10 am-12 major hits and pop anthem pm. Bendigo Tafe Main ABBA songs that you love Stage, Rosalind Park such as Waterloo, Fernando, The Teddy Bear’s Picnic Knowing Me Knowing You first held in the 1980’s will and the ultimate dancefloor return to Rosalind Park this filler Dancing Queen; add year with our old friend to that the glamour and Humphrey B. Bear! colour of authentic, iconic Bring along your favou1970’s costumes and you rite teddy (or soft toy) and have yourself a great night try your luck in the compe- out! titions for biggest teddy, best Mamamia are THE dressed teddy, most colour- tribute band to beat all ful teddy and best non-tedother tribute bands; they dy. Keep your eye out for lots give audiences the most auof great giveaways! thentic ABBA tribute show Sponsored by Dragon in Australia and are great City Marshalls entertainment for all ages.

Followed by Mini Fireworks CAVALCADE OF TRANS- This event will also be a PORT Sunday, 12 April, 2 fund raiser for fire victims – pm-4 pm. Pall Mall Gold coin donations Departing from Tom Supported by Bendigo FireFlood Sports Centre at 1pm, works and Boss Security the cavalcade of transport will make its way down along Bridge Street before forming a display in Pall Mall at 2 pm.

A celebration of transport through the years, including tractors, trucks, trams, cars and more.

Held in conjunction with the Veteran, Vintage and Classic Car Club of Bendigo.

FAMILY CONCERT Saturday, 11 April – 6.30

Picnic, and ice-skating rink, two additional fireworks displays and a re-enactment of Kyabram Rodeo the Way of the Cross, which Kyabram Show Grounds, was a traditional part of the Friday 6th March, 5:00pm fair.

10:00pm Mayor Cr Margaret The Kyabram Rodeo is O’Rourke said the fair was the third longest running set to be a wonderful celerodeo in Australia and will bration of 150 years. feature bull riding, horse “We have all the crowd events, roping, sideshow enfavourites, with the parades, tertainment and live musical the dragons and Chinese entertainment. cultural celebrations, as well Gates open at 5pm with as carnival central which action from 7pm.day 10amwill be filled with rides and 1pm or by appointment. entertainment,” Cr O’Rourke said.

Special program for 150th “The Bendigo Easter Bendigo Easter Fair Fair is our biggest and most the 150th Bendigo Easter loved event, and we are so Fair will run for four days proud to be able to support instead of three and will the event in its 150th year. include a range of special “We expect crowds of activities to celebrate the approximately 100,000 milestone. and we are working closely Because the Fair is with Victoria Police, event running over four days from organisers, volunteers and April 10 to April 13, there businesses to ensure everywill be changes to some of thing runs smoothly. the event times.

“The parades and other The Bendigo Advertiser key events will be running Gala Parade will be held on at different times because of Easter Monday at 12.30pm. the longer event format, so I The Awakening of the Dragdo encourage everyone who on and the Fosterville Gold is planning to come along Torchlight Procession will be to check the website and held on Easter Sunday. The make sure they know what is normal fireworks display is happening when.” planned to take place after the Fosterville Gold TorchFor details of all the light Procession. events happening across The Rotary Arts and the four days, head to www.

Craft Market will be held bendigoeasterfestival.com.au on Hazeldene’s Good Friday and on Easter Monday.

To mark the 150th celebration, the Bendigo Easter Fair Society has arranged a series of special activities including a Teddy Bear’s ( continued from page 12)

BENDIGO EASTER FAIR SOCIETY OUR SPECIAL 150 EVENTS

14 LOCAL MARKETS

Your local Market is one of the best places to support local businesses.

Whatever you are looking for, fresh fruit & vegetables, homemade cakes & pastries, new clothes for the kids, a new bag & fashion accessory or just a quick snack, the local market will have it, grown and made by locals.

And the Showgrounds Sunday Market in Bendigo is a great example of the vast range of products available to buy directly from the people that have cooked, crafted, grown and sewn all manner of wonderful creations.

Held every Sunday at the Prince of Wales Showgrounds in Holmes Road, Bendigo, except on Sheep & Wool Show, Bendigo Show & Swap Meet weekends, the Showgrounds Market is one of the largest weekly markets in country Victoria. With 200+ sites including 130 sites under cover, and spread over 3 hectares, there is literally something for everyone.

The market is run by the Bendigo Agricultural Show Society and is one of the longest running markets in Central Victoria.

“There are over 200,000 people shopping at the market each year,” according to the Show Society’s Executive Officer, Ian Furze, “and with free parking for over 1500 cars and free entry to the market, we have a lot to offer locals and tourists.”

Additional stall holders are always welcome too. As the mar-

Enjoy one of Victoria’s busiest markets

ket area in the Showgrounds is so large, there is an unlimited number of sites that can be utilised. “Indoor sites require pre booking, however outdoor sites are readily available to anyone that turns up”, said Mr Furze.

The Showgrounds Market is open from 8.30am – 2.00pm For more information: bendigoshow.org.au/market or search the Bendigo Showgrounds Market on Facebook.

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SPECIAL EVENTS Harcourt March 7. Applefest. Stalls, entertainment, carnival.

Bendigo March 7 - 8. Racecourse, Ascot. Lost trades fair.

Taradale March 8. Jackson Street.

Mineral Springs festival.

Redesdale March 8. Agnes Mudford reserve. Bush market.

Kyneton March 14. Farmers market. Hanging Rock March 14. South Rock road. Craft market.

Bendigo March 14 and June 13.

Trades hall, View street.

Creators market.

Colbinabbin March 15. Primary school.

Market day.

Boort March 20. District school.

Every French Fete.

Eaglehawk March 20 - 24. Dahlia and Arts festival.

Pyramid Hill March 21, Kelly street. Boodle Feast.

Inglewood March 27. Town Hall. Women on Farms gathering.

Eddington March 28.

Playfir street. Car and motorbike sprints.

Dunolly March 28. Old Dunolly racecourse. Swap meet Castlemaine April 5. Camp reserve. Swap meet.

Bendigo April 10 - 13. Easter fair.

Rushworth April 11. High street. Stalls, parade, entertainment.

Moora April 12. Recreation reserve.

Working draught horse muster. Giddy up !

Rheola April 13. Hall and recreation reserve, 150th annual Easter carnival.

Bendigo June 13 - 14. Bendigo Stadium, Inglis street. Antique fair.

Maryborough Echuca August. Carisbrook trotting April 18. Rotary park, Rose track. Annual bottle and street. Swap meet. collectables fair.

Muckleford Kyneton April 18 - 19. Muckleford September. Daffodil and Walmer road. Engine rally.

Arts fair.

Bendigo Bendigo May 9 North November 14 - 15. Prince of Bendigo Bowling Club, Wales showgrounds. Swap Fenton street. Bottle fair. meet.

Wedderburn Tarnagulla May 16. Racecourse road.

Second Sunday. Commercial Market and engine rally. road. Archive and history Newstead centre open.

May 17. Rotunda Park, Pyre- Lockwood South nees highway. General.

Usually late September.

Gisborne Community hall, Calder May 17. Steam rally and Alternative highway. tractor pull.

Woodvale Lockington Usually third Saturday May 23. Railway reserve.

October. Community hall, Swap meet.

Daly road.

Maldon If you find the above June 7 and November 7. information incorrect or out Maldon racecourse. Swap of date please email meet. kenarnold@outlook.com.au

Charlton April 13, 96 - 102 High street. St. Josephs school.

General.

MARKET GUIDE Avoca Fourth Sunday. Avoca riverside. General market.

Bendigo Third Sunday. Trove market, 404 Hargreaves street. General.

Bendigo Second Saturday. Sidney Myer place. Farmers market.

Bendigo Every Sunday at the Prince of Wales Showgrounds, Holmes road.

Bridgewater Second Saturday, Calder highway or local hall. Bush market.

Castlemaine First Sunday, Moyston street.

Farmers market.

Castlemaine First Sunday. Western reserve, Forest street. Artists’ market.

Clunes Second Sunday. Fraser street.

Country market.

Clunes May 2 - 3. Booktown festival. Railway station.

Daylesford Every Sunday. Old railway station.

Daylesford First Saturday. Victoria Park.

Farmers market.

Dunolly Second Sunday of the month, Broadway.

General.

Eaglehawk Second Saturday, High street. Lions market.

Girgaree Second Sunday. Station street. General.

Gisborne First Sunday. Shopping centre. Crafts and produce.

Gisborne First Sunday. Oak market.

This is a big market with a wide variety.

Heathcote First Saturday. Bush market, High street. General. Holmes road.

Harcourt First Sunday. Black Jack road. Farmers market.

Kangaroo Flat Fifth Saturday. High street.

Outdoor market.

Kyneton Second Sunday. Piper street.

Farmers market.

Lancefield Fourth Saturday. High street.

Farmers market.

Macedon Fifth Saturday. School, Smith street. Village market.

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Maldon Second Sunday, Fountain street. Farmers market, Malmsbury Third Sunday. Village green, Mollison street. Farmers market.

Maryborough First Sunday of the month.

Nolan street. Stalls, collectables shops.

Pyramid Hill Second Saturday. Memorial hall. March, June, September, November Riddells Creek Third Saturday. Primary school. Farmers market.

Rochester Fourth Sunday. Shire hall.

General.

Rushworth Third Saturday. Village green, High street. General.

Stanhope Second Sunday. Monster garage sales.

St Arnaud Second Saturday. Town Hall car park. General.

Talbot Third Sunday. Scandinavian Crescent. Plenty of stalls, general.

Trentham Third Saturday. Town Square. Farmers market.

By Ken Arnold Trentham Fourth Sunday, Victoria street. General market.

Trentham First Sunday. Victoria street.

Craft market.

Wedderburn March 7. Minelab detector jamboree, Hard Hill reserve.

Wedderburn March 8. Country market, Soldiers Memorial Park.

Wedderburn April 19. Market and vintage car show. Soldiers Memorial park.

Wedderburn Last Sunday, except June, July, December and January Wesley Hill Every Saturday. Public hall.

Duke street.

Woodend Third Sunday. Community centre, High street. Craft and vintage market.

Woodend First Saturday. Community centre, High street.

Farmers market.

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MULTICULTURAL MUSIC, FOOD & ART IN THE HEART OF BENDIGO. Zinda festival is all about multicultural music, food and art in the heart of Bendigo. Zinda celebrates our region’s growing diversity – the cultures that increasingly contribute to the vibrancy of the community. While the festival began over 10 years ago, 2 years ago we launched it with the new name of Zinda Festival and an exciting new global outlook. Zinda means alive and lively in a number of languages – Dari, Bengali, Farsi, Hindi, Hazaraghi and Urdu. It is therefore a truly multicultural name for this multicultural festival.

This year Zinda Festival will be held on March the 14th 2020 at Rosiland Park Bendigo and will kick off Cultural Diversity Week. The Festival is presented by Loddon Campaspe Multicultural Services.

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Maryborough the mecca for top pipers and drummers Bands from across Australia and Singapore will converge on the central Victorian community of Maryborough in April for the 2020 Australian Pipe Band Championships.

The two-day celebration of piping, drumming and drum majoring will be the showcase event of Pipe Bands Australia’s Diamond Jubilee year.

Maryborough Highland Society is hosting the championships, just as it did the first Australian championships at its centenary highland gathering in January 1961 that also featured the first Australian Commonwealth Highland Dancing Championships.

Bands from every Australian state have entered the Diamond jubilee year event and they will be joined in competition by Singapore’s Lion City Pipe Band making their way down Maryborough’s High Street in the opening street march at 9.30am on Saturday 4 April to Princes Park where the main events will be held.

Adding to the weekend’s spectacular pipe band activities will be highland dancing and clan displays, stalls and family activities.

Highland society general manager Malcolm Blandthorn said: “We are honoured to be hosting Australia’s top pipe bands in Maryborough for the Dia-

mond Jubilee championships and to welcome Lion City to Australia.

“The local community, businesses and the council are giving us tremendous support in staging this truly international event in Maryborough and promoting the society’s strong connection of well over a century with the pipe band movement.”

Pipe Bands Australia president Chris Earl said: “Our Diamond Jubilee year championships, with more than 35 bands, will be both a celebration of our rich history and an important catalyst in continuing the journey for the future of pipe bands in communities across Australia.

“This is the first time in some years there have been bands from every state entered the championships, a number of bands in regional areas have used 2020 to reinvigorate their musical journey and we are continuing to see school programs engage an increasing number of students in piping and drumming.”

Bendigo’s biggest alfresco wine garden comes to Rosalind Park this April

On Saturday 4th April, Bendigo’s winemakers will be celebrating the end of harvest with the Strategem Bendigo Winemakers Festival.

Rosalind Park in the centre of Bendigo will once The championship weekend again be transformed into celebrations will also include the city’s biggest alfresco unveiling of the Pipe Bands wine garden with local Bendigo wine, regional food Australia Hall of Fame wall at the highland society, recit- stalls and live music.

Bendigo Winegrowers al and dinners.

Association President Wes for more information Vine invites everyone to join check out www.australianin the celebration with local pipebandchampionships. winemakers. com.au

“The festival will have something for everyone – Bendigo region wine, regional food stalls and live music from The Deans and The Funk Junkies,” Mr Vine said.

“The festival is a great opportunity for people to come to one place and try the wines of the region from 18 wineries.

“With more than 60 different wines to try, people can get a taste of award-winning rosé, sparkling wines, white wines and full-bodied reds.

“Where possible, the food is all regionally produced,” Mr Vine said.

Festival-goers can join a wine and food masterclass with local hospitality heavyweights Finn Vedelsby and Kathie Bolitho, for a journey across the region with wine and food pairing.

Lawn games and plenty of competitions will round out the perfect day.

“We encourage people to bring their picnic rug and find a spot on the grass to enjoy the wines and the relaxing park setting of

Rosalind Park.

“This year people also have the option to purchase a VIP marquee for their group with a guaranteed private area to take in the festival atmosphere in style,” Mr Vine said.

Tasting tickets are $45 when prebooked from www. bendigotourism.com and include entry, a souvenir wine glass and wine tastings.

The festival in Rosalind Park commences at 11am and concludes at 4pm.

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BRIDGEWATER • BOORT • DINGEE • EDDINGTON • INGLEWOOD • KORONG VALE • LAANECOORIE MITIAMO • NEWBRIDGE • PYRAMID HILL • SERPENTINE • TARNAGULLA • WEDDERBURN

With mild, sunny days and cool, star-filled evenings, autumn is the perfect time to explore the beautiful Loddon Valley. With an abundance of special events adding extra activity to the year-round attractions of the pristine and untarnished natural environment, and the ecological, Aboriginal, architectural and historical sites waiting to be uncovered, there is so much to enjoy.

On March 1, the Boort Pacing Cup is a fun and colourful day hosted by the oldest continuous trotting club in Australia.

The weekend of March 7-8 is the Minelab Detector Jamboree. This family-friendly event focuses on detector skills and gold panning, two talents that will come in handy in this region rich with goldfields history.

March 21 celebrates the Centenary of Australia’s First Official Air Derby – back in 1920 Serpentine was the starting point for Australia’s first official air race and 100 years later there will be memorabilia and celebrations aplenty. March 21 is also the date of the annual Pyramid Hill Fiesta. With

games, karaoke, a boodle feast and more, the Fiesta is fun for the whole family.

For over 30 years the annual Women On Farms Gathering has highlighted and connected rural women and their advances in farming. This year’s Gathering will be in Inglewood over March 27-29 and is a wonderful way for farming women to share and support one another.

Classic car lovers will look forward to seeing everything from early 1900s roadsters through to models from the 70s on March 28 at The Eddington Vintage Sports Car Club Sprints.

Easter Monday celebrates 150 years of the Rheola Charity Carnival, offering entertainment for the whole family.

The annual Bridgewater’s Mother’s Day Classic will be held on May 10 and offers courses for walkers and runners in aid of breast cancer research.

Star-gazers and photographers in particular will enjoy the spectacular vistas and open landscapes of the region. Stunning sunsets and sunrises flank the ‘Dark Sky

a wonderful contact: time of year.

Place’ – skies withFor very little information further For more informalight pollution and a landThe Loddon Visitor Information Centre tion about Loddon Valley, scape offering stars visible Wedderburn contact the Loddon Visitor from the horizon.24 Wilson Street, Phone: 03 5494 3489 Information Centre on (03) Those simply seeking visitloddonvalley.com.au 5494 3489 or www.visitlodthe beauty of nature will donvalley.com.au find it in spades, from the peaks of Kooyoora State Park to the point where the curve of the earth is visible.

Enjoy camping or a picnic amidst 460 million-year-old granite outcrops that offer 360-degree views; or make the most of the many rivers, lakes, creeks and reservoirs by fishing for golden perch or Murray cod, or paddling peacefully with a self-guided canoe tour. Hike or cycle along bushland trails, and through the picturesque historic villages, appreciating the tranquillity and magic of this beautiful region during

Minelab Wedderburn Detector Jamboree 2020 Saturday, 07 March 2020 06:45 AM to Sunday, 08 March 2020 03:00 PM

An annual two day event introducing gold panning and detector demonstrations on the Labour Day long weekend.

Bring along the family for a fun filled prospecting weekend on Saturday 7 & Sunday 8 March and participate in all the activities to do with detecting and gold panning. Major gold detector draws, and many lucky draw prizes up for grabs.

- Senior token hunt Saturday and Sunday - Senior gold panning knockout Saturday - Monster town garage sales Saturday - Saturday evening entertainment Prizes this year are: Senior token hunt - Minelab GPX 5000 valued at $5999.00 Junior token hunt - 1st prize Minelab GO-FIND 60 Detector valued at $399, 2nd price Minelab GOFIND 40 detector valued at $299, 3rd prize Minelab GO-FIND 20 detector valued at $199 Please note that the Wedderburn Country Market has moved to Saturday 7 March from 9am-1pm at Jacka Park, High Street, Wedderburn.

BRIDGEWATER • BOORT • DINGEE • EDDINGTON • INGLEWOOD • KORONG VALE • LAANECOORIE MITIAMO • NEWBRIDGE • PYRAMID HILL • SERPENTINE • TARNAGULLA • WEDDERBURN For further information contact: The Loddon Visitor Information Centre 24 Wilson Street, Wedderburn Phone: 03 5494 3489 visitloddonvalley.com.au

SCHOOL TOUR THURSDAY MARCH 12

COME AND SEE WHAT IT’S REALLY LIKE A GIRTON EDUCATION PROVIDES: • A focus on student wellbeing and individual development from Prep through to Year 12 • Prep to Year 12 Emotional Intelligence education • The region’s strongest VCE results, 20% of Girton’s 2019 graduates finished in the top 10% of the State • Extensive Music and Performing Arts programme for all Year levels • Sports Excellence Programme from Year 5

A Girton School Tour could change your child’s life forever. It’s a terrific opportunity for you to see students from Prep to Year 12 enjoying their exceptional learning journey.

On Thursday March 12 at 9.00am, visit Girton on a normal school day. To find out more and register for the tour, call our Registrar on 5441 3114 or see our website: girton.vic.edu.au.

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GIRTON VCE EXCELLENCE TAKES TO THE MELBOURNE STAGE Seven Girton Grammar School VCE students will perform or exhibit at the VCAA 2020 VCE Season of Excellence, based on their outstanding VCE results in 2019.

Acting Head of Girton Grammar School, Dr Emma O’Rielly said it was a tribute to the breadth of quality teaching at Girton, as well as individual student effort, that led to multiple students being selected to participate in the Season of Excellence.

“We are delighted that this year, we will have students involved in acting, composing, oral presentation and exhibiting artwork through this prestigious programme.

“Five of the students were in Year 11 when selected for the 2020 programme, and two students graduated from Girton last year.

“We have always prided ourselves on developing in students a love of the Arts as well as graduates who undertake further studies that lead them to a diverse range of professions, and these students are a testament that intention,” Dr O’Rielly said.

Girton students selected to take part in the VCAA 2020 VCE Season of Excellence are: Top Acts Ms Georgia McMillan, Year 12 – Drama Georgia will perform a seven-minute dramatic solo performance that she wrote herself based on Shakespeare’s famous Juliet

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character. The protagonist is a strong independent young woman who challenges her writer, William Shakespeare, to change her destiny. Juliet’s story is paralleled with that of female aviator, Amelia Erhardt, and uses Elizabethan language and contemporary feminist ideals.

Mr Jack Smith, Year 12 Theatre Studies Jack will present his VCE monologue, a unique interpretation of the character King George III from the play by Alan Bennett, ’The Madness of King George’. Set in 1786, Jack’s performance combines period costume with a subtle soundtrack which sets the location, portraying the vulnerability of King George as he struggles to keep a grip on the Crown and authority, his family, his sanity and his sense of self.

Top Class - Sound Ms Holly Notarangelo, Year 12 – Music Style and Composition Holly composed a piece of music representing the

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Aldi stores, inspired by the history of the supermarket chain started by two brothers in Germany.

With a focus on a comical experience, the composition imitates supermarket sounds to connect listeners with the storyline. The piece includes musical influences from German Folk music and extended techniques to capture the PA system, children getting lost, and car park sounds.

Top Class – Music Elijah Alley, Year 12 – Music Investigation Elijah plays Classical Guitar and will perform Danza Brazilia, a feature piece from his Year 12 Music Investigatoin recital programme. Elijah’s recital programme explored the relationahip between Classical Guitar and its integration into 20th Century South American music composition.

views hundreds of artworks and selects only around forty to display in TopArts.

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Top Talks Ms Eliza Griffith, Year 12 – Extended Investigations This research-based Top Arts subject was introduced to Ms Prue Wilkinson, Girton for the first time last Year 12 - Art year, and student numbers Prue has been selected in the subject have douto exhibit one of her Year bled this year. The subject 12 paintings in the TopArts requires students to develop 2020 exhibition at the NGV a research question, review Ian Potter Museum in related literature, design Federation Square. Prue’s a research methodology, artwork addresses the theme collect data, and write a of confinement. The NGV 4000-word report. Eliza researched how the fictional trajectory of Naomi Alderman’s The Power, correlated to the #MeToo movement and contemporary discourse on gender politics.

Top Designs Mr Hugo Begg, Year 12 – Systems Engineering Hugo Begg has been selected for Top Designs in Systems Engineering with his work being showcased at the Melbourne Museum. His unit ¾ Sat is a fully articulated robotic arm designed to perform any number of tasks in a repetitive manner. The arm is programmed to have a simple menu and control interface which allows it to be used by most people. The arm features micrometre accuracy on all axis and can target set coordinates with high repeatability.

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NEW LOCAL ACTIVITIES TO BETTER SUPPORT CARERS Carers living in Bendigo will have more opportunities to be healthy, active and well thanks to a $1 million package of grants from the Andrews Labor Government.

Member for Bendigo East Jacinta Allan and Member for Bendigo West Maree Edwards today announced that local community organisations will receive the following grants as part of the package to improve the health and wellbeing of carers.

• $17,073.00 for Loddon Campaspe Sports Assembly Incorporated to conduct a scoping exercise to identify local carers residing in the region and connecting to support and respite.

• $17,991.00 for Interchange

Loddon Mallee Region Inc for a program for siblings of children with disability to obtain peer support and education within a recreational context.

• $11,000 for CSS Walking and Wellbeing Group as continued funding to expand and strengthen current weekly yoga sessions for carers of school aged children for improved health and wellbeing.

• $19,059.34 for City of Greater Bendigo to provide a series of workshops for carers of all ages, backgrounds and cultures to participate and share their stories.

Across the state 94 community organisations and groups are receiving grants to support carers to be physically and mentally

healthy, socially active and better connected with other carers, support programs and resources.

The new Supporting Carers Locally Grants Program will focus on support for carers in regional areas, as well as under-recognised groups such as young carers.

More than 736,600 Victorian carers give their time and effort to look after a family member or friend who needs them. It can be difficult for carers to access the services they need to look after themselves and make sure they’re supported in their care role.

The Labor Government is investing almost $50 million to help carers with extra respite, transport concessions and grants to support

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Supporting the health and wellbeing of carers is a key priority of the Victorian carer strategy 2018–22 – the first whole-of-government strategy recognising carers.

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The Gannawarra facilities or take advantage of free RV sites. Each year thousands of visitors enjoy camping beneath a blanket of stars along the Murray River and Gunbower Creek, hoping to catch the iconic Murray cod.

er Creek is the gateway to Gunbower Island and the Gunbower National Park, a popular destination for camping, bushwalking and mountain biking. The caravan park provides waterfront accommodation overlookthe high octane energy of ing local wetlands and is a the Victorian Outboard short walk to the Gunbower Club Archer Eade MemoState Forest. Cohuna is a rial race at Lake Charm. great location for a weekend The Loddon River provides away and you can’t go past plenty of walking, cycling great dining at “Factory & and kayaking options close Field Waffles” or the Bower to town. Kerang is also home Tavern. Be sure to bring

the contemporary award winning Koondrook Wharf, working Arbuthnot Sawmill established in 1889, the Long Paddock Food Store or take a cruise along the Gunbower Creek aboard the Wetlander.

Construction of the nature based tourism hub on the Gunbower Creek in underway and will offer a pristine glamping experience, with works on the old railway goods shed restaurant on the banks of the Murray River taking place. Koondrook is

Kerang, the largest of Gannawarra’s rural towns features a modern CDB lined with retail and dining options, making it a great base to explore the region from. The Ramsar listed Kerang lakes is a haven for birdlife, and offers many watersport and nature based activities. The Kerang lakes are Victoria’s finest recreational lakes popular with water sports enthusiasts and is home of the Victorian ski racing titles. In May enjoy

to Victoria’s FIRST large scale solar farm and battery storage – the largest of its kind in the world when constructed. The changing agricultural landscape surrounding Kerang now includes cotton grown on highly efficient sub surface irrigation, organic processing tomatoes grain crops and poultry, large scale viticulture, medicinal cannabis and large scale solar farms.

Cohuna, a picturesque town on the beautiful Gunbow-

the perfect location for the socially and environmentally aware, and offers a great range of housing options for those seeking a lifestyle change!

To discover tourism activities in the Gannawarra, visitors should check out the Autumn and Winter edition of the Tourism Events calendar, with a highlight on of the calendar being the Black Swan Kayak Race, a 46km Canoe, Kayak and SUP race along the winding pictur-

– Kerang Cohuna Koondrook Travelling through the Murray region of the Gannawarra you will discover majestic Redgum forests and wetlands of international significance, all steeped in indigenous culture.

The natural environments of the Gunbower National Park, the iconic Murray River and Kerang’s lakes and wetlands invite visitors to immerse themselves in nature, with the region being home to wildlife including the platypus, Tortoise, Murray Cod, kangaroo, koala, goanna, Sea Eagle and over 170 species of bird. The area has an incredible diversity of native flora and fauna and is often referred to as “Victoria’s Kakadu”.

The canoe trail at Safes Lagoon in the Gunbower Forest, offers a relaxing 5km self-guided paddle and features a newly installed all-abilities canoe launch ramp.

Visitors to Gannawarra can choose to stay in the many waterfront caravan parks and accommodation

your kayak and bikes for a great weekend of adventure, or alternatively you can hire in town from the Gateway to Gannawarra Visitor Centre. Join the many people making Cohuna home and enjoying waterfront living surrounded by tranquil natural environments.

Koondrook, is an authentic Murray River village steeped in history from the paddlesteamer era, maintains strong to its redgum timber heritage. Be sure to visit

esque Gunbower Creek.

Held on Saturday March 28, the four stage race managed

by Sydney Harbour Kayaks makes for a perfect weekend adventure.

Over the Easter period the Gannawarra will see an influx of visitors as the region hosts the annual cluBarham Kerang Cup, Quambatook Tractor Pull Australian Championships and special Easter markets held in Murrabit, Cohuna and Kerang.

If you are visiting the area during July, mark the St Kilda Film Festival into your calendar. The event presented in Cohuna is a great night out showcasing exceptional short films from around the country.

Visitors can also sign up for community parkrun events held at Kerang and Cohuna each Saturday morning at 8am.

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A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD (PG) 109min

PARASITE (B&W VERSION) (MA 15+) 132min

Genre: Biography, Drama. Dir: Marielle Heller. Country: USA. Tom Hanks plays American children’s TV icon, Mister Rogers, in a timely story of kindness triumphing over cynicism. After a jaded magazine writer is assigned a profile of Rogers, he overcomes scepticism, learning about empathy and kindness from America’s most beloved neighbour. Based on the true story of the friendship between Rogers and journalist Tom Junod. March 1

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller. Dir: Joon-ho Bong. Country: South Korea. English subtitles. The Park Family is the picture of aspirational wealth. The Kim Family is rich in street smarts but little else. When the two houses are brought together, the Kim children sense a golden opportunity and install themselves as tutor and art therapist to the Parks, while the Parks give them a way out of their shabby circumstances. But greed and class prejudice threaten to upend the Kims’ newfound comfort. 2020 Oscar winner for Best Feature Film. March 7, 8

SEBERG (M) 103min

EMMA (PG) 125min

Genre: Biog., Drama, Thriller. Dir: Benedict Andrews. Country: UK / USA. French New Wave darling and Breathless star, Jean Seberg (Kristen Stewart), was targeted in the late 1960s by the FBI because of her support of the civil rights movement and her romantic involvement with Hakim Jamal, among others. In Benedict Andrews’ noir-ish thriller, Seberg’s life and career are destroyed by Hoover’s overreaching surveillance and harassment in an effort to suppress and discredit Seberg’s activism. March 1, 2, 4

Genre: Comedy, Drama. Dir: Autumn de Wilde. Country: UK. Jane Austen’s beloved comedy about finding your equal and earning your happy ending, is reimagined in this new adaptation. Handsome, clever and rich, Emma Woodhouse is a restless queen bee in her sleepy little town. In this glittering satire of social class and the pain of growing up, Emma (Anya Taylor-Joy) must adventure through misguided matches and romantic missteps to find the love that has been there all along. March 5, 13, 14, 15, 25, 28, 29

A HIDDEN LIFE (PG) 174min

Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance. Dir: Terrence Malick. Country: Germany / USA. Some English subtitles.

Based on real events, from visionary writerdirector Terrence Malick, this is the story of an unsung hero, Franz Jägerstätter, who refused to fight for the Nazis in World War II. When the Austrian peasant farmer is faced with the threat of execution for treason, it is his unwavering faith and his love for his wife Fani and children that keeps his spirit alive. A magnetic, contemplative and beautifully epic film. March 1

THE LEUNIG FRAGMENTS (M) 100min

Genre: Documentary. Dir: Kasimir Burgess. Country: Australia.

Filmed over five eventful years, we observe Michael Leunig grappling with life, art and mortality. The reflections of a man nearing the end of his inimitable half-century career encompass the curious boy Leunig starting out. Past, present and future hopes and dreams collide in this moving portrait of one of Australia’s most prolific and intriguing artists. A revealing portrait of an enigmatic artist who just happens to be a household name. March 6, 7, 8, 9

RICHARD JEWELL (M) 131min

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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama. Dir: Clint Eastwood. Country: USA. ‘There’s a bomb in Centennial Park.

You have 30 minutes.’ The world is first introduced to Richard Jewell as the security guard who reports finding the device at the 1996 Atlanta Games bombing — his quick thinking making him a hero whose swift actions save countless lives.

But within days, the law enforcement wannabe will become the FBI’s number one suspect, vilified in the court of public opinion, his life ripped apart. March 6, 7, 8, 14, 15

MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN (M) 144min

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery. Dir: Edward Norton. Country: USA. Lionel Essrog (Edward Norton) is a lonely private detective living with Tourette’s Syndrome who ventures to solve the murder of his mentor and only friend, Frank Minna (Bruce Willis). Armed only with a few clues and the engine of his obsessive mind, he unravels a mystery that carries him from gin-soaked jazz clubs in Harlem to the hard-edged slums of Brooklyn and, finally, into the gilded halls of New York’s power brokers. March 13, 14, 15, 16

MISS FISHER AND THE CRYPT OF TEARS (M) 101min Genre: Adventure, Mystery. Dir: Tony Tilse.

Country: Australia. Join detective-extraordinaire, the Hon. Miss Phryne Fisher (Essie Davis) as she embarks on a globe-trotting romp of mystery and mayhem across the exotic 1920s deserts of the Negev, glamorous ballrooms and darkened back alleys of London. Miss Fisher begins to unravel a wartime mystery concerning a priceless jewel, an ancient curse and the truth behind the suspicious disappearance of a forgotten Bedouin tribe. March 26, 27, 28, 29

THE PROFESSOR AND THE MADMAN (M) 125min Genre: Biog., Drama. Dir: P.B. Shemran. Country: UK /

USA / France. An extraordinary true tale of madness, genius and obsession about two men who created history. The compilation of the Oxford English Dictionary began in 1857 and was one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken. As definitions were collected, the overseeing committee, led by Professor Murray (Mel Gibson), discovered that one man, Dr. W.C. Minor (Sean Penn), had submitted more than ten thousand words. March 27, 28, 29, 30

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BREATHLESS (1960, PG) 88min

Genre: Crime, Drama. Dir: Jean-Luc Godard. Country: France. Some English subtitles. » 60th Anniversary.

Jean-Luc Godard burst onto the film scene in 1960 with this jazzy, free-form and sexy homage to the American film genres that inspired him as a writer for Cahiers du cinéma. With its lack of polish, surplus of attitude, anything-goes crime narrative and effervescent young stars Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg, Breathless helped launch the French New Wave and ensured that cinema would never be the same. March 3

PIECE BY PIECE (2005, UN15+) 79min

Genre: Documentary. Dir: Nic Hill. Country: USA. A ground-breaking film that documents San Francisco’s controversial graffiti art movement, offering an intimate journey into the most intriguing and misunderstood artistic movement of modern youth culture. It offers the most candid and accurate story behind the writing on the wall in Northern California. 100 hours of footage and interviews were collected for over four years and been edited into a cohesive documentary. March 10

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ROCKETMAN SING-ALONG (2019, M) 121min Genre: Biog., Drama, Fantasy. Dir: Dexter Fletcher. Country: UK/ USA. A sing-along version of the epic musical fantasy about the human story of Elton John’s (Taron Egerton) breakthrough years. It follows the fantastical journey from shy piano prodigy Reginald Dwight into international superstar Elton John.

This inspirational story is set to Elton John’s most beloved songs and performed by Egerton himself.

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THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY (1995, M) 134min Genre: Drama, Romance. Dir: Clint

Eastwood. Country: USA. » Dahlia & Arts Festival Closing Night: Free Entry. Globetrotting National Geographic photographer Robert Kincaid (Clint Eastwood) journeys to Madison County in 1965 to film its lovely covered bridges. He encounters housewife, Francesca Johnson (Meryl Streep), whose spouse and two children are out of town.

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28 DISNEY ON ICE

Disney On Ice presents Dare to Dream A Magical Journey into Disney’s Smash Hits to tour Australia Winter 2020 For the first time featuring Miguel from Disney and Pixar’s Coco alongside beloved Disney Princesses

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Disney On Ice presents “With Dare to Dream, I Dare to Dream is coming want to inspire the youngest to Australia for a Winter members of our families with escape in 2020! This all the heroic stories of their new show is a dream come favorite Disney characters true for Australian families, and allow them to discover presenting a vision of magic, the hero within themselves.” fun, excitement, adventure said Executive Vice Presiand friendship that is sure dent of Feld Entertainment to delight the entire family! and Producer of Disney On Opening in Pert on the 12th Ice presents Dare to Dream, June, the show will tour Ad- Nicole Feld. elaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Beautiful production Newcastle, Sydney and close numbers invite audiences into in Hobart on the 26th July. the world of Beauty and the General public tickets are Beast, as Belle shows what it on-sale from 9am Wednesmeans to be fearless. Along day 19th February. with her new friends in the In this action-packed enchanted castle, Belle is extravaganza, the beloved encouraged to step outside Mickey Mouse and Minnie the ordinary and find joy Mouse will take families in the bleakest situation. As on a journey across raging she looks beyond the harsh seas and snow-covered exterior of the Beast to reach mountains featuring Dishis gentle heart, fans learn ney’s Beauty and the Beast, there are teachable moments Moana, Frozen, Tangled, in everyday life.

Cinderella and Disney and Through the athleticism Pixar’s Coco. Plus, for the and grace of Anna and Elsa, very first time all the way Rapunzel and Flynn, and from Hundred Acre Wood, Cinderella, brave heroes from special guests Winnie the Frozen, Tangled and CinderPooh and Tigger will get the ella ignite passions to believe. families out of their seats Audience members will also and onto their feet to learn a explore the Land of the Dead special dance. as Miguel from Disney and Produced by Feld EnPixar’s Coco brings the festertainment Inc., Dare to tivities of Día de los Muertos Dream takes families on a to the ice and lives his dream high-seas adventure as Moa- of becoming a professional na sets sail on a life-changmusician. Showgoers will witing quest to save her island ness each characters’ unique with help from the demigod qualities and talents inspiring

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WET WET WET TO TOUR AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND IN MAY 2020 After 25 years Wet Wet Wet are finally returning to Australia and New Zealand on the back of a hugely successful run of European summer festival appearances and a sold out UK tour. The tour kicks off at the Crown Theatre Perth, before moving to Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Newcastle, Wollongong, the Gold Coast, Auckland and Christchurch.

The band, who announced in late 2018 that Kevin Simm (winner of ‘The Voice UK’ and former member of Liberty X) had joined original members Graeme Clark, Neil Mitchell and Tommy Cunningham as lead vocalist, will be performing their most iconic hits, including ‘Love is all around’, the best-selling single in Australia of 1994, along with ‘Sweet Surrender’,

Goodnight Girl’, ‘Julia Says’ and many more.

“It’s been a long time since we’ve been to Australia and New Zealand! We loved our numerous trips there in the past and can’t wait to see everyone again” Graeme Clark said.

Neil Mitchell said, “It’ll have been twenty-five years since we last played there so this is a well overdue return!”

“Australia and New Zealand are incredible countries so I’m really excited to get there and play for Wet Wet Wet’s ‘down under’ fans!”

Kevin Simm said.

Tommy Cunningham said “We’re really looking forward to revisiting all the cities we’ve been to before and catching up with old friends, whilst at the same time getting to see some

new places and making new friends.”

Since the release of their first single, ‘Wishing I Was Lucky,’ in 1987 the band has grown to become one of the most successful in British pop history. In their career to date they have sold over 15 million singles and albums, featured in the charts for an impressive 500 weeks, and had 27 official UK Top 40 hit singles. Wet Wet Wet has played to more than 4 million people in dozens of countries worldwide; and each tour has cemented their reputation as being one of the best live acts to come out of the UK. Love will be all around, at each venue of this unmissable tour! Wet Wet Wet – for Australia/ New Zealand Tour Dates 2020, go to; www.wetwetwet.com.au

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Twelve attendees, ranging from 8 to 70-ish attended, and they blew up a storm, backed by the rhythm of the traditional clap sticks.

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The following workshops will be held each Sunday from 1st March onwards.

Attendees must RSVP to Paul Chapman on 0408-540385 as there is a change of venue. BYO Didge or one will be provided.

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Pop Culture On The Rise Owners of the Bendigo Pop Art Gallery at 49 Bull Street Bendigo are one of the largest stockists in Australia of old movie posters, comics and comic/movie related toys. Their amazing collection boasts original pieces as early as the 1920’s through to the 1980’s. Want a rare Batman comic from the 1940’s or a signed photograph of a 1920’s actress, then there’s a good chance they have it in store. The proprietors have been collecting original pieces from around the world for approx. 30 years.

“We have never advertised our store” proprietor Elaine Williams told us. “The reason is simply that overseas demand especially in the US is so high that collectors are willing to pay in the thousands and sometimes hundreds of thousands for that special piece. Comics are a prime example the demand is now so high due to a growing collector

base and the fact that only a finite number of your earlier comics still exist, means that comics from the 1940’s – 1960’s and even into the 70’s are fetching up to four times the registered value of Overstreet the worldwide official price guide.”

“Vintage movie posters are highly collectible, especially those for films released before the 1940s. Few of these early posters survived because theatre owners were obliged to send them along to the next theatre. A smaller variant of the poster, the lobby card (or window card), is more widely available because theatres were allowed to add their names to the cards and keep them.”

“The movie posters most sought by collectors tend to be from science-fiction films, followed closely by those from horror flicks.

Sci-fi posters from the 1950s are especially in demand (The War of the Worlds, The

Day the Earth Stood Still), and the most popular era for horror posters tends to be the 1930s (Frankenstein, Dracula). The original Dracula poster sold last year for $530,000 US and a lobby card from the same movie fetches on average approx. $70,000 US. “ To celebrate their one year anniversary in Bendigo and to make way for more stock the Bendigo Pop Art Gallery is having a one week sale, commencing Friday the 6th of March. All stock of movie posters, comics & toys will be 20% off marked prices. Be quick as some pieces are one of a kind. Collecting comics this is your chance to buy golden , silver and bronze age comics some CGC graded from Marvel ,DC, Disney, Dell and more…

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The Card Collector Columnist: David Linday

Collecting cards has been a popular hobby for over 100 years. Cards were often given away with packets of breakfast cereals, lollies, cigarettes and with purchases of petrol. Postcards are also collectable, and were used by people and businesses to communicate with others and to promote their offerings, and also by tourists to tell friends and family about their holidays.

Shown today is an ABC promotional postcard of the British aviator Alan Cobham. He was a member of the Royal Flying Corps in World War 1 and later

became a test pilot for the deHavilland aircraft company. He made several long distance trips in deHavilland planes before flying to Australia in 1926 in a DH 50 floatplane, to be met by 60,000 spectators at Essendon Airport. The aeroplane had wheels fitted in Darwin so that it could land at Melbourne’s airport. After the landing, the spectators raced across the grass fields to greet him. He was a very popular figure in those days.

While in Melbourne, Alan Cobham spoke to the ABC radio listeners to answer questions about his flight.

The postcard shows him doing this and is personally signed by him as a souvenir of his visit.

The only sad aspect of his flight was that his engineer was shot and killed after he took off from Bagdad on his way here.

After a brief stay in Melbourne Alan Cobham returned to England where he was knighted later in the year.

Football cards are also collected by many people and the one shown is of a Central Murray footballer who was featured on a set of 33 given away with issues of

the Guardian and Northern Times newspapers in 2014.

The set also shows former footballers from the league such as Bob Rose who went on to play for and coach the Collingwood Football Club.

The cards have a brief description on the back to give some information about the player.

Collecting cards is an enjoyable pastime and much can be learned from researching their subjects.

David can be contacted at dlindsay5@protonmail.com.

YOUNG ARTISTS INVITED TO ENTER 2020 RAW ARTS AWARDS Entries are now open for the 2020 RAW Arts Awards aimed at young artists aged 25 and under living in Greater Bendigo.

The awards are offered across four categories: Visual Arts, Literature, Performing Arts and Digital Media, with prizes of $1,000 and $250 awarded for each section.

Work submitted for the awards will also be featured in an exhibition and showcase.

City of Greater Bendigo Mayor Cr Margaret O’Rourke said the RAW Arts Awards provided a great opportunity to celebrate the creativity of local young artists.

The City is committed to fostering the talents of young people in the region and these awards offer a wonderful platform to showcase their creativity,” Cr O’Rourke said.

Over the past decade, the RAW Awards have attracted more than 900 entries and supported burgeoning young artists, many of whom are now practising professionals in the creative arts industries.

“I encourage all young artists to consider entering their work in this year’s awards.”

The Mayor will present the awards ceremony on stage at The Capital on Thursday May 14 at 6pm. The presentation will include a showcase of performing arts and digital media entrants.

This is a free event and all applicants, family, friends and other supporters are invited to attend the evening’s celebration.

Following the presentation, the annual RAW Arts Exhibition will feature visual arts entries at Dudley House and literature entries will also be available on the night. The exhibition will be open to the public from Friday May 15 to Sunday May 17.

The RAW Arts Awards entries close on Monday April 20, 2020.

To complete the online application, please visit www.yobendigo.com. au or www.bendigo.vic. gov.au/raw Further information, please email raw@bendigo.vic.gov.au or call 5434 6478.

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MELBOURNE DESIGN WEEK 2020 will be explored through a program of exhibitions, workshops, programs and events under five thematic pillars: 12-22 March 2020 | NGV Healthy Cities examines International, NGV Austhe effects of increasing urtralia and various locations banisation and how we can across Melbourne and foster healthy cities in future Victoria Design Cultures looks at how design can champion In 2020, Australia’s diverse cultural perspectives leading annual international and inclusive practices design event, Melbourne Waterfront explores VictoDesign Week, presents its ria’s waterways and Mellargest program to date, bourne’s relationship with with more than 300 events our rivers, bays and oceans over 11 days. Programmed Waste continues to be a foaround the theme ‘How cus, specifically how design Can Design Shape Life?’, the can alleviate the problem of festival comprises 85 exhie-waste bitions, 94 talks, 15 films, Design Evolution focuses 22 tours and 16 workshops on the new wave of design celebrating the best of local, thinking through innonational and international vative supply chains and design. The expanding, ground-breaking materials state-wide festival is an Keynotes announced initiative of the Victorian Keynotes will be presented Government presented by by internationally-renowned Creative Victoria and the architect Francis Kéré; National Gallery of Victoria. design polymath and host of Tony Ellwood AM, Director, the podcast Design Matters, NGV, said: ‘Melbourne has a Debbie Millman; Fairphone well-deserved reputation for founder Bas van Abel and leading Australian design award winning Australian and innovation. The way architecture studio NMBW. Melbourne Design Week Comedian and design nerd has grown is a testament to Tim Ross premieres his the way the city fosters its new live show Designing a designers. This is a celebraLegacy that takes audiences tion of a growing industry on an architectural advenand an opportunity for prac- ture into some of Australia’s titioners and design enthusi- most significant modernist asts to discover and discuss houses. the best of Australian and Kéré will present a global design practice.’ keynote on 17 March that The Melbourne Design reveals how architecture has Week 2020 theme poses the shaped his life and shares his question ‘How can design vision for how the discipline shape life?’ This theme

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Sustainability crusader Bas van Abel will deliver a keynote on how design-led business can transform the environment and economy on 18 March.

Abel will also join ABC TV presenter Craig Reucassel on the jury of The E-Waste Challenge for the Victorian Design Challenge 2020. NMBW Directors Marika Neustupny, Lucinda McLean and Nigel Bertram will deliver the annual Robin Boyd Lecture drawing on over two decades of practice to consider how architectural processes can enrich the culture of the everyday on 18 March.

Amsterdam-based artists, filmmakers, and designers Metahaven will present a keynote lecture at the NGV on 12 March. Their work occupies the intersection of poetry and storytelling, and engages propaganda, interface and geography.

Metahaven Field Report is their first solo exhibition in Australia and is Presented by RMIT Design Hub Gallery and Melbourne Design Week / Melbourne Art Book Fair.

Exhibition highlights Tolarno Galleries, premieres A&A: Exquisite Corpse/Cadavre Exquis, a collaboration

between designer Adam Goodrum and straw marquetry artisan Arthur Seigneur from 12–22 March. Sophie Gannon Gallery presents Designwork 04, a solo exhibition of new works by Melbourne based designer Danielle Brustman encompassing interior, furniture, lighting and object design from 12–22 March. Gallery Sally Dan–Cuthbert travels from Sydney to exhibit Partu (Skin), the latest collaboration between remote cattle-station saddler Johnny Nargoodah and conceptual object designer Trent Jansen at Arc One, Flinders Lane from 12–21 March.

In 2020 Melbourne Design Week will partner with Stylecraft to present the Australian Furniture Design Award 2020 (AFDA). The AFDA is one of Australia’s most significant furniture design awards. The winning designer will be selected from shortlisted designs exhibited at Stylecraft from 12–20 March. The winner will receive a $20,000 cash prize, an invitation to develop the winning prototype with Stylecraft and a two-

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Victorian Design Challenge The E-Waste Challenge highlights the capacity and responsibility of designers to contribute to shifting behaviour, raising awareness, redesigning products and devising end-of-use solutions that reduce the negative impacts of e-waste.

A $20,000 major prize will be awarded to the best design idea in the professional category and $5000 in the Tertiary category, addressing one of Australia’s fastest growing waste problems – e-waste. The E-Waste Challenge is open to professional design practitioners Australia-wide as well as Victorian primary, secondary and tertiary school students. This year’s jury is chaired by ABC TV War on Waste crusader Craig Reucassel with jurors Fairphone founder and former CEO, Bas van Abel, EWaste Watch co-founder Rose Read, NGV Hugh Williamson Senior Curator of Contemporary Design and Architecture Ewan McEoin and Breville Group Design

and Innovation Director Richard Hoare. The E-Waste Challenge culminates in a ‘live pitch’ grand finale on 18 March at the NGV International.

MDW Film Festival MDW Film Festival returns with 11 films curated by Richard Sowada including Anthropocene: The Human Epoch, the final instalment of directors Jennifer Baichwal and Edward Burtynsky’s epic environmental trilogy; and a complex reflection on Hong Kong’s relationship between landscape, nature, urbanisation and society in Many Undulating Things, directed

by Bo Wang and Pan Lu. Screenings across Lido Cinema in Hawthorn, Classic Cinema in Elsternwick, a free matinee program at NGV Australia and a public urban screen program at Federation Square.

Please note that dates and venues are subject to change.

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The Sandhurst Burial Ground or Sandhurst Graveyard as it was commonly referred to.

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t present there are no

known photos, illustrations or detailed maps of what the old Sandhurst Graveyard may have looked like.

However there is a series of four photographs purchased by Jenny Bradley some thirty odd years ago that claim to be of the graveyard. It is difficult to prove with no other known photos to compare.

The Burial Ground was opened in 1852 and by 1855 government legislation prevented it from further use.

Its location was on the flat at the base of the Commissioners’ Camp, Camp Hill.

Its main gate at the end of Cemetery Street off Bridge Street, a cairn at the back of the Chinese Museum next to Mulqueens now marks the old entrance.

There are detailed records of the 219 occupants and some visual descriptions in various newspapers of the time. According to these records the first burial was in February 1852. William Binks a 23 month old son of James Binks and Ann Hodgson from Paddy’s Gully and the last, November 1854. At that stage the Back Creek (Carpenter Street) Cemetery was operating.

In the 1860s the people of Sandhurst used to dump their rubbish in the local tip - an area now known as the Conservatory Gardens, Pall Mall. When this location was targeted by the city for “beautification” and put off limits, residents simply continued over the creek and dumped it in the old abandoned graveyard.

Numerous attempts to prevent this failed. There were other complaints also about the state and location of the graveyard mainly the fact

that locals had to walk over the graves to get to sporting events at the sports ground.

Eventually some of the bodies were exhumed and re-interred. A large retaining wall was then built along Cemetery Lane and 20 or 30 feet of soil was placed over the graveyard. The soil came from the foundation of the ‘Law Courts’ on Pall Mall and a leveling of the side of the Sports Centre hill near the Waters Street entrance.

Record also show that there were 3 monuments removed and repositioned at other cemeteries when the occupants were relocated.

But the records are vague and the monuments have inscriptions that do not verify this.

If this photo (top right) is the Sandhurst Graveyard it is extremely rare but difficult to prove, on its own. If it is the graveyard then it was taken looking south towards what is now the fernery at the end of Park Road. The hill on the right leading to, what is now the old goal. The road in the centre a continuation of Cemetery Street and the foreground track Bridge Lane. Fortunately this photo was in a series of four.

The second photo appears to be taken inside or near the cemetery looking east towards what, in early Bendigo history is referred to as the ‘first white hill’ - in more recent times the saleyards or what is now TAFE. On the side of the hill is a mine (circled) that becomes the focal point of the remaining photos. This photo also shows what appears to be the back of a church (just below the circled highlighted) making it the St Killians original stone church which opened in 1857.

The third photo shows a closer view of the side of the hill taken from an area near what is now Hume and Iser’s. The mine’s location being in what is now Lansell Street, just in front of the East Bendigo pool. in what is now Lansell Street, just in front of the East Bendigo pool - the ruins of which are still visible to this day.

Making the fourth photo the Great Central Railway Mine on the Tyson Reef Sink-line (circled) The mine began operated in the late 1850s and the photographs show no preparations for the construction of the Melbourne - Murray Railway line, which commenced construction around that time and began operating in1862 indicating that the photos were taken in the late 1850s or very early 1860s if these presumptions are correct.

By David Mulqueen

34 HISTORY

William Harrison was found guilty of the 1888 Elmore murder of ‘Corky Jack’ Duggan and was hanged at the

Sandhurst Gaol, St Patrick’s Day, 1889 junior and Dr J McIntyre Eadie all ascended the stairs to the balcony. Harrison’s cell was quite close to the drop – two steps. The sheriff produced the usual warrant bearing the signature of Governor Loch and presented it to the governor demanding Harrison’s body after the fact. John Jones, the common hangman then entered the cell pinning Harrison’s arms behind his back and adjusting a long white cap on his head.

‘A breathless still that filled the dismal surroundings was interrupted when Harrison, (a goal official or another prisoner in a near by cell) yelled: “No, I am innocent”, which echoed through the long corridors. Mr Shegog, with Rev Garlick then emerged from the cell reading the burial rite of the Church of England followed

by Harrison in the custody of hangman Jones, now wearing fake whiskers - as was the hangman’s tradition – followed. Harrison steely gazed down upon t about nine o’clock, the spectators, seemingly Rev Garlick arrived unaware he was about to be at Harrison’s cell and read dropped into eternity. The passages from the Bible. hangman placed the noose Whilst this was taking around his neck with the place, the sheriff Mr. Louis knot behind his left ear, then Ellis was in attendance pulled the white cap over his at the Supreme Court face. The hangman hastily distributing limited tickets for admission to officials and went to the handle, Rev representatives of the press. Garlick then announced: ‘In the midst of life we are in As the new town clock death’. The lever clicked and in the municipal buildings released the bolt. Harrison’s struck ten, the doors of the gaol were opened and those body dropped with an awful thud.’ having tickets entered: Sheriff Ellis later ‘The governor of the gaol explained that: ‘.. of the then led the way into seventy-three executions the prison through the that he has witnessed, he main passage and on to never remembered one the northern corridor, having been done so quickly into which the effulgent and so satisfactorily’. 1 rays of the morning sun, Unfortunately the upon which Harrison was destined never to look again, sheriff ’s understatement would later be questioned gleamed brightly through as part of a cover-up. the iron barred windows, Newspapers and the general contrasting strangely with public throughout the the gloomy and sombre colony had already become proceedings being enacted obsessed in Harrison’s story therein’. 1 but the weeks, months and Officially there were about twenty-five spectators, years that followed revealed that the case had anything including reporters. The but a quick and satisfactory onlookers were stationed twenty yards from the drop, solution. at the end of a long corridor facing the gallows – a drop he Adelaide Advertiser door, fifteen feet above led the charge when floor level, bridged across they reported: ‘That the centre from balcony afternoon (17 March 1889) to balcony. The sheriff Mr he (Harrison) had his usual Louis Ellis, governor of the blindfolded exercise in gaol Mr J Shegog, Sergeant the small yard beside his Fahey, and medical officers cell under the eyes of his of the gaol Dr James Eadie warders. During the night There has only ever been three hangings in the Sandhurst Gaol.

The first occurred on November 23, 1885 when ‘old man’ Hunter was hanged for stabbing a man to death in a public house at Charlton. The second, William Harrison took place on St Patrick’s Day, 1889 and the third, Charles Hall on August 14, 1897. Apart from the fact all hangings occurred on the same gallows and all are buried upright, in a standing position, in the same prison vault – and all surname’s begin with ‘H’!

Harrison’s circumstances were different. There was no mistaking Hunter and Hall were guilty.

There were witnesses and confessions, but Harrison’s conviction was based purely on circumstantial evidence.

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he appeared to have slept well. During the early hours of the morning he pulled a blanket over his head and pretended to sleep. When the warden tried to rouse him a few hours later he was horrified to discover he had cut his own throat. He had possession of a sharp piece of tin and had cut a deep gash in his throat.

He was bleeding severely and was weak from loss of blood... A doctor was called to clean him up for the execution and in such a way to conceal his injuries from public view.’

Years later a Sydney Newspaper, Smiths Weekly dropped a bombshell with an amazing headline: ‘Was a dead man hanged at Bendigo?’ ‘... about a strange story that never got beyond a limited circle of about a half-a-dozen people.

Unbeknownst at that time, - 18 March 1889* - it seems the press and some members of the public; ...witnessed the caring out of the death sentence upon a corpse...’, The article sighted evidence that his cell was only two steps from the drop and he was carried – pinned by the hangman. Harrison’s plea ‘No, I am innocent’ that echoed through the corridors of the goal, was not possible for a man that had already severed his windpipe. Harrison’s face was completely covered except for a brief moment when they adjusted the noose. The execution lasted less than two minutes and all public spectators were at least twenty yards from the gallows which would have made it impossible to know whether he was alive or dead.

As barbaric as this may seem the circumstances that led to William Harrison’s hanging and the aftermath were equally unbelievable.

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n 2 July 1888, the Melbourne Argus reported on a supposed murder of a swaggy found near a deserted hut about a quarter of a mile from Elmore: ‘The man had

evidently been dead two or three weeks... He was an Irishman, and a quiet, inoffensive man. There is no reason to suppose that he had any money. ‘ Within days newspapers reported that the police had a suspect ‘a one-armed man, with a dirty rag around the stump’ seen near the hut at the time of the murder, now estimated 30 June.

Four one-armed men were arrested - and many others were still under suspicion - from various locations around Victoria and taken to Elmore for a pubic line-up, one of which was identified and taken into custody

newspapers and members of the public protested that a man should never go to the gallows based on circumstantial evidence. A petition circulated around Sandhurst to stop the scheduled St Patrick’ Day hanging. (one of many pages, pictured below) The mainly English authorities were under increasing pressure as the Irish ex-pats also protested that St Patrick’s Day was a day of celebration and the victim, ‘Corky Jack’ was an Irishman.

As the date of the hanging neared Harrison had one chance left

‘...one of the most sensational investigations in the criminal history of the colony’.

The Adelaide Advertiser

‘Hooky Lewis’.

The victim - the penniless swaggy - had no money, no identification and very few belonging. The only notable possessions were a suffrage handkerchief (pictured below right) and a hand knitted scarf of which detailed descriptions were printed in the press to help identify the victim.

Eventually Mary O’Keefe from Axedale came forward and identified the scarf which helped identify the victim as ‘Corky Jack’ Duggan. Surprisingly Duggan was in fact a rich man. At the time of his murder he possessed a Bank receipt for £670 - which was discovered in a gutter outside a bank in High Street Sandhurst two weeks after he was murdered and before the body was discovered meaning he was murdered for two £5 notes or a £10 note.

During the six week inquest into his death, William Harrison - the last witness to see him alive was arrested and charged with murder.

At the first trial, Sandhurst 6-8 December 1888, the members of the jury were undecided and a new trial was called. At the second trial, 21-24 January 1889, Harrison was found guilty and was sentenced to death.

Throughout the inquest and murder trials Harrison had continually pleaded his innocence. Some

- The Executive Council.

On 5 March Sandhurst detectives proceeded to Melbourne by first train, taking with them evidence produced in connection with the trial of William Harrison. There was also a letter written by Acting Inspector Walshe: ‘Sandhurst, 1 March 1889.

‘Hello:– ... the attached report re. Antecedents of Harrison and re. Evidence which was received at the inquest but which was not admissible at the trial. They contain all the information which can

be verified, but there are numerous rumors of a very grave character which I think should be conveyed to the Chief Commissioner...’

The information from Inspector Walshe and other sources had also found its way or was leaked to a number of newspapers.

William Harrison was now being reported in the press to be a serial murderer accused of the following six additional murders: – In 1866, William’s sister Mary married Frederick Lane, a short time later they had a son James.

Frederick Lane, suspiciously disappeared from Sandhurst around 1869. The following information was published in the Bendigo Advertiser in March 1889: ‘Harrison’s brother-in-law Phillip McCumber’s dead body was discovered lodged in a tree, on the banks of the London River (near Newbridge sometime around 1870).’

HISTORY 35 This was incorrect, McCumber died in the Bendigo Hospital in January 1885. However this may have been half right, this could refer to another brother-in-law, Frederick Lane – as Inspector Walshe’s letter had indicated as a ‘brother in law’ only, but did not give a name.

It was reported that the inquest into the body ‘lodged in a tree’ could not determine whether this was an accident or not. Harrison was said to have received money for himself and the dead man, for a fencing contract they had just completed.

company at the time of his disappearance. Walshe claimed; ‘Harrison returned to Sandhurst a short time later with two horses, a dray and money.’

the hotel where he stayed.

Cordini, Harrison and Duggan (Corky Jack) all had links to Sandhurst and were all prone to over indulge in drink, which meant they visited hotels regularly.

– The details of the then Mizon, the Deniliquin already well published 1884 victim, was a former Pretty Pines murder near Sandhurst publican.

Deniliquin was republished The motive behind the in many newspapers release and publishing thoughout the colony. of the supposed murders This was the only other was questionable at best murder that Harrison but the press simply ran was questioned about and with it. They had stumbled he admitted he was in across a story - the ‘Corky Deniliquin at the time and Jack murder case’ - that claimed; ‘Cordini (the man years later the Adelaide convicted and hanged for Advertiser described as: ‘... the murder) was innocent’. one of the most sensational This crime had uncanny investigations in the – In 1875, a man was found similarities to the Elmore criminal history of the dead floating in the Grassy murder. Both crimes were colony’.

Flat Reservoir, Sandhurst committed with an axe in The reason it became (now Strathdale Memorial a brutal frenzy and both a media frenzy was the Park). This was less than victims possessions were divided opinion as to 200 yards from Harrison’s stolen including money whether this man was house on McIvor Road. An orders or cheques. The innocent or guilty of seven inquest determined that this Pretty Pines murderer was murders. The general public was an accident where the most likely disturbed and questioned why a man could victim was drunk, or had a the author of the crime be hanged on circumstantial heart attack, fell and hit his had little time to hide the evidence and the police head on a rock and drowned victim, whereas the Elmore and newspapers responded in the reservoir. Walshe murderer had ample time to with more circumstantial claimed: ‘The man had his conceal the corpse. Mizon, evidence. skull beaten in and was the Pretty Pines victim was a On 20 March 1889 two known to be in possession hawker, all of his belongings days after the hanging of a large amount of cash were ransacked or stolen the Bendigo Advertiser – which was never found.’ and all his cash money and proclaimed: ‘Its easy to ...Harrison was said to be a number of cheques were shift blame to a dead drinking in his company just taken. Joseph Cordini did mans shoulders’. They prior to his death. not posses any of the stolen also recognised that the belongings and was said to additional alleged murders – On 11 March 1879, John be somewhat financially were fanciful: ‘Will there Scott was found dead in secure before the murder. ever be a solution of his hut at Murphy’s Flat When he was arrested he that strange and terrible Common, Tarnagulla. It possessed a cheque – which BERMAGUI MYSTERY, was believed the murder he had tried to cash – that where four men in a solitary weapon was a tomahawk or belonged to the murdered coastal district of New hammer and a considerable man. Cordini argued that South Wales died, and as all sum of money was taken. the cheque was planted on available evidence shows, An inquest determined him when he was drunk – violent deaths? ... and not Scott was murdered by a which he often was! one man in a hundred person or persons unknown. During the Mizon who has studied all that is Coincidently the police murder trial, Cordini denied known of their cases believes magistrate for this unsolved he was even in Deniliquin aught but that they were crime was Mr R Strickland at that time saying he had murdered... Harrison may who was also the police spent the two weeks prior have been there too.’ magistrate at the Elmore to his arrest in Sandhurst inquest. It was rumored and wanted to take police to William and one of his brothers (James or John) were working in the area at the time. Inspector Walshe described the murder as having ‘striking similarities’ to the Elmore murder.

– The Walmer murder was included on a number of newspaper reports listed as one of the six murders where Harrison was said to be in the area at the time. The author found no details on this murder.

– Around 1884 an unnamed man in Deniliquin, New South Wales who Harrison had worked with for over two years, building dams around the district, disappeared. Harrison was said to be in his

‘... Among the apparel found on the dead body (Corky Jack) is a handkerchief covered with female figures engaged in occupations usually pursued by males, and with the words: Woman’s Rights 1981, and what came of it.’ (circa. 1881) 2 Sectional close-ups also appear in this article.

both accidents as possible murders. James Lane was Mary Ferrinnie’s (nee Harrison) son from her first marriage.

– On Friday, 12 September 1890, (the accident, 24 July) the Northern Territory Times and Gazette reported: ‘...an accident of an extraordinary character occurred at Sandhurst.

James John Lane left here is no definite Sandhurst in a cart in order proof that William to return to his home. His Harrison was involved horse pulled up at the South in any of the additional Atlas Hotel, the dead mans murders. However, what is body was found in the intriguing is the published dray with his head caught details of Frederick Lane and smashed between the and John Scott’s murders, wheel and the standards of because this could have had the dray. The strange part consequences within the of the story is that John Harrison clan.

Harrison, a brother of the Two years after William Harrison hanged recently Harrison was hanged a for the Elmore murder, was series of accidents resulted killed in exactly the same in the deaths of his brother way, in the same dray, drawn and nephew. by the same horse, and The first accident that of John (William) McCumber his brother, John Harrison made the discovery in did not seem overly each instance. To render suspicious. John was never the coincidence more mentioned in any newspaper remarkable, both Lane and reports throughout the McCumber are nephews of inquest or trials of the the Harrison hanged’.

Elmore murder although On 29 July 1890, the one of William’s brothers is Bendigo Advertiser reported mentioned – James or John on the inquest into the death – in a letter by Inspector of James Lane: ‘Deceased Walshe in connection was temperate in his habits, with the disappearance steady in his conduct and and suspected murder of not quarrelsome’. William John Scott around 1879, in McCumber testified he was Kingower (Tarnagulla in the with a sober James Lane one press). hour before the deceased arrived at the South Atlas – On Wednesday, 28 May Hotel at 8 p.m., where 1890, the Melbourne Argus McCumber and Gandini reported: ‘John Harrison discovered the body. stopped at some wayside The Mount Alexander hotels on his way home from Mail also reported on the delivering a load of wood, inquests highlighting; his horse and dray reached ‘Both accidents (Harrison home late. ( McIvor Road, and Lane) occurred on the Sandhurst) ‘ Harrison’s same day – Monday, same dead body was found lying time – 8 p.m. and same partly in and partly out of location – South Atlas Hotel. the dray, his head being Adding both were killed in terribly crushed, presumably the same dray, drawn by the through getting between the same horse and both victims spokes of the wheel’. were seated on a chaff bag The Bendigo Advertiser before they slipped and fell later reported on the inquest into the same wheel of the into the death of John dray. Both bodies where Harrison stating; ‘...he was also discovered by the same a heavy drinker’. A verdict person, William McCumber, determined the death was a nephew and cousin of the accidental indicating he deceased men.’ was drunk, fell asleep and The inquests determined slipped and fell between both deaths were accidental. the spokes of a wheel. The Research - Jenny Bradley & publican at the South Atlas David Mulqueen Hotel, Andrew Gandini, *As was Irish tradition when St (one of the last persons to Patrick’s day, March 17, falls on see him alive) testified he Palm Sunday the day is celebrated on arrived at his hotel at 7p.m., March 18. stating; ‘He was sober, (then) 1. Bendigo Advertiser, Tuesday March 19, 1889 , 2. The Argus, he had a couple of beers and Melbourne, Vic. Tuesday July 3, 1888, Northern Territory left the hotel at around 8 p.m. When the deceased left Times and Gazette, Darwin, NT. September 12, 1890, the hotel he was sober’.

The Argus, Melbourne, Vic. Wednesday May 28, 1890, Exactly eight weeks Bendigo Advertiser Wednesday later another accident March 20, 1889, The Adelaide which resulted in the Advertiser April 17, 1902 and other sources. death of James Lane links

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By David Mulqueen

John Duggan ‘Corky Jack’ was a native of Cork, Ireland born in the 1840s - hense his nickname and not because he wore a corked hat as has been often incorrectly referenced.

Duggan could not read or write. He arrived in Australia some time before 1865.

It is unclear whether Corky spent time on the goldfields. However, like many a digger and particularly the unsuccessful ones, he became a seasonal drifter. He was known to frequent towns along the ‘MelbourneMurray Railway’ system in Victoria. He drifted between Melbourne, Woodend, Castlemaine, Sandhurst, Axedale and to a lesser degree, Elmore and Echuca. By 1888 he had been visiting these areas for almost twenty five years, working when and where he liked.

Corky was a very thrifty character. in twenty years of labouring, he managed to accumulate a rather large sum of money.

Corky always seems to have travelled alone. He possessed a large swag and although he was ‘well off’, he always dressed in rags. His down-and-out appearance should have protected him from would be thieves and murderers.

Unfortunately his character somewhat changed when he was drinking. The quiet and reserved Corky was prone to boasting or as one reporter put it: ‘...it’s not painfully clear that he had been a fool his whole life long? He had practised the pernicious habit of hoarding and holding money, and yet could not keep his own counsel. He made public boast of his wealth, and public show of his gold, and therefore it was not a matter to occasion surprise that one night another accompanied or followed him down to his hut, and then—. We know the rest. Many a man has suffered through the habit of barring the door to available cash without nothing better than his own poor life, and each fresh victim should proclaim the folly of the thing, and with a loud voice of warning.

Duggan’s fate may warn in this way,..’

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Cate’s riding in style.

Local entrepreneur is cycling from the North of Vietnam to the South to raise money for charity, but there’s a catch.

challenge than a disaster”.

She has dealt with MS in and a devoted community of much the same way she deals with any obstacle in students. Those who know Business owners are tough Cate were unsurprised when her way—she simply doesn’t people. Nothing could she was a business finalist in have time for it to hold her be truer of Cate Green, the 2019 Bendigo Business up. who moved to Bendigo in “To be honest, I see MS 2014—a city she loves for its Awards, also exhibiting in as a personal challenge”, said Bendigo’s ‘Living Art Space’ deep and intrinsic sense of Cate. “It has positives—what (in the historic Bendigo Post community. Then in 2016, Office) as part of the Space’s MS takes away is replaced by she established the city’s 2019 ‘Homage to Fashion’ personal strength and amazpre-eminent fashion and ing community and family exhibition. sewing school, The Institute support.”

But in August 2018, of Imperfection “where In her inimitable ‘upping excellence is pursued but not disaster struck. Cate was the ante’ style, Cate plans to diagnosed with multiple perfection”. The business has sclerosis (MS)—a central join an MS charity bicycle grown significantly, not least thanks to Cate’s double-bar- nervous system disease that ride—Cycle Vietnam to Beat MS—from the 5th March relled enthusiasm for fashion most commonly impacts people far younger people 2020 to the 16th. That’s a and teaching. than the 53-year old. True to bicycle trip from Hanoi to The school now has 5 Ho Chi Minh City, with MS form, Cate has viewed her teachers including Cate, a MS diagnosis as “more of a as a ‘pillion passenger’.

Writers Allan Alderson, campus across from local landmark Lake Weeroona Isobel Walker.

The ride will take Cate and her crew through bustling Vietnamese cities, serene villages and rice fields, misty mountain passes and pristine beach stretches along the South China Sea. In all, the trip will involve around 370 kilometres of pedalling over 8 days.

“Money raised goes towards finding a cure and support services for people with MS. For example, when I was first diagnosed, I was paired with a peer support person, a woman of similar age running her own business who had been living with MS a lot longer than me.” Support helps navigate the initial shock of the diagnosis, and the medical

language, putting things into ‘real terms’.

“Having MS you quickly discover how little is known about this disease,” Cate said. “The average age of diagnosis is 30 years old.

It’s quite staggering that MS affects more young people than any other neurological condition. I’d like to contribute in whatever way I can to an MS cure for future generations.”

So what drives this powerhouse of enthusiasm?

Much of her energy comes from Cate ‘just being Cate’; a stubbornness and drive that is simply unmatched by most of the human race. She also draws inspiration from her Bendigo community.

“My students have provided amazing support during my diagnosis and relapse,” she said. “Bendigo’s country-style support and loyalty has been quite overwhelming for this ‘city girl’. So I’m also doing this ride as a contribution to that community spirit.”

If you’d like to donate to Cate’s amazing Vietnam charity ride and support research into a cure for MS, visit her Cycle Vietnam to beat MS website at: https:// www.doitforms.org.au/ participant/Cate-Green or simply Google search ‘Cate Green MS Cycle Vietnam’.

SPORTS 47

HOOKED ON FISHING

Logan Hromenko was all smiles with his effort in landing a solid golden perch during this year’s Strathfieldsaye Fishing Classic.

SPORT WNBL

Gabe Richards has played her last game for the Bendigo Spirit in the WNBL. The Spirit defeated the Townsville Fire to send Richards out on a high note as a winner. Congratulations to Gabe on a stellar career. The fans the Bendigo Stadium and around the WNBL will certainly miss you.

Still on the Bendigo Spirit, Carley Ernst has been crowned the clubs MVP or season 2019/20. Ernst in her first year with the club also polled the most votes for the Spirit in the WNBL league count, and is a deserving winner. She finished the season averaging 12 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists per game. She took her game to another level this year becoming a much stronger inside scorer to go with her brilliant outside shooting.

Shyla Heal took out

Hooked on competing The Strathfieldsaye Sports Club was a hive of activity in early February with the successful running of the second annual Strathfieldsaye Fishing Classic, courtesy of the Strathfieldsaye Football and Netball Club.

With 204 anglers of all ages eligible for some great prizes.

This was a competition the whole family could enjoy and afford, with kids under 14 free.

Anglers caught and reported 148 fish, with the largest an impressive Murray cod in excess of a metre landed on worms at an undisclosed location.

As well as lucky draw prizes, prizes were distributed across four categories; Murray cod, golden perch, redfin and even the despised carp, with entrants able to fish a waterway of their

cap and points provisions when recruiting players.

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choosing.

To be eligible for category prizes entrants had to submit a photograph of their fish with their unique competition tag and be present at the Saturday evening presentation at the Strathfieldsaye Sports Club.

Where those who weren’t so lucky were also in the running for dozens of lucky draw prizes including a Motor Guide electric motor and Engel fridge.

Grant sought The Midland and North Central Angling Association (M&NCAA) is in the process of applying for a Recreational Fishing Licence grant for underwater habitat restoration for Eppalock after a meeting with DELWP and GMW late last month.

Timber to place on floor at Eppalock has been identified at municipal yards in Bendigo and Gunbower, with cost-

a warm up for Melbourne Country Week. Good luck to all those players selected the clubs Most Consistent Fundraiser for in that team. The highest Award whilst Tessa Lavey Bush Fire Relief honour for local players won the Team Spirit Award.

The Marong community has representing Bendigo.

Both girls had brilliant seabanded together when the sons with Lavey joining the football club took on the Volleyball Opals squad in France for cricket club in a T20 cricket The Bendigo Volleyball AsOlympic qualifying matchmatch. The footballers were sociation has fired up its new es. 18-year-old Heal had a victorious in front a large season with teams across breakout injury free season. crowd which has raised Men , Women and Mixed Recruited from the Perth some significant dollars to social all catered for. MatchLynx, Heal gets just reward be distributed to affected es are played on Thursday for her enormous work areas via the Maiden Gully nights at the Bendigo ethic and desire to improve. and Marong Lions Club.

Stadium and new players are Looking forward to all three Well done to all involved welcome. Vanessa Philips is girls suiting up next year for on a great initiative. This the incoming President rethe Spirit. may well become an annual placing John Sheen who was event. in charge for 5 years. Good Football luck Vanessa and well-done Kyneton footballer Max Cricket John.

O’Sullivan is on the move Bendigo has gone down Still on volleyball age to Waverley Blues in the to Ballarat in the Ken Mac shall not weary them. Wayne Eastern Football League. A Shield game played at the and Ron Symons still put the quality player Max will leave QEO recently. Despite the gear on and play the game a hole in the Tigers playing heroics of Sam Johnston they love. Wayne was recentstocks for the 2020 season. with the bat, Ballarat took ly awarded a life membership Player movement is sure to control of the game and ran to join his brother Ron. BVA kick into gear as we enter the out comfortable winners. and joins some illustrious silly transfer season. Clubs Bendigo was captained by names such as Tom Stevens, need to be aware of salary Cam Taylor and use this

Out now The 2020 Victorian Recreational Fishing Guide ings being sort for transport of the timber and deposit it on the lake floor while the level is low and falling.

The M&NCAA will be applying for the grant to take advantage of the opportunity to bring timber sourced by DELWP to Lake Eppalock for deposit by GMW on the lake bed.

The association will also have input into how the timber is set up on the lake floor in the Strath Bay and Randal’s Cove areas and various valleys leading into the lake.

Know the rules Now there is no excuse to keep to know the current recreational fishing regulations with a revised 2020 Recreational Fishing Guide out now from selected tackle outlets or the Victorian Fisheries Authority direct.

Tech savvy anglers can even download the revised guide direct to their smart phone via the free app available from the App Store or Google Play.

Murray Mansfield, Frank Roberts, Scott Ross, Bronwyn James, Gary Cleaver, John Pearce, Jenny Brown, John Sheen and Alan Andrews just to name a few.

State league volleyball will return to Bendigo this year with Phantoms Volleyball Club playing home rounds in Bendigo. The club comprises of all regional athletes from Warrnambool in the West, Ballarat, Horsham, Bendigo and Mildura.

The club has both men’s and women’s teams that compete in the Victorian Volleyball League. Local stars Josh Gordon, Kane Rutledge , Elsie Rodgers, Stephanie Phillips , Lucia and Milly Bowles ,and Katie Bacon are expected to line up this year.

3-13 off 4 overs has again put her in the spotlight. She is widely regarded as one of the world’s fastest bowlers.

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Bowls

With finals just around the corner in the Bendigo Bowls Division , a battle royale is brewing in Division 1.

Bendigo East are currently on top with South Bendigo, Kangaroo Flat and Eaglehawk rounding out the top four. The skippers include names like Aaron Tomkins , Darren Burgess, David Keenan and Brad Holland .

Div 2 looks wide open with Eaglehawk, kangaroo Flat , South Bendigo and Bendigo East sit in the four.

Bendigo look the only likely challenger to disrupt that .

White Hills, Strathfieldsaye and Marong are involved Women’s cricket in their own struggles to Tayla Vlaeminck looks a certainty to play for the Aus- stave off relegation should tralian Women’s team in the Harcourt or Serpentine take T20 World Cup to be played out Div 3. in March in Melbourne.

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Our Other Sponsored Events Include; Cavalcade of Transport - Held in conjunction with the Vintage, Veteran & Classic Car Club of Bendigo. The event Starts with a parade from Tom Flood Sports Centre commencing at 1pm and arriving in Pall Mall at 2pm for a static display - Easter Sunday April 12th, 2pm till 4 pm. Pall Mall Conservatory Projection in the style of White Night the Conservatory Building will be lit up with a rolling display of the history of Bendigo’s Easter Fair and will include Photo’s and moving images with Music and narration. Conservatory Building Pall Mall 7pm - 11.30pm Daily Sponsored by Bendigo Bank Ltd Japanese Drummers (2 Shows) - This exciting display of Japanese Drumming by ‘Wadaiko Rindo’ will make its first ever appearance at the 150th Easter Fair. The two 30 minute shows will be full of energy and are a spectacular visual presentation.

Good Friday View Street in front of the Art Gallery 1pm and 3pm Teddy Bears Picnic - Join Humphrey B. Bear, The Teddy Bears Picnic was first held in the 1980’s, and was a draw-card for young and old alike, in 2020 we will again ask you to bring along your favourite Teddy or Non-Teddy. Biggest Teddy, Best dressed Teddy, Best Non-Teddy Teddy, Most Colourful Teddy. 10am - 12noon Easter Sunday. Rosalind Park Main Stage Sponsored by the Dragon City Marshalls Way of the Cross - After a break of 19 years the Way of the Cross Passion Play/Street Theatre will return.

A crowd favourite in the past. Local churches and community groups have come together to bring you this story of the Last Supper, Arrest, Trial and Crucifixion of Jesus Christ - Good Friday commencing at 7pm Capital Theatre Precinct View St. Family Concert in the Park MAMAMIA (Abba Tribute Band) - This performance is designed to celebrate the 150th Easter Fair with some nostalgia from around the period of the 100th Event in the 1970’s. It is also designed to give the public an opportunity to assist those still struggling following the Victorian Bush Fires in January with Gold Coin Donations to the Bushfire appeal. Saturday Night 7pm - 8pm Rosalind Park Main Stage. Followed by Mini Fireworks at 8.30pm.

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