Bendigo: A Fistful of Nuggets

A colour journey through Bendigo's past, spaghetti western style. All photos taken in Bendigo (Sandhurst) in the 1800's. 0:00 McCrae St, 1861, current location of the Hop Supply Co. 0:11 Pall Mall, 1861, between Bull St and Williamson St. 0:19 Pall Mall, 1875, between Bull St and Williamson St. 0:26 Pall Mall, 1861, between Bull St and Williamson St. 0:32 Bendigo Hotel, Bridge Street, 1861. 0:38 Charing Cross as seen from Pall Mall, 1875. 0:44 Cohn Bros Brewery, Bridge Street. 0:50 Corner of Mitchell Street and High Street, 1875 (Bendigo Bank corner) 0:57 Victoria Hill, 1876. 1:04 Pall Mall, between Willaimson Street and Mitchell Street, flood of 1871. 1:11 McCrae Street, 1890. 1:17 Corner of High St and Short St, 1890. 1:23 J. Brown of the Sandhurst (Bendigo) Fire Brigade, 1884. 1:33 A. Cromby of the Sandhurst (Bendigo) Fire Brigade, 1884. 1:37 McIvor Road, 1861. 1:46 Bendigo gold fields, facing towards Golden Square, 1875. 1:55 Bendigo's original Town Hall, Hargreaves Street at the junction of Bull Street, 1861. 2:01 Johnson's Reef at Bendigo's California Gully, 1861. 2:07 Pall Mall, 1871, earlier version of the Shamrock Hotel in the background. 2:13 The balcony of Bendigo's original Town Hall, Hargreaves Street at the junction of Bull Street, 1861. 2:19 Charing Cross and Pall Mall 2:26 North side of Mitchell Street, between Pall Mall and Hargreaves Street, 1875. 2:33 Looking towards Pall Mall and Mitchell Street, 1875. 2:39 Bendigo Advertiser building, Hargreaves Street, (next to Metropolitan Hotel), 1861. 2:45 Pall Mall, at corner of Williamson Street, 1861. 2:52 Bendigo gold miner, 1875. 2:56 Colonial Bank of Australasia, Pall Mall (between Williamson St and Mitchell St), 1861. 3:02 Criterion Hotel, corner of Mundy Street and Hopetoun Street, 1875. 3:08 Looking down View Street and up Mitchell Street, 1875. 3:14 Bendigo gold fields, facing towards Golden Square and Kangaroo Flat, 1875. 3:28 Bendigo gold mine, 1875. 3:33 Boot Shop, corner of Mitchell Street and Queen Street, 1875. 3:38 Looking down Mitchell Street, around 1870, (street in the background go to the railway station) 3:44 Panning from View Point, past Forest Street, and along High Street, 1861. 3:50 Chaff Mill in Mundy Street, next to Criterion Hotel, 1875. 3:56 The original post office building, View Street, 1861, (the building in back right is the Shamrock Hotel) 4:04 The Sextons cottage at the White Hills Cemetary, 1861. 4:07 Draper shop, View Point, 1861. 4:12 Vctoria Hotel, Pall Mall (between Williamson St and Mitchell St, directly to the right of Victoria Lane), 1861. 4:17 A Bendigo gold mine. 4:22 North side of Mundy Street, between McCrae Street and Hargreave Street (as seen from McCrae Street), 1861. Contains a small element of photoshopping! 4:31 Kids on the Bendigo gold fields, 1870's.