Bendigo Offers Local Artists Free Exhibition Space
 Local artists who may be considering holding an exhibition in 2009 can now apply for a City of Greater Bendigo Dudley House Hire Subsidy Grant.City of Greater Bendigo Mayor Cr David Jones said the City is calling for applications from local emerging, or independent artists or art groups to consider applying for one of six grants to use Dudley House free of charge. more » |
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 In June 1789 he was appointed a lieutenant in the New South Wales Corps. He sailed for Australia on 14 November 1789 in the Neptune with his wife and child and immediately quarrelled with the captain with whom he fought a duel, without injury to either, at Plymouth.Mrs Macarthur was the first educated woman to arrive in Australia, and for some time was the only woman received at the governor's table. more »
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A Magnificent Feed of Fish !!
 Feed Of Fish is renowned for the freshest fish dishes in Bendigo. Owner Wayne Kelly has a chef background and knows intimately what his customers like in seafood dishes, how they want it prepared and of course it must taste divine into the bargain. With the huge success of the Kangaroo Flat Market Centre store, Feed of Fish have now opened another new store in Strath Hill, opposite Strath Village. When you're looking for a magnificent feed of fish, now it's just around the corner! [ visit website ] |
BENDIGO WEATHER
WEDNESDAY 27th AUGUST
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Morning frosts.
Fine. 0 / 14 °C
Fine. Partly cloudy with light to moderate southerly winds. more » |
| 3 Day Forecast: Thursday Fine. Min 1 Max 15 Friday Fog then fine. Min 1 Max 16 Saturday Fine day, rain later. Min 4 Max 17 |
| UV INDEX: 4 [Moderate] 11:10 am to 1:50 pm |
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| THOUGHT FOR THE DAY - DID YOU KNOW? |
| " The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal. It was adopted as the international signal for distress in 1912, and the Titanic struck the iceberg in April of that year. " |
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| BENDIGO TELEVISION WEDNESDAY 27th AUGUST - TV SHOWS » |
| Might be worth a look 3.55am ABC Moulin Rouge Girls | 11.05am ABC Time Team | 4.35pm ABC2 Naked Science | 5pm WIN Antiques Roadshow | 6.00pm ABC Travel Oz | 6.30pm ABC Cook and Chef | 7.30pm SBS Hairy Biker's Cookbook | PRIME Crash Investigation Unit | 8pm ABC The New Inventors | SBS Inside Australia | PRIME Medical Emergency | 8.30pm ABC Spicks & Specks | SBS Dateline | ABC2 Krakatoa | 9.30pm PRIME The Apprentice | 10.15pm ABC2 Bradman | 10.45pm PRIME Beyond Boiling Point | All day guide at YourTV. |
ON THIS DAY: WEDNESDAY 27th AUGUST
1842 - Boys from Parkhurst Prison U.K. arrive as immigrants in Australia.
1870 - A mosquito plague strikes Wagga Wagga, N.S.W.
1884 - W.A. passes an Act, to regulate whipping as a punishment.
1907 - F. Peters establishes Peters' American Delicacy Co. in Sydney to begin manufacturing ice-cream.
1936 - The A.C.T.U. declares a 2 minute National Strike to try and gain a 40 hour working week.
1941 - As a wartime industrial measure, women worked as Tram Conductors for the very first time.
1957 - National Democratic Labor Party was formed.
1992 - Aust. entrepreneur Alan Bond was freed as W.A. Appeals Court quashes his conviction for dishonesty. more on today » |
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