The Bendigo Gallery is now available to view again in Nottingham City Centre. The Bendigo Heritage Project has collected a number of images and artwork over the years. Any pictures that required framing, we have used Paramount Picture Framing and Gallery in Nottingham City Centre. Not only is their work of the highest quality, their … Continue reading Bendigo Gallery At Paramount Gallery
Hello Supporter. We hope that you are well. 2023 has been a busy year for the Bendigo Heritage Project. We have continued to operate our guided walking tour, taking groups of people around historic Nottingham and learning all about the Bendigo Story. In addition, we kept the momentum going with talks and conversations to interested … Continue reading A Review Of 2023
The Bendigo Heritage Project are pleased to take their gallery of images and artwork to the William Booth Memorial Centre in Sneinton. The entrance to the William Booth Centre and The William Booth Birthplace Museum at Notintone Place. The statue of William Booth stands proud in the courtyard. William Booth of course is the founder … Continue reading Bendigo – From Pugilist To Preacher
The City of Bendigo in Victoria Australia is 90 miles northwest of Melbourne. We have read various theories about how the name Bendigo made its way there. We have now discovered the truth about the matter. Initial Report Bendigo Creek was founded as a sheep run in 1840. Then gold was discovered in 1851 which … Continue reading The City of Bendigo
The much anticipated third and final bout between Bendigo and Ben Caunt took place on 29th September 1845. The location was in a field close to Sutfield Green, beyond Lillington Level, in Oxfordshire. The site is now part of Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, close to the A5 Watling Street at Stony Stratford. Here is how … Continue reading Bendigo v Ben Caunt 1845
We are often asked about where Bendigo fought in and around Nottingham. In Nottinghamshire, from what we have discovered, Bendigo fought at Sunrise Hill in Bestwood (known as Bendigo’s Ring), Wilford Hill (before the building of the cemetery), Strelley Woods and near to The Traveller’s Rest Inn on Mapperley Plains. It is also recorded that … Continue reading 18th Century Prize Fighting – Nottinghamshire
When we raise a statue to Bendigo in Nottingham, we will have to decide on a suitable location. What about Nottingham Castle? Bendigo was afterall, a Nottingham man through and through. He never left the town, other than to pursue his fighting career. His name may have reached every continent in the world, but Bendigo … Continue reading Bendigo And The Castle
What happened to Bendigo’s brother John?
Exhibition To Celebrate ‘Bendigo’ The Bendigo Heritage Project has teamed up with Cafe Sobar on Friar Lane to exhibit a number of images and artwork that promote the importance of Bendigo to the City of Nottingham. Visitors to Cafe Sobar can now see a variety of items collated by the project since they formed in … Continue reading Bendigo Exhibition
Legendary Prize-Fighter ‘Bendigo’ is known to have a strong association with the Forest Tavern in Nottingham. He was close to the landlord John Ellis, who supported him in his career and beyond. The building now has a plaque installed in his memory, thanks to funding by Nottingham Civic Society. The unveiling was conducted by the … Continue reading New Civic Plaque For Bendigo
