Bendigo Who's Who
Public Profile
Each month we have an opportunity to get together at:
- monthly meetings on the 2nd Monday at the Mittagong RSL (opposite Ironstone Café) Arrive at 10.15am. Order a coffee on your way in, listen to an engaging guest speaker and catch up on local news, recent activities and upcoming outings. You can than join other members for lunch after the meeting if you have the time.
- Craft days - 4th Friday of the month at Bargo Sports Club 10am
- Coffee and Chat - 4th Tuesday of the month at local cafes 10.30am
- Munch Club - 1st Monday at a variety of interesting venues across Wollondilly and Wingecarribee. 12pm
- Special Outings these are events that our members are interested in attending but would like to do so with friends. These outings vary, as an example we have recently attended a show at the Performing Art Centre in Picton, a Musical in Sydney and visited a Scottish Highland Cow Farm
Interested in finding out more? Were interested in meeting you!
Phone 0400824670, Email bargoprobusclub@gmail.com
or just turn up at a meeting on the first Monday of the month.
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Distinguished and Famous people from Bendigo
Bendigo's notable connections include people who worked within its gold economy and others whose careers developed far beyond it. These profiles distinguish a lifetime of local enterprise from early years that preceded wider achievements.
⛏ George Lansell
George Lansell came to Bendigo in 1854, working in family businesses before investing in quartz mining. His confidence in deeper reefs eventually produced large returns, and much of the money went back into mining. Known as the Quartz King, he maintained interests across the field and supported families affected by miners' deaths. At Fortuna, his substantial house overlooked the industrial landscape behind his fortune. He was born in Kent, England; his Bendigo connection came through work, residence and long investment in the town.
📚 Sir John Quick
John Quick grew up on the Bendigo goldfield after his family migrated from Cornwall. Local newspaper work led towards further study and a legal career. He represented Sandhurst in Victoria's parliament from 1880 and Bendigo in the Commonwealth Parliament from 1901 to 1913. His best-known contribution was to the movement for Federation, including a proposal for elected convention delegates and a referendum on the Constitution. With Robert Garran he also produced a major legal commentary on the new Commonwealth's founding document.
📚 Beatrice Davis
Born in Bendigo in 1909, Beatrice Davis became a central figure at Angus & Robertson, serving as its first full-time general editor. She worked with writers including Ruth Park, Thea Astley and Judith Wright, and helped launch annual poetry and short-story anthologies. Her role combined close attention to manuscripts with relationships across the literary world. Although Sydney became her professional base, her life began in Bendigo before her family's wartime move north.
