BEECHWORTH HISTORY AND HERITAGE SOCIETY

A SILENT National Film and Sound Archive moving picture of ‘ Back to Beechworth ’ in March 1932 - including its street parade - is worth seeing again as Beechworth heads into this weekend’s Golden Horseshoes Festival 2026. The ‘Queen City of the North’, as The Ovens and Murray Advertiser described the town, put on a five-day celebration to mark its second win in The Sun newspaper’s Ideal Town competition. The footage shows panoramic views of Beechworth, Stanley and the Alps

COMMUNITY UPDATE # 2 Thanks to so many in the community for supporting our pitch for temporary use of the long-empty, secure railway goods shed to house Beechworth's historic horse-drawn carriage collection. With the National Trust of Australia (Victoria), we've identified at least eight vehicles from Beechworth, the North East and Border, plus others from the district, to remain here. With these, our ambition is to tell the story of HORSEPOWER! - the fundamental contributio

Beechworth History and Heritage Society president Jamie Kronborg and treasurer Peter Kenyon yesterday visited Bendigo's fascinating Golden Dragon Museum 金龍博物館, guided by research officer Leigh McKinnon. Golden Dragon Museum research officer Leigh McKinnon with BHHS president Jamie Kronborg with Loong, a Chinese dragon long used in Bendigo's Easter Festival parade 1892-1970. Image: Peter Kenyon Leigh spoke about the links between Bendigo's and Beechworth's Chinese communities

National Trust of Australia (Victoria) chief executive Collette Brennan and Victorian heritage agency and organisation leaders visited Beechworth on 12-13 March, 2026. Collette met with Beechworth History and Heritage Society (BHHS) to discuss preservation goals and exhibition opportunities for horse-drawn vehicles from the Trust’s carriage collection long held in Beechworth. The Trust in February moved to relocate from local storage some of the vehicles neither built nor ope

A Beechworthian passionate about the town’s history led a rally of 40 people to save a historic horse-drawn vehicle collection on Sunday.

Thanks so much for your shout-outs, ideas and constructive comments to help us keep the community's historic horse-drawn vehicle collection in Beechworth. The horse was the champion heavy-lifter in our colonial economy. And into federation, too. The spread of horse and stockyards either side of Loch Street and the undergear at the top of the lane by Church Street in this clip of Charles Bayliss's 1876 town panorama signals just how vital they were, walking and working with us

We want to work with the community to recognise and interpret the extraordinary horsepower that enabled Beechworth’s colonial gold rush society and development.

A great-great granddaughter of Beechworth colonial civic leader James Ingram and his wife Margaret has presented historic costumes to the community.

The National Trust of Australia (Victoria) and Indigo Shire Council have announced the dispersal of Beechworth's historic carriage collection.

National Trusts' Australian Heritage Festival 2025 Beechworth History and Heritage Society is collaborating again with community...

TWO Beechworth community organisations and a major social enterprise are collaborating to ensure the community is fully engaged in the...

ENGLISH-born writer Ada Cambridge lived in Beechworth for nine years when her husband was Anglican archdeacon. She became late Victorian...

Beechworth will host three events for the National Trusts of Australia - Australian Heritage Festival 2024 between 18 April 18 and 19...

August 31, 2023: Indigo Shire Council has formally agreed to seek membership of consortium pursuing World Heritage Listing for the...

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