Richard Patterson’s book, ‘Nobblers and Lushingtons - A History of the Hotels of Beechworth and the Ovens District’, will be launched Friday 4th Dec

Endymion (Australia) Pty Ltd is pleased to announce that the Press Launch of
Richard Patterson’s book, ‘Nobblers and Lushingtons -
A History of the Hotels of Beechworth and the Ovens District’,

Nobblers and Lushingtons contains 400 pages, 35 contemporary photographs
and information on over 230 hotels in Beechworth and the neighbouring district,
as well as the names of over 800 licensees.

Among the many issues it explores are:
- The murder of Robert Murdock, manager of a Beechworth hotel, and the possibility
that he was the victim of a serial killer.
- The death of James Coyne Riley, following his accidental stabbing during the performance of a play at the Star Hotel, Beechworth.
- The dark secrets about their pasts that many of Beechworth’s earliest hotel-keepers
tried to keep hidden.
- The role of women on the goldfields and the extent of prostitution in Beechworth.
- How the first man to be hanged at Beechworth Gaol had murdered a local hotelkeeper
and the links between this killing and two other appalling murders.

Richard Patterson has lived in Beechworth for 3 years and previously worked in
human resource management for 35 years. Nobblers and Lushingtons is his first book.

Note: A ‘nobbler’ was nineteenth century slang for a shot of spirits, while a ‘lushington’
was someone who habitually imbibed too many of them.

Last minute PROMOTIONAL DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE AT Planetrees Lodge, Stanley VIC

A last minute cancellation has freed up accommodation for this weekend and the next.

I am offering a promotional discount to the first people who contact me. Payment in full is required to secure the booking.

Weekend 27th November to 29th November
from $260 per night (up to 4 people/2 bedrooms), $350 p/n up to 6, $450 p/n up to 8 people.
2 night minimum stay.

Usual rates: from $300 for 4 (2 bedrooms), $420 up to 6 people, $520 up to 8 people.

Weekend 4th December - 6th December
from $280 per night (up to 4 people/2 bedrooms), $380 p/n up to 6 people/3 bedrooms, $480 p/n up to 8 people (4 bedrooms).

Midweek bookings are available at the same rate for this period.


Email: planetrees@me.com or telephone 03 5728 6589.
Visit the website: www. planetrees.com.au

Precinct Wildlife Experience

Photos are of a Blue Tongue Lizard trying to get into the Telegraph Station to send a Telegram to all his mates about the Precinct.

News just in from the Beechworth Historic Courthouse

An Echidna with no fixed address and no visible means of support, was brought before the bench of the Beechworth Historic Court-House recently.
The Court heard that the Echidna in question was found to be wandering the busy streets of Beechworth, crossing roads with no regard to its own safety. The Echidna's only defence was to roll up into a sharp ball of spines. The Magistrate deemed that the said Echidna should be turned over into the care of Piers & Robin Foa of Foa's Ark for relocation to a more suitable environment.

Court Reporter
Michael Beattie

Original Kelly Gang armour set for Beechworth Ned Kelly Weekend 2010 Friday 6 – Sunday 8 August 2010

The original suits of armour worn by all four members of the Kelly Gang at the siege of Glenrowan will feature as a major highlight of the 2010 Beechworth Ned Kelly Weekend from 6 – 8 August, the Beechworth Historical Re-enactment Group (BHRG) announced today.

The exhibition is a coup for Beechworth and marks only the fourth time since 1880 that the complete set of Kelly Gang armour has been shown, and the first time outside a capital city.

Now in its eighth year and widely regarded as this country’s most important annual celebration of the Kelly legend, the 2010 Ned Kelly Weekend will commemorate the 130th anniversary of the outlaw’s committal hearing held in the historic Beechworth Courthouse from 6 to 11 August 1880, and his execution on 11 November 1880.

Event organizers, the Beechworth Historical Re-enactment Group, will unveil the full 2010 program at an official launch early next year.

BHRG President, Adam Wynne-Jenkins, expects the exhibition will be one of regional Victoria’s key tourism drawcards in 2010.“Visitors to Beechworth next August will be amazed at the quality and workmanship of the armour of Australia’s most recognised artifacts,” he said.

All schools in the Indigo Shire will be invited to a free preview of the armour on Friday 6 August.

Established 2008 the BHRG is a committed living history group which recreates the Beechworth of the period 1852 to 1885. The BHRG is often seen on the streets of Beechworth and other regional centres taking part in street parades, displays and other commemorative activities including the re-enactment of the Kelly Gang robbery of the bank in Euroa in December 1878, and the Siege of Glenrowan in July 1880.
This exhibition would not have been possible without the support of the State Library of Victoria, Victoria Police Museum, Museum Victoria and Rupert Hammond in conjunction with the Indigo Shire Council for Insurance coverage and the Beechworth Bakery (The Home of Ned Kelly Pies) as the major sponsor of the event.