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The project
The City is putting together a thematic history of Quarry Hill. This includes mining, community spirit, and settlement. This will help us to understand why Quarry Hill looks the way it does today.
Part of this project is to better understand Quarry Hill’s rich history and heritage to help protect and celebrate it. Thank you for sharing your stories, documents, photographs to help inform the study. This has helped us write the draft Chronological History and draft Findings and Recommendations reports. You can read these below.
We are now seeking your feedback on the contents of these two draft reports.
Document Library
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Draft Quarry Hill Heritage Study Stage 1 Volume 1 Findings and RecommendationsPDF (2.85 MB)This report suggests places that might be important to Quarry Hill’s history. These places will be looked at more closely in the next part of the study (which hasn’t started yet) to confirm their heritage significance.
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Draft Quarry Hill Heritage Study Stage 1 Volume 2 Chronological HistoryPDF (1.86 MB)
This report tells the history of Quarry Hill and the important events that shaped it. It helps us understand which buildings and places are important for learning about Quarry Hill’s history today.
Have your say
Feedback is open from Monday September 22, 2025 - Monday October 20, 2025.
Study area
Frequently asked questions
A thematic history identifies and explains the main factors, processes and events that have shaped a particular location or subject. It is the first step towards developing a Heritage Study.
A thematic history is a broad historical overview of an area. Stage 2 of a heritage study provides a detailed analysis of individual properties or places.
Photo references:
Cemetery photo: this photo is part of the State Library of Victoria collection, approx. 1875, by N J Caire.
Sexton’s cottage photo: this photo is from 1861, and part of the State Library collection, by Benjamin Pierce Batchelder.
Timeline
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Timeline item 1 - complete
Sharing of memories, photos, documents opens
April 22, 2025
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Timeline item 2 - complete
Sharing of memories, photos, documents closes
May 23, 2025
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Timeline item 3 - complete
Information reviewed and thematic analysis developed
Mid 2025
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Timeline item 4 - complete
Thematic analysis presented to Council
August 2025
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Timeline item 5 - active
Community feedback on the draft study opens
Tuesday September 23, 2025
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Timeline item 6 - incomplete
Community feedback on the draft study closes
Monday October 20, 2025
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Timeline item 7 - incomplete
Consideration of feedback on the draft study
November 2025
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Timeline item 8 - incomplete
Final Study presented to Council for adoption
December 2025
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Timeline item 9 - incomplete
Community informed of the outcome
Early 2026
Contact us
Have questions about this project, contact us below:
| Name | Heritage Team |
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| Phone | 1300 002 642 |
| strategic.planning@bendigo.vic.gov.au |
