View Point
Gold was discovered by Margaret Kennedy and Mrs Farrell in the Bendigo Creek at Golden Point, near today's Maple Street. Their discovery marked the beginning of a very successful goldfield.
View Point is in the very heart of Bendigo City. Located in the centre of Bendigo, Rosalind Park is Bendigo’s premier park. It is a significant site for its historic trees, buildings, structures and landscapes that are reflective of Bendigo’s character.
The Rosalind Park Precinct covers the entire block from Pall Mall, View Street, Barnard Street and Park Road. The precinct combines a wide variety of spaces and functions including the historic parkland, sporting facilities, schools and Ulumbarra theatre. The precinct includes two major areas, Rosalind Park Upper featuring the Poppet Head and Queen Victoria Oval and Rosalind Park Lower featuring the heritage gardens and Chinese Precinct.
Site history The Bendigo area is the traditional land of the Dja Dja Wurrung people. Prior to 1851, the area we now call Rosalind Park was a grassy woodland with a chain of deep, permanent fresh water ponds lined with large River Red Gums. In 1851, the gold rush transformed the area and eventually the mullock heaps became the most prominent public park in Bendigo. Rosalind Park was added to the Victorian Heritage Register in 2000 for its historic, archaeological, aesthetic, scientific (botanical) and architectural significance to the state of Victoria.
In 1853, at the height of the gold rush, protests were made to Victoria's Colonial Government, with agitation on every goldfield in Victoria. In Bendigo the Red Ribbon Rebellion resulted in over 23,000 signatures on a petition known as the Bendigo Miners' Petition.[1]
