The Bendigo Trust was established in 1970 as a response to the Bendigo City Council’s plan to restore, conserve and manage the Central Deborah Gold Mine.

Since then, The Bendigo Trust has continued to run the Central Deborah Gold Mine, while overseeing some of Bendigo’s other cherished historic assets, including the Bendigo Tramways, the Bendigo Chinese Joss House Temple, the Discovery Science & Technology Centre, the Bendigo Gasworks and Victoria Hill.