Bendigo
no information
Agnes
An abandoned railway station between Toora and Welshpool on the Melbourne
to Port Albert line.
O'Callaghan,Thomas, Names of Victorian Railway Stations with their origins and meanings, together
with similar information relative to the capital cities of Adelaide, Sydney,
Brisbane, and a few of the border stations of New South Wales and South
Australia, Melbourne, 1918, p.21.
Albert Town
Since 1863 it has been called Stuart Mill, about 85 km west of Bendigo.
Stone, Douglas, Dunnett, Greg, Discover Victoria's goldfield heritage, Burwood, 1993, p.107.
Albury Hill
So namd for the many diggers from Albury who mined there, this locality
at Castlemaine has long been forgotten.
Bayley, William A., Border city : history of Albury, New South Wales, Albury, 1976, p.96.
Bald Hill
Now called Mount Moolort, about 45km south west of Bendigo.
Flett, James, Dunolly, Melbourne, 1956, p.23.
Barrabungale
The name Mitchell recorded for what is now known as Mount Korong, about
60Km north west of Bendigo.
Mitchell, Thomas, Three expeditions into the interior of eastern Australia : with descriptions
of the recently explored region of Australia Felix and of the present colony
of New South Wales, London : T. & W. Boone, 1839, vol.2 p.164; Foster p.283.
Barwon
Renamed Winchelsea in 1851 by Governor La Trobe, it is about 30 km south west of Geelong.
Reader's Digest, Illustrated Guide to Australian Places, Sydney, 1993, p.294.
Batman River
Batman's name for the Yarra, at Melbourne.
Labilliere, Francis Peter, Early History of the Colony of Victoria, 2vols, London, 1878, pp.93-4.
Baynton
Now called Sutton Grange, about 35km south of Bendigo.
Whitworth, Robt. P, Baillier's Victorian gazetteer and road guide : containing the most recent
and accurate information as to every place in the Colony,Melbourne, 1870, p.i
Bayungun River
Mitchell recorded this name for the Goulburn River in central Victoria.
Andrews, Alan E.J., Stapylton with Major Mitchell's Australia Felix expedition, 1836 / largely
from the journal of Granville William Chetwynd Stapylton ; Alan E.J. Andrews,
editor, Hobart, 1986, p.208.
Bayungun River
Mitchell's Aboriginal name, which did not take on, for the Goulburn River
of Hume and Havel.
Mitchell, Thomas, Three expeditions into the interior of eastern Australia : with descriptions
of the recently explored region of Australia Felix and of the present colony
of New South Wales, London : T. & W. Boone, 1839, map.
BCM(Brown Cool Mine)township
Also known as The Hill, it is now called Yallourn North in Gippsland.
McGoldrick, Prue, Yallourn was - , Morwell, 1984, pp.7, 115.
Berlin
Now called Rheola, about 50km west of Bendigo:.
Flett, James, Dunolly, Melbourne, 1956, p.106.i
Beverley
Also called Jones Creek after a gold digger, it was officially named Waanyarra
in 1861; about 45km west of Bendigo.
Flett, James, Dunolly, Melbourne, 1956, p.18.
Bradford
A forgotten railway station about half way between Maldon and Shelbourne in central Victoria. .
O'Callaghan,Thomas, Names of Victorian Railway Stations with their origins and meanings, together
with similar information relative to the capital cities of Adelaide, Sydney,
Brisbane, and a few of the border stations of New South Wales and South
Australia, Melbourne, 1918, p.30.
Bullabul
A forgotten railway station just south of Tarnagulla about 40km west of
Bendigo.
O'Callaghan,Thomas, Names of Victorian Railway Stations with their origins and meanings, together with similar information relative to the capital cities of Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane, and a few of the border stations of New South Wales and South Australia, Melbourne, 1918, p32.
Burnt Creek
Now called Bromley, allegedly because of the number of residents from Middlesex
and Kent; about 50km south west of Bendigo.
Flett, James, Dunolly, Melbourne, 1956, p.157.
Castleton
In December 1852 this was declared the official name for what became Sandhurst
in January 1855; it later became Bendigo.
O'Callaghan,Thomas, Names of Victorian Railway Stations with their origins and meanings, together
with similar information relative to the capital cities of Adelaide, Sydney,
Brisbane, and a few of the border stations of New South Wales and South
Australia / compiled forth, Melbourne, 1918, p.28.
Cochranes
Named after John Cochrane, an early settler; since 1863 it has been called Bealiba; about 33 km south east of St Arnaud.
Reader's Digest, Illustrated Guide to Australian Places, Sydney, 1993, p.368.
Coonooer
A forgotten township about 70km west of Bendigo at 3628' south 14318'
east.
Alexander Sutherland, Victoria and its metropolis : past and present, vols.1, 2A and 2B , Melbourne, 1888, vol.2, map..
Derrinal
A forgotten railway station between Heathcote and Knowsley about 35 km
south east of Bendigo; said to mean a ground paroquet.
O'Callaghan,Thomas, Names of Victorian Railway Stations with their origins and meanings,...,
Melbourne, 1918, p.41.
Dry Diggings
Now called Rushworth, so named in 1854 by Richard Henry Horne probably after shipboard companions. Horne was an assistant gold commissioner; about 84 km east of Bendigo.
Reader's Digest, Illustrated Guide to Australian Places, Sydney, 1993, p.307.
Goulburn Diggings
Now known as the Waranga Basin, about 80 km north east of Bendigo.
Howitt, William, Land, Labour, and Gold, or Two Years in Victoria with
visits to Sydney and Van Diemens Land, Kilmore, 1972, p.355.
Grant's Bridge
Now called Bet Bet, about 50 km south west of Bendigo.
Flett, James, Dunolly, Melbourne, 1956, p.157.
Hall's Diggings
Now known as Inglewood, about 55 km east of St Arnaud
Reader's Digest, Illustrated Guide to Australian Places, Sydney, 1993, p.369.
Inkerman
Now called Goldsborough, about 55 km west of Bendigo.
Flett, James, Dunolly, Melbourne, 1956, p.114.
Janiember
Now called Serpentine, about 50 km north west of Bendigo.
Sutherland, Alexander,Victoria and its metropolis : past and present, vols.1, 2A and 2B, Melbourne, 1888, vol2, map.
Jones Creek
So named for Chales Jones, a gold digger; also called Beverley, it was officialy named Waanyarra in 1861; about 45 km west of Bendigo.
Flett, James, Dunolly, Melbourne, 1956, p.18.
Kangderaar Creek
Now called Arnold, about 45km west of Bendigo.
Arnold, Edna & Ken, Tarnagulla & District: the way it was, Golden Square, Vic. : Crown Castleton, 1992, p.10.
Maiden's Town
Also known as New Chum, now called Llanelly from its numerous Welsh miners;
about 35km west of Bendigo.
Flett, James, Dunolly Melbourne, 1956, p.158.
McIntyres
Now called Kingower, about 50 km north west of Bendigo.
Flett, James, Dunolly Melbourne, 1956, p18.
McIvor
Named after a prospector who discovered gold here in 1853, the township
is now called Heathcote, about 40 km south east of Bendigo
Aplin, Graeme , Foster, S.G.,Mckernan, Michaely, Australians Events and Places, Sydney, 1987, p.384
Moliagul Field
Archibald McDougall named his run Dunolly after the seat in Scotland of
the Clan McDougall; the township of Dunolly was named after the run, about
50 km south west of Bendigo.
Australian Council of National Trusts, Historic Places of Australia, 2vols.,
Sydney and Melbourne, 1978, p.384.
Moora
A forgotten township about 60 km east of Bendigo at 3635' south 14458'
east.
Alexander Sutherland, Victoria and its metropolis : past and present, vols.1, 2A and 2B, Melbourne, 1888, vol.2, map.
Moormbool
Now known as Graytown, though a nearby mountain has retained the old name, about 60 km east of Bendigo.
NRMA, Holiday Guide 13vols., Sydney, 1997-1999, vol.10, p.278.
Mount Barrabungale
Mitchell's name for Mount Korong, about 55km north west of Bendigo.
Foster, William C., Sir Thomas Livingston Mitchell and his World, 1792-1855, Sydney, 1985, p.283.
Mount Campbell
So named by Mitchell after Sir Archibald Campbell, his first patron in
the Peninsular War , now called Mount Ida, about 40 km south east of Bendigo.
Foster, William C, Sir Thomas Livingston Mitchell and his World, 1792-1855, Sydney, 1985, p.297.
Mount Korong
Now called Wedderburn, about 70km north west of Bendigo. Wedderburn is mentioned in Scott's Lay of the Last Minstrel.
Martin, A. E., Place names in Victoria, and Tasmania. Sydney, 1944, p.86.
Munica
A forgotten township about 50 km north west of Bendigo at 3620' south 14400' east.
Sutherland, Alexander, Victoria and its metropolis : past and present, vols.1, 2A and 2B, Melbourne, 1888, vol.2, map.
Myers Creek
Now called Eaglehawk, the Bendigo suburb.
Whitworth, Robt. P., Baillier's Victorian gazetteer and road guide : containing the most recent and accurate information as to every place in the Colony, Melbourne, 1870, p.127.
Myer's Creek
Now called Maiden Gully, probably after James Maiden's slaughter yards,
just west of Bendigo.
Coulson, Helen, Echuca-Moama : on the Murray, South Melbourne, 1995, p.29.
New Chum
Also known as Maiden's Town, now called Llanelly from the number of Welsh
miners there; about 35 km west of Bendigo.
Flett, James, Dunolly, Melbourne, 1956, p.158.
Nuggetty
Also known as Dry Diggings it is now called Rushworth, about 70km east of Bendigo
Aplin, Graeme , Foster, S.G.,Mckernan,Michaely, Australians Events and
Places, Sydney, 1987, p.414.
Old Dunolly
Now called Goldsborough, about 55 km west of Bendigo. 36 50', 43 41'.
Flett, James, Dunolly, Melbourne, 1956, p.19.
Oxdale
Now called Axedale about 40 km east of Bendigo.
Kelly, William, Life in Victoria or Victoria in 1853, and Victoria in 1858, 2 vols, London, 1859, map.
Panoobamawm
Now called Buckrabanyule, about 90 km north west of Bendigo.
Sutherland, Alexander, Victoria and its metropolis : past and present, vols.1, 2A and 2B, Melbourne, 1888, vol.2, map.
Porcupine Flat
A much named settlement, it was also called Tarrengower and Tallerman's Township before being named Maldon in 1856 after a town in Essex; about 30 km south west of Bendigo.
Aplin, Graeme , Foster, S.G.,Mckernan,Michaely, Australians Events and Places, Sydney, 1987, p.385.
Sandhurst
This became the official name for Bendigo on 23 April 1855. At a plebiscite
on 29 April 1891 a majority of 1248 was in favour of reverting to the original
name of Bendigo. The name survives as the designation of the Catholic diocese
and of Bendigo's most famous football club.
Trollope, Anthony, Australia Edited by P. D. Edwards and R. B. Joyce, st.lucia, 1967, p.402 and local knowledge.
Sandy Creek
Now called Tarnagulla, about 40km west of Bendigo.
McGowan, Barry, Australian ghost towns, South Melbourne, 2002, p.211.
Spring Creek
Now called Graytown, about 60 km east of Bendigo.
Flett, James, Dunolly, Melbourne, 1956, p.211.
Tallerman's Township
A much named settlement, it was also called Tarrengower and Porcupine Flat before being named Maldon in 1856 after a Town in Essex, about 30km south west of Bendigo.
Aplin, Graeme , Foster, S.G.,Mckernan,Michaely, Australians Events and Places, Sydney, 1987, p.385.
Tamara
A forgotten Township about 70km north of Bendigo at@3607, 14424..
Sutherland, Alexander, Victoria and its metropolis : past and present, vols.1, 2A and 2B, Melbourne, 1888, vol.2, map.
Tarrangawer
Now called Maldon after an English port in Essex; about 35 km south west
of Bendigo. 3700, 14404..
Appleton, Richard and Barbara, The Cambridge Dictionary of Australian Places, Melbourne, 1992, p.182.
Towangurr
Now called Durham Ox, about 20 km south west of Pyramid Hill.
Levey, George Collins, Hutchinson's Australasion Encyclopaedia, London, 1892, p.96.
Tunstall
A forgotten township at 3645, 14330about 70 km west of Bendigo.
Sutherland, Alexander, Victoria and its metropolis : past and present, vols.1, 2A and 2B, Melbourne, 1888, vol.2, map.
Wareel
Now known as Bowenvale, near Maryborough in central Victoria.
Sutherland, Alexander, Victoria and its metropolis : past and present, vols.1, 2A and 2B, Melbourne, 1888, vol.2, map..
Wellsford
A forgotten railway station between Bagshot and Goornong about 20 km north
east of Bendigo.
O'Callaghan,Thomas, Names of Victorian Railway Stations with their origins and meaningsc, Melbourne, 1918, p.96.
Yarrayne
A forgotten township about 40 km north west of Bendigo at 3629, 14400.
Sutherland, Alexander, Victoria and its metropolis : past and present, vols.1, 2A and 2B, Melbourne, 1888, vol.2, map.
Yarrayne River
Mitchell's name for the Loddon River, a tributary of the Murray.
Mitchell, Thomas, Three expeditions into the interior of eastern Australia : with descriptions
of the recently explored region of Australia Felix and of the present colony
of New South Wales, London : T. & W. Boone, 1839, vol.2, p.160.
Foster, William C., Sir Thomas Livingston Mitchell and his World, 1792-1855, Sydney, 1985, p.283.
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