Castlemaine
A forgotten railway station, 4 or 5 km west of Castlemaine. 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 for th, Melbourne, 1918, p.34. Forest Creek Renamed Castlemaine by Captain Wright after his uncle, Viscount Castlemaine. Martin, A. E., Place names in Victoria, and Tasmania, Sydney, 1944, p.23.
Beckworth Cobaw Falls Mitchell's name for the Coliban Falls, about 25 km east of Castlemaine. 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.286. Foster, William C., Sir Thomas Livingston Mitchell and his World, 1792-1855, Sydney, 1985, p.296. Columbine Now called Malmsbury after the third Earl of Malmesbury (sic) who was Secretary of state for Foreign Affairs, about 20 km south east of Castlemaine. Martin, A. E., Place names in Victoria, and Tasmania, Sydney, 1944, p.55. Forest Creek Now called Chewton, 5 km from Castlemaine. Dutton, Geoffrey, S.T. Gill's Australia , Melbourne and Sydney, 1981, p.28. Joyce Town Now known as Joyce's Creek. Named for Alfred Joyce of Norwood, about 20 km west of Castlemaine. James, G. F.(ed.), A Homestead History being the Reminiscences and Letters of Alfred Joyce, Melbourne, 1963, p.178.. Kinlocue This Aboriginal name had been changed into Campbelltown by 1854, about 60km south west of Bendigo. Howitt, William, Land, Labour, and Gold, or Two Years in Victoria with visits to Sydney and Van Diemens Land, Kilmore, 1972, p.352. Knights Fall John Hepburn's name for Yandoit. Knight was a shepherd killed by Aborigines. About 40km north east of Ballarat. Bride, Thomas Francis (ed.,), ,Letters from Victorian pioneers:…, Melbourne, 1963, p.74. Middlebridge Now called Betley, about 30km south west of Bendigo. Flett, James, Dunolly,Melbourne, 1956, p.157. Mingus Crossing Place An early name for Newstead, about 12km south west of Castlemaine. Reader's Digest, Illustrated Guide to Australian Places., Sydney1993, p.304. Mount Byng Named by Mitchell after John Byng, an officer in the Peninsular war; he later altered the name to Mount Alexander. The adjacent town is now called Castlemaine. 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.280; Foster, pp.295-6. Porcupine Mount Now called Mount Alexander, near Castlemaine. Flett, James, Dunolly, Melbourne, 1956, p.5. Sawpit Gully Now called Elphinstone after Monstuart Elphinstone, a British administrator in India; about 10km south east of Castlemaine. Martin, A. E., Place names in Victoria, and Tasmania, Sydney, 1944, p.34. Tarrengower A much named settlement, it was also called Tallerman's Township and Porcupine Flat before being named Maldon in 1856 after a town in Essex. About 15 km north west of Castlemaine. Aplin, Graeme , Foster, S.G.,Mckernan,Michaely, Australians Events and Places, Sydney, 1987, p.385. Yarrayarre River Thomas Walker's name for the Coliban River, about 15 km east of Castlemaine. Randell, J.O., Pastoral Settlement in Northern Victoria, Volume 1, The Coliban District, Melbourne, 1979, p.12. |