"As a city, when I was there, it was neither handsome nor commodious. New Masonic Hall, Sandhurst, circa 1875, State Library of VICĪntony Trollope, the famous author who visited Bendigo, had some very critical things to say about the town, in his book, Australia and New Zealand (1873): The Masonic Hall in View Street designed by William Charles Vahland was finished in 1873. In 1871 the Chinese community joined the Bendigo Easter Procession.Ĭriterion Hotel, Bendigo, Victoria, Circa 1872 The Bendigo Hotel was established in 1871 as the Collingwood Arms Hotel and renamed the Bendigo Hotel in 1888. Lansell purchased the mansion Fortuna in 1871. He then purchased the 180 Mine, where payable gold was found below 2,000’ (600 m). Stuckenschmidt & Family in Front of his Shop, 'Cornish Stores', White Hills, Bendigo, Victoria, circa 1860s, Museums Victoriaīy the 1870s, Lansell, had accumulated a large fortune from the Garden Gully Mine. The Bendigo Easter Fair, Bendigo Independent (Vic. ![]() ![]() In 1869, The Bendigo Easter Fair and Procession commenced to raise funds for the Bendigo Benevolent Asylum. Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893), Tuesday 2 March 1869 Workers outside the Bendigo Tin Shop, operated by T.J. In 1868, at Essendon, Aboriginal clans from Ballarat and Sandhurst performed a two hour corroboree for a large audience. Roberts and Sons the United Iron Works, is situated in the heart of the city, covering fully 3 acres of ground, Leader (Melbourne, Vic. By 1880, the business had absorbed an entire block covering three acres (1.2 ha) in the heart of the town and employed nearly two hundred men. The business expanded and moved to Mitchell Street. The Bendigo Stock Exchange was founded in the 1860s as the Sandhurst Mining Exchange.Ībraham Roberts opened the United Iron Works in 1861, an engineering shop in Williamson Street, Bendigo. The Miner’s Right enacted in 1855, after the 1854 Eureka rebellion, entitled the miner, for the sum of £1 per year, to dig for gold, to vote at parliamentary elections, and to reside on land claimed for mining purposes. The Sandhurst District was formed in 1855, and the first Municipal Council held in 1856. Concerned by the family breakdowns caused by the greed and rush for riches, Chisholm was instrumental in getting the government to construct shelters where people could stay for little cost. An impressive town had also developed, with schools, churches, theatres and civic buildings.Ĭaroline Chisholm, who had been travelling about England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland telling people about Australia, arrived back to Australia in 1854 and noticed all the people heading off to Bendigo for the gold, and sleeping on the side of the road. The name Bendigo stuck and Sandhurst faded away.Just a few years into the gold rush in 1854, Bendigo had the largest goldfields in Victoria. However, as few people could pronounce "Abednego", the name was corrupted to"Bendigo". So he adapted the middle name of English boxer William Abednego Thompson. Officially known as Sandhurst until 1891, the city of Bendigo is believed to be named after an Australian boxing hopeful, who adopted the nickname of an English bare-knuckle boxer, as he wanted to increase his own profile as a boxer. ![]() The Bendigo Gold District General Hospital was established in 1853. On 18 January 1853, Governor La Trobe announced that the township would be called Sandhurst.Įlevated view of settlement of wooden houses, some in the process of construction, couple on dirt track in foreground, paddocks in background. Quartz mining, using hammers or picks to smash the gold free of the quartz, was employed after 1853.īendigo’s first newspaper was printed in December 1853. ![]() Such as Kangaroo Flat, Eaglehawk, Golden Square, Long Gully, California Gully, Ironbark, etc. Some of the mines, named after the gullies and areas around Bendigo, are now suburbs of Bendigo. The country all about was pulverised in the pursuit of riches. P ainted by Samuel Thomas Gill in 1852Īfter the original alluvial gold was worked out at the area that would later be known as Golden Point, miners began digging in the surrounding gullies. In 1852, Gold Commissioners were appointed to regulate the gold licensing system, oversee the diggings and collect licensing fees.
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