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History through newspapers" rel="bookmark">Bendigo or Sandhurst? History through newspapers</a> </h1> <div class="post-meta"> <ul> <li class="date">May 10, 2013 at 14:19</li> <li class="author">by <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/author/admin/" title="Posts by admin" rel="author">admin</a></li><li class="category">in <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/cities-towns/" rel="category tag">Cities & towns</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/" rel="category tag">Such was life</a></li> </ul> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <section id="main" role="main"> <div id="post-2406" class="clearfix post-2406 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-cities-towns category-such-was-life tag-bendigo tag-newspapers tag-placenames tag-sandhurst"> <div class="entry"> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Bendigo or Sandhurst? History through newspapers' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/' data-app-id-name='post_above_content'></div><p>Did you know that Bendigo used to be called Sandhurst? And then changed its name back to Bendigo? <span id="more-2406"></span>While you could make a quick check of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendigo">Wikipedia</a> it does not tell you the story behind the change of name. Now that the <a href="http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/title/346">Bendigo Advertiser</a> is digitised on <a href="http://trove.nla.gov.au/">Trove</a>, spanning 1855 to 1918, you can learn all kinds of fascinating details about the history of this famous Victorian city, including the controversial change of name that occurred over 100 years ago.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/article88961098-3-0011.jpg"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-2444 alignnone" title="Bendigo Advertiser, 27 April 1891, page 2" src="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/article88961098-3-0011.jpg" alt="An article in the Bendigo Advertiser, advising of the poll to change the name of the city." width="267" height="189" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/88961098/9082488?zoomLevel=3">Bendigo Advertiser</a>, 27 April 1891, page 2</p> <p>Using <a href="http://dhistory.org/querypic/">QueryPic</a>, a free, online tool developed by the clever folks at the <a href="http://wraggelabs.com/emporium/">Wragge Labs Emporium</a>, we can see clearly the effects of the name change. QueryPic searches the digitised newspapers for keywords and then provides a visual display, like the graph below, of the search results over time. It then links those results to the online articles.</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/bendigo_sandhurst.jpg"><img decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-2421 aligncenter" title="QueryPic graph illustrating the time of the name change from Bendigo to Sandhurst." src="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/bendigo_sandhurst.jpg" alt="A graph illustrating the time of the name change from Bendigo to Sandhurst." width="601" height="473" /></a>From the above graph you can see when Sandhurst changed its name back to Bendigo. The change occurred when the blue (Sandhurst) line drops below the red (Bendigo) line in 1891. When you view QueryPic online each point on the graph is a link to articles with that keyword for that year.</p> <p>Having originally begun as Bendigo, a name spawned from Bendigo Creek, it adopted the official name of Sandhurst, named after a military college in England in 1854 (1). It was changed back to Bendigo in 1891 following a plebiscite when all the residents voted, with 1,515 in favour and only 267 against.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://search.slv.vic.gov.au/primo_library/libweb/action/dlDisplay.do?vid=MAIN&reset_config=true&docId=SLV_VOYAGER2081255"><img decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-2653 alignnone" title="Township of Sandhurst, portion B, Bendigo Creek" src="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Sandhurst21-300x192.jpg" alt="Map from the 1850s showing town allotments of Sandhurst." width="439" height="281" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://search.slv.vic.gov.au/primo_library/libweb/action/dlDisplay.do?vid=MAIN&reset_config=true&docId=SLV_VOYAGER2081255">Township of Sandhurst, portion B, Bendigo Creek</a></p> <p>The name Bendigo, which was named after a shepherd (ibid) was always in popular use from the 1850s and the <a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88961098">Advertiser itself was a strong supporter</a> of the change back to Bendigo. It argued that Bendigo was a ‘strong and manly name as befits a mining community,’ and that was more likely to attract further British investment in the goldfields.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://search.slv.vic.gov.au/primo_library/libweb/action/dlDisplay.do?vid=MAIN&reset_config=true&docId=SLV_VOYAGER1299562"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-2434 aligncenter" title="New map of Bendigo & district, 1896?" src="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/bendigo-map.jpg" alt="This 1896 map shows the streets of Bendigo" width="427" height="308" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://search.slv.vic.gov.au/primo_library/libweb/action/dlDisplay.do?vid=MAIN&reset_config=true&docId=SLV_VOYAGER1299562">New map of Bendigo & district, 1896?</a></p> <p style="text-align: left;">The Library has many online resources, such as maps, pamphlets and pictures related to the history <a href="http://search.slv.vic.gov.au/primo_library/libweb/action/dlSearch.do?institution=SLVPRIMO&vid=MAIN&onCampus=false&group=ALL&search_scope=digital_material&tab=default_tab&bulkSize=10&query=sub,exact,bendigo">Bendigo</a>, which include resources on Sandhurst.</p> <p>1. <a href="http://search.slv.vic.gov.au/primo_library/libweb/action/dlDisplay.do?vid=MAIN&reset_config=true&docId=SLV_VOYAGER2037969">Place names of Victoria</a> by Les Blake.</p> <p><em>Written by Chris Wade, Newspaper Librarian</em></p> <p> </p> <table border="0" width="8" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="xl66" style="height: 15.0pt; width: 85pt;" width="113" height="20"></td> <td class="xl65" style="width: 935pt;" colspan="8" width="1245"></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Bendigo or Sandhurst? History through newspapers' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/' data-app-id-name='post_below_content'></div> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="tag_list">Tags: <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/terms/bendigo/" rel="tag">bendigo</a> <span class="separator"> — </span> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/terms/newspapers/" rel="tag">newspapers</a> <span class="separator"> — </span> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/terms/placenames/" rel="tag">placenames</a> <span class="separator"> — </span> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/terms/sandhurst/" rel="tag">Sandhurst</a></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="post_author"> <h3>About the Author</h3> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0613ba2b2684f6c9aa85186784c65a03?s=90&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0613ba2b2684f6c9aa85186784c65a03?s=180&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-90 photo' height='90' width='90' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <div class="details"> <h4><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/author/admin/" title="Posts by admin" rel="author">admin</a></h4> <p class="description"></p> <ul class="author_links"> <li class="allposts"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/author/admin/">All posts by admin</a></li> </ul> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div id="comments"> <h3>This article has 25 comments</h3> <ol class="commentlist"> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-430668"> <div id="comment-430668"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/49ed93138365f903f5496f6d227a080a?s=50&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/49ed93138365f903f5496f6d227a080a?s=100&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <cite class="fn">Lynne Massey</cite> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/#comment-430668">July 13, 2015 at 10:37</a> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/?replytocom=430668#respond' data-commentid="430668" data-postid="2406" data-belowelement="comment-430668" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Lynne Massey" aria-label='Reply to Lynne Massey'>Reply</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="comment-body"><p>was interested in the naming of Bendigo and your reasons for it being originally Sandhurst after the military college in England. However I have several german relatives who settled in Bendigo and their records show that they were from a town in Germany near Hamburg called Sande- Lohbrugge. I wonder if this is coincidence. The family name is Harders.</p> </div> </div> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-548032"> <div id="comment-548032"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/15bb5170484edf1002c67d178c00aff8?s=50&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/15bb5170484edf1002c67d178c00aff8?s=100&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <cite class="fn"><a href="http://www.robertsonhyetts.com.au/publications/197-charity-golf-day" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Robert Jennings</a></cite> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/#comment-548032">March 24, 2016 at 16:38</a> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/?replytocom=548032#respond' data-commentid="548032" data-postid="2406" data-belowelement="comment-548032" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Robert Jennings" aria-label='Reply to Robert Jennings'>Reply</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="comment-body"><p>What a great way to use data such as newspaper headlines to look at the transition from one city name to another.</p> </div> </div> </li> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-555641"> <div id="comment-555641"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7aa19ed2af1cee759d2d6161f5a95477?s=50&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7aa19ed2af1cee759d2d6161f5a95477?s=100&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <cite class="fn">Brett Miller</cite> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/#comment-555641">June 3, 2016 at 07:01</a> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/?replytocom=555641#respond' data-commentid="555641" data-postid="2406" data-belowelement="comment-555641" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Brett Miller" aria-label='Reply to Brett Miller'>Reply</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="comment-body"><p>My GGG Grandfather who died in 1876 is listed as dying at Bendigo Creek. In the probate one of his children are listed as living in Sandhurst, so this article is quite helpful.</p> </div> </div> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-572437"> <div id="comment-572437"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/62e235918b34a27377a37641932d1879?s=50&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/62e235918b34a27377a37641932d1879?s=100&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <cite class="fn">Col Burns</cite> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/#comment-572437">October 20, 2016 at 06:21</a> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/?replytocom=572437#respond' data-commentid="572437" data-postid="2406" data-belowelement="comment-572437" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Col Burns" aria-label='Reply to Col Burns'>Reply</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="comment-body"><p>I was born in Bendigo and l have always been interested in history.<br /> However, a number of different web sources states that the town name “Bendigo” was named after a man called Ben Digo who was a miner and a boxer who lived there at the time.<br /> The creek is thus synonymous with this man.<br /> Perhaps the investigators of this article overlooked this, instead focusing through the old Advertiser archives looking only for search results on both “Sandhurst” and “Bendigo” to see which of the two town names show up more often than the other without having to read through every articles of diversity where both town names appear.<br /> The origin of the name “Sandhurst” although is indeed correct here.</p> </div> </div> </li> <li class="post pingback"> <p>Pingback: <a href="https://vision2020.slv.vic.gov.au/articles/our-newspapers-tell-your-story/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Read all about it: our newspapers tell your story – State Library Victoria</a></p> </li> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-631102"> <div id="comment-631102"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/15e703b905d2bf1dcc5dfc04ffe338d1?s=50&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/15e703b905d2bf1dcc5dfc04ffe338d1?s=100&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <cite class="fn">James Lerk</cite> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/#comment-631102">February 6, 2018 at 17:29</a> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/?replytocom=631102#respond' data-commentid="631102" data-postid="2406" data-belowelement="comment-631102" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to James Lerk" aria-label='Reply to James Lerk'>Reply</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="comment-body"><p>James Lerk, February 06, 2018</p> <p>Bendigo Creek was the first name for this locality, it became Bendigo upon the European discovery of gold, then gazetted as Castleton before being officially re-gazetted as Sandhurst. As stated above, in 1891 it reverted back to Bendigo through a poll of ratepayers.</p> </div> </div> <ul class="children"> <li class="comment odd alt depth-2" id="li-comment-656179"> <div id="comment-656179"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9771e2c87805032787a77d14af2da4a0?s=50&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9771e2c87805032787a77d14af2da4a0?s=100&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <cite class="fn">Rod Barnett</cite> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/#comment-656179">June 24, 2019 at 22:06</a> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/?replytocom=656179#respond' data-commentid="656179" data-postid="2406" data-belowelement="comment-656179" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Rod Barnett" aria-label='Reply to Rod Barnett'>Reply</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="comment-body"><p>Thanks James for your custodianship of Bendigo history for so many decades and for your kindness to us Sandbach descendants when we visited many years ago</p> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="comment even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-646271"> <div id="comment-646271"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b58417eccdd9d3f2cb842cd1fcb37f37?s=50&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b58417eccdd9d3f2cb842cd1fcb37f37?s=100&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <cite class="fn">Dawn Zuccato</cite> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/#comment-646271">November 5, 2018 at 17:00</a> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/?replytocom=646271#respond' data-commentid="646271" data-postid="2406" data-belowelement="comment-646271" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Dawn Zuccato" aria-label='Reply to Dawn Zuccato'>Reply</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="comment-body"><p>My Family (Harrison’s) lived in Bendigo. I am looking for Marriage between Briget Harrison and Thomas McMillin also information on Florance Ivy Patching (Born McMillin1896. D1947.<br /> Thank you,<br /> Dawn Z.</p> </div> </div> <ul class="children"> <li class="comment odd alt depth-2" id="li-comment-649455"> <div id="comment-649455"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f0d320f03aec90da3a08fd5a7df979cb?s=50&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f0d320f03aec90da3a08fd5a7df979cb?s=100&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <cite class="fn">Paul</cite> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/#comment-649455">January 18, 2019 at 11:30</a> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/?replytocom=649455#respond' data-commentid="649455" data-postid="2406" data-belowelement="comment-649455" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Paul" aria-label='Reply to Paul'>Reply</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="comment-body"><p>Thanks for reading Dawn.<br /> A librarian will look into your enquiry and be in touch.<br /> Paul</p> </div> </div> </li> <li class="comment even depth-2" id="li-comment-727793"> <div id="comment-727793"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6e3019ff467de7c60aaec32c1725f9b8?s=50&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6e3019ff467de7c60aaec32c1725f9b8?s=100&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <cite class="fn">Linda Gary</cite> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/#comment-727793">August 5, 2020 at 11:38</a> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/?replytocom=727793#respond' data-commentid="727793" data-postid="2406" data-belowelement="comment-727793" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Linda Gary" aria-label='Reply to Linda Gary'>Reply</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="comment-body"><p>Hello Dawn, marriage was in the year 1893.</p> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-650197"> <div id="comment-650197"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fbf89b54af353d4d28f92440349a0128?s=50&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fbf89b54af353d4d28f92440349a0128?s=100&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <cite class="fn">Michele Gili</cite> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/#comment-650197">February 6, 2019 at 10:55</a> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/?replytocom=650197#respond' data-commentid="650197" data-postid="2406" data-belowelement="comment-650197" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Michele Gili" aria-label='Reply to Michele Gili'>Reply</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="comment-body"><p>Hi I am trying to find if my ancestor Henry Rayner and where his property was. His papers said his father died at his place in sandhurst. So I am hoping it is Bendigo that they mean. Any help would be great thankyou<br /> Michele Gili</p> </div> </div> <ul class="children"> <li class="comment even depth-2" id="li-comment-650223"> <div id="comment-650223"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f0d320f03aec90da3a08fd5a7df979cb?s=50&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f0d320f03aec90da3a08fd5a7df979cb?s=100&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <cite class="fn">Paul</cite> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/#comment-650223">February 7, 2019 at 08:43</a> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/?replytocom=650223#respond' data-commentid="650223" data-postid="2406" data-belowelement="comment-650223" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Paul" aria-label='Reply to Paul'>Reply</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="comment-body"><p>Hi Michele,<br /> Thanks for reading the blog. A librarian will look further into your enquiry and be in touch soon.<br /> Paul</p> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-652697"> <div id="comment-652697"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0a1649d216654a332798f0cd4fb3514c?s=50&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0a1649d216654a332798f0cd4fb3514c?s=100&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <cite class="fn">Trish Palmer</cite> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/#comment-652697">April 7, 2019 at 10:39</a> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/?replytocom=652697#respond' data-commentid="652697" data-postid="2406" data-belowelement="comment-652697" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Trish Palmer" aria-label='Reply to Trish Palmer'>Reply</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="comment-body"><p>I have been trying to find information about my great grandfather William Farrah Stansfield born Sandhurst 1860. He later moved to W.A. And became district Secretary of the area outside Geraldton called Grenough.he has a street named after him. My email add is <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7d2d0d1c1110180f534c3d1f140d121319531e1210"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="baeacadbd6d7dfc8948bfad8d3cad5d4de94d9d5d7">[email protected]</span></a>. Thanks Patricia</p> </div> </div> <ul class="children"> <li class="comment even depth-2" id="li-comment-652732"> <div id="comment-652732"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f0d320f03aec90da3a08fd5a7df979cb?s=50&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f0d320f03aec90da3a08fd5a7df979cb?s=100&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <cite class="fn">Paul</cite> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/#comment-652732">April 8, 2019 at 08:36</a> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/?replytocom=652732#respond' data-commentid="652732" data-postid="2406" data-belowelement="comment-652732" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Paul" aria-label='Reply to Paul'>Reply</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="comment-body"><p>Thanks for reading Trish.<br /> I will add your enquiry to our Ask a Libraran service- however I think you’ve typed your email incorrectly?<br /> You’ve typed:<br /> <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#97c7e7f6fbfaf2e5b9a6d7f5fee7f8f9f3b9f4f8fa"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a8f8d8c9c4c5cdda8699e8cac1d8c7c6cc86cbc7c5">[email protected]</span></a></p> <p>Paul</p> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-753151"> <div id="comment-753151"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ba9fc04f551b6910e6200b796a519481?s=50&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ba9fc04f551b6910e6200b796a519481?s=100&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <cite class="fn">Dianne Woodstock</cite> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/#comment-753151">November 8, 2020 at 21:33</a> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/?replytocom=753151#respond' data-commentid="753151" data-postid="2406" data-belowelement="comment-753151" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Dianne Woodstock" aria-label='Reply to Dianne Woodstock'>Reply</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="comment-body"><p>Thank you so much for this post. I am researching for a friend and there is a strong link to Sandhurst – now I realise why I had dead ends!</p> </div> </div> </li> <li class="comment even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-858230"> <div id="comment-858230"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ba808bc831ad0187f20a1565080b9bf1?s=50&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ba808bc831ad0187f20a1565080b9bf1?s=100&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <cite class="fn">Heather McLeod</cite> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/#comment-858230">October 24, 2021 at 12:28</a> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/?replytocom=858230#respond' data-commentid="858230" data-postid="2406" data-belowelement="comment-858230" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Heather McLeod" aria-label='Reply to Heather McLeod'>Reply</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="comment-body"><p>Hi, I am researching my Great Grandmother Elizabeth Askew who was born in Sandhurst in 1868. Her mothers name was Eliza Rogers not sure of father, all records show John Askew but he died in 1865, 3 yrs before she was born. Any help would be appreciated.</p> </div> </div> <ul class="children"> <li class="comment byuser comment-author-paul-dee odd alt depth-2" id="li-comment-858716"> <div id="comment-858716"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f0d320f03aec90da3a08fd5a7df979cb?s=50&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f0d320f03aec90da3a08fd5a7df979cb?s=100&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <cite class="fn">Paul Dee</cite> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/#comment-858716">October 25, 2021 at 15:54</a> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/?replytocom=858716#respond' data-commentid="858716" data-postid="2406" data-belowelement="comment-858716" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Paul Dee" aria-label='Reply to Paul Dee'>Reply</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="comment-body"><p>Hi Heather, Thanks for reading our blog.<br /> I will log your questions with our reference service and one of our librarians will be in touch.<br /> Paul</p> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-864452"> <div id="comment-864452"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8f05aae29b69b225001a33fe8617a191?s=50&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8f05aae29b69b225001a33fe8617a191?s=100&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <cite class="fn">Kate</cite> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/#comment-864452">November 9, 2021 at 08:42</a> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/?replytocom=864452#respond' data-commentid="864452" data-postid="2406" data-belowelement="comment-864452" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Kate" aria-label='Reply to Kate'>Reply</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="comment-body"><p>Hello. I am doing research about my great grandfather who was born in 1867 in Sandhurst, Victoria. His name was Alfred Stent. Thank you for any help you could give me !</p> </div> </div> <ul class="children"> <li class="comment byuser comment-author-paul-dee odd alt depth-2" id="li-comment-865408"> <div id="comment-865408"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f0d320f03aec90da3a08fd5a7df979cb?s=50&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f0d320f03aec90da3a08fd5a7df979cb?s=100&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <cite class="fn">Paul Dee</cite> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/#comment-865408">November 11, 2021 at 15:15</a> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/?replytocom=865408#respond' data-commentid="865408" data-postid="2406" data-belowelement="comment-865408" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Paul Dee" aria-label='Reply to Paul Dee'>Reply</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="comment-body"><p>Hi Kate,<br /> Thanks for reading our blog.<br /> I will log your questions with our reference service and one of our librarians will be in touch.<br /> Paul</p> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="comment even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-867094"> <div id="comment-867094"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ed63c8377bd4c0deee65de6b90a190fd?s=50&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ed63c8377bd4c0deee65de6b90a190fd?s=100&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <cite class="fn">Tejbir Singh Sandhu</cite> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/#comment-867094">November 16, 2021 at 11:42</a> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/?replytocom=867094#respond' data-commentid="867094" data-postid="2406" data-belowelement="comment-867094" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Tejbir Singh Sandhu" aria-label='Reply to Tejbir Singh Sandhu'>Reply</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="comment-body"><p>Hi Paul,<br /> My GGF Mehar Singh Sandhu (or name may be spelled Mahar Singh) is believed to migrated as few of early Sikh settlers from India around 1890 and lived near Melbourne area or might be Sandhurst area in early 1900s. He is believed to be married locally in Australia and his estate was sold and transferred to our family in India in 1920s or later. Any help in tracing records will be highly appreciated.</p> </div> </div> <ul class="children"> <li class="comment byuser comment-author-paul-dee odd alt depth-2" id="li-comment-867548"> <div id="comment-867548"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f0d320f03aec90da3a08fd5a7df979cb?s=50&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f0d320f03aec90da3a08fd5a7df979cb?s=100&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <cite class="fn">Paul Dee</cite> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/#comment-867548">November 17, 2021 at 09:57</a> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/?replytocom=867548#respond' data-commentid="867548" data-postid="2406" data-belowelement="comment-867548" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Paul Dee" aria-label='Reply to Paul Dee'>Reply</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="comment-body"><p>Hi Tejbir,<br /> Thanks for reading our blog.<br /> I will log your questions with our reference service and one of our librarians will be in touch.<br /> Paul</p> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-955766"> <div id="comment-955766"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a13cb55666e87bda6d48a9aedb3ce819?s=50&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a13cb55666e87bda6d48a9aedb3ce819?s=100&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <cite class="fn">Luke Scholtes</cite> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/#comment-955766">May 25, 2024 at 23:00</a> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/?replytocom=955766#respond' data-commentid="955766" data-postid="2406" data-belowelement="comment-955766" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Luke Scholtes" aria-label='Reply to Luke Scholtes'>Reply</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="comment-body"><p>I was curious about where the name of the Shepard ‘Bendigo’ originally came from. I’m currently learning Spanish and found out that bendigo means ‘I bless’. I’m wondering if it’s coincidence or if the shepherd was of Spanish descent.</p> </div> </div> <ul class="children"> <li class="comment byuser comment-author-paul-dee odd alt depth-2" id="li-comment-955927"> <div id="comment-955927"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f0d320f03aec90da3a08fd5a7df979cb?s=50&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f0d320f03aec90da3a08fd5a7df979cb?s=100&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <cite class="fn">Paul Dee</cite> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/#comment-955927">May 28, 2024 at 15:56</a> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/?replytocom=955927#respond' data-commentid="955927" data-postid="2406" data-belowelement="comment-955927" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Paul Dee" aria-label='Reply to Paul Dee'>Reply</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="comment-body"><p>Hi Luke,<br /> Thanks for reading the blog. Your question has been lodged with our Ask A Librarian service and a staff member will be in touch.</p> <p>Regards</p> <p>Paul</p> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="comment even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-964713"> <div id="comment-964713"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/901e338ae41de1d78cd7229152c1d95a?s=50&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/901e338ae41de1d78cd7229152c1d95a?s=100&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <cite class="fn">Jean Colenso</cite> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/#comment-964713">September 24, 2024 at 17:25</a> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/?replytocom=964713#respond' data-commentid="964713" data-postid="2406" data-belowelement="comment-964713" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Jean Colenso" aria-label='Reply to Jean Colenso'>Reply</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="comment-body"><p>Hi. Am researching Irish ancestors, William Kennedy and his wife Ellen, arrived in Australia in 1847. With 8 children. Their son William Kennedy married Mary Jane and had 7 children. The information I have is that they were all born in Sandhurst / White Hills / Back Creek.<br /> Any details as to occupations or reasons for death would be greatly appreciated.</p> </div> </div> <ul class="children"> <li class="comment byuser comment-author-paul-dee odd alt depth-2" id="li-comment-965139"> <div id="comment-965139"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f0d320f03aec90da3a08fd5a7df979cb?s=50&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f0d320f03aec90da3a08fd5a7df979cb?s=100&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <cite class="fn">Paul Dee</cite> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/#comment-965139">September 30, 2024 at 13:10</a> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/bendigo-or-sandhurst-history-through-newspapers/?replytocom=965139#respond' data-commentid="965139" data-postid="2406" data-belowelement="comment-965139" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Paul Dee" aria-label='Reply to Paul Dee'>Reply</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="comment-body"><p>Hi Jean</p> <p>Thanks for your comment. 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