1856 ELECTORAL ROLL – BENDIGO DIVISION
This official list of electors was published in May 1856 by the “Courier of the Mines and Bendigo Daily Mail”, a newspaper that only lasted a short period and copies are very rare.
It covers the electoral divisions of
Sandhurst
Long Gully
Lockwood
Spring Gully
There are five pages of copy, each with three columns, and each section is in alphabetical order.
Sometimes a name was objected to and the claimant had to supply further proof of eligibility.
As a result of the miners’ actions at Eureka the system of government in Victoria was organised into two houses of parliament and anyone holding a miner’s right, salaried men, as well as small property owners, could register to vote in the Legislative Assembly. This effectively cancelled out the monopoly of the large land-holders and squatters in the Legislative Council who had been making laws to suit their own interests.
This is a large PDF file and not digitised, email for a look up, place Electoral Role 1856 in Subject line.
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40th Anniversary Booklet - Rita Hull
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Bendigo Family History Group formerly known as AIGS (Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies Inc.) celebrated 40 years of providing an excellent service of family research; extensive databases are available in our group at the Bendigo Library because of the tremendous contributions of volunteers over the last 40 years that created these databases.
The upper floor in the library has been designated as the Research Area and contains several very important historical collections of reference material and a bank of computers for public use. The CEO of the Bendigo City Library allows our group to house our collection of research material in the library, and to use a section of the library to meet with members of the public seeking assistance with their research.
Rita Hull has captured the history of our group in this excellent booklet and is available for sale, contact us.
Application for Licenses 1856
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Further information from Bendigo Family History Group
Army Headquarters Survey Regiment
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Bendigo Benevolent Asylum
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This document names inpatients of the Bendigo Benevolent Asylum and includes Names, Dates and Age of individuals.
Further information about these individuals may be obtained by emailing Bendigo Family History Group for $5 per entry Click Here
Bendigo Cemetery Records
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Ian Belmont has updated the cemetery records of Bendigo and District cemeteries and included some obituaries and photographs.
Now available on USB you'll find some images, obituaries, maps, monumental inscriptions and burial lists for 19 cemeteries.
Contact us to purchase the latest USB containing extensive information.
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Bendigo Family History Catalogue Library
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We have approx 2,000 titles on our full catalogue, with sections on Bendigo, the rest of Australia, England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland etc.
We make an effort to obtain any publication pertaining to Bendigo and its environs, and printed below is a list of books in our Bendigo collection.
Current financial members of Family History Connections (AIGS) Bendigo Area are entitled to borrow resources held in our collections.
Bendigo Family History Group Databases
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Over many years members and volunteers have continued adding entries into our databases stored on our computers. They now total over a million entries.
Check out our list of searchable databases of Bendigo Local Resources currently being added to or completed on our library computers.
Available in our resource centre at the Bendigo Library on Wednesday & Saturday 10am-2pm
Copy of the Women's Suffrage Petition
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EMPLOYEES AT BENDIGO POTTERY 1895
The famous Bendigo Pottery was established by George Duncan Guthrie in 1858, taking advantage of the fine clays to be found in the Epsom area. He sold the pottery in 1883 but had to return a few years later on a rescue mission.
The 1890s were depression years and the company was reduced to employing only 78 staff as listed on the 1895 pay sheet below. In 1898 the company was liquidated, but was resurrected again and has suffered swinging fortunes ever since.
Today it is still working pottery open to tourists, with the famous beehive kilns being the most prominent feature.
A book worth reading is “Bendigo Pottery” by Paul A Scholes 1979
Unfortunately the photo of the employees is not dated.
INDEX TO CHILDREN IN THE BENDIGO BENEVOLENT ASYLUM
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The Asylum was established in 1860 to care for the destitute people on the goldfields, and from the beginning housed neglected children. In 1868 the Government established an Industrial School within the complex and many children were brought in from other areas. The Industrial School was closed in 1885. The registers often give nothing more than dates, but a copy of the entry will be supplied on application for a fee of $5.
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Index to Miners Rights
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Mining Claims & Leases
A group of volunteers have been transcribing the Sandhurst [Bendigo] Mining Claims and Leases from film onto a computer program. Our database details all the available information, but this index shows the names of the people who have been listed so far. This is a work in progress and will be added to regularly.
The Bendigo Family History Group gratefully acknowledge the support of the Victorian Government through the Community Support Fund and Public record Office Victoria for making this project possible.
Source: Register of Claims and Shares in the Sandhurst Mining District. March 1862 - October 1870 seven volumes on film.
VPRS 6946 Mining Registrar's, Register of Claims Sandhurst Mining District Division.
Contact bendigogen@familyhistoryconnections.org.au if you would like more information from the Index. Research Fee of $5 per name is required.
