Pioneers of Costerfield

Collecting, preserving and sharing the history
of Costerfield and surrounding areas

Welcome to my website. I have had a passion for family history since attending a family reunion in Costerfield when I was 19. I will not disclose how many years ago that was however it has been enough for me to accrue a large amount of information; which has now been published as 'The Pioneers of Costerfield'

Costerfield is my father's hometown and he always remembered it with fondness. Situated 100 kms north of Melbourne, Victoria, and whilst it now constitutes a small part of the Greater City of Bendigo it was once a thriving mining settlement employing over 700 men and at one time was the largest supplier of antimony in the state. Established in 1861, when the first gold and antimony were found in the area, Costerfield has seen three major sustainable mining periods and the towns star has shone brightly and waned accordingly.

I have been collecting data on Costerfield for about ten years with the view of collating all the information I have gathered along the way into book form. I have met many people who have connections with the town and have been very generous in sharing their knowledge with me, for which I thank them for and to apologise profusely for taking so long! The following are some of the surnames featured in the book:

ACOTT, ANDERSON, ARMSTRONG, ASPEN, ASHWORTH, BABIDGE, BACCHUS, BASTIAN, BENNETT,BENSON, BERTRAM, BIRCH, BOCK, BRADBURY, BRADEN, BRADLEY, BRADY, BRAMLEY, BRENNAN, BROWN, BROWNE, BRUNT, BRYANT, BURGESS, BURNS, BYRNE, CAHILL,CAMERON, CAPSTICK, CARR, CHAPMAN, CHEESWRIGHT, CHRISTIENSON, CLELLAND, COCHRANE, COLES, COLLINS, COLWELL, CONNALLY, CONNOLLY, CONRICK, COOK, COOMBE, COPE, COSTER, CROOKE, CROSSLE, CUNNINGHAM, DALTON, DALZIEL, DARE, DAVID, DAVIES, DAVIS, DAWSON, DEBNEY, DEVANNY, DODD, DONNELLY, DOWNIE, DOYLE, DUMAS, DUNN, DWYER, EDWARDS, EDMUNDS, ERWIN, ESLER, EVANS, FELSTEAD, FIELD, FINNIGAN, FLETCHER, FOGARTY, FOLWELL, FORD, FORSYTH, FOSS, FRAZER, FURLONG, GARDNER, GATLIFF, GEARY, GERI, GIBSON, GIBSON, GILL, GLEESON, GOLDEN, GOWER, GRANGER, GREEN, HALL, HANSON, HARDING, HARGREAVES, HARRINGTON, HARWOOD, HARVEY, HARWOOD, HASLEM, HARRIS, HARRISON, HELLWEGE, HENDY,HENDRY, HIRD, HILL, HOLDEN, HOLLIS HOLMES, HORNE, HUDSON, HUGHES, HUNT, HYLAND, ICKE, INDIAN, JACKSON, JAMES, JENKINS, JENNINGS, JOHNSON, JONES, JOSE, KARLBERG, KEMP, KENDELL, KERRIS, KEYS, KING, KIRBY, LALLY, LANG, LE DEUX, LESINE, LEWIS, LINZENIA, LITTLE, MACKIE, MACNAMARA, MARLEY, MARRET, MARTIN, McCAREY, McCARTHY, McDONALD, McFADYN, McKENZIE, McLEOD, McMAHON, McMANUS, McNICOL, McPHERSON, McWILLIAMS, MERCOVICH, MILLER, MILNE, MITCHELL, MOFFAT, MOODIE, MORAN, MORLEY, MORRIS, MULLER, NEWTON, O'BRIEN, O'DWYER, O'MARA, OLDFIELD, OHRT, PARFREY, PARKER, PARKINSON, PEARCE, PEEL, PELLING, PENNELL, PERRY, PHILLIPS, PHIPPS, PICKLES, PLANE, POTTER, RASMUSSEN, REDBURN, REED, REID, RICHARDS, RICHARDSON, RITCHIE, ROBINSON,ROSS, RUMPFF, SALTS, SANGSTER, SCHREVELIUS, SCHWARZE, SCOTT, SEXTON, SHARMAN, SIMS, SMITH, STEVENS, SWARTY, TATTERSALL, TAVENER, TAYLOR, THOMSON, TENBY, THOMSON, TICE, TOBIN, TOOHEY, TOWNSEND, TRIMMER, TROTT, TROUNCE, WALSH, WELLS, WHITE, WILLIAMS, WILSON, WOOD, WRATHALL, YOUNG, YOULE, YUILLE.

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