Julie and Listers I think that Bendigo was called Sandhurst in the early days of the gold rush. I may be wrong but I am fairly confident. A lot of towns changed their names for various reasons. Jan in Toowoomba Researching:BUTLER, CORNWELL, DAVIDSON, FREEBODY, GENRICH, HENSHAW, MEIBUSCH, OLDFIELD, PIOCH, SARGEANT, SCHRODER, TEYS, WALLACE, WARD, ZIMMERLE