With these publications I have attempted to document as many Bendigo and District Mine Managers as possible over the past three years. They are not easy to find and I have taken information to date from various sources. I have by no means covered all of the Bendigo and district Mine Managers but have documented over 1,000 names to date. Some existing mine manager report books still survive but they are few and far between. Many genealogists and local historians have helped locate names of Mine Managers and have passed this information on to me. Whilst I recognise that not all mine managers were of Cornish extraction, it is true that in Bendigo at least, a large proportion of mine managers were of Cornish birth or Cornish parentage and this needs to be acknowledged. I have published the details in A4 booklet form so that others can see the results of my research to date. My aim with the project is to provide the names of the managers, with the names of the mines they were in charge of (if at all possible) and the time spans I have been able to ascertain from various records. To order copies of the publications - Mine Managers of Bendigo & District you can contact :
Records have been taken from existing Mine Managers Report Books, Betty Jackman's Bendigo Advertiser Birth, Death & Marriage Notices books, Personal records from Noelene Wild, Annals of Bendigo, Personal contributors, Bendigo and district directories, Local school registers, Bendigo Rate notices and any source which was able to give names of mine managers and the mines they were attached to.
Leanne Lloyd