12. Bibliography and Sources

Bibliography

Please note that this internet version of The Cossticks does not contain the extensive footnotes and references that are included in the printed book. The sources of my information are listed below. Readers who wish to confirm the source of any particular piece of information are welcome to contact me.

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Newspapers

Argus
Australasian Sketcher
Ballarat Courier
Geelong Advertiser
Illustrated Australian News
Maitland Mercury
Majorca News
Maryborough and Dunolly Advertiser
Otago Daily Times
Pleasant Creek News
South Australian Register
Talbot Leader

Directories, Registers, Rolls, etc.

Cemetery Records – Lawrence and Waitahuna, New Zealand – State Library of Victoria
Electoral Rolls, New Zealand, various electoral divisions and dates – State Library of Victoria GMF31
Electoral Rolls, Victoria, various electoral divisions and dates – State Library of Victoria
International Genealogical Index (IGI)
Lloyds Register of Shipping – various dates
Parish Register, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey
Parish Register, Seaford, Sussex
Parish Registers, Croydon, Surrey
Parish Registers, St Pancras, London
Post Office Directories, Victoria, various dates – State Library of Victoria

Official Documents

Amherst and Clunes Road Board, Minute Book
Bendigo Goldfields Petition 1853, State Library of Victoria
Department of Crown Lands Survey Maps, State Library of Victoria
Geat Britain, House of Commons, Report on Prevalence of Disease at Croydon, 1853
Great Britain, House of Commons, Report on the State of the Works of Drainage and Sewerage at Croydon, 20 July 1854
PROV Creswick Hospital Admissions File
PROV Inquest Files, Inquest into the Death of Henry Henderson
PROV Inquest Files, Inquest into the Death of Thomas Alston
PROV Inquest Files, Inquest into the Death of William Jose
PROV Letters, Chief Commissioner of Goldfields Colonial Secretary, October December 1852
PROV National Schools Board Inward Letters
PROV Police Day Book
PROV Shipping from Australian Ports (incl. Southern N.Z.) to Melbourne
PROV Ships Passenger Lists, Anglesey, Melbourne 1856
PROV Ships Passenger Lists, Negotiator, Melbourne 1852
PROV Ships Passengers Lists, Appleton , Melbourne 1853
PROV, Mines Department, Quarterly Mining Reports, 1860-1899
South Australian Archives, Ships Passenger Lists, Star Queen, 1854
Talbot (Amherst) Cemetery Trust Records
Victoria, Government Gazette
Victoria, Legislative Assembly, Parliamentary Papers, 1890, Report of the Select Committee on the Claims of Henry Fencham, Minutes of Evidence
Victoria, Legislative Council, Votes and Proceedings, 1852 3, Vol.II, Report from the Select Committee on the Management of the Goldfields, Minutes of evidence
Victoria, Legislative Council, Votes and Proceedings, 1853 4, Vol.III, Report of Select Committee on the Discovery of Gold in Victoria
Victoria, Legislative Council, Votes and Proceedings, 1853 4, Vol.III, Goldfields Address, p.26 for Police Numbers
Victoria, Legislative Council, Votes and Proceedings, Select Committee on Gold Prospecting, 1861 3, report, Minutes of Evidence

Unpublished Private Letters and Documents

Adam, Alexander, Autobiography, 2 parts, Ms.Box 97/4 H15951, La Trobe Library, Pt.1
Schwenneson, Les, Memoirs of Talbot and Talbot People, typescript, kept at the offices of the Shire of Talbot and Clunes, Talbot
David Paterson, Pocket Book, originally in the possession of Mr & Mrs A.Livingston, Surrey Hills, Victoria, 1979
Letter from John Richard Cosstick, Salter Point, W.A., 6 November 1979
Letter from Rex Harcourt, Librarian, Melbourne Cricket Club, 18 January 1988
Letters received at various dates from R.T.Hamilton, D.O'Rourke, Les Henderson, Jean Cosstick, Thomas Cosstick, Fred Cosstick.
Other Letters as acknowledged in footnotes

Oral History

Alex Cosstick, Seaford, 1980
Betty Bartlett, Adelaide Lead, Victoria, 1984
Bruce Cosstick, Charlestown, NSW, 1978
Les Henderson, Maryborough, Victoria, 11 May 1981
Leslie Matthews, Tulligibeal, New South Wales, 1980
Sylverton Ivy Matthews, Springvale South, Victoria, 1979-1990
William Cosstick, Prahran, Victoria, 1980
William James Cosstick, to Dorothy Hughes, 1983


Acknowledgements

There have been many who have assisted me in my research over the many years it has taken to put this together. Sources of information have been acknowledged in the footnotes but some deserve special mention. Dorothy Hughes, of Mount Clear, and Joan Maguire, of Canberra, have been working on the story almost as long as I have and deserve significant acknowledgement; Joan’s father, Les Roach, has similarly been a source of encouragement and information; Marion Boyd, of Camperdown has been a constant correspondent and has tracked down many of the descendants of the original six brothers; Peter Sunners of Adelaide has helped considerably with additional details about Sam Cosstick and Annie Shove; and Heather Heymer provided very useful information about the Hendersons.

The page containing the life of William Thomas Walker (husband of Adeline Cosstick) was compiled by Malcolm Cooper of New Zealand.

There are inevitably errors and omissions in a work such as this. I would ask readers who discover such things to please write to me with accurate details, including accurate source information and references so that future editions might be more accurate.

Internet Resources

Most of my research was done before the internet became available - using real documents that could be held in the hand. Nevertheless the internet has made the initial location of much material much easier.

The following are a few interesting and useful sites. Please let me know if any links become broken.

Amherst

Avoca & District Historical Society - Some interesting details about early Amherst and Talbot by Denis Strangman of Canberra.

General Resources

Family History South Australia - An extensive compilation of useful sources including shipping.

Coraweb - An extensive listing of useful internet resources.

Shipping

Shipping in NSW waters - Searchable lists coordinated by Mary-Anne Warner.

Public Record Office of Victoria - Searchable inwards and outwards Lists from Melbourne including to and from New Zealand.

Newspapers

Papers Past - Searchable and readable digitised newspapers from New Zealand.

Australian Newspapers - Will make Australian newspaper research much easier.

Melbourne Argus - Searchable index.

Births, Deaths & Marriages

Family Search - The LDS online search. It is essential to visit a local Family History Centre and look at the microfilm of the original records as much additional information may be found.

New South Wales BDM - Searchable index of NSW births, deaths and marriages.

Canada - Searchable Index of Canadian births, deaths and marriages.

Stratford, Ontario Cemetery records

Ontario, Canada Cemetery Records.

Maps

Sussex Weald

Henderson Family

The Sherwood Family History site has a very good account of the Henderson family.

In addition Robert Sherwood has compiled a good history of the Family of Jane Henderson at this site.

The Grayling Family is also related to the Hendersons.