Costerfield
Suburb
Public hall at Costerfield, 2008
Costerfield
Interactive map of Costerfield
Coordinates: 36°52′31″S 144°47′45″E / 36.87528°S 144.79583°E / -36.87528; 144.79583
Country	Australia
State	Victoria
City	Bendigo
LGA	City of Greater Bendigo
Location	126 km (78 mi) N of Melbourne 61 km (38 mi) E of Bendigo 12 km (7.5 mi) NE of Heathcote
Government
• State electorate	Euroa
• Federal division	Bendigo
Population
• Total	75 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode	3523[2]

Costerfield is a locality the City of Greater Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. The locality is 126 kilometres (78 mi) north of the state capital, Melbourne and 12 km north-east of Heathcote. At the 2016 census, Costerfield had a population of 75.^[1]

History

Costerfield is a combination of the surnames of Alan Coster and Edwin Field, prospectors who found gold in the locality in 1861.^[3]

An Anglican school was opened in 1862 and closed in 1950. It was then reopened in 1962 and closed in 1992.^[3]

References

External links

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