Historical information

James Mouat's obituary: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/174256697. James claimed only a few days before his death in June 1893 that 'Bendigo was named after a bullock driver, Jack Langdon, to whom was given the name of 'Bendigo' because he was constantly talking about the pugilistic celebrity and also fancied he was a bit of a 'Bendigo' himself'. (Obituary 13 June, 1893)

Physical description

Two foolscap typed pages recounting James Mouat's recollections of how Bendigo was named. Pages have been taken from a lined journal. On top right hand corner of pages, '252' and '250', respectively. Typed recount has black and red pen alterations. On top of page '252' is typed 'James Mouat'.
Author un-named.