Costerfield

Costerfield is a former mining locality in undulating to hilly country 10 km north-east of Heathcote and 50 km east of Bendigo.

It was named after two of the four discoveries of gold and antimony in the locality in 1861. The discoverers were Peniston and Alan Coster, Edwin Field and Mr Youle. The mines were allied to the McIvor district gold diggings discussed under McIvor shire. The Costerfield Gold and Antimony Company worked the area for several years, sinking shafts to over 150 metres by 1874.