Joseph Crook found a gold nugget in Eaglehawk Gully in 1852, and the area quickly became one of the primary localities of the Bendigo goldfield.
Eaglehawk historical gold maps
- 1879, plan shewing surface extensions of quartz reefs northward from Eaglehawk, Sandhurst. Shows alluvial gold workings, quartz reefs, gullies.
- 1923, geological map, Bendigo gold field. Dept of Mines. Shows reefs, shafts, alluvial, sands, gullys, dams. Two map sections, the first shows Eaglehawk and the second shows Bendigo.
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