St Just Point was recognised as a separate area within Bendigo until 1998, when it was incorporated into the boundaries of Long Gully.

[3][4] The decline of Cornwall's mining industry in the early 1860s, and the discovery of alluvial tin in New South Wales in 1870, resulted in many Cornish families moving to Australia to settle.

[9] However, no further action relating to this proposal has been taken, and St Just Point is not officially recognised as a separate area within Bendigo.

[9] Many buildings in Long Gully were destroyed during the Black Saturday bushfires of 2009;[9] eighteen of these homes were located within St Just Point's former boundaries.

[10] Michael Kane, who lived at the house built in 1871 by Richard Pope, located in St Just Point, was the only person in Bendigo to die in these bushfires.

[11][12][13] Despite no longer being an official place in Bendigo, today there are two signs, originally installed in 1993, bearing the St Just Point name located in Long Gully.

The cartoons, hand drawn by Ian Glanville, humorously explored how the Cornish of Bendigo (many of who were, historically, St Just Point residents) often misused the English language.

[1][7] When residents of the area were listed in official documents, their address was given as "St Just Point, Long Gully, Bendigo".

[21] From 1862 until 1996, the centre of St Just Point was located where three Sandhurst municipalities met: the Shire of Marong, the Borough of Eaglehawk and the City of Bendigo.

[29] Residents from across Bendigo would participate in the sports, which included footraces, dancing contests, quoits, tug-of-war competitions, and Cornish wrestling.

Results of these competitions were regularly published in local newspapers until 1909, when the Day began to decline in popularity, eventually ending several years later.

A twenty-metre-high pine tree, planted by J. H. Davey before 1900 (who later became mayor of the Borough of Eaglehawk from 1943 to 1944) was regarded as a prominent landmark in the area, until its removal in 1950.

[34][35] Named after Thomas Gist, a founding member of the Long Gully Fire Brigade,[34] and George Gist, a later member of the fire brigade,[35] the gravel oval hosted sporting events that included football, cricket, athletics and cycling.