His father was a postman whose family had emigrated to Bendigo , Victoria to work in the mines during the 1850s gold rush .
The son of William and Elizabeth Ponsford , Bill Ponsford was born in the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy North on 19 October 1900 .
Bill Ponsford 's father was a postman whose family had emigrated to Bendigo , Victoria to work in the mines during the 1850s gold rush .
The son of William and Elizabeth Ponsford , Bill Ponsford was born in the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy North on 19 October 1900 .