goldfields

Gympie. The old family cottage of Australia's early Prime Minister Andrew Fisher. Now in the Gympie Gold Museum complex.
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Dares Hill east of Mt Bryan East. View on the Dares Hill Circuit an outback road trip from Hallett to Terowie. Dares Hill is 541 metres high
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Thames Goldfields Monument
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Thames Goldfields Monument
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Tumut. The former Commercial Bank of Sydney built in 1889 with narrow fluted cast iron pillars. Now a NAB bank. Diagonally opposite the Westpac Bank.
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Milky Way Arch Over Crescent Dune
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Coonalpyn. One of many community paintings in the Tunnel Vision project - beautifying the railway pedestrian underpass.The seasons.
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Ballarat. Wealthy gold mining city. Impressive commercial building in Greek revivial style built in 1881. In Lydiard Street.
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Apsley. The Border Inn Hotel now run by the community. A nice Art Deco building. A hotel called the Border Inn opened here in 1854.
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St Arnaud. The railway station. Built 1879.
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Maryborough Victoria. This old technical institute was built in 1890 with a single story laboratory block behind it. This western part was built in the same style in 1928.
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Parnaroo east of Peterborough. The Parnaroo Community Hall, formerly Parnaroo sheep station wool store shed. Alexander McCulloch had it built in 1875. In 1904 the government bought it and 4 acres for use as a community hall.
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Beechworth. Fine old Anglican church built in 1858 when the town was experiencing a gold rush.Tower added 1864.
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Dares Hill east of Hallett. View on the Dares Hill Circuit an outback road trip from Hallett to Terowie. Dares Hill is 541 metres high
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Young. The impressive main entrance to the Young State School built in 1883. On the rigth attached to it is the headmasters residence.
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.Bendigo. The Grimbsy roller flourmill. Part was built in 1873. A second stage was built in 1887. It ceased operations in 1970 and has been converted into offices.
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Vast Contrasts
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Williamstown. The restored Bowden cottage on the Barossa Goldfields. First rush was 1868 but miners tried to eke a living here until the Great Depression. Now a museum. Iron police lock or cell in background.
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Bendigo. Lake Weroona and the cafe restaurant on the lake.
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Grenfell. Old gold mining town. The railway arrived in 1901 from Cowra. This pretty railway station built around that time.
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Coonalpyn. The Coonalpyn Congregational Church built in l1927. Congregational services began in 1907 in the old institute in the street behind this church. That institute is now the RSL Hall.
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Geelong. The towered Post Office on the corner of Ryrie and Gheringhap Streets. Postal services began around 1840. This Post Office was built 1890. It is now closed as a Post Office.
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Grenfell. The Catholic Church bought this land in 1872 and operated a school on it. This fine Gothic Church was built in 1906.
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Dawson. Ghost town north of Peterborough. Ruins of the Dawson hotel built in 1883 and closed in 1961
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Peterborough. The railways Sound and Light Show at the Roundhouse. Steamtown . Sound and Light Show viewed from an old railway carriage on the turntable. Look closely and you can see the turntable in foreground.
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Dares Hill Circuit. Ketchowla sheep station. Established 1853 by C Giles. Panorama of homestead and outbuildings erected before 1860. 1873 to 1890 leased held by Frederick Austin. 1890 to 1980s Dearlove family.
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Tumut. The Post Office. Built in 1879. The old building was given a new facade with arches in 1904. The architect was James Barnet.
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Williamstown. Old gold battery at the Barossa goldfields. In the little museum atttached to Bowden cottage.
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Maryborough. The 1888 built School of Arts building. For many years it was the town library. Architect was Grainger of Adelaide. It is now the Historical Society Museum.
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Gulgong. Henry Beaufoy Merlin and Charles Bayliss photographed Gulgong gold rush in 1872. 500 glass plate negatives are now the Holtermann Collection Museum. UNESCO heritage listed. Their portable dark room.
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Young. Millards flourmill built in the early 20th century
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Mt Isa mines. One of the big holes adjacent to the city.
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Tumut. The convent building which was part of the Catholic School. Built 1886 with very decorative barge boards on the gables.
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Tumut. The Art Deco draper and mercer shop of Learmont built in 1927. The Learmont business was established here in 1889. .
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Goolwa. The distinctive half rounded roof of the railway superintendents residence completed in 1854.
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Goolwa Wesleyan Methodist Church built in 1861. The transepts were added a few years later.
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Maryborough. Brennan and Geraghty General Store. The store ledgers and receipts. This is as it was when the store closed in 1972. It opened for business in 1871.
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Bendigo. The triangular shaped Family Hotel. Architect was William Vahland. 1872.
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Dunedin. Lanarch Castle 1872. The Lanarch family motto was a play on words. Without fear but their motto embelm was a ginger cat. Using French sans peur.
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Dimboola. Fantastic bronze door handles on the old Art Nouveau style bank which was erected in 1909.
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Tintinara. The old homestead and outbuildings. Built around 1865 when William Harding and George Bunn acquired the property.
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Tintinara. The western facade of the Lutheran Church built in 1975.
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Adelong. Old gold mining town. The Bank of NSW and manager's residence built in 1882. Bank opened in Adelong in 1859.
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Tintinara. The pretty gable ended Anglican Church built in 1959. First Anglican Church completed in 1914
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Lyon's Commercial Hotel
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Buffalo Shilo
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Gympie. The Mary Valley Rattler tourist train steaming towards Amamoor.
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Gympie. Old gold mining town. The old railway station. The train line reached Gympie from Maryborough in 1881 and from Brisbane in 1891.
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Milang. Photo from the Milang railway station museum of Landseers big warehouses during the river boat trading days of the 19th century in Milang. Now all these buildings are gone.
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Penola. The Country Womens Association building with its colourful mural.
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Coonalpyn. Art mosaics outside the public toilet block near the Silo Art. The echidna.
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Mt Isa. Artificial lake near the city.
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Geelong. The timeball on top of the old Telegrpah Station. The timeball was used for ships to set correct time. The sandstone building was built in1858 . Next to it is the 1890 Post Office.
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Kanmantoo. Sth Aust. The old Catholic Church. The section on the left built in 1858 and the section on the right built in 1865. Closed in 1956. Now a residence.
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Gulgong. NSW. The second Catholic Church built in 1885 at a cost of two thousand two hundred of fifty pounds. Rear view.
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Cook in geological camp
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Christchurch. The Tranzalpine train crossing the Southern Alps from Christchurch to Greymouth.
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Bendigo Town Hall. Wonderful 22 carat gold leaf decoration of the Town Hall for this city built on gold. Built between 1859 and 1886
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