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The goldfields region is more strongly linked to the impact of the Victorian Gold Rush than the discovery of gold in Victoria. As a result of the gold rush, the region contains many old buildings, including celebrated examples of Victorian architecture, some of which are heritage listed, while others have fallen into disrepair and become derelict.
English: Blank map of w:Central Goldfields Shire, Victoria, Australia, with the following information shown: LGA boundaries; Coastline, lakes and rivers; Roads and railways ...
Module:Location map/data/Australia Victoria Shire of Central Goldfields is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Shire of Central Goldfields. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
English: Locator map of the named LGA in Victoria Australia Equirectangular projection, N/S stretching 124 %. Geographic limits of the map: * N: 33.8° S * S: 39.3° S * W: 140.6° E * E: 150.3° E
Shire of Central Goldfields is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the central part of the state. It covers an area of 1,533 square kilometres (592 sq mi) and, in August 2021 had a population of 13,483. [3] It includes the towns of Bealiba, Carisbrook, Dunolly, Maryborough and Talbot.
Fossickers in the Nerrena Creek outside Ballarat. The Victorian Gold Discovery Committee wrote in 1854: The discovery of the Victorian Goldfields has converted a remote dependency into a country of worldwide fame; it has attracted a population, extraordinary in number, with unprecedented rapidity; it has enhanced the value of property to an enormous extent; it has made this the richest country ...
In the Western District of Victoria, the terms Central Highlands/Tablelands, the Pyrenees, The Grampians, and the Goldfields and the Spa Country (both overlapped with Central Victoria) are sometimes used. In the Southwest region, the terms The Otways, West Coast, Shipwreck Coast, Great Ocean Road, and the Surf Coast are sometimes used.
Maryborough railway station was built in 1890, replacing a smaller one built in 1874. Maryborough (/ ˈ m ɛər i b ər ə /) [2] is a town in Victoria, Australia, on the Pyrenees Highway, 58 kilometres (36 mi) north of Ballarat and 168 kilometres (104 mi) northwest of Melbourne, in the Shire of Central Goldfields.