Day: 12 January 2009

Local Getaways

Victorian Gold Fields

January 10 saw us travelling to Fryerstown, near Castlemaine, to attend our friend ‘Trina’s 60th Birthday party. The goldfields around this area were the richest alluvial gold fields in the world. They were discovered in 1851 (the same year in which Victoria gained independence from the Colony of new South Wales). The discovery of gold […]

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