The Gold Rush to Mount Alexander - Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park
Explore the history of the great Victorian gold rush through its surviving evidence preserved in the Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park.
The Famous Eureka Reef (Nuggets and Specimens) CHEWTON & FRYERSTOWN.
Metal Detecting Victoria's Golden Triangle, Big Gold Nuggets, Tips And Hints on finding Gold, Australian Bush, Camping, Wild life, English Staffy, GOPRO-4 K Viewing, Reef Gold, Ancient River Gravels, Gold Producing Areas, Old Gold Diggings, Travelled & Ancient River Worn Gold, Gold Mining, Underground Gold Mining, Merchandise, compound bow, target shooting, drum playing, 4X4 Driving,
Alchemy,Gold Refining,Gold Recovery,Melting Gold,
Bendigo's Oscar 1 attends mine shaft incident - Castlemaine Diggings near Chewton 6/04/2013
At 5.45pm on Saturday, a male in his seventies fell 35 metres down a mineshaft in Golden Point (Castlemaine) at Welsh Track near Chewton Victoria. A successful combined rescue was undertaken by CFA Mine Rescue team Oscar 1, Harcourt brigade, Castlemaine SES & Police, as well as MICA Paramedics and Air Ambulance officers. The male patient is recovering in hospital.
Castlemaine Gold Heritage Park.Red Knob in Vaughan,Victoria
This is a largely unknown historic feature of the Victorian gold rushes.A huge area of hillside has been hydraulic sluiced away to release gold from various alluvial layers within the hillside.Its a fascinating and peaceful place which has its own special ambience.
Exploring the Merthyn Syndicate mine at Chewton Victoria
Castlemaine, Forest Creek Diggings - Bushwalking Victoria
Set in scrubby, grey box country just north of historic Chewton in central Victoria. This walk takes in gold ruins and a shotgun blast of shafts sunk during the early 19century gold frenzy.
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Goldfields of Victoria, Australia
Jo & Mick visit the Goldfield towns of southern Australia in the state of Victoria. There was a goldrush here in the 1850's which was Melbourne grow to one of the richest cities in the British Empire.
Swimming at Expedition Pass Reservoir near Castlemaine in Victoria, Australia
Re-tracing the steps of surveyor-general Major Thomas Mitchell with a swim at Expedition Pass Reservoir at Golden Point near Castlemaine, in the Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park
15th December 1851: The Forest Creek Monster Meeting of Australian gold miners protests taxes
Gold had been discovered by shepherds near the modern town of Castlemaine in July 1851. However, it wasn’t until a letter from John Worley, one of the men who had found the precious metal, was published in a Melbourne newspaper at the start of September that ‘Yellow Fever’ on an unprecedented scale seized the people of Victoria.
By December an estimated 25,000 people had arrived in the area to work the river beds and the creeks in the hope of finding gold. The scale of the gold rush had a dramatic effect on society as people left their homes and jobs and headed to Forest Creek in the hope of making their fortune.
To slow the rush, Victoria Governor Charles La Trobe had introduced a thirty shillings Gold License that was payable each month by every digger, irrespective of whether gold was found. However, with the area’s infrastructure at breaking point due to the continued influx of gold-seekers and their tents, in December he announced his intention to double the fee to sixty shillings from the start of the following month.
Angered by this tax rise, more than 14,000 diggers came together at a rally to oppose what they perceived as an unjust financial burden. Gathering under a new flag, the diggers heard speeches from the demonstration’s organisers who addressed the crowd from an improvised stage on the back of a wagon.
On 24 December the Government Gazette confirmed that Governor La Trobe had reversed the tax increase. The Gold License remained at thirty shillings a month.
Exploring a multileveled mine at Castlemaine Victoria part 1 of 2
Come down deep into the earth as I find explore this amazing old mine. finding relics on the way down the bottom of this massive 60m deep mine at Castlemaine. and don't forget to watch part 2.
Castlemaine Gold
Castlemaine goldfields walk
Chinese Memorial to the Gold digging riots and murders
a memory to early settlers and their struggles in the Buckland Valley near Bright Victoria
Gold Near Castlemaine
Been awhile since the last outing. Work has put a big stop on me getting out. Did get out after work for a couple hours and found 2 bits the day before.
Chewton Mines
The gold rushes live on in Chewton. Fryerstown is a small town in the goldfields region of #Victoria, #Australia. At the 2011 census, Fryerstown and the surrounding area had a population of 320, which peaked at 15,000 during the Victorian gold rush. The Post Office opened on 19 April 1854 as Fryer's Creek, was renamed Fryerstown in 1856, and closed in 1975.
Bendigo - Living Stories of the Victorian Goldfields
Relive Bendigos golden story from gold rush beginnings to a significant city in 20 years. Today, Bendigo is heralded as one of Australias most vibrant inland cities where energy, optimism and creativity drive the new wealth of the city.
Castlemain gold diggings
Spent all day looking for a mine to explore and found this one . disappointed
Chewton abandoned mine shaft.
Some under ground exploration in the Castlemaine area.
Exploring the Ajax mine in CastleMaine.
exploring disused gold mines.
Monster Meeting - The Ells - Something Good (1851 Monster Meeting, Forest Creek).wmv
Central Victorian band The Ells perform Something Good, about the Forest Creek Monster Meeting held on 15th Dec 1851 to protest the doubling of the Mining Licence fee.
The song is written from the point of view of a member of the british Chartist movement who emigrates to Australia with his family and ends up on the Victorian goldfields.
It is likely that Chartists were prominent in disseminating concepts of workers' rights and social justice on the goldfields and elsewhere. Their philosophy evolved over time and eventually informed the early trade union movement.
The Chewton (Forest Creek) Monster Meeting was an important event in the development of australian democracy. It is seen as a precursor to the 1854 Eureka Stockade and was arguably the first rally for workers' rights.
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