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Castlemaine Library

Castlemaine Library

XXXX Antiques Complex

Burke & Wills Memorial

Victorian Goldfields Railway

Falkner Gallery

Castlemaine Central Wine Store

Castlemaine Art Museum

Bridge Hotel Castlemaine

Castlemaine Farmers' Market

Maurocco Bar

Victory Park

The Mill Castlemaine

Shades Of Gray Studio and Gallery

Shades Of Gray Studio and Gallery

Castlemaine is a small city in Victoria, Australia, in the goldfields region of Victoria about 120 kilometres northwest by road from Melbourne and about 40 kilometres from the major provincial centre of Bendigo. It is the administrative and economic centre of the Shire of Mount Alexander. The population at the 2016 Census was 6,757. Castlemaine was named by the chief goldfield commissioner, Captain W. Wright, in honour of his Irish uncle, Viscount Castlemaine. Castlemaine began as a gold rush boomtown in 1851 and developed into a major regional centre, being officially proclaimed a City on 4 December 1965, although since declining in population.It is h...
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1. Castlemaine Botanical Gardens Castlemaine
Castlemaine is a small city in Victoria, Australia, in the goldfields region of Victoria about 120 kilometres northwest by road from Melbourne and about 40 kilometres from the major provincial centre of Bendigo. It is the administrative and economic centre of the Shire of Mount Alexander. The population at the 2016 Census was 6,757. Castlemaine was named by the chief goldfield commissioner, Captain W. Wright, in honour of his Irish uncle, Viscount Castlemaine. Castlemaine began as a gold rush boomtown in 1851 and developed into a major regional centre, being officially proclaimed a City on 4 December 1965, although since declining in population.It is home to many cultural institutions including the Theatre Royal, the oldest continuously operating theatre in mainland Australia.
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2. Old Castlemaine Gaol Castlemaine
The Old Castlemaine Gaol is a prison located in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia. The prison was modelled on Pentonville; the present building replaced the original, designed by Inspector General John Price which was never occupied. Built in 1861 to house offenders from the goldfields and nearby towns, it served various functions in the penal system before it was closed down and its prisoners transferred to HM Prison Loddon in 1990. From 1861 to 1908 , the gaol housed all manner of criminals, including lunatics, debtors and ten men that were hanged within the walls. In the later of these years however, the gaol housed mostly short term sentenced prisoners and first time offenders. Between 1909 and 1951, the gaol was transformed into a reformatory school for boys aged between 16 and 25 . Th...
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3. Castlemaine Art Museum Castlemaine
Castlemaine is a small city in Victoria, Australia, in the goldfields region of Victoria about 120 kilometres northwest by road from Melbourne and about 40 kilometres from the major provincial centre of Bendigo. It is the administrative and economic centre of the Shire of Mount Alexander. The population at the 2016 Census was 6,757. Castlemaine was named by the chief goldfield commissioner, Captain W. Wright, in honour of his Irish uncle, Viscount Castlemaine. Castlemaine began as a gold rush boomtown in 1851 and developed into a major regional centre, being officially proclaimed a City on 4 December 1965, although since declining in population.It is home to many cultural institutions including the Theatre Royal, the oldest continuously operating theatre in mainland Australia.
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4. Buda Historic Home and Garden Castlemaine
5. The Restorers Barn Castlemaine
6. The Mill Castlemaine Castlemaine
Kerry Isabelle Greenwood is an Australian author and lawyer. She has written many plays and books, most notably a string of historical detective novels centred on the character of Phryne Fisher. She writes mysteries, science-fiction, historical fiction, and children's stories, as well as plays. She is unmarried but lives with a registered wizard.
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7. Castlemaine Library Castlemaine
Castlemaine is a small city in Victoria, Australia, in the goldfields region of Victoria about 120 kilometres northwest by road from Melbourne and about 40 kilometres from the major provincial centre of Bendigo. It is the administrative and economic centre of the Shire of Mount Alexander. The population at the 2016 Census was 6,757. Castlemaine was named by the chief goldfield commissioner, Captain W. Wright, in honour of his Irish uncle, Viscount Castlemaine. Castlemaine began as a gold rush boomtown in 1851 and developed into a major regional centre, being officially proclaimed a City on 4 December 1965, although since declining in population.It is home to many cultural institutions including the Theatre Royal, the oldest continuously operating theatre in mainland Australia.
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8. Castlemaine-Maldon Railside Trail Castlemaine
9. Shades Of Gray Studio and Gallery Castlemaine
10. Castlemaine Central Wine Store Castlemaine
Castlemaine Perkins Building is a heritage-listed former warehouse at 418-420 Adelaide Street, Brisbane City, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Thomas Ramsay Hall and built from 1918 to 1919 by George Albert Baumber and was extended in 1928 to 1929. It is also known as Castlemaine Brewery and Quinlan, Gray & Co Building. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 6 March 2009.
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11. Victory Park Castlemaine
12. Falkner Gallery Castlemaine
13. Victorian Goldfields Railway Castlemaine
The Victorian Goldfields Railway is a 1,600 mm broad gauge tourist railway in Victoria, Australia. It operates along a formerly disused branch line between the towns of Maldon and Castlemaine.
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14. Castlemaine Historic Market Building Castlemaine
Castlemaine is a small city in Victoria, Australia, in the goldfields region of Victoria about 120 kilometres northwest by road from Melbourne and about 40 kilometres from the major provincial centre of Bendigo. It is the administrative and economic centre of the Shire of Mount Alexander. The population at the 2016 Census was 6,757. Castlemaine was named by the chief goldfield commissioner, Captain W. Wright, in honour of his Irish uncle, Viscount Castlemaine. Castlemaine began as a gold rush boomtown in 1851 and developed into a major regional centre, being officially proclaimed a City on 4 December 1965, although since declining in population.It is home to many cultural institutions including the Theatre Royal, the oldest continuously operating theatre in mainland Australia.
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15. Theatre Royal Castlemaine
Theatre Royal is the name of many theatres, especially in the United Kingdom. The name was once an indication that the theatre was a patent theatre, with a Royal Patent without which performances of serious drama would be illegal.
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Top 14. Best Museums in Melbourne - Travvel Australia

Top 14. Best Museums in Melbourne - Australia:
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Museum, National Sports Museum, Immigration Museum, Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Old Treasury Building, Polly Woodside, The Johnston Collection, Museum of Chinese Australian History Inc, Victoria Police Museum, ANZ Bank Museum, HMAS Castlemaine, Fire Services Museum of Victoria, The Ian Potter Museum of Art

Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia - Best Travel Destination

The Great Ocean Road is an Australian National Heritage listed 243 kilometres stretch of road along the south-eastern coast of Australia between the Victorian cities of Torquay and Allansford.

Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia

Take a steam train ride through the historic goldfields town of Castlemaine. Stay a while and uncover the diverse attractions, from colourful markets and world-class arts festival to the thriving Hot Rod community.

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Bendigo, State of Victoria, Australia - Unravel Travel TV

Bendigo is a major regional city in the State of Victoria, Australia, located very close to the geographical centre of the state and is approximately 150 kilometres (93 mi) north west of the state capital Melbourne. Bendigo is a vibrant contemporary regional centre, boasting beautiful streets created from one of the world's greatest gold rushes. Every visit will reveal new surprises and experiences. With the gusto of a gold-seeking miner, the people who live here are creating fascinating products, services and stories that add to the richness of the region's boom time past. It is an ever-changing feast to be explored. Nearby Heathcote has not missed the beat with artisans of food, wine and art flocking to be part of the action.

Wide streets lined by opulent buildings are now interwoven with intriguing laneways and arcades that are home to a new breed of innovators who again delve deep to create a vibrant energy across the city. Modern day Bendigo has sublime food, wine and shopping experiences against a stunning heritage backdrop.

Bendigo's action-packed events calendar is a mix of long-standing traditions, food and wine events, car rallies, sporting excellence and a great sense of fun. Since the gold boom times of 1871, the local Chinese community have come together to add Chinese dragons, regalia and startling crackers to Australia's longest continuous festival -- the Bendigo Easter Festival.

A magnificent gold rush put Bendigo on the map more than 150 years ago. Tents came first and then with the wealth from the gold came elaborately designed homes, public buildings and monuments that are still used today. Once people came from around the world to prospect for gold and forge a new beginning. Today a similar exuberance has again put Bendigo on the map as an innovative city. Recent success stories include the expansion of Bendigo Bank, Jimmy Possum and Fernwood Fitness across Australia. An exciting energy has reshaped the towns and villages of Central Victoria.

Every corner you turn in Bendigo reveals another living treasure; another vivid reminder of the city's glorious and heady past -- whether it is the outrageous opulence of a boomtown hotel, or the simple piety of a wooden church. The best 19th century cities combine grant scale and fine detail and there are few better than Bendigo.

Many of Victoria's cities and towns owe their origins to the gold rushes of the 19th century and Bendigo is one of them. Gold was no temporary lure to this city located right in the centre of Victoria -- its attractions were more than just skin deep. In fact there was very little gold on the surface at all. Most of it was far underground in rich quartz reefs stretching out over 3,600 hectares around the city.

The gold rush began in 1851 when the first diggers rushed to the Bendigo fields and continued until 1954 when the last winch on the city's last gold mine raised its last bucket of ore. In recent years mining for gold has re-commenced deep under Bendigo and continues today. During the city's first golden century, Bendigo became a melting pot with its own unique ethnic character -- the Irish at St Killians, the Cornish at Long Gully and the Germans at Ironbark Gully. These groups were just some of the many communities that helped to build Bendigo.

German architects W C Vahland and Robert Getzschmann, along with Bendigo born William Beebe, were responsible for many of the city's finest buildings. One of the most enduring and distinctive contributions was made by the Chinese. Bendigo's Chinese heritage is well represented to this day, with the Historic Joss House and the Golden Dragon Museum and Classical Chinese Gardens.

The influence of the gold rush can be felt in the very fabric of the city. Bendigo owes its broad and regular boulevards to the ambitious town plan prepared in 1854. Other streets follow the paths beaten by fossickers as they followed gullies and leads in search of gold. The city's ostentatious public buildings and gardens attest to the flamboyance of the gold rush era. So do the richly decorated privates homes.

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Sovereign Hill, Gold rush City, Ballarat, Australia

Gold Rush, 1850, Victoria, Australia, Sovereign Hill, Ballarat

Views Around the City of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - September 2016

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in Australia. The name Melbourne refers to an urban agglomeration spanning 9,900 km2 (3,800 sq mi) which comprises the broader metropolitan area, as well as being the common name for its city centre. To read more about Melbourne, click here: .

This film, which was shot over 4 days on an iPhone 6S Plus, features views from various walks and excursions around the city of Melbourne. Within the film the architecture, streets, infrastructure, green spaces, transport, food, places of worship and visitor attractions are all featured.

Within the film are the following identified locations and features in and around the city of Melbourne: Spring Street; Parliament of Victoria; Bourke Street; Hotel Windsor; Adam Lindsay Gordon Statue; Charles George Gordon Statue; Stanford Fountain; MacArthur Street; The Old Treasury Building; George Higinbotham statue; Collins Street; Fitzroy Gardens; Sir William John Clarke statue; The Conservatory; Captain Cook’s Cottage; Fairies Tree; Tudor Model Village; River God Fountain; St. Patrick’s Cathedral; Gisborne Street; Great Petition; Princess Theatre; Pastor Sir Douglas and Lady Gladys Nicholls Memorial; Parliament Gardens; Lonsdale Street; Nicholson Street; Victoria Street; Carlton Gardens; Royal Exhibition Building; Exhibition Fountain; The Royal Society of Victoria; Exhibition Street; Her Majesty’s Theatre; Little Bourke Street; Chinatown; Lion Gate; Dr. Sun Yat Sen statue; Fad Gallery; Corrs Lane; Russell Street; Swanston Street; Brother Baba Budan; Elizabeth Street; Royal Arcade; Little Collins Street; Bourke Street Mall; Three Businessman Who Brought Their Own Lunch; A History of Apparatus; WestPac Building; The Scots Church; St. Michael’s Uniting Church; Grand Hyatt Melbourne; Forum Melbourne; Hosier Lane; Flinders Street; St. Paul’s Cathedral; Flinders Street Station; St. Kilda Road; Federation Square; Australian Centre for the Moving Image; Russell Street Extension; Princes Walk; Yarra River; Princes Bridge; Banana Alley; Queen’s Bridge; Southbank Promenade; Eureka Tower; Eureka Skydeck and views over Melbourne from the 88th floor of Eureka Tower; a ride to Docklands on the City Circle Tram 35; Docklands Drive; Harbour Town; Melbourne Star; Views over Melbourne from the Melbourne Star; Harbour Esplanade; La Trobe Street; Etihad Stadium; Woolshed Pub; and Cow up a Tree.

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Old Balaclava Gold Mine at Whroo

Whroo is a forgotten gold mining area a few kilometres South of Rushworth in Victoria. It was all part of the the Victorian gold rush of the 1800's. There's not much left these days and this was our first visit there in 40 years.
I didn't have my camera with me, so had to use my phone. Apologies for the poor quality.

Photography locations - Jim Crow Creek - Victoria

Location: Jim Crow Creek, Newstead, Victoria

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I am collecting locations to help photographers out when looking for places to shoot models or just for the value of the location itself.

Will soon start a Facebook site listing more places and will use youtube video links.

I know the song doesnt really fit the video i just like the song :)

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