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Latest revision as of 23:05, 7 April 2014
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Background
The Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park envelopes a goldfield which was the catalyst for the Victorian gold rush of the early 1850s. In that tumultuous decade Victorian gold transformed the demographic, social, political and economic complexion of Australia. The gold won from Mount Alexander (later renamed Castlemaine) and other early rushes such as Ballarat and Bendigo mainly found its way to England as bullion where it helped bankroll a spectacular period of world trade, industrial and commercial expansion.[1]
Also See
Other Sites
http://vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/vhd/heritagevic#detail_places;12834
References
- ↑ http://vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/vhd/heritagevic#detail_places;12834, accessed 07 April 2014.
