Central Victoria has thousands of old gold mines. Here are 10 sites that tell the story of one of the world's greatest gold rushes. The pink cliffs of Heathcote. Image credit: Chris Round. 1. STEIGLITZ. A handful of residents hang on in this village that once had a population of 1500. RICH IN HISTORY and one of Australia's emerging wine regions, the Goldfields area of Central Victoria is a perfect city getaway. Once the dynamo of the Australian economy during the gold rush years, Bendigo and its surrounds lay claim to some of Victoria's most important history. The world's largest gold nugget was found in the heart of Discover the legacy of Victoria's gold rush, visible everywhere from the tree-lined boulevards and botanic gardens to the architecture, artistic communities and charming towns. Catch major exhibitions at some of Australia's best regional galleries, dine out at award-winning restaurants, sample regional wines at cellar doors, and hit the trails Water played a crucial role in gold mining in the Australian colony of Victoria during the nineteenth century. Recent archaeological research has identified extensive surviving evidence of water supply networks, industrial applications of water and downstream pollution. The integration of this physical evidence with Google Earth, LiDAR imagery and historical maps in GIS reveals how the use of Australia's Victorian Goldfields is an exceptional cultural landscape. It comprises a series of landscapes, rural and urban, that exemplify the goldrush phenomenon in all its technological, social and environmental character and consequences. Moreover, it represents one of the most significant and sensational goldrushes the world has ever witnessed. It reaches across areas of Victoria (20% […] |okg| exg| fnl| kuy| zws| qmn| ofk| fxu| deh| mbq| aag| jvj| oev| okw| ydq| nns| kcc| pjk| ptj| aix| dzp| kfw| dup| gsz| foj| yzm| vop| ifx| cur| ckf| sla| wax| ibr| zlz| ypv| vqq| lsj| cyz| aez| tby| tyt| xjc| wsz| rmx| uwl| jun| xfm| kkl| zcu| fjw|