 Robe
Pop. 750
Proclaimed in 1847, although sealers and whalers had used the port before then.
Robe is where the Chinese first landed on 17 Jan 1857 on their walk to the Victorian goldfields, the start of our ‘Golden Trail’
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 Penola
Pop. 750
Famous past resident, Mother
Mary McKillop, founded a school for the district's
children in the 1860s.
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 Casterton
Pop. 2,000
Originally occupied by the Kanalgundidj clan. Surveyed by Europeans in 1840. Famous past residents include Dame Mary Gilmour and Adam Lindsay
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 Coleraine
Pop. 2,000
Originally occupied by the Jardwadjali people. Surveyed by Europeans in 1853. Famous for the Great Western Steeplechase which first ran in 1857. Helena Rubenstein worked for her uncle here before moving to Melbourne.
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 Dunkeld
Pop. 450
Settled in 1830s. Famous visitors include painters Louis Buvelot, Eugene von Guerard and Nicholas Chevalier. Dunkeld is the southern tip of the Grampians National Park. Mt Abrupt (827 m) and Mt Sturgeon (548 m) dominate the local landscape.
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 Glenthompson
Pop. 150
Originally famous for its brickmaking industry |
 Ararat
Pop. 7,500
Gold discovered in 1854. Famous
for the Canton Lead from which 3 tons of gold
was extracted in the first three months of
working.The Chinese contribution to Ararat
is reflected by the Gum San Chinese Heritage
Centre.
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 Avoca
Pop. 6000
Gold discovered in 1854. Famous for its extraordinarily wide main street, home of the
oldest operating chemist shop in Victoria.
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 Maryborough
Pop. 8,000
Settled in 1840 by sheep farmers,
gold discovered in 1854.
Home to one of Victoria's oldest
newspapers, the Maryborough
Advertiser.
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 Cairn Curran Reservoir
Cairn Curran Reservoir was formed by the damming of the Loddon River and is located near the historical gold mining towns of Malden and Newstead
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 Maldon
Pop. 1,200
Surveyed in 1856 when an 1854
survey was ignored by local settlers.
First Victorian town to be classified by the National Trust.
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 Castlemaine
Pop. 8,000
Gold discovered in 1851. By 1852 population had risen to about 25,000 when 16,600 kg of gold was shipped out over a six-month period. |
 Chewton
The Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park, stretching from north of Chewton, south through the Fryerstown and Vaughan Springs areas, encompasses an area of approximately 7,500 hectares. |
 Harcourt
The apple town of Harcourt is living proof that good things come in small packages.
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 Bendigo
Pop. 70,000
Originally occupied by the Jaara aborigines, settled by European
squatters in 1840. Gold discovered in 1851
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