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The Historic Village of Harrisville in the Qld Scenic Rim.
Harrisville is a rural village and locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland. In 1839, a survey of the areas then known as Normanby Plains (which now forms part of Harrisville), together with Wilsons Plains […]
Architecture
Historic Mannahill in South Australia
This article appeared in the Melbourne Argus on 22 October 1886 in the context of the goldrush to the Mannahill goldfields
Architecture
Iconic Heritage Architecture in the Town of Beaudesert, Queensland.
The area around Beaudesert was originally settled for growing cotton and sheep. Due to the shortage of water in the area cotton was not a successful crop. Hoop pine was successfully collected in the region […]
Australian History
The inland River Port of Morgan in SA
The inland River Port of Morgan was once one of the busiest inland ports in Australia. It is located on the North-West Bend of the River Murray in South Australia, about 320 kms by water […]
Architecture
This Victorian Gold Town peaked in 1893.
Clunes was the first town in Victoria to have a recognised gold discovery. It is about 40 Kms North of Ballarat and had a peak population in the 1870’s of 6300 people. Today that number […]
Australian Cattle Stations
The Old Gold Fields of Paddy’s Flat
Diggers flocked to the area from Tooloom in the early 1870’s however most of the local population had departed by 1890. Some went back to Tooloom to try their luck. There are no visible remains […]
Australian Cattle Stations
The Historic Village of Bonalbo in NSW
Bonalbo, a rural village in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, John Donald McLean was the first European to settle in the area. He was a Scotsman who moved his sheep up from […]
Australian History
Yangan in the Southern Downs, Queensland
Yangan is a quaint rural village (population about 200) at the base of the glorious Swanfels Valley, Yangan offers unique examples of late 1800s timber architecture.Previously named Upper Swan Creek, the town became known as […]
Architecture
Clunes – Victorian Gold Rush Town
Step back into the gold rush era in Clunes – Victorian Gold Rush Town with street-scapes straight out of a colonial history book. This picturesque and laid-back town was once the fifth largest in the […]