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MUST SEE
Maryborough,
Victoria, Australia
Talbot
|Carisbrook
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Victoria
Street, Maryborough
Phone: (03) 5460 4511
Historic railway station, built in 1890. Mark
Twain remarked when visiting "A station with a town
attached". The station is reported to have the longest platform
in country Victoria. Admire the highly
polished timber ceiling and beautiful tessellated floor in the main
entrance.
The
station is complemented by the Antique
Emporium,
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Bristol
Hill Lookout
Miners
Drive, Maryborough
The
Pioneer Memorial Tower (1933) was built during the Great Depression largely of material from the old
Maryborough Gaol. It is situated at the edge of the Bristol Hill Reserve,
(adjacent Miners Drive) and offers great views of the town. Bristol Hill (905 m above sea-level) is
based upon and named after Bristol Reef which was mined for gold from the late
1850s. There are old tailings to the west of the tower.
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Maryborough
Walking Tour
Pick up a
guide at the Central
Goldfields Visitor Information Centre
Phone: (03) 5460 4511
Enjoy an afternoon touring majestic buildings, beautiful gardens and
sporting grounds in Maryborough. The outing includes Phillips
Gardens,
Railway
Station,
Bull
& Mouth Hotel,
McLandress
Square, Old
Fire Station,
Court of Mines, Worsley
Cottage, Bristol
Hill Tower,
and Princes
Park
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McLandress Square
Clarendon
Street.
The town's civic centre, located on the site of the one of the
government camps in the area. In the European style the Italianate
buildings face a small square, known as McLandress Square. The imposing
Victorian post office was built in 1877 as a post office, courthouse and
sub-treasury. The town hall was built in 1887 and the
courthouse in 1892-93.
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Aboriginal
Wells
To the south of Maryborough are four rock wells dug into sandstone by the
Jajowurrong people prior to European settlement. Head out of town on Derby
Rd (towards Ballarat), turn left into Lean St, cross over the railway
line, turn right into Stoneham Drive, left into Wells Rd and, after 2 km,
take the signposted track left and the wells are 200 metres away.
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Grand
Duke Arch at Timor
Timor is about
8kms north of Maryborough, The granite arch of the Grand Duke mine is a
reminder of the glory days of the gold rush era.
This
mine operated for 27 years between 1869 and 1896, employing 150 men. It
yielded 6125 Kgs of gold during operations.
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The Aboriginal
Shelter Tree
Pollocks
Rd off the Maryborough/Ballarat Rd between Maryborough & Talbot
This red river gum (Eucalyptus Camaldulensis) is believed to be about 700 years old. The girth of
the tree is 15 metres and the hollowed out centre was used by the
Jajowurrong people for shelter. It would have been a small seedling ataround the same time as the Black plague was decimating Europe.
This site is classified by the National trust.
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