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Bill Ling a local resident and enthusiast on gold in Victoria spoke on the fever that enveloped the country on the discovery of gold in Victoria in 1851.
Men from all over the world descended on Melbourne which grew from a isolated colonial town to a large and prosperous city in the 1880's due to the influx of money and population largely based on gold.
When the easy pickings of alluvial gold near the surface was taken, many people by 1855 were disillusioned and together with the problems caused by hardships, illness and the chaotic state of society on the goldfields, returned to the city.
Ballarat and Bendigo became large provincial cities with grandiose public buildings and opulent private homes which contrasted with the shanties and tents lived in by the ordinary miners.
Bill commented on gold in the Clunes area, also the Gaffney's Creek Wood's Point district as well as the Walhalla Goldfields.
Source: 2000-09 DTHS Newsletter
New Quartz Reef
The existence of gold-bearing quartz in the neighborhood of Heidelberg has long been known, but within the last few days a reef of considerable richness has been discovered at Templestowe, on land near the Templestowe Hotel. Some of the quartz, which was given to Mr. Fraser, of the Family Hotel, has been assayed by Mr. W. M. Barrett, with the following result: 1,000 grains produced, of fine gold, .55 of a grain : equal to 17.96 oz. per ton.
Source: 1858 'GIPPS LAND.', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 24 June, p. 4. , viewed 26 Apr 2026, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7296539
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