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Gully' reports from Bendigo
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<blockquote data-quote="grubstake" data-source="post: 342667" data-attributes="member: 4012"><p>Welcome to Victoria's Golden Triangle! Ballarat's just as bad as Bendigo in that respect and Maryborough's more of the same.</p><p></p><p>Back in the 1850's gold rush days, miners with rich alluvial claims didn't want to leave them unattended (unguarded), so their tents and shacks were put up alongside the workings and shops, pubs, banks, etc., sprang up in close proximity, to service the diggers' needs. When the alluvial rush dwindled, more shops, houses and streets filled in the gaps, as the population stabilised, with big underground gold mines needing plenty of labour and supplies for decades more. There's got to be some amazing riches buried underneath all the bitumen, lawns, shops, houses and factories that today cover those old diggings.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="grubstake, post: 342667, member: 4012"] Welcome to Victoria's Golden Triangle! Ballarat's just as bad as Bendigo in that respect and Maryborough's more of the same. Back in the 1850's gold rush days, miners with rich alluvial claims didn't want to leave them unattended (unguarded), so their tents and shacks were put up alongside the workings and shops, pubs, banks, etc., sprang up in close proximity, to service the diggers' needs. When the alluvial rush dwindled, more shops, houses and streets filled in the gaps, as the population stabilised, with big underground gold mines needing plenty of labour and supplies for decades more. There's got to be some amazing riches buried underneath all the bitumen, lawns, shops, houses and factories that today cover those old diggings. [/QUOTE]
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