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Tarnagulla
Tarnagulla is a gold mining town in central Victoria, Australia. The town is in the Shire of Loddon local government area, north west of the state capital, Melbourne. At the , Tarnagulla had a population of 304. By 2016, the population was 133. History European settlement in the area began with the taking up of Tarnagulla station in the 1840s. Gold was first found in the area in 1852 by prospectors on their way to the Korong goldfields near Wedderburn. The discovery led to a gold rush, as more than 5,000 miners made their way to the diggings. The settlement created by these miners was at first known as Sandy Creek and was renamed Tarnagulla, after the station in 1860. Reflecting this, the Post Office opened on 13 August 1856 as Sandy Creek and was renamed Tarnagulla on 2 January 1861. Tarnagulla is phonetic meaning of Polish ''Czarnogóra'' (eng. Black Mountain - Montenegro). Name was given by Polish explorer and geologist Paweł Strzelecki. The first miners in the are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarnagulla Poverty Mine Monument
Tarnagulla is a gold mining town in central Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The town is in the Shire of Loddon Local government in Australia, local government area, north west of the state capital, Melbourne. At the , Tarnagulla had a population of 304. By 2016, the population was 133. History European settlement of Australia, European settlement in the area began with the taking up of Tarnagulla station (Australian agriculture), station in the 1840s. Gold was first found in the area in 1852 by prospectors on their way to the Korong goldfields near Wedderburn, Victoria, Wedderburn. The discovery led to a Victorian gold rush, gold rush, as more than 5,000 miners made their way to the diggings. The settlement created by these miners was at first known as Sandy Creek and was renamed Tarnagulla, after the station in 1860. Reflecting this, the Post Office opened on 13 August 1856 as Sandy Creek and was renamed Tarnagulla on 2 January 1861. Tarnagulla is phonetic mean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
