Irishtown is a locality near
Castlemaine Castlemaine may mean:
* Castlemaine, Victoria, a town in Victoria, Australia
** Castlemaine Football Club, an Australian rules football club
** Castlemaine railway station
* Castlemaine, County Kerry, a town in Ireland
* Castlemaine Brewery, Western ...
,
Victoria,
Australia
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. It is noted for heritage sites associated with the
Victorian Gold Rush, near or within the
Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park. These include the Red Hill hydraulic gold sluicing site and the Burying Flat Cemetery, also known as Deadmans Gully Burial Ground.
History
A
rush
Rush(es) may refer to:
Places
United States
* Rush, Colorado
* Rush, Kentucky
* Rush, New York
* Rush City, Minnesota
* Rush Creek (Kishwaukee River tributary), Illinois
* Rush Creek (Marin County, California), a stream
* Rush Creek (Mono Cou ...
began to New Year's Flat on Fryers Creek on New Year's Day, 1853. The rush was described by a digger as "the most animated sight of those stirring times that I ever witnessed".
The settlement arose nearby, and the Shamrock Hotel, an establishment reportedly frequented by "wild men," was subsequently built on the Vaughan Road.
A Catholic church was consecrated in 1865, the building existing until 1956 when it was demolished.
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References
Towns in Victoria (state)
Populated places established in 1853
Ghost towns in Victoria (state)
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