Rathscar is a
Central Victoria
North Central Victoria is a rural region in the Australian state of Victoria. The region lies to the south of the Victorian/New South Wales border as defined by the Murray River, to the southwest of the Hume region, to the west of the Great Div ...
n locality. Gold was mined in the area. The area to the east of the Avoca River known as Rathscar West was surveyed in 1899. Rathscar straddles both the
Pyrenees Shire
The Shire of Pyrenees is a local government area (LGA) in Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of and in June 2018 had a population of 7,353.
It includes the towns of Avoca, Beaufort, Lexton and Tr ...
and the
Shire of Central Goldfields
Central Goldfields Shire is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the central part of the state. It covers an area of and, in June 2018 had a population of 13,209.
It includes the towns of Bealiba, Carisbrook, Dunolly, Ma ...
.
Gold mining
The Melbourne newspaper
The Argus reported in 1903 that a new gold-bearing reef had been discovered in Rathscar.
People
The "largest landholder and possibly the wealthiest" in the area was Charles Wilson from ''Sunny Park'' ( Coordinates ). Wilson's daughter Maude Wilson married John Miller in 1901 at Sunny Park and they then lived in the Rathscar district where their four children were born.
Property
There was a Primary School (Numbered 1535) at Rathscar West.
Rathscar West had a Methodist church, initially constructed in timber and built around 1870.
As well as the Sunday services, the church hosted a number of activities including concerts,
harvest festivals and Sunday School picnics.
The timber building was replaced by brick church (recycled from the former Methodist Church / Wesleyan Chapel
Homebush
Homebush is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 12 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the Local government in Australia, local government area of the Municipali ...
- 6 km away) in 1928.
In 2018, this former Rathcar West church building is now privately owned.
The
Pyrenees Shire Council has documented a number of buildings in Rathscar including the Methodist Church, the Avonlea Farm House and the Elliot farm complex, in the ''Avoca Heritage Study: 1864 - 1994'' - Volume 3.
See also
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Bung Bong, Victoria
Bung Bong is a locality in Victoria between the towns of Avoca and Maryborough. The locality is divided, with the Western section in the Pyrenees Shire and the Eastern section in Shire of Central Goldfields. The Bet Bet Creek (which separates t ...
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Homebush, Victoria
Homebush is a locality from Avoca in central Victoria, Australia. It is located within the Pyrenees Shire.
History 1850 - 1880
First settled in 1853 after a rush to a rich claim nearby, the town reached the height of its prosperity in the 18 ...
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List of localities in the Shire of Central Goldfields
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List of locations in the Shire of Pyrenees
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Wareek, Victoria
References
External links
Avoca and District Historical Society Don't go down the mine(the song sung at th
Rathscar Methodist church concert in 1915.
Towns in Victoria (Australia)
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