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Two female prospectors pulling a sled through a Klondike gold fields boomtown, ca. 1898.

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Zella Day - Sweet Ophelia (Gold Fields Remix)

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ABANDONED TOWNSHIP OF STEIGLITZ, VICTORIA. 1892/95

The township of Steiglitz once boasted a population approaching 2000 people. At the height of the Gold Rush in the 1860s it also had seven quartz crushers, four hotels, a newspaper, a variety of shops and even an undertaker. Today it is home to a mere handful.

The old town is about 85 kms west of Melbourne in the Brisbane ranges. It sits on the Steiglitz Road around 40 kms north of Geelong and 50 kms south of Ballarat.

BRIEF HISTORIC STORY…

The area is named for the von Steiglitz family: Pastoralists who came from Launceston, Tasmania to settle here in the late 1830s. They returned to Ireland in 1853, the year before gold was discovered.

A settlement of prospectors quickly grew as did the town infrastructure. By 1856 there was a Wesleyan chapel, a court house and Anglican, Catholic & Presbyterian schools. The borough council was proclaimed in 1865.

Mining activity gradually declined but was revived around the time of this shot, thanks to the introduction of new technology. Once again the population grew but ultimately the ore proved uneconomic and the town slid back.

The last hotel closed in 1917 and the last mine in 1941.

Steiglitz is today a popular bush-walking and picnic area.

(photo source: David Panther, State Library of Victoria)

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30th January 1854: The first Cobb & Co coach departs Melbourne for the Forest Creek goldfields.

Cobb & Co's first run was on 30 January 1854, departing Melbourne for the Forest Creek diggings (now Castlemaine) and Bendigo. The network of routes was quickly expanded to deal with increased demand in the growing colony of Victoria. Initially, a passenger service, Cobb & Co's reputation for speed and reliable service soon saw it being used for mail delivery and gold escort as well.

Headquarters were moved from Victoria to Bathurst in 1862. Workshops were built at Hay and Bourke in New South Wales and Castlemaine in Victoria, and the service was expanded to include Queensland. The first Cobb & Co coach in Queensland ran from Brisbane to Ipswich on 1 January 1866. The railway line took passengers from Ipswich to Grandchester, and another Cobb & Co service took the passengers from Grandchester on up to Toowoomba.

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10 didžiausių aukso gavybos šalių 2022

10 didžiausių aukso gavybos šalių 2022 metais. Šiais metais aukso ateities sandorių kaina jau pakilo į pusmečio aukštumas ir artėja prie #gold @auksas #goldreserves #money #investing

10 didžiausių aukso gavybos šalių 2022 metais. Šiais metais aukso ateities sandorių kaina jau pakilo į pusmečio aukštumas ir artėja prie $2000 už Trojos unciją. Prie to prisidėjo pasaulinė pandemija, tiekimo grandinės sutrikimas, itin sudėtinga geopolitinė situacija. Ir ne tik Europoje. (more…)