WHROO HISTORIC RESERVE (RUSHWORTH, VICTORIA)

“This reserve encompasses the site of the Whroo township and part of the associated Whroo goldfields. Alluvial gold was found at the present sites of Rushworth and Whroo in August 1853 and the resultant gold-rush brought thousands of hopeful diggers to the area overnight. With the winding down of mining activity in the 1890s the town rapidly went into decline and today little evidence of it remains other than the old cemetery.”

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