Rathscar, Victoria
Rathscar is a Central Victorian town. Gold was mined in the area. The area to the east of the Avoca River known as Rathscar West was surveyed in 1899.[1] Rathscar straddles both the Pyrenees Shire and the Shire of Central Goldfields.
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Coordinates | 36.9742287°S 143.5212222°E |
Postcode(s) | 3465 |
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State electorate(s) | Ripon |
Federal Division(s) | Mallee |
Gold mining
The Melbourne newspaper The Argus reported in 1903 that a new gold-bearing reef had been discovered in Rathscar.[2]
People
The "largest landholder and possibly the wealthiest" in the area was Charles Wilson from Sunny Park[3] ( Coordinates 36.9813035°S 143.607879°E ). 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.[4]
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Rathscar West had a Methodist church, initially constructed in timber and built around 1870.[5] As well as the Sunday services, the church hosted a number of activities including concerts,[6] harvest festivals[7] and Sunday School picnics.[8]
The timber building was replaced by brick church (recycled from the former Methodist Church / Wesleyan Chapel Homebush - 6 km away) in 1928.[9][5] In 2018, this former Rathcar West church building is now privately owned.[10][11]
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.[5]
See also
References
- "Country lands in the parishes of Avoca and Rathscar, county unnamed / In. Templeton, Asst. Surveyor". Victoria. Department of Crown Lands and Survey. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- "New Reef at Rathscar". The Argus. 4 September 1903.
- "Death of C A Wilson". Maryborough and Dunolly Advertiser. 12 January 1917. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- "Rathscar". Avoca Free Press and Farmers' and Miners' Journal. 9 September 1914. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- "Avoca Heritage Study: 1864 - 1994, Volume 3". Pyrenees Shire Council. February 1995. pp. 15–20. Archived from the original on 14 March 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- "Rathscar Sunday School Concert". Maryborough and Dunolly Advertiser. 24 September 1915.
- "Rathscar A good harvest". 9 March 1917. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- "Rathscar Sunday School Picnic". Maryborough and Dunolly Advertiser. 17 April 1914. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- "Homebush Methodist Church - Former". Churches Australia. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- "Avoca-Bealiba Road, Rathscar West Church - Former". Churches Australia. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
- "444 Avoca-Bealiba Road Rathscar West, Vic 3465". Elders Real Estate. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
External links
- Avoca and District Historical Society
- Don't go down the mine (the song sung at the Rathscar Methodist church concert in 1915).
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