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Where is Buninyong located?
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Thomas Hiscock, who discovered gold in the Ballarat area at Buninyong, August, 1851, courtesy of State Library of Victoria.
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Gold diggings Buninyong, 1850s, by Winkles, Henry (1801 - 1860), courtesy of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery.
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Buninyong diggings, 1850s, by Winkles, Henry (1801 - 1860), courtesy of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery.
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Gold diggers' tents on Buninyong Flat, 1850s, by Winkles, Henry (1801 - 1860), courtesy of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery.
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Gold digger's winter tent, Buninyong Flat, 1850s, by Winkles, Henry (1801 - 1860), courtesy of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery.
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The rush to Buninyong, 26 July 1851, courtesy of Australian National University.
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Discontent at Buninyong, 29 August 1851, courtesy of Australian National University.
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Buninyong from Bowen Hill, 1875, by Stocks, Ernest Decimus, courtesy of State Library of Victoria.
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Buninyong, VIC
In August 1837, Thomas Learmonth, with six others, arrived in the district and two years later the location was named Buninyong. It became an important stopping place from Geelong and a timber industry developed. Timber cutter Thomas Hiscock found gold traces in a gully in August 1851, but the returns were small as he had little knowledge of the technique required. Hiscock’s discovery led to other finds to the north and thousands were to pass through Buninyong on their way to the Ballarat diggings.
Buninyong’s population peaked at 1,619 in 1857 but remained a sizeable town with a population of 1,292 in 1901.
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- Geelong Advertiser, 22 February 1853, p. 2. [ Details... ]
- Darbyshire, J. and C.E. Sayers, Old gold mining towns of Australia, International Limited Editions, 1974. [ Details... ]
- Watson, A.B., The lost & almost forgotten towns of colonial Victoria, A.B. Watson, 2003. [ Details... ]
