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Inquest - Christopher Kelly, courtesy of Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre.
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A lump of pure, clean gold, 27 November 1851, courtesy of Australian National University.
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A most shameful case of being worried by dogs, 15 December 1852, courtesy of Australian National University.
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The desertion of Forest Creek, 21 April 1853, courtesy of Australian National University.
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Inquest - name 'unknown' (unknown Chinese man), 1854, courtesy of Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre.
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Forest Creek, VIC
In October 1851, alluvial gold was discovered along the Forest Creek, over eleven kilometres from Mount Alexander and thirty-two kilometres from the Loddon River, into which the creek’s water flowed after its junction with Barkers Creek. Diggers swarmed to the surrounding flats, hills and gullies as further rich discoveries were made. The arrival of Chinese diggers caused tensions, and in 1854 the Mount Alexander Mail reported that ‘the Chinese are congregating about Forest Creek in great numbers’. The early settlement was generally known as ‘Forest Creek’ but named Chewton in 1856. In 1857 Forest Creek (Chewton) had a population of 5,459, of which 1,785 were Chinese.
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- Mount Alexander Mail, 19 August 1854, p. 5. [ Details... ]
- Mount Alexander Times, 19 January 1855. [ Details... ]
- Mount Alexander Mail, 13 April 1855, p. 2. [ Details... ]
- Bannear, David, Heritage Victoria, Historic gold mining information, Department of Sustainability and Environment. [ Details... ]
- Watson, A.B., The lost & almost forgotten towns of colonial Victoria, A.B. Watson, 2003. [ Details... ]
