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    Thomas Mitchell, by Woodhouse, Gordon H., courtesy of State Library of Victoria.
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    Pyrenees (Ballarat from Bunyniong (sic) Mountain) 1854, by Doudiet, Charles Alphonse (1832 - 1913), courtesy of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery.
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    The Gold in the Pyrenees, 15 July 1851, courtesy of Australian National University.
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    Information from the diggings at the Pyrenees, 1 August 1851, courtesy of Australian National University.
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Pyrenees, VIC

In 1836, the explorer, Major Thomas Mitchell, observed the great hills which formed a southern extension of the Great Dividing Range and named them the Pyrenees. As a young soldier, he had campaigned in the foothills of the European Pyrenees and was reminded of them.

Anna Davine

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Beavis, M & B, Pioneers of the Pyrenees, Hamilton Spectator, 1984. [ Details... ]