FiRST GOLD TOWN, CLUNES HERiTAGE WALK ~ Victoria 2020
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- Опубліковано 20 жов 2024
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Clunes is an historic gold mining town, located in the heart of the Victorian Central Goldfields region.
Dotted with dusty antique and collectable stores, vineyards and wineries, rustic bed & breakfasts and scenic walks, the Victorian Goldfields is a hidden treasure for the adventurous and curious. All this makes Clunes a popular weekend destination for bushwalkers, gold prospectors, treasure hunters, collectors, vintage car clubs, history buffs and families seeking an escape to the country.
History
Clunes was the site of Victoria's first gold strike. It is located in a steep valley surrounded by rounded hills, which are actually extinct volcanoes. They can be best seen 3 km south along the road to Ballarat.
Clunes is one of the most intact 19th-century towns in the Central Goldfields, boasting numerous bluestone and brick buildings. Fraser St, the commercial centre, is wide and elegant, full of 19th-century shops with original store-fronts and distinctive verandahs. Fraser St has been the setting for many films including 'Mad Max' and 'Ned Kelly'. The Djadja Wurrung people were the first inhabitants and these people occupied most of central Victoria. Being called the "yes people" suggests that the tribe were considered to be a friendly group of people.
Early Settlers
The first European settler, 21 year-old Donald Cameron, an overlander from Sydney, took up a pastoral run in 1839, naming it Clunes after his birthplace in Scotland. The name in Gaelic means 'a pleasant place'. Major Mitchell passed through Clunes in 1836 and pronounced it 'good'. The site of the Cameron homestead can be seen along the creek, downstream from the ford about half a mile. In 1847 the station covered 32,000 acres and carried 15,000 sheep and 50 cattle.
Striking gold
Gold traces were first found on this property by a friend, William Campbell, in March 1850, although news of the find was concealed. During the 1840's there were many rumours of gold being found in the area by shepherds, but the squatters suppressed the evidence to keep the district as a quiet pastoral district. A young man named Chapman took the first sample of gold to a Melbourne jeweller in 1849. It was known by many that the quartz reefs on the Cameron station contained gold, and that many other deposits would be found around this area of the Port Philip Settlement, which was still part of the Colony of New South Wales. When Victoria became a Colony and was separated from New South Wales, a reward for the discovery of gold, to promote a population growth in the new colony, was made by a group of Melbourne business men, who offered the sum of £210 ($420)
In July 1851, James Esmond, who had been to the goldfields of California, came to Clunes and mined some samples from the quartz, then journeyed to Geelong to report the discovery. He reached Geelong on Saturday, 5th July 1851 where his report was received with great enthusiasm. The news was published in the Geelong Advertiser on Monday, 7th July 1851. On Wednesday, 9th July 1851, the Melbourne Daily News reported a find at Anderson's Creek (Warrandyte) - so the gold rush started in Victoria.
Clunes Mine
In 1857, the Port Philip Company became interested in the Clunes reefs when Mr. Rivett Henry Bland heard of their possibilities. In February of that year, a lease was drawn up with the owners of the land to give the Company the right to mine on the land for 21 years, with the owners to receive 10% of all gold mined. This proved very profitable mining, at first 160 acres then later 50 acres, the royalty amounting to £135,000 ($270,000) in the first twenty-four years.
By the end of 1858 there was plenty of work, the mines were paying well and everyone was prosperous. By this time the population had reached 1,000 and by 1861 had increased to 1,083 and there were 470 dwellings.
Clunes Township
Clunes had now its own council and 292 children attended five schools. The population increased in 1866 to 3,526. There were 8 schools, 850 dwellings, 5 churches, and 7 quartz mines. By 1862 Clunes possessed a Freemasons Lodge, a Manchester United Order, Oddfellows, Forresters, St. Andrews Society, Hiberian Society, Rechabites, Orange Lodge, Protestant Alliance, Good Templars. There were 15 hotels, 12 grocers, 1 baker, 6 butchers, 4 fruit and confectionery shops, 2 restaurants, 4 boarding houses, 2 tailors, 3 drapers, 4 bookshops, 2 painters and paperhangers, 2 ironmongers, 4 blacksmiths, 2 wheelwrights, 2 stationers, 5 churches, 2 doctors, 3 foundries, 1 gas works and several brickmaking yards.
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Nice place for walking, Thanks for sharing
Thanks for visiting. Glad you enjoyed this historic town.
Hello! Very nice video! Nice place! Very interesting! Thank you for sharing! Have a nice day!
Thank you for visiting my channel and glad you enjoyed Clunes. Have a wonderful weekend 🙏🏽👍🏽
Que lugar bonito meu amigo .muito bom vídeo gostei .gosto de ver esses lugares antigos muito bom .grande abraço para vocês
Que bom que você está curtindo essas cidades históricas de Paulo. Ouro foi encontrado nesta área em 1851. Eu também gosto de encontrar essas cidades antigas, acho-as muito interessantes. Obrigado por assistir. Tenha uma ótima semana. Abraços ~ Joseph
Beautiful sharing as always keep it up and keep going on ❤️🙏👍👏😂
Thank you, for the positive comments and thank you for dropping by and watching. Have a wonderful day.
What a really cool town 😀 I enjoyed the views 👍
Thanks for visiting Brian, glad you enjoyed our walk around Clunes. Have a great weekend.
CLUNES HERITAGE WALK .. great video ,, nice place ,,
like to see your activities..thank you for sharing ..
Thanks for visiting and glad you enjoyed our walk around Clunes. Thank you for visiting Amank. Have a wonderful day.
Wow amazing place, very beautiful and unique. Great presentation
Thanks for visiting Bobby, glad you enjoyed the presentation of this historical town. Have a great day.
Very very nice movie . Good work my new friend
Thank you and welcome to my channel. Happy New Year 🥳
Hello
Look’s like a great place to visit !
Thanks for sharing and have a great week
H&S 👩❤️👨🌈🇨🇦
Thanks for visiting and glad you enjoyed our walk around Clunes, thank you for dropping by. Have a great weekend.
This place have a lot of history.
That it does, thank you for watching, have a great weekend.
Hi Friends! love music, sculpture, carriage, school est 1839 1st gold town! incredible video!
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed our time in Clunes. Thank you for visiting. have a great weekend my friend, Cheers ~ Joseph
Thank you for sharing this fabulous upload! 🌟 ❤️
Your welcome 🙏🏽 thank you for watching and glad you enjoyed this video, Happy New Year 🥳
Loving the shirt, Jojo! Yes, where are those relics? Hahaha Marvelous Melbourne was worth it. Loving the old-school vibes of this town. Apple and lemon is an interesting combo. Passion fruit sounds amazing. :-)
Thank you, glad you noticed Maria and Nabol. Peter can speak for himself as I am no Old Relic. 😂 Glad you enjoyed the walk around Clunes. Thank you for dropping by. Have a great weekend. Cheers ~ Joseph
Excellent heritage walk Jojo! Such a very beautiful day for a drive! Wonderful snippets of Clunes! All the best!
Thank you Gulliver, glad you enjoyed the heritage walk of this town. I do like exploring the Architecture. Have a great weekend buddy.
Very interesting and wanderful footage my frnds. Thank you for taking us on this tour, well done. 👍👍👍😃
Glad you enjoyed it and thank you for dropping by and watching. Have a great day my friend.
Great video my friends big like 👍
Thanks for the visit John, glad you enjoyed. Have a great day.
Hi JoJo & peter wow that amazing history very beautiful town thank you for sharing friends 😊👍
Glad you enjoyed it George. It is a pretty Town. Thank you for watching. Have a great day my friend.
@@Scott1985- A winter wonderland. We are having a shitty summer here. But I think we are in for a hot week as of Monday.
@@Scott1985- Pretty much here too. 4 seasons in a day 😂
Cool. I 👍. Best regards from Switzerland 🇨🇭. Happy New Year! 🍀🍀🍀
Happy New Year 🥳 Glad you enjoyed the heritage walk in Clunes. 👍🏽🙏🏽😘
Fantastic video as always, thanks for sharing it with us, hope your all keeping safe & well & 2021 is going well for you 👍🤩🥳x We have just gone back into Lockdown 3.0 over here in the UK 🇬🇧🤭 Stay Safe & Take Care 🤩🥰xx
I hope you are all safe, we have heard much of the devastating news and your numbers of COVID cases have gone through the roof! Please stay safe. Thank you for watching. Cheers ~ Joseph🤗 🇻🇬
Nice place to visit my friend! Thanks for sharing👍☺️
Thanks for visiting, glad you enjoyed the tour of Clunes. Have a great day and happy New Year.
Very stylish shirts !!!! Thanks for sharing the adventure 👍🏻 Be well and stay safe
Glad you like them David. Not many people have actually noticed them. Takes a good observer. Have a great day.
Great tour! Lovely town. Thank you! Thumbs up
Thank you BrendaG. 😘
Crazy gold mine town love the old buildings thanks for the great video!👍 keep exploring!
Glad you enjoyed and thank you for watching. Have a great day.
I have friend in clunes, he is a good people.🥰🥰
It is a great little country town Ariz. Thank you for stopping by and watching this heritage walk in Clunes. Have a great day 👍🏽🤗🙏🏽
Very interesting history and I love the tour. Best wishes!
Glad you enjoyed it Cindy, thank you for dropping by and watching. Have a great week.
Wow cool!!! Thanks for sharing! Love the school house!
Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed the episode. Have a great week.
What can I say, you two are masters at the history and finding beautiful old buildings, The state school would have been cool to tour.
The State School, would have been interesting, but unfortunately closed. Glad you enjoyed the tour of Clunes Wiley, have a great day.
What a lovely walk! 👍👍😎 ~Maverick
Thank you for stopping by and watching out walk in Clunes. Thanks Maverick. Cheers ~ Joseph
Wow this place looks like it has a heart of gold 💰looks like you struck it rich lots of history we are all never too old to learn LOL 😂TFS hope you both have a wonderful New Year 🥳🥂🎊Cheers 🍷🍺Norm and Tina x🇨🇦
Glad you enjoyed it. We learn something new everyday Norm and Tina. Your right, we are never too old. Wishing you all the best for the year ahead and thank you for your support and look forward to your travels in 2021. Hopefully you can all be out again soon. Cheers ~ Joseph & Peter
Lots of cool history here. So interesting to see so many places 150 years old or more. Some of those churches are beautiful. Thanks for taking us on the walk with you!
Glad you enjoyed, thank you for dropping by and watching a video of ours. Have a great day.
Sure is a gorgeous little town ... thanks for sharing the Clunes History cheers 😊✌️
Glad you enjoyed it. A great little country town. Thank you for dropping by. Have a great week. 🤗 🙏🏽
I love the subtle merch placement 😀 The t-shirts look great!
Thanks Shane. Appreciated the comments. Hope you are well. Thank you for dropping by. 👍🏽🤗
Cool tour. I liked the old part of town. Pretty neat seeing the old buildings. Dessert to end the day! Awesome. Take care you guys.
Thanks for watching Steve. Glad you appreciated this old town. Desert to the end 😂 Have a great weekend.
Lots of history here in Clunes.Ice cream time is my favorite time. Looks like you had an amazing day.
Yes, thank you. We love exploring Old Gold Towns. They are so quaint and interesting. Especially the architecture. Glad you enjoyed the tour. The ice-cream flavours were delicious Linda. Have a great day and see you on our next episode when we visit the Kew Asylum.
Joseph 🦋 Always nice to see you! Thanks for sharing the quaint town and the adorable little fur baby 😍 The timing of the music and slow walk 😂
Y'all seriously made my day!
Take care loves ☀️♥️ Teri
I'll definitely take the passion fruit ice cream🍦and any extra gold they want to give away 😁
Thank you so much Teri! Awww I am so pleased that we made your day. It is a year since we brought Ruby into our home and we are so besotted. She has such a beautiful nature. Yep! I love passionfruit ice-cream. Who wouldn't like a little extra gold 😂 Have a wonderful year ahead and stay safe.🤗 🙏🏽 🥰
Lovely video and very stable footage on the road. Your editing is improving tremendously my friends, like #20
Thank you very much RJ, glad to hear. Appreciated the positive comments. Have a great weekend.
@@CowboyJojosAdventures no probs, my friends, remember, we grow because others help us grow😂
@@RJinspire absolutely l am
Half way through one of your videos now my friend 👍🏽
@@CowboyJojosAdventures thanks for watching my friends, we must certainly do Collab when I visit Australia after the pandemic, enjoy the videos
Nice music Joe, so apt for this video. Lovely shots of Clunes, thoroughly enjoyed the walk. Well done!
Thank you Naile. It was nice to get out of Melbourne for a day trip. I will be back at work tomorrow and hopefully find some time for a coffee with you.
@@CowboyJojosAdventures that would be great looking forward to it
Lovely quaint little town! Thanks for sharing Joe 👏👍😊
Glad you enjoyed it, and you are right it is a quaint small town. Have a great week. 👍🏼🙏🏼🤗
@@CowboyJojosAdventures you too :)
@@CowboyJojosAdventures thanks Joe 😊
What a quant little town, reminds me of Campbell Town here in Tassie
If ever in Tassie I have another town to checkout. Hope you have a great day Daz.
@@CowboyJojosAdventures you too mate. Stay safe
What a great video. I love going along as you share the history of the areas around you! So much fun! Thanks for sharing! Stay Safe, Donovan and Jodi
Glad you enjoyed Donovan and Jodi. Thank you for dropping by. Have a great day. Cheers ~ Joseph
I think a saw an old relic slow walking by the court house. Clunes is a very old town everything appears to be around 1850.
You have me laughing my arse off 😂 have a great day Senior.
Didn’t realize there was a good rush over there also!!! Old relic 🤣. Such a pretty area. The slow mo walk across was a great shot. Always learning new things from your channel.
Thank you Carl. It is great when we can learn from each other. Glad you enjoyed the episode/ Have a great week my friend. Cheers ~ Joseph
Some interesting history and backstory of the town, was a neat place to see and enjoyed the shots you guys captured!
Glad you enjoyed it Beck, thank you for watching buddy, have a great weekend.
I live here! It’s so pretty.
It certainly is a pretty town, we loved our visit. Thank you for watching. 🤠🙏🏼👍🏼
@@CowboyJojosAdventures all good! Sadly I’m moving to Queensland and this is my last time here, so yh..
@@Rupsoup hopefully you will love the weather in Queensland. We hope to move out of Melbourne one day. It is getting so expensive.
@@CowboyJojosAdventures I know, right? We are moving because we are poor here, we can’t afford mortgage anymore!
@@Rupsoup you are not alone.
Thanks Jojo and Peter- Great history of the town and the Gold Rush. Too bad I didn't get much world history education in school - I'm really enjoying learning through your trips!! ... your ice cream looked refreshing!! :)
Wonderful to hear and glad you are enjoying our story telling. Yes that ice-cream was delicious, thank you for watching. Have a great week.
@@CowboyJojosAdventures You too!!
Interesting to see my town through someone else's eye. Pity you visited when we had restoration going on at a couple of the historic buildings. Thx for a great video... mmmh maybe you are the reason that we get so many visitors now 🙂 lol
Oh wow! Thank you Jill. Great to hear you have some of the buildings undergoing restoration. I apologise for the mis pronunciation of Barham (Burram) Glad you enjoyed the video. I have done a video on Barham and the correct pronunciation (of Course 😂) I am still waiting for a date of when the Kingdom Of Jehovah was built from the historical society.
I do hope you get more visitors and we love the local Koondrook Pub.
Thank you for stopping by and watching.
cheers
Joseph
Hello there! I haven't visited in awhile, and for that I apologize! Stopping by to see what you've been up to, and to wish a very Happy New Year! All the best for 2021!
Welcome back! Great that you could pop over and watch one of our adventures. Hope you are well and Happy New Year.
Clunes has a lot of history, cool old buildings I loved the tour, and all the information, thanks for sharing
Thanks John. Glad you enjoyed the video and it’s content. Have a great day. 🙏🏽👍🏽
Bonjour Joseph and Peter, that's another beautiful place that you are showing today. Very nice buildings and well maintained. It looks like a small far west town that we can see in certains movies. Your ice cream seems delicious especially the apple flavour. By the way did you find some gold? :):):)..... see you next time les amis.
Our pleasure! Merci Tikay and Marc. I would have loved to find some gold and strike it rich 🤗 But unfortunately no. I am sure there is still some gold below the surface of this town. G;ad you enjoyed the tour. Bonne Journee.🙏🏽
Enjoyed the walk, interesting history, must have been a busy place if there were 15 hotels, ... & nice T-shirt Jojo, cheers :)
Thank you Steve, you are the first to notice. Yes it was a busy place and those hotels needed to quench the thirst of those miners. Glad you enjoyed the video. Thank you for watching. Hope you are having a great day 👍🏽🙏🏽
I was a student at the primary school for the centenary, nearly 50 years ago.
Great to hear this Chris and thank you for coming along with us, 👍🏽🙏🏽🤠
NEW SUBSCRIBER! Nice job guys, just found your channel.
Welcome aboard! Thank you for joining my channel and I hope that you continue to enjoy our content. Have a great week.
Mad Max, 1979 filming location 😊
Yes.
Loved the old mad max films. We are heading to Silverton soon where Mad Max 2 was filmed.
@@CowboyJojosAdventures - I thought a lot was filmed outside Broken Hill, but thanks can't wait & subscribed too 😊
@@DUMPSTERDIVINGADELAIDE thank you 🙏🏽
Might find a river & go panning when wecare there for vthe Mad Max 45th Anniversary in September. Clunes has not changed.
You’re right about Clunes Rhett. Hope you have a great weekend 👍🏽
We will. Been there a few times.
LOL you old Relic's, hahaha not much has changed when it comes to Sydney don't caring about us , nothing has changed, we're still Mexicans so I'm being told every time I go over the border 🤣,
Great video guys ATB Jim 👍
Thank you Jim, yes well Peter called himself an old relic in an earlier video last year and now he is the old relic, self inflicted 😂 Great you enjoyed the video.
Hope your day is going well, cheers ~ Joseph
haha old relics, You two must be massive shit stirrers 😂
Didn't realise Clunes was the very first mining town, although a lot of the gold rush history I learned was back in primary school! 😂
also, nothing worse when going sightseeing but it is under construction. We had that a couple of times whilst we were in Japan 😅
always love your channel guys, amazing humans 💕🙌
Is that coming from Kieran or Hannah 😂. I think we both have a sense of humour, but Peter has the better sense of humour. Glad you enjoy our channel as we enjoy yours. Have a great weekend. 🙏🏽👍🏽 cheers ~ Joseph