Blast from the Past: The beginnings of Maldon

Maldon Panorama by T. Hannay. The first rush for gold to Tarrangower was in December of 1853. Within a few months 20,000 miners would reportedly swarm the area and turn the place into a tent and shanty town. By February 1854 (just a few weeks after the discovery of gold) when it was realised that…

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