Rathscar, Victoria

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Rathscar
Victoria
Wheat Country, Central Victoria. - panoramio.jpg
Typical wheat country in central Victoria
Rathscar is located in Pyrenees Shire
Rathscar
Rathscar
Coordinates36°58′27″S 143°31′16″E / 36.9742287°S 143.5212222°E / -36.9742287; 143.5212222Coordinates: 36°58′27″S 143°31′16″E / 36.9742287°S 143.5212222°E / -36.9742287; 143.5212222
Postcode(s)3465
Location
  • 188 km (117 mi) NE of Melbourne
  • 83 km (52 mi) N of Ballarat
  • 19 km (12 mi) W of Maryborough
  • 17 km (11 mi) N of Avoca
LGA(s)
State electorate(s)Ripon
Federal division(s)Mallee

Rathscar is a Central Victorian town. Gold was mined in the area. The area to the east of the Avoca River known as Rathscar West was surveyed in 1899.[1] Rathscar straddles both the Pyrenees Shire and the Shire of Central Goldfields.

Gold mining[]

The Melbourne newspaper The Argus reported in 1903 that a new gold-bearing reef had been discovered in Rathscar.[2]

People[]

The "largest landholder and possibly the wealthiest" in the area was Charles Wilson from Sunny Park[3] ( Coordinates

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36°58′53″S 143°36′28″E / 36.9813035°S 143.607879°E / -36.9813035; 143.607879 ). Wilson's daughter Maude Wilson married John Miller in 1901 at Sunny Park and they then lived in the Rathscar district where their four children were born.

Property[]

There was a Primary School (Numbered 1535) at Rathscar West.[4]

Methodist Church, Upper Homebush which was subsequently dismantled in 1928 and re-erected at Rathscar West

Rathscar West had a Methodist church, initially constructed in timber and built around 1870.[5] As well as the Sunday services, the church hosted a number of activities including concerts,[6] harvest festivals[7] and Sunday School picnics.[8]

The timber building was replaced by brick church (recycled from the former Methodist Church / Wesleyan Chapel Homebush - 6 km away) in 1928.[9][5] In 2018, this former Rathcar West church building is now privately owned.[10][11]

The Pyrenees Shire Council has documented a number of buildings in Rathscar including the Methodist Church, the Avonlea Farm House and the Elliot farm complex, in the Avoca Heritage Study: 1864 - 1994 - Volume 3.[5]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Country lands in the parishes of Avoca and Rathscar, county unnamed / In. Templeton, Asst. Surveyor". Victoria. Department of Crown Lands and Survey. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  2. ^ "New Reef at Rathscar". The Argus. 4 September 1903.
  3. ^ "Death of C A Wilson". Maryborough and Dunolly Advertiser. 12 January 1917. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Rathscar". Avoca Free Press and Farmers' and Miners' Journal. 9 September 1914. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  5. ^ a b c "Avoca Heritage Study: 1864 - 1994, Volume 3". Pyrenees Shire Council. February 1995. pp. 15–20. Archived from the original on 14 March 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Rathscar Sunday School Concert". Maryborough and Dunolly Advertiser. 24 September 1915.
  7. ^ "Rathscar A good harvest". 9 March 1917. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  8. ^ "Rathscar Sunday School Picnic". Maryborough and Dunolly Advertiser. 17 April 1914. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  9. ^ "Homebush Methodist Church - Former". Churches Australia. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  10. ^ "Avoca-Bealiba Road, Rathscar West Church - Former". Churches Australia. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  11. ^ "444 Avoca-Bealiba Road Rathscar West, Vic 3465". Elders Real Estate. Retrieved 27 July 2018.

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