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After the discovery of [[Victorian gold rush|gold]] in Central Victoria in 1851, alluvial deposits were found in the Loddon River at Strangways and in its tributaries. By the end of 1855 there were big rushes around the nearby Yandoit area (then known as Zandit), Nuggetty Gully area and tunnelling in the King William Gully on the north-west side of Yandoit Creek hills These diggings continued north to Clydesdale and Strangways near the Loddon.<ref>Maddicks, Henry T., ''100 Years of Daylesford Gold Mining History'', p. 12</ref> Chinese miners worked Pickpocket Hill from November 1860.<ref>Mining Surveyors' Reports</ref> |
After the discovery of [[Victorian gold rush|gold]] in Central Victoria in 1851, alluvial deposits were found in the Loddon River at Strangways and in its tributaries. By the end of 1855 there were big rushes around the nearby Yandoit area (then known as Zandit), Nuggetty Gully area and tunnelling in the King William Gully on the north-west side of Yandoit Creek hills These diggings continued north to Clydesdale and Strangways near the Loddon.<ref>Maddicks, Henry T., ''100 Years of Daylesford Gold Mining History'', p. 12</ref> Chinese miners worked Pickpocket Hill from November 1860.<ref>Mining Surveyors' Reports</ref> |
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=== Suveys === |
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In 1858 Sir [[Richard Graves MacDonnell|Richard Graves McDonnel]], Governor of South Australia is reputed to have explored Strangways and Loddon Springs in 1858 |
In 1858 Sir [[Richard Graves MacDonnell|Richard Graves McDonnel]], Governor of South Australia is reputed to have explored Strangways and Loddon Springs in 1858.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Favenc|first=Ernest|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.63093|title=The history of Australian exploration from 1788 to 1888 : compiled from state documents, private papers, and the most authentic sources in information : issued under the auspices of the Government of the Australian colonies /|date=1888|publisher=Turner & Henderson,|location=Sydney :}}</ref> However a geological survey of the area in which Strangways is named had already been undertaken by Government Geologist Alfred R.C. Selwyn and the map by geologists C.D. H. Aplin & George Urich, overlain with parish surveys by Thomas Couchman, & A. Walker published by the Geological Survey Office Melbourne in 1864,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Geological Survey Office|date=1864|title=Geological Survey of Victoria : Parts of parishes of Muckleford, Castlemaine, Chewton, Yandoit, Strangways, Guildford and Tarrengowee|url=http://search.slv.vic.gov.au/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=SLV_ROSETTAIE7317680&vid=MAIN&lang=en_US&context=L|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-03|website=State Library of Victoria|language=en}}</ref> and the Surveyor General's Office, Melbourne issued a plan of an allotment abutting Muckleford Creek in the area already listed in 1856 as the Parish of Strangways.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Philp (lithographer)|first=James B.|date=14 July 1856|title=Surveyor General's Office, Plan of allotment in the Parish of Strangways|url=http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/103808|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-02|website=State Library Victoria}}</ref> |
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=== Naming === |
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Strangways was probably named after a British artillery commander Brigadier General Thomas Fox-Strangways, Knight Commander Of The Bath killed at the [[Battle of Inkerman]] in the Crimea in 1854.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Victoria place-names and their origin / by John George Saxton|url=https://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30111533/saxton1907victoriaplacenames-text.htm|access-date=2021-11-02|website=dro.deakin.edu.au}}</ref> South Australian [[Henry Strangways|Henry Bull Templar Strangways]] (1832-1920), lawyer and politician, was born to late to be contender.<ref>{{Citation|last=Jaensch|first=Dean|title=Strangways, Henry Bull Templar (1832–1920)|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/strangways-henry-bull-templar-4652|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|place=Canberra|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|language=en|access-date=2021-11-02}}</ref> |
Strangways was probably named after a British artillery commander Brigadier General Thomas Fox-Strangways, Knight Commander Of The Bath killed at the [[Battle of Inkerman]] in the Crimea in 1854.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Victoria place-names and their origin / by John George Saxton|url=https://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30111533/saxton1907victoriaplacenames-text.htm|access-date=2021-11-02|website=dro.deakin.edu.au}}</ref> South Australian [[Henry Strangways|Henry Bull Templar Strangways]] (1832-1920), lawyer and politician, was born to late to be contender.<ref>{{Citation|last=Jaensch|first=Dean|title=Strangways, Henry Bull Templar (1832–1920)|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/strangways-henry-bull-templar-4652|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|place=Canberra|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|language=en|access-date=2021-11-02}}</ref> |
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===Heritage=== |
===Heritage=== |
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Strangways has notable colonial-era |
Strangways has notable colonial-era structures and ruins. with eleven Places of Local Significance, two Heritage Desirable Places and three on the Heritage Inventory.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Taylor|first=Phil|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/heritage-study-of-the-shire-of-newstead-stage-2-section-2-environmental-history/oclc/1190865072|title=Heritage study of the Shire of Newstead stage 2: section 2 - Environmental history|date=2004|publisher=Shire of Mount Alexander?|location=Castlemaine, Vic.|language=English|oclc=1190865072}}</ref> |
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== Population == |
== Population == |
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Strangways is now a sparsely populated mixed farming community. In the 2016 Census,<ref>{{Cite web|title=2016 Census QuickStats: Strangways|url=https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC22356|access-date=2021-11-02|website=quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au|language=en}}</ref> there were 87 people in Strangways; 57.5% male and 42.5% female of a median age of 45 years. The average number of people per household was 2.1. |
Strangways is now a sparsely populated mixed farming community. In the 2016 Census,<ref>{{Cite web|title=2016 Census QuickStats: Strangways|url=https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC22356|access-date=2021-11-02|website=quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au|language=en}}</ref> there were 87 people in Strangways; 57.5% male and 42.5% female of a median age of 45 years. The average number of people per household was 2.1. |
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Revision as of 04:14, 3 November 2021
Strangways is a small Rural Location within the local government area of Mount Alexander, in Central Victoria. It covers an area of 20.105 square kilometres between the townships of Guidford to the east, Newstead to the north-west and Clydesdale to the south.
History
The original inhabitants of Strangways are the Gunangara gundidj clan of the Dja Dja Wurrung. A census undertaken in 1840 recorded 282 Dja Dja Wurrung considerably fewer than Thomas Mitchell’s estimate of 900–1900 when he passed through their territory in 1836.[1][2] In early 1841 the Loddon Valley at Strangways was considered but rejected as a Protectorate site, in favour of Mount Franklin (Lalgambook). Betraying a common attitude in 1873 the Mount Alexander Mail Strangways 'correspondent,' in discussing snakes in the district, by then under cultivation, reported;
...blackfellows, are rapidly and happily passing to the extinction that awaits inferior and noxious races, when exposed to the influence of superior natures...[3]
European settlement
After the discovery of gold in Central Victoria in 1851, alluvial deposits were found in the Loddon River at Strangways and in its tributaries. By the end of 1855 there were big rushes around the nearby Yandoit area (then known as Zandit), Nuggetty Gully area and tunnelling in the King William Gully on the north-west side of Yandoit Creek hills These diggings continued north to Clydesdale and Strangways near the Loddon.[4] Chinese miners worked Pickpocket Hill from November 1860.[5]
Suveys
In 1858 Sir Richard Graves McDonnel, Governor of South Australia is reputed to have explored Strangways and Loddon Springs in 1858.[6] However a geological survey of the area in which Strangways is named had already been undertaken by Government Geologist Alfred R.C. Selwyn and the map by geologists C.D. H. Aplin & George Urich, overlain with parish surveys by Thomas Couchman, & A. Walker published by the Geological Survey Office Melbourne in 1864,[7] and the Surveyor General's Office, Melbourne issued a plan of an allotment abutting Muckleford Creek in the area already listed in 1856 as the Parish of Strangways.[8]
Naming
Strangways was probably named after a British artillery commander Brigadier General Thomas Fox-Strangways, Knight Commander Of The Bath killed at the Battle of Inkerman in the Crimea in 1854.[9] South Australian Henry Bull Templar Strangways (1832-1920), lawyer and politician, was born to late to be contender.[10]
Heritage
Strangways has notable colonial-era structures and ruins. with eleven Places of Local Significance, two Heritage Desirable Places and three on the Heritage Inventory.[11]
Population
Strangways is now a sparsely populated mixed farming community. In the 2016 Census,[12] there were 87 people in Strangways; 57.5% male and 42.5% female of a median age of 45 years. The average number of people per household was 2.1.
Notable residents
References
- ^ Lester, Alan (2014). Colonization and the origins of humanitarian governance : protecting aborigines across the nineteenth-century British empire. Fae Dussart. Cambridge, United Kingdom. ISBN 978-1-139-02202-6. OCLC 879022847.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Attwood, Bain (1999). My country : a history of the Djadja Wurrung 1837-1864. Dja Dja Wrung Aboriginal Association. Clayton, Vic.: Monash University. ISBN 0-7326-1766-9. OCLC 52543785.
- ^ "STRANGWAYS". Mount Alexander Mail. 1868-12-17. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
- ^ Maddicks, Henry T., 100 Years of Daylesford Gold Mining History, p. 12
- ^ Mining Surveyors' Reports
- ^ Favenc, Ernest (1888). The history of Australian exploration from 1788 to 1888 : compiled from state documents, private papers, and the most authentic sources in information : issued under the auspices of the Government of the Australian colonies /. Sydney :: Turner & Henderson,.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ Geological Survey Office (1864). "Geological Survey of Victoria : Parts of parishes of Muckleford, Castlemaine, Chewton, Yandoit, Strangways, Guildford and Tarrengowee". State Library of Victoria. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Philp (lithographer), James B. (14 July 1856). "Surveyor General's Office, Plan of allotment in the Parish of Strangways". State Library Victoria. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Victoria place-names and their origin / by John George Saxton". dro.deakin.edu.au. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
- ^ Jaensch, Dean, "Strangways, Henry Bull Templar (1832–1920)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 2021-11-02
- ^ Taylor, Phil (2004). Heritage study of the Shire of Newstead stage 2: section 2 - Environmental history. Castlemaine, Vic.: Shire of Mount Alexander?. OCLC 1190865072.
- ^ "2016 Census QuickStats: Strangways". quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Retrieved 2021-11-02.