Beechworth History


Rocky Mountain Tunnel

Rocky Mountain Tunnel BeechworthAs Beechworth's alluvial gold deposits were depleated groups of miners organised themselves to begin using more advanced mining techniques including races to carry water from the creek area and the beginning of sluicing. A mining method using water under pressure to wash away the dirt.

 

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Beechworth Town Hall

Beechworth Town HallThe Beechworth town hall and erect a double st­orey building. Early on the hall also served as a Court of Petty Sessions, with the magistrate seated in an elaborate carved chair. Kerosene chand­el­iers illuminated the hall for social occasions. Adjacent are the Beechworth Town Hall Gardens 1875, when botanist Ferdinard von Mueller donated trees.

 

Old Priory Beechworth

Old Priory BeechworthIn 1886 four Brigidine nuns sailed from Ireland to Australia. They arrived in Beechworth where they established a con­vent in the former Oriental Bank building in Ford St, which in 1886 became the second Brigidine convent in Australia. The following year the sisters took over St Joseph's school, buying land adjacent to the school. Much later it became the Beechworth Old Priory Lodge.

 

Beechworth Telegraph Station

Beechworth Telegraph StationThe Beechworth Telegraph Station is one of the first buildings you will encounter in the Beechworth Historic Precinct as you arrive from the centre of town along Ford Street. The building was opened as a Telegraph Station on 21st January 1858 having been built by contractors McLuckie & Carter at a cost of 1,100 pounds. With an electric telegraph line in place between Melbourne and Albury the Beechworth Telegraph Station soon became an essential source of sending and receiving information.

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Powder Magazine - Skidmore Road Beechworth

Powder Magazine - Skidmore Road BeechworthBuilt in 1860 to store the gunpowder used in the local gold mining, the powder magazine was designed to minimise the risk of explosion. Only copper fittings were used and an elaborate lightening rod was fitted. People entering had to wear special shoes. Should an explosion occur the design of the building and compound would ensure the blast traveled upwards. The magazine closed in 1918 and fell into decay. The roof was removed to stop vagrants sleeping there and was almost demolished. The National Trust restored the building in 1966.

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Bank of Victoria Beechworth

Bank of Victoria BeechworthThe old Bank of Victoria building in Beechworth was built in 1867 to replace an earlier large bank that had been destroyed by fire. The Bank of Victoria building features arched windows on the ground floor and a small cast-iron balcony above the main entrance. Inside is the original gold vault which was used when the building was a gold office. And an impressive crystal chandelier. The original toilet blocks, servants' quarters and balcony have been restored and a Victorian-style fount­ain has been installed in a fine stone pool within the garden area. This is overseen by wrought-iron gates.

 


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