1196:. These papers engaged in fierce competition and for a while were daily issues. The papers circulated far and wide throughout the district and the colony of Victoria.(O'Brien) Both papers represented the views of their respective readerships sometimes to the exclusion of all others.(O'Brien) Even today, these old papers are an important historical research tool as most editions from the early 1850 survive and are micro-filmed and are available at the Burke Museum and most state and national libraries throughout Australia. These two local papers provide rich primary sources for many historians of Beechworth and its surrounds, plus the Kelly Gang historians.(See: Woods (1985); McMahon (2000); Lane (1978); McQuilton (1979); Jones (1995); McWaters (2002); O'Brien (2005); and Wild & McMahon (2006))
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Woolshed increasing the population on the Ovens to around 22,000. The Chinese were not allowed to live in Beechworth town and resided on the outskirts. Numerous controls, regulations and licence checks were enforced on the Chinese miners (see: Woods; also McWaters; also O'Brien; and Cronin). Beechworth Cemetery has a large preserved section of early Chinese miners/pioneers. The presence of the Chinese goldminers around Beechworth and throughout Victoria's north-eastern region created social unrest and these are recorded in O'Brien's; Woods'; and Cronin's works below.
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11, 1880. Other popular draws to the area are its many annual festivals, including the famous Golden
Horseshoes Festival Easter Parade through the centre of town, the Burke Museum, Forests Commission museum, waterfalls, Gun Powder Magazine, Newtown Bridge (Stone Bridge), Tail Race (Mining Race), Spring Creek Water Falls, Spring Creek Gorge,
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The Burke Museum is located in Loch Street and holds primary materials on
Beechworth and the surrounding district's past. Source materials include newspapers, photos, artefacts, clothing, paintings, exhibitions, published local histories and unpublished theses on the district and displays dating back
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In its golden days, men and women arrived from the United States, United
Kingdom and China. At its peak, Beechworth town had over 3,100 residents. Surrounding areas and mining camps sprang up as thousands of miners rushed into areas such as Spring Creek, Reedy Creek, Silver Creek, the Nine Mile Creek
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Beechworth is a popular tourist destination. Attractions include Ned Kelly-themed displays at the old court house and the Ned Kelly
Weekend, a recreation of the Kelly legend. It commemorates the anniversary of the outlaw's committal hearing held in the historic Beechworth Courthouse from August 6 to
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newspaper. Ironically, in the 1890s a narrow gauge system did eventuate nearby, running from
Wangaratta to Whitfield. Finally a broad gauge railway arrived at Beechworth in September 1876, but by that stage the town and its gold production was waning. The rail line was closed in 1977 and dismantled,
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Considering the present nature of the town, a surprising range and variety of books exist on
Beechworth town, its adjoining goldfield camps, its surrounds and its heady goldfield days. These include numerous histories, a treasure of local histories, theses, material on bushrangers, police, Chinese,
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track, the
Beechworth Mountain Bike Park, is maintained by the Beechworth Chain Gang Mountain Bike Club. Beechworth skate park is located close to the Beechworth pool. It has three bowls: one big, one medium and one small. Beechworth also has a swimming complex consisting of three pools of varying
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During its boom times, Beechworth town boasted a range of industries including, a tannery, jewellers, boot makers, a brewery, blacksmiths, livestock sale yards. It had schools, a convent, hotels, a prison with imposing stone walls, a hospital, a mental hospital, court house, police barracks, stage
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Beechworth in 1867 to help their son to gain a better quality education, first enrolling him in the Common school then in the Beechworth Grammar School. He became dux in his first year. In his second year he was employed part-time as an assistant teacher at the school, and took up after school
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and fought a famous boxing bout with Isaiah "Wild" Wright in the back of a local hotel. Aaron
Sherritt and Joe Byrne of the Kelly Gang came from the Woolshed goldmining camp, outside of Beechworth town. It was in Beechworth gaol that twenty-one men, suspected Kelly Gang supporters, relatives and
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Like many Australian country towns associated with the early goldfields, Beechworth had its share of colourful characters and villains. Among the infamous during the 1870s was the one-time Livery Stable owner, later the 'Dog Officer', at some other time the 'Pound Officer' and another time shire
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Between 1852 and 1857, Beechworth was a gold-producing region and centre of government; however, its power, wealth and influence were short-lived. According to Carole Woods, an early party of prospectors retrieved a pan of gold from the area weighing 14 pounds (6.4 kg). Another lucky party
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tutoring of fellow students. In September 1870, when Isaacs was just 15 years old, he passed his examination as a pupil teacher and taught at the school from then until 1873. Isaacs was next employed as an assistant teacher at the Beechworth State School, the successor to the Common school.
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Shea, Peter, M (2010)Champagne From Six To Six (A short social history of Recreations and Entertainments at the Beechworth and Ovens goldfields 1852–1877) Conn: Eloquent Press Illus, 189pp (informative first hand accounts of cultural activity on the Beechworth and Ovens
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At the time, Beechworth was far removed from the centre of colonial administration in Melbourne both in distance and time taken to travel. The local debates around the potential railway into Beechworth encompassed a broad gauge
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Originally used for grazing by the settler David Reid, the area was also sometimes known as Mayday Hills until 1853. The Post Office opened on 1 May 1853 as Spring Creek and was renamed Beechworth on 1 January 1854.
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sizes for babies, kids and adults. The adult pool is about 25 metres long. It has five lanes and it is not very deep. It has an electric barbecue and also has a canteen with cold drinks and snacks.
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was stationed in Beechworth as Senior Inspector of Police from 1854 to 1857. Policeman John Sadleir, one of the Kelly Gang pursuers, was also stationed in Beechworth during its early days.(Harvey)
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Shea, Peter, M; (1994) Leisure as a Basis of Culture Selected Social Formations Beechworth 1852–1877) Master of Arts (Hon.), Monash University, Thesis Copy Donated by Author to Burke Museum 1996
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revenue officer, John Phelan. Phelan was a continual litigant, correspondent to the newspapers and advertiser. His official and officious escapades were mockingly reported in the local paper.
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The Beechworth Wanderers Cricket Club currently play in the Wangaratta & District Cricket Association and have teams in A., A Reserve, B & C Grade, plus Under 16's, 14's and 12's.
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Castieau (1831–1885) was the Prison Governor at Beechworth from 1856 to 1869. The prison, famous for its huge granite walls was known as "Castieau's castle". As the Governor of the
1329:, Artillery Publishing, Hartwell, 2005. (a solid, controversial piece with good insights into the social conflicts which emerged on the Ovens goldfield during an election year)
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Beechworth's many historical buildings are well preserved and the town has re-invented itself and evolved into a popular tourist destination and growing wine-producing centre.
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McMahon, H. Denise. & Wild, Christine G., American Fever Australian Gold ( Americans and Canadians involved in Northeast Victoria's Gold Rush), Middle Park, Qld. 2008
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James William Ingram and his father ran a sizable book business in Beechworth trading as James Ingram & Son. It was founded in 1855 and continued until 1898.
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cleared some 50 pounds (23 kg) of gold in a week. And so began a rush into this remote region. During the first election campaign in 1855, one candidate,
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from May 1892 until May 1893 and between June 1893 and May 1901. Isaacs further represented Beechworth and surrounding areas when he was elected to the first
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other sympathisers were held without trial or evidence for over three months, by the Chief Commissioner of Police Captain Standish, under the
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Beechworth Parish and Township plans were prepared, named and certified by George D. Smythe after he had left the family estate near
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1769:. Heydon, Toby, 1972-, Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages. Melbourne: Victorian Aboriginal Corp. for Languages.
1374:, Beechworth, 2010 (the story of Elizabeth Scott, the first woman hanged in Victoria and tried at the Beechworth Courthouse)
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1501:, 1948 (plus subsequent editions) (Social insights and contemporary 1940s photos of Beechworth and its immediate surrounds)
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1315:, Greenhouse, North Melbourne, 1987. (solid research piece on a post-gold boom town and its re-invention)
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Climate data for Beechworth Composite (1908–1986, rainfall 1858–2023); 580 m AMSL; 36.37° S, 146.71° E
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1463:, McClure, Wodonga, 2006 (local newspaper cuttings 1876–1900 with hundreds of family names and events)
1354:, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, 1997, (encompasses the Chinese miners of Northeastern Victoria)
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Golfers play at the Beechworth Golf Club on Balaclava Road. A dedicated cross-country and downhill
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was born here and she went on to run Melbourne's largest bookshop and haven for the literati in
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The difficulties of my position; the diaries of prison governor John Buckley Castieau 1855–1884
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The Difficulties of My Position, The Diaries of Prison Governor John Buckley Castieau 1855–1884
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A Biographical Dictionary of the Pioneers of the Ovens and Townsmen of Beechworth
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One Indigenous name for the area of unknown origin and language is Baarmutha.
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Gold and Granite Grandeur: Living History of Beechworth, Stanley and Eldorado
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Born in 1897, died in 1983. Sportsman, businessman and sports administrator.
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Old News Today: Tales of the Upper Murray: newspaper snippets from 1876–1900
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riots, the coming and going of the railway and novels set in the district.
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1982:, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University
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The Friendship that destroyed Ned Kelly: Joe Byrne and Aaron Sherritt
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Awaiting Ned Kelly: Rural Malaise in North-eastern Victoria 1872–73
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Beechworth After the Gold Rush: A study of its development to 1956
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Victoria Police Station Beechworth 1880's-1990's (1858) at sunrise
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is a well-preserved historical town located in the north-east of
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1409:, Parish of Beechworth, 1978. (on the Catholics of the district)
2066:. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
2048:. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
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1529:, 2000. (a moving account of growing up in post-war Beechworth)
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ghost tours, lakes, historic buildings, goldfields, walks, the
1484:, B.A. (Hons), Dept of Geography, Melbourne University, 1971.
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The Beechworth Magistrates' Court closed on 1 January 1990.
2143:"Beechworth Chain Gang – The Beechworth Mountain Bike Club"
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Gordon, Max (1963). Sir Isaac Isaacs. Adelaide: Heinemann.
1815:"The Ovens Valley Goldfields Railways", Eardley, Gifford,
1426:, Albury, 2002 (on the Chinese goldminers at Spring Creek)
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The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People
1850:"Review of Legal Services in Rural and Regional Victoria"
597:(1836–1889), a longtime resident of Beechworth, became a
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Spring Creek diggings, c1855. Photo by Walter B Woodbury
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Shenanigans on the Ovens Goldfields: The 1859 Election
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had many links to Beechworth – he spent time in
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The Chinese on the Upper Ovens Goldfields: 1855–1920
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The Golden Gum Tree: Hiram Allen Crawford, 1832–1916
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Beechworth: An Australian Country Town and its Past
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1368:, Beechworth, 1987. (on the district's freemasons)
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2042:"Chadwick, Sir Albert Edward (Bert) (1897–1983)"
2003:, National Library of Australia, Canberra, 2004.
1821:, December, 1968 pp. 281–294; January, 1969 1–18
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1766:Dictionary of Aboriginal placenames of Victoria
1431:The 1855 Ovens Election and the Gold Horseshoes
1999:John Buckley Castieau (Mark Finnane, editor),
1818:Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin
1477:, B.A. (Hons), 1999 (sighted in Burke Museum).
1451:Wild, Christine, G. & McMahon, Denise, H.
1393:Beechworth Cemetery – A stroll through history
1352:Colonial Casualties: Chinese in Early Victoria
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1873:O'Brien, 'Awaiting Ned Kelly' & Jones,
1520:Recollections of a Victorian Police Officer
360:Beechworth historic precinct in Ford Street
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1976:"Margaret Henrietta Bird (1888–1963)"
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1686:"Beechworth (Urban Centre/Locality)"
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1661:Shenanigans on the Ovens Goldfields
1633:Chinese Pioneers of the King Valley
1548:The Inner History of the Kelly Gang
1379:Background to Beechworth: From 1852
653:Born in 1886, died in 1962. Judge.
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2064:Australian Dictionary of Biography
2046:Australian Dictionary of Biography
1980:Australian Dictionary of Biography
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1372:Hanson, Anne. A White Handkerchief
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2724:Mining towns in Victoria (state)
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1612:Chinese goldminers in the region
1591:Secrets of the Beechworth Bakery
1543:, Lothian, Port Melbourne, 1992.
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524:Victorian Legislative Assembly
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1338:Beechworth: A Titan's Field
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440:Ovens and Murray Advertiser
18:Town in Victoria, Australia
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1744:. Phoenix Auctions History
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1964:Jones, pp. 177–178
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1366:How Old is Your Grandma
1345:Listen to what they say
627:the Australian Sketcher
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2202:24 August 2006 at the
2106:"Beechworth Golf Club"
1763:Clark, Ian D. (2002).
1690:2016 Census QuickStats
1621:, LRGM, Bright, 1997.
1534:Ned Kelly a Short Life
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1897:"Robert O'Hara Burke"
1436:Shennan, M. Rosalyn.
1429:Shennan, M. Rosalyn.
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1386:Beechworth Sketchbook
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563:HM Prison Beechworth
396:Launceston, Tasmania
108:-36.35944; 146.68694
2612:North West Victoria
2575:North East Victoria
2077:Full Points Footy,
1946:on 16 November 2006
1716:"A DIAMOND WEDDING"
1289:Books on Beechworth
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1214:Beechworth Gallery.
934:Record low °C (°F)
599:Premier of Victoria
485:Robert O'Hara Burke
480:Robert O'Hara Burke
369:Victoria, Australia
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189:State electorate(s)
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2260:Localities in the
1742:"Post Office List"
1562:Bye-Bye Dolly Gray
1560:O'Brien, Antony.
1468:Unpublished theses
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1659:O'Brien, Antony.
1473:O'Brien, Antony.
1443:Williams, David.
1350:Cronin, Kathryn.
1318:McQuilton, John.
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2598:King Valley
2422:Cornishtown
2334:Sandy Creek
2281:Barnawartha
2276:Allans Flat
2222:16 February
1405:Lane, Leo.
1333:Goldfields)
557:The outlaw
436:762 mm
398:, in 1838.
377:2021 census
132:Postcode(s)
124:2021 census
106: /
94:146°41′13″E
81:Coordinates
2719:Beechworth
2703:Categories
2603:Rutherglen
2588:Beechworth
2427:Gooramadda
2329:Rutherglen
2296:Gundowring
2286:Beechworth
2122:Beechworth
2080:Beechworth
1950:30 October
1911:30 October
1668:References
1573:Four Fires
1184:Newspapers
1080:(≥ 0.2 mm)
536:High Court
365:Beechworth
288:Beechworth
168:Wangaratta
119:Population
91:36°21′34″S
68:Beechworth
25:Beechworth
2678:Grampians
2624:Swan Hill
2593:Glenrowan
2565:Gippsland
2558:Gippsland
2530:Heathcote
2412:Charleroi
2357:Wahgunyah
2314:Kergunyah
1986:28 August
1695:1 October
1492:Biography
1306:Histories
559:Ned Kelly
553:Ned Kelly
392:Liverpool
373:gold rush
301:Murmungee
243:959.7 mm
156:Melbourne
141:Elevation
2688:Pyrenees
2499:Victoria
2432:Lilliput
2402:Bruarong
2385:Locality
2362:Wooragee
2291:Chiltern
2216:archived
2200:Archived
2026:20 March
1859:12 April
1785:54913331
1748:23 March
1726:10 April
1457:Archived
1173:Source:
1073:(37.78)
1004:Average
789:(104.0)
734:(104.0)
729:(102.7)
434: /
426: /
284:Eldorado
275:Wooragee
270:Chiltern
233:18.4 °C
194:Benambra
149:Location
30:Victoria
2655:Sunbury
2640:Geelong
2513:Bendigo
2407:Carlyle
2347:Stanley
2178:15 July
2091:25 July
1886:O'Brien
1576:(2001).
1206:Tourism
1068:(2.46)
1063:(2.74)
1058:(3.51)
1053:(3.57)
1048:(4.20)
1043:(4.31)
1038:(4.31)
1033:(3.61)
1028:(2.61)
1023:(2.43)
1018:(1.99)
1013:(2.04)
999:(21.9)
994:(33.6)
989:(30.2)
984:(28.9)
979:(26.6)
974:(25.3)
969:(21.9)
964:(25.0)
959:(25.0)
954:(28.9)
949:(30.9)
944:(37.2)
939:(35.2)
929:(46.1)
924:(52.9)
919:(48.7)
914:(44.6)
909:(40.8)
904:(38.1)
899:(36.7)
894:(38.1)
889:(41.5)
884:(46.2)
879:(52.5)
874:(56.8)
869:(56.1)
859:(65.2)
854:(77.2)
849:(70.7)
844:(64.0)
839:(57.7)
834:(52.3)
829:(49.3)
824:(51.3)
819:(57.0)
814:(65.5)
809:(75.0)
804:(81.1)
799:(81.1)
784:(99.5)
779:(97.2)
774:(84.0)
769:(78.1)
764:(69.6)
759:(67.6)
754:(68.9)
749:(73.8)
744:(81.7)
739:(98.1)
657:Climate
522:in the
386:History
306:Stanley
245:37.8 in
238:7.8 °C
162:Wodonga
2437:Norong
2153:8 July
2128:11 May
1783:
1773:
1653:
1639:
1625:
1512:
1120:122.0
680:Month
520:Bogong
177:LGA(s)
2683:Henty
2319:Kiewa
1853:(PDF)
1258:Sport
1111:11.4
1108:12.7
1105:14.9
1102:14.9
1099:13.3
1096:11.3
1071:959.7
1046:106.6
1041:109.5
1036:109.5
719:Year
547:Ovens
240:46 °F
235:65 °F
2392:Brim
2304:Huon
2269:Town
2224:2009
2180:2020
2155:2009
2130:2009
2093:2008
2028:2021
1988:2024
1952:2016
1913:2016
1861:2020
1781:OCLC
1771:ISBN
1750:2021
1728:2018
1697:2007
1651:ISBN
1637:ISBN
1623:ISBN
1598:Rail
1581:Food
1510:ISBN
1192:and
1129:(%)
1117:7.7
1114:9.1
1093:8.1
1090:6.7
1087:5.8
1084:6.1
1066:62.5
1061:69.6
1056:89.1
1051:90.8
1031:91.6
1026:66.4
1021:61.6
1016:50.5
1011:51.7
997:−5.6
987:−1.0
982:−1.7
977:−3.0
972:−3.7
967:−5.6
962:−3.9
957:−3.9
952:−1.7
947:−0.6
922:11.6
877:11.4
872:13.8
867:13.4
857:18.4
852:25.1
847:21.5
842:17.8
837:14.3
832:11.3
822:10.7
817:13.9
812:18.6
807:23.9
802:27.3
797:27.3
787:40.0
782:37.5
777:36.2
772:28.9
767:25.6
762:20.9
757:19.8
752:20.5
747:23.2
742:27.6
737:36.7
732:40.0
727:39.3
716:Dec
713:Nov
710:Oct
707:Sep
704:Aug
701:Jul
698:Jun
695:May
692:Apr
689:Mar
686:Feb
683:Jan
532:Indi
409:Gold
206:Indi
136:3747
2497:of
2454:LGA
1570:.
1168:51
1165:38
1162:43
1159:50
1156:55
1153:63
1150:69
1147:68
1144:62
1141:50
1138:41
1135:37
1132:34
992:0.9
942:2.9
937:1.8
927:7.8
917:9.3
912:7.0
907:4.9
902:3.4
897:2.6
892:3.4
887:5.3
882:7.9
827:9.6
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