Rathscar, Victoria
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Rathscar is a locality in
Pyrenees Shire The Shire of Pyrenees is a local government area (LGA) in Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of and in June 2018 had a population of 7,353. It includes the towns of Avoca, Beaufort, Lexton and ...
and the
Shire of Central Goldfields Shire of Central Goldfields is a Local government areas of Victoria, local government area in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, located in the central part of the state. It covers an area of and, in August 2021 had a population of 13,48 ...
. The area to the east of the Avoca River known as Rathscar West was surveyed in 1899.


Gold mining

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


People

The "largest landholder and possibly the wealthiest" in the area was Charles Wilson from ''Sunny Park'' ( Coordinates ). 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. Rathscar West had a Methodist church, initially constructed in timber and built around 1870. As well as the Sunday services, the church hosted a number of activities including concerts, harvest festivals and Sunday School picnics. The timber building was replaced by brick church (recycled from the former Methodist Church / Wesleyan Chapel
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- 6 km away) in 1928. In 2018, this former Rathcar West church building is now privately owned. 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.


See also

* Adelaide Lead, Victoria *
Bung Bong, Victoria Bung Bong is a locality in Victoria (Australia), Victoria between the towns of Avoca, Victoria, Avoca and Maryborough, Victoria, Maryborough. The locality is divided, with the Western section in the Pyrenees Shire and the Eastern section in Shir ...
* Homebush, Victoria * Lamplough, Victoria * List of locations in the Shire of Pyrenees * List of localities in the Shire of Central Goldfields * Pyrenees Highway, Victoria *
Richmond Lass Richmond Lass won 31 races as a harness racer and went on to win the 1969 Inter Dominion Pacing Championship. The horse was owned by Fred Miller, from Richmond House, Bung Bong, Victoria and driven by "respected local horseman Jack Moore." Rich ...
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Wareek, Victoria Wareek is a locality which in Pyrenees Shire and the Shire of Central Goldfields. People and properties The "largest landholder and possibly the wealthiest" in the area was Charles Wilson from ''Sunny Park'' Wareek ( Coordinates ). Wilson's da ...


References


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Avoca and District Historical Society

Don't go down the mine
(the song sung at th
Rathscar Methodist church concert in 1915
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