Yandoit is a locality in

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.Yandoit is in the

Hepburn Shire The Shire of Hepburn is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the central part of the state. It covers an area of and, in the 2021 Census the shire had a population of 16,604. It includes the towns of Clunes, Creswick, D ...

local government area, north west of the state capital,

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. At the , Yandoit and the surrounding area had a population of 154. The Yandoit area was first settled by Captain

John Stuart Hepburn Captain John Stuart Hepburn (1803–1860) was an early pastoralist and landholder in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. Hepburn was born in Scotland in 1803. He initially became a seafaring man and progressed to become master of a 226-ton ...

. Alluvial gold was discovered in 1854 and 5,000 miners came to the area creating a

gold rush A gold rush or gold fever is a discovery of gold—sometimes accompanied by other precious metals and rare-earth minerals—that brings an onrush of miners seeking their fortune. Major gold rushes took place in the 19th century in Australia, ...

. The gold soon ran out and deep lead mining started in 1858. Yandoit was surveyed in 1861 when it had a population of 232. Despite its population declining to 77 in 1881, Yandoit was proclaimed a township in 1885. Many Swiss Italians settled in Yandoit and built many of the remaining stone buildings.

Gallery

File:Yandoit Anglican Church.JPG, Anglican church File:Yandoit Mechanics Institute.JPG, Mechanics Institute File:Yandoit Primary School.JPG, Primary School

References

External links

Community website
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