Rathscar, Victoria
| Rathscar Victoria | |
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 Typical wheat country in central Victoria | |
  Rathscar | |
| Coordinates | 36°58′27″S 143°31′16″E / 36.9742287°S 143.5212222°E |
| Population | 19 (SAL 2021)[1] |
| Postcode(s) | 3465 |
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| LGA(s) | |
| State electorate(s) | Ripon |
| Federal division(s) | Mallee |
Rathscar is a locality in Pyrenees Shire and the Shire of Central Goldfields. The area to the east of the Avoca River known as Rathscar West was surveyed in 1899.[2]
Gold mining[edit]
The Melbourne newspaper The Argus reported in 1903 that a new gold-bearing reef had been discovered in Rathscar.[3]
People[edit]
The "largest landholder and possibly the wealthiest" in the area was Charles Wilson from Sunny Park[4] ( Coordinates 36°58′53″S 143°36′28″E / 36.9813035°S 143.607879°E ). 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[edit]
There was a Primary School (Numbered 1535) at Rathscar West.[5]
Rathscar West had a Methodist church, initially constructed in timber and built around 1870.[6] As well as the Sunday services, the church hosted a number of activities including concerts,[7] harvest festivals[8] and Sunday School picnics.[9]
The timber building was replaced by brick church (recycled from the former Methodist Church / Wesleyan Chapel Homebush - 6 km away) in 1928.[10][6] In 2018, this former Rathcar West church building is now privately owned.[11][12]
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.[6]
See also[edit]
- Bung Bong, Victoria
- Homebush, Victoria
- List of localities in the Shire of Central Goldfields
- List of locations in the Shire of Pyrenees
- Wareek, Victoria
References[edit]
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Rathscar (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Country lands in the parishes of Avoca and Rathscar, county unnamed / In. Templeton, Asst. Surveyor". Victoria. Department of Crown Lands and Survey. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ^ "New Reef at Rathscar". The Argus. 4 September 1903.
- ^ "Death of C A Wilson". Maryborough and Dunolly Advertiser. 12 January 1917. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ^ "Rathscar". Avoca Free Press and Farmers' and Miners' Journal. 9 September 1914. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ^ a b c "Avoca Heritage Study: 1864 - 1994, Volume 3". Pyrenees Shire Council. February 1995. pp. 15–20. Archived from the original on 14 March 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ^ "Rathscar Sunday School Concert". Maryborough and Dunolly Advertiser. 24 September 1915.
- ^ "Rathscar A good harvest". 9 March 1917. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ^ "Rathscar Sunday School Picnic". Maryborough and Dunolly Advertiser. 17 April 1914. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ^ "Homebush Methodist Church - Former". Churches Australia. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ "Avoca-Bealiba Road, Rathscar West Church - Former". Churches Australia. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
- ^ "444 Avoca-Bealiba Road Rathscar West, Vic 3465". Elders Real Estate. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
External links[edit]
- Avoca and District Historical Society
- Don't go down the mine (the song sung at the Rathscar Methodist church concert in 1915).
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