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Walhalla is a small, picturesque and historic mountain township in the Gippsland district's Baw Baw Ranges in Victoria, in the south-eastern corner of mainland Australia. At its peak, some 5,000 people lived in and around Walhalla, the centre of a pioneer goldfield that extended to the nearby towns of Aberfeldy, Toombon, Donnelly's Creek, Red Jacket and Jericho to the north and west, and Cooper's Creek, Happy Go Lucky and Jubilee to the south and east. Only a handful of permanent residents live there today, but in the last decades of the 19th century, it was the heart of one of the most vibrant gold mining districts in the world, and a major influence in shaping the prosperity of a newly founded state. Click on the links below to find out more about this fascinating old town. Or better yet, come up and see us some time soon!

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WOMEN ON THE GIPPSLAND GOLDFIELDS

Did any of your female ancestors live on the Gippsland goldfields of Walhalla, Woods Point or Jamieson between the 1860s and the 1930s? If so, Louise Blake is seeking information and contact with you and other descendants of women from this region as part of her PhD studies at Monash University. She says, "I'm particularly interested in finding material written or created by women from this region, eg. letters, diaries, artwork, embroidery, etc. I am already looking at a number of women, including my own great-grandmother, Margaret Knopp, who created a scrapbook (now held by Museum Victoria) when she was living in Woods Point in the 1880s-90s. I’m also researching writer Marion Miller Knowles, the Tisdall family, Isabella Cleugh, and Mabel Justice from Jamieson, all of whom wrote about their lives in the region." If you have information you'd be willing to share with Louise, we're more than happy to put you in touch with her. Just click here to send us an email!

WHO MADE WALHALLA? FIND OUT WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT ANOTHER 600 MORE OF OUR PEOPLE ... HERE

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