Rathscar, Victoria

Rathscar
Victoria

Typical wheat country in central Victoria
Rathscar
Coordinates 36°58′27″S 143°31′16″E / 36.9742287°S 143.5212222°E / -36.9742287; 143.5212222Coordinates: 36°58′27″S 143°31′16″E / 36.9742287°S 143.5212222°E / -36.9742287; 143.5212222
Postcode(s) 3465
Location
LGA(s)
State electorate(s) Ripon
Federal Division(s) Bendigo, Wannon

Rathscar is a Central Victorian town. Gold was mined in the area. The area to the east of the Avoca River known as Rathscar West was surveyed in 1899.[1] Rathscar straddles both the Pyrenees Shire and the Shire of Central Goldfields.

Gold mining

The Melbourne newspaper The Argus reported in 1903 that a new gold-bearing reef had been discovered in Rathscar.[2]

People

The "largest landholder and possibly the wealthiest" in the area was Charles Wilson from Sunny Park[3] ( Coordinates 36°58′53″S 143°36′28″E / 36.9813035°S 143.607879°E / -36.9813035; 143.607879 ). Wilsons's daughter Maude Wilson married John Miller in 1901 at Sunny Park, and they then lived at Richmond Park in Rathscar / Bung Bong, where their four children were born. John and his brother Bill were share farmers. The Richmond Park property subsequently became the home of the horse Richmond Lass which won 31 races including the 1969 Inter Dominion Pacing Championship.[4]

Property

There was a Primary School (Numbered 1535) at West Rathscar.[5]

Rathscar also had a Methodist church, initially a timber building which was replaced by a (recycled) brick structure in 1928.[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 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

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ "New Reef at Rathscar". The Argus. 4 September 1903.
  3. ↑ "Death of C A Wilson". Maryborough and Dunolly Advertiser. 12 January 1917. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  4. ↑ Harness Racing,Wayville (S.A) 01/03/1969 Inter-Dominion Grand Final (Richmond Lass-K.Brook). 22 August 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Rathscar". Avoca Free Press and Farmers' and Miners' Journal. 9 September 1914. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Avoca Heritage Study: 1864 - 1994, Volume 3". Pyrenees Shire Council. February 1995. pp. 15–20. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "Rathscar Sunday School Concert". Maryborough and Dunolly Advertiser. 24 September 1915.
  8. ↑ "Rathscar A good harvest". 9 March 1917. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  9. ↑ "Rathscar Sunday School Picnic". Maryborough and Dunolly Advertiser. 17 April 1914. Retrieved 27 June 2017.


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