Beechworth
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| Beechworth | |
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 Le centre ville de Beechworth |
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| Pays |  Australie |
| État | Victoria |
| Code postal | VIC 3747 |
| Latitude | 36°21′ S |
| Longitude | 146°41′ E |
| Altitude | 580 m |
| Population | (2006) 3 227 hab. |
| Maire | Vic Issell Comté d'Indigo |
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Beechworth (3 227 habitants) est une ville du comté d'Indigo à 284 km au nord-est de Melbourne au nord-est de l'état du Victoria en Australie.
La ville a atteint son apogée dans les années 1850 avec la découverte d'or dans la région. a l'heure actuelle la ville vit surtout du tourisme, ayant su garder ses anciens batiments et de la culture de la vigne.
[modifier] Références
- Griffiths, Tom. Beechworth: An Australian Country Town and its Past, Greenhouse, North Melbourne, 1987. (solid research piece on a post-gold boom town and its re-invention)
- McQuilton, John. The Kelly Outbreak 1878-1880, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, 1979. (wonderful insight into the Kelly Outbreak in NE Victoria and its geographical causes)
- O'Brien, Antony. Shenanigans on the Ovens Goldfields: The 1859 Election, Artillery Publishing, Hartwell, 2005. (a solid, controversial piece with good insights into the social conflicts which emerged on the Ovens goldfield during an election year)
- Woods, Carole. Beechworth: A Titan's Field, Hargreen, North Melbourne, 1985. (a wide ranging solid research piece on Beechworth from its earliest days 1830s to the late 1800s)
- Williams, Jennifer. Listen to what they say, 2005. (a comprehensive oral history of the town from the early 1900s to the modern era)
- Cronin, Kathryn. Colonial Casualties: Chinese in Early Victoria, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, 1997, (encompasses the Chinese miners of Northeastern Victoria)
