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| Philip Game | profile | all galleries >> Southeastern Australia (24 galleries) >> Goldfields of Central Victoria (5 galleries) >> Maldon, gold rush town | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
A day out in the historic gold rush township of Maldon, northwest of Melbourne, which sprang up on the goldfields in the 1850s. As many as 30,000 diggers arrived in 1854 to exploit the alluvial or surface gold deposits, which were depleted within a year. By 1863 the town's population had fallen away to 7,000.
These images were taken with Nikon D300 using RAW format, and are available for licensing.
Maldon Hotel facade in Main Street |
 Shop display in Main Street |
 Ford Galaxy parked in Main Street |
 Main street shopfronts |
 Baker's badge of honour |
 Protect Your Loved Ones |
 Dabb's Produce Store, Main Street |
 Main Street |
 Main street |
 Former produce store |
 Warnock's Beehive Store |
 Store sign |
 Outmoded shop sign |
 Rooftops of a church (one of many) |
 Penny School building |
 Flowering gum |
 Game of petanque |
 Victorian-style fence posts |
 Fence post |
 District Hospital |
 Victorian home |
 Bed & Breakfast sign in High Street |
 Grand old State School in High Street |
 Kangaroo Hotel in High Street |
 Baptist church |
 Memorial and market hall |
 Market Hall in High Street |
 Pioneer cottage on the town's outskirts |
 Rusting farm equipment |
 Farm sheds |
 Beehive Mine chimney |
 Base of the Beehive Mine chimney |
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