Английская Википедия:Happy Valley, Victoria (Golden Plains Shire)

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Шаблон:Use Australian English Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:More citations needed Шаблон:Infobox Australian place Happy Valley is a locality in the Local Government Area of the Golden Plains Shire. It shares the same name with Happy Valley in Northern Victoria.[1]

Happy Valley is a former gold mining town Шаблон:Convert south-west of Ballarat that is now only a rural locality.

History

Gold was discovered in the area, originally called "Wardy Yallock" (thought to have meant "winding yellow river" of Aboriginal origins) in 1849 as part of the Australian gold rushes, with intensive mining beginning in 1853.[2] The Aboriginal name is also given as Molong ghip.[3] Mining Continued until the 1900s. The naming comes from the amount of gold found in the area.[4]

Demographics

Year Population
1871 512
1891 239
1911 135
1933 69
1954 25
2016 85

References

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