Rathscar, Victoria

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Rathscar
Victoria
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Rathscar
Coordinates 36°58′27″S143°31′16″E / 36.9742287°S 143.5212222°E / -36.9742287; 143.5212222 Coordinates: 36°58′27″S143°31′16″E / 36.9742287°S 143.5212222°E / -36.9742287; 143.5212222
Population19 (SAL 2021) [1]
Postcode(s) 3465
Location
LGA(s)
State electorate(s) Ripon
Federal division(s) Mallee

Rathscar is a Central Victorian locality. Gold was mined in the area. The area to the east of the Avoca River known as Rathscar West was surveyed in 1899. [2] Rathscar straddles both the Pyrenees Shire and the Shire of Central Goldfields.

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Gold mining

The Melbourne newspaper The Argus reported in 1903 that a new gold-bearing reef had been discovered in Rathscar. [3]

People

The "largest landholder and possibly the wealthiest" in the area was Charles Wilson from Sunny Park [4] ( Coordinates 36°58′53″S143°36′28″E / 36.9813035°S 143.607879°E / -36.9813035; 143.607879 ). Wilson's daughter Maude Wilson married John Miller in 1901 at Sunny Park and they then lived in the Rathscar district where their four children were born.

Property

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

Methodist Church, Upper Homebush which was subsequently dismantled in 1928 and re-erected at Rathscar West Methodist Church, Upper Homebush. Dismantled and re-erected at Rathscar West.jpg
Methodist Church, Upper Homebush which was subsequently dismantled in 1928 and re-erected at Rathscar West

Rathscar West had a Methodist church, initially constructed in timber and built around 1870. [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 timber building was replaced by brick church (recycled from the former Methodist Church / Wesleyan Chapel Homebush - 6 km away) in 1928. [10] [6] In 2018, this former Rathcar West church building is now privately owned. [11] [12]

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]

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References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Rathscar (Suburb and Locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ "New Reef at Rathscar". The Argus . 4 September 1903.
  4. ↑ "Death of C A Wilson". Maryborough and Dunolly Advertiser. 12 January 1917. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Rathscar". Avoca Free Press and Farmers' and Miners' Journal. 9 September 1914. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  6. 1 2 3 "Avoca Heritage Study: 1864 - 1994, Volume 3". Pyrenees Shire Council . February 1995. pp. 15–20. Archived from the original on 14 March 2018. 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.
  10. ↑ "Homebush Methodist Church - Former". Churches Australia. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  11. ↑ "Avoca-Bealiba Road, Rathscar West Church - Former". Churches Australia. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  12. ↑ "444 Avoca-Bealiba Road Rathscar West, Vic 3465". Elders Real Estate. Retrieved 27 July 2018.


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