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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 641 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BEECHWORTH  , a

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town of Bogong
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county,
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Victoria,
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Australia, 172 M. by
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rail N.E. of
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Melbourne . Pop . (1901) 7359 . The town is the centre of the Ovens goldfields, and the
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district is mainly devoted to
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mining with both alluvial and
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reef working, but much of the
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land is under cultivation, yielding
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grain and
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fruit . The
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water
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supply is derived from
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Lake Kerferd in the vicinity, which is a favourite resort of visitors; the scenery near the town, which lies at an
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elevation of 18o5 ft. among the May
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Day Hills, being singularly beautiful . The
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industries of
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Beech-
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worth include tanning, ironfounding and
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coach-
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building .

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