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CRESWICK

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 414 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CRESWICK  , a

borough of Talbot county, Victoria,
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Australia, 851 m. by
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rail N.W. of Melbourne . Pop . (1901) 3060 . It is the centre of a
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mining, pastoral and agricultural
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district . Gold is found both in alluvial and
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quartz formations, the quartz being especially rich . The surrounding country is fertile and well-timbered, and there is a government plantation and nursery in connexion with the forests department .

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