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DAYLESFORD

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 876 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DAYLESFORD  , a

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town of Talbot county, Victoria,
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Australia, 74 M. by
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rail N.W. of Melbourne . Pop . (1901) 3384 . It lies on the flank of the
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Great Dividing Range, at an
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elevation of 2030 ft . On Wombat Hill are beautiful public gardens commanding extensive views, and a
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fine convent of the Presentation Order . Much wheat is grown in the
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district, and gold-
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mining, both
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quartz and alluvial, is carried on . Daylesford has an important mining school . Near the town are the Hepburn
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mineral springs and a number of beautiful waterfalls, and 6 m. from it is Mount Franklin, an
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extinct
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volcano .

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