DAYLESFORD
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V07,
Page 876
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
DAYLESFORD
, a See also:town of See also:Talbot See also:county, See also:Victoria, See also:Australia, 74 M. by See also:rail N.W. of See also:Melbourne
.
Pop
.
(1901) 3384
.
It lies on the flank of the See also:Great Dividing Range, at an See also:elevation of 2030 ft
.
On See also:Wombat See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill are beautiful public gardens commanding extensive views, and a See also:fine See also:convent of the Presentation See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
Order
.
Much See also:wheat is grown in the See also:district, and See also:gold-See also:mining, both See also:quartz and alluvial, is carried on
.
Daylesford has an important mining school
.
Near the town are the See also:Hepburn See also:mineral springs and a number of beautiful waterfalls, and 6 m. from it is See also:Mount See also:Franklin, an See also:extinct See also:volcano
.
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