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== location ==
North of [[Wangaratta|Wangaratta]] on the old Hume Highway
== Beginnings ==
It is said that an overlander with a mob of cattle, Joseph Hawdon shot a 'black' dingo in the area in 1836. This gave the settlement the name of Black Dog Creek
The gold was discovered at Chiltern in1858 but the rush really got underway in [[1854-1863 Events|1859]] with the discovery of the Indigo deep lead. ([[The Argus at KellyGang 22/8/1860|Argus22/8/60]])
Chiltern was located on [[Wahgunyah|Wahgunyah]] cattle run
The name Chiltern was chosen after the Chiltern Hills of England when the town was surveyed in 1853.
The town was relocated when gold was found under the streets in 1858
'''Map'''
Photograph
== Importance of Chiltern ==
Chiltern is an old [[Gold mining (2)|gold]] town with a proud history and a great future as the centre of one of Victoria's finest wine growing areas. It also has many other attractions for the visitor. There has always been a strong rivalry between Chiltern and [[Beechworth|Beechworth]].
== What was Chiltern like in the late 1870s ==
In 1879 the yield of gold from the Chiltern Valley Gold Mines Company's claim for a week was 220oz
The yield of gold from the Chiltern Valley Gold Mines Company's claim for the week ending 28/6/1880 amounted to 172oz. (Approximately $AU500,000 )([[The Argus|Argus 28/6/80]]) see also figures in the local mines ([[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 24/5/1872|Alexandra24/5/1872]]) ([[The Ovens and Murray Advertiser 18/1/1879 (2)|OMA18/1/79]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 9/4/1879|Argus9/4/79]])
'''Dorma''' was a famous gold field in the Chiltern, Indigo area ([[The Argus at KellyGang 22/1/1876 (2)|Argus22/1/76]])
Outbreak of pleuro pneumonia in the area ([[The Argus at KellyGang 1/12/1879|Argus1/12/79]])
== Facilities in Chiltern in the late 1870s ==
'''Population''' about 1500 in 1880 '''Hotels''' Golden Ball Hotel [[../plH_L/lordbyronH8.html|../plH_L/lordbyronH8.html]]
Empire Hotel , Patrick Ryan ([[The Argus at KellyGang 5/11/1872 (2)|Argus5/11/72]])
Lord Byron's Hotel
Star Hotel, (1859)- has adjoining theatre and billard hall
'''Churches''' St Paul's Church of England (1870-5)
St Andrew's Presbyterian Church (1871-5)
'''Main Streets''' '''Schools''' [[../../things/C_community/C_bankt.html|'''Bank''']] Bank of New South Wales
. '''[[Telegraph|Telegraph]] Office'''
'''[[Post Office|Post Office]]''' (1863)
H [[Crawford|Crawford]] had the contract to take mail between the post office and the railway station 4 times a day (1876)
And from [[Beechworth|Beechworth]] to [[Wahgunyah (2)|Wahgunyah]] via Chiltern, Indigo, and [[Rutherglen|Rutherglen]]
and from Chiltern to [[Howlong (2)|Howlong]] via Browns Plains
and from Chiltern to Doma Mungi via '''[[Railway Stations|Railway]] Station'''
Station building built by '''James Lever''' in 1876
Dow's Chemist (1868).
Chiltern Athenaeum ([[The Argus at KellyGang 23/8/1873|Argus23/8/73]])
Chiltern Race Club ([[The Ovens and Murray Advertiser 20/2/1879 (2)|OMA20/2/1879]])
Coaches
Royal Mail [[Coaches|Coaches]] left Chiltern daily for many locations in the area including [[Beechworth|Beechworth]], [[Corowa|Corowa]], Howlong,
[[Doctors|Doctor]]
'''Charles William Rohner'''
Friendly Society
John Gough Tent No184 Victoria District Independent Order of Rechabites Independent Freindly Society
Funerals
Gold mines
Chiltern Valley Gold-mining Company 26-aug-11ky Reef
Indigo Grand Junction Company (Ballarat and Chiltern Gold-mining Company)
Lady Sutton Cold and Tin-mining Company
[[Lancashire Lead|Lancashire Lead]].
The Magenta quartz mine
North Eastern
Sons and Dorma Consols
Sons of Freedom
United Consols Quartz Claim Newspapers
The first local newspaper was the Federal Standard
Pound keeper
'''John Strickland'''
Races
The annual race meeting held in 1867
Saw mill
Greens
Town hall
opened in 1867
Hotel on Chiltern Beechworth road
The Gap Hotel William Mitchell
Star Theatre
Peels Theatre Rooms
Mr Kilgour Shire President
'''[[Police Towns|Police]] Station''' (1865) '''Other things of interest'''
Henry Handel Richardson lived at Lakeview, Chiltern from 1876-77.
== Links to the KellyGang ==
The '''KellyGang''' often visited Chiltern
In April 1878 a warrant was issued at Chiltern against [[Dan Kelly|Dan Kelly]] and [[Jack Lloyd Jnr|Jack Lloyd,]] on a charge of suspected cattle stealing. Sgt '''James Lynch''', at Chiltern, considered that the men alleged to have been seen driving certain horses through the township answered the description of those men, and warrants for their arrest were issued accordingly. ([[2nd Report of the Royal Commission|RC 2nd report III]])([[Royal Commission report day 36 page 7|RC12885]]) See also ([[Cookson, 07_09_1911_3|BWC]])
The charges were laid by Const '''Robinson''' ([[Royal Commission report day 23 page 1|RC8814]])
Insp Brook Smith travelled from Wangaratta to Chiltern and recalled to Wangaratta on [[ev78-10--4Mansfield Murders|27/10/1878]] ([[Royal Commission report day 52 page 1|RC17463]])
StringyBark Creek Murders
Sgt Lynch reported KellyGang in area ([[The Argus at KellyGang 31/10/1878 (2)|Argus31/11/78]])
Military from the [[Army|Garrison Artillery]] sent to Chiltern to protect banks in town after the [[Euroa|Euroa]] robbery in late [[ev78-12--2Euroa Robbery|1878]]. (RC [[Royal Commission report Appendix 8|App8]])
[[Aaron Sherritt|Aaron Sherritt]] said that the '''KellyGang''' spent long periods in the hills between Chiltern and Sebastopol. ([[Royal Commission report 2/8/1881|RC14460]])
Two of the '''[[KellyGang|KellyGang]]''' were seen near Chiltern after the [[Jerilderie|Jerilderie]] robbery ([[Royal Commission report day 11 page 4|RC2035]]) see also ([[Royal Commission report day 12 page 17|RC2614]])
Old Mrs [[Anne and John Sherritt Snr|Sherritt]] that we she had heard that the '''KellyGang''' was supplied with provisions from a woman that lived near Chiltern that was an old sweetheart of Joe [[Joe Byrne|Byrne]]'s ([[Royal Commission report day 37 page 11|RC13210]])
There was a report that the '''KellyGang''' were at '''Richardson''''s shanty, on the Chiltern and Wodonga road in mid August 1879. ([[Royal Commission report day 42 page 12|RC14791]])
There was a report that Joe Byrne was seen at '''Porcupine Creek'''. ([[Royal Commission report day 3 page 11|RC813]])
On the day of his death Aaron [[Aaron Sherritt|Sherritt]] came to the town pound to look for some of Mrs [[Mrs Ellen Barry|Barry]]'s cattle ([[Royal Commission report day 15 page 14|RC3804]])
== Members of the Chiltern community ==
== What happened at Chiltern after the time of the KellyGang ==
The Chiltern Barnawatha show ([[The Argus at KellyGang 21/9/1881|Argus21/9/81]])
== What is happening at Chiltern today ==
[[Category:Places]] [[Category:Places starting with C-D]] [[Category:Chiltern]]
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North of [[Wangaratta|Wangaratta]] on the old Hume Highway
== Beginnings ==
It is said that an overlander with a mob of cattle, Joseph Hawdon shot a 'black' dingo in the area in 1836. This gave the settlement the name of Black Dog Creek
The gold was discovered at Chiltern in1858 but the rush really got underway in [[1854-1863 Events|1859]] with the discovery of the Indigo deep lead. ([[The Argus at KellyGang 22/8/1860|Argus22/8/60]])
Chiltern was located on [[Wahgunyah|Wahgunyah]] cattle run
The name Chiltern was chosen after the Chiltern Hills of England when the town was surveyed in 1853.
The town was relocated when gold was found under the streets in 1858
'''Map'''
Photograph
== Importance of Chiltern ==
Chiltern is an old [[Gold mining (2)|gold]] town with a proud history and a great future as the centre of one of Victoria's finest wine growing areas. It also has many other attractions for the visitor. There has always been a strong rivalry between Chiltern and [[Beechworth|Beechworth]].
== What was Chiltern like in the late 1870s ==
In 1879 the yield of gold from the Chiltern Valley Gold Mines Company's claim for a week was 220oz
The yield of gold from the Chiltern Valley Gold Mines Company's claim for the week ending 28/6/1880 amounted to 172oz. (Approximately $AU500,000 )([[The Argus|Argus 28/6/80]]) see also figures in the local mines ([[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 24/5/1872|Alexandra24/5/1872]]) ([[The Ovens and Murray Advertiser 18/1/1879 (2)|OMA18/1/79]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 9/4/1879|Argus9/4/79]])
'''Dorma''' was a famous gold field in the Chiltern, Indigo area ([[The Argus at KellyGang 22/1/1876 (2)|Argus22/1/76]])
Outbreak of pleuro pneumonia in the area ([[The Argus at KellyGang 1/12/1879|Argus1/12/79]])
== Facilities in Chiltern in the late 1870s ==
'''Population''' about 1500 in 1880 '''Hotels''' Golden Ball Hotel [[../plH_L/lordbyronH8.html|../plH_L/lordbyronH8.html]]
Empire Hotel , Patrick Ryan ([[The Argus at KellyGang 5/11/1872 (2)|Argus5/11/72]])
Lord Byron's Hotel
Star Hotel, (1859)- has adjoining theatre and billard hall
'''Churches''' St Paul's Church of England (1870-5)
St Andrew's Presbyterian Church (1871-5)
'''Main Streets''' '''Schools''' [[../../things/C_community/C_bankt.html|'''Bank''']] Bank of New South Wales
. '''[[Telegraph|Telegraph]] Office'''
'''[[Post Office|Post Office]]''' (1863)
H [[Crawford|Crawford]] had the contract to take mail between the post office and the railway station 4 times a day (1876)
And from [[Beechworth|Beechworth]] to [[Wahgunyah (2)|Wahgunyah]] via Chiltern, Indigo, and [[Rutherglen|Rutherglen]]
and from Chiltern to [[Howlong (2)|Howlong]] via Browns Plains
and from Chiltern to Doma Mungi via '''[[Railway Stations|Railway]] Station'''
Station building built by '''James Lever''' in 1876
Dow's Chemist (1868).
Chiltern Athenaeum ([[The Argus at KellyGang 23/8/1873|Argus23/8/73]])
Chiltern Race Club ([[The Ovens and Murray Advertiser 20/2/1879 (2)|OMA20/2/1879]])
Coaches
Royal Mail [[Coaches|Coaches]] left Chiltern daily for many locations in the area including [[Beechworth|Beechworth]], [[Corowa|Corowa]], Howlong,
[[Doctors|Doctor]]
'''Charles William Rohner'''
Friendly Society
John Gough Tent No184 Victoria District Independent Order of Rechabites Independent Freindly Society
Funerals
Gold mines
Chiltern Valley Gold-mining Company 26-aug-11ky Reef
Indigo Grand Junction Company (Ballarat and Chiltern Gold-mining Company)
Lady Sutton Cold and Tin-mining Company
[[Lancashire Lead|Lancashire Lead]].
The Magenta quartz mine
North Eastern
Sons and Dorma Consols
Sons of Freedom
United Consols Quartz Claim Newspapers
The first local newspaper was the Federal Standard
Pound keeper
'''John Strickland'''
Races
The annual race meeting held in 1867
Saw mill
Greens
Town hall
opened in 1867
Hotel on Chiltern Beechworth road
The Gap Hotel William Mitchell
Star Theatre
Peels Theatre Rooms
Mr Kilgour Shire President
'''[[Police Towns|Police]] Station''' (1865) '''Other things of interest'''
Henry Handel Richardson lived at Lakeview, Chiltern from 1876-77.
== Links to the KellyGang ==
The '''KellyGang''' often visited Chiltern
In April 1878 a warrant was issued at Chiltern against [[Dan Kelly|Dan Kelly]] and [[Jack Lloyd Jnr|Jack Lloyd,]] on a charge of suspected cattle stealing. Sgt '''James Lynch''', at Chiltern, considered that the men alleged to have been seen driving certain horses through the township answered the description of those men, and warrants for their arrest were issued accordingly. ([[2nd Report of the Royal Commission|RC 2nd report III]])([[Royal Commission report day 36 page 7|RC12885]]) See also ([[Cookson, 07_09_1911_3|BWC]])
The charges were laid by Const '''Robinson''' ([[Royal Commission report day 23 page 1|RC8814]])
Insp Brook Smith travelled from Wangaratta to Chiltern and recalled to Wangaratta on [[ev78-10--4Mansfield Murders|27/10/1878]] ([[Royal Commission report day 52 page 1|RC17463]])
StringyBark Creek Murders
Sgt Lynch reported KellyGang in area ([[The Argus at KellyGang 31/10/1878 (2)|Argus31/11/78]])
Military from the [[Army|Garrison Artillery]] sent to Chiltern to protect banks in town after the [[Euroa|Euroa]] robbery in late [[ev78-12--2Euroa Robbery|1878]]. (RC [[Royal Commission report Appendix 8|App8]])
[[Aaron Sherritt|Aaron Sherritt]] said that the '''KellyGang''' spent long periods in the hills between Chiltern and Sebastopol. ([[Royal Commission report 2/8/1881|RC14460]])
Two of the '''[[KellyGang|KellyGang]]''' were seen near Chiltern after the [[Jerilderie|Jerilderie]] robbery ([[Royal Commission report day 11 page 4|RC2035]]) see also ([[Royal Commission report day 12 page 17|RC2614]])
Old Mrs [[Anne and John Sherritt Snr|Sherritt]] that we she had heard that the '''KellyGang''' was supplied with provisions from a woman that lived near Chiltern that was an old sweetheart of Joe [[Joe Byrne|Byrne]]'s ([[Royal Commission report day 37 page 11|RC13210]])
There was a report that the '''KellyGang''' were at '''Richardson''''s shanty, on the Chiltern and Wodonga road in mid August 1879. ([[Royal Commission report day 42 page 12|RC14791]])
There was a report that Joe Byrne was seen at '''Porcupine Creek'''. ([[Royal Commission report day 3 page 11|RC813]])
On the day of his death Aaron [[Aaron Sherritt|Sherritt]] came to the town pound to look for some of Mrs [[Mrs Ellen Barry|Barry]]'s cattle ([[Royal Commission report day 15 page 14|RC3804]])
== Members of the Chiltern community ==
== What happened at Chiltern after the time of the KellyGang ==
The Chiltern Barnawatha show ([[The Argus at KellyGang 21/9/1881|Argus21/9/81]])
== What is happening at Chiltern today ==
[[Category:Places]] [[Category:Places starting with C-D]] [[Category:Chiltern]]
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