Beechworth area
Beechworth was the 4th largest town in the Colony of Victoria. Byrne and Aaron Sherritt lived near by. The Beechworth area had been rich in gold and in the 1870s it was rich in cattle and horses and good hiding places for the KellyGang The area was first settled by squatters who came down from New South Wales in the mid to late 1840s. By the time of the KellyGang they had large mobs horses and herds of cattle. They used this area to move stock backwards and forwards from Victoria to New South Wales.
Places in the Beechworth area
Adgie, SR
Barambogie, SR
Beechworth, T
Beechworth Court
Beechworth Gaol
Black Dog Creek
Black Springs Hotel
Buckland River
Cowper's Helfer Station
Dederang Town
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Dreyer's Hotel [[../plA_B/beechwT2.html|../plA_B/beechwT2.html]]
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Eldorado Town
Kergunia '
Kiewa River
' Kiewa Town
' King
' Koetong
Koetong Town
Mitta Mitta River
Mitta Mitta Town
Sheep Station Creek
Whorouly Town
Wodonga Town
Yackandanda/Reids Mill
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