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04:16, 15 November 2015 == Location ==
On the road to [[Mansfield|Mansfield]], on the UT Creek
== Beginings ==
This area was explored by Hume and Hovell in 1824 on their trip from the Murray River to the Western District.
The area was inhabited by the Taungurong Aboriginal community.
There was some white settlement in the area from squatters in the 1840s. The town was developed through gold mining.
The town was named Alexandra, after Alexandra, the wife of King Edward VII. They married when he was Prince of Wales and she was the Princess Royal.([[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 10/11/1868|Alexandra10/11/1868]])
The area was originally called Red Gate Diggings and the town, Red Gate
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== Importance of Alexandra ==
[[Gold mining (2)|Gold]] was discovered by Alexander McGregor, Don and Luckie in [[1864-1873 Events|1866]] and the town soon became one of the top 3 or 4 centres in North Eastern Victoria.
See the details of mines ([[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 2/6/1868 (4)|Alexandra2/6/1868]])
Alexandra soon became the main centre for a wide gold mining area and a strong farming community on the upper reaches of the [[Goulburn River|Goulburn River]]. There was considerable rivalry with [[Mansfield|Mansfield]].
The gold rush lasted into the early 1870s
The ''Alexandra Times'', a 4 page twice weekly newspaper was first published in 1868. John Whitelaw, editor ([[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 2/6/1868|Alexandra2/6/1868]])
== What was Alexandra like in the late 1870s ==
Mr Knowles destroyed a punt because he did not like the election result ([[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 24/5/1872 (2)|Alexandra14/12/1872]])
What was the area like. ([[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 11/10/1873|Alexandra11/101873]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 9/5/1879|Argus9/5/79]])
The town needed a proper town water supply ([[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 15/2/1873|Alexandra15/2/1873]])
[[The North Eastern Ensign|Alexandra Times]] was a good news paper for local news.
By about 1884 the gold rush had ended and the town was nearly deserted but it was sustained by the timber industry and as a centre for the farming community. Most of the buildings were made of timber and very few of them survive
== Facilities in Alexandra in the late 1870s ==
'''Population''' '''Hotels''' About 20 hotels in 1868
The Corner Hotel Mr J B Morris, ([[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 21/6/1872|21/6/1872]]) Mr Fletcher, Mr Bain
Eldorado Hotel James A Cooper, Edward Perkins
Miners Exchange P. O'Donnel Grant St
Montezuma Hotel John Levy
Shamrock Hotel
'''Churches''' Anglican, St Johns
Catholic
Wesleyan Church built 1880 '''Schools''' State School. '''Mr Stevens''' ([[The Alexandra and Yea Standard, Gobur, Thornton and Acheron Express at KellyGang 2/11/1878 (2)|Alexandra2/11/1878]]) ([[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 11/10/1873|11/10/1873]]) '''Bank''' Union Bank '''JP Bainbridge''' manager '''Main Streets'''
Grant Street
The Alexandra shire was formed in 1869 '''Local Government''' '''[[Police Towns|Police]] Station''' '''''' '''[[Telegraph|Telegraph]] Office'''
'''[[Post Office|Post Office]]''' SP Boyd postmaster '''Other things of interest''' There was a preoccupation about the need for a railway up the Goulburn valley ([[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 3/5/1872|Alexandra3/5/1872]])
Alexandra Cottage Hospital, established in 1870([[The Alexandra and Yea Standard, Gobur, Thornton and Acheron Express at KellyGang 5/10/1878|Alexandra5/10/1878]])
Alexandra Cricket Club '''(''' [[The Alexandra and Yea Standard, Gobur, Thornton and Acheron Express at KellyGang 5/10/1878 (4)|Alexandra5/10/1878]] ''')''' the players ([[The Alexandra and Yea Standard, Gobur, Thornton and Acheron Express at KellyGang 2/11/1878 (3)|2/11/1878]])
Alexandra Skating Rink ([[Alexandra and Yea Standard, Gobur, Thornton and Acheron Express at KellyGang 6/9/1879|Alexandra6/9/1879]])
Alexandra Times , '''John Whitelaw''' editor
Fire brigade
Masonic lodge opened 1869
Mechanics Institute ([[The Alexandra and Yea Standard, Gobur, Thornton and Acheron Express at KellyGang 5/10/1878 (2)|Alexandra5/10/1878]])
Auctioneer EW '''Sampson''' , WH '''Curteis''' and '''McKay''' '''(''' [[The Alexandra and Yea Standard, Gobur, Thornton and Acheron Express at KellyGang 5/10/1878 (3)|Alexandra5/10/1878]] ''')'''
'''Lion Brewery''' Mr James Blain , Burton Brewery (Eagles and Co)
'''Boot maker''' Long ([[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 9/12/1876|Alexandra9/12/1876]]) ''''''
Brick maker Mr Plummer (Alexandra26/4/1873) ''''''
Dr James Fergusson doctor '''(''' [[The Alexandra and Yea Standard, Gobur, Thornton and Acheron Express at KellyGang 5/10/1878 (2)|Alexandra5/10/1878]] ''')'''
Andrew B Crichton General store and reading room ([[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 9/12/1876|Alexandra9/12/1876]])
4 bakers in 1868 ([[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 10/11/1868|Alexandra10/11/1868]])
'''William Lawerence''' Bellman and Billsticker - advertised events
'''Thomas Fairhurst''', '''J Briggs''' Builder
'''J & D Crichton''' Butcher
'''C Oliver''' , '''Frederick Wheeler''' Chemists ([[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 9/12/1876 (2)|Alexandra9/12/1876]])
'''J Peterkin''' Crocer
'''Thomas Hall''' Dressmaker
Draper Henry Williams ([[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 9/12/1876|Alexandra9/12/1876]])
'''G Jobson''', '''Rapiport and Davis''','''Justice Bros''', General store
'''Frederick Coster, Alfred H Emerson''' Solicitors
'''Frederick W Saunders''' Photographer
'''W H Sault''' saddler
'''James Doran''' Livery stabbles
'''Thomas Thompson''' & Co, later '''G Walker''' & Co tailor
'''Thomas Wali''' seed merchant
'''G Pitschner''' Tinsmith
'''Henry Hitchcock''' Wheel Wright
'''R Vining''' Steam Saw Mills
'''F Wheeler''' insurance salesman AMP
'''W Downing''' Victoria Life and General Insurance Company and Savings Institute
'''Thomas Hall''' National Insurance Company of Australia ''''''
Maurice Raphael Estate agent and mining sharebroker
[[Coaches|coach]] from Alexandra to [[Tallarook|Tallarook]] daily. '''A Hamea''' agent
'''Bessie Cohen''' The Club (Grant st)
Vining's Athenaeum ([[Alexandra and Yea Standard, Gobur, Thornton and Acheron Express at KellyGang 6/9/1879|Alexandra6/9/1879]])
== Links to the KellyGang ==
Const [[Const Irwin|Irwin]] led search party to Alexandra .([[The Argus at KellyGang 30/10/1878 (5)|Argus30/10/78]])
SConst Irvine led a search prty near Alexandra ([[The Argus at KellyGang 31/12/1878 (2)|Argus31/12/78]])
He gave evidence against [[Wombat ranges|Walter Lynch]]. ([[The Argus at KellyGang 21/11/1878|Argus21/11/78]])
The KellyGang in the area ?([[The Argus at KellyGang 13/11/1878 (5)|Argus13/11/78]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 19/11/1878|Argus19/11/78]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 13/12/1878 (6)|Argus13/12/78]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 23/12/1878|Argus23/12/78]])
All the gold was taken from the bank to Melbourne ([[The Argus at KellyGang 17/12/1878 (3)|Argus17/12/78]])
== Members of the Alexandra community ==
== What happened at Alexandra after the time of the KellyGang ==
== What is happening at Alexandra today ==
The country around Alexandra is slowly recovering from the 2009 bushfires
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