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near the River Murray north west of [[../plC_D/chilternT8.html|C'''hiltern''']]
== Beginnings ==
From 1858, land at the [[Wahgunyah|Wahgunyah]] plains was opened up for sale to selectors. That same year gold was discovered at '''Indigo''', 11 km south-east of day Rutherglen.
Gold was discovered at Rutherglen in [[1854-1863 Events|1860]]. The town was first called 'Wahgunyah Rush', then 'Barkly' after the governor, Sir Henry Barkly but this was finally changed to Rutherglen after John Wallace's (publican of the Star Hotel) home town in Scotland.
In 1864 the Black Dog Load was discovered. It was named the Fifeshire, and the prospects obtained from it were at the rate of a penny- weight lo the dish. It is near the old Eureka
Representatives from Rutherglen attended a major meeting to plan for the coming of the railways ([[The Argus at KellyGang 15/7/1867|Argus15/7/67]])
Soon after the town was founded Henderson established a [[Newspapers|newspaper]] called the ''Murray Gazette''.
The Aboriginal community lived on the shore of '''Lake Moodemere'''.
The lake has also been used as the site of Victoria's oldest continuously operating rowing regatta (since 1866).
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== Importance of Rutherglen ==
After a short period of alluvial mining they developed a number of deap lead mines including the Great Eastern Reef, discovered in 1872 by Burns and Hainsley about 2 miles from Rutherglen and 3 miles from Wahgunyah. The mine produced at least 9,000 ounces of gold. [[!!FIXME \homeReference.html|!!MISSING]]
By 1867 the gold rush had basically ended but it was revived in the 1880s with the success of the Great Northern Mine.
There are a number of wineries in the area that were started before the time of the '''Kellygang'''. George Morris established the Fairfield Vineyard in 1859, Fritz Ruhe (1860), Mount Prior (1860) Sutherland Smith (1864), John Campbell (1870), Timothy Stanton (1875), and This was the first winery in the district to be hit by phylloxera.
== What was Rutherglen like in the late 1870s ==
By 1862 Rutherglen started local government with the formation of the borough. The Rutherglen Road Board was also established to deliver services to the area
People were concerned about the taxes on trade to and from New South Wales ([[The Argus at KellyGang 15/4/1879|Argus15/4/79]])
== Facilities in Rutherglen in the late 1870s ==
'''Population''' 30,000 at the height of gold mining '''Hotels''' Star Hotel
'''Churches''' Presbyterian church opened in 1861
St Stephen's Anglican church, 1864
Catholic Church, 1875
Congregational and Wesleyan churches, 1877. '''Schools''' Convent school
State school, 1872 '''Bank''' Bank of Victoria, in 1874 '''Coaches'''
Royal Mail [[Coaches|Coaches]] left Rutherglen regularly for locations in the area including [[Corowa|Corowa]], '''Railway'''
arrived in Rutherglen in 1879 Rutherglen was declared a municipality in 1862 and a shire in 1871
Court of petty sessions was established in 1861 '''Local Government''' '''''' '''Telegraph Office'''
'''Post Office'''
built 1863
ES Outtrim
[[Post Office|Mail route]] from Springhurst and [[Wahgunyah (2)|Wahgunyah]] via Rutherglen
'''Police Station''' '''Other things of interest''' The Chinese camp was on Cooper's paddock on the Chiltern Road. When the gold ended they took up working on the land in the area and many worked on the vineyards in the area
Cornish Town gold mine ([[The Argus at KellyGang 1/7/1879|Argus1/7/79]])
Mr '''W Shenstone''' was the secretary of the Deniliquin and Murray Railway Company ([[Australian Town and Country Journal at KellyGang 16/10/1875|T&C16/10/1875]])
== Links to the KellyGang ==
Const [[Const Faulkiner|Faulkiner]] was stationed at Rutherglen in early [[events79-2_4Jerilderie Robbery|1879]] ([[Royal Commission report day 17 page 14|RC5155]])
On 22/2/1879 police were sent secretly to town to watch for the '''KellyGang'''.([[Royal Commission report day 18 page 21|RC5852]])
SConst '''Gribbin''' left Rutherglen on sick leave ([[Royal Commission report day 3 page 11|RC837]] [[Royal Commission report day 3 page 13|RC873]])
There was a reported citing of the '''KellyGang''' in Rutherglen in June 1880. (RC5851)
== Members of the Rutherglen community ==
J Graham, J L Brown, D Logan, A M'Cleery ([[The Argus at KellyGang 15/7/1867|Argus15/7/67]])
== What happened at Rutherglen after the time of the Kelly Gang ==
== What is happening at Rutherglen today ==
[[Category:Places]] [[Category:Places starting with N-R]] [[Category:Rutherglen]] [[Category:Kelly Gang]] [[Category:history]]
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