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Introducing Castlemaine
Castlemaine is a relaxed country town that’s home to artists, long-time locals, hippies and ‘tree-changers’. It also has some splendid colonial architecture and gardens. The discovery of gold at Specimen Gully in 1851 radically altered the pastoral landscape of the Castlemaine region, as 30, 000 diggers worked goldfields known collectively as the Mt Alexander Diggings. The town grew up around the government camp and soon became the marketplace for all the goldfields of central Victoria. Whilst not as commercialised as Daylesford, Castlemaine (the ‘Hot Rod Capital of Australia’) is rapidly catching up, keen to get its share of day-trippers and weekend-escapees from Melbourne.
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Castlemaine hosts the State Festival (www.castlemainefestival.com.au) in March/April in odd-numbered years, one of Victoria’s leading arts events.
Last updated: Aug 27, 2009
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