Reefton township site is located around the intersection of the Warburton - Woods Point Road and the road to the Upper Yarra Dam. Research is required to document the extent …
It is located adjacent to the point at which the openchannel enters the Little Yankee Jim Creek siphon. Apart from siphons to cross valleys, the aqueduct is anopen channel until it reaches OO Basin where it enters the conduit pipeline.
* The township was created in the 1880s to replace a mining town amusingly known as Yankee Jim's Creek. * With the arrival of the railway in 1901 the town grew rapidly. Inevitably it became a popular destination for Melbournians seeking the cool, invigorating mountain air.
In 1858, gold mining commenced in the Upper Yarra at Britannia Creek and in the Reefton and McMahon's Creek districts. Yankee Jim's Creek goldfield opened in 1859. It was …
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In late 1859 gold was discovered in the Warburton area, at Britannia Creek west of Warburton and at Scotchman's and Yankee Jim's Creeks. A settlement called Yankee Jim's (named after the name of a gold discoverer), was formed on the creek.
The Upper Yarra Public Cemetery has been at the site in Wesburn since 1893. It was not the first cemetery to service the Upper Yarra area. The first cemetery was at Old Warburton, …