Hitching Post & Watering Trough - Maldon, Victoria
Posted by: 
bucketeer
S 36° 59.932 E 144° 04.114
55H E 239136 N 5901236
This Hitching Post & Water Trough are located outside the blacksmith's shop in the main street of Maldon
Waymark Code: WMKN5N
Location: Victoria, Australia
Date Posted: 05/05/2014
Views: 7
Maldon was one of Victoria's richest quartz-gold mining centres in the mid 1800's, today Maldon has retained many of it's building from that era unmarred by the passage of time and was declared the first "notable town" in 1966 by the National Trust of Victoria, who explained that:
The township displays overall historical and architectural importance, particularly in its gold town buildings. The significance lies in the variety of building styles, and the area of mining is of interest with one mine still open to the public. Maldon boasts that it is largely unchanged since the 1850s, and has attracted considerable interest from tourists for its 19th-century atmosphere.
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