This, recently expanded, 21,600ha park is located between Beechworth and the low hills surrounding Chiltern and includes the striking Mt Pilot Range and Woolshed Falls. Chiltern-Mt Pilot National Park protects box-ironbark forest that once covered much of north-east Victoria and contains several historic goldmining sites. Short or day-long walks can be made on vehicle tracks through open forest an ...
Dow's Pharmacy in Chiltern is very different from modern retailing and pharmacy. The extent to which retailing and the science of pharmacy and medicine have changed is well highlighted at Dow's Pharmacy.
Built in 1859, the pharmacy remained open until 1968 and was operated by Hilda and Roy Dow from 1929. You will find many original shop fittings, records and pharmaceutical equipment. ...
18-22 Victoria St, Chiltern, Victoria 3683, Australia
Lake View is significant for its association with the distinguished Australian author Henry Handel Richardson (pseudonym for Ethel Richardson). Her early years in Chiltern featured in the third volume of the classic novel, The Fortunes of Richard Mahony.
The charming red brick homestead is furnished in period style and contains a small collection of Richardson memorabilia. ...
Established in 1859, this is one of the few substantially intact provincial newspaper printeries remaining from the gold mining era.
Just as the Chiltern area attracted gold prospectors, the first edition of the newspaper appeared on 24 August 1859.
The first proprietors were Felix Ashworth, George Boyer, and George H Mott. Within two years the Federal Standard had incorporated Rutherglen' ...
