Beaufort is a town in Victoria, Australia. It is located on the Western Highway midway between Ararat and Ballarat, in the Pyrenees Shire local government area. It is 387 metres above sea level. At the 2001 census, Beaufort had a population of 987.^[1] The town takes its name either from Rear-Admiral F. Beaufort or a Welsh village in Monmouthshire.^[2] Capital Melbourne Government Constitutional monarchy Governor David de Kretser Premier Steve Bracks (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 37  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $222,022 (2nd)  - Product per capita  $44,443/person (5th) Population (End of September 2006)  - Population  5,110,500 (2nd)  - Density  22. ... Australian postcodes have four digits; envelopes for posting from Australia reflect this. ... km redirects here. ... Melbournes CBD has grown to straddle the Yarra River in three major precincts. ... Location of Ballarat in Victoria (red) Ballarat Base Hospital For the electoral division in the Australian House of Representatives, see Division of Ballarat. ... Location of Ararat in Victoria (red) Ararat () is a regional town in south-west Victoria, Australia. ... Municipalities of Greater Melbourne City of Banyule City of Bayside City of Boroondara City of Brimbank Shire of Cardinia City of Casey City of Darebin City of Frankston City of Glen Eira City of Greater Dandenong City of Hobsons Bay City of Hume City of Kingston City of Knox City... Pyrenees Shire is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. ... State Electoral District is a term used to refer to a voting area within Australian states. ... The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. ... The Division of Wannon is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. ... Capital Melbourne Government Constitutional monarchy Governor David de Kretser Premier Steve Bracks (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 37  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $222,022 (2nd)  - Product per capita  $44,443/person (5th) Population (End of September 2006)  - Population  5,110,500 (2nd)  - Density  22. ... This is a page about the highway in Belize. ... Location of Ararat in Victoria (red) Ararat () is a regional town in south-west Victoria, Australia. ... Location of Ballarat in Victoria (red) Ballarat Base Hospital For the electoral division in the Australian House of Representatives, see Division of Ballarat. ... Pyrenees Shire is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. ... The Australian census is run by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. ...

The area was once occupied by the Jajowarrung Aborigines who called the area 'Peerick'. Indigenous Australians or Aborigines[1][2] are the first human inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands. ...

Thomas Mitchell passed through the district on his expedition of 1836. Early settlers in the area were the Kirkland Brothers and a Mr. Hamilton; the latter took up Trawalla Station in 1838. The station was taken over by Adolphus Goldsmith in 1841 and he developed the property into a rich grazing enterprise. Lake Goldsmith was named after him. Gold was discovered in 1852, with another gold rush from 1854 at nearby Fiery Creek. The Fiery Creek diggings supported four townships — Beaufort, Yam Holes Creek, View Point and Southern Cross — during the 1850s. The population on the fields reportedly reached approximately 100,000 people at its height in the late 1850s and produced 450,000 ounces of gold over a two-year period, 1855–1856.^[3] The town was surveyed in 1857 and town allotments were sold from 1858. By 1860, Beaufort had become a small but strong agricultural, pastoral and timber district. Beaufort's Court House was built in 1863.[1] [2] 1838 map of Victoria and New South Wales showing towns, major rivers and the limits of the Colony at the time. ... See also: 1835 in Australia, other events of 1836, 1837 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... See also: 1837 in Australia, other events of 1838, 1839 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... Station is the term for a large Australian landholding used for livestock production. ... See also: 1851 in Australia, other events of 1852, 1853 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... The Victorian gold rush was a period in the history of Victoria in Australia between approximately 1851 and the early 1860s. ... See also: 1853 in Australia, other events of 1854, 1855 in Australia, and the Timeline of Australian history. ... The Diggings was a colloquial term used to describe the gold rush locations in Australia during the 1850s. ... See also: 1856 in Australia, other events of 1857, 1858 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... See also: 1857 in Australia, other events of 1858, 1859 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... See also: 1859 in Australia, other events of 1860, 1861 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ...

Beaufort has been home to an all-ages, five-day (rave) music and arts festival, called Rainbow Serpent Festival, since 1998.^[4][5] Rave music consists of forms of electronic music for dancing that are associated with the rave scene. ... Large Electronic music art and lifestyle festival, located in Victoria, Australia Primarily psychedelic trance music but other genres of electronic music (and occasionally the other type) played in the smaller stages, as well as workshops etc. ...

The Nordic Knights motorcycle club moved to Beaufort after departing from Melbourne in 1982, but was later disbanded.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Beaufort (L) (Urban Centre/Locality). 2001 Census QuickStats. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved on 2007-06-03.
2. ^ Beaufort. Historical Towns Directory. Australian Heritage. Retrieved on 2006-07-10.
3. ^ History. Pyrenees Tourism. Pyrenees Shire (2006). Retrieved on 2006-07-10.
4. ^ *Rainbow Serpent Festival
5. ^ *Highway 8 Music Management

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External links

• Sydney Morning Herald travel information

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