Castlemaine (IPA: /ˈkæsəlmæɪn/; note the Flat A rather than a Broad A) is a town in Victoria, Australia, in the "Midlands" region about 120 kilometres northwest by road from Melbourne, and about 40 kilometres from the major provincial centre of Bendigo. It is part of the Mount Alexander Shire. Symbols of the International Phonetic Alphabet. ... The trap-bath split is a vowel split that occurs mainly in southern varieties of English English, in the Boston accent, and in the Southern Hemisphere accents (Australian English, New Zealand English, South African English), by which the Early Modern English phoneme was lengthened in certain environments and ultimately merged... Motto: Peace and Prosperity Nickname: Garden State Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Government Governor Premier Const. ... Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia, with a population of 52,117 in the City of Melbourne (which covers only the central city area), and 3,488,750 in the Melbourne metropolitan area (census 2001 [1]). The... Bendigo is a large regional town in central Victoria, Australia, located in the City of Greater Bendigo. ... Mount Alexander Shire is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. ...

In 2001 Castlemaine's population was 6,835 (2001 census data), of whom about 8% were born overseas (mostly in the United Kingdom) and 2% of whom speak a language other than English, a pattern typical of much of rural Australia.

Castlemaine was established during the gold rush of 1851 and was originally named Forest Creek. The name was later changed to Mount Alexander, but the chief goldfield commissioner, Captain W. Wright, renamed the settlement to honour his uncle, Viscount Castlemaine. The old name is still present in the name of a major Melbourne thoroughfare, Mount Alexander Road, which before the establishment of the Calder Freeway was the route to Castlemaine. The Victorian gold rush was a period in the history of Victoria in Australia between approximately 1851 and the early 1860s. ... Events January 23 - The flip of a coin determines whether a new city in Oregon is named after Boston, Massachusetts, or Portland, Maine, with Portland winning. ... General Name, Symbol, Number Gold, Au, 79 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11 (IB), 6, d Density, Hardness 19300 kg/m3, 2. ... William Handcock 28 August 1761 – 7 January 1839 1st Viscount Castlemaine, Baron Castlemaine Created 1st Baron Castlemaine on 21 December 1812. ...

After gold mining gradually ceased a number of other secondary industries sprang up. The largest was established in 1905 as the Castlemaine Bacon Company, producing smallgoods. The company is still the area's largest single employer with around 750 employees there. Tourism exploring the gold-rush era buildings, and other attractions including an art gallery featuring a number of fine Heidelberg School works, is also a major source of income for the town. An art gallery or art museum is a space for the exhibition of art, usually visual art, and usually primarily paintings and sculpture. ... The Heidelberg School was an Australian art movement of the late 19th century. ...

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External Links

• Castlemaine tourist profile (http://www.travelvictoria.com.au/castlemaine/)