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tarnagulla wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 history 2 today 3 references 4 external links toggle the table of contents tarnagulla add languages add links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide coordinates 36 46 0 s 143 49 0 e 36 76667 s 143 81667 e 36 76667 143 81667 from wikipedia the free encyclopedia town in victoria australia town in victoria australia tarnagulla town commercial road the main street of tarnagulla in 2022 tarnagulla coordinates 36 46 0 s 143 49 0 e 36 76667 s 143 81667 e 36 76667 143 81667 country australia state victoria lga shire of loddon location 183 km 114 mi nw of melbourne 47 km 29 mi w of bendigo 15 km 9 3 mi ne of dunolly government state electorate ripon federal division mallee population total 133 2016 census 1 postcode 3551 localities around tarnagulla murphy s creek llanelly newbridge moliagul tarnagulla woodstock waanyarra eddington laanecoorie tarnagulla is a town in central victoria australia the town is in the shire of loddon local government area 183 kilometres 114 mi north west of the state capital melbourne at the 2011 census tarnagulla had a population of 304 1 by 2016 the population was 133 according to the 2021 census the population was 153 history edit a monument to the poverty mine commercial road in 2011 european settlement in the area began with the taking up of tarnagulla station in the 1840s 2 gold was first found in the area in 1852 by prospectors on their way to the korong goldfields near wedderburn the discovery led to a gold rush as more than 5 000 miners made their way to the diggings 3 the settlement created by these miners was at first known as sandy creek and was renamed tarnagulla after the station in 1860 2 reflecting this the post office opened on 13 august 1856 as sandy creek and was renamed tarnagulla on 2 january 1861 4 tarnagulla is phonetic meaning of polish czarnogóra 5 eng black mountain montenegro name was given by polish explorer and geologist paweł strzelecki the first miners in the area were prospectors from south australia followed by many more from other diggings and from around the world a canvas town grew up quickly to service the needs of the miners in 1853 the first gold nuggets were found near tarnagulla at nuggetty gully with one pair of miners finding 86 lb 39 kg dubious discuss of gold in a fourteen day period many other large nuggets including one weighing 32 lb 14 5 kg dubious discuss were found in the area 3 from 1854 the focus of the miners turned to quartz mining with the discovery of the poverty reef the reef was named by one of its discoverers mr hatt in remembrance of poverty bay new zealand where he had been saved from drowning by a māori woman the poverty lode was unusual in that the gold was found in large blocks of quartz 3 allegedly the richest pocket of reef gold ever found more than 13 5 tonnes 430 000 ozt of gold was recovered from poverty reef in 13 months from an area 3 metres wide and 120 metres deep 10 ft by 400 ft 2 the move to quartz mining led to tarnagulla taking on a more settled appearance with brick and stone buildings replacing the earlier canvas structures local government was established in the area with the creation of the borough of tarnagulla in 1864 the borough was surveyed in 1864 by 1865 the town had reached its peak with a wide range of businesses operating including 4 hotels 9 general stores 3 surgeons a share broker and watchmaker in september of that year the tarnagulla court held its first sitting residents of the town included around 1 000 chinese as well as groups of greeks and italians 3 later settlement focused on agriculture with sheep raising and wheat growing established in the area a sawmill was established at nearby bulla bul creek in 1863 and the railway from dunolly reached tarnagulla in 1888 6 new technology such as the use of cyanide allowed rework of some of the tailings of earlier mines in 1906 the poseidon nugget weighing 26 6 kilograms 860 ozt was found at tarnagulla 2 the nugget was named after the racehorse poseidon winner of the 1906 melbourne cup citation needed the nugget is one of the 30 largest gold discoveries in history 7 the development of agriculture continued with the establishment of a flour mill in 1873 the mill was operational until 1917 and in 1920 the mill was relocated to mildura 8 gas streetlighting was established in tarnagulla in 1869 and operated until the arrival of electricity in the town in 1950 9 tarnagulla magistrates court closed on 8 june 1979 10 the abandoned mining village of llanelly is located 4 km to the north east in 2000 the towns disused but magnificent wesleyan methodist church was gutted by fire after ceasing to be a place of worship in the mid 1970s 11 today edit today the major industries in tarnagulla include agriculture fruit growing and flax oil production 2 golfers play at the course of the tarnagulla and district golf club on gladstone street 12 tarnagulla is near the box ironbark forests of the waanyarra nature conservation reserve the waanyarra dunolly state forest and the tarnagulla state forest 13 references edit 1 2 australian bureau of statistics 31 october 2012 tarnagulla state suburb 2011 census quickstats retrieved 11 december 2014 1 2 3 4 5 tarnagulla travel the sydney morning herald 8 february 2004 retrieved 4 july 2007 1 2 3 4 patman b p 1931 back to tarnagulla early history retrieved 4 july 2007 phoenix auctions history post office list retrieved 19 february 2021 nazwy geograficzne polskiego pochodzenia na kuli ziemskiej eng polish origin geographical names on the earth polski przegląd kartograficzny eng polish cartographical reviev quarterly spring 1929 vicsig infrastructure tarnagulla vicsig net retrieved 5 february 2010 the world s 30 largest gold discoveries gold industry group 20 november 2020 retrieved 5 november 2023 clark donald w the tarnagulla flour mill retrieved 4 july 2007 clark donald w street lighting of tarnagulla and newbridge retrieved 4 july 2007 special report no 4 court closures in victoria pdf auditor general of victoria 1986 p 20 retrieved 12 april 2020 mcgrath gavin 5 november 2023 exploring australia s forgotten churches and their weird and wonderful new uses abc news australian broadcasting corporation retrieved 5 november 2023 golf select tarnagulla and district retrieved 11 may 2009 nuggetty gully cartography community mapping retrieved 21 july 2022 external links edit media related to tarnagulla at wikimedia commons tarnagulla community history page v t e towns and localities in the shire of loddon town bealiba boort bridgewater on loddon dingee dunolly inglewood korong vale leitchville marong mitiamo newbridge pyramid hill raywood sebastian serpentine tarnagulla wedderburn locality appin south arnold arnold west auchmore barraport barraport west bears lagoon berrimal borung brenanah bridgewater bridgewater north buckrabanyule burkes flat calivil campbells forest canary island catumnal cochranes creek derby durham ox eastville eddington emu fentons creek fernihurst fiery flat gladfield glenalbyn glenloth east goldsborough gowar east gredgwin horfield jarklin jungaburra kamarooka kamarooka north kingower kinypanial kurraca kurraca west kurting laanecoorie lake marmal lake meran leaghur leichardt llanelly loddon vale logan macorna mcintyre meering west milloo mincha minmindie moliagul mologa murphys creek mysia nine mile painswick pompapiel powlett plains prairie rheola richmond plains salisbury west shelbourne skinners flat slaty creek sylvaterre tandarra terrappee terrick terrick waanyarra wedderburn junction wehla woodstock on loddon woodstock west woolshed flat woosang wychitella wychitella north yando yarraberb yarrawalla yeungroon east territory divided with another lga retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title tarnagulla oldid 1356206232 categories towns in victoria state shire of loddon mining towns in victoria state hidden categories use dmy dates from march 2020 use australian english from august 2011 all wikipedia articles written in australian english pages using gadget wikiminiatlas articles with short description short description matches wikidata coordinates on wikidata australian statistical geography standard 2011 id same as wikidata all accuracy disputes articles with disputed statements 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