Fryers Forest Explained

Fryers Forest is a forest in Victoria, Australia.

History of the Area

The 1857 census collector described some of the mining settlements along Fryers Creek (where gold had been discovered in late 1851) generally as Fryers Forest, proclaimed as Fryerstown in 1860.[1] At the time its official population was 800, but did not include several hundred male Chinese diggers.[2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fryerstown, VIC . Electronic Encyclopedia of Gold in Australia . May 27, 2015 . April 4, 2016 . Davine, Anna. https://web.archive.org/web/20150808084632/http://www.egold.net.au/biogs/EG00252b.htm . August 8, 2015. dead.
  2. Web site: Fryers Forest, VIC . Electronic Encyclopedia of Gold in Australia . May 27, 2015 . April 4, 2016 . Davine, Anna. https://web.archive.org/web/20150808143130/http://www.egold.net.au/biogs/EG00251b.htm . August 8, 2015. dead.

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