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Creswick

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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a borough of Talbot (Family)|Talbot county, Victoria, Australia, 852 m. by rail N.W. of Melbourne. Pop. (1901) 3060. It is the centre of a mining, pastoral and agricultural district. Gold is found both in alluvial and quartz formations, the quartz being especially rich. The surrounding country is fertile and welltimbered, and there is a government plantation and nursery in connexion with the forests department.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Creswick'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​c/creswick.html. 1910.
 
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