Golden Point, Victoria
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Golden Point is a suburb of Ballarat, Victoria
, Australia
located south east of the CBD. It is one of the few original suburbs of Ballarat that was established during the Victorian gold rush
days. At the 2006 census
, Golden Point had a population of 2,147. There are two other Golden Points in Victoria: One near Maryborough
and one near Castlemaine
.
Golden Point is bordered by the Yarrowee River
to the west, Steinfield, Eureka and Callow Streets to the north, Later Street to the east and Gladstone, Magpie and Elsworth Streets to the south. The topography varies, from the floodplain of Specimen Vale from Golden Point Hill (after which the suburb was named).
Golden Point is notable as the location (atop Golden Point Hill) of the Sovereign Hill
Historic Park; the Observation lookout from which the Ballarat skyline can be viewed and the Ballarat Gold Museum. Gold was discovered at Poverty Point on August 21st 1851 by James Dunlop and James Reagan sparking the Ballarat Gold Rush. A historical marker for the location of the discovery is located in a reserve just off Clayton Street.
Golden Point has a number of restaurants including Italian, Chinese and Indian cuisines as well as accommodation, convention and function venues which capitalise on the proximity of Sovereign Hill.
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
located south east of the CBD. It is one of the few original suburbs of Ballarat that was established during the Victorian gold rush
Victorian gold rush
The Victorian gold rush was a period in the history of Victoria, Australia approximately between 1851 and the late 1860s. In 10 years the Australian population nearly tripled.- Overview :During this era Victoria dominated the world's gold output...
days. At the 2006 census
Census in Australia
The Australian census is administered once every five years by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The most recent census was conducted on 9 August 2011; the next will be conducted in 2016. Prior to the introduction of regular censuses in 1961, they had also been run in 1901, 1911, 1921, 1933,...
, Golden Point had a population of 2,147. There are two other Golden Points in Victoria: One near Maryborough
Maryborough, Victoria
-Education:Maryborough has three schools:*Highview Christian Community College*Maryborough Education Centre Years Prep–12*St Augustine's Primary School Grades Prep–6-Music:...
and one near Castlemaine
Castlemaine, Victoria
Castlemaine is a city in Victoria, Australia, in the Goldfields region of Victoria about 120 kilometres northwest by road from Melbourne, and about 40 kilometres from the major provincial centre of Bendigo. It is the administrative and economic centre of the Shire of Mount Alexander. The...
.
Golden Point is bordered by the Yarrowee River
Yarrowee River
Yarrowee is a major tributary and catchment of the Barwon River in Victoria, Australia. The river's origins are in the hills at Gong Gong, and it is notable for passing through the settlement of Ballarat and crossing the City of Ballarat local government area before becoming the Leigh River in the...
to the west, Steinfield, Eureka and Callow Streets to the north, Later Street to the east and Gladstone, Magpie and Elsworth Streets to the south. The topography varies, from the floodplain of Specimen Vale from Golden Point Hill (after which the suburb was named).
Golden Point is notable as the location (atop Golden Point Hill) of the Sovereign Hill
Sovereign Hill
Sovereign Hill is an open air museum in Golden Point, a suburb of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Sovereign Hill depicts Ballarat's first ten years after the discovery of gold there in 1851. It was officially opened on 29 November 1970 and has become a nationally acclaimed tourist attraction...
Historic Park; the Observation lookout from which the Ballarat skyline can be viewed and the Ballarat Gold Museum. Gold was discovered at Poverty Point on August 21st 1851 by James Dunlop and James Reagan sparking the Ballarat Gold Rush. A historical marker for the location of the discovery is located in a reserve just off Clayton Street.
Golden Point has a number of restaurants including Italian, Chinese and Indian cuisines as well as accommodation, convention and function venues which capitalise on the proximity of Sovereign Hill.