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Rathscar, Victoria

Coordinates: 36°58′27″S 143°31′16″E / 36.9742287°S 143.5212222°E / -36.9742287; 143.5212222
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Rathscar
Victoria
Typical wheat country in central Victoria
Rathscar is located in Pyrenees Shire
Rathscar
Rathscar
Coordinates36°58′27″S 143°31′16″E / 36.9742287°S 143.5212222°E / -36.9742287; 143.5212222
Population19 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)3465
Location
LGA(s)
State electorate(s)Ripon
Federal division(s)Mallee

Rathscar is a locality in Pyrenees Shire and the Shire of Central Goldfields. The area to the east of the Avoca River known as Rathscar West was surveyed in 1899.[2]

Gold mining

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The Melbourne newspaper The Argus reported in 1903 that a new gold-bearing reef had been discovered in Rathscar.[3]

People

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The "largest landholder and possibly the wealthiest" in the area was Charles Wilson from Sunny Park[4] ( Coordinates 36°58′53″S 143°36′28″E / 36.9813035°S 143.607879°E / -36.9813035; 143.607879 ). Wilson's daughter Maude Wilson married John Miller in 1901 at Sunny Park and they then lived in the Rathscar district where their four children were born.

Property

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There was a Primary School (Numbered 1535) at Rathscar West.[5]

Methodist Church, Upper Homebush which was subsequently dismantled in 1928 and re-erected at Rathscar West

Rathscar West had a Methodist church, initially constructed in timber and built around 1870.[6] As well as the Sunday services, the church hosted a number of activities including concerts,[7] harvest festivals[8] and Sunday School picnics.[9]

The timber building was replaced by brick church (recycled from the former Methodist Church / Wesleyan Chapel Homebush - 6 km away) in 1928.[10][6] In 2018, this former Rathcar West church building is now privately owned.[11][12]

The Pyrenees Shire Council has documented a number of buildings in Rathscar including the Methodist Church, the Avonlea Farm House and the Elliot farm complex, in the Avoca Heritage Study: 1864 - 1994 - Volume 3.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Rathscar (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Country lands in the parishes of Avoca and Rathscar, county unnamed / In. Templeton, Asst. Surveyor". Victoria. Department of Crown Lands and Survey. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  3. ^ "New Reef at Rathscar". The Argus. 4 September 1903.
  4. ^ "Death of C A Wilson". Maryborough and Dunolly Advertiser. 12 January 1917. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Rathscar". Avoca Free Press and Farmers' and Miners' Journal. 9 September 1914. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  6. ^ a b c "Avoca Heritage Study: 1864 - 1994, Volume 3". Pyrenees Shire Council. February 1995. pp. 15–20. Archived from the original on 14 March 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Rathscar Sunday School Concert". Maryborough and Dunolly Advertiser. 24 September 1915.
  8. ^ "Rathscar A good harvest". 9 March 1917. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  9. ^ "Rathscar Sunday School Picnic". Maryborough and Dunolly Advertiser. 17 April 1914. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  10. ^ "Homebush Methodist Church - Former". Churches Australia. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  11. ^ "Avoca-Bealiba Road, Rathscar West Church - Former". Churches Australia. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  12. ^ "444 Avoca-Bealiba Road Rathscar West, Vic 3465". Elders Real Estate. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
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