This historic mining town 7km from Lombardy Cottage sprang into life in 1863 when gold was found in the shingle of Kildare Hill near the Dunstan Creek. The rush was on and within weeks 2000 miners were sluicing the rapidly diminishing hill. Hydraulic technology, elevating gold-bearing gravels from deep within the ground, turned the 120-metre … Continue reading St Bathans population 5