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ALEXANDRA'S

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Alexandra started life as the last Gold Rush Town in Victoria in 1867.When the Gold ran out, Pastoralism and Timber took over as the major industries in the region. A large number of bush Sawmills grew up in the surrounding forests.

To get timber to market, a network of horse drawn Wooden Railed Tramways connected the sawmills with the open country at the edge of the forest.

In 1912 the Rubicon Lumber and Tramway Company completed a 610mm gauge steel railed tramway bridging the 22 kilometre gap between Rubicon and Alexandra. Three small steam locomotives worked this tramway until 1935, when the first Victorian built diesel took over. Each sawmill had its own self contained community deep in the forest.

The industry remained little changed until all but one of the eight mills in the forest was destroyed in the devastating 1939 bushfires.

 

 

For more information, please phone

Alexandra Tourist Information Centre on 0357 721 100

The Eildon Information Centre on 0357 742 909

Yea Information Centre 0357 972 663

Marysville Information Centre 0359 634 567

Healesville Information Centre 0359 622 600

 

links below

Alexandra Buxton Bonnie Doon
Eildon Healesville Lilydale
Mansfield Marysville Mount Buller
Narbethong Taggerty Thornton
Warburton Yarra Glen Yea

 

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