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From: "citysafaris test" <>
Subject: Re: Happy Valley
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 16:32:12 +1100
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and dead mans creek
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From: John Holmes <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 10:53
Subject: Re: Happy Valley


> Ted Lynes wrote:
> >
> >HAPPY VALLEY is an old goldmining town south west of Ballarat in the
> >Woady Yaloak goldfields area.
>
>
> Sure, that's one Happy Valley, but there are also Happy Valleys near
> Robinvale, near Myrtleford and part of Castlemaine. And there was also
> one in Bendigo, although the name is no longer used.
>
> Sometimes you need to be careful with names around the goldfields.
> Probably every second gold town used to have a Camp Hill or a German
> Gully or a Chinaman's Flat or lots of other similar names.
>
> Cheers,
>
> John.
>
>
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