Stanley, Victoria
Encyclopedia
Stanley is a small town approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) from Beechworth in Victoria
noted for its apple
& nut farms. At the 2006 census
, Stanley had a population of 690.
The town was formerly known as Snake Gully. Many parts of this rural community have the remains of gold diggings from the Victorian gold rush
of the mid 1800s.
miner. Scarlett was involved in all things associated with writing to the newspapers, calling meetings and voicing his opinions. Originally a dry miner he advocated rights for this type of operator, then on acquiring access to water he became and advocate for wet miners to the exculusion of the dry operators. He stood for mining board elections and then Victorian parliament
in 1859. He appears in two historical works of the district; Woods, Beechworth and more so in O'Brien, Shenanigans. Scarlett eventually became the Secretary for the local roads board. No known photo of him exists. In her book, Woods, termed Scarlett the 'Nine Mile Warrior'. O'Brien's work with the local 1850s papers uncovered an advertisement against Scarlett and lots of doggerel verse: a local paper christened Scarlett a 'water squatter'.
The gold mining carried out in the district involved (wet) sluicing operations. During the gold era, the Stanley region comprised a higher proportion of miners from Scotland, in comparison to other localties in the surrounding area. (O'Brien)
Like many goldfields in northeastern Victoria there was a Chinese
presence at Stanley.
The town centre includes school, general store, the store was built by Syd Mathieson (circa 1852) it is now home of the Stanley Provender, pub, primary school, fire shed, church, cricket oval, town hall and Athenaeum (libray). The Post Office opened on 1 October 1857 as Nine Mile Creek and was renamed Stanley next year.
There remain only two of the original buildings in Stanley that being the store and powder magazine at the rear and the old police lock-up on Collins Rd. Both are privately owned.
There are no building permits being issued for Stanley to allow for controllable use of services eg water (no town water just bore, water tanks and some residents pump from local creeks.)
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....
noted for its apple
Apple
The apple is the pomaceous fruit of the apple tree, species Malus domestica in the rose family . It is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits, and the most widely known of the many members of genus Malus that are used by humans. Apple grow on small, deciduous trees that blossom in the spring...
& nut farms. 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,...
, Stanley had a population of 690.
The town was formerly known as Snake Gully. Many parts of this rural community have the remains of gold diggings from 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...
of the mid 1800s.
Gold
The district has an important historic gold mining past and produced some colourful people during that heyday. Among the notable was John Scarlett (1824-?), a ScottishScottish people
The Scottish people , or Scots, are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically they emerged from an amalgamation of the Picts and Gaels, incorporating neighbouring Britons to the south as well as invading Germanic peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse.In modern use,...
miner. Scarlett was involved in all things associated with writing to the newspapers, calling meetings and voicing his opinions. Originally a dry miner he advocated rights for this type of operator, then on acquiring access to water he became and advocate for wet miners to the exculusion of the dry operators. He stood for mining board elections and then Victorian parliament
Parliament
A parliament is a legislature, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system modeled after that of the United Kingdom. The name is derived from the French , the action of parler : a parlement is a discussion. The term came to mean a meeting at which...
in 1859. He appears in two historical works of the district; Woods, Beechworth and more so in O'Brien, Shenanigans. Scarlett eventually became the Secretary for the local roads board. No known photo of him exists. In her book, Woods, termed Scarlett the 'Nine Mile Warrior'. O'Brien's work with the local 1850s papers uncovered an advertisement against Scarlett and lots of doggerel verse: a local paper christened Scarlett a 'water squatter'.
The gold mining carried out in the district involved (wet) sluicing operations. During the gold era, the Stanley region comprised a higher proportion of miners from Scotland, in comparison to other localties in the surrounding area. (O'Brien)
Like many goldfields in northeastern Victoria there was a Chinese
Chinese Australian
Chinese Australian is an Australian of Chinese heritage. In the 2006 Australian Census, 669,890 Australian residents identified themselves as having Chinese ancestry, either alone or with another ancestry....
presence at Stanley.
The town centre includes school, general store, the store was built by Syd Mathieson (circa 1852) it is now home of the Stanley Provender, pub, primary school, fire shed, church, cricket oval, town hall and Athenaeum (libray). The Post Office opened on 1 October 1857 as Nine Mile Creek and was renamed Stanley next year.
There remain only two of the original buildings in Stanley that being the store and powder magazine at the rear and the old police lock-up on Collins Rd. Both are privately owned.
There are no building permits being issued for Stanley to allow for controllable use of services eg water (no town water just bore, water tanks and some residents pump from local creeks.)