Visiting Beechworth and Chiltern
Beautifully sited in the foothills of the Victorian Alps, Beechworth was the centre of the great Ovens gold fields during the 1850s and 1860s. At the height of its boom, the town had a population of 42,000 and 61 hotels.
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