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The Creswick District is located some 8 miles north-east of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia and, like it's big brother, was the destination in the 19th Century of Gold Seekers from around the globe. They came in their droves from Britian, Europe, South-East Asia and The Americas.
But the areas origins did not start there. They go back millions of years to the migration of humanoids and animals from Asia along what is now Indonesia but was then a peninsula before they became an Island chain. The Aborigines were here long before Australia was "discovered" and were a constant threat to the newer arrivals who desecrated their lands and lay claim to their property.
As the gold started to run out "The Diggers", as they were now called, sought land on which to farm. However it did not come easy. Apart from the Aborigines the settlers had to contend with dense forests and angry scrubby brush; a brutal summer and wet winter; and, critters such as poisonous snakes, rats, spiders.