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Welcome to Walhalla
Goldfields in Colour
A bit of history about Walhalla Located 45km North of Traralgon and Moe Walhalla is one of Gippsland's great gold mining towns of the 19th century. Some of the stats for Walhalla include a population peak of about 2500 people, 10 pubs, 3 breweries and 7 churches, as well as more than 50 tonnes of gold was removed from the Walhalla township area. Walhalla is one of the must see places of the Gippsland region with its natural beauty and isolation and the fact that Walhalla played a huge roll in the growth of Gippsland through the Walhalla area gold rush in the late 1800's, which bought people and industry to the area. The Walhalla area is jam packed with history, from its historic old buildings to the areas old gold mines and mining machinery scattered through the town and surrounding area. If you are looking for pictures of Walhalla and its attractions and places of interest in the Walhalla area you have found the right website. Walhalla Goldfields in Colour is the biggest picture archive of the Walhalla area on the Internet. Apart form pictures of the Walhalla township we also cover the Walhalla Goldfields Railway, Long Tunnel Extended Goldmine, the historic Walhalla cemetery, Coopers Creek, Bruntons Bridge, the Horseshoe Bend Tunnel, the Poverty Point old steel bridge and many of the old gold mines and mining machinery in the Walhalla area as well as many other places of special interest in and around Walhalla To see our picture collection press the "PICTURES" button above. |
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If you are having trouble getting the pictures to fit on your screen press the "VIEWING TIP" button. To contact me or to find out more about this website or the pictures in it press the "WEBMASTER" button |
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Website design and photography by David Charleston |
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Important site information
Although this website contains pictures taken inside old gold mines, the webmaster DOES NOT recommend the entry of these mines as by entering old gold mines you are risking serious injury or even death from falling rock or mine collapse. If you choose to enter old mines you do so at your own risk |