21-499: The Inglewood Advertiser was a newspaper published in Inglewood , Victoria , Australia. The newspaper has been digitised by Trove for the editions between 6 January 1914 to 31 December 1918. This Australian newspaper-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Inglewood, Victoria Inglewood is a town in Victoria , Australia , located on
42-653: A conical to rounded operculum . Flowering mainly occurs from March to August and the flowers are white. The fruit is a woody, cup-shaped or barrel-shaped capsule 4–7 mm (0.16–0.28 in) long and 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) wide with the valves near rim level. Eucalyptus polybractea was first formally described in 1901 by Richard Thomas Baker in Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales from specimens collected near West Wyalong by Richard Hind Cambage . The specific epithet ( polybractea )
63-417: A height of 8–10 m (26–33 ft) and forms a lignotuber . It has rough, fibrous or flaky, greyish to brownish bark on the lower part of the trunk, smooth greyish to brownish bark above that is shed in ribbons. Young plants and coppice regrowth have bluish to glaucous , linear to lance-shaped leaves that are 40–150 mm (1.6–5.9 in) long and 3–16 mm (0.12–0.63 in) wide. Adult leaves are
84-530: A municipality and in 1863 the Borough of Inglewood was established. Self-government continued for 100 years until the borough was annexed to the Shire of Korong. In December 1862 one of the most destructive fires recorded in the colony to that time occurred in the town's main thoroughfare. A greater portion of the commercial precinct was burned to the ground, with damages estimated at over £100,000. The ultimate result of
105-460: A museum, retail store, coffee bar and model distillery. The eucalyptus oil industry is still a major employer in the region with two commercial distilleries located close by. There are many hectares of Eucalyptus polybractea plantations that the local distilleries use to harvest eucalyptus oil . Inglewood is a notable example of a Victorian gold rush town, with its 19th-century architecture attracting many visitors. The main street, Brooke Street,
126-975: Is from the ancient Greek poly- and the Latin bractea , referring to the many bracts of this species, although many eucalytps have "many bracts" at the base of immature flowers. In 2018, Kevin James Rule described two subspecies, polybractea and suberea but the names have not been accepted by the Australian Plant Census . Blue-leaved mallee has a wide, but sporadic distribution around West Wyalong in New South Wales and between Stawell and Bendigo in Victoria. In grows in mallee shrubland on loamy soils. Eucalyptus polybractea leaves are used to produce eucalyptus oil with very high levels of cineole (up to 91%), yielding 0.7-5% fresh weight overall. The oil
147-522: Is noted for its narrowness and concentration of double-story buildings. No less than seven hotel buildings (two still operating) and four bank buildings are found in Brooke Street. Several buildings were designed by prominent Bendigo architects Vahland and Getzmann, including the Charlie Napier Hotel. Inglewood is also notable for the collection of public and religious buildings located away from
168-629: Is the gateway to Kooyoora State Park . Located a short distance west of the town, the park is a popular camping and recreation location and home to Melville's Caves where the bushranger Captain Melville is rumoured to have based himself during the 1850s. Melville caves is a stunning location with a view of the entire region from the lookout. The town is central to the Bridgewater On Loddon and Kingower wineries, producing quality red and white wines. The town has an Australian Rules football team,
189-525: The Calder Highway in the Shire of Loddon . Inglewood, is known as the home of the ' Blue Mallee ' Eucalyptus and is the home of Australia's largest Eucalyptus Oil Distillery, Bosisto's. The town was the largest producer of Eucalyptus Oil during the 1900s and is still home to two operating distilleries and the only Eucalyptus Distillery Museum in the country. Inglewood was an important gold mining centre during
210-470: The Victorian Gold Rush of the 1850s and 1860s. Gold was first discovered in 1859 by Alexander, Joseph and Thomas Thompson and Joseph Hanny. On notification of the discovery some 16,000 diggers flocked to the area. By January 1860 a new field a few miles south of the original was opened up by Potter, Irvine and McKean and dubbed "New Inglewood". This is the site of the present township. By mid-1860
231-422: The blue-leaved mallee or simply blue mallee , is a species of mallee that is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It has rough, fibrous or flaky bark on the lower part of the trunk, smooth greyish or brownish bark above, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of between seven and eleven, white flowers and cup-shaped or barrel-shaped fruit. Eucalyptus polybractea is a mallee that typically grows to
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#1732876585496252-698: The "Blues", competing in the Loddon Valley Football League . The Inglewood Football Club was formed around 1873 and was a foundation member of the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1877. Golfers play at the course of the Inglewood Golf Club on the Calder Highway. [REDACTED] Media related to Inglewood, Victoria at Wikimedia Commons Eucalyptus polybractea Eucalyptus polybractea , commonly known as
273-637: The 2021 census. It is the main service town for the Loddon Shire with a hospital, chemist, community bank, supermarket and hardware store providing services to its residents in Inglewood and the surrounding towns. Inglewood's main tourist attraction is the Eucalyptus Distillery Museum which is located on the Calder Hwy on the site of the "Old Jones' Distillery". The site is heritage listed and houses
294-513: The Columbian, 22 tons of stone crushed gave a return of over 2300 ounces of gold, one of the richest patches of gold recorded in the colony of Victoria. Numerous other reefs, including the Maxwell's, Jersey, March and Morning Star, gained renown for their rich yields. In November 1860 there were 4,500 men employed in quartz mining, more than any other field at that time. In 1861 the town was proclaimed
315-422: The early prospectors. Inglewood forms part of the "Golden Triangle" which encompasses some of the richest alluvial goldfields in the world, including Kingower, Rheola , Dunolly , Tarnagulla and Moliagul , where the biggest gold nugget ever unearthed, the " Welcome Stranger ", was discovered. Quartz mining is also still present, with MG Gold operating the Maxwell's Mine to the north of the township. Inglewood
336-461: The fire was a transition from bark and canvass establishments to more substantial brick and iron structures, many of which remain today. Toward the end of the 19th century, gold production began to diminish, and a new form of employment was sought. The eucalyptus oil industry took hold when it was discovered that the leaves of the Blue Mallee , which is endemic to Inglewood and surrounds, produced
357-615: The highest quality eucalyptus oil available. The most notable distilleries at the time were: The Valvoline Oil Company (of the United States), Bosisto's (still operating), The Taig's Distillery (still operating) and The Old Jones' Distillery which is now home to the Eucalyptus Distillery Museum and has attained an important heritage listing. The Inglewood district still produces the greater portion of Victoria's eucalyptus oil. Post offices opened at Inglewood on 12 March 1860 and at New Inglewood soon after on 15 May 1860. The Inglewood post office
378-496: The main thoroughfare, unusual for a town of its size. The town hall features a tower and chiming clock. The town is also gaining a reputation amongst treasure hunters, with at least half a dozen vintage and antique stores operating in Brooke Street. Gold-seekers still converge on the surrounding bushland in search of gold. Since the million dollar " Hand of Faith " nugget was discovered 11 km west at Kingower in 1980, gold detectors have brought fresh discoveries left behind by
399-418: The population on the field was estimated to be greater than 40,000, ranking among the biggest rushes in Victoria's history. The population soon dwindled as the easily won alluvial deposits became exhausted but, as early as 1859, quartz reefs had been discovered which resulted in the permanent settlement of a few thousand miners and businessmen. The initial returns from the quartz reefs were significant. From
420-551: The same shade of bluish green on both sides, lance-shaped, 60–170 mm (2.4–6.7 in) long and 4–20 mm (0.16–0.79 in) wide, tapering to a petiole 4–15 mm (0.16–0.59 in) long. The flower buds are arranged in leaf axils in groups of seven, nine or eleven on an unbranched peduncle 4–12 mm (0.16–0.47 in) long, the individual buds on pedicels up to 4 mm (0.16 in) long. Mature buds are club-shaped to diamond-shaped, 4–6 mm (0.16–0.24 in) long and 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) wide with
441-483: Was renamed Old Inglewood around 1865 and closed in 1882. The New Inglewood post office was then renamed Inglewood around 1870. From 6 December 1861 until 1 February 1961, Inglewood was managed by a borough council. At the 2011 census Inglewood had a population of 1058 (up from 834 in 2006). Inglewood is known as the "Blue Eucalyptus" town and is the largest town in the Loddon Shire , with 886 residents according to
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