Type: | town |
Daisy Hill | |
State: | vic |
Lga: | Shire of Central Goldfields |
Postcode: | 3465 |
Est: | 1850s |
Pop: | 385 |
Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
Maxtemp: | 20.4 |
Mintemp: | 8 |
Rainfall: | 524 |
Stategov: | Ripon |
Fedgov: | Mallee |
Dist1: | 172 |
Dir1: | NW |
Location1: | Melbourne |
Dist2: | 56 |
Dir2: | N |
Location2: | Ballarat |
Daisy Hill a locality in Victoria, Australia located in the Shire of Central Goldfields. At the 2016 census, Daisy Hill had a population of 385.[1]
Daisy Hill began as a mining settlement, after a discovery of gold during the Gold Rush of 1853, the location became known as an extremely rich goldfield soon thereafter. Prior to this discovery, Daisy Hill had gained a particular notoriety, due to a gold rush in February 1849, that was based upon the claims made by one Thomas Chapman, a shepherd and former Parkhurst prison exile. Chapman sold a gold nugget to a Melbourne Jeweller, Mr. Brentani of Collins Street. Soon afterwards Chapman left the Port Phillip District for Sydney, although he returned again many years later.
Daisy Hill has a Community Centre Hall and public tennis courts. The last commercial shop in Daisy Hill closed around 2008.