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Smythesdale

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Smythesdale, Australia
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Established during the Victorian Gold Rush — its post office opened in July 1854 — Smythesdale is a small village on the Glenelg Highway west of Ballarat, in Victoria's Golden Plains. Its bluestone police lock-up, built in 1869, and the former courthouse, now home to the local historical society, survive from that era. The village is also the birthplace of Arthur Alfred Lynch, a polymath who studied engineering and medicine, wrote poetry, sat in the British Parliament, and fought against the British in the Second Boer War.

  • Population1,014
  • Nearest water0.4 km
  • Nearest mountain0.9 km
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