Castlemaine
| Town in Victoria, Australia, about 105 km/65 mi northwest of Melbourne, on the River Loddon. Site of one of the earliest gold strikes 1851, its population rose to 31,000 by 1857. It survives as a fruit-growing and farming centre with a population of 7,600 (1986). |
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