Aerial views - Historic images - Walkaround : Bungaree - Melbourne : Victoria Australia

Bungaree is a town in Victoria, Australia. It is 103 kilometres (64 mi) west of the state capital, Melbourne, and 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) east of the regional centre of Ballarat, within the Shire of Moorabool local government area. The Western Highway once ran through the town, but a freeway now bypasses it to the north. The name is thought to derive from an Aboriginal word meaning hut. Gold was discovered in the broader district surrounding Bungaree, during the 1851 Victorian gold rush, though Bungaree itself became famous primarily for its rich volcanic soil and Irish potato-farming families rather than major primary gold mines Bungaree’s name became immortalised when, at an election speech for the seat of Ballarat East in 1864, the Orange Lodge candidate addressed the crowd as gentlemen of Ballarat and savages of Bungaree, a deliberate insult to the Irish-Catholic farming community. The meeting erupted into uproar, and ‘Bungaree savages’ became local slang. In 1994, Bungaree Shire had 42% of its area used for farming, on which 48,000 sheep and lambs and 6200 cattle were carried. Eleven tonnes of apples and 21,207 tonnes of potatoes were grown. On 6 May 1994, the urban part of Bungaree Shire was united with Ballarat city, and the rural part was united with Moorabool Shire. Credits and References: State Library – Victoria https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/ Photographers and contributors; Burchell, Laurie Collins, John T. 1907-2001 Victoria. Department of Crown Lands and Survey Victorian Collections: https://victoriancollections.net.au/i... https://victoriancollections.net.au/i... https://victoriancollections.net.au/i... https://victoriancollections.net.au/i... Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... (Bob Lilburn) and (Warren Doubleday) Victorian Places: https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/bu... (John Young) Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bungare... https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... #australia #travel #victoria #tourism #ruralvictoria #australiatravelvlog #historicalplaces #victorianhistory #roadtrip #daytrip #motorcycleadventure #explorevictoria #exploreaustralia #Bungaree #potatofarming #mooraboolshire #abandonedrailway _________________________________________________________________________________________ We welcome you to comment, click the 'thumbs up' / 'like' button if you enjoyed the content, and subscribe; it is TOTALLY free and helps our channel. We would like to keep this channel kids and family friendly as much as possible, but also want viewers to express their positive thoughts or criticisms - Any suggestions or ideas for new drone locations, places to visit or requests on something historical for us to research are welcome in the comments; even to promote a business or location ! If you require an aerial video for your business or location, we'll give it a go and we are non-profit... It's a hobby we enjoy doing. Please send any anti-social comments, poor language, or links to your viewing choices to our email address so others don't have to experience them, and we can delete them. Also political, religious, discriminatory and racial remarks will be subject to the same. Urban Aerial Explorer can be contacted via email C/O Ludwig or son Alexander : urbanaerialexplorer@yahoo.com