 Beechworth's Old Telegraph Station |
Beechworth’s Celtic Festival, held every year in mid-November, is a celebration of the rich Irish and Scottish heritage of this former gold-rush town. The outlaw Ned Kelly was put on trial here, and the famous explorer Robert O’Hara Burke is commemorated in the Burke Museum. Less well known was Burke’s pivotal role in putting down riots against Chinese gold miners. The Chinese are now honoured in the new Beechworth Chinese Cultural Centre, a fascinating record of the gold-rush days of the mid-1800s
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