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 The main street of Eldorado. A Soldiers Memorial bus shelter is in the foreground while the General store and McEvoy Tavern ("The smallest pub in Victoria") can be seen to the left. | |
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| Coordinates:36°18′0″S146°31′0″E / 36.30000°S 146.51667°E /-36.30000; 146.51667 | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Victoria |
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| Population | |
| • Total | 264 (2016 census)[2] |
| Postcode | 3746 |
Eldorado, orEl Dorado, is a small town in theRural City of Wangaratta,Victoria, Australia. At the2016 census, Eldorado had a population of 264,[2] down from a population of 287 at the time of the2006 census.[3]
Eldorado was named after the legend ofEl Dorado in 1840 by William Baker, the name he used for his run.[4] Even though the name refers to a land abounding ingold there was no gold found in Eldorado until the 1850s when it became a thrivinggold rush town. Eldorado Post Office opened on 1 August 1861.[5]
The town's population declined sharply after the area ceased to yield gold.
The remains of an oldgold dredge can still be seen today.This is a large steel dredge which was designed and built by Thompson's Engineering for the Cocks Eldorado Gold Dredging Company in 1935–36. By the time it was decommissioned it had dredged 30 million cubic metres from the river flats of the Eldorado Plain. It has 110 digging buckets, each of which was capable of digging and lifting 0.3 cubic metres of soil. It is the most intact surviving and largest bucket dredge in Australia.[6]
The dredge received an Engineering Heritage National Marker fromEngineers Australia as part of itsEngineering Heritage Recognition Program.[7]
The town is currently home to the Wolfpack RLFC, arugby league club who compete in theGoulburn Murray Rugby League competition. The side won their first premiership in 2023, and play at the Eldorado Recreation Reserve.
Eldorado was home to an Australian Rules football team from 1925 to 1954, which competed in theOvens & King Football League.
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