Jump to content

1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Maryborough (Victoria)

From Wikisource
16578751911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 17 — Maryborough (Victoria)

MARYBOROUGH, a municipal town of Talbot county, Victoria, Australia, 112 m. by rail N.W. of Melbourne. Pop. (1901), 5633. It has fine government buildings, a town hall, a botanical garden, and numerous park lands. It is an important railway centre, and has extensive railway workshops, as well as coach factories, breweries and foundries. The gold mining of the district is deep alluvial. Wheat, oats and wine are the chief agricultural products of the neighbourhood.