Creswick is an old gold rush town from the early 1850s, 20 km north of Ballarat and 130 km northwest of Melbourne in the state of Victoria in Australia and is 452 m above sea level . The city is now a small industrial site on the Midland Highway with a historic old town and has a population of around 2,700.
Post office and school in Creswick (postcard from 1907)
The place was named after the sheep farmers brothers Henry, Charles and John Creswick. Gold was discovered at Creswick Creek in 1852 and construction of the town began in August 1854. From 1857 there was an Anglican and a Catholic church, and a courthouse was added in 1859.
Up to 30,000 gold diggers are said to have lived in Creswick at the peak of the gold rush . But as early as the referendum (Census) of 1861, only 4714 inhabitants were counted, the highest number since then.
The first hospital was opened in 1863, and the first grammar school was added in 1869 .
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