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Exploring an 1835 Victorian Gold Deserted Ghost Town STEIGLITZ Victoria. Population just 8 people

Steiglitz is a locality in the Brisbane Ranges in Victoria. It is located 83 kilometres (52 mi) west of the state capital, Melbourne, Australia. At the 2016 census, Steiglitz had a population of just 8 while the area had a population of 53. A genuine deserted Ghost Town . With several original buildings still remaining and in remarkable condition. Come take a wander along the main Street Regent Street and a look at the remaining buildings, mine shafts and ruins. It is as interesting and quaint as it sounds. Even more so................ Be sure to check out the other videos of St Thomas' Roman Catholic Church and it's graveyard containing just a single occupant-    • 1868 Abandoned Gold Ghost Town Steiglitz -...   And the Main General cemetery Situated in the heart of the Brisbane Ranges and what is now a National Park The von Stieglitz family , originally from Pilsen in Germany but most recently from Ireland bought and settled the land on which Steiglitz now sits in 1835. They returned to Ireland in 1853, but retained ownership of the land, upon which gold was found the following year; it became the first auriferous quartz-mining site in Victoria. Several brothers of the Steiglitz family landed in Hobart and there is also a town bearing the same name in Tasmania . Population 571.. Other family members established themselves in Queensland and there is also a locality in Queensland called Steiglitz . Population 682. In Victoria a settlement of gold-prospectors quickly developed, and took its (misspelled) name from the land's owners. The population reached 2000 by 1863, including roughly 220 Chinese immigrants. The easily-won gold had been worked out by the late 1870s, and many people moved away. The last gold mine closed in 1941 and, as of 2015, the population of the town site was just eight. The Steiglitz historic park was opened in 1976 with the intention of preserving Steiglitz as an example of an abandoned gold-mining town, and several historic buildings were restored. The Steiglitz Post Office's history closely follows that of the town: it opened on 15 March 1856 and closed in 1966, and is now a private residence. The former Steiglitz Court House, built in 1874, just as the town began to experience a significant decline in population, is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register. It is now a volunteer-run museum. A small wooden Catholic church, St Thomas' Catholic Church, was built in 1868–9. In 1951 the building was moved to Norlane where it served as a church hall, until it was returned to Steiglitz in 1982 as part of the restoration efforts; its churchyard continues to hold only a single grave. Similarly, St Paul's Anglican Church, which had been built in 1871, ceased functioning in 1962, but was restored in 1988 and 1994, having remained in Steiglitz for the whole period. =================================== 0:00 INTRODUCTION 01:36 ST PAULS 1871 CHURCH OF ENGLAND CHURCH 01:53 BOXING REEF MINESHAFTS 04:41 ELLIS DRAPERS SHOP 06:53 THE ORIGINAL REGENT ST 8:11 TRUCK REMAINS IN FIELD 9:00 GOLD DISCOVERY CAIRN 9:47 SUGG'S BLACKSMITHS COTTAGE II:15 INSIDE SUGG'S BLACKSMITHS COTTAGE 13:28 OLD STEIGLITZ COURT HOUSE 16:52 OVERVIEW OF THE TOWN & NATIONAL PARK 17:36 DRONE FOOTAGE - SUGG'S BLACKSMITHS COTTAGE 19:27 DRONE FOOTAGE - STEIGLITZ COURT HOUSE ===================================