Maldon has been perfectly preserved since its mining days and is Australia's First Notable Town - classified by the National Trust in 1966. The settlement was initially known as Tarrangower. A townsite was surveyed in 1854 but the location was rejected and ignored by locals. Consequently the de facto township established by the diggers was surveyed in 1856. It was named Maldon after Maldon in Essex, England. The Beehive Chimney was completed in 1863 and, today, is the only one still standing in Victoria. It provided a draught for the steam boilers at the mine. The Beehive reef was discovered by Cornish miners who named it after a swarm of bees which were, at the time settled on a nearby post. It was like walking onto a film set - Emma also showed images of the
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