Barrys_Reef,_Victoria

Barrys Reef, Victoria

Barrys Reef, Victoria

Town in Victoria, Australia

Barrys Reef (previously known as Bayup[2] and then Barry's Reef) is a locality near Blackwood in Australia. The population of the locality is 39.[1]

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The local story of the origin of Barrys Reef refers to a man who was exiled from the town of Blackwood after a drunken brawl so he started walking to find a suitable place to live. After an hour of walking northwards away from Blackwood, the man (Barry Francis) found gold in the area and set up camp eventually building a house. Later on in the gold rush days Barry's Reef grew in size and at one stage had six hotels.[3] After the gold rush the town eventually started to dwindle in population and was usually mistaken for North Blackwood.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Barrys Reef (Suburbs and Localities)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 18 November 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. [2]
    Blackwood-Blakeville Goldfield History Archived October 18, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  3. [3]
    "History of Blackwood, Victoria". www.blackwoodpublishing.com. Blackwood Publishing.
  4. [4]
    "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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