Scarsdale

'A municipal township, with telegraph station, savings bank, and money-order office, on Smythe's Creek. 115 miles W by N of Melbourne. There is a branch bank, and the leading insurance companies have agents; several hotels and a State school. The free library contains about 750 volumes. The district is a mining and agricultural one. Population of the town and vicintiy about 900. The railway from Ballarat and Scarsale is now opened up, a distance of 17 miles; fares 2s 9d and 2s 3d from Ballarat.

Governance

Municipal Facts

Smythesdale Mayors (1861–1921)

#	Mayor	Term
	?	1861–1862
	John Lynch	1862–1863
	John McDonogh	1863–1864
	Edward Merrin	1864–1865
	Edward Jackson	1865-1866
	Alexander Young	1866-1867
	John Pounder Roberts	1868-1870
	Alexander McVitty (died in office)	1870–1873
	Alexander Young	1873-1874
	Charles Funcke	1874–1875
	Robert Bell	1875–1878
	Edmund Knights	1878-80
	G. J. Jones	1880-1882
	K. Morrison	1882-1883
	D. McGrath	1883-1884
	W. Carnegie	1884-1886
	D. Flowitt	1889–1890
	K. Morrison	1890–1892
	T. W. Bennett	1892–1894
	J. Christie	1894–1896
	T. W. Bennett	1896-1897
	Alexander Young	1897–1899
	T. W. Bennett	1899–1900
	A. Bowler	1900–1901
	J. T. Sadler	1901–1902
	Alexander Young	1902–1904
	J. J. Edgar	1904–1906
	D. M. Aisbett	1906–1907
	C. Merry	1907–1908
	H. C. Japp	1908–1909
	A. A. Edgar	1909–1910
	D. Crosthwaite	1910-1911
	T. H. Crosthwaite	1911-1912
	D. M. Aisbett	1912–1913
	[[]]	1913–1914
	Williamson	1913-1914
	McMenamin	1914–1915
	?	1915–1916
	?	1916–1917
	?	1917–1918
	?	1918–1919
	?	1919–1920
	?	1920–1921

Industry

Hotels in Scarsdale

Garibaldi Hotel

See also

Gold Ore Mining

Ballarat Skipton Railway Track

External links

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--Sallyanne Doyle 22:53, 18 September 2012 (EST)