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=Victoria=

**Gold Rush**
 In 1851 gold was discovered in Bendigo. Later discoveries occurred in many cities across Victoria. The gold was discovered when two ladies were washing their husbands socks when one of them found a piece of gold. The word didn’t spread that quickly because back in 1951, they didn’t have the technology that we have now.This triggered one of the largest gold rushes the world has ever seen.

**Famous Victorians**
Ned Kelly; was a bush ranger & an outlaw long ago. He was hung in 11 November 1880. He was convicted for murder. Kylie Minogue; is a singer, born on 28 May 1956. She was born and raised in Melbourne. Her siblings were Danielle & Brendan. Dannii (Danielle) Minogue; Dannii Minogue is a singer & actress. She was born on 20 the October, 1971 and raised/born in Melbourne.

**Smallest Towns**

 * Parkers Corner; is a town in Victoria, Australia, located at the junction of Rawson Road and Tyers - Thomson Valley Road, in the Shire of Baw Baw. With only 12 residents, it is the second-smallest town in Victoria. Parkers Corner Post Office opened on 16 January 1950 and closed in 1967. **


 * Black Saturday**
 * The Black Saturday bushfires were a series of bushfires that ignited or were burning across the Australian state of Victoria on and around Saturday 7 February 2009 during extreme bushfire-weather conditions, resulting in Australia's highest ever loss of life from a bushfire. 173 people died as a result of the fires and 414 were injured. As many as 400 individual fires were recorded on 7 February. **