Eldorado, Rural City of Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia
Postcode: 3746
Description: Small gold township
Location: By Reids (or Eldorado) Creek
Named: After station owned by Captain Furey Baker. El Dorado was the16th century Spanish name for legendary Amazonian country where the king dusted himslef with gold. The name means guilded one. (Blake)
After the legend of El Dorado. El Dorado (Spanish: meaning the gilded one) is a legend that began with the story of a South American tribal chief who covered himself with gold dust and would dive into a lake of pure mountain water. (Wikipedia)
Prahran Mechanics’ Institute
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