Moonlight Flat (Central Goldfields - Vic.)
- Local Government Area
- Central Goldfields
- Population
- 85
- Area
- 14.09 km²
- Coordinates
- -37.0477, 143.6497
- Data
- Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics ASGS boundaries, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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About Moonlight Flat (Central Goldfields - Vic.)
Moonlight Flat is a small rural locality in the Shire of Central Goldfields of central Victoria, situated near Castlemaine in the historic goldfields district. The area takes its name from the gold rush era — it was a bustling diggings site where the distinctly Cornish practice of undermining, or driving tunnels beneath other diggers' claims to steal wash dirt, was a frequent cause of disturbances on the fields. The Moonlight Flat Common School operated from 1858 to 1874, and today the locality retains a quiet rural character within the broader Castlemaine goldfields landscape.
Nearby localities
- Alma (Vic.) 4 km
- Adelaide Lead 4 km
- Wareek 6 km
- Bowenvale 7 km
- Bung Bong 8 km
- Maryborough (Vic.) 8 km