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SUB – TREASURY & GOLD RECEIVER
Sub Treasury is now open for viewing via swipe card access, swipe cards are available through purchasing a Golden Ticket or a Burke Museum / Courthouse combined pass
| 1856 |
Worked under the Gold Warden to handle & Prepare gold for the 2 weekly escorts to Melbourne. |
1850’s
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Price for gold was 4 Pound an ounce. |
1855
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Escort took 192,000 ounces to Melbourne |
1857
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Escort took 350,000 ounces to Melbourne |
1855
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April & March 1857 Bank of New South Wales purchased over 300,000 ounces |
1857
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Addition added at rear 2 offices and a strong room, barred windows and a massive gold vault – stronghold for the precious metal. |
1880’s
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Sub-treasury became the Beechworth Police Station |
1997
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The Police Station shifted to a new Police Station around the corner, opposite Prison |
There is no record of the Sub Treasury ever being robbed.How much gold taken out of the Beechworth Sub Treasury unofficially is unknown.
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