$299,950 Creswick North of Ballarat — Bush Blocks and Buildings

Creswick North

General Residential Zone/ General Residential 1

ZoneTo encourage development that respects the neighbourhood character of the area.To implement neighbourhood character policy and adopted neighbourhood character guidelines.To provide a diversity of housing types and moderate housing growth in locations offering good access to services and transport.To allow educational, recreational, religious, community and a limited range of other non-residential uses to serve local community needs in appropriate locations

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The historic and picturesque Victorian gold mining town of Creswick is cradled between ancient volcanic hilltops. This picturesque town boasts a resident population of more than 3,000 people.

Creswick lies at the heart of the central goldfields, just 16 km north of Ballarat and the neighbouring iconic tourism towns of Clunes and Daylesford, the Hepburn spa country, the Macedon Ranges and Pyrenees wine regions.

Built on the proceeds of rich gold deposits mined from the 1850s, you will find fine examples of the grand architecture so reminiscent of that bygone era along Creswick's main street.

Far from being 'just' a mining town, Creswick is the Australian birthplace of reforestation. John La Gerche who began re-planting forest areas ravaged by mining activity in 1882. Today, much of La Gerche's work survives around Creswick including magnificent plantings lining local streets and a 1 hour loop walk which highlights his work.

Creswick has a rich heritage and has produced some of Australia’s most influential artists, unionists, politicians and business people. In 1885 the country’s 14th Prime Minister, John Curtin, was born in the town, his father was a local policeman. So did the multi-talented Lindsay Family, with artist Norman Lindsay perhaps the most famous of Creswick’s artistic sons