Talk:Amphitheatre, Victoria

It would be good to know actually where the Amphitheatre originally was / where the plaque is. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.191.179.193 (talk) 14:07, 9 May 2014 (UTC)

The statement that the town was moved has been deleted.

This statement is not correct, and the town was not moved. The reference used for this claim does not cite its sources. Noting that it is difficult to prove a negative, some reliable sources are available to justify the claim that the township was never moved.

Gold was discovered at the present site of the town in 1853. (Margaret Oulton, A Valley of the Finest Description: A History of the Shire of Lexton (3rd ed), Australian Print Group, 1995, p195)

People began to settle there for mining and commerce from 1853, and 6000 people were there by the late 1850s. (Oulton, p195)

The township was known both as Amphitheatre and Glenlogie, after the surrounding pastoral property of Amphitheatre Station and the broader land holding title of Glenlogie, which gave rise to the parish name. (Dept of Lands and Survey map of ‘Glenlogie Counties of Gladstone and Kara Kara 1878’ – 3 Feb 1914 print)

The present Amphitheatre Hotel was built 50m from its present site in 1854 and was associated with the gold diggings. (Argus, 27 May 1924, p17)

The Amphitheatre Presbyterian Church was built of brick on its present site in the present township in 1865. It remains on that site. (Avoca Mail, 11 Nov 1865, p2)

Spiers built the town store on its present site in the present township in 1865. (Oulton p196, 199, 218)

A change in the creek crossing point in 1864–5 forced the owner of the Amphitheatre Hotel to move the building from its original position on the allotment in the present township to a position 50m away on the same allotment. (Oulton, p199)

This movement of the town’s most significant landmark – albeit by only 50m – may have been combined with the fact that the Amphitheatre pastoral station is five kilometres away to arrive at the false conclusion that the township was moved.

No evidence from official sources or contemporary newspaper reports has been discovered to support the claim that the township has moved, while there are many sources that show the town to be on its original site. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1909tb22 (talk • contribs) 06:04, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

The statement that the town has an ice-creamery and hotel accommodation has been deleted.

The ice-creamery was closed by 2015. (Trip Advisor – Amphitheatre Hotel B&B, 17 Oct 2015)

The hotel was sold in Nov 2019 and is now a private residence. (https://www.realestate.com.au/property/3-bailey-st-amphitheatre-vic-3468) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1909tb22 (talk • contribs) 06:26, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

I think this historic information should be retained in the article and the closing information including the references included here, added to the article for historic purposes. And I also found the change of reference for the Gold discovery very confusing as the original reference was readable while the new one is technical and does not give any real information. At least the original reference should be retained.Fleet Lists (talk) 07:31, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

Agreed about retaining the old reference, and I was just about to add the original source to the new one, but you have done it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1909tb22 (talk • contribs) 23:30, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

New heading about town landmarks added

A new heading about the landmarks that distinguish Amphithteatre from other towns has been added. Most of the information comes from press reports, but official sources have been used where available. Some content is based on examination of the landmarks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1909tb22 (talk • contribs) 03:31, 28 January 2021 (UTC)