Yea, the town

...a place in the KellyGang story 

Areas

location

located north of Melbourne, near Mansfield

Beginnings

The first residents were the Woiwurung people
The area was settled by selectors in about 1837. The town was built on the Murrindindi run
Gold was discovered in the area in 1859 and a number of smaller mining settlements came into existence at that time, including Molesworth.
Yea was called Muddy Creek until about 1878. was named after a Col. Lacy Yea who was killed in the Crimea War. ? See (Argus31/8/61)

Importance of Yea

Yea was on a route to the Jamieson gold field. (Argus31/8/61)

What was Yea like in the late 1870s

State of selection at Murrindindi and at other places in the area (Argus12/10/66)

Facilities in Yea in the late 1870s

Commercial Hotel

Anglican church built in 1869
Sacred Heart Catholic Church

school started in 1877 with a brick building

Yea became a shire in 1873

Links to the KellyGang

Mr Bolam from the Education Department provided the Royal Commission with the following comments in relation to James Wallace at Yea

'Did you consider his movement to the other school in the Yea district an advance?- It was an improvement in position, but not very much in regard to salary. The school he is at present in is what is called a full-time school, where the duties are not so heavy as in the half-time schools. Although the salary is very little more than the other the position must be held to be preferable.' (RC 15047)

From any other department?- He was acting as postmaster, for which he received a small salary-a very small salary'(RC 15052)

Hear Mr Webster of Yea (grazier)'s account relating to James Wallace (RC17786)

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