Rathscar, Victoria
Rathscar is a Central Victorian town. Gold was mined in the area. The area to the east of the Avoca River known as Rathscar West was surveyed in 1899. Rathscar straddles both the Pyrenees Shire and the Shire of Central Goldfields. Gold mining. The Melbourne newspaper The Argus reported in 1903 that a new gold-bearing reef had been discovered in Rathscar. People. The "largest landholder and possibly the wealthiest" in the area was Charles Wilson from "Sunny Park" ( Coordinates ). Wilson's daughter Maude Wilson married John Miller in 1901 at Sunny Park and they then lived in  the Rathscar district where their four children were born. Property. There was a Primary School (Numbered 1535) at Rathscar West. The timber building was replaced by brick church (recycled from the former Methodist Church / Wesleyan Chapel Homebush - 6 km away) in 1928. In 2018, this former Rathcar West church building is now privately owned. The Pyrenees Shire Council has documented a number of buildings in Rathscar including the Methodist Church, the Avonlea Farm House and the Elliot farm complex, in the "Avoca Heritage Study: 1864 - 1994" - Volume 3.