Lake Hume at Tallangatta
by Klaus Mayer
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Tallangatta is a small town on Lake Hume 340 kilometres north of Melbourne with a population of around 1,000. The original location of the town which was founded in the 1870s was in the valley which is now inundated by Lake Hume since the Hume Weir was built in the 1950s. The shallow lake with a maximum depth of about 40 metres has a surface area of 20,091 hectares and holds a maximum of 3,005,000 megalitres. When this photo was taken early 2012 the lake was approximately 81% full.
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This is the side entrance to the Beechworth Courthouse. Prisoners would have entered through this doo...
The male holding cell in the Beechworth Courthouse. The female holding cell can be seen beyond the do...
The Beechworth Courthouse was built in 1858 and served the area during the gold rush era up until 189...
Inside the Beechworth Courthouse. This is the dock where the accused stood. Harry Power, Ned Kelly an...
Inside the Beechworth Courthouse. This courthouse served the Victorian gold rush town of Beechworth f...
Victoria is Australia's second smallest State and covers only 3% of Australia's land area but has the second highest population of all States and Territories.
Victoria's mainland and islands have a total length of 2,512 kilometres coastline which is about 4.2% of Australia's 59,736 kilometres of coastline.
Australia is the driest inhabited continent and Victoria is no exception although the state capital Melbourne has the reputation to have 4 seasons in one day.
Victoria is located in the southeast of mainland Australia and includes the most southern point on mainland Australia at Wilsons Promontory National Park.
