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Little remains of the Sebastopol Flats settlement in the Woolshed Valley north of Beechworth. The settlement sprang up because of the Victorian gold rush around 1853. Joe Byrne, a member of the Kelly Gang, and Aaron Sherritt lived in this area. Joe could speak a little Chinese, because he learnt it from the Chinese gold miners in the area. But Sebastopol Flat's fortunes ended with the end of the end of the gold rush: today it is a quiet part of rural Victoria, only accessible via an unsealed dirt road.
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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.
