Barkly, Victoria
Barkly is a locality in Victoria, Australia, about 180 kilometres northwest of Melbourne. It is near the intersection of the road from Landsborough to Redbank, and the road from Frenchmans to St Arnaud. It is close to the west boundary of the St Arnaud Range National Park. It is located in the Pyrenees Shire. At the 2016 Census Barkly had a population of 43.The area was first called the Navarre Diggings when gold was discovered there in June 1859... Show more by a group led by James Law. It was about 6 miles from the Navarre township. There was an immediate goldrush and there were soon about 700 people on the diggings. At the peak of the rush, there were over 6000 people in the area digging for gold.James Law, who had come to Australia from Scotland, received a reward of 150 pounds for finding gold. Other members of his group, John Fewster, W.R. Marshall and George Mill also were rewarded.The name was...