A1 Mine Settlement, Victoria
- A1 Mine Settlement, Victoria
Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = A1 Mine Settlement
state = vic
caption =
lga = Shire of Mansfield
postcode =
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pop =
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fedgov =
dist1 = 210
dir1 = NE
location1= Melbourne
dist2 = 28
dir2 = E
location2= Mansfield
A1 Mine Settlement is a town in Victoria, Australia, located north of Woods Point on the Mansfield - Woods Point Road, in the Shire of Mansfield. The town has also been known as Castle Reef, Castle Point, and Raspberry Creek.
The town began after gold was discovered at Raspberry Creek in 1862. The name "A1" indicated that the quality of the gold mined here was 'First Class'. [ Baker, Derek, "Non-official post offices", article in "The Stamp Magazine" (London), April 1985, p. 84] During the late 1860s the town known as Castle Reef had a population of around 300, a Post Office under that name opening on January 11, 1868 (closing 1875). ][Citation]
last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocd.w? access-date = 2008-04-11 ] . It included two hotels, a general store, a school, a church, and possibly a restaurant. The town's industry was centred on a crushing machine which worked the three gold reefs in the area. These sites and others were amalgamated into the A1 Mine, which continued operation until 1992.
A receiving office opened here on 1 July 1910; it was later upgraded to a non-official post office and closed on 9 March 1967. [Citation]
last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocd.w? access-date = 2008-04-11 ]
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