Castlemaine (pop. 7140) lies at the foot of Mount Alexander. Great quantities of gold were found in this area in the 1850s and 1860s, but disease in the mining camps and falling yields led to a decline in prospecting activity.

A number of old buildings show the town's former prosperity. The Town Market (1862) has been well restored and is now
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