Irishtown

History

A rush began to New Year's Flat on Fryers Creek on New Year's Day, 1853. The rush was described by a digger as "the most animated sight of those stirring times that I ever witnessed". The settlement arose nearby, and the Shamrock Hotel, an establishment reportedly frequented by "wild men," was subsequently built on the Vaughan Road. A Catholic church was consecrated in 1865, the building existing until 1956 when it was demolished.

Most-observed species

• Australian Magpie

  Gymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  4,294
• Crimson Rosella

  Platycercus elegans (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves
  3,696
• Superb Fairywren

  Malurus cyaneus (Ellis, 1782) · Aves
  3,314
• Red Wattlebird

  Anthochaera carunculata (Shaw, 1790) · Aves
  3,229
• Spotted Pardalote

  Pardalotus punctatus (Shaw, 1792) · Aves
  2,638
• Gray Shrikethrush

  Colluricincla harmonica (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  2,513
• Galah

  Eolophus roseicapilla (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves
  2,370
• Little Raven

  Corvus mellori Mathews, 1912 · Aves
  2,299

Most recent

• M 3.8 — 2023-05-28
  5 km W of Mickleham, Australia
• M 2.7 — 2007-12-09
  38 km SE of Charlton, Australia
• M 2.8 — 2003-02-02
  9 km N of Trentham, Australia
• M 3.3 — 2002-01-22
  5 km WNW of Rochester, Australia
• M 2.7 — 2001-12-31
  10 km SW of Kilmore, Australia