Walhalla Cricket Ground
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The Walhalla Cricket Ground is a landmark
in Walhalla, Victoria
, Australia
. Linked by a walking track from Walhalla Road, the cricket ground is perched at the top of a hill, because that was the only flat land that the early townsfolk could find for sporting activities. It is claimed that the half-hour climb up the hill to reach the ground, in conjunction with the long trip to Walhalla itself, ensured a home advantage.
The ground was used for organised sporting events in the heyday of Walhalla's goldmining era, but after large-scale mining stopped in 1910, the ground has largely been a tourist destination and curiosity, apart from occasional social cricket matches and the like. It is referenced in Weddings Parties Anything
's song The Ghosts of Walhalla.
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in Walhalla, Victoria
Walhalla, Victoria
Walhalla is a small town in Victoria, Australia, founded as a gold-mining community in early 1863 and at its peak home to around 2,500 residents. Today, the town has a population of fewer than 20 permanent residents, though it has a large proportion of houses owned as holiday properties. It...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Linked by a walking track from Walhalla Road, the cricket ground is perched at the top of a hill, because that was the only flat land that the early townsfolk could find for sporting activities. It is claimed that the half-hour climb up the hill to reach the ground, in conjunction with the long trip to Walhalla itself, ensured a home advantage.
The ground was used for organised sporting events in the heyday of Walhalla's goldmining era, but after large-scale mining stopped in 1910, the ground has largely been a tourist destination and curiosity, apart from occasional social cricket matches and the like. It is referenced in Weddings Parties Anything
Weddings Parties Anything
Weddings Parties Anything were an Australian folk rock band formed in 1984 in Melbourne and continuing until 1998. Their name came from The Clash song and musicologist Billy Pinnell described their first album as the best Australian rock debut since Skyhooks' Living in the '70s.-Formation and...
's song The Ghosts of Walhalla.