Happy Valley is a locality in Victoria, Australia, in the Local Government Area of the Golden Plains Shire.
History Gold was discovered in the area, originally called "Wardy Yallock" (thought to have meant "winding yellow river" of Aboriginal origins) in 1849 as part of the Australian gold rushes, with intensive mining beginning in 1853.http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/806766 Bailliere’s Victorian gazetteer (1865) The Aboriginal name is also given as Molong ghip. Mining Continued until the 1900s. The naming comes from the amount of gold found in the area.
Demographics Year Population 1871 512 1891 239 1911 135 1933 69 1954 25201685
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