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On the way it very nearly toppled over when it reached a rabbit warren and the weight caused the warren to collapse . Despite considerable achievements , the settlement was soon crippled by the nationwide depression of the 1890s , rabbit plagues , a devastating drought , dubious business associates , technical problems , transportation difficulties , settler dissatisfaction with and parliamentary hostility towards the brothers ' management , inflammatory press coverage , foreclosed mortgages and the liquidation , in 1894 , of Chaffey Brothers Ltd. George Chaffey returned to America but William remained to become a significant member of the business community . Gold was discovered at Coolgardie in 1892 and at Kalgoorlie a year later . Local legend has it that the bricks still have small deposits of gold in them . The mine yielded 425 kg of gold over a 16-year period . A few followed him but most were disenchanted with the scheme and moved north to the Swan River colony . Prospectors appeared when gold was discovered in the early 1850s and the settlement of Myrtleford began to emerge as a camping place around a ford at Myrtle Creek which was used by the Beechworth miners . At this point you can return to the picnic area via the 4WD track or continue eastwards along what is known as the Black Cockatoo Walk after the birds which excavate holes in the tree trunks hereabouts in search of moth larvae . The Mitta Mitta run was taken up in 1840 but a township did not develop until gold was discovered in 1864 . However , Moliagul would barely rate a mention in the annals of history were it not for an event which unfolded on February 5 , 1869 . The Jamiesons sold the property in 1874 , just in time to escape devastating rabbit plagues .