o-Irishman, was a gold warden in Ballarat at the time of the Eureka stockade.
Every St. Patricks Day and St Andrew's Day, the court would be closed to enable them to celebrate. One of the most prominent early councilors, George Jamison, was an American, as was the first Captain of the Fire Brigade, William Henshaw. Another prominent councilor was the Hungarian William Prohasky.
Although the Italians and Swiss in Spring Creek and Old Racecourse had an influence over their power base in the Yandoit-Franklin Road Board, the rise of Daylesford was driven entirely by men of English, Anglo-Irish, Cornish, Scottish and other origins.Taraallab (talk) 09:59, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
Lake Daylesford, originally an idea by a Norwegian, Christian Christensen, to provide hydro-electric power to the town, was finally brought to fruition in 1929 by Councilor Trembath, a descendant of a Cornish miner. The Gas Company, which was formed in 1862, was the work of Henry Courtis, a man who had supplied gas to Castle maine, Ballarat and other towns; nothing now remains of the gas works except the tiny cottage of the manager off Raglan Street towards the hospital. The hospital itself was an initiative by a group of two Englishmen, one Spaniard, a Dane, two Anglo-Irish, and a German Jew who first sat in committee in 1861. These men worked together amicably for a common cause until the hospital was opened in May 1862.
The spa resorts declined in the 1930s, but were redeveloped in the 1970s. Since then, Daylesford and all of the eastern Shire of Hepburn has become a major alternative lifestyle centre, with such services as massages, reiki, shiatsu, acupuncture, aromatherapy, reflexology, spiritual healing, and tarot reading being found
