The Pittong – Scarsdale Road links Scarsdale with Newtown.
Gold was found in the vicinity of Scarsdale in 1856, mainly on a semi-circular alignment which coincided with Brown’s diggings about 2.5 km east-north-east of Scarsdale. The diggings were developed towards the end of the 1850s, and Scarsdale’s best gold years were 1861-64. Mining continued until the 1900s however.
Settlement extended southwards to the extent that an adjoining settlement was named Newtown. Newtown and Scarsdale acquired an array of industries and civic bodies. There were a number of churches; industries included two foundries, two brickfields, a brewery, a tannery and several hotels.
In 1883 Scarsdale was connected to Ballarat by railway and extended westwards to Linton in 1890. There was also a station at Newtown, and in 1911 the line was extended southwards from there to Cressy.
By 1903 Scarsdale depended more on agriculture than on mining.
Scarsdale-Newtown’s original linear shape is still visible by the scattering of buildings along this Road. A handsome post and telegraph office is a private residence and a mechanics’ institute was moved to Sovereign Hill in Ballarat in 1972. There is also a general store, a hotel, a hall and a school which is the Scarsdale campus of Woady Yaloak (c50 pupils, 2014). (Victorian Places.com)
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