the world, including Kingower, Rheola, Dunolly, Tarnagulla and Moliagul, where the biggest gold nugget ever unearthed, the "Welcome Stranger", was discovered. Quartz mining is also still present, with MG Gold operating the Maxwell's Mine to the north of the township. Inglewood is the gateway to Kooyoora State Park. Located a short distance west of the town, the park is a popular camping and recreation location and home to Melville's Caves where the bushranger Captain Melville is rumoured to have based himself during the 1850s. The town is central to the Bridgewater On Loddon and Kingower wineries, producing quality red and white wines. The town has an Australian Rules football team, the "Blues", competing in the Loddon Valley Football League. The Inglewood Football Club was formed around 1873 and was a foundation member of the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1877. Golfers play at the course of the Inglewood Golf Club on the Calder Highway. Notable people Sir Reginald Ansett, businessman and founder of Ansett Airlines, was born in Inglewood in 1909. The runner Jack Donaldson who held every professional sprint world record in the early part of the 1900s resided in Inglewood. E. G. Carji Greeves, first winner of the Brownlow Medal, was Inglewood Football Club's coach in 1935 Frances Emma (Fanny) Hines was a Boer War nurse and the first Australian woman to die on active service. Sir Julius Vogel was editor of the Inglewood Advertiser newspaper in 1860 and later became Prime Minister of New Zealand. John Day (known as Johnny Day) (1856–1885), world-champion juvenile walker and later rider of Nimblefoot the winning horse in the 1870 Melbourne Cup, died aged 27 on 10 June 1885 at Inglewood Hospital. He is buried at the Inglewood cemetery. Sir Neil Hamilton Fairley, medical scientist and army officer, who was instrumental in saving thousands of Allied lives from malaria and other diseases, was born in Inglewood in 1891. Thomas Tatchell (1867–1936), first class Victorian cricketer, was born in Inglewood. Cr George Gahan JP born in Inglewood in 1912 and later became the Mayor of City of Prahran in 1965 and 1970. He was also the Australian Labor Party candidate for the state seat of Prahran in 1961. Maurice McCrae Blackburn(1880–1944), lawyer and politician, was born in Inglewood in 1883. Major General Edwin Tivey (1866–1947), soldier and stockbroker, born in Inglewood in 1866. Gallery References External links Towns in Victoria (Australia) Shire