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Bradford, Victoria
Bradford is a small town located near the former gold mining town of Maldon, Victoria Maldon is a town in Victoria, Australia, in the Shire of Mount Alexander local government area. It has been designated "Australia's first notable town" and is notable for its 19th-century appearance, maintained since gold-rush days. At the 201 .... History A railway station known as Pollard once served the town with passenger and goods trains. The last service ran on 15 January 1969. References External links Towns in Victoria (Australia) {{VictoriaAU-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Bendigo West
Bendigo West is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. It is a electorate centred on the city of Bendigo west of the Yungera railway line, and including surrounding rural towns to the west and south-west. It encompasses the localities of Bendigo City, California Gully, Castlemaine, Harcourt, Long Gully, Maldon, Marong, Newstead and West Bendigo. It also includes parts of the Bendigo suburbs of Eaglehawk, Golden Square and Kangaroo Flat. It lies within the Northern Victoria Region of the upper house, the Legislative Council. Bendigo West has generally been a safe seat for the Labor parties throughout its history. It was created in 1904, when it was won by Labor candidate David Smith by 18 votes. Smith was re-elected several times, but was expelled from the party in 1911 over his support for introducing scripture lessons into state schools. He sat as an independent until the Labor Party split of 1917, when he joined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Of Murray
The Division of Murray was an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It was located in the north of the state, adjoining the Murray River, which forms Victoria's border with New South Wales. It included the towns of Shepparton, Echuca, Cobram, Yarrawonga, Boort and Bridgewater. In 2018 the division was renamed the Division of Nicholls, coming into effect at the 2019 federal election. History The Division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 11 May 1949, and was first contested at the 1949 election. It was named after the Murray River, which itself was named after British Secretary of State for War and the Colonies Sir George Murray. It was first held by John McEwen, who briefly served as Prime Minister after the disappearance of Harold Holt, and subsequently became the inaugural Deputy Prime Minister under John Gorton. His successor in the seat, Bruce Lloyd, went on to serve as deputy leader to three successive Nationals leaders - Ian Sinclair, Charles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shelbourne, Victoria
Shelbourne is a small town located near Maldon Maldon (, locally ) is a town and civil parish on the Blackwater estuary in Essex, England. It is the seat of the Maldon District and starting point of the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation. It is known for Maldon Sea Salt which is produced ... in Victoria, Australia. Murphys creek also runs through the southern part of the town. History The town was serviced by Shelbourne railway station until the late 1960s. References Towns in Victoria (Australia) Towns in Loddon Campaspe Shire of Loddon {{Mallee-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ravenswood, Victoria
Ravenswood is a locality in north central Victoria, Australia. The locality is in the City of Greater Bendigo local government area, north of the state capital, Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met .... At the , Ravenswood had a population of 436. References External links Towns in Victoria (Australia) Bendigo Suburbs of Bendigo {{VictoriaAU-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ravenswood South, Victoria
Ravenswood may refer to: Film and literature * Ravenswood, the name of a Swedish forest in '' Beowulf'', the setting of a battle between Geats and Swedes * ''Ravenswood'' (film), a 2006 Australian thriller, starring Stephen Moyer, Travis Fimmel and Teresa Palmer * ''Ravenswood'' (TV series), a spin-off of ''Pretty Little Liars'' * '' Ravenswood: The Steelworkers' Victory and the Revival of American Labor'', a book by Kate Bronfenbrenner and Tom Juravich *Ravenswood Castle, a fictional setting in the Scottish Lowlands, featured in Sir Walter Scott's 1819 classic, ''The Bride of Lammermoor'' Places Australia *Ravenswood, Queensland, a town **Ravenswood Mining Landscape and Chinese Settlement Area, a heritage-listed area within the town * Ravenswood, Tasmania, suburb of Launceston, Tasmania *Ravenswood, Victoria, a locality near Bendigo *Ravenswood, Western Australia, a town United Kingdom *Ravenswood, Cumbernauld, the largest town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland *Ravenswood, Ipswich, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walmer, Victoria
Walmer is a locality in the Shire of Mount Alexander The Mount Alexander Shire (officially Shire of Mount Alexander) is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the central part of the state. It covers an area of and, in June 2018, had a population of 19,514. It includes the tow ..., Victoria. References {{VictoriaAU-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baringhup
Baringhup is a locality in central Victoria, Australia. The locality is in the Shire of Mount Alexander, north west of the state capital, Melbourne. Its most prominent geographical features are the Loddon River and the Cairn Curran Reservoir Cairn Curran reservoir is situated along the Loddon River near the townships of Baringhup, Newstead and Welshmans Reef in Victoria, Australia. Constructed between 1947 and 1956. Primarily an irrigation reservoir it is home to an active yacht c ... located on that river. At the , Baringhup had a population of 205. Baringhup has a general store (at the riverside caravan park) and a primary state school. References External links Towns in Victoria (Australia) {{VictoriaAU-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maldon, Victoria
Maldon is a town in Victoria, Australia, in the Shire of Mount Alexander local government area. It has been designated "Australia's first notable town" and is notable for its 19th-century appearance, maintained since gold-rush days. At the 2016 census, Maldon had a population of 1,513. History The district where Maldon now stands was first visited by white European colonialists in 1836, during Major Thomas Mitchell's famous Victorian expedition. It was occupied soon afterwards by pastoralists, and two sheep runs were established in the area, at the foot of nearby Mount Tarrengower. In December 1853, gold was discovered at Cairn Curran (the name given to one of the sheep runs), and Maldon became a part of the Victorian Gold Rush The goldfield which was named "Tarrangower Fields" after Mount Tarrangower (now usually referred to as Tarrengower), immediately attracted numbers of people eager to make their fortunes at the diggings. One month after gold was first discovered, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pollard Railway Station, Victoria
Pollard was a railway station on the Shelbourne line between the townships of Bradford Bradford is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire, England. The city is in the Pennines' eastern foothills on the banks of the Bradford Beck. Bradford had a population of 349,561 at the 2011 ... and Nuggetty. It opened with the line on 24 March 1891, and was originally called Bradford Station. There was a ticket office, shelter and toilets. There were no sidings at Pollard, so any wagons that needed loading or unloading at the station had to be left on the mainline. Wagons to be left at Pollard were attached behind the guards van when a train left Shelbourne and dropped off at Pollard. The next train to Shelbourne train would propel the wagons to Shelbourne, where they would become included in the consist of the return train. The station was closed in September 1952. Nothing remains of it today, other than the platform mound. Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
