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County Of Villiers
The County of Villiers is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the cadastral divisions of Australia, used for land titles. It includes the area to the north of Warrnambool, and to the west of the Hopkins River. The county was proclaimed in 1849. Parishes Parishes include: * Adzar, Victoria * Ballangeich, Victoria * Banangal, Victoria * Port Fairy, Victoria * Bilpah, Victoria * Boonahwah, Victoria * Boorpool, Victoria * Bootahpool, Victoria * Boramboram, Victoria * Broadwater, Victoria * Buckeran Yarrack, Victoria * Bullanbul, Victoria * Caramut, Victoria * Caramut South, Victoria * Chatsworth West, Victoria * Clonleigh, Victoria * Codrington, Victoria * Cooramook, Victoria * Corea, Victoria * Croxton East, Victoria * Dunkeld, Victoria * Framlingham West, Victoria * Hexham West, Victoria * Jennawarra, Victoria * Kangertong, Victoria * Kapong, Victoria * Kay, Victoria * Koroit, Victoria * Langulac, Victoria * Linlithgow, Victoria * Meerai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria, Australia
Victoria is a state in southeastern Australia. It is the second-smallest state with a land area of , the second most populated state (after New South Wales) with a population of over 6.5 million, and the most densely populated state in Australia (28 per km2). Victoria is bordered by New South Wales to the north and South Australia to the west, and is bounded by the Bass Strait to the south (with the exception of a small land border with Tasmania located along Boundary Islet), the Great Australian Bight portion of the Southern Ocean to the southwest, and the Tasman Sea (a marginal sea of the South Pacific Ocean) to the southeast. The state encompasses a range of climates and geographical features from its temperate coastal and central regions to the Victorian Alps in the northeast and the semi-arid north-west. The majority of the Victorian population is concentrated in the central-south area surrounding Port Phillip Bay, and in particular within the metropolitan area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Codrington, Victoria
Codrington is a rural locality on Portland Bay in the south-west of Victoria, Australia, on the Princes Highway between Portland and Port Fairy. It is a sparsely populated area; at the 2016 census the district had a population of 52 persons, living in 15 dwellings. It is the site of Pacific Hydro’s Yambuk Wind Farm and the adjacent Codrington Wind Farm. Codrington is notable for its wind farms and for being the only township in Australia to be named after a bushranger. 'Codrington Revingstone' On 29 June 1850 the Portland to Melbourne mail was stuck up by a man with a double-barrelled shotgun near Spring Creek, along Portland Bay between Portland and Belfast (now Port Fairy). The robber took possession of the mailman’s horse and pack-horse with the mail-bags and rode off. Chief Constable Frizzell from Belfast and a local landholder set off in pursuit; they managed to catch the man and locked him in the Belfast watch-house. The robber was described as a stout man, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chatsworth West, Victoria
Chatsworth may refer to the following, all named for Chatsworth House in England : Places Australia * Chatsworth, Queensland a semi-rural locality in the Gympie Region * Electoral district of Chatsworth, Queensland, Australia Canada * Chatsworth, Ontario, a township municipality * Chatsworth, Ontario (village), located within above township Singapore * Chatsworth International School, Singapore * Chatsworth Mediart Academy, Singapore South Africa * Chatsworth, Durban * Chatsworth, Western Cape United Kingdom * Chatsworth, Derbyshire ** Chatsworth House (Duke of Devonshire), at Chatsworth, Derbyshire United States * Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, a district in the San Fernando Valley ** Chatsworth Peak, a peak in the Simi Hills overlooking Chatsworth, Los Angeles ** Chatsworth station, a passenger train station in Chatsworth, Los Angeles ** Chatsworth Hills Academy, Chatsworth, Los Angeles * Chatsworth, Georgia * Chatsworth, Illinois * Chatsworth, Iowa * Chatsworth, Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caramut South, Victoria
Caramut is a town in the Western District of Victoria, Australia on the Hamilton Highway. It is in the Shire of Moyne local government area and the federal Division of Wannon. The name "Caramut" is believed to be derived from the Aboriginal word ''cooramook'', thought to mean "plenty of possums". At the 2006 census, Caramut and the surrounding area had a population of 392. At the 2016 census, Caramut and the surrounding area had a population of 246. History There is evidence that Aboriginal people had established a village of domed huts near Caramut before white settlement. The Protector of Aborigines, George Augustus Robinson, produced drawings of structures in the area circa 1840. In 1839 the Caramut area was first settled by John Muston as a pastoral run. In 1842, the Lubra Creek massacre of six Dhauwurd wurrung people took place on the Caramut run, leased by Thomas Osbrey and Sidney Smith at the time. The Post Office opened on 1 March 1848 as Muston's Creek and was r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caramut, Victoria
Caramut is a town in the Western District, Victoria, Western District of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia on the Hamilton Highway. It is in the Shire of Moyne local government area and the Australian House of Representatives, federal Division of Wannon. The name "Caramut" is believed to be derived from the Australian Aboriginal languages, Aboriginal word ''cooramook'', thought to mean "plenty of Phalangeriformes, possums". At the Census in Australia#2006, 2006 census, Caramut and the surrounding area had a population of 392. At the 2016 Australian census, 2016 census, Caramut and the surrounding area had a population of 246. History There is evidence that Aboriginal Victorians, Aboriginal people had established a village of domed huts near Caramut before white settlement. The Protector of Aborigines, George Augustus Robinson, produced drawings of structures in the area Wiktionary:circa, circa 1840. In 1839 the Caramut area was first settled by John Muston as a pastora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
