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Cobaw, Victoria
Cobaw is a locality in the Macedon Ranges Shire, in Victoria, situated on Dry Creek. The Cobaw area formerly had its own Post Office and State school, now closed. Cobaw Post Office opened on 1 December 1887 and closed in 1952. The Cobaw Range is a section of the Great Dividing Range north of the settlement, running roughly east–west. The ranges are mainly granitic A granitoid is a generic term for a diverse category of coarse-grained igneous rocks that consist predominantly of quartz, plagioclase, and alkali feldspar. Granitoids range from plagioclase-rich tonalites to alkali-rich syenites and from quartz- ... and reach a maximum height of 760m. Most of the western parts of this range are within the boundaries of the Cobaw State Forest. In the 2016 censes Cobaw had a population of 70. References Towns in Victoria (Australia) Shire of Macedon Ranges {{Mallee-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Macedon
The electoral district of Macedon is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was created in 2002, replacing the abolished electorate of Gisborne. It was won at that election by Joanne Duncan, the former member for Gisborne. She was re-elected in 2006 and 2010, and retired at the 2014 election, at which she was succeeded by Labor candidate Mary-Anne Thomas. Members for Macedon Election results See also * Parliaments of the Australian states and territories * List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly {{{Use dmy dates, date=June 2015 {{Use Australian English, date=June 2015 The following are lists of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly: * Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856–1859 * Members of the Victorian Legislative ... References External links Electorate profile: Macedon District, Victorian Electoral Commission 2002 establishments in Australia Electoral districts of Victoria (Australia) Shire of Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Of McEwen
The Division of McEwen is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. Classed as a rural seat, the electorate is located in the centre of the state, north of its capital city Melbourne. It includes the outer northern suburbs of Doreen, Mernda, and Wollert, and extends along the Hume Freeway north of the metropolitan area to include the towns of Gisborne as well as Wallan as well as many other small towns. Geography Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned. History The Division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 14 September 1984, and was first contested at the 1984 federal election. It was named aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlsruhe, Victoria
Carlsruhe () is a town in the Shire of Macedon Ranges between Woodend and Kyneton, alongside the old Calder Highway, although now bypassed by the Calder Freeway. It is approximately 50 minutes from both Melbourne and Bendigo. At the , Carlsruhe and the surrounding area had a population of 456. History Carlsruhe was settled for European use on 26 May 1837 by Charles Ebden. Carlsruhe was the second inland settlement in the Port Phillip District, Ebden having set up the first inland settlement on about 14 March 1837 at Sugarloaf Creek, Victoria.Williams, Martin, Charles Bonney and the fertile Kilmore Plains, Victorian Historical Journal, Volume 90, No. 1, June 2019, p. 107 It was named after Karlsruhe, Germany, where Ebden received part of his education. Although Carlsruhe is named after the German city, the German pronunciation of the name is very different from the Australian town which is pronounced using English spelling conventions. This is because in German the final "e" is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lancefield, Victoria
Lancefield is a town in the Shire of Macedon Ranges local government area in Victoria, Australia north of the state capital, Melbourne and had a population of 2,743 at the 2021 census. History The area was used by the indigenous aboriginal people as a quarry site for the manufacture of stone axes and was first settled by European squatters in 1837. The main source of these stone tools was at Mount William, to the north east of Lancefield. A Lancefield Post Office opened on 16 January 1858 in the Romsey/Five Mile Creek area, to the south. In 1860 this was renamed Five Mile Creek when Lancefield Post Office opened in the present township. Lancefield's elevation and climate made it a popular summer resort in the 1880s. In recent years, many local wineries have been established in the area. The town has a connection to the Kelly Gang; for it was here that Constable Fitzpatrick, the instigator of the Kelly Outbreak in 1878 was finally found by the Victorian police to be no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rochford, Victoria
Rochford is a locality in the Shire of Macedon Ranges, Macedon Ranges Shire, in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, on the Lancefield-Woodend Road (now signposted as the Rochford Road). The district once contained a number of public and religious buildings, all of which now appear to have been removed or demolished. These included a Public Hall, Anglican Church, Presbyterian Church, and tennis courts. Rochford Post Office opened on 10 March 1863 and closed in 1965. The 1857 red brick building & former 1870 principal's residence of the former Rochford North School (State School 540) is still standing and is now a privately owned luxury holiday rental. References Towns in Victoria (Australia) Shire of Macedon Ranges 1863 establishments in Australia {{Mallee-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newham, Victoria
Newham () is a town in the Shire of Macedon Ranges in Victoria, Australia. It is situated between the towns of Kyneton, Woodend and Lancefield. At the 2006 census, the surrounding area had a population of 570. At the 2016 census, Newham and the surrounding area had a population of 506. History The township of Newham was occupied as a station in 1847 by settlers named Peters and Dryden and called Dryden's Rock; The district of Newham and Woodend was created in December 1861; it became the Shire of Newham and Woodend in January 1905. Newham Post Office opened on 16 September 1861 and closed in 1971. Possible origins of the name In 1848 it may have been named Newham after Rev. Newham, an Anglican priest. Around the 1850s, Newham was known variously as ''Hieland Town'' or ''Isle of Skye'', perhaps indicating a Scottish heritage of the early settlers. It would appear that these names were colloquial terms rather than official names. While it is likely that the town was named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shire Of Macedon Ranges
The Shire of Macedon Ranges is a region in Central Victoria, Australia, best known for its expansive native forests, iconic geographical attraction Hanging Rock, and thriving artisan food and wine industries. The region covers an area of . It is located in between the cities of Bendigo and Melbourne. In June 2018 the shire had a population of 49,388. It includes the towns of Gisborne, Gisborne South, Kyneton, Lancefield, Macedon Macedonia (; grc-gre, Μακεδονία), also called Macedon (), was an ancient kingdom on the periphery of Archaic and Classical Greece, and later the dominant state of Hellenistic Greece. The kingdom was founded and initially ruled by ..., Malmsbury, Victoria, Malmsbury, Mount Macedon, Victoria, Mount Macedon, New Gisborne, Victoria, New Gisborne, Riddells Creek, Victoria, Riddells Creek, Romsey, Victoria, Romsey and Woodend, Victoria, Woodend. The Shire is named after the region's major geographical feature, the Macedon Ranges. It has be ... [...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 metropolit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brunswick, Victoria
Brunswick is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, north of Melbourne's Melbourne city centre, Central Business District, located within the City of Merri-bek Local government areas of Victoria, local government area. Brunswick recorded a population of 24,896 at the 2021 Australian census, 2021 census. Traditionally a working class area noted for its large Italian Australians, Italian and Greek Australians, Greek communities, Brunswick is currently known for its Bohemianism, bohemian culture and strong arts and live music scenes. It is also home to a large student population owing to its proximity to the University of Melbourne and RMIT University, the latter of which has a campus in the suburb. Brunswick's major thoroughfare is Sydney Road, one of Melbourne's major commercial and nightlife strips. It also encompasses the northern section of Lygon Street, synonymous with the Italian community of Melbourne, which forms its border with Bruns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Dividing Range
The Great Dividing Range, also known as the East Australian Cordillera or the Eastern Highlands, is a cordillera system in eastern Australia consisting of an expansive collection of mountain ranges, plateaus and rolling hills, that runs roughly parallel to the east coast of Australia and forms the fifth-longest land-based mountain chain in the world, and the longest entirely within a single country. It is mainland Australia's most substantial topographic feature and serves as the definitive watershed for the river systems in eastern Australia, hence the name. The Great Dividing Range stretches more than from Dauan Island in the Torres Strait off the northern tip of Cape York Peninsula, running the entire length of the eastern coastline through Queensland and New South Wales, then turning west across Victoria before finally fading into the Wimmera plains as rolling hills west of the Grampians region. The width of the Range varies from about to over .Shaw, John H., ''Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Granite
Granite () is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies underground. It is common in the continental crust of Earth, where it is found in igneous intrusions. These range in size from dikes only a few centimeters across to batholiths exposed over hundreds of square kilometers. Granite is typical of a larger family of ''granitic rocks'', or ''granitoids'', that are composed mostly of coarse-grained quartz and feldspars in varying proportions. These rocks are classified by the relative percentages of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase (the QAPF classification), with true granite representing granitic rocks rich in quartz and alkali feldspar. Most granitic rocks also contain mica or amphibole minerals, though a few (known as leucogranites) contain almost no dark minerals. Granite is nearly alway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
