Bearii ( ) is a town in
Victoria
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* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
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* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychelle ...
,
Australia
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. The town is in the
Shire of Moira
Moira Shire Council is a Local Government Area in the Northern Victoria Region of Victoria, Australia. Located in the north-east part of the state, it covers an area of . As at June 2021 the population was 30,018.
It includes the towns of Cobra ...
local government area
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. Bearii is located 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 ...
, north of
Waaia
Waaia ( ) is a town in northern Victoria, Australia in the Shire of Moira local government area, north of the state capital, Melbourne. The area is home to mainly irrigated dairy farms. At the , Waaia and the surrounding area had a population ...
and is just south of the
Barmah National Park
The Barmah National Park, formerly Barmah State Park, is a national park located in the Hume region of the Australian state of Victoria. The park is located adjacent to the Murray River near the town of Barmah, approximately north of Melbourne ...
. At the , Bearii had a population of 136,
[ by 2016 the town had 145 citizens.
]
History
Bearii was surveyed for a township about 1875 and named by Mr Stein, an early settler after a place bearing that name in Germany.
geocaching.com, ''...History continued...Bearii was surveyed in 1875; the first school, number 2839, was built around 1888, closing in 1970 due to low attendance; Power came to Bearii in 1968; Activities included a tennis club 1929-1950"s, a 12 member brass band in 1912 and a basketball team 1930-1940. The Methodist Church opened in 1904. Changes to the rural scene influenced a number of families to move away and in 1964 the church closed. It is now the local Girl Guide hall in Strathmerton. Its hard to believe today, that the Bearii community was so busy back then, with a loss of many residents in the 1970's and then a rebirth in the 1980's till today...''
The streets are named after some of the early settlers, amongst these are Myers, Tallon, Coghill, Williams and Stein
streets.
Bearii Post Office opened on 10 November 1913 and closed in 1956.
References
Towns in Victoria (Australia)
Towns in Goulburn Valley
Shire of Moira
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