Cheviot is a locality in
Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychelle ...
,
Australia in the
Shire of Murrindindi local government area.
History
The locality was named after a nearby pastoral run called Cheviot Hills, which in turn was named after the
locality on the English-Scottish border. It was also called Ross Creek.
[Harvey Blanks, ''The Story of Yea'' ()]
From 1889 until 1978 there was an active railway station here on the now historic and abandoned
Cheviot railway station which took route on the
Mansfield-
Tallarook
Tallarook is a town the Shire of Mitchell local government area in central Victoria, Australia. The town is in on the Hume Highway, north of the state capital, Melbourne. At the , Tallarook had a population of 789.
Tallarook Post Office opene ...
line. Cheviot Post Office opened on 9 April 1890 after the arrival of the railway, and closed in 1944.
The rails have gone but an old goods shed survives, and to the northeast the Cheviot Tunnel provides an excellent example of brick workmanship of the nineteenth century.
A Ross Creek Post Office opened on 14 October 1865 and closed in 1969.
References
Towns in Victoria (Australia)
Towns in Lower Hume
Shire of Murrindindi
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