Deans Marsh is a town 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, located inland from
Lorne. At the
2016 census, Deans Marsh had a population of 269.
Deans Marsh is part of the Otway Harvest Trail, with the Pennyroyal Raspberry Farm and the Gentle Annie Berry Gardens nearby. There are three wineries in the area - Blakes Estate, Dinny Goonan and Gosling Creek. Also located in Deans Marsh is Yan Yan Gurt West, a sheep farm known for its 1880s woolshed and innovative practices in
regenerative agriculture
Regenerative agriculture is a conservation and rehabilitation approach to food and farming systems. It focuses on topsoil regeneration, increasing biodiversity, improving the water cycle, enhancing ecosystem services, supporting biosequestration, ...
and
agroforestry.
History
Deans Marsh Post Office opened on 3 November 1866.
The
Forrest railway line, which branched from the
Warrnambool line at
Birregurra, was opened to Deans Marsh on 19 December 1889, and was extended to
Forrest on 5 June 1891. The line was closed on 4 March 1957.
On
Ash Wednesday 1983, a fire started at Deans Marsh, which spread rapidly, becoming a huge blaze which razed a considerable area of the
Victoria's Surfcoast, destroying a large number of houses in
Barwon Downs,
Lorne,
Fairhaven,
Aireys Inlet, and
Anglesea, and resulted in the deaths of three people.
Notable people
Deans Marsh is the birthplace of the renowned Wagnerian soprano
Marjorie Lawrence
Marjorie Florence Lawrence CBE (17 February 190713 January 1979) was an Australian soprano, particularly noted as an interpreter of Richard Wagner's operas. She was the first Metropolitan Opera soprano to perform the immolation scene in ''Gö ...
(1907–1979).
References
Towns in Victoria (Australia)
Towns in Barwon
Surf Coast Shire
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