Savernake ( ) is a village and rural community in the southern

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region of

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. The village is located on the

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, east of Berrigan, and in the

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. The area has a population of 94 The Savernake School of the Arts Hall holds events throughout the year for the community.

History

The first Savernake Post Office opened on 1 January 1890 and was renamed Warmatta in 1892 (and closed in 1927). The second Savernake Post Office opened in 1895 and closed in 1994.

Savernake Football Club

Savernake Football Club won the 1902 Clear Hills Football Association premiership, winning five of their six games. They continued to play in the Clear Hills FA in 1903, then played in the Berrigan Football Association in 1904. Savenake played in the Federal Football Association from 1905 to 1908. Savernake FC was reformed and joined the Coreen & District Football Association in 1924 and in 1926 were under the guidance of Paddy Rector. Savernake FC continued to play in the Coreen & DFA from 1927 to 1928. Savernake then withdrew from the Coreen & DFA at the association's 1929 Annual General Meeting. They then returned to the Coreen & DFA in 1930. It appears there has not been a football from Savernake since 1930.

Heritage listings

Savernake has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * 2341 Mulwala Road: Savernake Station

Today

The village consists of a hall, primary school, a now abandoned shop and a few houses. The hall is used from time to time by the

HotHouse theatre HotHouse Theatre is a professional theatre company based in Albury–Wodonga on the border of New South Wales and Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Co ...

group, based in Albury-Wodonga, for small touring theatrical productions. The main agricultural products of the area include sheep (for meat and wool), beef cattle,

dryland Drylands are defined by a scarcity of water. Drylands are zones where precipitation is balanced by evaporation from surfaces and by transpiration by plants (evapotranspiration). The United Nations Environment Program defines drylands as tropical ...

cropping and pig production as well as some irrigated rice production. The Savernake area has been part of a

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project to understand the role of remnant woodlands in agricultural landscapes.CSIRO
SAND research project. Retrieved 19 January 2007. File:SavernakeSchoolOfArtsHall.JPG, The School of Arts Hall at Savernake Image:SavernakeSchool.JPG, Savernake Public School File:SavernakeRomanCatholicChurch.JPG, The Catholic Church at Savernake

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{{Authority control Towns in the Riverina Federation Council, New South Wales