Sebastian is a town in northern
Victoria
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, Australia. The town is located 22 km north of Bendigo and is in the
City of Greater Bendigo
The City of Greater Bendigo is a Local government areas of Victoria, local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the central part of the state. It covers an area of and, in June 2021, had a population of 123,632. It includes the ci ...
.
It was named after Sebastian Schmidt, who discovered gold there in May 1863.
[In May 1863]
Sebastian Schmidt
discovered gold in an area that came to be named Sebastian (on the rim of the Whipstick), causing a large influx of prospectors from Bendigo.
The railway line through Sebastian was opened in 1882 and eventually made it to
Swan Hill
Swan Hill is a city in the northwest of Victoria, Australia on the Murray Valley Highway and on the south bank of the Murray River, downstream from the junction of the Loddon River. At , Swan Hill had a population of 11,508.
Indigenous Peo ...
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Demographics
As of the
2021 Australian census, 251 people resided in Sebastian,
up from 217 in the .
The
median age of persons in Sebastian was 40 years. There were more males than females, with 51.4% of the population male and 48.6% female. The average household size was 2.7 people per household.
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Towns in Victoria (Australia)
Bendigo
Suburbs of Bendigo
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