Springhurst is a town in north-eastern

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. The town is in the

Rural City of Wangaratta The Rural City of Wangaratta is a local government area in the Hume region of Victoria, Australia, located in the north-east part of the state. It covers an area of and, in June 2018, had a population of 29,087. It includes the towns of Cheshun ...

local government area, north east of the state capital. At the , Springhurst and the surrounding area had a population of 348. Springhurst is close to its surrounding township of Wangaratta 16 km from Springhurst having been situated on the main Artery between Melbourne and Sydney on the (Hume Fwy) and with the railway station in town it was previously on the an old disused train branch to Wahgunyah which close in the early 1990s. its proximity to Rutherglen has attracted attention to run the disused railway line as a rail trail to

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. Recently the township has run a Friday night social group in the recreation hall to get to know others around the town.

Transport links

Springhurst has a train station on the North East line from Albury to Melbourne on the North East Line

Springhurst railway station Springhurst railway station is located on the North East line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the town of the same name, and opened on 29 November 1873 as Springs. It was renamed Springhurst in October 1890.Corowa Corowa is a town in the state of New South Wales in Australia. It is on the bank of the Murray River, the border between New South Wales and Victoria, opposite the Victorian town of Wahgunyah. It is the largest town in the Federation Council ...

Wangaratta Wangaratta ( ) is a city in the northeast of Victoria, Australia, from Melbourne along the Hume Highway. The city had an estimated urban population of 19,318 at June 2018. Wangaratta has recorded a population growth rate of almost 1% annually ...

via Rutherglen that departs from the Post Office on Monday to Friday

Springhurst Football Club

It appears that the Springhurst Football Club was first established in 1893 and folded at the same time as the

Chiltern & District Football Association The Chiltern & District Football Association was first established in 1912 from the following Australian Rules Football clubs - Barnawartha, Chiltern, Chiltern Valley, Christmastown, Southern and Wodonga, in North Eastern Victoria, Australia and w ...

, after the 1956 season. In 1905, Springhurst defeated Chiltern Valley No.2 to win the Federal Junior Football Association premiership. Springhurst FC competed in the

in the following years - 1913 & 14, 1919 to 1924, 1926 & 1927, 1930, 1933 to 1937, 1939, 1950 to 1956. In 1920, Springhurst went through the season without losing a game and defeated Lake Rovers in the

grand final. Springhurst FC played in the

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in 1921, but returned to the

in 1922.

References

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