Allestree, Victoria
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Allestree is a locality in
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. It is located along the Princes Highway, north-east of
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. At the 2016 census, Allestree and the surrounding area recorded a population of 128. Allestree is named after
Allestree Allestree is a suburb and Ward (politics), ward of the city of Derby, a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area, in Derbyshire, England. It is the northernmost ward and is on the A6 road (Great Britain), A6 road, about north of ...
in
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. Allestree Post Office opened on 9 August 1907 (replacing nearby Bolwarra) and closed in 1971. Within the locality of Allestree is the Convincing Ground where a massacre of the local
Gunditjmara The Gunditjmara or Gunditjamara, also known as Dhauwurd Wurrung, are an Aboriginal people of southwestern Victoria in Australia. They are the Traditional Owners of the areas now encompassing Warrnambool, Port Fairy, Woolsthorpe and Portland. ...
people took place in around 1833. The beaches in Allestree have experienced substantial erosion problems since the port breakwater was lengthened many years ago. The shoreline has receded several hundreds of metres and significant coastal property and infrastructure has been lost. Glenelg Shire Council hosted the world-renowned oceanographer Kerry Black in 2017 as part of a forum to discuss coastal management trends and issues with representatives from across south-west Victoria and south-east South Australia. The one-hour session focused on global strategies to protect beaches from erosion, including a detailed focus on regenerating the beaches along Dutton Way and the Port of Portland. Local residents are hopeful that the Glenelg Shire will help implement Black's recommendations to restore and protect the region's coastlines from the growing threat of climate change.


Traditional ownership

The formally recognised
traditional owners Native title is the set of rights, recognised by Australian law, held by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups or individuals to land that derive from their maintenance of their traditional laws and customs. These Aboriginal title rig ...
for the area in which Allestree sits are the Gunditjmara people. The Gunditjmara people are represented by the
Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation The Gunditjmara or Gunditjamara, also known as Dhauwurd Wurrung, are an Aboriginal people of southwestern Victoria in Australia. They are the Traditional Owners of the areas now encompassing Warrnambool, Port Fairy, Woolsthorpe and Portland. T ...
.


Demographics

As of the 2016
census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
, 322 people resided in Allestree. The
median The median of a set of numbers is the value separating the higher half from the lower half of a Sample (statistics), data sample, a statistical population, population, or a probability distribution. For a data set, it may be thought of as the “ ...
age of persons in Allestree was 45 years. Children aged 0–14 years made up 18.4% of the population. People over the age of 65 years made up 14.4% of the population. There were slightly more males than females with 52.2% of the population male and 47.8% female. The average household size is 2.3 people per household. The average number of children per family for families with children is 1.7. 92.4% of people in Allestree were born in Australia. Of all persons living in Dartmoor, 2.4% (3 persons) were Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people. This is higher than for the state of Victoria (0.8%) and lower than the national average (2.8%).


Gallery

File:Allestree sand boat ramp.jpg, Sand Boat ramp at Allestree File:Allestree Beach.jpg, Allestree Beach


References

Coastal towns in Victoria (state) Towns in Victoria (state) {{VictoriaAU-geo-stub