Brim is a town in the

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region of

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, Australia. The town is located north west of the state capital,

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on the

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. It is on the banks of the

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. It is in the

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local government area. At the , Brim had a population of 171.

History

The area was first settled by Europeans in 1846 when the Brim

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was established on the banks of the Yarriambiack Creek. When the town was surveyed in 1890, it was laid out over part of the station cemetery. One grave, that of James Simson, is still in good condition on the side of the road now called Simson Street. The station homestead, Willowbank, was built about 1870, and is still standing. There are also stables and other outbuildings from this era. The Post Office opened on 3 October 1890. The railway arrived in 1893 on the line from

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to Hopetoun. The railway station is no longer standing, but there are large grain silos on the railway station site. The railway tracks were converted to

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in 1995 to allow large trains carrying mineral sands from Hopetoun to

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. Brim Football Club won the 1914 Mallee Football Association premiership.

Today

Golfers play at the Brim Golf Club at the Recreation Reserve. The Brim Memorial Lawn Bowling club is also located in town playing in the local competition against clubs in nearby towns including Hopetoun and

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. There is only one hotel in town, the Commercial Hotel, which is located on the corner of Swann and Dixon streets. A recent addition to the town (2015) is the painting by the

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artist

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of a large scale mural on the grain

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which is a prominent feature of the town.

Gallery

File:Brim pioneer grave.JPG, James Simson's grave (1858) File:Brim general store.JPG, Brim general store (1891) File:Commercial Hotel Brim.JPG , Commercial Hotel File:MG 2268 Silo art-crop-1920px.jpg, alt=Guido Van Helten: Brim silo mural (2015) © Bruce R Mitchell 2016, Silo mural, painted by

in December 2015

References

External links

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