Byaduk is a township in the
Shire of Southern Grampians
The Shire of Southern Grampians is a local government area (LGA) in the Barwon South West region of Victoria, Australia, located in the south-western part of the state. It covers an area of and in June 2018 had a population of 16,135. It incl ...
in the
Western District of
Victoria
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, Australia.
European settlement began around 1853 by
Wendish or Sorbian
Lutheran
Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestantism that emerged under the work of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German friar and Protestant Reformers, reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practices of the Catholic Church launched ...
immigrants who gave it the name Neukirch after
the town in Saxony.
The township was settled in the early 1860s, and named Byaduk, a
Dhauwurdwurrung word meaning "stone tomahawk". The Post Office opened on 1 August 1863.
Tourism
The Byaduk Caves, lava tubes from the volcanic eruption of
Mount Napier
Mount Napier in Victoria, Australia, is one of the youngest volcanoes in Australia. It erupted about 32,000 years ago. It was named by Major Thomas Mitchell after the three Napier brothers, who he had served alongside during the Peninsular W ...
, are nearby. Views of the lava flow can be seen at Harmans Valley and the
tumuli
A tumulus (: tumuli) is a mound of Soil, earth and Rock (geology), stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, burial mounds, mounds, howes, or in Siberia and Central Asia as ''kurgans'', and may be found through ...
lava blisters off Old Crushers Road.
Famous residents
Sergeant Simon Fraser, 57th Battalion, (a farmer from Byaduk) is honoured by a 1998 sculpture by
Peter Corlett in the
Australian Memorial Park in
Fromelles
Fromelles () is a Communes of France, commune in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department in northern France. it had a population of 1,041; its inhabitants are called ''Fromellois''. It is located about to the west o ...
, France and a 2008 replica at the
Shrine of Remembrance
The Shrine of Remembrance (commonly referred to as The Shrine) is a war memorial in Melbourne, Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia, located in Kings Domain on St Kilda Road. It was built to honour the men and women of Victoria who served in ...
in
Melbourne
Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori ...
depicting him rescuing a wounded compatriot from
no man's land after the
Battle of Fromelles
The Attack at Fromelles ( (Battle of Fromelles, Battle of Fleurbaix or ) 19–20 July 1916, was a military operation on the Western Front during the First World War. The attack was carried out by British and Australian troops and was subsidiary ...
in 1916.
References
External links
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Video of VC Corner and Australian Memorial Park, Fromelles. Jason Fielding
Towns in Victoria (state)
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