Lyonville is a town located in the

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. East of Daylesford on the Trentham road. The town takes its name from James Lyon who arrived in the Glenlyon district in the 1860s. At the 2016 census, Lyonville had a population of 175.

History

By 1876, James Lyon had built a large saw-mill in the Bullarook Forest. He had built another one by 1881, at which most of the adult male residents in the local community were employed. At that time, there was a state school with 60 students. Lyonville was in the

electoral district of Creswick Creswick was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the colony, and later Australian state of Victoria centred on the town of Creswick from 1859 to 1904. As defined in the 1858 Electoral Act, its area was bound by Greens Gully, ...

by 1877. Lyonville Post Office opened on 15 May 1882 and closed in 1993. The

Lyonville railway station Lyonville railway station was a railway station in Lyonville, Victoria, Australia. The station was opened on Wednesday, 17 March 1880, and closed on Monday, 3 July 1978. There is no longer any track at the station, although the previously der ...

was on the Carlsruhe to Daylesford line, which opened in 1880 and closed in 1978. The Daylesford Spa Country tourist railway plans to extend its track along the former rail reserve from Bullarto east to Lyonville, and then on to Trentham.

Modern Lyonville

The local attractions include the Lyonville Spring, Lyonville Hatha Yoga studio and The Radio Springs Hotel. The latter was once owned by the radio and television personality

Ernie Sigley Ernest William Sigley (2 September 1938 – 15 August 2021) was an Australian Gold Logie award winning television host, comedian, variety performer, radio presenter and singer. Known as a pioneer of radio and television in Australian, he was o ...

References

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