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Jindivick
Jindivick is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on Jacksons Track, in the Shire of Baw Baw. The town was first established in 1858 by Joseph Jackson. The word ‘Jindivick’ is an Aboriginal word that is translated to, ‘burst asunder’. History In 1858, Jindivick was established by Joseph Henry Jackson who blazed a track that he named ‘Jackson’s Track’. This track was initially intended to help pastoralists and miners travel from one area to another and to reach Mount Baw Baw. Due to this demand by travellers, in 1877, a general store opened for business in the southern part of the district and a school was later started. A mechanic’s institute hall was constructed in 1886. The first Drouin Post Office opened on 5 April 1876, was renamed Jindivick in 1878 and Drouin West within months. Jindivick Post Office opened again in 1880 and was renamed Tarago in 1888. The third Jindivick Post Office opened later in 1888 and closed in 1994. In 1910, a Presbyterian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Towns In Victoria (Australia)
This is a list of locality names and populated place names in the state of Victoria, Australia, outside the Melbourne, Victoria, Melbourne metropolitan area. It is organised by region from the south-west of the state to the east and, for convenience, is sectioned by Local Government Areas of Victoria, Local Government Area (LGA). Localities are bounded areas recorded on VICNAMES, although boundaries are the responsibility of each council. Many localities cross LGA boundaries, some being partly within three LGAs, but are listed here once under the LGA in which the major population centre or area occurs. The Office of Geographic Names (OGN), led by the Registrar of Geographic Names, administers the naming or renaming of localities (as well as roads, and other features) in Victoria, and maintains the Register of Geographic Names, referred as the VICNAMES register, pursuant to the ''Geographic Place Names Act 1998''. The OGN has issued the mandatory ''Naming rules for places in Vic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labertouche, Victoria
Labertouche is a locality in Victoria, Australia, located on Jacksons Track, in the Shire of Baw Baw. At the 2016 census, Labertouche had a population of 356. The first post office in Labertouche opened on 5 April 1876. The locality is named after Peter Paul Labertouche, the Secretary of the Victorian Railways Department in the late nineteenth century, and who descended from an Irish Huguenots family. A school was opened in 1880 and continues to operate. The tree species '' Grevillea barklyana'' is endemic to an area near Labertouche. Notable residents *Lionel Rose Lionel Edmund Rose MBE (21 June 1948 – 8 May 2011) was an Australian former professional boxer who competed from 1964 to 1976. He held the undisputed WBA, WBC, and ''The Ring'' bantamweight titles from 1968 to 1969, becoming the first In ... Australian Aboriginal boxer, born at Jacksons Track settlement near Labertouche and attended Labertouche Primary School. Places of interest * Labertouche C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shire Of Baw Baw
The Shire of Baw Baw is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, in the eastern part of the state. It covers an area of and in June 2018 had a population of 52,015. It includes the towns of Drouin, Longwarry, Neerim South, Trafalgar, Warragul and Yarragon. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Buln Buln, Shire of Narracan, Rural City of Warragul, and some parts of the Shire of Upper Yarra. The shire is governed and administered by the Baw Baw Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Drouin, and it has a service centre located in Warragul. The shire is named after the major geographical feature in the region, the Baw Baw Plateau with Mount Baw Baw being the second highest peak in the region. An unincorporated area, the Mount Baw Baw Alpine Resort, is enclaved within the shire. Location and geography The more densely populated southern half of the shire consists of lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beau Miles
Beau Miles (born ) is an Australian YouTuber, educator, author, and outdoorsman. Career Miles' father is a painter. Miles started as an undergraduate student in 1999 at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. He started to lecture at Monash in outdoor education, and later earned his PhD in Outdoor Education at Monash. In 2016, Miles started his YouTube channel for his PhD project, "Bass by Kayak" in a 6-part video series. In 2021, Beau quit his job as a professor and became a full time father and YouTuber. In 2021, Beau released his first book, ''The Backyard Adventurer''. Adventures Miles is best known for his self-imposed adventures, which he films and posts to his YouTube channel. These challenges have included walking to Monash University from his home in Jindivick, exclusively eating beans for 40 days, and running a marathon at a pace of roughly one mile every hour over a 24-hour period. Prior to his YouTube career, Miles attempted a kayak trip around the souther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Of Buln Buln
The County of Buln Buln is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the cadastral divisions of Australia, used for land titles. It was first proclaimed in government gazette on 24 Feb 1871 together with others from the Gipps Land District. It includes Wilsons Promontory, and the Victorian coast from around Venus Bay, Victoria, Venus Bay in the west to Lake Wellington in the east. Sale, Victoria, Sale is near its north-eastern edge. Some time earlier maps showed proposed counties of Bass, Douro, and part of Haddington and Bruce occupying the area of Buln Buln. Parishes Parish (country subdivision), Parishes include: * Alberton East, Victoria * Alberton West, Victoria * Allambee, Victoria * Allambee East, Victoria * Balloong, Victoria * Beek Beek, Victoria * Binginwarri, Victoria * Boodyarn, Victoria * Booran, Victoria * Bruthen, Victoria * Budgeree, Victoria * Bulga, Victoria * Callignee, Victoria * Carrajung, Victoria * Coolungoolun, Victoria * Darnum, Victoria * Dar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neerim South, Victoria
Neerim South is a town in West Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, located in the Shire of Baw Baw, east of Melbourne and north of Warragul. At the 2016 census, Neerim South had a population of 1,305. The Post Office opened on 1 February 1883. The town was connected to the Victorian Railways network with the opening of a branch line from the main Gippsland line at Warragul on 18 March 1892, later connecting to Noojee in 1919. The line closed in 1958. The Neerim South Court of Petty Sessions closed in 1968. Elementary education is provided by Neerim South Primary School Secondary education is provided at Neerim District Secondary College The town's main industry is service to the local farming community. It contains art galleries, a working Alpaca farm with an Alpaca product shop, cafés, restaurants, a pub and bed and breakfasts. Until 2008, the bakery still cooked bread in the wood-fired oven built in 1880. The area has numerous wineries, and is known for its blue cheese. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rokeby, Victoria
Rokeby is a town in West Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. It is near the towns of Warragul and Neerim South, east of the state capital, Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/ Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a me .... Rokeby Post Office opened on 20 May 1892 and closed in 1981. References External links Towns in Victoria (Australia) Shire of Baw Baw {{Gippsland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is a state in southeastern Australia. It is the second-smallest state with a land area of , the second most populated state (after New South Wales) with a population of over 6.5 million, and the most densely populated state in Australia (28 per km2). Victoria is bordered by New South Wales to the north and South Australia to the west, and is bounded by the Bass Strait to the south (with the exception of a small land border with Tasmania located along Boundary Islet), the Great Australian Bight portion of the Southern Ocean to the southwest, and the Tasman Sea (a marginal sea of the South Pacific Ocean) to the southeast. The state encompasses a range of climates and geographical features from its temperate coastal and central regions to the Victorian Alps in the northeast and the semi-arid north-west. The majority of the Victorian population is concentrated in the central-south area surrounding Port Phillip Bay, and in particular within the metr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neerim East, Victoria
Neerim is a locality in Victoria, Australia, on Main Neerim Road in the Shire of Baw Baw. The locality was connected to the Victorian Railways network when on 27 March 1917 an extension of the line from Warragul to Neerim South was opened, later connecting to Noojee in 1919. The line closed in 1958.Fiddian (1997), p. 171. The Post Office opened on 25 August 1877 and closed in 1967. The locality, in conjunction with neighbouring township Neerim South, has an Australian Rules Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ... football team competing in the Ellinbank & District Football League. References External links Towns in Victoria (Australia) Shire of Baw Baw {{Gippsland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Narracan
The electoral district of Narracan is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in Australia. It was first proclaimed in 1967 and has usually been held by the Liberal Party. The electorate covers the provincial Warragul- Drouin urban area, as well as many smaller rural In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are descri ... towns in north west Gippsland. The electoral district of Narracan is named after Narracan, a rural locality located in the narrow Narracan Creek Valley, 14km south of Moe. The word "Narracan" is believed to be derived from an Aboriginal word describing a crow. Members for Narracan Election results References External links Electorate profile: Narracan District, Victorian Electoral Commission Electoral districts of Victoria (Austral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Baw Baw
Mount Baw Baw is a mountain summit on the Baw-Baw Plateau of the Great Dividing Range, located in Victoria, Australia. The name is from the Woiwurrung language spoken by Eastern Kulin people. It is of uncertain meaning, but possibly signifies, ''echo'', or ''ghost''. The Mount Baw Baw Alpine Resort is an unincorporated area, that includes the Mt Baw Baw summit, which is under the direct administration of the government of Victoria, and is surrounded by the Baw Baw National Park, in the Shire of Baw Baw Location Mount Baw Baw is about east of Melbourne and north of the Latrobe Valley. Mount Baw Baw itself is one of a number of peaks on the Baw Baw Plateau, a long plateau tending about 20 km north-east and is about 10 km wide. Other peaks on the plateau include Mount Mueller, Mount Whitelaw, Talbot Peak, Mount St Phillack, Mount Tyers, Mount Kernot and Mount St Gwinear. The plateau itself is isolated from most of Victoria's high country by the deep valleys of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
