Carlsruhe () is a town in the
Shire of Macedon Ranges
The Shire of Macedon Ranges is a region in Central Victoria, Australia, best known for its native forests, geographical attraction Hanging Rock, and artisan food and wine industries. The region covers an area of . It is located in between the c ...
between
Woodend and
Kyneton
Kyneton ( ) is a town in the Macedon Ranges region of central Victoria, Australia. The Calder Freeway bypasses Kyneton to the north and east.
The town has three main streets: Mollison Street, Piper Street and High Street. Piper Street has ...
, alongside the old
Calder Highway
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, although now bypassed by the
Calder Freeway
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. It is approximately 50 minutes by road from both
Melbourne
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and
Bendigo
Bendigo ( ) is an Australian city in north-central Victoria. The city is located in the Bendigo Valley near the geographical centre of the state and approximately north-west of Melbourne, the state capital.
As of 2022, Bendigo has a popula ...
. At the , Carlsruhe and the surrounding area had a population of 456.
History
Charles Ebden
Charles Hotson Ebden (1811 – 28 October 1867) was an Australian pastoralist and politician, a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council, the Victorian Legislative Council and the Victorian Legislative Assembly.
Early life
Ebden ...
became the first European to settle in Carlsruhe whan he established himself at
Sugarloaf Creek, Victoria on about 14 March 1837. He named the location after
Karlsruhe, Germany
Karlsruhe ( ; ; ; South Franconian German, South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, third-largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, after its capital Stuttgart a ...
, where he had received part of his education.
[Walker, Thomas, ''A Month in the Bush of Australia'', J. Cross, London, 1838, p. 34] Carlsruhe was the second inland settlement in the
Port Phillip
Port Phillip (Kulin languages, Kulin: ''Narm-Narm'') or Port Phillip Bay is a horsehead-shaped bay#Types, enclosed bay on the central coast of southern Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The bay opens into the Bass Strait via a short, ...
District.
Although Carlsruhe is named after the German city, the Australian pronunciation of the name is very different from its German counterpart because, in German, the final "e" is pronounced separately whereas, in English, the "e" it is silent. The German pronunciation is "Carls-ruh-e".
Carlsruhe has a graveyard with many tombstones dating back to the 19th century.
A township was established in the 1850s. The
post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...
opened on 1 September 1854, closed after a few months and reopened in 1858. After the railway arrived in 1862, Carlsruhe Railway Station post office opened some distance away, in October 1865. The original Carlsruhe post office closed in 1957. In July 1958, the name of the Railway Station post office was changed to Carlsruhe. It closed in March 1965.
Gallery
See also
*
Carlsruhe railway station
References
External links
*Charles Hotson Ebden in ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'
Pictures, history, maps etc.
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Towns in Victoria (state)
Shire of Macedon Ranges