Strathallan, Victoria

Strathallan
Victoria
Strathallan Public Hall
Strathallan is located in Shire of Campaspe
Strathallan
Strathallan
Coordinates36°15′31″S 144°44′35″E / 36.25861°S 144.74306°E / -36.25861; 144.74306
Population144 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)3622
Location
LGA(s)Shire of Campaspe
State electorate(s)Murray Plains
Federal division(s)Nicholls

Strathallan is a locality in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia. The locality is in the Shire of Campaspe, and on the Campaspe River, 198 kilometres (123 mi) north of the state capital, Melbourne.

The "Strathallan" property was located on the Cornelia Creek Estate when the latter was acquired for closer settlement in 1910-11, following the acquisition of the Restdown Estate on the other side of the Campaspe River in 1906. Small rural communities developed on each estate, separated by the river. A new township of Strathallan was surveyed around a new railway siding on the Echuca railway line, and the first lots were sold in December 1912.[2][3][4][5][6] A bridge over the Campaspe River, along with two smaller bridges over adjacent billabongs, opened in 1913 following a prolonged dispute between the Closer Settlement Board and Shire of Rochester over its cost.[2][7][8]

Strathallan State School opened in 1914 and closed c. 1969.[9][10][2] A railway station opened in the same year; it has now closed.[2] A postal receiving office opened in November 1913, was upgraded to a post office in June 1915 and closed in November 1967.[11] Strathallan Public Hall opened in 1929 and remains in use today.[2]

At the 2016 census, Strathallan and the surrounding area had a population of 144.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Strathallan". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 8 January 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b c d e "Shire of Campaspe Heritage Review 2014" (PDF). Shire of Campaspe. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Strathallan Township". The Elmore Standard. Victoria, Australia. 21 December 1912. p. 4. Retrieved 16 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "The Riberine Berald". The Riverine Herald. No. 11, 311. Victoria, Australia. 11 May 1910. p. 2. Retrieved 16 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "The Riverine Herald". The Riverine Herald. No. 11, 597. Victoria, Australia. 12 April 1911. p. 2. Retrieved 16 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "The Railways". The Riverine Herald. No. 12, 060. Victoria, Australia. 16 October 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 16 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "CORNELIA CREEK (STRATHALLAN)". The Bendigo Independent. No. 13, 250. Victoria, Australia. 5 July 1913. p. 7. Retrieved 16 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "Strathallan Bridge". The Riverine Herald. No. 12, 212. Victoria, Australia. 18 April 1913. p. 2. Retrieved 16 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "ROCHESTER". Bendigonian. Vol. XX, no. 991. Victoria, Australia. 31 March 1914. p. 11. Retrieved 16 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ "STRATHALLAN STATE SCHOOL". The Ararat Advertiser. No. 6139. Victoria, Australia. 19 December 1914. p. 3 (triweekly). Retrieved 16 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ^ "Strathallan". Phoenix Post Office List. Retrieved 16 October 2022.

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