Allendale, Victoria

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Allendale
Victoria
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Allendale
Coordinates 37°22′S143°56′E / 37.367°S 143.933°E / -37.367; 143.933
Population166 (2016 census) [1]
Postcode(s) 3364
Location
LGA(s) Shire of Hepburn
State electorate(s) Ripon
Federal division(s) Ballarat

Allendale (aka Allandale) is a town in Victoria, Australia, located north-east of Creswick, in the Shire of Hepburn. At the 2016 census, Allendale and the surrounding area had a population of 166. [1]

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The town began as a mining settlement around the Berry Leads mining area. It had a peak population of about 1,500. Allendale once had ten hotels, railway station, post office, bakery, and shops, all of which have closed. [2] The small boarding school located in Leishman Street was sold in 2005.[ citation needed ] Allendale Post Office opened on 6 May 1881, was known as Allandale from 1885 to 1893, and closed in 1974. [3]

Allendale Railway Station was on the North Creswick to Daylesford line. The railway closed in sections with Allendale to Newlyn closed on 1 December 1976, and from North Creswick to Allendale on 8 December 1986. [4]

Sports

Allendale Football Club

The Allendale FC was formed at a meeting at Dibdin's Hall, Allendale in June 1882. [5] The club had a reasonable amount of success in it's early years, winning local premiership in 1892, [6] 1895, [7] [8] [9] [10] 1897 [11] [12] and were runners up in 1894 [13] and 1907. [14] [15]

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References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Allendale (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 9 July 2017. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ "Allendale". Victorian Places. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  3. ↑ Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List , retrieved 4 April 2021
  4. ↑ "North Creswick to Daylesford" . Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "1882 - Allendale". The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924). 5 June 1882. p. 3. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  6. ↑ "1892 - Allendale". The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924). 5 October 1892. p. 4. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  7. ↑ "1895 - Allendale". The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924). 30 November 1895. p. 1. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  8. ↑ "1895 - The Ballarat Star (Grand Final Review)". The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924). 15 October 1895. p. 2. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  9. ↑ "1895 - Ballarat Star (Grand final Preview)". The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924). 11 October 1895. p. 2. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  10. ↑ "1895 - The Ballarat Star (Grand Final Preview)". The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924). 12 October 1895. p. 2. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  11. ↑ "1897 - Allendale". The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924). 14 September 1897. p. 2. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  12. ↑ "1897 - Allendale". The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924). 4 August 1897. p. 1. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  13. ↑ "1894 - Notes (Grand Final Review)". Sportsman (Melbourne, Vic. : 1882 - 1904). 28 August 1894. p. 6. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  14. ↑ "1907 - Football: Creswick". The Argus. 14 October 1907. p. 6. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  15. ↑ "1907 - Country Football". The Age. 8 October 1907. p. 8. Retrieved 21 June 2024.


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