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| Bambra Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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  Bambra | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°21′42″S143°57′08″E / 38.36167°S 143.95222°E Coordinates: 38°21′42″S143°57′08″E / 38.36167°S 143.95222°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 101 (2016 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3241 | ||||||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Surf Coast Shire | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Polwarth | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Corangamite | ||||||||||||||
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Bambra is a rural locality in the Surf Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia. [2] In the 2016 census, Bambra had a population of 101 people. [1] It is named after an Aboriginal word for mushroom. [3]
Suburbs and localities are the names of geographic subdivisions in Australia, used mainly for address purposes. The term locality is used in rural areas, while the term suburb is used in urban areas. Australian postcodes closely align with the boundaries of localities and suburbs.
The Surf Coast Shire is a local government area in the Barwon South West region of Victoria, Australia, located in the south-western part of the state. It covers an area of 1,560 square kilometres (600 sq mi) and at the 2016 Census had a population of over 29,000. It includes the towns of Aireys Inlet, Anglesea, Lorne, Moriac, Torquay and Winchelsea. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Winchelsea, Shire of Barrabool and part of the former City of South Barwon, which was, at that point, part of the City of Greater Geelong.
Victoria is a state in south-eastern Australia. Victoria is Australia's smallest mainland state and its second-most populous state overall, thus making it the most densely populated state overall. Most of its population lives concentrated in the area surrounding Port Phillip Bay, which includes the metropolitan area of its state capital and largest city, Melbourne, Australia's second-largest city. Victoria is bordered by Bass Strait and Tasmania to the south, New South Wales to the north, the Tasman Sea to the east, and South Australia to the west.
The locality was initially named "Retreat", but was later renamed Bambra after an Aboriginal word for mushroom. The area was opened up for selection in the 1860s. Bambra State School was opened on 20 September 1866, closed temporarily in 1945-1946, and closed permanently in 1969. The Bambra Chapel, a Bible Christian Church, was opened in 1868, and became a Methodist church in 1903. A second church, the Holy Trinity Anglican Church, held its first service on 25 May 1902. Bambra Post Office opened on 23 September 1892 and closed on 29 September 1973. [4] [5] The churches have also closed, although one survives as a private house. [6]
The area has predominantly been used for agricultural, pastoral and dairying purposes; however, a coal mine in adjacent Winchelsea South, sometimes referred to as the Bambra mine, was active from 1921 until between 1928 and 1931, and from 1943 to 1957. [3]
Winchelsea South is a rural locality in the Surf Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia. In the 2016 census, Winchelsea South had a population of 179 people.
The locality still has a public hall, cemetery and a Hare Krishna retreat. [7] [8] [9]
