Brit Brit, Victoria

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Brit Brit
Victoria
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Brit Brit
Coordinates 37°27′2″S141°44′17″E / 37.45056°S 141.73806°E / -37.45056; 141.73806
Population42 (2021) [1]
Postcode(s) 3315 [2]
Location
LGA(s) Shire of Southern Grampians
State electorate(s) Lowan
Federal division(s) Wannon
Localities around Brit Brit:
Pigeon Ponds Balmoral Englefield
Coojar Brit Brit Gringegalgona
Konongwootong Wootong Vale Melville Forest

Brit Brit is a locality and parish in the Shire of Southern Grampians in the Western District of Victoria, Australia.

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Etymology

The name Brit Brit is believed to derive from the local indigenous word for plovers, common to the area. [3]

History

View from Brit Brit towards Mount Dundas Brit Brit View to Mt Dundas.jpg
View from Brit Brit towards Mount Dundas

Brit Brit was originally part of Gringegalgona station. In 1920 Gringegalgona was subdivided as part of the Soldier Settlement scheme for soldiers returning from the First World War. Blocks were subdivided into approximately 900 acre sections, and leased to soldiers on the proviso that they were improved, fenced and cleared appropriately. [4]

Brit Brit had two different state schools; the first being "Rosebank farm" school which was built in 1874 and closed in 1910. The second school was Brit Brit State School no. 1332. This school was first run out of the Brit Brit post office in 1927 before a portable building was relocated to Brit Brit in 1928. The school closed in 1948 and the building was moved to Balmoral to become part of Balmoral Consolidated School. [5]

Brit Brit once had a post office and manual telephone exchange.

Brit Brit used to have a golf course.

Demographics

As of the 2021 Australian census, 42 people resided in Brit Brit, [1] up from 39 in the 2016 census. [6] The median age of persons in Brit Brit was 31 years. There were more males than females, with 51.1% of the population male and 48.9% female. The average household size was 2.8 people per household. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Brit Brit (State Suburb)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2 May 2023. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. "Brit Brit". Australia Post . Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  3. Victorian historical journal 2005 Issue: 264 Volume: 76. (2005). Melbourne: Royal Historical Society of Victoria.
  4. "Public Record Office Victoria Collection | PROV". prov.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  5. "Brit Brit SS 1332, Coleraine, Victoria, Australia". www.swvic.org. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  6. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Brit Brit (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2 May 2023. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg