Lemnos, Victoria

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Lemnos
Victoria
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Lemnos
Location in Victoria
Coordinates 36°21′S145°27′E / 36.350°S 145.450°E / -36.350; 145.450 Coordinates: 36°21′S145°27′E / 36.350°S 145.450°E / -36.350; 145.450
Population246 (2016 census) [1]
Postcode(s) 3630
Elevation115 m (377 ft)
Location
LGA(s) City of Greater Shepparton
Region Goulburn Valley
State electorate(s) Shepparton
Federal Division(s) Nicholls

Lemnos is a locality in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia, on the outskirts of the regional city of Shepparton. At the 2006 census, Lemnos had a population of 369, [2] which had dropped to 246 at the 2016 census. [1]

The locality was established in 1927 as a soldier settlement area after the First World War. It was named by Ernest Hill, a returned soldier and soldier settler, after the Greek island of Lemnos, which was an operational base for the Gallipoli campaign and to which wounded Australian soldiers were evacuated. [3] [4]

Lemnos has a state school, general store with a post office agency, and a large farming community. Lemnos is also home to a Campbell Soup Company factory. [4]

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  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Lemnos (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 6 January 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Lemnos (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
  3. ↑ Barlass, Tim (11 April 2015). "Anzac Day 2015: Anzac nurses who treated Gallipoli wounded at hospital island of Lemnos remembered by families". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Lemnos". Victorian Places. Retrieved 26 December 2019.


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