| Lyonville Victoria | |
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 Radio Springs Hotel | |
  Lyonville | |
| Coordinates | 37°24′0″S144°16′0″E / 37.40000°S 144.26667°E |
| Population | 175 (2016 census) [1] |
| Postcode(s) | 3461 |
| LGA(s) | Shire of Hepburn |
Lyonville is a town located in the Shire of Hepburn, Victoria, Australia. East of Daylesford on the Trentham road. The town takes its name from James Lyon who arrived in the Glenlyon district in the 1860s. [2] At the 2016 census, Lyonville had a population of 175. [1]
By 1876, James Lyon had built a large saw-mill in the Bullarook Forest. He had built another one by 1881, at which most of the adult male residents in the local community were employed. At that time, there was a state school with 60 students. [3]
Lyonville was in the electoral district of Creswick by 1877. Lyonville Post Office opened on 15 May 1882 and closed in 1993. [4]
The Lyonville railway station was on the Carlsruhe to Daylesford line, which opened in 1880 and closed in 1978. [5] The Daylesford Spa Country tourist railway plans to extend its track along the former rail reserve from Bullarto east to Lyonville, and then on to Trentham. [6]
The local attractions include the Lyonville Spring, Lyonville Hatha Yoga studio and The Radio Springs Hotel. The latter was once owned by the radio and television personality Ernie Sigley.
Kingston is a small town and locality of 19.07km2 in the rural Shire of Hepburn in Victoria, Australia, located just off the Midland Highway about 10 kilometres distance from Creswick, and is about 20 km from Daylesford. Kingston's post code is 3364.
The Shire of Hepburn is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the central part of the state. It covers an area of 1,473 square kilometres (569 sq mi) and, in the 2021 Census the shire had a population of 16,604.
Woodend railway station is a regional railway station on the Deniliquin line, part of the Victorian railway network. It serves the north-western suburb and town of Woodend, in Victoria, Australia. Woodend station is a ground level premium station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 8 July 1861.
Kyneton is a town in the Macedon Ranges region of central Victoria, Australia. The Calder Freeway bypasses Kyneton to the north and east. Kyneton is on Dja Dja Wurrung and Taungurung country.
The Daylesford Spa Country Railway is a volunteer-operated 1,600 mm gauge tourist railway located in Victoria, Australia. It operates on a section of the closed and dismantled Daylesford line, and currently runs services between Daylesford and the hamlet of Bullarto.
Daylesford is a spa town located in the foothills of the Great Dividing Range, within the Shire of Hepburn, Victoria, Australia, approximately 114 kilometres north-west of Melbourne. First established in 1852 as a gold-mining town, today Daylesford has a population of 2,781 as of the 2021 census.
Trentham is a town in the Shire of Hepburn and Shire of Moorabool local government area of West Central Victoria, Australia. At the 2016 census, Trentham had a population of 1,180, with a median age of 55 years. Located at an altitude of 700 metres (2,297 ft), the town is 87 kilometres (54 mi) north-west of Melbourne. The Trentham area is located on the traditional lands of the Dja Dja Wurrung Aboriginal people.
Allendale 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.
Ballan is a town in Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 census, Ballan had a population of 3,392.
Hepburn Springs is a resort town located in the middle of the largest concentration of mineral springs in Australia, situated in Victoria, 48 km northeast of Ballarat. In the 2021 census, Hepburn had a population of 631, and Hepburn Springs had a population of 368. The total population of Hepburn Springs was 928. The town is named after Captain John Hepburn, who was an early squatter in central Victoria. The traditional owners of the land are the Dja Dja Wurrung.
The Deniliquin railway line is a broad-gauge railway line serving north-western Victoria, Australia. The line runs from the New South Wales town of Deniliquin into Bendigo, before turning south-south-east towards Melbourne, terminating in Docklands near the central business district. It is a major trunk line both for passenger and freight trains, with many lines branching off from it.
Glenlyon is a small village in the Shire of Hepburn local government area, Victoria, Australia around 10 km from Daylesford along the Daylesford–Malmsbury Road, and around 101 km from the Melbourne CBD via Kyneton and Malmsbury.
The Shire of Daylesford and Glenlyon was a local government area about 110 kilometres (68 mi) northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 609.3 square kilometres (235.3 sq mi), and existed from 1966 until 1995.
Trentham railway station is a closed railway station in the town of Trentham, Victoria, Australia, on the former Carlsruhe-to-Daylesford line. It opened on Monday, 16 February 1880, and was closed on Monday, 3 July 1978.
Bullarto is a town located in the Shire of Hepburn, Victoria, Australia. At the 2016 census, Bullarto had a population of 73.
Tylden railway station, a former station on the Daylesford railway line in Victoria, Australia, was located about 2.4 km to the east of Tylden township, near Central Road. The station opened at the same time as the Carlsruhe to Trentham section of the line on 16 February 1880, and closing on or before 3 July 1978 when the line was closed.
Leonards Hill is a village located in the Shire of Hepburn, Victoria, Australia. At the 2016 census, Leonards Hill had a population of 45.
Mount Franklin is an extinct volcano about 10 km north of Daylesford and 4.6 km south east of Franklinford in Victoria, Australia. A road spirals round the outside slopes covered with pine trees, into a flat 50 acre caldera, and onto the rim which hosts a fire lookout, parking area and picnic ground.
Strangways is a locality split between the local government areas of Hepburn Shire and Mount Alexander Shire, in Central Victoria, Australia. It covers an area of 20.105 square kilometres between the townships of Guidford to the east, Newstead to the north-west and Clydesdale to the south.
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