Vervale, Victoria

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Vervale
Victoria
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Vervale
Coordinates 38°08′S145°40′E / 38.133°S 145.667°E / -38.133; 145.667 Coordinates: 38°08′S145°40′E / 38.133°S 145.667°E / -38.133; 145.667
Population39 (2016) [1]
Postcode(s) 3814
Location71 km (44 mi) from Melbourne
LGA(s) Shire of Cardinia
State electorate(s) Bass
Federal division(s) Monash

Vervale is a bounded rural locality in Victoria, Australia, 71 kilometres (44 mi) south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Shire of Cardinia local government area. Vervale recorded a population of 39 at the 2016 census.

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History

The Post Office opened as Kirwan's in 1909, was renamed Vervale in 1917 and closed in 1967. [2] The Post Office and General Store was taken over by James and Edith McMannis in 1916. [3] It closed in 1967 after the death of Mrs McMannis who died 4 June 1967, Mr McMannis having already predeceased her, passing away on April 9, 1959. [4]

Vervale was one of the first places in Victoria where asparagus was grown commercially. [5] Mr Thomas Roxburgh first grew asparagus on his Vervale farm in 1912. [6]

The school at Vervale, located on the corner of Thirteen Mile Road and Main Drain Road, opened in 1894 as Koo-Wee-Rup North No. 3201, it changed its name to Bunyip South in 1899 and changed its name again in 1905 to Iona State School. [7] The school closed in December 1993. [8]

Demographics

The joint population of Vervale and Iona in the 2011 Census, was 363, 196 males and 167 females. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Vervale (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 September 2017. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ Phoenix Options History, Post Office List , retrieved 11 April 2021
  3. ↑ "Iona Ward". Shire of Berwick Rate Books. 1916.
  4. ↑ "Kayemac's Cemetery Index: Bunyip Cemetery".
  5. ↑ "Asparagus Culture. - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) - 8 May 1912". Trove. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  6. ↑ "Estate of Mr Thomas Roxburgh - To the editor of the Argus. - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) - 9 Nov 1934". Trove. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  7. ↑ Blake, L.J (1973). Vision and Realisation: a centenary history of State Education in Victoria. Victoria - Education Department.
  8. ↑ Nest, Denise (1994). On the edge of the Swamp: a history of the Iona Primary School, No. 3201, 1894 - 1994. Iona Primary School Back-to Committee. ISBN   0646169173.
  9. ↑ "Australian Burean of Statistics - Census Data".


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