Yendon | |
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 A tree-lined street in Yendon | |
| Coordinates: 37°38′S 143°58′E / 37.633°S 143.967°E / -37.633; 143.967 | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Victoria |
| LGA | |
| Location | |
| Government | |
| • State electorate | |
| • Federal division | |
| Population | |
| • Total | 307 (2016 census)[2] |
| Postcode | 3352 |
Yendon is a locality in Victoria, Australia. The town is located in the Shire of Moorabool, 108 kilometres (67 mi) west of the state capital, Melbourne and approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) south-east of Ballarat. The town was originally called Buninyong East, but was changed in 1879 to Yendon, believed to be an Indigenous Australian word meaning "waterhole".[3]
At the 2016 census, Yendon had a population of 307.[2]
History
The Geelong-Ballarat railway line passed through Yendon, and for a while in the early 1860s it was the terminus of the line. The station was originally called Buninyong, but was changed to Yendon in 1876.[4] A substantial two-storey bluestone station building was opened in 1862. It was demolished in 1969,[3] and the stone was reused to construct garden retaining walls at the Ballarat Institute of Advanced Education, now Federation University.[5]
Yendon's first school, the Common School, opened in 1864, and became Yendon State School in 1879. It closed at the end of 1993.[6][7]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Yendon (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Yendon". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
- ^ a b "Yendon". Victorian Places. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- ^ "Yendon Township Information Display". Goldfields Guide. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- ^ "Photograph - black and white - Yendon Railway Station, 1968". Victorian Collection. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- ^ Public Record Office Archive, [www.archivalaccessvictoria.com/Downloads/PROV_SCHOOL_LIST.xlsx], accessed 28 November 2016
- ^ "Plaque, bronze, school". Victorian Collection. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
External links
- Drawing of the Yendon Railway Station
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