Allans Flat | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: 36°16′S 146°54′E / 36.267°S 146.900°E / -36.267; 146.900 | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Victoria |
| LGA | |
| Government | |
| • State electorate | |
| • Federal division | |
| Population | |
| • Total | 318 (2016 census)[2] |
| Postcode | 3691 |
Allans Flat is a locality in Victoria, Australia. It is located along Osbornes Flat Road, north-east of Yackandandah. The areas around Allans Flat were mined for gold between the 1850s and 1904 though without sufficient population for a Post Office until 26 October 1876.[3]
History
Allans Flat was surveyed and proclaimed in 1905. The Post Office closed in 1975.[3]
Sport & Recreation
In 1897, Osborne's Flat Football Club won the Weiss Football Trophy, in a competition between Osborne's Flat, Gundowring and Yackandandah.[4]
The Allans Flat Football Club appears to of first been established in 1890.[5]
The club was intermittently active over the next 15 years, then competed in the Murphy's Albion Hotel (Yackandandah) Football Association in 1906.[6]
The club won a premiership in 1923 -
- Allans Flat & District Football Association
- 1923 - Allan's Flats: 3.5 - 23 d Dederang: 0.6 - 6[7]
Allan's Flat competed in the Kiewa Football Association from 1924 to 1926 and were runners up in 1925.
- 1925 - Tallangatta: 13.10 - 88 defeated Allan's Flat: 8.9 - 57[8][9]
Allans Flat FC then competed in the Yackandandah & District Football League from 1929 to 1931, then appears to have gone into recess in 1932.
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Allans Flat (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Allans Flat (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ a b Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 11 April 2008
- ^ "1897 - Football". The Yackandandah Times (Vic). 6 August 1897. p. 2. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ "1890 - To the Editor". The Yackandandah Times (Vic). 20 September 1890. p. 3. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ "1906 - Allans Flat". The Yackandandah Times (Vic). 30 August 1906. p. 2. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ "1923 - Allan's Flat and District Association". The Yackandandah Times (Vic). 31 August 1912. p. 4. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ "1925 - Football". The Yackandandah Times (Vic). 4 September 1925. p. 4. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- ^ "1925 - Football: TROPHY COMES TO TALLANGATTA". Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic). 3 September 1925. p. 2. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
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