Hoddles Creek, Victoria
| Hoddles Creek Victoria |
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 Hoddles Creek
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| Population | 609 (2011 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3139 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 212 m (696 ft) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Shire of Yarra Ranges | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Eildon | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | McEwen | ||||||||||||||
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Hoddles Creek is a bounded rural locality near Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Its local government area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges. At the 2011 census, Hoddles Creek had a population of 609,[1] compared to 1,061 at the 2006 census over a larger area.[2]
Location
Hoddles Creek is situated 72 km east of Melbourne's central business district.[3] It stands on the banks of the Hoddles Creek, which was named after Robert Hoddle.[3][4] Blackleather Creek also flows through the town.[4]
History
Hobbles Creek was named for Robert Hoddle (1794–1881), who surveyed the area in 1844.[4] The town developed thanks to the Victorian Gold Rush in the 1860s.[4] It was home to one of the largest minefields in Victoria up until the 1900s.[4]
The Post Office opened as Hoddle's Creek on 24 May 1862 and closed 1865.[5] It reopened in 1869 (though known as Warburton from 1874 until 1879) and closed in 1967.[5]
In 1916, the Hoddles Creek Primary School was founded to replace other local schools.[6][7]
Sir Harrie Massey, the renowned mathematical physicist, spent his early years from 1908 in Hoddles Creek.[8]
It is home to several vineyards.[4] For example, the Hoddles Creek Estate was founded by the D'Anna family in 1997.[9] The town is also home to berry farms and tree farms.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Google Map
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Friends of Hobbles Creek
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Hoddles Creek Primary School: Contact Us
- ↑ Yarra Ranges Heritage Database: Hoddles Creek Primary School
- ↑ Australian Dictionary of Biography: Harrie Massey
- ↑ Hoddles Creek Estate: About Us
