Allendale, Victoria

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Template:Use Australian English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox Australian place Allendale (aka Allandale) is a town in Victoria, Australia, located north-east of Creswick, in the Shire of Hepburn. At the Template:CensusAU, Allendale and the surrounding area had a population of 166.[1]

The town began as a mining settlement around the Berry Leads mining area. It had a peak population of about 1,500. Allendale once had ten hotels, railway station, post office, bakery, and shops, all of which have closed.[2] The small boarding school located in Leishman Street was sold in 2005.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Allendale Post Office opened on 6 May 1881, was known as Allandale from 1885 to 1893, and closed in 1974.[3]

Allendale Railway Station was on the North Creswick to Daylesford line. The railway closed in sections with Allendale to Newlyn closed on 1 December 1976, and from North Creswick to Allendale on 8 December 1986.[4]

Sports

Allendale Football Club

The Allendale FC was formed at a meeting at Dibdin's Hall, Allendale in June 1882.[5] The club had a reasonable amount of success in its early years, winning local premiership in 1892,[6] 1895,[7][8][9][10] 1897[11][12] and were runners up in 1894[13] and 1907.[14][15]

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