Baddaginnie, Victoria
Template:Use Australian English Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Baddaginnie is a town in Victoria, Australia. It is located on the North East railway line, in the Rural City of Benalla, 12 kilometres south-west of Benalla itself on the old Hume Highway.
It is situated in mainly flat unforested country, one kilometre west of Baddaginnie Creek. At the Template:CensusAU, Baddaginnie had a population of 347.[1]
Etymology
This name was related to Sri Lankan labourers who worked in a railway line project in early 1900. Labourers didn't know English and they only used word "Baddaginnie" during the time of working. "Baddaginnie" meaning "බඩගිනි" in Sinhala.[2]
History
The town was surveyed in 1857, named after the nearby Baddaginnie Creek, but settlement was slow, a Post Office finally opening on 16 September 1879.[3] A railway station was open and served passengers until July 1978.
Although often mistaken for an Aboriginal word, Baddaginnie may have been named by a surveyor, J.G.W. Wilmot, who had spent some time in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), from baddaginnie (bada-gini - literally 'stomach on fire’), meaning "hungry" in the Sinhala language.[4]
Sport & Recreation
George "Joey" Palmer, the 1880s Australian test cricketer, died there on 22 August 1910.
Baddaginnie Football Club
- Premierships
- Benalla Wednesday Football Association
- 1909 - Baddaginnie: 6.8 - 44 d Euroa: 4.10 - 34[5]
- Euroa & District Football Association
- 1925 - Baddaginnie: 6.16 - 52 d Strathbogie: 6.9 - 45[6]
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