Hoddles Creek, Victoria
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Hoddles Creek is a locality near Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, located within the Shire of Yarra Ranges local government area. Hoddles Creek recorded a population of 676 at the Template:CensusAU.[1]
Location
Hoddles Creek is situated 72 km east of Melbourne's central business district.[2] It stands on the banks of the Hoddles Creek, which was named after Robert Hoddle.[2][3] Blackleather Creek also flows through the town.[3]
History
Hoddles Creek was named for Robert Hoddle (1794–1881), who surveyed the area in 1844.[3] The town developed thanks to the Victorian Gold Rush in the 1860s.[3] It was home to one of the largest minefields in Victoria up until the 1900s.[3]
The Post Office opened as Hoddle's Creek on 24 May 1862 and closed 1865.[4] It reopened in 1869 (though known as Warburton from 1874 until 1879) and closed in 1967.[4]
In 1916, the Hoddles Creek Primary School was founded to replace other local schools.[5][6] It still runs to this day.
Sir Harrie Massey, the renowned mathematical physicist, spent his early years from 1908 in Hoddles Creek.[7]
It is home to several vineyards.[3] For example, the Hoddles Creek Estate was founded by the D'Anna family in 1997.[8] The town is also home to berry farms and tree farms.[3]
References
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- ↑ a b Template:Census 2021 AUS
- ↑ a b Google Map
- ↑ a b c d e f g Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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- ↑ 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
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