Linton, Victoria

Linton
Federal division(s)
Linton; Federal division(s)	Wannon
	Localities around Linton:

Linton is a town in

Victoria, Australia, off Glenelg Highway. Most of the town is located in Golden Plains Shire; however, a small section is in the Shire of Pyrenees. At the 2016 census, Linton and the surrounding area had a population of 580.^[1] The Clarkesdale Bird Sanctuary

lies to the south-east of the township, near Springdallah Creek.

History

Linton was first settled about 1840 and was named after a pioneer family in an area.

Gold was found in 1855 in what became known as Linton's Diggings, which subsequently became Old Linton's when a new township was built on Surface Hill in 1860. This was the beginning of the town we know today as Linton.. Chinese people, among others, mined the local shafts until the gold ran out. The miners remained in the area and set up market gardens. The Post Office opened on 5 November 1857 as Linton's and was renamed Linton around 1860.^[2] Much mining equipment can still be found in the Linton district.

The local Grenville Standard newspaper began publication in April 1895, and ran for 2,389 issues, ceasing 25 October 1941.^[3] The 1914–1918 years of the newspaper have been digitised as part of the Australian digitised newspapers project.^[4]

The ALP politician and Leader of the Federal Opposition 1922–28, Matthew Charlton, was born in Linton in 1866.

In December 1998, five

bushfire near Linton.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Linton (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
^ Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 28 March 2021
^ The Grenville standard. Linton, [Victoria] Hubert Alfred Adams, -1941. 1895.
^ "Grenville Standard (Vic. : 1915 - 1918)". Trove. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
^ Johnstone, Graeme (State Coroner); Gyorffy, Tom; Livermore, Garry (11 January 2002). "Report of the Investigation and Inquests into a Wildfire and the Deaths of Five Firefighters at Linton on 2 December 1998" (PDF). State Coroner's Office, Victoria. p. 278. Retrieved 10 January 2020. Section=14.1.28

External links

Linton travel guide from Wikivoyage
http://www.lintonhistory.org.au/
www.lintoncommunity.com – Linton community website
travelmate.com.au – Linton, Victoria

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[abs-1] Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Linton (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 30 August 2017.

[a-2] Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 28 March 2021

[3] The Grenville standard. Linton, [Victoria] Hubert Alfred Adams, -1941. 1895.

[4] "Grenville Standard (Vic. : 1915 - 1918)". Trove. Retrieved 27 February 2018.

[linton-1998-vic-coroner-5] Johnstone, Graeme (State Coroner); Gyorffy, Tom; Livermore, Garry (11 January 2002). "Report of the Investigation and Inquests into a Wildfire and the Deaths of Five Firefighters at Linton on 2 December 1998" (PDF). State Coroner's Office, Victoria. p. 278. Retrieved 10 January 2020. Section=14.1.28

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Town	Anakie^ Bannockburn Batesford^ Cambrian Hill Dereel Durham Lead^ Enfield Haddon Inverleigh^ Lethbridge Linton^ Maude Meredith^ Napoleons Rokewood Ross Creek Scarsdale Shelford Smythes Creek^ Smythesdale ^ Teesdale
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^ - Territory divided with another LGA

v t e Localities in the Shire of Pyrenees
Town	Amphitheatre Avoca Beaufort Buangor ^ Burrumbeet^ Elmhurst^ Lexton Linton^ Moonambel Navarre^ Raglan Redbank^ Skipton^ Smythesdale ^ Snake Valley Streatham^ Trawalla Waubra ^
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^ - Territory divided with another LGA