Panton Hill, Victoria

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Panton Hill
Federal division(s)
McEwen
Localities around Panton Hill:
Hurstbridge Cottles Bridge Smiths Gully
Wattle Glen Panton Hill Christmas Hills
Wattle Glen Kangaroo Ground Christmas Hills
Farmland in Panton Hill

Panton Hill is a town in

Central Business District, located within the Shire of Nillumbik local government area. Panton Hill recorded a population of 1,063 at the 2021 census
.

History

Originally called Kingstown, the area experienced population growth in the mid-1850s during the

prospectors
mined the hills around the town known as the Caledonia Goldfields.

It was named after Joseph Anderson Panton,[2] who was the magistrate at Heidelberg and spent much of his spare time mapping the Yarra Valley.

Panton Hill Post Office opened on 1 October 1875.[3]

The Panton Hill Primary School, number 1134, was originally a two (2) room building with the Headmasters residence beside it.

Today

The town has a hotel, general store/post office, an

Northern Football League and a cricket club in the Diamond Valley Cricket Association, with 4 senior teams and 4 junior teams.[4] It is also home to a small church, St. Matthews Anglican Church,([5]
) and several wineries including Panton Hill Winery.

Panton Hill Primary School has an enrolment of approximately 150. The nearest high schools are Diamond Valley Secondary College and

Ash Wednesday
. Panton Hill Primary School's houses are named after these firefighters.

A mobile library service operated by Yarra Plenty Regional Library regularly visits the township.[6]

See also

  • Shire of Eltham – Panton Hill was previously within this former local government area.

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Panton Hill (Suburbs and Localities)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2 July 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. OCLC 8280660.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link
    )
  3. ^ Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 3 February 2021
  4. ^ Full Points Footy, Northern Football League, archived from the original on 9 March 2009, retrieved 15 April 2009
  5. ^ "St. Matthew's Anglican Church, Panton Hill – A Christian Community Church".
  6. ^ "Service timetable". Yarra Plenty Regional Library. 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.

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