Skipton, Victoria

Skipton (

2011 census.^[2] Skipton is named after Skipton, in Yorkshire, England, and is known as "the home of the platypus".^[3] The Aboriginal name is given in colonial reports as Woran.^[4]

History

Skipton was first established in 1839 as a pastoral run and a town site was surveyed in 1852. The town was settled some years later, with a local Post Office opening on 6 March 1858.

Western District in 1859. Skipton once had a Magistrates' Court, but it closed on 1 January 1983.^[6]

Culture

Economy

Fine wool is the main agricultural product of the Skipton area. Skipton Variety Market is held on every second Saturday of the month at the Mechanics Hall. A Rose Festival is held on the first Saturday after the running of the Melbourne Cup in November each year.

Sport and recreation

A

football club competing in the Central Highlands Football League

. Golfers play at the course of the Skipton Golf Club on Geelong-Skipton Road.

Notable people

Henry Bolte, the longest serving Premier of Victoria, grew up in Skipton. There is a memorial for Henry Bolte located at the Skipton cemetery, where his parents are buried.
Henry Kingsley, author and brother of Charles Kingsley, worked on a pastoral station near Skipton for a time in 1857.
LKS Mackinnon, former chairman of the Victoria Racing Club.^[7]
Silent movie star Claire Adams married the son of LKS Mackinnon, Scobie, and settled at Mooramong homestead near Skipton in 1937.^[8]
cricketer Alan Connolly
was born in Skipton in 1939.

The Academy Is... guitarist Michael Guy Chislett was born in Skipton.

References

^ "2016 Census QuickStats Skipton". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Skipton (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
^ "Skipton".
^ "Native names of hills, rivers, lakes, and other natural features in Victoria" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 February 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
^ Phoenix Auctions History. "Post Office List". Retrieved 21 March 2021.
^ "Special Report No. 4 - Court Closures in Victoria" (PDF). Auditor-General of Victoria. 1986. p. 79. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
^ "Mackinnon, Lauchlan Kenneth Scobie (1861–1935)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
^ "Mackinnon, Donald John Scobie (1906–1974)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.

External links

Media related to Skipton, Victoria at Wikimedia Commons
Skipton (Victoria) travel guide from Wikivoyage
Community website
Corangamite Shire Council - Official Site
Ballarat-Skipton rail trail
SMH Travel - Skipton page

[ABS2016-1] "2016 Census QuickStats Skipton". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2 February 2019.

[ABS-2] Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Skipton (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 11 December 2014.

[3] "Skipton".

[4] "Native names of hills, rivers, lakes, and other natural features in Victoria" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 February 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2020.

[a-5] Phoenix Auctions History. "Post Office List". Retrieved 21 March 2021.

[6] "Special Report No. 4 - Court Closures in Victoria" (PDF). Auditor-General of Victoria. 1986. p. 79. Retrieved 12 April 2020.

[7] "Mackinnon, Lauchlan Kenneth Scobie (1861–1935)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.

[8] "Mackinnon, Donald John Scobie (1906–1974)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.

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