Yendon, Victoria

Coordinates: 37°38′S 143°58′E / 37.633°S 143.967°E / -37.633; 143.967
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Yendon
Federal division(s)
Ballarat

Yendon is a small town in

Indigenous Australian word meaning "waterhole".[2]

At the 2016 census, Yendon had a population of 307.[1]

History

The

Federation University.[4]

Yendon's first school, the Common School, opened in 1864, and became Yendon State School in 1879. It closed at the end of 1993.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Yendon". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 22 July 2017. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b "Yendon". Victorian Places. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Yendon Township Information Display". Goldfields Guide. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Photograph - black and white - Yendon Railway Station, 1968". Victorian Collection. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  5. ^ Public Record Office Archive, [www.archivalaccessvictoria.com/Downloads/PROV_SCHOOL_LIST.xlsx], accessed 28 November 2016
  6. ^ "Plaque, bronze, school". Victorian Collection. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 24 March 2020.

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