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