Avenel, Victoria
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| Population: | 728[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3664 | ||||||||||||
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| LGA: | Shire of Strathbogie | ||||||||||||
| State electorate: | Benalla | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Indi | ||||||||||||
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Avenel is a small town in Victoria, Australia. It is in the Shire of Strathbogie local government area. At the 2006 census, Avenel had a population of 728, up from 552 in the 2001 Census.[1][1]
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[edit] History
The town was established along the old Hume Highway and the highway now bypasses the outskirts of the town. The Post Office opened on 2 June 1858.[2] It is frequently stated as having been named for a village in Gloucestershire by Henry Kent Hughes. The name "Avenel" also appears in Sir Walter Scott's Tales from Benedictine Sources: The Monastery (1820) and The Abbot (1820) as the name of a castle and family. Hughes settled there in 1838, laid out the future town, and named the Hughes Creek, which flows through it.[3]
Avenel was the hometown of Ned Kelly in his younger years, where he saved a boy from drowning in the local Hughes Creek. His brother and father are buried in the Avenel cemetery. Ned Kelly and his family went to school here in Avenel and then later left. The oak tree here is over 150 years of age and is still growing green and dropping leaves!
[edit] Today
The town is home to many organisations including sporting clubs such as the Avenel Football Club competing in the Kyabram District Football League,[4] Avenel Netball Club, Avenel Tennis Club, Avenel Cricket Club and the Avenel Bowling Club.
Golfers play at the Avenel Golf Club on Bank Street.[5]
The railway station is serviced by V/Line services between Melbourne and Albury.
Avenel's Pub was known as the imperial Hotel back in the times of black and white, and used to give the coach horses a rest or swap them with another pair. Near Hughs creeks old bridge is the Coach house, when you went across the bridge you had to pay! byt now no more coaches go across, and no payment is needed!
[edit] See also
Avenel railway station, Victoria
[edit] References
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- ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Avenel (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=UCL201600&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2008-05-16.
- ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country=, retrieved 2008-04-11
- ^ James Smith (editor) The cyclopedia of Victoria (illustrated): an historical and commercial review, descriptive and biographical, facts, figures and illustrations : an epitome of progress, Volume 3. Cyclopedia Co., 1905. p.447
- ^ Full Points Footy, Avenel, http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/avenel.htm, retrieved 2009-04-15
- ^ Golf Select, Avenel, http://www.golfselect.com.au/armchair/courseView.aspx?course_id=908, retrieved 2009-05-11
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Coordinates: 36°53′34″S 145°13′51″E / 36.89278°S 145.23083°E
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