Badger Creek, Victoria
| Badger Creek Victoria |
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| Population: | 1788 (2006)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3777 | ||||||||||||
| Elevation: | 210 m (689 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| LGA: | Shire of Yarra Ranges | ||||||||||||
| State electorate: | Seymour | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | McEwen | ||||||||||||
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Badger Creek is a town in Victoria, Australia, 53 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges. At the 2006 Census, Badger Creek had a population of 1788.
Badger Creek is near the Healesville Sanctuary and the former Coranderrk Aboriginal Station, now known as the Coranderrk Bushland.
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[edit] History
The creek was named after the wombats in the area which were often called badgers.[2]
Badger Creek was surveyed as a township in 1894, but was not settled to any extent until some time later. The Coranderrk school opened in 1890, being replaced by the Badger Creek school in 1899.[3] The Post Office opened around 1902 as Badger Creek State School, was renamed Badger Creek around 1907 and closed in 1930.[4]
The weir in the Badger Creek reserve was constructed in 1909 and feeds water to the Silvan Reservoir.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Badger Creek (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC25055&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2007-10-01.
- ^ Lady Wild Life, Common Wombat, http://ladywildlife.com/animals/commonwombat.html, retrieved 2008-09-01
- ^ Monash University, Australian Places - Badger Creek, archived from the original on 2004-05-11, http://web.archive.org/web/20040511082126/http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/badgerck.html, retrieved 2008-09-01
- ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country=, retrieved 2008-04-11
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Coordinates: 37°41′06″S 145°32′17″E / 37.685°S 145.538°E
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