Faraday, Victoria
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| Postcode: | 3451[1] |
| Coordinates: | 37°2′35″S 144°17′25″E / 37.04306°S 144.29028°ECoordinates: 37°2′35″S 144°17′25″E / 37.04306°S 144.29028°E |
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| LGA: | Shire of Mount Alexander |
Faraday is a locality situated on the Calder Highway, 116 kilometres (72 mi) north west of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia.
[edit] History
The Post Office opened on 1 April 1867, but was closed in 1880, postal services being provided from nearby Harcourt. [3]
The former Faraday Primary School is a single-room building constructed in 1869 from local granite. It opened as a Common School and became a State School in 1873. In October 1972, six pupils and their teacher were kidnapped from the school and held for a ransom of one million dollars. All later escaped unharmed.[4] (see Faraday School kidnapping) The school was closed in 1976, and the building is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ ""Postcode Search". Australia Post. http://www1.auspost.com.au/postcodes/index.asp?Locality=Faraday&sub=1&State=VIC&Postcode=&submit1=Search.
- ^ "travelmate.com.au". http://www.travelmate.com.au/MapMaker/mapmaker.asp.
- ^ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country=. Retrieved 2008-04-11
- ^ a b "Victorian Heritage Register". Heritage Victoria. http://www.heritage.vic.gov.au/index1.asp. Retrieved 2008-04-22.[dead link]
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