Smeaton, Victoria
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 The Cumberland Hotel at Smeaton (the oldest weatherboard pub in Vicoria) |
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| Population: | 250[1] |
| Postcode: | 3364 |
| Coordinates: | 37°20′S 143°57′E / 37.333°S 143.95°ECoordinates: 37°20′S 143°57′E / 37.333°S 143.95°E |
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| LGA: | Shire of Hepburn |
| State District: | Ripon |
| Federal Division: | Ballarat |
Smeaton is a rural town in the state of Victoria, Australia near the town of Creswick. At the 2006 census, Smeaton had a population of 250.[1]
The town was founded by Scottish settler Captain John Hepburn who was a colonial squatter in the 1840s. Hepburn held under Government licence about 20,000 acres (80 km²) for his sheep and cattle run which he drove overland from Sydney. He built Smeaton House in 1849 with the assistance of British colonial migrants.[2]
Smeaton Post Office opened on 21 June 1860 and closed in 1993. [3]
Hepburn became a very high profile figure in the district, promoted gold mines and became a Justice of the Peace before he died in 1860.[citation needed]
The death of Capt John Hepburn was published in the Creswick Newspaper and Argus (Age) Newspapers of that period.
Smeaton is now home to 2 large seed and grain processors, one of which is a very large exporter of value added pulses, grains and seeds and is currently building a new oat mill to process an additional 60,000 tonne of oats a year.
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- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Smeaton (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC26629&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2007-08-07.
- ^ "Smeaton". Travel (Sydney Morning Herald). 2004-02-08. http://www.smh.com.au/news/Victoria/Smeaton/2005/02/17/1108500207338.html. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
- ^ 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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