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'''Buttlejorrk''' is a [[parish]] of the [[County of Bourke, Victoria|County of Bourke]] located to the west of [[Sunbury, Victoria|Sunbury]], in [[Victoria, Australia|Victoria]], [[Australia]] and a neighbourhood within the locality of [[Diggers Rest, Victoria|Diggers Rest]]. It was named in 1839 by the [[surveying|surveyor]] [[William Darke]]. A township developed and was initially known as Aitken's Gap. By the 1890s it had commonly become known as Buttlejorrk. A Post Office opened on 5 September 1856 as The Gap, was renamed Buttlejork (sic) in 1875 and closed in 1919.<ref name = "a">{{Citation |
'''Buttlejorrk''' is a [[parish]] of the [[County of Bourke, Victoria|County of Bourke]] located to the west of [[Sunbury, Victoria|Sunbury]], in [[Victoria, Australia|Victoria]], [[Australia]] and a neighbourhood within the locality of [[Diggers Rest, Victoria|Diggers Rest]]. It was named in 1839 by the [[surveying|surveyor]] [[William Darke]]. A township developed and was initially known as Aitken's Gap. By the 1890s it had commonly become known as Buttlejorrk. A Post Office opened on 5 September 1856 as The Gap, was renamed Buttlejork (sic) in 1875 and closed in 1919.<ref name = "a">{{Citation |
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| last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | accessdate = 2008-04-11 }}</ref> One of the early settlers in the area was George Millett. George and his wife Suzanne established the Bald Hill Hotel, the first staging stop out of Melbourne on the road to the goldfields at Bendigo. The hotel was licensed in 1853 until 1907.<ref name = " |
| last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | accessdate = 2008-04-11 }}</ref> One of the early settlers in the area was George Millett. George and his wife Suzanne established the Bald Hill Hotel, the first staging stop out of Melbourne on the road to the goldfields at Bendigo. The hotel was licensed in 1853 until 1907. the Aitken's gap Gaol, now located in the forecourt of the Sunbury Police Station stod beside the hotel<ref name = "b">{{Citation |
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| last = Sunbury Leader Newspaper | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.sunbury-leader.whereilive.com.au | accessdate = 2008-04-11 }}</ref> |
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Buttlejorrk is a parish of the County of Bourke located to the west of Sunbury, in Victoria, Australia and a neighbourhood within the locality of Diggers Rest. It was named in 1839 by the surveyor William Darke. A township developed and was initially known as Aitken's Gap. By the 1890s it had commonly become known as Buttlejorrk. A Post Office opened on 5 September 1856 as The Gap, was renamed Buttlejork (sic) in 1875 and closed in 1919.[1] One of the early settlers in the area was George Millett. George and his wife Suzanne established the Bald Hill Hotel, the first staging stop out of Melbourne on the road to the goldfields at Bendigo. The hotel was licensed in 1853 until 1907. the Aitken's gap Gaol, now located in the forecourt of the Sunbury Police Station stod beside the hotel[2]
References
- ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 2008-04-11
- ^ Sunbury Leader Newspaper, Post Office List, retrieved 2008-04-11
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