Antwerp, Victoria
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| Antwerp Victoria |
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| Postcode: | 3414 |
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| LGA: | Shire of Hindmarsh |
| State District: | Lowan |
| Federal Division: | Mallee |
Antwerp is a small town in Victoria, Australia. It is located on the Dimboola - Rainbow Road, in the Shire of Hindmarsh, 22 kilometers north of Dimboola and 356 kilometers north-west of Melbourne.
The area was first settled by Europeans in 1846, when George Shaw and Horatio Ellerman applied for 130,000 acres (530 km²) for sheep grazing. Ellerman named the area after his birthplace, the Belgian city of Antwerp. In 1858 two Moravian missionaires, Reverend Hagenauer and Reverend Spieseke, arrived in the area. By 1859 they had built a church, and in 1860 they baptised their first Aborigine.
During the 1880s, the Eucalyptus Mallee Oil Company began operations in the township, distilling eucalyptus oil, which was sold under the brand name EMU.
Today, the ruins of the Ebenezer Mission to Aborigines still stand, but little else remains of the town besides a few houses, a grain silo, and a general store.
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