Baxter, Victoria

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Baxter
Melbourne, Victoria

Main street of Baxter
Population: 1873 (2006)[1]
Established: 1890s
Postcode: 3911
Area: 3.1 km² (1.2 sq mi)
Property Value: AUD $213,800 [2]
Location:
LGA: Shire of Mornington Peninsula
State District: Hastings
Federal Division: Dunkley, Flinders
Suburbs around Baxter:
Mount Eliza Frankston South Langwarrin
Mount Eliza Baxter Pearcedale
Mornington Moorooduc Somerville

Baxter is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula. It is served by Baxter railway station on the Stony Point greater-metropolitan line.

Originally named Baxter's Flat, Baxter was founded by pastoralist Benjamin Baxter, who lived in a property name "Carrup Carrup" - the Aboriginal name. The property still exists today on what is now Frankston-Flinders road, as does the original cottage he and his wife Martha lived in. It is now owned by Gateway Family Church who plan to preserve the cottage. Benjamin Baxter died in 1892 and his gravestone, found in the Frankston Cemetery, reads "Benjamin Baxter, late of h. m. 50th regiment. Died at Currup Currup 15 May 1892, aged 87. Also Martha, beloved wife of above 31 January 1906 age 94 years".

It was at Baxter's Flat that the railway to Mornington and Stony Point (built in the late 1880s) separated. The station was called Mornington Junction before being changed to Baxter, however its role as s junction ended in the 1980s with the closure of the Mornington line.

Other historic cottages in the area include a primitive 1850s homestead called Eurutta (formerly Sage's Cottage), and a 1920s American-style residence called Mulberry Hill.

Baxter Primary School was established in 1890.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Baxter (State Suburb). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-10-01.
  2. ^ Baxter, accessed 9 August 2007
  • Brown-May, Andrew & Swain, Shurlee (2005) The Encyclopedia Of Melbourne. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-84234-4

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