Faraday, Victoria

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Faraday
Victoria
Postcode: 3451[1]
Location:
LGA: Shire of Mount Alexander

Faraday is a locality situated on the Calder Highway, 116 kilometres north west of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia.

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.[3] (see Faraday School kidnapping) The school was closed in 1976, and the building is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Postcode Search. Australia Post.
  2. ^ travelmate.com.au.
  3. ^ a b Victorian Heritage Register. Heritage Victoria. Retrieved on 2008-04-22.


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Cities, towns and localities in the Shire of Mount Alexander Local Government Area
Cities:
Townships:
Barfold · Baringhup · Baringhup West · Barkers Creek · Bradford · Campbells Creek · Chewton · Elphinstone · Faraday · Fryerstown · Glenluce · Golden Point · Gower · Green Gully · Guildford · Harcourt · Irishtown · Joyces Creek · Langley · Maldon · McKenzie Hill · Metcalfe · Metcalfe East · Moonlight Flat · Muckleford · Muckleford South · Myrtle Creek · Neereman · Newstead · Nuggetty · Ravenswood South · Redesdale · Sandon · Strangways · Strathlea · Sutton Grange · Taradale · Tarilta · Tarrengower · Vaughan · Walmer · Welshmans Reef · Werona · Yandoit Hills · Yapeen

Coordinates: 37°2′35″S 144°17′25″E / -37.04306, 144.29028

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