Heywood, Victoria
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| Heywood Victoria |
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| Population: | 2076 (2006)[1] | ||||||
| Postcode: | 3304 | ||||||
| Elevation: | 27 m (89 ft) | ||||||
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| LGA: | Shire of Glenelg | ||||||
| State District: | South-West Coast | ||||||
| Federal Division: | Wannon | ||||||
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Heywood is a small service centre on the Fitzroy River. It is situated at an elevation of 27 metres amidst rolling green hills in an agricultural, pastoral and timbercutting district. Heywood is 357 kilometres (222 mi) west of Melbourne at the intersection of the Princes and Henty Highways and 27 kilometres (17 mi) north of Portland. It is on the railway line to Portland, at the junction of the presently-unused branch to Mount Gambier, South Australia.
At the 2006 census, Heywood had a population of 2076.
Prior to European settlement the area was occupied by the Gunditjmara Aborigines.[2] David Edgar built the Bush Tavern on the townsite in 1842 and a settlement emerged. Formerly known as Fitzroy Crossing it became known as Edgar's. The township was surveyed in 1852 by Lindsay Clarke who named it after Heywood, Wiltshire in England. The first town allotments were sold in 1854 and a Post Office opened on August 8, 1857 [3].
Heywood has won many Tidy Town awards.
The town has an Australian rules football teams competing in the Western Border Football League.
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Heywood (State Suburb). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-10-01.
- ^ MINISTER FOR ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS - "NEW ABORIGINAL GROUP TO ADVISE ON CULTURAL HERITAGE" - Friday, October 6, 2006
- ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, <https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country=>. Retrieved on 11 April 2008
- Learmonth, Noel F. (1970). Four Towns and a Survey. Hawthorn Press: Melbourne
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