Smeaton, Victoria
| Smeaton Victoria | |
|---|---|
 The Cumberland Hotel at Smeaton (the oldest weatherboard pub in Vicoria) | |
  Smeaton | |
| Coordinates | 37°20′0″S 143°57′0″E / 37.33333°S 143.95000°ECoordinates: 37°20′0″S 143°57′0″E / 37.33333°S 143.95000°E |
| Population | 250 (2006)[1] |
| Postcode(s) | 3364 |
| Location | |
| LGA(s) | Shire of Hepburn |
| State electorate(s) | Ripon |
| Federal Division(s) | Ballarat |
Smeaton is a rural town in the state of Victoria, Australia near the town of Creswick. At the 2006 census, Smeaton had a population of 250.[1]
The town was founded by Scottish settler Captain John Hepburn who was a colonial squatter in the 1840s. Hepburn held under Government licence about 20,000 acres (80 km²) for his sheep and cattle run which he drove overland from Sydney. He built Smeaton House in 1849 with the assistance of British colonial migrants.[2]
Smeaton Post Office opened on 21 June 1860 and closed in 1993.[3]
Hepburn became a very high profile figure in the district, promoted gold mines and became a Justice of the Peace before he died in 1860.[citation needed]
The death of Capt John Hepburn was published in the Creswick Newspaper and Argus (Age) Newspapers of that period.
Smeaton is now home to 2 large seed and grain processors, one of which is a very large exporter of value added pulses, grains and seeds and is currently building a new oat mill to process an additional 60,000 tonne of oats a year.
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Smeaton (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2007-08-07.
- ↑ "Smeaton". Travel (Sydney Morning Herald). 2004-02-08. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
- ↑ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Retrieved 2008-04-11.
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