Town in Victoria, Australia
Coleraine is a town in Victoria , Australia on the Glenelg Highway , 334 kilometres (208 mi) west of the state capital, Melbourne and 34 kilometres (21 mi) north-west of Hamilton in the Shire of Southern Grampians local government area. It was named after the town in County Londonderry , Northern Ireland . At the 2006 census , the urban area of Coleraine had a population of 991.[ 2]
History
The area was first settled by Europeans in 1838 for pastoral grazing. The town was surveyed later on Bryan Creek, a tributary of the Wannon River .
In April 1840 the Fighting Waterholes massacre of up to 60 Jardwadjali people of the Konongwootong Gundidj clan occurred near the current day Konongwootong reservoir.[ 3] [ 4]
The Post Office opened on 16 November 1854.[ 5]
The Coleraine Magistrates' Court closed on 1 November 1981, not having been visited by a Magistrate since 1971.[ 6]
Today, Coleraine's primary industries are beef and wool . The town hosts an Agricultural Show in November and an art show in August.
Notable past residents of Coleraine include Helena Rubenstein - cosmetics manufacturer.[ 7]
Sport
Coleraine has a football team playing in the South West District Football League .
It has a horse racing club , the Coleraine Racing Club, which runs the Coleraine Cup meeting in September.[ 8] The meeting features the steeplechase race commemorating the feats of district horsemen and renowned Australian poet Adam Lindsay Gordon .[ 9]
Golfers play at the Coleraine Golf Club on Gordon Street.[ 10]
References
^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Coleraine (State Suburb)" . 2006 Census QuickStats . Retrieved 1 October 2008 .
^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Coleraine (Urban Centre/Locality)" . 2006 Census QuickStats . Retrieved 6 July 2007 .
^ "Konongwootong Quiet Place | Monument Australia" . monumentaustralia.org.au . Retrieved 1 February 2020 .
^ partland, lily (10 July 2014). "Western District memorial commemorates Aboriginal massacre" . ABC South West Vic . Retrieved 1 February 2020 .
^ Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List , retrieved 6 March 2021
^ "Special Report No. 4 - Court Closures in Victoria" (PDF) . Auditor-General of Victoria. 1986. p. 78. Retrieved 12 April 2020 .
^ Rubinstein, Helena (1870–1965) Australian Dictionary of Biography Volume 11 1988
^ Country Racing Victoria, Coleraine Racing Club , archived from the original on 21 July 2008, retrieved 7 May 2009
^ Gardiner, Frank, 2003, The Fields of Coleraine : at the heart of both Australia Felix and Western District of Victoria, Camberwell, Vic.
^ Golf Select, Coleraine , retrieved 11 May 2009
External links
Media related to Coleraine, Victoria at Wikimedia Commons
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