Badger Creek is a suburb of Healesville in Victoria, Australia, 53 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district, located within the Shire of Yarra Ranges local government area. Badger Creek recorded a population of 1,610 at the 2021 census.[1]
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| Coordinates | 37°41′06″S 145°32′17″E / 37.685°S 145.538°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 1,610 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3777 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 210 m (689 ft) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Shire of Yarra Ranges | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Eildon | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | McEwen | ||||||||||||||
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Badger Creek is near the Healesville Sanctuary and the former Aboriginal reserve, Coranderrk, now known as the Coranderrk Bushland.
History
editThe creek was possibly named after the wombats in the area which were often called badgers. Other theories is that is it derived from the Woi Wurrung word badjurr, or that a horse named Badger, owned by one of the pioneering Ryrie brothers, became bogged in the creek [2] [1]
Badger Creek was surveyed as a township in 1894, but was not settled to any extent until some time later. The Coranderrk school opened in 1890, being replaced by the Badger Creek school in 1899.[3] The Post Office opened around 1902 as Badger Creek State School, was renamed Badger Creek around 1907 and closed in 1930.[4]
The weir in the Badger Creek reserve was constructed in 1909 and feeds water to the Silvan Reservoir.
Badger Creek won the 1911 Yarra Valley Football Association (Stevens, Olinda Hotel, Lilydale Trophy) premiership.[5][6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "2021 Census QuickStats Badger Creek". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ Monash University, Victorian Places - Badger Creek, retrieved 18 July 2024
- ^ Monash University, Australian Places - Badger Creek, archived from the original on 11 May 2004, retrieved 1 September 2008
- ^ Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 21 February 2021
- ^ "1911 - Country Matches". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic). 11 September 1911. p. 5. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ "1911 - Football". Healesville and Yarra Glen Guardian (Vic). 8 September 1911. p. 3. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
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