Balintore is a small farming community in south west Victoria, Australia. It is approximately 15 km north of Colac.
| Balintore Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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 Langs James Rd, Balintore | |||||||||||||||
| Population | 67[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3249 | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Shire of Colac Otway | ||||||||||||||
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Balintore is located between Lake Colac and Lake Corangamite.
Dairy and beef farming are the main industries in the area, with onion growing also popular in the past.[2]
Balintore once had a primary school. In 1953 there were at least 23 children attending the Balintore primary school.[3] When the school closed the students were then bussed to Alvie Consolidated School.[4]
History
editUp to 1890 Balintore was known as the Balintore estate and was a single farming area of 4,072 acres,[5] an area which approximately conforms to the locality's current area. In 1897 the estate had been broken up and sold off.[6]
Sports
editBalintore had a cricket team in the 1930s.[7]
A tennis club also existed for many years.[when?] The courts were removed around 1994.[citation needed]
Flora
editThe Spiny Peppercress Lepidium aschersonii was identified as growing in abundance on private land within Balintore by the Victorian Government.[8]
References
edit- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Balintore". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "PROPERTY AUCTION". Camperdown Chronicle. Vol. LXXV, no. 4086. Victoria, Australia. 13 April 1951. p. 8. Retrieved 28 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "People of Coragulac, Balintore and Alvie, near Colac, Vic". Weekly Times. No. 4360. Victoria, Australia. 14 January 1953. p. 26. Retrieved 28 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Alvie Consolidated School handbook 2013
- ^ "The Chirnside Estate". Table Talk. No. 280. Victoria, Australia. 31 October 1890. p. 6. Retrieved 28 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "SALES OF PROPERTIES". The Age. No. 13, 328. Victoria, Australia. 18 November 1897. p. 4. Retrieved 28 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Readers' Camera Studies". Weekly Times. No. 3699. Victoria, Australia. 20 August 1938. p. 36 (FIRST EDITION). Retrieved 28 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Department of Sustainability and the Environment. "Action Statement" (PDF). Victorian Government.
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