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Camperdown, Victoria

January 14, 2023

This article is about Camperdown, Victoria. For other uses, see Camperdown.

Camperdown (/ˈkæmpərdaʊn/)[2] is a town in southwestern Victoria, Australia, 190 kilometres (120 mi) west of the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2016 census, Camperdown had a population of 3,369.[1]

Camperdown
Victoria
Manifold Street Camperdown looking east toward the clock tower and war memorial
Camperdown
Location in the Shire of Corangamite
Coordinates38°14′S 143°09′E / 38.233°S 143.150°E / -38.233; 143.150Coordinates: 38°14′S 143°09′E / 38.233°S 143.150°E / -38.233; 143.150
Population3,369 (2016 census)[1]
Established1854
Postcode(s)3260
Elevation165 m (541 ft)
Location
LGA(s)Corangamite Shire
State electorate(s)Polwarth
Federal division(s)Wannon
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
19.1 °C
66 °F		 8.1 °C
47 °F		 762.4 mm
30 in

History

The Djargurd Wurrung people were the traditional Aboriginal people of the Camperdown area, who had lived in the area for countless generations as a semi-nomadic hunter gatherer society. The first British settlers, the Manifold brothers (Thomas, John and Peter Manifold), arrived in the area from Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) after 1835 to establish sheep and cattle runs.

Settlement was met with resistance by some of the local Aborigines, the Murdering Gully massacre taking place nearby.[3] The area's history records instances of mutual assistance and friendship between native and settler people. Notable on this account is the family of David Fenton, the Scottish Presbyterian shepherd and drover who built the first house in Camperdown in 1853.[4]

The original settlement was several miles to the north, near where the racecourse now is located. The settlement was called Timboon, but after a wet winter it was decided to move the town to higher ground nestled at the base of Mount Leura. With the relocation of the town, the local lake then known as Lake Timboon reverted to its indigenous name of Golongulac now known as Lake Colongulac.

The town was surveyed in 1851 and some of the founding fathers had Duncan as their Christian name. Wanting something more prestigious than Duncan as the town name it was decided to name the township Camperdown after most notable Duncan at the time, the Scottish naval hero Lord Viscount Adam Duncan the Earl of Camperdown. The first dwelling was erected on the site of the present Commercial Hotel in 1853[5] and the Post Office opened on 1 January 1854 replacing an earlier one in the area named Timboon.[6]

In 1883 Wombeetch Puuyuun (also known as Camperdown George) died at the age of 43 and was buried in a bog outside the bounds of Camperdown Cemetery. His friend, James Dawson was shocked at this burial upon his return from a trip to Scotland, and personally reburied Wombeetch in Camperdown Cemetery. He appealed for money to raise a monument, but finding little public support, he primarily funded the monument himself. The 7 metre obelisk was erected as a memorial to Wombeetch Puuyuun and the Aborigines of the district,[7] and has been described as being still inspiring today.[8]

It became the service centre for the vast pastoral empires of the region. The Port Fairy railway line was opened in 1883,[9] and the Timboon railway line was constructed in 1892.

By the mid 20th century Camperdown had emerged as a more diverse centre for dairy farming which drew on its rich volcanic soil, for woolgrowing and for produce processing industries. The Camperdown Magistrates' Court closed on 1 January 1990.[10]

The town made the news in 1991 went an industrial dispute at the local abattoir.[11] The dispute over pay and conditions occasionally turned violent between Police and picketers. The owner closed the site and the export licence transferred to another plant in Shepparton. 130 casual jobs were lost and many workers had to leave town in search for new employment.

More bad news for the town when the local milk factory relocated to a more modern plant in Cobden.

By the late 20th century the town had become a major centre for tourism because of its unspoiled 19th century architecture and as a gateway to the southern tourist attractions of the Otway Ranges, the Great Ocean Road and the 'Shipwreck Coast'. In more recent years, however, the drought in Australia in the 21st has affected Camperdown's dairy industry.

Geography

 
Lake Bullen-Merri at Sunset.

Camperdown lies within the 'Lakes and Craters' region, sitting at the foot of Mount Leura which together with nearby Mount Sugarloaf are part of a large extinct volcanic complex known as the "Leura Maar".[12] To the immediate west are the deep volcanic crater lakes Bullen-Merri and Gnotuk while to the east is the crater lake Purrumbete popular for its Trout and Chinook Salmon fishing.

It is the starting point of the Crater to Coast Rail Trail which, when completed, will reach Port Campbell. It currently terminates in Timboon.

Features

The town is renowned for its classic historical buildings. Central is the 103-foot (31 m) high Gothic Manifold Clock Tower, built 1897, which sits in a wide Elm lined median between the dual carriageways of Manifold Street, named in honour of one of the pioneer pastoralists. Tower, avenue, Boer War memorial, Soldiers' memorial, memorial cross and JC Manifold statue are all listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.

Among the many other classic buildings are the 1886-7 two storey Georgian style Court House, the 1863 two storey bluestone (granite) Camperdown Post Office, Theatre Royal (1890) and Masonic Hall (1867–68).

The town has a life-sized statue of the Scottish poet Robert Burns, carved from sandstone in the 1830s and based on the earliest painting of the Bard.[13] Efforts to restore the statue led to a festival celebrating the town's connection with Burns being held in 2012 and then annually.[14]

Local government

Originally, Camperdown was part of the East Riding of the Shire of Hampden, which was incorporated in 1857. On 9 September 1952, Camperdown severed and incorporated as a separate borough. It became a town on 21 January 1959.[15] See Town of Camperdown.

On 23 September 1994, the Town was abolished, and merged with Shire of Hampden, most of Shire of Heytesbury and parts of Colac, Mortlake and the area around Princetown on the Great Ocean Road into the Shire of Corangamite.[16]

The Town of Camperdown was not subdivided into wards, and the nine councillors represented the entire area.

Transport

Camperdown is situated on the Princes Highway (A1), which is the main through road and also the main street (Manifold Street). A dual carriageway with a large central reservation and secondary service street runs through the centre of town. The highway runs west to Terang and beyond to Warrnambool and east to Colac and beyond to Geelong. Secondary roads include the Camperdown-Lismore Road which heads north to Lismore and the Camperdown-Cobden Road (C164) which heads south to Cobden. Just west at Gnotuk is the Darlington Road (C173) which leads north to Darlington.

Road coaches (buses) provide links within Camperdown, to neighbouring towns and nearby cities (mainly V/Line) and these services include Cobden, Timboon, Simpson and the city of Ballarat.

The town's railway station is served by V/Line passenger services on the Warrnambool line linking it to the cities of Warrnambool, Geelong and beyond to Melbourne.

Community

The town has many sporting clubs. Archery, badminton, cricket, cycling, golf, horse riding, lawn bowls, squash and tennis, water skiing and yachting have competitions in and around the town. The Camperdown community is heavily involved in competitive sport with the principal sport being Australian Rules Football. The town has a football team playing in the Hampden Football League.[17]

Camperdown has a horse racing club, the Camperdown Turf Club, which holds one race meeting a year, the Camperdown Cup meeting in January.[18] Camperdown is also home to the Lakes & Craters International Horse Trials, founded by Barry Roycroft in 1978.[19][20]

Golfers play at the Camperdown Golf Club on Lake Bullen Merri Road.[21]

There are also many groups providing arts and culture including the Camperdown Theatre Company,[22] Lakes and Craters Band[23] and Corangamite Arts.[24]

Notable citizens

References

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Camperdown (Vic.) (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 29 January 2018.  
  2. ^ Butler, S., ed. (2009). "Camperdown". Macquarie Dictionary (5th ed.). Sydney: Macquarie Dictionary Publishers Pty Ltd. ISBN 978-1-876429-66-9.
  3. ^ Clark, Ian D. (1995). Scars in the landscape : a register of massacre sites in western Victoria, 1803-1859. Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. ISBN 0855752815. OCLC 41539940.
  4. ^ Terang and District Pioneer Register Pre. 1900, 1996, p53
  5. ^ Gatewaybbs, Camperdown Attractions, retrieved 21 July 2008
  6. ^ Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 1 February 2021
  7. ^ Bulbeck, Chilla (April 1991). "Aborigines, memorials and the history of the frontier". Australian Historical Studies. Taylor and Francis. 25 (96): 168–178. doi:10.1080/10314619108595878.
  8. ^ Broome, Richard (2005), "Transformations: 1850–1886: 'a miserable spadeful of ground'", in Broome, Richard (ed.), Aboriginal Victorians: a history since 1800, Crows Nest, New South Wales: Allen & Unwin, ISBN 978-1-74114-569-4.
  9. ^ Sid Brown (March 1990), "Tracks Across the State", Newsrail, Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division), pp. 71–76.
  10. ^ "Review of Legal Services in Rural and Regional Victoria" (PDF). Parliament of Victoria Law Reform Committee. May 2001. pp. 291–292. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  11. ^ "Mounted police attack abattoir pickets". 6 September 2016.
  12. ^ Department of Primary Industry, Corangamite, retrieved 21 July 2008
  13. ^ "Victorian Heritage Database. Robert Burns Statue". vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  14. ^ "About the festival and the Burns Statue". www.camperdownburnsfestival.com.au. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  15. ^ Victorian Municipal Directory, Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson, 1992, p. 542 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.
  16. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (1 August 1995), Victorian local government amalgamations 1994–1995: Changes to the Australian Standard Geographical Classification (PDF), Commonwealth of Australia, p. 5, ISBN 0-642-23117-6, retrieved 5 January 2008
  17. ^ Full Point Footy, , archived from the original on 7 September 2008, retrieved 25 July 2008
  18. ^ Country Racing Victoria, Camperdown, retrieved 5 May 2020
  19. ^ Zwagerman, Kate (26 January 2016). "Australia Day honour for equestrian legend Barry Roycroft". The Standard. Warrnambool. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  20. ^ "Northern Horse Park Lakes & Craters International Horse Trials – About". Facebook. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  21. ^ Golf Select, Camperdown, retrieved 11 May 2009
  22. ^ "Camperdown Theatre Company - About Us". camperdowntheatreco. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  23. ^ "LAKES & CRATERS BAND CAMPERDOWN INC". LAKES & CRATERS BAND CAMPERDOWN INC. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  24. ^ "Corangamite Arts Inc". www.corangamite.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  25. ^ "Horse Directory Australia - Racing History - Horse Racing Personalities".
  26. ^ "Brydon on Channel 7's The Chase". Camperdown Chronicle. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.

External links

  Media related to Camperdown, Victoria at Wikimedia Commons

  • Camperdown - Official state government tourism organization

January 14, 2023
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This article is about Camperdown Victoria For other uses see Camperdown Camperdown ˈ k ae m p er d aʊ n 2 is a town in southwestern Victoria Australia 190 kilometres 120 mi west of the state capital Melbourne At the 2016 census Camperdown had a population of 3 369 1 Camperdown VictoriaManifold Street Camperdown looking east toward the clock tower and war memorialCamperdownLocation in the Shire of CorangamiteCoordinates38 14 S 143 09 E 38 233 S 143 150 E 38 233 143 150 Coordinates 38 14 S 143 09 E 38 233 S 143 150 E 38 233 143 150Population3 369 2016 census 1 Established1854Postcode s 3260Elevation165 m 541 ft Location190 km 118 mi SW of Melbourne45 km 28 mi W of Colac108 km 67 mi SW of Ballarat69 km 43 mi NE of WarrnamboolLGA s Corangamite ShireState electorate s PolwarthFederal division s WannonMean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall19 1 C 66 F 8 1 C 47 F 762 4 mm 30 in Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Features 4 Local government 5 Transport 6 Community 7 Notable citizens 8 References 9 External linksHistory EditThe Djargurd Wurrung people were the traditional Aboriginal people of the Camperdown area who had lived in the area for countless generations as a semi nomadic hunter gatherer society The first British settlers the Manifold brothers Thomas John and Peter Manifold arrived in the area from Van Diemen s Land Tasmania after 1835 to establish sheep and cattle runs Settlement was met with resistance by some of the local Aborigines the Murdering Gully massacre taking place nearby 3 The area s history records instances of mutual assistance and friendship between native and settler people Notable on this account is the family of David Fenton the Scottish Presbyterian shepherd and drover who built the first house in Camperdown in 1853 4 The original settlement was several miles to the north near where the racecourse now is located The settlement was called Timboon but after a wet winter it was decided to move the town to higher ground nestled at the base of Mount Leura With the relocation of the town the local lake then known as Lake Timboon reverted to its indigenous name of Golongulac now known as Lake Colongulac The town was surveyed in 1851 and some of the founding fathers had Duncan as their Christian name Wanting something more prestigious than Duncan as the town name it was decided to name the township Camperdown after most notable Duncan at the time the Scottish naval hero Lord Viscount Adam Duncan the Earl of Camperdown The first dwelling was erected on the site of the present Commercial Hotel in 1853 5 and the Post Office opened on 1 January 1854 replacing an earlier one in the area named Timboon 6 In 1883 Wombeetch Puuyuun also known as Camperdown George died at the age of 43 and was buried in a bog outside the bounds of Camperdown Cemetery His friend James Dawson was shocked at this burial upon his return from a trip to Scotland and personally reburied Wombeetch in Camperdown Cemetery He appealed for money to raise a monument but finding little public support he primarily funded the monument himself The 7 metre obelisk was erected as a memorial to Wombeetch Puuyuun and the Aborigines of the district 7 and has been described as being still inspiring today 8 It became the service centre for the vast pastoral empires of the region The Port Fairy railway line was opened in 1883 9 and the Timboon railway line was constructed in 1892 By the mid 20th century Camperdown had emerged as a more diverse centre for dairy farming which drew on its rich volcanic soil for woolgrowing and for produce processing industries The Camperdown Magistrates Court closed on 1 January 1990 10 The town made the news in 1991 went an industrial dispute at the local abattoir 11 The dispute over pay and conditions occasionally turned violent between Police and picketers The owner closed the site and the export licence transferred to another plant in Shepparton 130 casual jobs were lost and many workers had to leave town in search for new employment More bad news for the town when the local milk factory relocated to a more modern plant in Cobden By the late 20th century the town had become a major centre for tourism because of its unspoiled 19th century architecture and as a gateway to the southern tourist attractions of the Otway Ranges the Great Ocean Road and the Shipwreck Coast In more recent years however the drought in Australia in the 21st has affected Camperdown s dairy industry Geography Edit Lake Bullen Merri at Sunset Camperdown lies within the Lakes and Craters region sitting at the foot of Mount Leura which together with nearby Mount Sugarloaf are part of a large extinct volcanic complex known as the Leura Maar 12 To the immediate west are the deep volcanic crater lakes Bullen Merri and Gnotuk while to the east is the crater lake Purrumbete popular for its Trout and Chinook Salmon fishing It is the starting point of the Crater to Coast Rail Trail which when completed will reach Port Campbell It currently terminates in Timboon Features EditThe town is renowned for its classic historical buildings Central is the 103 foot 31 m high Gothic Manifold Clock Tower built 1897 which sits in a wide Elm lined median between the dual carriageways of Manifold Street named in honour of one of the pioneer pastoralists Tower avenue Boer War memorial Soldiers memorial memorial cross and JC Manifold statue are all listed on the Victorian Heritage Register Among the many other classic buildings are the 1886 7 two storey Georgian style Court House the 1863 two storey bluestone granite Camperdown Post Office Theatre Royal 1890 and Masonic Hall 1867 68 The town has a life sized statue of the Scottish poet Robert Burns carved from sandstone in the 1830s and based on the earliest painting of the Bard 13 Efforts to restore the statue led to a festival celebrating the town s connection with Burns being held in 2012 and then annually 14 Local government EditOriginally Camperdown was part of the East Riding of the Shire of Hampden which was incorporated in 1857 On 9 September 1952 Camperdown severed and incorporated as a separate borough It became a town on 21 January 1959 15 See Town of Camperdown On 23 September 1994 the Town was abolished and merged with Shire of Hampden most of Shire of Heytesbury and parts of Colac Mortlake and the area around Princetown on the Great Ocean Road into the Shire of Corangamite 16 The Town of Camperdown was not subdivided into wards and the nine councillors represented the entire area Transport EditCamperdown is situated on the Princes Highway A1 which is the main through road and also the main street Manifold Street A dual carriageway with a large central reservation and secondary service street runs through the centre of town The highway runs west to Terang and beyond to Warrnambool and east to Colac and beyond to Geelong Secondary roads include the Camperdown Lismore Road which heads north to Lismore and the Camperdown Cobden Road C164 which heads south to Cobden Just west at Gnotuk is the Darlington Road C173 which leads north to Darlington Road coaches buses provide links within Camperdown to neighbouring towns and nearby cities mainly V Line and these services include Cobden Timboon Simpson and the city of Ballarat The town s railway station is served by V Line passenger services on the Warrnambool line linking it to the cities of Warrnambool Geelong and beyond to Melbourne Community EditThe town has many sporting clubs Archery badminton cricket cycling golf horse riding lawn bowls squash and tennis water skiing and yachting have competitions in and around the town The Camperdown community is heavily involved in competitive sport with the principal sport being Australian Rules Football The town has a football team playing in the Hampden Football League 17 Camperdown has a horse racing club the Camperdown Turf Club which holds one race meeting a year the Camperdown Cup meeting in January 18 Camperdown is also home to the Lakes amp Craters International Horse Trials founded by Barry Roycroft in 1978 19 20 Golfers play at the Camperdown Golf Club on Lake Bullen Merri Road 21 There are also many groups providing arts and culture including the Camperdown Theatre Company 22 Lakes and Craters Band 23 and Corangamite Arts 24 Notable citizens EditKevin Bradshaw Represented Australia at the 1980 Moscow Olympics Grace Brown cyclist for UCI Women s WorldTeam Norm Sharp Geelong Premiership player 1952 James Chester Manifold Politician elected at federation Sir Chester Manifold First Chairman TAB 1961 68 25 Cameron Rahles Rahbula four time Paralympian Paul Broderick Fitzroy and Richmond footballer Scott Lucas Essendon premiership player 2000 Ross Thornton Fitzroy footballer Wayne Linton Fitzroy footballer Adam Coote AFL Boundary Umpire Len White Geelong footballer Geoffrey Wickham AO cardiac pacemaker pioneer Bill Roycroft Olympian Sarah Wall ANZ Championship Netball bench warmer Melbourne Vixens 2009 2011 Queensland Firebirds 2010 Brydon Coverdale one of the Chasers on The Chase Australia 26 Easton Wood Australian rules footballer for Western Bulldogs 2008 Present David Lake Inaugural coach of Gold Coast Suns Women s side Ken Hinkley Senior coach of Port Adelaide Football Club Stewart McArthur Federal member for Corangamite 1984 2007 Sam Walsh Australian Rules footballer for Carlton Football ClubReferences Edit a b Australian Bureau of Statistics 27 June 2017 Camperdown Vic State Suburb 2016 Census QuickStats Retrieved 29 January 2018 Butler S ed 2009 Camperdown Macquarie Dictionary 5th ed Sydney Macquarie Dictionary Publishers Pty Ltd ISBN 978 1 876429 66 9 Clark Ian D 1995 Scars in the landscape a register of massacre sites in western Victoria 1803 1859 Canberra Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies ISBN 0855752815 OCLC 41539940 Terang and District Pioneer Register Pre 1900 1996 p53 Gatewaybbs Camperdown Attractions retrieved 21 July 2008 Phoenix Auctions History Post Office List retrieved 1 February 2021 Bulbeck Chilla April 1991 Aborigines memorials and the history of the frontier Australian Historical Studies Taylor and Francis 25 96 168 178 doi 10 1080 10314619108595878 Broome Richard 2005 Transformations 1850 1886 a miserable spadeful of ground in Broome Richard ed Aboriginal Victorians a history since 1800 Crows Nest New South Wales Allen amp Unwin ISBN 978 1 74114 569 4 Sid Brown March 1990 Tracks Across the State Newsrail Australian Railway Historical Society Victorian Division pp 71 76 Review of Legal Services in Rural and Regional Victoria PDF Parliament of Victoria Law Reform Committee May 2001 pp 291 292 Retrieved 12 April 2020 Mounted police attack abattoir pickets 6 September 2016 Department of Primary Industry Corangamite retrieved 21 July 2008 Victorian Heritage Database Robert Burns Statue vhd heritagecouncil vic gov au Retrieved 15 April 2018 About the festival and the Burns Statue www camperdownburnsfestival com au Retrieved 15 April 2018 Victorian Municipal Directory Brunswick Arnall amp Jackson 1992 p 542 Accessed at State Library of Victoria La Trobe Reading Room Australian Bureau of Statistics 1 August 1995 Victorian local government amalgamations 1994 1995 Changes to the Australian Standard Geographical Classification PDF Commonwealth of Australia p 5 ISBN 0 642 23117 6 retrieved 5 January 2008 Full Point Footy Camperdown archived from the original on 7 September 2008 retrieved 25 July 2008 Country Racing Victoria Camperdown retrieved 5 May 2020 Zwagerman Kate 26 January 2016 Australia Day honour for equestrian legend Barry Roycroft The Standard Warrnambool Retrieved 5 May 2020 Northern Horse Park Lakes amp Craters International Horse Trials About Facebook Retrieved 5 May 2020 Golf Select Camperdown retrieved 11 May 2009 Camperdown Theatre Company About Us camperdowntheatreco Retrieved 25 May 2022 LAKES amp CRATERS BAND CAMPERDOWN INC LAKES amp CRATERS BAND CAMPERDOWN INC Retrieved 25 May 2022 Corangamite Arts Inc www corangamite vic gov au Retrieved 25 May 2022 Horse Directory Australia Racing History Horse Racing Personalities Brydon on Channel 7 s The Chase Camperdown Chronicle 14 September 2015 Retrieved 2 October 2015 External links Edit Media related to Camperdown Victoria at Wikimedia Commons Camperdown Official state government tourism organization Australian Places Camperdown Corangamite Shire local government Camperdown Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Camperdown Victoria amp oldid 1118317198, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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