| Healesville Victoria |
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 Location of Healesville in Victoria (red) |
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| Population: | 6567 (2006)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1864 | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3777 | ||||||||||||
| Elevation: | 199 m (653 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| LGA: | Shire of Yarra Ranges | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Seymour | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | McEwen | ||||||||||||
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Healesville is a town in Victoria, Australia, 52 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges. At the 2006 Census, Healesville had a population of 6567.
Healesville is situated on the Watts River, a tributary of the Yarra River.
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History
The creation of a railway to the more distant Gippsland and Yarra Valley goldfields in the 1860s resulted in a settlement forming on the Watts river and its survey as a town in 1864. It was named after Richard Heales, the Premier of Victoria from 1860-1861. The Post Office opened on 1 May 1865.[2] The town became a setting off point for the Woods Point Goldfield with the construction of the Yarra Track in the 1870s.
The Town today
Healesville is well known for the Healesville Sanctuary—a nature park with hundreds of native Australian animals displayed in a semi-open natural setting and an active platypus breeding program.
The Yarra Valley Tourist Railway operates from Healesville Station on every Sunday, most Public Holidays and Wednesday to Sunday during school holidays [3]
Schools in Healesville include the 125 year-old Healesville Primary School, St Bridgids Catholic primary school, the Healesville High School, and Worawa College, an Aboriginal school whose former students include noted AFL player David Wirrpanda. Much of what is now Healesville lies on the ancestral land of the Wurundjeri people, and the Coranderrk mission station, set up in 1863, is located just south of the main township.
Industries in and around Healesville include sawmilling, horticulture, tourism and more recently viticulture.
Swinburne TAFE has a campus in Healesville.
The Salvation Army has been part of the community since the late 1800s, with a continued and renewed presence in town.[4].
The town has an Australian Rules football team (The Bloods) competing in the Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League[5].
Healesville has a picnic horse racing club, Healesville Amateur Racing, which holds around seven race meetings a year with the Healesville Cup meeting in January.[6]
The Healesville Greyhound Racing Club also holds regular meetings.[7]
Golfers play at the course of the RACV Country Club on Yarra Glen Road.[8]
Notable people
Noted Aboriginal artist and Wurundjeri elder William Barak spent much of his life at Coranderrk Station, near Healesville. Wurundjeri elder Joy Murphy Wandin lives in Healsville.[9]
- Kelvin W. Moore, AFL player for the Richmond Football Club
- James Wandin (1933-2006) - Wurundjeri ngurungaeta and Australian Rules Footballer with St Kilda Football Club
- David Wirrpanda, AFL player for the West Coast
Gallery
 Healesville Visitor Centre |
 Healesville Railway Station |
 Healesville Hotel |
 Grand Hotel |
 RACV Club |
 Mount Riddell |
 Mount Saint Leonard |
 Healesville by night, taken from Mount Saint Leonard |
 Healesville Main Street at night |
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Healesville (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC25751&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2007-10-01.
- ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country=, retrieved 2008-04-11
- ^ "Yarra Valley Railway Fares and Timetables", Yarra Valley Railway (http://www.yarravalleyrailway.org.au/), http://www.yarravalleyrailway.org.au/rides/fares.htm, retrieved 2009-05-07
- ^ The Salvation Army, The Salvation Army Healesville, http://www.salvationarmy.org.au/healesville, retrieved 2008-09-16
- ^ Full Points Footy, Healesville, http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/Healesville.htm, retrieved 2008-07-25
- ^ Country Racing Victoria, Healesville Amateur Racing, http://www.countryracing.com.au/index.php?option=com_club_info&club=81&Itemid=80, retrieved 2009-05-07
- ^ Greyhound Racing Victoria, Healesville, http://healesville.grv.org.au/index.html, retrieved 2009-04-15
- ^ Golf Select, RACV Country Club, http://www.golfselect.com.au/armchair/courseView.aspx?course_id=313, retrieved 2009-05-11
- ^ Martin Flanagan, Tireless ambassador bids you welcome, The Age, January 25 2003. Accessed October 31, 2008
External links
- Healesville, Victoria is at coordinates 37°39′22″S 145°30′50″E / 37.656°S 145.514°ECoordinates: 37°39′22″S 145°30′50″E / 37.656°S 145.514°E
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