Hoddles Creek, Victoria

Hoddles Creek is a bounded rural locality near Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Its local government area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges. At the 2016 census, Hoddles Creek had a population of 627,[1] compared to 609 at the 2011 census.[2]

Hoddles Creek
Victoria
Hoddles Creek
Hoddles Creek
Coordinates37.833°S 145.583°E / -37.833; 145.583
Population627 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)3139
Elevation212 m (696 ft)
Location
LGA(s)Shire of Yarra Ranges
State electorate(s)Eildon
Federal Division(s)Casey
Localities around Hoddles Creek:
Launching Place Gladysdale Warburton
Yellingbo Hoddles Creek Noojee
Cockatoo Gembrook Labertouche

Location

Hoddles Creek is situated 72 km east of Melbourne's central business district.[3] It stands on the banks of the Hoddles Creek, which was named after Robert Hoddle.[3][4] Blackleather Creek also flows through the town.[4]

History

Hoddles Creek was named for Robert Hoddle (1794–1881), who surveyed the area in 1844.[4] The town developed thanks to the Victorian Gold Rush in the 1860s.[4] It was home to one of the largest minefields in Victoria up until the 1900s.[4]

The Post Office opened as Hoddle's Creek on 24 May 1862 and closed 1865.[5] It reopened in 1869 (though known as Warburton from 1874 until 1879) and closed in 1967.[5]

In 1916, the Hoddles Creek Primary School was founded to replace other local schools.[6][7] It still runs to this day.

Sir Harrie Massey, the renowned mathematical physicist, spent his early years from 1908 in Hoddles Creek.[8]

It is home to several vineyards.[4] For example, the Hoddles Creek Estate was founded by the D'Anna family in 1997.[9] The town is also home to berry farms and tree farms.[4]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Hoddles Creek (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Hoddles Creek (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  3. Google Map
  4. "Friends of Hobbles Creek". Archived from the original on 23 July 2008. Retrieved 8 November 2005.
  5. Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 11 April 2008
  6. Hoddles Creek Primary School: Contact Us
  7. Yarra Ranges Heritage Database: Hoddles Creek Primary School
  8. Australian Dictionary of Biography: Harrie Massey
  9. Hoddles Creek Estate: About Us
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