Hoddles Creek, Victoria

Hoddles Creek is a bounded rural locality near Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, located within the Shire of Yarra Ranges local government area. Hoddles Creek recorded a population of 676 at the 2021 census.[1]

Hoddles Creek
Victoria
Hoddles Creek is located in Victoria
Hoddles Creek
Hoddles Creek
Hoddles Creek is located in Australia
Hoddles Creek
Hoddles Creek
Coordinates37.833°S 145.583°E / -37.833; 145.583
Population676 (2021 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.[2] It stands on the banks of the Hoddles Creek, which was named after Robert Hoddle.[2][3] Blackleather Creek also flows through the town.[3]

History

Hoddles Creek was named for Robert Hoddle (1794–1881), who surveyed the area in 1844.[3] The town developed thanks to the Victorian Gold Rush in the 1860s.[3] It was home to one of the largest minefields in Victoria up until the 1900s.[3]

The Post Office opened as Hoddle's Creek on 24 May 1862 and closed 1865.[4] It reopened in 1869 (though known as Warburton from 1874 until 1879) and closed in 1967.[4]

In 1916, the Hoddles Creek Primary School was founded to replace other local schools.[5][6] It still runs to this day.

Sir Harrie Massey, the renowned mathematical physicist, spent his early years from 1908 in Hoddles Creek.[7]

It is home to several vineyards.[3] For example, the Hoddles Creek Estate was founded by the D'Anna family in 1997.[8] The town is also home to berry farms and tree farms.[3]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Hoddles Creek (Suburbs and Localities)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  2. Google Map
  3. "Friends of Hobbles Creek". Archived from the original on 23 July 2008. Retrieved 8 November 2005.
  4. Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 22 February 2021
  5. Hoddles Creek Primary School: Contact Us
  6. Yarra Ranges Heritage Database: Hoddles Creek Primary School
  7. Australian Dictionary of Biography: Harrie Massey
  8. Hoddles Creek Estate: About Us
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