Mount Cottrell, Victoria

Mount Cottrell is a town in Victoria, Australia, 31 km (19 mi) west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Cities of Melton and Wyndham local government areas. Mount Cottrell recorded a population of 496 at the 2021 census.[1]

Mount Cottrell
Melbourne, Victoria
Mount Cottrell
Mount Cottrell is located in Melbourne
Mount Cottrell
Mount Cottrell
Location in metropolitan Melbourne
Coordinates37°46′26″S 144°37′52″E
Population496 (2021 census)[1]
Postcode(s)3024
Elevation34 m (112 ft)
Location
LGA(s)
State electorate(s)
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Localities around Mount Cottrell:
Melton South Rockbank Mount Atkinson
Eynesbury Mount Cottrell Tarneit Plains
Wyndham Vale Wyndham Vale Truganina
Tarneit

It is named after Anthony Cottrell, a member of the Port Phillip association who was allotted the land by the company in about 1835–36. The original "No.10" hut was located about 1.5 km north of the Mount Cottrell summit.[2]

The town of Mount Cottrell consists of mainly privately owned open land. The town is named after the 200m high mountain it encompasses, Mount Cottrell, the most massive of the Werribee Plains volcanoes, a volcanic cone formed by the radial eruption of numerous lava tongues. The mountain was purchased by Melton Council in 2007 to preserve the significant geological and flora and fauna values on the site.

Mount Cottrell Post Office opened on 1 January 1866, closed in 1895, reopened in 1902 and closed again in 1958.[3]

Mount Cottrell massacre
Main article: Mount Cottrell massacre

The Mount Cottrell massacre was a reprisal killing for squatter Charles Franks and his convict shepherd Thomas Flinders by Aboriginal people. Around 10 Wathaurong people were murdered at Mt Cottrell by 17 settlers armed with muskets on 16 July 1836.[4][5][6]

  • "E2 Mount Cottrell - Eruption Point". Victorian Sources Online. Retrieved 5 June 2016.

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Mount Cottrell (Suburbs and Localities)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  2. "Shire or Melton heritage study - Mount Cottrell homestead" (PDF). Melton shire council. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  3. Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 28 March 2021
  4. Hocking, Geoff (2013). Wyndham: Our Story. Castlemaine, Victoria: New Chum Press.
  5. "Massacre Map Australia: The Killing Times". The Guardian. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  6. "Mt Cottrell, Werribee". Colonial Frontier Massacres in Australia, 1788-1930. Centre For 21st Century Humanities, University of Newcastle (Australia). Retrieved 30 June 2021.
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