Cheviot, Victoria
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Cheviot is a locality in Victoria, Australia in the Shire of Murrindindi local government area.
History
The locality was named after a nearby pastoral run called Cheviot Hills, which in turn was named after the locality on the English-Scottish border. It was also called Ross Creek.Nigel Sinnott, Place-names of the Alexandra, Lake Eildon and Big River area of Victoria ({{ISBN|0957-809-80-8}})Harvey Blanks, The Story of Yea ({{ISBN|0725-601-07-8}})
From 1889 until 1978 there was an active railway station here on the now historic and abandoned Cheviot railway station which took route on the Mansfield-Tallarook line. Cheviot Post Office opened on 9 April 1890 after the arrival of the railway, and closed in 1944.{{Citation | last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Cheviot* | access-date = 24 March 2021 }}
The rails have gone but an old goods shed survives, and to the northeast the Cheviot Tunnel provides an excellent example of brick workmanship of the nineteenth century.
A Ross Creek Post Office opened on 14 October 1865 and closed in 1969.
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