Condah

{{Infobox Australian place | type = town

| name = Condah

| state = vic

| image = Condah Green Hills Hotel 002.JPG

| caption = Green Hills Hotel at Condah

| coordinates = {{Coord|37|58|0|S|141|44|0|E|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_label_position = right

| lga = Shire of Glenelg

| use_lga_map = yes

| postcode = 3303

| est =

| pop = 121

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}

| pop_footnotes = {{Census 2016 AUS | id = SSC20615 | name = Condah (State Suburb) | accessdate = 12 January 2021 | quick = on}}

| elevation =

| maxtemp =

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| stategov = South-West Coast

| fedgov = Wannon

| dist1 = 334

| dir1 = W

| location1 = Melbourne

| dist2 = 47

| dir2 = N

| location2 = Portland

| dist3 = 38

| dir3 = SW

| location3 = Hamilton

| dist4 = 20

| dir4 = NE

| location4 = Heywood

}}

Condah {{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ɒ|n|d|ɑː}} is a small town in south west Victoria, Australia and is located on the Henty Highway north of Heywood. At the 2006 census, Condah and the surrounding area had a population of 272.{{Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC25385|name=Condah (State Suburb)|accessdate=17 October 2008|quick=on}}

It is about {{convert|20|km}} to {{convert|25|km}} north-west of Lake Condah, Budj Bim National Park and Budj Bim.

History

Condah Pub has been open since 1854 and still thrives today.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}
A cemetery was set aside in May 1863.{{Cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5777967 |title=GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. |newspaper=The Argus |issue=6,371 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=7 November 1866 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}
Condah Post Office opened on 12 May 1868 and closed in 2001.{{Citation | last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Condah* | access-date = 30 March 2021}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5816056 |title=COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. |newspaper=The Argus |issue=6,840 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=12 May 1868 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}
Two churches were opened, one Anglican in 1883,{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197131369 |title=ST. THOMAS'S CHURCH, CONDAH. |newspaper=The Church of England Messenger |volume=XVI |issue=178 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=3 July 1883 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}} one Presbyterian in 1908.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225899423 |title=CONDAH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. |newspaper=The Hamilton Spectator |issue=7531 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=10 September 1908 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}

Traditional ownership

The formally recognised traditional owners for the area in which Condah sits are the Gunditjmara People{{cite web|title=Map of formally recognised traditional owners|url=https://achris.vic.gov.au/weave/wca.html|publisher=Aboriginal Victoria|access-date=2 June 2020}} who are represented by the Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation.{{cite web|title= Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal |url= https://www.gunditjmirring.com/|publisher= Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation|access-date=2 June 2020}}

Notable people

W J (Billy) Millard, the winner of the inaugural 1878 Stawell Gift was a resident of Condah;{{cite web |work=Stawell Gift website |title=History |url=http://www.stawellgift.com/images/stories/HistoricDocs/First%2520100%2520Years.pdf |format=PDF |access-date=17 October 2008 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Andrew Lovett, Wally Lovett, Glenn Lovett and Nathan Lovett-Murray, all AFL football players, are Gunditjmara people either from Lake Condah or have relatives in the area.{{Citation |last=Ballarat Genealogy |title=School at South Condah pupil list 1893 |url=http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/condah/ss3055_condahsouth.htm |access-date=17 October 2008 |archive-date=22 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080722021812/http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/condah/ss3055_condahsouth.htm |url-status=dead }}

References

External links

Category:Towns in Victoria (state)

Category:Western District (Victoria)