Henty, Victoria

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Henty is a town in southwestern Victoria, Australia. The town is located in the Shire of Glenelg local government area, {{convert|373|km|mi|0}} west of the state capital, Melbourne.

Henty is in the middle of the Henty wine region, which is also named after the early settlers.

History

File:Henty Victoria Sign and Monuments.JPG

The Henty and Merino area was the region of the first white settlement in what is now Victoria by the Henty brothers, starting in 1834. The indigenous custodians were the Bonedai Gundigj clan.

The railway station opened in 1884, on the Casterton railway line branch from the Portland line at Branxholme. The station closed in 1967 and the line in 1977.

Parts of the early pastoral runs were later used for soldier settlement schemes after both world wars.Sign at Henty memorials The World War II scheme provided a total of {{convert|3597|acres}} in 25 lots to returned soldiers and their families in what was known as Hindson's Estate.Plaque at Henty erected in 2007

Henty Post Office opened on 16 April 1885 and closed in 1977.{{Citation | last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Henty* | access-date = 10 April 2021 }}

Traditional ownership

The formally recognised traditional owners for the area in which Henty 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|accessdate=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|accessdate=2 June 2020}}

References

External links

Category:Towns in Victoria (state)