Heywood, Victoria
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2011}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = town
| name = Heywood
| state = vic
| image = HeywoodWarMemorial.JPG
| caption = War memorial at Heywood
| lga = Shire of Glenelg
| postcode = 3304
| est =
| pop = 1,815
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| pop_footnotes =
| use_lga_map = yes
| coordinates = {{coord|38|08|0|S|141|37|0|E|display=inline,title}}
| elevation= 27
| maxtemp = 19.2
| mintemp = 8.0
| rainfall = 804.6
| stategov = South-West Coast
| fedgov = Wannon
| dist1 = 357
| dir1 = W
| location1= Melbourne
| dist2 = 27
| dir2 = N
| location2= Portland
}}
Heywood ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|eɪ|w|ʊ|d}} {{respell|HAY|wuud}}){{cite book |editor-last=Butler |editor-first=S. |title=Macquarie Dictionary |edition=5th |contribution=Heywood |contribution-url=http://www.macquariedictionary.com.au |year=2009 |publisher=Macquarie Dictionary Publishers Pty Ltd |location=Sydney |isbn=978-1-876429-66-9 |pages=1952 pages |no-pp=y}} is a town on the Fitzroy River in the Australian state of Victoria. It is situated at an elevation of 27 metres amidst rolling green hills in an agricultural, pastoral and timbercutting district. Heywood is {{convert|357|km|mi|0}} west of Melbourne at the intersection of the Princes and Henty Highways and {{convert|27|km|mi|0}} north of Portland. It is on the railway line to Portland, at the junction of the presently-unused branch to Mount Gambier, South Australia.
The winner of several past "Tidy Town" awards, it is often referred to as the "Jewel of the Southwest".
History
Prior to European settlement the area was occupied by the Gunditjmara Aborigines.[http://www.dpc.vic.gov.au/domino/Web_Notes/newmedia.nsf/955cbeae7df9460dca256c8c00152d2b/bbc4cb8ac722069dca2571ff0002610c!OpenDocument MINISTER FOR ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS - "NEW ABORIGINAL GROUP TO ADVISE ON CULTURAL HERITAGE" - Friday, 6 October 2006] David Edgar built the Bush Tavern on the townsite in 1842 and a settlement emerged. Formerly known as Fitzroy Crossing it became known as Edgar's. The township was surveyed in 1852 by Lindsay Clarke who named it after [[Heywood, Lancashire
]] in England. The first town allotments were sold in 1854 and a Post Office opened on 8 August 1857.{{Citation| last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Heywood* | access-date = 7 March 2021 }}
Heywood has won many Tidy Town awards. {{Citation needed|date=July 2008}}
Traditional ownership
The formally recognised traditional owners for the area in which Heywood 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}}
Demographics
Sport
The town has an Australian rules football team, the Heywood Lions, which until 2011 competed in the Western Border Football League. In 2012 it transferred to the lower grade South West District Football League. Essendon midfielder Nathan Lovett-Murray, played for the Lions in his junior career.
Golfers play at the course of the Heywood Golf Club on Golf Club Road.
Climate
Heywood has a Mediterranean influenced oceanic climate with mildly warm, dry summers and cool, very wet winters.
{{Weather box|width=auto
|metric first=y
|single line=y
|collapsed = Y
|location = Heywood, Victoria (1981–2009 normals, extremes 1965–2009)
|Jan record high C = 43.2
|Feb record high C = 43.4
|Mar record high C = 41.0
|Apr record high C = 35.0
|May record high C = 28.6
|Jun record high C = 21.1
|Jul record high C = 21.4
|Aug record high C = 25.8
|Sep record high C = 28.9
|Oct record high C = 32.8
|Nov record high C = 37.8
|Dec record high C = 42.5
| year record high C = 43.4
|Jan record low C = 0.6
|Feb record low C = 1.3
|Mar record low C = -0.7
|Apr record low C = -3.6
|May record low C = -2.3
|Jun record low C = -5.0
|Jul record low C = -4.5
|Aug record low C = -4.6
|Sep record low C = -1.8
|Oct record low C = -2.8
|Nov record low C = -1.0
|Dec record low C = 1.0
| year record low C = -5.0
|Jan high C = 24.5
|Feb high C = 25.0
|Mar high C = 22.9
|Apr high C = 20.3
|May high C = 17.4
|Jun high C = 14.6
|Jul high C = 14.2
|Aug high C = 15.3
|Sep high C = 16.9
|Oct high C = 19.4
|Nov high C = 21.2
|Dec high C = 22.5
| year high C = 19.5
|Jan low C = 11.6
|Feb low C = 11.9
|Mar low C = 10.7
|Apr low C = 8.1
|May low C = 6.6
|Jun low C = 4.8
|Jul low C = 4.8
|Aug low C = 5.5
|Sep low C = 6.4
|Oct low C = 7.4
|Nov low C = 8.8
|Dec low C = 10
| year low C = 8.0
|rain colour = green
|Jan rain mm = 30.7
|Feb rain mm = 25.5
|Mar rain mm = 41.9
|Apr rain mm = 52.6
|May rain mm = 62.8
|Jun rain mm = 89.0
|Jul rain mm = 96.0
|Aug rain mm = 100.5
|Sep rain mm = 84.8
|Oct rain mm = 62.6
|Nov rain mm = 51.6
|Dec rain mm = 46.9
|year rain mm = 743.5
|unit rain days = 1.0 mm
| Jan rain days = 5.3
| Feb rain days = 4.0
| Mar rain days = 6.4
| Apr rain days = 7.5
| May rain days = 9.6
| Jun rain days = 11.9
| Jul rain days = 12.7
| Aug rain days = 12.3
| Sep rain days = 11.1
| Oct rain days = 9.4
| Nov rain days = 7.4
| Dec rain days = 6.6
| year rain days = 104.2
|source 1 = Australian Bureau of Meteorology{{cite web
| url = http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_090048_All.shtml
| title = Climate statistics for Australian locations- HEYWOOD FORESTRY
| date = 8 July 2024}}
}}
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
- Learmonth, Noel F. (1970). Four Towns and a Survey. Hawthorn Press: Melbourne
External links
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Category:Towns in Victoria (state)
Category:Western District (Victoria)
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