Linton, Victoria

Traditionally, the Wadawurrung people occupied the land around Linton and called the area "Kayjup". Today the park at Edinburgh Reserve recognises this history.

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Linton was then first settled by Europeans about 1840 and was named after a pioneer family in an area.

Gold was found in 1855 in what became known as Linton's Diggings, which subsequently became Old Linton's when a new township was built on Surface Hill in 1860. This was the beginning of the town we know today as Linton.. Chinese people, among others, mined the local shafts until the gold ran out. The miners remained in the area and set up market gardens. The Post Office opened on 5 November 1857 as Linton's and was renamed Linton around 1860.{{Citation | last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Linton* | access-date = 28 March 2021 }} Much mining equipment can still be found in the Linton district.

The local Grenville Standard newspaper began publication in April 1895, and ran for 2,389 issues, ceasing 25 October 1941.{{Cite book|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/35635185|title=The Grenville standard|date=1895|publisher=Linton, [Victoria] Hubert Alfred Adams, -1941|language=English}} The 1914–1918 years of the newspaper have been digitised as part of the Australian digitised newspapers project.{{Cite web|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/title/566|title=Grenville Standard (Vic. : 1915 - 1918)|website=Trove|language=en|access-date=2018-02-27}}

The ALP politician and Leader of the Federal Opposition 1922–28, Matthew Charlton, was born in Linton in 1866.

In December 1998, five firefighters were killed when they became trapped in a tanker while battling a bushfire near Linton.{{cite web |last1=Johnstone |first1=Graeme (State Coroner) |last2=Gyorffy |first2=Tom |last3=Livermore |first3=Garry |title=Report of the Investigation and Inquests into a Wildfire and the Deaths of Five Firefighters at Linton on 2 December 1998 |url=https://s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/hdp.au.prod.app.vic-engage.files/5814/8610/1351/Attachment_-_UFU_Submission_to_FSR_-_ANNEXURE_34_1.pdf |publisher=State Coroner's Office, Victoria |access-date=10 January 2020 |date=11 January 2002| page=278}} Section=14.1.28

Edinburgh Reserve is home to the Living Sculptures project. The Living Sculptures are indigenous gardens designed by Wadawurrung Traditional Owners shaped as a Buniya (Eel) and Kadak (Snake).{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2023-04-08|title=Living Sculptures Come to Life in Linton, 6 September 2022|url=https://www.goldenplains.vic.gov.au/news/living-sculptures-comes-life-linton|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2024-06-19|website=Golden Plains Shire}}

In 2023, Golden Plains Shire commemorated Linton woman and acclaimed medical practitioner and pediatrician Vera Scantlebury Brown by commissioning a life-sized sculpture of her to be housed on the Avenue of Honour.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2023-04-08|title=Linton Born Female War Surgeon Honoured, 18 April 2023|url=https://www.goldenplains.vic.gov.au/news/linton-born-female-war-surgeon-honoured|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2024-06-19|website=Golden Plains Shire}}

Linton is home to the nearby Clarkesdale Bird Sanctuary which is a nature reserve focused on protecting and restoring habitat for woodland birds.

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• {{Wikivoyage-inline|Linton}}
• http://www.lintonhistory.org.au/
• [http://www.lintoncommunity.com www.lintoncommunity.com] – Linton community website
• [http://www.travelmate.com.au/Places/Places.asp?TownName=Linton_%5C_VIC travelmate.com.au] – Linton, Victoria

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Category:Towns in Victoria (state)

Category:Mining towns in Victoria (state)

Category:Western District (Victoria)

Category:1840 establishments in Australia

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