Springhurst, Victoria
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Springhurst is a town in north-eastern Victoria, Australia. It is in the Rural City of Wangaratta local government area, {{convert|280|km|mi}} north east of the state capital and 16 km from the city of Wangaratta. At the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Springhurst and the surrounding area had a population of 348.
Springhurst was on the Hume Highway between Melbourne and Sydney, but has now been bypassed by the Hume Freeway. Springhurst railway station was the junction for a branch line to Wahgunyah, on the Murray River. The line was closed in the early 1990s. The township has run a Friday night social group in the recreation hall for people to get to know others in the area.
Transport links
Springhurst has a station on the North East railway line from Albury to Melbourne. From Monday to Friday, there is a road coach service from Corowa to Wangaratta, via Rutherglen, that stops at the post office.[https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/1724 Corowa - Wangaratta] Public Transport Victoria
Springhurst Football Club
Springhurst Football Club had been established by 1893,{{cite news |title=Springhurst Football Club|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/236216700 |work=The Corowa Free Press |accessdate=31 October 2020 |page=3 |date=5 May 1893 |via=Trove}} and competed in the Chiltern & District Football Association in 1913 and 1914, in 1919 and 1920, from 1922 to 1927, in 1930, from 1933 to 1937, in 1939, and from 1950 to 1956, after which the Chiltern & District Football Association folded.
Springhurst played in the Ovens and Murray Football League in 1921,{{cite news |title=1921 - O&MFL Final Ladder |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/235501241 |work=The Corowa Free Press |accessdate=31 October 2020 |pages=4 |date=5 August 1921 |via=Trove}} but returned to the Chiltern & District Football Association in 1922.{{cite news |title=Football: Country Matches |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4627615 |work=The Argus |accessdate=1 November 2020 |page=8 |date=14 June 1922 |via=Trove}}
In 1905, Springhurst defeated Chiltern Valley No.2 to win the Federal Junior Football Association premiership.{{cite news |title=Football |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/237963921 |work=The Corowa Free Press |accessdate=31 October 2020 |page=3 |date=8 September 1905 |via=Trove}}
In 1920, Springhurst went through the season without losing a game and defeated Lake Rovers in the Chiltern & District Football Association grand final.{{cite news |title=Country Matches |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4589763 |work=The Argus |accessdate=31 October 2020 |page=4 |date=17 August 1920 |via=Trove}}
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Category:Towns in Victoria (state)