Yendon, Victoria

{{Infobox Australian place

| name = Yendon

| image = YendonStreet.JPG

| caption = A tree-lined street in Yendon

| type = town

| state = vic

| lga = Shire of Moorabool

| coordinates = {{coord|37|38|S|143|58|E|display=inline,title|region:AU_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}}

| use_lga_map = yes

| est =

| postcode = 3352

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| pop = 307

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}

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| stategov = Eureka

| fedgov = Ballarat

| dist1 = 108

| dir1 = WNW

| location1= Melbourne

| dist2 = 13

| dir2 = SE

| location2= Ballarat

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Yendon is a locality in Victoria, Australia. The town is located in the Shire of Moorabool, {{convert|108|km|mi}} west of the state capital, Melbourne and approximately {{convert|13|km|0}} south-east of Ballarat. The town was originally called Buninyong East, but was changed in 1879 to Yendon, believed to be an Indigenous Australian word meaning "waterhole".{{cite web |title=Yendon |url=https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/yendon |publisher=Victorian Places |access-date=2020-03-24}}

At the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Yendon had a population of 307.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC22912 |name=Yendon|access-date=22 July 2017|quick=on}}

History

The Geelong-Ballarat railway line passed through Yendon, and for a while in the early 1860s it was the terminus of the line. The station was originally called Buninyong, but was changed to Yendon in 1876.{{cite web |title=Yendon Township Information Display |url=https://www.goldfieldsguide.com.au/explore-location/251/yendon-township-information-display/ |website=Goldfields Guide |access-date=2020-03-24}} A substantial two-storey bluestone station building was opened in 1862. It was demolished in 1969, and the stone was reused to construct garden retaining walls at the Ballarat Institute of Advanced Education, now Federation University.{{cite web |title=Photograph - black and white - Yendon Railway Station, 1968 |url=https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/502d953b2162ef0a00627fd8 |website=Victorian Collection |publisher=Museums Victoria |access-date=2020-03-24}}

Yendon's first school, the Common School, opened in 1864, and became Yendon State School in 1879. It closed at the end of 1993.Public Record Office Archive, [www.archivalaccessvictoria.com/Downloads/PROV_SCHOOL_LIST.xlsx], accessed 28 November 2016{{cite web |title=Plaque, bronze, school |url=https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/4f72aa3f97f83e0308603459 |website=Victorian Collection |publisher=Museums Victoria |access-date=2020-03-24}}

References

External links

[https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/4f72aa3397f83e0308603440 Drawing of the Yendon Railway Station]

Category:Towns in Victoria (state)