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Town in Victoria, Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Newlyn North is a locality in the Shire of Hepburn, in Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 230,[1] decreasing from 283 in the 2011 census.[2] Newlyn North and Newlyn split in 1915 after a naming dispute between the town's two post offices.
Newlyn North Victoria | |
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Coordinates | |
Population | 230 (2021 census)[1] |
Postcode(s) | 3364 |
LGA(s) | Shire of Hepburn |
State electorate(s) | Ripon |
Federal division(s) | Ballarat |
Newlyn, Victoria is a town in the Shire of Hepburn on the Midland Highway.[2] By 1915, Newlyn had two post offices. The first opened as the Bella Vue Post Office before it moved to the railway station and was renamed the Newlyn Railway Station Post Office.[3] The second was more to the north and had operated under the name Newlyn Post Office ever since it had opened, forty-six years prior to 1915. It was then conducted by J. Williams.[4]
In 1915, the Newlyn Railway Station Post Office relocated and now that the name no longer fit sixty residents signed a petition to rename it the Newlyn Post Office. Upon learning of this, 118 residents who were served by Williams' post office opted to keep it as the Newlyn Post Office.[3] The Postmaster-General regardless renamed it Newlyn North, much to some residents' anger.[4] Williams said in a meeting, to laughter, that:
...the residents near the Newlyn station had no more right to grab the name of their [Newlyn] Post Office than the German army had to march, over Belgium.
Newlyn and Newlyn North are 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) away from each other.[2]
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