Tarrington Victoria | |
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Coordinates | 37°46′S 142°06′E / 37.767°S 142.100°E |
Population | 328 ( 2021 census) |
Postcode(s) | 3301 |
Location | |
LGA(s) | Shire of Southern Grampians |
State electorate(s) | Lowan |
Federal division(s) | Wannon |
Tarrington is a village in the Southern Grampians Shire in South-west Victoria, Australia close to Hamilton. It has a large Lutheran Church, along with a school, church, hall, oval, cafe/restaurant, computer repair service, quarry, day-care centre and a fire station. At the 2021 census, Tarrington had a population of 328. [1]
Tarrington was formerly known as Bukecy or Hochkirch, named by Sorbian immigrants coming from the area of that name in Saxony, Germany.[ citation needed] The town was settled in the early 1860s and the Hochkirch Post Office opened on 15 February 1861 (now closed and replaced by a hut that houses PO boxes) and renamed Tarrington on 1 March 1918 due to the anti-German sentiment of that time. [2]
Tarrington Victoria | |
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Coordinates | 37°46′S 142°06′E / 37.767°S 142.100°E |
Population | 328 ( 2021 census) |
Postcode(s) | 3301 |
Location | |
LGA(s) | Shire of Southern Grampians |
State electorate(s) | Lowan |
Federal division(s) | Wannon |
Tarrington is a village in the Southern Grampians Shire in South-west Victoria, Australia close to Hamilton. It has a large Lutheran Church, along with a school, church, hall, oval, cafe/restaurant, computer repair service, quarry, day-care centre and a fire station. At the 2021 census, Tarrington had a population of 328. [1]
Tarrington was formerly known as Bukecy or Hochkirch, named by Sorbian immigrants coming from the area of that name in Saxony, Germany.[ citation needed] The town was settled in the early 1860s and the Hochkirch Post Office opened on 15 February 1861 (now closed and replaced by a hut that houses PO boxes) and renamed Tarrington on 1 March 1918 due to the anti-German sentiment of that time. [2]