Lemnos, Victoria

Lemnos Victoria
The entry to Lemnos Reserve
Lemnos Location in Victoria
Coordinates	36°21′S 145°27′E
Population	246 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)	3630
Elevation	115 m (377 ft)
Location	201 km (125 mi) N of Melbourne 10 km (6 mi) NE of Shepparton 63 km (39 mi) NW of Benalla
LGA(s)	City of Greater Shepparton
Region	Goulburn Valley
State electorate(s)	Shepparton
Federal division(s)	Nicholls

Lemnos is a locality in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia, on the outskirts of the regional city of Shepparton. At the 2006 census, Lemnos had a population of 369,[2] which had dropped to 246 at the 2016 census.[1]

The locality was established in 1927 as a soldier settlement area after the First World War. It was named by Ernest Hill, a returned soldier and soldier settler, after the Greek island of Lemnos, which was an operational base for the Gallipoli campaign and to which wounded Australian soldiers were evacuated.[3][4]

Lemnos has a state school, general store with a post office agency, and a large farming community. Lemnos is also home to a Campbell Soup Company factory.[4] In 2020, Lemnos was the site of Australia's only surgical mask factory, operated by Med-Con Pty Ltd.[5][6]

References

Media related to Lemnos, Victoria at Wikimedia Commons

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Lemnos (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Lemnos (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
3. Barlass, Tim (11 April 2015). "Anzac Day 2015: Anzac nurses who treated Gallipoli wounded at hospital island of Lemnos remembered by families". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
4. "Lemnos". Victorian Places. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
5. "Defence response to COVID-19". Department of Defence. 28 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
6. "DAILY UPDATE - Defence response to COVID-19". Department of Defence. 28 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.