en Yendon, Victoria

Yendon
Victoria
Yendon; Victoria
	A tree-lined street in Yendon
	Yendon
Coordinates	37°38′S 143°58′E / 37.633°S 143.967°E
Population	307 (2016 census)
Postcode(s)	3352
Location	108 km (67 mi) WNW of Melbourne ; 13 km (8 mi) SE of Ballarat ;
LGA(s)	Shire of Moorabool
State electorate(s)	Eureka
Federal division(s)	Ballarat

Yendon is a locality in Victoria, Australia. The town is located in the Shire of Moorabool, 108 kilometres (67 mi) west of the state capital, Melbourne and approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) 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".^[2]

At the 2016 census, Yendon had a population of 307.^[1]

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.^[3] A substantial two-storey bluestone station building was opened in 1862. It was demolished in 1969,^[2] and the stone was reused to construct garden retaining walls at the Ballarat Institute of Advanced Education, now Federation University.^[4]

Yendon's first school, the Common School, opened in 1864, and became Yendon State School in 1879. It closed at the end of 1993.^[5]^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Yendon". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Yendon". Victorian Places. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
^ "Yendon Township Information Display". Goldfields Guide. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
^ "Photograph - black and white - Yendon Railway Station, 1968". Victorian Collection. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
^ Public Record Office Archive, [www.archivalaccessvictoria.com/Downloads/PROV_SCHOOL_LIST.xlsx], accessed 28 November 2016
^ "Plaque, bronze, school". Victorian Collection. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 24 March 2020.