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Netherby

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Hindmarsh Shire Council VIC, PO Box 250, Netherby, VIC 3418
03 5391 4444

Description

Netherby is a town in western Victoria, in Australia.

Netherby is a town in western Victoria, in Australia. The town is approximately 406 kilometres (252 mi) north west from Melbourne.

History

The town was originally known as Warraquil. It was renamed to Netherby in 1886 due to the towns first teacher getting confused and going to a town with a similar name (Warragul - 520 kilometres (320 mi) away). The town takes its name from the British full-rigged ship Netherby, 944 tons, which was wrecked on King Island in Bass Strait on 17 July 1866.The ship was carrying 52 crew and 452 emigrants to Brisbane, Queensland and all hands landed safely.After the castaways were rescued and taken to Melbourne, few elected to continue on to Queensland and many settled in the district of Victoria then being opened up that was named after their ship.

Netherby Post Office opened on 1 September 1886 and closed in 1975.

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Type: Towns

Population: 101 - 1,000

Time zone: UTC +11:00

Area: 422.975 km2

Elevation: 51 to 200 metres

Town elevation: 127 m

Population number: 120

Local Government Area: Hindmarsh Shire Council

Location

Hindmarsh Shire Council VIC, PO Box 250, Netherby, VIC 3418

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Attribution

This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Netherby, Victoria