Baddaginnie, Victoria
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Baddaginnie is a small town in Victoria
, Australia
. It is located on the Albury-Wodonga railway line, in the Rural City of Benalla
, 12 kilometres south-west of Benalla
itself on the old Hume Highway
. It is situated in mainly flat unforested country, one kilometre west of Baddaginnie Creek. At the 2006 census
, Baddaginnie and the surrounding area had a population of 460.
The town was surveyed in 1857, named after the nearby Baddaginnie Creek, but settlement was slow, a Post Office finally opening on 16 September 1879.
George "Joey" Palmer
, the 1880s Australian test cricket
er, died there on 22 August 1910.
Although often mistaken for an Aboriginal
word, Baddaginnie was the name given to the local township by Ceylonese
railway workers building the Melbourne-Sydney rail line in the 1860s. According to local legend, when provisions failed to arrive at the settlement, the Ceylonese men named their camp 'baddaginnie' meaning "hungry" in the Sinhala language (bada is 'stomach' and ginnie is 'fire'). Another theory is that the name was supplied by the surveyor, who had spent some time in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka
), as the survey team was without food when it arrived there.
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, Australia
Australia
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. It is located on the Albury-Wodonga railway line, in the Rural City of Benalla
Rural City of Benalla
The Rural City of Benalla is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the north-eastern part of the state. It has a population of 13,523 and an area of 235,059 ha...
, 12 kilometres south-west of Benalla
Benalla, Victoria
Benalla is a city of just over 9,000 people located just off the Hume Freeway in north-eastern Victoria, Australia, about southwest of Wangaratta. Its Local Government Area is the Rural City of Benalla.- Overview :...
itself on the old Hume Highway
Hume Highway
The Hume Highway/Hume Freeway is one of Australia's major inter-city highways, running for 880 km between Sydney and Melbourne. It is part of the Auslink National Network and is a vital link for road freight to transport goods to and from the two cities as well as serving Albury-Wodonga and...
. It is situated in mainly flat unforested country, one kilometre west of Baddaginnie Creek. At the 2006 census
Census in Australia
The Australian census is administered once every five years by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The most recent census was conducted on 9 August 2011; the next will be conducted in 2016. Prior to the introduction of regular censuses in 1961, they had also been run in 1901, 1911, 1921, 1933,...
, Baddaginnie and the surrounding area had a population of 460.
The town was surveyed in 1857, named after the nearby Baddaginnie Creek, but settlement was slow, a Post Office finally opening on 16 September 1879.
George "Joey" Palmer
George Palmer (cricketer)
George "Joey" Eugene Palmer was an Australian cricketer who played in 17 Tests between 1880 and 1886....
, the 1880s Australian test cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er, died there on 22 August 1910.
Although often mistaken for an Aboriginal
Australian Aborigines
Australian Aborigines , also called Aboriginal Australians, from the latin ab originem , are people who are indigenous to most of the Australian continentthat is, to mainland Australia and the island of Tasmania...
word, Baddaginnie was the name given to the local township by Ceylonese
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
railway workers building the Melbourne-Sydney rail line in the 1860s. According to local legend, when provisions failed to arrive at the settlement, the Ceylonese men named their camp 'baddaginnie' meaning "hungry" in the Sinhala language (bada is 'stomach' and ginnie is 'fire'). Another theory is that the name was supplied by the surveyor, who had spent some time in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
), as the survey team was without food when it arrived there.