Campbells Creek, Victoria
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Campbells Creek is a town in Victoria
, Australia
.
The town sits on the southern outskirts of Castlemaine
on the Midland Highway.
The town derives its name from a tributary of the Loddon, Campbells Creek, which flows through the township.
At the 2006 Census, Campbells Creek had a population of 1,266.
Campbells creek was founded during the gold rush
of the 1850's
.
The Post Office opened on 16 April 1858.
The town has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League
. The highest ever score in a senior game of Australian Rules football was scored by Campbells Creek, 100.34.634, defeating Primrose, 3.0.18, in a game in 1990.
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
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
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The town sits on the southern outskirts of Castlemaine
Castlemaine, Victoria
Castlemaine is a city in Victoria, Australia, in the Goldfields region of Victoria about 120 kilometres northwest by road from Melbourne, and about 40 kilometres from the major provincial centre of Bendigo. It is the administrative and economic centre of the Shire of Mount Alexander. The...
on the Midland Highway.
The town derives its name from a tributary of the Loddon, Campbells Creek, which flows through the township.
At the 2006 Census, Campbells Creek had a population of 1,266.
Campbells creek was founded during the gold rush
Victorian gold rush
The Victorian gold rush was a period in the history of Victoria, Australia approximately between 1851 and the late 1860s. In 10 years the Australian population nearly tripled.- Overview :During this era Victoria dominated the world's gold output...
of the 1850's
1850s
- Wars :* Crimean war fought between Imperial Russia and an alliance consisting of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Second French Empire, the Kingdom of Sardinia and the Ottoman Empire...
.
The Post Office opened on 16 April 1858.
The town has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League
Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League
The Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League is an Australian rules football league based in central Victoria. This is a minor league with clubs coming from towns near the regional centres of Maryborough, and Castlemaine.-History:...
. The highest ever score in a senior game of Australian Rules football was scored by Campbells Creek, 100.34.634, defeating Primrose, 3.0.18, in a game in 1990.