Waterloo, Victoria
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Waterloo is a locality consisting of a collection of farms and houses approximately 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) north of the town of Beaufort, Victoria
and 162 kilometres (100.7 mi) west north west of the state capital of Melbourne
.
It was originally settled during the Victorian gold rush
as part of the Baxter lead alluvial Gold Mining Precinct, Waterloo Post Office opening on 1 November 1860 and closing in 1965.
The locality is the birth place of Ernest Chinnery
(5 November 1887- 17 December 1972), an Australian anthropologist and public servant who worked extensively in Papua New Guinea
and visited communities along the Sepik
river.
During World War I many men from Waterloo served in the 57th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement of the Australian Army.
Beaufort, Victoria
Beaufort is a town in Victoria, Australia. It is located on the Western Highway midway between Ararat and Ballarat, in the Pyrenees Shire local government area. It is 387 metres above sea level. At the 2001 census, Beaufort had a population of 987...
and 162 kilometres (100.7 mi) west north west of the state capital of Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
.
It was originally settled during the Victorian 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...
as part of the Baxter lead alluvial Gold Mining Precinct, Waterloo Post Office opening on 1 November 1860 and closing in 1965.
The locality is the birth place of Ernest Chinnery
Ernest Chinnery
Ernest William Pearson Chinnery was an Australian anthropologist and public servant. He worked extensively in Papua New Guinea and visited communities along the Sepik river.-Early life:...
(5 November 1887- 17 December 1972), an Australian anthropologist and public servant who worked extensively in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
and visited communities along the Sepik
Sepik
Sepik may refer to places in Papua New Guinea:*Sepik River*East Sepik - a province*Sandaun - a province formerly known as West Sepik*Sepik region - consisting of East Sepik and Sandaun provincesIn languages it may refer to:...
river.
During World War I many men from Waterloo served in the 57th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement of the Australian Army.