“Lethbridge, Victoria”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

词条

Lethbridge, Victoria

释义

References
External links

{{Use Australian English|date=January 2018}}{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}{{other uses|Lethbridge (disambiguation)}}{{Infobox Australian place
| type = town
| name = Lethbridge
| state = vic
| image = Lethbridge General Store.JPG
| caption = General store
| use_lga_map = yes
| coordinates = {{coord|37|58|0|S|144|08|0|E|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_label_position = top
| lga = Golden Plains Shire
| postcode = 3332
| est =
| pop = 1,014
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}
| pop_footnotes =^[1]
| elevation=
| maxtemp =
| mintemp =
| rainfall =
| stategov = Buninyong
| fedgov = Corangamite
| dist1 = 97
| dir1 = W
| location1= Melbourne
| dist2 = 31
| dir2 = N
| location2= Geelong
| dist3 = 59
| dir3 = SE
| location3= Ballarat
| dist4 = 17
| dir4 = S
| location4= Meredith
| dist5 = 11
| dir5 = N
| location5= Bannockburn
| near-nw = Meredith
| near-n = Meredith
| near-ne = She Oaks
| near-w = Bamganie
| near-e = Maude
| near-sw = Shelford
| near-s = Teesdale
| near-se = Russells Bridge
Bannockburn
}}Lethbridge is a rural township outside Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Bluestone from Lethbridge quarries was used to build several significant buildings in Melbourne, including the steps to the Parliament House. At the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Lethbridge had a population of 1,014.^[1]

Lethbridge Post Office opened on 10 September 1857 and closed in 1980.^[2]

The community of Lethbridge has a range of facilities and services including:

Lethbridge Primary School
The town hall (which offers community groups include Playgroup, Karate, Cub scouts and individual functions)
Lethbridge Airpark
Sports facility (with two football ovals and a tennis court)
General store
Country Fire Authority
Lethy Lake

The railway came to the town with the opening of the Geelong-Ballarat line in 1862,^[3] with the local railway station opened soon after, but today only grain and fruit trains use the line.

Moranghurk, a Lethbridge homestead dating from approximately the 1840s, located on the Midland Highway, is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.^[4]

Peter Lalor, the leader of the Eureka Stockade rebellion, hid overnight in Lethbridge while fleeing from Ballarat to Geelong in November 1854.

George Elmslie, first Labor Premier of Victoria, was born in Lethbridge in 1861.

References

1. ^¹{{Census 2016 AUS | id = SSC21487| name = Lethbridge (State Suburb)| accessdate = 30 August 2017 | quick = on}}
2. ^{{Cite web| last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | accessdate = 2008-04-11 }}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.railgeelong.com/lineguide/geelong|title=Rail Geelong - Geelong Line Guide|publisher=www.railgeelong.com|accessdate=2008-04-23}}
4. ^{{cite web | url=http://vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/places/result_detail/651 | title=Moranghurk (H0266) | publisher=Heritage Victoria | work=Victorian Heritage Register | accessdate=7 July 2014}}

External links

1 : Towns in Victoria (Australia)

随便看

开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。