{"id":5267,"date":"2022-01-13T23:04:24","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T15:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countryairstrips.com.au\/?post_type=listing&p=5267"},"modified":"2023-05-05T10:42:38","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T02:42:38","slug":"hopetoun-victoria","status":"publish","type":"listing","link":"https:\/\/countryairstrips.com.au\/listing\/hopetoun-victoria\/","title":{"rendered":"Hopetoun Victoria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Hopetoun Victoria<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Hopetoun in Victoria<\/a><\/strong> is a rural township in the Mallee region of the state. The town came about from a settlement beside Lake Coorong, which is fed by the Yarriambiack Creek. The creek is a distributary of the Wimmera River that has headwaters in the Grampians. The river flows parallel to most of the Henty Highway and ends in the lake. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hopetoun district was settled as a pastoral run in 1846, and in 1877 the run was acquired by Edward Lascelles. Despite the depredations of vermin and rabbits, Lascelles undertook clearing and fencing off part of his run for agricultural uses. He had farm and township blocks surveyed in 1889 and persuaded the Victorian Governor, Lord Hopetoun, to visit his pastoral station in 1890. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The naming of the township followed, and the first land sales occurred in 1891. Lascelles\u2019 residence, Hopetoun House was built in 1891.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sufficient settlers took up farms for a government school to be opened in 1892. In 1893 Lascelles persuaded the Government to extend the railway line from Beulah to Hopetoun. Wheat harvests then had a ready access to markets. By then the township had a newspaper, a Methodist church, several stores and cricket and football clubs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Early Years of Hopetoun <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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