Tarrington, Victoria
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Tarrington is a village in the Southern Grampians Shire in South-west Victoria, Australia close to Hamilton. It has a large Lutheran Church, along with a school, church, hall, oval, cafe/restaurant, computer repair service, quarry, day-care centre and a fire station. At the 2021 census, Tarrington had a population of 328.[1]
Tarrington was formerly known as Bukecy or Hochkirch, named by Sorbian immigrants coming from the area of that name in Saxony, Germany.[citation needed] The town was settled in the early 1860s and the Hochkirch Post Office opened on 15 February 1861 (now closed and replaced by a hut that houses PO boxes) and renamed Tarrington on 1 March 1918 due to the anti-German sentiment of that time.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "2021 Community Profiles: Tarrington". 2021 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 6 March 2021
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