Condah Explained

Type:	town
Condah
State:	vic
Pushpin Label Position:	right
Lga:	Shire of Glenelg
Use Lga Map:	yes
Postcode:	3303
Pop:	121
Stategov:	South-West Coast
Fedgov:	Wannon
Dist1:	334
Dir1:	W
Location1:	Melbourne
Dist2:	47
Dir2:	N
Location2:	Portland
Dist3:	38
Dir3:	SW
Location3:	Hamilton
Dist4:	20
Dir4:	NE
Location4:	Heywood

Condah is a small town in south west Victoria, Australia and is located on the Henty Highway north of Heywood. At the 2006 census, Condah and the surrounding area had a population of 272.

It is about to north-west of Lake Condah, Budj Bim National Park and Budj Bim.

History

• Condah Pub has been open since 1854 and still thrives today.
• A cemetery was set aside in May 1863.^[1]
• Condah Post Office opened on 12 May 1868 and closed in 2001.^[2]
• Two churches were opened, one Anglican in 1883,^[3] one Presbyterian in 1908.^[4]

Traditional ownership

The formally recognised traditional owners for the area in which Condah sits are the Gunditjmara People^[5] who are represented by the Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation.^[6]

Notable people

• W J (Billy) Millard, the winner of the inaugural 1878 Stawell Gift was a resident of Condah;^[7]
• Andrew Lovett, Wally Lovett, Glenn Lovett and Nathan Lovett-Murray, all AFL football players, are Gunditjmara people either from Lake Condah or have relatives in the area.

Notes and References

1. News: GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. . . 6,371 . Victoria, Australia . 7 November 1866 . 6 . National Library of Australia.
2. News: COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. . . 6,840 . Victoria, Australia . 12 May 1868 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
3. News: ST. THOMAS'S CHURCH, CONDAH. . The Church of England Messenger . XVI . 178 . Victoria, Australia . 3 July 1883 . 8 . National Library of Australia.
4. News: CONDAH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. . . 7531 . Victoria, Australia . 10 September 1908 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
5. Web site: Map of formally recognised traditional owners. Aboriginal Victoria. 2 June 2020.
6. Web site: Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal . Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation. 2 June 2020.
7. Web site: Stawell Gift website . History . PDF . 17 October 2008 .