Eganstown, Victoria Explained

Type:town
Eganstown
State:vic
Pushpin Label Position:right
Lga:Shire of Hepburn
Use Lga Map:yes
Postcode:3461
Coordinates:-37.3667°N 144.0833°W
Pop:203
Elevation:572

Eganstown is a town located in the Shire of Hepburn, Victoria, Australia. At the 2016 census, Eganstown and the surrounding area had a population of 203.

West of Daylesford, Victoria on the Midland Highway.Until 1872, called Blanket Flat, the town takes its name from John Egan who secured a lease of land here in 1848.[1] The land had originally been taken up by J.W. Berry in 1840.[2] The area contains the Deep Creek Mineral Spring and Corinella Spring.

Deep Creek Post Office opened on 21 January 1861, was renamed Egan's Town in 1872 and Eganstown around 1917, closing in 1969.[3]

Corinella Run

The Corinella Run was on Deep Creek and John Egan ran sheep there.[2] Egan took the name Corinella from the Aboriginal place name Koorinella, which means a place where kangaroos drink.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Darwin . Norm . SQUATTERS ON THE UPPER LODDON . Ballarat Genealogy Society . 2008-12-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090126063911/http://ballaratgenealogy.org.au/art/loddon.htm . 2009-01-26 .
  2. Book: MacDonald, Janet . Garry Powell . Double Gold: 1870s Mining and Farming Diaries . Prahran Mechanics' Institute Press . 2008 . Windsor, Victoria . 978-0-9804536-2-1 .
  3. Web site: Premier Postal History . Post Office List . 2008-04-11 .