Hansonville, Victoria

Hansonville
Victoria
Hansonville
Coordinates 6°35′31″S 146°15′14″E / 6.592°S 146.254°E / -6.592; 146.254Coordinates: 6°35′31″S 146°15′14″E / 6.592°S 146.254°E / -6.592; 146.254
Population 248 (incl. Greta South)[1]
Postcode(s) 3675
Elevation 187[2] m (614 ft)
Location
LGA(s) Rural City of Wangaratta
State electorate(s) Ovens Valley
Federal Division(s) Division of Indi
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
22.4 °C
72 °F
6.9 °C
44 °F
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Hansonville is a locality in the Greta district of Victoria, Australia. It is part of the Rural City of Wangaratta. It had a school[3] in 1880. The postcode is 3675.

Roads in the place include Moyhu-Hansonville Rd, Banksdale Rd and Glenrowan-Moyhu Road. In the south part is School Road and Banksdale Road.[4] Factory Creek flows to the north through the area.[5]

People growing up in Hansonville include Tim Newth, co-director of the Tracks Dance Company;[6] Captain Austin Mahony who won a military cross at Pozières;[7] and John Legg (born 1892) a veterinary scientist prominent in the CSIRO.[8]

A polling place for the Division of Indi is located at Greta Complex, Greta Recreation Reserve, Greta West-Greta South Rd. In 2004 this booth returned a 82% vote for liberal and 12% for labor for the House of Representatives.[9]

References

  1. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2011/quickstat/GL_VIC1126?opendocument&navpos=220
  2. http://weather.mla.com.au/climate-history/vic/hansonville
  3. "Greta at KellyGang". KellyGang and Friends Incorporated. 30 Dec 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  4. "HANSONVILLE Street Map, VIC". Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  5. "Mapsheet 24 Guide to Deer Hunting". Department of Sustainability and Environment. 3 April 2009. ISBN 1741520592. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  6. "Newth Tim (1962-)". People and organisations – Trove. 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  7. Carlyon, Les (2010). The Great War. Pan Macmillan. pp. 725–726. ISBN 9780330424967. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  8. Beverley M. Angus (2012). "Legg, John (1892–1984)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  9. "POLLING PLACE – GRETA VALLEY". Polling Place Results. Australian Electoral Commission. 9 November 2005. Retrieved 11 June 2014.


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