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== History == |
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[[File:Strangways Survey Map 1878.jpg|thumb|Strangways, County of Talbot, Victoria. Department of Crown Lands and Survey & Noone, John. (1878).]] |
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The original inhabitants of Strangways are the Gunangara gundidj clan of the [[Djadjawurrung|Dja Dja Wurrung]]. In early 1841 the Loddon Valley at Strangways was considered but rejected as a Protectorate site, in favour of [[Djadjawurrung#Loddon Aboriginal Protectorate Station at Franklinford|Mount Franklin]] (''Lalgambook).''<ref>{{Cite book|last=Attwood|first=Bain|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52543785|title=My country : a history of the Djadja Wurrung 1837-1864|date=1999|publisher=Monash University|others=Dja Dja Wrung Aboriginal Association|isbn=0-7326-1766-9|location=Clayton, Vic.|oclc=52543785}}</ref> |
The original inhabitants of Strangways are the Gunangara gundidj clan of the [[Djadjawurrung|Dja Dja Wurrung]]. In early 1841 the Loddon Valley at Strangways was considered but rejected as a Protectorate site, in favour of [[Djadjawurrung#Loddon Aboriginal Protectorate Station at Franklinford|Mount Franklin]] (''Lalgambook).'' A census undertaken in 1840 recorded 282 Dja Dja Wurrung of an estimate of 900–1900 by [[Thomas Mitchell (explorer)|Thomas Mitchell]], passed through their territory in 1836.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lester|first=Alan|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/879022847|title=Colonization and the origins of humanitarian governance : protecting aborigines across the nineteenth-century British empire|date=2014|others=Fae Dussart|isbn=978-1-139-02202-6|location=Cambridge, United Kingdom|oclc=879022847}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Attwood|first=Bain|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52543785|title=My country : a history of the Djadja Wurrung 1837-1864|date=1999|publisher=Monash University|others=Dja Dja Wrung Aboriginal Association|isbn=0-7326-1766-9|location=Clayton, Vic.|oclc=52543785}}</ref> In 1873 the [[Castlemaine Mail|Mount Alexander Mail]] Strangways 'correspondent,' in discussing snakes in the district, by then under cultivation, reported; |
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<blockquote>...blackfellows, are rapidly and happily passing to the extinction that awaits inferior and noxious races, when exposed to the influence of superior natures...<ref>{{Cite news|date=1868-12-17|title=STRANGWAYS.|work=Mount Alexander Mail|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197315510|access-date=2021-11-02}}</ref></blockquote> |
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After the discovery of gold in Central Victoria alluvial deposits were found in the Loddon River at Strangways and in its tributaries. In 1858 Sir [[Richard Graves MacDonnell|Richard Graves McDonnel]], Governor of South Australia is reputed to have explored Strangways and Loddon Springs in 1858,<ref>{{Cite book|last=Favenc|first=Ernest|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.63093|title=The history of Australian exploration from 1788 to 1888 : compiled from state documents, private papers, and the most authentic sources in information : issued under the auspices of the Government of the Australian colonies /|date=1888|publisher=Turner & Henderson,|location=Sydney :}}</ref> however the Surveyor General's Office, Melbourne issued a plan of an allotment abutting Muckleford Creek in the area already listed in 1856 as the Parish of Strangways.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Philps (lithographer)|first=J. P.|date=14 July 1856|title=Surveyor General's Office, Plan of allotment in the Parish of Strangways|url=http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/103808|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-02|website=State Library Victoria}}</ref> |
After the discovery of gold in Central Victoria alluvial deposits were found in the Loddon River at Strangways and in its tributaries. In 1858 Sir [[Richard Graves MacDonnell|Richard Graves McDonnel]], Governor of South Australia is reputed to have explored Strangways and Loddon Springs in 1858,<ref>{{Cite book|last=Favenc|first=Ernest|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.63093|title=The history of Australian exploration from 1788 to 1888 : compiled from state documents, private papers, and the most authentic sources in information : issued under the auspices of the Government of the Australian colonies /|date=1888|publisher=Turner & Henderson,|location=Sydney :}}</ref> however the Surveyor General's Office, Melbourne issued a plan of an allotment abutting Muckleford Creek in the area already listed in 1856 as the Parish of Strangways.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Philps (lithographer)|first=J. P.|date=14 July 1856|title=Surveyor General's Office, Plan of allotment in the Parish of Strangways|url=http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/103808|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-02|website=State Library Victoria}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 06:56, 2 November 2021
Strangways is a small Rural Location within the local government area of Mount Alexander, in Central Victoria. It covers an area of 20.105 square kilometres between the townships of Guidford to the east, Newstead to the north-west and Clydesdale to the south.
History
The original inhabitants of Strangways are the Gunangara gundidj clan of the Dja Dja Wurrung. In early 1841 the Loddon Valley at Strangways was considered but rejected as a Protectorate site, in favour of Mount Franklin (Lalgambook). A census undertaken in 1840 recorded 282 Dja Dja Wurrung of an estimate of 900–1900 by Thomas Mitchell, passed through their territory in 1836.[1][2] In 1873 the Mount Alexander Mail Strangways 'correspondent,' in discussing snakes in the district, by then under cultivation, reported;
...blackfellows, are rapidly and happily passing to the extinction that awaits inferior and noxious races, when exposed to the influence of superior natures...[3]
After the discovery of gold in Central Victoria alluvial deposits were found in the Loddon River at Strangways and in its tributaries. In 1858 Sir Richard Graves McDonnel, Governor of South Australia is reputed to have explored Strangways and Loddon Springs in 1858,[4] however the Surveyor General's Office, Melbourne issued a plan of an allotment abutting Muckleford Creek in the area already listed in 1856 as the Parish of Strangways.[5]
Population
Strangways is sparsely populated. In the 2016 Census,[6] there were 87 people in Strangways; 57.5% male and 42.5% female of a median age of 45 years. The average number of people per household was 2.1.
References
- ^ Lester, Alan (2014). Colonization and the origins of humanitarian governance : protecting aborigines across the nineteenth-century British empire. Fae Dussart. Cambridge, United Kingdom. ISBN 978-1-139-02202-6. OCLC 879022847.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Attwood, Bain (1999). My country : a history of the Djadja Wurrung 1837-1864. Dja Dja Wrung Aboriginal Association. Clayton, Vic.: Monash University. ISBN 0-7326-1766-9. OCLC 52543785.
- ^ "STRANGWAYS". Mount Alexander Mail. 1868-12-17. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
- ^ Favenc, Ernest (1888). The history of Australian exploration from 1788 to 1888 : compiled from state documents, private papers, and the most authentic sources in information : issued under the auspices of the Government of the Australian colonies /. Sydney :: Turner & Henderson,.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ Philps (lithographer), J. P. (14 July 1856). "Surveyor General's Office, Plan of allotment in the Parish of Strangways". State Library Victoria. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "2016 Census QuickStats: Strangways". quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Retrieved 2021-11-02.