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		 ?

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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