Avenel, Victoria
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| Avenel Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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  Avenel Location in Shire of Strathbogie | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°54′S 145°14′E / 36.900°S 145.233°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 1,112 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3664 | ||||||||||||||
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| State electorate(s) | Euroa | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Nicholls | ||||||||||||||
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Avenel is a town in the Shire of Strathbogie, Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 census, Avenel had a population of 1,112,[1] up from 1048 at the 2016 census,[2] 728 at the 2006 census[3] and 552 at the 2001 census.[4]
The Post Office opened on 2 June 1858.[5] It is frequently stated as having been named for a village in Gloucestershire by Henry Kent Hughes. The name "Avenel" also appears in Sir Walter Scott's Tales from Benedictine Sources: The Monastery (1820) and The Abbot (1820) as the name of a castle and family, that own it. Hughes settled there in 1838, laid out the future town, and named the Hughes Creek, which flows through it.[6]
The Avenel Court of Petty Sessions closed on 25 March 1969, with the former courthouse subsequently being used by local community groups.[7]
Avenel was the hometown of Ned Kelly in his younger years, where he saved a boy from drowning in the local Hughes Creek. His brother and father are buried in the Avenel cemetery. Kelly and his family went to school in Avenel.[citation needed]
The Hume Highway passed through the town until a bypass was opened in December 1981.[8]
