Baddaginnie
Town in Victoria, Australia
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Baddaginnie is a town in Victoria, Australia. It is located on the North East railway line, in the Rural City of Benalla, 12 kilometres south-west of Benalla itself on the old Hume Highway.
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Shop, no longer operating; a wall with post office boxes is in the foreground with the post box and public phone | |
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| Coordinates: 36°35′S 145°52′E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Victoria |
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| Population | |
| • Total | 347 (SAL 2021)[1] |
| Postcode | 3670 |
It is situated in mainly flat unforested country, one kilometre west of Baddaginnie Creek. At the 2021 census, Baddaginnie had a population of 347.[2]
Etymology
History
The town was surveyed in 1857, named after the nearby Baddaginnie Creek, but settlement was slow, a Post Office finally opening on 16 September 1879.[4] A railway station was open and served passengers until July 1978.
Although often mistaken for an Aboriginal word, Baddaginnie may have been named by a surveyor, J.G.W. Wilmot, who had spent some time in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), from baddaginnie (bada-gini - literally 'stomach on fire’), meaning "hungry" (Sinhala: බඩගිනි) in the Sinhala language.[5]
Sport & Recreation
George "Joey" Palmer, the 1880s Australian test cricketer, died there on 22 August 1910.
Baddaginnie Football Club
- Premierships
