Yendon
Town in Victoria, Australia
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Yendon is a locality in Victoria, Australia. The town is located in the Shire of Moorabool, 108 kilometres (67 mi) west of the state capital, Melbourne and approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) south-east of Ballarat. The town was originally called Buninyong East, but was changed in 1879 to Yendon, believed to be an Indigenous Australian word meaning "waterhole".[2]
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| Coordinates: 37°38′S 143°58′E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Victoria |
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| Population | |
| • Total | 307 (2016 census)[1] |
| Postcode | 3352 |
At the 2016 census, Yendon had a population of 307.[1]
History
The Geelong-Ballarat railway line passed through Yendon, and for a while in the early 1860s it was the terminus of the line. The station was originally called Buninyong, but was changed to Yendon in 1876.[3] A substantial two-storey bluestone station building was opened in 1862. It was demolished in 1969,[2] and the stone was reused to construct garden retaining walls at the Ballarat Institute of Advanced Education, now Federation University.[4]
Yendon's first school, the Common School, opened in 1864, and became Yendon State School in 1879. It closed at the end of 1993.[5][6]
