Dairy and beef farming are the main industries in the area, with onion growing also popular in the past.[2]
Balintore once had a primary school. In 1953 there were at least 23 children attending the Balintore primary school.[3] When the school closed the students were then bussed to Alvie Consolidated School.[4]
History
Up to 1890 Balintore was known as the Balintore estate and was a single farming area of 4,072 acres,[5] an area which approximately conforms to the locality's current area.
In 1897 the estate had been broken up and sold off.[6]
^"PROPERTY AUCTION". Camperdown Chronicle. Vol. LXXV, no. 4086. Victoria, Australia. 13 April 1951. p. 8. Retrieved 28 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
^"The Chirnside Estate". Table Talk. No. 280. Victoria, Australia. 31 October 1890. p. 6. Retrieved 28 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
^"SALES OF PROPERTIES". The Age. No. 13, 328. Victoria, Australia. 18 November 1897. p. 4. Retrieved 28 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Readers' Camera Studies". Weekly Times. No. 3699. Victoria, Australia. 20 August 1938. p. 36 (FIRST EDITION). Retrieved 28 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
^Department of Sustainability and the Environment. "Action Statement"(PDF). Victorian Government.