Flowerdale
Victoria
Flowerdale Hotel
Flowerdale is located in Shire of Murrindindi
Flowerdale
Flowerdale
Coordinates37°20′41″S 145°17′12″E / 37.34472°S 145.28667°E / -37.34472; 145.28667
Population790 (2021 census)[1]
Postcode(s)3717
Location
LGA(s)
State electorate(s)Eildon
Federal division(s)Indi
Localities around Flowerdale:
Strath Creek Strath Creek Strath Creek
Clonbinane Flowerdale Hazeldene
Kinglake West Kinglake Glenburn

Flowerdale is a town in Victoria, Australia. It is in the Shire of Murrindindi local government area, 95 kilometres (59 mi) from the state capital, Melbourne and in the foothills of the Great Dividing Range, in the upper catchment of the Goulburn River system. At the 2021 Census, Flowerdale had a population of 790.[2]

Flowerdale Post Office opened on 4 February 1881 and closed in 1974.[3]

The area was devastated by a bushfire in February 2009 with the loss of many houses, however the school, hotel and community hall were spared.[4]

Video commentary on reconstruction effort at Deloitte TV Australia.[5]

Hazeldene

Flowerdale absorbed the entire adjacent town of Hazeldene on 9 April 2014, when the state government formally merged the two towns. The council, which had supported the move, cited a community desire for a "unified sense of community identity" following the Black Saturday bushfires, which had caused significant damage in both towns.[6]

Hazeldene had a population of 535 at the 2006 census.[7] Over 200 houses had been destroyed and over 10 deaths had been recorded as occurring in Hazeldene during the bushfires.[8] The General Store and Post Office were spared, but the Jarara Community Centre was destroyed in the bushfires. In the 2009–2010 Budget, Murrindindi Shire Council indicated that the Jarara Community Centre would be rebuilt, but due to the high fire danger associated with its previous site, in Silver Creek Road, Council would be rebuilding it elsewhere within Hazeldene.[9][10]

Hazeldene General Store

Sport

Golf was played at the course of the Valley View Golf Coaching Centre on Spring Valley Road, Flowerdale, closed since ~2012.[11] Tennis and Cricket at the Spring Valley Recreation Reserve

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Flowerdale (Vic) (State)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 5 July 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "2021 Flowerdale (Vic.), Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  3. ^ Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 24 March 2021
  4. ^ Baker, Richard (10 February 2009). "Tiny Flowerdale blossoms no longer". The Age. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
  5. ^ Deloitte TV Australia
  6. ^ "One locality for Flowerdale and Hazeldene". Shire of Murrundindi. 9 April 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  7. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Hazeldene (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 8 February 2009.
  8. ^ "Victoria under siege as fires rage across state". Herald Sun. 8 February 2009. Archived from the original on 8 February 2009. Retrieved 8 February 2009.
  9. ^ Murrindindi Shire Council, 2009–2010 Council Budget, adopted by Council in October 2009.
  10. ^ Jarara Community Centre Committee of Management Minutes of Meeting held on 25 May 2009.
  11. ^ Golf Select, Valley View, retrieved 11 May 2009
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