Yackandandah

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Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Template:Infobox Australian place Yackandandah Template:IPAc-en is a town in northeast Victoria, Australia. It is near the regional cities of Wodonga and Albury, and is close to the tourist town of Beechworth. At the Template:CensusAU, the town had a population of 1,113,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> while the broader Yackandandah locality had a population of 2,008.<ref name="abs">Template:Cite web</ref>

History

The indigenous people of the area prior to white colonisation were the Dhudhuroa people, in whose language the toponym Yackandandah is said to have meant “one boulder on top of another at the junction of two creeks”, namely the Yackandandah and Commissioner creeks' intersection.<ref name ="Yackandandah">'A Brief History of Yackandandah,' Indigo Shire Council</ref>

The area was first opened to white settlement when Irish-born James Osborne took up land at Osborne's Flat in 1837.<ref>First Settlement of the Upper Murray, Dr Arthur Andrews, 1920.</ref> On the discovery of gold deposits on its territory in 1852, it became a gold mining centre known for its alluvial wet mining techniques. Yackandandah Post Office opened on 13 June 1856. Another office nearby, Yackandandah Junction, opened in 1872 but closed in 1885.<ref name = "a">Template:Citation</ref>

In his local book, Antony O'Brien (p. 22) quotes an old poem published in the Melbourne Punch, 11 June 1857, titled, "The Lass of Yackandandah". Template:Rquote

Today

The area is now predominantly a dairy farming and forestry region and has numerous bed and breakfast lodges which allow its many visitors to enjoy the peace and tranquillity of the district's forest and mountains. It is close to achieving self-sufficiency in energy supply, foreseen to be reached by 2024, based on solar power.<ref>'Totally Renewable:Yackandandah,' in Premier's Sustainability Awards 2020, Government of Victoria, Australia 2020 p.17.</ref>

The town is affectionately known as "Yack".

The commercial centre of the town, known as the Yackandandah Conservation Area, is recorded on the Register of the National Estate.<ref name=register>Template:Cite AHD</ref>

Rail

The Yackandandah railway line once linked Yackandandah to Beechworth and opened in 1891.<ref>Eardley, Gifford. — "The Ovens Valley Goldfields Railways". — Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin. — December 1968. — pp.281-294.; January 1969. - pp.1-18.</ref> The route to Woorragee and from there to Yackandandah was steep; trains descending the last gradient into Yackandandah would halt (near the now Yackandandah turnoff, from the Beechworth-Wodonga Road) so the guard could apply hand-brakes to carriages and wagons. The last train on the Yackandandah-Beechworth line was in July 1954.<ref>Larsen, Mayday Hills</ref> Though the line was torn up, many sections of the original right of way are visible from the roadway between Beechworth and Yackandandah. In May 2017 the Victoria State Government budgeted for an extension of the Murray to Mountains Rail Trail side branch from Beechworth to Yackandandah.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The side branch currently extends from Beechworth to Everton Station, where it connects to the main trail.

Culture

Used for the filming of the 2003 film Strange Bedfellows (starring Michael Caton and Paul Hogan). Yackandandah is home to the annual Yackandandah Folk Festival attracting local, Australian and international artists since 1998.<ref name="yack-folk-festival">Template:Cite web</ref> Like the larger neighbouring town of Beechworth, Yackandandah promotes itself as a tourist destination on the basis of its gold mining history and features a period streetscape as well as an increasing number of antique shops.

Two historic buildings, the 146-year-old museum (formerly the Bank of Victoria) and an adjacent timber store ("Rainbow Crystal"), were destroyed by a fire in the early morning of 21 December 2006. A real estate agency was also severely damaged.<ref name=Switzer>Template:Cite news</ref> The museum was rebuilt, reopening in November 2008.<ref name=WT>Template:Cite web</ref>

Sports and recreation

Golfers play at the course of the Yackandandah Golf Club on Racecourse Road.<ref name = "golf">Template:Citation</ref>

The Yackandandah Cricket Club play in both junior and senior grades in the Cricket Albury Wodonga competition.

Yackandandah Football / Netball Club

The town has had an active Australian rules football team since its first club meeting in 1881.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The club has competed in the Tallangatta & District Football League, since 1957, winning senior football premierships in 1964 and 2000.

Football Premierships
League Best & Fairest Awards

Senior Football

  • Tallangatta & District Football League
    • 1964 - Hugh Earnshaw: Tied with the winner on 26 votes, but finished as runner up on the old countback system, but has never received a retrospective medal from the T&DFNL.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
    • 1972 - John Lease
    • 1991 - Jay McNeil
    • 1997 & 1998 - Travis Tyler
    • 2001 & 2004 - Simom Corr
    • 2002 - Des Anthony
    • 2006 - Aaron Purcell
    • 2017 - Lee Dale
    • 2024 - Zac Leitch

Notable people

Further reading

  • O'Brien, Antony. Shenanigans on the Ovens goldfields: The 1859 election, Artillery Publishing, Hartwell, 2005.
  • Larsen, Wal. The Mayday Hills Railway, Wal Larsen, Bright, 1976.

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