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| name = Riddells Creek
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| state = vic
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|Biography=yes
| caption = Main street
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| lga = Shire of Macedon Ranges
| postcode = 3431
| pop = 3441 (2006)<ref name="abs">{{Census 2006 AUS | id = SSC26533 | name = Riddells Creek (State Suburb) | accessdate = 2007-10-01 | quick = on}}</ref>
| est =
| elevation= 385
| stategov = [[Electoral district of Macedon|Macedon]]
| fedgov = [[Division of McEwen|McEwen]]
| dist1 = 50
| dir1 = NW
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| dist2 = 13
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| location2= [[Sunbury, Victoria|Sunbury]]
| dist3 = 8
| dir3 = E
| location3= [[Gisborne, Victoria|Gisborne]]
| near-nw = [[Mount Macedon, Victoria|Mount Macedon]] <br> [[Macedon, Victoria|Macedon]]
| near-n = [[Cherokee, Victoria|Cherokee]] <br> [[Kerrie, Victoria|Kerrie]]
| near-ne = [[Monegeetta, Victoria|Monegeetta]]
| near-w = [[New Gisborne, Victoria|New Gisborne]] <br> [[Gisborne, Victoria|Gisborne]]
| near-e = [[Bolinda, Victoria|Bolinda]]
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== Shot by a German professor at Cornell?? ==
'''Riddells Creek''' is a town in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]], located in the [[Shire of Macedon Ranges]]. The town is served by [[Riddells Creek railway station, Victoria|Riddells Creek railway station]] on the [[Bendigo railway line, Victoria|Bendigo line]]. At the 2006 [[Census in Australia|census]], Riddells Creek had a population of 3441.

==History==
Riddells Creek was originally settled by John Carre Riddell and Thomas Ferrier Hamilton in 1841, when they purchased around {{convert|640|acre|km2}} of land and leased another {{convert|2000|acre|km2}}.

Riddells Creek Post Office opened on 1 February 1859. <ref name = "a">{{Citation
| last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | accessdate = 2008-04-11 }}</ref>

==Environment and Facilities==
[[Image:BridgeRiddellsCreek.JPG|left|thumb|210px|Historic Railway Bridge.]]
Riddells Creek is situated on the southern foothills of the Macedon Ranges. Riddells Creek is home to two historic railway bridges and is surrounded by natural bushland. There is also a small creek that runs through the town at Wybejong Park.

Riddells Creek Primary School provides education for children in the area. Sporting and clubs in Riddells Creek include a Pony Club, [[Riddell Football Club]], Cricket Club and Dog Obedience Club. There is also a Living and Learning Centre, the Riddells Creek Winery and Riddells Creek Landcare.

Riddells Creek is home to the [[Dromkeen Museum]], a nineteeth century homestead classified by the [[National Trust of Australia]] that is home to the Australian Children's Literature Collection. It also provides educational displays and programs relating to Australian children's literature.<ref name="Dromkeen">{{cite web
| url = http://www.scholastic.com.au/common/dromkeen/visit.asp
| title = A Visit to Dromkeen
| publisher = Scholastic Australia
| accessdate = 2008-04-05
}}</ref>







==Image Gallery==
[[Image:Riddells Creek2.jpg]]


According to "Don't Know Much About History" by Kenneth C. Davis (pg. 310) the younger J. P. Morgan was shot by an angry German professor from Cornell University as World War I escalated. I don't see any mention of this in the article... do you think its relevant? (Obviously he survived). Davis suggests these types of issues played a larger role in drawing the U.S. into the war than did the sinking of the Lusitania. Can anyone can confirm this info? If so I'd be happy to update the page.--[[User:M. Frederick|M. Frederick]] 15:36, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
Riddells Creek township taken from the air


==References==
== Date of death ==
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In the first paragraph, Morgan's death is September 9th. Later, the article says he died on his birthday, September 7th. NNDB says he died on March 13th: http://www.nndb.com/people/934/000171421/. Another site says he died on April 13th: http://www.bookrags.com/J._P._Morgan,_Jr.. Which is it? [[User:Fishyfred|Fishyfred]] ([[User talk:Fishyfred|talk]]) 05:07, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
==External links==
{{commons}}
{{Mapit-AUS-suburbscale|lat=-37.463|long=144.677}}
*[http://www.riddellscreeklandcare.org.au/ Riddells Creek Landcare]
*[http://riddellscreeksustainability.org.au/ Riddells Creek Sustainability]


Chernow's book, The House of Morgan, has his death listed as March 13, 1943. As this is a pretty good source, I'd say this is the correct date.
{{Towns in Macedon Ranges Shire}}
--[[User:Robertknyc|Robertknyc]] ([[User talk:Robertknyc|talk]]) 06:28, 26 September 2008 (UTC)


==Place of birth===
[[Category:Towns in Victoria (Australia)]]


Chicago or New York. The article says both. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/64.8.46.4|64.8.46.4]] ([[User talk:64.8.46.4|talk]]) 19:22, 1 October 2008 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
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Shot by a German professor at Cornell??

According to "Don't Know Much About History" by Kenneth C. Davis (pg. 310) the younger J. P. Morgan was shot by an angry German professor from Cornell University as World War I escalated. I don't see any mention of this in the article... do you think its relevant? (Obviously he survived). Davis suggests these types of issues played a larger role in drawing the U.S. into the war than did the sinking of the Lusitania. Can anyone can confirm this info? If so I'd be happy to update the page.--M. Frederick 15:36, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Date of death

In the first paragraph, Morgan's death is September 9th. Later, the article says he died on his birthday, September 7th. NNDB says he died on March 13th: http://www.nndb.com/people/934/000171421/. Another site says he died on April 13th: http://www.bookrags.com/J._P._Morgan,_Jr.. Which is it? Fishyfred (talk) 05:07, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Chernow's book, The House of Morgan, has his death listed as March 13, 1943. As this is a pretty good source, I'd say this is the correct date. --Robertknyc (talk) 06:28, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Place of birth=

Chicago or New York. The article says both. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.8.46.4 (talk) 19:22, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

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