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Bruthen is a small town on the Tambo River in eastern Gippsland in the Australian state of Victoria . It lies between the towns of Ensay and Bairnsdale on the Great Alpine Road . In the 2006 census, the population was found to be 624. The distance to Bairnsdale is 16 miles west and Melbourne is 193 miles.
history
Bruthen is a word from the Aboriginal tribe of the Brabiralong , part of the Kurnai , which means long, wooden point . Alfred Howitt stated that the correct name for the area around Bruthen was Murloo (Eng .: pipe slate ).
The famous discoverer of the Gippsland, Angus McMillan , moved on April 14, 1840 on his way from Omeo through the area where Bruthen is today. The first post office on site was opened on January 15, 1862 and the first school in 1872
On November 27, 1958, an RAAF Avon Saber fighter plane crashed on the outskirts of Bruthen, narrowly missing the densely populated urban area. Flight Lieutenant Ralph Oborn was flying from New South Wales to the RAAF base in Sale when his plane caught fire. Oborn saved himself with the ejection seat at a height of 150 m above ground and was only slightly injured. He was the first to use the ejection seat of an airplane in Australia.
Facilities
Bruthen has a small shopping center with a general store, bakery, post office, hotel, gas station and a few specialty shops and cafes. There is also a police station , a rescue center , a fire brigade , various churches, a cemetery and a primary school.
There used to be a railway line with a train station east of the city. The train station, a railway tunnel and a railway bridge over the Tambo River , the Storer Bridge were preserved as part of a cycle path on the disused railway line .
Events
The municipality of Bruthen offers several events throughout the year: the Mixed Bag art exhibition, village markets (every 4th Sunday of the month), dance events by the parishes and the Bruthen Blues & Arts Festival on the 3rd weekend in February. The aforementioned 96 km East Gippsland Rail Trail (bike path on the former railway line) from Bairnsdale to Orbost runs through Bruthen and offers excellent opportunities for cycling, hiking and horse riding.
Sports
The Bruthen Football Club ( Australian Football ) plays in the Omeo & District Football League (OFDL) and is nicknamed “The Bulldogs”. The club has won six championships since it began playing in the league in 1978, in 1979, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1990 and 2003. The Bruthen Netball Club is affiliated with it .
The colors of broods are red / white / blue. The football players wear red and white rings on a blue background and the women of the netball club wear blue blouses and red skirts.
Also, Tennis , Cricket and Bowls is played in Bruthen and there are gun clubs.
Gallery images
Bruthen War Memorial and Post Office on the Great Alpine Road
Beautifully designed traffic island between Alpine Road and a side road
Typical farmland near Bruthen on the lower reaches of the Tambo River
Web links
- Australian Places - Bruthen ( Memento of May 11, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
- Bruthen Blues & Arts Festival
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- PD Gardner, PD: Names of the Great Alpine Road Between Bairnsdale and Omeo . Nagarak Press. Ensay (1997)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Bruthen (L) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
- ^ Post Office List . Premier Postal History
- ^ A b East Gippsland Rail Trail . East Gippsland Shire Council. James Yeates Printing & Design (2007)
- ↑ brood . Victorian Railway Stations