Yarram

Yarram
The historic '' South Gippsland Creamery and Butter Factory '' in Yarram
State :  Australia State : Victoria Founded : 1861
Coordinates : 38 ° 33 ′  S , 146 ° 40 ′  E Coordinates: 38 ° 33 ′  S , 146 ° 40 ′  E Area : 2.6  km²
Residents : 1,734 (2016) Population density : 667 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : AEST (UTC + 10) Postal code : 3971 LGA : Wellington Shire
Yarram

Mosaic of the Last Supper on the altar of the Catholic Church in Yarram

Yarram is a city in southern Gippsland in the Australian state of Victoria . The Aboriginal term 'Yarram Yarram' probably means "a lot of water", but it is not known from which tribal language this expression comes. The city is located in the Local Government Area Wellington Shire and the last census in 2016 found a population of 1,734, which has remained almost the same over the past few decades. The city is a sub-center for the surrounding agricultural district and has a very active population who are particularly interested in sports. Yarram is about an hour's drive from the Wilsons Promontory . The small towns of Welshpool , Alberton and Foster are nearby .

history

The former owners of the land on which Yarram lies today were the Kurnai , who consisted of five larger family clans, or language groups. The Kurnai resisted the land grabbing by the European immigrants and were subsequently massacred.

Due to its location near one of the first trading posts in Victoria, Port Albert , the town grew rapidly after the first immigrants settled in, because it was in the midst of rich farmland that supplied dairy products to all of Australia, and also because of the timber industry.

In 1841 the site, originally a low-lying swamp, was chosen by a Scottish clan leader, Aeneas Ronaldson MacDonnell, who, with his fellow Scots, attempted to set up a feudal-style court. However, the experiment folded and he subsequently moved to New Zealand. (Eng .: In 1841 the area, originally a low-lying marshland, was chosen by the board of directors of the Scottish family clan, Aeneas Ronaldson McDonald, and they wanted to establish a court in the feudal style. But the experiment failed and he drew for this reason to New Zealand.)

The first post office opened on February 1, 1861 under the name 'Yarram Yarram' and renamed 'Yarram' in 1925. The railway connection came in 1921 and in October 1987 the line between Welshpool and Leongatha was closed.

Yarram today

Yarram is known today for the nearby Ninety Mile Beach , Port Albert and its classic architecture on its main street, especially the Regent Theater . There is a well-known bakery there that has won the Great Australian Meat Pie Competition for many years.

There is a football club in town that plays in the Alberton Football League . Yarram is home to many former football players; B. Royce Vardy and Anthony Banik (Richmond Tigers) and Andrew Dunkley (Sydney Swans).

Golfers play on the Yarram Golf Club course on Old Sale Road.

Every year in August, an Eisteddfod is held in Yarram , where artistic talents from the area can prove themselves in the disciplines of music, speech and drama.

Web links

Commons : Yarram  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Australian Bureau of Statistics : Yarram ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
2. ↑ Yarram, Victoria, Australia . GippslandInfo.com.au ( Memento from December 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
3. ^ PD Gardiner: Gippsland Massacres: The Destruction of the Kurnai Tribes 1800-1860 . Ngarak Press (2001). ISBN 1-875254-11-0
4. ^ Yarram ( Memento of March 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
5. ^ Post Office List. Premier Postal History
6. ↑ Yarram . Full Points Footy
7. ↑ Yarram . Golf Select
8. ↑ Yarram Eisteddfod