Yambuk
Yambuk is a town in Victoria, Australia.
The name Yambuk is an Aboriginal word thought to mean "red kangaroo", "full moon" or "big water".
Shell middens in the limestone cliffs to the east of the town indicate that Aboriginal people had lived in the area for at least 2300 years.
European settlement took place in the area when Lieutenant Andrew Baxter and his wife Annie Baxter squatted the Yambuck pastoral run in 1843.
Annie Baxter's diary notes 13 occasions where European settlers formed armed and mounted hunting parties to attack and harass Gunditjmara people. These events were part of the significant conflict between Aboriginal peoples and Europeans that occurred around Yambuk at the time.
Some of the most violent clashes of the western district taking place near the Shaw river and the Eumeralla River. This conflict known as the Eumeralla wars continued from the 1840s to around 1860.
The township was established in the 1850s, the Post Office opening 1 March 1859.
The town had a population of 267 residents in the, At the , the town and surrounding area had a population of 540.
It is located where the Princes Highway crosses the Shaw River. It is the site of Pacific Hydro's Yambuk Wind Farm and the adjacent Codrington Wind Farm.
Yambuk is locally known for the Yambuk Slide, a 33-metre long slide near the lake. Lake Yambuk and the Yambuk Important Bird Area lie between the town and the coast.
The name Yambuk is an Aboriginal word thought to mean "red kangaroo", "full moon" or "big water".
Shell middens in the limestone cliffs to the east of the town indicate that Aboriginal people had lived in the area for at least 2300 years.
European settlement took place in the area when Lieutenant Andrew Baxter and his wife Annie Baxter squatted the Yambuck pastoral run in 1843.
Annie Baxter's diary notes 13 occasions where European settlers formed armed and mounted hunting parties to attack and harass Gunditjmara people. These events were part of the significant conflict between Aboriginal peoples and Europeans that occurred around Yambuk at the time.
Some of the most violent clashes of the western district taking place near the Shaw river and the Eumeralla River. This conflict known as the Eumeralla wars continued from the 1840s to around 1860.
The township was established in the 1850s, the Post Office opening 1 March 1859.
The town had a population of 267 residents in the, At the , the town and surrounding area had a population of 540.
It is located where the Princes Highway crosses the Shaw River. It is the site of Pacific Hydro's Yambuk Wind Farm and the adjacent Codrington Wind Farm.
Yambuk is locally known for the Yambuk Slide, a 33-metre long slide near the lake. Lake Yambuk and the Yambuk Important Bird Area lie between the town and the coast.
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The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately 65,000 years ago, during the last ice age. Arriving by sea, they settled the continent and had formed approximately 250 distinct language groups by the time of European settlement, maintaining some of the longest known continuing artistic and religious traditions in the world. Australia's written history commenced with the European maritime exploration of Australia. The Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon was the first known European to reach Australia, in 1606. In 1770, the British explorer James Cook mapped and claimed the east coast of Australia for Great Britain, and the First Fleet of British ships arrived at Sydney in 1788 to establish the penal colony of New South Wales. The European population grew in subsequent decades, and by the end of the 1850s gold rush, most of the continent had been explored by European settlers and an additional five self-governing British colonies established. Democratic parliaments were gradually established through the 19th century, culminating with a vote for the federation of the six colonies and foundation of the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901. Australia has since maintained a stable liberal democratic political system and wealthy market economy.
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AUD | Australian dollar | $ | 2 |
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EN | English language |