Hexham, Victoria

Hexham /ˈhɛksəm/ is a township in Victoria, Australia.

Hexham
Victoria
Hexham
Coordinates38°0′0″S 142°41′0″E
Population143 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)3273
Location
LGA(s)Shire of Moyne
State electorate(s)Polwarth
Federal Division(s)Wannon

The town is on the Hamilton Highway between Caramut and Mortlake. It sits on the banks of the Hopkins River, Hexham is said to be Victoria's second oldest inland settlement, after Harrow.[2] The town was a Cobb & Co. staging point for all mail from Hamilton via Caramut, Penshurst and Tarrington and passenger stopover on the route between Geelong and Belfast (Port Fairy).

The hotel was once a regular stop over for miners on their way to the goldfields.

The town used to have a football team that played in the Mt Noorat Football League but it folded in 1984.

The town is located 250 kilometres (155 mi) west of the state capital, Melbourne, on the Hamilton Highway between Hamilton and Mortlake.

Traditional ownership

The formally recognised traditional owners for the area in which Hexham sits are the Eastern Maar People[3] who are represented by the Eastern Maar Aboriginal Corporation[4]

gollark: In a sane system, there would be more houses built to compensate for demand. Unfortunately in a lot of places there seem to be weird obstacles to this, like zoning stuff and people living there saying "no development, we must have high housing prices".
gollark: You mean "increasing prices because demand went up"? How terrible.
gollark: I don't think you can reasonably just blame landlords. Housing prices are a complex problem.
gollark: I would hope not.
gollark: There really should be a "ping online members of role" function.

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Hexham (Vic) (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  2. http://www.moyne.vic.gov.au/page/page.asp?Page_Id=66&h=0
  3. "Map of formally recognised traditional owners". Aboriginal Victoria. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  4. "Eastern Maar Aboriginal Corporation". Eastern Maar Aboriginal Corporation. Retrieved 2 June 2020.



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