Balintore, Victoria
Balintore | |||||||||||||
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Langs James Rd, Balintore | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 67[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 3249 | ||||||||||||
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Balintore is a small farming community in south west Victoria, Australia. It is approximately 15 km north of Colac.
Balintore is located between Lake Colac and Lake Corangamite.
Dairy and beef farming are the main industries in the area, with onion growing also popular in the past.[3]
History
Up to 1890 Balintore was known as the Balintore estate and was a single farming area of 4,072 acres,[4] an area which approximately conforms to the locality's current area. In 1897 the estate had been broken up and sold off.[5]
Balintore State School opened in 1921 in a private residence, moved to a permanent building in 1922 and closed in 1952, with children then bussed to the Alvie Consolidated School. The Balintore school building was relocated to Alvie school to serve as a library there.[6]
A postal receiving office opened at Balintore on 10 April 1922, was upgraded to a full post office on 1 July 1927 and closed on 21 December 1959.[7]
Sports
Balintore had a cricket team in the 1930s.[8]
A tennis club also existed for many years. The courts were removed around 1994.
Flora
The Spiny Peppercress Lepidium aschersonii was identified as growing in abundance on private land within Balintore by the Victorian Government.[9]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Balintore". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Balintore (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "PROPERTY AUCTION". Camperdown Chronicle. Vol. LXXV, no. 4086. Victoria, Australia. 13 April 1951. p. 8. Retrieved 28 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "The Chirnside Estate". Table Talk. No. 280. Victoria, Australia. 31 October 1890. p. 6. Retrieved 28 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "SALES OF PROPERTIES". The Age. No. 13, 328. Victoria, Australia. 18 November 1897. p. 4. Retrieved 28 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Blake, L. J. (1973). Vision and Realisation: A Centenary History of State Education in Victoria (Volume 2). Education Department of Victoria. p. 964.
- ^ Phoenix Auctions History. "Post Office List". Phoenix Auctions. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
- ^ "Readers' Camera Studies". Weekly Times. No. 3699. Victoria, Australia. 20 August 1938. p. 36 (FIRST EDITION). Retrieved 28 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Department of Sustainability and the Environment. "Action Statement" (PDF). Victorian Government.
38°16′48″S 143°34′55″E / 38.280°S 143.582°E