Allendale is a town in Victoria, Australia

Australia

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, located north-east of Creswick

Creswick, Victoria

Creswick is a town in west-central Victoria, Australia. It is located 18 kilometres north of Ballarat and 129 km northwest of Melbourne, in Shire of Hepburn. It is 430 metres above sea level. At the 2006 census, Creswick had a population of 2,485...

, in the Shire of Hepburn. At the 2005 census

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, Allendale and the surrounding area had a population of 330.

The town began as a mining settlement around the Berry Leads mining area. It had a peak population of about 1,500. Allendale once had 5 small pubs and a few corner shops, now all of which have closed. The small boarding school located in Leishman Street has just been sold 3 years ago.

Allendale Post Office opened on 6 May 1881, was known as Allandale from 1885 to 1893, and closed in 1974.