Tarrington, Victoria
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Tarrington is a village in the Southern Grampians Shire
in South-west Victoria, Australia close to Hamilton
. It has a large Lutheran Church, along with a school, church, hall, oval, cafe/restaurant, computer repair service, quarry, day-care centre and a fire station. At the 2006 census
, Tarrington had a population of 193.
Tarrington was formerly known as Hochkirch, named by immigrants coming from the area of that name
in Saxony
, Germany
. The town was settled in the early 1860s and the Hochkirch Post Office opened on February 15, 1861 (now closed and replaced by a hut that houses PO boxes) and renamed Tarrington March 1, 1918 due to the anti-German sentiment of that time.
Southern Grampians Shire
The Shire of Southern Grampians is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the south-western part of the state. It includes the towns of Coleraine, Hamilton, Dunkeld and Penshurst. It has an area of 6,810 square kilometres. In 2006 it had a population of 16,638...
in South-west Victoria, Australia close to Hamilton
Hamilton, Victoria
Hamilton is a city in western Victoria, Australia. It is located at the intersection of the Glenelg Highway and the Henty Highway...
. It has a large Lutheran Church, along with a school, church, hall, oval, cafe/restaurant, computer repair service, quarry, day-care centre and a fire station. At the 2006 census
Census in Australia
The Australian census is administered once every five years by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The most recent census was conducted on 9 August 2011; the next will be conducted in 2016. Prior to the introduction of regular censuses in 1961, they had also been run in 1901, 1911, 1921, 1933,...
, Tarrington had a population of 193.
Tarrington was formerly known as Hochkirch, named by immigrants coming from the area of that name
Hochkirch
Hochkirch, in Sorbian Bukecy, is a municipality in the district of Bautzen, in Saxony in Germany. It is located 9 km northwest of Löbau, and 10 km east of Bautzen. It is known for the 1758 Battle of Hochkirch, part of the Seven Years' War....
in Saxony
Saxony
The Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with of Germany's sixteen states....
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. The town was settled in the early 1860s and the Hochkirch Post Office opened on February 15, 1861 (now closed and replaced by a hut that houses PO boxes) and renamed Tarrington March 1, 1918 due to the anti-German sentiment of that time.