Cheviot, Victoria

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = town | name = Cheviot | state = vic | image = CheviotRailwayTunnel.JPG | caption = The historic railway tunnel at Cheviot | coordinates = {{coord|37|13|S|145|28|E|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_label_position = right | use_lga_map = yes | lga = Shire of Murrindindi | postcode = 3717 | est = | pop = | elevation= | maxtemp = | mintemp = | rainfall = | stategov = Eildon | fedgov = Indi | dist1 = | dir1 = | location1= | dist2 = | dir2 = | location2= | near-nw = | near-n = | near-ne = | near-w = | near-e = | near-sw = | near-s = | near-se = }} '''Cheviot''' is a locality in Victoria, Australia in the Shire of Murrindindi local government area.

==History== The locality was named after a nearby pastoral run called Cheviot Hills, which in turn was named after the locality on the English-Scottish border. It was also called Ross Creek.<ref>Nigel Sinnott, ''Place-names of the Alexandra, Lake Eildon and Big River area of Victoria'' ({{ISBN|0957-809-80-8}})</ref><ref>Harvey Blanks, ''The Story of Yea'' ({{ISBN|0725-601-07-8}})</ref> From 1889 until 1978 there was an active railway station here on the now historic and abandoned Cheviot railway station which took route on the Mansfield-Tallarook line. Cheviot Post Office opened on 9 April 1890 after the arrival of the railway, and closed in 1944.<ref name = "a">{{Citation | last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Cheviot* | access-date = 24 March 2021 }}</ref> The rails have gone but an old goods shed survives, and to the northeast the Cheviot Tunnel provides an excellent example of brick workmanship of the nineteenth century.

A Ross Creek Post Office opened on 14 October 1865 and closed in 1969.<ref name="a" />

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Category:Towns in Victoria (state) Category:Shire of Murrindindi