Coleraine, Victoria

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = town | name = Coleraine | state = vic | image = Coleraine Victoria.jpg | caption = View of town from Peter Francis Points Arboretum | lga = Shire of Southern Grampians | use_lga_map = yes | postcode = 3315 | est = | pop = 1,383 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2006}} | pop_footnotes = <ref name="abs">{{Census 2006 AUS | id = SSC25379 | name = Coleraine (State Suburb) | accessdate = 2008-10-01 | quick = on}}</ref> | elevation= | coordinates = {{coord|37|36|0|S|141|42|0|E|display=inline,title}} | maxtemp = | mintemp = | rainfall = | stategov = Lowan | fedgov = Wannon | dist1 = 335 | dir1 = W | location1= Melbourne | dist2 = 34 | dir2 = NW | location2= Hamilton | dist3 = 30 | dir3 = E | location3= Casterton }} '''Coleraine''' is a town in Victoria, Australia on the Glenelg Highway, {{convert|334|km|mi|0}} west of the state capital, Melbourne and {{convert|34|km|mi|0}} north-west of Hamilton in the Shire of Southern Grampians local government area. It was named after the town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. At the 2006 census, the urban area of Coleraine had a population of 991.<ref name="ABS">{{Census 2006 AUS |id=UCL211400 |name=Coleraine (Urban Centre/Locality) |accessdate=2007-07-06 |quick=on}}</ref>

==History== The area was first settled by Europeans in 1838 for pastoral grazing. The town was surveyed later on Bryan Creek, a tributary of the Wannon River.

In April 1840 the Fighting Waterholes massacre of up to 60 Jardwadjali people of the Konongwootong Gundidj clan occurred near the current day Konongwootong reservoir.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/conflict/indigenous/display/103088-konongwootong-quiet-place-|title=Konongwootong Quiet Place {{!}} Monument Australia|website=monumentaustralia.org.au|access-date=2020-02-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2014/07/10/4043204.htm|title=Western District memorial commemorates Aboriginal massacre|last=partland|first=lily|date=2014-07-10|website=ABC South West Vic|language=en-AU|access-date=2020-02-01}}</ref>

The Post Office opened on 16 November 1854.<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=*Coleraine* | access-date = 6 March 2021 }}</ref>

The Coleraine Magistrates' Court closed on 1 November 1981, not having been visited by a Magistrate since 1971.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.audit.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/19860901-Special-Report-4-Court-Closures-in-Victoria.pdf | title=Special Report No. 4 - Court Closures in Victoria | publisher=Auditor-General of Victoria | date=1986 |pages=78 | access-date=12 April 2020}}</ref>

Today, Coleraine's primary industries are beef and wool. The town hosts an Agricultural Show in November and an art show in August.

Notable past residents of Coleraine include Helena Rubenstein - cosmetics manufacturer.<ref>[https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/rubinstein-helena-8293 Rubinstein, Helena (1870–1965)] Australian Dictionary of Biography Volume 11 1988</ref>

==Sport== Coleraine has a football team playing in the South West District Football League.

It has a horse racing club, the Coleraine Racing Club, which runs the Coleraine Cup meeting in September.<ref name="RaceClub">{{Citation|last=Country Racing Victoria |title=Coleraine Racing Club |url=http://www.countryracing.com.au/index.php?option=com_club_info&club=70&Itemid=80 |access-date=2009-05-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721143621/http://countryracing.com.au/index.php?option=com_club_info&club=70&Itemid=80 |archivedate=July 21, 2008 }}</ref> The meeting features the steeplechase race commemorating the feats of district horsemen and renowned Australian poet Adam Lindsay Gordon.<ref>Gardiner, Frank, 2003, ''The Fields of Coleraine : at the heart of both Australia Felix and Western District of Victoria,'' Camberwell, Vic.</ref>

Golfers play at the Coleraine Golf Club on Gordon Street.<ref name = "golf">{{Citation | author= Golf Select | title = Coleraine | url = http://www.golfselect.com.au/armchair/courseView.aspx?course_id=955 | access-date = 2009-05-11 }}</ref>

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Category:Towns in Victoria (state) Category:Western District (Victoria)