Greendale, Victoria

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = town | name = Greendale | state = vic | image = Greendale Hotel & Store.JPG | caption = Greendale Hotel and general store | lga = Shire of Moorabool | postcode = 3341 | est = | pop = 602 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}} | pop_footnotes = <ref name="ABS"/> | elevation= | use_lga_map = yes | coordinates = {{coord|37|34|1|S|144|19|1|E|display=inline,title}} | maxtemp = | mintemp = | rainfall = | stategov = Eureka | stategov2 = Macedon | fedgov = Hawke | dist1 = 81 | dir1 = NW | location1= Melbourne | dist2 = 46 | dir2 = E | location2= Ballarat | dist3 = 22 | dir3 = NW | location3= Bacchus Marsh | near-nw = Blackwood | near-n = Blackwood | near-ne = Lerderderg | near-w = Dales Creek | near-e = Lerderderg | near-sw = Ballan | near-s = Korobeit<br>Myrniong | near-se = Myrniong }} '''Greendale''' is a town in central Victoria, Australia in the Shire of Moorabool local government area, {{convert|81|km|mi|0}} west north west of the state capital, Melbourne. At the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Greendale and the surrounding area had a population of 602.<ref name="ABS">{{Census 2016 AUS |id=SSC21093 |name=Greendale (State Suburb) |accessdate=9 July 2017 |quick=on}}</ref>

Prior to European settlement, the area around Greendale was inhabited by the Kutung, the Wathourung, the Wurunjeri, the Jaara and the Ngurelban indigenous tribes. When European settlers arrived in the area in the late 1830s conflict developed between the two groups. The early settlers noticed a variety of native flora and fauna including kangaroos, bandicoots, dingoes and two species of quoll.<ref name="History">{{cite web |url = http://www.greendaledalescreek.com/history.php |title = History of Greendale |publisher = GreendaleOnline.com |accessdate = 2007-07-11 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070828205312/http://www.greendaledalescreek.com/history.php |archivedate = 2007-08-28 }}</ref>

Greendale Post Office opened on 1 January 1867.<ref name = "a">{{Cite web | last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Greendale* | access-date = 13 March 2021 }}</ref>

John Cain, Premier of Victoria, was born in Greendale in 1882.

==References== thumb|left|Aerial panorama of Greendale, Victoria. Shot Autumn 2018. {{commons category}} {{reflist}}

Category:Towns in Victoria (state)