Redesdale, Victoria

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use Australian English|date=May 2014}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = suburb | city = Bendigo | name = Redesdale | state = vic | image = RedesdaleCatholicChurch.JPG | caption = Catholic Church at Redesdale, 2007 | lga = City of Greater Bendigo | lga2 = Shire of Mount Alexander | postcode = 3444 | est = | pop = 299 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}} | pop_footnotes = <ref name="ABS2021">{{Census 2021 AUS|access-date=26 July 2025|id=SAL22154|name=Redesdale (Suburb and Locality}}</ref> | elevation= 290 | use_lga_map = yes | coordinates = {{coord|37|01|0|S|144|31|0|E|display=inline,title}} | maxtemp = 20.0 | mintemp = 7.2 | rainfall = 570.2 | stategov = [[Electoral district of Euroa|Euroa]] | stategov2 = [[Electoral district of Macedon|Macedon]] | fedgov = [[Division of Bendigo|Bendigo]] | dist1 = 115 | dir1 = NW | location1= Melbourne | dist2 = 44 | dir2 = SE | location2= [[Bendigo]] | dist3 = 30 | dir3 = N | location3= [[Kyneton]] | dist4 = 25 | dir4 = SW | location4= [[Heathcote, Victoria|Heathcote]] | local_map = yes | zoom = 11 }}

'''Redesdale''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|r|iː|d|s|d|eɪ|l}} is a town in the [[City of Greater Bendigo]] and the [[Shire of Mount Alexander]], Victoria, Australia. At the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Redesdale had a population of 299.<ref name=ABS2021/>

==History== There are conflicting accounts about the origin of Redesdale's name. According to Thomas O'Callaghan's 1918 book ''Names of Victorian Railways Stations'', Redesdale is named after [[Bertram Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale|Lord Redesdale]].<ref>{{cite book |last=O'Callaghan |first=Thomas |title=Names of Victorian railway stations |publisher=H.J. Green, Acting Government Printer |year=1918 |isbn=0958071608 |location=Melbourne |pages=81}}</ref> However, according to the website Victorian Places, Redesdale is named after [[Robert William Rede]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Redesdale {{!}} Victorian Places |url=https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/redesdale |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=victorianplaces.com.au}}</ref> The Redesdale post office was opened on 22 March 1865.<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=*Redesdale* | access-date = 4 March 2021}}</ref>

==Redesdale bridge== {{main|Redesdale Bridge}} [[File:Redesdale Bridge 001.JPG|thumb|200px|left|The unique Redesdale bridge, 2011]]

Redesdale is on the opposite bank of the [[Campaspe River]] to the town of [[Mia Mia, Victoria|Mia Mia]]. The towns are connected by the heritage listed Redesdale bridge,<ref>{{cite VHD|968|Redesdale Bridge|hr=1419|ho=230|accessdate=2011-03-29}}</ref> one of the oldest iron lattice-[[truss bridge]]s in Victoria. The trusses were originally imported in 1859 for a bridge crossing the [[Yarra River]] in suburban [[Hawthorn, Victoria|Hawthorn]]. The ship bringing the trusses to Melbourne, the ''[[Herald of the Morning]]'', caught fire and was towed to the shore in [[Hobsons Bay]], becoming a total wreck. As a result, the building of [[Hawthorn Bridge]], connecting Richmond and Hawthorn, was delayed for a couple of years while new trusses shipped out to Australia.

The original trusses were salvaged from the wreck of ''Herald of the Morning'', but had been damaged by the fire. Almost a decade later, they were used for the Redesdale-Mia Mia Bridge. It was constructed on site in 1868 with a divided-lane through-truss design, created specifically for the difficult river crossing and unique in Victoria.<ref name="bridge">{{cite web | url = http://www.heritage.vic.gov.au/page_239.asp?submit_action=detailed_result&ID=239&KW1=mia&KW2=mia&KW3=bridge&query=e82db8dc6517362a4a25678b00095532/e9c43754f2eb76d8ca25731b00795ea9?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,mia,mia,bridge | title = Mia Mia Bridge | publisher = Heritage Council of Victoria | access-date = 2007-07-18 }}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Railway== [[Redesdale railway station|Redesdale]] was once the terminus of a [[Redesdale railway line|branch line]] railway which connected with the [[Deniliquin railway line|Melbourne – Murray River Railway]] at [[Redesdale Junction]], between [[Kyneton railway station|Kyneton]] and [[Malmsbury railway station|Malmsbury]]. Other stations along the branch were Edgecombe, Green Hill, East Metcalfe, Emberton and [[Barfold, Victoria|Barfold]].<ref name="redesdale">{{cite book |last=Rowe |first=Bill |title=Redesdale: Yesterday and Today |publisher=self published |year=1989 |location=Redesdale, Victoria |page=33}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=1900 |url=https://www.vrhistory.com/VRMaps/Vic1900.pdf |website=Victorian Railway Maps 1860 - 2000 |access-date=2025-09-01}}</ref> The Redesdale line was opened on 15 January 1891 and closed on 29 June 1954.<ref name="redesdale"/> The tracks and stations have since been removed.

==Other== Redesdale has a primary school, a petrol station/general store, a hall, an historic bluestone pub/tavern and a recreation reserve.

One of Australia's worst aircraft disasters, the [[1945 Australian National Airways Stinson crash]], in which 10 people were killed, occurred {{convert|2|mi}} east of town.

==Climate== {{Weather box | width = auto | metric first = yes | single line = yes | location = Redesdale (1991–2020) | Jan record high C = 46.1 | Feb record high C = 45.0 | Mar record high C = 38.7 | Apr record high C = 33.7 | May record high C = 25.9 | Jun record high C = 20.1 | Jul record high C = 18.5 | Aug record high C = 21.1 | Sep record high C = 29.1 | Oct record high C = 35.0 | Nov record high C = 41.1 | Dec record high C = 44.5 | year record high C = 46.1 | Jan high C = 29.8 | Feb high C = 29.1 | Mar high C = 25.7 | Apr high C = 20.8 | May high C = 16.1 | Jun high C = 13.0 | Jul high C = 12.1 | Aug high C = 13.6 | Sep high C = 16.4 | Oct high C = 19.9 | Nov high C = 24.0 | Dec high C = 27.1 | year high C = 20.6 | Jan mean C = 21.5 | Feb mean C = 21.2 | Mar mean C = 18.2 | Apr mean C = 14.1 | May mean C = 10.6 | Jun mean C = 8.3 | Jul mean C = 7.5 | Aug mean C = 8.3 | Sep mean C = 10.3 | Oct mean C = 12.8 | Nov mean C = 16.3 | Dec mean C = 18.7 | year mean C = 14.0 | Jan low C = 13.2 | Feb low C = 13.3 | Mar low C = 10.8 | Apr low C = 7.4 | May low C = 5.2 | Jun low C = 3.7 | Jul low C = 3.0 | Aug low C = 3.0 | Sep low C = 4.1 | Oct low C = 5.7 | Nov low C = 8.7 | Dec low C = 10.3 | year low C = 7.4 | Jan record low C = 1.7 | Feb record low C = 2.6 | Mar record low C = 1.4 | Apr record low C = -1.1 | May record low C = -2.2 | Jun record low C = -3.8 | Jul record low C = -5.6 | Aug record low C = -4.4 | Sep record low C = -4.2 | Oct record low C = -3.3 | Nov record low C = -3.0 | Dec record low C = -0.2 | year record low C = -5.6 | precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation mm = 35.5 | Feb precipitation mm = 32.7 | Mar precipitation mm = 33.4 | Apr precipitation mm = 39.4 | May precipitation mm = 50.7 | Jun precipitation mm = 60.0 | Jul precipitation mm = 56.5 | Aug precipitation mm = 55.9 | Sep precipitation mm = 49.5 | Oct precipitation mm = 41.9 | Nov precipitation mm = 50.3 | Dec precipitation mm = 38.1 | year precipitation mm = 543.0 | unit precipitation days = 1 mm | Jan precipitation days = 3.9 | Feb precipitation days = 3.1 | Mar precipitation days = 4.0 | Apr precipitation days = 4.6 | May precipitation days = 6.6 | Jun precipitation days = 8.4 | Jul precipitation days = 10.1 | Aug precipitation days = 9.7 | Sep precipitation days = 7.9 | Oct precipitation days = 6.5 | Nov precipitation days = 5.7 | Dec precipitation days = 4.7 | year precipitation days = 75.2 | Jan dew point C = 9.1 | Feb dew point C = 9.9 | Mar dew point C = 8.6 | Apr dew point C = 6.9 | May dew point C = 6.3 | Jun dew point C = 5.3 | Jul dew point C = 4.7 | Aug dew point C = 4.5 | Sep dew point C = 5.2 | Oct dew point C = 6.0 | Nov dew point C = 7.5 | Dec dew point C = 7.6 | year dew point C = 6.8 | source 1 = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/archive/arc0216/0253808/6.6/data/0-data/Region-5-WMO-Normals-9120/Australia/CSV/Redesdale_94859.csv |title = Redesdale Climate Normals for 1991-2020 |publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |format = CSV |access-date = 28 February 2025}}</ref> }}

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[[Category:Towns in Victoria (state)]] [[Category:Suburbs of Bendigo]]