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Town in Victoria, Australia

Town in Victoria, Australia

Trawool Town Trawool Hotel and resort, 2009 Trawool Coordinates: 37°06′0″S 145°13′0″E / 37.10000°S 145.21667°E / -37.10000; 145.21667 Country Australia State Victoria LGAs Shire of Mitchell Shire of Murrindindi Location 115 km (71 mi) N of Melbourne 14 km (8.7 mi) SE of Seymour Government • State electorates Euroa Eildon • Federal divisions Indi Nicholls Population • Total 90 (2021 census)[2] Postcode 3660 Localities around Trawool Seymour

**Trawool** is a locality in central [Victoria](/source/Victoria_(Australia)), Australia.[3] The area lies on the middle reaches of the [Goulburn River](/source/Goulburn_River) and on the [Goulburn Valley Highway](/source/Goulburn_Valley_Highway), 115 kilometres (71 mi) north of the state capital, [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne).

Originally named *Traawool*, the indigenous word for 'wild water', the district is dominated by agriculture and scenery.

## History

First explored by [Hume and Hovell](/source/Hume_and_Hovell_expedition) in 1824, it was later settled as a large [sheep station](/source/Sheep_station).

Michael "Patrick" Burns (Born 1829, [Kilrush](/source/Kilrush), [County Clare](/source/County_Clare)) selected land (now known as Mt Pleasant) once a part of the Tallarook Run in 1867. He had come from Sydney in 1857 to work for Michael Hickey ( Born 1825 [Cratloe](/source/Cratloe), County Clare) at Camp Hill, [Tallarook](/source/Tallarook). He and his family settled there on 20 March 1871. Burns [lobbied](/source/Lobbying) for a [school](/source/School) and donated the land. A [portable school building](/source/Portable_building) was erected in 1885 and classes commenced the same year with a Helen McKay as Head Teacher. The Burns were actively involved with the Trawool community throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, including the introduction of the railway, the [post office](/source/Post_office) (from 1886 to its closure in 1972), and entertaining servicemen from the [Seymour Army Camp](/source/Seymour%2C_Victoria#Puckapunyal_Army_base).[4]

Trawool Valley Resort is listed in the National Trust Heritage Register recognised for its importance as a scenic, geological and cultural site, and for its great diversity of flora and fauna. By 2018 the resort had fallen into a degree of disrepair,[5] but after an auction in 2018 new owners extensively refurbished the buildings, and it re-opened in late 2019 as The Trawool Estate, an accommodation, dining, and events venue.[6]

The Trawool Hotel was established at a river crossing site. A [punt](/source/Punt_(boat)) was used to ferry passengers across the river until a bridge was built. When a [railway branch line](/source/Branch_line) from Tallarook to [Yea](/source/Yea%2C_Victoria) was created in 1883 the [Trawool railway station](/source/Trawool_railway_station) was built.

After a period of growth in the 1880s, the settlement went into decline although a granite [quarry](/source/Quarry) was established in the area in the early 1890s. Australian and American troops were stationed at Trawool during [World War II](/source/World_War_II).[7][8] Electricity arrived in the district in 1945. However Trawool school closed in 1959, the post office relocated in 1972 and the last train travelled on the local railway line in 1978.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Australian Bureau of Statistics](/source/Australian_Bureau_of_Statistics) (28 June 2022). ["Trawool (suburb and locality)"](https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL22574). *Australian Census 2021 QuickStats*. Retrieved 28 June 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-abs_2-0)** [Australian Bureau of Statistics](/source/Australian_Bureau_of_Statistics) (28 June 2022). ["Trawool (SAL)"](https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL22574). *2021 Census QuickStats*. Retrieved 16 July 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Trawool, Victoria"](http://www.smh.com.au/news/Victoria/Trawool/2005/02/17/1108500207531.html). *[The Sydney Morning Herald](/source/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald)*. 8 February 2004. Retrieved 16 November 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Helen McCall; John G Jennings (1999). *Trawool on the Goulburn: A History* (2nd ed.). Trawool Historical Society. [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [222681931](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/222681931).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** David Rak (18 December 2019). ["Estate is an oasis once more"](https://www.riverineherald.com.au/2019/12/18/952463/trawool-estate-is-open-for-business). *Riverine Herald*. Retrieved 11 December 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["The Trawool Estate"](https://www.trawoolestate.com.au/). *trawoolestate.com.au*. Trawool Estate. Retrieved 11 December 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [*Mitchell Shire Heritage Study: Amendment C56 Heritage Citations*](https://www.planning.vic.gov.au/resource-library/incorporated-documents/mitchell/mith-C113-Mitchell-Shire-Heritage-Study-Amendment-C56-Heritage-Citations-April-2014-amended-2016.PDF) (PDF). Mitchell Shire. 2016. p. 424. Retrieved 11 December 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Local military heritage: Local Histories"](https://www.mitchellshire.vic.gov.au/our-region/local-history-and-heritage/local-military-heritage). *mitchellshire.vic.gov.au*. Mitchell Shire. Retrieved 11 December 2020.

## External links

- Media related to [Trawool, Victoria](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Trawool,_Victoria) at Wikimedia Commons

v t e Localities in the Shire of Mitchell Town Avenel^ Beveridge^ Broadford Flowerdale^ Heathcote Junction Kilmore Puckapunyal Pyalong Seymour Tallarook Tooborac Wallan Wandong Locality Bylands^ Clonbinane Forbes Glenaroua Glenhope Glenhope East Heathcote South High Camp Highlands^ Hilldene Kilmore East Mangalore^ Moranding Mia Mia^ Northwood Nulla Vale Reedy Creek Sugarloaf Creek Sunday Creek Tarcombe^ Trawool^ Tyaak Upper Plenty Waterford Park Whiteheads Creek Willowmavin ^ - Territory divided with another LGA

v t e Localities in the Shire of Murrindindi Town Alexandra Buxton Castella Eildon Flowerdale^ Glenburn Kinglake^ Kinglake Central Kinglake West^ Marysville^ Merton^ Narbethong Pheasant Creek Strath Creek Taggerty Thornton Toolangi^ Yea Locality Acheron Cathkin Caveat Devils River Dropmore Enochs Point^ Fawcett Ghin Ghin Gobur Gooram^ Highlands^ Homewood Kanumbra^ Kerrisdale Killingworth Koriella Limestone Maintongoon Molesworth Murrindindi Rubicon Ruffy^ Taylor Bay Terip Terip Trawool^ Whanregarwen Yarck ^ - Territory divided with another LGA

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