Baddaginnie, Victoria

Badaginnie
Victoria
Badaginnie; Victoria
	Shop, no longer operating; a wall with post office boxes is in the foreground with the post box and public phone
	Badaginnie
Coordinates	36°35′S 145°52′E / 36.583°S 145.867°ECoordinates: 36°35′S 145°52′E / 36.583°S 145.867°E
Population	308 (2016 census)
Postcode(s)	3670
Location	198 km (123 mi) NE of Melbourne ; 12 km (7 mi) SW of Benalla ;
LGA(s)	Rural City of Benalla; Shire of Strathbogie;
State electorate(s)	Euroa
Federal division(s)	Indi

Baddaginnie is a small town in Victoria, Australia. It is located on the North East railway line, in the Rural City of Benalla, 12 kilometres south-west of Benalla itself on the old Hume Highway. It is situated in mainly flat unforested country, one kilometre west of . At the 2016 census, Baddaginnie and the surrounding area had a population of 308.^[1] This name was related to Sri Lankan labourers who worked in a railway line project in early 1900.

History[]

The town was surveyed in 1857, named after the nearby Baddaginnie Creek, but settlement was slow, a Post Office finally opening on 16 September 1879.^[2] A railway station was open and served passengers until July 1978.

Baddaginnie Football Club won the 1909 Benalla Wednesday Football Association premiership when they defeated Euroa.^[3]

George "Joey" Palmer, the 1880s Australian test cricketer, died there on 22 August 1910.

Although often mistaken for an Aboriginal word, Baddaginnie may have been named by a surveyor, J.G.W. Wilmot, who had spent some time in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), from baddaginnie (bada-gini - literally 'stomach on fire’), meaning "hungry" in the Sinhala language. ^[4]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "2016 Census QuickStats Baddaginnie". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 11 April 2008
^ "1909 - The Wednesdays: The Premiership Match". Euroa Advertiser (Vic). 3 September 1909. p. 5. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
^ Beatty, Bill (2 August 1947). "There's drama & tragedy in place names". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 8. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

External links[]

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[ABS2016-1] "2016 Census QuickStats Baddaginnie". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 17 November 2018.

[b-2] Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 11 April 2008

[3] "1909 - The Wednesdays: The Premiership Match". Euroa Advertiser (Vic). 3 September 1909. p. 5. Retrieved 20 June 2021.

[4] Beatty, Bill (2 August 1947). "There's drama & tragedy in place names". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 8. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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