Powelltown, Victoria
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| Powelltown Victoria |
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| Population: | 202 (2001 census) | ||||||
| Postcode: | 3797 | ||||||
| Elevation: | 189 m | ||||||
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| LGA: | Shire of Yarra Ranges | ||||||
| State District: | Gembrook | ||||||
| Federal Division: | McEwen | ||||||
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Powelltown is a small settlement in the Yarra State Forest east of Melbourne, the capital city of Victoria, Australia.
It began life as a timber town in the 1890s, being named after the Powell Wood Processing Company which harvested mountain ash in the Upper Yarra Valley. The logs were transported from the forests to the sawmills by tram and from there to the railheads at Yarra Junction and Warburton.
Today, many of the trails constructed to transport timber have been opened up as walking trails and driving routes for tourists.
[edit] References
- Stamford, F.E.; Stuckey, E.G., and Maynard, G.L. (1984). Powelltown, a history of its timber mills and tramways. Melbourne: Light Railway Research Society of Australia. ISBN 0-909340-21-8. (151 pages)
[edit] External links
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- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
- Powelltown (SMH Travel)
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