Kevington, Victoria
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Kevington is a town in Victoria, Australia, located south of Jamieson on the Mansfield - Woods Point Road, in the Mansfield Shire. It is also known as Macks Creek.
The town began as a small settlement in 1862 when J. S. Garrett opened a beer house on the road between Jamieson and Gaffneys Creek. When gold was discovered at the nearby Lucks All and Star Of The West mines, the settlement grew to include stores, butchers, and private residences. The town was surveyed and named Kevington. Eventually the town died, and the nearby town of Macks Creek took on the name Kevington. The Poplar Hotel (popularly known as the Kevington Hotel) currently stands on the site of Garrett's original beer house.
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