Byaduk, Victoria

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Byaduk
state = vic


caption =
lga = Shire of Southern Grampians
postcode = 3301
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pop =
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maxtemp =
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stategov = Lowan
fedgov = Wannon
dist1 = 308
dir1 = W
location1= Melbourne
dist2 = 28
dir2 = S
location2= Hamilton

Byaduk is a township in the Shire of Southern Grampians in the Western District of Victoria, Australia.The area was first settled in around 1853 by Wendish or Sorbian
Lutheran immigrants who gave it the name Neukirch after the town in Saxony.Citation
last = Andy Falkenberg | title = Byaduk | url = http://www.geocities.com/andyfalkenberg/byaduk.html | access-date = 2008-05-23 ]

The township was settled in the early 1860s, and named Byaduk, an aboriginal word apparently meaning "stone tomahawk". The Post Office opened on August 1, 1863. Citation
last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | access-date = 2008-04-11 ]

The Byaduk Caves, lava tubes from the volcanic eruption of Mount Napier, are nearby. Sergeant Simon Fraser, 57th Battalion, (a farmer from Byaduk) is honoured by a 1998 sculpture by Peter Corlett in the "VC Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial" in Fromelles, France [ Department of Veteran's Affairs and Board of Studies NSW - Fromelles [http://www.ww1westernfront.gov.au/fromelles/fromelles-casualties.html] ] and a 2008 replica at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbournecite web |title=After 92 years, cobbers stand tall at the Shrine|url=http://www.theage.com.au/national/after-92-years-cobbers-stand-tall-at-the-shrine-20080716-3foj.html?skin=text-only |publisher=The Age |date=2007-07-16 |accessdate=2007-07-17 |first=Ross |last=McMullin] depicting him rescuing a wounded compatriot from "no man's land" after the Battle of Fromelles in 1916.

External Links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew5lsprUIms Video of VC Corner and Australian Memorial Park, Fromelles. Jason Fielding]

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