- Smeaton, Victoria
Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Smeaton
state = vic
caption = The Cumberland Hotel at Smeaton
lga =Shire of Hepburn
postcode = 3364
est =
pop = 250
elevation=
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = Ripon
fedgov = Ballarat
dist1 = 132
dir1 = NW
location1=Melbourne
dist2 = 32
dir2 = N
location2= Ballarat
dist3 = 14
dir3 = W
location3= CreswickSmeaton is a rural town in the state of Victoria,
Australia near the town of Creswick. At the 2006 census, Smeaton had a population of 250.Census 2006 AUS
id=SSC26629
name=Smeaton (State Suburb)
accessdate=2007-08-07
quick=on]The town was founded by English settler Captain John Hepburn who was a colonial squatter in the 1840s. Hepburn held under Government licence about 20,000 acres (80 km²) for his sheep and cattle run which he drove overland from
Sydney . He built Smeaton House in 1849 with the assistance of British colonial migrants.cite web
url = http://www.smh.com.au/news/Victoria/Smeaton/2005/02/17/1108500207338.html
title = Smeaton
work = Travel
publisher =Sydney Morning Herald
accessdate = 2007-03-19]Hepburn became a very high profile figure in the district, promoted gold mines and became a
Justice of the Peace before he died in1860 .Fact|date=March 2007The death of Capt John Hepburn was published in the Creswick Newpaper and Argus (Age) Newpapers of that period.
Smeaton is now home to 2 large seed and grain processors, one of which is a very large exporter of value added pulses, grains and seeds and is currently building a new oat mill to process an additional 60,000 tonne of oats a year.
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