- Redesdale, Victoria
Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Redesdale
state = vic
caption = Catholic Church at Redesdale
lga =City of Greater Bendigo ,Shire of Mount Alexander
postcode = 3444
est =
pop = 307
elevation= 290
maxtemp = 20.0
mintemp = 7.2
rainfall = 570.2
stategov = Rodney
fedgov = Bendigo
dist1 = 115
dir1 = NW
location1=Melbourne
dist2 = 44
dir2 = SE
location2= Bendigo
dist3 = 30
dir3 = N
location3= Kyneton
dist4 = 25
dir4 = SW
location4= HeathcoteRedesdale is a town in central Victoria,
Australia ., convert|115|km|mi|0|lk=on north west of the state capital,Melbourne . It is located partly in theCity of Greater Bendigo Local Government Area and partly in theShire of Mount Alexander . At the 2006 census, Redesdale and the surrounding area had a population of 307.Census 2006 AUS
id=SSC26527
name=Redesdale (State Suburb)
accessdate=2007-07-18
quick=on]History
The Post Office opened on 22 March 1865. Citation
last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | accessdate = 2008-04-11 ]Mia Mia bridge
Redesdale is on the opposite bank of the
Campaspe River from the town of Mia Mia. The towns are connected by the heritage listed Mia Mia bridge, the oldest iron lattice-truss bridge in Victoria. The trusses for the bridge were originally imported for a river crossing in suburban Hawthorn in 1859. The ship Herald of Morning bringing the trusses to Melbourne caught fire and sank in Hobson's Bay. As a result the Burwood Rd bridge, connecting Richmond and Hawthorn, was delayed for a couple of years while new trusses were made and shipped out to Australia. Ten years later the original trusses were salvaged from the Herald of Morning and used for the Redesdale Bridge. The bridge was constructed on site in 1868 with a divided-lane through-truss design created specifically for the difficult river crossing and unique in Victoria.cite web
url = http://www.heritage.vic.gov.au/page_239.asp?submit_action=detailed_result&ID=239&KW1=mia&KW2=mia&KW3=bridge&query=e82db8dc6517362a4a25678b00095532/e9c43754f2eb76d8ca25731b00795ea9?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,mia,mia,bridge
title = Mia Mia Bridge
publisher = Heritage Council of Victoria
accessdate = 2007-07-18]References
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