- Alexandra, Victoria
Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Alexandra
state = vic
caption =
lga = Shire of Murrindindi
postcode = 3714
est =
pop = 2,080
elevation= 221
maxtemp = 20.6
mintemp = 6.6
rainfall = 687.5
stategov = Benalla, Seymour
fedgov = McEwen
dist1 = 138
dir1 =
location1= Melbourne
dist2 = 68
dir2 =
location2= Mansfield
dist3 = 69
dir3 =
location3= SeymourAlexandra is a town in Victoria,
Australia . It is located at the junction of the Goulburn Valley Highway (B340) and Maroondah Highway (B360), 26 kilometres west of Eildon, in theShire of Murrindindi local government area. At the 2001 census, Alexandra had a population of 2,080.Census 2001 AUS|id=UCL200600|name=Alexandra (Urban Centre/Locality)|accessdate=2007-03-24|quick=on]History
The town was settled in the late 1860s, with a Post Office opening on 15 March 1867 known (until 24 April 1867) as Redgate.Citation
last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocd.w?
access-date = 2008-04-11 ] The town was originally known as Redgate, or Red Gate Diggings. [Kennedy, B: "Australian Place Names", page 4. ABC Books, 2006] the current name either derives fromAlexandra of Denmark , or from three men named Alexander (Alesander, McGregor, Alexander Don, and Alexander Luckie) who discovered gold in the area in 1866. [Kennedy, B: "Australian Place Names", page 4. ABC Books, 2006]The railway to Alexandra arrived in the town from Tallarook in 1909, being closed on November 18, 1978.cite journal | year = 1990 | month = March | title = Tracks Across the State | author = Sid Brown | journal = Newsrail | publisher = Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division) | pages = pages 71–76 ]
The Rubicon Tramway connected Alexandra with the village of Rubicon, at the junction of the Rubicon and Royston Rivers [Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, November, 1940 pp54-55] .
The Town today
Many tourists pass through this town on their way to the
Mount Buller ski resort fromMelbourne .The town contains the Timber & Tramway Museum, and National Trust classified post-office and law courts. There is a bush market on the second Sunday of each month, and annual art show at
Easter , anagricultural show and rose festival in November, and the Truck, Rod, and Ute Show in June.The town has an
Australian Rules football team competing in theYarra Valley Mountain Football League .External links
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20041010135214/www.arts.monash.edu.au/ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/alexandra.html Australian Places - Alexandra]
* [http://www.alexandratruckshow.com.au/ Alexandra Annual Truck Ute & Rod Show ]References
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