Faraday, Victoria

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name = Faraday
state = vic


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lga = Shire of Mount Alexander
postcode = 3451 [cite web|title="Postcode Search|url=http://www1.auspost.com.au/postcodes/index.asp?Locality=Faraday&sub=1&State=VIC&Postcode=&submit1=Search|publisher=Australia Post]
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dist1 = 116
dir1 = NW
location1= Melbourne
dist2 = 16
dir2 = E
location2= Castlemaine
dist3 = 38
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Faraday is a locality situated on the Calder Highway, 116 kilometres north west of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia.

History

The Post Office opened on 1 April 1867, but was closed in 1880, postal services being provided from nearby Harcourt. 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 ]

The former Faraday Primary School is a single-room building constructed in 1869 from local granite. It opened as a Common School and became a State School in 1873. In October 1972, six pupils and their teacher were kidnapped from the school and held for a ransom of one million dollars. All later escaped unharmed.cite web|title=Victorian Heritage Register | url=http://www.heritage.vic.gov.au/index1.asp|publisher=Heritage Victoria|accessdate=2008-04-22] ("see" Faraday School kidnapping) The school was closed in 1976, and the building is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.

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