Aerial view - Historic images - Walkaround : Longwood Victoria Australia

Описание: Longwood is a rural township and district in northern Victoria Australia. It is 35 km (21.7mi) north-east of Seymour and 152km (94.4mi) north from Melbourne the State capital.

Longwood was first located on the old Sydney to Melbourne Highway (in the paddocks at Fred Tubb's farm) serving as a staging post for the horse-drawn coaches.

Longwood was also junction for coach services which branched from the Melbourne to Sydney Road to several mining townships, Mansfield, Gobur, Alexandra and Woods Point. In 1872 the railway line was extended from Seymour to Longwood, resulting in the growth of a new township at the railway station. ‘Old Longwood’ on the highway is marked by the cemetery, 2 km south of the railway line.

A school was opened in 1861 at Longwood East, now Old Longwood. The development of Longwood itself occurred in the 1880s. An early building was the mechanics’ institute (1884) serving as a venue for the school and the Anglican church until they obtained their own buildings. A Catholic church began in 1885 and a Methodist church in 1886.
Longwood is bypassed by the Hume Freeway. Fauna bridges have been put in place to help animals including squirrel gliders cross the freeway above the roadway. Longwood has a school, a large recreation area with an oval and tennis courts, a hotel and two churches. The district has been affected by bushfires, with a severe outbreak in 1965 causing the loss of seven lives. The mechanics’ institute hall was demolished in 1982.

The Railway Station at Longwood opened on 20 November 1872, as the temporary northern terminus of the line. A large goods shed was provided, with a station building erected in 1878. In 1885, a signal cabin was provided on the platform, being incorporated into the station building in 1916, and a crossing loop provided in 1926. The station was one of 35 closed to passenger traffic on 4 October 1981.

Credits and References:
https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/ - State Library – Victoria (photographers)
Nettleton, Charles (1826 – 1902)
Nielsen, Ainslie
Collins, John T. (1907 – 2001)

https://trove.nla.gov.au/ - National Library of Australia

https://www.naa.gov.au/ - National Archives of Australia

https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/lo... - Victorian Places (photographers / contributors)
John Young

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longwoo... - Wikipedia

  / about   - Facebook Page (photo contributor)
Bill Hotchkiss

https://victoriancollections.net.au/i... - Victorian Collections

  / whiteharthotellongwood   White Hart Hotel Longwood
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