Sheep Hills, Victoria

Town in Victoria, Australia

Sheep Hills
Victoria

Silo art at Sheep Hills, 2018

Sheep Hills

Coordinates| 36°20′58″S 142°31′47″E﻿ / ﻿36.3495°S 142.5297°E﻿ / -36.3495; 142.5297
Population| 28 (2016 census)[1]
Established| 1847
Postcode(s)| 3392
Elevation| 147[2] m (482 ft)
Location|

* 325 km (202 mi) NW of Melbourne
* 64 km (40 mi) NE of Horsham
* 17 km (11 mi) SE of Warracknabeal

LGA(s)| Shire of Yarriambiack
State electorate(s)| Lowan
Federal division(s)| Mallee
| Mean max temp | Mean min temp | Annual rainfall

|
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27.1 °C
81 °F | 12.0 °C
54 °F | 250.8 mm
9.9 in

Sheep Hills is a locality in the Shire of Yarriambiack, Victoria, Australia. Located in the northern Wimmera region, Sheep Hills is 271 km north-west of Melbourne.[3] The locality is situated on the railway line south-east of Warracknabeal, north of Minyip.[4]

The original inhabitants of the area around Sheep Hills were the Wotjobaluk, an Aboriginal Australian people.[5]

Sheep Hills was the name of a farm operated by Archibald McMillan in 1847.[4] The population boosted in the mid-1870s when many migrants, mostly German and Scottish, began farming in the area.[4] The district was named Bangerang (the name of a Lutheran school) and Tarkedia (the name of a State school).[4] In 1886 the railway from Minyip was extended to Warracknabeal, and many settled around the station, forming the township under the name of Sheep Hills.[4]

As of 2016, Sheep Hills has a cricket, a golf and a tennis club.[6] Also in use is the Sheep Hills Town Hall.[6]

## References

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1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Sheep Hills (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
2. ^ "Sheep Hills climate, averages and extreme weather record | Meat & Livestock Australia".
3. ^ "SHEEP HILLS Postcode (VIC)".
4. ^ a b c d e "Sheep Hills | Victorian Places".
5. ^ Reader's Digest Illustrated Guide to Australian Places, 1993.
6. ^ a b "Yarriambiack Council | Sheep Hills". yarriambiack.vic.gov.au. Archived from the original on 8 June 2010.

## External links

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Localities in the Shire of Yarriambiack

Town|

* Beulah
* Dimboola^
* Hopetoun
* Lascelles
* Lubeck^
* Minyip
* Murtoa
* Patchewollock^
* Rainbow^
* Rupanyup^
* Warracknabeal
* Woomelang
* Yaapeet

Locality|

* Areegra
* Aubrey
* Bangerang
* Boolite
* Brim
* Cannum
* Crymelon^
* Jung^
* Kellalac
* Kewell^
* Laen^
* Lah
* Lawler^
* Longerenong^
* Murra Warra^
* Rosebery
* Sheep Hills
* Speed
* Tempy^
* Turriff
* Wallup
* Watchem West^
* Wilkur^
* Willenabrina

^ \- Territory divided with another LGA

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Cities and towns in the Wimmera region of Victoria

Cities:|

* Ararat
* Horsham
* Stawell

Towns:|

* Dimboola
* Donald
* Kaniva
* Nhill
* St Arnaud
* Warracknabeal

Localities:|

* Antwerp
* Apsley
* Areegra
* Armstrong
* Aubrey
* Balmoral
* Bangerang
* Beulah
* Birchip
* Boolite
* Brim
* Callawadda
* Cannum
* Crymelon
* Dadswells Bridge
* Douglas
* Edenhope
* Glenorchy
* Goroke
* Great Western
* Halls Gap
* Harrow
* Haven
* Jeparit
* Joel Joel
* Jung
* Kellalac
* Kewell
* Kiata
* Laen
* Lah
* Lawler
* Lawloit
* Longerenong
* Lubeck
* Marnoo
* Minimay
* Minyip
* Murra Warra
* Murtoa
* Natimuk
* Netherby
* Pimpinio
* Pomonal
* Rainbow
* Rich Avon West
* Rupanyup
* Serviceton
* Sheep Hills
* Tarraginnie
* Telopea Downs
* Wallup
* Wartook
* Willenabrina
* Yaapeet
* Zumsteins

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