Jeparit is situated on the Wimmera River in Western Victoria, Australia, 370 kilometres north west of Melbourne. At the 2006 census Jeparit had a population of 582.
The area around Jeparit had been home to the Gromiluk aborigines prior to European settlement. The name Jeparit is believed to be derived from a Gromiluk word meaning “home of small birds”. Settlement began in the 1880s when German Lutheran immigrants began to settle and grow wheat.
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Jeparit is situated on the Wimmera River in Western Victoria, Australia, 370 kilometres north west of Melbourne. At the 2006 census Jeparit had a population of 582.
The area around Jeparit had been home to the Gromiluk aborigines prior to European settlement. The name Jeparit is believed to be derived from a Gromiluk word meaning “home of small birds”. Settlement began in the 1880s when German Lutheran immigrants began to settle and grow wheat.
The town was surveyed in 1883 and gazetted in 1889, the post office opening on 31 August 1889 though known as Lake Hindmarsh until December. Two earlier post offices called Lake Hindmarsh had existed in the area at various times since 1861 to serve a smaller population of graziers.
Jeparit’s most famous son is former Australian Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies, who was born in the town in 1894. He is commemorated by a local park and a spire which is inscribed:
With its neighbouring township, Rainbow, Jeparit has a football team (Jeparit...
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