South Dudley
South Dudley | |
|---|---|
South Dudley | |
| Coordinates: 38°35′50″S 145°34′37″E / 38.59722°S 145.57694°E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Victoria |
| LGA | |
| Established | 1910 |
| Government | |
| • State electorate | |
| • Federal division | |
| Population | |
| • Total | 461 (2016 census)[2] |
| Postcode | 3995 |
South Dudley is a small town located in Bass Coast Shire in Victoria, Australia.
Early history
South Dudley was established in the early 1910s to house employees of the adjoining State Coal Mine. It was subdivided by a private syndicate of developers, who originally intended to establish a town three times larger than what was actually built.[3] Freehold land first went to auction at Melbourne's Athenaeum Theatre on 6th April 1910, and a construction boom followed.[4][5] Up until the mine's closure in 1968, South Dudley essentially functioned as a worker's village.[6]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "South Dudley (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "South Dudley (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ Plan of Subdivision LP5417. Land Titles Office. 1910.
- ^ "Sale of allotments". The Age. 7 April 1910. p. 8.
- ^ "There is a building boom on in South Dudley". The Age. 5 January 1912. p. 8.
- ^ "Dudley and Dudley South". Victorian Places.