Sheep Hills, Victoria

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

Sheep Hills
Victoria
Silo art at Sheep Hills, 2018
Sheep Hills
Coordinates36.3495°S 142.5297°E / -36.3495; 142.5297
Population28 (2016 census)[1]
Established1847
Postcode(s)3392
Elevation147[2] m (482 ft)
Location
LGA(s)Shire of Yarriambiack
State electorate(s)Lowan
Federal Division(s)Mallee
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
27.1 °C
81 °F		 12.0 °C
54 °F		 250.8 mm
9.9 in

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
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Sheep Hills (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  2. http://weather.mla.com.au/climate-history/vic/sheep-hills
  3. http://postcodez.com.au/postcode/vic/sheep-hills
  4. http://www.victorianplaces.com.au/sheep-hills
  5. Reader's Digest Illustrated Guide to Australian Places, 1993.
  6. http://yarriambiack.vic.gov.au/about-yarriambiack-council/community-directory/sheep-hills/

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