Hansonville is a locality in the Greta district of Victoria, Australia. It is part of the Rural City of Wangaratta. It had a school[3] in 1880. The postcode is 3675.

Hansonville
Hansonville is located in Rural City of Wangaratta
Hansonville
Hansonville
Coordinates: 36°35′31″S 146°15′14″E / 36.592°S 146.254°E / -36.592; 146.254
CountryAustralia
StateVictoria
LGA
Location
Government
  State electorate
  Federal division
Elevation
187[1] m (614 ft)
Population
  Total248 (incl. Greta South) (2011 census)[2]
Postcode
3675
Mean max temp22.4 °C (72.3 °F)
Mean min temp6.9 °C (44.4 °F)

Roads in the place include Moyhu-Hansonville Rd, Banksdale Rd and Glenrowan-Moyhu Road. In the south part is School Road and Banksdale Road.[4] Factory Creek flows to the north through the area.[5]

People growing up in Hansonville include Tim Newth, co-director of the Tracks Dance Company;[6] Captain Austin Mahony who won a military cross at Pozières;[7] and John Legg (born 1892) a veterinary scientist prominent in the CSIRO.[8]

A polling place for the Division of Indi is located at Greta Complex, Greta Recreation Reserve, Greta West-Greta South Rd. In 2004 this booth returned an 82% vote for liberal and 12% for labor for the House of Representatives.[9]

References

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  1. "Hansonville climate, averages and extreme weather record | Meat & Livestock Australia".
  2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Greta South". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 7 January 2017. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. "Greta at KellyGang". KellyGang and Friends Incorporated. 30 December 2011. Archived from the original on 20 April 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  4. "HANSONVILLE Street Map, VIC". Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  5. Mapsheet 24 Guide to Deer Hunting. Department of Sustainability and Environment. 3 April 2009. ISBN 978-1-74152-059-0. Retrieved 11 June 2014.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  6. "Newth Tim (1962-)". People and organisations – Trove. 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  7. Carlyon, Les (2010). The Great War. Pan Macmillan. pp. 725–726. ISBN 978-0-330-42496-7.
  8. Beverley M. Angus (2012). "Legg, John (1892–1984)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  9. "POLLING PLACE – GRETA VALLEY". Polling Place Results. Australian Electoral Commission. 9 November 2005. Retrieved 11 June 2014.