Bonshaw, Victoria

Bonshaw
Ballarat, Victoria
Bonshaw is located in City of Ballarat
Bonshaw
Bonshaw
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Coordinates37°36′13″S 143°48′56″E / 37.6035°S 143.8156°E / -37.6035; 143.8156
Population949 (2021 census)[1]
Postcode(s)3352
LGA(s)City of Ballarat
State electorate(s)Ripon
Federal division(s)Ballarat
Suburbs around Bonshaw:
Delacombe
Smythes Creek Bonshaw Sebastapol
Cambrian Hill

Bonshaw is a locality on the southern rural fringe of the City of Ballarat in Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 census, Bonshaw had a population of 949.[1] This is an increase from a population of 210 at the 2016 census[2] and 188 at the 2011 census.[3]

Bonshaw was named for a sheep run which John Winter purchased from George Russell and Henry Anderson, who was part of the party which first sighted the future area of Ballarat, in the 1840s. Although Anderson named it Waverley Park, Winter renamed it Bonshaw after the estate of his father-in-law.[4][5][6]

In 2012, the city council named a watercourse in Bonshaw and Delacombe Banyule Creek.[7] In mid-2022, an application for another housing development in Bonshaw was submitted to the council.[8] On 1 November 2023, parts of Bonshaw was incorporated into the Wendouree district.[9] Bonshaw is one of four precincts in the Ballarat West Growth Area,[10] and the companies Jellis Craig and Florian Living are currently developing their own real estate projects in the locality.[11][12]

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Bonshaw (State Suburb)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 4 November 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Bonshaw (Vic.)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 30 January 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Bonshaw (Vic.)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 30 January 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ Winters, W.B. (1980) [1887]. History of Ballarat, from the first pastoral settlement to the present time (2nd ed.). Carlton, Victoria: Queensberry Hill Press. pp. 3–4.
  5. ^ "SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. JOHN WINTER". Gippsland Times. 31 August 1875. p. 4. Retrieved 18 December 2022 – via Trove.
  6. ^ "City of Ballarat Roads & Open Space Index" (PDF). ballarat.vic.gov.au. 1998. Revised 21 January 2017. p. 3. Retrieved 18 December 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  7. ^ Perkins, Danielle (2 November 2012). "Becoming lost just got harder". The Courier. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  8. ^ Ford, Alex (6 June 2020). "Ballarat growth: Mayor pushes for 'vibrant' CBD, Bonshaw development application submitted". The Courier. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  9. ^ Walton, Nieve (12 November 2022). "Wendouree candidates for 2022 Victorian election". The Courier. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  10. ^ "Ballarat West Growth Area | City of Ballarat". www.ballarat.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  11. ^ "Bonshaw Run". Bonshaw Run. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  12. ^ "Florian Living - Bonshaw - Florian Bonshaw". www.florianliving.com.au. Retrieved 30 January 2023.