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| Buninyong Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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 Main Street, Buninyong | |||||||||||||||
  Buninyong | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°39′01″S 143°53′02″E / 37.65028°S 143.88389°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 3,797 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3357 | ||||||||||||||
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| State electorate(s) | Eureka | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Ballarat | ||||||||||||||
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Buninyong /ˈbʌnɪnjɒŋ/ is a town 11 km from Ballarat in Victoria, Australia.[2] The town is on the Midland Highway, south of Ballarat on the road to Geelong.
Buninyong was proclaimed a town on 27 June 1851 on the same day as Winchelsea, Portarlington, Longwood, Avenel, Cavendish, Euroa and Gisborne.[3] All were preceded by Benalla and Wangaratta that were proclaimed on 7 and 11 April 1849 respectively.[4]
Gold was reported "within a mile or two of the township of Buninyong" on 12 August 1851.[5] Gold had been reported earlier at Clunes on 25 July 1851,[6] The major gold rush to the Ballarat region had begun.
The population at the 2021 census was 3,797.[1]
The name originates from an Aboriginal word also recorded as 'Buninyouang', said to mean 'man lying on his back with his knees raised', which is in reference to the shape of Mount Buninyong.[7] European settlers named it Bunnenyong[8] and the name later simplified to its current form.
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Buninyong (State Suburb)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ "Buninyong - Introduction". Archived from the original on 23 November 2007.
- ^ New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Friday 27 June 1851 (No.71), page 998
- ^ New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Friday 13 April 1849 (No.54), page 635
- ^ Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 1847 - 1851), Tuesday 12 August 1851, page 2
- ^ Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 1847 - 1851), Friday 25 July 1851, page 2
- ^ UBD Victoria Country Road Atlas, 14th edition, Universal Publishers, 2004.
- ^ "Overland mail to Portland". Geelong Advertiser. 30 May 1844. p. 3 – via National Library of Australia.
