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| Bairnsdale Wy-yung Victoria | |||||||||
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 Bairnsdale Gardens Main Street | |||||||||
  Bairnsdale Location in Victoria | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°49′39″S 147°37′30″E / 37.82750°S 147.62500°E | ||||||||
| Population | 15,684 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||
| • Density | 101.2/km2 (262.1/sq mi) | ||||||||
| Established | 1860 | ||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3875 | ||||||||
| Elevation | 49 m (161 ft) | ||||||||
| Area | 155 km2 (59.8 sq mi)[2] (2016 urban) | ||||||||
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | Shire of East Gippsland | ||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Gippsland East | ||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Gippsland | ||||||||
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Bairnsdale (locally /ˈbɜːnzdeɪl/)[3] (Ganai: Wy-yung)[4] is a city in East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia in a region traditionally inhabited by the Tatungalung clan of the Gunaikurnai people.[5]
The estimated population of Bairnsdale urban area was 15,684 at June 2021.[6] The city is a major regional centre of eastern Victoria along with Traralgon and Sale and the commercial centre for the East Gippsland region and the seat of local government for the Shire of East Gippsland. Bairnsdale was first proclaimed a shire on 16 July 1868[7] and it was proclaimed as a city on 14 July 1990.[8]
The origin of the city's name is uncertain. It was possibly Bernisdale, with "Bernis-dale" originating from "Bjorn's dale, or glen", which indicates the Viking origins of the Skye Village. Legend has it that Macleod was so impressed by the large number of children on the run, the children of his stockmen, that he called it Bairns-dale, or "valley of the children".[7] The Ganai name for the area, 'Wy-yung', refers to a kind of duck and the name for Bairnsdale backwater area is 'Kauan' meaning echidna.[4]
In 1876 the Bairnsdale Shire, which went on to become one of the largest in Victoria in the 1880s, was led out of administrative chaos by former shire auditor and shipping agent Herman Bredt. He had also acted as a mine manager for the nearby Sons of Freedom mine. German born Bredt was the father of Bertha Bredt who married the famous Australia poet and writer Henry Lawson. Prior to this she had worked at the Bairnsdale Hospital. In this period the Main Street was fashioned but was unsealed thereby causing extensive problems of dust in the summer and mud in the winter. Asphalting didn't take place until 1883. Nicholson Street was formed in 1877 and MacLeod Street followed in 1879.[7]
The Gunaikurnai people are the traditional owners of Gippsland. There are approximately 3,000 Gunaikurnai people, and the territory includes the coastal and inland areas to the southern slopes of the Victorian Alps. Gunaikurnai people are made up of five major clans, of which the Tatungalung are owners of the region in which Bairnsdale is located.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Bairnsdale (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ "2016 Census Community Profiles: Bairnsdale". ABS Census. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 27 October 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ^ Macquarie Dictionary, Fourth Edition (2005). Melbourne, The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd. ISBN 1-876429-14-3
- ^ a b Clark, Ian D. (2002). Dictionary of Aboriginal placenames of Victoria. Heydon, Toby, 1972-, Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages. Melbourne: Victorian Aboriginal Corp. for Languages. ISBN 0-9579360-2-8. OCLC 54913331. Archived from the original on 7 April 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ "Who are the Gunaikurnai? | GLAWAC". Archived from the original on 21 October 2016.
- ^ "2021 Bairnsdale, Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. Archived from the original on 27 May 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
- ^ a b c Adams, John (1987). Path Among The Years - History of Shire of Bairnsdale. Bairnsdale: Bairnsdale Shire. ISBN 0731605527.
- ^ Victorian Municipal Directory, Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson, 1992, p. 292 Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.
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