Buxton (Buxton)
Buxton is a town 104 km north-east of Melbourne in the Australian state of Victoria. At the 2016 census, Buxton had a population of 233.
The district around Buxton was significantly impacted by the Black Saturday bushfires. It was isolated for several days with no telephone or power.
Today Buxton remains a small township with a roadhouse, a post office, general store, a fishing and outdoors store, Salmon and Trout Farm, hotel, a town hall, a primary school, nursery and several bed and breakfasts.
Buxton has an active Country Fire Authority station with one medium and one light tanker. The Buxton Fire Brigade was formed in 1943 and officially recognised on 25 February 1944.
After the 2009 Black Saturday fires, the Marysville Police station was temporarily relocated in Buxton until the new station was opened in 2012.
The Igloo Roadhouse was established in 1946 and is famous for their burgers. The Buxton Post Office opened on 1 February 1873.
The Buxton Primary School opened in 1875 and had 13 students in 2018. The original school building was refurbished in 2011 and a new building was constructed in 2012. Another building was refurbished in 2015 for use as an environmental science classroom.
The closest secondary school is Healesville High School.
The district around Buxton was significantly impacted by the Black Saturday bushfires. It was isolated for several days with no telephone or power.
Today Buxton remains a small township with a roadhouse, a post office, general store, a fishing and outdoors store, Salmon and Trout Farm, hotel, a town hall, a primary school, nursery and several bed and breakfasts.
Buxton has an active Country Fire Authority station with one medium and one light tanker. The Buxton Fire Brigade was formed in 1943 and officially recognised on 25 February 1944.
After the 2009 Black Saturday fires, the Marysville Police station was temporarily relocated in Buxton until the new station was opened in 2012.
The Igloo Roadhouse was established in 1946 and is famous for their burgers. The Buxton Post Office opened on 1 February 1873.
The Buxton Primary School opened in 1875 and had 13 students in 2018. The original school building was refurbished in 2011 and a new building was constructed in 2012. Another building was refurbished in 2015 for use as an environmental science classroom.
The closest secondary school is Healesville High School.
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The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately 65,000 years ago, during the last ice age. Arriving by sea, they settled the continent and had formed approximately 250 distinct language groups by the time of European settlement, maintaining some of the longest known continuing artistic and religious traditions in the world. Australia's written history commenced with the European maritime exploration of Australia. The Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon was the first known European to reach Australia, in 1606. In 1770, the British explorer James Cook mapped and claimed the east coast of Australia for Great Britain, and the First Fleet of British ships arrived at Sydney in 1788 to establish the penal colony of New South Wales. The European population grew in subsequent decades, and by the end of the 1850s gold rush, most of the continent had been explored by European settlers and an additional five self-governing British colonies established. Democratic parliaments were gradually established through the 19th century, culminating with a vote for the federation of the six colonies and foundation of the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901. Australia has since maintained a stable liberal democratic political system and wealthy market economy.
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AUD | Australian dollar | $ | 2 |
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