Heyfield
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Heyfield is a town in Victoria, Australia, with a population of 2050. It is east of Melbourne, in the Shire of Wellington local government area. Located on the Thomson River, Heyfield is a gateway to the Victorian High Country.
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- Instance of
- town
- Country
- Australia
- Located in
- Shire of Wellington
- Population
- 1529
- Elevation
- 61
- Image
- Heyfield Temple Street.jpg
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- Commons category
- Heyfield, Victoria
- postal code
- 3858
- male population
- 981
- female population
- 1009
- associated electoral district
- Gippsland
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Heyfield is a town in Victoria, Australia, with a population of 2050. It is east of Melbourne, in the Shire of Wellington local government area. Located on the Thomson River, Heyfield is a gateway to the Victorian High Country.
==History== In 1841 an early settler, James McFarlane, described the district as resembling "a field of waving corn", and called it "Hayfield". By 1866, the spelling had changed to "Heyfield", but exactly when and why this happened is unclear. It may have been renamed to reflect the spelling of the nearby Heyfield Station.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Heyfield” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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