Devenish is a town in northern Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. The town is located in the Rural City of Benalla

Rural City of Benalla

The Rural City of Benalla is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the north-eastern part of the state. It has a population of 13,523 and an area of 235,059 ha...

 Local Government Area, 230 kilometres (143 mi) north of the state capital, Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

. At the 2006 census

Census in Australia

The Australian census is administered once every five years by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The most recent census was conducted on 9 August 2011; the next will be conducted in 2016. Prior to the introduction of regular censuses in 1961, they had also been run in 1901, 1911, 1921, 1933,...

, Devenish and the surrounding area had a population of 432.

History

The Post Office opened on 9 June 1877 as Broken Creek and was renamed Devenish in 1878. In 1883 on the arrival of the railway, the office was moved and named Devenish Railway Station, reverting to Devenish in about 1889 as the township developed. An earlier office dating from 1870, Major Plains, was known as Devenish from 1874 until 1878.

Transport

Devenish has a railway station with a wheat silo on the Oaklands railway line, Victoria‎.

Sport

The town used to have an Australian Rules football team competing in the Benalla & District Football League

Benalla & District Football League

The Benalla & District Football League was an Australian rules football competition based in the Benalla region of Victoria, Australia.The Victorian Country Football League shut the competition down at the end of the 2009 season...

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