Lemnos, Victoria
- 201 km (125 mi) N of Melbourne
- 10 km (6 mi) NE of Shepparton
- 63 km (39 mi) NW of Benalla
Lemnos is a locality in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia, on the outskirts of the regional city of Shepparton. At the 2006 census, Lemnos had a population of 369,[2] which had dropped to 246 at the 2016 census.[1]
The locality was established in 1927 as a soldier settlement area after the First World War. It was named by Ernest Hill, a returned soldier and soldier settler, after the Greek island of Lemnos, which was an operational base for the Gallipoli campaign and to which wounded Australian soldiers were evacuated.[3][4]
Lemnos has a state school, general store with a post office agency, and a large farming community. Lemnos is also home to a Campbell Soup Company factory.[4] In 2020, Lemnos was the site of Australia's only surgical mask factory, operated by Med-Con Pty Ltd.[5][6]
References
Media related to Lemnos, Victoria at Wikimedia Commons
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Lemnos (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Lemnos (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
- ^ Barlass, Tim (11 April 2015). "Anzac Day 2015: Anzac nurses who treated Gallipoli wounded at hospital island of Lemnos remembered by families". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^ a b "Lemnos". Victorian Places. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^ "Defence response to COVID-19". Department of Defence. 28 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ^ "DAILY UPDATE - Defence response to COVID-19". Department of Defence. 28 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
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